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Year-long ban on social housing for homeless families in Westminster is ruled unlawful
Published: 6:45 AM June 25, 2015 Updated: 9:23 PM October 15, 2020
Titina Nzolameso challenged the council and won - Credit: Archant
A policy by Westminster Council that bans homeless families from applying for social housing for a year has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.
Judge Justice Blair QC slammed the council for implementing the rules that forced affected families to seek accommodation in the more expensive private sector until the ban was lifted after 12 months.
A case was bought to the High Court of Justice in the Strand by a married couple with three school-aged children who were made homeless due to the benefit cap.
The father works but due to the restrictions made on the amount of Housing Benefit the family were able to receive they could not afford the full rent.
Despite the council owing them a full duty to house them they barred the family from bidding for a social housing property for 12 months.
Mr Justice Blair said the council’s policy failed on three counts including the allocation of social housing to statutorily defined group (such as this family).
He added: “A whole sub-group which is altogether excluded from the potential of being allocated social housing for 12 months… is unlawful.”
The council has been criticised in the past in a number of legal judgements including illegally placing families in bed and breakfast accommodation for extended periods of time.
Cllr Vincenzo Rampulla, Westminster Council’s Labour housing spokesman said: “Westminster Council’s housing allocation policy is a mess. Once again the council has sought, and lost, a costly court case to defend a housing allocation policy that continues to short change Westminster families.
“The irony of the council trying to push more families into the private rent sector, some of the very landlords that are kicking out families by driving up rents in Westminster, is painful.
He added: “The council needs to face up to Westminster’s social housing need. Wasting millions of pounds on high cost, nightly booked temporary accommodation and losing expensive court cases is not the answer.
“Building more social and genuinely affordable housing in Westminster is vital in order to respond to this crisis.”
The ruling follows a public consultation by the council on a new housing strategy launched at the beginning of June with key aims to provide more affordable homes for “low and middle income households…while continuing to help the most disadvantaged.”
A spokesman for Westminster Council said: “We are disappointed with the ruling on this individual case but we will take on board what the judge has said.
“As before, we will continue to take into account the full range of considerations when finding suitable accommodation for those in housing need, including supporting some homeless households in to the private rented sector where is it affordable.
“Our view was that we didn’t want to be adding to the long queues of people waiting for a home at a time when we are trying really hard to get people in to affordable homes, which are in short supply both here and across London.”
In April, the UK’s highest court ruled Westminster Council were wrong to rule a single mother with five children has made her self intentionally homeless after she refused to move 50miles away to Milton Keynes..
Titina Nzolameso successfully argued that the council had failed to adequately seek suitable accommodation for her and her children in, or closer to, the borough.
The decision means that all local authorities will have to have a policy that anticipates housing need during the coming year, and procures sufficient temporary accommodation.
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OFF WITH THE OLD
by Frank Orenstein ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 31, 1991
In the Hudson Valley town of Adams Corner some longtime residents are being decimated by what might or might not be murder. First to go is Mary Wilson, whose high-school teacher/husband Alex is suspected of having designs on newly widowed Sally Benz. Mary died of eating poisonous mushrooms, and Alex is soon arrested by lazy, not-too-bright Senior Investigator Engel, then later released for lack of evidence. The next fatality is Myra Coleman, killed in a hit-and-run that also injured Adele Watson, who later died in the hospital—not of natural causes. Through all this, Susan Bloch, with some help from pal Henry Wall, both of them friends of the victims, plays detective—much to Engel's exasperation. Susan eventually figures it all out and sets a trap for the killer. The solution, however, is as contrived as the rest of this tedious exercise—which makes much of the problems of aging while treating its elderly characters with arch condescension. Disappointing follow-up to the author's lively A Killing in Real Estate (1988).
Pub Date: May 31, 1991
Publisher: St. Martin's
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 1991
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THE CHEMO KID
by Robert Lipsyte ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 30, 1992
Fred and Mara are dancing at the Junior Prom when she discovers the lump on his neck; barging into the boys' room to find a mirror, he is embroiled in a vicious scene: the school dope dealer is injecting the football team. Lipsyte moves from this gripping opener into Fred's anguished battle with a virulent cancer and seriocomic encounters with other teenage patients, related in a rare blend of sensitivity, boisterous humor, and wry awareness of various political undercurrents. Then the book changes gears. At first, there are alternate explanations for wimpy Fred's sudden extraordinary feats, but by the time he bends down a chain-link fence at the mysterious plant that's polluting the local reservoir while he's on an investigative mission with Mara (a committed environmental activist), it's clear that Fred is a genuine chemo-induced superhero. Lipsyte weaves a lot together with considerable skill; Fred has two friends, representing scientific and verbal prowess, with whom he used to play a computer game: Fred was ``Ranger,'' hero with a conscience, who always died, and they are now reenacting the old game—with a difference. A dishonest coach and mayor, a gruff but honest cop, and a wise buffoon of a doctor—all play thematic roles. Unfortunately, the somber tone of the book's first half is at odds with its concluding fantastical high-jinks, during which some of the more serious ideas are simply abandoned. Still, the end is rousing good fun, and there's much to ponder along the way. (Fiction. 12+)
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1992
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT FICTION
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THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
by Adam Silvera ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 5, 2017
What would you do with one day left to live?
In an alternate present, a company named Death-Cast calls Deckers—people who will die within the coming day—to inform them of their impending deaths, though not how they will happen. The End Day call comes for two teenagers living in New York City: Puerto Rican Mateo and bisexual Cuban-American foster kid Rufus. Rufus needs company after a violent act puts cops on his tail and lands his friends in jail; Mateo wants someone to push him past his comfort zone after a lifetime of playing it safe. The two meet through Last Friend, an app that connects lonely Deckers (one of many ways in which Death-Cast influences social media). Mateo and Rufus set out to seize the day together in their final hours, during which their deepening friendship blossoms into something more. Present-tense chapters, short and time-stamped, primarily feature the protagonists’ distinctive first-person narrations. Fleeting third-person chapters give windows into the lives of other characters they encounter, underscoring how even a tiny action can change the course of someone else’s life. It’s another standout from Silvera (History Is All You Left Me, 2017, etc.), who here grapples gracefully with heavy questions about death and the meaning of a life well-lived.
Engrossing, contemplative, and as heart-wrenching as the title promises. (Speculative fiction. 13-adult).
Pub Date: Sept. 5, 2017
Publisher: HarperTeen
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT SOCIAL THEMES
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by Angie Thomas ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 28, 2017
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter is a black girl and an expert at navigating the two worlds she exists in: one at Garden Heights, her black neighborhood, and the other at Williamson Prep, her suburban, mostly white high school.
Walking the line between the two becomes immensely harder when Starr is present at the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a white police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Khalil’s death becomes national news, where he’s called a thug and possible drug dealer and gangbanger. His death becomes justified in the eyes of many, including one of Starr’s best friends at school. The police’s lackadaisical attitude sparks anger and then protests in the community, turning it into a war zone. Questions remain about what happened in the moments leading to Khalil’s death, and the only witness is Starr, who must now decide what to say or do, if anything. Thomas cuts to the heart of the matter for Starr and for so many like her, laying bare the systemic racism that undergirds her world, and she does so honestly and inescapably, balancing heartbreak and humor. With smooth but powerful prose delivered in Starr’s natural, emphatic voice, finely nuanced characters, and intricate and realistic relationship dynamics, this novel will have readers rooting for Starr and opening their hearts to her friends and family.
This story is necessary. This story is important. (Fiction. 14-adult)
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
Review Posted Online: Dec. 6, 2016
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In eastern Iraq, a small town builds weightlifting champions
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BADRA: While some towns in Iraq are known for producing oil or textiles, Badra boasts its own special conveyer belt — churning out weightlifting champions.
In cafes along the main road dissecting the small town, 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border with Iran, chatter rarely veers far from the successes of local lifters.
In the old days, “men measured their performance by lifting cast iron, often spare parts of cars,” said Khudeir Basha, who grew up nearby and became coach of the national weightlifting team.
“In 1974, the youth of Badra decided to take part in the Iraqi championships,” the bespectacled coach recalled, referring to himself and his friends.
The hopefuls headed south to Diwaniya province, where they swept up “all the prizes”, astonishing fellow competitors who had never heard of Badra.
Since then, he said, weightlifting has been synonymous with the town of 15,000, some 200 km east of Baghdad.
A weightlifting training centre, set up in 1993 in a Badra high school, is still in operation.
The spartan hall echoes with shouts of encouragement by Basha, who sets an example by keeping himself in peak condition.
Heavy lifter Salwan Jassim Abbood, who is in the 105 kilogramme category, returned from the Asian weightlifting championships in Turkmenistan last year with a silver medal.
The new generation wants to “continue what Badra has launched in the weightlifting field”, the thick-set athlete said.
With seemingly little effort, Abbood propelled a barbell from the floor to far above his head, the bar ends sagging slightly under heavy discs.
In 2016, the 26-year-old took part in the Olympic Games in Brazil. Ten years previously, his brother Mohammad won silver at a contest in Qatar.
“It’s up to us and the coaches to keep going so Badra remains a factory for champion weightlifters,” said Abbood, who will represent Iraq at the Asian Games in Indonesia this summer.
Lifters here are acutely aware that they are upholding a tradition.
Another medal winner, 28-year-old Ahmed Faruq, said he was “proud to have made this small town Iraq’s capital of weightlifting”, noted for its victories in Asian and Arab competitions.
“Big names have been here and we need to protect that identity,” he said.
But despite those successes, the gym is in poor shape.
Paint peeled from the pale green walls, a solitary fan recycled warm air and the upholstery on the leg press had worn away, disgorging yellow foam as if from a putrid wound.
Iraq’s sports authorities are losing interest in Badra and the weightlifting club, coach Basha lamented.
The small management team has resorted to drumming up its own income to keep things ticking over.
“Every year, the club generates 30 million dinars ($25,000, just over 20,000 euros) by renting out shops it bought,” says Mohammad Kazem, a 55-year-old former athlete, now manager of the weightlifting club.
And while that isn’t a lot, Kazem said he committed to training the next generation of lifters for free.
He and fellow talent scouts regularly tour schools and sports clubs in the town and beyond, to recruit “nursery champions” and ensure “there are people… to protect (Badra’s) reputation and keep the story going.”
In the club, athletes regularly execute lifts exceeding their own weight.
The success of Abbood, Faruq and others “is proof that Badra is the number one weightlifting town (in Iraq) and also the most attached to the sport,” said Kazem.
With schoolchildren among the disciplined lifters filling the gym, it seems the production line will keep grinding on, urged on by posters of past winners peering down from the peeling walls.
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Charter Schools Don’t Need an Ad Campaign: They Need Regulation
By Jeff Bryant Reprinted: AFTNJ
Newark, N.J. – This time of year, while classroom teachers and administrators in public schools are busy welcoming students back to a new school year and figuring out how they’re going to cope with devastating financial constraints, advocates in the charter schools industry are propping up their image with an extensive new public relations campaign called “Truth About Charters.”
In Newark, N.J., the money-making opportunity for the charter school chains opened when the federal government made available millions of dollars in school construction bonds for charter schools. Noticing the potential windfall, the administration of governor Chris Christie promptly withheld funds designated for repairing and renovating existing public schools. This created a bonanza for new charter school construction, while local public schools went deeper into disrepair.
As Owen Davis reported for Truthout, “By systematically underfunding the public sector while extending market incentives to private actors, the Christie administration has essentially placed its thumb on the scale for charters. The result: Some charters enjoy gleaming new facilities (bankrolled by the same financial milieu that spends its down time plugging them), while the public sector continues its decline.”
As Rutgers University professor Bruce Baker recently wrote on his personal blog, School Finance 101, “In theory, the accountability and efficiency advantage of charter schooling is driven by the market for choice of one school over another. Increasingly, state education agencies have moved from being impartial technical assistance agencies and accountability reporting agencies to strongly promoting the charter sector. This advocacy behavior corrupts the state agency role and creates what economists refer to as an ‘asymmetry of information’ – in the extreme case a ‘market for lemons.’”
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Mr Eze, who is one of the most visible members of the All Progressives’ Congress in Rivers state, described the judgement as a good recipe for peace in the ruling party which has been enmeshed in a litany of internal hostilities. He dismissed insinuations that Abiola Ajimobi has statutory powers to administer the party as the next highest ranking officer from the South, stressing that all actions implemented by Mr Oshiomhole including the appointment of Mr Ajimobi, have been nullified by the court’s judgement.
He said Chief Giadom, as the next highest ranking member of the NWC from the South-South Zone, in compliance with the court’s ruling assumes duties as Acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress. “Any other person parading himself as Acting National Chairman is doing so at his peril and should be regarded as an agent of destabilisation,” Eze said.
Mr Eze congratulated the Court for its sound judgement which ousted Oshiomhole both as National Chairman and as a member of ruling APC, arguing that the former Edo Governor appropriated more powers to himself than the Constitution provides and as a result, pushed the party into a series of internal problems which led to electroal losses in Zamfara, Bauchi, Adamawa, Bayelsa and Rivers and other constituencies across the country. He asked all APC members to support Mr Giadom’s attempts to restructure the political party and also asked Giadom to build consensus among the party faithful.
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Colorado recycling drops, and state is working to fix that
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 28, 2020 | Leadville News
By Miachel Elizabeth Sakas, Colorado Public Radio via AP
DENVER — Colorado is wasting more and recycling less.
From 2018 to 2019, the state’s recycling rate dropped to 15.9% from 17.2%, far below the national average of 35%, according to an annual report released by Eco-Cycle and the Colorado Public Interest Research Group.
The rate also continues to fall short of the state’s recycling goal of 28% landfill diversion by 2021, Colorado Public Radio reports.
“We clearly have a lot more work to do here in Colorado to move our state forward,” said Suzanne Jones, executive director of Eco-Cycle.
Jones said recycling and composting isn’t just about keeping materials out of landfills; it’s also an “important climate solution” that prevents greenhouse gas emissions. “It’s the equivalent of taking 400,000 cars off the road each year,” she said. “That’s a great start.”
The report highlights communities with the best recycling rates, including Boulder, Loveland, Fort Collins, Aspen, Durango and Pitkin County. And rural parts of the state, categorized as the greater Colorado region, have already surpassed their 2021 state diversion target of 10% for these areas.
The Front Range has only reached 16.2% diversion, far from the area’s diversion goal of 32% by 2021, a significant factor preventing Colorado as a whole from meeting its 28% diversion goal by next year.
In terms of Colorado’s municipal waste in 2019, the Front Rage was responsible for 87% of it according to the report. The amount of trash the region sent to landfills increased 5% from 2018 to 2019, the data shows.
Diversion efforts have only kept pace with the state’s population growth over the past 10 years, the report notes, with no real gain in efforts to reduce waste and recover resources. Towns and cities reported that the cost of recycling was the most significant challenge, along with the unpredictable global market for certain recycled materials, transportation costs and a lack of local and statewide infrastructure.
“This signals that systemic policy changes are needed to drive Colorado toward a circular economy,” the report’s authors wrote.
Two moves the state has recently made to help it reach its recycling and composting goals were highlighted: Legislation designed to bring more recycling businesses to the state, as well as a fund that’s so far awarded more than $2 million in grants to help grow both recycling and composting efforts in the Front Range.
The most crucial metric in improving Colorado’s recycling is the availability of curbside recycling, especially on the Front Range, the authors wrote. Currently, only 39 Colorado cities and towns bundle curbside recycling with trash. Six of the state’s largest cities don’t provide universal curbside recycling.
The communities that are recycling the most are also the ones with bundled recycling and trash service. Arvada recently adopted a city-waste contract that will provide all residents with curbside recycling along with trash collection to help reach a recycling rate of 25%.
For Colorado to reach its statewide goals, the report suggests a transition to a recycling system that’s funded by product and packaging industries rather than state and local governments. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is evaluating such funding systems and will give recommendations in 2021.
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Aon, Oxfam, Etherisc launch blockchain for agricultural insurance in Sri Lanka
Today Aon, the world’s second-largest insurance broker, formally announced its involvement in a blockchain microinsurance project targeting Sri Lankan farmers. The project is in collaboration with Oxfam and Etherisc, the German decentralized insurance startup. The insurance policies are registered on the public Ethereum blockchain. So far, nearly 200 farmers have enrolled in the solution. It’s targeting 5,000 farmers for now.
Oxfam has leveraged its on-the-ground expertise and engagement with the farming community. “Allowing farmers to access the blockchain platform is an important milestone that is bringing an effective and affordable risk transfer mechanism to a large portion of the Sri Lanka economy,” said Bojan Kolundzija, the Country Director of Oxfam in Sri Lanka.
This is a parametric insurance project which automates the claims process based on weather events so that it’s not necessary for the farmer to make a claim or a claims adjuster to visit.
According to Swiss Re Institute in the last ten years, only 30% of catastrophe losses were insured. But the figures are worse in regions such as Sri Lanka.
Hugo Wegbrans, Aon’s Global Chief Broking Officer provided numbers in a presentation about the project at the Blockchain for Insurance summit. In South America agricultural coverage is just over 2.5%, in Africa it’s 0.3% and it’s even less in Asia.
The project aims to address the lack of affordable insurance projects and removes issues around claims processing. Because the costs of processing claims will be lower, a higher proportion of the premium goes towards risk cover.
Aon’s Wegbrans commented that the collaboration “allows us to broaden the potential positive impact we can have on people, families and small businesses around the globe.”
Responding to questions Aon’s Wegbrans clarified that there is existing insurance that the blockchain project is replacing. But moving insurance onto blockchain which is what has happened now, is just the first step. “From that we want to build it out to getting the entire value chain involved there. And then we want to look at rather than paying in money, paying in kind.” So when there’s a claim, compensation would be provided in the form of new seeds and agrochemicals.
“The thing we want to build is the infrastructure to deal with these kinds of volumes and this kind of parametric insurance to then use that platform to go outside [elsewhere].” By leveraging efficiencies wherever possible, it makes delivering microinsurance more viable.
“Farmers represent a third of the workforce and account for almost 20 percent of the economy, yet very few have insurance,” said Michiel Berende, Chief Inclusive Officer at Etherisc. “This made Sri Lanka a perfect candidate to feel the benefits of decentralized, collaborative and automated insurance.”
Blockchain and parametric insurance go well together. This is one of the first to go live, but there are several in the works. We previously wrote about startup Skyline Partners which is targeting the Indian tea sector.
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Nasdaq joins Utility Settlement Coin, USC confirms $63million funding
Today the Utility Settlement Coin project confirmed that it incorporated in the UK as Fnality International and raised a Series A of £50 million ($63m). Fourteen major international banks have backed the institutional stable coin project. Of note in today’s announcement is the changed set of banks. Previous members HSBC and Deutsche Bank did not participate in the funding, and there are several additions including Nasdaq.
Two weeks ago, Reuters reported a rumored fundraising and Ledger Insights explored some of the pros and cons of the USC.
The USC will be an institutional digital currency. Initially there will be digital versions of five currencies Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pounds, Japanese Yen and US Dollars. The USC is for use by financial institutions (only) to make instant settlements. For example, stock and derivative trades could be settled almost immediately. Today there are large centralized clearinghouses that exist because payment is not instant, and hence the intermediary is needed to absorb the risk of a failed payment. The project aims to create a regulated “network of distributed Financial Market Infrastructures (dFMIs)”.
The USC tokens will be 100% backed by central bank money and hence will only be available to financial institutions.
SWIFT is often mistakenly referred to as a payment system. But in fact, it just communicates messages between banks. The banks that send the messages make the payments. By combining both of these functions, and removing the settlement risk, there are potentially significant costs savings.
The USC states it will enable a single pool of funds available for settlement across multiple markets. As opposed to pockets of money tied up separately. That pooled liquidity could also potentially be a huge cost saving, subject to regulators potentially requiring separation.
“Working with our founding shareholders, we will start the regulatory approval process right away and look forward to connecting to the first business applications as soon as possible,” said CEO Rhomaios Ram (formerly with Deutsche Bank). “USC will be an enabler for tokenised markets and also offers a significant opportunity to simplify liquidity management using one cash asset for as many settlement needs as possible.” But that’s expected to be next year.
The founding shareholders
The last published set of member banks dates back to a list of twelve in 2017. Today’s list of 14 banks shares eight members. The former members that have not participated in the funding are HSBC, Deutsche Bank, ICAP, and NEX. Both the Fnality CEO and Chairman spent the bulk of their careers with Deutsche Bank.
The new joiners are Commerzbank, KBC, ING, Lloyds, Nasdaq, and Santander.
Hence the current members are Barclays, BNY Mellon, CIBC, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, ING, KBC Group, Lloyds, MUFG, Nasdaq, Santander, SMBC, State Street and UBS.
Apart from the CEO and Chairman the initial board members are from BNY Mellon, CIBC, Credit Suisse, ING, MUFG, Santander and UBS.
The project was initially founded in 2015 by UBS and UK technology company Clearmatics and is based on a permissioned version of Ethereum.
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March 3, 2020 August 26, 2020 Ali HedleyBlog
What’s Changed About the Residential Tenancies Act 1986?
With a slate of proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, local property management companies in Auckland have had to refine their practices and work hard to stay compliant. Below, we outline these changes so you can stay in the know.
What is the Residential Tenancies Act 1986?
The Residential Tenancies Act 1986 replaced the Tenancy Act 1955 and the Rent Appeal act 1973, as well as their subsequent amendments, outlining a new set of rights and responsibilities for landlords and tenants alike. The law also established the Tenancy Tribunal, which to this day is used to arbitrate disputes between landlords and tenants.
What changes have been made to the Residential Tenancies Act?
Several changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 have been implemented and more are proposed. These include:
The Healthy Homes Guarantee – An updated set of standards for heating and insulation in rental properties.
A ban on letting fees – Letting agents and solicitors may no longer charge tenants to grant a tenancy, though they may still charge a landlord for such services.
Improvements to tenant security – Landlords may no longer use no-cause terminations to discontinue periodic tenancy agreements.
Limit on rent increases – Rent increases are now permissible only once every 12 months.
A ban on solicitation of rental bids – Landlords may no longer solicit potential tenants for rental bids and must provide a set rent amount when pursuing tenants.
Stricter penalties for noncompliance – Harsher financial penalties and the introduction of new litigation tools allow for more effective action against noncompliant parties.
More flexibility for tenant additions – Tenants now have more freedom to install minor enhancements such as baby proofing, fire alarms, earthquake brackets, and other safety and security measures.
Why were these changes proposed?
In short, these changes have been made in response to significant shifts in New Zealand’s housing market demographics. With home ownership in New Zealand now at its lowest point in the past six decades, the number of households that are renting long-term has ballooned to over a third of the country’s population. What’s more, the number of children raised in rented homes has leaped from 26% in 1986 to nearly 50% today.
These demographic changes have fundamentally altered the balance of power between tenants and landlords, and the government has proposed these changes to ensure that the rights of tenants in this environment are secured. Importantly, these changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 do not seem to have arisen in response to evidence of widespread mistreatment or exploitation of tenants by landlords. Rather, they seem to be precautionary, shoring up perceived weaknesses of tenants in a changing NZ housing market.
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"The atmosphere is very relaxed and the staff are really helpful and friendly. An excellent place for families, children particularly are very well catered for in breakfast and entertainment. The room I had was on the small side but comfortable, well equipped and clean. breakfast was good. I would return on another family visit as all the children in the party loved it."
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"A great place with a good ambience right in the heart of Harrogate. My room was well furnished and the breakfast and service were excellent. Spot on, well recommended."
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"Wonderful weekend in amazing Harrogate, this guesthouse is delightful and so close to the town, wonderfully equipped room with everything we needed, incredible cooked breakfast, free WIFI, parking, great price! "
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"Close to the exhibition centre and town centre, the Camberley is friendly and inviting with nice owners and a good atmosphere. There is a comfortable lounge and breakfast room, both nicely decorated and relaxing areas. Rooms are good, well equipped with every requirement. Breakfasts are good, generous portions with locally sourced products. Everything you could want from a B&B."
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Geminian
"We had a wonderful stay at Gemenian, the location was perfect, just a short walk from Harrogate town and the train station. We had a lovely welcome from Denny and Mike and they gave us lots of tips on the area. Our room was modern and spotless with a good selection of toiletries and refreshments. Outstanding breakfast. We would absolutely return!"
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The Lodge Harrogate
"Highly recommend staying here, the staff were helpful, wonderfully equipped room with good facilities, free WIFI, parking, excellent breakfast, walking distance to the town, shops and restaurants. Great service! "
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"Opposite the International Centre and easy walking to the centre, rooms are comfortable and clean, breakfast was excellent. A good and comfortable stay, good value for money, I would be happy to stay again."
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Acomb Lodge
"Enjoyable stay at Acomb when I was visiting friends in Harrogate, it walking distance to the town and all amenities. I had a great room with a good comfy bed and lovely bathroom with a bath and shower, toiletries and refreshments. Delicious breakfast with a good selection of cereals, fruits and pastries and well as the usual cooked items. I would most definitely return."
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Scotia House - Boutique Guesthouse
"I had a warm and friendly welcome and the house is attractive and clean. My room was lovely with some nice extra touches, breakfast was delicious and included fresh fruit. A perfect business stay, I would be happy to return and recommend to others."
Tina Guest score: 10/10
The Welford
"Very nice owners, comfortable and well equipped rooms, excellent breakfasts which include fresh fruit - always a good sign. The location is good, within easy walking distance to the centre, restaurants etc. A very good stay and good value, recommended."
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Brookfield House
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Owen Guest score: 10/10
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Shelbourne House
"Booked to stay here overnight as we were attending an event in Harrogate. The owner Sue was such a nice lady who really made our stay pleasant, our room was very cosy with a good hospitality tray. The town centre was just 5 minutes away and Sue made a lovely full English breakfast in the morning."
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Occupying a prime spot at the very heart of North Yorkshire, Harrogate bills itself as one of the UK's finest districts for historic, cultural and natural treasures. And little wonder, when the area is simply bursting with important historic houses, ancient castles, inspiring abbeys, quaint villages and uniquely English countryside at its finest.
The city has a deserved reputation as one of the best locations for conferences and exhibitions in the country, and it is this that forms the basis of the region's economy. The Harrogate International Centre is the third largest fully integrated conference and exhibition centre in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe, pumping over £150 million to the local economy annually, and attracts more than 350,000 business visitors every year. Sport is a large part of local life with Harrogate Town AFC its main team, and cricket is also a big summer season crowd pleaser with matches played at the home ground of Harrogate Cricket Club.
A scattering of museums and exhibitions offer insights into the fascinating history of the district and its surrounding areas, which today are among the most beautiful settings in the UK. For those who want a little more activity on their holiday, there's plenty of rugby and cricket on offer, as well as rock climbing, which is particularly popular. The indoor climbing centre at Harrogate Climbing Centre is ideal for beginners, while outdoors head to Almscliffe Crag and Brimham Rocks for more of a challenge!
What B&B's are near Harrogate Train Station?
The closest B&B or hotel near Harrogate Train Station is The Inn At Cheltenham Parade, which is 0.2 miles away with prices from £70 and the second closest B&B or hotel near Harrogate Train Station is Dragon House Guest Accommodation which is 0.3 miles away and has a great review score of 9.4 with prices from £60
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What are the best B&B's near Harrogate Theatre?
The closest hotel to Harrogate Theatre is The Inn At Cheltenham Parade, which is 0.1 miles away with prices from £70 and the second closest hotel to Harrogate Theatre is The Camberley which is 0.2 miles away and has a great review score of 8.9 with prices from £36
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Which B&B's are near Harrogate Turkish Baths?
The 2 closest properties to Harrogate Turkish Baths are The Inn At Cheltenham Parade at 0.1 miles and, secondly The Camberley which is 0.2 miles away. Both properties have excellent rates and great review scores.
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What are the best B&B's near Royal Pump Room Museum?
Some of the best B&B's near Royal Pump Room Museum are The Inn At Cheltenham Parade, The Camberley and The Lodge Harrogate.
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How much is it for a B&B in Harrogate tonight?
Our best value B&B deal tonight can be found at Shannon Court Guesthouse from £35 * with 8 rooms and a guest review score of 8.5. * Subject to availability.
Which Harrogate B&B's are best for couples?
Some of the best B&Bs in Harrogate for couples are; Dragon House Guest Accommodation or Geminian. You might also try Conference View Guest House, which frequently has offers on double rooms.
Which B&B in Harrogate are best for singles?
Some of the best Hotels for single rooms in Harrogate can be found at The Inn At Cheltenham Parade on selected nights, as well as The Lodge Harrogate on selected nights.
Which B&B's in Harrogate are best for families?
Many B&Bs in Harrogate offer family rooms - try Scotia House - Boutique Guesthouse and Acomb Lodge.
What B&B's in Harrogate take group bookings?
There are several places in Harrogate that accept group bookings, wedding parties & events.
Which B&B's in Harrogate offer free parking?
You can find free parking at many B&Bs in Harrogate, though most offer limited spaces, and early booking is suggested. You could try Dragon House Guest Accommodation, or also look at Acomb Lodge, which has limited free parking.
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A Happy Hearth: Fireplace Maintenance Tips
Expert advice on how to maintain the safety of your log home's fireplace or wood-burning stove.
With the chill of winter in the air, the thought of warming up by a crackling, toasty fire is enticing. But before lighting that match, experts advise ensuring that your fireplace or wood-burning stove is operating properly in order to maintain the safety of family members and your home.
"Any wood-burning device should be checked periodically and cleaned according to usage," says Michael Kuhn, director of field services for HouseMaster, a home inspection company that serves North America. "Whether you use a fireplace or wood-burning stove every day or once a year, proper annual maintenance will allow for years of safe and pleasurable use."
The most important consideration when it comes to fire, of course, is safety. You should conduct your own yearly inspection to ensure that your units perform properly. Before using your fireplace for the first time each season, Michael suggests checking the visible areas of the chimney for any blockages or creosote (a highly flammable, gummy deposit) build-up on the interior of chimney walls and the surface of the flue.
"Any deposit over 1/4-inch thick is a potential fire hazard and should be cleaned professionally," Michael says.
Creosote residue accumulates on relatively cool chimney linings and, when ignited, causes an extremely dangerous fire. To prevent creosote buildup, you should maintain a moderate fire hot enough to prevent a cool flue liner, but not hot enough to ignite creosote already formed.
"Burning unseasoned or green wood creates a 'cooler' fire, which increases the chance of the creosote build-up," Michael explains.
To lessen this problem, he suggests using aged, seasoned wood, which will burn hotter. Even if you don't notice creosote, the fireplace should be professionally inspected and cleaned once every year if used regularly or periodically, or if there is any hint of a problem.
"Sometimes a home owner will only inspect the chimney from inside the home," Michael says, "but, creosote can also form close to the top of the chimney, near the roof, where the colder temperature cools fireplace gases."
Since 90 percent of chimney fires are caused by creosote build-up, Michael recommends an inspection of the chimney from both ends, whether you do it yourself or hire a professional.
Burning With Gas
If you're using a gas unit inside the fireplace, either as an alternative to wood burning or as an igniter, then you should take special precautions to protect yourself from toxic gases, says Michael.
Most safety regulations require that gas-burning units be connected to a fireplace with a functional and permanently open flue to allow for the exhaust of combustion products and natural gas.
"I also advise home owners to check the unit's components for possible leaks or damage, and to make immediate replacements when necessary," Michael says.
Even a cursory inspection can greatly reduce the risk of future mishaps. If there is a smell of natural gas, whether the unit is on or off, you should turn off the main gas valve and immediately call a professional to determine if there is a leak.
Once you begin using your fireplace, take care to look for problems throughout the season.
"Smoke, rust or water stains are signs of inadequate venting or flue maintenance, which could indicate numerous hazardous conditions or concerns," Michael says.
Some of these may include blockage of the flue, an insufficient smoke shelf or design construction defects. If any of these problems occur, contact the installer of your fireplace or stove for additional information or to seek out the help of a professional.
"The fireplace should not be used again until the problem is alleviated," Michael warns.
Wood-burning stoves have become quite popular in recent years. Not only are they aesthetically pleasing, they can also save on heating bills. The new models of wood-burning stoves provide an efficient source of heat for the home in case of a power outage, which can be quite common in some areas during the windy, icy months of the winter.
Despite their efficiency, wood-burning stoves require the same amount of preventative safety maintenance as a fireplace.
"If problems arise with a stove that was installed by the prior home owner, you should check with local building authorities to see if the stove was installed according to local requirements," Michael advises. "If you are in the process of buying a home with a wood-burning stove, ask the seller if there is a 'certificate of inspection' for the stove."
All wood-burning units should be located far enough from combustible materials and walls to prevent a potential fire.
"Local codes vary, so you have to check with the town's building inspector," Michael says.
Even if the unit is not close to combustible walls, a masonry wall may contain wood beams within it that could ignite at high temperatures. To protect your home from this problem, you may want to install special heat shields, he says. Michael also warns that stoves should not be set directly on a wooden floor or carpet because this can create another fire hazard.
"Fireproof material must always be used on the hearth and under the unit," he stresses.
Rekindling an Old Flame
When it comes time to get your fire going, use kindling rather than magazines or newspapers. Kindling is the cleanest and most efficient fire-starting material. Some magazines and newspapers give off toxic smoke when burned due to the types of ink used in the printing process.
"Newspapers also send burning ashes up your flue that can ignite a dirty chimney or land on your roof while still aglow," Michael cautions. Never use flammable liquids, such as gasoline or lighter fluid, to start or rekindle a fire. "Using these types of materials can cause an explosion, serious burns?even death," he says. "As with any home feature," Michael says, "the key is upkeep, maintenance and the awareness that problems could exist now or develop in the future."
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Judicial review of Commonwealth procurements – what will it mean for you?
• 02 June 2017 • 5 min read
New Bill would allow suppliers to seek injunctions or compensation breaches of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules
On 24 May 2017, the Government introduced the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 (Bill) into the Parliament. The Bill is intended to implement Australia’s international obligations under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement, to which Australia is currently attempting to accede.
The Bill would, if passed, allow suppliers to seek injunctions or compensation in the Federal Court or Federal Circuit Court for breaches of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs), or proposed conduct that would breach the CPRs.
What procurements would the Bill apply to?
As drafted, the Bill will apply to ‘covered procurements’, being procurements that are subject to both Division 1 and Division 2 of the CPRs, and which are undertaken by non-corporate Commonwealth entities and corporate Commonwealth entities which are designated under rule 30 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (Cth). This includes corporate Commonwealth entities such as the National Gallery of Australia, Comcare and CSIRO.
A procurement will be subject to both Division 1 and Division 2 of the CPRs if it exceeds the relevant procurement threshold ($80,000 for a non-construction procurement by a non-corporate Commonwealth entity), and does not fall within the exemptions under Appendix A to the CPRs. Those exemptions include leasing land, procurement of motor vehicles, engaging legal counsel and procurements for certain national security agencies such as the Defence Intelligence Organisation.
As noted in our previous article on the then foreshadowed Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill, it will be interesting to see whether the Government will seek to amend the procurement thresholds under the CPRs, as some of the current thresholds (including the $80,000 for a non-construction procurement by a non-corporate Commonwealth entity) are significantly lower than the maximum allowable by the treaties which the Bill is trying to implement, which is about $240,000 for non-construction procurements.
If the procurement thresholds remain as they are now, up to 33 percent of Commonwealth procurement processes could be subject to the new judicial review procedures.
The Bill will only allow for review of alleged breaches of the CPRs that occur after it enters into force. It should be noted, however, that it will (as currently drafted) apply to procurements that commenced before the Bill is passed if the alleged breach of the CPRs occurred after the Bill is passed.
As anticipated in our earlier article, the Bill, as drafted, provides for two types of redress for breaches of the CPRs, namely injunctions and compensation. We have discussed the process for these actions below.
Suppliers whose interests are affected by a contravention, or proposed contravention, of the CPRs will be able to seek an injunction regarding the contravention. This would involve following the following steps:
Step 1 – Complaint to the agency
First, the supplier must make a complaint to the relevant agency. This complaint will suspend the procurement until the complaint (or any subsequent legal claim) is resolved, unless the accountable authority of the relevant Commonwealth entity issues a public interest certificate stating that it is not in the public interest for the procurement to be suspended. The agency is required to investigate the conduct of the subject of the complaint.
Step 2 – Application for injunction
Provided that the supplier has made a complaint, they will be able to seek an injunction in the Federal Court or Federal Circuit Court. The court must not grant an injunction unless the supplier:
has made a complaint to the relevant entity
has made a ‘reasonable attempt to resolve the complaint’ if it would be reasonable for the supplier to do so
applied within 10 days of the alleged contravention of the CPRs, or the day on which they became aware, or ought reasonably have become aware of the contravention
obtained an extension of time to make the application on the basis that their delay was attributable to their reasonable attempt to resolve their complaint concerning the alleged contravention, or there are special circumstances warranting a greater period.
The Bill anticipates injunctions both to compel the relevant agency to cease doing something (or not to do something) that would breach the CPRs, and injunctions requiring the agency to positively do something or take a course of action so as to comply with the CPRs. It should be noted, however, the court will not have the power to overturn a contract once it has been awarded.
If a public interest certificate has not been issued regarding the procurement, the procurement will remain suspended until the Court makes its findings.
The Bill also permits suppliers to make claims for compensation where their interests are affected by a contravention or proposed contravention of the CPRs. Such claims can seek an amount not exceeding the supplier’s reasonable expenditure in preparing their tender, making a complaint in relation to the alleged contravention of the CPRs and seeking to resolve the complaint.
As currently drafted, the Bill would allow suppliers to claim compensation without having made a complaint to the relevant Commonwealth agency first and the Bill does not provide any limitation period within which claims for compensation need to be made.
If passed in its current form, the Bill will significantly change the way agencies will have to deal with procurements, by:
freezing procurement processes, in the absence of a public interest certificate, if a complaint or an application for an injunction is made, which could significantly delay procurement processes
providing a process for suppliers to challenge procurements, including by seeking injunctions requiring an agency to do something required by the CPRs, or omit from doing something prohibited by the CPRs
allowing tenderers to seek compensation where their interests are affected by a contravention or proposed contravention of the CPRs.
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MAKI Gallery holds exhibitions throughout the year featuring emerging and established artists.
Omotesando, Tokyo
Tennoz, Tokyo
MAKI Collection
4-11-11 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
E-mail: info@makigallery.com
Jonas Wood & Shio Kusaka
Pots, Plants, Sports
Installation view, artwork, left to right: Jonas Wood; Shio Kusaka
MASAHIRO MAKI GALLERY is pleased to present ‘Jonas Wood & Shio Kusaka: Pots, Plants, Sports’, a two-person exhibition which focuses on prints by the American painter, Jonas Wood, and his partner, the ceramic artist, Shio Kusaka, to be held for the first time in Japan.
Featuring themes that appear recurrently in their work, such as pots, plants and sports scenes, the exhibition covers two floors of the gallery space and showcases twenty prints by Wood, produced between 2011 and 2017, alongside a selection of ten prints by Kusaka which take her ceramic works as their subjects. In addition to the exhibition held at the gallery, thirty works by Wood will be on view at Art Fair Tokyo 2019, from March 7th through 10th. The prints in this exhibition form a series of vividly graphical images in which the sheer flatness of the surface and the use of the same plate with varying color schemes achievable solely through the medium of printing further enrich the diversity of lines, forms and colors that intersect and interrupt one another. The over sixty images displayed at two locations epitomize the colorful and playful body of work by the artist duo who stand at the forefront of contemporary American Pop Art.
Taking everyday motifs such as houseplants, tennis court, and interiors with figures of friends and family as his subjects, Wood captures them from multiple perspectives and weaves them together to present a flattened and disorientating vision of space, in which dissonant colors and complex compositions are at work. While often presenting his work according to thematic categories, such as ‘Portraits’ and ‘Interiors’, Wood has lately been developing imaginative compositions that cross over these categories and blend the two-dimensional and three-dimensional, such as basketballs stemming from plants or a pot whose surface is adorned with a landscape. The exploration of space and perspective in Wood’s paintings finds its art-historical lineage in Modern and post-Modern predecessors, such as Henri Matisse and David Hockney, as well as the increasingly evident influence of the ceramicist, Kusaka, with whom he shares a studio in Los Angeles. In recent years, Wood has been working closely on prints in addition to paintings, exploring various techniques such as screen-printing, lithography and etching. The resulting works are void of their painterly textures and the flatness of the image is further emphasized.
Kusaka’s ceramic pots are characterized by their organic forms of various sizes, their surfaces depicting hand-drawn motifs, such as fruits, dinosaurs, basketballs, grids and wood grain patterns. Beautifully exposing the imperfections, subtle distortions and discontinuities in their form and pattern, Kusaka’s delicate and expressive work blurs the boundary between drawing and pottery, figurative and abstract, revealing the artist’s innovative approach to establishing a new aesthetics beyond the traditions of craftsmanship and folk art. Kusaka’s prints, which take her ceramic works as their subjects, free her quirky pots from their tactility and material presence, instead transforming them into weightless graphics that float against Pop-inspired, square-shaped backgrounds saturated with monochromatic colors.
Press release - Jonas Wood & Shio Kusaka 'Pots, Plants, Sports'
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Carrier WiFi
Ready for Takeoff?
Jonestown Dan Jones, Mobile Editor 6/6/2006
2:45 PM -- If I had told you a few years ago that it could soon be a commonplace thing to flip open your laptop, check your email, and make voice calls while cruising at 30,000 feet you might have laughed. Well, the technology is here now, but it's not clear how many airlines can -- or will -- be able to pay for it.
Over the last week a couple of events have shown that wireless technology is just about ready to get its wings. First, the much-touted Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction of air-to-ground spectrum was completed after 144 rounds of bidding. The eventual winners were Aircell Inc. and JetBlue. The FCC says that the spectrum can be used to provide broadband services onboard the plane but isn't yet loosening its restrictions on inflight cell phone calls. (See JetBlue, AirCell Win Some Airtime.)
The auctions mean that at least some flights in the U.S. should eventually be able to offer users the opportunity to access email and Internet -- and possibly VOIP calls -- while on the wing. This will be an undoubted boon for the business traveler if the price is right.
Outside of the U.S., airlines such as Lufthansa have offered these services on various international flights for a little while now. The operator charges between $20 and $30 for the service depending on the length of the flight.
The big questions concern the timing and the pricing of these services in the U.S. There's lots of speculation about the services JetBlue will offer and what it will charge for them. Some are hoping for free WiFi on planes even though the JetBlue consortium spent nearly $7 million on the 1-MHz license. AirCell spent $31.3 million on its 3-MHz chunk of the sky. It's hoping to start working with carriers on WiFi services in 2007.
Pricing will be absolutely key to driving the take-up of inflight WiFi services. The current holder of the ground-to-air spectrum -- Verizon, which will vacate the bandwidth by 2010 -- used it to offer a seat-back phone service that I have never seen anyone use. Largely because it cost $5 a minute.
With the profusion of free WiFi access available today, there will be an expectation among the punters that any service should be free or at least cheap. Otherwise it becomes hard to justify using it. Why not wait until you land and grab a signal at your airport or hotel? On the other hand, airlines will want to recoup the millions it will cost to outfit their fleet with WiFi. Especially as their other costs, such as fuel, continue to skyrocket.
And WiFi won't be the only radio technology competing for the sky jockey's dollars. Boeing and FedEx have been working on the second big airborne wireless event this week. The pair are testing the safety of active RFID tags (they're the ones that can broadcast independently of a reader) inflight. (See I'm RFID, Fly Me.)
The idea being that RFID sensors could deliver more information on the state of the aircraft to air and ground crews, such as how much stress the plane had suffered after a rough landing.
Both WiFi services and improved data about the health of a plane sound like worthy candidates for future implementation on aircraft. Aside from JetBlue, however, I wonder how many airlines in the U.S. have that kind of money to kick around.
— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung
SmartGuy2 12/5/2012 | 3:52:26 AM
re: Ready for Takeoff? Now that internet access on airplanes may be going mainstream, wouldn't it be nice if you could open your laptop beyond the 80-dreegree limit in economy class? Even if you have an ultraportable, have you tried using its trackpad to move the cursor, with your elbows firmly against your body?
Yes, all the technologies for all sort of services are already here, but people usually follow the hype and forget about the practical limitations.
Will airlines increase leg and side room (get rid of a bunch of seats) so their customers can surf?
I recently flew to Europe with Lufthansa, which has the Boeing thing, but the price for internet surfing was not appealing at all. This would be another factor to consider.
freetoair 12/5/2012 | 3:52:25 AM
re: Ready for Takeoff? cellular calls worked great on 9/11 -- right?
seems like pretty much a 100% success rate, handovers, etc. why all the fuss. I am sure all the wireless guinesses on the board know how well cellular works at 30,000 feet?
joset01 12/5/2012 | 3:52:22 AM
re: Ready for Takeoff? I don't suppose that will ever be sanctioned by the FAA.
meshsecurity 12/5/2012 | 3:52:21 AM
re: Ready for Takeoff? Wondering if any of the other mesh companies responded to this?
re: Ready for Takeoff? Yeah, I hope to talk to Tropos soon. (Sorry Brad, call me.) I'll let you know what happens.
re: Ready for Takeoff? Please do. I think there are other areas that need to be addressed by these companies. Standing by. Cisco and Belair respond yet?
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The Ethical Function of Architecture
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MIT, 414 pp., £29.95, January 1997, 0 262 08252 7Show More
“... My architecture is about presence and absence.’ The lecture hall at the American Academy in Rome was dark and on the projection screen before us was an image of jagged fields of colour. The speaker, a black-clad young architect from New York, was delivering his Fellow’s Lecture. Since most of the previous lectures had been given by historians occupied with mapping the drainage ditches of ancient Pompeii or cataloguing the patronage of Renaissance door jambs, his rambling ‘deconstructivist’ reflections on modern buildings brought a nervous titter from the unknowing audience ...”
The Sober Science
Mark Lilla, 20 April 1995
German Ideology: From France to Germany and Back
by Louis Dumont.
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“... The modern social sciences were born out of modern political philosophy. Overtime, those sciences declared their independence one by one from the philosophical tradition, then tried to reshape it after their own image. The intimate relation between economics and Anglo-American liberal thought, now centuries old, offers a classic example. A similar story might be told on the Continent, though for different social sciences in different countries ...”
The trouble with the Enlightenment
Mark Lilla, 6 January 1994
The Magus of the North: J.G. Hamann and the Origins of Modern Irrationalism
by Isaiah Berlin, edited by Henry Hardy.
Murray, 144 pp., £14.99, October 1993, 0 7195 5312 1Show More
“... was Beccaria guilty of ‘rationalism’? Did Diderot’s and Lessing’s literary works really mark them as ‘unfeeling’ prophets of cultural ‘intolerance’? Did Voltaire’s despairing cry after the Lisbon earthquake, ‘il y a du mal sur la terre’, actually inspire others to plan mad utopias or ‘sacrifice themselves’ on the altar of ...”
Against Passion
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The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
by Mark Lilla.
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“... you don’t like that’s fighting for its interests as fiercely as yours does? Or is it, as Mark Lilla puts it in The Once and Future Liberal, ‘a pseudo-politics of self-regard and increasingly narrow and exclusionary self-definition’? The book belongs to the genre of responses to Donald Trump’s election in which liberal American ...”
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The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West
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“... door is to ask me to expel the Holy Spirit from my life when I serve as a congressman,’ declares Mark Souder, a conservative Republican from Indiana, ‘and that I will not do.’ Such affirmations of the legitimacy of religion in the civic sphere are increasingly common in the United States, even among liberal democrats stung by accusations of secularist ...”
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G.B. Vico: The Making of an Anti-Modern
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“... of the many lessons of the recent presidential election campaign and its repugnant outcome,’ Mark Lilla wrote in the New York Times, ‘is that the age of identity liberalism must be brought to an end,’ and he condemned Clinton for calling out explicitly to African-American, Latino, LGBT and women voters at every stop. ‘This,’ he said, ‘was ...”
Un Dret Egal
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Inventing Human Rights: A History
by Lynn Hunt.
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Pageantry and power
A cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor’s Show, 1585-1639
Author: Tracey Hill
The London Lord Mayors' Shows were high-profile and lavish entertainments that were at the centre of the cultural life of the City of London in the early modern period. The Show was staged annually to celebrate the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor. The London mayoralty was not simply an entity of civic power, but always had its ritual and ceremonial dimensions. Pageantry was a feature of the day's entertainment. This book focuses on the social, cultural and economic contexts, in which the Shows were designed, presented and experienced, and explores the Shows in textual, historical, bibliographical, and archival and other contexts. It highlights the often-overlooked roles of the artificer and those other craftsmen who contributed so valuably to the day's entertainment. The Show was the concern of the Great Twelve livery companies from the ranks of one of which the Lord Mayor was elected. The book discusses, inter alia, the actors' roles, the props, music and costumes used during the Show and looks at how important emblems and imagery were to these productions. Pageant writers and artificers took advantage of the space available to them just as dramatists did on the professional stage. From 1585 onwards the Lord Mayor's Show was with increasing frequency transmitted from event to text in the form of short pamphlets produced in print runs ranging from 200 to 800 copies. The book also demonstrates the ways in which the Shows engaged with the changing socio-economic scene of London and with court and city politics.
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Chapter 1: ‘From low- obscure Beginnings raysde to Fame’
Critical and historical contexts of the Lord Mayor’s Show
Chapter 2: ‘Our devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye’
The writers, the artificers and the livery companies
Chapter 3: ‘A day of well Compos’d Variety of Speach and shew’
Bringing the Shows to life
Chapter 4: ‘A briefe narration of each seuerall shew’
The Show from street to print
Chapter 5: ‘To prune and dresse the Tree of Gouernment’
Political and contemporary contexts of the Shows
The Lord Mayors’ Shows, 1585–1639: summary
Governance of the City of London
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Stories of women
Gender and narrative in the postcolonial nation
Author: Elleke Boehmer
Why is the nation in a post-colonial world so often seen as a motherland? This study explores the relationship between gender icons and foundational fictions of the nation in different post-colonial spaces. The author's work on the intersections between independence, nationalism and gender has already proved canonical in the field. This book combines her keynote essays on the mother figure and the post-colonial nation with new work on male autobiography, ‘daughter’ writers, the colonial body, the trauma of the post-colony and the nation in a transnational context. Focusing on Africa as well as South Asia, and sexuality as well as gender, the author offers close readings of writers ranging from Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri and Nelson Mandela to Arundhati Roy and Yvonne Vera, shaping these into a critical engagement with theorists of the nation such as Fredric Jameson and Partha Chatterjee. Moving beyond cynical deconstructions of the post-colony, the book mounts a reassessment of the post-colonial nation as a site of potential empowerment, as a ‘paradoxical refuge’ in a globalised world. It acts on its own impassioned argument that post-colonial and nation-state studies address substantively issues hitherto raised chiefly within international feminism.
Samuel Beckett and the primacy of love
Author: John Robert Keller
This study is about the central place of the emotional world in Beckett's writing. Stating that Beckett is ‘primarily about love’, it makes a re-assessment of his influence and immense popularity. The book examines numerous Beckettian texts, arguing that they embody a struggle to remain in contact with a primal sense of internal goodness, one founded on early experience with the mother. Writing itself becomes an internal dialogue, in which the reader is engaged, between a ‘narrative-self’ and a mother.
Scepticism and belief in English witchcraft drama, 1538–1681
Author: Eric Pudney
This book situates witchcraft drama within its cultural and intellectual context, highlighting the centrality of scepticism and belief in witchcraft to the genre. It is argued that these categories are most fruitfully understood not as static and mutually exclusive positions within the debate around witchcraft, but as rhetorical tools used within it. In drama, too, scepticism and belief are vital issues. The psychology of the witch character is characterised by a combination of impious scepticism towards God and credulous belief in the tricks of the witch’s master, the devil. Plays which present plausible depictions of witches typically use scepticism as a support: the witch’s power is subject to important limitations which make it easier to believe. Plays that take witchcraft less seriously present witches with unrestrained power, an excess of belief which ultimately induces scepticism. But scepticism towards witchcraft can become a veneer of rationality concealing other beliefs that pass without sceptical examination. The theatrical representation of witchcraft powerfully demonstrates its uncertain status as a historical and intellectual phenomenon; belief and scepticism in witchcraft drama are always found together, in creative tension with one another.
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Forums > Main Forum > Just Shootin' The Breeze > Entertainment & Literature >
Movie Quotes Game
Discussion in 'Entertainment & Literature' started by BRION24, Feb 21, 2011.
kav MassCops Member
Die Hard with a Vengeance????????
"In one week, I can put a bug so far up her ass, she don't know whether to shit or wind her wristwatch."
kav, Feb 24, 2011
Pvt. Cowboy said: ↑
Correction for BRION24, that's from "Blue Streak" not 40 Year Old Virgin...
When I replied it said " I'm starving. Gimme some fucking french toast".
I didn't see that spanish phrase.
One flew over the Cuckoos nest.
"He says he's having a wonderful time and he is thinking of changing his name to spike"
TRPDiesel MassCops Member
kav said: ↑
"If you dress like Halloween, ghouls will try to get in your pants"
TRPDiesel, Feb 24, 2011
honor12900 MassCops Member
"I'm a federali. This place is a cesspool!"
"English.. Mother fucker do you speak it"
honor12900, Feb 24, 2011
We are all balled up in this thread...
honor12900 said: ↑
"Well, I've gotta go. I've got a government job to abuse, and a lonely wife to fuck. "
uhhhhh, I'll put this back on track.
"If you dress like Halloween, ghouls will try to get in your pants
- Faceoff
"screw you, donuts are awesome!"
- Harald and Kumar
- Faceoff again.
"Forty years I been asking permission to piss. I can't squeeze a drop without say-so."
DEI8 Supporting Member
John Q
Sunnyside is a place of ruin and despair, ruled by an evil bear who smells of strawberries
DEI8, Feb 25, 2011
TacEntry MassCops Member
"The Toecutter, he know's who I am!" "I am the Nightrider!" "I'm a fuel injected suicide machine!"
TacEntry, Feb 25, 2011
I know what you're thinkin'. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?
You want me to strap her to the hood?...She'll be fine. It's not as if it's going to rain or something
JF5 MassCops Member
1. How did you know which one was goin' to shoot first?
2. Well, that one in the center: he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. And the one second from the left: he had scared eyes, he wasn't gonna do nothin'. But that one on the far left: he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move.
1. How 'bout the one on the right?
2. Never paid him no mind; you were there.
1. I could have missed.
JF5, Feb 25, 2011
Unforgiven (great movie)
"you are the after birth that slithered out of your mother's filth"
*I* don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.
Q5-TPR said: ↑
He's so FLUFFY! I'm gonna die!
" I'm sorry. This is the fun-vee. The hum-drum-vee is back there. "
TRPDiesel said: ↑
Iron Man.
"Oh, the Boston gig was cancelled, but don't worry. It's not much of a college town."
Kilvinsky I think, therefore I'll never be promoted.
"...It gives you just about the most twisted, anti-social bunch of psychopathic deformities I have ever run into!...You've got one religious maniac, one malignant dwarf, two near-idiots, and the rest I don't even wanna think about!"
Kilvinsky, Feb 26, 2011
Gardens of Stone and Firefox
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
That's TWO from me!
"When the fuck did we get ice cream?"
-Ringers
mpguy, Mar 5, 2011
mpguy said: ↑
Did you answer your own quote? LOL
TRPDiesel, Mar 5, 2011
"This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but boy do I love Fig Newtons"
-The Sand Lot
"I was nineteen years old when the musical Cats came to our town.
I couldn't wait to see it. After the show I was asked if I wanted to go meet some of the performers backstage. Man, I was thrilled. But when I got back there, they were drunk and out of control. Rumpus Cat and Macavity kept feeling up my leg. I tried to leave, but, Rumpleteazer held me down, and.. I was raped by Mr. Mistoffelees."
Team America: World Police
"Fill You Hands you Son of a BITCH!"
And since no one got EITHER of the ones I posted, they are from: a) The Dirty Dozen; b) Batman (the 1966 movie) Geez, what are ya, a bunch of KIDS?
Kilvinsky, Mar 6, 2011
JF5 said: ↑
Not "Unforgiven," it's "The Outlaw Josey Wales."
LGriffin, Mar 6, 2011
"You guys testing missiles here or what?"
honor12900, Mar 6, 2011
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Bromford named a leading developer of affordable housing | Latest news
| Latest news
Bromford named a leading developer of affordable housing
Bromford has been named one of the country’s leading developers of affordable housing by a leading publication.
Inside Housing has today published its annual Top 50 Biggest Builders 2019 list showcasing the housing associations who have built the most new homes over the past year. And with 1,236 new homes built in 2018-19 Bromford is 9th on the list, up from 13th last year.
Of the homes built last year, 240 were for social rent and 490 were for affordable rent. Bromford also completed 431 homes for shared ownership, 11 retirement living homes, 30 homes for people with learning or physical disabilities and 34 homes that were sold on the open market.
Executive Director of New Homes Martyn Blackman said: “This has been a fantastic start to our ambitious ten-year goal to build 14,000 new homes across in the Midlands and South West by 2028. One our key strategic objectives is to build homes to enable even more customers to thrive and our success over the year means that more than 3,500 customers now have a safe, secure, modern place to call home.
“And we’re well on course to continue to grow our programme. Our financial strength, diverse programme and range of key partners will all contribute to us being able to deliver our ambitious plans.”
Bromford’s aspirations were enhanced earlier in the year when it became one of Homes England’s strategic partners. The announcement saw Bromford receive £66.4m to build 1,400 additional social rented, affordable rented and shared ownership homes.
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J.Lo's "Olive Oil" Skincare Routine Gets Meme'd by Dermatologists
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Jessica Lipscomb | December 10, 2020 | 8:00am
The product launch inspired dozens of memes from celebrity injectors, aestheticians, and other medical professionals.
Screenshots via @annaguanchemd/@doctordoublechin
Gloria Estefan might be the First Lady of Miami, but Jennifer Lopez is damn near royalty. When the powers that be at Super Bowl LIV wanted the most 305 halftime show ever, they called J.Lo. She and her husband, baseball legend Alex Rodriguez, just bought a $32.5 million mansion on Star Island. The family spent much of this year isolating at their Parasite-esque home in Coral Gables.
This week, Lopez launched her much-anticipated skincare line, J.Lo Beauty. And in an Instagram TV promo, the 51-year-old revealed the secret to her unbelievably youthful glow: olive oil.
"What I went back to was basically secrets my mom told me when I was young, like how olive oil was kind of a cure-all for your hair, your skin, your nails, your body," Lopez says in the promo, explaining why the pantry staple is a key ingredient in her new product line. "It was like nature's magic ingredient. That's the thing that makes that natural glow."
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Almost immediately, her followers shared their skepticism.
"Don't forget Botox and fillers!" one person commented. Lopez responded in turn: "sorry baby i haven't ever used them. This is what I use I hope you enjoy. Also a joyful heart helps. [red heart emoji]."
J.Lo told the same story to beauty editors covering her skincare launch.
"I haven't ever had Botox to this day," she said in a media Zoom call, according to Page Six. "I'm not that person."
But dermatologists find Lopez's claims dubious. The product launch inspired dozens of memes from celebrity injectors, aestheticians, and other medical professionals.
Tanya Patron, a physician's assistant whose South Miami clinic offers injectables and facial treatments, said on Instagram that "as an injector that has at least 15 conversations a day with patients.... Never once have I talked about olive oil."
"She's slick, like as in olive oil slick," Patron said of J.Lo, whom she dubbed "J.L-oil."
A post shared by Tanya Patron, PA-C (@tanyapatron_pa)
Dr. Steven Barilla, better known as Doctor Double Chin on social media, made a TikTok imagining a conversation between Lopez and A-Rod (who, as followers noted, has his own history of denying the use of "injectables").
In the video, Barilla, a New York dermatology resident who studied at the University of Miami, wears a mussed-up, chestnut-brown wig and mocks J.Lo's claim that she's never had work done.
"You know I'd never use Botox — I'm not that person. All I use is that," he says, pointing to a large jug of Costco's Kirkland brand EVOO.
A post shared by Dr. Doublechin (@doctordoublechin)
Many noted that Lopez's "I'm not that person" comment seemed to be a value judgment about people who get Botox or other cosmetic treatments.
Patron, the South Miami PA, noted in the comments of her post that it was a missed opportunity for Lopez to be authentic with her fans and realistic about beauty standards and the behind-the-scenes work required to keep up with them.
"If she would have been honest and advocated for the [cosmetic dermatology] industry that has helped her look amazing, we would have been running to get that skincare line!" Patron wrote on Instagram.
Others noted that Lopez has a known relationship with celebrity dermatologist Dr. Harold Lancer.
"And starting her own skin care line after using Lancer as her derm for years for her 'natural beauty.' I'd be at least a little peeved if I was him," Boca Raton dermatologist Dr. Larissa Scanlan commented on one meme.
Ana Cristina Trisan, a Miami physician's assistant who specializes in cosmetic injections, also posted a meme of J.Lo, with the caption: "I've always admired Jlos style but this is [eyeroll emoji]."
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In another Instagram promo video, a glistening Lopez poses in front of her $79 multitasking serum and $58 "wonder cream" at golden hour. She looks absolutely breathtaking.
"If you want great skincare and you want that glow, you can have it," she says.
But make no mistake, plebes: the best skincare trick is being rich. Lopez's love might not cost a thing, but looking this good at 51 definitely ain't cheap.
Jessica Lipscomb is news editor of Miami New Times and an enthusiastic Florida Woman. Born and raised in Orlando, she has been a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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Illinois Primary 2016: Latest Polls and What to Expect in Democratic and Republican Races
By Zeeshan Aleem
Illinois is one of fives states holding nominating contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates Tuesday, and it's teeming with delegates that will be crucial for candidates in both races.
Political news out of the Prairie State has been defined by upheaval lately, with thousands of protesters in Chicago shutting down a rally for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Friday in one of the tensest moments of the campaign.
Here's a guide for what to watch for as Illinois voters head to the polls on Tuesday. Polls close at 8 p.m. Eastern.
On the Democratic side of the aisle, 156 delegates are at stake and they're awarded proportionally.
The conventional wisdom once held that Illinois would be a landslide for Hillary Clinton — she was born and raised there, Chicago is a stronghold for Democratic establishment politics, many of the labor unions who back her have sway in the region and she was leading her rival in the polls for quite some time.
But lately Sanders has leapt in the polls, at least one of which has him leading her slightly. A CBS News/YouGov poll released over the weekend has Sanders at 48% and Clinton at 46% among Democratic primary voters. The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Clinton with a narrow 2-point margin:
Just as last week Sanders snatched Michigan, a state that was assumed to be an easy victory for Clinton, he could do so again tomorrow in Illinois. Michigan and Illinois are both Midwestern states that have been transformed by deindustrialization and have electorates that are likely particularly receptive to Sanders' protectionist stance on trade.
And while past nominating contests suggest that Sanders will excel in the more rural and whiter parts of the state and Clinton in the more urban and racially diverse ones, there's reason to think that Clinton might not be able to lay claim to those parts of the electorate with total ease.
The Democratic Party establishment — which Clinton represents in this race — has been reeling from a crisis in authority in the state after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel attempted to prevent the release of a video showing police killing an unarmed black teenager last year. And combined with the energy behind the protests against the Trump rally on Friday — an effort that was predominantly composed of people of color — the way people mobilize for a political outsider like Sen. Bernie Sanders could defy assumed trends, as it did in Michigan.
For Republicans, Trump and Ted Cruz appear to be locked in a tight race for the 69 delegates at stake, most of which are awarded at the district level.
The CBS/YouGov poll released on Sunday showed Trump with the support of 38% of Republican primary voters in the state, Cruz with 34%, Kasich at 16% and Rubio with just 11%. The RealClearPolitics average shows Trump with a slightly higher 7-point lead:
Trump's Illinois operation is a bit of a mess — last week the state's campaign director was pushed aside and a new team is desperately putting together a final push to mobilize voters. That ground game will be essential to making sure his supporters come out, a significant portion of which say are interested in this election primarily because he's running. In the meantime, Cruz is touring towns across the state at a breakneck pace.
Another variable that makes the outcome of the Republican race particularly difficult to predict is how primary voters will react to news of all the chaos last weekend — which included not only Trump's Chicago rally being shut down by protesters (and some fist fights in the aftermath of it) but also the candidate's suggestion that his supporters may retaliate and clash with Sanders'. As Trump continues to hint at violence as an acceptable form of political engagement and grows ever more controversial, primary voters could end up voting in higher numbers against him — or for him.
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The Difference With Charter Schools
By Michael Van Beek | December 2, 2011
In charter schools policy debates like the ones this week in the state House Education Committee, a fundamental distinction between charter public schools and district-run schools often gets lost: Every child in every charter school is there only because parents made a conscientious decision to send him or her there.
Policymakers should never lose sight of this when they consider imposing artificial limitations on the number and type of charter schools. Such restrictions are really limitations on parental rights to make choices about their children's education. The issue boils down to who should choose: parents or politicians.
When this essential characteristic of charters is kept it mind, many of the alleged concerns about their expansion appear either trivial or motivated by some other agenda (like protecting the conventional public school monopoly).
For example, some anti-school choice politicians are making a fuss about charters hiring for-profit education management companies, demonizing the firms and seeking to ban the practice. But when one recalls that not a single dollar is paid to a charter school management firm unless a large number of parents have actively chosen their school, the proper response should be, “What's wrong with providing parents with what they want?”
Similarly, the argument that only “quality” charter schools should be allowed also ignores the fundamental distinction. Parents who choose a charter school are indicating that they’re satisfied with the educational experience it gives their kids (or, at least, that it’s the best of their available options). Many factors unique to each family’s situation go into this choice, and the notion that the state can somehow do a better job of making the decision for each child is ridiculous.
Since parents ultimately determine how many and what types of charter schools will exist, opponents of charter expansion are really opposing the right of parents to choose what’s in their children's best interest. They are implicitly asserting that only politicians, bureaucrats and special interests should make decisions about each child’s education.
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Best crypto to invest in 2021, Non Bitcoin cryptocurrency to watch
Four non-Bitcoin cryptos to watch in 2021
Although the rapid rise of Bitcoin dominated the crypto discourse in 2020, further advances from the lesser-known digital currencies of the industry could be expected in the coming year.
Although the biggest story in crypto and blockchain space in 2020 has undoubtedly been the meteoric increase in Bitcoin values, which since early January has seen its value balloon by more than 220 percent.
However, investors will want to keep an eye on a range of other, cheaper, digital currencies and tokens that have the potential to break new ground in the space in the coming year as the industry moves into the mainstream.
Ripple is a coin connected to XRP, a blockchain that, compared to ordinary wire transfers, markets itself as a payment network that allows quicker and decentralized currency exchange and remittances.
Although Ripple is not mineable, with tokens instead issued by human operators rather than awarded to computers that resolve transactions through algorithms such as Bitcoins, some in the industry advocate it as a viable alternative to the system of wire transfer payments, particularly for very limited quantities of transactions that are typically not handled by conventional exchanges.
Over the last month, Ripple has also seen a dramatic rise in value, increasing by approximately 107 percent to US$ 0.60 each since late November.
Although Litecoin has lost some lustre since its emergence as the first altcoin in the early 2010s, compared to the more time-consuming existence of the Bitcoin blockchain, the crypto has consistently attracted users to its platform as a faster transaction process.
Litecoin also provides new crypto investors with a cheaper entry point than the pricier Bitcoin, as it still trades at about US$108, less than a tenth of Bitcoin's current price tag, despite increasing 167 percent this year.
The crypto may not hold the dominant position it used to fill, but investors will want to take a second look, at least as a cheaper way of riding Bitcoin's rally's bullish coattails as institutions pump cash into the industry.
If blockchain technology continues to grow in popularity, more and more projects are emerging, one of which is Cosmos, to take advantage of the system.
Unlike other altcoins on the market, however, Cosmos seeks to address some of the concerns concerning the scalability and interoperability of various blockchain platforms. In short, Cosmos aims to create a 'blockchain internet' that allows them to communicate and interact with Internet of Things devices in a similar way.
Although the token is currently on the cheaper side at about US$5 per piece, if it succeeds in pulling its ultimate objective of linking blockchains together, Cosmos might experience a surge of investor interest, potentially opening up entirely new methods for how the technology works and communicates with itself.
Bitcoin Cash is not associated with Bitcoin itself, despite the name being closely linked to the original crypto, but the crypto is an offshoot of the original as a result of negotiations between members of the crypto community about how to solve some of the more pressing problems in the Bitcoin blockchain, including a spike in transaction volumes slowing down their resolution pace.
Bitcoin Cash is the result of one of these solutions, known as a 'hard fork,' where a new blockchain and, by extension, a new cryptocurrency are developed using the original blockchain architecture.
This means that on the original Bitcoin blockchain and vice versa, Bitcoin Cash will not be used for transactions. However, Bitcoin's offspring may find themselves in a role similar to Litecoin, able to piggyback off the industry's bullish sentiment as well as the added advantage of being able to snatch some recognition of its parent crypto by name.
Bitcoin Cash also provides Bitcoin with a cheaper alternative, with the digital currency selling at about US$324 per piece.
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Exhibitors Group to Congress: Pass $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill or Theaters Will Go Bankrupt
With U.S. Senate working through the weekend to finalize a $2 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill, the National Association of Theatre Owners says that without the relief most exhibitors will go out of business.
With the global pandemic crossing into the United States with a vengeance, all domestic screens are dark with no return to business as usual for the foreseeable future as state governors order residents to avoid congregating in groups larger than 10.
John Fithian, CEO of the exhibitors group, told Variety that without federal guarantees in the relief bill, theatres can’t get banks to forward loans to help carry them through the pandemic.
“Overnight, we went from an industry that makes $15 billion a year — $11 billion in ticket sales and $4 billion in concessions — to one that is not going to make a penny for three or four months,” Fithian said.
Indeed, last weekend’s box office (through March 15) was the lowest in 20 years at less than $55 million. Most studios have delayed releasing major titles, while expediting other titles into retail channels sooner.
While the focus on the spending bill revolves around unemployment benefits, cash subsidies to people economically affected by the situation and other issues, relief would be earmarked for some industries, including $150 billion for “severely distressed businesses.”
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White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow, speaking to the media, said the stimulus package would likely equal 10% of U.S. economic output, or about $2 trillion. The bill would include $50 billion for airlines and $8 billion to cargo air carriers.
Media reports say the hotel industry wants $150 billion, the restaurant industry wants $145 billion. The National Association of Manufacturers wants $1.4 trillion. The International Council of Shopping Centers alone wants a guarantee upwards of $1 trillion.
It may depend whether the Senate (and the House) considers movie exhibitors essential to the economy in the short-term.
“The bailout requests are mind-boggling,” Dennis Kelleher, CEO of Better Markets, a non-partisan financial markets advocacy group, told CNN. “And it’s going to be a matter of who’s going to win and who’s going to lose.”
Author Erik GruenwedelPosted on March 21, 2020 March 23, 2020 Categories Financial, News, Politics, TheatricalTags Congress, Conronavirus Relief Bill, John Fithian, NATO1 Comment on Exhibitors Group to Congress: Pass $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill or Theaters Will Go Bankrupt
NATO Boss Chides Press for Streaming Video Focus
NEWS ANALYSIS — Helen Mirren may have gotten the most attention at this week’s CinemaCon confab in Las Vegas for her snarky, “I love Netflix, but f*** Netflix,” comment.
But for John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Operators, media attention to over-the-top video and home entertainment is no laughing matter. Fithian reportedly told reporters that continued attention to streaming undermines success at the global box office, which topped $41.7 billion in 2018 – up 32% since 2010.
NATO president John Fithian
“There’s no doubt that home entertainment consumption moves toward streaming [from disc] more with each passing day,” Fithian told attendees. “How does any given movie stand out among endless choices in the home? A robust theatrical release provides a level of prestige that cannot be replicated.”
He cited a study conducted by Ernst & Young that found consumers who frequent movie theaters consume more streaming video in the home.
“Streaming and theatrical don’t just co-exist, they reinforce each other,” Fithian said.
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Of course the executive was channeling Netflix, which didn’t attend CinemaCon, but whose looming industry presence continues to undermine the theatrical window releasing movies into streaming channels concurrent with any cinema exhibition.
The practice has roiled exhibitors in the U.S. and France, which have boycotted Netflix movies and challenged its award nominations, notably at the Cannes Film Festival. Regardless, the Motion Picture Association of America recently accepted Netflix among its studio members.
Indeed, Netflix is hardly the only streaming threat. With Disney, WarnerMedia and Comcast set to launch branded SVOD platforms, direct-to-consumer distribution and original content remains a threat — a reality Disney CEO Bob Iger has taken steps to address by insisting the perennial domestic box office leader will remain faithful to the theatrical window.
“We have a studio that is doing extremely well and a [release window] formula that is serving us really well in terms of its bottom line,” Iger said on last November’s fiscal call.
With Kevin Tsujihara out at Warner Bros., efforts to release studio films early into homes through premium VOD are likely over.
Tsujihara, who was forced out following a sex scandal, was initially promoted to the chairman position in large part because of his expertise advocating for alternative distribution channels while heading Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Author Erik GruenwedelPosted on April 5, 2019 April 5, 2019 Categories Associations, Digital, News, TheatricalTags Bob Iger, Disney, John Fithian, Kevin Tsujihara, NATO, Netflix, Warner Bros.Leave a comment on NATO Boss Chides Press for Streaming Video Focus
Theater Group: Netflix Doesn’t Hurt Exhibitors
Netflix’s adamant strategy to release original feature films concurrent with theatrical distribution is not hurting exhibitor business, according to the National Association of Theatre Owners.
In fact, data from a survey of 1,400 respondents conducted by Ernst & Young found consumers of over-the-top video services are frequent moviegoers – well above non-streamers.
Respondents who watched at least one theatrical release in 2017, also streamed at least one hour of video per week. The ratio increased among avid moviegoers. Indeed, 33% of respondents who watched nine movies in the theater, also streamed at least 15 hours video per week.
“People who consume a lot of content do so across multiple platforms,” NATO spokesperson John Fithian wrote in a recent blog post. “The movie industry is not a zero-sum game.”
Fithian said it could be argued that Netflix undermines broadcast television and transactional VOD markets. Streaming services, Fithian said, can work “hand-in-hand” with exhibitors.
He cited Amazon’s decision to adhere to the tradition 90-day theatrical window for original movies, Manchester by The Sea and The Big Sick– the former generating Amazon industry awards (Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Best Screenplay for director Kenneth Lonergan in Manchester) attention, in addition to domestic box office tallies of $48 million and $43 million, respectively.
Fithian argues Netflix is leaving money on the table bypassing theaters, which have largely boycotted the SVOD pioneer’s movies due to its distribution edict.
Netflix has reversed course this year on original movies Roma and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs– titles the streaming service is heavily lobbying for Oscar contention in 2019 – reportedly at the behest of directors Alfonso Cuarón and Joel and Ethan Coen.
Both titles have received limited exclusive theatrical distribution in an effort to satisfy Academy Awards voters.
NATO cited distributor Neon, which last year reportedly turned down $12 million from Netflix to release I, Tonya in theaters. The film went on to generate Oscar nominations, including Best Supporting Actress win for Alison Janney and sell $30 million in domestic movie tickets.
“The transactional value for film is diminished [by Netflix’s model],” Neon founder Tom Quinn told IndieWire. “It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet, you can dip in and out, and if you don’t like a movie, you move on.”
NATO’s Fithian said exhibitors would welcome Netflix into the foldif it respected the theatrical window.
“Filmmakers and movie lovers will appreciate Netflix so much more,” he said.
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Red Sox fail to cash in against Blue Jays during Andrew Cashner's debut
By Bill Koch/@BillKoch25
Jul 17, 2019 at 9:47 AM Jul 17, 2019 at 9:47 AM
The former Baltimore right-hander gave away an early lead and halted any mid-game momentum built by his offense with one pitch.
BOSTON — This was far from the perfect Red Sox debut for Andrew Cashner.
That this was an improvement in terms of innings pitched out of the No. 5 spot in the rotation speaks to what came before Cashner. But the result for the Red Sox remained the same – a loss, this time by a 10-4 count to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
Cashner was charged with five earned runs, matching the total through his last five starts with the Orioles prior to the weekend trade. It’s the first time Cashner has allowed at least that many earned runs in one outing since May 31. His mastery of the Blue Jays also came to an end – Cashner had allowed just one earned run against them in two starts this season, including his last outing on July 6.
“I didn’t think I was very sharp,” Cashner said. “I didn’t really command my off-speed very well.”
Toronto did half of its damage against Cashner in the top of the second. Justin Smoak drew a one-out walk, Freddy Galvis singled through the right side and Teoscar Hernandez blasted a changeup out over the plate into the Monster Seats. It was a three-run homer that gave the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.
“I feel like I was more rusty than anything,” Cashner said. “I don’t feel like I commanded my fastball as well as I usually do.”
Smoak’s RBI single to left punished a leadoff walk of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the third, but Cashner had retired six straight entering the sixth. His first pitch was a hanging curveball that Smoak launched to the bleachers in right field. That snapped a 4-4 tie, and a wild pitch by Josh Taylor plated Hernandez from third with an insurance run.
“It’s frustrating in the sense that we come back and we had traffic and we got back into the game, and that happens,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “And the way it happens, that second run, that’s kind of like, ‘Oof.’ That’s a tough one.”
Any final hopes of a walkoff win by the home team vanished in the ninth. Heath Hembree didn’t retire any of the three men he faced, reached for an RBI double to left by Eric Sogard and a run-scoring single to right by Guerrero. Randal Grichuk’s RBI double and Danny Jansen’s run-scoring single against Ryan Weber pushed the visitors into double digits.
“It seems like they’re putting good at-bats,” Cora said. “Guys who aren’t having great years are putting good at-bats against us. You look at the numbers – not average – and it’s surprising.”
It seemed to be the ideal start for Boston in the first. Xander Bogaerts pounded a solo home run onto Lansdowne Street, giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. He joined Ted Williams as the lone Boston player to record at least a hit, a run scored and an RBI in as many as eight straight games.
The Red Sox were staring at a three-run deficit with nobody on and two outs in the fifth before staging a rally. Michael Chavis singled to center, Brock Holt slapped a double to left and Mookie Betts lined a two-run single to left, making it a one-run game. Rafael Devers walked and Bogaerts chased Jacob Waguespack with an RBI single to center, knotting the score at 4-4.
Boston stranded a pair in the sixth on back-to-back strikeouts by Chavis and pinch-hitter Sam Travis. The Red Sox left two more in the seventh when J.D. Martinez lined to center and Andrew Benintendi popped to short. Marco Hernandez flew to center as the tying run in the eighth and Toronto put Boston out of its misery in the following half-inning.
“You can’t go on a roll if you win one, lose one, win one, lose one,” Bogaerts said. “I think you are all aware of that. It hasn’t seemed to happen as of yet.”
Bill Koch writes for the Providence Journal of GateHouse Media.
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A Burning Passion for Pilates
By Meredith Simmons
When Paola Di Lanzo began her fitness career, she taught high school physical education. She didn’t truly enjoy teaching high school, so she became a personal trainer. For years, Paola focused on high-intensity workouts including running and lifting weights. Then, after she became pregnant with her first child in 2002, she realized her heart was no longer in personal training.
“I booked myself into a Pilates course,” Paola said. “On the first day, I arrived in the course and thought ‘Oh my lord. What have I done?’”
After that first course, though, Paola was addicted. In the years that followed, Paola followed fitness trends, adapting her love of Pilates along the way to include both mat and reformer-based teaching styles. Then Paola travelled to Australia and began taking barre classes.
After taking barre-based Pilates classes, Paola sensed there was an opportunity to bring it back to London and merge it with her background as a personal trainer. Paola launched Paola’s BodyBarre in 2014.
“I’m not a ballerina by any stretch of the imagination,” Paola explained. “I created a high-intensity form of barre.”
Paola’s BodyBarre, or PBB as Paola calls it, incorporates traits from traditional barre classes, Pilates and yoga, giving her students a high-energy, yet low-intensity workout to challenge their muscles.
PBB quickly grew in popularity, which created a problem for Paola. Her studio quickly grew too fast for her location, which was under a short-term lease.
“The first year, we had hundreds of girls come through the doors,” Paola said. “In short, we outgrew the space.”
Instead of closing her business, Paola sent her twelve trainers to locations all over London to teach, allowing her method to grow and flourish—and buying her time to find an ideal location. In December 2016, Paola opened a stand-alone studio for PBB in Wimbledon.
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Victorian state budget – new funds announced but devil is in detail
The National Waste and Recycling Industry Council (NWRIC) has welcomed the establishment of three new funds in the Victorian state budget yesterday that are in addition to the Recycling Victoria allocation, saying it is looking forward to more detail on how the waste and resource recovery industry can participate.
NWRIC CEO Rose Read acknowledged that while the focus of the budget is on supporting Victorians in a COVID normal recovery, business and industry rightly form a key part of the equation.
“Going into the budget, Premier Andrews flagged that a focus on ‘skills and jobs, confidence and investment’ would be the catalyst for Victoria’s economic recovery beginning in 2021.
“That is exactly what the waste and resource recovery industry is positioned to deliver, when the right economic and policy frameworks are in place,” Ms Read said.
“The announcement of a $2 billion Breakthrough Victoria Fund, a 10-year commitment to invest in research and innovation across key industry sectors is encouraging. The sectors noted include health and life‑sciences, agri‑food, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and digital technologies.
“We’ll be looking at this Fund in more detail and seeing how the waste and resource recovery industry can contribute as a supplier of quality recovered resources for manufacturing, agriculture and construction as well as a provider of innovative resource recovery services.
“The new Manufacturing and Industry Development Fund announced to the tune of $60 million, while focussed on the production of medical products, medicines and food manufacturing, should not lose sight of the importance of a product’s whole of life and the circular economy. The waste and resource recovery sector should be involved as these initiatives roll out.
“Similarly, the new $40 million Industry Recovery and Growth Fund will aim to attract more investment and create jobs in areas like manufacturing, clean energy and digital technology, and this again is another area where the waste and resource recovery sector should have a seat at the table,” Ms Read said.
“NWRIC welcomes the establishment of these funds, and together with the Recycling Victoria initiative announced in February this year, they should serve as a solid foundation to shift Australia to a circular economy and encourage greater resource recovery and reuse.
“There is a very real economic argument for this approach. According to the Centre for International Economics, just a 5% improvement in material efficiency would add $24 billion to Australia’s GDP,” Ms Read said.
Ms Read also acknowledged the launch of Victoria’s Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre this week to help businesses streamline how they can reuse and reduce waste as well as create new revenue streams.
“Reducing food and organic waste is the Centre’s initial focus, which is important if the National Waste Policy Action Plan target of halving the amount of organic waste sent to landfill by 2030 is to be achieved.”
Ms Read said other key announcements in the budget included the increase in landfill levies from 1 July 2021 to a rate that aligns with neighbouring state landfill levies, something NWRIC has long advocated.
“Importantly, the Government has provided sufficient notice to the industry regarding the increase in landfill levies. This gives businesses time to plan and adjust any contracts in time for the increase from 1 July next year.
However, Ms Read called for an increased level of transparency on how the additional levy funds will be invested.
“In 2017-18 just 16% or $35 million of the $215 million raised from the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy (MILL) went to local government, community or industry led waste projects.
“We need to know how much of the levy raised is actually going towards Recycling Victoria initiatives, as the Victorian Government, via its Sustainability Fund has used the levy to fund its greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change initiatives.
“The only way we can achieve the National Waste Policy Action Plan’s target of 80% average resource recovery rate by 2030, is to invest more of these levy funds into creating local markets, stamping out waste crime and fast-tracking the approval of material, organic and energy recovery infrastructure,” Ms Read said.
Ms Read said the budget was also a timely reminder that Victoria has yet to match the Commonwealth’s Recycling Modernisation Fund announced in July to ramp up Australia’s processing capacity necessary for the successful implementation of the export ban.
“The Commonwealth has put $190 million on the table for states and our industry to match and yet we’ve still not seen any action from Victoria in signing up to the Recycling Modernisation Fund and initiating projects. Tardy progress by eastern states in rolling out the Recycling Modernisation Fund will result in unwanted stockpiles.
“Together we can rapidly scale up Australia’s paper, plastic, glass and tyre recycling capacity to become world class, but there seems to be slow progress from the majority of the states, Victoria included.” Ms Read said.
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May 7 — Early exhibit booth discounts end
Exhibit sales continue to rise as we approach the first sign-up deadline in May. See who has already committed to show their latest information, products and/or services at the 66th GWA Symposium in Pittsburgh for the greatest gathering of garden communicators in 2014.
May 23 — Join GWA in Austin for Region V
TREAT YOURSELF and join GWA in beautiful Texas Hill Country! Choose from 2 sessions — Session 1: Still Photography or Session 2: Video Photography at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on May 23. In the spring, roadsides, gardens and ranches explode with acres of native wildflowers. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the best place to see the most diverse selection of wildflowers. What's likely to be in bloom in late May? Yucca, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, beebalm, Salvia, prickly pear, skullcap, winecup, sundrops, Gaillardia, Turk's cap, evening primrose, phlox, clematis, lantana and verbena.
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On April 12, the dedication of an expansion of the 2,500-square-foot iGrow Whatever You Like Youth Farm in the Frenchtown District was held as a part of the GRO1000* gardens and green spaces program. The expansion includes a new outdoor kitchen, a bio-digester for sustainable produce cooking and a market stand, among other features. iGrow Whatever You Like Youth Farm grows and donates food for local residents, many of who live in a food desert, and engages with area youth to establish support for a community food system.
PAR Facebook page launched and growing
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Publicize your work at the 2014 GWA Symposium
The GWA book fair is an opportunity for members to display their works to other members for book and product reviews. Each participating author who registers is entitled to one-half of a 3-foot by 6-foot table space to display his/her work. The book fair will be open during all exhibit hours. Space is limited, so book fair participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Apple loses another e-book decision
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By Jason Diamond: I don't recall exactly which sky-is-falling installment of the 2008 economic meltdown was in the news on a day when I was working at a nonprofit job that entailed dealing with the children of really rich people in Lower Manhattan, but I remember every mother who came in was in a panic. And for good reason: it felt like we, as a nation, were going to lose everything.
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2012 Honda CR-V Spy Shots
Viknesh Vijayenthiran November 11, 2011 Comment Now!
The 2012 Honda CR-V is now less than a week away from an official world debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, plus images of the new crossover have already surfaced online, however, our own exclusive spy shots reveal some never before seen details including a look at the vehicle’s rear.
The current generation Honda CR-V has been on sale since 2006 and is starting to get a little long in the tooth. However, despite its age it remains a top seller in the small to mid-size crossover segment, selling in numbers as high 200,000 units per year in the recent past, and this is surely performance Honda would not like to lose with its latest model.
These latest spy shots reveal that the high-expectations for the upcoming 2012 Honda CR-V may actually be met by the automaker’s design team. The shape seen here looks to be much more fluid than on previous generations, with a look almost akin to the Porsche Cayenne.
It also looks to be longer than the current model, suggesting that Honda may be readying a third-row seat to ensure the CR-V remains competitive with the Toyota RAV4, which currently offers the option.
Power should come from a naturally-aspirated 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine with output ranging somewhere between 180 and 200 horsepower. Fuel economy should also better the 21/28 mpg city/highway of the front-wheel drive model found in the current lineup.
Stay tuned for the debut of the 2012 Honda CR-V at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show next week, full coverage of which you can access by clicking here.
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Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney movies, including Oliver and Company, The Lion King, Cars and its 2011 sequel. The thick Mexican accent he often uses is a part of a comic persona, rather than a natural accent.
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All-Time Moments: Walton leads Bruins
UCLA won the last of its seven consecutive NCAA national championships in 1973. The Bruins beat Memphis State 87-66 in the title game. Bill Walton was named Most Outstanding Player for a second straight year, this time setting a tournament record by scoring 44 points in the national final on 21-of-22 shooting.
The Bruins made their ninth Final Four appearance while Memphis State reached the national semifinals for the first time in program history. Tigers' coach Gene Bartow would become UCLA coach John Wooden's successor following the 1974-75 season.
Providence also reached its first Final Four, led by the tournament's leading scorer in Ernie DiGregorio (128 points). The Friars finished fourth in 1973, falling to Memphis State in the Final Four and Indiana in the third-place game.
Regional Quarterfinals
Syracuse 83, Furman 82
Pennsylvania 62, St. John's 61
Providence 89, Saint Joseph's 76
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Marquette 77, Miami (OH) 62
Austin Peay 77, Jacksonville 75
South Carolina 78, Texas Tech 70
Louisiana-Lafayette 102, Houston 89
Arizona State 103, Oklahoma City 78
Long Beach State 88, Weber State 75
Maryland 91, Syracuse 75
Providence 87, Pennsylvania 65
Indiana 75, Marquette 69
Kentucky 106, Austin Peay 100 (OT)
Memphis State 90, South Carolina 76
Kansas State 66, Louisiana-Lafayette 63
UCLA 98, Arizona State 81
San Francisco 77, Long Beach State 67
Providence 103, Maryland 89
Indiana 72, Kentucky 65
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UCLA 54, San Francisco 39
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Marquette 88, Austin Peay
South Carolina 90, Louisiana-Lafayette 85
Long Beach State 84, Arizona State 80
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National semifinals
Memphis State 98, Providence 85
UCLA 70, Indiana 59
UCLA 87, Memphis State 66
Third-place game
Indiana 97, Providence 79
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Patients With HIV Have a Higher Risk of Virologic Failure
by Bidita Debnath on November 27, 2013 at 10:36 PM Research News
People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) run a higher risk of virologic failure, even when their number of RNA copies of the retrovirus per millilitre of blood is slightly above the detection threshold.
This is according to a study by Claudie Laprise at the University of Montreal's Department of Social and Preventative Medicine. Her findings were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study was conducted in close collaboration with doctors from the Clinique médicale du Quartier Latin de Montréal, based on data from the files of 1,860 people living with HIV and covering a period of 12 years. Nearly 94% of the patients were men.
Minimizing the presence of the retrovirus
The prognosis for people with HIV has considerable improved since the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 1996. ART acts by reducing the presence of the retrovirus in the blood of infected people. This maintains the immune functions required to prevent the disease from progressing to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). From a clinical point of view, the viral load test measures the activity of HIV in the patient and the effectiveness of ART. The goal of treatment is to keep the viral load below the detection limit, which is about 50 copies of viral RNA/ml.
Reducing the risk of virologic failure
Despite treatment, patients sometimes show persistent low viral load during medical follow-up, from 50 to 1,000 copies/ml, for a number of months. The higher the persistent viral loads, the higher the patients are at risk of developing virologic failure. "Virologic failure, defined in this study as a viral load above 1,000 copies/ml of viral RNA in the blood, is to be avoided, not least because it shows the progression of the disease," Laprise explained.
Her results confirm that the risk of virologic failure is a function of persistent viral load. Thus, a patient with a persistent viral load between 500 and 999 copies/ml after a six-month follow-up runs a five times higher risk of virologic failure compared to patients whose viral load is undetectable.
However, a persistent low viral load (50 to 199 copies/ml) doubles this risk as much as an "average" persistent viral load (200 to 499 copies/ml). "This result surprised us because we did not believe that a load as low as 50 to 199 copies/ml after 6 months could result in a significant risk of virologic failure," said Laprise.
According to her, this represents important clinical data: for now, there is still no consensus on the therapeutic way forward in the presence of persistent low viral load.
Indeed, in such circumstances, doctors may decide to alter the patient's therapy or continue to observe the patient without changing the therapeutic approach. "To the extent that our results are confirmed by other studies, our findings could provide a new element in assessing the situation of people with HIV, because of the potential risk factors our data have uncovered," Laprise said.
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Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases
M. Gayed; C. Gordon
Rheumatology. 2007;46(11):1634-1640.
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Effect of Pregnancy on Autoimmune Diseases in the Mother
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SLE and Sjögren's syndrome are the most widely recognized rheumatic diseases in which pathogenic antibodies can pass from mother to infant through the transmission of anti-Ro and/or anti-La across the placenta during pregnancy (see subsequent text).[47] The prevalence of these auto-antibodies in SLE patient is about 35% but transmission of IgG antibodies across the placenta between weeks 16 and 32 gestation occurs in about 5% of mothers.[47,48] Neonatal transmission usually resolves within the first 6 months of life, as maternal antibodies are destroyed in the infant.
Neonatal cutaneous vasculitis has been reported in the infants of mothers with cutaneous PAN due to the transmission of auto-antibodies, but the condition resolved soon after birth.[45] A leucocytoclastic vasculitis has been reported in the newborn following a history of a vasculitis which worsened throughout pregnancy and postpartum in the mother.[14] Finally, neonatal thrombocytopenia is recognized to occur in infants, due to the transmission of anti-platelet antibodies across the placenta in mothers with APS. However, thrombotic complications in the neonate are rare.
Neonatal lupus syndrome occurs due to the transmission of maternal auto antibodies across the placenta from week 16. It may present as transient cutaneous lupus lesions, complete heart block, cytopenia, hepatic and other manifestations, occurring in infants born to mothers with positive anti-Ro or anti-La antibodies.[48] Neonatal lupus rash is the most common manifestation and usually presents within a few weeks of birth and is often induced by exposure to UV light. The lesions are typically annular or elliptical with erythema and scaling, similar to those seen in adults with subacute cutaneous lupus. They usually persist several weeks or even a few months, resolving as the maternal autoantibodies are cleared from the fetal circulation.
The most severe complication of neonatal lupus syndrome is congenital heart block (CHB). Complete CHB is diagnosed when fetal bradycardia is identified usually between 18 and 28 weeks. It is important to closely monitor these pregnancies by serial doppler echocardiography. Measurement of AV time intervals is a suggested surveillance instrument, as incomplete block may progress in utero or post-delivery and carries a 20% mortality rate. Permanent pacemakers are required by 67% of survivors with complete CHB.[48] Dexamethasone or betamethasone may be given to try and reverse heart block, as it is able to cross the placenta unlike prednisolone.[1] First and second degree heart bock and heart failure due to myocarditis may be reversed but there is no evidence for reversal of third degree heart block.[48] Affected fetuses should be referred to a paediatric cardiologist for close monitoring.
It is vital to identify maternal anti Ro/La status prior to conception or in early pregnancy. The mother may or may not have a history of photosensitive rash herself treated with hydroxychloroquine. It is not known if this drug has any influence on the development of neonatal lupus syndrome but it appears to be safe in pregnancy.[49,50] The fetal heart rate should be assessed on a weekly basis from week 16 by the midwife or obstetric unit and close monitoring by ultrasound can be considered from week 16 to week 28.[50] Thus heart block can be identified as early as possible and treatment can be initiated if necessary. It is also important to be aware that approximately half the cases of neonatal lupus will occur in pregnancies where the woman has not been diagnosed with a connective tissue disease. At least half of these women will develop Sjögren's syndrome or lupus over the next 10 yrs.[14,48]
Rheumatology. 2007;46(11):1634-1640. © 2007 Oxford University Press
Table 1. The Most Important Maternal and Fetal Complications Associated With Pregnancy in Rheumatic Diseases
Rheumatic disease
Maternal Complications
Fetal Complications
SLE Reduced fertility most associated with cyclophosphamide treatment Rash due to neonatal lupus syndrome
Increased risk of lupus flare & ovarian hyperstimulation with IVF & ovulation induction Congenital complete heart block
Flare during pregnancy and postpartum IUGR
Hypertention Fetal loss
Pre-eclampsia Premature delivery
HELLP
Increased risk of Caesarean section
Sjögren's syndrome Flare during pregnancy and postpartum Rash due to neonatal lupus syndrome
Congenital complete heart block
APS Thrombosis IUGR
Pre-eclampsia Fetal loss
Eclampsia Premature delivery
HELLP Neonatal thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia Neonatal thrombosis (rare)
RA Postpartum flare
New onset RA post pregnancy
Spondylo-arthropathies Back pain less likely to improve than arthritis and may deteriorate
Postpartum flare
Beçhet's syndrome Reduced fertility associated with cyclophosphamide treatment Fetal loss
Thrombosis Premature delivery
Takayasu's disease Reduced fertility associated with cyclophosphamide treatment Fetal loss
Flare during pregnancy and postpartum Premature delivery
Congestive cardiac failure
Renal impairement
Antepartum haemorrhage
Wegener's granulomatosis Reduced fertility associated with cyclophosphamide treatment Fetal loss
Churg-Strauss syndrome Reduced fertility associated with cyclophosphamide treatment Fetal loss
Polyarteritis nodosa Reduced fertility associated with cyclophosphamide treatment Fetal loss
Increased mortality Neonatal cutaneous vasculitis (rare)
Systemic sclerosis Deterioration in pulmonary hypertension Fetal loss
Mallory Weiss tear Premature delivery
Renal crisis
IUGR, Intra-Uterine Growth Restriction; HELLP, Haemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, Low Platelets.
M. Gayed,1,2 C. Gordon 1,2,3
1Department of Rheumatology, Division of Immunity and Infection, The Medical School University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT,
2Department of Rheumatology, City Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham B18 7QH
3Department of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham Foundation NHS Trust, Birmingham B15 2TS, UK
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Contracts/Legal / October 03, 2019
MGM and Las Vegas Shooting Victims Reach Settlement
by Tyler Davidson, Joan Eisenstodt, Kate Cripe
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
MGM Resorts International reached a settlement with the victims of the October 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. In a statement on October 3, 2019, MGM said it will pay between $735 and $800 million, depending on the number of claimants.
The October 1, 2017, shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds is the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. MGM owns and operates both the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino where the gunman opened fire on concertgoers below from the 32nd floor, and the venue where the music festival was taking place.
In the statement MGM said the settlement is not an admission of liability in the mass shooting.
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“Our goal has always been to resolve these matters so our community and the victims and their families can move forward in the healing process,” said MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren.
“This agreement with the Plaintiffs’ Counsel is a major step, and one that we hoped for a long time would be possible,” he added. “We have always believed that prolonged litigation around these matters is in no one's best interest.
“It is our sincere hope that this agreement means that scenario will be avoided.”
MGM Lawsuit Background Information
In October 2018, MGM filed a lawsuit against more than 1,000 victims of the shooting.
The lawsuit claimed the casino and entertainment giant “has no liability of any kind” for the shooting, and that under the post-9/11 SAFETY Act it is released from liability.
The SAFETY Act is a federal law designed to provide incentives for the development and use of security technologies and services certified by the Department of Homeland Security.
A statement from MGM said the reason for the lawsuit was to provide resolution to the victims and community “in a timely manner,” avoiding “years of drawn out litigation and hearings.”
MGM Releases Statement on Lawsuit
The statement by MGM in regard to its October 2018 lawsuit is included below.
“The unforeseeable events of October 1st affected thousands of people in Las Vegas and throughout North America. From the day of this tragedy, we have focused on the recovery of those impacted by the despicable act of one evil individual.
“While we expected the litigation that followed, we also feel strongly that victims and the community should be able to recover and find resolution in a timely manner.
“Congress provided that the Federal Courts were the correct place for such litigation relating to incidents of mass violence like this one where security services approved by the Department of Homeland Security were provided.
“The Federal Court is an appropriate venue for these cases and provides those affected with the opportunity for a timely resolution. Years of drawn out litigation and hearings are not in the best interest of victims, the community and those still healing.”
—Debra DeShong, SVP, Global Corporate Communicatinos & Industry Affairs, MGM Resorts
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The MGM lawsuit claimed that the case must be heard in federal court.
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Later, in a social media post, DeShong emphasized that the lawsuit is an action of declaratory relief to change the venue from state to federal court.
“We are filing what is known as an action for declaratory relief. All we are doing, in effect, is asking for a change in venue from state to federal court. We are not asking for money or attorney’s fees, and our complaint is directed only at people who have already sued us or have threatened to sue us. We are seeking justice through the federal court system in order to reach a timely resolution. We want to resolve these cases quickly, fairly and efficiently.”
—Debra DeShong, SVP, Global Corporate Communications & Industry Affairs, MGM Resorts
MGM Lawsuit Sparks Controversy
Robert Eglet, who heads the trial team at Las Vegas law firm Eglet Prince, which represented hundreds of victims of the shooting, described MGM’s Safety Act claim as “outrageous” in an interview with USA Today.
“In my 30 years of practice, this is the most reprehensible behavior I have ever seen a defendant engage in,” Eglet told USA Today. “They are trying to victimize these people twice.”
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Eglet added that the SAFETY Act applies to the security firm MGM contracted for the contract, CSG, and not MGM Resorts International. Since CSG was approved by the Department of Homeland Security, MGM contended, it is released from liability under the act.
An Outside Take on the MGM Lawsuit
One law enforcement detective reached by Meetings Today, who has worked in the field since 2002, has more than 20 years of experience and has conducted hundreds of specialized trainings on homeland security, terrorism, counter-terrorism, dignitary protection and other related topics viewed the MGM defense as without merit.
“I'm not a lawyer, but even I could shoot a hole through their defense on this,” said the detective, who wished to remain anonymous. “Mandalay would be responsible for the shooter ... they checked him in, he shot from their hotel ... which was NOT part of the event and covered by the Security Company ... the SAFETY act should not apply in this case.”
This article was originally published in July 2018 and was updated on Oct. 3, 2019.
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Siddhant Chaturvedi: The Underdog Paradox
Updated on Sep 26, 2019 · 11:10:12 IST
An Underdog's Uncanny Guide To Mass Popularity Ft Siddhant Chaturvedi
Siddhant Chaturvedi has all the makings of an underdog, including an intense sense of hunger. But his level-headed approach entails sensibilities that serve as the perfect handbook for outsiders to operate, if not succeed, in the industry.
Kanaad Chatterjee
“It's getting scarier. Wherever I go, they call me MC Sher. But then again, it's the only character they know of. So I have to break that perception. I am consciously running away from that now, though I could easily be cashing in on it. But I want to create Siddhant Chaturvedi now.”
The Gully Boy star, Siddhant Chaturvedi aka MC Sher (I like the stage name, too) instantly exudes a sense of hunger, precisely that of an underdog who has just broken big. He wants to keep the momentum going; he always has. He has always dreamt of being a “hero” and still hasn't lost focus.
In the process, he's made some bold choices, which though without immediate results, reveal a journey that's very un-underdog-like. Even his conscious efforts to “run away” from the biggest of his associations yet reaffirm this paradox.
Shirt- Paul Smith | Blazer- Anuj Madaan | Trousers- Gaurav Gupta | Shoes- Christian Louboutin
For an outsider this nascent in the industry -- he comes from a family with a chartered accountancy background and no connections in Bollywood -- you'd imagine he'd still be hungover on the success of his strong debut (rather his only film so far, which has catapulted him to Indian women's Tinder bios). But he hasn't forgotten his roots.
At five years old, Siddhant Chaturvedi was buying his first pony from the largest cattle fairs in Asia in an Uttar Pradesh village and his hometown of Ballia. “It's called Baaghi Ballia, because we are the only village in the country who got independence twice -- once in 1942, for a day, when we drove the British away from the village and then in 1947. Even Mangal Pandey is believed to be from Ballia.”
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He's never been in the running for gold throughout his three-project long career. He started off as one of the four leads in a 2016 YouTube web series (a first of its kind) called Life Sahi Hai. The show received a warm reception from audiences and critics alike.
After Life Sahi Hai became a runaway success, he was offered season 2, which seemed like a safer bet at that point. But he turned it down. “I did this so that I get to know you,” he recollects his conversation with the producer of the show Luv Ranjan, and remembers his stand: “Sir, I want to do a film with you now. I can't do the second season, I'll do a film.”
Beige Zipper Top- Hermes | Biker Jacket- Huemn | Trousers- SS Homme | Sunglasses- Opium Eyewear
On the surface, this approach has the bearings of a star who can afford the luxury of rejecting projects. But I can spot an intelligible brain when he points out, “If I start working on a daily basis, wo andar ka fire khatam ho jaayega.” This, however, did lead to almost a year off sets.
“I do know what it feels like to sit around though,” he reflects and adds, “There was this stoner kid who smoked every day; I used to see him from my window and wonder what's the difference between him and me. We both are wasting our days. But I also believed that this is still better than what I didn't want to do.”
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He then went on to learn martial arts and gymnastics in the pursuit of introducing a whole new level of action in the industry, but *plot twist* Tiger Shroff came along.
“He (Tiger) used be with his entourage and I was with my gang from Juhu beach. We thought, 'Yaar ye toh bohot achcha kar raha hai.' We used to watch from the window and think ye toh launch bhi hone wala hai. Mera dil chhota hua, but I didn't stop. I thought hero banega na, villain toh chahiye hoga ek na ek din. Tab tak hero wala chala gaya tha -- ab toh kaise bhi ghusna hai andar.”
After spending a year without work, he adapted, adjusted his approach, and went back to his underdog roots.
Nothing significant came along till his next kinda big break, Inside Edge, happened on Amazon Prime. “Pure acting: that was what it was,” he says. “You're not good-looking in the show, you're not dancing, you're bullied, you get slapped; I got slapped 14 times on set because I wanted to go all-method. I got up to a 120kmph bowling speed and even Angad [Bedi, son of former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi] used to refuse to bat against me.”
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His character dived deep into the depths of a traumatised rookie cricketer, who comes from a small town in UP and joins a top-flight cricket league team in Mumbai. The actor would have passed such a role a year ago, but adapting to the situation is where his underdog instincts kicked in once again.
He shares: “I auditioned for a stripper too. It was supposed to be an important part in a Fawad Khan- and Katrina Kaif-starrer. But Fawad had to go back as the Uri attack happened, and that project didn't go through.” In fact, he also told me that he had auditioned for the role of the character that Ali Zafar played in the Alia Bhatt-Shah Rukh Khan coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi.
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“I have always wanted to play the hero, but I really enjoyed doing Inside Edge because it was so real, relatable. I was like let's establish myself first and then focus on being a hero. It was not a hero's role, it was an underdog. Who knew hero hoga ki nahi hoga, but I said, 'let's just act first. Do what I can do right now.' You can't convince people that you're a hero, right? Ki mujhe dance aata hai toh mai dance hi karunga, action aayega toh action hi karunga. Toh let me act first and koi achcha option bhi nahi tha ki mai wo karu.”
At the trailer launch of the show, he says he was dressed in a dinner jacket and was too shy to approach any of the stars in the room. Farhan Akhtar and Riteish Sidhwani heaped praises on him, and were startled by the difference in his body language. One thing led to the other and resulted in him landing the Gully Boy gig eventually.
“Everyone knows the story about the success party,” he says referring to the moment where the maker of the film Zoya Akhtar spotted him. It was reminiscent of the moment when Siddhant, the college student, was declared the winner of the Times Fresh Face contest after his unabashed performance on Chikni Chameli. Never doubt your instinct.
Underdog Who?
None of this stardom, post Gully Boy, has changed him. He doesn't have any 'friend' friend in the industry either (except Ishan Khattar); he still hangs out with his old entourage; and *drum rolls* he has been in a steady relationship that he remains tight-lipped about. He's still starstruck by big names in the industry, but keeps all of that outside the door. When he's inside, it's purely professional.
Left Image: Jeans- Huemn | Shoes- Hermes, Right Image: Shirt- Paul Smith | Blazer- Anuj Madaan | Trousers- Gaurav Gupta | Shoes- Christian Louboutin
“No no no no,” comes a very firm reply when I ask if he's looking to experiment in his next gig after three rather avant-garde ones. “Right now, my focus is to establish myself, and get the commerce right. Coming from a CA background, I know there's a whole chain of distributors and producers, and if I don't make them happy, then I won't be able to reach the audience that I'm looking to build.”
Is he worried about losing his old audience base built up till his portrayal of MC Sher? He surprises me yet again -- with a calmness that I should've gotten used to by now -- by harking back to the moment when he told me about the ambition to make desirable or relatable cinema. He does so with such certainty as if he's dug out the underdog's ultimate guide to succeed in Bollywood.
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Ultimate or not, he's figured out a way for himself that has not only worked out pretty well so far (he's made it big in his third stint), but has also landed a big banner dramedy in his bag. And no matter how much I push him to reveal the name by twisting my questions, this underdog has mastered the A-league tricks and won't budge.
When Life Sahi Hai released, his name was on the third place under the cast section on the show's Wikipedia page. Now it's on the first. Sure, Wikipedia does all its SEO to keep info relevant, but that's what Siddhant Chaturvedi has managed to do; keep himself relevant. And you have to give it to him for that.
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Brazil and Chile meet this Saturday at 12 PM ET at the Estadio Mineirao, at Belo Horizonte, to officially open the round of 16 and the most exciting part of the 2014 World Cup as the teams need to win or they will go home.
Brazil won group C after wins over Croatia and Cameroon, and a draw against Mexico; they earned seven points and ended first.
“We become more afraid, more nervous. It is normal. Not because it is in Brazil, but because it is a World Cup. You only get the chance to get to the final if you win,” said Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
“I’d rather play any of the others. They’re a pain to play against,” he added when asked about how difficult the matchup against Chile is.
Chile showed they had great players and a great coach when they advanced second in group B over current champions, Spain, and Australia, and only below Netherlands. The Chilean beat both Australia and Spain, and ended the group stage with a loss against Netherlands.
Chile is still trying to have midfield Arturo Vidal in the game against Brazil; he’s listed as questionable.
“We as the Chilean national team believe Vidal is not even close to 100 per cent, but we agree with Juventus that Vidal has to play for many reasons: for his courage, his manliness and because he is an emblem,” Sampaoli said.
“So, for what time he can play, he is doing his best to be ready. He did it to play against Spain, with a big effort and he is doing it daily with 1,000 treatments. There are a lot of reasons that make me wish Arturo could be on the pitch,” said coach Jorge Sampaoli about Vidal.
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Email is a business communication tool and users are obliged to use this tool in a responsible, effective and lawful manner. Although by its nature email seems to be less formal than other written communication, the same laws apply. Therefore, it is important that users are aware of the legal risks of email: namely Data Protection, FO1, Copyright etc.
* If you send emails with any defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks, you and the College can be held liable.
* If you forward emails with any defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks, you and the College can be held liable.
* If you unlawfully forward confidential information, you and the College can be held liable.
* If you unlawfully forward or copy messages without permission, you and the College can be held liable for copyright infringement.
* If you send an attachment that contains a virus, you and the College can be held liable.
By following the guidelines in this policy, the email user can minimise the legal risks involved in the use of email. If any user disregards the rules set out in this Email Policy, the user will be fully liable and Newbattle Abbey College will disassociate itself from the user as far as legally possible.
The following rules are required by law and are to be strictly adhered to:
* It is strictly prohibited to send or forward emails containing libellous, defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks. If you receive an email of this nature, you must promptly notify your Guidance Tutor if a student or your Line Manager if a member of staff.
* Do not forward a message without acquiring permission from the sender first
* Do not forge or attempt to forge email messages.
* Do not send email messages using another person’s email account without permission from the account holder.
* Do not copy a message or attachment belonging to another user without permission of the originator.
* Do not disguise or attempt to disguise your identity when sending mail.
Although the College’s email system is meant for College use, the College allows the reasonable use of email for personal use if certain guidelines are adhered to:
* Personal use of email should not interfere with your studies or your work.
* Personal emails must also adhere to the guidelines in this policy.
* Personal emails should be kept in a separate folder, named ‘Private’. The emails in this folder should be deleted weekly so as not to clog up the system.
* The forwarding of chain letters and junk mail is strictly forbidden.
* Employees/students should only use email for personal use in their own time.
* Employees/students should not waste college resources by contacting large numbers of people either simultaneously, by entering a large number of addresses on a single email or by sending a large number of emails for non college purposes.
* All messages distributed via the College’s email system, even personal emails, are subject to this policy.
You must have no expectation of privacy in anything you create, store, send or receive on the College’s computer system. Your emails can be monitored without prior notification if the College deems this necessary. If there is evidence that you are not adhering to the guidelines set out in this policy, the College reserves the right to take disciplinary action, including termination of your email account and/or legal action.
Retention and Disposal
The College’s Retention and Disposal procedures which dictate the length of time records should be held and then destroyed should also be used to determine an e-mails record life cycle.
Staff and students are responsible for managing e-mail records in a manner that ensures their integrity and guards against inappropriate loss or destruction.
All email accounts maintained on our email system are the property of the College. Passwords should not be given to other people.
Review of Policy
This policy will be reviewed every 3 years or whenever changes affect it.
Computer Users Agreement
Before using computers, equipment or services of Newbattle Abbey College (hereinafter called the “Service”) you must first agree to abide by its rules and regulations. The rules below are in force to ensure that the Service is being used for College supported activities only, in accordance with the purchase agreements for our hardware and software, and with the Copyright (Computer Software) Amendment Act 1985.
The Data Protection Act 1984 requires that personal data may only be held in accordance with the registration of such data and that any person or body who holds un-registered data is liable to severe penalties by law. The data collected in this form will only be used for the purpose of account administration within the College, and will not be disclosed to any external sources.
You should be aware that e-mail messages remain the property of Newbattle Abbey College and that it may be necessary to intercept traffic for security purposes. You should also be aware that as part of our security procedures and of our security auditing, ICT staff will be able to monitor where you have been on the internet, what pages you have opened, what pictures you have looked at and/or downloaded. This activity is monitored to maintain the integrity of the system and ensure that the Colleges’ legal obligations and requirements are being met.
Any person or persons using the facilities of the Service shall be deemed to have read these rules and agreed to be bound by them.
* No persons or persons shall use the facilities of Newbattle Abbey College without due authorisation.
* Every allocation of computing resources shall be made on the understanding that such allocation is to be used only for the purpose for which it was requested and may only be used by the person on whose behalf the request was made. Use shall not be made of computing resources allocated to another person unless such use has been specifically authorised in writing by Newbattle Abbey College.
* No person or persons shall by any wilful or deliberate act jeopardize the integrity of the computing equipment, its system, its programmes, or other stores of information.
* Food and drink are not allowed in any areas that are set aside for computer use, if users are found with food and/or drink in these areas their account may be suspended.
* No person or persons using the facilities of the Service shall by any wilful or deliberate act copy, modify, disseminate, destroy or use any information or part of any information in which another person or body has a rightful interest without first obtaining written permission from that person or body.
* Users are not permitted to exploit commercially, programmes, results, or other material developed using the Service.
* College computing resources are provided to facilitate a person’s work as an employee or student of the College, specifically for educational, training, administrative or research purposes.
* Use for other purposes, such as personal electronic mail or recreational use of the World Wide Web, is a withdrawable privilege, not a right. Any such use or any other form of personal use must not interfere with the user’s duties or studies or any other person’s use of computer systems and must not, in any way, bring the College into disrepute.
* Commercial work for outside bodies, using centrally managed services is not permitted.
* The College accepts no liability for the correctness of any results produced using the service, nor of any failure of the equipment to produce results, nor for any consequential loss or damage.
* Your Password should only remain known to yourself and should not be given to anyone else. No staff member of the college should ever ask you for your password and you should not leave your password where others may have access to it. A good password should contain 8 characters or more, with at least three, preferably all, of the following: Uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers. Do not use names, numbers or initials which relate to you or your family.
* When you have finished your session on the computer ensure that you log off the computer, otherwise another person could send e-mails and conduct other activities that would appear to come from you. If a computer is found to be logged on in a public area with nobody at it, this may result in disciplinary action.
* No liability will be accepted for injuries neither resulting from the incorrect use of equipment nor using equipment in a way that it was not designed for. If in doubt, ask the ICT Support Co-ordinator for assistance by emailing IT Support.
* Staff data files on centralised server based storage will be backed up by the IT service. However, if files are copied to mobile storage devices such as laptops, memory sticks etc. for update purposes, it is the responsibility of staff to ensure that updated versions of the data files are subsequently uploaded back to centralised server based storage as soon as possible after update to ensure that data integrity is maintained.
* It is the responsibility of staff to ensure that copies of files maintained on laptops, memory sticks, mobile devices and any other portable media are, wherever possible, in encrypted form and in all cases are transported and secured in a responsible manner. Staff must be aware of their responsibilities in the terms of current Data Protection legislation when in possession of potentially sensitive data.
* Users must not attempt to load any unauthorised software on to any College system. All software must be installed by a member of ICT staff.
* The user undertakes to comply with the provisions of the following Acts of parliament (or any re-enactment thereof): as well as all other relevant legislation and legal precedent (this list is not exhaustive):
* The Copyright Design and Patents Act (1988)
* Computer Misuse Act (1990)
* Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
* Data Protection Act (1998)
* Defamation Act 1996
* Equality Act 2010
* JANET Acceptable Use Policy
* Obscene Publications Act 1959
For special cases where the rigid application of these rules would adversely affect a particular College supported activity, then Newbattle Abbey College must be consulted beforehand and any dispensation agreed in writing.
Any deliberate transgression of these rules and regulations may result in disciplinary action against the user and a claim for payment of any penalty imposed upon the College as a consequence of the transgression.
The use of the computer facilities at Newbattle Abbey College is seen as a necessity. Failure to abide by these rules and regulations could result in the withdrawal of computer services from yourself and your user account being closed. Where your actions are of a serious nature and/or contravene the aforementioned legislation and policies, and/or bring the College into disrepute, you may be suspended from the College pending a full investigation.
If you have a technical problem with the ICT equipment you should email the fault to IT Support.
The route for complaints or comments about the Service or appeals against withdrawal of Service should be in the first instance to the Administration Manager. You may appeal against this decision to the Depute Principal and if you are still dissatisfied the final level of appeal is with the Principal whose decision is final.
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Summer of 2018 Showcases Sharp Media Bias in Pope Francis Coverage
Most national and international media display an astounding degree of selective perception when covering remarks and actions by Pope Francis. The latest example is the overwhelmingly celebratory coverage of the Pope’s decision to revise the Catholic catechism to express across-the-board opposition to the death penalty.
In U.S. Spanish-language television, the news received top billing. Univision, for example, heralded the move as the preface to more even more radical changes to Church teaching, including the opening of the priesthood to women, and the end of the discipline of priestly celibacy.
LOURDES DEL RÍO, CORRESPONDENT, UNIVISION: But this decision of Pope Francis doesn't take place in a vacuum. Experts say the Pontiff could certainly be testing the waters to eventually make even more dramatic changes in other aspects of Catholic doctrine.
DANIEL ÁLVAREZ, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: His stance is always anti-legalistic. And in the name of anti-legalism many new things can arise. For example, priesthood for women, and the end of celibacy.
The tone of the coverage was similar during the beginning of the summer as well, when the Pope also scored major headlines after it was reported that he privately told an errant homosexual priest’s gay sexual abuse victim “that you are gay does not matter. God made you like that and he loves you like that.”
As MRC Latino noted at the time, while the Pope’s alleged words could be interpreted in a way consistent with classic Catholic teaching that God “hates the sin, but loves the sinner” (and the victim himself subsequently told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he did not interpret the Pope’s words as portending a change in Church teaching), the trumpeted interpretation by the liberal media was decidedly that the Pope and the Catholic Church now essentially both “love the sin, and love the sinner.”
However, during several occasions this summer, the Pope has also made clearly conservative, orthodox statements on equally controversial topics, only to receive the stone cold silent treatment from these same media. For example, just weeks after the revelation of his private statement to the Chilean sexual abuse victim, while speaking on the record to the Italian Family Association, the Pope explicitly declared that “It is painful to say this today: People speak of varied families, of various kinds of family,” but “the family [as] man and woman in the image of God is the only one.” This latter remark, which leaves no room for liberal spin or wiggle room, fell on completely deaf ears on all the top U.S. morning and evening television shows, both in English and Spanish.
In another severe, on the record statement against the agenda of the “gay lobby” the Pope also warned Italian bishops to vet carefully applicants to the priesthood and reject anyone they suspect might be incorrigibly homosexual, telling them “if in doubt, better not let them enter.” Once again, the top U.S. television networks, in both English and Spanish, chose to totally ignore a statement by the Pope that was clearly and unequivocally adverse to the LGBTQ policy agenda.
As the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue pointed out, this selective coverage of the Pope’s recent remarks and actions is important, particularly as we look ahead to the upcoming World Meeting of Families, a Vatican-sponsored event which will be held in Ireland from August 22-26. “Gay activists are desperately trying to redefine the family to include homosexual couples” Donohue noted in an analysis of developments leading up to the event, but “Pope Francis has thrown a monkey wrench into their agenda.”
Kudos to the leader of over one billion Catholics worldwide for continuing to share his perspective on the controversial moral questions of the day, but shame on the liberal media for trying to muzzle him to only fit the agenda that is pleasing to their ears.
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Large two bedroom two bathroom apartment with parking. Spread over (837 sq. Ft) plus (141 Sq. Ft) private terrace area facing east over the courtyard.Saxon Square is a collection of 1 and 2 bedroom luxury apartments located just 24 minutes by train from central London, in the vibrant and diverse town of Luton. Set within an entirely new contemporary development, these 223 beautifully designed apartments offer an unparalleled level of connectivity. Completion due Q4 2019Luton is a vibrant town benefiting from substantial investment and direct links to central London. Its close proximity to the capital makes it a hotspot for commuters. As a major regional employer, Luton Airport employs over 8,600 staff complemented by a new business park, which has attracted high-quality blue chip companies. The town centre features a premier indoor shopping centre, The Mall, which attracts more than 20 million shoppers a year to Luton’s many popular high street and independent stores. Luton is also home to a first-class educational establishment, the University of Bedfordshire which boasts a new £34million centre & has over 15,600 students in its four campus locations situated under a mile away from Latimer Place.Location:9 Minutes walk to Luton Station - 3 rail stations serve Luton providing fast connections across the UK.25 minutes from St Pancras station and Eurostar8 minutes drive from the M1luton property statistics:19.4% rise in property prices in 2016 making Luton the uk’s number 1 property investment hotspot.Luton prices expected rise by 41% in the next 5 years. (Source: Savills)Luton will receive a further £1.5 billion of investment over the next 20 years, creating just over 18,000 jobsfrom major developments which will include a new stadium for Luton fc a 7-mil sq. Ft. Hilton Hotel and a major town centre regeneration project.These particulars are believed to be correct, their accuracy is in no way guaranteed. Images may be general.
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Written by Nutri Advanced on 16th August 2016
Turmeric is a plant whose history of medicinal use stretches back over 4000 years. It has a long history of use throughout India and the Asian subcontinent, and ancient Ayurvedic texts sing the praises of turmeric over 2500 years ago. It may have originated in India, but today the use of turmeric is worldwide as a spice, a health food supplement, a natural food colourant and even as an ingredient in cosmetics and skincare. It also has special ceremonial value within the Hindu religion. Science has enabled us to discover that the secrets to turmeric’s success are thanks to its special constituent curcumin. Read on to learn about the amazing herb that’s also known as “the Golden Spice”.
The History of Curcumin & Turmeric
Isn’t it amazing that turmeric has been used medicinally for over 4000 years! Curcumin as part of turmeric has a long, extensive use throughout Indian history, especially as part of Ayurvedic medicine (Traditional Indian Medicine). Turmeric has traditionally been used to treat pretty much anything and everything, but excels in its use for any health issues borne from inflammation, for example allergies, rheumatism, sinusitis and diabetes. It’s like a “cure-all” in India, and much of this knowledge is now reflected in the focus of the scientific studies that are providing positive, validating results!
As a unique substance, curcumin wasn’t identified until 1815 and it wasn’t until just over 100 years ago in 1910 that it’s full chemical structure was known. Since then research has exploded, and in the last 25 years there have been over 3000 publications on turmeric and/or curcumin.
What’s the difference between Turmeric and Curcumin?
Turmeric is the common name of the plant whose botanical name is Curcuma longa, and the part that we use is the root. The active compounds in turmeric are curcuminoids and it is these curcuminoids which give turmeric its distinctive yellow colour. The 3 most medicinally active are curcumin, demethoxycurcumin (also known as curcumin II) and bisdemethoxycurcumin (also known as curcumin III). These powerful compounds make up on average about 3-5% of turmeric. In areas practising the most optimal farming and growing conditions, these curcuminoids may then reach up to 6-8% of turmeric.
Turmeric is excellent used as a spice to enhance food, but if you really want to appreciate the many health benefits of curcumin, then you really should be sourcing a good quality concentrated supplement, that is well absorbed. You'd have to eat an awful lot of turmeric to get the same amount that you'd find in a supplement!
Most people enjoy the taste and colour of turmeric as part of a curry. Certain ingredients in Indian food help the curcumin to be absorbed from the food, such as black pepper and the fat in coconut milk. It would make sense then, if you have grown up eating curry, that you would have benefited, to a degree, from the protective and medicinal health benefits that curcumin may provide.
The Many Functions and Potential Health Benefits of Curcumin
The health benefits of curcumin are far-reaching and affect all organ systems. The most important ability that curcumin possesses is its ability to affect inflammation across multiple pathways, all at the same time. This is how curcumin truly excels at being the master anti-inflammatory herb!
Read on for the many health benefits curcumin may provide:
• Supports and facilitates digestion, especially the digestion of fats
• Supports liver and gallbladder functions, and may prevent the accumulation of fat in the liver
• Helps to maintain the efficiency of the immune system
• Has significant antioxidant properties
• Supports the management of inflammation within the body, along multiple pathways, all at the same time
• Supports heart function and blood circulation
• Helps support the health of the lungs and upper respiratory tract
• Helps to protect and maintain the health of joints and bones, and their flexibility
• Supports the function of the nervous system
• May modulate tumour growth cell factors
• May cross the blood-brain barrier and therefore may play an important role in reduction of inflammation within the brain
• May help keep skin healthy
How Curcumin Decreases Inflammation & May Prevent Cell Damage
Inflammation is a normal part of the healing process, for example if you hurt yourself the body will go into healing mode and part of that will include some inflammation. But it should be limited and end within a reasonable time. Chronic inflammation is a cycle that may lead to disease, for example asthma, allergies, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. One of the key factors to reducing these disease processes is by decreasing this pattern of chronic inflammation, and it helps to do this by inhibiting powerful enzymes and molecules involved in the inflammatory process.
Studies have shown that curcumin may also help to prevent more proliferative diseases by various mechanisms including:
• Inhibiting mutations – cellular mutations may lead to abnormal cellular behaviour and even cancer
• Detoxifying carcinogens – processing substances that are known to cause cancer, making them less toxic to us
• Decreasing cell proliferation – lessens the spread of “unhealthy” cells
• Inducing apoptosis of tumour cells – this means causing the death of “unhealthy” cells
Considering the toxic world we live in and how our body is bombarded on a daily basis, we need all the protection we can get! It is amazing how curcumin may provide cellular “protection” on so many levels.
Mild Cognitive Impairment & Alzheimer’s Disease
An interesting fact is that India has a low incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. This may be attributed to genetics or an intake of specific foods. Many people say this is due to the daily intake of turmeric through food. What has been discovered is that curcumin has the potential to cross the blood brain barrier, and then be able to have a positive influence on potential inflammation within the brain. This is showing exciting results in the treatment of mild cognitive impairment, stroke and hopefully may help in the prevention of degenerative cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
Osteo Arthritis & Rheumatoid Arthritis
Curcumin has a long history in the treatment of all types of arthritis, in the Western world, but also going back through time in Ayurvedic medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Many studies have shown the ability of curcumin to reduce pain, inflammation and stiffness, in both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Mood Disorders & Depression
A compelling amount of research is building to support the use of curcumin in stress and mood disorders. The mechanisms of how curcumin may work in the brain, seem to be similar biologically to how many anti-depressants work. Depression is now considered by many to be a disorder of inflammation - we come back once again to the issue of inflammation, and this is where curcumin excels.
Curcumin Safety
It’s important to note too, that curcumin and turmeric have an extremely good safety record. So far there has never been any toxicity shown at all, even at high, concentrated amounts, curcumin is extremely safe. In fact, many studies have found that curcumin may have an even more potent effect than some drugs, without any of the side effects. And unlike synthetic drugs, that only work on one inflammation pathway in the body, curcumin works on multiple pathways of inflammation all at once! At this time, there are no known negative interactions with any other substances including medications either.
The only health issue we would caution against, would be those with known gall stones and/or obstructed bile duct. Since curcumin has a positive effect on the gallbladder and stimulating the release of bile flow, to aid fat digestion, this may “unsettle” the gallbladder – not good for those with gallstones! If you have any doubt or questions, please seek advice from your Healthcare Professional.
The Curcumin Conclusion
There is SO much more that could be written about curcumin and all of the incredible ways it can help the body, on many different levels and pathways, for a wide range of conditions. It seems nature has provided us with a wonder herb that has been revered for ages, and now science is helping to unlock its secrets. Due to the bioavailability of curcumin, make sure to choose a reputable brand, with superior formulation, to ensure maximum absorption and use within the body.
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Wayne Gretzky’s name appears at No. 1 an astounding 60 times in the NHL’s record book.
More than two decades after retiring, The Great One set another high-water mark early Friday morning.
A mint condition 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card became hockey’s first to cost more than US$1 million when it fetched $1.29 million at auction.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the trading card is just one of two featuring No. 99 from O-Pee-Chee’s 1979 run to get a perfect “gem mint” score from the Professional Sports Authenticator grading service.
That’s out of the 5,711 Gretzky cards the PSA evaluated. By comparison, there are more than 300 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie cards with the same “gem mint” rating.
In the description of the Gretzky collectible on its website, Heritage Auctions says it’s extremely rare to find one in perfect condition because of how cards were cut from the original sheets back in the 1970s.
According to the auction house, O-Pee-Chee, which was essentially the Canadian arm of U.S.-based Topps, “used wire rather than blades to segregate individual cards from their printed sheets, creating a problem that was progressively compounded as the wire dulled from use. Eventually, the cards would suffer cuts as jagged as those on Terry Sawchuk’s face.”
The $1.29 million price tag includes a 20 per cent buyer’s premium.
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Cole pitches Astros past Yankees 4-1 for 2-1 lead in ALCS
by: MIKE FITZPATRICK, Associated Press
Houston Astros starting pitcher Gerrit Cole (45) delivers against the New York Yankees during the first inning of Game 3 of baseball’s American League Championship Series, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole is making his pitch to own this October.
A gritty Cole held the New York Yankees scoreless without his sharpest stuff, Jose Altuve sparked Houston at the plate and the Astros locked down a 4-1 victory Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Championship Series.
Altuve and Josh Reddick homered early off Luis Severino, who labored into the fifth while keeping the Yankees close. But they never broke through against Cole, who grinded through seven innings to win his 19th straight decision despite walking five batters for the second time in his career.
“Just boiled down to making some good pitches under pressure,” he said.
Cole escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first and stranded nine runners through five, improving to 3-0 with a 0.40 ERA in three playoff outings this year. Poised to become a prized free agent who could command more than $200 million, he’s putting together a dominant run that’s beginning to rival some of baseball’s greatest postseason pitching performances.
The 29-year-old right-hander, unbeaten in 25 starts since late May, allowed four hits and struck out seven. That ended a streak of 11 consecutive games with double-digit strikeouts — the previous big league record was eight. Cole led the majors with 326 Ks this season.
“I think he’s the best pitcher in baseball right now,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said. “Gerrit is locked in. And to see him do it on the big stage in a playoff game with the magnitude of this game, it was pretty awesome.”
Game 4 in the best-of-seven playoff is scheduled for Wednesday night — but that could change. The gloomy weather forecast calls for a substantial rainstorm, potentially forcing a postponement that would likely alter pitching plans for both teams.
Gleyber Torres homered in the eighth off Houston reliever Joe Smith, one batter after replay umpires reversed a call and ruled Edwin Encarnación out at first base. That led to a little trash and a ball being thrown onto the field before public address announcer Paul Olden reminded fans not to toss any objects out of the stands.
Roberto Osuna got three quick outs in the ninth for a save.
“Two more to go,” Osuna said. “I’m excited.”
The bushy-haired Cole grew up in California rooting for the Yankees and was drafted by them 28th overall in 2008. He didn’t sign, choosing instead to attend UCLA before the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him with the top pick in 2011.
Making his second career start at Yankee Stadium, he got away with several pitches in key situations. Other times, Cole flashed the filthy breaking balls and 98-100 mph heat that have made him so unhittable in October — and unbeatable since May.
His winning streak is the longest by a pitcher in one year since Rube Marquard began 19-0 for the 1912 New York Giants.
“He’s exceptional. And he gets better and better and better,” Hinch said. “Once he found his curveball, it was pretty lights out. I think he finished his outing as strong as ever.”
After rolling to a 7-0 victory in the series opener, the Yankees — the highest-scoring team in the majors this season — have totaled three runs on two homers in the last 20 innings.
“It’s obviously a little frustrating we weren’t able to break through with him,” manager Aaron Boone said. “But I think up and down we gave ourselves a chance. And anytime you’re facing a guy like that, you want that kind of traffic. And we had that in several innings. He made big pitches when he had to.”
With two on in the fifth and the Astros clinging to a 2-0 lead, Didi Gregorius lofted a high fly that Reddick caught at the right field fence.
“The emotions kind of followed the flyball, right?” Cole explained. “So it was kind of like low, to freaking out, to not so worried anymore.”
The three-time All-Star finally found his rhythm after that, retiring his last seven batters with three strikeouts.
He called his early fastball command “spotty,” but his ability to pitch out of trouble prevented a lively sellout crowd of 48,998 from really ever letting loose.
“I mean, we just had to work it,” Cole said.
Gregorius also grounded out with the bases loaded to end the first.
“Most of the game was on me,” he said. “I didn’t come through, so I was the one that failed, not the whole team.”
Houston got a rally going in the seventh against scuffling reliever Adam Ottavino. George Springer walked and went to third when Altuve executed a perfect run-and-hit single through the right side.
After savvy baserunning by Springer to stay in a rundown long enough to get runners to second and third, Altuve scored on Zack Britton’s wild pitch. Yuli Gurriel made it 4-0 with a sacrifice fly.
The 5-foot-6 Altuve connected on Severino’s third pitch for his fourth homer of these playoffs, extending his postseason hitting streak to 12 games dating to last year.
“I think everybody knows I like swinging the bat,” he said. “I don’t like wasting too much time on home plate.”
Cole has 32 strikeouts in the playoffs while allowing just one run. He joined Astros teammate Justin Verlander (2013 with Detroit) and Kevin Brown (1998 for San Diego) as the only pitchers to whiff at least 30 and permit no more than one run in a three-game postseason span, according to STATS.
Yankees LF Giancarlo Stanton sat out for the second consecutive game because of a strained right quadriceps. He was replaced in the lineup by CF Aaron Hicks, who batted ninth in his first start since Aug. 3 due to a strained flexor near his right elbow. Brett Gardner shifted from center to left. Hicks went 0 for 2 with two walks.
OUT AT HOME
Plate umpire Jeff Nelson exited with a concussion after taking two foul balls off his mask, causing a 16-minute delay before the fifth inning. Kerwin Danley, who was at second base, went inside and changed into gear to work the plate. Mark Carlson switched from third to second and Marvin Hudson from left field to third. Severino was given additional time to warm up again, and the game proceeded with a five-man crew and no left field ump.
Both teams were planning bullpen games Wednesday night, but a rainout would allow them to bring back the Game 1 starters on full rest in Game 4 if it gets pushed to Thursday.
Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka beat Zack Greinke in the opener last Saturday at Houston, improving to 5-2 with a 1.32 ERA in seven career postseason outings. Tanaka has permitted only one run and four hits over 11 innings in winning both his playoff games this year, while Greinke is 0-2 with an 8.38 ERA in two starts.
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Steroids confirmed to help severely ill coronavirus patients
by: MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press
Posted: Sep 2, 2020 / 10:09 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 2, 2020 / 10:38 AM CDT
FILE – This Tuesday, June 16, 2020 file photo shows a bottle and box for dexamethasone in a pharmacy in Omaha, Neb. New studies confirm that cheap steroid drugs improved survival for severely ill COVID-19 patients, cementing this as a standard of care and expanding options to more types than this one previously shown to help. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
New studies confirm that multiple types of steroids improve survival for severely ill COVID-19 patients, cementing the cheap drugs as a standard of care.
An analysis of pooled results from seven studies, led by the World Health Organization and published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that steroids reduced the risk of death in the first month by about one-third compared to placebo treatment or usual care alone in these seriously ill patients who needed extra oxygen.
“This result opens up more choices” of steroids, said Dr. Martin Landray of the University of Oxford, who led one of the studies. “The more options there are in terms of availability, the better.”
Dr. Anthony Gordon of Imperial College London called the result “a huge step forward,” but added, “as impressive as these results are, it’s not a cure.”
Steroid drugs are inexpensive, widely available and have been used for decades. They reduce inflammation, which sometimes develops in coronavirus patients as the immune system overreacts to fight the infection. This overreaction damages the lungs and can prove fatal. These drugs are not the same type of steroids that are used or misused for athletic performance.
In June, a large study led by the University of Oxford found that a steroid called dexamethasone cut deaths by up to 35% in hospitalized COVID-19 patients who needed treatment with breathing machines and by 20% in those only needing extra oxygen. It did not help less sick patients and might even have even been harmful at that stage of illness.
The results changed care immediately and prompted many other studies that were testing steroids to stop, so more people could be given the drug. The new analysis looked at results from six of those studies that were stopped early plus severe patients in the Oxford study to see if all types of steroids were similarly effective, and concluded they are.
There were 222 deaths among the 678 patients given a steroid and 425 deaths among the 1,025 patients given placebos or just usual care.
“I’m delighted,” said Dr. Derek Angus, critical care chief at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, who helped lead one of the studies. ”“It’s incredibly reassuring that the other trials all were lining up in the same direction. It’s the most solid news we’ve had yet on how to take care of patients with COVID-19.”
Mark Shannon, a 61-year-old retired bank teller from Pittsburgh who spent 11 days on a breathing machine, received the steroid hydrocortisone in the study and recovered. His doctor told him “that was pretty stupendous” to recover from so long on a ventilator, he said.
“I realize how close I came to losing my life,” he said.
The WHO issued treatment adviceWednesday recommending steroids for patients with severe COVID-19 and suggested not using them for less sick patients.
Treatment guidelines in the U.S. now recommend dexamethasone or others only when it’s not available for hospitalized COVID-19 patients needing extra oxygen, but that could change with the new information.
AP medical writer Maria Cheng in London contributed to this report.
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‘Dunkirk’ with Harry Styles, Tom Hardy a big-time, old-school epic: movie review
By Stephen Whitty
The British turned the disaster of Dunkirk into a victory.
Director Christopher Nolan has turned it into a masterpiece.
His "Dunkirk" isn't a typical World War II movie. It doesn't have the blood and gore of "Saving Private Ryan." It doesn't sprawl over several star-studded hours, like "The Longest Day." It's not even about a daring assault.
Instead, it's about a famous retreat — a time when, in 1940, hundreds of thousands of tired soldiers and sailors found themselves trapped on a freezing French beach.
The sea was behind them. The Germans were in front, and advancing.
Tom Hardy plays an RAF fighter pilot in one of the three story threads that eventually tie together in "Dunkirk." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros.)
If the Allies didn't find a way out, fast, the war was going to end, right then, before it had even fully begun.
And how those brave soldiers escaped, and lived to fight another day, is the real triumph of "Dunkirk."
It's really three stories, which Nolan knits together. There are the people on land, including One Direction star Harry Styles as a nervous soldier. The people in the air, including Tom Hardy as an RAF fighter pilot.
And, best of all, the British civilians — including a quiet Sunday sailor, played by Mark Rylance — who jumped into their own little boats to rush across the Channel and do their bit, too.
Soldiers and sailors find themselves trapped on a freezing French beach in the World War II masterwork "Dunkirk." (Warner Bros.)
Styles and Hardy are an important part of this ensemble, but Rylance is the standout, sailing into war between cups of tea. And Kenneth Branagh adds steely authority as the commanding officer back at the beach, trying to save as many young men as he can.
The storytelling can be confusing at first, because the real events happened over different time periods. The dogfights happened over an hour. The sea crossing took about a day. The men stranded on the beach were waiting for much longer.
Nolan cuts among all of this, and it takes some time to come together. But soon he, and we, figure it out together.
And if the writing can be a little complicated, the filmmaking is clear and direct. The Hans Zimmer score winds the tension tighter than a watch spring. The images, many caught with IMAX cameras, are so deep and precise you'll think they're in 3D.
What makes the effects even more shocking is that these are real Spitfires racing across the sky. Real boats struggling through the choppy Channel. Real men gasping for breath in its murky waves.
Let other directors play with toy soldiers and computer effects. This is big-time, old-school filmmaking. "Dunkirk" isn't overdone. It's simply done epically.
But it's also human. It has room for small acts of heroism, of kindness, of forgiveness. And for a single, simple important, timeless message of resilience: Take what comes. Do what you can. Never surrender.
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What You Think You Know About The Polls Isn’t Necessarily True
Once again, it seems necessary to debunk some commonly believed myths about polling.
Doug Mataconis · Monday, October 15, 2012 · 14 comments
Washington Post Pollster Jon Cohen had an interesting piece in yesterday’s paper discussing some of the myths about polling that have reared their head during this election season:
1. A campaign’s internal polls are more accurate than public polls.
The message from both sides, when they’re slumping, is consistent: Campaign polls are better at assessing voters’ intentions than the polls produced by news organizations and universities.
But there is a central flaw in private polling, at least what we get to see of it: Most campaign surveys are presented with a heavy dose of spin. The goals are also different, with a premium on testing messages and anticipating the effects of strategic decisions, often with tenuous assumptions about “likely voters” that may prove wrong.
If a campaign is releasing an internal poll, it’s doing so for a specific reason. Perhaps it’s trying to push back against a set of public polls that have shown the candidate trailing or losing the support of a specific demographic group. Perhaps it’s trying to divert attention from something else that’s happening in the news cycle. Whatever the reason, there’s no good reason to trust internal polls released or leaked by the campaign.
The one caveat I’d add to this is that campaigns do a lot of internal polling that is never released to the public. They do this because they need to have their own source for where the state of the campaign is, and also to see if the message that they’ve been pursuing and to see if their opponent’s messages are resonating with the public. It doesn’t matter if the news is good or bad, a campaign adviser cannot do their job without having some idea of where the campaign stands and public polling doesn’t always answer that question for them There are the internal polls that are never released to the public, at least not during the course of the campaign, and I’d bet that there a sight more accurate than the ones that get “leaked” to the press.
2. Polls prove that the first presidential debate upended the race.
Immediately after the debate, coverage focused on polls that moved in Romney’s direction. After all, a Gallup survey showed that 72 percent of debate-watchers said Romney did a better job, the most lopsided debate readout Gallup has ever recorded.
But there is little evidence that the debate decisively moved the needle in key swing states. In six state surveys released Thursday by two well-regarded polling partnerships — NBC-Wall Street Journal-Marist and CBS-New York Times-Quinnipiac — there were virtually no shifts for either candidate compared with pre-debate polls.
There’s no question that Romney has risen in the polls significantly since the October 3rd debate, but if you look at the national polling, there’s evidence that he was rising for at least a week before the debate. I can’t say I can figure out the reason why that might have been happening, other than the possibility that Romney’s ad campaign was just starting to kick in, but as this chart of the poll average from September 1st to today, Romney’s low point came on September 30th, several days before the debate:
The debate may have accelerated Romney’s momentum in the polls to some extent, but it didn’t cause it.
3. The best polls are those that correctly predict an election’s outcome.
Getting elections “right” is a necessary but insufficient reason to put great stock in polls. Some surveys could be well-modeled — adjusted to previous elections or to hunches, including, some surmise, tweaks to agree with other polls. (Few pollsters relish being an outlier.)
Both the Republican-leaning Rasmussen Reports and the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling have track records that some view favorably, but both use automated phone calls with recorded voices to collect data (“Press 1 for Obama, 2 for Romney,” etc.), revealing a basic flaw: It’s against federal law to have computers dial cellphones, so most “robopolls” ignore about 30 percent of U.S. adults.
It is always better to look at polls’ methodology, not just their results. What’s more, the “horse race” findings are often among the least important parts of a good poll. What issues motivate voters? And who is motivated to vote? These are more crucial to understanding an election than whether a candidate is up two, three or six percentage points.
I discussed the cell phone issue in a previous post, and it’s fairly clear that excluding cell phones from your call list tends to understate Democratic support. This implicates not just PPP, but also Rasmussen, another autodialer who, thanks in large part to a questionable Party ID weighting formula, tends to skew Republican more than any other pollster. The cell phone issue recently became an issue in the Presidential race when Gallup, in response to criticism from many quarters, announced that it had increased the number of cell phone only users that it included in its Daily Tracking Poll. Interestingly enough, since that announcement the poll has shown Romney with a slight lead over the President rather consistently.
4. Polls are skewed if they don’t interview equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans.
Political junkies quickly scan each poll release to see the “party ID split” — the proportions of self-identified Democrats, Republicans and independents in the sample. It makes sense: With party loyalty as strong as it is, the numbers of Democratic and Republican respondents in a survey make a huge difference. But to think, as many do, that there should be equal numbers from each party is off-base, particularly when looking at polls meant to assess the general population’s views.
Though voters seem split down the middle, there have generally been more Democrats than Republicans in the country since pollsters started tracking partisan allegiances after World War II. There is often more parity in election tallies, as Republicans tend to be more reliable voters than Democrats, but that also depends on the year.
This, of course, is the famous “skewed polls” debate, which I wrote about here and here, that was taking up much of the news cycle in the week or so before the October 3rd debate. The argument, of course, is that the polls that had been showing the President leading both on the national and state level for much of September were biased because they over-sampled Democrats. Indeed, it has become quite common for conservative bloggers to pick apart every poll to get at what its D/R/I (Democrat/Republican/Independent) breakdown happens to be. Interestingly, I haven’t seen that same level of analysis over the past two weeks for polls that showed Mitt Romney surging, but that’s beside the point at the moment. As I’ve noted in my previous posts on this topic, political scientists and most pollsters tend to agree that Party ID is a far more fluid concept than the conservative critique on this issue assumes that it is. Most particularly, there tends to be a great deal of fluctuation between identifying with a specific party and calling oneself an Independent. That’s why most pollsters don’t weight for Party ID the way they do for more immutable demographic characteristics like gender, race, religion and age. The fact that a certain percentage of women voted for Obama or McCain in 2008 according to exit polling is a far different thing from saying that a certain percentage of people who identified themselves as aa “Republican,” “Democrat,” or “Independent” voted for Obama or McCain.
Largely thanks to Scott Rasmussen and his polls that consistently favor Republicans, conservatives have been conditioned to evaluate every poll based solely on the D/R/I breakdown. They have been misled.
5. News outlets are biased in presenting polls favorable toward President Obama.
Media-bashing is at a peak among conservatives, and some on the right routinely dismiss any poll showing Obama ahead of Romney. (And some on the left reflexively scorn polls in which Romney leads.) Before recent surveys turned in Romney’s direction, one conservative blogger went so far as to set up UnskewedPolls.com, a site offering “adjusted” public polls, tilted to favor Romney by manipulating the samples to be more Republican.
In truth, news organizations have only one bias — toward news.
Well, this last one is one I have a bit of a quibble with.
I would submit that what modern news organizations are biased towards are media narratives that drive up ratings and web traffic. When the last two weeks of September started to get filled with stories about Romney’s decline and Obama pulling away, I started to notice many analysts on the cable networks pushing the idea that “the race is not over” and that Romney could still win. That’s not a surprise, really. After all, if the race really was over in September there’d be nothing for them to talk about and ratings and web traffic would drop off respectively. The debate was simply a happy coincidence that allowed the media to create yet more suspense about the outcome of the election for us to pay attention to. Now, with the second debate coming up tomorrow, the question is whether President Obama is able to make a comeback. After tomorrow night the narrative for pretty much the rest of the campaign will be set in stone, and it will be one where the outcome is in suspense until the final minute. The media doesn’t have a political bias so much as it has a bias in favor of making us watch them and drive up their ratings.
There’s one misconception that Cohen doesn’t mention, and perhaps because it hits a little too close to home. The media, and political pundits, and by extension the public that gets its information from them, have what I think is an misconception about polling. Polls aren’t meant to predict what the outcome of an election will be on Election Day. They aren’t meant to say that, in an authoritative Cronkite-esque voice, that this is the way it is. They are meant to be snapshots in time of the state of a political race. As I’ve said before, it’s far more useful to look at the trends of the polls, and especially the poll averages, than it is to obsess over whatever single poll gets released with a big “Breaking News” banner by one news outlet or another. Each outlet will promote its own poll, understandably, but that doesn’t meant that it’s the only poll that analysts and viewers need to rely upon. Unfortunately, in our current world, where two of the three cable news networks are nothing more than echo chambers for a particular political ideology, we don’t get any of that kind of analysis.
FILED UNDER: Campaign 2012, Public Opinion Polls, US Politics
About Doug Mataconis
Doug holds a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010. Before joining OTB, he wrote at Below The Beltway, The Liberty Papers, and United Liberty Follow Doug on Twitter | Facebook
Blue Shark says:
In today’s fluid electoral environment, I have found that polling authority is more and more becoming the purview of Mr. Nate Sliver.
Doug Mataconis says:
@Blue Shark:
Silver is a good analyst, but it is as naive to put all your trust in him as it is for conservatives to put all their trust in Scott Rasmussen.
Tony W says:
Excellent post Doug – very informative… Thank you
Doug,
About the only thing Ras and Silver have in common is that they are both men.
There has been no decrease in pulling apart the D/R/I from what I’ve seen, especially on blogs where polling is their theme. It doesn’t matter whether Obama or Romney are ahead, looking at the internals are where micro patterns are first sensed, leading into more visible voter trends.
I still think Rasmussen is pretty accurate (more so in national than state polls), no matter what people say are his political leanings. Reviewing the last couple of election cycles, he was at the top of the polling heap in lining up his polling numbers with the eventual end game of the election.
Septimius says:
Party identification in the poll sample does matter. Oversampling one party or the other will lead to an inaccurate result. I don’t care what these pollsters say. All the polls weigh for voter registration and voter liklihood which is just as fluid as party identification. Exit polls are supposed to be more accurate than pre-election telephone polls. They sample people who have just voted, and the news organizations pay big money so they can use them to help call elections. Yet, nationally in 2004 and earlier this year in Wisconsin, the exit polls were wildly inaccurate. After all the naval gazing and investigations into what went wrong, what was the conclusion of the exit polling company? They oversampled democrats. If a poll had a margin of error of +/-10%, it would never be taken seriously, but somehow we are supposed to believe that a poll that samples 11% more Democrats than Republicans is just a “snapshot” of the electorate. Nonsense.
Chefmarty says:
@Doug Mataconis:
Not really a good analogy; Rasmussen is a pollster, and Silver is most definitely not. He does have a pretty good track record based on his reading of all (valid) polls.
al-Ameda says:
Basically, the conservative take on all of this is … any poll that shows them trailing is flawed.
Console says:
@Septimius:
That’s hustling backwards.
In an objective poll, it’s the poll questions themselves that determine party id, and likelihood of voting. Doing anything else is subjective. That’s not to say there aren’t pollsters that weight by ID or weight their responders by a preconceived turnout model, and that’s not to say those that do get bad results. But the fact is, when you start wanting pollsters to tweak their results based on what you think the electorate should look like, you are substituting bias for empirical evidence.
Mr. Prosser says:
Zandar had a plausible explanation for Romney’s pre-debate rise in the polls yesterday. The pollsters had changed from questioning registered voters to likely voters. Makes a difference.
@Doug Mataconis: “Silver is a good analyst, but it is as naive to put all your trust in him as it is for conservatives to put all their trust in Scott Rasmussen. ”
Except for the whole accuracy thing.
mattb says:
@jan:
I find it interesting that you think Rasmussen is more credible on *national* polls versus *state* polls. My understanding is that Rasmussen’s claim has always been being able to accurately measure and predict at the state/electoral college level.
Again, national polls are nice to see, but overall far less useful in understanding or predicting what really matters in our electoral system.
Good job calling out your two final points. Its entirely true that the media is — knowingly or not — especially concerned with an interesting story. And so polls are definitely used as a tool in the construction of that story.
And most important is to understand that polls need to be looked at in aggregate and over longer periods of time. That’s the key importance of sites like RCP.
mantis says:
Party identification in the poll sample does matter. Oversampling one party or the other will lead to an inaccurate result. I don’t care what these pollsters say.
Because you are an idiot. Party ID in polls is a result, exactly the same as people’s intention to vote. Your objection to the party ID answers from those polled is exactly the same as if you just objected to the result of the poll.
“2% more people said they would vote for Obama over Romney? This poll is oversampling people who will vote for Obama!”
In short, your stance is that any poll that doesn’t predict what you want to happen is flawed.
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Review: Dark 'House on Fire' at Palm Beach Dramaworks skillfully mines family conflict
By Hap ErsteinSpecial to the Daily News
From Eugene O’Neill to Arthur Miller to Edward Albee – all major playwrights that Palm Beach Dramaworks has frequently produced in its 19 seasons of “theater to think about” – each has written scripts centered on the American family.
The same is true of Lyle Kessler, best known for his 1983 dark comedy Orphans. He again focuses on the links between parents and their offspring in his latest play, House on Fire, now receiving its world premiere at the downtown West Palm Beach stage company.
Not only a family play, but a reunion play, House on Fire begins with the return of estranged son Colman, back in his boyhood Fishtown Philadelphia home after a decade away. Summoned by his twin brother, Dale, because of the sudden death of their father, known only as the Old Man, Colman remains unconvinced of his demise even as the old coot lies motionless on the living room couch.
Sure enough, theatergoers are advised to keep a healthy skepticism as they take in House on Fire, for Kessler has little interest in realism. For that matter, he seems more intent on drawing vivid characters than in putting them through any conventional narrative.
Still, the plot does thicken a bit when two intruders – hot-headed, one-armed Noah and his keen-hearing sister, Lane – break in through the front window. It seems they have come to reclaim Colman – particularly Lane, who insists she is pregnant with his baby, while Noah’s interest lies in stealing anything of worth in the house.
Thus the lines of conflict are drawn. The Old Man – yeah, he’s alive – begins belittling his sons again, berating Colman for his wasted, childless existence and Dale for his pipe dream of becoming a creative writer. Dale resents his brother for escaping the gravitational pull of their toxic father while he dutifully stayed behind and partnered with his dad on a barely surviving neighborhood newsstand. Meanwhile, Lane’s claim of pregnancy is probably a scam, while Noah’s intuition that there is a substantial amount of money hidden in the house is motivated by simple, straightforward greed.
Or perhaps these characters, related and not, cling to one another in search of redemption, a need to belong, a desire to redefine family. Few of them are likeable; but because of Kessler’s darkly comic streak and director William Hayes’ empathetic cast, we are drawn to their plights, willing to follow them on their precarious journeys.
Heading the cast is Dramaworks veteran Rob Donohoe (Tru, The Little Foxes) as the Old Man, who employs his inherent personal appeal to offset the character’s frequent angry rants. Just as his home is strewn with baseball memorabilia, so is his dialogue full of baseball references and analogies. As his sons, Hamish Allan-Headley (Colman) and Taylor Anthony Miller (Dale) are credibly linked as brothers, though the former clings to his embittered grudges while the latter is soft-spoken and sensitive.
Christopher Kelly’s Noah is the least trustworthy of the bunch, perfectly willing to rob the Old Man blind, whether or not he has stashed away any money. Late in the play, we learn that Noah has the makings of a major league pitcher – albeit a one-armed one – though that discovery leads nowhere. In the midst of this combative brood, Lane (Georgia Warner) is the least able to fend for herself, so she holds tightly to her dependence on Colman, which he rejects outright.
At Dramaworks, Bill Clarke’s richly detailed set, cluttered with baseball mementoes, particularly of the Old Man’s beloved Phillies, becomes virtually a sixth character in the play. Wherever you look, even in the visible attic, his disorganized shrine to the national pastime is visually intriguing. It presents a lighting challenge, which Donald Edmund Thomas is more than up to.
As with Orphans, it seems unlikely that your family dynamic approaches that of the House on Fire extended clan. But such is Kessler’s skill as a playwright, you are likely to find yourself identifying with their struggles and strivings.
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Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Isotype Controls
Antibodies are widely used in research for a plethora of applications.
Antibodies are widely used in research for a plethora of applications, such as:
Flow cytometry: to detect cell surface markers, intracellular proteins, and signaling molecules
Western blotting: to detect and assess the expression levels and post-translational modifications of native or heterologously expressed proteins
Immunohistochemistry (IHC): to detect the abundance and physical location of proteins in healthy vs. diseased tissue, for example, in pathology laboratories.
Whatever your application, you will notice that isotype information is always provided on the datasheet for the antibody you are using.
What is an Isotype?
Let's take a quick recap on antibody structure. Antibodies (also known as immunoglobulins) are composed of two types of protein chains - heavy and light. Each immunoglobulin (Ig) molecule is composed of two heavy (blue) and two light (orange) chains that are joined by disulfide bonds, such that each heavy chain is linked to a light chain and the two heavy chains are linked together (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Typical immunoglobulin structure.
In mammals, heavy chains comprise five different classes, or isotypes. These are: Immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgA, IgD, IgG and IgE. These isotypes differ in their biological functions and physiological locations, and in general they are adapted to deal with different antigens at distinct times during an immunological response or infection.
The five heavy chains are denoted by the Greek letters μ (IgM), α (IgA), δ (IgD), γ (IgG), and ε (IgE). Of these isotypes, IgG is the most abundant physiologically, and consists of several subgroups.
What Is an Isotype Control?
An isotype control is an antibody that lacks the ability to bind specifically to the target/antigen of interest, but matches the other properties of the primary antibody in use. Isotype controls are used as negative controls in place of primary antibodies, in order to determine the contribution of non-specific background to staining results, and to distinguish specific and non-specific antibody staining. Background staining refers to signal detection in the absence of a specific antibody-antigen interaction.
Isotype controls are most commonly employed in flow cytometry and IHC because of the high likelihood for background staining in these applications. However, they can be used in any setup where background staining interferes with the interpretation of experimental results. In addition, they may also be used as blocking reagents in the aforementioned assays, as well as other immunoassay formats, for example, western blotting and ELISA.
What Causes So-Called Background Staining?
Although background staining is often tissue-type dependent, it can generally be attributed to three main factors. The contribution of each of these factors will also depend on the isotype in question.
Binding to Fc receptors on target cells
Fc receptors are found on the surfaces on many cell types, and they play a role in stimulating cells of the immune system during infection. Some antibodies, such as mouse antibodies of the IgG2a isotype (2a is a subclass), will bind strongly to the Fc receptors present on some human leukocytes independently of the specificity of the primary antibody. When working with such primary antibodies, it is therefore imperative to use a mouse IgG2a isotype control to monitor background staining.
Cellular autofluorescence
Some biological structures, for example, mitochondria, emit light naturally upon absorption, which may lead to background signal detection.
Nonspecific antibody interactions
Antibodies may bind to non-target proteins, as well as lipids, carbohydrates, and other cellular molecules. The extent depends on sample type, but since it is impossible to predict unspecific binding in a primary antibody, isotype controls are clearly an extremely important tool.
How To Choose an Isotype Control
As a general rule of thumb, try to match the following properties with the primary antibody:
Use an isotype control that originates from the same host species as the primary antibody.
Use the same isotype and subclass. Although not discussed here, the antibody light chains also comprise distinct isotype classes, and these should also be taken into account when choosing an isotype control. Fortunately, this information will be easy to access on the datasheets of your primary antibody and prospective isotype controls.
When using primary antibodies that are conjugated, choose isotype controls with exactly the same conjugation format, for example, biotinylation, FITC-conjugated, PE-conjugated.
Note that when using fluorochrome conjugates, an isotype control with a similar spectral profile won't do!
Furthermore, conjugate-to-antibody ratios should always be equal 'between primary antibody and isotype control pairs.
Besides choosing isotype controls with matching properties to your primary antibody, it is also imperative that you use exactly the same testing conditions when making comparisons, for example, antibody concentration, incubation times and temperatures, blocking and washing conditions, and detection methods, must be identical.
You've Run Your Isotype Control, Now What?
When analyzing your results, compare the signal intensities that you observed from the primary antibody with the isotype control, where both samples were run under exactly the same experimental conditions.
In an ideal situation where background is minimal, the isotype control should yield only negligible staining. However, depending on your setup you may observe a considerable signal from your isotype control because of the factors listed above. In this case the signal difference between the primary antibody and isotype control will help you to work out how much of your signal actually represents a true interaction between your primary antibody and the target you are trying to study. However, you must bear in mind that although an isotype control can reveal the presence and extent of background staining, it does not in itself confirm the specificity of your primary antibody nor will it tell you exactly where the background staining is coming from.
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The structure of a typical antibody molecule. From Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease. 5th edition. Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M, et al. New York: Garland Science; 2001.
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Bob Evans recalls 46K pounds of sausage sold under Meijer, Giant Eagle brands
Bob Evans recalls 47K pounds of sausage shipped to Michigan, 11 other states
Gallery: Bob Evans recalls 47K pounds of sausage shipped to Michigan, 11 other states
By Benjamin Raven | braven@mlive.com
Bob Evans is recalling nearly 47,000 pounds of sausage under its own, Meijer and Giant Eagle brands shipped to retail locations in 12 states due to the risk of foreign matter contamination.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service reports in a news release that the pork sausage links could be contaminated with outside materials such as "pieces of clear hard plastic."
Raw pork products included in the recall were produced on Aug. 1, and include 12-ounce containers from Bob Evans, Meijer, Giant Eagle and Schnucks branding. Specifically, affected products include "Bob Evans Maple Pork Sausage Links," "Bob Evans Brown Sugar and Honey," "Fresh from Meijer Maple Flavored Sausage Links," "Giant Eagle Maple Pork Breakfast Sausage Links" and "Schnucks Maple Recipe Breakfast Sausage."
Affected products were shipped to retail locations in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. The USDA says the problem was discovered through customer complaints to Bob Evans concerning "extraneous material in the pork sausage."
As of Thursday, Sept. 13 the USDA's inspection service says it is not aware of any illnesses or injuries related to the recall.
"FSIS is concerned that some products may be frozen and in consumers' freezers," the agency says in the release.
"Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consumer them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase."
Affected products have the establishment code of 6785 and a lot code of 8213.
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Research may lead to novel modalities
Understanding of the physiology of aqueous outflow resistance through the conventional outflow pathway should help to identify new therapeutic targets for IOP lowering and may lead to novel modalities for glaucoma therapy, according to one expert.
Tucson, AZ-Understanding of the physiology of aqueous outflow resistance through the conventional outflow pathway should help to identify new therapeutic targets for IOP lowering and may lead to novel modalities for glaucoma therapy, according to W. Daniel Stamer, PhD.
"Industry understands the importance and potential impact of compounds that target the conventional pathway, and several drugs are currently in development, although there are no daily medical treatments for reducing IOP via this mechanism," he added.
"Medications targeting conventional outflow should be complementary to and have additive IOP-lowering activity with existing ocular hypotensive agents, which act either by suppressing aqueous humor production or increasing outflow through the uveoscleral pathway," explained Dr. Stamer, who is also professor of pharmacology and physiology, University of Arizona.
"In addition, agents that facilitate conventional outflow may have a unique benefit of dampening IOP fluctuations, which can be especially harmful in glaucomatous eyes where the damaged optic nerve may be very sensitive to even small and transient changes in pressure," he said.
Dr. Stamer noted that almost 60 years ago, Grant observed there was greater resistance in the conventional outflow pathway in glaucomatous eyes compared with normal controls, providing evidence that conventional outflow pathway resistance was underlying the ocular hypertension in glaucoma. Grant also showed that surgical removal of trabecular tissue reduced the increased resistance present in glaucomatous eyes.
Pharmacologic management
"Of course, surgery is not optimal due to potential complications and management issues; thus, modulating resistance pharmacologically would be more desirable," Dr. Stamer said.
In studies conducted in his laboratory at the University of Arizona using perfused enucleated human eyes, Dr. Stamer and colleagues have shown that resistance across the trabecular meshwork can be both rapidly and significantly increased and decreased by pharmacologic manipulation with a prostaglandin EP4 agonist and sphingosine-1-phosphate, respectively.
However, this research in perfused eyes represents a static situation, whereas in vivo, IOP is dynamic, exhibiting diurnal variations and changing with a variety of daily activities.
In 2001, Brubaker introduced the idea that an outflow drug could be useful for dampening these IOP spikes in order to maintain a more stable IOP and theorized that in patients with elevated IOP, treatment with a drug enhancing outflow facility will likely result in faster recovery from the IOP elevation that occurs in early morning compared with an aqueous suppressant.
W. Daniel Stamer, PhDE-mail: dstamer@eyes.ariziona.edu
Dr. Stamer is a paid consultant or has received research support from the following companies: Allergan, American Health Assistance Foundation, Cytokinetics, and Pfizer. He also has a patent pending to develop a drug that targets part of the conventional outflow pathway.
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Time to put an end to conference divisions in college football
By Matt Murschel
Nobody benefits more from deregulation of championship games than the Big 12 as commissioner Bob Bowlsby found out earlier this month.
Turns out 13 isn't such an unlucky number when it comes to the College Football Playoff as selection committee members indicated a title game would have helped TCU or Baylor's cause last season.
Let's hope the Big 12 stops there and doesn't decide to create divisions.
Most divisions were created with a geographical barrier in mind – East and West, North or South – as schools found themselves grouped by location. But those lines can easily be wiped away in the name of progress especially when money is involved.
And sadly they are no longer a necessity.
As Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com first reported Mountain West Conference officials are discussing making changes to the criteria for the league's championship game. If deregulation is approved by NCAA officials – and it appears it may happen – then the MWC can choose the best two teams to feature in the title tilt rather than division winners.
Such a move prevents an embarrassing situation where an inferior team knocks off an elite team – causing the league to lose out on millions of dollars under the new College Football Playoff system. The MWC, for instance, competes against the rest of the Group of 5 conferences for the one wild card spot in the New Year's Six bowl games.
Last season, Boise State was the highest-ranked team from a non-Power 5 league as determined by the 13-member selection committee, thus earning the Broncos a spot in an elite bowl game.
ACC commissioner John Swofford is a supporter of the need for deregulation with the onus it should be up to the individual leagues to decide how they govern their championship games. Swofford indicated the ACC's support doesn't mean the league makes any changes to its current format, but there is always a possibility.
"We've talked about it quite a bit with our athletic directors without taking a formal vote," Swofford told the Orlando Sentinel back in December.
In some years, divisional foes work out.
Last season, for instance, No. 4 Florida State captured the Atlantic Division and faced the Coastal Division winner in No. 11 Georgia Tech. The Seminoles won the game and eventually found a spot in the four-team Playoff while Georgia Tech took the ACC's spot in the Orange Bowl – a New Year's Six game.
But in some years, it's not so easy.
Back in 2013, No. 1 Florida State took on No. 23 Duke in the league title game despite the fact a clash with a higher-ranked opponent from FSU's division – No. 8 Clemson – could have provided the league with a better match-up.
FSU faced criticism for playing a weak schedule that season and it wasn't until the final Bowl Championship Series rankings were revealed that we found out the Seminoles were bound for the national championship game.
Two wins over Clemson in one season would have made for great entertainment and surely would have put Florida State in a better position to play for a title. In the new playoff era with only four postseason spots, conferences need the stronger title game match-ups to make the case they belong among the final four.
It's a conundrum leagues face as we venture into the not-so-future of college football.
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Why have the hassle of divisions when you can just pick your two best teams to face off in your league title game?
It puts extra value on your conference games and removes the distraction of cross-divisional match-ups that create headaches for athletic directors and coaches. You can keep those traditional rivalries alive, but just rotate other teams into the mix. Plus, it's a way a four-year player gets the opportunity to play each team in his conference at least once while providing fans a chance to see different foes more than every five years or so.
Makes sense to me.
Matt Murschel can be reached at mmurschel@tribpub.com. Follow him on Twitter at @osmattmurschel.
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BostonRoss 2021-01-02 16:12:34 UTC #321
I want Sudfield to start against Washington!
I guess if we are going to get a QB killed tomorrow, strategically he is the guy to sacrifice.
You gotta wonder if each QB will play a half.
Schwartz will not renew his contract and apparently is contemplating retirement. Announced he is taking a year off (if not more)
His defense was poor at the start of the year but improved. Not sure we will get a better DC, but maybe it was time for a change
The biggest problem with Schwartz was personnel. He didn't use and we dumped LBs and CBs who did ok elsewhere, while guys he kept didn't do ok with us. Seems like he played favorites.
Seems like he should be much older than he actually is (54). But he started coaching right out of college.
Honestly it seems like they should move on from Pederson too. Does even another 9-7 playoff season in a still-weak East make you feel good about the team's future or want to keep him past 2022 (when his contract's up)? Will a third straight year of assistant overhauls really fix anything?
I dunno, what's more likely: Pederson/Hurts, Pederson/Wentz, new coach/Hurts, new coach/Wentz?
Was there any further news on that helmet to helmet from Smith to Mailata? i read where the film was sent to the league.
Sources: Eagles' Pederson expected back in '21
Doug Pederson, amid speculation that his job could be in jeopardy, is expected to return as coach of the Eagles in 2021, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
No Fine. I wonder what has to happen for there to be a fine.
It has to be a team other than the Eagles. Remember the hit on Wentz last year that gave him the concussion -- after he was already on the ground and the play clearly over? If Pederson stays, can Roseman be left with final authority on draft picks. The new coaches weren't the cause of this season's offensive woes.
can Roseman be left with final authority on draft picks
The Reagor pick may very well be his doom. He went against EVERYONEs public opinion and skipped over Jefferson to take Reagor, now we can easily see why everyone else was right and he was wrong. Reagor may turn into a nice #2/#3 WR but he was overdrafted and we had a gift fall in our lap and passed.
I have to think that was so obvious (along with the laughable JJAW pick) that Lurie will force Roseman to accept draft help.
While Jefferson looks to be much better than Reagor, the Hurts pick should give him some leeway. Drafting a potential franchise QB at #53 is a great pick.
Fans did want Lamb or Jefferson. Fans also liked the JJAW pick and hated the Hurts pick.
I think Howie has done ok. Not great and not bad.
I think the Athletic covered this well yesterday. Lurie knows how and why they draft. Unless he fires Howie, he won't lose final authority. Just some new people (perhaps including Dorsey) around him.
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Six thoughts on Howie Roseman's record and culpability in the Eagles' season
How much is GM Howie Roseman to blame for the Eagles' bad season and losing record since Super Bowl 52? Let's consider the dynamics at play.
However, a binary decision of Player A versus Player B is not the limited scope with which Roseman is evaluated. You can certainly view it as “the Eagles chose Jalen Reagor over Justin Jefferson,” but my sense is Lurie would be more focused on the process that led to that draft pick and other decisions, the methods used to reach those decisions and the fitness of the entire football operations more than the result of specific personnel decisions.
For all the hot-button roster decisions — Why J.J. Arcega-Whiteside in the second round? Why Reagor over Jefferson? Why Jalen Hurts in Round 2? Why not trade for DeAndre Hopkins or Stefon Diggs? — Lurie is not deaf to the discussion. He isn’t in the Jerry Jones mold of picking the players, but he’s also not an absentee owner. He’s in the draft room. He’s paying attention to roster construction. He’s aware of the day-to-day happenings.
Don’t interpret this as absolving Roseman of some of the decisions that have been made. Roseman has final say. It’s his finger on the button. There is no ambiguity: He’s responsible for the roster. (That applies to the decisions that worked, too.)
But these decisions are not made in a vacuum. Take the Arcega-Whiteside pick (over DK Metcalf) and the Reagor pick (over Jefferson). Lurie is aware of how the Eagles’ medical staff evaluated Metcalf heading into the draft. He knows the people in the organization who might have advocated for one player over another.
Roseman is ultimately responsible. When you have final say, it’s your name on the decision. But Lurie has a different level of involvement and insight on the roster building than on the coaching side, at least in the moment of a decision.
LegoDoom:
Not sure how anyone can see the last 3 drafts as anything but a complete disaster. 0 Pro Bowls. Honestly, hardly any starters on a bad team. This year produced a QB, that while he has been exciting, will not be considered one of the top 20 coming into the next season. And....
Miles Sanders is clearly a hit, but lets be clear, he has 2 800 yard seasons. He is good. Not great.
The other picks from 2018-2020 have mostly been misses. Dallas Goedert is good. Mailata is hopefully a steal. Sweat finally showed up this year. Maddox is a slot corner, and an ok one, nothing too exciting. That's it.
That is not much to get out of 3 draft picks and is the MAIN reason why we are now a bad team and will be again next year. We havent found cheap, drafted players to help build the franchise. We are having to sign castoffs to fill out the roster because the draft picks are not nearly deep enough.
The Jefferson-Reager thing doesn’t bother me by itself. Who knows, maybe with all of the junk coming out about the LSU program, Roseman had reason to be concerned about taking a player from that school. Where it does get messy is that Reager’s poor performance is not an isolated incident with Roseman’s WR selections. Agholar, JJAW, and so forth. It’s a pattern of poor player procurement.
This year produced a QB, that while he has been exciting, will not be considered one of the top 20 coming into the next season. And....
I don't agree at all. I'm not saying that Hurts is a franchise QB right now, but he was a Heisman finalist with similar stats to the 2019 #1 overall pick. And Kyler Murray, even with his flaws is one of the best assets in the NFL. Considering Hurts salary, he's a huge asset.
flyers19rw:
Agholar, JJAW, and so forth. It’s a pattern of poor player procurement.
Agholor seemed perfectly fine under Reich and is having a decent season on the Raiders
Pederson is also considering not dressing quarterback Carson Wentz and if current starter Jalen Hurts and the Eagles were to struggle, play third stringer Nate Sudfeld in the second half, NFL sources said. A loss would mean the Eagles would have anywhere from the No. 3-6 pick in next year’s draft. A win and they would be choosing anywhere from No. 7-10.
Eagles head coach Doug Pederson to return for 2021 season
The coach is expected to meet with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie on Tuesday to go over the 2020 season and make plans and potential changes for 2021.
A lot on Bleeding Green Nation about Wentz citing a fractured relationship with Eagles and demanding a trade, wanting to rejoin Reich in Indianapolis. I say that the Eagles should refuse to trade him. They will take a huge cap hit, be left without a back-up QB and a starter who may not be as good long-term as Wentz, and will get next to nothing in return. If Wentz was benched after a few games of playing poorly, he would have a valid gripe. But, his play did not rise to the level of 'poorly' and he was given almost an entire season to turn things around, and just looked increasingly more pathetic. If you stink, you get benched. That's football, really any pro sport. He's not even close to being the first young NFL or collegiate starting QB to be benched. He needs to learn to live with that and focus upon his personal deterioration and work to fix it. He willingly signed a huge contract and now wants to skip away with that contract for a fresh start elsewhere, leaving the Eagles a shattered, rather hopeless aging team with cap problems and lots of holes. Nope! Nobody was more responsible for this situation that Wentz himself. Be a better player, person, teammate, and get at least a little bit of self-awareness. Yes, he might be a very expensive backup QB in 2021. But... he just might be the starter and even as a backup, that's better than taking the cap hit for him to start for another team. Hurts needs more development time.
To be fair to Wentz, "sources" say he is willing to make financial adjustments to facilitate a trade.
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Probiotic bacteria favorably alter the intestinal microflora balance, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, promote good digestion, boost immune function, and increase resistance to infection.1 , 2 People with flourishing intestinal colonies of beneficial bacteria are better equipped to fight the growth of disease-causing bacteria.3 , 4 Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria maintain a healthy balance of intestinal flora by producing organic compounds—such as lactic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic acid—that increase the acidity of the intestine and inhibit the reproduction of many harmful bacteria.5 , 6 Probiotic bacteria also produce substances called bacteriocins, which act as natural antibiotics to kill undesirable microorganisms.7
Consult a qualified healthcare practitioner
Research suggests probiotics may benefit babies with colic who are breast-fed or fed milk-based formula.
In a double-blind study of infants, supplementation of a standard milk-based formula with probiotic organisms (Bifidobacterium lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus) significantly reduced the frequency of colic, compared with the same formula without the probiotics. Another double-blind study found that the probiotic preparation, Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938, was an effective treatment for colic in exclusively breast-fed infants. In another study, L.reuteri DSM 17938 taken once a day was significantly more effective than simethicone, a drug frequently used to treat colic. Other double-blind research has confirmed the benefit of probiotics (particularly L.reuteri DSM 17938) in infants with colic.
Amount depends on the probiotic strain used
Research has shown that the probiotic strain Lactobacillus casei Shirota may help relieve chronic constipation after two weeks of supplementation.
In one double-blind study, 70 people (average age, 44 years) with chronic constipation were randomly assigned to receive 65 ml/day of a probiotic beverage or placebo for four weeks. The probiotic beverage provided daily at least 6.5 billion colony-forming units of Lactobacillus casei Shirota. The treatment group began showing statistically significant improvements at the end of the second week. At the end of the treatment period, the proportion of patients having moderate or severe constipation was 34% in the active-treatment group and 83% in the placebo group. Another double-blind trial found that a probiotic supplement taken for 4 weeks significantly increased bowel movement frequency in adults with constipation. The product used in that study provided 200 million colony-forming units of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 per day, and was taken twice a day after meals.
A daily drink containing probiotics significantly reduced IBS symptoms in one study.
In several double-blind trials, probiotic products have been found to relieve symptoms of IBS. Preparations that have been found to be effective include 1) a combination of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, L. rhamnosus Lc705, Propionibacterium freudenreichii ssp. shermanii JS and Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis Bb12; 2) Lactobacillus GG; 3) a combination of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07; and 4) a product known as VSL#3
Add 5 to 10 x 105 CFU per ml to milk or formula
Supplementing with probiotics may inhibit cavity-causing bacteria.
In a double-blind study of children aged 1 to 6 years, supplementation with Lactobacillus GG five days a week in milk for seven months reduced the incidence of cavities by 49%, compared with unsupplemented milk. The amount of Lactobacillus added to the milk was 5 to 10 x 105 CFU per ml.
In another study, supplementing with Lactobacillus reuteri strain ATCC 55730 (derived from breast milk) significantly decreased the number of children who had dental cavities at 9 years of age. The probiotic was given in the amount of 108 colony-forming units per day to the mother during the last 4 weeks of pregnancy, and then to the infant in the same daily amount during the first year of life.
7 billion CFU or more of a mix of probiotic strains daily
Probiotics can improve blood glucose control, as well as cholesterol and triglyceride levels, in people with type 2 diabetes.
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a key player in regulating immune and metabolic functions in the body, and a growing body of research suggests probiotics may be beneficial to people with type 2 diabetes. Multiple clinical trials, reviews, and meta-analyses have shown that probiotic supplements can have a positive impact on blood glucose control, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes. One review reported the best evidence is for supplements with multiple strains, including Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, and Bifidobacterium lactis, taken in amounts of 7 billion or more colony forming units (CFU) for six to 12 weeks.
Apply a daily topical preparation or a suppository containing live culture
A topical preparation or suppository containing live Lactobacillus acidophilus may help relieve symptoms and prevent recurrent infections.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is a strain of friendly bacteria that is an integral part of normal vaginal flora. Lactobacilli help maintain the vaginal microflora by preventing overgrowth of unfriendly bacteria and Candida. Lactobacilli produce lactic acid, which acts like a natural antibiotic. These friendly bacteria also compete with other organisms for the utilization of glucose. The production of lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide by lactobacilli also helps to maintain the acidic pH needed for healthy vaginal flora to thrive. Most of the research has used yogurt containing live cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus or the topical application of such yogurt or Lactobacillus acidophilus into the vagina. The effective amount of acidophilus depends on the strain used, as well as on the concentration of viable organisms.
Vaginal application of a proprietary Lactobacillus acidophilus preparation may help bacterial vaginitis. In one trial, 80% of women with bacterial vaginitis who used the preparation were either cured or experienced marked improvement in symptoms. In another trial, application of a vaginal capsule containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Streptococcus thermophilus reduced the recurrence rate of bacterial vaginosis. The treatment was given for 7 consecutive days, and then after 7 days off was given for another 7 days. In another trial, women who were predisposed to vaginal Candida infection because they were HIV-positive received either Lactobacillus acidophilus vaginal suppositories, the antifungal drug, clotrimazole (for example, Gyne-Lotrimin), or placebo weekly for 21 months. Compared to those receiving placebo, women receiving Lactobacillus acidophilus suppositories had only half the risk of experiencing an episode of Candida vaginitis—a result almost as good as that achieved with clotrimazole. In a preliminary trial, women with vaginal Trichomonas infection received vaginal Lactobacillus acidophilus suppositories for one year. Over 90% of them were reported to be cured of their clinical symptoms in that time.
Two specific strains of lactobacillus (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14) have been found to be effective against bacterial vaginosis when taken orally. In a double-blind study, supplementation with a capsule containing 10 billion of each of these organisms twice a day for 30 days increased the cure rate from antibiotic therapy to 88%, compared with a 40% cure rate in the group receiving antibiotics alone.
3 capsules or 1/4 tsp powder, taken by mouth three times daily, or use powder in douche or vaginal suppositories daily
Supplementing with probiotics may prevent the overgrowth of yeast organisms.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is a species of friendly bacteria that is an integral part of normal vaginal flora. Lactobacilli help to maintain the vaginal ecosystem by preventing the overgrowth of unfriendly bacteria and Candida. Lactobacilli produce lactic acid, which acts like a natural antibiotic.
Lactobacillus acidophilus can be taken orally in the form of acidophilus yogurt, or in capsules or powder. It can also be administered vaginally. In a controlled trial, women who consumed 8 ounces of Lactobacillus acidophilus-containing yogurt per day had a threefold decrease in the incidence of vaginal yeast infections and a reduction in the frequency of Candida colonization in the vagina. In another trial, women who were predisposed to vaginal Candida infection because they were HIV-positive received either Lactobacillus acidophilus vaginal suppositories, the antifungal drug, clotrimazole (e.g., Gyne-Lotrimin®), or placebo weekly for 21 months. Compared to those receiving placebo, women receiving Lactobacillus acidophilus suppositories had only half the risk of experiencing an episode of Candida vaginitis—a result almost as good as that achieved with clotrimazole.
Many women find relief using an acidophilus-containing yogurt douche daily for a few days or weeks, depending on the severity of the infection. Three capsules of acidophilus or one-quarter teaspoon of powder can be taken orally one to three times daily. Acidophilus can also be taken preventively during antibiotic use to reduce the risk of Candida vaginitis.
Allergies and Sensitivities and Food Allergies
2.6 billion organisms per day for infants
Probiotics such as Lactobacillus GG may improve digestion in people with food allergies, helping the intestinal tract control allergen absorption and changing immune system responses to foods.
Probiotics may be important in the control of food allergies because of their ability to improve digestion, by helping the intestinal tract control the absorption of food allergens and/or by changing immune system responses to foods. One group of researchers has reported using probiotics to successfully treat infants with food allergies in two trials: a double-blind trial using Lactobacillus GG bacteria in infant formula, and a preliminary trial giving the same bacteria to nursing mothers. Probiotics may also be important in non-allergy types of food intolerance caused by imbalances in the normal intestinal flora.
Fermented milk containing 6.5 billion live Lactobacillus casei Shirota organisms, twice a day for 16 weeks
In a double-blind trial, supplementation with a probiotic preparation reduced the frequency of upper respiratory tract infections in training athletes during the winter.
In a double-blind trial, supplementation with a probiotic preparation reduced the frequency of upper respiratory tract infections in training athletes during the winter. The product used in the study was fermented milk that contained 6.5 billion live Lactobacillus casei Shirota organisms, given twice a day for 16 weeks. Further research is needed to determine whether other probiotic strains would have the same effect.
Apply powdered culture topically several times daily and orally take 1.5 billion colony-forming units two times daily
Topical and/or oral use of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus may help people with recurrent canker sores.
According to preliminary reports, some people with recurrent canker sores may respond to topical and/or oral use of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. However, a double-blind study found no effect of acidophilus bacteria on the healing time of canker sores.
Common Cold (Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis Bi-07 )
A total of 1,010 colony-forming units per day for the combination
In a double-blind study conducted in China, children who received probiotics for six months had a significantly lower incidence of cold symptoms compared with children who received a placebo.
In a double-blind study conducted in China, children who received probiotics for six months had a significantly lower incidence of cold symptoms compared with children who received a placebo. The product used in this study was Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM (1,010 colony-forming units per day), alone or in combination with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis Bi-07 (a total of 1,010 colony-forming units per day for the combination).
Common Cold and Sore Throat
Daily supplementation with a probiotic may decrease the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections in children.
In a double-blind trial, daily supplementation with Lactobacillus GG (a probiotic organism) for 3 months decreased the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections by 34% in children attending daycare centers. Another double-blind trial found that a probiotic preparation taken for 3 months during the winter decreased the incidence of common infectious diseases in children aged 3-7 years. The product used in that study contained Lactobacillus helveticus R0052, Bifidobacterium infantis R0033, Bifidobacterium bifidum R0071, and fructo-oligosaccharides. Supplementation of children with a probiotic preparation daily for 2 weeks at the first sign of illness of a household member was shown in another double-blind trial to decrease the duration and severity of subsequent acute respiratory infections in members of the same household. The product used in that study contained Lactobacillus acidophilus DDS-1 (NCIMB 30333) and Bifidobacterium lactis UABLA-12.
At least 250 mg of Saccharomyces boulardii taken three times per day
In double-blind research, diarrhea caused by Crohn's disease has partially responded to supplementation with the probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii.
In double-blind research, diarrhea caused by Crohn's disease has partially responded to supplementation with the beneficial bacterium Saccharomyces boulardii. Although the amount used in this trial, 250 mg taken three times per day, was helpful, as much as 500 mg taken four times per day has been administered in research successfully using Saccharomyces boulardii as a supplement with people suffering from other forms of diarrhea.
In a double-blind study of patients with diverticular disease in remission, supplementing with a probiotic significantly decreased the number of people who suffered a recurrence of symptoms or a flare-up of acute diverticulitis.
In a double-blind study of patients with diverticular disease in remission, supplementing with a probiotic significantly decreased the number of people who suffered a recurrence of symptoms or a flare-up of acute diverticulitis. The probiotic used in the study contained 24 billion Lactobacillus casei subsp. DG organisms, and was taken the first 10 days of each month for 12 months. It is not known whether other probiotic strains would have the same beneficial effect.
10 billion colony-forming units daily of lactobacillus-type bacteria
Pregnant women and newborns who take probiotic supplements may reduce risk of eczema in early life.
A double-blind trial reported that use of a hypoallergenic infant formula plus probiotics (500 million organisms of Lactobacillus GG bacteria per gram of formula, taken for one month) initially led to improvement in eczema symptoms in infants with suspected allergy to cow's milk. However, by the end of two months, both the group receiving Lactobacillus GG and the placebo group had improved approximately the same amount. In the same report, a preliminary trial giving 20 billion lactobacilli twice per day to breast-feeding mothers led to significant improvement of their allergic infants' eczema after one month. However, another double-blind trial found that Lactobacillus GG was no more effective than a placebo in infants with mild to moderate eczema. In another double-blind trial, a different probiotic preparation (1 billion organisms of Lactobacillus fermentum VRI-033 PCC taken twice a day) reduced the severity of eczema in a group of young children with moderate or severe eczema. Probiotics may reduce allergic reactions by improving digestion, by helping the intestinal tract control the absorption of food allergens, and/or by changing immune system responses.
In two double-blind studies, the use of probiotic lozenges resulted in a modest improvement in certain measures of periodontal disease.
In a double-blind study of patients with chronic periodontal disease (periodontitis), use of probiotic lozenges resulted in modest improvement in certain measures of periodontal disease (a decrease in pocket depth and an improvement in attachment), when compared with a placebo. The product used in the study contained 2 different strains of Lactobacillus reuteri (Prodentis; BioGaia, Lund, Sweden); one lozenge was dissolved in the mouth twice a day (after tooth brushing) for 12 weeks. These findings were confirmed in a second double-blind trial.
Preparations and gums containing probiotics have shown some promise for improving halitosis.
In a preliminary trial, treatment with a probiotic preparation significantly improved halitosis by about 33%. The preparation used in the study was a tablet containing Lactobacillus salivarius strain WB21 and 280 mg of xylitol. One tablet was taken 3 times per day for 2 to 4 weeks. In a double-blind trial, use of a probiotic-containing chewing gum twice a day for 2 weeks significantly improved halitosis in people with self-reported bad morning breath. The gum used in this study contained 100 million colony-forming units each of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and L. reuteri ATCC PTA 5289 per piece.
In one trial, supplementing with Bifidobacterium longum strain BB536 during the pollen season significantly decreased symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, nasal blockage.
In a double-blind trial, supplementation with a specific probiotic strain (Bifidobacterium longum strain BB536) during the pollen season significantly decreased symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, nasal blockage, compared with a placebo.
HIV and AIDS Support
Take under medical supervision: 1 gram three times per day of Saccharomyces boulardii for diarrhea
In one trial, Saccharomyces boulardii helped stop diarrhea in HIV-positive people.
In a double-blind trial, the non-disease-causing yeast Saccharomyces boulardii (1 gram three times per day) helped stop diarrhea in HIV-positive people. However, people with severely compromised immune function have been reported to develop yeast infections in the bloodstream after consuming some yeast organisms that are benign for healthy people. For that reason, people with HIV infection who wish to take Saccharomyces boulardii, brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), or other live organisms should first consult a doctor.
10 billion colony-forming units a day of acidophilus or bifidobacteria-only for intestinal infections
Probiotics help stimulate the intestine's immune system and slow the growth of infectious organisms.
Supplements of probiotics (friendly bacteria) such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, or the growth factors that encourage their development in the gastrointestinal tract may help protect the body from harmful organisms in the intestine that cause local or systemic infection according to published research, including controlled trials. The effective amount of probiotics depends on the strain used, as well as the number of viable organisms. Infectious diarrhea in children has been successfully reduced with supplements of friendly bacteria in several trials, some of which were double-blind.
Lactobacillus acidophilus produces acids that kill invading bacteria. These and other probiotics inhibit the growth of potentially infectious organisms and have been shown to be effective against some infections.
Lactobacillus acidophilus (the friendly bacteria found in yogurt) produces acids that kill invading bacteria. The effective amount of acidophilus depends on the strain used, as well as the concentration of viable organisms. These and other friendly bacteria known as probiotics inhibit the growth of potentially infectious organisms (pathogens) by producing acids, hydrogen peroxide, and natural antibiotics called bacteriocins and microcins, by utilizing nutrients needed by pathogens, by occupying attachment sites on the gut wall that would otherwise be available to pathogens, and by stimulating immune attacks on pathogens. Infections that have been successfully prevented or treated with friendly bacteria include infectious diarrhea, vaginitis, and urinary tract infections.
A probiotic preparation called VSL#3, which contains 8 different strains of beneficial bacteria, has been shown to improve the impaired mental and neurological function that is commonly seen in people with cirrhosis.
A probiotic preparation called VSL#3, which contains 8 different strains of beneficial bacteria, has been shown to improve the impaired mental and neurological function (minimal hepatic encephalopathy) that is commonly seen in people with cirrhosis.. It is not known whether other probiotic products would also be effective. Because people with severe illnesses such as cirrhosis could theoretically be harmed by supplementing with live bacteria, people with cirrhosis should only take probiotics under medical supervision.
= 6.5 billion colony forming units (CFUs) daily
Early research indicates probiotics have likely, though small, benefits on metabolic and cardiovascular health.
There is increasing awareness of the importance of gut bacteria in regulating metabolism and inflammatory immune function, and growing evidence indicates a role for probiotics, as well as prebiotics (fibers that enhance growth of beneficial bacteria) and synbiotics (combinations of pro- and prebiotics) in preventing and treating metabolic syndrome.
One placebo-controlled trial compared the effects of a multi-strain probiotic supplement and an inulin-based synbiotic supplement to placebo in 120 participants with pre-diabetes. Both the probiotic and synbiotic supplements reduced the prevalence of metabolic syndrome more effectively than placebo. A meta-analysis was performed using data from nine randomized controlled trials investigating the use of probiotics in subjects with metabolic syndrome. The trials used different species of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, at doses ≥ 6.5 billion colony forming units (CFUs), and lasted three to 12 weeks. Five of the trials reported small but statistically significant positive findings with regard to metabolic syndrome parameters such as body-mass index (BMI), blood glucose levels, and lipid metabolism. In addition, certain probiotic strains appear to improve gut microbiome composition and reduce blood levels of inflammatory markers in people with metabolic syndrome. More research is needed to identify specific strains, optimal doses, and duration of treatment needed for probiotics to improve metabolic health.
Pre- and Post-Surgery Health
One meta-analysis found that the use of a probiotic or synbiotic (probiotic plus prebiotic) product around the time of surgery significantly decreased the incidence of severe infections following elective surgery.
A meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials found that the use of a probiotic or synbiotic (probiotic plus prebiotic) product around the time of surgery significantly decreased the incidence of severe infections following elective surgery. Consult a healthcare practitioner for information about what probiotic or synbiotic to use and when to start taking it.
10 to 600 billion colony-forming units per day of probiotic bacteria, or 250 mg of Saccharomyces boulardii three times daily
Supplementing with probiotics has been shown to help people with ulcerative colitis.
In preliminary and double-blind trials, a probiotic supplement (in this case, a non-disease-causing strain of Escherichia coli) was effective at maintaining remission in people with UC. In a double-blind trial, a combination probiotic supplement containing Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria, and a beneficial strain of Streptococcus has been shown to prevent pouchitis, a common complication of surgery for UC. People with chronic relapsing pouchitis received either 3 grams per day of the supplement or placebo for nine months. Eighty-five percent of those who took the supplement had no further episodes of pouchitis during the nine-month trial, whereas 100% of those receiving placebo had relapses within four months. Preliminary and double-blind research suggests that combination probiotic supplements may be effective at promoting recovery and preventing UC relapses as well.
In a preliminary trial, people with UC significantly improved on a sugar-free, low-allergen diet with additional nutritional supplementation that included a multivitamin-mineral supplement (2–6 tablets per day); a fish oil supplement (400 mg per day); borage oil (400 mg per day); flaxseed oil (400 mg per day); and a probiotic formula containing Lactobacillus acidophilus and other species of beneficial bacteria. Some participants received slight variations of this regimen. Since so many different supplements were given and since the trial was not controlled, it is not possible to say which, if any, of the nutrients was responsible for the improvement observed by the researchers.
1 billion colony-forming units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14, twice a day
Double-blind research found that probiotics may help prevent UTI recurrence.
In a double-blind study of postmenopausal women who had a history of recurrent UTIs, treatment with a probiotic preparation reduced the number of recurrences over a one-year period by 51%. The preventive effect of the probiotic was almost as great as that of an antibiotic (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) and, unlike antibiotic treatment, probiotic therapy did not lead to the appearance of antibiotic- resistant bacteria. The preparation used in this study provided 1 billion colony-forming units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14, and was taken twice a day for one year. Previous research has shown that this probiotic product is particularly effective for preventing genitourinary infections. Additional research is therefore needed to determine whether other probiotic strains would also help prevent UTIs.
Take a supplement providing 10 billion of each twice per day
Supplementing with probiotics may help prevent recurrences of bacterial or candidal vaginitis.
Vaginal application of a proprietary Lactobacillus acidophilus preparation may help bacterial vaginitis. In one trial, 80% of women with bacterial vaginitis who used the preparation were either cured or experienced marked improvement in symptoms. In another trial, women who were predisposed to vaginal Candida infection because they were HIV-positive received either Lactobacillus acidophilus vaginal suppositories, the antifungal drug, clotrimazole (for example, Gyne-Lotrimin), or placebo weekly for 21 months. Compared to those receiving placebo, women receiving Lactobacillus acidophilus suppositories had only half the risk of experiencing an episode of Candida vaginitis—a result almost as good as that achieved with clotrimazole. In a preliminary trial, women with vaginal Trichomonas infection received vaginal Lactobacillus acidophilus suppositories for one year. Over 90% of them were reported to be cured of their clinical symptoms in that time.
Two specific strains of lactobacillus (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14) have been found to be effective against bacterial vaginosis when taken orally. In a double-blind study, supplementation with a capsule containing 1 billion of each of these organisms twice a day for 30 days increased the cure rate from antibiotic therapy to 88%, compared with a 40% cure rate in the group receiving antibiotics alone. In another double-blind trial, women with bacterial vaginosis received one capsule of L. rhamnosus GR-1 and L. reuteri RC-14 (1 billion of each strain per capsule) twice a day or placebo for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, the percentage women who no longer had bacterial vaginosis was significantly higher in the probiotics group than in the placebo group (62% vs. 21%). Women with bacterial vaginosis should consult their doctor to determine whether these probiotic strains might be an effective alternative to antibiotics.
Chronic Candidiasis
Lactobacillus acidophilus is a type of probiotic that appears to help re-establish proper intestinal flora and prevent yeast overgrowth.
Lactobacillus acidophilus products are often used by people with candidiasis in an attempt to re-establish proper intestinal flora. Acidophilus produces natural factors that prevent the overgrowth of the yeast. Although there are no human trials, supplementation of acidophilus to immune-deficient mice infected with C. albicans produced positive effects on immune function and reduced the number of Candida colonies. The typical amount of acidophilus taken as a supplement is 1–10 billion live bacteria daily. Amounts exceeding this may induce mild gastrointestinal disturbances, while smaller amounts may not be able to sufficiently colonize the gastrointestinal tract.
Probiotic supplements may help counteract stress's detrimental effect on the balance of intestinal bacteria.
Stress is understood to have a detrimental effect on the balance of intestinal bacteria, but whether probiotic supplements improve the ability to handle stress is unknown. In a six-month preliminary trial, a multivitamin-mineral (MVM) supplement that also contained a blend of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum, and Bifidobacterium longum was effective for improving scores on a stress questionnaire. However, this improvement could have been a placebo effect or could have been due to the MVM component. Controlled research comparing MVM supplements with and without added probiotics is necessary to determine whether probiotics are helpful for treating stress.
The amount of probiotics necessary to replenish the intestine varies according to the extent of microbial depletion and the presence of harmful bacteria. One to two billion colony forming units (CFUs) per day of acidophilus is considered to be the minimum amount for the healthy maintenance of intestinal microflora. Some Saccharomyces boulardii research has used 500 mg taken four times per day. Preliminary research suggests that combinations of probiotic strains are in some cases more effective than individual strains," but additional research is needed to confirm that possibility.8
Beneficial bacteria present in fermented dairy foods—namely live culture yogurt—have been used as a folk remedy for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Yogurt is the traditional source of beneficial bacteria. However, different brands of yogurt can vary greatly in their bacteria strain and potency. Some (particularly frozen) yogurts do not contain any live bacteria. Supplements in powder, liquid extract, capsule, or tablet form containing beneficial bacteria are other sources of probiotics.
People using antibiotics, eating a poor diet, or suffering from diarrhea are more likely to have depleted colonies of friendly bacteria.
Best Form to Take
While there are many probiotic strains used in supplements, there have been relatively few comparison trials studying whether certain strains are more beneficial than others for a given condition (although, there have been numerous clinical trials showing a benefit for at least one type of strain). However, it does appear that, under normal conditions, different types of bacterial flora occupy different parts of the body, and some strains may have a beneficial effect in specific areas of the body. In addition, it is important to buy from reputable manufacturers, as some products have been found to contain much less bacteria than was stated on the label.9
Acidophilus and bifidobacteria may manufacture B vitamins, including niacin, folic acid, biotin, and vitamin B6.
Certain medicines interact with this supplement.
What Are Drug Interactions
Types of interactions: Beneficial Adverse Check
Replenish Depleted Nutrients
In a preliminary trial, supplementation with a probiotic (Lactobacillus GG) reduced the frequency of severe diarrhea and the incidence of abdominal discomfort related to the use of 5-FU. The amount of Lactobacillus GG used was 10-20 billion organisms per day during the 24 weeks of chemotherapy.
Abiraterone, Submicronized
Acalabrutinib
Alemtuzumab
Altretamine
Amifostine Crystalline
Apalutamide
Asparaginase
BCG Live
Belinostat
Bexarotene
Bosutinib
Chlorambucil
Cladribine
Cromolyn
Cytarabine Liposome
Dactinomycin
Darolutamide
Daunorubicin
Daunorubicin Liposome
Denileukin Diftitox
Doxorubicin Liposomal
Enfortumab Vedotin-Ejfv
Estramustine
Etoposide Phosphate
Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecn-Nxki
Floxuridine
Fludarabine
Flutamide
Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin
Interferon Alfa-2a
Interferon Alfa-2B
Irinotecan Liposomal
Ixazomib
Kit For Indium-111-Ibritumomab
Kit For Yttrium-90-Ibritumomab
Leuprolide
Leuprolide (3 Month)
Levamisole
Levoleucovorin Calcium
Mechlorethamine
Medroxyprogesterone
Megestrol
Melphalan Hcl
Melphalan Hcl-Betadex Sbes
Methoxsalen
Mitomycin
Nilutamide
Ofatumumab
Paclitaxel-Protein Bound
Panobinostat
Pegaspargase
Peginterferon Alfa-2b
Pexidartinib
Plicamycin
Polatuzumab Vedotin-Piiq
Polifeprosan 20 with Carmustine
Pomalidomide
Ponatinib
Pralatrexate
Procarbazine
Rituximab-Hyaluronidase,Human
Samarium Sm 153 Lexidronam
Sipuleucel-T In Lr
TeniposIde
Testolactone
Thioguanine
Toremifene
Trastuzumab-Hyaluronidase-Oysk
Tretinoin (Chemotherapy)
Triptorelin Pamoate
Uracil Mustard
Valrubicin
Vinblastine
Vincristine Sulfate Liposomal
Reduce Side Effects
A common side effect of antibiotics is diarrhea, which may be caused by the elimination of beneficial bacteria normally found in the colon. Controlled studies have shown that taking probiotic microorganisms—such as Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium longum, or Saccharomyces boulardii—helps prevent antibiotic-induced diarrhea.
The diarrhea experienced by some people who take antibiotics also might be due to an overgrowth of the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which causes a disease known as pseudomembranous colitis. Controlled studies have shown that supplementation with harmless yeast—such as Saccharomyces boulardii or Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's or brewer's yeast)—helps prevent recurrence of this infection.
Treatment with antibiotics also commonly leads to an overgrowth of yeast (Candida albicans) in the vagina (candida vaginitis) and the intestines (sometimes referred to as "dysbiosis"). Controlled studies have shown that Lactobacillus acidophilus might prevent candida vaginitis.
Abacavir-Lamivudine
Abacavir-Lamivudine-Zidovudine
Acyclovir Sodium
Amikacin
The diarrhea experienced by some people who take antibiotics also might be due to an overgrowth of the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which causes a disease known as pseudomembranous colitis. Controlled studies have shown that supplementation with harmless yeast—such as Saccharomyces boulardii or Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's or brewer's yeast)—helps prevent recurrence of this infection. In one study, taking 500 mg of Saccharomyces boulardii twice daily enhanced the effectiveness of the antibiotic vancomycin in preventing recurrent clostridium infection. Therefore, people taking antibiotics who later develop diarrhea might benefit from supplementing with saccharomyces organisms.
Amikacin Liposomal-Neb.Accessr
Amoxicillin–Potassium Clavulanate
A common side effect of antibiotics is diarrhea, which may be caused by the elimination of beneficial bacteria normally found in the colon. A nonpathogenic yeast known as Saccharomyces boulardii has been shown in two double-blind studies to decrease frequency of diarrhea in people taking amoxicillin as well as other penicillin-type drugs compared to placebo. There were overall few people in these studies using amoxicillin specifically, so there is no definitive proof that Saccharomyces boulardii will be beneficial for everyone when it is combined with amoxicillin. The studies used 1 gram of Saccharmoyces boulardii per day.
A separate double-blind study found that taking a combination of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, two normal gut bacteria, with amoxicillin did not protect children from developing diarrhea. The authors of the study point out some problems such as the parents' inability to consistently define diarrhea. However, at this time, it is unknown if lactobacillus products will reduce diarrhea due to amoxicillin.
Controlled studies have shown that taking other probiotic microorganisms—such as Lactobacillus casei, Bifidobacterium longum, or Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG—also helps prevent antibiotic-induced diarrhea.
Amphotericin B Chol Sulf Cmplx
Amphotericin B Lipid Complex
Amphotericin B Liposome
Ampicillin Sodium
Ampicillin with Sulbactam
Amprenavir
Anidulafungin
Artemether-Lumefantrine
In one study, treatment with a probiotic preparation promoted healing of small-intestinal damage that was apparently caused by taking aspirin. The probiotic strain used in the study was Lactobacillus casei, and was taken daily for 3 months.
Atazanavir-Cobicistat
Atovaquone
Atovaquone-Proguanil
A common side effect of antibiotics is diarrhea, which may be caused by the elimination of beneficial bacteria normally found in the colon. Controlled studies have shown that taking other probiotic microorganisms—such as Lactobacillus casei, Bifidobacterium longum, or Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG—also helps prevent antibiotic-induced diarrhea.
Azithromycin Hydrogen Citrate
AZT
Aztreonam
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Cefamandole
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Cefonicid
Cefotaxime in D5W
Cefotetan
Cefotetan in Dextrose, Iso-osm
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Cefprozil
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Cephapirin
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Clindamycin HCl
Clindamycin in D5W
Clindamycin Palmitate
Cloxacillin
Colistimethate Sodium
In a study of chemotherapy-induced mouth sores, six of nine patients who applied vitamin E directly to their mouth sores had complete resolution of the sores compared with one of nine patients who applied placebo. Others have confirmed the potential for vitamin E to help people with chemotherapy-induced mouth sores. Applying vitamin E only once per day was helpful to only some groups of patients in another trial, and not all studies have found vitamin E to be effective. Until more is known, if vitamin E is used in an attempt to reduce chemotherapy-induced mouth sores, it should be applied topically twice per day and should probably be in the tocopherol (versus tocopheryl) form.
Daptomycin
Delavirdine
Demeclocycline
Didanosine
Dirithromycin
Doravirine
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Efavirenz-Lamivu-Tenofov Disop
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Emtricitabine-Tenofovir Alafen
Emtricitab-Rilpivirine-Tenofov
Emtricitab-Rilpivir-Tenofo Ala
Entecavir
Eravacycline
Erythromycin Lactobionate
Erythromycin-Sulfisoxazole
Famciclovir
Fluconazole in Dextrose(Iso-o)
Fluconazole in Saline(Iso-osm)
Flucytosine
Foscarnet
Ganciclovir
Ganciclovir Sodium
Gatifloxacin in D5W
The diarrhea experienced by some people who take antibiotics also might be due to an overgrowth of the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which causes a disease known as pseudomembranous colitis. Controlled studies have shown that supplementation with harmless yeast, such as Saccharomyces boulardii or Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's or brewer's yeast), helps prevent recurrence of this infection.
Gentamicin (Pediatric)
Gentamicin in Normal Saline
Gentamicin in Saline (Iso-osm)
Gentamicin Sulfate (Ped-PF)
Griseofulvin Ultramicrosize
Interferon Alfacon-1
Interferon Gamma-1b
Iodoquinol
Isavuconazonium Sulfate
Lamivudine-Tenofovir Disop Fum
Lamivudine-Zidovudine
Levofloxacin
Levofloxacin in D5W
Lincomycin
Mebendazole
Meropenem
The yeast Saccharomyces boulardii may help restore microbial balance in the intestines and prevent pseudomembranous colitis (PMC), an intestinal disorder caused by infection with Clostridium difficile. Even when Clostridium difficile is successfully treated with antibiotics, symptoms recur in about 20% of cases. Saccharomyces boulardii has been shown in controlled trials to reduce recurrences when given as an adjunct to antibiotic therapy.
Metronidazole in NaCl (Iso-os)
Mezlocillin
Micafungin
Miltefosine
Moxifloxacin in Saline
Nafcillin
Nafcillin in D2.4W
Nevirapine
Nitazoxanide
Nystatin
Omadacycline
Oseltamivir
Oxacillin
Oxacillin in Dextrose
Oxamniquine
Oxytetracycline
Paromomycin
Peginterferon Alfa-2a
Penicillin G
Penicillin G Benzathine
Penicillin G Benzathine & Proc
Penicillin G Pot in Dextrose
Penicillin G Potassium
Penicillin G Procaine
Penicillin V
Peramivir (Pf)
Piperacillin
Piperacillin-Tazobactam
Piperacillin-Tazobactam-Dextrs
Plazomicin
Posaconazole
Pyrantel
Pyrimethamine
Quinine Sulfate
Quinupristin-Dalfopristin
Rifamycin
Rifapentine
Rimantadine
Sarecycline
Secnidazole
Silver Sulfadiazine
Streptomycin
Sulfadiazine
Sulfisoxazole
Tafenoquine
Tedizolid
Telavancin
Telbivudine
Telithromycin
Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate
Ticarcillin-Clavulanate
Tigecycline
Tipranavir
Tobramycin Sulfate
Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole
Triple Sulfa
Troleandomycin
Valganciclovir
Vancomycin in Dextrose
Vancomycin-Water Inject (Peg)
Voriconazole
Zanamivir
Zidovudine
Support Medicine
In one study, taking 500 mg of Saccharomyces boulardii twice daily enhanced the effectiveness of the antibiotic vancomycin in preventing recurrent clostridium infection. Therefore, people taking antibiotics who later develop diarrhea might benefit from supplementing with saccharomyces organisms.
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Lyme`s disease in India
02/14/2016 00:00:00 Rajendra Salagare 04/01/2016 00:00:00 https://www.pediatriconcall.com/Journal/images/journal_cover.jpg
LETTER TO EDITOR (VIEWERS CHOICE)
Rajendra Salagare.
Consultant Pediatrician, Salagare Children’s and Eye Hospital, Chikodi, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease caused by three species of Borrelia: B. burgdorferi, B. burgdorferi sensustricto, B. afzelii, and B. garinii; the latter two being more frequently reported from Asia. The global distribution of the disease corresponds to the distribution of ixodes tick that transmits the organism (1). Most previously reported cases are from endemic regions like United States, Europe, Middle East, and south-east Asia which are the natural habitat for the vector. There are only few cases of Lyme disease reported from India mainly from north India (2-4).
A 14 years girl of staying in a rural area presented with abdominal pain and multiple joint pains. All major and minor joints were involved without swelling. She was unable to write and eat by herself. She had fever 2 days prior to this episode. Ten days prior to these complaints she had been to a NSS camp in a forest and had stayed there for a week. On examination, she had bradycardia (heart rate: 50/min), papular rash over trunk with mild itching. Joint movements were restricted in both the wrist and knee joints. Other systems were normal. Investigations revealed hemoglobin of 11gm/dl, white cell count 7200/cmm (lymphocytes 41%, polymorphs 50%), platelets 2,00,000/comm. ESR was 40mm/at the end of first hour. Tests for enteric fever (slide method), dengue, (IgM, IgG, NS1), Weil-Felix and Rapid malarial antigen tests were negative. Electrocardiogram (ECG) revealed sinus bradycardia. Lyme’s IgM was positive with a titer of 125.5 AU/ml (Normal <18 AU/ml). She was treated with doxycycline 4mg/kg twice a day for 4 weeks and orciprenaline (1mg/kg/day) for bradycardia for 15 days along with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. She improved and was discharged on 5th day of admission. At 3 months follow up, she is doing well.
Ioxides ticks are present in Himalayan region of India (2,4,5) and thus, there is a likelihood that Lyme’s disease may exist in our country. Our patient was from a rural area and had cattle in her house. She also had been to a forest prior to her illness. There is likelihood that she might have got the infection from forest. The epidemiological team visited the girl’s residence and found no evidence of ticks in the cattle. Elisa test for Lyme’s disease is negative in early stage of disease and lacks sensitivity. It is false positive in syphilis, infectious mononucleosis and rheumatoid arthritis. None of the above conditions could explain the girl’s symptomatology. Though rare in India, Lyme’s disease should be kept as possible differential diagnosis in children presenting with arthritis with rash or carditis.
Funding None
Conflict of Interest None
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Salagare R. Lyme`s disease in India. Pediatr Oncall J. 2016;13: 52. doi: 10.7199/ped.oncall.2016.25
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Lily of the Nile
By Stephanie Dray
By Stephanie DrayOn Tour
Part of Cleopatra's Daughter Trilogy
Category: Historical Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Literary Fiction
About Lily of the Nile
The extraordinary daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony seeks to reclaim her birthright in the first novel of an epic historical fiction trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of America’s First Daughter.
From the first breath of her life, young Princess Selene understands herself to be a cherished daughter and the future queen of Egypt. But when Alexandria falls and her parents are forced into suicide, the once-pampered princess and her two surviving brothers are left at the mercy of their captors and dragged through the streets of Rome in chains. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and is suspect of her faith, Selene struggles for survival in a court of intrigue. She can’t hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the Roman emperor from using her powers for his own ends.
Faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother’s dreams and succeed where she failed. But there’s no telling what success will cost her in a treacherous political game where the only rule is win or die….
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About Stephanie Dray
Stephanie Dray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical women’s fiction and fantasy. Her critically acclaimed historical series about Cleopatra’s daughter has been translated into eight languages, was nominated for a RITA Award, and won the Golden Leaf. Using the… More about Stephanie Dray
Published by Berkley
Jan 04, 2011 | 368 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780425238554
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Praise for Lily of the Nile
“A spectacular blend of history and unforgettable fiction.”—San Francisco Book Review
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POPE FRANCIS THE DESTROYER
If The Police Can Arrest Buddhist Monks To Clean Up Buddhism...Why Can't The Cops Arrest Church Men To Clean Up The Vatican?
I know...I know....
Thailand arrests senior monks in temple raids to clean up Buddhism
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police raided four Buddhist temples on Thursday, arresting several prominent monks and worshippers in the year’s biggest such operation amid a crackdown on illegal financial dealings by temples. The raids are the military government’s latest bid to reform Buddhism, which is followed by more than 90 percent of Thailand’s population of 69 million, but whose image has been tarnished by money and sex scandals involving monks. “This is the investigation stage... it will all come down to facts and evidence,” police official Thitiraj Nhongharnpitak, of the Central Investigation Bureau, which is investigating the monks, told reporters. More than 100 police commandos raided four temples in Bangkok, the capital, and the adjacent central province of Nakhon Pathom, in the early hours of Thursday. Source
Nashville Explosion Turns Out To Be Nothing But A Gas Leak That Lead To An Explosion
Details: On December 25, 2020, at approximately 5:30 a.m. Central Time, a large explosion occurred on 2nd Ave N near a downtown Nashville, Tennessee, business. The explosion has been linked to a recreational vehicle (RV). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Metro Nashville Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are currently looking for information concerning the operator or owner of this RV, which arrived in the area at approximately 1:22 a.m. Central Time. In particular, individuals are being sought who were in the area of downtown Nashville around 1:00 a.m. Central Time. Source Just a gas leak...... Recorded alarm went off because of gas leak. The message said to evacuate the area The person in the RV heard the recorded alarm and left just before the gas explosion Thar's all. No deep state No black ops No Muslims No Antifa No BLM No White Supremacists Just Gas...... Gotta know your enemies......
Nashville Explosion: The RV Did Not Have A Speaker To Warn People In The Area, Confirmed. It Was ATT Smart Pole Speaker With Crystal.
Not the RV but ATT Smart Pole..... The Smart Pole has..... 1. Seismic Sensor 2. Water Detection 3. Sound Sensor 4. Image Sensor How about a Gas Sensor? Kaboom! Popular Uses for AT&T Natural Voices™ Talking i.e. voice enabled ATMs - kiosks - vending machines - and more (IoT Lightpoles?) https://t.co/vV41oev4s8 https://t.co/wCwdo8HuLR pic.twitter.com/xY3Gn7TZ59 — 𝕄𝔾 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕨 (@intheMatrixxx) December 26, 2020
Fr John Zuhlsdorf Thinks A Plant In A Glass Bowl Is A Greater Threat To The Roman Catholic Church Than The Forerunner To The Antichrist! WHERE’S THE DAMNED BOWL NOW?
“A forerunner of the Antichrist, with his troops gathered from several nations, will fight against the true Christ, the only Saviour of the world. He will shed much blood and will want to annihilate the worship of God to make himself be looked upon as a God. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879) Baron Alexander von Tschugguel is the Forerunner to the Antichirst and Dr Taylor Marshall is his False Prophet What is a greater threat to the Roman Catholic Church? 1. Forerunner the Antichrist 2. Plant in a glass bowl WHERE’S THE DAMNED BOWL NOW? WHERE’S THE DAMNED BOWL NOW? WHERE’S THE DAMNED BOWL NOW? Source Fr. Z praising the Forerunner to the Antichrist Baron Alexander von Tschugguel for having the instinct to throw the Pagan Pachamama Idol into the Tiber.... HERE IS A STRONG ADMONITION The young Austrian man who took the pagan idols out of the church and threw them in the Tiber had the right instinct. Objects that are cursed, that are used in demoni
Divine Providence Sends Warning To Bishop Of Nashville Joseph Mark Spalding For Cancelling Christmas Mass: Explosion Destroys Several Bulidings In Nashville Christmas Morning....
“The priests, ministers of my Son, the priests, by their wicked lives, by their irreverence and their impiety in the celebration of the holy mysteries, by their love of money, their love of honors and pleasures, and the priests have become cesspools of impurity. Yes, the priests are asking vengeance, and vengeance is hanging over their heads. Woe to the priests and to those dedicated to God who by their unfaithfulness and their wicked lives are crucifying my Son again! The sins of those dedicated to God cry out towards Heaven and call for vengeance, and now vengeance is at their door, for there is no one left to beg mercy and forgiveness for the people. There are no more generous souls; there is no one left worthy of offering a stainless sacrifice to the Eternal for the sake of the world. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879) “God will strike in an unprecedented way. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846 (Published by Mélanie 1879) “Woe to the inhabitant
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FOX AND FRIENDS: Supreme Court Sides With SSPX Father Kevin Robinson From St. Anthony Padua Church And Attorney Christopher Ferrara
Supreme Court sides with New Jersey religious leaders over coronavirus restrictions Father Kevin Robinson from St. Anthony Padua Church and attorney Christopher Ferrara joins ‘Fox and Friends.’ Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
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And behold another beast like a bear stood up on one side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof, and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh. Dan.7.4 The second Beast is Bear. BEAR = SOCIAL MEDIA (Microsoft + Facebook + Apple + Youtube + Twitter + Instagram + Google + Amazon's Alexa + Snapchat + WhatsApp + Tik Tok etc...) Arise, devour much flesh... Apple Gives Parler 24 Hours to ‘Improve Moderation’ — Or Get Kicked Off App Store (UPDATED) Apple warned Parler on Friday that it had 24 hours to develop a policy for moderating content before it would get the boot from the company’s app store. “Apple is threatening to pull the Parler App,” conservative media mogul Dan Bongino, who purchased a stake in Parler this year, wrote in a message on the platform late Friday afternoon. “This is clearly an ideological decision, not a principled one. We are having a police state forced down our th
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How Toxins Activate Cellular Guides
A diarrhoea pathogen modifies the surface of intestinal cells, enabling bacteria to colonize it more easily
Freiburg, Jul 05, 2016
Bacterial toxins form cellular protrusions and use septins as guides. Image by: Carsten Schwan
The ingestion of antibiotics often damages the intestine’s natural flora. This prevents it from keeping pathogens under control; diarrhoea and intestinal inflammation are the result. Clostridium difficile is one of the pathogens that attack intestinal cells through toxins. One of the things the bacteria does is cause a fine network of protrusions to form on the surface of the intestinal cells, thus enabling further bacteria to settle there. Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Aktories and Dr. Carsten Schwan and their research group at the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University of Freiburg have demonstrated how the toxin CDT of C. difficile bacteria forms these cellular protrusions. The scientists published their research results in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). “By researching the CDT toxin, we are able to better understand how intestinal inflammations are caused by pathogens and how they develop,” says Aktories. “We can also use the toxin as a tool for shedding light on fundamental physiological processes.”
Especially aggressive bacteria of the C. difficile species produce toxins that destroy the cellular structure of intestinal cells. This inhibits the contacts between intestinal cells as well as their function as barriers, which can cause diarrhoea and inflammation. Two important elements of cellular structure are actin and microtubules, which play a key role in preserving the cell’s form, its function as a barrier and its cellular movement processes. The CDT toxin of C. difficile modifies actin, thereby blocking its chain formation and disrupting its normal function. One result of this is that microtubule chains form more easily, which then multiply to such a degree that many cellular protrusions evolve. These form a network on the intestinal cell’s surface and promote the contact of bacteria with the host cell.
How CDT forms these cellular protrusions was not known until now. The scientists from the University of Freiburg have demonstrated that the influence of the toxin on the cooperation between the two scaffold proteins actin and tubulin depends on a third element: septins. There are up to 13 different septins in a human cell. They interact with each other and can form chains, rings or bands in a process called polymerization. CDT modifies actin in such a way that the septins can no longer bind to the actin and instead migrate to the cellular membrane. Here, they form collar-like septin polymers, in which tube-shaped microtubules grow. Septins interact directly with the tips of growing microtubules and thus function as guides for the growth of these structures.
The research done by the University of Freiburg team also provides insight into the development of septin collar formations. The Cdc42 and Borg proteins regulate the transport of septins to the membrane and are thus a necessary condition for the collar formations to be able to develop. Similar to how the toxin CDT causes protrusions to form, septins also play a role in the human nervous system by forming nerve protrusions called neurites. As in the first case, actin, microtubules and septins also interact closely here to form microscopically similar structures. Researching this toxin therefore helps us to better understand fundamental processes in the human body.
Klaus Aktories is the director of Department I at the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University of Freiburg and a member of the University of Freiburg Cluster of Excellence BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies. Carsten Schwan is a research associate in Aktories’ lab.
Thilo Nölke, Carsten Schwan, Friederike Lehmann, Kristine Østevold, Olivier C. Pertz, and Klaus Aktories (2016). Septins guide microtubule protrusions induced by actin-depolymerizing toxins like Clostridium difficile transferase CDT. PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522717113
Article on Klaus Aktories’ research in the University of Freiburg research magazine uni’wissen 01/2013
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Pennsylvania Student Journalist of the Year
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PSPA congratulates Rick Brooks, 2018 NSPA Pioneer Award Recipient
Congratulations to PSPA Board Member and Jostens rockstar Rick Brooks who was announced as one of the five 2018 National Scholastic Press Association Pioneer Award Winners!
Rick was nominated by longtime Pennsylvania adviser Kathleen Zwiebel, who noted that Brooks mentors because he enjoys helping students succeed.
“On our state level, Rick has spoken at conventions, served as a judge and helped to develop the Pennsylvania School Press Association yearbook contest guidelines," Zwiebel wrote. "He has been an active participant that PSPA elected him as a member of the executive board. This is a tribute to his talent and to the fact that Rick is interested in helping all scholastic journalists, not just those at schools affiliated with his company.”
Rick will be recognized at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Advisers Awards Luncheon at the fall convention in Chicago.
Read more and meet the other recipients in the NSPA Press Release.
PSPA announces summer critique rankings for websites
For the first time, PSPA offered summer critiques to online news publications in 2018. Participants were scored on content/coverage, breaking news, writing, design/navigation, interactivity, and rich media. All participating publications received a detailed critique from judges with commendations and suggested areas for improvement.
Congratulations to the following publications for their 2018 rankings:
The Friar's Lantern, Malvern Preparatory School
Tidelines, Pottsville Area High School
The Panther Press, Saegertown Junior-Senior High School
The Lions DIgest, State College Area High School
PSPA critiques are completed by experts from across the country. Member publications interested in receiving a critique must submit a completed form along with the publication submission.
In addition to receiving feedback from experts, submitted publications automatically become part of a statewide contest. In the first level of scoring, publications receive a scorebook with a bronze mark, silver mark, or gold mark. All publications earning an overall gold will be sent on to a new judge where publications compete against other gold award publications to determine which publications will receive the coveted annual Clyde F. Lytle All-State Keystone Award.
Learn more about how to submit your publication for a critique here.
Registration open for Fall 2018 SJCs
Registration is open for the fall 2018 Student Journalism Competitions (SJCs).
The PSPA SJCs are a morning of education and competitions for every student journalist in Pennsylvania. Featuring writing, design, and artistic opportunities similar to those offered at the Journalism Education Association’s semi-annual conventions – but near you, and at affordable prices. SJCs have categories in yearbook, newspaper, photography, literary magazines, and broadcast— take a look.
Remember, only member schools can send students, so make sure you have paid your 2018-19 membership fee. Level One Membership ($100) comes with three complimentary SJC entrance fees paid. Level Two (Full School) Membership ($150) comes with six.
Want to take a test-run of the competition categories with your students? Sample prompts for each category are posted for you to download and try with your staff. We hope these samples will provide students with an idea of what to expect. As always, you can also download the rubrics our judges will use for scoring.
We have two new SJC sites— St. Francis University and Indiana University of Pennsyvania.
In the carry-in news categories (15A + 15B), up to three students are welcome to team up on an entry.
Finally, do you know another publication or adviser whose students would enjoy the SJCs? If so, please forward this email on and encourage them to become PSPA members and attend the upcoming SJCs.
Each of the sites listed below links to the registration page. We look forward to seeing you at our fall events..
Indiana University of PA (Oct. 19 - Registration due in by Oct. 12 at 1 p.m.)
PSU Behrend (Oct. 19 - Registration due in by Oct. 9 at 1 p.m.)
St. Francis (Oct. 26 - Registration due in by Oct. 19 at 1 p.m.)
PSU Berks (Nov. 2 - Registration due in by Oct. 26 at 1 p.m.)
Point Park (Nov. 2 - Registration due in by Oct. 26 at 1 p.m.)
Temple (Nov. 5 - Registration due in by Oct. 29 at 1 p.m.)
Harrisburg Area Community College (Nov. 13 - Registration due in by Nov. 6 at 1 p.m.)
Freedom Area High School Teacher Aaron Fitzpatrick recognized as Pennsylvania Journalism Teacher of the Year
Aaron Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania School Press Association has chosen Aaron Fitzpatrick of Freedom Area Senior High School as the 2018-2019 state Journalism Teacher of the Year.
Fitzpatrick advises the FHS Press student newspaper, the Shawnee yearbook, and the Bulldog Beat broadcast program. Both the FHS Press and Shawnee have earned numerous regional, state and national awards. He is a nationally Certified Journalism Educator through the Journalism Education Association. He is also certified as a Google Certified Educator.
Fitzpatrick was chosen as a fellow, through a rigorous selection process, to attend the ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Az, in June 2013.
Kayla Eaton, FAHS '18, who served as Editor-in-Chief of the Shawnee Yearbook and FHS Press, said, "I can attest to the incalculable value of what he has taught each of his students. These valuable lessons have caused not only our publications to thrive, but also each of us in our everyday lives. Mr. Fitzpatrick’s level of understanding, engagement, knowledge, and passion is what makes him not only one of the best teachers I have ever had, but is what contributes to the overall quality of our publications.”
“Students in his class are always at major school functions reporting on the events of the district,” Freedom Area High School social studies teacher Nathaniel Langelli stated in his recommendation. “At school board meetings, members of the staff cover the meeting to ensure transparency. Not only do they report on these various activities, but they do so without complaints. They take journalism seriously.”
“Mr. Fitzpatrick instills a passion and a desire for quality and constant improvement in each of the student journalists he advises. They share a collective desire to never rest until their absolute best has been achieved,” principal William Deal stated. “His commitment to the highest standards inspires students to reach beyond their self-imposed limits to achieve at levels they could not imagine were possible on their own. He has taught them the value of teamwork, collaboration and perseverance.”
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Fitzpatrick also serves his school district as their public relations director, senior class sponsor, and as a building representative for the Freedom Area Education Association. His expertise as an educator has also earned him The Golden Apple Award through the Prevention Network & Class Academy, in Baden, Pa.
In January 2018, Fitzpatrick was invited to serve on the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania School Press Association. Pennsylvania School Press Association originated in 1925 and stands as one of the oldest scholastic journalistic organizations in the country. The organization supports K-12 student journalism statewide through journalism competitions, summer critiques, awards and recognition, mentorship for advisers, and other resources.
To nominate advisers for the 2019 PSPA Journalism Teacher of the Year, visit the PSPA website to submit applications for any active member of the organization by June 15, 2019. Nominations can be submitted by any teacher, administrator, student, or media professional.
For more information about Pennsylvania School Press Association, visit www.paschoolpress.org or contact Paul Fantaski at pfantaski@gmail.com.
ABOUT PSPA
The mission of the Pennsylvania School Press Association is to promote excellence and responsibility in scholastic journalism through developing students who possess sound journalism skills, demonstrate ethical decision making and recognize, uphold, and advocate First Amendment rights through responsible citizenship and informed media consumption.
Questions? Can't find something on our site? Contact us!
Paul Fantaski, PSPA President
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PSPA Mailing Address
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Home Articles Practo salutes the efforts of doctors with its #BeingADoctor campaign
Practo salutes the efforts of doctors with its #BeingADoctor campaign
Digital healthcare company, Practo has launched a campaign #BeingADoctor on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day in order to recognise the efforts of healthcare professionals during various challenging situations faced by individuals across the world. The campaign is a tribute to doctors by shining light on the sacrifices they have made in their lives, their commitment, grit and determination throughout their lives to support their patients every single day. The new film has been launched across the company’s YouTube, blog, and social media channels.
The campaign portrays the commitment, grit, and determination it takes to become and be a doctor to patients every single day. It showcases and acknowledges the struggle, the trials and tribulations, responsibilities, and the joy of being a doctor.
The video narrates the journey of the doctor from being a student to becoming an invincible warrior bringing life and hope to mankind during turbulent times. The film highlights the passion behind the purpose and the unsurmountable struggle and challenges one faces during the journey of becoming a doctor and their path to fulfilling their oath of showing compassion, care, and commitment to patients for the rest of their lives. Through the campaign, Practo acknowledges the services of all the doctors. The video is live and can be viewed on Practo’s YouTube, blog and social media channels.
Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers across the world have been on the frontline, since the pandemic outbreak, fighting the raging war with unmatched compassion.
They have not only put themselves at risk of exposure to the pathogen, but they have also worked way beyond their shifts, staying away from their families all this while. “You specialise to unravel what nature throws at you. You are with our soldiers on the frontlines protecting our home. You have seen hope where despair reigned supreme. You took an oath to sympathize and understand and above all to those in need, lend a helping hand. You empathize, you reassure, you heal, you cure. You are a doctor at your very core,” the ad campaign said.
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Loot Box Systems Are Not Gambling, Says ESRB
By Chris Compendio | October 11, 2017 | 4:25pm
Images via EA/YouTube, Blizzard Games News Loot Boxes
The act of opening a loot box is objectively fun—like opening a goodie bag. But once games start charging real money for small, in-game items and whatnot, things begin to get troubling. Then we get to the point where full, $60 games have loot boxes as microtransactions. And now we are to the point where videogames like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Star Wars: Battlefront II more or less require players to buy loot boxes in order to gain any advantage. The videogame community is growing angry about these developments, but official bodies like the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) don’t see a problem.
An ESRB spokesperson told Kotaku:
ESRB does not consider loot boxes to be gambling. While there’s an element of chance in these mechanics, the player is always guaranteed to receive in-game content (even if the player unfortunately receives something they don’t want). We think of it as a similar principle to collectible card games: Sometimes you’ll open a pack and get a brand new holographic card you’ve had your eye on for a while. But other times you’ll end up with a pack of cards you already have.
Not necessarily a terrible explanation, but probably not one that players would agree with, either. Still, seeing how the ESRB have both “Real Gambling” and “Simulated Gambling” as ratings categories, players were hoping that the organization would help set a precedent. For now, players will have to put up with the predatory and addictive nature of loot boxes.
We recently wrote about how loot boxes are a troubling sign for the videogame economy, and criticized the use of loot boxes in a list about Battlefront II. For a longer discussion on the overlap between loot boxes and gambling, check out a video from TotalBiscuit below.
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HomeAdditional Resources Framework Agreement
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Impact of EU Exit on Framework Agreements
The UK has left the EU and as a result, the trading transition period ended at 11 p.m. on 31 December 2020.
You should continue to publish your contract notices via Public Contract Notices. However, there will be some changes on how your contract notice will be advertised and whether you use an ESPD or an SPD as follows:
If your Framework Agreement contract notice or PIN (if used as a call for competition) was published on PCS before 11 p.m. on 31 December 2020:
Your contract notice will have been published throughout the UK via OJEU
Suppliers (and subcontractors, where appropriate) will have been asked to complete an ESPD
Any future call offs/notices/awards under this Framework Agreement will continue to be made via OJEU (as these will be linked to the original Framework Agreement contract notice raised in PCS)
Any future call offs will require an ESPD to be completed by suppliers (and subcontractors, where appropriate)
If your Framewrok Agreement contract notice or PIN (if used as a call for competition) was published on PCS at or after 11 p.m. on 31 December 2020:
Your contract notice will be published via the Find a Tender Service (FTS) throughout the UK. This will happen automatically and you should therefore raise your contract notice in PCS as normal.
Suppliers (and subcontractors, where appropriate) need to complete an SPD
Any Framework Agreement future call offs/notices/awards will continue to be made via FTS (as these will be automatically linked to the original DPS contract notice raised)
More information can be found in EU Exit and SPPN 11/2020
The following information has been produced to assist Procurement Officers when considering whether they should call-off from or set up a framework agreement.
Once a requirement has been identified for goods or services, as part of developing your procurement sourcing strategy, you should consider if there are any existing arrangements which could meet your needs. Local procurement departments and Centres of Expertise will be able to assist in this process.
If there are no existing arrangements, or if the sourcing strategy demonstrates that best value for money would be delivered by a direct award, you will have to determine whether awarding a contract or framework agreement would be more appropriate.
Early Considerations
When Setting up a Framework Agreement
Is a framework agreement the right approach for the particular goods or services to be purchased?
Will the framework agreement be for your Organisation's own use or for use by a number of organisations?
Will the framework agreement be divided into categories (or lots)?
Will the framework be concluded with a single supplier or multi-supplier framework?
How will call-off contracts be awarded? Consult Method of Call Off.
How best to include relevant sustainable criteria to deliver outcomes through the subsequent call-offs. Also, how can you make this part of the contractual terms and conditions for establishing call-off contracts.
For further information consult the Guide for the Use of Framework Agreements.
Once the framework agreement has been established the terms of the agreement should include instructions on how call-off contracts should be awarded. Your organisation may also produce further guidance for the identified users of the framework agreement on how a call-off contract should be undertaken.
When Calling Off from a Framework Agreement
Was your Organisation expressly identified in the contract notice for the Framework Agreement you are looking to use?
Is there more than one framework agreement which could meet the need?
What are the terms laid down in the framework agreement for call-off contracts?
When calling off from a framework agreement, it is important to note that there is no scope to apply selection criteria. Selection criteria will have been applied when establishing the framework agreement and must not be repeated at the call-off stage.
When an aspect of contract delivery has not been included in the framework agreement, but is relevant to the nature of the call-off contract, organisations should consider how best to address this in the call-off contract. Organisations should consider whether the terms laid down in the framework enable additional criteria. For example, where Fair Work practices have not been included in the framework agreement but there is an award criterion to tackle “sustainability”, it is possible to include more precise criteria under this broader heading to address Fair Work practices.
Mini-competitions must generally be based on the same terms as those which were applied for the award of the framework. However The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 allows that where necessary criteria for mini competitions:
may be more precisely formulated, or
that other terms referred to in the procurement documents for the framework, may be applied where appropriate.
For further considerations and an example of a typical mini-competition process consult the Guide for the use of Framework Agreements.
Detailed guidance for conducting a mini-competition should be available from the owner of the framework agreement. However there are specific rules which are applicable to all mini-competitions.
The call off must be placed with the supplier who has submitted the lowest price or whose tender is the most economically advantageous, on the basis of the award criteria set out in the framework agreement. Unsuccessful tenderers must be notified of the outcome when a contract is awarded under a framework agreement.
Data Protection Regulation (DPR)
Organisations must ensure that current and future framework agreements (including those entered into before the legislation came into force) are compliant with GDPR. All relevant procurement documents must make reference to the new legislation.
When using framework agreements, and if required, organisations should review each call-off to ensure all relevant procurement documents have been updated to reflect the new legislation.
More detailed information on DPR can be found in Additional Resources.
You may choose to follow the standstill rules on a voluntary basis when awarding an above-threshold contract by mini-competition: in order to protect yourself from an ineffective order in the event of legal challenge
Speculative Framework Agreements
SPPN 3/2017 provides detailed information in relation to Speculative Framework Agreements. There are a number of organisations claiming to offer legally-compliant framework agreements to Scottish contracting authorities. In some cases it is clear that these framework agreements have been awarded without prior consultation with those organisations and may have been established without any real understanding of the organisation's actual requirements. This may have significant legal and value for money implications for public bodies. For the purposes of this SPPN, these are referred to as speculative framework agreements.
It is recommended that you treat claims that speculative framework agreements offer the prospect of “full procurement law compliance” with caution. Before using such a framework, a public body should consider very carefully what reassurance it offers it regarding both legal compliance and value for money.
Guide for the Use of Framework Agreements
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Rishank Devadiga Reveals His Secrets To Success
A fearless attitude is also a key necessity for raiders besides their physical skills, according to Rishank.
Beyond The Mat, vivo Pro Kabaddi’s weekly Instagram LIVE chat series had a guest this week with a diverse range of experiences. From being a skilled youngster cutting his teeth under the legendary Anup Kumar at U Mumba to taking up the mantle of U.P. Yoddha’s captaincy in Season 6, Rishank Devadiga has played with the best and seen it all.
Possessing swift foot movements, backed by a quick turn to get across the midline after getting a touch, Rishank Devadiga’s agility and use of his height have long been a talking point among kabaddi fans. It is no surprise then that while talking about the secrets to his success in the league, Rishank highlighted these aspects for young raiders to work on.
"I feel a raider should have speed, good footwork and, most importantly, a fearless attitude." Rishank said on the LIVE, “Only when a raider is fearless will he have the courage to take on seven players in the opposite team and still strive to get a point. These three aspects have been the pillars of my gameplay.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY9P3M0DdQs
Visualisation: A mantra for success
Having a vision and persistently striving hard to achieve one's goals is a known strategy for success. But for Rishank Devadiga, the vision goes beyond just long term achievement in the sport. The raider explained how he visualises the match as well as every raid before going in, in order to prime his mind for achieving the best possible result.
“I set time aside for detailed visualisation before every match to pre-empt how I can score maximum points. This method enables my body to respond accordingly in match situations,” explained the UP Yoddha raider, “A large part of this visualisation exercise also deals with understanding my opposition’s strengths and weaknesses before the game so I am prepared when it is my turn to raid."
A general practice which Rishank Devadiga also emphasised was the use of meditation to calm the mind so that visualisation can be clearer.
“Personally speaking, I meditate often and I find that this helps me a lot in the entire process of visualisation,” said the raider.
Watch your favourite kabaddi superstars go Beyond The Mat, LIVE on the official vivo Pro Kabaddi Instagram handle every Saturday at 6 PM. Join the conversation!
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All Letter from New York articles
Pandemic still biting the Big Apple
New York City’s property-world panic has eased somewhat but the situation remains troubled and tense.
Letter from New York
An exodus from Manhattan was the talk of the town in the weeks before the Labor Day holiday weekend. A ‘drastic shift’ to the suburbs became the media buzz. The out-flight resulted in a record 13,117 rental apartments standing vacant, touted as a 122% jump over 2019. Landlords are offering ...
High anxiety grips New York’s real estate world with the approach on 7 September of Labor Day, the holiday that marks the unofficial end of summer.
New York City’s gradual awakening from the pandemic has yet to include Midtown Manhattan: the iconic, skyscraper-filled commercial core and nation’s economic powerhouse. The area is hushed and near-funereal in empty Times Square and little-traversed Rockefeller Center.
New York State governor Andrew Cuomo broke restaurant-lovers’ hearts when he renewed the indoor dining ban that was expected to be lifted on July 20.
An eerie, Twilight Zone-like atmosphere descended on sweltering New York City this week. Over a muted July 4th Independence Day weekend, the Big Apple was torn between celebration and unease.
The Big Apple has come to life again with the start of phase II of reopening. Thousands of restaurants opened outdoor seating and encouraged by good summer weather and a sustained reduction in Covid-19 infections, New Yorkers finally enjoyed a taste of pre-pandemic pleasure.
The mood on the streets lifted as New York state governor Andrew Cuomo announced that phase two of the city’s reopening would begin on 22 June – a mere two weeks after the start of the first phase, which allowed little more than construction to resume.
New York City’s high-end real estate markets remain depressingly stalled. There’s modest life on the office front, but retail is dead in the water.
The first week of June was possibly the most heart-wrenching in New York City’s history. Bad and good news alternated without rhyme or reason.
The beleaguered commercial scene got an unexpected jolt of energy this week. To everyone’s surprise, TikTok signed for 237,000 sq ft of offices in Times Square – the ‘Crossroads of the World’ now devoid of tourists and just about any activity.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said on 21 May that “all roads” lead to partial reopening of stores and businesses by mid-June. It was an unexpected upbeat note amid the prevailing gloom.
The Big Apple’s devastated retail scene trembled even more with news that Nordstrom is to close 16 of its 116 full-line stores across the US and Neiman Marcus has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a region-by-region, four-stage plan to reopen the state’s frozen economy, starting with industrial and manufacturing work on 15 May. Three upstate regions have the green light on that date.
While most New York City investment-sale and leasing transactions may remain stalled for months more, restoring life to dark office towers, some could come sooner.
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Magazine Regulars tax cuts Taxes
Hailing the taxes
After the tax cuts of the 1980s, the tax debate in the 1990s has become more subtle. The uproar over VAT on fuel has challenged the view that indirect tax is less politically sensitive than direct tax. Meanwhile, the left has made its peace with indirect taxation, while all parties and countries are embracing green taxes. Stephen Tindale reports
By Stephen Tindale
Franklin Roosevelt called taxes “the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organised society.” Paddy Ashdown made the same point-in almost the same words-at the last Liberal Democrat conference. Having endured a decade and a half of “tax revolt”-a gift to the world from the pampered citizens of California-the rehabilitation of taxation as a civic duty is, perhaps, overdue. The Labour party, seeking to escape its tax-and-spend reputation, could not afford to begin the campaign. So all credit to Citizen Ashdown.
The tax revolt has not led to lower levels of taxation. In the last financial…
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Stephen Tindale is an associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform
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General Info | Staff |Location
Location of the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH)
The Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) is located in downtown Montréal in an area bordered on the east by University Avenue and on the south by Pine Avenue. The western extremity extends to Peel Avenue, while the border on the north side runs along the edge of the popular mid-city greenspace, Mount Royal Park.
The main hospital building contains many medical departments, while the Department of Psychiatry is situated in a separate complex, the Allan Memorial Institute (AMI), at the eastern edge of the Hospital grounds.
The Allan Memorial Institute
Location of the Psychology Department
Most of the staff of the Department of Psychology are situated in the relatively new wing of the AMI with offices which provide an attractive and comfortable milieu for our staff and patients.
There are an additional five psychologists in the Child and Adolescent Service (C&A) are housed in a McGill University building at 3666 McTavish, a five-minute walk from the main AMI building.
Location of the Allan Memorial Institute (AMI)
The Psychology Department is located in the AMI, at 1025 Pine Avenue west.
Arrival by car: Enter hospital grounds through entrance P 6, at the corner of Peel Street and Pine Avenue. Approaching this entrance from Peel Street requires that you drive through the Pine intersection up the ascending driveway onto the Hospital grounds. This is facilitated by staying in the right-hand lane on Peel Street as you drive through the intersection.
If you are approaching this same entrance coming east along Pine Avenue, you will turn right 20 feet before the Peel-Pine intersection.
The parking costs at the RVH are $5 per half hour up to a maximum cost of approximately $20. Although the fees might seem high, there are very competitive with downtown rates and more importantly, the profits are ultimately used for patient-care.
Despite this fee, parking close to the AMI maybe difficult, so allow extra time for your first visit. If you arrive late in the day when parking spaces might be scarce, tune your radio to our own parking-update broadcast on FM 88.5.
Arrival by public transportation: From the Peel Metro station, walk up the steep two blocks of Peel Street to the entrance at Peel Street and Pine Avenue. If you feel the need to forgo this aerobic experience, wait for the 107 bus at the Peel Metro station and stay on until its termination in front of the main RVH along Pine Street. Then, walk westward along level ground to the path just before MacTavish which leads into the AMI.
From the Sherbrooke Metro station, take the 144 bus to the corner of Peel Street and Pine Avenue.
The AMI is a large restored mansion two buildings east of the parking kiosk.
Finding the Department of Psychology at the AMI: Enter the AMI at 1025 Pine Avenue west, by the large wooden antique door at the front of the building. Continue along the main corridor, past the confectionary machines until you reach the elevator. Get off at the second floor, turn to your right for two steps and turn left down the corridor to the Psychology Waiting Room.
To obtain more information, call (514) 934-1934 ext. 34284.
Entrance through large wooden door Information desk at the AMI
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Snacks sold in U.S. schools from next year must be lower in fat, salt and sugar, according to federal rules.
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June 27/Washington/Reuters -- Snacks sold in U.S. schools from next year must be lower in fat, salt and sugar, according to federal rules aimed at giving students more nutritious options and fighting childhood obesity.
The regulations, originally due in 2011, largely mirror the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposal from February that limited the fat, salt and sugar content in school snacks and capped portion sizes.
The standards are seen as a critical step in improving students' eating options under a 2010 law revamping school foods. Schools have until July 1, 2014, to implement the new rules.
Though many applauded the new regulations, Sandra Ford, president of the School Nutrition Association, said changing school menus to meet USDA requirements could burden schools already working to offer healthier menus.
"Complex regulations can present unique challenges and unintended consequences when put into practice," Ford said.
Many U.S. children eat more than half of their daily calories at school. The regulations will cover some 50 million children attending more than 100,000 schools that are part of the federal school lunch program.
"This is a significant change in the way young people in this country eat and what they eat, and I think it's going to make a significant difference," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on MSNBC.
The standards only apply to foods and beverages sold on school campuses during the day, and limit vending machine snacks to a maximum of 200 calories per item - less than, for example, many regular-sized candy bars.
Food sold at after-school activities, such as sporting events, is not subject to the regulations.
"This is an historic nutrition policy that will do a lot to improve children's diets and address high rates of childhood obesity," Margo Wooten, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, told Reuters.
"Parents won't have to worry their kids are using their money to buy junk foods and sugary drinks instead of buying a healthy lunch," Wooten said.
All foods sold must meet competitive nutrient standards, meaning they must have fruits, vegetables, dairy or protein in them or contain at least 10% of the daily value of calcium, potassium, vitamin D or dietary fiber.
USDA gave the public 60 days to comment after it released its proposals in February. The final guidelines, while mostly unchanged, have incorporated a stricter calorie limit on drinks in high schools.
Twelve-ounce drinks cannot exceed 60 calories, less than the calorie count of most sodas.
And the portion sizes vary between age groups. Younger students will be able to buy water, 100 percent juice, and low-fat and fat-free milk in 8oz. servings, while high school students can also purchase 20oz. calorie-free drinks.
By improving the choices available to U.S. students outside of breakfast and lunch, officials hope to make a dent in childhood obesity in a nation where one-third of those under age 18 are considered overweight or obese.
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For the 2021 school year, there are 3 public schools in Chatfield, MN, serving 917 students. Chatfield has one of the highest concentrations of top ranked public schools in Minnesota.
Chatfield, MN public schools have an average math proficiency score of 70% (versus the Minnesota public school average of 57%), and reading proficiency score of 70% (versus the 60% statewide average). Schools in Chatfield have an average ranking of 9/10, which is in the top 20% of Minnesota public schools.
The top ranked public schools in Chatfield, MN are Chatfield Elementary School, Chatfield Secondary and Focus Alp. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.
Minority enrollment is 6% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the Minnesota public school average of 34% (majority Black and Hispanic).
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is less than the Minnesota public school average of 16:1.
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Really Dead Corpses
I am The Shark (2020)
Reviewer ChurchillDowns
It’s unfair, I think, to take anything Really Dead Corpses is doing on it’s debut EP, I am the Shark, too seriously. It functions less as a collection of songs that hang together and more as a sampler platter of potential styles. Put it less charitably (and maybe more accurately): it’s sort of a fuck-around. This may become apparent before you hit “Sight is the Most Complex,” which intersplices and tape-distorts “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC into its closing moments, but it’ll certainly become apparent by then.
Catch the record on the right moment, though, and you’d be forgiven for thinking something serious is cooking. The bight shining star is “Turkish Spliff,” the EP’s opening track and most fruitful potential direction for these would-be garage dirtbags. It’s the collection’s longest, most complete, most composed track; a wordless, guitar-tone-forward cruiser that invokes the nervy scumball energy of The Men circa Open Your Heart. It’s the sort of track that packages kinetic energy into an audio file and makes you want to go surfing. It gets some of that same bad-guy party dread on “Dead Tabloid Celebrities,” which sounds out of key as a statement of purpose and stylistic choice.
The rest of the collection is a “you get what you pay for” situation (the EP is free on Bandcamp). Really Dead Corpses spend the rest of the time fucking around with genre tourism, trying on grindcore (“Child Soldier Narratives,” which feels twice as long as “Turkish Spliff” despite being a minute shorter), sludge (“State Fair”) and goofing around with the dumber tropes of modern metal (I laughed out loud at the Extra Dramatic spoken word apocalypse vocals on “Sight is the Most Complex,” even before the AC/DC headfake). Say this for the gang: there’s no category fraud going on with their Bandcamp tags.
Ultimately, this is the reason that platform is such an exciting place. It gives you, some asshole on the internet, the chance to listen to what a gang of knuckleheads are playing around with in Duchess County, New York. That’s the dream of The Cable Guy made real, even if you’ve got to be a specific kind of music pervert to want to fulfill it.
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LTTP: Shadows of the Damned PS3 Review
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LTTP or ‘late to the party’ pieces are opportunities for me to catch up and write about games I missed out on the first time around. They may contain spoilers.
Suda 51 made a lot of quirky games and I didn’t enjoy the ones I played including Killer7 and what I saw from No More Heroes’ gameplay didn’t interest me at all. His games always intrigued me though. They were always weird and original, I just kept wishing that he wasn’t the one behind the gameplay execution.
Enter Shinji Mikami. He’s a developer that I’d give the benefit of the doubt to any day. When I heard about his involvement with Shadows of the Damned, I was anticipating great things. The style of Suda 51 and the gameplay mastery of Shinji Mikami. What could possibly go wrong?
The answer: Not too much when you tackle everything in moderation.
Taking minimal risks in the gameplay department isn’t something to punish. Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space held fantastic gameplay ideas and I don’t mind seeing them implemented in Shadows of the Damned. The ability to roll around actually opened up the boss and enemy designs a bit so that it wasn’t just about shooting the weak points glowing right in front of me. Being able to navigate through attack patterns and different enemy types of varying speeds and abilities felt liberating since not many games play like this nowadays.
What held Shadows of the Damned back was its reluctance to let the game breathe. Most of the levels demonstrated one or two ideas, but they were short lived. I felt like they’ve just introduced the idea and then the level wraps up. Was there a technological reason why the levels were kept so concise or did they feel their ideas would outstay their welcome?
Grasshopper’s Unreal Engine 3 implementation was sound; I didn’t encounter any noticeable slowdowns or hiccups. It may have been one of the better implementations of Epic’s middleware on the PlayStation 3 in my opinion. They didn’t create the most sprawling rendition of the demon world, but it was detailed and acceptably gross to look at.
This game ought to be one of the stranger depictions of the demon world. I, like the protagonist Garcia Hotspur, have never been in a place like this before. Without Johnson — a former resident turned side kick — to serve as guide, this place would have been a real head scratcher. Johnson explained the strangeness the with authority and somehow convinced us that babies who somehow end up here are best suited for the role of door lock.
Johnson also served as Garcia’s transport by turning himself into a motorcycle. But his most useful role was as a weapon — or more accurately — as weapons. He started as a pistol, but jamming certain gems collected from bosses enabled other weapon transformations. Disappointingly, they weren’t very inventive variants of the standard arsenal of shotgun, submachine guns and pistols.
On the bright side, Johnson’s personality outshone the lack of creativity. He was a funny floating flaming skull who told dirty jokes and helped articulate what was going on during Garcia’s quest to save his girlfriend from the lord of the demon world himself. I wish his role grew more significant as the game progressed, but alas that was not the case.
Shadows of the Damned never really peaked at any point. It always felt like it was getting started and before I knew it, the girlfriend was saved and the final boss was vanquished. I felt they played it too cautiously with the action and wished they took more liberties with it. My key takeaway from Shadows of the Damned was Johnson and the humor that accompanied him. I doubt a sequel for it was in the works, but more of him and Garcia with an extra helping of craziness in the gameplay department and I would be set.
For more information on Shadows of the Damned, visit the official site.
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Appendices for thesis entitled 'Investigating factors governing cell fate decisions in respiratory epithelium.' Dr Jo-Anne Johnson, University of Cambridge.
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Johnson, Jo-Anne
Johnson, J. (2018). Appendices for thesis entitled 'Investigating factors governing cell fate decisions in respiratory epithelium.' Dr Jo-Anne Johnson, University of Cambridge. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.25431
Appendix 1-4: Gene ontology analysis of RNAseq data from human lungs at 5 to 9 post-conception weeks gestation. Transcripts in tip (>2FC tip/stalk), stalk (>2FC stalk/tip) and both (<2FC stalk/tip or tip/stalk) are listed in GO categories performed using DAVID Bioinformatics Resources 6.7. Appendices 5-8 - Comparing RNA Seq data from human embryonic lung tips (5 to 9 post-conception weeks gestation) to microarray from mouse embryonic lung tips (E11.5). GO analysis was performed using DAVID Bioinformatics Resources 6.8.
Human embryonic lung RNA Sequencing, Gene ontology, Mouse embryonic lung microarray
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Publication Reference: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.26348
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List RulesAction role-playing, action-adventure, and action-shooter games all count.
Gamers everywhere, we're ranking the most popular action games in 2020. From over-the-top explosions to unbelievable acts of violence and gunplay, these games are sure to get your adrenaline going. These popular action games are ranked by your votes, so don't be shy about voicing your opinion. What do you think are the top 10 best action games right now?
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Housed in the Drapers' guildhall, this restaurant with rooms is full of original character dating from the 15th century. Age-darkened oak-panelled walls, original quarry tiles floors and oak floors contrast with striking modern art in the low-lit and atmospheric dining area. The rooms go for a smart boutique look mixing high quality furnishings, including some antiques, with well co-ordinated colour schemes. Parking is available in the surrounding streets.
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#FridayFlash - Naming Day
Melissa had started her day before dawn. Chores needed doing even on a festival day, wouldn't wait while she was away. Once the cow was milked, dinner set to stew all day, lunch packed for her husband, chickens fed, she was ready to take her daughter and give her a name.
Their village held one Naming Day a year. Every child who had survived their second winter received their name at a mid-Spring festival. Planting finished, calves yet unborn, weather pleasantly steady, it was the perfect time to welcome children into their families.
She shifted her child on her hip, pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. Benjamin had trap lines to check, would be in the forest all day. Not that he spends much time with our daughter. Doesn't want to give her his mother's name. She sighed.
"Melissa! You made it." A plump woman approached, holding the hand of her crying boy toddling beside her, three older kids following in a line behind.
The roundness of her stomach drew Melissa's attention. "Charlotte, are you with child again?"
She patted the bulge proudly. "Due by the early harvest. How about yourself?"
Melissa shook her head. "We've only been blessed with this one." She kissed her daughter's forehead. The girl shifted to stare at the noisy young boy.
They walked down the lane together, Melissa slowing to match Charlotte's pace. Her unnamed son quieted some, but continued sniffling and occasionally whining. The other three followed quietly, hands behind their backs.
"No wonder your girl is so well-behaved. You've got but the one, and a husband who'd rather be in the woods than putting another baby in your belly." Charlotte reached over and pinched the girl's cheek. "So quiet, too. Such uncommon blue eyes." Charlotte drew her hand back, frowning slightly. "I thought they were green, though."
Melissa smiled, laughed, and shifted her daughter to the other hip. "I guess she just grew out of them."
"You really should come to town more often. Not that anyone should live that far out in those woods. Bleeding faeries been known to haunt those woods. Young girl like you, without a brood to watch over, with a husband out wandering..." Charlotte clucked her tongue disapprovingly. "You never know when those faeries might swap one of their babies in for yours."
Her daughter stiffened. Not much. Just enough that Melissa felt it. But she'd become very used to her ways in the last six months. Melissa stroked the girl's flaxen curls and cooed. "You think they'd give me a changeling, and I wouldn't know?" she asked after her daughter relaxed.
Charlotte laughed, finally picking her son up. The boy clung to her, hiccuping into the crook of her neck. "By the gods, no. The crying and fussing and ugly looks would give the little monster away. Some days, I think he might be fae-blooded. Wonder if there's any way to give him back." She kept chuckling, patting her son on the back. "How did you get her to stop crying, by the way? I seem to remember her having a set of lungs the last time I saw you."
Melissa smirked, holding her girl closer. Her child smelled of honeysuckle and sunshine, and other soothing scents from deep in the woods. Eyes the color of the summer lake, a perfect rosebud mouth, and the silkiest blond hair. "I imagine she understands how much I love and cherish her."
Charlotte agreed, then nattered on about goings-on around the village. Melissa barely listened, just enjoying the smell of her daughter, glad to finally be able to give the little girl a name. Then the young mother could keep her forever.
Somewhere, a faerie family might still regret the swap.
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[MUSIC] Kurrency - I Gat You
Mayowa Kay Thursday, April 23, 2015 KURRENCY , MUSIC 0 Comments
With the unending fierce competition in the realm of Nigeria music industry, Meek Paul Eyo is eager to break the walls with his unique voice and well crafted lyrics. “KURRENCY” as he is mostly known is a recording and performing artiste who hails from Akwa Ibom state, Uyo city.
The Afro Pop singer kicked off his music career professionally at the age of 16 and has since then not looked back as he is determined to hit the zenith in pursuit of his music dreams.
The budding act is presently signed to ace record label ‘BIG BALLERS MUSIC” after being discovered in 2014
Asides being a young man with good looks, Kurrency has been able to bring into play his talent to build a benchmark for himself in the entertainment industry. However, His ardor for music has also paved way for him to share same stage with A-list artistes such as 2Baba, African China, Solidstar, Oritsefemi and more. He has also worked with Artistes such as Solidstar and Rocksteady of Hypertek.
KURRENCY is here with his first official hit single produced by KUKBEAT, titled ‘’I GAT U”. This very tuneful song will serve as a lead to his major break in the music industry thereby causing his fans to request for more. The visual which was directed by award winning video Director, Clarence Peters will be released in a few weeks.
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3 Lessons in Leadership During COVID-19 From Ralph Lauren's CEO
Looking for lessons in leadership style during the pandemic? Look no further than Ralph Lauren's Patrice Louvet.
There has never been a year quite like 2020, especially for those of us in the retail industry. One of the great reminders is that none of us have ever navigated a pandemic before this year.
Yes, that’s an obvious sentiment, to be certain, but an important perspective. Retailers all over the world are stress-testing their leadership principles and capacities. Some are seeing less-than-desirable results (read: Neiman Marcus) while others like Patrice Louvet, CEO of Ralph Lauren, evoke inspiration by his example of true leadership.
Effective leadership skills and leading by example are important for any size business right now...
The pandemic will change retail forever
While Covid-19 wreaked havoc on the retail industry earlier this year, Louvet guided his company and customers to some of Ralph Lauren’s core values: timeliness, togetherness, and optimism during an interview in May.
He set the bar pretty high for how Ralph Lauren expected to operate during the shutdown. Admittedly, Ralph Lauren recently announced an approximately 15% global reduction of their workforce. However, in light of several household brands closing shop forever, the results could have been much worse.
The key difference? Louvet’s leadership acumen, an often overlooked trait by even the largest retailers. Anyone who has followed Louvet from his time at Procter & Gamble sees a strong track record of excellence.
For many retailers though, coronavirus retail plans are hard to make. And the dealings of a global retail titan such as Ralph Lauren may seem difficult to translate to everyday America, from mid-size chains to mom-and-pop stores that bring great pride to serving local communities.
And while most of us know Ralph Lauren for fabric and color ...
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— rothco (@rothco) October 14, 2020
There are three key lessons I believe any retailer can take away from Patrice Louvet’s example during this crisis.
3 Leadership Lessons for any Retailer during Covid-19
Lesson 1: Take care of your team first.
In a recent interview with WWD, Louvet shared a brilliant perspective, "Command and control leadership is over. The world is too complex and moving too fast for that type of decision-making. It's now about trust and empowerment of teams."
People matter.
People have always mattered, whether they mattered to you as much as they should isn’t the point -- the intrinsic value of your team members and customers cannot be missed.
Great communication skills leaders know that we cannot take anything for granted, especially in 2020. And that includes each retail employee.
One of the greatest points of emphasis I keep hearing about Millennials and Gen Z is they are really focused on, "What are you doing for your employees? How are you taking care of your people? What are you doing to live a corporate vision that I can support with my dollars?"
Ralph Lauren is doing a great job of it. They're introducing and championing a variety of digital initiatives, meaningful change and experiences that highlight what truly matters.
For your store, for your employees, it all comes down to care.
How does your staff know that you care? How does your sales manager or shift managers, backroom staff, after-hours, early-hours, holiday and seasonal team members, first-time or long-time customers -- how do all of them recognize that you care?
Take a page out of Ralph Lauren’s playbook here: emphasize quality, timeliness, and innovation.
Timeliness and innovation is what many brands missed while pivoting during COVID-19. Panic and fear, two understandable drivers and reactions, caused many brands to downsize their brand at all costs to protect and preserve their revenue.
I get it -- when the reality hit us in the first few months of the pandemic it was mind bending. Heck, we all remember that fateful day we learned up to two million might die from the coronavirus, they were shuttering the borders and Tom Hanks announced he and his wife had it. It was a scary time.
And maybe you made the same mistake of downsizing at all costs, but it doesn’t have to be a fatal mistake.
Aim for right-sizing your brand, not just downsizing.
Are we on the forefront of a second wave? A third? Who really knows. What I do know is that downsizing at all costs will end up costing you sales, turnover, and competitive advantage in the marketplace. You'll be stepping over dollars to pick up pennies as my dad would say for if you don't do more for your customers right now, they'll give even less of their money to you.
You may need to tighten up your store or even furlough some employees in the coming weeks as your area, like Ireland, is locked down just prior to the all important holiday season. It’s not the end of the world if that means being wise with the long-term play.
What it could mean though is leaning into this opportunity to show your team members and your customers that they matter more than just the next sale. That's because people who feel they matter buy more and work harder for you.
Lesson 2: Build your brand on quality that will last.
Who buys a sweater while on vacation in Hawai’i? I did. I know, it sounds ridiculous because a tropical setting is probably one of the last places you may think of needing a sweater.
And yet, there I was on vacation in Honolulu at the Ala Moana Center walking by the Ralph Lauren shop when this purple sweater caught my eye.
Immediately, I thought, “Purple is not my color,” but that’s when the young sales clerk introduced herself and encouraged me to try on the sweater. “Just try it on. It’s so soft!”
It’s a wool sweater -- no, thanks, I’ll skip on that scratchy feeling. “But, it’s lamb’s wool,” and she then proceeded to tell me all about the sweater, ending with the phrase, "You'll have this for a long time."
Twenty-five years later, and I still have this sweater and remember that conversation every time I wear it. The sweater is still soft, the only wool sweater I even own.
It was made by a brand that built their reputation on timelessness and quality.
Customers don’t walk into your store wishing for something that will last only months.
We crave quality and sustainability in what we purchase with our hard-earned money.
You want to see how well your merchandise is holding up over time? Check out the resale sites like Poshmark and see how well your products hold their value.
That should be a clue as to how well people think of your brand, but also, understand your customer service ties into the big picture as well.
Another sentiment I keep hearing is about the holidays. This year shoppers are going to have to be still standing out on sidewalks due to social distancing measures implemented in a lot of stores.
Ask yourself and your C-level execs, "Would you stand out on a sidewalk to experience your store?" If not, that's where I would spend my time improving that experience.
Curbside is not a long-term solution for retailers to embrace -- it’s a marriage of convenience for everyone right now as we try to figure out this season of life.
If you don't have a compelling reason for people to shop with you, you're going to have a tough go of it in 2021.
Your brand’s quality is reflected in your customer experience, product or merchandise craftsmanship, and your willingness to adapt for what your shoppers truly need from you.
Lesson 3: This is a “We” moment, not an “I” moment, and your team needs you to lead by example through core values.
Ralph Lauren, the actual founder of Ralph Lauren, is forgoing his own salary for 2021 and Louvet already agreed to a 50% pay cut for 2021 as well. This is leadership by example.
While Lauren and Louvet likely have other significant income sources, namely stock options, I’m confident this gesture speaks volumes to their team members around the world. It says, “We’re going to get through this together, but only if we all share the burden. I’m doing my part to help make your part easier on you and your family.”
Optics matter, even more so during a crisis of this magnitude.
The old way that people used to manage retail operations was, "Employees are all disposable. It's just a numbers game. Just get them in and get them out. I'm the boss, so do this."
That didn’t really work 20 years ago and it's not going to work in 2020, certainly with a pandemic raging, and not in 2021. Mr. Louvet has been able to show us a true leader at the helm saying, "Follow me as I try my best to do what’s best for all of us together."
Team members and customers are already judging brands by their response during this COVID-19 crisis.
Like it or not, there is a dividing line where people are asking if you did the best you could during this time.
Did you take care of your brand? Were you more interested in protecting shareholders’ interests or your team members and customers’ interests? What did you value? What did you neglect?
I was talking to a colleague of mine a few days ago when they mentioned the location of a well-known department store. It’s supposed to operate with 46 team members, but it's now operating with only 16. Sixteen spread across three floors, receiving and administrative. Geez.
I can’t imagine the customer experience improving with such a reduction in staff, and what are the values driving those 16 team members?
See also, 7 Leadership Training Skills To Make Your Store More Successful
CEOs and C-level executives lead by focusing on core values and sharing the pain. While we’re all still figuring out what the new normal is during a pandemic, we cannot lose sight of why we do what we do as retailers. Focus on the three lessons...
People still matter.
Quality will outlast quantity with enough time.
We are all better when we look out for each other.
Those are the lessons I encourage you to take with you into this holiday season.
Are you going to say, "We're going to cut entry-level sales associates because they don't matter."
Or, are you going to say, "We're going to find a way to give the best experience by having people who are trainable and actually like working for us."
If you’re looking to create a remarkable experience with amazing retail leadership, you need the best retail sales training. I spent the past 25 years working with some of the top retailers in the world. Visit SalesRX.com to learn more.
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Japanese indicator points to recession amid fresh Abenomics risks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may already be in recession, a government assessment of its own economic indicators showed on Monday, as the U.S.-China trade war and weak external demand hurt activity and pose fresh challenges for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies.
FILE PHOTO: A man runs on a crosswalk at a business district in central Tokyo, Japan September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
The country’s indexes on leading and coincident economic indicators both declined in March from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said.
In its accompanying assessment on the coincident index, which combines readings such as factory output, employment and retail sales, the government described the state of the economy as “worsening”. That expression suggests a high possibility the economy has already fallen into recession, the government stated in its guidelines on the index assessment.
It also compares with its previous assessment for February when it described the economy at “a turning point towards a downgrade”.
The last time the government used the expression “worsening” in its assessment was between October 2012 and January 2013. It later judged the economy was in recession, often defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction in overseas.
Japan releases its first quarter gross domestic product data on May 20 and is expected to post a mild contraction for the period.
“The economy in the first quarter performed poorly. Factory output was clearly declined,” said Yoshiki Shinke, chief economist at Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute.
“External factors such as China’s economy and the outlook for the U.S.-China trade conflict will continue to be a close focus.”
The index of coincident economic indicators fell a preliminary 0.9 of a point in March from the previous month.
The index of leading economic indicators, compiled using data such as job offers and consumer sentiment and seen as a forward-looking gauge of the economy, slipped 0.8 of a point.
Worries about the economy have grown as Japan’s exports and factory output were hit by China’s economic slowdown and the escalating U.S.-China trade friction, which has disrupted global supply chains.
Prime Abe’s reflationary policy mix dubbed “Abenomics”, which combined bold monetary easing, flexible fiscal policy and structural reform, may be sputtering.
Risks from the global trade conflicts and weakening foreign demand raised concerns a postwar record growth cycle driven by Abenomics may be over.
If the economy in April-June picks up, Japan may avert a recession, Shinke added.
Also clouding the outlook are plans to raise a sales tax to 10% from the current 8% in October unless a big shock on the scale of Lehman Brothers’ collapse in 2008 hits the economy.
There is speculation Abe may postpone the sales tax hike as risks to demand grow, having already twice delayed it.
There are concerns the sales tax increase will damage private consumption as it did so when Japan raised the tax to 8% from 5% in 2014.
Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Sam Holmes
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Trucking Costs Too Much and Getting Worse
by Brandon Sheppard —
Truck drivers move almost every good in the American economy, from food for our cupboards to gas for our vehicles to finished goods for retailers’ shelves. Nearly every goods-based industry relies on trucking, likely at several points along its supply chain. DSW, an Arizona-based trucking company, estimates that trucking adds $600 billion to the U.S. economy every year and employs more than 800,000 people.
At the same time, trucking is ripe for disruption. As Americans purchase more and more goods online, more and more items have to zigzag from warehouse to warehouse to doorstep, rather than simply from warehouse to store shelf. Volumes are rising every year.
Yet the cost of trucking is dependent on the cost of fuel, which has been stable for several years but could become volatile with little warning. And truck labor is getting more and more expensive amid a labor shortage — even as experts predict that truck drivers are likely to be the first operators eliminated by autonomous vehicles.
But the most pressing problem for the trucking industry isn’t e-commerce or self-driving trucks. It’s traffic congestion.
According to a 2018 report from the American Transportation Research Institute, trucks in the U.S. experienced about 1.2 billion hours of delay on the nation’s freeways in 2016.
“This delay equates to more than $74.5 billion in added operational costs or an average congestion cost per truck of $6,478,” the report said.
What causes trucking bottlenecks?
The U.S. Department of Transportation refers to points where trucking operations are often slowed down as “bottlenecks.” These occur due to badly timed traffic signals at intersections, congestion on freeway interchanges, or many other combinations of factors.
Of the top 10 bottleneck locations in the U.S., the worst is at the intersection of I-95 and Route 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, located just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. The second and third worst trucking bottleneck locations were in Atlanta. An interchange in Los Angeles took fourth place, and an interchange in Houston took fifth.
According to the ATRI, truck speeds fell by about nine percent year over year in the top 10 worst bottleneck locations between 2018 and 2019.
What impact do bottlenecks have on the economy?
The ATRI estimates that the trucking industry experienced 1.2 billion hours of delay in 2016. That is roughly equivalent to more than 425,000 commercial truck drivers “sitting idle for an entire working year,” researchers wrote in the 2018 report.
The ATRI believes that congestion cost the $600 billion trucking industry about $74.5 billion.
Trucking bottlenecks cost shippers, too. A UPS spokesperson estimated that if each vehicle spent just five minutes a day idle, it would cost the company $114 million per year.
How can we fix bottlenecks?
The Federal Highway Administration has offered a few remedies for the trucking industry. For instance, the shoulders of certain freeways could be turned into traffic lanes at peak hours. On-ramps could be metered, at peak hours or all the time. Traffic signals on arterial roads could be optimized to maximize traffic efficiency.
Additionally, some trucking advocates have advocated “zippering,” self-policed or externally policed metering that keeps vehicles from entering freeways too quickly.
Some of these strategies are already in play in the U.S. California readers will recognize “zippering” in the “one car per green” lights that control access to some freeways, for instance. But all of these fixes cost money — and the federal government tends to move slowly when it comes to infrastructure spending.
In the meantime, many freight companies design operational redundancies to ensure they can meet customer needs no matter what congestion data looks like.
Analysis methods
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that bottlenecks are responsible for about 40 percent of the time trucks spend in traffic congestion. The remaining 60 percent is caused by “non-recurring congestion” — slowdowns caused by unforeseen occurrences like crashes, breakdowns, and weather events, as well as delays caused by construction zones.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much that shippers or third-party shipping carriers can do about the latter. With modern GPS technology, truckers should have no trouble finding out whether there are quicker alternate routes around non-recurring congestion. But there’s little way to plan for delays like that in advance.
To understand the impact of bottlenecks, however, the FHA offers a detailed explanation of how to conduct a “truck freight bottleneck analysis.” To conduct this kind of analysis, carriers need data: travel-time data, traffic volume data, roadway inventory data, commodity data and truck restriction data. Then, they can calculate typical delays, make evidence-based predictions, and even measure the impact delays have on their bottom line.
Trucking operations are already expensive. Congestion makes it worse. While drivers are stuck in traffic, they’re earning wages and burning fuel, but goods aren’t getting any closer to their destinations.
Shippers don’t have much control over how quickly traffic moves. But the better supply chain leaders understand industry-wide challenges, the better they can design their processes — and the more quickly they can adapt when big changes ripple from one link in the supply chain to the rest.
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Tribute to my Dad Part 3
Mom & Dad - Bess & Mack McCoy
Please pardon the quality of these pictures They originated from 8 millimeter film that was about 30 years old when I video taped their showing on a white sheet, Then these VHF tapes were later converted to DVD & then photographed while playing
on a TV set.
Please notice in the ice cream photo above the stack of concrete blocks. He had designed a system of machines to make concrete blocks. My older brother George (10 years) with a scooter he and Dad built. Center pic shows George plowing on tractor #3.
Dad had invented and patented a potato vine cutting machine that cut and diverted the vines over to & under the tractors wheels. This allowed all the potatoes to be exposed after the digger dug them. He sold about 35 of them up & down the Kaw valley a major growing area that was radically changed for the worst after the 1951 flood. He tried to sell them in North Dakota, Idaho and California but it was not suited due to letting their vines completely wither before harvest. I can only wish that he would have lived to see his son take two product lines national. Of course Dad was only happy when he was constantly designing and building something new.
Me taking kids and Mom for trailer rides and me distributing blocks around the new house being built on Rock Crusher Hill. Mom with me supervising her milking her cow. Always an entrepreneur, Mom sold milk, butter and whipped cream to the neighbors near and far.
Dad had had a remarkable career spanning from the horse & buggy days to supersonic travel. I forgot to mention that he had lost the sight of one eye in an accident back in the thirties. I sometimes would close one eye while I was running a machine and wonder how in the world did he do it. He kept on building stuff after he retired in my sister Dorothy's husband Burl Acklin's machine shop he had started in Clinton , MO. He built Burl a hydraulic press and he made several wood turning lathes for friends and relatives. He also started making propeller driven whirly jigs. His last project was to design and build a stairway platform elevator.for his basement commute. Truly amazing. Well I had a great childhood, a family who was always there for me and that i never doubted would have my back. They gave me such freedom, I was a "free ranger" with my $5 bike, then my 125 Harley at 14 and my 50 Chev at 16 which I bought from wages earned in the shop. What Dad & Mom taught me set me on a good path. They got the family installed in a new church plant my freshman year which had lasting results. When I got out of the Navy its where I met and married the love of my life, Diane. We are working on 56 amazing years. If I received any ability to think I'll give Dad the credit, any wisdom I received I would have to credit Mom. I only wish that I could tell them how great they were. I truly believe that I will still get that chance. As always I appreciate any back links to www.rhinohidecanopies.com
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Not One Democrat Voted for the Green New Deal
March 28, 2019 By Debbie Young
Elizabeth Warren films a video with the CFPB new media team announcing the CFPB “Open for Suggestions” project.
Apparently Democrats are unwilling to put their votes where their mouths are.
On Tuesday of this week, the Senate voted on the much-ballyhooed legislation for the Green New Deal that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced on Capitol Hill less than two months ago.
Opposing Dems’ Own Legislation?
Even though Sen. Markey called the vote a “life or death” issue and AOC claims climate change is America’s “WWII,” not one Dem voted for it. In an attempt to seem as though they are doing something about climate change without being held accountable for the cost of their Green New Deal, 43 Democrats voted “present” instead of yes, and the procedural vote failed 0-57, with not one senator voting for it, reports the WSJ.
Democrats opposed their own legislation but without the nerve to declare against it. The Senate hadn’t seen such a display of political courage since the late Arlen Specter cited “Scottish law” in voting “not proven” in Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial.
The real stunt is the Green New Deal. Democrats want to be seen as doing something about climate change without being accountable for the cost of their ideas.
The Green New Deal proposes explicitly to retrofit every house in America and eliminate fossil fuels within a decade. That would mean higher energy costs, much higher taxes, and lower living standards for every American.
Profiles in “Present”
Every Senate presidential aspirant – Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Bernie Sanders – co-sponsored the Green New Deal. Not to be overshadowed, Kirsten Gillibrand and Beto O’Rourke are also on board for the $93 trillion pie-in-the-sky endeavor.
Is Global Warming Anything More than a Political Issue?
Why are these concerned Democrats proposing useless and impractical proposals like the GND? There are policies they might consider, the Washington Examiner. proposes:
Fracking for natural gas in the short run.
This technology has done more in 10 years to reduce American carbon emissions than all the efforts of all environmental activists in history combined. Cheap natural gas is rapidly devouring coal in the electrical industry, dramatically reducing U.S. carbon emissions to the levels of the early 1990s.
Endorse and legislate toward the long-term expansion of nuclear energy, which safely and effectively freed France from its carbon footprint long ago.
In coming decades, existing nuclear technologies will give way to the energy technologies of the future, still in development, such as waste-free thorium reactors and nuclear fusion. Mere conservation will not solve any problems, and there are no other feasible sources of reliable energy on the horizon that don’t have large carbon footprints. Note that the word “reliable” rules out solar and wind.
Cory Booker Deserves Credit
So far, only Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has shown the courage and sense to back nuclear power. He deserves credit for that.
But he and his colleagues who aspire to the presidency — Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.; Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — are obviously all ashamed they backed the $93 trillion Green New Deal.
Why else would they have lacked the courage to vote for it?
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Debbie, editor-in-chief of Richardcyoung.com, has been associate editor of Dick Young’s investment strategy reports for over three decades. When not in Key West, Debbie spends her free time researching and writing in and about Paris and Burgundy, France, cooking on her AGA Cooker, driving her Porsche Boxter S through Vermont and Maine, and practicing yoga.
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A Rare Photograph of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington at Richmond Barracks
We were recently visited by Roisin Fant O’Riordain and her daughter Mairead. Roisin brought a photograph of her grandfather Joseph Kirwan Bridgeman, and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington at Richmond Barracks on the 6th June 1916. They were both attending the court martial of Captain J. C. Bowen-Colthurst, Royal Irish Rifles Regiment, for the shooting of her husband, Francis Sheehy Skeffington. Joseph was a barrister and Hanna’s legal advisor.
Both of Roisin’s grandparents were friends with the Sheehy Skeffingtons, attending the Irish Women’s Franchise League meetings. On reading through the minutes of the meetings she was slightly disappointed to read that her grandparents played very traditional roles. Her granny and her sisters provided the musical entertainment on occasion, or made supper. While her grandfather quite often proposed the vote of thanks to the speaker. On another occasion he contributed to fund a bicycle for one of the members to visit other branches around the country.
Roisin recounts “A family story was that his two sisters were due to be conferred by the Royal University. With the help of Hannah’s husband Francis who was Registrar, they were listed for conferring, but the practice then was that only the male students were presented with their degrees in person. There was a big scandal when the two grand aunts marched up with the men.
My grandparents were staunch supporters of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, and regularly attended meetings. (According to the Irish Citizen Newspaper). “
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As one enters the main gate of River View Cemetery from Taylor's Ferry Road, one drives along a tree lined road, stay to the right if you wish to find the Cemetery Office. As you drive through the cemetery you are met with one picturesque scene after another.
Beautiful Landscape
One of the many Dogwood trees located with in River View Cemetery, this Dogwood is very old and is located in Section 3. River View Cemetery is a virtual arboretum of trees and offers a number of trees which are unusual to this area in addition many of the trees and shrubs contained in the older sections of the cemetery are over 100 years old.
Historical Monuments
This lovely cross is a beautiful example of the magnificent workmanship of which many of River View Cemetery's monuments speak.
Simon Benson
The Simon Benson Monument in the foreground is located in Section 8 and in the distance can be seen the monuments of the Banfield Family, the Sinnott Family, the Blazier Family and the Smith Family.
Simon Benson was a logger and sawmill operator in the late 1800's and early 1900's and was noted as Portland's wealthiest lumberman in 1907, in 1910 Benson sold his timber holdings for nearly $4.5 million. Simon Benson bought and brought to Portland the drinking fountains which are depicted here. He wanted his loggers to be drinking water instead of beer.
Clarence D. Johnson
In the foreground is the Clarence D. Johnson Family Monument which is located within Section 8 of River View Cemetery. In the distance you can see the Eggert Family Monument.
Minnie Merchant Smith
Minnie Merchant Smith was the wife of W. A. Smith when she died at the age of eighteen. The angel which is atop the Minnie Smith Monument is a magnificent example of the kind of craftsmanship which was being done in the early 1900's.
Private Mausoleums
River View Cemetery has a number of Private Family Mausoleums, many were built in the early 1900's. They represent a marvelous example of stone workmanship.
Private Mausoleums are still available today!
Majestic View
This picture does not even begin to capture the beautiful splendor which is visible from the newer sections of the cemetery located just below the east end of the outdoor mausoleum. River View Cemetery can be found at the west end of the Sellwood Bridge and looks east with a panoramic view of east Portland and Milwaukie as well Mt. Hood in Oregon State, Mt. St. Helens in Washington State and on a clear day the tip of Mt. Adams also in Washington State.
Virgil Earp - Brother of Wyatt Earp was buried at River View Cemetery on Sunday, October 29, 1905 at 2:00 PM. He died in Goldfield Nevada, on October 19, 1905. Virgil Earp was the famous chief of police in Tombstone, Arizona. One of the famous Earp brothers of western frontier fame, Virgil's life reads like a novel of stirring times on the plains which furnished unlimited inspiration for stories of cowboy days.
Virgil Earp is buried at River View Cemetery in Portland, Oregon because his daughter, Mrs. Janie Law lived in Portland at the time of his death.
Virgil Earp is just one of the many historical figures interred at River View Cemetery. Please visit our office for a list of walking tours available.
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Christchurch Metro Sports facility taking shape
Eleisha Foon, Journalist
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One of Christchurch's main anchor projects, the Metro Sports facility, is making steady progress but delays due to Covid means it's now two years away from operating.
Set to open in 2022, it will be the largest aquatic, indoor recreation and leisure venue of its kind in New Zealand, accessible to people of all ages and abilities.
Ōtākaro Limited chief executive John Bridgman said there was still a lot to do, but the structural foundations were coming along nicely.
"The opening date isn't clear yet, we still have some challenges. It is really good to see it form up so people can really see the scale of it."
The $301 million project was meant to be finished by next year but has now be delayed further due to Covid-19.
Construction on the project. Photo: Supplied
The beast of a project is a huge work in progress - covering more than 30,000 metres squared.
Covid has caused some major delays with at least five overseas workers still left to join the project.
The facility will feature a 50m 10-lane competition swimming pool and a separate diving pool, a large aquatic leisure area, five hydroslides, fitness spaces and nine indoor courts for sports with adjustable seating which can host 2500 people.
The heaviest lift in the construction of any anchor project to date was carried out with the installation of the first 63-tonne roof truss section.
The 43m-long roof truss weighs the same as 10 African elephants and is one of five sections that will span the facility's competition pool.
Steel installation of roof trusses will continue along Antigua Street into the new year, alongside similar work around the six community courts, which extend towards Moorhouse Avenue.
Photo: Supplied / Otakaro
Christchurch's diving community could not be happier about the new facility.
"We've been out of business since the earthquakes. It's been over 10 years since we've been able to practice our sport. We will hold events and training camps here," Canterbury Diving Club president, Ian Phillips said.
The diving group dropped from 100 to just 2 members over the period, but Phillips was excited for that to change.
Christchurch City Council Head of Recreation Sports Nigel Cox said thousands of people would flock the facility daily.
"This is going to be huge for the sporting community. They have helped designed this and put in requests. It is long awaited but certainly it is going to make a big impact."
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Rock icon plays final Iowa concert
Bob Seger’s package of exclusive streaming debuts is topped off by a pair of classics from the Detroit musician’s back catalog: “Against the Wind” and “Rock and Roll Never Forgets.”
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band play Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Nov. 27, 2018.(Photo: Reese Strickland/Special to the Register)
Bob Seger pumped his fists in the air as his 14-piece band drove home the final notes of a two-hour set.
Finishing the final chorus to “Rock and Roll Never Forgets,” he flashed a smile and delivered a jovial salute before disappearing behind the Wells Fargo Arena stage — a passionate conclusion to the last time Iowans should see this road-worn Midwestern staple on a Des Moines stage.
“Remember, it never forgets,” he bellowed behind a voice raspy from the night’s performance and the five decades of touring that preceded it.
And the thousands who joined him in saying “farewell” won’t forget the rock ‘n’ roll he brought them, either.
Seger played to roughly 12,100 old time rock ‘n’ roll fans Tuesday night in downtown Des Moines, the third show in a seven-month “Travelin’ Man” retirement tour from the 73-year-old Michigan native. He brought a 21-song set to Wells Fargo Arena, his first stop in Iowa’s capital city since playing the same venue in 2011.
Ramblin’ Gamblin’ in Iowa: Like Creedence Clearwater Revival’s popularity before him or John Mellencamp’s after, classic rock airwaves stitched Seger’s songs into generations raised in America’s heartland. His meat-and-potatoes rock captures the time-tested magic of small town main streets and summer romances; the kind of music passed down at homecoming parades and played awkwardly at middle school dances.
And, for Tuesday’s audience, Seger’s final show on that lonesome highway east of Omaha meant celebrating one more time the working class soundtrack that Baby Booming fathers proudly passed down to Millennial sons.
“Still the Same,” “Mainstreet,” “Roll Me Away” — each came delivered by Seger sitting with an acoustic guitar or hunched behind his microphone (the singer previously postponed Tuesday’s show in 2017 due to emergency spinal surgery).
He told stories between songs, entertaining with anecdotes on “We’ve Got Tonight” being his mother’s favorite track or his love for R&B influencing “Come to Poppa.”
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“Back in 1970, I wrote this song in a little motel, one of those kind of motels that if you open the door, you’re outside,” Seger said, introducing “Turn the Page.” “We recorded it in ‘71 in Oklahoma … and the rest was history.”
He dedicated his newest numbers to California firefighters (2014’s “The Fireman’s Talking”) and longtime friend Glenn Frey, who died in 2016 (2017’s “I’ll Remember You).
Wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, Seger brought to life “Shame on the Moon,” a song he said the Silver Bullet Band hasn’t performed in 25 years. He took the set as far back as 1968 with “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man.”
He’d proudly pump his fists during jubilant choruses — “Old Time Rock & Roll” or “Travelin’ Man” — with the audience carrying his sometimes fading voice. The show didn’t offer the flash or bang some expect with an arena ticket, but a backing screen did showcase nostalgic images of Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
More: What led to Ozzy Osbourne infamously biting the head off a bat in Des Moines?
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band play Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo: Reese Strickland/Special to the Register)
Des Moines never forgets: Closing the initial set with “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” Seger and company returned for what would be a double encore (as one could only expect from a rock ‘n’ roller’s final run).
It’s in the double encore that Seger offered his career’s most celebrated songs: “Against the Wind” into “Hollywood Nights” followed by “Night Moves” into “Rock and Roll Never Forgets.” Rising again to their feet, the audience clapped, danced and sang with Seger as he belted “Workin’ on our night moves” — a heartfelt “goodbye” to Iowa’s page in his musical story.
“Thank you, Des Moines,” he said. “Thank you so much.”
Bob Seger set list
Face the Promise
Still the Same
The Fire Down Below
The Fireman’s Talking
Shame on the Moon
Like A Rock
You’ll Accomp’ny Me
Travelin’ Man/Beautiful Loser
I’ll Remember You
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Woman out $800 on rental trailer she never received
A Fargo, North Dakota, woman who reserved an RV rental through RVshare.com, a company that lets you rent other people’s RVs, claims the company took her money but never delivered the RV and she is now out $800, reports Valley News Live.
“I’m not asking for anyone to compensate my time that was ruined, I’m just asking for my monetary money to be back,” Cheri Bjerken said.
Bjerken was looking for a trailer to rent last week to take to her family reunion. With a tight deadline, she picked a camper and decided to book it immediately, charging about $800 to her credit card. But when days went by without hearing back from the owner of the RV, Bjerken reached out to the site’s help desk but the company did not respond.
Bjerken says she missed out on a day of her reunion and had to shell out $800 more to rent an RV on a different website.
Cody Krueger is the owner of the RV Bjerken paid to rent, but he says he never got a notification or had accepted the rental request.
“I don’t feel that you should be able to book something from somebody without talking to the owner. I had no idea that RV Share had already taken her money,” Krueger said.
Krueger says owners don’t get paid until a few days after the RV is returned, so he hasn’t seen any of Bjerken’s money. However, he says he tried all afternoon to get her a refund.
Finally late Tuesday afternoon, Cheri Bjerkin says she got an email from RV Share that she will be refunded her $850 later this week. But she says she’s not budging until the company also reimburses her for the other RV she had to rent.
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Reimburse her for the first trailer, yes……but pay for her second one? NO WAY!!
She would be getting a ‘free ride’ and thats ridiculous.
Sounds like she should get her $$ back … but NOT a free ride on the second one.
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If she did in fact pay with a credit card she will get reimbursed. She just needed to contact her card company to dispute the charge. I believe you have 90 days to do so.
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The South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) says legislation introduced in Victoria’s state parliament to ban onshore gas development including hydraulic fracturing, is poor policy and reflects decision making based on politics rather than science.
While the legislation is limited to Victorian activities, the decision sends a dangerous message globally which is inconsistent with the strong safety record and scientific facts of gas exploration and development technology and practices.
Rebecca Knol, CEO of the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy said “This legislation ignores the facts, science and over 40 years of demonstrated safe use of hydraulic fracturing technology in Australia, without impact on aquifers, or on the reputation and brand of agriculture.”
Numerous parliamentary and independent inquires have confirmed that the use of hydraulic fracturing is safe when managed according to global industry standards.
The technology in Australia is subject to strong risk based regulation and has been used successfully in the Cooper Basin for decades to advance the oil & gas industry, a key economic sector in South Australia and one that has provided substantial royalties and benefits to communities over many years. The Cooper Basin also maintains a world class reputation for organic beef, a shared land use with oil & gas production.
South Australia is globally renowned as a leader in world class regulation of the oil & gas industry.
Ms Knol said “Ill-informed public comments by leaders and deliberate fear campaigning by activists - not the oil & gas industry or technology – is what will damage the brand and reputation of agriculture in Australia.”
“Other jurisdictions need to look at the leadership of South Australia for basing good policy on science. Policy decisions motivated purely by politics are harmful to Australia and pose a threat to all industries.”
“Global energy demand is growing at an accelerating pace and while renewable energy is an expanding part of the energy mix, gas will continue to play a critical role in the transition to a low carbon economy.” Ms Knol said.
"The Australian petroleum industry has an excellent track record of safely extracting oil & gas for significant economic benefit under one of the best practice regulatory systems in the world. Furthermore, new technology and learnings continue to make the industry safer for people and the environment.”
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Marquez laughs last with San Marino MotoGP win
Spaniard finishes ahead of Fabio Quartararo, compatriot Maverick Viñales
SAMAA | AFP - Posted: Sep 15, 2019 | Last Updated: 1 year ago
Posted: Sep 15, 2019 | Last Updated: 1 year ago
Spaniard Marc Marquez screamed with joy as he snatched victory on the final lap at the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday to close in on a sixth MotoGP world title.
The 26-year-old Spaniard said his motivation had been high after his spat with local hero Valentino Rossi in qualifying on Saturday.
“I knew there was no need to win because (Andrea) Dovizioso was far behind but what happened yesterday (Saturday) in qualifying gave me extra motivation and winning today was the best way to answer,” said Marquez.
Marquez and Rossi both insisted the other had deliberately ruined his chance to start on pole position as they pushed for the best time on the final lap in qualifying.
Honda rider Marquez, starting on the second row, matched Rossi with a third MotoGP win in Misano, finishing ahead of France’s Fabio Quartararo, on a Yamaha-SRT, who had the lead for most of the race.
Pole sitter Maverick Vinales completed the podium for Yamaha.
Marquez now has a 93-point lead on Italian Ducati rider Dovizioso with six races left this season. Dovizioso finished sixth on Sunday in front of his home crowd.
Seven-time MotoGP world champion Rossi — who last won in Misano in 2014 — finished fourth 12.660sec behind Marquez after starting from the third row.
“At the end I just decided to go for it,” said Marquez, after his seventh win this season after being pipped on the line in the last two races at Silverstone and the Dutch GP. “Having lost two races on the last corner burned a bit. Fabio, however, is ready to win a race and, starting next year, fight for the championship. now I can say that it is very nice to win in Italy.”
Marquez has now won 77 Grand Prix races in all categories to overtake British legend Mike Hailwood, who competed in the 1960s.
The Spaniard has won 51 MotoGP races, 16 Moto2 and 10 Moto3 — and is fourth overall behind Giacomo Agostini (122), Rossi (115) and Angel Nieto (90).
“It was a very tough race,” said Quartararo, 20, who has now achieved four podium finishes in his first season. “It was the first time that I battled like that with Marquez.”
Marquez claims a sixth win in Misano and third in the MotoGP category after 2015 and 2017. He matches Rossi’s record of three wins at the San Marino MotoGP.
Suzuki’s Alex Rins, winner in Silverstone, lost his third place in the championship standings after crashing out of the race, with the next round at home in Valencia next weekend.
In Moto2, Spaniard Augusto Fernandez also snatched victory on the final lap to make it back-to-back wins after Silverstone.
The 21-year-old Kalex rider’s audacious overtaking move on the final lap gave him victory over Italian pole sitter Fabio di Giannantonio.
Spain’s Alex Marquez — younger brother of Marc Marquez — consolidated his overall world championship lead by finishing third.
In Moto3, Japan’s Tatsuki Suzuki started on pole to claim his maiden victory after a thrilling seven-rider battle at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, near Rimini in eastern Italy.
Suzuki’s victory was charged with emotion as he races for the team of Italian Paolo Simoncelli, whose son Marco died after an accident in 2011, with the Misano circuit named in his honour.
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The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising
Professor Gilbert Achcar (SOAS)
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road, Oxford
Gilbert Achcar will assess and discuss the latest developments in the Arab region with a special focus on Syria, on the occasion of the publication of his recent book with Saqi (2013). This event was... Read more
Modern Middle Eastern Studies Colloquia : DPhil lunchtime series
Yoni Furas (St Antony’s College), Edward McAllister (St Antony’s College)
25 November 2013 - 12:45pm
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre’s main reading room
The lunchtime series will be held during term time on Mondays from 12.45 pm on uneven weeks at the Middle East Centre’s main reading room. Attendance is open to all students, researchers and... Read more
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Adel Iskandar, Georgetown University, Jadaliyya
Middle Eastern Studies Research Colloquium
Şeyma Afacan (Dphil candidate in Oriental Studies, St Antony’s College), Will Clegg (Dphil candidate in History, Balliol College), Leonardo Davoudi (Dphil candidate in History, St. Antony's College), Servet Erdem (Dphil candidate in Oriental Studies, St Antony's College), Graham Jevon (Dphil candidate in History, St. Antony's College), Maziyar Ghiabi (Mphil candidate in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, St. Antony's College), Julia Ley (Mphil candidate in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, St. Antony's College)
Ertegun House, 37A St. Giles’, Oxford University of Oxford
Ertegun House, the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College and Oxford Middle East Studies Graduate Group are pleased to announce the second ‘Middle Eastern Studies Research Colloquium’. We invite... Read more
The 36th Annual George Antonius Lecture: “The Arab Republics of Authoritarianism”
Professor Joseph Sassoon (Georgetown University)
62 Woodstock Road, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
There will be a reception after the lecture
The Gulf, Asia and the Indian Ocean; Shifts in interests, New Alignments
Professor Tim Niblock Exeter University
The Decline of Egypt's Urban Cosmopolitanism: A Pre-Nasserite Affair
Dr Alexander Kazamias (University of Coventry)
A fascinating new reading of the history of the Greek, Italian, Jewish and other European communities in interwar and post-independence Egypt.
Egypt's 2011 Revolution and the Rule of the Muslim Brotherhood
Dr Ashraf El-Sherif, American University in Cairo, Ibrahim Hodeiby (Former Muslim Brother, writer and activist), Dr Hazem Kandil, Cambridge University, Abdel Moneim Mahmoud (Former Muslim Brother, writer and activist)
A two panel conference offering a rare opportunity to debate with insiders and experts the fortunes of Egypt's 2011 revolution since the coming to power of the Muslim Brotherhood, and implications... Read more
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Mr Hammadi Jebali (Prime Minister of Tunisia 2011 - 13)
Prime Minister of Tunisia 2011-13 Leading Figure in An-Nahda Party Former Political Prisoner Photographs by Naysan Rafati Mr Hammadi Jebali and Dr Michael Willis
Rethinking the Long 19th Century in the Ottoman Empire
Prof. Benjamin Fortna (SOAS, University of London)
11 May 2013 - 10:00am
One-Day Graduate Workshop in Ottoman Studies at the University of Oxford Organized by the Ottoman Studies Group at Oxford, in cooperation with Ertegun House and the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s... Read more
Ethical Limits to Artistic Expression? Islamic Perspective
Jasser Auda (Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Qatar), Zarqa Nawaz (Creator of Canadian TV series Little Mosque on the Prairie, Canada), Jonas Otterbeck (Lund University, Sweden)
1 May 2013 - 6:30pm
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Professor Susan Miller (University of California)
Gaza at the heart of contemporary Palestine
Jean-Pierre Filiu (Sciences Po, Paris)
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Michael Willis, Marilyn Booth, Paul Starkey, Mohamed Mahmoud, Roger Allen, Sabry Hafez, Derek Hopwood, Robin Ostle
25 March 2013 - 10:00am to 26 March 2013 - 2:00pm
62 Woodstock Road, Hilda Besse Bdg, St Antony's College
Colloquium in Honour of Mustafa Badawi. (All sessions, including dinner, will be in the Fellows’ Dining Room in the Hilda Besse Building) MONDAY 25TH MARCH Chair: Derek Hopwood 10-00 Michael Willis... Read more
Will Yemen’s political transition succeed?
Nicholas Hopton (British Ambassador to Yemen)
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Vote Number: 27
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Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1968 to S.Amdt. 1963 to S.Amdt. 1676 to S. 1173
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit extension of inequitable ethanol subsidies.
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Shannon Group welcomes Government Route Development Fund
Thursday 10th October 2019: Shannon Group has welcomed the announcement in Budget 2020 of increased connectivity funds for Tourism Ireland to assist airlines with route development at regional airports.
Commenting on the announcement Mary Considine, Acting CEO, Shannon Group said: “We welcome the Government’s recognition of the importance of air connectivity into regions and the critical role this plays in driving economic growth. The increase in route development funds for Tourism Ireland is welcome and something Shannon Group has strongly advocated for some time. We are grateful to our regional stakeholders for their support in lobbying on this issue. The recent Copenhagen Economics report commissioned by Limerick Chamber and supported by Shannon, Ennis and Galway Chambers also provided strong endorsement for a route development fund along with other measures which will be needed to develop connectivity for the region, particularly European hub connectivity.
“We continually work with our airlines partners to explore all opportunities to expand the range of air services at Shannon and these additional funds will make airports in the regions, including Shannon, a more attractive proposition for airlines.
“We are operating in a very competitive international aviation environment, it will be important that all stakeholders continue to work together to ensure that we can deliver increased connectivity. “As the fund has just been announced, it remains to be seen how it will work and we will now be engaging with Tourism Ireland to understand how the funds can be accessed.”
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MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA | OCTOBER 2019
In Partnership with Patrón Tequila
It felt so good to be back in California for the fourth dinner of the Secret Supper-Roca Patrón Series, after all, we are biased to the West Coast!
The day before the Supper, after doing a site visit at Living Farm Circle to confirm the layout for the big evening, we went on a short road trip to Watsonville in search of fresh eucalyptus and olive branches. Then we hit the farmers market to find fresh goods for our tablescape. Later that evening, we gathered at a small, Italian restaurant in Carmel Valley where we enjoyed a family style meal and toasted to the amazingly chaotic day to come.
In the early morning, we drove the winding road up to Tularcitos Ridge, at the very top of the hill, where a farm was about to become the perfect space to dine in nature. When we set our eyes on Monterey, we knew we wanted to go in the opposite direction of the–probably highly expected–California coast. We were excited when we found this incredible area that was so close to the ocean, but still felt so remote!
We set the table up in the valley which featured vast views of the rolling hills and it was impressive to think that just on the other side, Big Sur unfolded. As we were setting the table, chef Nelson German from alaMar and his team arrived at the location. From the moment they started their kitchen setup, we were in awe of chef Nelson’s ability to lead his team in such a soothing manner as they prepared for service.
Many hikes up and down the hill later, the time to welcome our guests came and after the short trek to the cocktail area, they were greeted with a fun and refreshing cocktail by incredible mixologist, Robin Wolf. The three different expressions of Roca Patrón–Silver, Reposado, and Añejo–were mixed impeccably with Mexican lager and other fresh ingredients from the bounty of California. Chef Nelson served coconut shrimp, bacalao, and mussels, a delicious trio of seafood that was only the start of a wonderful feast!
After a brief introduction to the evening, guests made their way to a dining table full of farmers market finds that included several types of juicy dates, figs, and plums! As the sun set slowly, giving way to a gorgeous purple-tainted sky, Dungeness crab followed by grilled prawns and Gulf lobster all made an appearance at the table in the form of unique and comforting dishes paired thoughtfully with Roca Patrón cocktails. A mouthwatering coconut banana pudding and a cocktail featuring Roca Patrón Añejo and Patrón XO Café for dessert was the perfect way to end the dining experience.
Amidst live guitar, chatter, and laughter the evening came to a close. Although this Supper definitely came with some logistical challenges, the perfect views from Tularcitos Ridge and the feeling of seclusion were definitely worth it. We loved every moment of our return to California; we will never tire of reveling in its bounty and admiring its beauty!
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Last fall we created a series of dinners in partnership with Roca Patrón, to bring our intentional dining experiences to new and exciting places. In doing so, we proudly supported sustainable agriculture, a cause we strongly believe in.
Rooted in sustainability and craftsmanship, the Secret Supper-Roca Patrón Series incorporated our known and loved communal dinners and Patrón’s artisanal time-honored “tahona” made tequila, Roca Patrón.
With similar brand ethos and sustainability at the forefront, Patrón is dedicated to limiting the environmental impact of their tequila production and holds sustainable practices in the highest regard. The best part of it all? 100% of proceeds from ticket sales benefited the Savory Institute, an organization that works on the large scale regeneration of the world’s grasslands to address desertification, climate change, and food and water insecurity.
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Cardi B has been ALL OVER the internet lately, from expletive-filled rants to winning Grammys to adorable Kulture videos.
We just can't get enough, never let it end Cardi. You're a treasure to us all. Except when she gets really X-rated with her hubby Offset (cheater, cheater, compulsive eater). We ain't here for that.
After making history for being the first woman ever win Best Rap Album at the Grammys last Sunday, Cardi has announced a brand new single is being released today with Bruno Mars.
NEW SONG THIS FRIDAY! pic.twitter.com/OS3Xtf0rnn
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) February 14, 2019
While we're delighted that the rap goddess is collaborating again with her Finesse singing partner Bruno, we did NOT need the Valentine's video with Offset.
Basically, the 26-year-old posted a Valentine's Day video featuring her husband, while playing a clip of her new song (which sounds like a banger).
It essentially involves her Migos lover grinding against her head (yes, seriously) while she mouths the words of her own rap in the song. Help.
PLEASE ME OUT NOW !!!!! CARDI B X BRUNO MARS ….HAPPY VALENTINES DAY WE GETTING REAL FUCKING FREE TONIGHT pic.twitter.com/PqXWyrAqJR
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) February 15, 2019
She captioned the video; "PLEASE ME OUT NOW! CARDI B AND BRUNO MARS…HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, WE GETTING REAL F*CKING FREE TONIGHT."
We're not exactly sure what that means, so we asked Google Translate.
They didn't know either, but suggested Cardi is just expressing excitement for sexual contact with her husband on Valentine's Day and the release of her new single with Bruno. Seems legit.
This what happens when you throw in my face that she said papa firstnow she can’t stop saying mama @OffsetYRN HA pic.twitter.com/sSiCU9L78I
If anyone need an injection of cuteness, make sure to watch their daughter Kulture say 'mama' over and over, while Offset tries to make her say 'papa'. It's just so pure.
Posting to Twitter, she teased Offset about their baby's favourite word; "This what happens when you throw in my face that she said papa first; now she can’t stop saying mama."
We have to hand it to Cardi, she always provides the entertainment factor.
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‘Lift her up and honour her’ Lady Gaga defends Cardi B’s Grammy win
Lady Gaga has spoken out against the backlash regarding Cardi B's historic Grammy win for Best Rap Album.
The Joanne artist took to Twitter to express her pride in the Bodak Yellow rapper, who is the first solo woman to ever win the accolade.
Praising the rap star and social media personality, Gaga wrote;
"It is so hard to be a woman in this industry. What it takes, how hard we work through the disrespectful challenges, just to make art. I love you Cardi. You deserve your awards."
It is so hard to be a woman in this industry. What it takes, how hard we work through the disrespectful challenges, just to make art. I love you Cardi. You deserve your awards. Let’s celebrate her fight. Lift her up & honor her. She is brave. pic.twitter.com/lunY27vn3E
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 13, 2019
She concluded by telling her fans to "celebrate her fight. Lift her up & honoor her", calling Cardi "brave" for entering an industry which is notoriously difficult for women.
Cardi B was also pregnant with baby Kulture Kiara while recoding Invasion of Privacy, and worked tirelessly for months to finish it. The rapper has faced criticism over her Grammy win, with some claiming she is undeserving.
The duo became instant pals after meeting at the Grammy, after Cardi approached the A Star Is Born actress and legit fan-girled.
In 2016, Cardi tweeted about the Mother Monster's huge impact on her life: "When I was a teenager lady Gaga changed my life," she wrote. "She inspired me to be myself & be different." Gaga replied "Love you girl."
A @ladygaga x @iamcardib moment !!!! pic.twitter.com/iPMOFXx5Kj
— Jeremy Copeland (@RealJCopeland) February 11, 2019
Cardi beat Travis Scott, Pusha T, Nipsey Hussle and Mac Miller in her category for the Best Rap Album Grammy, with Ariana Grande tweeting her disappointment that her deceased ex-boyfriend Mac Miller didn't win posthumously.
The rapper thanked her fans on Sunday night, and then uploaded then deleted an expletive-laden clip defending her hard work on Invasion of Privacy.
"You know what, it's not my style for people to put other people down to uplift somebody else. That's not my style and that's not what I'm with and I don't support that, however I've been taking a lot of sh*t today," Cardi told the camera.
A post shared by Cardi B & Beyoncé Updates (@beycardib) on Feb 12, 2019 at 10:08pm PST
She continued; "I'm seeing a lot of bullsh*t today and I saw a lot of sh*t last night and I'm sick of this sh*t. I work hard for my mother f*cking album."
She referred to last year's criticism, which was supportive of her in comparison to this year;
"Everybody was like, 'Cardi got snubbed! Cardi got snubbed!' Now this year's a f–king problem? My album went two times platinum my n*gga and every chart that there was my album was always top ten, number one album as well!"
A post shared by THEPINKCHAT.COM (@thepinkchat) on Feb 11, 2019 at 2:45pm PST
Cardi's baby Kulture was born on July 10 last year, and fell pregnant while creating the winning album;
"I f–king worked my a– off, locked myself in the studio for three months my n—a and then went to sleep in my own bed sometimes for four days straight—pregnant!" she said about it.
"Some songs couldn't even get on the f–king album because my nose was so f–king stuffy from my pregnancy." Chance the Rapper was another artist who jumped to her defence, as well as J. Cole:
I listen to my album and I cry because I know the hell I went thruu doing the album is always a bittersweet memory. THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED ME AND LISTEN .Im thankful and grateful and again thank you to all the artist that gave me a feature . pic.twitter.com/XhYxwtj6Gl
Chance the Rapper called her victory "overly deserved," with J. Cole writing: "I don't never wanna be propped up by tearing somebody else down. Seeing Cardi B win a Grammy make me feel like I won."
Cardi re-tweeted the messages, saying;
"I listen to my album and I cry because I know the hell I went through doing the album is always a bittersweet memory," she typed alongside Chance's screenshot.
"THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED ME AND LISTEN. I'm thankful and grateful and again thank you to all the artist that gave me a feature."
i don’t never wanna be propped up by tearing somebody else down. Seeing Cardi b win a Grammy make me feel like I won. Same with jay rock and Anderson. I feel for Travis cuz he really deserved that acknowledgement as well, but his moment is way bigger than the awards could say
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) February 11, 2019
Lady Gaga has been outspoken about how difficult the music world is for women, saying at the Golden Globes: "As a woman in music it is really hard to be taken seriously."
The 32-year-old wrote her award-winning song Shallow about communication and having your voice heard;
"This song is a conversation between men and women. Asking each other questions about life and a desire for more depth of the shallowness of a modern era."
We LOVE seeing women support other women, keep it up Gaga.
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‘I’m sick of this sh*t’: Cardi B deletes her Insta over Grammys
Rap star and all-round hilarious legend Cardi B exploded at Instagram fans last night before disabling her profile altogether. We're DEVO.
The artist went on a rage-filled rant over the negative comments surrounding her Grammy Awards win; she was the first female solo artist to win Best Rap Album.
Apparently some felt she didn't deserve it, and she had some WORDS to say about the criticism, saying she "worked her ass off" to make Invasion of Privacy.
A post shared by PIPERBOYWILLIAMS (@piperboywilliams) on Feb 12, 2019 at 2:02am PST
She reminded fans that she was pregnant while making the hit album, which helped her to make history at Sunday's ceremony; "I'm sick of this sh*t."
"I work hard for my motherf*cking album. I remember last year when everyone was saying Cardi got snubbed but now there’s a problem? My album went two-times platinum my n***** in every chart that there was, my album was always Top 10."
"Number one album as well. I worked my ass off, locked myself in the studio for three months then went to sleep in my bed for four days straight – pregnant," she said.
A post shared by Itsathingthing (@itsathingthing) on Feb 12, 2019 at 2:01am PST
The star then deleted her entire Instagram profile, refusing to take any of the haters online. She made sure to thank her baby daughter Kulture in her Grammy acceptance speech, because her pregnancy gave her the motivation to finish the album.
"When I found out I was pregnant, my album wasn’t complete, I had three songs done. I had to shoot videos while I was still not showing. It was very long nights."
She posted a video thanking her fans and organisations for every single award she'd ever won, explaining that each is unique and special; "‘This sh*t is crazy," she said. "Every award is special to me, from Grammys, AMAs, Billboards, Nickelodeon, awards I get in another motherf*cking country, I don’t give a f*ck."
We hope the online community don't ruin her win for her, it's well-deserved and she's made HISTORY as a woman. Fair play, Cardi, you do you.
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Ariana Grande tweets and deletes as Mac Miller loses out at Grammys
2018 saw the tragic passing of rapper Mac Miller.
The musician died following what is understood to be an accidental drug overdose.
Tributes poured out for the artist after his passing, with many honouring his music as some of the best and most innovative of our time. His album Swimming, released before her passed away, was nominated for a Grammy this year in the Best Rap Album category.
A post shared by Mac (@macmiller) on Sep 6, 2018 at 12:22pm PDT
However, his album lost out to Cardi B, who took home the award on the night for her album Invasion of Privacy – the first ever woman to win the award in that category in Grammy history.
Ariana Grande was not in attendance on the night, after a disagreement she had with the shows' producers – however like all of us, she was watching the action and giving her feedback on Twitter.
The break up with your girlfriend, im bored singer lashed out via the social media app when Swimming did not take home the golden Gramophone.
A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Feb 10, 2019 at 4:13pm PST
According to Refinery29 and People, her first tweet after Cardi was announced as the winner in the Rap Album category was 'fuck,' followed by, 'trash,' and 'literal bullshit.'
Her tweets were quickly deleted, but not before fans let her know that they didn’t feel it was fair of her to hate on Cardi for her win.
Ari replied that it wasn’t Cardi she was upset with: ‘nothing to do w her. good for her. i promise. i’m sorry. She’s not [trash] at all and that’s not what i meant and u know that.'
She clarified that she was upset that Mac Miller’s parents were invited to the Grammys only to see their deceased son’s work lose.
Ariana Grande won her first Grammy Award on the night, for best pop vocal album for Sweetener.
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Pearlware Saucer
“Investigating the Heart of a Community: Archaeological Excavations at the African Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts.”
Cultural Resource Management Study No. 22
Figure 5.4
Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research.
University of Massachusetts Boston, page 82.
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Pearlware, like this saucer, accounted for about half of the ceramics found in the 2005 archaeological excavation at the African Meeting House. Many of the pearlware were hand painted and date back to before the 1840s. This saucer is hand painted with a polychrome floral design. Archaeologists found approximately 10 pearlware saucers in this dig. The total amount of ceramics found at the excavation could be a result of the public dinners at the African Meeting House or the tenancy of Domingo Williams.*
What do the numerous saucers and teacups found in the excavation tell you about community activities at the African Meeting House?
Are there any places in your life where you gather with friends, family, and your community? If there was an archaeological excavation there 100 years from now, what would archaeologists find?
* “Investigating the Heart of a Community: Archaeological Excavations at the African Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts.” Cultural Resource Management Study No. 22 by the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research. University of Massachusetts Boston, pages 79-86.
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Y&R Stars Look Back On Their Classic Digest Covers
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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
Eileen Davidson (Ashley, r.) 3/24/87 with Y&R co-stars Eric Braeden (Victor) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) “I remember other covers where I had much bigger hair than this. I was moving toward a more layered look. For this photo shoot, I was probably looking at my watch and wondering how quickly we could get the shot. I do know that dress came out of CBS stock. There were so many wardrobe choices but this was a pretty dress and I loved the color. Cover shoots were such big deals then. They would be catered and we would get a gift from Tiffany. I still have so many things that I got from Soap Opera Digest over the years.”
Doug Davidson (Paul) 8/23/88 with Nina Arvesen (ex-Cassandra) “Nina’s beautiful, isn’t she? She was a lot of fun and a great actress. I think this story of Paul and Cassandra was one of [Co-Creator/then-Head Writer] Bill Bell’s best because it had so many twists and turns. [Then-Executive Producer] Paul Rauch had contacted me to join him over at SANTA BARBARA, but there was no way I would jump ship after Bill made all the effort he put into my character. It was at the point I realized that I’m here to stay.”
Peter Bergman (Jack, far r.) 3/16/93 with (clockwise from r.) Scott, Jeanne Cooper (Katherine), Michael Damian (Danny) and Lauralee Bell (Cricket) “How lovely to see Jeanne looking so regal, and Melody and Lauralee just get more beautiful and there’s Michael with that wonderful smile. I was working with Mel a lot and that was an exciting time for me. When I first came to this job, I was convinced I could make it last for six months. I just wanted to get to L.A., set up my family and then I would get canned but at least we moved to L.A., where it’s easier to raise children. But the role changed my life in a big way. I had won Emmys in ’91 and ’92 and I felt honored to be on the anniversary cover because I was far and away the newest player on there, but it felt good that I was accepted as Jack.”
Jess Walton (Jill, top far l.) 12/20/94 with (clockwise) Lynn Herring (Lucy, GH), Louise Sorel (Vivian, DAYS) and Kimberlin Brown (ex-Sheila, B&B/Y&R) “I was certainly in good company. All those ladies played great villainesses. My high hair was in the days of Russell [Latham, hair stylist]. He told me I had the best hair because it was very fine and there was so much of it. My storyline at the time was when Jill was married to John, who had become impotent. Jill couldn’t be patient so she had really steamy sex on the couch with the contractor, Jed, played by Josh Taylor [Roman, DAYS]. I watched him when he first played Chris Kositchek and thought he was such a cutie. Whoever thought he would be my contractor!”
Sharon Case (Sharon) 7/16/96 with Joshua Morrow (Nick) “This is one of my all-time favorite covers! We were so young. It reminds me how much fun those photos shoots were. We’d have the same crew at those shoots with the photographer and hair and makeup, so it was nice to see them again. I really didn’t know how popular Nick and Sharon were because there was no social media then and we were still relatively new on the show. I remember being hopeful that this role would stick for me because my characters on GH [ex-Dawn] and ATWT [ex-Debbie] did not.”
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Portable Player Reviews
Apple iPod touch 5G and iPod nano 7G Multimedia Players
Chris Chiarella | Nov 16, 2012
Price: $299 (32GB), $399 (64GB)
At A Glance: Larger, wider "Retina" screen • Runs feature-packed iOS 6 • Faster processor, faster Wi-Fi, faster "Lightning" USB connector
At A Glance: Sleek, featherweight portable audio/video player • 2.5-inch 16:9 touchscreen • Includes Apple's nifty new EarPod headphones
Even as a forward-thinking teenager, when I dreamed of the marvels that ever-changing entertainment technology would bring us, I never thought that I would someday be watching an "HD" version of Jaws in the palm of my hand. But here I am, holding a feather-light, wafer-thin über-device, engrossed in Spielberg's timeless tale of an aquatic beast and the people who want to kill it.
In truth I have spent the last couple of weeks watching Jaws on two amazing new devices, the Apple iPod touch (fifth generation) and iPod nano (seventh generation). We'll start with the larger, fancier model, the touch, this newest iteration of the beloved portable media player managing to trump all of those that have come before. As a familiar point of reference for the physical form factor here, it has the same footprint as the new iPhone 5, but is thinner and with rounded edges.
touch The Future
The iPod touch is also significantly slimmer and lighter than its fourth-gen predecessor, yet it now packs a movie-perfect 16:9 aspect-ratio screen that also boasts drastically improved color saturation. The “Retina” display made its iPod debut with the fourth-generation touch, at the same 326ppi, but it has grown from 960-by-640 to 1136-by-640 resolution due to the increased screen width, when held in landscape mode. Held vertically, it is taller but no wider than before, so you can still do pretty much everything single-handedly. I hate myself for finding any fault with this streamlined design, but it's so light and slim that I find my oafish man-hands fumbling with it, so I do recommend a case such as the Mento-esque (hard plastic on the outside, soft gel on the inside) Cygnett PlayUp ($19). It added just enough girth that I felt more confident holding the player, and it capably protects against damage.
The new iPod touch arrives running Apple's iOS 6 mobile operating system, which brings a host of new features, some more subtle than others. Perhaps the most interesting is Siri, the interactive, voice-controlled virtual assistant which drew a lot of attention when she was introduced on the iPhone 4S. Yes, she can do all of the stuff you've seen in the TV commercials—finding nearby restaurants and such—but she can also call up local movie listings, when you want to venture outside your home theater. As a movie geek, I decided to test Siri's cinematic knowledge: She claims she hasn't seen that many movies, but ask if she has ever watched Star Wars, if she knows HAL, or what's the first rule of Fight Club, and you might be surprised at the wittiness of her answers.
Like all Apple gear I've reviewed, the iPod touch 5G is quick and easy to configure. I synched the device using my Apple ID so it has full access to my iTunes library of audio and video content. It also synchs with Apple's iCloud, to pull (and in some cases store) content in the cloud. The key here is the device's outstanding dual-band (2. 4GHz and 5GHz) Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) support. If you have the latest Apple TV (third generation) you can stream 1080p video wirelessly from the iPod touch to the television, in addition to displaying photos, playing games and more. AirPlay offers higher bandwidth than Bluetooth (also supported here) as well, so streamed audio will remain purer and sound better. iTunes and the App Store are both preloaded on the device, and I was able to download a copy of my 1080p version of Cabin in the Woods—all three-plus gigabytes of it—in less than an hour. Credit goes to the robust 802.11n connection provided by my Apple router, while the rechargeable lithium-ion battery suffered barely a ding.
Apple's entire mobile line appears to be moving away from the ubiquitous 30-pin cable and embracing the new "Lightning" format, which uses a smaller USB plug that works either side up. While not up to USB 3.0 data transfer speed standards, this USB 2.0 connector promises faster transfer than the 30-pin connector—handy when loading up the device with lots of content-to-go. While I was not able to give Lightning a 100 percent fair A/B comparison, I can say that it took 100 seconds to load a big honkin' two-and-a-quarter-gigabyte file (Watchmen in SD) from iTunes 10.7 onto the touch. The same movie needed an additional 45 seconds to transfer to my trusty iPhone 4 over the 30-pin cable, drag-and-drop, start-to-finish. (I used the USB 2.0 port on my desktop PC for both transfers.) For what it's worth, the new touch boots in about 16 seconds, almost twice as fast as the iPhone 4. Reportedly, it can also pass a 1080p signal over the new Lightning Digital AV Adapter, essentially a female HDMI dongle with Lightning pass-through.
The iPod touch 5G is available in two capacities, 32GB and 64GB ($299 and $399 respectively). While that might seem like plenty of storage, keep in mind that a two-hour opus like Jaws will commandeer about four-and-a-half gigabytes of real estate. As for resolution, the player decodes 1080p movies and TV shows at full resolution and downscales them on-the-fly for playback at 720p. The same applies to the touch’s iSight camera: video recorded at 1080p can be passed to other devices at full resolution but is displayed at 720p on the touch’s screen.
I keep harping on Jaws because I watched the restored Blu-ray several times this past summer, and am familiar with how amazing it looks. The wondrous clarity, the fine details, the organic colors, the rich shadows, the quirkiness of the grain structure: They’re all evident in this 1080p digital copy, even when the image is zoomed in to remove the black bars top and bottom. Worth noting, the "U" and the "L" of the Universal logo on this 2.39:1 classic still just fit on the 16:9 screen when I zoomed in. More recently, The Hunger Games delivered a stunning HD transfer for Blu-ray, and the image remains remarkably stable on the iPod touch, without distracting compression artifacts. And Pixar's Up is as digitally pure as ever, its elaborate textures perfectly rendered here. In short, the iPod touch is impossibly cinematic, even at a mere four inches.
Sonically, the touch brings with it a pair of Apple’s latest "EarPod" earbuds, which are crafted of a hard, smooth white plastic. They have a small exit with no covering or removable screen or soft eartip, leaving them generally easier to keep clean. And they don’t need to be wedged deeply in the ear to do their thing, rather they rest comfortably in their recommended position. This slightly looser design also allows you to hear more of the outside world, and the four ports on each earpiece are said to optimize air movement to enhance bass and midrange. An optional step-up pair of EarPods ($29) adds an inline remote control and microphone.
Listening to a variety of digital tracks, including some in the higher-resolution Apple Lossless format, I noticed that most of the audio fell into a broad midrange, which was full and pleasing. Thumping drums meanwhile have respectable low-end oomph, and strings—more often than not—seemed to have ample headroom. I experimented with the sound, putting my fingers over the tiny ports, as they do indeed make a subtle difference. Overall I would rate the sound quality of these earbuds a notch above the previous generation. The touch’s built-in speaker (side-firing when the touch is held in landscape mode) is welcome, and especially useful when using features like Siri.
I know what I want for Christmas!
Submitted by JimmyMackey on December 11, 2012 - 12:03pm
I have to admit the Retina display is a nice bonus feature with the new aspect ratio but not a reason to upgrade. I was pleased to see there are numerous changes and improvements to the 5G. I don’t watch a lot of movies like you do, but I do show pictures and play games. My DISH coworker has a new iPod 5G, which got me thinking about getting a new one. The increased processing power on the 5G model would be great for when I use my DISH Remote Access App for watching TV too. It’s sweet because I have my shows recorded on my DVR and use my DISH Sling Adapter to send the shows to my iPod so I can watch whenever I want to, like when I take the light rail to work.
About 75 percent of those who
Submitted by nuna on September 10, 2014 - 8:58am
About 75 percent of those who purchase an iPhone will also purchase a protective case, according to a study by ABI. Read more: http://bestapplecases.com/best-cool-ipod-touch-5g-cases/
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Adopted Plan
Stage 1: Pre-Draft
Stage 1 (Pre Draft) of the Plan making process is complete.
To initiate Stage 1 of the Plan making process, the Council prepared a booklet “A Vision for South Dublin’s Future” looking at the ‘big picture’ issues facing South County Dublin. (For a printable version of the booklet see below, otherwise click the link above for the readable version).
You may also wish to view a technical assessment of the County's profile found in the Background Issues Papers.
About Stage 1 - Pre Draft
The Pre Draft public consultation in relation to the review of the South Dublin County Council Development Plan ended on 31st October 2014. During Stage 1, submissions and observations were invited over an eight week period from 5th September 2014 to 31st October 2014.
The Council carried out the following public consultation:
Development of a dedicated County Development Plan website with provision for online submissions
Workshop with strategic stakeholders
Community Focused Workshops
Information evenings in Rathcoole, Rathfarnham, Lucan, Tallaght & Clondalkin
What has happened in Stage 1?
The issues raised in the submissions and observations received during the pre draft consultation were summarised in a Chief Executive’s Report (available here).
This report was submitted to the Elected Members for their consideration in December 2014. The Elected Members considered the report and submitted motions to direct the Chief Executive Officier regarding the preparation of the Draft Plan. Special Development Plan Council meetings were held on Thursday 12th February and Monday 16th February to discuss the motions and give direction to the Chief Executive Officer regarding the Plan.
The South Dublin County Council Draft Development Plan 2016-2022 was prepared by the Council over a 12 week period, beginning on February 16th 2015 and was considered by the Elected Members over a series of Special Development Plan Council meetings in June 2015.
The publishing of the Draft Plan began Stage 2 of the plan-making process and was available for inspection over a 10 week period between July 13th and September 24th 2015; submissions and observations with respect to the Draft Development Plan were received during this period.
Documents Related to Stage 1
The following documents are relevant for Stage 1.
A Vision for South Dublin's Future Booklet
A summary of the issues facing the County
Background Issues Papers
A technical assessment of the County's profile
Newspaper Notice
Notices were published in both The Irish Times and in The Echo newspapers
Chief Executive Report on Pre Plan Consultation
The Chief Executives Report on Pre Plan Consultation was submitted to South Dublin County Council on December 19th 2014
Variation No. 4 and No.5 Made
Variation No.4 & No.5
On 9th December 2019, South Dublin County Council made Variations to the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2016-2022 in accordance with the recommendations in the Chief Executive's Report. The variations are effective from December 8th 2019.
Public Consultation on Proposed Variation No.4 & No.5
On 7th October 2019, public consultation commenced on Proposed Variation No. 4 – Alignment with Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) and Proposed Variation No.5 - Outdoor Advertising. Written submissions or observations can be made in writing to the SEO, Land Use Planning and Transportation Dept, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 or online at SDCC Consultation Portal no later than 4th November 2019.
Variation No.3 to South Dublin County Development Plan 2016-2022
Variation to South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2016-2022
On May 7th 2019, South Dublin County Council made a Variation to the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2016-2022. This variation is effective from May 7th 2019 and includes for a zoning amendment to lands at Naas Road/ Ballymount and a revised text to Specific Local Objective CS6 SLO 1.
If you have any queries in relation to the preparation of the plan, please get in touch with us.
County Development Plan Team,
Land Use Planning & Transportation Department,
South Dublin County Council,
County Hall,
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