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Love You So
Love You So Hard Summary
Craig Elson’s life has hit rock bottom. Even though he’s one of the best strategic planners around, a more confident guy takes credit for his work, and despite being a good-looking man, he suffers insults from the slimiest creep at the bar. Taking care of his beloved mom, who has Alzheimer’s, uses all his funds, leaving him in a plain, depressing car...and a plain, depressing life.
Until he sees gorgeous grad student Jesse Randall and his T-shirt that reads “I Would Bottom You So Hard”. The message seeps into Craig’s soul, and he asks Jesse to teach him to top.
Jesse’s had his eye on the quiet hottie who comes into the coffee shop, and he’s more than eager to perfect his tutoring. He sets out to get Craig a new job, a new apartment, and a new life so far outside plain and depressing that it’s unrecognizable.The problem is, Craig loves his lessons - and his teacher - too much to want to graduate. How can Craig reach the top without losing his sassy bottom?
©2018 Tara Lain (P)2018 Dreamspinner Press
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Love You So Hard
The Love You So Stories, Book 1
By: Tara Lain
Narrated by: Ry Forest / Stephen Kurpis (Vitruvian Sound)
Craig Elson’s life has hit rock bottom. Even though he’s one of the best strategic planners around, a more confident guy takes credit for his work, and despite being a good-looking man, he suffers insults from the slimiest creep at the bar. Taking care of his beloved mom, who has Alzheimer’s, uses all his funds, leaving him in a plain, depressing car...and a plain, depressing life. Until he sees gorgeous grad student Jesse Randall and his T-shirt that reads “I Would Bottom You So Hard”. The message seeps into Craig’s soul, and he asks Jesse to teach him to top.
By Maggie Hodierne on 09-08-18
Love You so Madly
Narrated by: Ry Forest, Stephen Kurpis (Vitruvian Sound) - producer
Ben Shane has it all...but his engagement to one of America’s wealthiest men leaves him feeling more like a trophy wife than a valued partner. The first warning that his relationship might not be designed to last is his irresistible lust for Dusty Kincaid, the golden-haired, bright-eyed handyman for his company. Though Dusty is odd for a 23-year-old - no liquor, no sugar, and he can’t even drive - the more Ben gets to know Dusty, the more he admires him. But is Ben going to give up a guy who drives a Ferrari for one who takes the bus?
Love You So Special
Narrated by: Ry Forest
Artie Haynes knows he’s nothing special, with just-your-regular-brown hair, a solid plumber’s job, not much education, and a family that can barely get off the couch. But Artie has quirks - like his love of tropical fish, a landlord who’s a professor of existentialism, a passion for the amazing piano music he hears at a concert hall while he’s fixing the bathrooms - and the fact that he’s never come out as gay and probably never will. But when he’s hired to build a guesthouse for the pianist whose music enchanted him, Artie is swept up into an unimaginable world.
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ciorstan
By: Garth Nix
Narrated by: Tim Curry
Ever since she was a tiny child, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the random power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who won't stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorsen, is missing, and to find him Sabriel must cross back into that world.
A world worth knowing
By Josiah on 24-02-2017
Good book, bad narrator
Reviewed: 30-04-2020
The book was an engaging and suspenseful pleasure, however the person reading should have been a girl. Tim Curry did his best, but the book is supposed to be from Sabriels’ point of view and I didn’t get that feeling with Tim. He just kind of made our heroine sound like a snooty aristocrat, not good for someone you’re supposed to like.
Darker Than You Think
By: Jack Williamson
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
Who is the Child of Night? That’s what small-town reporter Will Barbee must find out. Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, he soon finds himself embroiled in something far beyond mortal understanding. Doggedly pursuing his investigations, he meets the mysterious and seductive April Bell and starts having disturbing, tantalizing dreams in which he does terrible things - things that are stranger and wilder than his worst nightmares. Then his friends begin dying one by one, and he slowly realizes that an unspeakable evil has been unleashed.
Classic tale
By ciorstan on 26-01-2020
Darker than you think had such a modern feel for a book originally copyrighted so long ago. Brilliant subtle writing.
Hard Day's Knight
Black Knight Chronicles, Book 1
By: John G. Hartness
Narrated by: Nick J. Russo
This is not your ordinary fall weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina. Vampire private detectives Jimmy Black and Greg Knightwood have been hired to save a client from being cursed for all eternity, but end up in a bigger mess than they ever imagined. Suddenly trapped in the middle of a serial kidnapping case, Jimmy and Greg uncover a plot to bring forth an ancient evil. Soon, they've enlisted the help of a police detective, a priest, a witch, a fallen angel, and a strip club proprietor to save the world.
Badly written, poor characters
By emmoff on 17-11-2016
Fun and fast moving
I like this series. It’s ridiculous, fast paced and firmly tongue in cheek. As with a lot of this author’s work, it’s candy floss for people who enjoy urban fantasy and have watched far too many bad horror films.
Moving In Series Box Set Books 1 - 6
Supernatural Horror with Scary Ghosts and Haunted Houses
By: Ron Ripley
Narrated by: Thom Bowers
"Iron...and...salt," whispers the old man. The dead old man. "Hurry or it will be too late...." In a bid to escape the stresses of city life, Brian Roy moves his family out into the country, a decision that will forever thrust him into the chilling world of ghosts.... This digital box set contains all of the six thrilling supernatural novels in this best-selling series.
Well paced page turners
These are six good ghost stories with con Tường characters. Not deep literature but good fun.
An Alex Verus Novel
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Life is quiet for Alex Verus. Amazing. With a flat full of friends (and the occasional fish) and business booming, why not enjoy the humdrum here and now? But of course that's too good to be true. In a sudden and cruel pincer movement of fate, Alex finds himself fighting a sinister and powerful gang as well as his own demons - for the same crime. Held hostage by the choices of his past, Alex's future is now in jeopardy....
I am a burger
I didn't expect this story to end the Way it did. The moral dilemma Alex verus faces is very interesting.
The Never Game
Colter Shaw Thriller, Book 1
By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
A killer is changing the rules. One murder at a time. You wake up all alone, in the middle of a forest, miles from anywhere. Beside you lie five objects - a lighter, grease, picture-frame wire, a piece of silk, a bottle of water - which you will need to use if you want to survive. You’ve been taken by the Whispering Man, and there is no escape. He makes the rules, and nobody ever gets out alive. Enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw is fighting to stop the murders. But another victim has been snatched from her family, and he’s running out of time.
By Angela McGown on 08-01-2020
Great new series
I really enjoyed the first book in this new Jeffrey Deaver series. Looking forward to the next..
Dead Girl
By: Craig L. Nybo
Narrated by: Craig Nybo
A half-century-old curse lies over the small community of Ridgewater ever since Sarah Chase died in a car accident during a teen-angst-driven game of chicken back in 1962. She perished in the back seat of a 1961 Impala, accompanied by a group of boys who called themselves "the big four". She screamed as the car careened through a guardrail and plunged into the icy river water beneath. The four boys survived. Sarah did not.
Great modern witch story
This is a nicely spooky fast paced tale with elements of the Night Stalker meets Stephan King's Christine.
The Haunted Series Omnibus
The Haunted Series Collection, Book 1
By: Patrick Logan
Narrated by: Michael Pauley
Contains the first three books in the best-selling The Haunted Series: Shallow Graves, The Seventh Ward, and Seaforth Prison.
Great holiday reading
This is great fast-paced urban fantasy. Also, with three books for the price of one, who can resist?
By: Craig Nybo
Monster hunter isn't in the job description when Kurt McCammus, a Los Angeles homicide detective, leaves the big city and all its violence behind to take a job as chief of police in DePalma Beach. He falls in love with the clean air and peaceful community - that's until a local rancher finds 50 heads of sheep mutilated on his spread.
Rip roaring read
This is a terrific monster story. Set in a small US town with big monster issues. Likeable characters. Scary monsters.
Split the Party
Spells, Swords, & Stealth Series #2
By: Drew Hayes
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
Fleeing from a vengeful king has sent the former NPCs across Solium's borders, into the kingdom of Alcatham. As wanted fugitives, they head to the small farming village of Briarwillow, hoping to blend in, lay low, and avoid trouble at all costs. Unfortunately, Briarwillow has problems all its own, and its troubles quickly become theirs. If they hope to survive long enough to escape, they'll have to tackle an all-but-forgotten mystery buried at the town's border as well as seek the wisdom of a mysterious group of mages.
Love the allure!
I think this book was good because of its characters, who are diverse and loveable as well as the general setting, theme and ending. However I think that the in between was a bit off and uninteresting in places like when they were coming in at the beginning. I recommend this book to all role players or there.🤠please write more and let the two character sets meet👏🏻
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Going green: how a historic communal garden can add more than 40% to the value of your property
21 May 2018, The Daily Mail
By Graham Norwood
London’s garden squares are legendary.
No other city in the world has quite so many — and they never cease to astonish tourists, particularly Americans, who go all wobbly at the knees if they ever get to visit them.
English Heritage says there are 600 garden squares in the capital, mostly in Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, though there are others in less affluent areas such as Lambeth and Hackney.
Green space: Sussex Square is part of the Kemp Town Enclosures in Brighton
But beautiful communal gardens exist all around the country — and they come into their own at this time of year.
Buying agency Black Brick has calculated that premiums for homes with access to such spaces range from 20 per cent to more than 40 per cent.
Many of the best-known gardens (and not only those in London) are surrounded by period buildings, typically Georgian and Victorian properties built when relatively low-density housing and leafy open spaces were part and parcel of urban living.
Buildings were often constructed in crescents, terraces and squares, but inevitably not every home could have a southerly aspect — so a communal area gave residents a chance to enjoy the sun.
In Bristol, for example, Georgian terraces at Clifton Village have communal gardens located in between them and it’s the same in Edinburgh, where several garden squares and communal gardens are privately run, and securely gated.
Keys can be bought by residents for about £100 a year.
In Brighton, the Kemp Town Enclosures provide six acres of landscaped gardens with an extra perk — a private tunnel under the main road leading straight on to the beach.
Sussex Square forms part of the Enclosures, where a three-bedroom flat is listed at £595,000 with Winkworth.
‘Most of the grand houses around it are now converted into apartments and they sell for at least 15 per cent more than other similar properties nearby,’ according to Alexandra Hearn, from estate agency Mishon Mackay.
It’s a similar story in Cambridge, though many of its green spaces are owned by the university, with passes available for local residents to buy.
Terrace life: You have a private terrace and courtyard garden as well as access to communal gardens with this four-bedroom flat in Clifton Village
‘The city’s densely packed in the centre, so developments with a private communal green space are rare,’ says Oliver Rivers, in the local branch of agency Strutt & Parker.
‘Buyers see them as a huge benefit.’
In Bath, there are several communal gardens like the one in St James’s Square, close to the famous Royal Crescent.
‘While five-storey Georgian townhouses have their own city gardens, there’s no doubt the central garden square is a particular draw to buyers,’ says David Mackenzie, of Carter Jonas.
Then there are London’s communal gardens with addresses such as Eaton Square, Chester Square, Cadogan Square and Belgrave Square — all among the most sought after and expensive addresses in the capital.
One reason why so many communal gardens still exist here, despite the pressure to build, is that more than 400 are protected in the London Squares Preservation Act of 1931, which prevented the capital going the same way as other town and city centres when planners championed tower blocks in the Sixties.
Coastal abode: This five-bedroom Regency house comes with three self-contained apartments. All have sea views and access to private gardens
Now some modern house builders are trying to create 21st-century versions.
The results are mixed. Some high-end developments, such as Wycombe Square in London’s Holland Park and the new Chelsea Barracks scheme, have spacious communal gardens.
Other new developments are less tempting — for example, Debbie Foenander from the Mullucks Wells estate agency in the Home Counties knows of one commuter town where modern flats directly open on to communal gardens.
‘There would be nothing to stop another owner putting their deckchair immediately outside your door,’ she cautions.
Unsurprisingly, modern homes with communal gardens tend not to have the kudos of traditional homes.
‘New developments can never really replace the prestigious garden squares, which will always command a premium for their exclusivity,’ says Camilla Dell, of Black Brick.
However, even period properties with communal gardens can have their downsides.
First, the service charge to maintain the gardens is typically in the control of the freeholder or the firm responsible for the open space, so could, in theory, rise considerably.
Second, there can be strict rules over usage — many do not allow barbecues, for example, or have to be closed relatively early even on summer evenings.
A few forbid alcohol, while most are overlooked.
Some are let out for private parties, too, which can be irritating.
Such quibbles have done nothing to deter our enthusiasm.
Even in today’s sticky housing market, local agents insist sales of homes with communal gardens are strong.
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Our romance with the Tiffany brand for Valentine’s Day…
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Whenever Blankstone Opticians looks at investing in and, securing a brand for our customers, the heritage of that brand is always an influencing factor. For our Valentines’ Day focus this year, we’re working with Tiffany whose heritage can be traced as far back as 1837.
American silversmith Charles Lewis Tiffany’s passion for the exotic led him to source fine jewels and silver from the far east, notably China and India as well as Europe. New York City was home to Tiffany’s first ever branch in the form of a high-class boutique selling stationary and fancy goods.
Tiffany’s designs borrowed heavily from the natural world including flowers, birds and sea life with its evolution focussed very much on the quality of its craftsmanship and intricacy of design. Tiffany’s collaborations in the 20th century include an impressive list of lauded artists and jewellers including Paloma Picasso.
In addition to their stores in London, Paris and Geneva, their flagship store is on Fifth Avenue. It was made famous by ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ – a favourite of Blankstone Opticians in which chic Audrey Hepburn represented the embodiment of Tiffany’s style.
WHY TIFFANY
Demand is now stronger than ever for Tiffany’s exquisite jewellery and has been seen adorned on the likes of Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway and HRH Kate Middleton. Simultaneously, the brand has diversified and in 2008, Tiffany introduced an eyewear collection along the same brand guidelines and themes of its jewellery. Some of the initial 2008 launch collection was styled after the Return to Tiffany collection with their enlarged sterling silver plates attached to the arms. We became intrigued by Tiffany’s new eyewear collection soon after it was launched. Some of its styling had a unique curiosity whilst other frames were classically elegant with a range from rimless to aviator styles.
Ten years on and the latest collection still features aviator along with butterfly, cat eye, rectangle, round, square, oval plus designs with and without gemstone. In the current collection, there’s an overwhelming nod to a style very much influenced by Tiffany & Co. jewels…lots of timeless and highly sophisticated details. Classic USA fashion aesthetics come to mind. The materials, metals, diamonds and craft that has gone into the brand smacks of high-end luxury without the reassuringly expensive price tag. Each frame is beautifully packaged in a black Tiffany & Co. case enclosed in a symbolic blue Tiffany box. There are currently sixteen pieces to the collection. We were dazzled by the diamond and silver motifs beautifully integrated into the frames and loved the colour hues that include glossy black, chocolate, tortoise, burgundy, blue, violet, pink, white, translucent yellow and marbled tones.
We loved the sun lenses and lens colour options too that include black, brown, gradient brown, smoke, grey-green, grey, grey mirror, gradient grey and violet. The cat-eye Tiffany sunglasses carry universal and timeless appeal and are suited to all face shapes and tastes in style. The classic Tiffany hallmark blue frames are highly coveted by the likes of Danish supermodel Doutzen Kroes, Blake Lively, Amy Adams, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary Duff and Taylor Swift. Naturally, their styles are unique which illustrates how diverse Tiffany is as a brand. Marilyn Monroe ranks as one of Tiffany’s biggest fans. She made mention of the brand several times in Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.
POPULAR FRAMES FROM TIFFANY
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2017 BMW G30 5 Series vs. BMW G11 7 Series – Photo Comparison
Home » Models » 3 Series » 2017 BMW G30 5 Series vs. BMW G11 7 Series – Photo Comparison
October 12, 2016 / 2 minutes read
Now that we’ve seen the world premiere of the BMW G30 5 Series, we know that it heavily borrows its design, both exterior and interior, from its older brother, the 7 Series. So, we thought it best to do a quick photo comparison between the two, to see how the 7 Series’ design language has translated to the 5 Series.
The two look remarkably similar in almost all exterior aspects. But their similarities are most apparent in profile The C-pillars on both cars are remarkably similar, as are the rear decklids and the sloping noses. BMW did wisely ditch the ‘hockey stick’ style air-breather and went with a more traditional vent for the 5 Series, though. The new 5er is also more muscular looking and better looking. My personal favorite aspect of the 5 Series is the front portion of the shoulder line, just before the front wheel arch. It gives the front end a muscularity that the previous-gen didn’t have and even reminds me of the BMW M2.
Out back, the resemblance is quite apparent, but not as much as down the sides. The taillights on the 5er are clearly inspired by the 7 Series, but aren’t exact. The 5 Series also has a bit of a taller rear end that seems a bit tidier. The 7 Series seems to droop lower and is much wider, both literally and visually. The 7er’s horizontal bar between the headlights is thankfully gone on the 5 Series, which allows the 5er to seem a bit narrower and more athletic.
On the inside, the two cars are almost indistinguishable. So much so, in fact, that it had caused confusion for many websites who were posting 5 Series leaked interior photos, which were actually just 7 Series photos. The only real differences are the front dash trim, the smaller nav screen and the black control display surround, as opposed to the 7 Series’ silver one. The 7 Series also has a wider center console and some more leather throughout the cabin. But at first glance, they’re remarkably similar. Which is a compliment to the 5 Series, as customers will be getting an interior fit for a 7 Series in a car that costs significantly less.
Overall, the 5 Series seems to be a successful evolution of the 7 Series’ design language: keeping what works and improving what doesn’t. This is the case both inside and out and, at this rate, we’re very excited to see where BMW takes this design.
BMW G11 7 Series
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4 responses to “2017 BMW G30 5 Series vs. BMW G11 7 Series – Photo Comparison”
Icebreakerr says:
i like that you can tell the difference between both. the new 5 is a good looking car!
Kaisuke971 says:
I won’t lie, in the photo with creme vs brown interior, i took a while to figure out which is which. The differences are subtle, but i like that the 5 is more driver-focused.
Senne says:
I imagined them to look even more similar, so I’m very pleased!! You can clearly differentiate both! Really, really good job! This will brake all sales records and will humiliate the competition!! :D
Geralt says:
New 5 serie looks much better
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YachtWorld Presents YachtWorld Legends, A Video Series Exploring Thrilling Yachts
From YachtWorld, the world’s largest yacht marketplace, comes YachtWorld Legends, an original, all-new video series on YouTube about extraordinary yachts that provoke excitement, curiosity and fascination. YachtWorld officially announced today the launch of the first two episodes of the eight-part series. As two major boating events begin tomorrow in Miami (the Miami International Boat Show and the Miami Yacht Show), the series debuts in time to treat yacht enthusiasts everywhere to dramatic new content. From the biggest and the fastest to the most high-tech, sleek and outrageous, YachtWorld Legends promises to bring rare access and in-depth explorations of amazing vessels.
“We have a rapidly-growing audience on social media for larger-than-life yacht content, and in addition to all we have on YachtWorld, our immense database of listings, walk-through reviews, buying guides and industry features, YachtWorld Legends allows us to deliver an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at the yachting lifestyle,” said Ryan McVinney, head of content for YachtWorld, Boat Trader and boats.com. “YachtWorld Legends is carefully produced to tell the incredible stories behind these beautiful masterpieces, from the people who build them to the people who own them.”
The inaugural episode is an intimate tour through Tankoa’s Solo, the award-winning, 236-foot superyacht designed by Francesco Paszkowski Design in collaboration with Margherita Casprini. With a current price tag that is just north of $78M, the segment reveals her stunning design secrets and unrivaled features. Episode 2 is off to Miami to examine the Arkup 75. Currently for sale for $4.5M, Arkup, a totally self-sufficient, eco-friendly house yacht, is a marvel of sustainable engineering.
“Our third episode will feature the mind-boggling 272-foot Amels superyacht Here Comes the Sun, which was recently listed on YachtWorld for $155M and sold by Fraser Yachts. Even beyond the glamor,” McVinney said, “viewers are going to love YachtWorld Legends for the unique opportunity to come aboard and absorb incredible innovation and adventure.”
The series’ director and main host, Ryan McVinney, is an experienced film director, writer and producer. A lifelong boater, he regularly directs on-the-water video shoots for major boat manufacturers, yacht brokers and dealers, as well as independent film and media companies.
Episodes 1 and 2 of YachtWorld Legends are available on the YachtWorld YouTube channel.
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News: Tez Ilyas, Richard Gadd and Ivo Graham Star In Last Leg Spin-Off
Comedians Tez Ilyas, Richard Gadd and Ivo Graham are among the names announced as "Last Leg Correspondents" for C4. The series launches today.
In a post-truth world where journalists, pollsters, and a whole litany of experts have lost their ability to get inside people's heads and work out what the hell they are thinking, Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are going to send our their own Last Leg Correspondents around the UK to find out what the hell is happening outside of the studio in the big bad world.
The Last Leg: Correspondents is a new comedy strand exclusive to All 4. In each episode, Adam, Josh or Alex will introduce a new correspondent who has hit the streets of the UK investigating topical stories on their behalf. Each correspondent will approach their report from their own unique perspective and allows them to deal with the stories in amusing, inventive and borderline ludicrous ways.
The Last Leg: Correspondents will be available on All 4. The first episode in which Tez Ilyas explores radicalism is here.
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Pakistani manufacturers’ association appreciative of CBI support
In early November, just before a successful visit to a leading trade fair, a representative of a Pakistani manufacturers association for automotive parts & accessries visited The Hague to celebrate a CBI-facilitated success story.
CBI support
Just days before visiting AGRITECHNICA, the world’s largest trade fair for agricultural machinery, Mashood Khan, Senior Vice Chairman of PAAPAM (Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers) called in at CBI’s headquarters in The Hague. He was there to give a presentation on the success that the association and its members have enjoyed on the back of 10 years of support provided by CBI.
Automotive parts manufacturers
Founded in 1998, PAAPAM represents over 400 tier-one automotive parts manufacturers in Pakistan. Most of these members are certified to ISO/QS standards. They produce in accordance with global manufacturing standards prescribed by leading carmakers such as Toyota, Suzuki, Honda, Hyundai and FAW. The major areas of manufacturing expertise of PAAPAM members include sheet-metal stamping, plastics, rubber, forgings, castings and electrical and electronics. PAAPAM has offices in Lahore and Karachi.
CBI, assisted by its local expert Imtiaz Rastgar, has worked with PAAPAM since 2005, coaching Pakistani companies in the areas of logistics, product adaptation, productivity and work-station design. Mashood explained that thanks to CBI’s Export Coaching Programmes (ECPs) PAAPAM members have benefited substantially and several of them have become successful exporters. Moreover, since 2007, companies participating in these ECPs have attended several EU trade fairs. Their success in these fairs has significantly increased their exports to countries all over the world.
Approved BSO
Furthermore, in 2012 CBI accepted PAAPAM in its BSOD (Business Support Organisation Development) programme. During this programme PAAPAM staff and members were trained in The Hague and attended several workshops in Pakistan in which CBI expert Zaheeruddin Dar also contributed. PAAPAM was approved by CBI as a BSO in October 2013.
Skills Development Centre
Mashood concluded his presentation to CBI by explaining that during the past two years the association has developed the PAAPAM Skills Development Centre (PSDC) with facilities in Lahore and Karachi. With a view to attracting future graduates into the automotive manufacturing industry in Pakistan, PSDC has signed MoUs with several universities in the country. In a training calendar drawn up to cover the next two years, PSDC intends to offer a number of seminars and workshops for the Pakistani companies.
Promising leads
After his presentation at CBI, Mashood went on to attend the AGRITECHNICA 2015 trade fair in Hannover, Germany where, under the guidance of CBI, five Pakistani companies, all member of PAAPAM, exhibited their products. According to Mashood, most of the Pakistani exhibitors received good responses and they generated some promising leads from buyers from across Europe.
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Which banks made the biggest home loan cuts in 2020?
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By Ellie McLachlan December 7, 2020
Looking back on the year, Canstar can reveal the home loans on its database that had the biggest interest rate cuts in 2020. Plus, find out where to get some of the best rates right now.
Canstar reveals which home loan interest rates had the biggest cuts in 2020. Image source: Andrii Yalanskyi, Shutterstock.
The year of the pandemic brought with it a recession that rung in lower interest rates from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The central bank’s cash rate has fallen by 0.65 percentage points over the year and is now sitting at the record-low rate of 0.10%.
As a result, many mortgage-holders have been able to score a lower home loan interest rate from their bank, or have found a better rate elsewhere, from a different lender.
In fact, Canstar’s annual Consumer Pulse Report found 14% of Australian mortgage holders surveyed switched home lenders in 2020 in order to get a lower interest rate, with a further 17% intending to switch. Almost one third (32%) of borrowers said they had successfully negotiated a lower home loan rate with their current lender this year.
The importance of looking for a better home loan rate was further highlighted in a report released on Saturday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The consumer watchdog recommended that banks be required to regularly prompt borrowers with old loans to review their interest rate, after finding mortgage holders with loans between three and five years old paid on average around 0.58 percentage points more than the average interest rate paid for new loans.
Luckily, it’s a good time for savvy borrowers to be comparing their rate. Home loan interest rates have fallen by an average of 0.72 percentage points this year, according to Canstar’s database, as many banks and non-bank lenders have passed through savings to customers.
Some have passed on far greater savings than the average, Canstar can reveal, with rate cuts above two whole percentage points from some lenders, and as high as 1.5 percentage points from the major banks on some of their products.
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Biggest home loan interest rate cuts in 2020
Why were those loans cut the most?
Should I choose a variable or fixed rate?
What to look for when choosing a home loan
Cheapest home loan interest rates currently available
What were the biggest home loan interest rate cuts in 2020?
Canstar’s research analysts crunched the numbers from our home loan database and found the top 11 biggest home loan interest rate cuts to owner-occupier loans from 2020. The list is ordered by the highest to lowest interest rate cut, followed by the current interest rate.
Top 11 biggest cuts in home loan interest rates
Interest Rate – Comparison Rate^ in Brackets
1 January 2020 7 December 2020 Change
Bankwest Fixed Rate Owner Occupied 4 yrs 4.54% (5.00%) 2.19% (3.97%) -2.35%
Aussie Select Basic Fixed 5 yrs 3.99% (3.59%) 1.99% (2.35%) -2.00%
Bank of Queensland Residential Fixed 4 yrs 3.89% (3.96%) 1.99% (2.90%) -1.90%
Illawarra Credit Union Bare Essentials Home Loan Variable 4.49% (4.54%) 2.59% (2.64%) -1.90%
Delphi Bank Standard Fixed 4 yrs 3.89% (4.70%) 2.09% (3.95%) -1.80%
AMP Bank Professional Package Residential Fixed 1 yr 4.25% (4.49%) 2.49% (3.24%) -1.76%
Gateway Bank Residential Fixed 2 yrs 4.03% (4.66%) 2.29% (4.10%) -1.74%
QBANK Fixed Home Loan 4 yrs 3.64% (3.92%) 1.99% (3.26%) -1.65%
Macquarie Credit Union Basic Home Loan Variable 4.40% (4.44%) 2.85% (2.89%) -1.55%
Westpac Premier Advantage Fixed Options 4 yrs 3.49% (3.93%) 1.99% (3.29%) -1.50%
Commonwealth Bank Wealth Package Residential Fixed 4 yrs 3.49% (4.43%) 1.99% (3.66%) -1.50%
Source: www.canstar.com.au – 7/12/2020. Based on owner-occupier variable and 1-5 year fixed loans on Canstar’s database available for a loan amount of $400,000, 80% LVR and principal & interest repayments; excluding introductory and first home buyer-only loans. One product per provider is listed in the table, which is selected and sorted in descending order by change in rate, then in ascending order by the new rate and comparison rate, where applicable. Change in interest rate is based on the lowest rate for each product, including any special offers, available at each point in time. ^Comparison rates calculated based on a $150,000 loan amount over a total loan term of 25 years. Read the Comparison Rate Warning.
Why were these loans cut the most?
There were only two variable rate loans on the list of the biggest home loan rate cuts on Canstar’s database in 2020, with the majority being to four and five-year fixed rates.
Canstar finance expert Steve Mickenbecker said this was largely down to banks taking advantage of the current low-cost environment, which in turn is a result of the quantitative easing put in place by the RBA.
Essentially, banks are paying less at the moment than they were previously for some of the money they borrow and lend out to consumers.
“The funding rates for banks have declined dramatically over those longer terms. What that means for consumers is there are some great fixed-rate loans out there at the moment,” Mr Mickenbecker said.
He said many of the four and five-year loans had started with “very high” interest rates above 4%, which was why the cuts were so large.
As for the small proportion of variable rate contenders in the list, Mr Mickenbecker said this was largely down to the smaller lenders – including several non-banks – not having access to some of the longer-term funding.
While they haven’t made the biggest cuts, those lenders tend to be the market leaders in variable rate home loans because their funding sources are different, being mainly made up of securitisation, Mr Mickenbecker explained.
↓ Keep reading to see which banks have the lowest home loan rates
According to ANZ, securitisation is the process of pooling assets and repackaging them into securities, which provide another source of funding, particularly for non-bank lenders and smaller authorised deposit-taking institutions. It can reduce funding costs.
Should I choose variable or fixed?
Mr Mickenbecker said one benefit of variable rate loans was that you could potentially get the advantage of further rate cuts. Fixed rates are already at record lows, though it’s possible they could go lower, in which case people who lock in now would miss out on those possible future cuts.
“There’s a strong argument for saying that if you want the certainty of repayments, by all means fix,” Mr Mickenbecker said.
“If you think you can get a better rate later, then stay variable. But who’s a good enough interest rate speculator to get that one right all the time?
“The beauty at the moment is you really can’t go wrong whether you fix or go variable because rates are so low it’s a good call either way, provided you get in among the lowest rates in the market – that’s the really critical issue at the moment.”
Mr Mickenbecker said he was also a fan of what he’s dubbed the ‘hybrid strategy’ for borrowers who are nervous about missing out on lower rates if they lock themselves into a fixed rate loan now.
“You can fix for just 12 months and take advantage of the discount that’s available at the moment for fixed rates,” he suggested.
“Say you’re with one of the big four banks and you want to stay with them for convenience. You could save roughly 0.60 percentage points at the moment by going into a 12-month fixed rate loan compared to their lowest rate variable loan.
“That’s a pretty big saving you can bank away for 12 months, and then at the end of that time, if there are better rates around, you can jump on them then.
“Chances are you’ll be ahead of the game because you’ve taken the low rate right up front, especially if you can make sure the loans you choose also suit your needs in terms of fees and features.”
Mr Mickenbecker has a few key tips for borrowers comparing their home loan options in the near future:
Pick a good interest rate – it’s generally the biggest consideration.
Choose a home loan that gives you the flexibility to make extra repayments when you’re able, to help you get ahead and build financial wellbeing.
Consider a loan that has an offset account or redraw facility. The benefit of those features is that if something goes wrong, you can access money if need be.
→ Offset account vs. redraw facility: What’s the difference?
Lowest home loan rates on Canstar’s database
There are currently 102 owner-occupier loans on Canstar’s home loan database with interest rates below 2%. Here are the cheapest rates currently available for variable and fixed mortgages of $400,000 with an 80% loan-to-value ratio (LVR).
Top 5 variable home loan rates
Provider Product Intro Loan? Offset Account? Redraw? Interest Rate Comparison Rate^
Reduce Home Loans Super Saver Variable N N Y 1.99% 2.05%
loans.com.au Smart Booster Home Loan Intro 1 yr Y Optional (add 0.10%) Y 1.99% 2.47%
Illawarra Credit Union The Works Package Home Loan P&I 2 yr Intro Y Y Y 1.99% 2.93%
Pacific Mortgage Group Variable P&I 75-90% N Y Y 2.09% 2.09%
Homestar Finance Star Essentials 80% OO 150-850k N N Y 2.14% 2.14%
Source: www.canstar.com.au – 7/12/2020. Based on owner occupier variable loans on Canstar’s database available for a loan amount of $400,000, 80% LVR and principal & interest repayments; excluding first home buyer only loans. One product per provider is listed, with the top 5 selected and table sorted in ascending order by rate, followed by comparison rate. ^Comparison rates calculated based on a $150,000 loan amount over a total loan term of 25 years.
Top 5 fixed home loan rates (any term)
Provider Product Offset Account? Redraw? Interest Rate Comparison Rate^
TicToc Home Loans Live-in Fixed P&I 2 yrs Optional ($10/mth) Y 1.89% 2.15%
Suncorp Bank Home Package Plus Owner Occupied <80% Fixed P&I 2 yrs Special Offer N N 1.89% 2.94%
QBANK Fixed Home Loan 3 yrs Special Offer N Y 1.89% 3.37%
Greater Bank Great Rate Fixed 1 yr N Y 1.89% 3.51%
RACQ Bank Choices Residential Fixed 3 yrs 20k+ N N 1.89% 3.84%
Source: www.canstar.com.au – 7/12/2020. Based on owner-occupier fixed loans of any term on Canstar’s database available for a loan amount of $400,000, 80% LVR and principal & interest repayments; excluding first home buyer-only loans. One product per provider is listed, with the top 5 selected and table sorted in ascending order by rate, followed by comparison rate. ^Comparison rates calculated based on a $150,000 loan amount over a total loan term of 25 years. Read the Comparison Rate Warning.
This article was reviewed by our Sub Editor Tom Letts before it was published as part of our fact-checking process.
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If you’re currently considering a home loan, the comparison table below displays some of the variable and fixed rate 1-year home loans on our database with links to lenders’ websites that are available for homeowners looking to Refinance. This table is sorted by Star Rating (highest to lowest), followed by comparison rate (lowest-highest). Products shown are principal and interest home loans available for a loan amount of $350K in NSW with an LVR of 80% of the property value and that offer an offset account. Before committing to a particular home loan product, check upfront with your lender and read the applicable loan documentation to confirm whether the terms of the loan meet your needs and repayment capacity. Use Canstar’s home loan selector to view a wider range of home loan products.
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Amazon Prime Video Review & Guide
Posted by Emma Bradstock 10/09/2020
As one of the biggest streaming services to hit Australian shores, Amazon Prime comes with a big reputation. But is the hype justified? Find out how you can get Amazon Prime Video, what you can watch, how much it costs, and how it compares to Netflix and Stan in this Canstar Blue review.
What is Amazon Prime?
Amazon Prime Video – or just ‘Prime Video’ – is a streaming video on demand (SVOD) service that is run by Amazon, the massive online retailer. The service has actually been around in some form since 2006, but only in 2016 did Prime Video start to take off when it acquired rights to The Grand Tour, a show featuring former Top Gear hosts James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. Now it has many shows and films to watch and competes with other streaming services in Australia, most notably Netflix and Stan. Amazon Prime Video has a range of features including:
Stream content on up to three devices at once
Download content to your iPhone, iPad, tablet or Android device to watch on the go
Data-saver feature, which controls data usage while downloading and streaming on select devices
30-day free trial, cancel anytime
Add up to six profiles to one account so every member of your household can personalise their viewing experience
Is Amazon Prime Video available in Australia?
Yes, Prime is available in Australia. It has been since late 2016, when Amazon first launched its 200-country service. Prime is now available in every country worldwide, with the exception of mainland China, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea.
If you sign up to Amazon Prime, you’ll also have Prime Video included in your subscription. Amazon Prime is a membership for $6.99 per month with free delivery and subscriptions to Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Reading and Prime Gaming (a gaming service formally called Twitch Prime).
How can I watch Amazon Prime?
Like Netflix, Amazon Prime is web-based and is able to be watched on pretty much any device that can access the internet. In addition to watching on your web browser, there are a range of compatible devices including:
Certain smart TVs (brands include Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, LG, Hisense and Philips)
Amazon Devices (FireTV/Fire TV Stick, Echo devices with a screen, Fire Tablet)
Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Select Blu-Ray players (brands include LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony)
Android and iOS (Apple) devices including phones and tablets (download to app from the Apple App store or Google Play store)
Set-top boxes and media players (including Google Chromecast, Telstra TV and Apple TV)
How much does Amazon Prime cost in Australia?
Prime Video includes a 30-day free trial, and then is only $6.99 per month. Unlike Stan and Netflix, you won’t have to choose your subscription type, as there is only one subscription for Prime Video (similar to the Disney+ subscription model). You can also choose a year subscription, (like Disney+) for $59 paid upfront.
If you’re a regular Amazon shopper, you might find an Amazon Prime subscription could be more value. At the same price as the Prime Video subscription, you’ll also get the free and fast delivery on orders, along with subscriptions to Prime Video, Prime Reading, Prime Music and Twitch Prime, which is a gaming subscription service. Prime Reading gives you access to a huge selection of books, magazines, comics and more, while Prime Music allows you to stream two million songs, ad free.
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What shows are on Amazon Prime Video Australia?
Prime Video includes a wide range of shows and movies, but perhaps, much like Netflix, its draw card for many viewers is its selection of Amazon Originals.
As somewhat of a reflection of its cost, Prime’s library is much smaller than what you’ll get with Netflix. However, there are some exciting shows on Prime that may tickle your fancy, here is a selection of Amazon Originals you can stream on Prime Video:
Jonas Brothers Chasing Happiness
‘I Love Dick’
There are many more Amazon Originals on offer, and they are somewhat reminiscent of Netflix Originals in that they are relatively understated shows and feature a broad subject range.
Much like with Netflix in Australia, licences for other non-original shows and movies differs from other countries. Certain shows might be on Prime Video in other countries, but on Netflix or Stan in Australia. Much of this is due to the fact that many studios, particularly in the US, have their own streaming platforms in the US, but need to reach an agreement with a provider in Australia for streaming rights. As an example, the new Star Trek Picard show will stream on CBS All Access in the US, but on Amazon Prime Video in Australia in January 2020.
What movies are on Amazon Prime Video Australia?
Amazon Prime has a large catalogue of movies on offer, including some of the newest releases. Here is a small selection of movies currently streaming on Prime Video:
Little Women (2019)
Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture
This is just a very brief selection, but you can see that there is a large cross section of genres. Also consider that rights to films and TV shows change all the time, so it pays to check back in periodically and see if any films have been added on or taken away.
How does Prime compare to Netflix and Stan?
As is becoming a theme for Australia, US streaming services frequently water down their products for the Australian market – Netflix and Prime included. Prime is much cheaper, starting at $6.99 a month, while Netflix and Stan start at AUD $9.99 and $10 respectively
However, the price simply reflects the amount of content available – especially in Australia. Currently, Netflix and Stan trump Prime in terms of catalogue size, and arguably in the range of interesting content that people want to binge watch. Although, Prime Video has been grabbing some of the newer release movies, so if you’re a big movie buff, you might find some good choices with Prime Video.
Prime has a range of originals much like Netflix, but the shows have not yet garnered enough of a name for themselves yet. Past Amazon Originals didn’t quite reach the level of success as Netflix Originals, such as Orange is the New Black and The Crown. However, Amazon is starting to grow its original content with shows such as Jack Ryan and Good Omens causing much more of a stir.
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Is Amazon Prime worth it in Australia?
Unless there is something specific you want to watch on Prime Video, Australian users may struggle to see value, and it’s hard to see what’s available prior to signing up. However, for the free trial and cheap price, Amazon Prime may be worth a go.
It’s hard to argue against Netflix, Stan or even Disney+, however, and even if they cost more than Prime Video, there is no doubt their libraries are bigger and the quality of content is probably – subjectively – more desirable. Amazon Prime Video is one of the newer additions to Australia’s streaming landscape, and will need to play catch up.
You might find a bit more value in an Amazon Prime subscription if you do more online shopping, especially considering the price point. All in all, Prime Video is slowly expanding its content and at a cheaper monthly price, you could still find enough value to entice you to sign up.
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Ffotogallery Exhibition Captures the Spirit of these Turbulent Times
2018 marks Ffotogallery’s 40th anniversary, and as the national agency for photography and lens-based media in Wales, we celebrate reaching that milestone through a series of special exhibitions, projects and events.
At Turner House in March, Ffotogallery presents Zeitgeist, featuring work by ten emerging artists from five continents, including Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 winner César Dezfuli’s Passengers, striking portraits of migrants rescued from a rubber boat drifting in the Mediterranean Sea. Marta Mak’s Value explores how like alchemy we can create new value out of plastic packaging and other discarded products, transforming waste into a socially useful resource. One hundred years after the 1917 revolution, Alexander Anufriev’s Russia Close-Up examines political apathy in modern Russia and how censorship and propaganda fuels unhealthy nationalism. Medhi Bahmed’s Entre-Deux (Interval) uncovers the discomfort Muslim and Arab refugees and immigrants feel in the light of recent terror attacks, and the rise of hate crime and right wing populism in Europe.
Zeitgeist offers a selection of work submitted in response to Diffusion 2017’s global Open Call. In different ways, the artists capture the spirit of our times, highlighting what is going on, offering new insights and challenging the status quo. With our various news feeds latterly dominated by Brexit, Trump, climate change, poverty, religious intolerance, the migrant and refugee crisis, border control and gentrification, Zeitgeist interrogates what this all means for the individual and society moving forward.
Participating artists include:
Alexander Anufriev, Blazej Marczak, César Dezfuli, Demetris Toilalus, Hiro Tanaka, James A. Hudson, Marta Mak, Mehdi Bahmed, Phil Hatcher-Moore, and Verena Prenner
Details for this event can be found below:
Preview: Thursday 1 March 2018, from 6pm, Turner House
The exhibition continues from 2 – 31 March 2018
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Dusseldorf/Fischer)
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In his personal note to this new recording, Ádám Fischer tells us he feels Mahler’s Ninth is not only about the process of dying, but also becoming reconciled to it. Accordingly, his tempos in the outer movements are relatively moderate and forward-moving compared with certain other ponderously fraught performances; he seems less inclined than some to make an expressive meal out of every melodic turn or string portamento, and his reading of the final page of dissolution, though measured, is less tremulous with regret than many. As such, it is a convincing enough reading, variegated with pungent detail in the second movement ländler, real drive in the savage ‘Rondo burleske’ and some touching playing in the chamber-like passages of the finale.
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If much of the opening Andante and the heavily scored tuttis of the finale prove more problematic, this is partly because Mahler’s contrapuntal textures reached a new level of complexity here, and many details and balances that might be adjusted by spotlighting in a studio recording are covered in the live concert hall ambience of the Düsseldorf Tonhalle. Among comparable recent releases of the work, Herbert Blomstedt’s 2019 recording with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (on Accentus) retains the edge in sound, playing and interpretation.
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New Dawes open for Cobras.
New Dawes open for Cobras double signings.
Clipstone F.C. are delighted to announce the signings of Charlie Dawes from Belper Town and Nathan Whitehead from Matlock Town.
The versatile, wide forward, Dawes, is eligible for selection in tomorrow’s game against Gedling. Clipstone boss, Dave Hoole, has been a long term admirer of Charlie and believes he will add something a little different.
The Cobras Chief commented: “Charlie has outstanding ability and will be a fantastic addition. I am sure that everyone will be very excited about seeing him in action for the team, he will be a magnificent fit for us.”
The former Matlock Town and AFC Mansfield man is a real marque signing and his creativity will be crucial for us. Hoole said: “Not only will he make a big impact in our team, we feel his higher level experience will be invaluable in helping some of our talented youngsters.”
Striker, Nathan Whitehead, is dual registered with Matlock Town and gives Clipstone a different option at the top end of the pitch.
“We need options, we have a few injuries on the striking front, with Danny, Lew and Chib. For anyone who’s watched Nathan through his career will tell you, he offers plenty in that area. “Nathan has power in abundance. He plays differently to the other lads and we will really be able to mix things up, these signings are brilliant for the club.”
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In the world of spectacular gemstones and diamonds auctions, Indians emerge as the big collectors
Updated : April 20, 2019 10:22 AM IST
The Graff Lesedi La Rona, a rough diamond ferreted out from within the womb of a Botswana diamond mine, is said to be of exceptional quality and will go on auction within another month.
The question uppermost in the minds of most investors in fine jewellery and precious stones is: will an Indian jeweller or collector buy this stunning diamond?
Deepali Nandwani
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At this very moment, all eyes are on London, where Graff, the British manufacturers of fine jewellery and watches has announced the auction of the 302.37-carats emerald-cut diamond. The Graff Lesedi La Rona, the largest piece of principal diamond carved out from the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona, a rough diamond ferreted out from within the womb of a Botswana diamond mine, is said to be of exceptional quality and will go on auction within another month.
Graff Lesedi La Rona, the largest square emerald cut diamond.
The question uppermost in the minds of most investors in fine jewellery and precious stones is: will an Indian jeweller or collector buy this stunning diamond? The last time a significant piece of precious stone came up for auction, it was an Indian jeweller that sent out the winning bid.
Rajkumar and Rishabh Tongya, the father-son duo behind the luxury jewellery brand, DiaColor, have purchased some of the brightest precious stones in the past few years. Their last, and most talked about buy was a stunning green-coloured gemstone. Christened Inkalamu or Lion Emerald, it was the most expensive single emerald in the world and was auctioned by Gemfields.
Rishabh Tongya
The father-son team has made it some sort of a habit to forage for precious stones and buy them at world auctions with an intention of creating an unusual collection of rare gemstones and diamonds. In 2017, the Tongyas acquired two flawless oval-shaped Sunburst Sapphires, weighing 151.15 carat and 127.68 carat. While one of the gemstones were acquired from an old estate family in New York, the other was from a dealer in Hong Kong.
The 5,655-carat Inkalamu was discovered at Kagem, the world’s largest emerald mine, which is 75 percent owned by Gemfields and 25 percent by the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia (belonging to the Government of the Republic of Zambia). Inkalamu, discovered in the eastern part of Kagem’s largest open-pit mine in October 2018 by geologist Debapriya Rakshit and veteran emerald miner Richard Kapeta, was sought out for the immense amount of clarity, bright colour and size.
Inkamalu
While Gemfields was expecting one of the European brands to snag the emerald in the high-power auction, the Tongyas bid was far higher.
In its rough form, the 5665-carat emerald was the third such acquisition by the father-son duo who run DiaColor. The first one was acquired in 2017—a 6100 carat emerald, again from Zambia. Insofu (translated to mean a baby elephant in the local Bemba language), will also remain in the Tongyas family vaults.
The beautifully translucent Inkalamu emerald, their third big purchase, is celebrated not just for its size, but also its colour—a gorgeous green. "It made me go wow. I just knew I had to have it. It has glamour; it has a history and I am very proud of it. It is, of course, of very high value, but it is priceless for me," says Rishabh Tongya. While he doesn’t reveal how much they paid for the rare emerald, experts put its value at about Rs 40 crore.
The Tongyas are such big lovers of rare gemstones that they even seek out the peerless Kashmiri blue sapphires, which has no match in the world, even though most Indians tend to be superstitious about buying them—it is said that if a blue sapphire proves to be ‘unlucky’ for its owner, he or she could face severe financial setbacks.
“There is great calm in the depths of the blue-coloured stones,” says Rishabh about his fascination for the brilliant blue gemstones. Among his first buys was a 24.60 carat blue sapphire with deep cerulean colour.
Gemstones as Passion Investments
Wealth X, a global high net worth intelligence and data company, headquartered in New York, predicts that Ultra Networth Individuals (UHNIs) will increasingly seek out gemstones and diamonds as secure and lucrative investments. “Based on our data, we expect the demand from UHNIs, particularly in diamond-hungry China and India, to accelerate,” says Wealth-X CEO Mykolas D. Rambus. “Rough diamond prices have increased by nearly a third since 2017 and is likely to rise a further 20 percent between 2013 and 2018, bolstered by the demand from these two countries.”
He points to the number of Indian investors that flock to The Diamond Works, a Cape Town-based distributor of rough diamonds, as evidence. “The minimum an Indian investor spends here is $1200 to $1500, and that is just the base price,” says Amy Kimmel, the company spokesperson “A few years later, they would be able to sell that for almost $4,000.”
Gemstones and diamonds as asset class are relatively new for Indians. “Buying loose, certified diamonds is a wiser option than embedding them in jewellery. They offer immense liquidity. But you have to be careful about their provenance,” Rambus emphasises. “In some cases, the jeweller you bought them from will buy them back, or auction houses will help you sell it.”
How cash-strapped Gemfields turned its fortunes
It was an Indian Dev Shetty, the former CFO of Gemfields Plc, who came up with the brilliant idea of auctioning the emeralds emerging from their Zambian mines way back in 2009. He worked a miracle and by the time he left in 2015, the once-struggling Gemfields had a market cap of $525 million.
In 2007, when Pallinghurst acquired 63 percent stake in UK-listed emeralds miner Gemfields, which owned the world’s largest emerald mine at Kagem in Zambia, the management attempted to enter the entire value chain, from mine pit to jewellery showroom, including a gemstone cut and polish outfit in Jaipur. The plan failed and by 2009, Gemfields had suffered a net loss of $13 million.
Under Ian Harebottle as CEO and Shetty as CFO, Gemfields began a slow trek to recovery. One of the first strategies it put in place was based on Shetty’s conviction that emeralds and rubies are “passion buys” rather than just stones that go into making stunning jewellery. Gemfields closed all its cutting and polishing factories and concentrated only on auctioning the stunning emeralds it mined at its Zambian mines first, and then the rubies from the Mozambique mines they invested in. “Auction attracts not just mere jewellers but even collectors who are passionate about what they buy. And they pay upfront,” says Shetty, who has now moved on from the company. All stones were graded at the mines itself so that the collectors and jewellers were ensured that what they got was of absolutely high quality.
Since then, it has a been a journey of spectacular success, and some failures for Gemfields, especially after the Nirav Modi scandal, which made it difficult for Indian collectors and jewellers to acquire finance to fund their passion of buying some of the world’s most spectacular gemstones. However, in recent times, improved liquidity has brought the Indians back into the auction market, and the Inkalamu emerald was one of the biggest sales the world of gemstones witnessed. The sale of Inkalamu proved to be a big bonanza for Gemfields.
Now, the buzz is around Graff Lesedi La Rona, the largest diamond with high clarity and colour to be ever graded. The 1,109-carat diamond, the size of a tennis ball, was discovered by Lucara Diamond Corp. in November 2015 and sold to Graff Diamonds for $53 million. After almost four years, a carved-out diamond from this rough beauty mined at Botswana enters the auction market.
Will an Indian, then, buy this giant beauty? We will know when the diamond goes up for auction in the next two months.
(Picture credit: Deepali Nandwani)
Deepali Nandwani is a journalist who keeps a close watch on the world of luxury.
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Cendyne Gruvstick 128 MB review: Cendyne Gruvstick 128 MB
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The Good Doesn't require cable; acts as a removable storage device and a voice recorder.
The Bad Randomly stops playing; blocks adjacent USB port on some computers; lacks belt clip, rechargeable battery, and memory-expansion option.
The Bottom Line Though this is a serviceable MP3 player/voice recorder, you may be able to find better options for the price.
Cendyne Gruvstick 128 MB
We can't argue against the convenience of the CenDyne Grüvstick, a 128MB MP3 player that also serves as a USB storage drive and a voice recorder. But you can find a more solidly designed plug-in player for the same price.
To expose the USB connection, pull off the cap--just don't lose it.
The blue-and-silver, plastic Grüvstick weighs just 2.2 ounces with the AAA battery installed, and it's fairly compact at 3.7 by 1.1 by 0.7 inches. However, the player still feels a little bulkier than it should. When you plug the player into the USB jack on many computers, it can block neighboring ports for USB, the keyboard, and the mouse; this is annoying if you have another USB device that's permanently joined to your computer. CenDyne includes a short cable that allows you to connect the player without blocking another port, but this extra accessory really shouldn't be necessary.
Though it feels slightly flimsy, the player proved its resiliency by surviving several five-foot drops. The Grüvstick is designed to attach to a keychain, but unless you carry a custodian-style keyring, you won't want to transport it that way. Your other options are to attach the device to the included neck strap or just slip it into one of your pockets.
We didn't have any problem with the unit's operational controls, but we were a little disappointed with its menu structure, which is a bit convoluted. For instance, you have to navigate four menu layers to start a voice recording. On a more positive note, CenDyne makes good use of the three-line, blue-backlit LCD; it scrolls the current track number and title, albeit in a font that is a bit blocky for our taste. Tiny icons at the screen's top display remaining battery life, repeat mode, and Hold-button status. When the backlight powers off during playback, the LCD shows moving sound-level bars.
The Grüv-X FM transmitter connects to the player's headphone jack, sending the audio to any FM stereo in its immediate surroundings.
Thanks to its ability to double as a removable USB drive, the Grüvstick's best feature is its plug-and-playfulness. Since it shows up as a removable drive, you can rip music directly from a CD to the device, or you can drag and drop files--MP3s and WMAs--from your hard drive via Windows Explorer. Like Creative's Nomad MuVo, though, this model gives you limited control over play order. You'll find Repeat All, Repeat One, Preview, and Random modes, or you can just manually skip ahead to the next track. In other words, you cannot sequence songs using playlists or file-transfer order. Since the device defaults to playing back songs alphabetically, your only alternative is to add sequential letters or numbers to the beginning of your files in the order that you want to hear them.
The Grüvstick has five EQ presets--Jazz, Classic, Rock, Pop, and Normal--but they sound similar to each other. You can pause a tune for one minute without losing your place before the player automatically shuts off and drops you back at the first track. Currently, the Grüvstick has no bookmark or resume functions, so every time you power it on, the first song will queue up.
This device is also a competent, basic voice recorder, storing your memos as rather tinny-sounding WAV files in a Voice subdirectory. You can copy the recordings onto your computer for playback/transcription or for e-mailing.
CenDyne's amateurish Digital Audio Manager software adds no extra file-transfer capabilities over the much more stable Windows Explorer, so you're better off loading the player from Windows.
CenDyne sells the Grüvstick by itself--in 64MB or 128MB capacities--or in an MP3+3 bundle that includes the Grüv-X, a tiny transmitter that's powered by its own AAA battery. The Grüv-X plugs into any headphone jack and broadcasts the audio at a user-selectable FM frequency. To set up this option, find a frequency with dead air on your radio, then match it on the Grüv-X. As long as you stay in the same geographic area, you won't have to adjust this frequency, which is a good thing, because doing so involves tediously scrolling through the digital dial, click by click. The MP3+3 provides decent audio performance. Its 85dB maximum signal-to-noise ratio doesn't sound as clean as that of similarly rated players but should please most casual listeners. Also, this model can output a loud enough signal to be heard clearly above New York City traffic. Picky listeners will probably want to toss the cheap, uncomfortable bundled earbuds. Our tests with Sony's MDR-G72 headphones delivered a significantly better audio experience.
CenDyne claims that users will get 12 hours of life from a single AAA battery, and our experience confirmed the company's numbers. But we did notice one problem: The Grüvstick simply stops playing every once in a while due to a firmware bug. CenDyne's tech support acknowledged that this was an issue with some units. Toward the end of March 2003, the company plans to issue a firmware upgrade that will solve the problem, and CenDyne vows to replace any units purchased before the firmware upgrade. We also encountered another troubling incident: At one point, the Grüvstick emitted a loud, continuous beep, interrupting the song that we were listening to. Then, when we tried to shut the unit off, the song kept playing--even though the screen went blank, indicating that the unit had powered down. CenDyne's tech support assured us that this was an isolated incident, but we feel that it's worth mentioning.
Files transfer at a rate of about 0.34MB per second, which is near the middle of the road for a USB 1.1 connection. As for the Grüv-X transmitter, your mileage may vary. Because it relies on unused frequencies in the FM band, it's likely to be a bit easier to configure when driving through the empty desert rather than in a crowded city. When coupled with the Grüvstick's low signal-to-noise ratio, the result is FM radio of middling quality--through either car or home stereos.
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“The Giant Eskimo” by James Kivetoruk Moses
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James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq, Seward Peninsula, Nome Region, Alaska), The Eskimo Giant, c. 1970. Pen and Ink on cardboard. Private Collection
James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1981) was a self-taught Inupiaq painter who created profoundly perceptive narrative works about the Seward Peninsula region of northern Alaska and its Indigenous peoples, histories, and environment. His images provide rare glimpses of Alaskan Native life in the early and mid-twentieth century, as modern technology increasingly encroached upon traditional lifestyles and subsistence hunting. The Coe Center is planning an exhibition of his work to open in summer 2021.
In 1954, when injuries from an airplane crash ended his hunting days, Moses began a new career by teaching himself to paint. Through his work, he was able to retain and share his life as a fur-trapper and subsistence hunter. With a passion for accuracy, his pencil, watercolor, and ink paintings portray landscapes, animals, and people in intimate detail. Kivetoruk Moses painted community and historical events, forming a vast remembering of Inupiaq traditions and oral narratives, people, historical events, and details about his hunting days.
Kivetoruk Moses’ works are generally not dated, but his mature style and self-assured rendering suggest that this piece dates from the last two decades of his life. This image depicts the story of The Giant Eskimo—the story of three brothers. The mightiest of the three was the only one able to swim the cold and wide Buckland River.
The narrative, as detailed by Moses in an accompanying text, also explains the presence of large, abandoned house structures. We might even learn about Inupiaq values and culture; the sending away of two brothers, and the strongest and largest of the three being kind—as indicated by his being of great assistance to his family and community. Included within the tale are details about the values of hunting, the timing of hunting and fishing, and the care taken to preserve fishing success for the community.
The narrative takes place at Cape Espenberg, near to where Kivetoruk Moses was born and raised. The area is covered with extensive ancestral Inupiaq sites, which might explain the story’s reference to unfamiliar house types from times past. Finally, Kivetoruk Moses uses Eskimo, a term no longer used for Inupiaq people or as a general term for all circum-polar Indigenous populations.
The narrative was probably recorded by his wife and embraces Kivetoruk Moses’ spoken word. All of his paintings are his own life’s narrative, whether actual events or recorded local stories.
We assume, too, that The Giant Eskimo documents Kivetoruk Moses’ personal travels and familiarities, and his deep understanding of the natural cycles of the Seward Peninsula. They explain the world as it was created, as it continues, and the lessons one can learn by being a careful observer of the natural and cultural worlds.
There were three giant brothers born at Cape Espenberg where James [Kivetoruk Moses] was born.
The parents had decided to send two away when they start to argue. When they grew up to manhood that he was the mightiest and best hunter than the other two brother.
The next to oldest was taken up to Kobuk where he made the country safe from old fearful living from wild animals.
The youngest was taken to other relatives at Buckland when he also helped his relatives in similar way.
The oldest who was largest best helped his parent but when he want to see his brothers he goes up to Kobuk with his giant skin boat and stayed as long as he wants to.
After spring hunting he was restless again and he start going to Buckland swimming just to show he was the strongest and best swimmer.
He almost couldn’t go into the Buckland River because he could swim through smelt fishes their short teeth keep on cutting to his skin so he walked after he came ashore.
The Buckland people were glad to see him, because he always help where he went.
Here you see [in the painting] cliff he went by go up.
Many people don’t believe such things but the geologist unearth their Innu (Big Igloo [house]) in the 50s at Deering and I saw huge driftwood in the base of the Innu.
The paintings shows their were Giant Eskimos years back like the huge birds. —James Kivetoruk Moses
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May 11, 2019 at 11:40 p.m. UTC Updated May 14, 2019 at 5:10 p.m. UTC
It was 2047, not 2019, in ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin’s keynote address Saturday in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
To close out the 2019 Ethereal Summit in Brooklyn, he foresaw a future where assets had all been tokenized, the web was completely decentralized and networks organized around topical interests had become roughly as important to human life as nation states.
Notably, Lubin predicted President Donald Trump would win a second term in 2020.
He foresaw those following four years as marking a downturn in American civilization, marked by an increase in radical divisions and even hate crimes. The turnaround would only arrive, he predicted, when Facebook, “finally admitting its role in global radicalism,” broke itself into “Facebook Media” (the news feed) and “Open Book,” a decentralized social web that any startup could tap into.
In Lubin’s vision, most of the progress since 2019 can be linked back one way or another to ConsenSys, despite a 2018 that ended with broad layoffs and challenges in spinning out incubated startups.
Lubin foresaw a medium-term future where, as he put it from his 2047 perch, “Liberal democracy was on its death bed.”
Despite doubts about ethereum’s potential to change how data is shared, he particularly foresaw a new era in more sustainable, more valuable journalism. “Platforms like Civil triggered the recovery of the journalism industry, especially local journalism,” Lubin said.
Civil is a ConsenSys-supported project aiming to bring distributed verification and micropayments to the media industry.
He continued, “Divorcing news delivery from the influence of advertising dollars was the breakthrough that drove the turnaround of western democracies.”
Lubin described a decentralized era in which “ethics with respect to the truth, ethics with regard to the nature of facts” took hold, as opposed to our backwards era, in which “presenting balanced viewpoints and fostering critical thinking was anathema.”
By 2047 – with a decentralized open platform where former web giants had come to embrace a distributed ethos – “We are all as a society able to engage in direct democratic decision-making,” Lubin said.
“The dream has been made real and we are all in it,” the Lubin of 2047 said. He told the crowd:
“These days we don’t hear people talking about changing the world, just like we don’t hear people talking about breathing or walking. It’s just what we do.”
Update (May 14, 17:10 UTC): You can now watch the full speech below.
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New Head of China’s Digital Currency Says It Beats Facebook Libra on Tech Features
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Sep 6, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. UTC Updated Sep 6, 2019 at 2:47 p.m. UTC
The Chinese central bank has a new digital currency chief who says its upcoming digital yuan has features not offered by Facebook Libra.
Changchun Mu – previously deputy director of the payments and settlement division at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) – recently stepped into the lead role at the Digital Currency Research Institute, reports Shanghai Securities News.
According to the state-run news source, Mu recently published details on PBoC’s digital currency – apparently being carried out in a secret office away from the bank’s Beijing headquarters – describing it as a digital currency and electronic payment tool with “value characteristics.”
“Its functional attributes are exactly the same as paper money, but it is just a digital form,” Mu said.
Perhaps most notably, he set out some of the digital currency’s technical aspects, and compared it with Facebook’s Libra.
PBoC’s digital yuan will be able to be transferred between users without an account and without a mobile or internet network, the report cites Mu as saying. Providing a user’s mobile phone has a wallet, the digital currency can be transferred to another person by placing the two phones in physical contact. Presumably, this feature is enabled by near-field communication (NFC).
“Even Libra can’t do this,” Mu said.
PBoC’s digital currency also doesn’t need a bank account to be used, and is “free from the control of the traditional bank account system,” Shanghai Securities News cites Mu as saying. He further suggested it allows users to preserve their privacy when using the system.
However, the digital currency will be delivered via commercial banks like fiat currency. The banks must open accounts with the PBoC and buy the token at 100 percent value. After that, users may open digital wallets for the digital currency through the banks or commercial organizations.
According to the report, Mu added that the main reason for developing the digital currency is “planning ahead” to protect monetary sovereignty and China’s legal currency. That may be a hint that the advent of Facebook’s Libra is behind the sudden rush of development at the central bank.
Former People’s Bank of China (PBoC) governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in July that “Libra has introduced a concept that will impact the traditional cross-border business and payment system.”
As such, China should “make good preparations and make the Chinese yuan a stronger currency,” Zhou said.
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PLDT-Smart secures 211 tower permits following ARTA order
Filipino telecoms giant PLDT Inc. says the recent issuance of Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) orders to reduce red tape associated with securing tower permits is already helping it to increase mobile coverage across the country. Introduced in August via a Memorandum Circular to shorten permit processing times, the ARTA measures have helped PLDT and mobile arm Smart Communications to secure 211 building and preconstruction permits to deploy towers in Metro Manila; and the provinces of Batangas, Rizal, Palawan, Bohol, Cebu, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, Leyte, Samar, Southern Leyte, Camiguin, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Oriental, North Cotabato, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao. Additionally, the wireless unit tapped up a number of towercos last month to construct around 200 macro cell sites, it said.
Alfredo Panlilio, Smart president and CEO, and PLDT chief revenue officer, said: ‘The initiative of the government to make it easier for us to build more towers quicker will be a big help in terms of improving coverage … Towers are just one element in the mobile network infrastructure of PLDT, and we have both fixed and mobile infrastructures. We have about 10,000 macro and micro cell sites and more than 20,000 LTE base stations scattered across the country.’ Building out more towers is also deemed ‘crucial’ to the telco’s 5G deployment strategy, he added.
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James Agberebi 1 December 20, 2019 8:11 pm
Former Arsenal manager Unai Emery has backed the appointment of Mikel Arteta as the club’s new head coach.
Arteta was announced as Arsenal’s new manager on Friday, replacing Emery who was sacked last month after an 18-month spell in charge ended with a seven-game winless run.
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Speaking in his first interview since leaving Arsenal, Emery told BBC Sport that appointing Arteta as his replacement was a good decision by the board.
“He really is prepared to make that next jump,” said Emery.
“He has been at Arsenal before, he’s been in the Premier League and he has been working with Pep Guardiola. I do believe this is a good decision and I would also like it to be a good decision.”
And on his time as Arsenal boss, Emery went on to disclose what really transpired.
“The truth is that in the first year I was very pleased and the only thing left for me to do was to put the rubber stamp on the season with a win in the final of the Europa League. In the knockout stages we looked powerful.
“And then we played in the final against Chelsea where we had a great first half in a tactical sense, and where, in my opinion, we could have taken control of the game. But Eden Hazard separated both sides in their favour and they won the match. And in the league we swam right up to the shore and died on the beach.
“We effectively lost a top-four finish at home in two games, a draw against Brighton and a loss to Crystal Palace. These happened at a time when we were heavily involved in the Europa League.”
Speaking further Emery said: “There were things that happened that impeded our chances of responding as well as we would have wanted, such as the injuries to Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin and Aaron Ramsey.
“But it’s true that I was very satisfied with how things went because I believe we learned how to become a team, at times a team that shone, but a team that was effective and competitive, and a team that in general was showing why Arsenal signed me. I believe we achieved that and we just needed to make that final step.
“This season, theoretically, we also began well and I had the feeling – and so did the club – that the achievements of the previous season were valued and we were now looking to how we could develop together, even to the point where they were looking to offer a renewed contract,” Emery added.
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One of the most dominating franchises in the Ontario Conference of the CJFL in the early part of the 2000s was the St. Leonard Cougars; the only team in Quebec and they were led by legendary coach Tony Iadeluca Jr.
He coached an even 10 seasons from 1999 – 2008 and the Cougars ruled the Ontario Conference. Under Iadeluca’s tenure the Cougars won eight straight Conference championship titles from 2000 – 2007. That first championship in 2000 was just the Cougars second in franchise history and first in six years.
The Cougars won an incredible 36 consecutive regular season games from 2004 -2008 and Iadeluca was named the CJFL Gordon Currie Coach of the Year twice during that span; 2004 and 2007.
During his time in Montreal, Iadeluca led the Cougars to three Canadian Bowl appearances. In 2002 they played the Saskatoon Hilltops strong losing by just two points 20-18 in front of 700 fans in Montreal. Then in 2005 they lost to the Edmonton Huskies 34-15 in Montreal with 900 fans in the stands, then two years later the Cougars fell 26-3 to the Hilltops in the last CJFL neutral site Canadian Bowl as the game was played in Winnipeg. On route to that 2007 national championship the Cougars beat the VI Raiders in the national semi-final; it’s the last time a team from the Ontario Conference has won a national game.
Over his decade on the sidelines with the Cougars, Iadeluca compiled an impressive overall record of 82-14. Of those 82 wins, 68 were in the regular season which is second most all-time in the Ontario Conference and eighth most in CJFL history.
Following his time in the CJFL, Iadeluca became the head coach at College Andre-Grasset, a Cegep school in Montreal that competes in a College football division 1 in Quebec, part of the RESQ Conference.
With his tremendous record in the Ontario Conference, Tony Iadeluca Jr is without a doubt a "CJFL Legendary Coach."
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Andre Lalonde knows all about good running backs. In his final CJFL season with the Saskatoon Hilltops in 2013 he was named an All-Canadian and the CJFL Offensive Player of the Year.
During that regular season he rushed for 1367 yards on 182 carries and tallied seven touchdowns. At that time his total was the fifth highest in Prairie Conference history.
After his playing career came to a close Lalonde came back to the Hilltops and joined their coaching staff as the running backs coach. The upcoming 2021 season will be his sixth on the sidelines.
He’s had some outstanding running backs under his tutelage including Ben Abrook in 2019 who led the CJFL with 1215 yards on 199 carries. He helped the Hilltops win the Canadian Bowl and was named the Offensive Player of the Game.
As CJFL Running Backs Week continues, Lalonde discusses with Ryan Watters on what makes a good running back.
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Scoring a touchdown in the CJFL can bring on several different emotions and in most cases its pure joy. Joy that you’ve put points on the board for your team, the joy of ending a long drive with six points or the joy of teammates huddling in the endzone with celebration on their mind.
Only one running back in the CJFL history has experienced more joy scoring rushing touchdowns in a season than any other back. Andrew Pocrnic, as a member of the Langley Rams in 2019, seemingly scored touchdowns at will and set a new CJFL single regular season record in the process with 26 rushing touchdowns. He averaged two scores each game helping the Rams to a Cullen Cup championship and a berth in the Canadian Bowl.
Pocrnic broke Tristan Jones’ mark of 25 that he had collected in 2006 with the Edmonton Wildcats. The record stood for 13 seasons. Prior to that Jones broke the mark which was held for 15 seasons. The single season rushing touchdown record is clearly not an easy record to break. Pocrnic’s new record of 26 is safe…for now but as they say, “records are meant to be broken.”
The top 5 leaders for rushing touchdowns in a single regular season in the CJFL are as follows:
1 – Andrew Pocrnic – 26 with the Langley Rams in 2019
2 – Tristan Jones – 25 with Edmonton Wildcats in 2006
3 – Andrew Harris – 20 with the VI Raiders in 2009
4 – Richard Boakye – 20 with the St. Hubert Rebelles in 1991
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence in Lisbon, Portugal: the burden of obstructive lung disease study.
Bárbara C., Rodrigues F., Dias H., Cardoso J., Almeida J., Matos MJ., Simão P., Santos M., Ferreira JR., Gaspar M., Gnatiuc L., Burney P.
BACKGROUND: There is a great heterogeneity in the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) demonstrates a great heterogeneity across the world. The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) initiative was started to measure the prevalence of COPD in a standardized way. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of COPD in Portuguese adults aged 40 years or older of a target population of 2,700 000 in the Lisbon region, in accordance with BOLD protocol. METHODS: A stratified, multi-stage random sampling procedure was used which included 12 districts. The survey included a questionnaire with information on risk factors for COPD and reported respiratory disease and a post-bronchodilator spirometry performed at survey centres. RESULTS: For the 710 participants with questionnaires and acceptable spirometry, the overall weighted prevalence of GOLD stage I+ COPD was 14.2% (95% C.I. 11.1, 18.1), and stage II+ was 7.3% (95% C.I. 4.7, 11.3). Unweighted prevalence was 20.2% (95% C.I.17.4, 23.3) for stage I+ and 9.5% (95% C.I. 7.6, 11.9) for stage II+. Prevalence of COPD in GOLD stage II+ increased with age and was higher in men. The prevalence of GOLD stage I+ COPD was 9.2% (95% C.I. 5.9, 14.0) in never smokers versus 27.4% (95% C.I. 18.5, 38.5) in those who had smoked >20 pack-years. The agreement between previous doctor diagnosis and spirometric diagnosis was low, with 86.8% of underdiagnosed individuals. CONCLUSIONS: The 14.2% of COPD estimated prevalence indicates that COPD is a common disease in the Lisbon region. In addition, a large proportion of underdiagnosed disease was detected. The high prevalence of COPD with a high level of underdiagnosis, points to the need of raising awareness of COPD among health professionals, and requires more use of spirometry in the primary care setting.
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India cinemas reopen to small audiences after months in dark
by: SHEIKH SAALIQ, Associated Press
Posted: Oct 15, 2020 / 12:52 AM CDT / Updated: Oct 15, 2020 / 08:29 PM CDT
FILE – In this Friday, July 31, 2020, file photo, a worker of PVR cinemas, a multiplex cinema chain, sanitizes a theater during a press preview to show their preparedness to handle the COVID-19 pandemic in New Delhi, India. After seven months of total blackout, cinemas reopened Thursday, Oct. 15, in several parts of India with few older titles on the marquee and shows limited to half the capacity. The reopening of movie theaters comes at a time when India’s confirmed coronavirus tally surpassed 7.3 million. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
NEW DELHI (AP) — Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee — a sign of the country’s efforts to return to normal as the pace of coronavirus infections slows but also of the roadblocks that remain.
The return to movie theaters comes as India is registering the highest number of daily cases globally and is expected to soon top the list worldwide in terms of total number of reported infections, passing the United States. But trends also suggest the spread is beginning to slow.
Nearly 10,000 theaters closed in mid-March when the government imposed restrictions to fight the virus, which has torn through India and is blamed for more than 110,000 deaths. Cinemas are among the last public places to reopen — a hugely symbolic move in a country known the world over for the lavish productions pumped out by its Bollywood film industry.
On Thursday, however, movie theatres struggled to lure the public back. Many ran shows for small audiences.
In the capital of New Delhi, one cinema attracted a little more than two dozen people for its late afternoon show. Most of the moviegoers included guards and the housekeeping staff of the shopping mall that houses the theater.
Every year, the $2.8 billion industry produces more than 2,000 films that feature complex dance routines, singing and spectacularly large casts, serving to unite a diverse nation of 1.4 billion people. The industry’s success over the years has embedded moviegoing into India’s contemporary culture and been a boon for the economy, which, since the pandemic began, has nosedived to its slowest growth on record.
But even if theaters are reopening, filmmaking hasn’t rebounded. Reeling from zero box-office returns in this pandemic year, Indian filmmakers have so far not lined up any new big-ticket releases and have pushed any films they have made directly to online streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Such struggles can be seen the world over as the pandemic has devastated the entertainment industry. Earlier this month, a major American movie theater chainsaid it would temporarily shutter hundreds of locations in the U.S. and the U.K.
Movie theaters pose some of the biggest infection risks since they put people in a closed space, where the virus can spread easily, for an extended period of time.
To minimize the danger, Indian cinemas have separated seats, staggered show times and are encouraging digital payments. Masks and temperature checks are mandatory.
“We have put everything into place, maybe more than what has been prescribed,” said Gagan Kapur, regional head of the PVR Cinemas in New Delhi.
Still, some Indian states have been cautious.
Authorities in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, put off reopening cinemas for the time being. The southern state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, is the worst-hit in India, with more nearly 37% of the country’s COVID-19 fatalities.
With few new films coming out of Bollywood, theaters on Thursday mostly re-released earlier hits, though one new film, “Khaali Peeli,” a typical Bollywood potboiler, came out.
Older films like “Tanhaji,” a historical epic about a Hindu warrior who rises against the Mughals, “Thappad,” a social drama on domestic violence, and “Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan,” a rom-com featuring a gay couple, were played across multiple screens. “PM Narendra Modi,” an unabashed hagiography of the Indian prime minister that was released last year, also ran in some places.
The reopening of cinemas comes as trends suggest a decline in new infections.
India saw a surge in July and added more than 2 million in August and another 3 million in September. But it is seeing a slower pace of coronavirus spread since mid-September, when the daily infections touched a record of 97,894. It is recording an average of just over 70,000 cases daily so far this month.
But some experts say that India’s tally of more than 7.3 million total infections may not be reliable because of poor reporting and inadequate health infrastructure. India is also relying heavily on antigen tests, which are faster but less accurate than traditional RT-PCR tests.
Health officials have also warned about the potential for the virus to spread during the religious festival season beginning later this month.
“The next two and a half months are going to be very crucial for us in our fight against corona because of the winter season and the festival season,” Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Wednesday. “It becomes responsibility of every citizen to not let our guard down and follow COVID-19 appropriate behavior to curb spread of the infection.”
Associated Press video journalist Shonal Ganguly contributed to this report.
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Bill Sammon, senior vice president and managing editor at Fox's Washington bureau, announced his retirement to staff members on Monday. On Tuesday, as part of a restructuring of Fox's digital operations, politics editor Chris Stirewalt was let go.
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Faulkner, Neil
The Indian Mutiny was the subcontinent’s first war of independence, with Indians of different ethnic and religious backgrounds fighting side-by-side despite the divide and rule fostered by the British...
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Sarkar, Sumit
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Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 21, 2015: Canadian federal election, mining and the environment
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Our society is obsessed with the short-term present. It devalues memory and the past. But there are those who do remember, and who work to preserve and share our collective memory. But they have to co...
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Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
Chibber, Vivek
Against the thesis that Western subalterns are made of different stuff, Chibber argues that human beings are, at their core, not that different across contexts. The winds of history and culture may ch...
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Cognizant Technology – Written Consent
James McRitchie, June 9, 2016 ,
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (CTSH) provides information technology (IT), consulting, and business process services worldwide. Their annual meeting is coming up on June 15, 2016.
ProxyDemocracy.org had collected the votes of three fund families when I checked. Vote AGAINST pay, committee; FOR proposal to allow written consent. I voted with the Board’s recommendations 57% of the time. View Proxy Statement via iiWisdom.
Cognizant Technology: ISS Rating
From Yahoo! Finance: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation’s ISS Governance QuickScore as of Jun 1, 2016 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 4; Shareholder Rights: 8; Compensation: 6. Brought to us by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores range from “1” (low governance risk) to “10” (higher governance risk). Each of the pillar scores for Audit, Board, Shareholder Rights and Compensation, are based on specific company disclosures. That gives us a quick idea of where to focus: Shareholder Rights and Compensation.
Cognizant Technology: Compensation
Cognizant Technology’s Summary Compensation Table shows the highest paid named executive officer (NEO) was CEO Francisco D’Souza at $12.0M. I’m using Yahoo! Finance to determine market cap ($37.0B) and I am roughly defining large-cap as $10B, mid-cap as $2-10B, and small-cap as less than $2B. Cognizant Technology is a large-cap company. According to the Equilar Top 25 Executive Compensation Survey 2015, the median CEO compensation at large-cap corporations was $10.3M in 2014, so pay was over that amount. Cognizant Technology’s shares outperformed the NASDAQ over the most recent two and ten year time periods, but underperformed during the most recent one and five year periods.
The MSCI GMIAnalyst report I reviewed gave Cognizant Technology an overall grade of ‘B.’ According to the report:
Unvested equity awards partially or fully accelerate upon the CEO’s termination. Accelerated equity vesting allows executives to realize pay opportunities without necessarily having earned them through strong performance.
The company has not disclosed specific, quantifiable performance target objectives for the CEO, essential for investors to assess the rigor of incentive programs.
The company pays long-term incentives to executives without requiring the company to perform above the median of its peer group. Incentive plans that pay for mediocre performance undermine the linkage between pay and performance.
Similarly, Egan-Jones Proxy Services takes various measures to arrive at a proprietary rating compensation score, which measures wealth creation in comparison to other widely held issuers. “Superior” is the rating given. On the actual compensation advisory vote, Egan-Jones concludes:
We believe that shareholders should support the current compensation policies put in place by the Company’s directors. Furthermore, we believe that the Company’s compensation policies and procedures are centered on a competitive pay-for-performance culture, strongly aligned with the long-term interest of its shareholders and necessary to attract and retain experienced, highly qualified executives critical to the Company’s long-term success and the enhancement of shareholder value. Therefore, we recommend a vote “FOR” this Proposal.
Taking all of the above into accounted, I voted ‘AGAINST’ the pay package and, as is my custom, I voted against members of the compensation committee: John N. Fox, Jr., John E. Klein, Michael Patsalos-Fox, Robert E. Weissman.
Cognizant Technology: Accounting
Cognizant Technology: Board Proposals
As mentioned above, I voted against the pay package and members of the compensation committee.
Cognizant Technology: Shareholder Proposals
#4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent, submitted by me, so you can be I am voting ‘FOR.’ Allowing written is associated with higher share values. See classic study by Gompers, Paul A. and Ishii, Joy L. and Metrick, Andrew, Corporate Governance and Equity Prices. Vote #4 FOR.
From the Egan-Jones Proxy Services report:
A shareholder right to act by written consent is one method to equalize the limited provisions for shareholders to call a special meeting. Delaware law allows 10% of shareholders to call a special meeting without mandating a holding period. However it takes 25% of Cognizant shareholders, from only those shareholders with at least one-year of continuous stock ownership, to call a special meeting.
Thus potentially 50% of Cognizant shareholders could be disenfranchised from having any voice whatsoever in calling a special meeting due to the Cognizant one-year lock-out period. The average holding period for stock is less than one-year according to “Stock Market Investors Have Become Absurdly Impatient.” …
Providing shareholders a right to act by written consent, in limited instances such as where the charter averts the removal of directors without cause, the right to act by written consent may be used to replace up to the entire board of directors. Board members have voiced their concerns, that the so-called written consent actions might limit the board’s decision making abilities in serious issues, according to the “Corporate Governance Report.” Also, allowing stockholder action by written consent would leave the company and its stockholders vulnerable to small groups of activist investors who do not owe fiduciary duties to the company.
In the recent study of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, one of the most successful and controversial developments in the shareholder proposal area has been the increased rate, and success levels, of shareholder proposals requesting that the company grant shareholders the right to act by written consent . Some shareholders do believe that having the right to act by written consent permits shareholders to take action on important issues on the Company’s corporate governance practices…
We have determined that it is a positive corporate governance measure to allow the stockholders to have the ability to take action by written consent, if such written consent or consents sets forth the action to be taken and is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the matter were present and voted. As such, we recommend a vote “FOR” this Proposal.
Cognizant Technology: CorpGov Recommendations Below – Votes Against Board Position in Bold
In addition to votes gathered by ProxyDemocracy.org, Proxy Insight had reported votes of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Colorado PERA (PERA), and Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), which voted all items on the proxy “FOR.”
CPPIB/PERA/TRS
1a Elect Director Zein Abdalla For For Against For For
1b Elect Director Maureen Breakiron-Evans For For Against For For
1c Elect Director Jonathan Chadwick For For Against For For
1d Elect Director Francisco D’Souza For For Against For For
1e Elect Director John N. Fox, Jr. Against For Against For For
1f Elect Director John E. Klein Against For Against For For
1g Elect Director Leo S. Mackay, Jr. For For Against For For
1h Elect Director Lakshmi Narayanan For For Against For For
1i Elect Director Michael Patsalos-Fox Against For Against For For
1j Elect Director Robert E. Weissman Against For Against For For
1k Elect Director Thomas M. Wendel For For Against For For
2 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation Against For Against For For
3 Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors For Against For For For
4 Provide Right to Act by Written Consent FOR For For For For
Cognizant Technology: Issues for Future Proposals
No action can be taken without a meeting by written consent.
Supermajority vote requirement (66.67%) to amend certain charter and all bylaw provisions.
Proxy access ‘lite’ provision whereby a shareholder or group of no more than 20 stockholders holding at least 3% of the outstanding common stock continuously for at least three (3) years may nominate directors constituting up to 25% of the board or two (2) individuals (whichever is greater).
Cognizant Technology: Mark Your Calendar
Any stockholder proposals submitted in accordance with Rule 14a-8 must be received at our principal executive offices no later than the close of business on December 30, 2016. Proposals should be addressed to our Secretary at our offices at Glenpointe Centre West, 500 Frank W. Burr Blvd., Teaneck, New Jersey 07666.
Cognizant Technology, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Corporate Governance, CTSH, GMIAnalyst, pay, Proxy Score, ProxyDemocracy.org, SharkRepellent.net, written consent
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Boonen and Sagan crash mid-race in Tour of Qatar opener
By Daniel Benson 08 February 2015
Sprinters recover and place well in final bunch kick
Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep). (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep) survived a scare on stage 1 of the Tour of Qatar after crashing with rival Peter Sagan. The Belgian was unhurt and managed to finish second to José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) in a chaotic sprint on a day that was marked by consistent headwinds and fraught nerves.
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“It was a messy day with the headwind and everyone had the nerves even though they knew the headwind conditions would keep it together,” Boonen told Cyclingnews at the finish.
Boonen crashed with Sagan around the second intermediate sprint of the day. Both men quickly remounted and were able to carry on with the Tinkoff-Saxo rider also contesting the sprint, and finishing fourth.
“When Sagan crashed I was on his wheel, and I stumbled over him but I was going about five kilometres per hour when it happened so there’s nothing bad.”
Boonen’s team had been aggressively earlier in the stage. When the race did change direction, as it headed from Dukhan to Sealine Beach, Etixx were quick to test their rivals’ responses with several accelerations in the crosswinds. It worked, with the peloton briefly splitting into three groups midway through the stage.
Although there was a general regrouping the tactic was more successful on the second attempt with Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) and Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin) both losing time to a group of favourites.
“We tried one time and we got a break going with around 30 guys but then it all came back but I had that crash with Peter. In the final 25 kilometres everyone was trying to do something but with the headwind and then the sidewind playing around all day we ended up with the sprint and I was beaten,” he told Cyclingnews.
The race is far from over, especially with a 10.9-kilometre time trial still to come. One rider who stayed near the front and could feature in the race against the clock was Movistar's Alejandro Valverde, however, Boonen was confident of dropping the Spaniard.
“I only just heard that about the time but that’s good,” he said in reference to Kittel and Wiggins. When asked about Valverde, he replied, “He was up there but I think we can get rid of him one of these days.
“As for the sprint, I was behind Rojas but then lost some ground on him. When I made it back to his wheel it was already over.”
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Rallies Friday will urge for high school sports…
Rallies throughout California on Friday will urge for high school sports to return
On social media, the hashtag #LetThemPlayCa is growing, urging high school sports supporters to attend one of the many rallies scheduled for Friday throughout California
By Fred Robledo | frobledo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2021 at 11:36 a.m. | UPDATED: January 15, 2021 at 6:31 a.m.
High school sports in California have been shut down since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making it one of the few states in the country that has not returned to the playing fields this school year.
A group called Let Them Play CA wants to change that and has planned simultaneous rallies near high school campuses and other locations throughout California on Friday afternoon.
On Facebook, a LetThemPlayCA page had 32,000 members, and there is hope Friday’s rallies reach the state capitol. Many people on social media are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials to end the restrictions on high school and youth sports and allow them to compete.
The California Department of Public Health guidelines allow for conditioning and limited skill workouts, but games are prohibited until at least Jan. 25, when the CDPH is expected to update its guidelines. It could update its guidelines before Jan. 25.
Some high school sports supporters are tired of waiting, which has prompted the call for Friday’s rallies.
On the LetThemPlayCa Facebook page, there is a cover letter that explains the group’s concerns. It reads:
The 2021 year is underway with so much uncertainty. I am writing to request your help to reinstate high school sports and allow these athletes the ability to pursue their athletic dreams this year. Forty other states have already allowed high school sports toresume. California is among the last ten states to approve this matter. With professional, club and private sports being permitted, my request is for high school sports to be as well.
Sports provide many benefits beyond the wins and losses. For some it gives them a reason to go to school, to have a positive adult relationship, an opportunity for kids to be seen at their best, it helps keep good grades, promotes healthy eating, structured training program, facilitates a common ground for parents and their children, college potential, fosters love, pride, self-esteem, confidence, trust, connections, and most of all it provides a purpose for teenagers.
Covid-19 is on the forefront of the world’s health concerns but what many are not aware of, is what it is doing to the mental health of our teenagers. Suicide was the leading cause of death among teenagers before this pandemic. Distance learning and no sports are creating extreme social isolation, which is a huge contributor for teen suicides. Sports help provide an outlet for stressors that affect teenagers and allow the healthy release of endorphins that regulate a positive state of mind.
Please be the light that our vulnerable teenagers need and allow high school sports to resume this year, right now, in this beautiful land of the free and the brave.
Thank You California
Torrey Pines football coach Rod Gladnick recently spoke with a San Diego TV station about the goals for Let Them Play CA, which include having a six-game football season.
There has been a lot of discussion on social media about the rallies, which will begin Friday at 4 p.m.
The group says the rallies have not been organized by the schools and are supposed to take place outside of school grounds. The organizers of the events, the group says, are parents and other volunteers who want to see high school sports return.
As of Thursday, the group listed planned rallies within all of the Southern California counties.
There is a rally planned in La Verne on the corner of Wheeler Ave. and Foothill Blvd. organized to represent Bonita, San Dimas and Claremont high schools.
There is a rally scheduled in Chino Hills on the corner of Peyton Dr. and Grand Ave. for Chino Hills, Ayala, Don Lugo and Chino high schools.
There are events scheduled near Glendora, Blair and Whittier high schools, and reports of many other locations circulating on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.
Rallies across Southern California are planned on Jan. 15 at 4pm to protest the continued shutdown of HS sports with the hashtag #LetThemPlay pic.twitter.com/LM7Lf2x5G4
— Fred J. Robledo 👨🏻💻 (@SGVNSports) January 10, 2021
https://t.co/UxL42orA4Q pic.twitter.com/pm7RIRuz29
Add Glendora to the #LetThemPlay list https://t.co/UxL42orA4Q pic.twitter.com/SUETD57Ezt
I’ll dive more into these rallies before Friday. Here is another one in La Verne https://t.co/UxL42orA4Q pic.twitter.com/0qc4pFqwKe
Fred Robledo | sports editor
Fred Robledo is a local sports editor for the Southern California Newspaper Group.
frobledo@scng.com
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Operational Security //
Dawn Kawamoto
AI: An Emerging Insider Threat?
As artificial intelligence increasingly gains a presence in the enterprise, concerns are already being raised of a new insider threat where AI will turn against its operators. How can security experts address this "frenemy"?
Machines being smarter than humans has already played out across national TV and the Internet, from IBM's supercomputer Watson defeating renowned Jeopardy! game contestants to Google's AlphaGo beating the world's best Go game player.
And while the closely watched Jeopardy and Go competitions demonstrated how computers raised on machine learning and packed with artificial intelligence can surpass human intelligence and hold vast potential for delivering good to society, concerns have also emerged about the darker side of the technology.
Visionary Elon Musk, for one, has described AI as "summoning the demon" and it could be humanity's "biggest existential threat," according to a video posting in the Washington Post of his presentation at MIT.
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And Google DeepMind, creator of AlphaGo, and Stuart Armstrong, an Alexander Tamas Programme on AI Safety research fellow at Oxford University, warned of the need for a "red button" to disable an AI agent if it learned to avoid being interrupted or stopped by its operator in their report, "Safely Interruptible Agents."
Should IT security professionals be worried about machine learning and AI potentially becoming the new insider threat?
AI researchers, including Armstrong and Shahar Avin, a research associate with Cambridge University's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and co-author of "The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation," and Sam Bouso, CEO of Precognitive, an IT security company that uses machine learning and AI, weigh in on this issue.
Near-term outlook
AI is not likely to emerge as a new intentional insider threat in the near term, experts say, pointing to several factors at play.
"I don't see why AI is specifically an insider threat. In the short term, AI could amplify the capabilities of bad actors and possibly of good actors, whether or not they are insiders or not. In the medium term, AI could automate social engineering approaches such as spear phishing, but that's not specifically an insider threat either," Armstrong told Security Now.
Bouso told Security Now that AI is decades away from becoming a credible insider threat, noting that currently the technology is not at a point where it can think on its own and decide between good and bad.
"AI and ML are certainly being used for cybercrime but there is someone behind it when it happens, and they have a specific intent to do harm," Bouso said. "Any sort of rogue AI is nothing more than bad programming and human error at this point."
Indeed. Avin, in an interview with Security Now, noted that while machine learning and AI systems currently do not have a "will" of their own, it is up to companies to set the right policies and restrictions in place to guide the machine's learning. Unfortunately, that may prove challenging.
"We don't yet have robust tools to fully reason through all possible policies the system might take, and so [IT security professionals] should be extra careful with the inputs and outputs connected to such systems, and adversarially test them through red teaming efforts," Avin advised.
The "black-box" nature of many contemporary AI and machine learning algorithms, coupled with their ability to discover novel behaviors or policies within an environment or goal, should prompt companies to give additional care when introducing them to corporate networks and systems -- especially those that contain sensitive or confidential information, Avin noted.
And although IT security folks are concerned and discuss AI and its potential for self-awareness and malicious intent, Bouso said it's viewed along the lines of "one day this could happen."
Long-term outlook
Although cyber attackers are currently using machine learning and AI to wage war on companies and consumers, future development of the technology may one day lead to these technologies becoming IT security professionals' "frenemies."
"Deploying malicious code seems to be an extreme end, and unlikely until we have much more capable systems which are much more trusted," Avin said. "However, it is not unreasonable that a Q&A system will disclose information it was not intended to disclose, or, perhaps more worryingly, an automated configuration generator will create configs that exploit edge cases in the system being configured, such that a metric is maximized, but the system itself fails."
Researchers are focused on further machine learning and AI enhancements to make capable systems that are more trusted, a move the security industry is clamoring for as it faces a steep shortage of workers and fatigue from a constant barrage of alerts from their security operations center (SOC).
Development is underway for artificial general intelligences (AGIs), as an example.
"Before we get true AGIs, I expect any bugs created by AIs to be minor and non-deliberate. If and when AIs become AGIs, then I expect them to have enough knowledge and learning abilities to deploy malicious code if motivated to do that -- it would have most of the capabilities of humans, and be better in many areas," Armstrong said. "But as I said before, if we assume true AGIs, then civilization will be radically changed anyway."
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— Dawn Kawamoto is an award-winning technology and business journalist, whose work has appeared in CNET's News.com, Dark Reading, TheStreet.com, AOL's DailyFinance, and The Motley Fool.
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Experts Talk Transforming Data Analytics with Cloud
Stephanie Simone
From data lakes and data warehouses to hybrid and multicloud environments, the world of analytics continues to evolve to meet growing demands for fast, easy, and wide-ranging data access.
In a recent survey of DBTA subscribers, 20% indicated plans to move their analytics to the cloud with another 27% considering this idea.
At the same time, concerns about security, governance and performance linger, and there are other success factors to consider, including the strengths and weaknesses of different cloud providers and integration scenarios.
DBTA recently held a webinar with Clive Bearman, director content, product and marketing strategy, Qlik; Donnie McMillan, presales expert, SAP; and Mike Pickett, VP and GM of growth, MemSQL, who discussed insights and practical advice about embarking on the cloud journey.
Bearman opened up the discussion with his three top tips for taking data analytics to the cloud. Tip one is to architect for change. By doing this, organizations are supporting data in motion when it moves from one place to the next within its lifecycle.
Tip two includes automating whenever possible. Bearman said because manual coding takes too much time, businesses need to leverage or build tools to automate these tasks.
His last tip is leveraging the data catalogue. By using this “underrated technology,” he said, businesses can govern, discover, and better trust the data and where it’s coming from.
Digital access to data is exploding, Pickett said, and backend infrastructure is struggling to keep up. MemSQL offers a NewSQL database that’s purpose-built to support operational insight and execution. The platform is built for fast data ingest, high demand and dynamic inquiries, and provides the SingleStore database, which supports all data types, shapes, and sizes in operational environments.
McMillian recommended using simple math to plan a data strategy. The data value formula combines the span of data (data from anywhere), the amount of data (data of any size), the quality of data (data of any kind) and data usage (data for anyone) to figure out the total value of the data to the enterprise.
Data and analytics in SAP’s business technology platform can offer the solution for leveraging data in and out of the cloud, according to McMilian.
SAP Data Warehouse Cloud is fast, elastic, end-to-end, and collaborative, he said. The power of SAP HANA and in-memory technology allows for the fastest analytical and database experience without frontloaded costs.
An archived on-demand replay of this webinar is available here.
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Latin Dance Date Night
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Kat “La Gata” Aguilar-Smith
Of Peruvian and El Salvadorian descent Kat Aguilar-Smith is a Latina entrepreneur whose experiences have serendipitously positioned her into the entertainment management position she now holds as Chief Operations Officer of the largest Latin dance festival in the World, DCBx.
She inherited an entrepreneurial spirit from a very early age by helping her mother run copies to her father as soon as she could walk. Her immigrant parents at that time owned a humble storefront selling artesanias and craft items from Central and South American countries. Her parents having met in Washington DC while studying at local universities were determined to live the “American Dream.” It wasn’t long before the humble family began other business endeavors to build a long-lasting legacy.
Kat showed to be an ambitious young lady at a very early stage. At the age of 14, she had begun planning her future by applying to small part-time office jobs close to her high school. She began working for a prominent law firm at the young age of 14 and a half, the legal age limit to work at that time in Suburban Northern Virginia. She excelled at her part-time gig and by the time she graduated from Bishop Ireton College Prep School she was one of the highest grossing students working and attending school.
Working at the law firm for several years, Kat learned the valuable tool of automated systems and processes and grew close to her detail-oriented employer. At the age of 20, Kat decided to pursue her true passion in Latin dance. While working now full-time for the law firm, she started to learn and eventually teach Latin dance. Juggling a passion for business and a passion for dance, Kat worked a total of 80 hours a week- 40 hours at her full-time position Monday through Friday and another 40 hours a week teaching dance during the week and full 12 hour days on the weekend. She was persistently focused and driven.
Soon after, Kat obtained a position at one of the Nation’s Largest artist management and representation firms while attending George Mason University. She worked closely with the legal and human resources departments and personalities such as Michael Phelps, Mia Hamm, Chris Paul and Susan G. Komen and many others while getting her first glimpse at the entertainment business world.
In 2008, the real estate bubble hit the family hard as property values and sales skyrocketed down. She returned to help her father and sister with the real estate brokerage and began implementing procedures and sales tactics into the family business.
This further increased her interest in business and shortly after she was recruited by a prominent family development company as the second-hand to the EVP of the company. The development company owned over 56 acres of multi-use development including retail, apartments, and office space.
Today, Kat sits on the executive board of the DCBx as Chief Operation Officer. She is married to her entrepreneurial husband, Lee “El” Gringuito Smith Jr. Her adventurous spirit as an entrepreneur is fueled by her dual passion for dance and business. Together they have performed & taught Latin Dance in over 500 cities around the World, teaching more people to dance Bachata than anyone in North America. They have produced Latin & Diversity events for major companies like Microsoft, IBM, ALPHA, GWHCC, Telemundo & Morgan Stanley.
Current projects include DanceEgg.com, revolutionizing the online industry; and DCBC Event Productions, a consulting company on event management. Kat is passionate in helping Latinas realize they can do and accomplish whatever they want and her online learning series is set to launch in 2016.
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The UN Seeks Control Over What is Broadcast on American TV
Steven Ahle
The UN wants substantial regulatory control over what can be broadcast on your TV. Relax, they are doing it for the kids, right? The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to seek the oversight on what commercials for food aimed at kids can be aired.
And after that they could cancel all cooking shows and Paula Deen would be taken off the air. Oh, wait. The liberals already got to her. Rachael Ray then. And TV shows would have to keep away from food.
What about the replacement commercials? An attractive couple on the beach and the woman seductively feeds him arugula. What a gruesome mental image that was. Or the father that takes his son out after he was the hero in his teams baseball games. His father walks him in the door where his father orders him up a delicious seaweed and marmite sandwich on 37 grain whole wheat bread with a side of kimchee and a large wheatgrass. Yum.
The UN claims that bureaucrats should be monitoring the commercials to make sure that no unhealthy foods targeting kids are broadcast anywhere in the United States. The UN would then have substantial say in how to deal with enforcement of the rules. The constitution is a living breathing document after all. Modern times are different than they were almost 250 years ago. People no longer need the freedom of speech…or guns….or privacy….or anything else that would aid in the indoctrination.
Imagine you go home and you say to your wife, “Honey, I know that our marriage license said that I should cling to you only, but after all, it’s a living breathing document and she was looking so fine……” That poor son of a b#^*h never saw that frying pan coming.
So how do you think Barack Obama will react to regulating TV commercials? Think net neutrality.
Courtesy of Red Statements.
Additional Source: The Daily Caller
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Why Do a Leadership Assessment?
Bruce Court
It's a question we get all the time: "Why do a leadership assessment?" Think of it this way: Most companies don't make expensive choices without data. So why would you do it with your leadership?
If you’re not using data to find and develop leaders, you’re risking an expensive mistake. But a lot of companies don’t even think about using data in the process. I can’t tell you how often companies ask me, “Why do a leadership assessment?”
It’s an easy answer. Data helps us make objective decisions, without relying too much on emotions. After all, companies don’t make other expensive choices without justifying their decisions. For example, theater companies and sports teams hold tryouts for actors, musicians and athletes. Not everybody fits in a role in a show or on a team.
Similarly, pilots spend hours in simulations before their first flight. And before you can fly a plane, you must prove you know what you’re doing and can handle it. If you can’t prove it, you wouldn’t even be in the cockpit! People weigh these decisions heavily because a misstep comes with severe implications.
So why don’t we do this for leadership? In many companies, leaders are chosen simply because they are good performers and they “seem like” good leaders. And we often avoid telling them about the weaknesses they need to work on because it might be uncomfortable.
This approach comes with heavy consequences. First off, it introduces a lot of unconscious bias into the process. Second, poor leaders often create low morale, have a disengaged team, and lower productivity. Unfortunately, these effects usually linger long after a leader has “left the building.”
And that’s just the cost for one frontline manager. For each higher level position, the cost of a poor leader gets deeper as they have more influence and control over people, strategy, and budget. By the time you get to the executive level, one individual’s weaknesses can end up costing millions.
With such a steep risk of failure, it’s amazing that the question is still, “Why do a leadership assessment?”
Instead, it should be “How should I use assessments to get better data on leaders?”
How to Use Leadership Assessments
One of the first things to understand about assessments is that they can’t just be another HR process. Rather, they should be a rich experience that benefits both the leader and the company.
Think of assessments as a flight simulation or audition. In part, it’s a test to make sure the person is ready for the job ahead. But it also gives the participant wonderful practice to know whether they are ready to perform on the job. Even if they aren’t perfect, they’ll know what they need to work on to get better.
Companies can use the data in a wide range of ways. In some companies, they use it to fuel objectivity in hiring and promotion decisions. They can also use the data to identify candidates for high-potential pools, and as a guide for succession planning.
Perhaps most importantly, data helps lead development discussions with individual leaders.
Data provides insight into their behavioral strengths and areas to develop. It also reveals personality traits that could enable or derail future success. This self-awareness can have a deep impact on a leader’s career, helping them become successful in their current and future roles.
But above all, group data from assessments is incredibly powerful. Looking across your leaders, you can see hot spots where leaders need help, and plan group development for them. You can also see how their strengths and gaps line up to your business strategy.
Bringing Assessment Data to Life
Here’s a quick story to illustrate how using leadership assessment benefits both the company and the leader.
A few years ago, I worked with a hospital to help find COO candidates, with the hope that they would take over as CEO in a few years. One of the people who seemed like an obvious choice for the role was the hospital’s CTO, who we’ll refer to as John Doe. Everyone liked and respected him, and he was an outstanding performer.
But the hospital leaders knew better than to assume that John Doe was right for the role. They chose to assess four senior leaders, including John Doe, and see how they did.
Data revealed that John Doe wasn't quite ready to step into the role. But he had the potential. With the right support and development, he could be ready in a few years when the role opened up again, when the COO stepped up to CEO.
The hospital built John Doe's development plan around the data. He earned an MBA to build his business acumen. He became the CHRO to better understand the human side of leadership. Also, John Doe received coaching and support from several internal and external sources, all guided by the assessment data.
And when the time came again, John Doe was ready to move down the hall into the COO’s office.
Assessments are Investments in Career Growth
Everybody won in John Doe's story – John Doe, other C-suite leaders, and the hospital as a whole. But it almost ended very differently.
Right before the initial assessment, John Doe had been feeling like his career at the hospital may be coming to an end. He’d been CTO for 12 years, and he had the feeling there was nowhere else to go. He started returning recruiters’ phone calls.
But the assessment changed everything. John saw that the hospital saw his potential and was ready to invest in him. He saw that he had a role to play in the hospital’s succession plan. And with the right development, he had a bright future ahead.
But the hospital's story doesn't end with John Doe. As a matter of fact, it led to an overhaul of its leadership pipeline.
Building a Leadership Pipeline
When the board realized they nearly lost John Doe, they quickly realized the answer to “why do a leadership assessment.” They needed to have a data-driven strategy for every key leadership role.
They decided to expand what they had done with the four potential COO successors to key roles across the organization. For every one of these roles, leaders needed to be able to answer a key question: If the incumbent were to be promoted or leave tomorrow, was there at least one person ready to step up?
To answer that question, they created a color-coded system across the pipeline.
Green let them know one or more candidates could step in right away. Yellow meant that they had someone who could step in, but would need help and support. Red showed alarming areas where no one from the hospital system could step in. After each quarter, hospital officials updated the colors.
Finally, they connected the hospital's performance to the strength of its leadership pipeline. Without data, it would have been impossible to connect business strategies and outcomes to talent.
Not All Assessments are Created Equal
Now throughout this piece, I know I’ve been answering the question “Why do a leadership assessment?” with a simplistic answer of, “Data!” But it’s also important to consider what kind of data you’re getting.
Here’s a brief overview of what types of assessment you can use, and the data you receive:
Self-Assessment provides a critical analysis of one's own goals, interests, skills, and experience. It could be used as part of a training program to better understand a participant’s need. On the other hand, it could provide a post-work knowledge and understanding check.
360-Degree Feedback, also known as a multi-rater assessment, provides feedback from subordinates, colleagues and supervisors. It also includes a self-assessment.
Behavioral Interviewing focuses on past experiences by asking candidates for specific questions about past performance. It collects data on behaviors, knowledge, skills and abilities. Candidates describe a situation or task, their actions and the results. Once completed, hiring managers compare the examples against job requirements.
Interview-Based Assessment with Business Case happens during a structured interview with a candidate using a business case as the platform. The interviewer determines strengths and gaps. The business case provides additional insight.
Day-in-the-Life Assessments immerse candidates in a role at a fictitious company for up to a day. It requires them to deal with the usual influx of emails, meetings and other role-specific tasks. The experience includes exercises, like analysis and decision making, coaching and partnering.
One Size Doesn't Fit All
Assessments provide information about individual candidates, but the same assessment won't always work for every need. You must find the right fit. For example, 360-Degree Feedback won't identify potential or readiness for the next role. That'd be like blacking out your windshield and relying solely on rear view mirrors to drive down the highway. It just doesn't work and, really, makes no sense.
It's really about context. The right assessment helps decision makers predict if candidates can actually do the job. It exposes where they need to improve, and whether their personal disposition makes them a fit.
Early in my career at DDI, a client told me it is impossible to make a completely objective hiring or promotion decision. But they emphasized it is possible to structure subjectivity.
So why do a leadership assessment? Because using data is one of the best ways to make objective decisions.
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Randolph County Sheriff
June 2: Katelyn M. Harrison, Prairie Trail, Asheboro, reported the theft of a white 2009 Chrysler 300 from her residence.
June 1: Richard H. Wrenn, Shiloh Road, Julian reported the theft from his residence of $800 in tools, a game system valued at $300 and a television valued at $800.
May 31: Lowell J. Sykes, Delwood Drive, Archdale, reported the theft from his 2016 Ford Mustang parked at his residence of an M&P Compact 2.0 pistol valued at $500.
June 3: Jeffrey T. McKimney, Old High Point Street, Randleman, reported the theft from his 2005 Dodge truck parked at his residence of a Red Hawk Ruger gun valued at $800, a Colt Lawman III gun valued at $800, a Remington 870 Wingmaster gun valued at $550, a Nori-Co .22 automatic gun valued at $550, a Remington 30-06 gun valued at $700 and a Marlin 22 MOD.80 valued at $200.
June 2: Brenta T. Kantola, Staley Hill Road, Sophia, reported vandalism to her 2009 Chevrolet truck parked at the residence. Damage to a bumper was estimated at $150 and $600 to a window of the vehicle.
June 1: William T. Worley, Young Road, Asheboro, reported the theft of a Ruger 08605 gun valued at $600 from his 2004 GMC vehicle parked at his residence.
June 4: Kevin Bowman of Learning Environments, Old Liberty Road, Liberty, reported the theft of a gray trailer valued at $4,000.
June 4: Alvin R. Myers reported littering on a field at Kennedy Farm Road, Thomasville, and the theft of hand tools valued at $150 and a Deep Cycle battery valued at $200 from the same location.
June 3: Jonathan R. Powers, Old Thomasville Road, Archdale, reported the theft of a battery valued at $200 from his 2002 Honda Odyssey parked at his residence.
Recent charges
Charles David Crone: 73, 787 Hammer Road Ext., Randleman, communicating threats, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, two counts assault with attempt to inflict serious injury to a minor, assault by pointing a gun, five counts possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of marijuana.
Wendi Diane Watte Graham: 44, 7095 Kirkman St., Liberty, fugitive from justice.
Benny Dale Locklear: 24, 510 Rocwood Road, Asheboro, exceeding posted speed, unsafe movement, driving with license revoked, fictitious information to officer, probation violation, possession of marijuana.
Calvin Gori Shyshko: 26, 1595 Candace Ridge Road, Greensboro, two counts court/receive active sentence.
Vanessa Dawn Taylor: 37, 2017 White’s Memorial Road, Franklinville, court/receive active sentence.
John Christopher Bray Jr.: 53, 228 Sussman St., Greensboro, court/receive active sentence.
Michael Lee Dixon: 33, 1733 Ralph Lawrence Road, Seagrove, felony probation violation.
Coty Ryan Hartsell: 31, 858 Windermere Court, Unit A, Asheboro, court/receive active sentence.
Asheboro Police
June 4: Alize Ebony Headen, Shamrock Road, Asheboro, reported a larceny at her residence.
June 4: Asheboro Police responded to Asheboro Summit Apartments, East Academy Street, Asheboro, in reference to a drug violation.
June 4: Tyesha Yvette McSwaim reported the discharging of a firearm at a residence on Coleridge Road, Asheboro.
Giovanni Vinansaca: 19, 213 Spring Garden Street, Asheboro, consume alcohol 19/20, intoxicated and disruptive, resisting a public officer, simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance.
John Gray Venable: 30, 203 Druid St., High Point, possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Would-be Coventry MP Vincent McKee found guilty of defrauding 12 more students
A WOULD-BE Coventry MP has this afternoon been found guilty of fraudulently taking thousands of pounds from 12 more students and families.
Les Reid
Vincent McKee
The jury at Coventry Crown Court has now found disgraced businessman Vincent McKee guilty on 24 counts of fraud, relating to when he ran a city centre firm offering private lessons to students.
The jury is still deliberating on 10 other fraud charges relating to 10 other people, and a separate charge of perverting the course of justice.
McKee who stood for the Lib Dems in Coventry North west in the 2010 general election had denied all 34 charges of dishonestly obtaining nearly s30,000 from 34 clients accounts using their bank card details.
The 54-year-old, who was remanded in custody after the first guilty verdicts on Monday, appeared in the dock as the guilty verdicts against him were doubled.
His sentencing will take place after the jury has completed its deliberations and he will remain in custody until then.
Judge Peter Carr instructed the jury after the first 12 unanimous verdicts on Monday that he will accept majority verdicts, of a minumum of 10-2, where the 12 jurors are unable to reach more unanimous decisions.
They have now reached unanimous verdicts on 16 of the counts.
The charges relate to a period between October 2009 and September last year, when McKee was the boss of student tuition firms ICUT and UAT, based in Tower Street, Coventry city centre.
The 12 additional guilty verdicts were heard after 25 hours of jury deliberations over six days.
McKee, aged 54, of Hanbury Place, Little Heath, Coventry, is also charged with perverting the court of justice, accused of giving false copies of written agreement letters between his firm and students to trading standards officers from Coventry City Council who were investigating the allegations against him. He pleaded not guilty to that charge.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of engaging in commercial practice without professional diligence, after he changed his earlier not guilty plea mid-way through the six-week trial.
The court heard he could become an aggressive bully when students or their parents complained to him after discovering withdrawals from their bank accounts amounting to hundreds of pounds above what they agreed for lessons.
In nearly all cases, a full refund was never made although some received post-dated cheques, or eventual refunds through the banks.
His company had cash flow problems and the prosecution claimed his motive was to get his hands on money quickly by simply tapping in clients bank card numbers into a debit machine.
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Paul, I don’t know why the link button comes and goes for you. On my system, the button is absent when I have Javascript blocked, and it is present when Javascript is enabled. This behaviour has been consistent for months, but I’ll let you know if it changes.
No, like I said before, there won’t be criminal fraud charges for faked data; it’s not a crime.
Nonetheless, the evidence of fakery is right there in Mikovits’ two submissions; the blog post just points it out. The bottom panel of item C in figure 2 from Mikovits’ paper to Science in 2009, and slide 13 from her presentation in Ottawa in 2011. I think these are chromatography traces, but what they are doesn’t matter. The point is that they’re identical.
Say you were accused of a burglary. The evidence presented is your thumbprint. So in court, the prosecution shows your thumbprint as lifted from a stolen telly, and your thumbprint taken at a police station. The two match; the whorls go in the same directions, and have equal numbers of ridges.
But each impression of a thumbprint is unique; you never put your thumb against an object at quite the same angle and pressure, and objects have their own surface irregularities too…
So now your defence lawyer takes the two thumbprints and superimposes them – the whorls and ridges don’t just match, they’re identical. These aren’t two separate prints from the same thumb at all; they’re two copies of a single thumbprint. Your defence lawyer has just proven that you’ve been stitched up; somehow the thumbprint you gave at the cop shop has been recycled as if it had been found on the stolen telly.
Mikovits submitted the same chromatography trace as evidence for two completely different things; one or the other has to be fake evidence. The other blog post proves another data fraud; when set a test by an independent lab:
– “when WPI/Mikovits are given samples where they do not know beforehand who is ‘supposed’ to be positive and who is ‘supposed’ to be negative, they cannot differentiate between CFS/Healthy/Positive controls”
But previously:
– “Silverman […] unquestionably found VP62 plasmid in the samples he got from the WPI… and only in the CFS patient samples.
So Mikovits had been putting the VP62 plasmid into the CFS samples but not the control samples; she was selectively adulterating the samples she sent to Silverman.
This isn’t a matter of balance or opinion, or someone else’s side of the story. She cheated, she got caught at it and the evidence exists. Her scientific career was in tatters, so now she does anti-vax, a lot like Wakefield.
“Where Mikovits says they ‘showed the Ebola virus’ how to infect humans, I presume she was talking about ‘gain of function’; I believe SA is right about previous human infection.”
What gain of function? You are talking about a highly lethal virus for which there is no known treatment. OK you may want it to infect say only Asians or only Africans but then why does she use such unscientific jargon? This is nonsense Paul, Dr Mikovits is not worth the 26 minutes you want me to spend listening to this unscientific gibberish.
@ SA May 27, 2020 at 18:49
I think we agree that the US (and indeed others) are capable of, and have, ‘weaponised’ extremely dangerous pathogens such as viruses (forgive me if viruses aren’t pathogens, but you get the picture. Stuff like Anthrax, which was known to have been weaponised in US labs (it was actually used, fatally, after 9/11 in a rather pathetic bid to blame it on Muslims).
Anthrax was already extremely deadly, but it was still ‘weaponised’ to be able to spread more effectively. I should imagine Ebola also could be made more spreadable and thus more exploitable as a weapon, as Coronavirus seems to have been.
Is it too much of a stretch to assume they would also weaponise Ebola? Or Coronaviruses?
The fraud which the blog accuses Dr. Mikovits of doesn’t seem to make sense – after all, even I understand that given some weird result like that, scientists would not just accept it, but would test the vaccines or specimens themselves. She would know that if she had faked the tests, the fakery would soon be apparent as soon as others couldn’t find the mouse retroviruses.
And these are mere allegations. The CDC, EPA, FDA and so forth have all been caught out in flagrant dangerous frauds and cover-ups, yet you don’t seem to dismiss everything they say or do because of it. And there is no way people, especially children, haven’t been seriously injured or killed because of their frauds and/or cover-ups.
Yet your ire seems reserved for Dr. Judy Mikovits, and a few like-minded alternative doctors and scientists.
I don’t know if she has defended herself against these allegations, if so I would like to hear her side of the story.
Paul, you don’t get it. There are serious objections, within the scientific community, about all sorts of stuff that goes on in science and the ways it is used, but the stuff you find on anti-vax sites isn’t it. It doesn’t contribute to the real arguments, in fact it distracts from them by discrediting good-hearted campaigners such as yourself. The anti-vaxxers claims sound scientific but they aren’t; it’s superficial stuff with words from science thrown in to make it sound like science to the inexperienced, and the corporate media do the groundwork of misrepresenting the scientific process itself, keeping the public ignorant and confused.
That’s why I wanted you to read Bad Science which more than anything is about how the corporate media confuse the public about the very nature of the scientific process, depriving the public of their ability to understand. You’ve read the first few chapters, but in those Goldacre goes after the quacks and nutritionists mainly, because their scams are easier to understand. He’s using them as a teaching tool, building up to the more complicated examples of media distortion of real science, and as a primer for his second book Bad Pharma.
The whole “MMR autism” scare was whipped up by the corporate media; it never had any substantial scientific basis. In 2002 the MSM published over 1200 stories about MMR and autism. Between 2001 and 2006 they published over 4000.
I have no idea why Mikovits did what she did, but she got away with it for several years, and she’s still getting work from the anti-vaxxers. Now she’s getting a load of attention by distributing disinformation about covid-19.
SARS-CoV-2 can’t be a bioweapon because it’s indiscriminate. The real issue is biolab security. Here’s an article about it, by real scientists:
Human error in high-biocontainment labs: a likely pandemic threat
Paul, you know what me and SA stand for, you know our values from the comments we each post at this site. SA seems to be a working scientist, and I have a lifelong interest in science. We’ve both been trying to tell you, you’re discrediting your political arguments by associating them with bunk. It’s not that we’re closed minded or too trusting of the authorities, it’s that the likes of Wakefield and Mikovits are charlatans; me and SA both have the background to be able to tell. Like if someone was blagging about how to repair a diesel engine you could tell if they knew what they were talking about or whether they were just using words like injector and glow-plugs to sound convincing, well that’s what me and SA can tell about Mikovits and Wakefield. And if you want to learn too, keep persevering with Bad Science.
I believe you are both wrong about Mikovits and Wakefield. I’m going to try to get a response from Dr. Mikovits, but it will probably take some time.
You both likely believe that the ‘Mark of the Beast’ is a load of BS, but here is a new angle for ID’s and ‘Vaxx Passports’:
‘Bill Gates, MIT Develop New ‘Tattoo ID’ to Check For Vaccinations‘.
‘…Interestingly, the funding for this new vaccine tattoo technology has come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (who) funded the team’s research…’
Clark has used the folksy ‘Gatesey’ on occasion: here is a four-episode ‘expose’ of the critter (in videos but also with transcripts, which I far prefer to video):
‘Bill Gates (parts 1-4)‘.
Bill Gates is the seventh cousin three times removed of Nelson Rockefeller (Gates often teams up with the Rockefeller Foundation in his ‘Philanthropies’). Oddly enough, these billionaire’s ‘philanthropies’ never seem to deplete their wealth, but miraculously increase it.
‘Yet your ire seems reserved for Dr. Judy Mikovits, and a few like-minded alternative doctors and scientists.’
What exactly are alternative doctors and scientists? There is only one medicine and science and these are evidence based. There are scientists who produce controversial results which may either be shown to be mistaken and doctors and pharmaceuticals who harm people by mistakes and sometimes deliberate actions but on the whole the checks on science attempt to hold to account by having a clear transparency and by backing practice with actual evidence. Many of those we have discussed on what you call alternative doctors and scientists hold beliefs and self publish and make documentaries but do not contribute to scientific advancement at all because their work is worthless scientifically either because it is flawed in design or because of deliberate faking of results or sometimes through innocent mistakes. The practice by certain official bodies that is illegal or fraudulent is also a fact which we are aware of. But two wrongs never make a right.
We should really all be concentrating on the misuse of science for political purposes by governments, as we are seeing now with this pandemic. We should see and call out the subversion of evidence and the recruitment of scientists and medical advisers as government employees, something so blatant, rather than chase fantasy stories by discredited scientists. Neither Clark nor I are interested in denigrating Wakefield or Mikovits as people but for their insistence on spreading misinformation which has been proven to be so again and again.
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‘A mass sterilization exercise’: Kenyan doctors find anti-fertility agent in UN tetanus vaccine.
The Kenyan Catholic Bishops Conference, and the Kenyan Catholic Doctors Association, can hardly be accused of being ‘anti-vaxxers’, or of being mass fraudsters. But to back them up (as though they needed it), there is the ‘Ex Prime Minister Exposes Tetanus Vaccine In Kenya As A “Targeted Mass Sterilization Program”.
This little WHO/Unicef/Gates trick was also used in Mexico, Nicaragua and the Philippines.
Gates is on record as saying that vaccines can cure the overpopulation problem. Sure they can, laced with hCG.
But the ‘Empire Strikes Back’: Licence of industrial lab Agriq-Quest suspended.
Actually, the lab was only suspended by an external body re water and soil assays, but the objective was to make the public think they had been in the wrong over the spiked ‘Tetanus’ shots. And the apology for a human being, the Health Minister, actually suggested the Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Doctors may have ‘spiked’ the vaccines themselves!
Why on earth would the Kenyan Government connive with the WHO, Unicef and Gates’ GAVI?
Well, African countries, like many other countries around the world, do seem to have a problem with corruption. It has not been suggested that bribery came into the Kenyan episode, but it was certainly alleged re vaccines in Nigeria. So let’s say, it is a possibility…
Gates allegedly bribes Nigerian Senate to pass Mandatory Vaccine Law:
‘Bill Gates offered House of Reps $10m bribe for speedy passage of compulsory vaccine bill – CUPP alleges‘. (Daily Post).
You seem to have a very basic problem understanding how to verify facts from allegations. From your first link:
“We sent six samples from around Kenya to laboratories in South Africa. They tested positive for the HCG antigen,” Dr. Muhame Ngare of the Mercy Medical Centre in Nairobi told LifeSiteNews. “They were all laced with HCG.”
So this is an allegation. If this allegation is to be verified you will need more than one person making his allegation, you need the name of the labs to which the samples were sent and actual data to support these findings. I am not even going to dispute whether vaccines may or may not be laced in such a way as to reduce fertility but just to say I have no way of finding out from all the links that you have sent that this is true other than someone saying it is true.
It seems that this is not a new allegation as seen from this from 1995.
The vaccine currently supplied by UNICEF has been used for more than 50 years in many countries and is one of the basics in immunization. The Department of Health notes no unusual increase in abortions since 1990, the year the anti-tetanus drive was accelerated. Prior to 1990, anti-tetanus vaccination had been going on in the Philippines since 1983. Even WHO assurances that tetanus toxoid contains no abortifacients have failed to allay public fear. It is unfortunate that the people and groups behind this misinformation campaign have done so much damage to a decidedly beneficial and needed health program.
As for Bill Gates I am not sure when he said that but I am also aware that vaccines used as (reversible) contraceptives have been developed but I am not sure whether they are actually being used. This is not entirely outrageous if it is done with the knowledge of the individuals concerned and provided they are safe and properly tested. But you just have a throwaway comment without any links or evidence and this scatter of allegations in your posts makes it a bit difficult to take your allegations seriously.
So Paul next time you post any allegations, please check the facts first, check your sources, check that there are independent verifications of what is being alleged and whether the allegations are verifiable. One of the biggest propaganda tools used by western governments is to make unverified allegations such as that WMD were found in Iraq and then to ask others to produce the evidence that they are not. This is exactly what you are doing by these posts.
@ SA as a quick response, ‘…Even WHO assurances that tetanus toxoid contains no abortifacients have failed to allay public fear…’
Are you really stating that as any kind of evidence, when the WHO is alleged to be a party to the abomination (and I do not use that term lightly – 500,000 Kenyans are said to have been made infertile without there knowledge or (obviously) consent). And they DENY it (shades of Mandy Rice-Davies)?
And that becomes a major point in your dismissal of my comment?
Have you considered, for just one moment, a young African buck marrying his chosen bride (or vice versa), and then finding out that the lady is infertile? HAVE YOU?
If the Kenyan Catholic Bishops Conference, and the Kenyan Catholic Doctors Association are not good enough for you, then ‘Ride on’.
This is an amazing response. The whole of the catholic church is not in any sense qualified to make a scientific statement like this and if this is your argument then it is you who should move on and not try to be taken seriously.
500,000 Kenyans are said to have been made infertile without there knowledge or (obviously) consent). And they DENY it (shades of Mandy Rice-Davies)?
Where exactly is the evidence that 500,000 Kenyans are said to have been made infertile? Let me tell you are “said to have been” is only a statement it is not proof, where exactly is the proof? Then this heart tugging scenario of two Kenyans not being able to have a child? Where is the evidence? And in return :
Have you Paul Barbara considered how two Kenyans marry and have a child only to lose it to neonatal tetanus? HAVE YOU?
And why is this story only a problem found by the Catholic church and not reported elsewhere? When you can produce any scientific evidence that tetanus vaccine produces infertility through a proper scientific study and not the catholic church, then I can begin to take you seriously.
Your obvious faith in the Catholic church means that your whole outlook is based on faith, not on evidence. It seems to me that this is the basic problem. In fact the Church has moved on especially under the current Pope who is more enlightened than this and is trying to modernise the catholic church. I have in my life had experience with most faiths and in fact having gone to a catholic mission school, know Catholicism very well and how it works, I was almost converted when I was very young.
I do respect people having faith but what I object to is when this faith is projected irrationally and in an unscientific way and ignores the progress that happened in the world in over time. I also understand a very basic principle: there are so many faiths and each claims to be the true faith, so many of the other faiths must by definition either be wrong or alternatively they may all be wrong in one way or another. Use faith as a personal issue to guide your dealings with people is fine, but use it to try and force other people to believe in the same way is not.
And this is more likely to explain why there is so much infertility in Kenya.
I was brought up a Catholic, but am no longer so. My opinion of the Vatican is almost unprintable. But this is not a matter of faith, this is a matter of a number of different lab checks, all of which came up with hCG contamination. The same happened in Nicaragua, Mexico and Philippines.
On top of that, an ex-Prime Minister of Kenya admitted that the vaccines had contained the sterilising agent.
Then there is Gates and many others acknowledged interest in bringing down the number of children born into the world.
Your attempt to put it down to ‘faith’ just won’t wash – and no, I am not going to provide you with signed confessions from Gates, UNICEF and the WHO.
@Paul Barbara – I suggest you examine fact checking websites before recycling old rumours.
The rumour is rated ‘False’ on Snopes – Is Tetanus Vaccine Spiked with Sterilization Chemicals?
There’s a summary of the Kenyan government’s response on the BBC News – Kenya Catholic Church tetanus vaccine fears ‘unfounded’: Kenya’s government has dismissed allegations made by the country’s Catholic Church that a tetanus vaccine can cause sterility in women.
The scandal was based on an ignorant misconception that arose from a birth control trial in India, via an incidental association with tetanus (the toxin) which then became confused with the tetanus vaccine. The rumour spread via the church from there via Tanzania to Kenya, where the vaccine was tested with inappropriate equipment (inc. home pregnancy kits!). Subsequently, accredited testing facilities – including one lab nominated by the Vatican – found no traces of the hormone hCG at all. That finding has been verified multiple times. If those labs aren’t good enough for you, then “jog on”.
Here’s the full story from Africa Check: ANALYSIS: Why does an old, false claim about tetanus vaccine safety refuse to die?
How the rumour started back in ’94
The first campaigns against the tetanus vaccine were based on a misunderstanding of a scientific study in India in 1994 that tested a birth control treatment.
The study’s active ingredient was a subunit of a hormone necessary for pregnancy to happen and that is also produced in large amounts throughout pregnancy. It is called human chorionic gonadotrophin, or hCG for short. Home pregnancy tests show up positive when this hormone is present in a women’s urine.
For the Indian trial, researchers used a protein similar to the tetanus toxin as a carrier for the hCG. This would then cause the woman’s immune system to eliminate hCG to prevent pregnancy. The process was reversible, though.
An American anti-abortion organisation, claiming support from the Vatican, used this information to call for a congressional investigation into Mexico’s tetanus vaccination programme. Human Life International claimed that the tetanus vaccine being administered contained hCG which would leave women infertile.
The organisation questioned repeated vaccinations, why women were targeted and why women of childbearing age were “being treated as nothing more than uninformed, unwitting, unconsenting guinea pigs”.
But the WHO said there was “no connection” between their tetanus vaccine programmes and the Indian trial, which was “not sponsored, supported, nor executed” by them.
(Note: In Africa, the origin of tetanus vaccine skepticism appears to be a Catholic mission hospital in the southern part of Tanzania. The hospital’s medical director read about the tetanus vaccine rumours and shared it at a regional meeting in 1994.)
After the rumours spread, some people used home pregnancy kits to detect hCG in the tetanus vaccine. This method is completely inappropriate, as the kit is designed to test for hCG in urine or blood serum, not in concentrated vaccines.
when proper lab tests were conducted on the vaccines in six laboratories around the world – including a lab chosen by the Vatican – no hCG was found.
A Catholic health care group says tetanus vaccines used in Kenya are not secretly laced with anti-pregnancy hormones, but it is urging the government and public health officials to conduct more tests to confirm it.
The previous lab results that appeared to show evidence of the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone in Kenya’s tetanus vaccines were “false positives,” said leaders of MaterCare International, a respected health organization that works in Africa.
The sinister smears about Bill Gates are also false – read up on Snopes: Did Bill Gates ‘Admit’ Vaccinations Are Designed So Governments Can ‘Depopulate’ the World?
That should be enough to chew over for a while, whether or not it has much impact on your belief system. Fact-checking services can be easily dismissed by people who try to believe 6 impossible rumours before breakfast.
@ Dr. Edd May 29, 2020 at 16:18
Firstly, are you actually a doctor? This is a plain straight-forward question, out of interest.
I do not trust Snopes as a pukka site to check for accuracy, any more than I trust Metabunk.
Nor do I trust the WHO to judge itself when condemned, any more than I would trust Bliar, BoJo, the Clintons or Al Capone.
The MSM in general is supportive of vaccinations, and of governments and Big Pharma (just like here, there is money to be made from pharmaceutical ads, and government perks like ads and access, so they are likely to ignore or belittle stories that go against the government narrative.
4 respected Kenyan labs checked samples of vaccines – they prepared reports. I am sure they did not use pregnancy kits to do the testing, or they would have made a laughing stock of themselves. It is perfectly possible that concerned members of the public used that sort of test. A handy way for the government and it’s backers to try to smear the lab reports, though, by implying (but not stating) that the labs used the pregnancy testing kits for the reports.
Samples were also sent to a South African lab, and also tested positive for hCG.
And you seem to have missed another link in my comment:
‘Ex Prime Minister Exposes Tetanus Vaccine In Kenya As A “Targeted Mass Sterilization Program”.
‘…There are no vaccine ‘watch dog’ organizations out there, and if we truly had ‘vaccine safety’ there would be some in place.
Disturbingly, the polio vaccine in question, was also made by the Serum Institute, and you may remember reading about them in the first part of this article, where it has been linked to the fake hepatitis vaccine in Uganda.
Who is going to hold these companies accountable, or scrutinise the way they are produced? The Serum Institute for example should be under investigation for it’s involvement in a ‘fake’ vaccine scandal and for producing a vaccine that was found to have anti-fertility ingredients in it.
The truth is, no one really knows exactly what is in a vaccine. The labels clearly can lie and if they do indeed lie, then nothing is being done about those lies….’
I have contacted the Kenyan Bishops Conference in an attempt to learn more, and will be contacting other sources as well.
I believe the sources I have already provided are more than sufficient to warrant extreme concern, and the mere denials of the alleged perps do not in my view override the sources I provided.
You may have noticed that another link I provided previously was regarding Gates alleged $10 million bribe to Nigerian Senators to railroad through a Mandatory Vaccine law.
As for Gates’ comments about vaccines and population control, they are ambiguous and can be seen in different ways. I believe his major concern is depopulation rather than saving lives. You can believe what ever you like; maybe Gates really is the best thing since Mother Theresa.
Do you ever verify your links? I guess not, you just believe any rubbish they print.
If you open that link they have a link to the source of what they claim are fake vaccines and if you click on this you get this website
In this they discuss the possibility that someone has faked all this and it is not necessarily the manufacturers. But more interestingly we get these comments from three different websites regarding your quoted website Collective evolution.
Never mind what website it appeared on, are you denying the ex-Prime Minister said this ‘AWARENESS: Ex Prime Minister Exposes Tetanus Vaccine In Kenya As A “Targeted Mass Sterilization Program”? Because on the same site, is KTN TV footage of him saying it.
Here is another site: ‘Raila Odinga: Tetanus vaccination is a mass sterilization on women‘
and here is another: ‘Tetanus vaccine made our women infertile- Raila Odinga‘.
Regarding the ‘fake Vaccines’ article, it was not the article I was referring to, as I am sure you are fully aware. That was a different case, on the same website. I clearly referred to the Tetanus vaccine case.
So what? More conspiracy websites! Do you really believe this nonsense?
What about answering Dr Edd’s detailed Analysis? You keep coming back with more allegations and no proof. If someone alleges something it doesn’t make it a fact. Do you not understand this basic principle? Where is the actual science to back these allegations? Where is there a proper scientific paper that shows these findings?
And where are your scientific papers proving the vaccines didn’t contain hCG?
And I don’t mean some reports on samples sent to labs by the WHO – I mean proving the samples the Bishops and doctors sent in, or that they still have from their same batches. Though past their use by date, they should still be capable of testing for hCG, if they have stored any.
The Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Doctors Association have no reason to fake results, or to publicise fake results – they are not anti-vaxxers. But certain people (like Bill Gates) do have an expressed interest in cutting down the human population, and though they generally hide the lengths they are willing to go to attain that, sterilising women surreptitiously would certainly be par for the course for these types.
I have contacted the KCCB asking for an update on the case.
Well done Paul, you are on the same page as Trump in your suspicion of the WHO.
Since when is it the onus of anyone to prove a negative? What proof do we have that you have stopped beating your wife?
I tell you what. You answer Dr Edd’s detailed refutation of what you posted first and then we can move on. You did this before, you ignored his answer? Why. Please answer Dr Edd first.
Statement from WHO and UNICEF on the Tetanus Vaccine in Kenya
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express their deep concern about the misinformation circulating in the media on the quality of the Tetanus Toxoid (TT) Vaccine in Kenya.
The allegations are that the tetanus vaccine used by the Government of Kenya and UN agencies is contaminated with a hormone (hCG) that can cause miscarriages and render some women sterile. These grave allegations are not backed up by evidence, and risk negatively impacting national immunization programmes for children and women.
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone produced by the placenta, during pregnancy. hCG is also produced in the pituitary glands of males and females of all ages. However, very high levels pose risks to pregnancy.
We have taken note of test results claiming to show levels of hCG in samples submitted to some clinical laboratories. However it is important to note that testing for the content of a medicine, e.g TT Vaccine needs to be done in a suitable laboratory, and from a sample of the actual medicine/vaccine obtained from an unopened pack and not a blood sample. Furthermore the Pharmacy and Poisons Board – the legally mandated National Regulatory Authority has the capacity and mandate to determine the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines and to advise the Government accordingly.
WHO and UNICEF confirm that the vaccines are safe and are procured from a pre-qualified manufacturer. This safety is assured through a three-pronged global testing system and the vaccine has reached more than 130 million women with at least two doses of TT vaccines in 52 countries.
Given most tetanus cases in Kenya are among newborns, the target group of Kenya’s TT vaccination campaigns is girls and women (15-49 years), with a particular emphasis on those in the most marginalized areas. We note with concern that Kenya is one of the 25 countries where tetanus is still a public health problem, killing hundreds of newborns every year.WHO and UNICEF reiterate our readiness to support the Government of Kenya in its efforts to provide safe and quality assured vaccines for the immunization programmes.
Dr. Custodia Mandlhate
WHO Representative Kenya
@ SA
‘…Since when is it the onus of anyone to prove a negative? What proof do we have that you have stopped beating your wife?…’
The onus is on the government and manufacturer to prove that vaccines are safe, particularly when vaccines are mandatory. In the Italian case, they both failed to provide the safety testing documentation requested – implying they had not done these safety checks – that would not be unusual, seeing as US regulatory board mandated to give a report every two years on vaccine safety and improvements failed to do so even once in 32 years. Had the Italian or Kenyan governments provided the requested information, they would then have been required to show that the tests showing contaminants that the relevant bodies’ lab tests had shown up where faulty.
‘…I tell you what. You answer Dr Edd’s detailed refutation of what you posted first and then we can move on. You did this before, you ignored his answer? Why. Please answer Dr Edd first…’
I tell you what – you tell me which of ‘Dr. Edd’s’ questions I have not answered?
As for me being on the same page as Trump, like a broken clock, even Trump can be right twice a day. The fact that he and I both attack the WHO is correct, but we both attack it for different reasons. I whole-heartedly condemn what he is trying to do – to blame China for weaponising the coronavirus, and spreading it (something I believe was intentionally done by the US Military Contingent to the Wuhan World Military Games that opened on 18th October 2019, the exact same day Gates and cronies had their ‘Event 201′ Coronavirus Pandemic Simulation’ in New York, the culmination of nearly a full year of ‘drills’), in order not only to alleviate blame of his catastrophic reaction and its results to the spread of Covid – 19, but principally to steal Chinese assets, and to welch on US debts to China, as ‘reparations’ for damage supposedly done to the US economy by the ‘Chinese Flu’. I believe things are going to get very nasty on that front very soon.
You are so immersed in conspiracies it is not possible for you to see any reason. Dr Edd answered you about the Italian case and you ignored his answer. Why is it that the safety of the tetanus vaccine used worldwide and the safety checks are endorsed by the WHO and other bodies has only been questioned by catholic priests in three countries? What about the millions being given the vaccine around the world? Why have no concerns been raised by the church of England? or Adventists or jehovas witnesses? Since when is the church an arbiter on health matter? You do not believe in the WHO. Enough said, I shall not argue with you, stay happy in your beliefs, they will not be challenged.
I have never said, or implied, that ALL Tetanus vaccines are laced with hCG. Just batches sent to certain countries, at certain times.
IF the allegations in Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua and the Philippines are true, then there are an awful lot (probably millions) of childless marriages, broken marriages, wives dumped when it becomes apparent they cannot bear children, women driven to prostitution because no one will marry them, abuse, murders and suicides.
Paul, you need to learn how to properly explore scientific matters. Either that, or… Well I was going to say, just stop commenting on them, but that wouldn’t be a good solution, for you’d be merely self-censoring.
Cooperating with SA and Dr Edd would be a good start. I promise you, you are supporting dozens of groundless rumours, some of which are promoted by money-making concerns.
Undermining understanding of science is useful to the powerful, because science is empowering, study is empowering. Note how the 9/11 stuff diverts attention from Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney onto a bunch of engineers. Note how it is used against Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman and Julian Assange.
Stop fighting and start listening. People here would help you.
But I’m probably wasting my time and effort.
@ Clark May 30, 2020 at 18:21
I appreciate that you believe you are right, and your attempts to put ‘oil on troubled waters’ re SA.
But I am just as sure I am right, and the fact I can get fewer ‘Respectable’ sources is, perhaps, because ‘Respectable’ sources have been progressively compromised, just like the MSM and indeed the Universities.
T’rump and the Pompous Pirate are increasingly putting the blame on China, and as you will see (I have a crystal ball, but not nearly as good as the one the PTB have) they are going to come out with the ‘claim’ that the Chinese weaponised the coronavirus. They are going to be able to roll out quite a bit of ‘circumstantial evidence’, to back up their narrative.
I believe the Chinese have been set up, just like OBL, and over a considerable length of time.
I think a month, at most three, and you will see I’m right about the stitch-up being perpetrated, though you won’t necessarily see how the set-up was organised.
China owns a lot of property and government bonds in America – long before this Covid business, I thought that was an extremely dicey behaviour on the part of China.
We shall see. Don’t expect a regime run by Mega Crooks (as in War Criminals) to play by the book; I’m referring to the US, but it is also applies to the UK.
Paul, the Chinese government carries a lot of responsibility for covid-19. First the local authorities suppressed the doctors who were reporting a new type of pneumonia; they closed down their chat group. By doing that instead of assisting them, the authorities wasted time and the Chinese New Year kicked off, with people travelling all over china, spreading the virus. When things started getting bad in Wuhan the government finally started taking it seriously, but they lied and lied; they told the WHO that it didn’t transmit between people, and although they restricted travel in most of China, they only ever admitted to a big outbreak in Wuhan. The Chinese death toll is probably five times what the authorities admitted to. They wouldn’t permit the WHO to inspect at will; instead the WHO representatives were permitted only to certain places that they were taken to, like the west ’embeds’ reporters with the military.
But other governments are responsible for the outbreaks in their own countries by not preparing and leaving restrictions too late. The worst government responses that I know of are Brazil, the US and the UK. So instead of taking responsibility for their own negligence, they blame China.
Paul, science is very different from politics, and particularly foreign policy. Most political decisions are made in private if not secrecy, and foreign policy is made on information from “intelligence” agencies. Science is far, far more open. Healthcare is the case in point. There are big problems with pharmaceutical companies withholding data, but the effects of pharmaceuticals occur in the public, and most countries perform public health monitoring.
You think MMR causes autism because you believe Wakefield, but that’s so utterly, provably wrong that you clearly have no clue how to investigate such matters. You claim to reject the “MSM” (and I do wish you wouldn’t call it that, because the corporate media being mainstream is one of the things we need to change), but it was only the MSM that turned Wakefield’s paper into a massive hoax.
Honestly Paul, on scientific matters you haven’t a clue. Wakefield, Mikovits, Wiggington; these people are shameless charlatans, and it is so sad seeing you fall for their lies.
I e-mailed Chandler. He blocked me; called me a troll. Won’t discuss with me, no.
Paul, you may be interested; on the same day that the US “intelligence” agencies raised suspicions that SARS-CoV-2 escaped from the Wuhan lab, the US quietly withdrew from its joint US-China bat coronavirus research programme in that lab.
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The Chinese system is very centralised, and when the outbreak started the central authorities would not have known what they were dealing with – but probably sussed out very early it was either a release from Wuhan lab or a bio-warfare attack. Until they figured out more about it, the central authorities did not want information leaking out. So they silenced the local information leakers. As soon as they realised they had a very serious problem, they did ‘Lockdown’ and many people were prevented from dispersing for the Chinese New Year. I don’t know the numbers who got out, and those who got stuck in Wuhan, but the Chinese authorities aren’t stupid, and as soon as they were aware of the dangers, stopped travel.
See ‘Last Man Standing‘; apparently there was a local delay informing the centre.
In your next comment, you state that ‘..on the same day that the US “intelligence” agencies raised suspicions that SARS-CoV-2 escaped from the Wuhan lab, the US quietly withdrew from its joint US-China bat coronavirus research programme in that lab…’, but don’t provide a link or even the date. You are right, I would be very interested in that. Was it in November?
‘US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak in China in November — TV report‘.
I have read different reports about the amount of money Fauci’s organisation gave the Wuhan lab, $370 million and $3.7 million; I don’t know which is correct. Also that another similar amount was stopped after the outbreak.
Through most of 2019, the US was doing a rolling Coronavirus Pandemic drill, culminating in the ‘Event 201’ coronavirus simulation on 18th October, the very same day the Wuhan Military Games opened. It has been pointed out to me that the ‘Event 201’ was, on letterheads, shown as ‘Event 2(then a picture of the globe)1’ – apparently seen by many as indicating ‘Agenda 21’.
In 2017 Fauci predicted that there would be an outbreak within two years:
‘Dr. Fauci Warned In 2017 Of ‘Surprise Outbreak’ During Trump Administration’.
I may not, as you say, know much about science, but I can sense a set-up from at least three light-years away.
Paul, thanks for the Times of Israel report. It claims to be based on a report from “Channel 12 news”, but also references this ABC report:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273
The ABC report of 9 April is by Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek. It claims four sources which it does not name, but they themselves are secondary, they were merely “briefed”:
– “As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting.
– Concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic were detailed in a November intelligence report by the military’s National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI), according to two officials familiar with the document’s contents.
– The report was the result of analysis of wire and computer intercepts, coupled with satellite images. It raised alarms because an out-of-control disease would pose a serious threat to U.S. forces in Asia — forces that depend on the NCMI’s work.”
This doesn’t ring true to me. The changes claimed, “sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business”, and one of the methods of detection, “satellite images”, suggest an outbreak so big that the Chinese government would not have permitted travel for the Chinese New Year. We have seen how fast covid-19 spreads in multiple countries. Had China not imposed lockdowns, by January the outbreak would have been much bigger than it was.
What I would like to know is, who briefed the “four sources”? Because I’d like to know in whose interest it is to start this rumour.
Also Paul, you should note that this rumour started in what you call the “MSM”. We don’t have a whistleblower or any leaked documents here. We don’t even have a primary source, and it contradicts what we know about the rate that covid-19 spreads.
Paul, you asked about my source:
E13 – The Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying | Herd Immunity Won’t Save Us | DarkHorse Podcast
May 10, 2020 Bret Weinstein Season 2 Episode 13
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The “Last Man Standing” piece by Godfree Roberts is just a propaganda piece for the Chinese “communist” party. Additionally, the “COVID-19 was brought to Wuhan by American troops taking part in the city’s World Military Games last Oct. 18-27” makes no sense because again, we’ve seen how fast covid-19 spreads.
I reckon the rumour in the ABC piece above is just a second arm of the World Military Games rumour.
As for Agenda 21, I see nothing sinister in it, and I doubt you can show me anything of concern without a load of links to right-wing sites. Here’s an article about who exactly demonised Agenda 21 – I assume you don’t support the Tea Party, The American Policy Center, Tom DeWeese and the John Birch Society?
http://www.splcenter.org/20140331/agenda-21-un-sustainability-and-right-wing-conspiracy-theory
The Wuhan Military Games started 18th October; people can have the virus and not show symptoms, but can be spreading it, for two weeks or so. Two weeks on from that date is 1st November. So yes, the first cases started in November, but what they were infected with took time to work out. IF the US had intentionally spread it (which I believe) the US Intelligence would have known immediately what it was, as against the Chinese not knowing. They would have been waiting for it, knowing it was going to come. The time scale fits the Wuhan Games theory. And it is certainly no ‘rumour’ that the US team did lamentably badly – they were referred to as ‘Soy Sauce Soldiers’ in China, with only one gold medal (against over 100 Chinese golds; Bahrein and North Korea both got 9 golds each), and that single gold was not counted in the main Games tally, as the ‘Game’ it was awarded for fell outside the main Games. The first main ‘cluster’ of cases was 42 from the hotel the US team were staying in, though 7 Wuhan Wet Market workers were the first Chinese treated (and they all had had contact with the hotel staff). I don’t think many people still believe it came from the market.
The Chinese New Year was 25th January in 2019, and they locked down on the 23rd, so some people got out early, others were trapped in Wuhan. As you say, the Chinese would have wanted to lock down to prevent New Year travel, so they obviously had not figured out what they were up against till the 23rd January, or very shortly before then. I believe they informed the world at the end of January, so there was very little delay.
From the comments to the Israeli article, someone wrote that a plane was chartered to fly some members of the US team back to the US as they fell sick – whether that was the 5 known to have been treated for a fever on 25th October, or others, I don’t know. I had not heard that before, and as I said, it was just in one of the comments.
As for the November warning being a ‘rumour’, the Israeli TV report seems to have further information which doesn’t come from the ABC report – ‘…The network said Israeli military officials later in November discussed the possibility of the spread of the virus to the region and how it would affect Israel and neighboring countries.
The intelligence also reached Israel’s decision makers and the Health Ministry, where “nothing was done,” according to the report….’, which would confirm the truth of the ABC report.
The US Intel and Pentagon and Chiefs of Staff deny the story – but then they would say that especially if they were in on the plan to spread it then bill China for $multi-billions.
I did put the Israeli TV link in my comments earlier, but you obviously missed it previously.
Thanks for the extra link, as it’s audio it will take me a while to handle due to my hearing probs.
Your opinion that ‘…The “Last Man Standing” piece by Godfree Roberts is just a propaganda piece for the Chinese “communist” party…’ doesn’t make it not true.
Do you agree now that the timeline would fit a Wuhan Games starting point? It wouldn’t have been till November that any warning signs became apparent, then the Chinese had to analyse the data to understand what was going on, but the US Intel were on the case in Novemebr; forewarned is forearmed, so IF the US had spread it intentionally, they would have been waiting for it.
Re MSM, to my surprise some Israeli MSM is much more open than US or UK media, particularly Haaretz.
“….people can have the virus and not show symptoms, but can be spreading it, for two weeks or so.”
This assumes that the first say 10 people who got the virus were all asymptomatic and then passed it on to others for a couple of cycles and all of those for the first few weeks were asymptomatic. But this would be unlikely, any iceberg will have a visible top and a larger invisible submerged bit but no iceberg has no floating top. If some 20-30% of those who get infected have symptoms then it doesn’t make sense that those who were infected early had no symptoms.
” IF the US had intentionally spread it (which I believe) the US Intelligence would have known immediately what it was, as against the Chinese not knowing. They would have been waiting for it, knowing it was going to come. “
That must be the dumbest way to use a biological weapon. You use a virus that is new and about which you know little, and to which you have no treatment or vaccine and that is highly infectious and not racially discriminating and then you stand back and watch while your own country becomes the worst hit and so do those of many of your allies. You are not even prepared for it in any way having ignored all the repeated warnings that a pandemic was surely round the horizon. You must agree Paul that this is fantasy and fiction, not even a conspiracy theory.
Fine, but within weeks, we are talking fairly small numbers and symptoms which fit other illnesses.
Was it a new illness? It could have been known about, and even a vaccine prepared (no known (to me – I’m not aware of any) high-profile Western government deaths – some ‘alleged’ infections.
‘…and to which you have no treatment or vaccine and that is highly infectious and not racially discriminating…’
I suspect that the top-dogs use Gc-MAF, a multi-faceted natural immune booster which they forcefully ensure the public cannot get hold of, and which may have been found to be effective against the virus. They cannot use it for the general population, otherwise the cat would be out of the bag, Gc-Maf is a wonder cure, and that is verboten (because there is no money in it for Big Pharma).
Not racially discriminating? It certainly seems to have targeted coloured and Asian people more than whites – you could say that they have a higher percentage of the jobs which make them vulnerable, but that does not hold in Iran, where a number of high-up officials have died.
And is it really such a fiscal catastrophe? I have posted before a link showing many billionaires have made a financial killing. Also many people have been expecting a scenario to crash the dollar intentionally, in order to roll out some plastic-based ‘currency’ to do away with cash (just one of the many NWO agendas, like RFID (or similar), and the ‘tracing app’ is a (wet) dream come true to the control freaks.
And no, I do not agree ‘…that this is fantasy and fiction…’
Yes, I would agree it could be called ‘..a conspiracy theory’, but I certainly believe it.
You have made it plain you don’t believe in it – good for you. That does not make it untrue, any more than my believing it makes it true. Time will tell.
– “Gc-MAF, a multi-faceted natural immune booster which they forcefully ensure the public cannot get hold of…”
Gc-MAF for sale
Paul, is there anything you don’t know better than everyone else?
Say I said to you that diesel engines don’t really work by burning diesel; that’s just a big conspiracy for the oil companies – you’d laugh, right? But you see it’s really the thing you think is an “alternator”; that’s what’s really driving the vehicle. It’s an over-unity generator; look them up, they’re on YooToob… Ever wondered why bigger engines always have a bigger “alternator” and bigger batteries? Well now you know. You still need the starter motor because over-unity generators won’t start on their own, but after you spin them they produce more energy than they consume. You need the big combustion engine to slow it down and waste a load of the energy or it would spin out of control! It’s all based on a design by Nikola Tesla; he knew, but he was suppressed.
Why post that add? The guy who ran it (David Noakes), and one of his assistants (Lyn Thyer – who herself got a 40% tumour reduction in a week), are in jail, hounded by the ‘Medical Authorities’ and the police.
Like I said, the PTB are intent on not allowing the public access to a marvelous natural remedy. I’m surprised the add is still up.
They save a lot of lives, and prolonged a lot of others, who had no other options as they were 4th stage cancer sufferers, and had all been given very short periods of ‘time left’ by conventional medicine.
You probably know that both radiation therapy and chemo-therapy are killers in themselves.
Like I said, the PTB are intent on not allowing the public access to a marvellous over-unity motor. You fell for that old “diesel” scam? Ha ha. You just believe everything it says in the MSM.
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Exeter Chiefs injury latest: Winger a doubt to face Leicester Tigers
Exeter Chiefs travel to Welford Road on Saturday to take on Leicester Tigers in Round Three of the 2020/21 Gallagher Premiership
John Evely
Olly Woodburn of Exeter Chiefs in action against Bath Rugby (Image: Getty Images)
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Winger Olly Woodburn is touch and go for Exeter Chiefs at they head to Welford Road this weekend after picking up a knock in the 40-3 victory over Bath Rugby at the weekend.
Woodburn was replaced 10 minutes into the second half by Tom Hendrickson after injuring his shin when he was tripped by Bath flanker Mike Williams.
Hendrickson came on at centre with Ian Whitten moving to wing which worked out well for the club veteran who scored in the corner in the 75th minute from a pass by Ollie Devoto at the Devon side crushed their West Country rivals for the third time in eight months.
Other than Woodburn, top of the table Chiefs head to Leicester Tigers on Saturday in relative good health barring long term injuries for winger Jack Nowell (foot) and flanker (Jacques Vermeulen).
Discussing the fitness of his squad, Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter said: “We are looking pretty good. We came through last week pretty much unscathed.
“Olly Woodburn is obviously a little bit of a doubt, he took a pretty heavy blow to his shin so we are monitoring him.
“But other than that we are pretty good.”
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Baxter said he had no complaints about the fact Woodburn was injured by an act of foul play.
He said: “The only frustration is he has picked up an injury from it, without that I don’t think we would be looking at it again.
“It was a relatively low key incident. I don’t have any massive issues with it, it certainly wasn’t done with any intention of producing an injury, it got penalised at the time and we are happy to move on.”
If Woodburn does miss the match this weekend, the versatile Whitten will likely start on the wing in his place with Hendrickson getting a start in the centres.
Meanwhile Tigers are suffering a few knocks of their own from their 22-9 defeat to London Irish last time out. Winger Kobus van Wyk was substituted before half-time with a muscle strain and Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick conceded in midweek that he wasn't the only one to come away from the Brentford Community Stadium nursing a knock, although he wouldn’t reveal any further details.
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Home News “Dissolution of NC municipality warranted”
“Dissolution of NC municipality warranted”
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Parly committee to recommend dissolution of Renosterberg local municipality.
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PARLIAMENT’S select committee on cooperative governance and traditional affairs, water and sanitation and human settlements has announced that it will recommend the dissolution of the Renosterberg Local Municipality in the Northern Cape.
The committee said in a statement on Thursday that it would recommend to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to approve the intervention by Northern Cape provincial executive into the Renosterberg Municipality.
“Following a lengthy engagement with the municipality’s stakeholders, the committee is convinced that the municipality is unable to achieve the objects of the local government,” the committee stated.
Some of the issues the committee indicated that it had relied on to reach this decision included the information that governance had collapsed, the financial challenges facing the municipality, including a R89 million debt to Eskom, and the non-submission of Section 71 reports in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA).
“The committee is convinced that there are exceptional circumstances that warrant the dissolution of the municipality, as it has proven that it is unable to achieve its constitutional obligation in terms of the Constitution,” China Dodovu, the chairperson of the committee, said.
The committee further raised its disappointment with the absence of the municipality’s mayor and municipal manager to give their perspective on the matter, which, it stated, would have enriched the committee’s discussions in this regard.
“We have committed to look into reasons why they did not attend the meeting. This not only undermines the committee, but the Constitution as well, as it enjoys all spheres of government to work together to achieve common goals,” Dodovu emphasised.
The committee stated that it was also concerning that the MEC had reported that the municipality had refused to accept the support provided by a National Treasury-appointed expert on their Municipal Finance Improvement Programme. “This is concerning in the context that the municipality must implement a financial recovery plan, which is necessary to ensure that the municipality is returned to viability.”
Concern was also raised about the municipality’s failure to appoint a functional municipal public accounts committee, which could have exercised oversight over the executive in terms of the MFMA, the Systems Act and Municipal Structures Act. “This posed a serious breach in governance at the municipality, which is untenable,” Dodovu added.
“The committee is convinced that the decision it has taken is credible and is taken within the context of what is taking place at Renosterberg Municipality. Furthermore, the committee hopes that the decision will create a platform for change that will favour the people,” it stated.
“The committee is also satisfied by the fact that the Northern Cape provincial executive has met all the procedural requirements on its intervention in the Renosterberg Municipality. It is in this context that the committee will recommend to the NCOP to approve the intervention.
“The committee is hopeful that the intervention will be implemented to turn the municipality’s governance around to meet the service delivery needs of the people of the area. The committee will also recommend to the NCOP that the appointed administrator must move with speed to address the financial challenges facing the municipality and implement a financial recovery plan, address creditors’ issues and also address payment of third parties (pension fund, UIF and medical aid).”
In a statement issued to the media, the mayor of the Renosterberg Municipality, Johannes Niklaas, stated that the council had declared a dispute in terms of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act.
“The dispute is in response to the provincial government’s manoeuvring to intervene and dissolve the Renosterberg council.”
The statement added further that the dissolution of the council was unlawful and unenforceable.
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What's up at Ashley C of E Primary School?
Reporting on the loss of a fine head teacher. Finding out what went wrong.
Richard Dunne
The allegations against Richard Dunne
Exonerated and vindicated
The Good Shepherd Trust, bullying and Nigel Stapleton
Nigel Stapleton (centre) at the 2019 Ashley Xmas Bazaar with fellow governor Melvyn Mills (l) and Mr Dunne's successor (before he was announced), Alex Clark.
So, farewell then, Nige - outgoing Chair of Ashley School's local governing committee (LGC) and local Walton Big Dog.
Before the coronavirus hit, Nigel Stapleton was due to chair one last LGC meeting before his departure. I have had it confirmed that will no longer happen, and the next LGC meeting will be chaired by the new man, Chris Howard.
Nonetheless, Mr Stapleton remains a Good Shepherd Trust (GST) director, partly responsible for the strategic direction of Ashley School and the future education of our children.
His behaviour whilst Chair of the LGC, the way the GST has dealt with the multiple bullying allegations against him, and the level of control and involvement the GST allowed him in the running of Ashley School needs proper scrutiny.
Simon Walker, Chair of the GST, has stated on the record: “I take allegations of bullying of any kind very seriously.”
On the evidence below, only when it suits him.
What are the allegations, then?
You may be one of the three hundred parents and staff who attended the meeting at Esher Rubgy Club in support of former Ashley School head teacher Richard Dunne in November last year. At that meeting, the former assistant head of Ashley School, Dan Cadman, paid tribute to Mr Dunne, calling him a "visionary" who has "inspired many teachers". He also referenced the LGC's dysfunction, noting that whilst he was at the school he:
"unfortunately witnessed at least one occasion where I felt that the governing body treated Richard with a complete lack of respect. And also - probably for the last two years when I was there - I could see from my conversations with Richard the emotional challenge and turmoil he was going through from the constant barrage that the governing body were giving him."
Those present at that meeting got a taste of that lack of respect when a parent, representing the view of the 300 people in the room that night, wrote to Nigel Stapleton to discuss the possibility of setting up a parent council, in the light of Mr Dunne's treatment at the hands of the Good Shepherd Trust.
Mr Stapleton's reply could not be more dismissive:
"We started work" he wrote "on the Parent partnership well before the parent meeting to which you refer in your email. Ours is an initiative being led by the senior leadership - as should be the case - with strong encouragement from the LGC. So it does, therefore, supersede what was discussed at the Esher Rugby Club meeting.”
But what of this "constant barrage" mentioned by Dan Cadman in his short speech at Esher Rugby Club? In writing my piece earlier this year on the allegations against Mr Dunne I was given sight of some documentation which sheds a bit more light on the situation.
In a formal complaint to the Good Shepherd Trust, former parent governor Laurence Koe describes Nigel Stapleton and the vice-chair of the LGC (the reverend Cathy Blair) speaking to Mr Dunne at LGC meetings in "a very confrontational and aggressive way, which was tantamount to bullying."
The complaint was not investigated. Mr Koe says: "I received a formulaic reply which addressed none of my concerns in a meaningful way. The concerns and points I raised were ignored and brushed to one side."
Complaint 2
Sienna Alcock, a former clerk to the LGC, stated that the way Mr Dunne was treated, specifically by Nigel Stapleton, was "aggressive and demeaning" and that over the academic year 2016/7 this got "progressively worse".
Ms Alcock says it was apparent Mr Stapleton was "micro managing the school" and this was "having a destructive effect on the functioning of the senior management team and Mr Dunne's emotional wellbeing."
I am told the GST was informed of this at the time, but it appears nothing was said or done.
As the end of the 2016/7 school year approached, the situation had got so pressing it prompted three LGC members - Mr Koe, Ms Alcock and Martyn McCarthy - to meet and discuss it.
Ms Alcock's term as clerk to the LGC had come to an end, but her work was so valued by the LGC, she had been asked to become a foundation governor, a position she would take up at the September 2017 LGC meeting.
During their discussion, Mr Koe, Mr McCarthy and Ms Alcock concluded Mr Stapleton should be formally approached to step down. Ms Alcock would assume the position of temporary chair whilst a full time replacement was found.
After word of this discussion filtered through, something very odd happened. In the run up to the September 2017 LGC meeting, Ms Alcock found she had been removed from the governors' correspondence list and could not access the LGC's document portal.
"I tried to contact the Trust," she says "and was unable to get any further information." She eventually found her membership of the LGC no longer existed. She had simply been ghosted out.
Now who would want to do that?
Ms Alcock says of it now: "it was clear my attempts to speak up about the situation were met with an attempt to silence me."
In the light of what happened to Mr Dunne, in December last year, Ms Alcock put in a complaint to the Good Shepherd Trust both about Nigel Stapleton's behaviour towards Mr Dunne and her own removal from the governing board without any explanation.
In her letter to the chair of the GST, Simon Walker, Ms Alcock said she understood the Trust had been aware of concerns about Mr Stapleton's behaviour, yet nothing was done about it. "Why was it allowed to continue?" she asked.
Addressing Mr Walker, Ms Alcock concluded:
"I would be very grateful if you would look into this matter in more detail and let me know why the concerns regarding Mr Stapleton were not addressed at this time and why I was silenced in this way? This is particularly worrying given the context of Mr Dunne's resignation."
Mr Walker didn't even bother to reply, leaving it to the current clerk of Ashley's LGC to respond, dismissing her complaint in one line.
It seems like allegations about Nigel Stapleton's behaviour aren't just limited to LGC meetings. A former member of staff at Ashley School, Laura Barden, had run-ins with Mr Stapleton in her capacity as lettings manager for the Harmony Centre on the Ashley School playing field. She took on the responsibility alongside her other duties, and she made a success of it. In her formal complaint to the GST she states:
"With the increase in [the Harmony Centre's] popularity came an increase in noise complaints from a small number of residents in Ashley Park. All complaints were taken seriously and restrictions were put in place regarding amplified music, alcohol and finishing times. Bookings were carefully vetted by myself and any arrangement agreed in writing with Richard [Dunne].
Any complaints from the APRA [Ashley Park Residents Association] were made to Nigel [a member of APRA], who would then phone or email Richard (day, night and during the weekend). Richard told me that the tone of the emails and calls were often aggressive and the timings intrusive. I know that Richard found it difficult as it was infringing on his family life. On more than one occasion Nigel turned up at a private party in the Harmony Centre and tried to shut it down. Hirers would then call my personal mobile number (which was given out in case of emergencies) in distress. This was extremely embarrassing for me and upsetting for the hirers.
After one complaint regarding noise from a children's party where a small amount of alcohol had been served to guests (agreed by Richard), I was cc'd into an email from Nigel to Richard. In the email Nigel told Richard to 'curb' my behavior with regard to lettings. I put in an official complaint... as I felt the tone of Nigel's email was inappropriate and offensive."
Ms Barden says the substance of her complaint was ignored. Ms Barden's complaint to the GST continues with another, slightly alarming example:
"I was also witness to Nigel's questionable behavior when he invited one of the Ashley Park complainants to school for a meeting. Richard was unavailable so I stood in for him. Nigel spoke over the gentleman, cut him off and interrupted him on a number of occasions. His manner was rude and aggressive. The gentleman asked me if there was an 'out of hours number' he could call if he needed to complain about noise from the Harmony Centre. Nigel said "I'm sure you would like the phone number of Laura's bedroom" and started laughing. Not only did it not make any sense, it was an outrageous thing to say during a meeting.
During a period of 6 months I was having to speak to Richard most weeks regarding complaints from Nigel. I didn't want to come into work on a Monday as I was so worried about what had happened over the weekend! It was extremely difficult for both Richard and I to work under those circumstances... It was a toxic environment to work in... a really scary and stressful time as I felt i was being bullied out of my job.
I became ill in May 2017 and was eventually diagnosed with a chronic neurological condition. The chronic pain was increased during periods of stress so i took the decision to step back from lettings and any additional work at weekends. This limited the interaction with Nigel and i was thankfully able to move to a new job at the beginning of this year. After I'd handed in my notice he came on a visit to the school. Once in the office he made a point of going around the room and talking to everyone. He ignored me, then left."
The Trust refused to investigate Ms Barden's complaint, saying she made it too late. Ms Barden says:
"The response I received from the GST with regards to my complaint was woefully inadequate. It's completely unacceptable for them to refuse to deal with very serious allegations due to the passage of time. The timing of a complaint does not make it any less valid or true. Late complaints CAN be investigated by the GST "if it appears reasonable and fair to do so, having regard to the circumstances surrounding the complaint". They have simply chosen not to. An interesting choice for a Trust whose duty of care supposedly extends to former staff."
I was intrigued to see a message from an unfamiliar name pop up in the comments to Richard Dunne's crowdfunding webpage when it was active at the turn of the year. A Mr Ken Giannini stated:
"Richard I only just saw today the horrific story of your clash with Nigel and it seems other nasty people undermining you. You have my 100% support. You personally and Charlotte have transformed Ashley and every student and parent sings your praises. My children have excelled in life due to the amazing start in life at Ashley. As we know I have experienced the bullying of Nigel and the sooner someone calls him out the better."
I tracked Mr Giannini down on Facebook. He is a former Ashley parent and architect. He also used to live on the same road as Richard Dunne. Mr Giannini's experience of dealing with Mr Stapleton went back to some work Mr Giannini did for Ashley school in 2008 around possible designs to cope with the school's expansion.
After the project had been completed, there was a meeting on 2 April 2009 to discuss payment of a final outstanding bill. The meeting would be chaired by Nigel Stapleton, who Mr Giannini had never met before. At the beginning of the meeting, Mr Stapleton started a recording device and then, rather preposterously, launched into an extensive run-down of his boardroom credentials and business experience.
Having listed his brilliant achievements, Mr Stapleton then suggested Mr Giannini might want to think about his claim for outstanding payment.
Mr Giannini described Mr Stapleton's tone throughout as "super-bullying and aggressive" and felt the whole meeting was an attempt to intimidate him out of trying to settle his invoice.
Mr Giannini took his case to the small claims court. His fee was settled before it came to a hearing.
I asked Mr Giannini what he thought of Mr Stapleton. He replied: "A bully. And I could tell this bloke was bad news for the school, and bad news for Richard, too."
It seems Nigel has a long history of acting in an intimidating manner.
An article on the Post and Parcel website from 2004 notes his behaviour whilst boss of a company called Uniq was "controversial" and that "some people who worked there at the time found him bullying." Not fellow C-suite high flyer, Bill Ronald:
"He's challenging and a tough taskmaster. [But] I've never seen him have a temper tantrum or throw his weight around. He is very considered, non-emotional. Some people find him intimidating.”
In his grievance letter to the Good Shepherd Trust, written on 13 Dec last year, Richard Dunne stated for the record:
"many people within the Trust and at the School have expressed to me and to others that they consider Nigel Stapleton to be a bully, and I certainly believe that he has bullied me during the course of my employment as Headteacher of the School."
I asked the Good Shepherd Trust if it had made any further enquiries about this serious allegation by Mr Dunne. I received the following response:
"The Good Shepherd Trust strives to ensure that all its staff, both present and past, are able to carry out their duties in a professional and supportive workplace culture. Any formal complaints are thoroughly investigated in line with the trust’s published policy."
I asked the GST to tell me the number of formal complaints they have received about Nigel Stapleton's behaviour. They tell me that information cannot be shared under GDPR rules.
I asked them if they would care to comment on the multiple allegations in this article, and their behaviour in removing Sienna Alcock from the LGC when she raised concerns about Nigel Stapleton's behaviour. I also asked them why, if they took allegations of bullying very seriously, they dismissed at least three formal, evidenced complaints about Mr Stapleton's behaviour without any investigation. I received nothing more than the above statement.
I told Mr Stapleton I was writing a piece about the allegations against him and asked him to address them. He responded with the following:
"I have told you twice before that I am unwilling to enter into dialogue with you, whatever the topic that you would like to discuss.
I find your approach to "investigative journalism" to be totally different to any that I have encountered before.
There are many current and ex-governors with whom I have worked during my 10 years as a member of the Ashley LGC. You are basing your allegations about my behaviour as a Governor on feedback you have gained from two ex-governors.
It is my belief that you are making no serious attempt to validate their allegations and consequently I am unwilling to cooperate with such an unprofessional approach.
I ask you to publish this reply either in its entirety or not at all."
Happy to. Mr Stapleton has stepped down from chairing the Ashley LGC with the GST's "deep" gratitude ringing in his ears.
Parents representing the majority of families at Ashley school have already demanded an independent investigation into the Good Shepherd Trust's treatment of Richard Dunne. The multiple, serious and credible bullying allegations against Nigel Stapleton and the removal of Sienna Alcock from Ashley's LGC also needs an independent investigation, not dismissal.
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At the beginning of Autumn term 2019, Ashley School's head teacher, Richard Dunne was suspended by his employer, the Good Shepherd Trust.
Mr Dunne resigned, (correctly) sussing his impending disciplinary hearing was a stitch-up.
Parents fundraised tens of thousands of pounds so Mr Dunne could sue the Good Shepherd Trust for constructive dismissal.
In 2020, the Teaching Regulation Agency considered all the Good Shepherd Trust's allegations against Mr Dunne and threw them out, saying none of them "even at their highest... amount to potentially serious misconduct".
Mr Dunne has yet to receive an apology for the way he has been treated. Parents representing the majority of families at Ashley have demanded an investigation into the Good Shepherd Trust.
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Average Fixed Cost Formula (Table of Contents)
What is the Average Fixed Cost Formula?
Fixed costs are expenses that do not change with the change in production. In other words, the company will still have these expenses irrespective of the increase or decrease in the goods or services produced by the company. In Managerial Accounting the term Average Fixed Cost is used to calculate the total cost that should be allocated to each unit produced. Keeping everything else constant increase in production means a decrease in the Average Fixed Cost. Similarly, if the company produces lower units the average fixed cost per unit will increase.
Mathematically, it is represented as,
Average Fixed Cost = Total Fixed Cost / Quantity of Units Produced
Examples of Average Fixed Cost Formula (With Excel Template)
Let’s take an example to understand the calculation of Average Fixed Cost in a better manner.
You can download this Average Fixed Cost Formula Excel Template here – Average Fixed Cost Formula Excel Template
Average Fixed Cost Formula – Example #1
Let us take the example of a company that produces 20,000 units of goods every two months. Below is the list of monthly expenses that the company has to pay in order to produce these goods –
To produce 20,000 the company has to pay rent of $4000 for the manufacturing unit, $900 for property tax, $700 has to be paid for insurance, $5000 is spent every month in paying administrative wages and $2000 is paid as depreciation expense on the machinery. This would have the total expense as $12,600 and since we are calculating for two months the total expense would be $25,200.
Total Fixed Cost For 2 months is calculated as
Total Fixed Cost = $4,000 + $900 + $700 + $5,000 + $2,000
Total Fixed Cost = $25,200
Average Fixed Cost is calculated using the formula given below
Average Fixed Cost = $25,200/ 20,000
Average Fixed Cost = $1.26 per unit
Let us take another example of John who has recently started his own firm XYZ and is trying to identify the method to calculate the total fixed cost. He knows about the method which uses total cost and variable cost to calculate the fixed cost. In this method, we first have to figure out the total cost which is the addition of both fixed and variable costs
1. Method
Average Total Cost is calculated as
Average Total Cost = Total Cost / Quantity of Units Produced
Average Total Cost = $14,100 / $20,000
Average Total Cost = $0.71
In calculating the total cost every element should be considered. In our above example the total costs come out to be $14100 and the total units sold are 20,000 bringing the average total costs to $0.71.
In order to find out the fixed costs, we have to first determine the variable cost from the total costs. In our example the variable costs are – Materials, Utilities, Manufacturing wages and Marketing
Total Variable Cost is calculated as
Total Variable Cost = $500 +$200 + $500 + $300
Total Variable Cost = $1,500
Average Variable Cost is calculated as
Average Variable Cost = $1,500 / $20,000
Average Variable Cost = $0.08
Using the total variable cost and the total units the average variable costs come out to be $0.08
Average Fixed Cost = Average Total Cost – Average Variable Cost
Average Fixed Cost = $0.71 – $0.08
Average Fixed Cost = $0.63
Now using both these numbers we will calculate the total fixed costs by subtracting the variable cost from the fixed cost. In our example, we will subtract $0.08 from $0.71 to get the average fixed cost of $0.63.
Let us take the example of Stella who has recently given up her job and has started her firm. She wants to understand the break-even point of her new business and wants to use average fixed and variable costs, the price for the same.
She plots the units, fixed cost, and profit on a graph (as shown below) –
Char for the given data –
She makes the following observations –
The products price is always set above the average variable costs the remaining is then used to cover for the fixed costs
Average fixed costs can be used to determine how and where to cut expenses. Reducing fixed costs provides more operative leverage, this will also help in lowering the sales need to reach a break-even
By determining the average fixed costs at various levels you will be able to figure out how much profit you will be able to make by producing more
The formula for average fixed cost can be derived by using the following steps:
Step 1: Firstly, figure out the total fixed cost of the company. It is the top line item in the income statement. A few examples of fixed costs are rent, selling charges, depreciation, property taxes, salaries, interest expense, etc. Sum all of these to get the total fixed cost
Step 2: Next, determine the number of units produced. The details of this can be found either in the income statement or the notes to financial statements.
Step 3: Finally, the formula for average fixed cost can be derived by dividing the total fixed cost (step 1) and the total quantity cost (step 2)
Relevance and Uses of Average Fixed Cost Formula
Just by looking at the costs investors or economists do not get the entire picture of the firm, to discover little more they want to understand how the firm operates so they look at the relationship between the fixed cost and quantity. To do so they divide the fixed cost with quantity to get the average costs.
These average costs help in determining the efficiency of production and most importantly in determining the economies of scale. By plotting the units, average fixed, variable and fixed costs on the graph with the total units sold for a particular time period helps in determining the break-even point of the firm and till when the firm wants to achieve economies of scale.
Average Fixed Cost Formula Calculator
You can use the following Average Fixed Cost Calculator
Total Fixed Cost
Quantity of Units Produced
Average Fixed Cost =
Total Fixed Cost =
This is a guide to Average Fixed Cost Formula. Here we discussed how to calculate Average Fixed Cost Formula along with practical examples. We also provide an Average Fixed Cost calculator with a downloadable excel template. You may also look at the following articles to learn more –
Formula For Profit Percentage
How to Calculate Quartile Deviation Formula
Example of Bank Reconciliation Formula
Calculation of Net Interest Margin
Download Average Fixed Cost Formula Excel Template
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We have only one grade for non-new CDs at Dusty Groove — "Used CD". This grade is somewhat all-encompassing, but we choose it because we try to offer Used CDs in the best shape possible.
When you purchase a Used CD you can expect the disc to be free of all but the lightest of surface marks, the case to be clean (we often change the cases ourselves), and the booklet to be in good shape. Used CDs may show some signs of use but if there are significant details or defects we will list them underneath the item — just like we do with LPs — so look there for notes on cutout marks, stickers, promo stamps or other details.
All of our Used CDs are guaranteed to play without skipping or flaws. If you purchase a Used CD from Dusty Groove, you have 1 week to play it to determine that it plays correctly — and if it does not, then you may return it for a full refund.
Pass That Dutch (main, amended, inst)
Elektra, 2003. Near Mint-
12-inch...$2.99
... 12-inch, Vinyl record
Knucklehedz
Savages (album, rmx, rmx inst)/5 Hoods In A 4 Door
East West, 1993. Near Mint-
Keep It On The Real (album, E-A-Ski/CMT remix, E-A-Ski/CMT rmx inst, Pete Rock rmx, Pete Rock rmx inst)/Stressin' Me
Party & Bullsh*t (album, Puffy's dirty, Lord's dirty)
Uptown, 1993. Very Good (pic cover)
12-inch...$14.99
Debut single from Notorious BIG! 12-inch, Vinyl record
Blac Monks
Hot Club Wax EP
Rap-A-Lot, 1998. Very Good+
Ollie & Jerry
Electric Boogaloo (dance mix, inst)
Polydor, 1984. Very Good+
More of an 80s groove number than an electro or hip hop track – but still plenty nice, especially considering the movie it came from! 12-inch, Vinyl record
Drag-On
Tell Your Friends (dirty, inst)/Race (dirty, isnt)
Ruff Ryders/Virgin, 2003. Near Mint-
Featuring Jadakiss. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Sugar Hill Gang
Girls/Troy
Sugar Hill, 1984. Near Mint-
Obie Trice
Got Some Teeth (clean, dirty, inst, acapella)/S**t Hits The Fan (clean, dirty, inst, acapella)
Shady/Interscope, 2003. Near Mint-
Obie's style is clear and uncluttered and Eminem's production envelopes the style perfectly. Dr. Dre produced the nearly-as-strong flip, which features a guest spot by Slim. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Full Mode (radio, lp, inst)/Nothin' Remix (radio, lp, inst)
Def Jam, 2002. Near Mint-
The Nothin remix is produced by the Neptunes and features Capone, Musaliny-N-Maze, Final Chapter, Foxy Brown, & P Diddy. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Purple Ribbon All-Stars (Big Boi, Killer Mike)
Kryptonite (radio, inst, album, acapella)
Virgin, 2006. Near Mint-
The best track from the Got Purp mixer featuring Big Boi, Killer Mike, Blackowned C-Bone and Rock D. 12-inch, Vinyl record
One Night Stand (edited, explicit, inst)/Gasoline (edited, explicit, inst)
Sickwidit/Jive, 2003. Near Mint-
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Αρχή / Εκδήλωσης / ESE: Announcing e-ECE 2021, Notice of AGM and Call for nominations (deadline 7 January 2021)
ESE: Announcing e-ECE 2021, Notice of AGM and Call for nominations (deadline 7 January 2021)
Message from Andrea Giustina, ESE President
Dear President and Secretaries of the ESE Affiliated Societies, Dear Friends
I hope that you are all safe and well and that the situation with the pandemic in your country is becoming more manageable.
Like you all, we have been looking ahead to 2021 and developing our plans for the early part of the year. After much careful consideration and discussion, we have concluded that it will sadly not be possible to hold our annual Congress of Endocrinology (ECE 2021) in Prague next year.
The health and wellbeing of all in our community is paramount and the need for us all to plan ahead with some certainty is also important. The feedback we received from you about e-ECE 2020 was very positive – with the programme and platform being very well received. Therefore, we have decided to build on the success of e-ECE 2020 which was held online in September and run ECE 2021 entirely online on our interactive virtual platform.
The 23rd European Congress of Endocrinology – e-ECE 2021 – will take place 22-26 May 2021 online with a six-stream programme covering all eight ESE Focus Areas with plenary sessions, Meet the Expert, debates, joint-sessions and more ways to interact with your colleagues and peers. More information to follow very soon and I look forward to seeing you there.
I would also like to give notice that that the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the European Society of Endocrinology will be held during the e-ECE 2021 congress at 15.15 (CEST) on Wednesday 26 May 2021 by Zoom. All members are welcome to attend the AGM.
The agenda for the AGM will be circulated by email to members at least one month prior to the aforementioned date. The documents will also be placed on the ESE website.
In 2021, two members of the Executive Committee will retire: Beata Kos-Kudla (Poland), current Chair of the Publishing and Communications Committee and Felix Beuschlein (Germany/Switzerland), current Chair of the Science Committee.
In addition to this, the President-elect position is also available as Martin Reincke will take up the position of President as I, Andrea Giustina, step down.
Please see the attached letter with full details together with the nomination forms and information on the role of an Executive Committee member. These documents will also be available on the ESE website.
Please note that the deadline for nominations is Thursday 7 January 2021.
Call for nominations 2021
Information on the role of an ESE Executive Committee member
Form A – Nomination form for President-elect
Form B – Nomination form for Executive Committee
If you have any questions regarding the AGM or Call for Nominations then please contact the ESE Office at info@euro-endo.org
Andrea Giustina, ESE President
Email sent by:
ESE Office
Email: info@euro-endo.org
Website: www.ese-hormones.org
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Zambia is one of Southern Africa's gems, and yet it is often overlooked by travellers to the region - this wonderful small country features some incredible scenery, and friendly gentle people.
Zambia contains one of Africa's best-kept secrets - the spectacular South Luangwa National Park. Much less famous than its counterparts to the north such as the Serengeti and Maasai Mara, South Luangwa draws far fewer tourists; however, it is a game park that is teeming with wildlife, and you'll commonly spot lions, zebras, elephants, giraffes, leopards, and much much more roaming the primeval landscapes.
Of course, Zambia is also famous as being one side of the mighty Victoria Falls, Africa's largest waterfalls and one of the world's most impressive natural sights.
View all trips in Zambia We have 10 trips in Zambia
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Gorillas, East Africa & the Zambezi
Victoria Falls to Nairobi
Gorillas, East & Southern Africa Encompassed
Zanzibar & the Cape
Zanzibar to Cape Town
AZW
Southern Ethiopia, Gorillas & the Cape
Cape Town to Addis Ababa
Trans Africa - the Cape to Cairo
Cairo to Cape Town
Ethiopia, Gorillas & the Cape
Cape Town to Gondar
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Austrian suspected of war crimes in Ukraine is detained in Poland
An Austrian man suspected of war crimes in the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists, has been arrested in Poland.
The 25-year-old is accused of having killed soldiers involved in fighting at Donetsk airport who had already surrendered.He’s also accused of killing civilians.
He was detained at a border crossing to Ukraine on a European arrest warrant.
Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014, and fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine the following month between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces, a conflict in which close to 10,000 people have been killed.
Kazakhstan votes: Protesters arrested as ruling party sweeps election
Hospitals struck by artillery in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to humanitarian report
European Union calls for immediate release of over 50 detained Hong Kong activists
Crisis in Ukraine
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PhilJets joins Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance
posted on 10th April 2019 by Justin Burns
Luxaviation Helicopters has announced PhilJets as the latest member of the Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance.
The integration of the Philippines-based charter operator provides members with VIP helicopter charter access in the Asia-Pacific region, complementing the Alliance’s global capabilities in the US, Europe and Africa.
Thierry Tea, Chairman, PhilJets Group, said: “Luxaviation is among the world’s leading business aviation companies, so we’re very honoured that the hard work our teams have put in to reach our high safety and service standards has been recognised in this way.”
Charlotte Pedersen, CEO, Luxaviation Helicopters, explained: “We are very keen to work alongside leading regional VIP helicopter charter operators as part of the Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance and pleased to announce PhilJets as the latest addition.
“The concept of the Alliance is to provide a truly global service, whereby approved members can call upon one another to unlock new destinations for their clients. We look forward to welcoming more like-minded operators who have a commitment to quality and safety, and we are already speaking to other operators that we hope to confirm soon.”
All alliance members undergo an approval process to ensure they meet Luxaviation Helicopters’ exceptional standards in quality and safety management. All benefit from Luxaviation Helicopters’ shared practices in industry certifications, efficiencies and customer service.
The Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance comprises PhilJets, ExecuJet’s helicopter fleet in Mexico and South Africa, US-based HeliFlite, Austria-based HeliAustria, France-based Azur Hélicoptère, UK-based Starspeed and Spain-based Helity.
Urban Air Mobility ‘must incorporate the needs of disabled citizens’
All Nippon Helicopter’s H160 completes first flight
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Conflicts and War
The Eastern Herald
Erdogan’s appearance of nuclear weapons be a threat to Russia
Telephone lines are cut for the Russian Consulate General in New York
Cavusoglu and Mass – Improve Turkey-EU relations
Trump wants to put Xiaomi on the US blacklist
European Parliament – Joe Biden is an opportunity to renew EU-US cooperation
Trump: I will always keep my promise to end endless wars
The Iranian Navy shoots down a foreign submarine reaching Iranian navy drill area
Armenia was scared of the “Turkish bag” during the latest Karabakh war
Trump in farewell speech promised to pray for Biden’s success
Trump pardoned 73 people, but did not pardon himself
Thailand sentences a woman to 43 years for insulting the monarchy
Biden’s impeachment… Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene
Joe Biden will become the 46th president tomorrow, the inauguration will be very unusual
Horror and Hope for “New India” in 2020: Part 1
Toward desired development of Bangladesh
The story of Telangana state: From deficit to Surplus journey
Sedition acts and their relevance
Ukraine’s new foreign policy focuses on strengthening relations with powerful nations
Trump will lift the ban on the arrival of passengers from Europe
Millionaire Monk suggests Vipassana Meditation – a way out of this crisis
Protest in Serbia against a professor, demanding his removal
Protests in Austria against Coronavirus restrictions – “Curz must go”
Home Military and War Syria: Turkish military equipment entered Idlib
Syria: Turkish military equipment entered Idlib
Akihito Muranaka
Fars: A group close to the Syrian opposition says the Turkish army has again sent several military convoys to Idlib province.
A group called the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, close to the country’s opposition announced the arrival of 30 trucks carrying Turkish military equipment to Idlib province this morning (Monday).
According to Xinhua, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the new Turkish convoy included logistical equipment and military equipment, adding that the Turkish army had sent 2,980 pieces of military equipment to the Idlib reduction region since March 5 (two months ago).
Tensions are easing in recent years as a result of an agreement reached between Turkey, Russia and Iran. A few years ago, the three countries held a series of meetings to discuss Syria, including the Astana summit, which led to an agreement to reduce tensions in some parts of Syria, known as the “stress reduction zones”; the Idlib region (all of Idlib province plus some One of the five areas of Aleppo and northern Hama was the reduction of tensions. According to the agreement, the conflict in these areas will be stopped and reduced unless the party is involved in ISIL or Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch).
In recent months, the Turkish military has set up dozens of checkpoints in Idlib province under the pretext of monitoring the ceasefire, deploying large numbers of troops in northern Syria.
Turkey has not yet made clear the number of troops and weapons in the region, but according to the US War Research Institute, between February 1 and March 31 (February 12 to April 12), there are about 20,000 troops. It is based in Syria.
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Edinburgh Venues
354 Castlehill, The Royal Mile
EH1 2NE
Edinburgh Area
Old Town Edinburgh
Telephone (box office)
http://www.scotchwhiskyexperience.co.uk
Whisky themed visitor centre, with a five-star rating from the Scottish Tourist Board, that offers a tour through 300 years of whisky history.
Based at the top of Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile, the whisky "experience" is a one-hour journey through the amber nectar's history, including a whisky barrel ride to the illicit stills of the Highlands and the royal drawing rooms of London, and an introduction to the art of nosing the usige beatha (as whisky is known in gaelic - it means "water of life"). The tour includes a free dram or soft drink.
The Scotch Whisky Experience also houses the Amber Restaurant offering Scottish cuisine. In the whisky bar, which sits alongside the restaurant, over 300 bottles of malts are on display. For those who need advice in separating their Glenfiddich's from their Lagavullins, or finding the perfect blend, cocktail or liqueur, trained staff are on hand to help.
Nelson Monument
Edinburgh Writers' Museum
Museum of Edinburgh
Lauriston Castle
Edinburgh City Chambers
St Cecilia's Hall
Jenners Department Store
Edinburgh Printmakers
Trinity House
St Andrew Square
New Register House
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October 3, 2018 Erin's Journals
Erin’s Journal
Wed, 10/03/2018 – 00:30
Just a thought… Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot. [Truman Capote]
Last week when my dad and sister made the nearly one-hour flight from the interior of BC (Kelowna) to visit Rob, Molly and me here near Victoria, we had another constant visitor in our house. Or, more aptly visitors: Jake Tapper. Anderson Cooper. Don Lemon. Chris Cuomo. The anchors and interviewers on CNN.
Despite being a news junkie myself since my teen years when I had a serious crush on CTV weekend anchor (and now Dateline host) Keith Morrison, I was taken aback by how glued we all were to the Kavanaugh hearings. It’s not that the real-life drama surprised me, but that we were all so interested.
I had a great 2017 documentary from Carl Reiner (If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, about 90+ year-olds who are thriving) but Dad watched a bit of it and wanted to go back to CNN. Even though we’d watched the hearings all day, listened to CNN on XM in the car during our drive home from Malahat, and heard about all there was to hear! Nope – Dad felt we needed to explore what other panels had to say about the day’s jaw-dropping testimonies.
At an age when many of his peers are more interested in weather coverage or (heaven help us) Fox “News” my dad has broken free of his Alberta-born right wing leanings to a small but still surprising extent. Not enough that he has anything positive to say about our prime minister, mind you, but sufficiently that he is a feminist in a great many ways who also sees Donald Trump for who and what he is – a lying, philandering, manipulative, loose-screwed con man. (In fact, that would be a rare area where he and his lady friend seem to have a difference in opinions.)
As I muted the overly loud TV several times (Dad gave up wearing hearing aids when Mom died six years ago), my father, sister, husband and I would have what verged on deep conversations about the #MeToo movement, the allegations facing Brett Kavanaugh and the testimony given by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during those moving hours in DC last week.
But it was the quieter times when Leslie and I were alone that Leslie’s own experience with sexual assault came up. It happened before she was even in her teen years and she has had difficulty speaking about it for the 40-plus years that have followed. It has affected her deeply as she moved through her life and prompted the realization that as her own teenaged daughter begins involvement in clubs with boys her own age and older, she has to be reminded that it’s good to speak up when something happens. To know that she didn’t bring it on herself. Not to be afraid that she’ll be blamed in any way. That no does in fact mean NO.
Time and again, as we watched CNN and followed social media feeds, we heard (or heard of) women our own age discussing the Kavanaugh situation brushing it off because it may have happened when he was a teenager. We’ve read about people who blamed a young girl for getting herself into that vulnerable a position. We witnessed the same tropes that have been trotted out for generations. Have we learned nothing? Has nothing changed?
When a close male relative, who was the same tender age as I was, offered to show me his if I’d show him mine, I declined and told an older relative. I don’t know what she did with that information, but I’m assuming it was discussed with his mother. Leslie’s situation was different: our mom learned about it when she happened upon (or more likely sought and found) a diary. There was doubt cast on her claim (much more serious than mine, I might add) and to this day, the boy’s side of the family believes Leslie made the story up.
I have no idea – not a clue – why someone would make up a claim of sexual assault or harrassment. The 19 women who were humiliated for their charges against Donald Trump certainly didn’t do so for the publicity. Nor did the dozens who came forward to talk about their experiences with the now-incarcerated Bill Cosby. Christine Blasey Ford didn’t step forward so that her life and that of her family could be endangered and so that she could be called every name in the book.
My own experiences, ones that I can back up with a handwritten daily diary that I kept from age 12 to about 42, don’t compare with those of Ford or even my own sister. But you don’t forget the details. You never forget the details. All we can do is hope that last week’s news events prompted a great many more intergenerational conversations on topics that were long ago shoved deeply into a drawer. It’s time to bring them into the sunlight – what they call the best disinfectant, yes?
Back tomorrow on a lighter note. I think we all need it these days.
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Green Bay Packers 2021: News, Schedule, Roster, Score, Injury Report
The Green Bay Packers are one of the oldest teams in the NFL and were the 3rd team to join the ranks of professional football. The two teams that preceded the Packers still play in the NFL but have changed their names and base of operations.
The Packers have changed their name from the Green Bay Acme Packers to Green Bay Packers. Hence, the franchise can claim the record for a team that has spent the longest amount of time at a single base of operations.
This can be attributed to the community non-profit ownership model of the team. As of the 2020 NFL season, the Green Bay Packers are the only community-owned franchise to be in operation in 2020.
The franchise had humble roots in the small town of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Its name comes from the town and the company (Indian Packing Company) whose team founder Earl Lambeau took money from to create the uniforms.
Lambeau set the record for most NFL championships by a single coach with his wins in 1929-31, 1936,1939, and 1944. However, he never claimed the trophy as a player.
After nearly 3 decades, the Green Bay Packers were in the doldrums financially. Their alternatives were to wrap up operations or relocate. Later, their controversial training facility caught fire and Lambeau departed to Chicago.
The insurance money from the Rockwood Lodge incident helped the Packers retain their base. A decade later, they ascended to the top, and under Vincent Lombardi, they claimed the inaugural Super Bowl title.
Now, they are a recognizable brand and Forbes puts them at #27 for 2019’s most valuable sports franchises. Furthermore, they are #12 among NFL teams on the list.
Green Bay Packers play in the NFC North alongside the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, and Chicago Bears.
Green Bay Packers Owner
Being a non-profit team, the Green Bay Packers does not have a single owner. Instead, the franchise has multiple shareholders whose interests are served by a Board of Directors.
The shareholders make up the Green Bay Packers. Inc and have a set of rules to ensure no single entity takes control of the franchise. No shareholder can hold more than 2,000 of the 5,009,518 shares available.
Packers Achievements
The Green Bay Packers (13) have won the most championships (pre-Super Bowl and Super Bowl) in American football history. Furthermore, they are the only franchise to accomplish a three-peat (1929-31, 1965-67)
Over the course of their first three-peat, the team set a record for the most consecutive home games (P29 W26 T3) without a defeat.
The Green Bay Packers have won 9 conference championships and 19 divisional championships. Furthermore, they have reached the Playoffs on 33 occasions during their storied tenure as one of the founding teams of the NFL.
They claimed the first 2 Super Bowl games and their accomplishments of 5 league titles under coach Vincent Lombardi saw the NFL rename their trophy to honor the late great Packers coach.
5 players have claimed the regular-season MVP award in a Green Bay Packers uniform. They are Paul Hornung (1961), Jim Taylor (1962) Bart Starr (1966) Brett Favre (1995-97), and Aaron Rodgers (2011, 2014).
Aaron Rodgers at the Green Bay Packers
The Packers drafted Aaron Rodgers in 2005. He had the weight of expectations on him as he knew he would eventually replace 3x NFL MVP and Super Bowl winner Brett Favre.
Sep 13, 2020; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) celebrates a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
The Packers quarterback led his side to the Vincent Lombardi Trophy in his third season and claimed the NFL MVP trophy in 2 of the next 4 seasons.
Rodgers continues to lead the offense and is showing no signs of slowing down despite approaching his 37th birthday.
READ MORE- THROWBACK: Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Eclipses Brett Favre with Super Bowl and MVP Win
The Green Bay Packers’ first logo featured the slogan, “You want it we pack it.” Beneath the slogan were the words, “Acme Packers, Green Bay WI,” “1921 Football.”
They changed things around nearly 3 decades later. The Green Packers’ new logo came into existence ahead of the 1951 NFL season. It featured an orange football with the word ‘Packers’ plastered across the front in dark green. On either side of the football are the field goal uprights.
3 seasons later, the franchise introduced a new logo. It was a yellow football that had a quarterback attempting a pass. The player was clad in yellow akin to the color of the football, and his jersey had a dark green infusion within it. This blended into the background with a green-tinged shape that resembled the state of Wisconsin.
In 1961, 4 years after moving to Lambeau Field where they still play their home games, the franchise adopted a simple logo that has become synonymous with them. It consists of the letter ‘G’ in white within a green circle. Until the 1980 NFL season, a white border surrounded the letter. The designers replaced it with a golden yellow border that remains to date.
Green Bay Packers 2021 Sponsors
Polaris Industries partnered up with the Packers to give fans a chance to enter a one of a kind partnership and win an all-new Polaris Off-Road or Snowmobile Vehicle. Their larger goal came in to look and build upon outdoor adventures Polaris brings to the community. Align Technology Inc also cut a deal with the Packers for Invisalign as part of a larger league-wide deal.
Additionally, the Wisconsin-based franchise also signed a 3-year deal with Palermo’s Pizza, one of the largest food manufacturing companies in Wisconsin. However, the terms of this deal were not disclosed.
Green Bay Packers 2021 Roster Foundation
The Packers have a 53-player roster for the 2020 NFL season. This comprises 3 quarterbacks, 4 running backs, 5 wide receivers, 5 tight ends, 8 offensive linemen, 5 defensive linemen, 9 linebackers, 11 defensive backs, and 3 special teams players.
Quarterbacks 8 Tim Boyle
10 Jordan Love
12 Aaron Rodgers
Running Backs 28 A. J. Dillon
33 Aaron Jones
30 Jamaal Williams
Wide Receivers 17 Davante Adams
13 Allen Lazard
86 Malik Taylor
83 Marquez Valdes-Scantling
19. Equanimeous St. Brown
16. Tavon Austin
Tight Ends 49. Dominique Dafney
89 Marcedes Lewis
87 Jace Sternberger
85 Robert Tonyan
Offensive Linemen 64. Ben Braden G
74. Elgton Jenkins G
63. Corey Linsley C
73. Yosh Nijman T
62. Lucas Patrick G
76. Jon Runyan Jr. G
77. Billy Turner T
70. Jared Weldheer T
71. Rick Wagner T
Defensive Linemen 98. Damon Harrison NT
97 Kenny Clark NT
96 Kingsley Keke DE
95 Tyler Lancaster DE
94 Dean Lowry DE
Linebackers 51 Krys Barnes ILB
42 Oren Burks ILB
58 Christian Kirksey ILB
53. Jonathan Garvin
52. Rashan Gary OLB
54. Kamal Martin ILB
56. Randy Ramsey OLB
91. Preston Smith OLB
55. Za’Darius Smith OLB
44. Ty Summers ILB
Defensive Backs 23. Jaire Alexander CB
31. Adrian Amos SS
41. Henry Black SS
29. Ka’dar Hollman CB
37. Josh Jackson CB
20. Kevin King CB
25. Will Redmon SS
26. Darnell Savage FS
36. Vernon Scott FS
39. Chandon Sullivan CB
Special Teams 43 Hunter Bradley LS
2 Mason Crosby K
6 J. K. Scott P
Green Bay Packers 2021 Charity
The Green Bay Packers Foundation has been giving back to Wisconsin’s community since 1986, serving as a “vehicle to assure continued contributions to charity”. They come in with the mission to promote family values, competitive value of athletics, ensure the safety and education of children, and prevent cruelty to animals.
There’s plenty of football-based community services like the Football Outreach Camp, Packers Parents clinic, Green Bay Packers Coaching School, and Packers 11-On, to name a few. The coaching school was hosted on June 7th, 2020, where attendees were taught techniques to ensure their youngsters have fun playing the game they love while developing values of teamwork, responsibility, and discipline.
Achievements and History
Owner Green Bay Packers Inc
CEO Mark H. Murphy
Head Coach Matt LaFleur
Stadium Lambeau Field
Location Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sponsors Polaris Industries, Palermo’s Pizza, Invisalign, U.S Cellular, Concordia University
Championships League championships (13)
NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL-NFL merger)
Super Bowl championships (4)
1966 (I), 1967 (II), 1996 (XXXI), 2010 (XLV)
Conference championships (9)
NFL Western: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967
NFC: 1996, 1997, 2010
Division championships (20)
NFL: West: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944
NFL Central: 1967
NFC Central: 1972, 1995, 1996, 1997
NFC North: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020
Official Website Green Bay Packers- www.packers.com
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RIAs Create Think Tank To Explore Industry Issues
April 30, 2012 • Jeff Schlegel
Six $1 billion-plus independent RIA firms recently formed a group called aRIA (The Alliance for RIAs) to discuss and disseminate best-practice growth strategies for advisors. The group, which collectively advises on $18 billion of client assets, hopes its periodic, free-wheeling bull sessions will not only benefit their own companies, but more importantly, provide strategic insights to advisory firms seeking to grow their firms.
Group members comprise Brent Brodeski, CEO of Savant Capital; John Burns, Principal at Exencial Wealth Advisors; Ron Carson, CEO of Carson Wealth Management Group; Jeff Concepcion, CEO of Stratos Wealth Partners; Matt Cooper, President of Beacon Pointe Advisors; and Neal Simon, CEO of Highline Wealth Management.
John Furey, principal at Advisor Growth Strategies, a Phoenix-based consulting firm, conceived aRIA and is the group's facilitator. He says he organized this amalgamation as a way to share best practices among advisory firms and to broadcast those ideas across the industry. He contacted these particular firms because he says they're all very successful and they all bring something different to the table.
"When we decided to form this group we wanted to have diversity in terms of both geography and business models," Furey says. "All of these firms have a unique proposition for clients and financial advisors."
The group's first meeting took place last month in Phoenix. Going forward, aRIA plans to conduct periodic conference calls and to meet twice a year in a study group format. Between confabs, aRIA plans to publish a series of white papers on industry-related topics.
Furey notes the group's first white paper, slated to come out in the third quarter, will discuss value creation options for financial advisors. "The white papers will be a big deliverable, and my company will take the lead on that," Furey says. "I think content will come from all places, and we'll doing other things like blog posts and articles."
He adds that a website for aRIA will be created "sooner than later."
A big thrust for the group is to provide advisors with options to boost their firm's enterprise value beyond going it alone or joining a roll-up/consolidator operation. They have nothing against consolidators per se, insists Cooper, president of Beacon Pointe Advisors. Rather, he and other group members say they want to share ideas that can help an industry where individual independent firms often operate with blinders on.
"It's kind of lonely out there on our own because there really isn't a model any of us are following," says Brodeski, CEO of Savant Capital.
The notion of idea sharing among peers was appealing to aRIA members. "Since we launched our own firm 36 months ago I've learned you operate in a vacuum," says Concepcion, CEO of Stratos Wealth Partners. "You know your model, but you might have less familiarity with how others approach the business. To sit in a room without ego and constraints and to share ideas and nuances about other business models--with the sole intent of just trying to help others be more successful at what we're doing--was very intriguing to me.
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Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.
Leucanthemum leucanthemum (L.) Rydb. nom. inval.
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L.
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. var. boecheri B. Boivin
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. var. pinnatifidum Lecoq & Lamotte
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. var. pinnatifidum (Lecoq & Lamotte) Moldenke
Leucanthemum leucanthemum (L.) Rydb.
Oxeye daisy, ox-eye daisy
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Magnoliopsida Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass Asteridae A large class that encompasses asters
Order Asterales Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family Asteraceae The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus Leucanthemum From the Greek leukos, “white,” and anthemon, “flower,” C. leucanthemum is the Old World ox-eye daisy now renamed Leucanthemum vulgare
Species vulgare Latin for “common”
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The oxeye daisy is widespread throughout North America, but not a native—it comes from Europe and Asia.
Identification: These daisies are 12-36" (30-91 cm) high, with heavily lobed dark green leaves. Lower leaves are up to 6" (15 cm) long, narrow, vaguely oval, with irregular lobes. Upper leaves are small and narrow, attached directly to the stem. Like other members of the aster family, daisies are composite flowers, with a yellow central disc composed of disc flowers surrounded by about 20 white “petals,” actually ray flowers. Typically there is a single flowers per stem, 1-2" (2.5-5 cm) around. The central disc is ¼-½" (6.3-12 mm) around, and depressed in the middle. They are common in fields and along roadsides. In some places they are planted intentionally; in others, borderline invasive.
Online References:
Leucanthemum vulgare at Illinois Wildflowers
Leucanthemum vulgare on Wikipedia
Leucanthemum vulgare at the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board
Leucanthemum vulgare on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
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Leucanthemum vulgare on SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network
6/21/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm)
≈ 4 × 2½" (10 × 7 cm)
Leucanthemum vulgare description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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GNOME-Only Applications
Once upon a time, there was a windowing system called X. There were lots of applications for X written using various widget toolkits. In order to make the window operations unified across the whole desktop, regardless of the widget toolkit used by a particular application, the special application, called "window manager" provided window title bars and borders. Applications could inform the window manager about their particular needs (for example, their minimum required window size, etc.) using an open protocol called ICCCM. Not anymore.
Nowadays, GNOME developers decided that the only way to use their system and their applications is to have the complete desktop including all running apps GNOME-based. Being able to run GNOME apps under other desktop environments and vice versa is sooo last century way of desktop computing. From now on, all GNOME applications inform the window manager using ICCCM, that their windows are not to be touched by the WM. These windows then do not have window borders for resizing, raising/lowering/etc., they have their own title bar and maximize/minimize/close buttons different to the rest of the desktop, etc.
OK, after ditching GNOME desktop environment when GNOME 3.0 came out, it is time to ditch also the GNOME applications, as they are clearly not intended to run under the standard desktop environment. So far I have replaced the following applications:
evince with Okular
This means installing lots of KDE libraries, but on the other hand Okular does not take over the screen on startup (unfixed since at least 2008), it can zoom to the arbitrary size (CLOSED WONTFIX, really?), when I run "okular somefile.pdf" twice, I get two windows as expected, etc.
file roller with thunar-archive-plugin
Not that I use the GUI file manager often, but still.
eog and gthumb with (undecided yet)
I am still not sure about the replacement - so far I am testing ristretto, geeqie and some others.
There is a nice list of recommended applications for XFCE, which are written in GTK, but positively GNOME-free. Which image viewer and PDF viewer do you use, my dear lazyweb?
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Fri, 19 Dec 2014
Multiseat LightDM
After getting a new mainboard, I have upgraded my home computer to Fedora 20, and made my multiseat setup use the udev/logind/loginctl seat tags. About a month ago I have discovered that the seat numbers are not correctly assigned to sessions by xdm(8), so I started to look for solutions. Of course, that piece of crap called gdm was not even been considered for obvious reasons. Apparently the solution does exist, and suprisingly enough, it is really nice: it is called LightDM.
LightDM is the display manager. It has cleanly separated the display manager part (starting up the X servers, listening on XDMCP, etc.), and the user interface part (chooser). The later can be selected from various options - e.g. a KDE/Qt compatible one, and a GTK+ compatible one. The configuration is pretty straigthforward, and it does not try to hide anything from the user, unlike the above mentioned piece of crap.
The multiseat setup in LightDM is pretty straightforward: in /etc/ligthdm/lightdm.conf I have to add the following:
[Seat:0]
xdg-seat=seat0
xserver-command=X -layout Primary -isolateDevice PCI:0:2:0 -seat seat0 vt7
xserver-command=X -layout Secondary -isolateDevice PCI:1:0:0 -seat seat1
-sharevts vt7
In the udev tags, I had to tag the following device as belonging to Seat1 (using loginctl(8)):
The DRM device of the graphics card (.../drm/card1)
The FB device of the graphics card (.../graphics/fb1)
The sound card ports (.../sound/card1/inputXX)
The USB port for the mouse (.../usb5/5-1)
The USB port for the keyboard (.../usb5/5-2)
And that's it! The only (minor) nitpick is, that the GTK+ greeter does not remember the last logged-in user per seat, so it preselects the last logged in user on both seats by default. But we usually log in only after the reboot, so it is not a big problem.
Politically Correct Media Players
Hello, welcome to today's issue of your favourite "Bashing the Questionable Fedora Desktop Decisions" series. Today, we will have a look at the politically correct media players.
In a civilized world, there is no place for such insane things like software patents. Unfortunately, there are less free parts of the world, which includes the United States of America. So the companies originating in the U.S. are forced to do absurd decisions like shipping audio players which really cannot play most of the audio files out there (which are, unfortunately, stored in the inferior MP3 format), or video players which cannot play almost any video (which can be encoded in wide variety formats, almost all encumbered by software patents).
For Fedora, the clean solution would be to have a package repository outside the U.S. jurisdiction, and offer it as a part of Fedora by default. Such a repository already exists at rpmfusion.org, and it provides everything needed to play audio and video in free parts of the world. But it is not as promoted as it should be in free parts of the world. However, Fedora does something different: they ship empty shells of audio and video players, such as Pragha or Totem, which in fact cannot play most of the audio and video files. The problem is, that these applications shamelessly register themselves as the handlers of audio/mp3, video/h264, and similar MIME types. Only after the media file is handed to them, they start to complain that they don't have an appropriate plug-in installed.
Hey, Fedora desktop maintainers, stop pretending that the US-based Fedora desktops can handle MP3 and H.264 files, and admit that your inferior but not U.S. software-patent encumbered players cannot handle these files by default. It would be fair to your users. Fedora users: is there anybody who really uses Totem instead of VLC or Mplayer?
The last file manager I have used was Norton Commander back in the DOS era. Many years after that, during the flame wars between proponents of spatial and single-windowed Nautilus, I have only laughed at them, thinking that the command line was much better. Why would anybody need a GUI file manager? I feel slightly ashamed now, but I have to admit that for the last two weeks, I have also been using a GUI file manager.
I work on various things with respect to cabling, electricity, a new datacenter, and so on in the new building of Faculty of Informatics. The problem with the building specifications, projects, and so on is, that they are stored in the deep structure of directories, with names containing whitespace and even non-ASCII characters (in different character sets), and each directory contains many files or subdirectories with common prefixes shared by a set of files. So the usual tab-completion does not help - it is necessary to actually look at the completion prefix in order to know what character to add next. Here is an example of such a file name, starting from my automount point:
stavba_cerit_dok/01_ZADAVACI_DOK/02_zadavaci_projektova_dokumentace/\
FIMU_GD_SOD_příloha č. 1/!!!_02_FIMU_GD_SoD_Priloha_1_II.A_PD_DVD_PROJEKTOVA_DOK_1.etapa!!!/\
FI_F.3_03_PS 03 SUPERPOCITAC, DATOVE CENTRUM_DVD/\
F.3_03_5 SLABOPROUDE ROZVODY_DVD/F.3_03_5.2.01_PUDORYS 5NP - SLABOPROUD.pdf
In order to be able to quickly navigate inside such directory tree, I have started to use a GUI file manager. So far I use Thunar, the default file manager in XFCE. It can easily switch to any directory along the current path, and it has bookmarks for fast access to frequently-used directories. I use this feature a lot, because of the main drawback of GUI file managers: It is not possible to descend into a directory, which is an automount point (and which, from the VFS point of view, does not exist yet).
Do you use a GUI file manager?
Desktop Environment-Specific Apps
I have recently came across this two years old bug report, filled to the bug tracker of Transmission (a Bittorrent client) where a GNOME developer suggests removal of the notification area icon from the application on the basis that GNOME 3 does not support notification area at all.
So if I understand it correctly, we are now living in a world where all the GUI applications have to be dependent on the particular desktop environment, and it should be no longer supported to run - say - Transmission under XFCE, or GIMP under KDE, at least according to GNOME developers. "We GNOMErs do not support notification area icons, so this application should not use it" (even though the application is not used exclusively under GNOME)? Where are the freedesktop.org cross-DE interoperability recommendations?
That said, notification area as such sucks - what I liked most was the original approach of X11: using on-desktop icons for minimized applications (instead of applications and documents shortcuts), and applications displaying their own status in their icon (handled by every window manager using the same ICCCM specification).
Lost GUI features
Contemporary GUI applications have several problems which, if I remember correctly, previous systems did not have. I wonder whether somebody else also considers it being a problem:
Creating a new file
Almost every TUI text editor (like vim) happily accepts a non-existent file as a command-line argument, and the straightforward interpretation is "user wants to start working with a new file". On the other hand, most GUI applications simply complain that the file does not exist, and some‒like OO.org‒exit after that message. Other GUI apps, like Gnumeric, present a warning, but then open a new work with the default file name (Book1.gnumeric in the case of Gnumeric) instead.
Working directory
The file open/save dialog of contemporary GUI apps does not offer by default the working directory from which the application has been started, and uses some silly default (such as ~/Documents in case of OpenOffice.org). Even gThumb needs to be explicitly told that the user wants to browse the current directory with the "gthumb ." command line.
Iconified applications
Once upon a time, in a stone age of GUI computing, there was a twm window manager. When the application window was not needed on the screen, twm could be used to iconify the application. All applications, and all instances of them, could be iconified and then restored back the same way. Then Windows 95 happened, and it started to minimize the applications to the bottom panel instead of iconifying them to any place in the desktop. It also reused the desktop icons as application shortcuts instead of representing the minimized running applications. Unfortunately, the panel was too small for so many running minimized applications. Users stopped expecting to be able to restore the application after minimizing it. The applications which required to be minimized and restored back frequently (music players etc), developed their own means of minimizing, the notification icon area. So we have the iconification back, only not usable from all applications, and with each application implementing it in its own crappy way.
So what other important features of the "desktop of the past" do you consider missing from the present GUI systems?
Update - Mon, 23 May 2011: Iconified Apps
I have just discovered that XFCE4 in Fedora 15 allows the desktop icons to be switched between the Application launchers/shortcuts and Minimzed applications modes. Yay!
After installing Fedora 15 in a virtual machine, I have decided to give GNOME 3 a try. Firstly, it is really slow over VNC. While GNOME 2 has been pretty usable for testing various new applications in a virtual machine, under GNOME 3 it is almost impossible. Here is a screenshot on which I will demonstrate my problems with GNOME 3:
Firstly about the file manager. I use mostly command line for managing my files, but using a file manager is sometimes handy nevertheless. One of the features I often use is the "Places" list. In GNOME 3, it is presented differently in the Places menu and in the file manager itself, which is a clear usability bug. When I wanted to add another directory there (I often use ~/tmp as my sandbox), it took me at least 10 minutes to discover that "Bookmarks" is what I probably want. And even then, the newly added bookmark is added to a submenu instead of the main Places menu. Also, I did not found any way how to remove those useless predefined directories like Videos, Music, etc. from the left sidebar. Even when I have deleted them from my home directory, they still remain in the sidebar.
Another ugliness is that the new window manager does not decorate the windows properly, and instead relies on the applications themselves to provide things like resizing handle in the lower right corner (see the gnome-terminal window). Not only it looks ugly as hell, it also obscures the space the application expects to be visible. I will probably file this as a bug report when F15 is officially released, but I expect in a truly GNOME-ish fasion it to be solved by removing the "scrollbar on the left side" option :-/.
Anyway, it seems that XFCE+Sawfish combo works as expected, so I am definitely leaving GNOME when I install F15 on my workstations.
Wed, 23 Mar 2011
The first alternative to GNOME I have decided to try is XFCE. In the LWN discussion, Jon Masters presented it as a viable replacement to GNOME. Also, it uses GTK+ like GNOME, so many applications can be the same (including, I have hoped, my window manager of choice, Sawfish. XFCE is definitely usable and configurable for power-user. Most (but not all) properties can also be set using their Settings manager, and thus XFCE should also be mostly usable for ordinary users. So far the problems include:
The keyboard configuration allows the user to set multiple layouts (for example English and Czech/qwerty), but I did not find how to set layout options, for example the layout switching hot-key. Adding a setxkbmap command to the startup script is trivial, though (#5487).
The touchpad settings such as edge scrolling are not remembered and cannot be set in the Settings manager. The solution is another startup script, running synclient with the appropriate parameters (#5300).
The window manager cannot be chosen in a GUI. I had to remove the default xfwm4 from the session and add Sawfish there instead (that said, I have nothing special against the default WM, I am just more used to Sawfish right now).
The Terminal application does not have Ctrl + and Ctrl - hotkeys for increasing/decreasing the font size (I sometimes use it, for example when more than one person is looking at the window). When the font size is set in the terminal menu, the physical window size remains the same, which means the number of rows and columns changes. Not good. I have solved this by choosing gnome-terminal in Preferred applications (#5605).
Moving applets inside a panel is not intuitive, and I have not found out yet how to reorder the launchers on a panel (#7142).
Changing the orientation of a panel to vertical requires several non-trivial configuration steps. However, I have managed to configure the date/time applet (the only text applet on my panel) to fit a 48 pixels wide vertical panel, and I will probably keep the vertical panel orientation, as for most apps, the screen is more crowded in the horizontal direction (#7434).
XFCE is tightly related to both GTK+ and GNOME, and can incorporate various parts of GNOME (some notification area applets, keyring manager, etc). So I guess I would be able to use it as a replacement, if not for the whole GNOME, then at least for the central parts like GNOME Shell.
GNOME in the Shell
Yesterday, after reading The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience article at LWN, I have decided it is time to at least make an attempt to move away from GNOME, which (much like KDE 4) decided to use revolutionary instead of evolutionary development, and apparently continues in their feature removal crusade in the name of so called usability. Also, this might be a good chance to move away from Galeon after so many years.
I wonder what makes the GNOME developers think the existing users would welcome a completely new desktop with very limited means of customization. GNOME 2 has only recently reached a moderate level of usability (except gdm, which is still not usable for many purposes since the last rewrite).
It would be very sad to move away from GNOME, because I think I am not a typical conservative user, and I welcome occasional new features, provided they do not hurt productivity and power-user usability. However, apparently GNOME Shell provides neither, and the so called fallback mode is not complete enough (virtual desktops in a single row, seriously?). Also I would rather use the same desktop envionment as some non-computer-savvy users to which I occasionally provide technical support.
So I have decided to experiment a bit on my laptop, but keep GNOME and Galeon both on my home and work workstations for now. More on it in a few days.
Note: I am sorry, the above mentioned LWN article is subscribers-only for now. It will become freely available in several days. Alternatively, you can ask me for a link in a private e-mail.
Wed, 18 Nov 2009
The GDM Fiasco
A short trip to the history: for GNOME 2.22 (two years ago, in the Fedora 9 timeframe) someone decided that it would be nice to completely rewrite the GNOME display manager. So far so good, but they have decided to include this partially rewritten piece of crap without many important features (a display manager without XDMCP, WTF?) to the official GNOME and thus Fedora releases.
Fast forward to the present time: basically, for two years, GDM has not been usable for anything beyond a single-user desktop (I use xdm on my home dual-seat desktop, and we have replaced Fedora altogether in some of our computer labs partly because of GDM).
It did not handle XDMCP (at least this one got fixed).
There is still no way of setting the X server command line, making GDM unusable in multiseat configurations.
It cannot be configured as XDMCP-only daemon without starting the local X server.
The login window cannot be configured, and the way it works it is usable on a personal desktop, but definitely not in a computer lab with ~2200 accounts and users logging in on random hosts.
Apparently, somebody has started to work on solving at least some of the problems after all. But guess what? Instead of backing off quickly (say, before the Fedora 10 has been released), Fedora maintainers has ignored the problem despite many polite and even some profane requests to provide an upgrade to the latest working version (i.e. the Fedora 8 one). And now the answer is "wait for Fedora 13 (another half a year), we are probably going to fix it there". Without any hint of being sorry for forcing an utterly broken package to the users for two years and counting.
Is Ekiga Doomed?
I am more-or-less happy user of ekiga. However, with the latest GNOME release (or two), I am not sure about its future. The new GNOME contains a new instant messaging and voice-over-IP application, Empathy.
I have not tested Empathy yet, but the list of supported protocols look impressive. I wonder how complete this support is, however (like GPG in Jabber/XMPP, SIP call redirection, SIP from behind of NAT using STUN or proxy, etc). I am trying hard not to be a skeptic, but maybe ekiga will join the following list of doomed applications:
GDM 2.1x
The rewrite of GDM in Fedora 8 (not sure about version numbers now) took away most of the options (such as the X server command line, automatic login for single-user systems, XDMCP(!)), most of the features are not restored even now, year and half later.
Sawmill/Sawfish
It has been deprecated in favor of Metacity, which still cannot do such a simple thing like sending a window to the different workspace using Ctrl+Alt+Right and return back by releasing both Alt and Right, and pressing the Left key while still holding the Ctrl key. Metacity still requires the Ctrl key to be released first.
Has been deprecated in favor of Epiphany, which still plays catch up with Galeon feature set (even with its epiphany-extensions package, and despite of the fact the development of Galeon has been dormant for several years now).
I could probably name several other projects. May be this is a trend in GNOME: replace the existing full-featured apps with half-retarded new ones, just because you do not agree with architectural decisions of previous developers, or because (in the GDM case) you need one more feature (fast user switching) which is hard to do in the present code base. And then promise to implement all other features users are used to, and fail to fulfill the promise in several years. In the meantime, get your code merged to the GNOME code base, kicking the previous full-featured application out of it, making the life of its developers harder, and thus cause the development of it to slowly die off.
Mon, 30 Mar 2009
Firefox File Input
The daily user-interface annoyance award herby goes to the Firefox (or rather XULRunner, which means this is present also in Galeon). The problem is in forms in the <input type="file"> fields. It looks like this:
In Firefox and Galeon, it is impossible to write directly to this field. Which means that even if I already know the file name and can type it really fast, I have to click to the input field, wait for the file input dialog to pop up and get focus, and only then I can type the text in.
Is it possible to disable the pop-up (or make it appear only after clicking on the Browse button)?
Browsers: Back to Square One
On Oct 15, 2005 i wrote about Galeon development slowing down, and I speculated that I would have needed to choose a new browser. With recent problems of Galeon in Fedora 9, I have decided to look at the current state of browsers again.
Firstly, Firefox: it is not a bad browser, the Firefox 3.0beta in Fedora 9 even feels much faster than Galeon. With some essential extensions it is almost usable: TreeStyleTab allows to have tabs vertically on the right side, and NewTabURL allows something other than a blank page to be displayed in newly opened tabs (I wonder why these two features are not included in the Firefox itself). FireGestures are even better than in Galeon: more configurable (not that I need that), but also the plugin displays the gesture. It also does not have a long-standing Galeon bug, where gestures do not work over an empty tab.
Now the bad part: I need a "middle button pastes the URL in new tab" functionality. It is much faster to have it on one click instead of having to open new tab manually beforehand. Another problem is that newly opened tabs do not inherit parent's history, so you cannot do Back in them. There is no way how to create a "smart bookmarks" toolbar (i.e. bookmarks with a wildcard in their URL, which are then displayed as input boxes). In Galeon, it is very convenient to have things like dictionaries, IS MU people search, Wikipedia, etc., each with separate input box. Moreover, in Galeon you can open the search results in a new tab by pressing Ctrl+Enter instead of Enter. The Firefox search inputbox is really a bad joke: the text entered there remains there, for example. So when you want to look up a new dictionary word, instead of just pasting it there you have to clear the previous search contents. Sometimes the NewTabURL stops working, so after opening a new tab I wait whether my home page gets loaded or not. Unread tabs are not displayed in a different color in the tab list. And finally, there is this bug, which makes saving and restoring session with multiple authenticated tabs next to impossible. Reported almost two years ago, and still unfixed.
As for Epiphany, it is a bit better: smart bookmarks are there, there is an extension for moving tabs to the right side (left side actually, but it can be trivially modified for the right side; I wonder why this is not in the main distribution - having two line Python plugin instead of a configuration option is really ugly). However, the gestures use a middle mouse button, and it clashes with possible future "paste URL in the new tab" functionality. Also the cookie manager is not as flexible as in Galeon and Firefox.
So after much experimenting and testing, actually using both Firefox and Epiphany for several days, I have decided to downgrade Galeon in my Fedora 9 to the one from Fedora 8, and I am back to square one. Galeon is still the best browser available, despite being in pure maintainance mode for two years. Both Firefox and Epiphany are getting better, but they still lack some functionality, not to mention having real bugs.
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Ekiga, PulseAudio, and D-Bus
It seems that more and more applications start using D-Bus for communication, so it is time to get ones feet wet with the D-Bus programming. Fedora 8 has PulseAudio enabled by default, which conflicts with Ekiga because of this ALSA bug (see also the related PulseAudio issue).
My solution is to suspend the PulseAudio server temporarily when the call is being made. This has an additional effect that you don't need to find where the music player window is hidden in order to mute it (so something similar would be usable even later, after the above two issues are fixed).
Anyway, here is my Ekiga PulseAudio suspender. Written in Perl, needs Net::DBus from CPAN, and the pacmd(1) and notify-send(1) commands. Run it on background from your session startup script (or even from the terminal inside your desktop session). It will mute your PulseAudio server when the call is being received (or when an outgoing call is being made), and enables it back after the call is finished.
Beware that ekiga is not compiled with D-Bus support in Fedora 8. New source and x86_64 binary packages are available, problem reported as bug #410471.
Comments are welcome.
Tue, 06 Nov 2007
XRandR
I have installed Fedora 8 on my workstation. Everything works as expected, except the multihead support. I am getting the "Requested Entity already in use!" error message. The problem is that my xorg.conf uses two separate screens, instead of one screen merged by XRandR extension (which is apparently the preferred way of doing dual-head now).
While not a bad thing per se, XRandR seems to be unusable for my dual head setup: I want the workspace switcher work separately for each head. With XRandR, there is only one big virtual screen area, so the workspace switcher switches both heads at once.
I think XRandR would be useful for my laptop which has 16:10 screen, so the aspect ratio for the external beamer would be different. Also, it could allow to see the lecture notes together with slides when doing a presentation. Here is a little RandR dualhead howto.
My dear lazyweb, does anybody know how to do a multi-screen setup (as opposed to one virtual screen area) in XRandR? For now, I have downgraded to the Fedora 7 version of the ATI driver, which works the way I want. Bug reported as #368531.
Yenya's World: Linux and beyond - Yenya's blog.
Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak
The main page of this blog
alphabetically :-)
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Kernel Planet
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Football News: Review Of The Day 23rd October 2020
Image from: freelargeimages.com
Queens Park Rangers defender Niko Hamalainen has signed a 4 year contract with the Championship side. The 23 year old has had loan spells with Dagenham & Redbridge, Los Angeles FC and Kilmarnock while with QPR.
Max Kilman has signed a 5 year deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Free agent former Arsenal youngster Mark Howard has signed for Scunthorpe United until the end of the season.
Portsmouth have signed free agent forward Jordy Hiwula on a short-term deal which expires on 20th January.
Bristol Rovers have also strengthened with the signing of a free agent, in the shape of 21 year old defender Ali Koiki.
Another free agent to find a club is Callum McFadzean, who has joined League One's Sunderland.
Former Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Daniel Schwaab has retired from playing at the age of 32. The 32 year old spent last season with Dutch Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven.
Lazio defender Bastos has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Ain.
Huddersfield Town have completed the signing of French teenager Etienne Camara from Angers SCO. The 17 year old midfielder will initially join the academy set-up.
Newcastle United have signed Florent Indalecio after a trial set up by his former Saint-Etienne teammate Allan Saint-Maximin. Indalecio was kicked out of Les Verts' youth academy after issues with his behaviour and just last year was in Australia working as a labourer on a building site while playing football for a lower league Australian side called Fraser Parks.
Injury Round-Up
Struggling SPFL side Hamilton Academicals have been dealt a "huge blow" with the loss of two forwards for at least 3 months. David Templeton has an injury to his groin, while teenager Kyle Munro has suffered a fractured wrist.
Manchester City's utility man Fernandinho has been ruled out for over a month with a leg injury suffered against Porto. The Brazilian only joined the game as a late substitute in the 85th minute, but needed to be replaced himself in stoppage time. Manager Pep Guardiola said: "It's bad news. I think four to six weeks out, yes it is a big blow for us with these amount of games and no people there. But it is what it is."
Paris Saint-Germain's defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League has left them without the services of former Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye, who suffered a torn hamstring.
Werder Bremen's team, including coaches and staff are in isolation after one of the players tested CV positive.
Bayern Munich's summer signing from Manchester City, Leroy Sane, has returned to training following a knee injury. There is not such good news on the CV front for the Bavarians though as physiotherapist Gianni Bianchi has tested positive.
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set for a longer spell in self-isolation after testing positive for CV for a second time. He is now certain to miss their game against Barcelona in the Champions League next week.
Managerial Changes
Disciplinary Charges
Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller accuses Atletico Madrid of being "the biggest bullies in world football" after he is booked during their Champions League match. After Muller was booked for a heavy challenge on Atleti's Kieran Trippier, Muller could be heard complaining to referee Michael Oliver: "What's going on here? Hey! You can't be serious - we're playing against Atletico Madrid, the biggest bullies in world football! And I get a yellow for something like that?"
Gerrard Calls For Kamara Extension
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has called on the board to give Finnish international midfielder Glen Kamara an extended contract after his excellent start to the season. Kamara's current deal runs until 2023. Gerrard said: "Glen has been fantastic for me since day one. He's grown and he's evolved. He's improved and he's listened. There were different areas of his game that we felt we could shape and help him become a better player. But he is the one who has really gone out and worked on his game both in and out of possession. He's in a fantastic place and is playing with confidence. He was superb at the weekend [in the 2-0 win at Celtic Park] but for me he has been really consistent for much longer than that. We want Glen around us for as long as possible and everyone knows my feelings on that situation."
Dad Wants Kean Return
Moise Kean's dad Jean Kean has told Italian media that he wants his son to return to Italy. Kean told CalcioInPillole: "What I want is for my son to return to play in Italy as soon as possible. Here he grew up, here he became what he is now and it is right for him to return to his country. This summer when there were rumors of Moise's return to Juventus, I was very happy and hoped he would return, but in the end they preferred another player. Even though I know it's not over here, I am convinced that sooner or later we will see him again in our championship. I hope one day to see him again in Turin."
Conceicao Hits Out At Extremely Unpleasant Pep
Porto manager Sergio Conceicao is unhappy with Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola after the pair clashed repeatedly during the Champions League match between the two sides. While Guardiola claimed the repeated arguments were nothing and said they were 'friends', Conceicao has not reciprocated. Instead the Porto boss has accused Guardiola of putting pressure on referees, having a poor attitude and of using 'ugly words'. Canceicao told Portugese media: "I've got a lot to learn from Pep Guardiola, in the way he pressures referees, talks to opposition players and opposition dugout. He's a fantastic example. I have to learn this. We were angels compared to the other dugout. He spoke about our country using ugly words. Guardiola's attitude was extremely unpleasant. The whole Manchester City dugout was because if anybody should have been complaining, it was the Porto bench, because we were extremely hard done by. I have to apologise to the referees in Portugal, because I complain when I think we are wronged, but comparing the officials of this game and those upstairs in the VAR, international referees have a lot to learn from ours in Portugal. The refereeing had a big bearing on the outcome of this match. [Augustin] Marchesín has his leg in a bad state right now because he was fouled before the penalty award."
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2024 Olympic Games Bids
Olympic Bid Discussions
Toronto?
By LuigiVercotti,
February 17, 2010 in 2024 Olympic Games Bids
Quaker2001 1251
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Yea, that's probably not happening. The Blue Jays continued to play during the Pan American games and I don't envision them staying away from the stadium for too long for the Olympics either. They'll have to probably play away from home for the entire month depending on how long it would actually take to set up the stadium to be split in half for two events, if the IOC is even ok with such an outdated idea. The Blue Jays wouldn't go for it, and their fans would probably be furious at the decision.
Point being if Rogers ends up supporting the games I don't see why moving the Jays for an extra series will cause too much problems.
There's also the little matter of them potentially changing the field surface at Rogers Centre. So that could make it a tough sell to use in an unusual configuration. To ask the Blue Jays to give up the building for 2 1/2 to 3 weeks would be understandably necessary. But if there are any serious modifications that need to be made there that makes that road trip even longer could be too much to ask for.
intoronto 352 posts
dave199 244 posts
ofan 104 posts
Bore off.
Sir Rols
Well, if Toronto had entered, and you were going to make a list of the minus frtactors for the bids, you cpould say: Madrid - Spain's economy is in really bad shape Japan - Although Pyeongchang shou
Lord David
MisterSG1 is simply ignorant of the fact that his "Canada" was created by immigrants themselves, much like my "Australia" is. We should be grateful for the immigrant populations from all corners of th
dave199 57
Liberals would partner with Toronto on Olympics: Justin Trudeau
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/09/09/liberals-would-partner-with-toronto-on-olympics-justin-trudeau.html
Edited September 11, 2015 by dave199
Faster 545
Location:Waterloo
The Liberals are currently projected to win almost every riding in Toronto and the 905, of course they are going to promise support.
Leaked emails via the noto2024 website. Richardson and Tory have been accepting resumes for the bid committee team since august.
NoTO2024.ca @NoTO2024 Sep 9
If there "is no bid team", why is @JohnTory sending resumes to @bobredelmn? Details: http://www.noto2024.ca/blog #topoli
woohooitsme83 297
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Location:los angeles
Maybe they plan on shutting it down from the inside, while using the excuse of having the bid run by "the people" since he's part of NoTO2024?
http://globalnews.ca/video/2198187/olympic-bid-talks-continue-with-no-firm-decision-in-sight
ofan 696
ofan
#9 highest reputation in GB Forums history
Are they? Don't they risk pissing off the people against the Games?
And this will be my first election where I'm old enough to vote. I've been struggling to make a decision for sure, but this is one big reason to vote Liberal now!
nykfan845 51
nykfan845
I mean, at this point it's not happening, right?
mr.bernham 384
mr.bernham
Fleur de lis Bernham
They have four days...good luck Toronto.
Don Peat @reporterdonpeat 17m17 minutes ago
John Tory announcement on Sunday? "Mayor Tory will make an announcement at Toronto City Hall's 50th anniversary celebration" #TOpoli
Let's see if this is true. Coming for a SunMedia reporter
GBModerator 184
GBModerator
Not true - he says so in his very next tweet
https://mobile.twitter.com/reporterdonpeat/status/642786549680074752
Toronto is starting to sound like Hilary Clinton...just join the damn race already.
intoronto 650
intoronto
Location:Toronto, Canada
Why Toronto should say Yes to 2024 Olympics: Hepburn
Toronto Mayor John Tory is a cautious man by nature, which explains why he is taking so much time deciding whether the city should bid for the 2024 Olympics.
At this stage it’s a 50-50 bet on which way he’ll go. We’ll know the answer on Tuesday when the Toronto mayor must inform the International Olympic Committee on whether the city wants to be in or out of the running.
The decision should be easy because the case in favour of hosting the Olympics is so persuasive — tens of thousands of jobs over a seven-year period, an improved economy, major transit and infrastructure improvements, more affordable housing and a legacy of arts, cultural and sporting facilities.
But Tory also has been bombarded in recent days by a noisy gaggle of near-professional Olympic critics and Toronto bashers who have been dominating airwaves and newspaper opinion pages.
For them, the Olympics are a waste of money, too expensive, too corrupt, filled with traffic chaos, security threats and overfed, pompous bureaucrats.
Rather than seeming to want a great city, these critics appear to want Toronto to be an unambitious city, expressing a negative mentality that holds that Toronto won’t be able to get it right when it comes to staging a successful Games.
Just because Montreal, Athens and some other cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics have screwed up doesn’t mean Toronto will.
In fact, Toronto can get it spectacularly right on the Olympics.
We did it with the Pan Am Games this summer. There’s no reason to believe we won’t be able to do it with the 2024 Olympics.
As the successful Pan Am Games have proven, the city can stage a major international event — and can destroy all the naysayers’ arguments about deficits, gridlock and public apathy.
According to some unofficial estimates from Pan Am officials, the Games came in some $57 million under budget in capital spending and millions under on the operating side. Overall, the Games will actually show an operating surplus when all the bills are paid.
There wasn’t a single significant screw-up on security or technology and critics’ predictions of a transit nightmare were completely overblown.
The Games created thousands of construction jobs, boosted the economy, business activity and tourism and left a legacy of sports facilities from Hamilton to Welland, Scarborough, Markham, Ajax and beyond.
They also kick-started a wave of transit improvements, including the new rail link between Union Station and Pearson airport and expanding Go train service, that seemed forever stalled. In addition, the Games resulted in hundreds of affordable housing units in what was the athletes’ village.
Many of these projects would not have gotten off the ground, or would have been mired in bureaucratic graveyards for years and decades, if it had not been for the city winning the Pan Am Games.
In the final hours leading up to his decision, Tory should heed some advice from Toronto Pan Am Games chair and former premier David Peterson.
First, do it only if you believe passionately in a vision of what the Games can do for Toronto. As Peterson said this week, that’s because “there will be critics. There will be tough times. The vision pulls you through. It keeps you on track.”
Second, don’t look at an Olympics as an end in itself. It’s a means to an end. Transit will be improved, roads will be paved, potholes filled, children will have more places to play. The Games will make the city a better place to live, work and play.
Third, don’t go it alone. An Olympic bid will need the co-operation of the city, the province, the federal government — and especially the private sector.
Fourth, don’t build a permanent 90,000-seat stadium. Instead, build a stadium with temporary seating and only 45,000-50,000 permanent seats. After the Games, the stadium could be converted into a new home for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
It will be a tough fight to win the 2024 Olympics. Stiff competition will come from Los Angeles, Paris, Budapest, Hamburg and Rome. The IOC will choose the host city in 2017.
It will take real courage on Tory’s part to go ahead with an Olympic bid.
But, as Peterson says, Toronto has proven we can plan, build and execute on ambitious dreams and bold ideas. It’s time to say Yes.
Bob Hepburn’s column appears Sunday. bhepburn@thestar.ca
Source:http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/09/12/why-toronto-should-say-yes-to-2024-olympics-hepburn.html
http://yesto2024.com/
This is an argument that drives me flipping crazy.
1) This is the same argument as saying that you have "saved" 25% by buying a thingummy at a price of 75 instead of 100. You have not gained anything, you have lost less. You have only saved money if you see the thingummy as an unavoidable cost.
By diverting public dollars to build stadiums instead of spending it on teachers, police officers, etc Toronto would not gain jobs. It would add some construction and concessions jobs and lose even more public employee jobs as the city's budget copes with increased overhead costs, a loss of tax revenue from a lot of the capital going to foreign multinationals and debt servicing because of the Olympics.
2) There's nothing stopping Toronto from building transit and infrastructure now without an Olympic bid.
There are a lot of positives in hosting the Olympics, but the argument that it is an efficient way to boost your economy and provide infrastructure has repeatedly been proven wrong over the past 50 years. Just look at what happened in Montreal FFS. Hosting the Olympics in Toronto would make Canadians very happy, help unify the country and give Canada a prestige boost. It won't help the Canadian or Ontarian (?) economy.
Edited September 13, 2015 by Nacre
BREAKING: Announcement to be made by John Tory at a press conference at Nathan Phillips Square tomorrow morning at 9:30. Looks like it's all systems go for an Olympic bid.
The announcement according to Matt Galloway of CBC will be at a snack bar overlooking NPS. Why go to that length if the answer is a no?
http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050/ford-toronto-doesn-t-have-money-for-an-olympic-bid-1.360470
Lol what a clown. Thankfully he isn't the mayor anymore.
How is he still a working politician? O.o
"No Olympic bid" but if an NFL team comes, he's all for it. LOL what a moron
A source to the Toronto Star is saying the answer will be a no.
"Instead, Mr. Henderson has already begun lobbying for a 2026 Winter Olympics bid, saying the downhill skiing events could be co-hosted by an American town, such as Lake Placid."
I've confirmed the report with a source. It's true.
Not surprising at this point.
mistercorporate 31
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Interests:Winning
Toronto NOT bidding for 2024:
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/09/14/torontos-olympic-bid-decision-waits-until-the-last-minute.html
Guess we'll come back here in the run up to 2028! Allez Paris 2024!
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Mortage
Washington commits to providing wheats, financial aids over four years to Sudan
by SOURAV D | VIEW 831
Sudan, the civil war-hurt beleaguered east-African nation which has been struggling for months to make ends meets amid a pandemic-led international restriction alongside US sanctions, said on Monday that the US Government had pledged to provide the country with more than four years of wheat supply alongside other financial aids such as debt reliefs as Washington had removed the country from its list of state-sponsored terrorism.
In factuality, the economy of Sudan, which had borne the brunt of a civil war spanning from 1983 to 2005, has boomed over the past decade amid a rise in oil output, higher crude oil prices alongside a large capital inflows through foreign direct investments, though, since Sudan’s enrolment into a US list of the countries backing global-scale terrorism, the north-east African country had been scuffling to obtain much-needed fiscal aids alongside inflows through direct foreign investments, while the narratives for a recessed Sudanese economy that was projected to contract by 7.2 per cent this year, had compounded further following a steep shortage of wheat and gasoline.
US Government commits $1bn in fiscal aids to Sudan
Aside from that, adding that the US Government had promised to deliver more than $1 billion worth of fiscal aid, Sudanese acting Finance Minister Heba Ahmed said in an Arabic statement, “The US government has committed to providing over $1 billion that will support Sudan on its road to debt relief ...
This is in addition to in-kind support that includes the provision of wheat and other commodities over four years. ” Besides, Ahmed was also quoted saying in the statement that the US Export-Import Bank would supervise American investments into the nation’s grief-sickened private sector, while a debt-relief would also enable the country to receive an approximated $1.5 billion per year in fiscal aids from the International Development Association.
More importantly, latest remark from Sudan's acting Finance Minister Ahmed came forth nearly three months after the country had declared a state of emergency citing that the opposition leaders were fabricating a situation which in effect was promting the country's Central Bank to utilize its FX reserves to prevent a sharp devaluation of Sudanese Pound that had devalued more than 700 per cent over the recent years, disrupting imports of critical supplies such as foods and medicines.
On top of that, Ahmed had added that a delegation of at least ten largest American agricultural companies would visit the country soon. Notably, General Electric and Boeing Co.
executives had visited the country multiple times over the recent months.
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Most millionaires are interested in buying cryptocurrency
Posted: 19 June 2018 7:25 pm
About a quarter are on the fence around the world, but most millionaires are very interested.
The Capgemini World Wealth Report 2018, a survey of high net-worth individuals (HNIs) around the world, came away with some interesting findings. Among them was that the majority of HNIs are at least somewhat interested in owning cryptocurrency, but that their current wealth managers aren't necessarily delivering.
The amount of interest varied widely around the world and by age, but there was a strong undertow of interest everywhere.
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There was strong interest in cryptocurrencies, with almost 60% saying they were at least somewhat interested in crypto investments. About 40% of those interested cited investment returns as the primary reason for their interest, while 20% said they were interested in it as an alternative store of value.
In Latin America and South East Asia, excluding Japan, interest was almost universal, contributing greatly to the overall wide interest. Other regions were much less interested.
Japan might be an unusual outlier. There's little interest in cryptocurrencies among the country's richest people, but the country as a whole is one of the countries most involved in cryptocurrency in the world. This suggests that it might be experiencing a crypto crunch similar to South Korea, where early adoption, a dense and hyperconnected society, untenable housing prices and extreme competition for well-paying work have seen cryptocurrency take off in the middle class and under, while remaining relatively unpopular among those with enough capital to make big returns from safer investments like real estate.
But in Latin America and other parts of Asia, the need for decentralised alternative assets might be a major driver.
It's interesting to note that the proportion who are on the fence is extremely similar in all areas, while those who are entirely uninterested and very interested swings strongly by location. Cryptocurrency might be volatile, but it's very consistently polarising.
Unsurprisingly, younger HNIs were more likely to be interested in cryptocurrencies. Over 71% of younger HNIs said it was very important that they receive cryptocurrency information from their wealth management firms, while only 13% of HNIs aged 60 and over said the same.
Capgemini attributes this to different life stages, with the younger crowd being more interested in accumulating with higher risk investments and the older crowd being more interested in playing it safe.
One of the most interesting non-cryptocurrency findings was that, after six consecutive years of gains, the total wealth of high net-worth individuals topped $70 trillion for the first time. 2018 has been a banger thus far with average returns up by over 27% compared to last year, driven largely by immense returns from equities investments. As always, the best way to make a lot of money is to start off with a lot of money, and then just pay someone else to invest it for you.
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author holds ETH, IOTA, ICX, VET, XLM, BTC and NANO.
Disclaimer: This information should not be interpreted as an endorsement of cryptocurrency or any specific provider, service or offering. It is not a recommendation to trade. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex and involve significant risks – they are highly volatile and sensitive to secondary activity. Performance is unpredictable and past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Consider your own circumstances, and obtain your own advice, before relying on this information. You should also verify the nature of any product or service (including its legal status and relevant regulatory requirements) and consult the relevant Regulators' websites before making any decision. Finder, or the author, may have holdings in the cryptocurrencies discussed.
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Larry Charles Reunites with Sacha Baron Cohen for 'The Dictator'
Source: 24 Frames
They collaborated for the innovative but annoyingly quotable comedy Borat and followed it up with the less impressive Brüno, and now it looks like director Larry Charles and the bold and daring comedic mind of Sacha Baron Cohen are together again. 24 Frames has learned that Charles is now attached to direct The Dictator, a film we'd heard about a couple times before which will have Cohen playing two different roles: a goat herder and a deposed foreign dictator who gets lost in the United States. It's not clear how or even if the stories will be linked, but the movie itself is apparently a mix of Coming to America and Trading Places.
Thankfully, it sounds like this comedy won't have the documentary style of their previous endeavors, and Charles has had plenty of experience writing and directing non-documentary infused comedies as he's previously worked on shows like "Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage." As for Cohen, his roles outside of his signature characters have been enjoyable (Sweeney Todd, Talladega Nights), so it will be nice to see him take on two different characters in a more traditional narrative comedy like this. The actor is currently filming Martin Scorsese's adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, but once he's finished shooting overseas, he'll begin working on The Dictator. It'll be interesting to see if audiences are as interested in a comedy like this as opposed to a comedy like Borat. What do you think?
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Sounds like a remake of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator
TCox on Nov 16, 2010
I'm done with Sacha Baron Cohen after Bruno. Another shock value movie about his over the top character bringing mayhem over into the states...NEXT!
Big Boss on Nov 16, 2010
i had to watch a penis scream ill never see any of these guys movies again
DoomCanoe on Nov 16, 2010
SBC is over-rated. this movie looks to be a rehash of his previous rehashes......0 interest for me.
beavis on Nov 16, 2010
He's the Charlie Chaplin of 21 century! 😀
Eva on Nov 16, 2010
ali g was funny, borat was hilarious then .... bruno was just awful, lets see if they can pick things up again, itll be 50/50 but fuck it im in!
dave on Nov 16, 2010
@Eva - No. No he isn't.
Crimson on Nov 16, 2010
SBC = YAWN!
Lincoln on Nov 17, 2010
I'm confused, why the pic of Joaquin Phoenix with Borat? /sarcasmoff
bozo on Nov 17, 2010
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Tournament: Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic
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Trump to Meet China’s Xi to Try to Seal Trade Deal, Progress Reported
Source: By Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey, Chris Prentice, Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, and Alexandra Alper, Reuters • Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon to try to seal a comprehensive trade deal as Trump and his top trade negotiator both cited substantial progress in two days of high-level talks.
Trump, speaking at the White House during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, said he was optimistic that the world’s two largest economies could reach “the biggest deal ever made.”
The Chinese trade delegation said in a statement that the talks made “important progress,” China’s official Xinhua news agency reported.
No specific plans for a meeting with Xi were announced, but Trump said there could be more than one. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were invited to bring a U.S. negotiating team to Beijing around mid-February, with dates still pending.
The White House also said in a statement that its scheduled March 2 tariff increase on $200 billion of Chinese goods was a “hard deadline” if no deal was reached by March 1.
At the end of the talks next door to the White House, Liu told Trump that China would make a new, immediate commitment to buy more U.S. soybeans.
An administration official later clarified the amount as a total of 5 million tonnes, effectively doubling the amount bought by China since resuming limited purchases in December.
U.S. soybean sales to China, which totaled 31.7 million tonnes in 2017, were largely cut off in the second half of last year by China’s retaliatory tariffs and the announcement drew a positive reaction from Trump, who said it would “make our farmers very happy.”
The Chinese delegation said China will expand imports of U.S. agricultural, energy, service and industrial products, according to Xinhua.
While China has previously offered increased purchases of U.S. farm, energy and other goods to try to resolve the trade disputes, negotiators also dug into thornier issues, including U.S. demands that China take steps to protect American intellectual property and end policies that Washington says force U.S. companies to turn over technology to Chinese firms.
Lighthizer said there was “substantial progress” on these issues, including verification mechanisms to “enforce” China’s follow-through on any reform commitments it makes.
“At this point, it’s impossible for me to predict success. But we’re in a place that if things work out, it could happen,” Lighthizer said at the Oval Office meeting.
Later, he told reporters that the U.S. objective was to make China’s commitments “more specific, all-encompassing and enforceable” with a mechanism for taking action if China fails to follow through, but declined to provide details.
Reuters previously reported that such an enforcement mechanism could carry the threat of U.S. tariffs.
Asked whether the two sides discussed lifting U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, Lighthizer said they were not part of the talks.
“The two sides established a consensus in principle for an implementation mechanism framework,” Xinhua said, adding without elaborating that the United States had agreed to “earnestly respond to China’s concerns”.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang declined during a regular news briefing in Beijing to give any details on a possible Xi-Trump meeting.
TARIFFS NOT PART OF TALKS
A person familiar with the discussions said a broad range of concerns about access to Chinese agricultural markets were raised in the talks but little progress was made.
Washington has warned it will more than double tariffs on
$200 billion of Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 percent if significant headway on a trade deal was not made by March 1.
Trump said he did not think he would need to extend the deadline.
“I think when President Xi and I meet, every point will be agreed to,” Trump added.
But Trump has vetoed multiple proposed trade deals with China, choosing to push ahead with tariffs on Chinese goods to gain leverage.
“Analysts mostly remain deeply skeptical that a genuine trade deal can be done on this time frame,” economists from Commonwealth Bank of Australia said in a note.
“We are less pessimistic since these negotiations are being conducted by senior politicians, not by trade bureaucrats,” they added. “Both sides also have an incentive, and arguably a growing incentive, to get a meaningful deal done.”
Earlier, Trump said on Twitter he was looking for China to open its markets “not only to Financial Services, which they are now doing, but also to our Manufacturing, Farmers and other U.S. businesses and industries. Without this a deal would be unacceptable!”
The U.S. complaints on technology transfers, and intellectual property protections, along with accusations of Chinese cyber theft of American trade secrets and a systematic campaign to acquire U.S. technology firms, were used by Trump’s administration to justify punitive tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports.
China has retaliated with tariffs of its own, but has suspended some and is allowing some purchases of U.S. soybeans during the talks.
Chinese officials have said their policies do not coerce technology transfers.
The Chinese delegation said China will actively respond to U.S. concerns on intellectual property and creating a fair market environment, Xinhua reported.
The U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods are just one front in Trump’s efforts to upend the global trading order with his “America First” strategy.
He has also imposed global tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, washing machines and solar panels and has threatened to raise tariffs on imported cars unless Japan and the European Union offer trade concessions.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey, Chris Prentice, Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, and Alexandra Alper in WASHINGTON and Michael Martina in BEIJING; Writing by David Lawder; Editing by Will Dunham, Grant McCool & Kim Coghill)
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Barcelona to save 122m euros as players agree to wage cut
Barcelona’s players have agreed to wage cuts that will save the Spanish club 122m euros (£110m).
The 26-time La Liga champions have also agreed with their players to have about €50m (£45m) of variable payments deferred over a three-year period.
Their last accounts showed a 97m euros (£87m) loss while the net debt more than doubled to 488m euros (£438m).
“[This] will be a milestone of great importance to redirect the current economic situation,” the club said.
In March, Barcelona’s players agreed to take a 70% pay cut during the coronavirus pandemic and make additional contributions to ensure non-sporting staff received full wages.
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Have You Seen This? Daddy-daughter beatbox bonding
To prove her superior skills, father and daughter set up two head-to-head beatbox battles. In the first part of the second video battle, its clear they both have exceptional talents using only their mouths and lungs. But its the second round that really sets Paris apart. I mean, you know she means business when the glasses come off. - photo by Martha Ostergar
HIP-HOPPINGTON The skys the limit when it comes to daddy-daughter bonding activities, from ice cream dates to aerobatic plane rides.
For St. Louis artist Nicole Paris and her father, that bonding method is beatboxing.
It turns out Paris dad taught her everything he knows about beatboxing. But, as is often the case with parents and children, the younger generations tend to outstrip their parents eventually, whether its in smarts, skills, talents or any combination thereof.
To prove her superior skills, father and daughter set up two head-to-head beatbox battles. In the first part of the second video battle, its clear they both have exceptional talents using only their mouths and lungs. But its the second round that really sets Paris apart. I mean, you know she means business when the glasses come off.
Not only does Paris have more skills of the beatboxing variety, but she also injects so much personality in her performance, including mid-beatboxing trash talk, that its nearly impossible not to be completely mesmerized. Trust me, you will want to watch to the end. (If four minutes is too much for you, start at the 1:27 mark.)
However, I would argue that Paris beatboxing isnt the best part of the video; its her fathers obvious pride in his daughter. Just watch his face beam as she completely destroys him during the battle.
You can watch their first battle from last year here.
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Exploration North America
Central American Opportunity
Guatemala due to open 2012 Bid Round
This article appeared in Vol. 9, No. 5 - 2013
Source: IHS According to Energy and Mining Minister Erick Archila, Guatemala will be opening seven blocks covering nearly 8,000 km2 in the onshore Petén Basin to international bidders and has already made several investor briefings. Guatemala’s 2012 Bid Round comprises 22 blocks in seven onshore areas with a total of 7,958 km2. The blocks are Cotzal 1-2012 (2 blocks, 809 km2), San Francisco 2-2012 (3 blocks, 1,270 km2), La Libertad 3-2012 (3 blocks, 1,053 km2), Laguna Blanca 4-2012 (4 blocks, 1,589 km2), Cancuén 5-2012 (3 blocks, 1,173 km2), El Cedro 6-2012 (3 blocks, 347 km2) and Xalbal (4 blocks, 1,717 km2). No blocks will be offered in the Amatique Basin on the Gulf of Honduras, or the Pacific Basin at this time although the minister indicated the potentially gas-prone Pacific region could be ready for bids in 2014. The winning bidders are expected to be announced early in 2013.
Oil production in Guatemala, Central America’s biggest crude producer, has fallen to 10,000 bopd from 30,000 bopd over the last 30 years, according to Archila, but he intends to increase production to 80,000 bopd by 2022, he said in a July interview. He had earlier advised that ‘optimal conditions for investors’ would be offered and ‘transparency and clarity’ in the bidding process would ensure successful long-term production for Guatemala.
The Petén Basin covers an area of over 59,500 km2 and is underexplored. A relatively late structural high known as the La Libertad Arch divides the basin into northern and southern sub-basins. In the South Petén Basin more than 10,000m of sediment has accumulated since Permian times. Little is known about the Permian and Jurassic sediments because so few wells have penetrated them and the main oil reservoirs lie within the Cretaceous sediments. In the Petén Basin these Cretaceous rocks are called the Coban Formation, which is further divided into Coban A, B, C and D members. They consist of interbedded limestone, dolomites and anhydrites and most of the oil reservoirs discovered to date have been in fractured dolomites in the Coban B, C and D members. Significant production also occurs from these reservoirs in the Chiapas area of southern Mexico. The source rocks for oil have not been definitively identified but they are thought to include carbonates of the Coban A. Good quality Jurassic-age marine sediments may also generate oil in the Petén Basin. To date the country hosts around 160 drilled wells of which only 58 produced oil. The majority of the oil produced in Guatemala is heavy, with 16°API and 6% sulphur.
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The ‘Gatwick Gusher’ - Fact or Fiction?
Jane Whaley
The Horse Hill discovery in England lies in an area considered rich in hydrocarbons but which has been ignored for decades. With the help of geologist Chris Pullan we look at the facts behind this new and much talked about discovery.
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Surface Geochemical Exploration
Ger W. van Graas, Mona Ulas & Jan Roger Schønning; ORG Engineering, Norway, and Joachim Rinna & Jon Erik Skeie; AkerBP, Norway.
A newly developed method for detecting petroleum seepage using surface geochemical exploration.
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NBA says teams to suffer sanctions for violating protocols that may lead to coronavirus spread
The NBA has warned teams that protocol violations that lead to coronavirus spread impacting opposing teams and causing schedule derailments could result in “fines, suspensions, adjustment or loss of draft choices and game forfeitures,” according to a memo obtained by ESPN.
For players violating safety protocols this season, the league warns that the possibility of in-season quarantine and reduced paychecks loom as possibilities. While the memo doesn’t outline the length of quarantines, it says that any such player “may be subject to a proportionate adjustment to pay for any games missed during the period that the player is in quarantine and undergoing testing due to engaging in such activities and/or conduct.”
These threats are significant concerns of front offices as franchises work to understand the full gravity of operating an NBA season during a raging coronavirus pandemic that is killing thousands of people per day in the United States.
In a 158-page Health and Safety Memo shared with teams Saturday morning, teams were informed that the league may “conduct unannounced in-person inspections of team facilities” to discover whether organizations are staying compliant with COVID-19 safety protocols.
As companies like Moderna and Pfizer pursue a vaccine that can be approved by the Food and Drug Administration and distributed to the general public, the NBA outlined its approach to administering the vaccine. Once the FDA approves a vaccine and specialists working with the NBA and players’ union believe it to be safe and effective, the league and union will discuss whether its coaches, players and staff will be required to receive the vaccine.
If the vaccine isn’t required of NBA players and staff, there could be the need to create additional health and safety restrictions for those who don’t get the vaccine. For example, people who don’t get the vaccine could have to wear masks or be tested more often than those who do get it.
Despite concerns about the threat of infection as teams return to game travel, the NBA is allowing for players and staff to leave hotels for dining under these circumstances: outdoor dining, fully privatized room dining in restaurants, or NBA/NBPA approved restaurants that will meet league criteria. Players had hoped that they wouldn’t be sequestered to their rooms on road trips, and these measures will serve as something of a compromise. The NBA and NBPA are working to compile a list of at least three approved restaurants in each market.
NBA announces pre-season schedule for Dec. 11-19
Without the protection of a bubble environment, the NBA is determined to curb potential exposures that players and staff would traditionally have in a normal NBA season. At home, players and staff are forbidden to enter bars, lounges or clubs, attend live entertainment or game venues, or visit public gyms, spas, pool areas or large indoor social gatherings that exceed 15 people, the memo said.
Violations will include possible disciplinary action by teams or the league, including warnings, educational sessions, fines and suspensions.
What’s more, teams could be punished for failing to comply and for failing to report any “potential or actual violation, and/or any discipline imposed by the team for such violation.” If teams are found to repeatedly violate the protocols, they could be subject to “enhanced discipline.”
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Yonkers add additional race date
YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, November 13, 2019--Yonkers Raceway has added Saturday night, Nov. 30th, to its live harness racing calendar, with the usual first post of 6:50 PM. This schedule addition, approved by the New York State Gaming Commission, replaces an earlier program which had been cancelled. The Raceway's Thanksgiving week schedule now reads Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 25th and 26th), along with the aforementioned Saturday. Evening simulcasting continues around the live schedule, while afternoon simulcasting is offered Wednesday through Sunday (altered for NYRA race days). A friendly reminder from Yonkers Raceway that Thursday evening's (Nov. 14th) Pick 5 wager starts with a carryover of $5,379.14 and a $15,000 guaranteed pool. The guarantee is in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association's Strategic Wagering Program. The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising races 6 through 10 Thursday night. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Tuesday night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Former all-age track record-holder wins again
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, November 9, 2019--Former all-age harness racing track record-holder The Real One (Pat Lachance, $13.40) stuck his tongue out at the wire Saturday night (Nov. 9th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Open Handicap Pace. Third-over from assigned post position No. 4, The Real One was sixth--then fifth--when he bid in earnest. He snapped a first-over Dancin' Dragon (George Brennan) in 1:53, with Runrunjimmydunn N (Jordan Stratton) tiring to third after intervals of :26.4, :55.2 and 1:24. It was Theartofconfusion A (Dan Dube) and 8-5 choice Jack's Legend N (Jason Bartlett) settling for the minors. The latter, making a North American purse debut after four qualifiers, was caught third in turning for home before knifing through while pacing over rivals. For fourth choice The Real One, a 9-year-old Mach Three gelding trained by his chauffeur for owner Helene Filion, it was his fifth win in 23 seasonal starts (career 52-for-205, $1,229,688). The exacta paid $54.50, the triple returned $129.50 and the superfecta paid $470.50. By FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director
Pocket-rocket Kaitlyn N is best
YONKERS, NY, Friday, November 8, 2019--A pocketed Kaitlyn N (Jason Bartlett, $10.60) picked off Write Me a Song (George Brennan) nearing the wire Friday night (Nov. 8th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. In play from assigned post position No. 4, Kaitlyn N stung Write Me a Song, releasing that one before a chilly, 26-second opening quarter-mile. Odds-on pole-sitter Lady Dela Renta A (Matt Kakaley) was cutting her own mile in third. It was after a :55.1 intermission and 1:23.1 three-quarters when Kaitlyn N edged from the pocket, Lady Dela Renta A in behind. Write Me a Song had a diminishing three-quarter-length lead off the final turn, with Kaitlyn N closing. The former whipped the latter by a length in 1:53.3. Third went to Sudden Change N (Austin Siegelman), ahead of an empty, 4-5 fave Lady Dela Renta A. Robyn Camden (Jim Marohn Jr.) was fifth, while returning Wisdom Tree (Jordan Stratton) trailed. For Kaitlyn N, a 6-year-old Down Under daughter of American Ideal co-owned by (trainer) Richard Banca, Barbara & James Boese, it was the third choice's fifth win in 21 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $57, the triple returned $383 and the superfecta paid $934. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Pocket-rocket Havefaithinme N takes Preferred
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, November 2, 2019--A pocketed Havefaithinme N (Jason Bartlett, $10) slipped up the inside, picking off 2-5 favorite Rodeo Rock (Eric Goodell) Saturday night (Nov. 2nd), winning Yonkers Raceway's $35,000 Preferred Pace. The feature, pared down to a half-dozen after a pair of defections, saw Havefaithinme N--in one notch to post position No. 3--make the first lead. He was then leapfrogged by polester Rodeo Rock. The people's preference then led through early intervals of :27.1 and a flat 56 seconds. Runrunjimmydunn N (Jordan Stratton) tried it first-up from third, prompting through a :27.3 third quarter (1:23.3). Rodeo Rock did own a length-and-a-half lead off the final turn, but drifted, leaving the back door unguarded. Havefaithinme N was more than obliging, scooting through to whip the fave by a length in 1:51.4. Third went to 'Jimmydunn,' with Western Joe (Austin Siegelman) and Turbo Hill (Jim Marohn Jr.) settling for the minors. Dancin' Dragon (George Brennan) received lovely parting gifts. For second choice Havefaithinme N, an 8-year-old millionaire Down Under Bettor's Delight gelding co-owned by Blindswitch and Good Friends Racing Stables, Gary Axelrod & Santo Farina and trained by Jose Godinez, it was his ninth win in 27 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $18.80, the triple returned $39.60 and the superfecta paid $150. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
$42k distaff derby to Write Me A Song
YONKERS, NY, Friday, November 1, 2019-- A pocketed Write Me a Song (George Brennan, $6.10) picked off harness racing favored I'mprincessgemma A (Joe Bongiorno) nearing the wire Friday night (Nov. 1st), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. Making the first lead from post position No. 5, Write Me a Song stuffed Tequila Monday (Eric Goodell) in behind before yielding to 7-5 choice I'mprincessgemma A. All that transpired before a 27-second flat opening quarter-mile. It was a rated :56.1 intermission when Tequila Monday made her second move, advancing from third toward a 1:24.3 three-quarters. That lass stalled soon after, with I'mprincessgemma A taking a length-and-a-half lead in and out of the final turn. Write Me a Song edged by, however, the final margin three-quarters of a length in 1:52.4. 'Gemma' held second, with ground-savers Robyn Camden (Jim Marohn Jr.) and Angel's Pride (Brent Holland), along with Glenferrie Blade A (Jordan Stratton) coming away with the small change. For second choice Write Me a Song, a 4-year-old daughter of Sportsmaster co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer) Ron Burke, Weaver Bruscemi and Phil Collura, it was her ninth win in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $22.40, the triple returned $121 and the superfecta paid $694. Note the Raceway shall open for simulcasting Saturday (Nov. 2nd) at 11:30 AM in advance of Aqueduct's first post of 12 Noon as well as Day Two of Breeders' Cup from Santa Anita (first post 1 PM ET). A friendly reminder from Yonkers Raceway that Saturday evening’s (Nov. 2nd) Pick 5 wager starts with a carryover of $2,961.94 and a $10,000 guaranteed pool. The guarantee is in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program. The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising races 7 through 11 Saturday night. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Friday night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Melady's Monet, Micky Gee N win co-features
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, October 26, 2019--A second-over Melady's Monet (Eric Goodell, $10.40) and a grinding harness racing favorite Micky Gee N (Jordan Stratton, $4.50) delivered the goods Saturday night (Oct. 26th), winning Yonkers Raceway's pair of $42,000 Open Handicaps. It was a 61st career victory for Melady's Monet in the week's marquee trot. From post position No. 6, he stalked 19-10 choice Tight Lines (Jeff Gregory) as that one disposed of The Veteran (Brent Holland) early in the lane. The Veteran had laid down intervals of :27; :57.1 and 1:25.3, before weakening to fourth. Melady's Monet prevailed by a half-length over Tight Lines in 1:54.1, with There'sademoninme (Stratton) third. Icanflylikeanangel (George Brennan) picked off the remainder. For fourth choice Melady's Monet, a 10-year-old homebred Revenue S gelding owned by Melady Enterprises and trained by Hermann Heitmann, it was hisninth win (third consecutive) in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $31, the triple returned $146.50 and the superfecta paid $524. The week's adult-table pace saw Micky Gee N--from post No. 5 (in one notch after a defection)--settle fourth. Alluneedisfaith N (Jim Marohn Jr.) fronted the fray (:28.2; :57; 1:24.4), but could not stall Micky Gee N. Micky Gee N --Mike Lizzi photo The one moved toward the lead in earnest down the backside, taking over in and out of the final turn. Micky Gee N whipped Havefaithinme N (Goodell) by a length, with Alluneedisfaith N, Dancin' Dragon (Brennan) and The Real One (Pat Lachance) settling for the small change. For Micky Gee N, a 6-year-old Down Under Bettor's Delight gelding owned by William Hartt and trained by Lance Hudson, it was hisninth win in 27 '19 tries. The exacta paid $19.60, the triple returned $38.20 and the superfecta paid $192. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
F & M Open Pace to Imprincessgemma A
YONKERS, NY -- I'mprincessgemma A (Joe Bongiorno, $5.10) rated and sprinted to harness racing victory Friday night (Oct. 25th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. Sent to an immediate lead from assigned post position No. 5, 'Gemma' left around Write Me a Song (George Brennan) before a :27.4 opening quarter-mile. A pokey :57.1 intermission would serve her well with 9-10 favorite Tequila Monday (Eric Goodell) advanced from last. A :27.1 third quarter (1:24.2) dispatched Tequila Monday, with I'mprincessgemma A opening a length-and-three-quarter lead into the lane. She held Write Me a Song at bay, winning by a length in 1:51.3...another :27.1 substation to match a season/life-best effort. Glenferrie Blade A (Jordan Stratton) was a third-hole third, with Mach it a Par (Jason Bartlett) and Robyn Camden (Jim Marohn Jr.) settling for the minors. Tequila Monday backed away, winding up last among the half-dozen. For second choice I'mprincessgemma A, a 5-year-old Down Under daughter of Village Jolt trained by Jennifer Bongiorno for co-owners driver, trainer, Steve Manzi and Wish Me Luck Stable, it was hereighth win in 13 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $32.20, the triple returned and the superfecta paid $426. A friendly reminder from Yonkers Raceway that Saturday evening’s (Oct. 25th) Pick 5 wager starts with a carryover of $3,944.05 and a $15,000 guaranteed pool. The guarantee is in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program. The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising races 7 through 11 Saturday night. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Friday night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Legislators Challenge held at Yonkers
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, October 20, 2019--It wasn't harness racing parimutuel, but rather political bragging rights that were up for grabs Saturday night (Oct. 19th), with Yonkers Raceway hosting the Legislators' Challenge. The 'Challenge' was comprised of four before-the-card races, featuring 17 New York State elected officials competing in double-seated jog carts...with sporadic assistance from the Raceway's leading drivers. The opening division saw Bronx Democrat State Senator Jamaal Bailey carry both Pembroke Joey and Jim Marohn Jr. across the line. From post position No. 2, the trio went the distance in 2:11.1. Assembly Member Andy Raia (R-Suffolk) was second, with Assembly Member Steve Stern (D-Suffolk) third and Assembly Member Stacy Pheffer-Amato (D-Queens) fourth. "This was wonderful, a great opportunity to see what the harness drivers really do, and how important their job is," State Senator Bailey said. "Jim (Marohn Jr.) was excellent, a great steward, and I helped him out a little bit as well. It worked out pretty well. "These are real athletes and it's a real skill set. You can't just wake up, roll out of bed, and think you're going to hop in a harness and do it, right? We have to respect these athletes and what they do. I have a greater appreciation today than I did yesterday, and even before that when I did the training. Phenomenal day." Bronx Democrats found themselves at it again in the second Challenge event as Assembly Member Marcos Crespo--from post No. 3 with Shaun Vallee and Galactic Galleon N--edged past State Senator Shelley Mayer (D-Westchester) late to win in 2:10.1. The lone five-participant field was completed by Assembly Member Andrew Garbarino (R-Suffolk), Assembly Member Michael DenDekker (D-Queens) and Assembly Member Taylor Darling (D-Nassau). "I've missed some of the previous events due to scheduling conflicts, but that won't happen again," Assembly Member Crespo said. "I'm grateful to Yonkers and MGM for this opportunity, and really, a great experience to see the joy and the respect that people have for these racehorses and just the entire function of these races. It's a great experience. "I think the plans (for MGM here) are exciting, and certainly the Bronx is one of the great beneficiaries. So many people call this place home, and this is their workplace. This is how they provide for their families, and also Bronxities who love to come here and enjoy their time. It's a great opportunity, and hopefully we'll see how things play out." A Bronx Democrat hat trick was finalized in the third event as Grand Master and pole-sitting Assembly Member Michael Benedetto (with Jordan Stratton) led from start to finish in 2:10.2. It was a match race to the wire, as multiple-season Challenge champion, Assembly Member Gary Pretlow (D-Westchester) took his shot from the pocket but missed. The quartet was completed by Assembly Member Anthony Palumbo (R-Suffolk) and Assembly Member Michaelle Solanges (D-Nassau). "It was exhilarating," Assembly Member Benedetto said, joking that "I was able to break the Pretlow Curse. "We're looking forward to working with MGM in its effort to do more at Empire City Casino." The fourth and final Legislators' Challenge event gave the Democrats a clean sweep as Queens made the tally sheet. State Senator Joe Addabbo Jr., with Vallee and Vanquished N, circled their rivals from last to win in a night's-fastest 2:09.1. From post No. 3, the trio defeated Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn), Assembly Member Joe DeStefano (R-Suffolk) and Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez (D-Bronx). "It's about time Queens came in first in something," State Senator Addabbo said. "We had a good strategy and I had a great time." All four winners have committed to defending their titles at the next Legislators' Challenge. The event was a joint effort of the Raceway, its race office and horsemen along with the Standardbred Owners Association of New York. Upon conclusion, many of the participants and their guests stayed to enjoy the evening's 'other' races. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Tequila Monday loves Friday's at Yonkers
YONKERS, NY, Friday, October 18, 2019--Harness racing favorite--and lone leaver--Tequila Monday (Eric Goodell, $3.90) finished it off Friday night (Oct. 18th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Filly and Mare Open Pace. From post position No. 6, Tequila Monday worked around pole-sitting Robyn Camden (Jim Marohn Jr.) before a 27-second opening quarter-mile. From there, the Raceway's fastest-ever femme (a 1:50 flat effort in late June) was sufficiently swift through intervals of :56.1, 1:24.3 and 1:52.2. Tequila Monday held off a second-over I'mprincessgemma A (Joe Bongiorno) by a half-length, with Robyn Camden third. The small envelopes went to a first-up Write Me a Song (George Brennan) and Glenferrie Blade A (Jordan Stratton). For Tequila Monday, a 5-year-old statebred daughter of American Ideal co-owned by Northfork Racing & Chuck Pompey and trained by Chris Oakes, it was her 10th win in 13 seasonal starts (career 27-for-57). The exacta paid $12.60, the triple returned $29.20 and the superfecta paid $74.50. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
San Domino A wins Open Pace
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, October 5, 2019-San Domino A (Jason Bartlett, $17.40) escaped unscathed Saturday night (Oct. 5th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Open Pace. It was a strangely-contested contest, with 3-5 choice Mac's Jackpot (Brent Holland)-from post position No. 2-in no hurry early. He was set to get away fourth until one leaver, Benhope Rulz N (Shaun Valle) broke, wiping out another leaver, I'marocnrollegend N (George Brennan). Mac's Jackpot then defaulted into a pocket behind pole longshot Highland Tartan (Dan Dube) before a :26.1 opening quarter mile. Continuingly content to sit, Mac's Jackpot saw Highland Tartan find a :55.1 intermission. San Domino A, away third from post No. 3, then moved to engage Highland Tartan. As the former was overhauling the latter before a 1:22.4 three-quarters, Mac's Jackpot seemed to want to extricate himself from the cones. With The Real One (Pat Lachance) to his outside, Mac's Jackpot couldn't go anywhere, eventually dropping back noticeably. Meanwhile, San Domino A opened to two lengths off the final turn, disposing of The Real One by a length in 1:50.4. Highland Tartan held third, with Theartofconfusion A (Austin Siegelman) and Havefaithinme N (Eric Goodell) settling for the minors. Four fourth choice San Domino A, a 6-year-old Somebeachsomewhere gelding trained by Andrew Harris for co-owners Joe P Racing and Oldford Racing, it was his fifth win in 14 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $110, the triple paid $447 and the superfecta paid $1,625. by Frank Drucker Publicity Director
$23,905 Pick 5 score
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, October 5, 2019--Yonkers Raceway's instant guarantee for its Saturday night (Oct. 5th) Pick 5 made someone instantly happy. A single, solitary ticket with the magic sequence--3/6/3/6/7--took down the entire pool, good for $23,905.75 for that base 50-cent wager. With nearly $5,300 unclaimed from Friday night's (Oct. 4th) Pick 5 wager, the Raceway's $15,000 guarantee was easily vaulted over with $24,808 of new investors. The winning quintet of... 3-Betting Exchange ($34) 6-Military Master A ($10) 3-Don Domingo N ($3.90) 6-Prairie Panther ($7.80) 7-Mach it So ($39.80) led to the single-ticket windfall. Yonkers' Pick 5 begins with either the sixth or seventh race during every program, offering a $10,000 guaranteed pool each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. However, larger 'instant guarantees' have happened quite frequently, as evidenced by Saturday evening. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers cancels next Friday's program
YONKERS, NY, Friday, October 4, 2019-Please forgive the late notice, however Yonkers Raceway has scrapped its scheduled live harness racing program for a week from tonight, Friday, Oct. 11th. The cancellation allows the Raceway to use the paddock for detention ahead of Saturday afternoon's (Oct. 12th) $1 million International Trot and pair of $250,000 Invitationals. The program shall be made up at a date TBA. The schedule change has been approved by the New York State Gaming Commission. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Parked out mare takes Yonkers Open
YONKERS, NY, Friday, October 4, 2019- An uncovered Lady Dela Renta A (Jim Marohn Jr., $9.60) picked off Feelin' Red Hot (George Brennan) at the wire Friday night (Oct. 4th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $42,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. Away third from post position No. 2, Lady Dela Renta A watched as 9-10 fave Feelin' Red Hot pocketed Alexa's Power (Dan Dube) through early intervals of :27.4 and :56.3. Lady Dela Renta A then moved, engaging the leader past a 1:24 three-quarters. Feelin' Red Hot owned a three-quarter-length in and out of the final turn, but the pursuer was relentless. Lady Dela Renta A stuck her tongue out late, prevailing by a neck in 1:52.1. Alexa's Power tired in the pocket but held third, with Betterb Chevron N (Jordan Stratton) and Lispatty (Austin Siegelman) settled for the minors. It was Liberty Rose N (Eric Goodell) at the back of the half-dozen. For third choice Lady Dela Renta A, a 5-year-old Down Under daughter of Well Said co-owned by Dolne Farm Services & Blindswitch Racing and trained by Jose Godinez, it was her eighth win in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $33.80, the triple returned $96 and the superfecta paid $200. A friendly reminder from Yonkers Raceway that Saturday evening's (Oct. 5th) Pick 5 wager starts with a carryover of $5,299.21 and a $15,000 guaranteed pool. The guarantee is in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association's Strategic Wagering Program. The Pick 5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising races 7 through 11 Saturday night. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Friday night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program. For full results and entries click here. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Half of International Trot field has arrived
YONKERS, NY, Friday, October 4, 2019- Half of the field for the $1 million International Trot found its way to Westchester Friday afternoon (Oct. 4th), Just before 1 PM, Yonkers Raceway welcomed Bahia Quesnot (France), Lionel (Norway), Norton Commander (Germany), Uza Josellyn (Switzerland) and Zacon Gio (Italy). The fivesome arrived at JFK Airport earlier this week and went through their required quarantine period without incident before the hour or so trip to their 'new home'. Denmark's Slide So Easy has been stateside for a while. The above half-dozen join Atlanta (U-S), defending champion Cruzado Dela Noche (Sweden), Guardian Angel AS (U-S) and Marion Marauder (Canada) in the 41st International, set for a week from Saturday (Oct. 12th). Note the special matinee first post of 1 PM. The race shall be drawn at a Raceway luncheon Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 8th). by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Eight selected for $250,000 Dan Rooney
YONKERS, NY, Thursday, October 3, 2019--Yonkers Raceway's harness racing secretary Bob Miecuna has finalized the eight-horse field for the $250,000 Dan Rooney Invitational Pace. The octet, part of the undercard for Saturday afternoon's (Oct. 12th) International Trot card, is (alphabetically)... American History (age 4) --fresh off matching Yonkers' all-age track record (1:49.3) this past Saturday night (Sept. 28th) after winning Harrington' Quillen Memorial in identical time in previous start. Courtly Choice (4) - wins in the Canadian Pacing Derby (Mohawk) and Commodore Barry Invitational (Harrah's Philly). At 3, won the Meadowlands Pace, Little Brown Jug (Delaware, OH) and Empire Breeders' Classic (Tioga). Jimmy Freight (4) -- won last week's Dayton Pacing Derby as well as Mohawk's Gold Cup. At 3, won the final of Ontario Sire Stakes Gold (Mohawk) and elim of Yonkers' Messenger Stakes before second in final. McWicked (8) - Really? $4.6 million in career earnings doesn't need much in the way of introduction, but...how about 2018's Harness Horse of the Year after wins in TVG (Meadowlands), Breeders Crown (Pocono), Dan Rooney (here), Allerage (Red Mile), Canadian Pacing Derby (Mohawk), Haughton Memorial (Meadowlands) and Ben Franklin (Pocono)? This season's wins include the Ewart Memorial (Scioto), Gerrity Memorial (Saratoga) and Roll With Joe (Tioga). None Bettor A (6) - his first North American season includes win in the Battle of Lake Erie and final of Great Northeast (Pocono), plus pair of Open Handicaps here. Theartofconfusion A (9) - set the local all-age track record (1:49.3) while working his way up through the conditioned ranks. Has raced exclusively here since August of 2017. This is the Plan (4) - wins in the Hoosier Park Pacing Derby, Prix D'Ete (Hippodrome Three Rivers), Ben Franklin (Pocono) Well-traveled number is making Yonkers his 16th career venue. Western Fame (6) - early-season standout here, winning four legs and final of George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. Post time for the International Trot matinee card is 1 PM. Post positions for the Rooney shall be drawn Monday afternoon (Oct. 7th). by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
Atlanta works out over Yonkers oval
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, October 1, 2019--"She passed." That was driver Yannick Gingras' post mortem after the harness racing trotting mare Atlanta worked out over Yonkers Raceway for the first time. The world champion 4-year-old trotter went through her paces prior to Tuesday night's (Oct. 1st) regularly-scheduled program, doing so in preparation for $1 million Yonkers International Trot here a week from Saturday (Oct. 12th). "I was very happy with her," Gingras said, adding Atlanta's negotiated her mile-and-a-quarter International Trot distance "in 2:26 or so". "She did everything I wanted, especially around the turns. I made sure to buzz her around the turns." The statebred daughter of Chapter Seven, who has never raced over a half-mile oval, has seven wins and three seconds in 11 seasonal starts ($658,400). Her last purse try was a win in the $220,000 Charlie Hill Memorial at Scioto (1:51.4) about four weeks ago. Gingras and trainer Ron Burke took Atlanta to Westchester in part having learned from not-too-ancient history. "We didn't bring Hannelore Hanover here before the (2016) International, and that was a mistake," Gingras said of the fast miss who broke in the turns. "I know (the International) is going to be tough, but (Atlanta) has held her own against some very good older horses. "At the end of the day, there aren't many million-dollar races in the sport," Gingras said. "I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't want to win it." Here is the video of her work out. https://www.dropbox.com/s/w0ngsmp098hcg07/yannick%20ruff2.mp4?dl=0 Post time for the International Trot matinee card is 1 PM. Post positions for 10-horse, nine-nation field shall be drawn Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 8th. by Frank Drucker, for Yonkers Raceway
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Los Angeles Masters in Telecommunications & Networking Programs
For graduate students who are interested in the evolution of telecommunications technology, pursuing a Masters in Networking or Telecommunications may provide a career focused with the knowledge and skills to work in this growing industry.
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Masters in Telecommunication
Telecommunications is the term used when the exchange of information between two or more entities includes the use of technology[ii]. A communications network is a collection of transmitters, receivers, and communications channels that send messages to one another[ii]. We use telecommunications in our daily life whenever we are speaking on a cellular telephone, text messaging, surfing the Internet, watching a football game on television or using online banking. Electrical devices are used for sending messages so frequently. Just think of all the emails sitting in your IN box!
The rapid growth of telecommunications technology has, in many ways, altered the way we communicate and transmit information, and has become a growing and changing industry in and of it. Not surprisingly to keep information technology systems running smoothly, a large workforce is needed to
maintain networks, create new software, and ensure information that is transmitted is secure[iii].
FUN FACT: Cloud computing and cyber security are only two areas that are expected to lead overall employment increases in the computer systems design and related services industry; health care IT, mobile networking and data management also may contribute to growth over the next decade[iii].
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Typically, Masters in Networking and Telecommunications Programs could instruct students how to design networks, integrate new technology into an organization, establish new standards, develop cost models for new technology adoption, or calculate the return of investment for telecommunications or networking projects.
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With different programs and concentrationsto choose from, Masters in Telecommunications and Networking curriculums are likely to vary between schools and program formats. Some of the potential topics of study might include:
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Computer Network Architects: build and design data communications networks, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) and intranets. These networks range from a small connection between two offices to a multinational series of globally distributed communications systems[iv]
Network and Computer Systems Administrators: Computer networks are a vital part of many organizations. Network and computer systems administrators are responsible for the daily operations of these networks[v]
Computer and Information Research Scientists: invent and design new approaches to computing technology and find innovative uses for existing technology. They study and solve complex problems in computing for business, medicine, science, and other fields[vi]
Computer Hardware Engineers: research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, memory devises, networks, and routers. By creating new directions in computer hardware, these engineers create new advances in computer technology[vii]
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Sources: [i] bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/network-and-computer-systems-administrators.htm#tab-4 | [ii] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication | [iii] bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/careers-in-growing-field-of-information-technology-services.htm | [iv] bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-network-architects.htm | [v] bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/network-and-computer-systems-administrators.htm | [vi] bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-and-information-research-scientists.htm | [vii] bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/computer-hardware-engineers.htm | [viii] bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/information-security-analysts.htm
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Giardia is a common zoonotic parasite of mammals, including people, as well as birds and other vertebrates. It lives and multiplies in the intestine and causes acute diarrhoea (think gastro or ‘Bali Belly’) or chronic nutritional disorders resulting in weight loss and tiredness. Giardia exists as a variety of different strains. Some strains are only found in certain species of hosts like dogs, cats and quendas. Strains that affect humans have a wider host range including pets and wildlife.
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Giardia is a single-celled organism that lives in the small intestine and is found worldwide. The parasite produces resistant cysts that are responsible for disease transmission. The cysts release trophozoites, which are the active feeding stage of the parasite. These multiply and can be free in the bowel or attached by a sucking disc. The cysts are then passed out by infected animals, like dogs and cats, in the faeces.
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Giardia cysts and are found on surfaces, or in soil, food, or water that has been contaminated with faeces. Cysts can survive in water for several months. Infection occurs when the cysts are accidentally swallowed.
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Giardia can be spread from humans, pets and livestock to unique native animals, making them sick. In Australia, studies have found that urban wildlife such as bandicoots (quenda) are commonly infected with Giardia and sometimes with the human strain. The human strain of Giardia has also been found in native freshwater and estuarine fishes.
Many people infected with Giardia parasites will not have any symptoms, but can still pass on the parasite.
Giardia is more common in quenda in urban areas than quenda in non-urban areas.
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Francesca Jones overcomes injury fears to reach Australian Open
Francesca Jones suffered split fingers just days before the start of the Australian Open qualifying
Great Britain’s Francesca Jones overcame a finger injury and a “wee mental breakdown” to reach the main draw of a grand slam for the first time.
The 20-year-old from Bradford booked her place at the Australian Open with a 6-0 6-1 victory over Lu Jia-jing in the final round of qualifying.
Jones, who was born with a congenital condition that means she has eight fingers and seven toes, produced a dominant display just days after she feared an injury would damage her performance levels.
Next stop ➡️ @AustralianOpen
Fran Jones powers to victory 6-0, 6-1 against Lu Jiajing to book her place in the main draw#BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/1KhKxTsnXE
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She said: “Before the first few days before my match, I was speaking to my coach and I was saying that my fingers had actually split from the cold in the UK and I couldn’t hold the racket too well on my forehand side.
“The forehand is my best shot so I had a wee mental breakdown before the match to be honest. It was a few days before the match and my fingers were still cut and I wasn’t sure how I’d be able to take advantage of my weapon.
“I think I was probably well prepared in terms of physically and mentally because I had a lot of time during pre-season and we worked really hard.
“I tried to trust the work that we did but I am quite a perfectionist so I do worry about the days that I didn’t hit the forehand exactly the way that I should have done or I wasn’t serving well.”
Jones had only won her first slam qualifying match on Monday (John Walton/PA)
The British number five’s condition means she has three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on one foot and four toes on the other, but she does not feel that has held her back at all.
“I wouldn’t say I’ve ever reached a low point due to my syndrome. I stand by what I’ve said previously which is I try and use it as a positive and I see it as an advantage in many ways,” Jones said.
“I’ve definitely had to work a lot more on my physicality.
“Personally my challenge has been to put myself in a physical shape that prevents injuries. My feet work in a different way and that means I run differently, my balance goes through my feet and my toes in a different way.
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Fran Jones put on a SHOW to qualify for her 1⃣st Grand Slam #BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/fin4MxtYGJ
“For sure, I’ve always had a small grip and a really light racket and I am hesitant to change that because it’s worked well so far. I guess in the gym I’ve spent a lot of time trying to gain strength to support my muscles that can maybe support the weaknesses that I may have.”
She went into the game ranked 241 in the women’s singles, with Lu ranked 41 places ahead of her and with significantly more experience.
Jones was the only one of Britain’s five entrants to make it past the opening round of the qualifying events, which are being played in Dubai and Doha to limit the number of players travelling to Australia.
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The parish church of St Andrew was built in 15th century with a large tower added in the 16th century. The Lane aisle was also added in the 16th century by woollen merchant, John Lane. It is decorated with symbols of the wool trade and the exterior walls have carved ships. The church was restored and partly rebuilt in the 19th century. Probably on the site of an early medieval church.
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PARISH CHURCH (XV to XIX - 1401 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, ST00NW6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV57433.
Morris, B., 11/08/2014, Land at Shortlands Lane Cullompton, Devon. Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Excavation, 15 (Report - Excavation). SDV359548.
Dean Milles, 1747-1762, Parochial Survey Questionnaire (Monograph). SDV16186.
Respondent to Dean Milles Questionnaire notes rebuilding in 1552 but was not sure which part this was.
Oliver, G., 1846, Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis, 113 (Monograph). SDV57424.
Anonymous, 1862, Proceedings of the Congress of the British Archaeological Association at Exeter, 247-8 (Article in Serial). SDV57412.
Anonymous, 1875, Untitled Source, 95-6 (Article in Serial). SDV55485.
Carved pew ends at Cullompton Church, bearing heraldic devices. Pendants chiselled with shields, each charged with emblems. One shows the Pillar of Flagellation in Fesse, with the Reed and Spear behind it in Saltire. These pendants date from 1526.
Brushfield, T., 1891, The Church of All Saints, East Budleigh, 233-4 (Article in Serial). SDV57396.
Mural painting of St Christopher in this church, a coloured illustration of which appears in transactions of Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, III, plate 33.
Reichel, O. J., 1898, The Domesday Churches of Devon, 308 (Article in Serial). SDV863.
The original church was a Prebendal church, dedicated to St Mary, said by Oliver to have been founded by William the Conqueror.
Bligh Bond, F., 1903, Devonshire Screens and Rood Lofts. Part II (Article in Serial). SDV6113.
Rood screen at St Andrew's Parish Church. Perpendicular with entire groining and cornices. Second series on west side. Restored in 1849; gallery front and pewing removed but older carved work retained. Oak Calvary now at base of tower. North parclose with cornice of shields and figures. South parclose, perpendicular, of four-light openings with flat arched heads.
Chalk, E. S., 1910, The Church of St Andrew, Cullompton, 182-205 (Article in Serial). SDV57397.
Chalk describes the history and architecture of the church in considerable detail.
Howard, F. E., 1911, Fan Vaults, 1-42 (Article in Serial). SDV57395.
Fan vaulting in Lane aisle could well be by the same mason as that in the Dorset aisle at Ottery St Mary.
Clarke, K. M., 1912 - 1913, Saint Gabriel in Devon, 213 (Article in Serial). SDV57399.
A mural representation of St Michael in fresco was obliterated in 1850's. Also other pictures including one of St Christopher.
Thompson, A. H., 1913, Church Architecture in Devon, 468-490; figure 453 (Article in Serial). SDV15387.
Cresswell, B. F., 1918-1919, Sepulchral Slabs with Crosses in Devon Churches, 2,6 (Article in Serial). SDV7613.
Two slab tombstones here bear elaborate crosses. One inside the church is to John King and his wife and is dated 1457. Outside on a high tomb is a coffin- shaped slab decorated with a representation of the tree of life. It is ascribed to the early 14th century.
Cresswell, B. F., 1922 - 1923, Mural Paintings in Devonshire Churches, 281 (Article in Serial). SDV6556.
Mural paintings discovered in 1846 were whitewashed over and it is doubtful if they can ever be restored. Among them was a fine depiction of St Christopher.
Graham, R., 1924, The Monastery of Battle., 59 (Article in Serial). SDV57394.
At his death in 1087 William the Conqueror endowed the monastery of Battle with, among other estates, the Church of Cullompton.
Stephenson, M., 1925, A Monumental Brass Lately Discovered in Warwickshire, 172 (Article in Serial). SDV57373.
Cresswell, B. F., 1927, Devonshire Churches: The Buildings and Builders, 161 (Article in Serial). SDV124362.
The Lane Chapel is a notable example of the woollen merchants' contribution to Devonshire ecclesiastical architecture.
Anonymous, 1927, Proceedings of the Congress of the British Archaeological Association at Exeter, 28-9 (Article in Serial). SDV35433.
Parish Church of Cullompton entirely rebuilt in the early 15C. There is no structural division between the nave and chancel, which was rebuilt in Beer stone in 1849 along the lines of the ancient work. Rood screen, which extends across nave and aisles, is one of the most gorgeous and perfect in Devonshire. Carved oak Calvary still preserved in room under the tower and is in good condition.
Anonymous, 1928, Cullompton Church, 154-6 (Article in Serial). SDV57431.
Anonymous, 1934, Cullompton Church, 46 (Article in Serial). SDV57404.
Description of church given at time of visit in 1934.
Reichel, O. J., 1939, The Church and the Hundreds in Devon, 339 (Article in Serial). SDV15424.
G.W.G., 1942 - 1946, The Jacobean Gallery in Cullompton., 223-4 (Article in Serial). SDV57402.
Detailed description of gallery with figures carved in 16th century dress. Erected in 1637.
Williams, E. C., 1956, Mural Paintings of St Catherine in England, 30 (Article in Serial). SDV57393.
Early 15th century mural on the south wall of the nave between clerestory windows.
Carus-Wilson, E. M., 1957, The Significance of the Secular Sculptures in the Lane Chapel, Cullompton., 104-17 (Article in Serial). SDV33556.
Two decorative motifs appear in the fan vaulting and external buttresses of the Lane chapel, both of which reflect the interests of the merchant John Lane who died in 1529 with the traffic of manufactured woollens. The first depicts a winged angel holding a pair of cloth shears, and the second, an angel holding a geometrical device (probably a cloth mark) and a teasel frame. Carved ships can also be seen.
Cox, M. D., 1957, Untitled Source, 142-3 (Article in Serial). SDV57420.
Crowley, J., 1961, Sundials in South Devon, 280 (Article in Serial). SDV4705.
Sundial at Parish Church in poor condition and undated.
Copeland, G. W., 1964, Proceedings at the 102nd Annual Meeting, 21 (Article in Serial). SDV57390.
Church of St Andrew. It has a large tower built in 1545-1549 in a late Perpendicular style with a slight admixture of Renaissance detail, and heraldic and decorative details; a Jacobean west gallery. The outer south aisle, or Lane chapel, is treated exuberantly, particularly the devices on the parapet and buttresses, the running inscription describing its foundation, its beautiful fan-vaulted roof and the curious piers of its north arcade. There is a magnificent coloured and gilt wagon roof over the nave and chancel, a fine vaulted rood-screen, and a 'Golgotha', a large and curious carved wooden group of rocks, bones, skulls, which formerly stood on the rood-beam.
Tiverton District Council, 1978, Cullompton Conservation Area (Report - non-specific). SDV41951.
Whittemore, P. J., 1978 - 1981, The Lost Monumental Brasses of Devonshire., 248-50 (Article in Serial). SDV57403.
Lost monumental brasses discussed from remaining grave slabs. Other details: Plan.
Impett, R. M., 1981, Cullompton Church (Ground Photograph). SDV339249.
Gibb, J. H. P., 1985, The Fire of 1437 and the Rebuilding of Sherborne Abbey, 101-24 (Article in Serial). SDV33557.
Lane Aisle vault influenced by Sherborne Abbey.
Blaylock, S. R., 1986, A Survey of Greenway's Porch at St Peter's Church, Tiverton., 85-105 (Article in Serial). SDV57407.
External ornament of Lane's Aisle is influenced by Greenway's work at St Peter, Tiverton.
Department of Environment, 1986, Cullompton (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV336339.
Parish church. Nave and north and south aisles possibly first half of the 15th century; Lane aisle (i.e. outer south aisle) begun in 1526 and building still in progress in 1552; west tower begun 1539 and building still in progress in 1545; church restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1849-51 by Edward Ashworth. Coursed rubble red sandstone and brecchia with Beerstone dressing. West tower, nave, north and south aisles, outer south aisle, south-west porch, chancel, south-east vestry.
Exterior: Tower of four stages, set-back buttresses with four set-offs, all with crouching animals and finials; battlemented parapet with quatrefoil panels, openwork pinnacles to corners, and also set half way along each side; all crocketted and finialled. Polygonal stair turett to north face. Pointed two-light belfry opening to all sides, pierced, with transom. two-light ringing-chamber opening to second stage, south. Much elaborate Beerstone detailing to the west show front; central panel abovefour-light Perpendicular west window; the sill to the panel is formed by the string course to the second stage; defaced Calvary with one smaller panel to either side containing St George and Edmund the Martyr respectively, all under nodding canopies; panels framed by foilated shafts with faces, knops and capitals, the detailing Renaissance in character. This front further enlivened with quatrefoil frieze to plinth and 1st stage; armorial panels flank west window (displaying the arms of England and of Bishop Veysey); hoodmould of west door formed by plinth string-course, the door surround with concave moulding bearing fleurons, and varied coloured stone voussoirs. 19th century gabled stone clock surround with pinnacles placed above Calvary panel. North side of tower with one armorial panel; two similar panels to south with a third showing the Annunciation below the ringing-chamber opening, much defaced. Legends to these panels obliterated, but they include the date of construction (1539). South side: battlemented porch to west end of inner north aisle, set back buttresses, quatrefoil panels to merlons, and quatrefoil frieze below; south doorway with fleurons to middle concave moulding, with a similar doorway to south aisle proper; parvise, with square-headed two-light window to south. Early 19th century iron gates. Lane aisle: five bays, battlemented with a frieze of quatrefoils (dated 1805); four-light Perpendicular windows with buttresses, three set-offs, between; the great six-light west window and the two to the west of the aisle are contemporary with the 16th century scheme, the others appear to have been reused from the old south aisle. The south front is adorned with motifs reflecting the source of John Lane's wealth; these have been much discussed and the problems resolved by Prof. Carus-Wilson (see reference below), and include cloth shears, and handles (the "figure-4" motif, a handframe set with teasels to the cloth), and boats. Polygonal stair turret to rood-screen door and aisle roof; priest's door. Five lead rainwater heads, one dated 1709, another 1810. Late-medieval south east vestry, with a two-light south window and a little square-headed east window with concave surround, stanchions and saddle bars, 20 leaded panes per light. Chancel, by Ashworth, set-back buttresses, Perpendicular east window of five lights; lancet and three-light side windows to sanctuary. North side: six bays, battlemented, four-light Perpendicular windows, one with a crenellated transom, perhaps marking a former chantry; polygonal screen stair-turret. Northwest doorway with fleurons to concave moulding.
Interior: nave and chancel of six bays with no structural division; conventional wavy moulding, varied capitals with foliage, faces and angels. Internal panelled buttressing to Lane aisle arcade with evidence (to the two eastermost bays) of former screens. All windows with internal nook shafts, except the three-light clerestory windows, depressed window arches and deep reveals. Medieval plasterwork survives in the north-east (Moore) chapel.
Roof: nave and chancel with elaborate celled wagon, four bays-each divided by transverse rib with foliated sides and soffit and central pendant, which spring from small hammerbeams that support large angels; panels to each bay with bosses at intersection of subordinate ribs, each panel with diagonal rib with fretted borders and small central bosses; panelled wall-plate with angel corbels. Much of the colour in the nave is probably 18th and early 19th century, but some of the medieval paintwork may survive; a reference to Ashworth regilding the chancel suggests that he retained the old roof, rather than construct a copy; above the screen is an arch-braced tie beam designed to support to rood, which judging by the size of the Golgotha (preserved at the rear of the church, and a unique survival) and the mortices on the rood-loft floor, must have filled the available space in between. Fillets have been inserted on the south side of the roof-beam to rectify outward lean of the south wall. North and south aisles: flat panelled ceilings, the ribs chamfered, with run-out stops, diagonal ribbing and central bosses to each panel. Some early colour survives throughout. Lane aisles: a five-bay stone form vault may be the result of a late change in plan after building operations were underway. A full technical description and appraisal appears in Leedy (see reference below). The original cranked timber collars above the vault survive intact.
Screens: rood screen: late 15th century with no Renaissance detailing; 11 bays with open tracery to each similar in design but not identical, to aisle window tracery. Coving complete with three tiers of foliage; brattishing of 1850 when the colouring renewed. Rood loft mortices for frontal and Golgotha (which itself supported Cross and the figures of Mary and John). South parclose: four bays with entrance under segmental arch, conventional Perpendicular tracery panels, wainscotting and a two-tier cornice. North parclose: to the More chantry chapel; an unusual design, four wide bays with very angular tracery made up of straight ribs and peg-like cusping; one foliage band to cornice with dragons to each end, with shield bearing angels forming a wide frieze above; cornice and frieze to either side of screen set at a 45 degree angle. The shields show More quartering various families; the armorial evidence suggests a late 16th century date but although of unusual profile the detailing of this parclose is entirely late-medieval in character. Wallpaintings: now covered, but disclosed and recorded by Ashworth in Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Society, III (1849), plates XXXIII-XXXVII; they appear to have formed a remarkably complete set. West gallery: supported by five Ionic columns, the frontal with panels of paired round-headed arches, the side panel divided by Ionic or Doric pilasters, the central panel by Atlanter with Ionic capitals. Decorated frieze, with heads; decorative band below. A panel (south chancel aisle), possibly late 16th century, with Faith, Hope, Philip and Thomas each under round-headed arch.
Monuments: 14th century monument slab (in southwest porch) with badly worn foliated cross. Numerous floor slabs in More chantry (detailed descriptions in Cresswell, see reference below), and another, half obscured by 19th century seating, to John Lane at the east end of his aisle. Nave, south wall: mural monument to Francis Colman, Esq., died 1820, erected 1849 by I E Carew of London, moulded surrounds to two epitaph panels with palm swirls and heraldic device above. Some small, minor late 18th and early 19th century wall tablets; especially good is that to David Sweet, died 1807, urn and epitaph panel with cornice, set against a black marble cartouche (north aisle, north wall). Lane aisle, south wall: WWI memorial (under the Morris window), waxy red and white marble, three panels, the names of the dead to the centre, with a soldier and a parting from family scene occupying outer panels. Glass: nine good 19th and early 20th century windows, including a Morris & Co., 1904; a Drake Lane aisle south, 1882 (and probably Lane aisle east, 1877), and two which are probably Clayton & Bell (Lane aisle west, and south VIII).
References: Cullompton is generally regarded as one of the finest churches in the west country and has a considerable literature, of which this is a selection: various articles in Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Society, III (1849); E S Chalk, "The Church of St Andrew, Cullompton, Trans.Devonshire Assoc., 42 (1910), 182-205; Beatrix Cresswell, typescripe volume on Deanery of Cullompton, West Country Studies Library; John Stabb, Some Old Devon Churches I, 44-5, plate 32; N Pevsner, SD, pp 96-88; E Carus-Wilson, "The Significance of the Secular Sculpture in the Lane Chapel, Cullompton; Medieval Archaeology, I (1957), 104-17 and end plates; W C Leedy, Fan Vaulting, A Study of Form, Technology and Meaning (1980), pp 157-8; Devon C19 Churches Project.
Griffith, F. M., 1986, DAP/GX, 14-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV57439.
Black, J., 1987, The Discovery of the Cullompton Church Decorations, 35-6 (Article in Serial). SDV57408.
Black reproduces a letter which appeared in the 1/1/1801 edition of the St James' Chronicle describing the discovery of wall paintings.
Griffith, F. M., 1988, DAP/KF, 9-9a (Aerial Photograph). SDV57441.
Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon, 303 (Monograph). SDV325629.
Griffith, F. M., 1991, DAP/UF, 10-15 (Aerial Photograph). SDV57442.
Pugsley, D., 1993, St. Andrew's Church, Cullompton (Pamphlet). SDV359366.
Guide book to church including details of the war memorial window, the wall paintings which are now covered over, Moores' Aisle, Lane's Aisle, the Golgotha, the Jacobean gallery and the waggon roof.
Diocesan Advisory Committee, 2003, St Andrew's Church, Cullompton: Statement of Significance (Report - non-specific). SDV319613.
Victorian alterations have clearly affected the interior of the church whilst generally leaving the 15th/16th century structure intact. Most prominently, the pews were removed and the entire church re-seated with uniform low box pews. A few of the earlier box pews and the squire's pew were placed in the North Morhays Chapel where they remain today.
Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants, 2004, A Conservation Plan for Tuckers Hall, Exeter, 10 (Report - non-specific). SDV319614.
The fan vaulted Lane aisle was erected in 1526 by a wool capitalist and decorated with symbols of the wool trade including carved angels holding cloth shears.
Green, T., 2006, St Andrew's Nursing Home, Pye Corner, Cullompton: Results of a Desk-based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation (Report - Assessment). SDV337664.
The church at Cullompton replaced an earlier church in the 15th century. The dedication to St Andrew was granted in 1436.
Morton, R., 2007, Land at Station Road Cullompton, Devon. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for Tesco Stores Ltd, 10,13,17 (Report - Assessment). SDV338659.
The early medieval church of Cullompton is likely to have been on the same site as the present parish church, which is set in a square-shaped enclosured, possibly reflecting an earlier precinct boundary. It is possible that the church lay within a larger enclosure in the early medieval period.
Hood, A., 2007, Land at Willand Road, Cullompton: Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample: Post Excavation Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV340039.
Context One Archaeological Services, 2009, Land to the North of Tiverton Road, Cullompton, Devon. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Geophysical Survey, 6 (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV345067.
Tyler, K. + Valentin, J., 2010, New Community Centre, St Andrew's Parish Church, Cullompton (Report - Evaluation). SDV347294.
An estate map dating to 1633 shows the church precinct in its present form.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV124362 Article in Serial: Cresswell, B. F.. 1927. Devonshire Churches: The Buildings and Builders. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 33. Unknown. 161.
SDV15387 Article in Serial: Thompson, A. H.. 1913. Church Architecture in Devon. Archaeological Journal. 70. Unknown. 468-490; figure 453.
SDV15424 Article in Serial: Reichel, O. J.. 1939. The Church and the Hundreds in Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 71. A5 Paperback. 339.
SDV16186 Monograph: Dean Milles. 1747-1762. Parochial Survey Questionnaire. Parochial Survey. Unknown.
SDV319613 Report - non-specific: Diocesan Advisory Committee. 2003. St Andrew's Church, Cullompton: Statement of Significance. A4 Stapled.
SDV319614 Report - non-specific: Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants. 2004. A Conservation Plan for Tuckers Hall, Exeter. Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 10.
SDV325629 Monograph: Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N.. 1989. The Buildings of England: Devon. The Buildings of England: Devon. Hardback Volume. 303.
SDV33556 Article in Serial: Carus-Wilson, E. M.. 1957. The Significance of the Secular Sculptures in the Lane Chapel, Cullompton.. Medieval Archaeology. 1. Unknown. 104-17.
SDV33557 Article in Serial: Gibb, J. H. P.. 1985. The Fire of 1437 and the Rebuilding of Sherborne Abbey. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 138. Unknown. 101-24.
SDV336339 List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1986. Cullompton. Historic Houses Register. A4 Comb Bound.
SDV337664 Report - Assessment: Green, T.. 2006. St Andrew's Nursing Home, Pye Corner, Cullompton: Results of a Desk-based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation. Southwest Archaeology Report. 061117. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV338659 Report - Assessment: Morton, R.. 2007. Land at Station Road Cullompton, Devon. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment for Tesco Stores Ltd. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 07059. A4 Stapled + Digital. 10,13,17.
SDV339249 Ground Photograph: Impett, R. M.. 1981. Cullompton Church. Impett Slide Collection. Slide.
SDV340039 Report - Assessment: Hood, A.. 2007. Land at Willand Road, Cullompton: Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample: Post Excavation Assessment. Foundations Archaeology Report. 556. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV345067 Report - Geophysical Survey: Context One Archaeological Services. 2009. Land to the North of Tiverton Road, Cullompton, Devon. An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Geophysical Survey. Context One Archaeological Services Report. COAS/DBA;GEO/08/TRC. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6.
SDV347294 Report - Evaluation: Tyler, K. + Valentin, J.. 2010. New Community Centre, St Andrew's Parish Church, Cullompton. AC Archaeology Report. ACD185/2/2. A4 stapled + Digital.
SDV35433 Article in Serial: Anonymous. 1927. Proceedings of the Congress of the British Archaeological Association at Exeter. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 33. Unknown. 28-9.
SDV359366 Pamphlet: Pugsley, D.. 1993. St. Andrew's Church, Cullompton. A5 Paperback.
SDV359548 Report - Excavation: Morris, B.. 11/08/2014. Land at Shortlands Lane Cullompton, Devon. Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Excavation. Southwest Archaeology Report. 20140811. Digital. 15.
SDV41951 Report - non-specific: Tiverton District Council. 1978. Cullompton Conservation Area. Tiverton District Council Report. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV4705 Article in Serial: Crowley, J.. 1961. Sundials in South Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 93. A5 Hardback. 280.
SDV55485 Article in Serial: Anonymous. 1875. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 31. 95-6.
SDV57373 Article in Serial: Stephenson, M.. 1925. A Monumental Brass Lately Discovered in Warwickshire. Antiquaries Journal. 5. 172.
SDV57390 Article in Serial: Copeland, G. W.. 1964. Proceedings at the 102nd Annual Meeting. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 96. A5 Paperback. 21.
SDV57393 Article in Serial: Williams, E. C.. 1956. Mural Paintings of St Catherine in England. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 19. Unknown. 30.
SDV57394 Article in Serial: Graham, R.. 1924. The Monastery of Battle.. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 30. Unknown. 59.
SDV57395 Article in Serial: Howard, F. E.. 1911. Fan Vaults. Archaeological Journal. 68. Unknown. 1-42.
SDV57396 Article in Serial: Brushfield, T.. 1891. The Church of All Saints, East Budleigh. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 23. A5 Hardback. 233-4.
SDV57397 Article in Serial: Chalk, E. S.. 1910. The Church of St Andrew, Cullompton. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 42. A5 Hardback. 182-205.
SDV57399 Article in Serial: Clarke, K. M.. 1912 - 1913. Saint Gabriel in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 7 Part 1. Unknown. 213.
SDV57402 Article in Serial: G.W.G.. 1942 - 1946. The Jacobean Gallery in Cullompton.. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 22. Unknown. 223-4.
SDV57403 Article in Serial: Whittemore, P. J.. 1978 - 1981. The Lost Monumental Brasses of Devonshire.. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 34. Unknown. 248-50.
SDV57404 Article in Serial: Anonymous. 1934. Cullompton Church. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 80. Unknown. 46.
SDV57407 Article in Serial: Blaylock, S. R.. 1986. A Survey of Greenway's Porch at St Peter's Church, Tiverton.. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 44. Paperback Volume. 85-105.
SDV57408 Article in Serial: Black, J.. 1987. The Discovery of the Cullompton Church Decorations. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 36. Unknown. 35-6.
SDV57412 Article in Serial: Anonymous. 1862. Proceedings of the Congress of the British Archaeological Association at Exeter. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 18. Unknown. 247-8.
SDV57420 Article in Serial: Cox, M. D.. 1957. Archaeological Journal. 114. Unknown. 142-3.
SDV57424 Monograph: Oliver, G.. 1846. Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis. Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis. Unknown. 113.
SDV57431 Article in Serial: Anonymous. 1928. Cullompton Church. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 74 Part I. Unknown. 154-6.
SDV57433 Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. ST00NW6. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV57439 Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1986. DAP/GX. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 14-5.
SDV57441 Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1988. DAP/KF. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 9-9a.
SDV57442 Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1991. DAP/UF. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 10-15.
SDV6113 Article in Serial: Bligh Bond, F.. 1903. Devonshire Screens and Rood Lofts. Part II. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 35. Digital.
SDV6556 Article in Serial: Cresswell, B. F.. 1922 - 1923. Mural Paintings in Devonshire Churches. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 12. Unknown. 281.
SDV7613 Article in Serial: Cresswell, B. F.. 1918-1919. Sepulchral Slabs with Crosses in Devon Churches. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 10.1. Unknown. 2,6.
SDV863 Article in Serial: Reichel, O. J.. 1898. The Domesday Churches of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 30. A5 Paperback. 308.
Associated Monuments
MDV71731 Related to: Chest Tomb South of St Andrew's Parish Church (Building)
MDV71735 Related to: Chest Tomb South-west of St Andrew's Parish Church (Building)
MDV54301 Related to: Minster Church and College, Cullompton (Monument)
MDV71728 Related to: Newby Chest Tomb, St Andrew's Parish Church (Building)
MDV71729 Related to: St Andrew's Parish Church, Burn Chest Tomb (Building)
MDV71734 Related to: St Andrew's Parish Church, Chest Tomb (Building)
Associated Finds: none recorded
EDV2576 - DAP/GX
EDV2577 - DAP/KF
EDV2578 - DAP/UF
EDV2579 - Unnamed Event
EDV4149 - St Andrew's Nursing Home, Pye Corner
EDV4242 - Desk-based Assessment of Land at Station Road, Cullompton, Devon
EDV4862 - Geophysical Survey North of Tiverton Road, Cullompton
EDV5079 - Archaeological Trench Evaluation at the New Community Centre, St Andrew's Parish Church, Cullompton, Devon
EDV6943 - Desk Based Appraisal and Excavation of Land off Shortlands Lane, Cullompton
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China reduces paperwork for gold exporters
China’s central bank and customs authority said on Tuesday they would simplify procedures for companies exporting gold, following a slump in domestic demand for the metal.
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic led dealers to sell gold in China, the world’s largest bullion consumer, at massive discounts versus the international spot prices.
Companies applying to export gold no longer need to submit physical gold inventory certificates approved by the State Council, China’s cabinet, or gold production capacity certificates, the central bank said.
The People’s Bank of China and the General Administration of Customs said in a statement the changes were aimed at reducing paperwork to make the process more convenient. Analysts said they were unlikely to have a significant impact on gold flows.
China has strict controls on exporting gold, and typically consumes much more gold than it produces.
But prices in the country in April fell as much as $70 an ounce below international prices – the biggest discount since Reuters records going back to at least 2014 – and are now around $20 below international rates.
In April, China’s exports of gold via Hong Kong exceeded its gold imports via the territory for the first time since at least 2011, and Switzerland, which usually sends tens of tonnes of gold to China every month, shipped no metal to the country at all.
This article was originally posted on finance.yahoo.com/news/.
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3 ways the US can catch up after falling behind in science and engineering
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By Greg Douquet and Peter L. Levin Dec. 7, 2020 Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 12 a.m.
Pipelines at the hydrogen co-generation system plant on Port Island in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Japan will have to accelerate the closure of coal plants and ramp up renewable energy capacity over the next decade to meet Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s pledge to be emissions neutral in 30 years.
Photo: Akio Kon / Bloomberg
In January of this year the National Science Board, which is part of the National Science Foundation, published its biennial report on Science and Engineering Indicators. It captures how the United States compares to other countries from the perspective of degree production, investments in research and development and scientific articles and patents (as a proxy for technical prowess).
Basically, we’re falling behind on every major measure, which means we may not have enough trained people and core competencies to combat climate change, defeat contagious viruses or compete in the growing market for advanced energy systems.
Not only have we closed the borders (even to students) and raised the walls (literally and figuratively) to shared knowledge, we have diluted educational achievement standards at home and outsourced our critical manufacturing capabilities overseas. Turning the tide will require new educational policy, targeted federal funding and visionary executive leadership. Investment in science reveals verifiable facts that we use to live longer, happier, more-affordable lives. It also leads to products and services that we can sell in foreign markets. The only “alternative fact” that matters is that China is eager to assume any mantle we abandon or neglect.
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One example of where science-based decisions could better inform our energy policy are small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs. Many people immediately reject nuclear power as a viable energy option because of two false perceptions: that it is fundamentally unsafe and that there is no good way to dispense with spent radioactive fuel. However, even well-respected former anti-nuclear advocates like Michael Schellenberger have changed their minds on this. Electricity from nuclear plants can be created safely, affordably and without turning radioactive material into weapons.
Another example is hydrogen-based fuel cells, which produce electricity in a way that exhausts only water and heat. The global market is still relatively small, only about $5 billion today, but one analyst believes it could grow to $40 billion in six years; another believes that in 2032 more than 5 million hydrogen-fueled cars will be sold worldwide, worth more than $250 billion.
There are three decisions we can make that would put the U.S. on proper footing.
First, we need to agree that voluntarily relinquishing technological leadership is going to severely hurt our economy and our global political influence. Pushing a coal-based agenda or ripping up environmental regulations is not going to make us cleaner, healthier, more productive or more employable. The last Quadrennial Energy Review predicted that 1.5 million new jobs will be created in the energy sector between 2016 and 2030; in fact, according to the 2020 US Energy and Employment Report, there were 54,000 net new jobs in just energy efficiency alone.
Second, we need to get serious about exposing our children to core concepts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM curricula. Just because K-12 public education is typically a local or state issue doesn’t mean that we can afford to live in regional isolation, where some school boards promote fundamental physics and others fundamentalist philosophy. Willful ignorance is not consistent with our values and freedoms.
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Rice Moves All Classes Online, Delays Student Move-In Thanks To COVID-19 Surge
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HISD Trustees Go Back to Square One, Discuss Their Options Tonight
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Diana Davila taking over the president's chair earlier this year.
Screenshot from HISD TV
For the last three years, Doris Delaney has been appointed by the Texas Education Agency to help straighten out Houston Independent School District. As a state-appointed conservator she has fairly substantial powers that range far beyond just giving advice.
For instance, as she did just this past Monday, she can overrule a planned action by the school board — in this case, its plan to hire a new permanent superintendent. In the proverbial 11th hour she hit the pause button, the day before trustees were ready to announce a name. Any superintendent action is suspended, she said, until after TEA completes its investigation of the district on several fronts.
The biggest question HISD Board President Diana Davila has – one shared by many others – is why now?
“We’ve been working really hard as a board, trying to change the way we govern things, trying to change the format of our meetings, trying to really focus on the student outcomes,” she said. “There are a lot of positive things happening to get us back on track.
“The conservator at any point could have given us directives. I direct you to limit your comments to a minute at board meetings, I direct you to do agenda reviews at this time. I direct you to take questions and answers. There’s a lot of directives you could have given us throughout this time to help us improve our meetings.
“So the very first one happens to be: suspend the superintendent search?”
Why didn’t Delaney say no when the board voted publicly on February 18 to continue its superintendent search? Why didn’t she say no way Jose when they hired a search firm? Why didn’t she say guess again when they accepted applicants’ resumes and lined up final interviews that were to take place last Monday and Tuesday.
“She also has the right to override our votes, so at any point she could have said ‘I’m going to override that,’” Davila said.
Davila also doesn’t understand the course correction because several of their applicants said they contacted the TEA commissioner’s office asking if there was any reason for them not to risk applying for the HISD superintendent’s position and from their conversations were confident enough to do so.
“They were confident. We were confident. We posted we were ready to announce a finalist on Tuesday and we get a notice on Monday,” Davila said.
As much as HISD trustees have been accused of lurching from one crisis moment to another, this latest bit of drama was not something they orchestrated – at least not acting as a board of the whole.
And perhaps, given Delaney’s relatively low profile, this wasn’t something she came up with, but came from her boss Mike Morath, the TEA Commissioner? “There is nothing she can do without the commissioner’s authority,” Davila said. Who has also granted her expanded powers, the extent of which trustees will learn about in an executive session Thursday night, said Davila, who has also called for the board to hire an outside lawfirm to aid it in dealing with TEA.
There is absolutely nothing secret about the fact that the three African American board members believe interim superintendent Granita Lathan should be the permanent supe. It is also more than clear, based on their prior actions, that the Hispanic board members and Anne Sung don’t believe Lathan is up to the task since they voted to remove her and place former Superintendent Abe Saaveda in her place. Saavedra then rescinded his acceptance, reading the dysfunctional tea leaves and deciding he wanted no part of this at this point in what remains of his career.
Some trustees and outside politicians praised the TEA action. They argued that it is ridiculous to let the board pick a superintendent when it is under investigation for some schools’ poor academic performance (including Kashmere High, a school that Delaney was specifically assigned to help out in past years, but alas without enough success), a possible violation of the state’s open meetings act when five trustees got together sans public meeting to engineer the switch to Saavedra and now, the latest: unnamed possible irregularities in procurement procedures.
Except, except, except, would they be so vehemently against it if it was Lathan being approved?
People’s memories are short but controversy is, of course, absolutely nothing new to the HISD board. If it’s not the perennial debates over the magnet school system and the busing routes (perhaps Lathan should have stayed out of that one till she had the job permanently), it’s the question of who’s getting what and what’s equitable while the district still tries to meet the needs of the exceptional students. Trustees are not supposed to go into a school and tell a principal or teachers what to do, but some of them do and even talk about it in public meetings.
Questions about the district’s procurement practices have dogged the district for years with various board members at one time or another put under scrutiny in allegations they were dealing out special contract-awarding favors to friends or for their own financial gain. Former board member and president Lawrence Marshall was convicted in 2016 of bribery under the RICO Act (Racketeer Influences and Corrupt Organizations Act.)
The most recent version of the board, in addition to the already mentioned problems, features a group of people so often at odds with each other that they have provided unintentional theater. Alliances are made and broken. Trusts shattered. We know this because the board members have taken to discussing this at their board meetings.
Davila readily agrees all their meetings haven't been stellar but she is as quick to say that they haven't all been bad in the last year. "We have more meetings than the five we get criticized for all the time. And I tell people 'Have y'all not been watching City Council? Have y'all not been watching the state? Have y'all not been watching Congress."
"If we get taken over for academics then shame on us. We should be taken over [in that case.] But to do this to HISD because we have an additional investigation come forward?" She says she asked Morath what happens when the next set of allegations comes along, will that put HISD on hold even longer?
"When does it stop? When does it stop?" Davila asked. "He didn't have a firm answer on how long the investigation is going to take. There is no timeline."
Margaret Downing is the editor-in-chief who oversees the Houston Press newsroom and its online publication. She frequently writes on a wide range of subjects.
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Philips Mill Baptist
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Phillips Mill Baptist Church is certainly one of the most historic, seminal and prominent Baptist Churches in Wilkes County. It was on this site in 1785 that the first 16 people met in Joel Phillips’ grist mill and agreed to organize a church. The principal organizer was Silas Mercer. Being raised in the Church of England, as a young man Silas had been vocally and violently opposed to Baptist doctrine. He later changed his mind. Though the very first Georgia Baptist Association had been organized at Kiokee Church in 1784, its first regular meeting was held at Phillips Mill on October 15, 1786. Thus began Phillips Mill’s long and storied affiliation with the Baptist hierarchy. It is fitting that Silas’ son, Jesse Mercer, was ordained to the ministry by the church in 1789 and, upon the death of his father in 1796, he assumed the duties as pastor. In the 19th century, Jesse Mercer became the architect and most significant voice of an ever-growing and powerful Baptist institution in Georgia. Mercer University, originally in Penfield, now Macon, was named in his honor.
In 1848, the church purchased the Old Salem Presbyterian Church building and land where the present church building, above, is located. This site is about four miles from where the original structure stood.
During a period of relative prosperity after the recovery from the Civil War, Reconstruction and other setbacks common in the South at the end of the 19th Century, the congregants of the church decided to erect a new and more grand structure. The new sanctuary is pictured above. From the “History of Wilkes County”: In December, 1905 a building committee had been appointed by Philips Mill Church. A legacy of $107.00 from Jesse Asbury formed the seed money for that building program. The Committee at the church’s completion was Chaired by W.H. Griffin. At the dedication on May 12, 1907, Rev. D.W. Key presented the sermon and Mr. Griffin gave a historical sketch of the church. Following a dinner of “toothsome viands”, another sermon was given by Rev. A.L.Hillman. Pastor of Phillips Mill at the time was Rev. W.C. Ivey. Compared to other nearby, rural churches of the time, Philips Mill had been transformed into an airy, resplendent temple.
The soaring stained glass windows on each wall allows a lovely glow of warm light to enter the sanctuary and be spread throughout.
The wooden coffered ceiling treatment was popular in the late Victorian era and is found in many churches built in the 1900’s. This photo also provides an example of the very enchanting light diffusion the arched windows bring into the sanctuary.
This view from the burial grounds provides an excellent vantage point from which we can appreciate and better understand the corner steeple design of Phillips Mill. It also allows us a quiet inviting view of the old grave yard. We are sure you would enjoy and be welcome to attend a service there.
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13 comments about “Philips Mill Baptist”
Mary Anne Wilson says:
Where are the original church records kept? I’m looking for early marriages of Ragans/Reagans and Callaways.
HRCGA says:
We do not know anything about the original records. You might contact someone at the church.
Are there any pictures of the old baptism pool?
No. We don’t have any. Sorry.
Shannon phillips says:
I am a descendant of Joel Phillips. Very interesting. Thank you ancestry.com
L west says:
Where is original Phillips mill church site
Seeking information where Silas Mercer home place is today
Who owns property to get permission to visit
Aware of Silas Mercer road near ficklin
James Mercer buried on property
Great great grandson to James mercer
stephanie bumpus says:
L West, please email me. I believe to have a section of Silas Mercers Land. I am currently researching the area and would be interested in speaking with you. [email protected]. Please put Silas Mercer as subject line so I don’t delete or overlook. Thank you!
Eli Flint says:
Doing genealogy research and believe we may have an ancestor buried there; John Flynt.
Who may I communicate with about historic graves?
Eli Flint
We are not sure Eli. Your best resource would probably be Findagrave. Or you can reach out to the Wilkes County Historical Society. Good luck.
Brantly Mercer Callaway says:
On a tour with the Georgia Baptist Historical Commission, I heard Rev. John King, former pastor of Philip’s Mill, tell this story. The grave of Silas Mercer was discovered out in a wooded area and the church wanted to move the grave of Mercer and his wife to a prominent place in front of the church. The church brought in state forensic officials, received the necessary paper work to move the remains, etc. When the body of Silas Mercer was exhumed, the folks gathered were immediately taken aback and surprised that there was a round hole in his skull. Some in the group that day thought: preacher shot! As it turned out, Silas was kicked by a mule or horse and a drilled hole was the remedy for the swelling of the brain.
Brantly, thanks for passing this along. What a story.
Betty Jones Carman says:
Some of my ancestors are from Wilkes Co. Georgia. Would be curious about their congregation records from 1785-1900.
Sonny Seals says:
The largest archive for these records would be in the Tarver Library at Mercer University.
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In your Tuesday edition, I wrote about the new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement—known variously as the USMCA, “New NAFTA,” or the “Tremendous Rejiggered Unbelievable Manufacturing Pact”—and why it’s a political win for Donald Trump.
But there’s another noteworthy aspect of this deal that has since become public.
There’s a stipulation near the end of the new agreement that parties to the deal must notify the other members three months in advance if they intend to begin trade negotiations with a “non-market” economy (that would be China). They must also explain what they intend to negotiate and why.
In addition, before signing any such trade deal, the other members have the right to review its terms to assess what impact it might have on their own economies. Any breach of these terms could terminate the USMCA.
In other words, the US claims the right to essentially veto any trade deal that Canada or Mexico might negotiate with China, which the US insists, not without reason, is a “non-market economy.” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed this week that this stipulation in no way undermines Canada’s right to choose its own trade partners, but it appears to force Canadian (and Mexican) negotiators to choose between access to China’s market and access to the US market.
This may well become a contentious issue as lawmakers in Canada, Mexico, and the US debate the deal’s ratification.
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Joe Biden's 100-day dash
Alex Kliment
On Wednesday, Joe Biden will become president because eighty-one million Americans, the highest tally in US history, voted to change course after four years of Donald Trump's leadership. Like all presidents, Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris, take office with grand ambitions and high expectations, but rarely has a new administration taken power amid so much domestic upheaval and global uncertainty. And while Biden has pledged repeatedly to restore American "unity" across party lines — at a time of immense suffering, real achievements will matter a lot more than winged words.
Biden has a lot on his agenda, but within his first 100 days as president there are three key issues that we'll be watching closely for clues to how effectively he's able to advance their plans.
<p><strong>At home: the pandemic, naturally.</strong></p><p>As the pandemic rages globally, Biden is taking office in one of the sickest nations on earth. Confirmed cases surpassed 24 million, roughly 4,000 Americans are dying of the virus daily, and the unemployment rate is nearly seven percent. It's no surprise that<a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-pandemics-race-and-ethnicity-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-7535108288ea054830ff542654c1def5" target="_blank"> polls show</a> 53 percent of Americans see tackling the virus as a top priority, with close to 70 percent saying the same about the pandemic-wracked economy.</p><p>The centerpiece of Biden's response plan is a proposed $1.9 trillion<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/biden-economic-rescue-package-coronavirus-stimulus/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> stimulus package</a> that includes cash to help state and local governments manage the crisis and their finances, an additional $1,400 in direct assistance to low and middle income Americans, an extension of unemployment benefits, and funding for better COVID testing and vaccine rollout.</p><p>Biden needs to start with a bang, and congressional bargaining over this bill will test his ability to get things done with slim majorities in the House and Senate. Some Republicans and moderate<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533355-manchin-on-proposed-round-of-2k-checks-absolutely-not" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Democrats</a> are<a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/1/16/22234722/republican-coronavirus-relief" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> already balki</a>ng at the price tag and targeting of the funds. The usual compromises will be made — on the size of the bill and its targeting — but if the haggling drags on while Americans suffer, Biden will pay a political price for it, affecting his ability to move the economic recovery legislation that he's teeing up for later this year, as well as to make good on his pledges to advance legislation on<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-passes-sweeping-anti-discrimination-bill-to-expand-protections-of-lgbt-people/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> civil rights</a>, guns, and immigration.</p><p>One simple benchmark to watch here: Biden has promised that 100 million vaccine doses will be administered by day 100 - that's between now and April 29.</p><p><strong>Abroad: the clock ticks in Iran</strong></p><p>Of all the foreign policy challenges that await Biden — rebuilding ties with European and Asian allies, finding the right balance of confrontation and cooperation with a rising China, and don't forget North Korea! — the most urgent test he'll face early on comes from Iran. Biden has signaled he wants to return the US to the 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump abandoned in 2018. But the clock is ticking. The Iranians — who have stopped abiding by the deal's limits on uranium enrichment since the US walked out — are now<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-it-is-producing-half-a-kilo-of-20-enriched-uranium-every-day/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ramping up</a> their production of bomb-ready material. </p> <p>For another, Iran holds presidential elections this summer, and a hardliner who is less-inclined to negotiate with the West is likely to win. (The ultimate decision will remain with the Supreme Leader, but a hawkish new Iranian president can complicate the bargaining.) But rejoining any deal will be ultra-contentious on Capitol Hill, where many lawmakers of both parties want Iran to accept tighter constraints not only on its nuclear program but also its conventional war-making and regional meddling capabilities. Biden has argued that a more conventional, multilateral foreign policy can boost US interests in ways that Trump's impulsive unilateralism didn't. Iran will give him an early chance to prove it. </p><p><strong>Immigration: a test approaches</strong></p><p><strong></strong>Dramatically reducing the number of immigrants — both legal and illegal — was one of President Trump's signature, and most contentious, projects. Biden will immediately<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/17/biden-to-reverse-trumps-muslim-ban-on-inauguration-day" target="_blank"> undo Trump order</a>s that limited asylum opportunities or barred US entry from certain majority-Muslim nations, and he is teeing up a landmark<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-pitch-year-pathway-citizenship-day-immigration-reform/story?id=75333490" target="_blank"> immigration reform bill</a> that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants already in the US.</p>But the issue could flare up well before that bill enters Congress if large groups of migrants force the issue at the southern border in the coming months. Over the weekend, Honduran police used<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/958092745/migrant-caravan-thousands-move-into-guatemala-hoping-to-reach-u-s" target="_blank"> tear gas and batons</a> to turn around one such group, but others will form as people fleeing violence and poverty across Central America anticipate a better chance to reach the US now that Trump is gone. Mexico has already warned that Biden needs to address the issue squarely — after four years of Trump's often cruel and unusual policies along the Rio Grande, a fresh crisis at the border will force Biden to prove he can do things better and more humanely.
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Climate, Biden, and signs of hope for 2021: World Bank's David Malpass
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We're only a few weeks into 2021 and that 'fresh new start' that so many had been hoping for at the end of 2020 has not exactly materialized. But what gives World Bank President David Malpass hope for the coming year? "The promise of humanity and of technology, people working together with communication, where they can share ideas. It allows an incredible advance for living standards." His wide-ranging conversation with Ian Bremmer was part of the latest episode of GZERO World.
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What the US has learned these last four years
Ian Bremmer
It wasn't pretty, but we made it to Inauguration Day. These last four years have taught the US a lot about itself — so what have we learned?
<p>We've learned that when it comes to the continued functioning of US democracy, two institutions have acquitted themselves particularly well. The first is the military — one reason the <a href="https://www.gzeromedia.com/american-carnage" target="_self">events of January 6</a> didn't turn into an actual coup is because the military never wavered in their commitment to the US Constitution, and stayed out of domestic US politics. For four years, the military brass demonstrated the independence of its chain of command, and resisted Trump's pressure to do his domestic political bidding. The one time it didn't — clearing out Lafayette Park so that Trump could stage a photo op — was such a chastening moment that the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875311214/gen-mark-milley-apologizes-for-appearing-in-a-photo-op-with-president-trump" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs apologized</a> even for the perception of impropriety. One shudders to think what would have happened if senior members of the US military were more receptive to Trump's strongman inclinations.</p><p>The other institution that deserves praise is the judiciary. As dozens of courts across the country have proved in the interregnum between Election Day and Inauguration Day, the US court system remains free of political interference and intervention, even when the most powerful political figure in the country launches false claims and files frivolous lawsuits designed to muddy the political waters. While Trump's claims of election fraud have indeed succeeded in convincing a segment of the US electorate that Joe Biden didn't win the election legitimately, US courts were having none of it, and remain among the robust political institutions in the United States today.</p><p>That's the good news. The bad news is that Trump's stoking of political divisions demoralized a civil service that for generations took pride in being non-partisan — a near-impossibility during the Trump years. It's also further widened already an unworkable political divide in Congress, making it impossible for Congress to rise above the political fray to attend to the business of the people. What's more, Congress has lost much of its ability to act as an effective check on the Executive, one of its most important functions.</p><p>Furthermore, for many Americans Trump's assault against accepting electoral defeat forever tarnishes Biden's electoral victory, and possibly the entire electoral process going forward. Social media has been elevated from a sideshow of politics to arguably its most important arena, raising <a href="https://www.gzeromedia.com/blood-and-glass-and-the-power-of-big-tech" target="_self">real and difficult questions</a> about freedom of speech, who is responsible for policing these platforms and what responsibilities and limitations political leaders have in using them. And it's fair to say that Trump has changed expectations for the kind of character people will expect in future US presidents, for better and worse.</p>With Biden assuming office, the US returns to more traditional political leadership. But that doesn't mean the United States will suddenly regain the stature it enjoyed before Trump took office — too much has changed for both the US and the world to suddenly turn back the clock. What has changed most <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/13/america-is-exceptional-in-the-nature-of-its-political-divide/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">is the depth of the division within US society today</a>. For the last four years, the political dysfunction in the US emanated from the very top; the events of the last few weeks show that the political dysfunction will persist well after Trump's departure from the Oval Office. If Biden hopes to change the world he's inheriting from Trump, he'll need to begin at home.
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Quick Take: Biden's challenge and Navalny's courage
Ian Bremmer's Quick Take:
Hi everybody. Ian Bremmer here, and it is the last full day of the Trump administration. Extraordinary four years, unprecedented in so many ways. I guess the most important feature for me is how much more divided the United States is, the world is, as coming out of the Trump administration than it was coming in. Not new. We were in a GZERO world, as I called it well before Trump was elected president. The social contract was seen as fundamentally problematic. Many Americans believed their system was rigged, didn't want to play the kind of international leadership role that the United States had heretofore, but all of those things accelerated under Trump.
So perhaps the most important question to be answered is, once Trump is gone, how much of that persists? It is certainly true that a President Biden is much more oriented towards trying to bring the United States back into existing multilateral architecture, whether that be the Paris Climate Accord, or more normalized immigration discussions with the Mexicans, the World Health Organization, the Iranian Nuclear Deal, some of which will be easy to do, like Paris, some of which will be very challenging, like Iran. But nonetheless, all sounds like business as usual.
<p>But I would say that after the events of January 6th, the most significant response that I heard from world leaders around the world was shock that that could happen in the United States and certainly more awareness of the divides in the United States, of the reality that Trump is less of an aberration and more of a structural consequence than perhaps they had been willing to believe, or internalize, accept. And so, even though I think we're going to see a honeymoon of the United States with allies, with most allies, there will also be a ceiling on just how reintegrated the US will be diplomatically with these countries.</p><p>Some of which because China is more powerful and has more influence around the world. And that also continues, was happening under Obama, has sped up under Trump, and will continue under Biden. Some of that because there's more hedging on the part of American allies around the world. And some of it because the United States isn't as aligned on some key issues with other countries. I think about the response on technology. You saw how the Germans and the French were really critical of Trump being de-platformed by Google, and Facebook, and others.</p><p>You look at the Europeans today. Their views on the future of technology, not clearly aligned with the United States. I think more aligned with the US than China, but not obvious that it's massively so. They'd much rather, if they have a choice, continue to hedge. And on climate, even though Biden will be much more aligned with the Europeans than Trump was, we shouldn't pretend that these countries are going to be in lock step. So, I mean, some of it is a geopolitical environment where American adversary, principal adversary, is getting stronger. Some of it is that the United States is less willing to play the kind of role it has, and other allies don't believe in it. And some of it is because the actual policy orientations are changing over time.</p><p>And all of those things mean that the Americans don't get to come back to the status quo ante. And it'll be very interesting to see how the incoming Biden team deals with that. It's very interesting to see how Armin Laschet, who has just taken over the reins of party leadership from Angela Merkel and may well become the next chancellor of Germany, how he deals with that issue.</p><p>Another big issue about how we deal with it is Russia. Haven't spoken as much about Russia recently, but after the events of this weekend, how could I not. Alexei Navalny, the most popular member of the Russian opposition, hard to say there's a leader of the Russian opposition because political parties that are formally opposition in Russia are allowed by the Kremlin, and Navalny is not that, he has been detained for 30 days, kind of a show hearing where he wasn't allowed access to his defense attorney, really a joke. Upon him landing in Moscow, the plane was diverted from Vnukovo Airport to Sheremetyevo, which is where most of the international flights historically had come in, at the last minute by the Russian government, as well as a detention of family members and friends that were waiting for Navalny.</p><p>Look, staggering bravery and courage of Navalny going back to his homeland after a failed assassination attempt by poisoning. And he was in Germany for months. You could say, "How could he do that? Because he's obviously risking his life." Then you can ask, "How could he not do that when he knows just how badly his countrymen have been mistreated by a dictatorship, and his relevance, his ability to make a difference in his country, for his country inside, and standing for what he knows is right, is so much greater than he can as an exile living in comparative comfort in a country like Germany?"</p><p>Look, I mean, I have no idea, if I was in his position, how I would act, but I will tell you that an extraordinary amount of thanks, of gratitude, that we have human beings like that, who are capable of putting the many before the needs of the one, I'm going to go back to Star Trek, if you want. It's quite something to see, and to watch it play out real-time, and he knows, and his wife, who was with him on the plane, knew exactly what they were getting into. And not only did it not stop them, in some ways, it emboldened him. There will be additional sanctions from the US and Europe.</p><p>There'll be travel restrictions on Russian officials. It will have virtually no impact on the Russian economy. And it's kind of like what the Chinese are doing, rounding up all of these Democrats and arresting them in Hong Kong. It's making rule of law impossible in that territory. It is ending an agreement to have one state and two different political systems. And ultimately, the Chinese government doesn't feel like there are any consequences.</p><p>And it is that impunity, my friend, David Miliband, the former foreign secretary for the UK, that impunity, as he writes about, that leaders around the world increasingly feel when there is an absence of global leadership, when the United States no longer has the same level of credibility to be able to lead by example, when there are massive divisions, and the country that is most powerful after the United States is, frankly, the opposite, in terms of the absence of human rights and indifference to individual liberties and privileges. We're going to see a lot more of this. And it is the behavior of brave individuals like Navalny that give all of us hope that even as the geopolitics are so truly problematic, that human spirit remains indomitable. And lots for us to continue to hope for in this 2021. So next time I'll talk to you, there will be a new President of the United States. The underlying structural issues will still persist, but there will be a lot to talk about. Hope everyone's doing well. Stay safe, avoid people. Talk to you soon.</p>
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US Dollar Will Crash Faster and Harder Says Pro-Bitcoin Economist
A recent sharp pullback move in the US dollar market is insufficient to log a full-fledged upside breakout.
So says Stephen Roach, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. The pro-Bitcoin economist wrote in an op-ed that the US dollar could fall by as much as 35 percent by the end of 2021 due to strengthening foreign currencies, rapid macroeconomic imbalances in the US, and the end of the American hegemony over global reserve assets.
Mr. Roach stressed that the net national savings rate in the US has plunged into negative territory for the first time since the 2008-09 economic crisis. It did so with an unusually higher downside momentum, falling 3.9 percentage points from the previous quarter – the sharpest decline since 1947.
Expansionary Policies
The fall in national savings occurred despite a brief uptick in personal savings, the Yale faculty added. It showed that the Americans failed to outrun a record expansion in the federal deficit budget. That happened especially after the US government approved $1,200 relief cheques to unemployed Americans.
While the move boosted personal savings, the need to spend that money resulted in a sharp decline from 33.7 percent in April to 17.8 percent in July. Mr. Roach noted that that savings rate would fall further as the Americans seek another round of relief measures from the US Congress.
“With the federal budget deficit exploding towards 16 percent of gross domestic product this financial year, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the savings plunge is only a hint of what lies ahead,” the economist wrote.
US dollar is showing signs of downside continuation after validating 94.74 as resistance. Source: TradingView.com
It is not the depleting savings that could put pressure on the US dollar.
Mr. Roach said that he expects the Federal Reserve’s expansionary approach to further trim the greenback. As Bitcoinist also covered earlier, the US central bank’s decision to keeping interest rates near zero until 2023 and target inflation above 2 percent, would keep the US dollar under risks of further declines.
“In short, the vice is tightening on a still-overvalued dollar,” Mr. Roach wrote.
What It Means for Bitcoin
A tightening US dollar upside could leave Bitcoin in a better-than-expected bullish bias, also noted Mr. Roach but back in June 2020.
The economist, nevertheless, added that cryptocurrencies and gold markets are very small to absorb major adjustments in the $6.6 trillion global foreign exchange. But overall, he expected that Bitcoin and gold would benefit from the US dollar’s decline.
At the time of his statement, BTC/USD was trading 148 percent higher from its mid-March nadir of $3,858.
Bitcoin is finding it difficult to sustain its rally above $11,000. Source: TradingView.com
Earlier this year, many renowned names from the mainstream financial sector associated themselves with Bitcoin. That included billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones who allocated 1-3 percent of his $22 billion worth portfolio to Bitcoin Futures. Also, a public-traded firm MicroStrategy purchased $425 million worth of BTC in two separate rounds.
They both cited a weakening US dollar outlook as their primary reason behind their Bitcoin investments.
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Major step forward in chickpea and pigeonpea research – reference genome data assembled
Ness Ziona, Israel | Hyderabad, Telangana│ (26 May 2018): Breeding high nutritional varieties of chickpea and pigeonpea just got easier. With new technology, genomic processes that could have taken years, have been completed in just a few months. This has been possible by work of scientists from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) headquartered in India, in collaboration with NRGene, Israel who have helped create multiple assembly lines of pigeonpea and chickpea genomes. This means scientists can not only better understand crop traits, they can also significantly speed up work on improved varieties.
With this technology from NRGene, ICRISAT has chickpea and pigeonpea genomes to a reference level quality, that researchers can use. This would help maximize favorable nutritional properties of these high-protein legumes.
“The developing world has long faced the pressures of food security with limited farmland,” says Dr Rajeev K Varshney, Research Program Director, Genetic Gains and Director, Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology, ICRISAT. “For effective use of genomics-assisted breeding, we need reference genomes of several varieties of a given crop. Therefore, new assemblies of chickpea and pigeonpea lines by NRGene and ICRISAT will allow our scientists and partners to better understand plant traits to breed more nutritional varieties.” ICRISAT in partnership with other institutions, has already decoded and documented genomes of pigeonpea and chickpea (Nature Biotechnology 2013, Nature Biotechnology 2012)
Traditional methods would have required years to complete each individual assembly. NRGene’s DeNovoMAGICTM 3.0 delivered multiple assemblies in a matter of months.
“While DeNovoMAGIC has been successfully deployed by the world’s leading seed companies and academic institutions, implementing this for organizations like ICRISAT enhances our mission of making an impact on the world food supply,” says Dr. Gil Ronen, CEO of NRGene. “Chickpea, pigeon pea, and other protein-rich legumes will be even more critical crops in the years to come and we are glad that our technology can be used to improve the nutrition status of the world.”
Chickpea and pigeonpea have 15-22 grams of protein per 100 grams and are a critical food and nutrition source in India, Africa, and the Caribbean. India produces 64% of the world’s total chickpeas and 63% of the world’s pigeonpea. However, protein hunger, an important aspect of malnutrition continues to be a major concern in Asia.
The drylands, covering 55 countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and inhabited by 2 billion people, 644 million of whom are poor, is most vulnerable to climate change with very little rainfall, degraded soils and poor social infrastructure. ICRISAT through scientific research aims to find solutions for the nutrition security of people in these regions.
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New Recall Prompted by More Rigged Emissions from German Automakers?
The Federal Transport Ministry declined to comment on the reports but said its top official will hold a news conference at 3 p.m.
BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa is reporting that several of the country's automakers are going to recall a total of 630,000 cars following an investigation into emissions levels.
Citing unidentified government sources, dpa reported Friday that the manufacturers would need to change technology used to switch off the vehicles' emissions treatment systems at certain temperatures.
Public broadcaster ARD reported that the recall was voluntary.
German auto giant Volkswagen has already acknowledged using special software to cheat on U.S. diesel emissions tests and offered to pay substantial fines and compensation to American owners.
The Federal Transport Ministry declined to comment on the reports but said its top official will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT).
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