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Daniel Ricciardo at the Monaco Grand Prix
Mercedes go chasing more history as they travel to the Monaco Grand Prix with a huge lead in the Formula One title race.
The Silver Arrows, led by Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, have registered one-twos in each of the first five meetings of the 2019 season, yet Monte Carlo has not always been a happy hunting ground.
Red Bull have enjoyed this event in previous years, although Daniel Ricciardo - a star on this circuit - has now departed.
Will Red Bull be able to repeat their past success? Or can Mercedes maintain their incredible form? We take a look at the key Opta numbers ahead.
1 - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc heads to his home grand prix still looking to become the first Monegasque driver to win a race in F1.
2 - Ricciardo (Renault) has taken two of the last three pole positions in Monaco GP, accounting for two of the three pole positions in his F1 career.
3 - Mercedes have not recorded a pole position in any of their past three visits to Monaco, their worst active streak at one grand prix. They last won there in 2016.
4 - Four different drivers have won the last four Monaco GPs: Nico Rosberg (2015), Hamilton (2016), Sebastian Vettel (2017) and Ricciardo (2018).
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6 - If Mercedes record a one-two finish again in Monaco, they would boast the best such streak in F1 history (six in a row). Their current run includes three wins for Hamilton and two for Bottas.
13 - Vettel has now not won in any of the past 13 grands prix he has finished, the worst run of his career.
272 - Red Bull have collected 272 points at Monte Carlo, their most at a single F1 circuit.
992 - Ricciardo is eight points short of 1000 in F1, which a sixth-placed finish would secure. He would become the second Australian driver to this landmark after Mark Webber (1,047.5 points).
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‘In my opinion…’: Craig Bellamy’..
‘In my opinion…’: Craig Bellamy’s 300th win inspires an audacious claim
Craig BellamyMelbourne StormNRL
Melbourne’s narrow 16-14 point victory over the Dragons was made all the more notable by the fact that it was Storm coach Craig Bellamy’s 300th victory.
Only four coaches have achieved the feat and Bellamy just became the fastest to do so, taking just 458 career games to reach the milestone, 20 games fewer than supercoach Wayne Bennett.
“He’s got a winning strike rate of 66%, the best winning strike rate of any coach to have coached over 30 games – and he’s done it all with one club,” a staggered Mathew Thompson said on Macquarie Sports Radio.
“In my opinion, he’s the best coach ever.”
David ‘Thirsty’ Morrow, who has been around the game since the New South Wales Rugby Football League was founded at Bateman’s Hotel in George Street in 1907, finds Thommo’s claim hard to argue with.
“The reason I would put him up there as the best coach is because Warren Ryan thinks he is, Warren Ryan has said he thinks [Bellamy] is the best coach and if Warren says that then he’s the best because Warren knows more about coaching than anyone,” Thirsty said.
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Luxury cabins near Starved Rock
Kishauwau's Starved Rock Area Cabins
By Ryan Searl June 26, 2019
Perched above the beautiful Vermilion River, just 7 miles from the gates of Starved Rock State Park, Kishauwau's Starved Rock Area Cabins bring guests closer to nature, while providing all the amenities of home.
Join us as we tour a selection of the 17 family friendly luxury vacation units available at Kishauwau's Starved Rock Area Cabins, and learn a bit about the family that's been building and operating the cabins for more than 30 years.
Kishauwau's began in 1986 when Jamie King's family purchased a former Tonica area Boy Scout camp, with the dream of turning the property into a cabin resort. With years of hard work and a passion for the Starved Rock Country area, they renovated the site's four existing cabins and added 13 more units.
Kishauwau's 17 cabins are spaced out far enough to give guests privacy and a sense of wilderness seclusion, while still only being a short drive from some of Starved Rock Country's best attractions.
Most of Kishawau's cabins back up, or are incredibly close, to the woods that surround the site. Several of the most popular units sit next to the beautiful Vermilion River, that winds along the northeastern end of grounds.
Various cabins can host anywhere from a single couple, popular for anniversaries and getaways, to 14 people, for larger groups and family reunions. There are even four dog-friendly units, so you won't have to board Fido during your vacation.
Despite its growth in the last 30 years, Kishauwau's Starved Rock Area Cabins remains a real mom and pop operation.
“We’re here full time for the guests if they need anything. It’s a family owned and operated company. Kishauwau's has been in my husband's family since day one," Terisa King, co-operator of Kishauwau's with husband Jamie King, said. "There's a personal touch to everything we do. We love sharing with guests why this place is so special."
That close-knit family atmosphere is infectious when staying in Kishauwau's cabins.
"Cabins are a great way for couples and families to reconnect, it really cuts down on the screen time. Parents love that their kids get to be unplugged for a week. They talk about how they sat around and played board games for the first time in years. Every single one of them leave saying it’s the best vacation they’ve ever had, which is so humbling," Terisa said.
Kishauwau's Starved Rock Area Cabins pride themselves on being able to cater to any size of family, and that includes families with four-legged members.
The Winnebago Cabin is a dog friendly model that can sleep up to 3 adults (or 2 adults and 2 children). Like all cabins at Kishauwau's, it features a covered porch, grill and a personal outdoor fire pit.
Take in the serenity of nature from the included porch swing, or play some lawn games in the generously-sized yard that surrounds the cabin.
For more information on the Winnebago Cabin, visit: kishauwaucabins.com/winnebago
Another amenity that sets Kishauwau's luxury units apart from other lodging options is the inclusion of full-sized kitchens.
All of Kishauwau's cabins include refrigerators, stoves, and pantries stocked with the necessary pots, pans, plates and utensils needed to prepare and enjoy meals on site.
This comes in addition to the barbecue and fire pits, giving plenty of options for enjoying a meal without having to dine out.
"People can bring in any food or drinks that they want. It really cuts down on the cost of a vacation, eating at restaurants is often the largest expense on a trip. So, being able to cook in the comfort of your cabin really cuts down on the costs," Terisa King said.
Chippewa, one of the most requested cabins on the property, can sleep up to 2 on its queen sized bed, and features an unbeatable view with its beautiful forest overlook porch.
"The first-time guests come here with every day meticulously planned out, but they rarely end up sticking to it. There’s just so much to do here on the property and in the cabins. It's easy to just spend a few hours watching nature from the porch swings. In the winter months, you're bound to see a few eagles looking for fish in the nearby Vermilion River," said Terisa King.
For more information on the Chippewa cabin, visit: kishauwaucabins.com/chippewa
Like all of Kishauwau's cabins, the Winnebago is a four season unit, capable of housing guests year round. The central air systems make the cabins very comfortable during the summer.
For the colder months, all cabins include furnace heating, as well as indoor wood stoves or gas fireplaces, ensuring a comfortable temperature in even the fiercest of Illinois winters.
"Our cabins are very popular during the fall. Lots of people come out to enjoy Starved Rock's fall colors, and we're just down the road from the park," Terisa King said.
Several of Kishauwau's cabins also include deluxe whirlpool tubs, with separate showers.
The Chippewa unit includes a double sized whirlpool, surrounded by beautiful knotty pine walls. After a long day of hiking at Starved Rock Country's parks, this amenity becomes even more desirable.
"We see a lot of younger couples booking the two person cabins these days. They're doing a lot of hiking at Starved Rock and Matthiessen, so the whirlpool tubs are a big selling point. After hiking for miles and miles on some of those steep hills, it's great to be able to come back to cabin and relax in the whirlpool," Terisa said.
On the other side of the park, Melissa and Jim Thompson, of Huntley, Ill., spent a few nights in the Mother-In-Law cabin with their two children, Tyler and Megan.
"We had a great stay, it's quiet and slow paced out here. It's great to just get out of the house for a few days and enjoy some time in nature with the kids," Jim said.
"We were able to really relax at Kishauwau's. No phones or tablets, just some good family time. We'll definitely be back next year," Melissa added.
For more information on Kishauwau's Starved Rock Area Cabins, visit: kishauwaucabins.com
To sign up for Kishauwau's newsletter, email: kishauwaucabins@gmail.com
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The Golden Age of TV Fiction
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Felix Richter,
Television in the U.S.
Despite the fact that the “traditional” TV model (i.e. live TV, premium cable, etc.) is challenged by streaming services and changing media consumption habits these days, many people argue that we are currently witnessing the golden age of TV. That is the golden age of scripted TV drama, which enjoys a level of attention and appreciation as it never has before.
Just a decade ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find an established, successful actor in Hollywood willing to play a major role in a TV series. TV actor was used as a derogatory term for those who had failed to make an impression on the big screen. These days, elaborate productions such as HBO’s smash hit “Game of Thrones” arguably grab more attention than most Hollywood blockbusters and not only has TV acting lost its stigma, it is now a prestigious gig that many Hollywood stars are striving for.
The risen esteem of TV drama, a seemingly insatiable consumer appetite for new content to devour and of course the entrance of new players such as Netflix and Amazon have led to a steep increase in the production of original scripted TV content. According to estimates by FX Networks Research, the number of original scripted TV series (excl. re-runs) aired in the United States reached 487 last year, up from just 216 at the beginning of the decade. Interestingly, the growth in output between 2010 and 2013 was largely driven by traditional TV industry players while much of the growth since then can be attributed to online players such as Netflix.
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Eagle Strong Unites St. Thomas in Year of Hurricane Harvey
On the evening of August 25, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a category 4 storm, spawning a flood event on an entirely different scale than what Texas, and the United States, had before seen, soaking parts of the Greater Houston area during a four-day deluge with more than 50 inches of rain.
What the city might expect in an average year.
Twenty trillion gallons in all.
The equivalent of the entire Chesapeake Bay.
The flood damage … biblical in proportion … frightening to behold.
And as mother nature rained down, human beings rose up, the gut-wrenching paired with the truly uplifting.
The jaw-dropping efforts of individuals and organizations doing the near impossible in this political and social climate … bringing people of all races, religions, social and socioeconomic circles together in a common cause of compassion and solidarity.
Barriers cast aside … no one left as a spectator … the human family united.
As swaths of Greater Houston and surrounding cities were under water, the extended St. Thomas community remained steadfastly united. The STHCatholic Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts recorded staggering traffic, spiking in the 10s of thousands in both reach and engagement, as our brotherhood relied on social media to seek support, assist those in need and remain responsive to ever-changing conditions.
Matthew Marchetti ‘08 was among the thousands throughout Houston watching Harvey unfold almost in real time on digital platforms.
As colossal amounts of water gushed over a heavily populated region with poor drainage, Marchetti detected that the necessary response time from civic authorities could be compromised. He quickly enterprised an online mapping tool to track stranded residents.
Houstonharveyrescue.com allowed victims to input their location with details of their condition and cell phone numbers. A legion of rescuers accessed the website and clearly identified those in most dire need.
In the first Monday morning as Harvey stalled out over Houston, sending one band of rain after another smacking into the city, nearly 5,000 people had registered with more than 2,500 receiving some form of assistance, thanks to Marchetti’s ingenuity creating one of the first open-sourced rescue missions in the United States.
Nationally known celebrity chef Bryan Caswell ‘91 and his wife Jennifer couldn’t open their storm-ravaged flagship Reef for customers after Harvey, but it made a perfect HQ for hurricane operations and food triage for first responders.
Caswell’s team was feeding 10,000 people a day while floodwaters were still rising. “Everything that was in the restaurant was cooked and sent out,” Jennifer said.
Eagle Football was scheduled to open for the fourth consecutive season against The Kinkaid School in what figured to be the St. Thomas head coaching debut for Rich McGuire.
Hurricane Harvey had a decidedly more devastating agenda.
So the first adjusted game plan of McGuire’s inaugural campaign was reaching out to Falcon head coach Nathan Larned and assembling more than 100 student-athletes who quickly flipped from foes to teammates, banning together to provide short-term relief to flood-crippled neighborhoods throughout the city
“I texted Nathan … obviously we couldn’t play (September 1) but we could do something … a way for both of us to get a win … both start undefeated,” McGuire said.
McGuire and members of his coaching staff including Ray Davis, Jerrod Johnson, Andrew Quittenton and Josh Hooten, along with athletic coordinator and head soccer coach Kenny Martin ’01 and faculty member Darrell Yarbrough organized, dispatched and accompanied students on recovery missions, the worst of times bringing out the best and brightest from the Eagle community, in lockstep with their Kinkaid counterparts.
“We dispersed groups of 10-12 to various neighborhoods that were hit hard, starting with groups of Kinkaid families and St. Thomas families,” McGuire said. “We determined where they were, how we could reach and assist them. We discovered that once you got to a house, you got the neighborhood, multiple homes in need. We just went door-to-door.”
Previously McGuire had escorted contingents to Meyerland, again reeling from water overflowing the crested banks of Brays Bayou, and suburban Kingwood along the raging San Jacinto River.
“Shattering … beyond words … truly sad,” McGuire said. “You were literally tearing out someone’s life and putting it out on the curb. Furniture … carpeting … keepsakes … all up and down the block.”
On the first day of September 2017, as the effects of Harvey’s unmerciful entry to the Gulf Coast continued to create life-threatening havoc and destruction, rivals joined hearts for their city’s greater good, delivering the message that their neighbors were not alone in the wake of an unimaginable disaster.
Following Labor Day the St. Thomas student community resumed the 2017-18 academic schedule after all academic and campus activity was canceled beginning August 25. Nearly 100% of the student population, along with faculty and staff, gathered for a prayer service to provide solace and support while resetting toward normalcy after Harvey swept through a swath of southeast Texas.
Adam Rinaldi ‘18 provided a scripture reading followed by passionate testimonials and observations of the ongoing ordeal from principal Aaron Dominguez ‘96, student body president Daniel Garcia ‘18, and faculty members Jennifer McDonald and Mike Lynch ‘94, all referencing measurable examples of charity and deliverance from those within the Eagle ranks.
Lynch delivered a heartfelt flashback to enduring the devastation that Hurricane Katrina ravaged through New Orleans in 2005, and how that deja vu experience is impacting his family as they cope with the personal consequences of flooding that pummeled their city.
“I’m scared (for many reasons) … scared because of what I saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina … scared because of so much uncertainty in our future,” Lynch said with compelling command and composure. “I’m blessed because I know everything will be okay in the end. But I’m still fearful.”
Lynch then reached out to the student audience and related that “if your own homes were damaged … your extended families experienced damage … if you’re not living in your home right now … you probably are a little bit scared, too. But I’ve seen recovery … 12 years ago (in New Orleans) and gradually within the last week here (in Houston) … and I draw amazing strength from (the St. Thomas community) … every day of my life and particularly in times like this. Coming together. Faculty and students have come to my home and just started working.
“I cannot express to you how much I love (this group). I’ve been through enough in life to be willing to admit that I’m scared. You may have (Eagle) brothers who are going through really difficult times …. and they might not be in a position, like I am, to say they’re afraid. But your friends are going to need you … for weeks … for months … perhaps for years. Be there for each other. Above all, this community will be there for all of us.”
In the following week, the annual St. Thomas Founders Mass brought a large dose of symmetry to an academic year reeling from the remnants of Harvey and untold misery that inundated Houston and surrounding coastal communities.
A near two-week interruption that resulted in canceled campus activity was similar to the school’s inaugural year delayed in the immediate wake of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, to this day one of the worst recorded natural disasters ever to strike the North American continent.
The deadliest hurricane in United States history delivered a high-water mark of nearly 20 feet and wickedly high winds which destroyed a third of the city with an estimated 10,000-12,00 casualties for the entire island, nearly 20% of the population washed away.
Principal celebrant and assistant dean of students Fr. James Murphy, CBS weaved a narrative that connected St. Thomas from its inception in 1900 to the present 76-year identity at 4500 Memorial Drive, punctuated by the power and influence of Father T. P. O’Rourke, CSB.
When three Basilian priests establish St. Thomas College more than a century ago, the school was originally housed in downtown Houston at Franklin Avenue and Caroline Street before moving to a location at Austin Street and Hadley, constructing the city’s first College Preparatory School for boys.
In 1930, Fr. O’Rourke emerged as a visionary securing the school’s future growth and strategic position, the driving force to acquire land three miles from downtown at what was then the end of Memorial Drive on the north bank of Buffalo Bayou. It would require another decade before classes would be conducted at the current address.
The first Texas-born Basilian would later initiate the land purchases for the University of St. Thomas in the Montrose, and St. Anne’s Catholic Church at Westheimer Road and Shepherd Drive.
In honoring its 118th year of Houston’s Basilian mission rooted in the motto derived from Psalm 119 … Teach Me Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge … Fr. Murphy explained in his homily that Fr. O’Rourke “was repeatedly asked to raise new places for Catholics to gain an education. To raise up.
“During Hurricane Harvey … as the waters rose … what we saw rising along with the waters was goodness … always at the heart of Father O’Rourke’s teaching. He was known to say daily to his students … don’t let them fence your goodness in. Those words reverberated through the halls of St. Thomas College downtown and became the foundation of these stones as well … don’t let them fence your goodness in.
“And as the waters from Hurricane Harvey rose and destroyed … goodness could not be fenced in. Time and time again we saw the goodness of the St. Thomas community … braving the circumstances to help neighbors, classmates, faculty members and absolute strangers. Because their eyes were raised to see the needs of others.
“Now comes the challenge. The waters have receded and the tendency can be to follow the water down and see only the aftermath. But we are all called to keep looking up … as our hearts may still be heavy and burdened by the flooding and destruction … keep looking up with goodness in your hearts … and the foundation of St. Thomas will become even stronger. Be the goodness that other people look up and see … then Father O’Rourke’s vision of building this school at 4500 Memorial will continue to live out.”
Catholic. Basilian. Teaching Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge since 1900.
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Going 10 Rounds with Dean of Students Rod Takacs
Summer Message from President Fr. James Murphy, CSB
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Lost Streetcars of San Francisco, Now Lost in Missouri
ex-Muni PCC streetcars in St. Charles, Missouri. Scott Tiek photo.
The odd story of the Lost Streetcars of San Francisco has taken another very odd — and unfortunate — turn.
Here’s how the odyssey begins: During the 1980s, after Muni began selling off some of its old PCC streetcars to make way for more modern Boeing LRVs, a gentleman in South Lake Tahoe purchased 18 of the cars with an eye toward someday establishing PCC service in the Lake Tahoe area.
No. 1127 in Tahoe (2006). Telstar Logistics photo.
That was his goal, but alas, it never happened. Instead, the fleet of ex-San Francisco PCCs spent two decades languishing incongruously in the snow, hundreds of miles from the Bay Area.
Fast-forward to 2007: Nine of the Tahoe PCCs (including former Muni cars No. 1113, 1127, 1139, 1145, 1148, and 1169) were sold to Whittaker Builders Inc., a real estate developer that planned to convert them into bookstores, coffee shops, and sushi bars
in a large housing development under construction in St. Charles,
Missouri. If funds were available, a few of the PCCs would also be used
to create a local streetcar line.
A San Francisco PCC arrives in New Town (2007) Whittaker Homes.
That never happened either. Instead, Whittaker Builders got caught up in the housing bust and filed for bankruptcy in October 2009. So what became of San Francisco’s former PCC streetcars?
They are now wasting away in a an open field near St. Louis:
No. 1127 again, now stranded in Missouri (2010) by Scott Tiek
Photographer Scott Tiek, who shot these lost PCCs recently (and whose photos we’re reposted here), summarized their fate:
“Two years later and they are still sitting here rotting away. The
problem seems to be coming up with the estimated $26 million in start
up cost it would take to get the line running. Whittaker spent $243,000
buying & transporting the 9 cars from a seller in South Lake Tahoe,
California. They were hoping the city could help pay for a portion of
the rail development with federal funds. Alas Whittaker Builders filed
Chapter 11 bankruptcy Oct. 15, 2009 so I am sure this project is dead
Obviously, the fate of these ex-Muni PCCs is unknown, and they’re now even farther away from home than before. Yet at this rate — after their meandering journey through Lake Tahoe and Missouri — it wouldn’t be all that surprising to hear they’re headed to the moon next.
No. 1113 a long way from home (2010). by Scott Tiek
2012 UPDATE: Sadly, these streetcars were scrapped following a fire and the bankruptcy of the developer who owned them.
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Empirical Data Proves the Intangible Benefits of Vintage Streetcar Service
It’s a fact that streetcar service can help cities reduce traffic congestion and boost economic development. More difficult to quantify, however, are the intangible benefits that come from offering a beautiful and efficient way for people to get from Point A to Point B.
So let’s consider this photo an empirical data point. Captured last week on Market Street near the Beale intersection, it shows two passengers enjoying the ride on PCC No. 1057, in service on the F Line, en route to Fisherman’s Wharf. As any armchair ethnographer can clearly see, these urban travelers are definitely enjoying the ride.
Photo by Todd Lappin/Telstar Logistics
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Video: How to Replace a Streetcar Railbed (In 56 Hours)
Over the course of a few days last weekend, Muni replaced a large section of streetcar railbed around the intersection of 18th and Church streets near Dolores Park in San Francisco.
The project is part of the J Church Improvement Project, but the vintage streetcars of the F Line will benefit as well, as they too traverse this stretch of rail while traveling to and from their base camp at the Geneva Yard.
Happily, a few amateur infrastructuralists were on hand document the work, and it’s interesting stuff to see. Apart from the photos above, one neighbor also produced a short video of the project, which you can watch here:
Congratulations to Muni for getting the job done in just 56 hours!
(Special thanks to our friends at Muni Diaries for the tip, Brian M. for the photos, and Debbie for the video.)
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March 22, 2010 October 11, 2014 Jamison Wiesel
Last Call for 2011 Calendar Photo Submissions
For those of you interested in submitting photos for our 2011 Museums in Motion Calendar, the deadline to submit photos for the 2011 Museums in Motion calendar will be May 31, 2010.
Please be sure you have posted any photos you’d like considered to Flickr and tagged them msrcalendarsubmission so we won’t miss them.
We like to feature the newest members of the historic fleet each year, so we’re especially interested in photos of D.C. Transit streetcar 1076, Melbourne tram 916 (which is not in regular service, but will be by next year) and cable car no. 15. And please keep tagging photos throughout the year because we’ll use the same tag again for next year’s calendar.
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March 9, 2010 October 11, 2014 Jamison Wiesel
Sunday Streets Returns to the Waterfront this Sunday
March 9, 2010 October 11, 2014 Jamison Wiesel E-Embarcadero Updates, Muni News
San Francisco’s popular street closure program returns for it’s third year this coming Sunday, March 14, on the Embarcadero between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. A large group of pedestrians and cyclists gathered during Sunday Streets when it expanded into the Mission District last year. Jamison Wieser photo. Sunday Streets is a smaller version of Bogata, Columbia’s wildly popular Ciclovía program which closes over 70 miles of roadway every Sunday and holiday to allow the public to walk, run, bike,… — Read More
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March 5, 2010 October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher
That’s One Long Streetcar Ride!
March 5, 2010 October 11, 2014 Rick Laubscher Fleet Updates, Photo of the Moment, Posts with Photos
MSR Board member Todd Lappin got a shock this morning near Park City, Utah on a ski trip, when he came across this sight on Interstate 80. It’s Muni PCC No. 1080, painted in Los Angeles Transit Lines livery, bound for Brookville, Pennsylvania, and a complete rewiring under Muni’s contract with Brookville Equipment. It’s the fourth of 16 PCCs to head for Brookville under the contract. By the way, No. 1080 is signed “E-Embarcadero/Pier 39.” Uh, you shoulda taken the… — Read More
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Photo of the Month: Ten Years of Wharf Service
March 2, 2010 October 11, 2014 Jamison Wiesel Photo of the Moment
The F-Market line extension from lower Market Street to Fisherman’s Wharf opened in March 2000. In the 10 years since, the vintage streetcars have been a boon to Wharf businesses, including Pier 39, the entertainment complex at the eastern edge of the Wharf area popular with tourists. Almost every hour is ‘rush hour’ on the F-line. After the sun goes down, when most other Muni routes draw sparse ridership, F-line streetcars are usually still packed, even late into the evening.… — Read More
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Digital cameras now outsell their 35mm predecessors in the general market and it is only the diehard celluloid junkies that maintain allegiance to film. The commercial photography industry now uses virtually exclusive digital technology to produce images due to their immediate shot review and post production efficiency. The feature film industry still maintains loyalty to Super 35mm film however the latest advances in HD technology has threatened even this most sacrosanct of institutions.
Digital cameras are available in a multitude of specifications from cost effective basic models to extremely expensive professional kit. They are user friendly and compatible with editing software making them much more accessible. The commercial interest in digital cameras is because the images that are captured can be checked immediately which enables time and money saving, ensuring the acceptable quality of product before wrapping a shoot.
The principals behind that of digital cameras are based on light-sensitive sensors or pixels. This leaves some diehard disciples of celluloid to claim that the images do not exist in their entirety as they are made of variable dots of light and therefore not a completely accurate depiction of and image. This is quite pedantic however and the ease of use and post-production qualities far out way the potential for pixelated images.
Digital cameras began as the concept of digitizing motion images and digitizing photographs via scanners. These first generations of digital images were used in space exploration where photos would be taken of stars and planets using a mosaic photosensor which periodically captured still digital images helping with the approach and landing to planets. This technology used elements of camera design that were later adapted for development of digital cameras.
The next generation of semi-digital cameras were the analogue digital film cameras which came around the early to mid 80s. The massive benefits were the telecasting of live events in this format via satellite. The issues with the cameras were their astronomic cost and the poor picture quality and the first images were taken of the 1984 Olympics and printed in newspaper print resolution in a Japanese newspaper.
Around 1990 the first generations of digital cameras as we know it following on from the formation of the first jpeg and mpeg standards were created. Over the last 10 years the price of digital technology has dropped significantly, with some early models demanding 10,000GBP plus. Digital cameras now dominate the market and in some areas have rendered celluloid almost obsolete.
The continual advances in digital technology with higher resolutions and high definition push the prices of older models down making them affordable and practical.
As a photographer I understand why its so important to have all the right equipment such as lenses, tripods, and camera cases but one of the most important parts is the actual camera itself. If you don't buy the right camera like an SLR and instead you buy a compact like a Sony DSC you can almost expect your pictures to not turn out right. There's a big difference between compact cameras, SLRs, and larger cams like the Hasselblad!
Compacts are designed to be small, light weight and portable. These are usually the most inexpensive and smallest of all the cameras. Compact cameras are a good idea for people that are willing to sacrifice things such as advanced features, advanced lenses, and quality. Small format is good for an amateur that is just getting into photography but isn't willing to spend a bundle on it. Medium format cameras are good for professionals or people wanting to do photography professionally.
Medium formats come very close to large formats, and are a good way to test out the waters. And lastly large format cameras are fit for a king. Not only are they larger in size compared to the other three, but they are large in price as well. You can find large format cameras for as expensive as $5,000 or more depending on the brand you're looking at. These cameras are obviously fit for professional photographers and a lot of people in the fashion industry use these!
You can start out at any level you please, but make sure if you buy a camera that is $5,000 that you know you're going to use it, you are going to know how to use it, and you're going to really get your money out of using it! I took the middle road and bought a medium format camera because I knew I wanted to be a professional photographer eventually and I wanted a really good camera that was going to stand up to the places I would be traveling and doing. Here are a few examples of each level along with some popular brands you might find:
Compacts -
Olympus Stylus 760
Samsung Digimax S1000
Canon PowerShot SD950
Small & Medium Format -
Olympus SP510 UZ
Large -
Calumet 45NXII
Sinar F 4x5 View Camera
Hasselblad H3D II-39MS Digital Camera
I mean all these cameras are great but again, if you are starting at a certain level be sure to look at the cameras available within that level. There's no sense in buying a large format camera if you have never even touched a camera before, do you really think you are going to know what each function does? What each button does? What aperture is and what hot shoe means? Probably not! When I bought my camera it cost around $400 and I had never touched a camera before, besides a regular little compact camera.
I did it backwards but was determined enough to figure the darn thing out on my own without help or instructions. But like with anything else in life just because "they" say you can't be self-taught (photography, writing, acting, cooking) doesn't mean they are always right! But in most cases I really would suggest working your way from level 1 to level 2 and then to 3. It gives you an easier understand about what everything is for!
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Student news site The Tab slams hypocrisy from The Guardian
By Study International Staff | February 16, 2016
It would seem that The Guardian opened a very awkward can of worms yesterday when it published a story accusing student-run newspaper The Tab of not paying student writers, since the British media giant has decided not to divulge exactly how many unpaid interns are producing content for their site.
“Kevin Rawlinson, who wrote the piece, said that our model might amount to “exploitation” because we don’t pay our student reporters like professional freelancers,” writes Jack Rivlin, student reporter for The Tab.
“We had explained to him that we are one of many publishers who take both paid and unpaid contributions – meaning that we operate as both a powerful tech-driven platform, and a media company who hires the writers and reporters in our network who excel.
.@Guardian whacks @TheTab for not paying young writers, just like… the @guardian: https://t.co/ueLJlcPJ0B
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) February 15, 2016
“Rawlinson printed that response, and admitted that The Tab is trialling a system of rewarding reporters who get more than 500 or 1000 shares over a month with prizes between £30 and £700, but clearly he didn’t find it satisfactory,” Rivlin adds.
The Tab started life as the official student news website for Cambridge University, but has since grown to a capital-backed international media platform with influence in both the UK and US, launching its own global website earlier this month.
“We have known for a long time that The Guardian publishes thousands of pieces by young people without paying them,” writes Rivlin, “and that it uses unpaid interns while criticising other businesses for doing the same.”
How many quality platforms are there for aspiring journalists such as @thetab? Stout defence by @jackrivlin https://t.co/T8vlQgYdmb
— Neville Thurlbeck (@nthurlbeck) February 15, 2016
So after reading Rawlinson’s story, Rivlin and his team decided to email The Guardian’s press office to ask exactly how many unpaid interns the organisation employed this past year, as well as the number of unpaid student bloggers contributing to The Guardian Student‘s website.
Rivlin notes that a spokesman for The Guardian replied today confirming the company does in fact employ unpaid interns, but declined to reveal exactly how many.
Regarding the issue of student bloggers, this was the spokesman’s response: “Blogging Students is part of our established Guardian Students network with over 13,000 members. As active members of the community, students are invited to share their experiences through blogging.
Nowhere for @guardian to hide, the facts are damninghttps://t.co/Uu5oNNtkIK
— Josh Kaplan (@JNkappers) February 15, 2016
“The guidelines about how to pitch work for Blogging Students outline that these blogs are not paid. Some of our best bloggers have been commissioned to write paid pieces.”
For a national news outlet that publishes stories discussing the issue of low-pay for millennials, and takes an explicit stance of disapproval towards unpaid internships, while at the same time upholding a vast network of unpaid student writers and thousands of hours of work experience labour, The Guardian’s unwarranted attack is a clear, outright case of the pot calling the kettle black.
“It was always precarious for a company that has just announced operating losses of £50m, and is having to lay off significant numbers of staff, to criticize a startup like The Tab, which is hiring dozens of young journalists, and giving opportunities, formal training, and a huge platform to thousands more. But few could have predicted how grossly hypocritical it would end up looking too,” Rivlin concludes.
Image via The Guardian.
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Budget Vote 36 for the Department of Trade and Industry by Deputy Minister, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe, at the Old Assembly Chamber, Parliament on May 2013
The current administration’s central focus has been on creation of decent jobs, economic transformation and creating an inclusive economic growth. These are some of the key strategic priorities identified in the 2009-2014 medium-term strategic framework that was later translated into government outcomes. The dti further articulated these key priorities in its 2010-2013 Medium Term Strategic Framework. Therefore, it is imperative that we reflect on the achievements that have been recorded in these areas.
Honourable Speaker;
Members of the National Assembly;
MEC’s and Heads of Departments;
Officials of the Department Trade and Industry andits Council of Trade and
Industry Institutions (COTII);
Members of SAWEN
Leaders of Organised Business and Labour;
Distinguished guests;
Ladies and gentlemen.
I would like to specifically recognise:
My 2012 Technogirls competition winners from Ponelopele Secondary School, in Ivory Park, Thembisa; and the Technogirl from the Northern Cape, Ms Boitumelo Olifant;
Nomarika Motaung, my mentee;
Kgotso Mokoele, an incubatee from SECOPA manufacturing hub;
Mangqoba Katane- A young man who’s very passionate about small business development, currently working with an incubation centre known as SECOPA as a social media guru;
Sister Jenny, the winner for South Africa and first runner up for Africa for 2012 Africa SMME awards, for her skin repair products for burns and wounds;
Mamalolo, a beneficiary of our tourism support programme and a former lecturer who now owns a B ‘n B in SOWETO.
Sister Jenny, the 2012 Africa SMME award winner.
The current administration’s central focus has been on creation of decent jobs, economic transformation and creating an inclusive economic growth. These are some of the key strategic priorities identified in the 2009-2014 medium-term strategic framework that was later translated into government outcomes. thedti further articulated these key priorities in its 2010-2013 Medium Term Strategic Framework. Therefore, it is imperative that we reflect on the achievements that have been recorded in these areas.
Women and Gender Empowerment
The National Development Plan identified poverty, unemployment and inequality as the major challenges facing our country. Women and youth have not been fully integrated into our economic system. The Department understands that economic emancipation should be broadened to include women and youth who were excluded in the mainstream economic activities of the country in the past.
It is against this backdrop, that the dti introduced programmes that are tailor-made for women, such as the Isivande Women’s Fund, Bavumile and Technology for Women in Business (TWIB). The Isivande fund aims to provide women entrepreneurs with affordable financial support. Between 2011/12 and 2012/13 financial years, the Fund supported 31 projects. The Bavumile Programme provides training to women in the clothing sector while TWIB with its awards programme recognises women enterprises which used technology to grow and develop their businesses.
While we recognize the need to afford women opportunities to participate in the economy, we need to encourage our young girls to pursue technology, mathematics, commercial and science related careers. The Technogirls programme is a vehicle that the Department is utilising to achieve this objective. In this regard, the dti has partnered with provincial departments of Economic Development and Education, SEDA and Cell C in delivering the programme.
In addition, the department will be tabling the National Strategic Framework on Women’s Economic Empowerment to Cabinet in the course of the 2013/14 financial year. The strategy aims to ensure the development and growth of women owned enterprises as well the integration of women enterprises in the mainstream economy through the provision of targeted interventions.
Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperatives
The Department considers entrepreneurship development as strategic to broadening economic participation since we understand that economic success and development of many economies is anchored around increased participation of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) in the mainstream economy. We believe that SMMEs form a principal driving force of economic growth and development. In this regard, we undertook to accelerate the delivery and up-scaling of support particularly to black-owned, rural and township SMMEs as well as cooperative programmes. Through SEDA’s network of financial service providers (known as Retail Financial Intermediaries (RFI)), we have further improved access to finance for SMME’s.
Also through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC),the ANC led government has been implementing the Risk Capital Facility (RCF) 2 in the last seven (7) years with the aim of granting risk capital finance to historically disadvantaged people. To date 3 400 BEE shareholder companies, 72 BEE empowered SMEs and 1 605 women shareholders have been supported resulting in a total of 7 024 jobs created.
thedti in collaboration with the Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) developed a red tape reduction programme to address regulatory constraints created by local municipalities. The programme seeks to lower barriers to entry and stimulate access to business opportunities by small enterprises.
thedti believes that sustained support to SMMEs should be an integral part of social and economic development. The merger of the national government’s major credit programmes for small and micro enterprise has been finalised and a new agency SEFA was established in May 2012.
It is imperative that the government continues to build entrepreneurial capacity in order to address the socio-economic challenges that are facing us. In this context, the dti through SEDA launchedthe Small business incubation programme in 2012.The programme seeks to nurture small, micro and medium enterprises into sustainable enterprises that can create jobs and contribute towards economic development. To this end we launched SECOPA (Seed Container Park) in SOWETO on the 27th of March 2013.
It will ensure that SMMEs eventually graduate into the mainstream economy, creating successful enterprises with a potential to revitalise communities and strengthen local economies. The success of the programme will be measured by the number of enterprises that graduated into the mainstream economy and employment created. Currently, the incentive is supporting 13 projects to the value of R373 million in sectors such as ICT, agro-processing and clothing and textile amongst other.
Together with the Foundation of African Business and Consumer Services (FABCOS) the dti launched agro-processing investments worth R1.2 billion to assist in growing sustainable HDI-owned or controlled SMMEs and support the retailer/supplier development model. These investments are in small-scale milling, malt plants, snack plants, blended foods and incubator farms. We also launched the Emerging Organic Farmer/Retailer Programme, with Pick 'n Pay, Shoprite and Spar providing shelf space and support to emerging organic farmers' cooperatives. We have also launched 4 walk-in-25 mini-markets in Gauteng.
To fast track timely payment to SMMEs a call centre was established through SEDA to facilitate payment to SMMEs contracting with government within 30 days. The 30 day payment has been elevated to the Presidency with departments submitting their monthly reports. The SEDA call centre has performed well, facilitating the payment of over R300 million to SMMEs.
Honourable members, we have reviewed the Cooperatives Development Act with a view to enhancing institutional mechanism such as the establishment of the Cooperatives Development Agency, the cooperatives Apex body and the cooperatives Tribunal. The agency will provide business development support to cooperatives while the Cooperatives Tribunal will adjudicate over conflict and the Apex body will represent the interest of cooperatives.
The ANC led governmentis also serious about the informal sectorand youth empowerment and in this regard, the Youth Enterprise Development Strategy has been drafted and consultations with key stakeholders are at an advanced stage while the Informal Sector Strategy is being developed.
Black industrialists
The creation of black industrialists is one of the key priorities of the department of Trade and Industry. To fulfil this responsibility, as the Minister has indicated, the department has amended the BBBEE legislation and Code of Good Practice with a view to creating an enabling environment for the restructuring of the South African economy to enable a meaningful participation of black people, women, youth and people living with disabilities.
We have also partnered with UNISA and WITS University to offer a BBBEE Management Development Programme. The programme isaimed at professionalizing the BBBEE industry, more specifically the verification industry as part of creating an enabling environment conducive to the development of black industrialists.
In conclusion, it is clear that the ANC led Government remains committed to the embetterment of the economic situation of our people.
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Sunderland Harriers' trio face race against time to catch the eye of North East selectors
The first major Cross Country Championship of the season took place last Saturday when the North Eastern Counties hosted their championships at Wrekenton.
Wednesday, 12 December, 2018, 11:46
Left to right: Jenna Wilkinson, who is chasing Inter Counties selection.
And athletes had their first opportunity to show their early season form before final selection takes place for the Inter County Championships at Loughborough on Saturday, March 9.
With every age group covered for both male and female teams, from Under-13s to senior men and women, a mammoth task awaits North East selectors.
This is at the Northern Championships at Pontefract, on Saturday, January 26.
Of the 10 events on Saturday, the first three finishers in each race gained automatic selection for Loughborough and a North East vest.
Houghtons’ Under-17 Will Bellamy and Under-13 Brandon Pye booked their places on the team bus through finishing in respective third place finishers in their events.
Other Houghton Harriers who caught the selectors eye were Eva Hardie, with fourth place, and Anna Pigford, with fifth place in the Under-17 Women’s race, plus Henry Johnson, with ninth position in the Under-17 Men’s event.
Sunderland Harriers who are in with a chance of selection are senior athletes Alice Smith, Jenna Wilkinson and Kevin Jeffress.
Smith finished sixth woman and Wilkinson in her first season on the country scene took 15th position.
Jeffress finished 14th in the men’s race and like Smith made the North East team last year.
All three athletes need to compete in the Northern Championships to further their selection possibilities.
Jeffress said: “I have a half marathon in Torremilanos the week after the Northerns, but I will do Pontefract as I would love to be selected for the Inter Counties again.”
Also being considered for selection are clubmates Sarah Knight, who was fourth in the Under-20s women’s race and Eve Quinn, who took sixth.
The next race that will be considered for selection purposes is the Sherman Cup and Davison Shield, at Temple Park on Saturday, January 5.
This will also be the next race in the Sunderland Harriers Cross Country Grand Prix and marks the halfway stage of the season, with big points scores to be gained in the Northern Championship and the National Championship at Harewood, near Leeds on Saturday, February 23.
Over-45 Judith Thirlwell and Over-50 Paul Redman are joint leaders with 20 points and they are followed by Alice Smith 19, Dale Wilkinson 18, Alan McManus 18, Shaun Bagley 18, Darren Stoker 16, Maria Davis 15, Judith Shotton 15, Nicola Hufton 15, Jenna Wilkinson 15, Steve Rankin 15 and Amy Callaghan 15.
Over 300 entries have already been received for the Sunderland Strollers’ Pier to Pier race on Sunday, May 19. The Run starts alongside the Pier at South Shields.
A bus service is available from finish to the start before the race. After roughly one mile along the sandy beach the race moves to The Leas, here you can choose any route apart from the road or footpath down to Souter Lighthouse.
Anyone using the road or footpath will be disqualified.
At Souter Lighthouse there is a water station and then the race moves to the coastal path down to Sunderland, eventually moving back to the beach for the finish.
The race is approx 7 miles (11km) and starts at 10am.
Following the cancellation of the Durham City Harriers Cathedral Cross Country Relays, Birtley are in negotiations to host a relay event for senior men and women, plus veterans on the Durham City date of Sunday, January 13, at Lord Lawson School, Birtley.
The 35th Loftus and Whitby Poultry Run will be held on Sunday. The start time of the event is 11am.
It is a multi-terrain course approximately 8 miles in length with three challenging ascents. The start/finish is at Loftus Leisure Centre.
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Lenovo opens 21st Mobile Exclusive Store in South Cotabato
Another Lenovo Mobile Exclusive Store (LMES) opens in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. This marks Lenovo’s 21st LMES in the country and the first in the province of South Cotabato.
The new concept store, located at the 4th floor of KCC Mall in Koronadal City, brings a wide spectrum of smartphones ranging from entry-level to high-end devices to consumers. The new LMES will be handled by Meetrovi Mobile Shop, one of Lenovo’s official partners.
“Today, we celebrate the continuous expansion of our LMES nationwide and we are ecstatic to announce the opening of our first LMES in South Cotabato, uniquely called as the Land of the Dreamweavers. This is in accordance to the traditional T’nalak weaving, a masterpiece that is celebrated as a cultural and economical symbol of the province. Koronadal, its capital city, is the center of finance and business and has now gained a spot as the new seat of South Central Mindanao. Based on the updated Regional Development Plan (RDP) by the National Economic and Development Authority, the economy of the region is projected to reach a 10 percent growth by 2016 after it had reached 8.4 percent in 2013. This fast-emerging region is likely to increase its smartphone users who would require high-performing, affordable smartphones to keep their businesses going.” said Michael Ngan, Country General Manager of Lenovo Philippines.
Ngan adds, “Lenovo has come a long way in bringing technology closer to people. Since we opened our first LMES in October of 2013, our brand has established a strong image as a trendsetter in the smartphone market in the Philippines. The opening of our 21st LMES in South Cotabato is a milestone that marks our continuous commitment to better serve our consumers.”
Some of Lenovo’s wide range of products include the A-series, which are entry level devices for students and young professionals who are looking for a smartphone that will not leave a hole in their pockets. The S-Series are mid-range smartphones for fun and fashionable users who love taking selfies and sharing them on their social media accounts. The Vibe Z series are Lenovo’s top of line products that boast of fast-performing processors for business executives who multitask and use several applications all at the same time. Some of better products also include the DOIt applications namely SYNCit, SHAREit, SECUREit, SNAPit and SEEit, which are useful applications so that users can make the most out of their smartphone.
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There be squalls ahead in 19 new Pirates of the Caribbean 5 images
Tag: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Keep a weather eye open and peer into these official new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales pics from Walt Disney Pictures, brimming with a chestful of ghost pirates, Spanish galleons, zombie sharks, undead sea captains, jolly Jack Sparrow ... both young and older, and a shrunken ship in a bottle.
As we dissected from the last trailer, this fifth cinematic outing contains a bit of Jack Sparrow's origins as a young pirate trying to outrun Javier Bardem's dashing Armando Salazar, whose encounter with the clever captain leads to his death in a rocky cove. This results in Salazar's frightful ghost trying to enact revenge against Sparrow and enlisting the help of his old nemesis Hector Barbossa.
What's absent from Disney's big batch of fresh images is Carina Smyth, the female astronomer who is in possession of a map which might lead to the mystical Trident of Poseidon. Another omission is any shots of Orlando Bloom's Will Turner, the new phantom captain of the Flying Dutchman.
A pair of amusing new images are those of the pirate ship in a bottle, and from its sail configuration and main mast-mounted flag, appears to be the Black Pearl, which, if you recall from 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was magically captured into the glass container by Blackbeard.
It seems $300 million is what it takes to mount a colossal tentpole blockbuster these days and Pirates 5 had some deep Disney pockets to draw from for its bank-busting budget, which just dropped another third of a billion to make the live-action Beauty and the Beast. Now you know where all the profits from those $6 Main Street cookies and $7 Mickey ice cream sandwiches at Disneyland are going to.
Walk the plank out to the official Disney synopsis and beware of Davy Jones' locker below:
Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all new Pirates movie. The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazer (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea – notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitiful small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has never faced.
I'm really rooting for this rousing property to get back on track after the dismal fourth voyage, On Stranger Tides, and feel all the elements are in place for a return to prominence amid all the other studio comic-book and toy line mega-franchises.
Behold this treasure of 19 new images in the gallery below and tell us if you'll shell out a few shiny pieces of eight when Pirates of the Caribbean 5 sails into your town.
Directed by Norway's Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki),Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales drops anchor in theaters on May 26th.
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All the Fun Of The Fair: Spiegel Et Luna
Rob Clark — September 25, 2018
When you think ‘golden age’ of entertainment a few things come to mind. Maybe 50’s Hollywood? Marilyn Monroe? Classic burlesque and swinging jazz? A lot can be said about those nostalgic vibes we get when one utters the words ‘golden age’, and those vibes are alive and well in small sectors of Melbourne’s arts community, and maybe none more current and recent than the world famous Spiegeltent that just launched its season of Spiegel Et Luna at Luna Park, Melbourne.
For those unfamiliar, a Spiegeltent is a mobile, pop-up tent, complete with beautiful wooden pillars, colourful stained glass windows and cozy booths lining the outer walls for patrons to take in the lovely and days-of-past circus feel. Originally erected in Belgium in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the travelling tent is designed to host various forms of art and performance, and has kept up this wonderful tradition for many, many years.
Spiegel Et Luna opened its upcoming four-week run to roughly one hundred well-dressed attendees at 8:00pm, Saturday the 22nd of September, and if this launch event was any indication of the season ahead, audiences young and old are in for a treat!
As the crowd took their seats, not without first visiting the bar for a flute of bubbly or a glass of red, the feeling in the room was that of being taken back in time to the Barnum-esque Circus age, complete with the smell of popcorn and background tunes heavy on brass. The polite chatter subsided and the applause began as Martin Foley MP (Minister For Creative Industries, Albert Park) took the stage and introduced the Spiegeltent to its home for the next few weeks at Luna Park, and spoke briefly about the history, importance and legacy of such a diverse and historical staple of the arts community. Foley then introduced the house band for the evening, The Shuffle Club, who right from the first note from Ashley Gaudion’s saxophone, had the crowd tapping their toes, bopping along, and moving their bodies on the large and lovely wooden dance floor to their fun, tight and energetic jazz. The band played classic free-form hits, bouncing off each other and improvising soaring solos, while bantering with the dancing audience and not losing steam with their frenetic and engaging performance. In all senses of the word, it was exactly what jazz should be. Fun, swinging, cool, and takes you with it every step of the way.
It was after a non-stop, highly enjoyable hour that The Shuffle Club called their break, and welcomed the audience to stick around for their second half, but not without a sneak preview of the upcoming season of Moira Finucane’s Dance Hall! Leading the way in this taste of the upcoming run of performances was a ‘Golden Age Of Hollywood’ style performance from the beautiful and dazzling Clare St Clare. Introduced by the charming and very funny Mama Alto, Clare took the stage and performed a jazzy, seductive Marilyn-esque number which had both the guys and girls of the audience ‘woo-ing’, and wanting more. Clare is a wonderful performer, with all the sass and glamour of Monroe herself, which she brings to her performance brilliantly. Definitely worth booking a ticket for the Dance Hall performance, as Mama Alto and Clare St Clare are sure to be crowd pleasers.
The Shuffle Club returned to the stage, and the dance floor lit up once again as they flew through more lively jazz. The bar kept busy, the laughter and applause was energetic and place had all the vibes and charm of a New York old-timey jazz club. In a word, perfect. The night ended with The Shuffle Club thanking everyone, and encouraging everyone to book a show or five for Luna Park’s Spiegeltent season.
While the entertainment of the opening night of Spiegel Et Luna was only a taste of what audiences can expect from the iconic travelling tent, it was world-class fun in a nostalgic and beautiful venue. There was not one smiling face throughout the performances, and the energy did not let up once in the two and a half hour launch. There is something on offer for all ages at Spiegel Et Luna over these coming weeks, and by the looks of it, crowds will leave the Spiegeltent exhausted from dancing, laughing, clapping and booking more tickets!
For a full listing of all events and performances on show at the Spiegeltent as part of Spiegel Et Luna, visit: https://lunapark.com.au/event/the-famous-spiegeltent-whats-on/
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By Britt Ashley
Exclusive Interview with Neil Patrick Harris about the End of How I Met Your Mother
Yesterday I had the pleasure of sitting down with actor extraordinaire, long-time friend, and role-model for bros everywhere, Neil Patrick Harris, for an exclusive interview about the end of How I Met Your Mother and what he has in store for us next.
Britt: Hey buddy, it’s good to finally catch up with you.
Neil: I know! Everything’s been so crazy lately with the show wrapping up and preparing for Hedwig.
Britt: That’s right, you’re playing a transgender rocker…and the show opens in…what…two days?!
Neil: The preview is Saturday, but the official opening isn’t until April 22.
Britt: Well you look plenty rested, but I’m getting ahead of myself. First I’d like to talk about Barney Stinson. You’ve been playing America’s favorite lady-killer for 9 seasons of Mother. How did you tap into your inner bro and develop a character that could be so, so easy to hate, and yet he’s one of the most loved personalities on the show?
Neil: I get that question a lot, and I’ve always given the same answer: Larry, from Three’s Company, but…I’ve got to come clean.
Britt: What?!
Neil: It’s a lie. The whole damn thing.
Britt: I’m so shocked! You’re such an open book. [Laughing]
Neil: We could just discuss that time in the Hilton in Toronto you and—
Britt: Ok, back to you and your lies. You were saying…
Neil: Good deflection. So you want the truth, huh? Well it was the summer of 91, and Doogie Houser had gotten pretty big so I was always getting invited to these Hollywood parties, but until then I had been underage and my folks, you know how they were—are [Laughs]—they didn’t want me getting mixed up in anything. But I turned 18 that summer, and I got an invitation to a party at Bob Saget’s house.
Britt: Oh, no…
Neil: I know! Now everyone knows how dirty Saget really is, but back then he was Danny Tanner, America’s favorite dad. Well, like every other little closeted boy in the early 90s, I had a HUGE crush on Uncle Jesse, so I was like, “How can I not go?” So I put on my favorite stonewashed jeans and oversized leisure coat—I basically looked like a young David Byrne.
Britt: So very normcore of you.
Neil: Ha! Yeah, I was the normcore version of Zack Morris. So…I pull up to this giant house in the Palisades and I’m just shaking, right. I’m so nervous. My first big A-list party. And I walk in…and there in the middle of this giant great room, under a crystal chandelier, surrounded by a hoard of topless girls, just absolutely stunning women, tons of them, is Bob Saget wearing nothing but a pair of women’s thongs on his head and the biggest…smile…I’ve ever seen.
Britt: So it’s a typical Saget party?
Neil: Yes! Exactly! Only it was all new and scary and wonderful. So I’m standing there and I’m sure my jaw was on the floor, and Saget turns toward me, and I’ll never forget this, he says, “Harris, don’t just stand there. Suit up!” And he points to this blonde bombshell and she immediately yanks off her underwear and hurls it at my face.
Britt: Oh my god. What did you do?
Neil: The only thing I could do. I wrapped those little panties around my face and joined the party.
Britt: So are you saying Bob Saget was your inspiration for Barney Stinson?
Neil: I’m finally coming clean. Yes, Bob Saget is the ultimate bro, and my inspiration for Barney.
Britt: Epic. So the whole “suit up” line was from Saget?
Neil: Yeah, I just kind of slipped it in one day during rehearsals and Craig Thomas ran over to me and he said, “Yes, exactly. That’s perfect!”
Britt: Did you tell him where you got the line?
Neil: Hell no. An actor never reveals his secrets.
Britt: You’re beautiful. Alright, well give us something about the final episode before we wrap this thing up.
Neil: You’re sounding more and more like Saget. [Both laugh]. Jokes aside, the finale was really difficult for us to get through. We had to keep cutting because one of us would get emotional and then the whole damn thing would fall apart. It’s just been so great, you know, working with such an amazing cast, and now it feels like we’re a family. And no one wants to have to leave their family, but you know baby bird’s gotta fly.
Britt: You’re ridiculous. So I heard you guys filmed part of the episode all the way back in 2006. Is that right?
Neil: Yeah, Craig and Carter knew how the show was going to end from day one, and they wanted to make sure that no matter how long our run lasted, they would have footage of us at the beginning for the finale. You know, in case one of us got fat or lost an eye or something.
Britt: Well you haven’t aged a day.
Neil: Oh, I know. David keeps me active.
Britt: Well, can you throw us a bone here? Any clues about the how Ted finally meets the Mother?
Neil: Only because I love you, Britt. The whole thing goes back to Season 2, when [to read the spoiler, click here!].
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From the early 1980’s, Guillermo Forchino experiments with various materials to create his works of art. This research began in the city of his birth Rosario Argentina at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and then continued during three years of studies in art restoration and conservation at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. During his studies he discovered and mastered many classic techniques and materials. After completing his studies in Paris, Guillermo returned to Argentina where he directed the Juan B. Castagnino atelier of art restoration for the Museum of Beaux-Arts in Rosario. It was during this period that Forchino began creating figures made from wrapped bands of cloth where the visible parts of the body (head and hands) were made from wax and paper maché colored with natural pigments. From the end of the 1980’s, Forchino chose polyresins to create figurines and scenes that often resemble the world of comic strip and cartoon characters. These are typically unusual and humorous subjects such as a family leaving on vacation in an overloaded car with flat tires, or a tired old American pick-up truck from the 1950’s with equally tired passengers. Mr. Forchino has also chosen to create other modes of transportation such as boats, planes and motorcycles and has even used a floating bathtub in his works. His creations are always full of humor and finesse and are created with a unique character. In recent years, Guillermo has also created a line of individuals in sports and a variety of professions that was named the “ Professionals Series”. Also these creations have found a large collector audience worldwide. The average height of these figurines is 45 cm. Recently a smaller version of the Professionals was introduced the ” Special editions Series” , approx. 50% smaller . Guillermo has regular expositions in France, in Argentina and in the Netherlands. Mr. Forchino lives and works in Paris, his workshop is only a few steps away from the world famous Père Lachaise cemetery. In 2003 a collaboration between Guillermo and VMM resulted in the worldwide introduction of replicas of Guillermo’s work. These reproductions are fully handmade and hand painted, just like the originals, under the supervision of Guillermo himself, by highly skilled artisans in the Far East. Some of these artworks are reproduced in the same size as the original that Mr. Forchino created, some are reduced in size to 50 or 75% of the original. Through these initiatives, the Comic Art of Guillermo Forchino is available for a large group of art lovers in the form of limited editions, in numbered series. Found only in specially selected stores, each piece is identified by a stamped signature and a unique number on the bottom of the item. A numbered certificate of authenticity completes each package.
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British super hacker fights extradition to US
By James Rivington (TechRadar ) 2007-02-15T00:00:00.45Z Web
Biggest hack in history was 'just for fun'
If the appeal against extradition fails, and he is found guilty of all charges, Gary McKinnon could face a jail term of anywhere between 45 and 70 years
A British man is in court this week to fight extradition to the United States after he allegedly hacked into 97 military and NASA computers across the pond. Gary McKinnon , 41, from Glasgow, could spend the rest of his life in prison if he is extradited and found guilty.
McKinnon is accused of hacking into computers belonging to The Pentagon, NASA, the US Army , US Navy , Department of Defense and the US Air Force . It has been dubbed "the biggest military computer hack of all time" and was perpetrated in 2001 and 2002.
In July, UK Home Secretary John Reid approved a US request for McKinnon's extradition. But McKinnon argues that any crimes he has committed were perpetrated in the UK and so he deserves to be tried on British soil. McKinnon's solicitor, Edmund Lawson QC, said that his client would most likely have to spend an unknown amount of time in pre-trial imprisonment with little chance of bail.
McKinnon was interviewed by the BBC Click programme last year, during which he said he was able to access the US military networks simply by implementing a 'Perl script' which scanned for computers with default passwords. He was also interviewed by our sister magazine .net - you can still watch the interview online.
He maintains that his intentions were not malicious, and that he was motivated more by curiosity than anything else. If the appeal against extradition fails, and he is found guilty of all charges, McKinnon could face a jail term of anywhere between 45 and 70 years.
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Gary Gygax Estate Partners With ‘Transformers’ Producer Tom DeSanto (Variety)
Tip of the hat to +Carl Pinder
Looks like there actually IS something happening with the Gygax Estate, or more accurately the Gail C. Gygax Revocable Trust.
According to Variety:
“Transformers” producer Tom DeSanto has struck a deal with the estate of Gary Gygax — co-creator of “Dungeons & Dragons” — to oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works.
The announcement was made on Wednesday, which would have been Gygax’s 78th birthday. His widow Gail Gygax reached a deal for DeSanto to become the “guardian of the library.”
DeSanto told Variety that he’s already discovered several potential “universe” projects among the unpublished works and expects to find a home for at least one by year’s end.
I wonder how much unpublished work there actually is, and how much of a market there is for it after all these years.
Posted by Tenkar at 11:57 AM
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Badmike July 27, 2016 at 12:03 PM
Well it cannot be D&D related obviously, but hey for once it's good news coming out of the Gygax Estate.
Kenny Johnson July 27, 2016 at 12:04 PM
The market for books, especially with ebooks, doesn't require a large number of buyers to make some money.
C. Lewis Pinder July 27, 2016 at 1:25 PM
I can assure you that Tom DeSanto has no interest in re-publishing any of the works of Gygax. He specializes in adopting existing materials into blockbuster franchises. He's the producer behind X-Men, Transformers, and the reboot of Battlestar Galatica.
Jolly Blackburn July 27, 2016 at 1:42 PM
To be fair we don't know. It's quite possible he was a huge D&D nerd/Gary fan back in the day and has a bit more interest in the portfolio (like he did Transformers adn BSG). But even if he's just doing to do fantasy movies/projects inspired by Gary that is potentially pretty cool.
With the nostalgic feel goods of Stranger Things it's clear a LOT of creators have fond memories of their early RPG experiences.
JRT July 29, 2016 at 8:10 AM
True. I do think this will involve media projects before exploring print books or games. I mean, think about just how packed some of Gary's gaming sourcebooks are. Read Yggsburg, and just think of how you could create a season of plots around that setting just from all the inspiration there.
The thing I know some people are probably upset about is the fact that Gail didn't go the traditional "old school" route, which is to just publish games for the hard core (and mostly not the new stuff Gary did, but D&D clone supplements), and they might see this as some sort of "selling out". But perhaps this will help facilitate the more traditional releases. Rather than go begging for money via a Kickstarter, Gail and Co. can use the profits to help fund a high quality release of some of the original works that inspired the media creations.
Some people might second-guess and say "Gary wouldn't have wanted that", but he did want to get larger success. In the early 80s he was in Hollywood trying to do just that with D&D--if he was successful and/or TSR didn't go through turmoil he might have done less game writing. And after losing Mythus, he spent a few years trying his hand at computer game development. So I suspect fans aren't really thinking of what Gary would want, but what they personally would want.
As a fan, I get it. I mean, personally, I'd personally prefer the more traditional print stuff, I really would, and I do worry about a mediocre adaptation, akin to some of those B-SyFy movies--that kind of thing can happen. And I can see the purist view--as a die-hard Peanuts fan, I disagree with some of what has been done since Charles Schulz died, even if its his own family that's doing it. But I'm not going to throw a tantrum and get mad about that kind of thing--very worst case, if something poor comes from it, I'll critique the work with my opinion and ignore it. At the end of the day, like I feel with the Schulz relatives, I do believe Gail has the best of intentions and is trying to do the best job she can to make sure Gary's works and influence gets out there.
Hopefully, something great will come of it--or at the very least, they are compensated well for the efforts.
Nicholas Bergquist July 27, 2016 at 2:54 PM
If in ten years we have a watchable Castle Zagyg movie out of this I'll consider it a win.
Venger Satanis July 27, 2016 at 5:30 PM
Isn't there already a D&D movie in the works? I'm hoping for another tv show, either animated or like Game of Thrones.
Vandel J. Arden July 30, 2016 at 10:07 AM
That would be fun. I actually got a DVD box of the old series today. Time for Nostalgia (yep it aired in germany too)
AlwaysAmazed July 27, 2016 at 6:11 PM
The adventures of Gord...
Matt Celis July 27, 2016 at 8:29 PM
Can't say I care about any Gygax works aside from the original D&D and AD&D. Maybe there's a market for it but I doubt it's very large.
Knighterrant July 28, 2016 at 10:28 AM
I'm kind of wondering though if this may be an attempt to get the D&D license w/o actually having to get the license, i.e. take all the individual ideas and concepts that made up D&D and that could be traced directly to Gary's work over the years (either at TSR or on his own with Dangerous Journeys, Legendary Adventures etc) and essentially put together a D&D IP with them under a different name (but with the Gygax name attached to add authenticity).
I don't think so since I assume the primary goal is TV and/or movies before games and books. They're probably looking for new franchises that have a lot of potential, not specificially the D&D experience.
I'm going to share here a fantasy I had that I posted on Facebook--what might come from the deal, and keep in mind I'm avoiding Castle Zagyg or the property people feel has the most value. Long time die-hard Gygax fans will understand most of this.
5 Years from Now--New on Netflix: Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds.
New on Netflix: Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds.
Season 1: The Zahajdy Conflux is the nexus point of three continents. A zealous nation with ambitions and intrigues. Into this realm come four people...Magister Setne Inhetep, Priest Wizard and Investigator, his companion Rachelle, and two hired assistants...the thief known as Ferret and his buddy Raker. The mission...to seek out the lost tribe of the Maladicted Plateau. While Setne tries to navigate through a complex aristocracy in a nation where his pantheon is disdained, the hirelings get into misadventures of the roguish sort.
Be it zealous Oafs and Veshoges, bandits, demoniacal hybrids, dreaded "ladybugs", vile peccants, or the complexities of a complex nation, an epic begins. Why is the plateau in the center of the nation been Maladicted? What epic schemes does the family of the Caliph have? What hidden alies will they discover in the state. And who is the mysterious figure named Gord?
Does that sound cool? Take characters from Gary's published novels, and an unpublished sourcebook for Lejendary Adventures, and there you go!
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The Most Amazing Thing About Tesla
Tesla has detractors and die-hard, do-anything fans. The funny part? Both sides always feel like they're winning.
Bret Kenwell
Updated Sep 11, 2018 1:27 PM EDT
Here at TheStreet, we've had near-constant coverage of Tesla Inc. (TSLA - Get Report) . That's no surprise, given the daily newsflow revolving around this polarizing company and its CEO Elon Musk.
So almost nine full months into 2018, what's the most amazing thing about the stock so far?
That almost no matter what the news is that day, both the bull camp and the bear camp think it's another checked box in the win column for themselves.
Think about it. When Tesla announced quarterly earnings, the bulls latched to the near-44% year-over-year sales growth and revenue totaling $4 billion. Bears argued that Tesla lost over $3 per share. Free-cash outflow neared $740 million, a sign of impending collapse to the bears. However, bulls cheered this result, as it came in vastly below the $889 million outflow estimate that analysts were looking for. In other words, spending was more disciplined and Tesla's financials (while not great) were healthier than consensus expectations.
How about the go-private deal. The bears didn't seem defeated for even a minute, despite M&A being perhaps the most lethal blow to a short-sale case. Many were miffed about Musk's seeming disregard to the financial markets and regulations that the rest of us operate within.
But the bulls didn't blink either. In fact, many of them were irked too, arguing that they want Tesla to stay public so they don't have to sacrifice their long position when Tesla comes off the public market. Of course, that go-private plan didn't pan out.
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The range of emotions with this stock seems unrivaled. It's reminiscent of stocks like Netflix (NFLX - Get Report) or Action Alerts PLUS holding Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) , but the argument with Tesla has seemed to have more longevity. Is it because Tesla threatens massive industries like autos and energy? It doesn't help that, from a traditional fundamental perspective, it's not of high quality.
Where to for Tesla Stock?
Even the analysts are split. At last check there are 9 buy ratings, 12 hold ratings and 11 sell ratings. That's almost as mixed as you can get and was even more evenly distributed before Nomura went from buy to hold Tuesday morning.
Various independent reports have suggested that production is not being met by demand or that production is drying up this quarter. The latter contradicts what we have heard from the company thus far, two months into the third quarter.
While Tesla has apparently missed its goal of producing 6,000 Model 3s a week by the end of August, it still cranked out almost 35,000 of them in July and August, according to reports. That puts it on track to achieve its current goal of making 50,000 to 55,000 Model 3s for the quarter.
So what should we keep an eye on? While the day-to-day and week-to-week news will be volatile - as investors have no doubt seen - I would really like to see how this quarter shapes up. While Tesla likely won't report earnings until early November, this one is important.
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Management has stuck to its guns, predicting it will be GAAP profitable and cash-flow positive this quarter and next. They believe the company can produce more than 50,000 Model 3s and a recent update suggests an even more bullish take.
The company said: "We are about to have the most amazing quarter in our history, building and delivering more than twice as many cars as we did last quarter."
Last quarter, Tesla produced more than 53,000 vehicles, suggesting that it will hit more than 100,000 units in Q3. That would be a monster production result. One report suggests Tesla produced roughly 53,000 units in July and August. If those reports are accurate, it's hard to believe it will produce north of 12,000 a week to close out the month.
Should Tesla hit its Model 3 target, be profitable and cash-flow positive, though, Tesla bulls should find some relief in the quarterly numbers. It would also add another notch of credibility to Tesla's management team, perhaps giving some confidence to investors.
This article is commentary by an independent contributor. At the time of publication, the author had no positions in the stocks mentioned.
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You are here: Home News Center Breaking News News on Projects / Industry Frigid Temperatures Delay Tappan Zee Bridge Foundation
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Frigid Temperatures Delay Tappan Zee Bridge Foundation
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The icy temperatures sweeping across the United States have caused foundation work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge to come to a halt. The frozen areas of the Hudson River in New York are preventing tug boats from being able to move around safely. Project leaders are not sure how long the delays will last, but the forecast for the next week looks promising with every day’s high temperature well above freezing. As soon as the large chunks of ice floating in the Hudson River melt, workers can get back to installing piles to support the bridge. The project schedule includes a two-month period each year where crews will not be able to work on the Tappan Zee Bridge due to weather restrictions. As a result, this delay is not expected to affect completing the bridge by 2018, and construction is continuing to move forward on land.
The original Tappan Zee Bridge was finished in 1955. It is a 3-mile long cantilever bridge that crosses the Hudson River and connects Rockland County to Westchester County. Due to material shortages at the time of construction stemming from the Korean War, the Tappan Zee Bridge was only designed to last 50 years. Daily vehicle traffic (138,000) is currently almost three and a half times higher than when the bridge opened in the 1950s. Plans for a new bridge have been discussed since 1999, but it was not until October 2011 that the bridge replacement became a reality. Construction began in 2013 and is expected to be finished in 2018. The total cost of the bridge is $3.9 billion, and it is expected to last for over a hundred years.
The New York State Thruway Authority will administer the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The design calls for a dual-span twin bridge that will be built north of the existing bridge. According to the new Tappan Zee Bridge’s website, “The New NY Bridge will mean less congestion for motorists, with eight traffic lanes, four breakdown/emergency lanes, and state-of-the-art traffic monitoring systems, as well as a dedicated commuter bus lane from the day it opens. Designed and constructed to be mass-transit-ready, the new crossing will be able to accommodate bus rapid transit, light rail or commuter rail. The bridge will also include a bike and pedestrian path.” Bridge tolls are expected to increase to $12 to $15 per round trip from $5 to cross the current bridge.
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DONE LIKE A UKIPPER
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall resigns after party’s vote share collapses but claims his manifesto is a ‘decade ahead of its time’
Now looking for their fifth leader in just nine months - with speculation Nigel Farage could return to the role once more
By Alain Tolhurst
9 Jun 2017, 10:50
PAUL NUTTALL has resigned as Ukip leader after a disastrous night for his party which saw their vote share collapse.
They are now looking for their fifth leader in just nine months, but the defiant outgoing boss claimed their controversial manifesto was a “decade ahead of his time”.
The MEP resigned after their vote share collapsed from 2015Credit: SWNS
He gave a press conference this morning after the party failed to gain a single seat in yesterday's snap poll, and he himself only finished third while running in Boston and Skegness.
The Eurosceptic party had been hoping to make gains after running a campaign pledging to "ensure there is no backsliding on Brexit".
But after their share of the vote fell to just two per cent he opted to leave his position with immediate effect, telling reporters: "A new era must begin with a new leader."
Paul Nuttall has stepped down as Ukip leaderCredit: Getty Images
He said he had left the foundations for the new leader to build on and ensured that the party was "still on the pitch".
And he insisted Ukip was "more relevant than ever" and would play the role in the coming months of the "guard dogs of Brexit".
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After Mr Nuttall's resignation, speculation will inevitably ignite over the possibility of Nigel Farage returning to the leadership.
Mr Farage has been leader of the party on several previous occasions, but insisted he was standing down for good after the EU referendum last year.
However, in the wake of today’s election result he suggested he might "have no choice" but to go back to frontline politics.
There is already speculation Nigel Farage could return to the role once moreCredit: LBC
He told LBC: "If what I’ve worked all my adult life for was to be betrayed, I would have no choice than to throw myself back into the frontline of British politics.
"Whether it’s leading or whether it’s playing a prominent role is perhaps a separate question. I could not see this historic victory betrayed by our political class and not fight back."
Asked about a future role for the former leader, Mr Nuttall said: "If Nigel Farage wants to come back, I would be more than happy to do a job swap.
"I'll take his slot on LBC and he can come back as leader of Ukip."
As well as a party-wide failure it was a personal one too for the 40-year-old scouser, who was making his sixth attempt to get into Parliament.
Ukip was hoping to make gains in the Lincolnshire seat, which yielded one of the highest votes for Leave in last year's EU referendum.
But Mr Nuttall saw their share of the vote slide 26.1% to 3,308 votes, while Labour increased its vote by 8.5% to 10,699 and the Tories by 19.8% to 27,271.
Asked what next, he replied: "What now for me? Holiday. Or if that bar is open, a pint..."
The party has chosen former chairman Steve Crowther to be their interim leader, before going through yet another leadership contest to find a per,amemy replacememt.
Its chairman Paul Oakden said: “It was with huge sadness that I received the letter this morning from
Paul Nuttall, confirming his decision to resign as Party Leader.
“Once again we're left with decisions to make on who and how we elect our next Leader.”
In a statement he added: “I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to Paul Nuttall for having had the courage and strength of will to forge on over six difficult months for our party.
“Paul is a good, decent and humble man and I've no doubt that he will be remembered as the person who kept Ukip alive when everything seemed determined to bring it to an end.”
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I BELIZE IN MIRACLES
AJ’s next opponent Jarrell Miller is horse-riding, nappy wearing philanthropist
Joshua makes his US debut against Miller at New York's Madison Square Garden in June against the unbeaten American
By Wally Downes Jr
Updated: 18 Apr 2019, 12:40
JARRELL MILLER is a horse-riding, techno-dancing philanthropist with a thriving haulage business.
Oh, and he has turned up for fights wearing a nappy.
Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller fancies causing an upset against Anthony JoshuaCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Anthony Joshua will make his US debut in June at the Madison Square Garden in New YorkCredit: AP:Associated Press
But the New Yorker, nicknamed Big Baby, showed his bottle by accepting a fight on June 1 with WBA, WBO and IBF champ Anthony Joshua after Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte turned down the Brit.
Being Plan D will not hit the confidence of the 30-year-old Brooklyn ex-kickboxer, who splits his time between the concrete jungle of NYC and the jungle of his second home in Belize.
The 22st unbeaten slugger, with 20 of his 23 wins coming via KO, is motivated to create a better future on the crime-ridden streets of Belize City.
He is a lawless animal looking for a kill to feed his ravenous appetite and the desperately deprived children back in the Central American city.
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Jarrell Miller calls himself the Penguin from the Batman moviesCredit: AP:Associated Press
Jarrell Miller is unbeaten in all 23 fightsCredit: Getty Images - Getty
The 6ft 4in hulk said: “I am like the Penguin from Batman right now, the big bad villain. But that’s OK because you need these sort of characters in boxing.
“Outside the ring everyone knows I am a fun-loving, nice guy who loves his dessert. But inside the ring I am a terror, I am a monster.”
Miller spent five years of his childhood in Belize, a hotbed for gang violence and drug trafficking.
And aside from fighting, talking about his second home is when he is most animated.
A two-year stay in chilled-out Canada gave the challenger his laid-back approach to life — and taste for rave music.
Big Baby, who has now dropped the ring walks dressed as a toddler, compares himself to a big kid in a playground when he takes the 2,000-mile flight back to the former British colony Belize.
And there, his family meet him with a stallion strong enough to carry him out of the arrivals lounge.
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Anthony Joshua has not fought since stopping Alexander Povetkin at Wembley last SeptemberCredit: Reuters
He said: “I moved from Brooklyn to Belize aged two and came back around seven. From then I have always been back and forth.
“I also lived in Canada for two years and that gave me my love for dance and techno music.
“It also taught me how to mellow because I had a very rough, street-kid mentality and the Canadians were so nice.
“I go back to Belize as often as I can because it is an inspiration for me. Every time I see the area I grew up in I think, ‘Damn, I have to do something’.
“I am trying to help kids over there. I have opened a gym and I’m working with politicians to try to improve communities.
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“Three-quarters of the cocaine that gets to America comes through Belize, there is a lot of corruption and crime. Around every 30 seconds there is a shooting.
“Some guys get off the plane at the airport and jump in a limo. I get ten of my cousins to ride down with my horse and I zoom out of there on that.”
Miller runs a martial arts gym in Queens and his kickboxing career saw 23 wins and two losses, his only defeats coming on points against MMA legend Mirko Cro Cop.
But Big Baby Trucking has been another source of income for the savvy investor, after a well-connected buddy made him an offer he could not refuse.
Fun-loving Miller said: “It’s two 18-wheelers and we run goods back and forth between New York and Atlanta.
Anthony Joshua wanted Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury or Dillian Whyte before opting for Jarrell MillerCredit: PA:Press Association
“I had a friend who was an ‘old school businessman’, if you know what I mean, and he got out of that and started doing trucking. He told me to start being clever with my money.
“I invested and it is doing all right. It takes care of itself. But hell, no, I don’t drive the 18-wheelers. I would see a McDonald’s and crash. I am a truck — controlling myself is enough.”
Beneath his wisecracks and AJ-bashing, Miller is a multicultural man who has been hurt by American president Donald Trump’s campaign against immigrants getting into the country.
When asked how he feels watching the hordes of struggling Central Americans and Mexicans trying to follow him to the US, he shows a softer side.
He said: “It hurts because I have family from Mexico, as well as Guatemala and Honduras and it is rough.
“I am a man of the world. I do not agree with Donald Trump. We, as people, have to keep pushing and fighting for positivity. Negativity does not work.
“Once the boxing contract is signed and you step in the ring, you can use anger and negativity but, outside of the ring in politics and everything else, it does not work.”
Anthony Joshua announces next fight against Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller in New York on June 1
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SHOCK CONFESSION
Will Young finally reveals why he quit Strictly Come Dancing – as he admits he used a shaman to overcome porn addiction
The 38-year-old singer withdrew after only three weeks in the dance competition
By Jon Hornbuckle
WILL Young has finally revealed the truth behind his sensational Strictly Come Dancing exit and claims that it WASN'T because of Len Goodman's criticism.
In his previous stint on reality TV, Will was crowned as the first Pop Idol champion but on Strictly Come Dancing he withdrew after only three weeks in the competition.
Will Young has finally spoken out on his Strictly Come Dancing experienceCredit: Getty Images
When quizzed on his exit from the popular BBC show, Will told The Times Magazine: "It was important for me to leave Strictly for my own wellbeing.
"It was a number of things. It was nothing to do with the people on the show, and it certainly wasn't because Len Goodman dissed my salsa - I mean, come on!
"I love dance, and because of the stuff that was going on personally, I just wasn't enjoying the dancing."
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Will has previously opened up on his experience with PTSD following childhood trauma and last year he shocked fans by revealing a porn addiction.
Speaking at a 2016 Student Pride event, Will revealed: "I was a love addict, I still am an addict, addicted to porn, certainly addicted to alcohol.
"I'd never been on a date without having at least two drinks before I'd left the house and I didn't even notice that was a problem."
Will Young admitted he'd used a shaman to overcome his porn addictionCredit: Fame Flynet
The award-winning actor, author and singer has now revealed he visited a shaman - a spirital healer - to overcome his demons.
He confessed: "I heard about her and thought, 'I'll give it a go.' I don't talk about what happens in the shamanic process because it goes beyond words."
Will Young claims his Strictly exit wasn't because of Len Goodman's criticismsCredit: Rex Features
The Leave Right Now singer also discussed his efforts with finding love on Tinder.
Will revealed: "I said to a friend of mine, 'I'm famous, but I would quite like to go on Tinder.' He said, 'F**king go on Tinder then, who cares?' So I did and it was brilliant, hysterical."
Will did admit he's now in a long-term relationship after going on a few Tinder dates but held back from confirming if he met his partner on the popular dating app.
Will is gearing up to judge on BBC show Pitch BattleCredit: PA:Press Association
Will has a string of concerts across the summer festival circuit and he will also be returning to BBC primetime TV with a judging role opposite Kelis on Pitch Battle.
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keeping it in the family
Jeff Brazier reveals his two sons Bobby and Freddie are his best men for wedding to Kate Dwyer
The father-of-two made the sweet revelation ahead of his upcoming nuptials to his PR guru fiancée. The happy couple got engaged in October last year after four years of dating
By Jess Wakefield
Updated: 12 Jun 2018, 23:15
JEFF Brazier has revealed that his two teenage sons Bobby and Freddie will be the best men at his wedding to Kate Dwyer.
The former partner of the late Jade Goody - who's mother to their sons - told the MailOnline that they would share the honour in his upcoming nuptials.
Jeff Brazier has revealed that his two sons Bobby and Freddie will be his best men at his wedding to Kate DwyerCredit: Instagram
The 39-year-old Essex native said: "They are my best men! We’ve been through a lot together and to hear their speeches will be incredibly powerful for me, very poignant, a moment that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
They’re probably it like me, we’re very in the moment, we can’t see four days let alone four months away. We’re all about enjoying half term. What we do as a family after school to make sure we get what we need from each other."
Jeff and PR guru Kate got engaged last year after four years of datingCredit: Instagram
The TV presenter - who became engaged to Kate last year - gushed over his bride-to-be, deeming her the perfect fit for their tight family.
He explained: "We’ve all learnt to adjust to each other. Kate has adjusted very well now to becoming a step mum and what it entails. And the sacrifices that have to be made in order to give the children what they need first and for most.
"Also that we spend some lovely family together as the four of us. I personally love it when Kate does things with the boys when I’m not around.
I know the time Kate has with her family and friends is very precious to her and I know that Kate now realises boys are family."
Kate shares a close relationship with Bobby, 15, and Freddie, 13Credit: Instagram
"When she does take the kids with her, everybody always has a good time.
"That for me makes me feel like I’m marrying the right person because without that it would be difficult for me to dedicate to the rest of my life to them if they weren’t willing to make those sacrifices for my children."
The former Shipwrecked contestant revealed that Kate has become a great addition as co-parent when raising the boys: "Kate is incredible on many levels. Firstly she’s earned the title of step mum. They both call and refer to her as their step mum. Kids don’t give that away easily.
"She’s also very good at saying to me – despite having a very busy job as a PR – she’ll just say is there anything I can do to help so you can spend more time with the kids later. I really appreciate the support she gives me.
Jeff revealed that Kate helps him out parenting by offering a second voiceCredit: Instagram
"But the most important thing is when there is a problem, or when one of the kids is misbehaving, and I have sat them down why something isn’t acceptable and it really helps to have that additional voice to come and take some responsibility off me.
"To explain it in a different way, with a different tone, in a different voice that the children will respect and listen to. There are lots of layers to why Kate is special for all of us."
And the happy couple have been gearing up to their upcoming nuptials after becoming engaged after four years together.
Jeff often documents Kate's close relationship with the boys on social mediaCredit: Instagram
Jeff was given sole custody of Bobby and Freddie after their mother Jade Goody passed away from ovarian cancer in 2009Credit: Instagram
Jeff recently shared a sweet video of him vowing to get in shape for the wedding after his fiancée jokingly calling him "chubby."
In a Twitter video the presenter said: "I can only respond by getting some new gym gear - thanks you for that for my birthday [to Kate] and to eat vegetarian.
"Only thing you can do to bounce back! I'm on it!"
He then turns to Kate, who works in PR, and asks her if he is "overweight."
Jeff and Jade were married between 2002 and 2004Credit: Rex Features
To which she replies: "Chubby".
Good-natured Jeff then muses: "Wow. Imagine if this was the other way round and said you're chubby. Anyway."
Jeff, who has a regular spot on This Morning, and Jade were married between 2002 and 2004 before she died of terminal ovarian cancer in 2009.
Jeff Brazier says he and fiancee Kate Dwyer will 'definitely' have a baby - and he wants a girl
Jeff Brazier
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'AM I ACTUALLY READY?'
Sheridan Smith admits she doesn’t know if she could cope as a mother
Jill Robinson
Howell Davies
Updated: 24 Jun 2019, 1:23
SHERIDAN Smith has admitted she does not know if she could cope as a mother.
The actress, 37, is unsure whether she will start a family with fiance Jamie Horn.
Sheridan Smith has admitted she was "drunk" when she accused her fiance's mum of murdering her dog - and has now quit boozeCredit: Splash News
She said: “Am I actually ready? Could I cope? I have to ask myself serious questions like this. My mum tells me she knows I could . . . but I don’t know. I just know I’m not perfect.”
Sheridan also admitted she was "drunk" when she accused her fiance's mum of murdering her dog - and has now quit booze.
The 37-year-old actress worried fans last month when she posted a bizarre tweet blaming fiance Jamie Horn's mum for killing her pet pooch.
But speaking to Stella Magazine, Sheridan held her hands up and said she was inebriated at the time of the tweet.
Sheridan worried fans last month when she posted a bizarre tweet blaming fiance Jamie Horn's mum for killing her pet pooch
She said: "I was drunk, upset, emotional and angry and...can you believe I, of all people, went and put it on Insta again.
"How many times can I rant off on Insta and regret it and then do it again? I'm such a k**b."
However Sheridan has turned over a new leaf, and at the time of the interview, she had quit drinking for a week, joking: "You've got to start somewhere."
In the searingly honest interview, Sheridan addresses her turbulent few years, which have included a number of social media outbursts and worrying behaviour in public.
Sheridan has a number of dogs which she regularly shares snaps of on social mediaCredit: @Sheridansmith1/ Twitter
Sheridan has quit boozeCredit: Rex Features
Sheridan explained how she had always struggled to cope with fame and the weight of people's expectations after winning an Olivier Award and starring in a number of successful TV dramas, saying: "I felt stressed and anxious all the time.
"I was supposed to be a celebrity but I couldn't do it right.
"I felt so lonely and scared a lot of the time and it killed me."
But losing her beloved father Colin in December 2016 really tipped her over the edge, having already missed curtain calls and been accused of being drunk on stage during a production of Funny Girl as he battled cancer.
Sheridan - who has always denied the drunk accusations - said: "I couldn't cope."
The star saw a number of specialists who said she was suffering from stress and anxiety, but she added: "All I knew was that the man I loved most in the world was in a hospital bed and I just wanted to be with him."
The star started to spiral out of control after the death of her beloved father Colin in 2016Credit: Rex Features
Sheridan was tipped over the edge after a joke was made at her expense at the 2016 TV BaftasCredit: Getty - Contributor
BAFTA Television Awards 2016: Sheridan Smith looks a bit miffed
Sheridan spiralled further after the 2016 Baftas where host Graham Norton made a joke at her expense during the TV broadcast.
She said: "That tipped me over the edge, I just lost it.
"I was in unbelievable distress, trying to keep it all together and then a room full of people in my industry were just laughing at me."
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Micky Higham breaking new ground in Leigh trip to York
Leigh Centurions
By Trevor Baxter
Micky Higham moves in to make the tackle against Toronto. Picture: Richard Walker
MICKY Higham and Leigh Centurions break new ground on Sunday with a first ever visit to Bootham Crescent to face Betfred Championship newcomers, York City Knights. (kick-off 3pm).
And after earning credit in defeat against leaders Toronto Wolfpack at Leigh Sports Village last Sunday, John Duffy’s side is keen to return to winning ways.
At the same time James Ford’s progressive outfit were beating Bradford Bulls 24-14 at Odsal to move third on the ladder with a third win in four games.
York’s impending move to a new community stadium has been delayed so the club stays at Bootham Crescent-home of National League North football side, York City.
“I was thinking recently I have played at most grounds but this isn’t one of them,” said Higham who recently completed two decades as a first team player.
“It’s good to know there is always a first for some things even after 20 years. I don’t even remember definitely if I have come up against York before though I reckon I probably have.”
Chairman and stats wizard Mike Latham duly confirmed Higham did pull on a Leigh jersey against York back in 1999 and again in 2000.
“I am led to believe York are playing good rugby and will be full of confidence,” said the 38-year-old Centurions evergreen hooker.
“The challenge for us is to bring the same intensity and desire as we showed against Toronto to places like York.
“I couldn’t fault our effort level and desire,” he said of Leigh’s 14-8 defeat against Brian McDermott’s Wolfpack. “It kept us in the game.
“But attacking their line with good ball we panicked a bit and weren’t quite at the races.
“We have had a few changes of personnel but it was no excuse. And it was disappointing not to get something out of the game.
“When you have chances down there like a good side against Toronto then you have got to take them.
“It looked pretty at times but we weren’t really knocking on the door and causing problems.”
Leigh have won two and lost two of their opening four fixtures and sit seventh on the table but on the same points as Toulouse, crisis club Widnes and Featherstone.
“We have had a tough start against sides who are going to be there or thereabouts come the end of the season,” added Higham.
“Maybe at the start of the season we might have taken two wins out of four.
“But knowing how we can play, we are disappointed we haven’t got more from this start.”
Winger Jonny Pownall is available again after serving a one-match ban for questioning the integrity of a match official during Leigh’s defeat at Halifax on Sunday, February 17.
On loan St Helens prop Luke Douglas is also expected to feature again after his initial month deal expired. “He is still with us and we have sorted that out with Saints,” said head coach John Duffy.
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Speaking on Cooking and Life: Julia Child Quotes
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Cookbook author and television cooking personality Julia Child introduced French cooking techniques to Americans in a way that was both entertaining and accessible. She's known for her distinctive voice and willingness to "make a mess" and for her popularization of cooking instruction.
"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."
"You must have discipline to have fun."
"Life itself is the proper binge."
"I think the inner person is the most important... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important."
"Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper."
"Tears mess up your makeup."
"Everything in moderation, including moderation."
Friendship, Love and Marriage
"Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal."
"It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about—enjoying things."
"You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."
"The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all of the time."
"I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well."
Cooking as Art
"Non-cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet."
"It took architects years to get established, to show that they weren't just artisans, and that's what I hope will happen with gastronomy. For some reason people don't consider cooking a serious business, but it's like any discipline, and it's a passionate and fascinating one."
"Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music."
"It's so beautifully arranged on the plate—you know someone's fingers have been all over it."
"This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook—try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!"
"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces—just good food from fresh ingredients."
"Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again."
"Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and—toujours bon appetit!"
"The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a 'What the hell?' attitude."
"Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?"
"In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear."
"I think every woman should have a blowtorch."
"Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need."
"The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."
French Cooking and French Food
"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport."
"After one taste of French food... I was hooked. I'd never eaten like that before, I didn't know such food existed. The wonderful attention paid to each detail of the meal was incredible to me. I'd never really drunk good wine before, and knew nothing at all about it. It was simply a whole new life experience."
"Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking back who has been splitting firewood nonstop for the last twelve hours on a subzero day in Manitoba."
"It is the Americans who have managed to crown minced beef as hamburger, and to send it round the world so that even the fussy French have taken to le boeuf hache, le hambourgaire."
"How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?"
How to Teach and Learn Cooking
"I would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to the skillet, the apple charlotte slowly collapsing. One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can, and bear with it if you cannot."
"Just like becoming an expert in wine—you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford—you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences."
"A cookbook is only as good as its worst recipe."
Speaking About Her Own Life
"Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe."
"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."
"Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything."
"Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was."
"I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking."
"I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an okay person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important."
Work and Achievement
"If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished-there will always be work you haven't done."
"The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. I think of my strawberry soufflé. I did that at least twenty-eight times before I finally conquered it."
Success and Celebrity
"Why languish as a giantess when it is so much fun to be a myth?"
"Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant."
Dieting and Diets
"Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health."
"I just hate health food."
"Dieting got really big in the '60s, when fashion models were very thin. They weren't always, you know! Now we're eating all this fat-free, fake stuff, and we're getting fat anyway because we're not satisfied."
"In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal."
"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook."
"You can have some butter, you can have some olive oil. It all comes down to moderation, variety, exercise and use your head."
"Fat gives things flavor."
"If you’re afraid of butter, just use cream."
"I find that if I just taste everything and eat small portions I maintain my weight. I watch my fat intake, but I eat hearty."
"Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever?"
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Solarnest's UX Elements
Holly Suttle
The founders of Solarnest approached Tilix for advice regarding their first website.
As an early stage start-up business, it was not surprising that Solarnest’s business model was still crystallising. In turn this was impacting decision making about the look and feel of the website. To be blunt, the website comprised a mish-mash of words and cute graphics. It felt like a skeleton with no meat on the bones. We could see issues in all the following areas:
Informtion Layout
Solarnest Visual Identity
Clarity of Solarnest’s mission
Distilling these points down, it was agreed that two things would change:
The website would communicate the Solarnest mission.
The writing would serve to define the product-market fit.
The Elements Applied
Here I use the 5 planes model to help explain the rationale behind key decisions and to put Tilix’s development work into context.
There was to be no fundamental shift in the site strategy. It was still was going to function as a digital business card.
However the development would lead to a website that clarifies the firm’s current position: Solarnest is a start-up with a mission and a vision. It aims to grow quickly and wants to deliver the right content for the primary audience of investors, partners and team members.
Importantly, it was agreed that at this stage, customers would be the secondary audience.
The scope of work was deliberately focussed on copy writing, curating imagery and making minor edits to the site structure and skeleton.
The aim was to maximise the impact of changes but to keep the volume of authors and edits to a minimum. This limited scope fitted with the resources and time available. Nevertheless, with focus and intensity, it was clear that Solarnest’s webpage could be dramatically improved.
This project did not change the basic “one page scroller” structure of the website. However, to provide valuable information about Solarnest, three new sections were added. This had several advantages:
It was possible to present Solarnest’s mission in a clear, structured form.
The information flow was more logical flow because the extra sections allowed for the additional content used to boost Solarnest’s credibility.
Navigation Navigation
Headline & Video Headline
- Who We Are & What We Do
- The NEST-i
- Why Solarnest?
Hello & Meet the Team Meet the Team
Become a Sponsor Invest in Us
Contact & Mailing List Contact & Mailing List
I used the wireframing tool Mock Flow to demonstrate what the structure of the page would look like with 3 additional sections.
This represents an edit rather than a redesign. The template remains fundamentally the same. However, the presentation of information has been organised to provide a more structured narrative.
All of the copy in the website was revised. Previously there were 272 words. Now we have 758 words which carry much more meaningful information.
Said statistic belies the copy writing effort that has gone into:
Removing unnecessary words.
Making the information clearer.
Highlighting the calls to action for visitors.
The visual design has also changed. Previously a link to a YouTube video Why We Don’t Live Smart? was the most prominent visual component. The video is visually appealing, but it does no more than provide cryptic clues as to Solarnest’s value proposition.
Therefore, the new design does not include this content. Rather, product images have been added to support the site messages and provide visual relief.
The founders of Solarnest are delighted with the outcome. The website been refreshed and in doing so a good deal of fog has lifted off their business model.
Going forwards Tilix will continue to support this sustainable building start-up invent, deploy and optimise its digital marketing. The projects in the pipeline are:
Ensuring the website functions well across different devices, displays and browsers.
Creating a Hubspot powered growth stack.
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TV report: Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet
Mossad currently 'fighting a real shadow war' -- TV report
Tehran strategic networks attacked, Hadashot TV says, hours after Israel revealed it tipped off Denmark about Iran murder plot, and days after Rouhani’s phone was found bugged
By TOI staff 31 October 2018, 9:59 pm 55 Edit
In this February 3, 2007, file photo, an Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Iranian infrastructure and strategic networks have come under attack in the last few days by a computer virus similar to Stuxnet but “more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated,” and Israeli officials are refusing to discuss what role, if any, they may have had in the operation, an Israeli TV report said Wednesday.
The report came hours after Israel said its Mossad intelligence agency had thwarted an Iranian murder plot in Denmark, and two days after Iran acknowledged that President Hassan Rouhani’s mobile phone had been bugged. It also follows a string of Israeli intelligence coups against Iran, including the extraction from Tehran in January by the Mossad of the contents of a vast archive documenting Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and the detailing by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN in September of other alleged Iranian nuclear and missile assets inside Iran, in Syria and in Lebanon.
“Remember Stuxnet, the virus that penetrated the computers of the Iranian nuclear industry?” the report on Israel’s Hadashot news asked. Iran “has admitted in the past few days that it is again facing a similar attack, from a more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated virus than before, that has hit infrastructure and strategic networks.”
The Iranians, the TV report went on, are “not admitting, of course, how much damage has been caused.”
On Sunday, Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran’s civil defense agency, said Tehran had neutralized a new version of Stuxnet, Reuters reported. “Recently we discovered a new generation of Stuxnet which consisted of several parts … and was trying to enter our systems,” Jalali said.
The Stuxnet virus was uncovered some eight years ago, and was widely reported to have been developed together by US and Israeli intelligence. It penetrated Iran’s rogue nuclear program, taking control and sabotaging parts of its enrichment processes by speeding up its centrifuges.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on an archive brought out of Iran by the Mossad that documents Iran’s nuclear program, at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (AFP/Jack Guez)
Netanyahu is adamant that the Iranian regime remains determined to attain a nuclear weapons arsenal, and has bitterly opposed the P5+1 powers’ 2015 deal with Iran. US President Donald Trump, with whom Netanyahu is closely allied, withdrew from the accord in May.
Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad, is seen in a committee meeting at the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Referring to Stuxnet, Wednesday’s TV report noted that “in the past, the US and Israel have been alleged to have worked together on operations.” Trying to establish whether Israel had any role in the latest cyberattack, the TV report said: “We’ve tried to clarify here. They’re refusing to comment.”
The TV report noted that “behind the scenes lately, the Mossad,” under its director Yossi Cohen, has been “fighting a real shadow war.”
Without attributing responsibility to the Mossad, the report mentioned the tapping of Rouhani’s phone, noting that the Iranians “had to switch it for an encrypted model because they understand that someone has been listening to him for days and weeks.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Screen capture: Khamenei.ir)
On Sunday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged intensified efforts to counter enemy “infiltration,” Reuters said.
In a speech to officials in charge of cyber defense, Khamenei said: “In the face of the enemy’s complex practices, our civil defense should… confront infiltration through scientific, accurate, and up-to-date… action,” the report said, quoting Iranian state TV.
Read: Mutually assured cyber destruction?
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli officials said the Mossad provided its Danish counterpart with information concerning an alleged plot by Tehran to assassinate three Iranian opposition figures living in the Scandinavian country. According to the officials, the Mossad gave Denmark information about a plot to kill three Iranians suspected of belonging to the anti-regime Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz.
The intelligence reportedly provided by the Mossad prompted the arrest of a Norwegian national of Iranian origin earlier this month. Denmark on Tuesday recalled its ambassador to Iran over the incident.
“What Iran hides, Israel will find,” Netanyahu declared in his September UN speech.
Agencies contributed to this report.
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Smartphone brand Honor today announced the global availability of its flagship smartphone, the Honor 20, following a record-high sales performance of more than one million units sold in China in a mere 14 days.
Honor also emerged as the number one performing brand for the fifth consecutive year at the annual 618 Sales Day on JD.com, one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in China. This year the brand topped the sales volume and revenue in Android smartphone category.
The Honor 20 Series which comprises the Honor 20 LITE, Honor 20 and Honor 20 PRO was launched in London on May 21. Lauded for its superior design and photography capabilities, the Honor 20 has garnered positive feedback from top technology media including GSMArena, Tech Advisor, Stuff and Mashable. Apart from its AI Quad Camera and performance, the Honor 20 draws waves of commendation from consumers and media alike.
“This is a momentous occasion for Honor as we hit a record-high sales performance for the Honor 20,” said George Zhao, President of Honor. “Riding on this momentum, we are thrilled to announce the global availability of the Honor 20 to our steadfast fans who have been tireless in their support for the brand and our innovative products. We are in a prime position to achieve success with Honor 20 in our overseas markets and I cannot wait for each and every one to experience this product.”
The Honor 20 PRO, which is currently available in China, has attained a combined sales volume of 100 million renminbi within three seconds of its launch yesterday. Users outside of China will be able to get their hands on this highly-anticipated smartphone soon. Earlier last month, it had already scooped up two awards from Android Authority and Android Police for being the “Editors’ Choice” and “Most Wanted” respectively. Furthermore, it was accorded a full rating (i.e. 5/5) by Android Authority and a 4/5 rating by Tech Advisor and Android Central. These impressive accolades by industry experts attest to the brand’s commitment to offer features-laden and premium experience for its users. The wait is over and stay tuned for updates on the Honor 20 PRO’s global availability.
Launched earlier this year in the UAE and Saudi markets, both Honor 10i and Honor View 20 were highly acclaimed and pronounced the best smartphones in their respective price categories. Supported by their exceptional camera capabilities and overall performance, the smartphones have successfully provided an enhanced user experience to the consumers globally.
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Home norway animals domestic animals Norway horse history | in the land of the Vikings vol 1
Norway horse history | in the land of the Vikings vol 1
LA Dahlmann
The Norwegian horse holds a divine place in the history of the ancient Norwegian hunting and farming society.
Today’s Norwegians only know it as an entirely domesticated creature. The truth is that it once roamed wild in the Scandinavian landscape, for thousands of years – before man made it his dependable and powerful servant.
The horse that we see worldwide today, with all its variations, evolved over millions of years.
Its wild forebears had their main habitat on the plains and steppes of America, Europe, and Asia. The vast, open grassland allowed a quick flight when predators were closing in.
The horse appeared in the Norwegian landscape sometime after the last ice age.
Norway, with its steep mountains and hills, could not be further away from the horse’s original environment. Nevertheless, with the passing of the millennia, it adapted incredibly well.
The lost world of Doggerland
South-west of the Scandinavian peninsula, a large section of what today is the North Sea and the English Channel was once dry land. Today, we call this sunken territory: Doggerland.
This undulating landscape connected the British Isles to the rest of the European continent.
The woolly mammoth, the deer, and the wild Tarpan horse all grazed here at one time. Trawlers still find old bones caught up in their net on this stretch of the ocean floor.
Forced out by rising water levels, the sturdy Tarpan migrated to wherever there was dry land: the British Isles, Scandinavia, and otherwise the European continent.
The Tarpan was the forebear of the many European horse breeds that later developed. The individuals in the various locations adapted to climate, terrain, and the availability of food.
Doggerland. From right to left: how the Western European landscape developed between the last ice age and today. | Illustration: Francis Lima – wikimedia – CC BY-SA.
Not a large animal
The wild horse was small and hardy – and came in all colour variations; just like the Icelandic horse today.
During summer, it would feed on the lush, green grass, getting fat and ready for a long and frosty winter.
A thick, woollen coat would protect it against the cold and the harsh winter storms.
The predatory humans
The first humans found their way to the Norwegian landscape, some 12000 years ago.
The horse was by no means a stranger to the early people. Long before the ice disappeared from the Scandinavian peninsula, cave depictions in southern France and Spain linked man and horse. This beautiful artwork dates back to around 30,000 BC.
The first Norwegians were hunters and gatherers. They followed the migratory food-sources; along the shoreline, and between the coast and the inner landscape.
In the beginning, the horse was a regular prey – as was the reindeer, the boar, the aurochs (a type of cattle) and other species. The humans also harvested fish and other food from the ocean.
Servant and master
The Norwegians domesticated the wild horse some 3000 years ago. Taming a wild animal is a skill. It is likely that the knowledge and the techniques came from other parts of the European continent.
Humankind is itself a mammal, and the ability to enlist other species in its service is quite an extraordinary development.
The horse carried both people and their belongings on its back. By attaching an A-shaped frame, like the travois used by the Native Americans, the horse could transport even heavier loads, over long distances.
Native American with horse pulling travois. | Photo: Richard Throssel – museum of photographic arts – Public domain.
The Norwegian horse in agriculture
As times changed, the horse took on new tasks.
Despite being small, these early individuals were exceptionally strong. They helped to clear new land; hauling large logs and heavy stones. Later, it would pull the primitive plough – the ard – through the field.
All through history, taking care of the horses was mainly the men’s domain. In recent years, Trygve Sandaker reminisced from his childhood in the early 1900s: «Just like my mother was the master of the cowshed, my father was in charge of the stable and the horses.»
He went on to say: «My father had a deep respect for the horses and the role they played on the farm. We were usually not allowed to ride and play around with the horses. Unless they were at work in the fields or otherwise, they were to be left alone to rest and recuperate; either in the stable or on the pasture with their mates.»
«Sometimes, my father would sit in the stable, in front of a small window, reading his bible. He had a close connection with his majestic work companions. The horses stayed with us for many, many years, and almost became part of the family.»
Clearing new land with the help of a Norwegian Dole horse and a simple wooden sleigh. Dyri farm, Løten, Hedmark. | Photo: Unknown – digitaltmuseum.no 0415-03901 – Public domain.
In old Norse mythology, the horse was a friend and helper of the gods.
The chief god himself, Odin, had his eight-legged steed, Sleipnir, who ran across the sky.
When the humans died, their horse sometimes followed them into their grave and from there to the afterlife. The more important the person, the more horses.
When excavating the Oseberg burial mound in the region of Vestfold, dating back to the 800s, the archaeologists found the remains of no less than 15 horses. They also found a full-sized and well-preserved Viking ship and a beautiful ceremonial wooden horse carriage. Today, you can see these magnificent treasures at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.
Sacrificing the horse to the gods was an essential part of ancient religious practices. With Christianity, around the turn of the first millennium AD, came a complete ban on such heathen behaviour.
The Church also declared eating horse meat a mortal sin. Even today, many Norwegians refuse to eat horse meat, not always entirely sure of why.
Click here to read part 2 – The Norwegian horse and The Black Death
Main source: «Hest i Norge» by Bergljot Børresen – Landbruksforlaget 2002. | Store norske leksikon – snl.no.
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Prince Rainbow, Woody Allen, Dirty Martini, Mormonboyz, NASA, China Fistfight, Roy Cooper, Spornosexual: NEWS
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How The Cuba Travel Ban Is Affecting Caribbean Cruises
Jun.13.2019
Traneah Ford
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For travelers with hopes of cruising to sunny Havana, Cuba, it's best to start making preparations for a change of plans. On June 4, 2019, the Trump administration announced plans to end all recreational and organized group travel, which unfortunately affects cruise lines with Cuba on their routes. The orders were finalized on Wednesday, June 5. This short notice about changes to Cuban travel allowances has forced cruise lines to reroute upcoming trips and future trips booked to Cuba, which is bad for business and disappointing for eager travelers.
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Cruise Lines Rerouting
In the aftermath of the new Cuba travel ban, cruise ship lines have had to scramble to come up with alternative routes for upcoming cruises. This puts a damper on travelers who booked specifically to cruise to Cuba.
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) told HuffPost that the ban has affected nearly 800,000 passenger bookings that are either scheduled to happen soon or already in progress.
The chairman of CLIA, Adam Goldstein, made a statement that was posted on the association’s Twitter page directly following the ban on June 5: “We are disappointed that cruises will no longer be operating to Cuba. While out of our control, we are genuinely sorry for all cruise line guests who were looking forward to their previously booked itineraries to Cuba.”
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Social Media Statements And Refunds In The Works
This new and unexpected change has prompted cruise ships to release statements to customers updating them on new routes.
Carnival Cruise Line released a statement on its website addressing plans for compensating travelers in response to the ban. Guests will be given the option of cancelling their trip for a full refund, or remaining on their currently booked route, which will be rerouted, and receiving a $100 credit per person. If the new route doesn’t excite guests, however, they will be given a $50 credit and are allowed to move to another itinerary.
(1/3) Cuba Travel Policy Update: Effective immediately, the U.S. government has implemented new regulations that prohibit travel from the U.S. to Cuba by cruise ship. This change requires us to immediately replace all Cuban ports.
— Royal Caribbean (@RoyalCaribbean) June 5, 2019
Please see below for a Cuba Travel Policy Update: pic.twitter.com/g08ixOkH8L
— Cruise Norwegian (@CruiseNorwegian) June 5, 2019
Royal Caribbean International released a statement on Twitter addressing the new travel ban, stating that they will be “immediately replacing all Cuban ports.” Norweigen Cruise Line (NCL), has also released a statement on Twitter explaining the consequences of the travel ban and promising that “detailed communication will be sent to booked guests shortly.”
According to NBC News, Norwegian Cruise Line informed passengers they would be refunded 50 percent of the money spent on the trip and also receive a future cruise credit equivalent to 50 percent of their cruise investment. Visa fees, along with shore excursions were to be refunded as well. Alexis Henshaw, who had a cruise with Cuba on the itinerary scheduled for the week of the ban, told NBC News that despite the clear disorganization on the ship, the company handled the circumstances well.
In light of the recent ban, cruise lines are still looking for ways to serve their customers as best as they can. Although cruise travel to Cuba is currently under lock and key, there are still cruises to take and destinations to enjoy -- travel doesn’t end here!
For further information on the Cuba ban, check out our exploration of why it just got harder to travel to Cuba.
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Last updated: 01:02 PM ET, Mon April 22 2019
Baby Dies During AirAsia Flight
Airlines & Airports Alex Temblador April 22, 2019
PHOTO: AirAsia airplane (photo via Cn0ra/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus)
It was a sad day for two parents as they flew with their two-month-old baby from Kuala Lumpur to Perth this morning.
While flying on AirAsia flight D7236, a Saudi Arabia couple’s two-month-old baby died from what is believed to be a respiratory illness. Four doctors took turns performing CPR for two-and-a-half hours but could not save the child.
AirAsia crew members called for help and the plane was met by a team of doctors upon landing in Perth at 5:30 a.m.
“The safety and wellbeing of our guests is always our number one priority, and in accordance with procedure, the flight crew requested medical assistance on landing at Perth International Airport,” an AirAsia spokesman said.
“Upon arrival, the aircraft was met by a team of medical specialists and the relevant authorities, including the WA Police. We are unable to comment further on the infants’ medical situation, however our thoughts are with the infant and family involved.”
A woman took to Facebook this morning claiming that she was holding the baby, whose name was Farah, when the infant took her last breath.
“Flying home from Malaysia this morning I encountered the most confronting situation one could possibly go through,” Nadia Parenzee wrote.
“I had a newborn baby take her last dying breath in my arms.”
According to Parenzee, the baby was restless throughout the flight. The parents were “on their way to start a new life for themselves here in Australia,” and Parenzee offered to help with the baby.
She wrote, “As I closed my eyes to catch some sleep the Air Asia hostess tapped me on the shoulder to help her.”
“The parents offered the baby to me with desperation in their eyes I took her in my arms and immediately read Surah Fatiha (the first chapter of the Koran). Then baby Farah took her last breath and went limp. I immediately knew something was horribly wrong and shouted out to the passengers to see if there were any doctors on board.”
Parenzee described the next few hours as chaotic as doctors tried to save the baby.
“My heart is numb and I don’t know how to feel but I am honestly honoured to have held her and read a prayer on her before she passed,” she added.
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Can we find common ground on guns? Yes, Iowa State professor says
Openness, Craig Rood says, is key to improved discussion of controversial topics
Handguns are seen on display in January 2013 at Coliseum Gun Traders Ltd. in Uniondale, N.Y. Iowa State University professor Craig Rood’s book, “After Gun Violence: Deliberation and Memory in an Age of Political Gridlock,” argues that openness is the key to advancing the national conversation on difficult topics such as gun violence. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
Iowa State University assistant professor of English Craig Rood is the author of “After Gun Violence: Deliberation and Memory in an Age of Political Gridlock.” (Supplied photo)
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When it comes to talking about controversial issues — guns, immigration, climate change — Craig Rood thinks Americans are at an impasse.
Oh, there’s a lot of talk, but sometimes not much listening and, more importantly, there doesn’t seem to be much openness to real communication and understanding, the Iowa State University assistant professor of English says.
“Openness entails the willingness to engage in communication, the willingness to listen to opposing views and, if they are persuasive, the willingness to be changed by them,” says Rood, the author of “After Gun Violence: Deliberation and Memory in an Age of Political Gridlock.”
The problem is that “the voices we see most prominently are the most entrenched, not open to changing their minds,” he says, referring to the pundits and cable news talking heads “who have the loudest voices.”
Too often, Rood says, those voices are driven by an attempt to increase ratings, “to build drama rather than to understand different viewpoints.”
“If that’s our model of public discourse, it’s a poor model,” he says. To him, “it’s a caricature of what people actually believe (because) I’m not sure that’s where most Americans are at.”
An expert in rhetoric and public persuasion
Rood, who has taught rhetoric and public persuasion at ISU for four years, makes clear that in writing “After Gun Violence” he was not advocating for or against gun regulations. Rather, his goal was to look at why discussions about issues such as gun violence often are so unproductive.
Regardless of the issue, Rood says we must understand how shared memory, inattention to the past and unchecked assumptions make deliberation difficult.
“We need to listen to other viewpoints and try to understand the other side. If we cannot talk and listen to one another, then there is no hope for change,” Rood says.
But he has hope.
“I have days when I’m more cynical than others, but overall, I’m somewhat of an optimist,” he says about the prospects for elevating the level of debate. “I don’t want to sound too naive to say that listening will save the world. It’s more complex than that.”
Part of the problem with the debates over issues such as gun violence is the “us-versus-them” approach many people take. If people merely state and restate their talking points, it makes people who are less vocal hesitant to engage “because it’s so nasty.”
NRA, Brady Campaign use similar rhetoric
As part of his preparation for writing, Rood signed up for emails from both the NRA and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He was struck by the fact that both groups seemed to be making the same extreme claims about themselves and each other.
“You would hear things like ‘We are the real Americans.’ ‘We are concerned about children’s safety’ from both of the organizations,” he says. “I was struck by the fact that if you only listen to one of those groups, you’re going to have a very distorted opinion about your opposition because you were being told that your opponents hate America and don’t care about children.”
To get beyond the talking points, Rood encourages practicing openness — whether in face-to-face conversations, in online platforms or reading information provided by advocacy groups — not just with those you support, but with those who have a different point of view.
That won’t automatically lead to consensus, but Rood says it can establish some common ground. Before identifying the point of disagreement, he recommends starting with basic questions to find points on which you agree.
However, the discussion becomes more difficult when talking about specific policies, such as how to reduce gun violence.
“People may disagree about specific restrictions on guns, but agree that we need to find a way to reduce gun violence. We need to find whatever that starting point may be.”
Conspiracy theorists show openness has limits
There’s a limit to openness. If someone denies the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting happened, “that’s a case to walk away because the very act of engaging gives legitimacy to their viewpoint,” Rood says.
It’s also important to make your assumptions explicit, as a way to lead to shared understanding and as a way to check your own reasoning.
“We’re in a place in America where we have our own news channels, we have our own feeds and we get a message that reinforces our own viewpoints,” Rood explains. “That can lead us to think our opponents are foolish, wrong and dangerous.”
Generally, that’s not true.
“There might be a case that you listen to somebody and say ‘I can’t understand where you’re coming from,’ ” Rood says. “But there are lots of cases it would be productive to try to understand why their argument makes sense — even if I’m not going to be persuaded by it. They may have experiences that lead them to find a particular argument persuasive.”
He also advises looking for historical context. Even if it’s as simple as asking how we got to this point.
“History is not going to provide an easy answer — and it can be distorted to fit a particular argument — but it is there to help us see beyond the current moment,” Rood says.
Despite the challenges, Rood doesn’t think gridlock is inevitable.
“I’d like to think there’s a world in which we can say, ‘I disagree with you, but let’s find a way to work together to address this problem,’ ” he says.
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Lost lawsuit cost Edcouch $26,000 for attorneys
Cristina M. Garcia
The city of Edcouch paid $26,000 to attorneys involved in a lawsuit Alderman Joel Segura filed after Election Day in November 2018, when the city attempted to block him from assuming his seat, city records show.
The city paid $12,000 to its former attorney, Javier Villalobos, and $14,000 to Michael Pruneda, the attorney Segura hired to represent him in a lawsuit he filed to keep the seat he was elected to on Nov. 6. The city, in October, sent Segura a letter claiming he was not eligible to become an alderman because he lived in neighboring Elsa instead of within Edcouch city limits, as required by law.
“Edcouch taxpayers could’ve avoided spending any public money on the lawsuit if the losing party would’ve just accepted the will of the voters,” Pruneda said.
Despite the letter, Segura received 776 votes to then-incumbent Esmeralda Cabrera’s 492.
At a hearing on the lawsuit in late November, a visiting state district judge issued a permanent injunction, preventing the city from interfering with Segura’s duties as an alderman and allowing him to retain the Place 2 seat on the Edcouch Board of Aldermen.
The election propelled Segura, who ran on a slate with aldermen Rene Flores and Lorenzo “Lencho” Cabrera, to take control of the board’s majority.
The board has since fired Villalobos, the city’s former attorney, as well as former City Administrator Eddy Gonzalez. The former police chief testified in court that Gonzalez had directed him to conduct an investigation into Segura’s residency prior to the election.
Joel Segura
“The city had no supporting evidence to take action against Segura or to (remove) him,” Pruneda said, noting Segura lived within the city limits as of Election Day, as required by law.
The Edcouch Board of Aldermen, with Segura abstaining, voted to pay the invoice submitted by Pruneda.
If it had not paid the legal fees Segura incurred as a result of the lawsuit, Pruneda said an additional lawsuit could have been filed to pay for the $14,000 bill.
City records show aldermen Danny Guzman and Fidel Borrego signed the $12,000 check issued to Villalobos two days after the judge issued a permanent injunction in the lawsuit.
The board of aldermen discussed paying Villalobos for his work during executive session, according to Guzman, who disagrees with the payment made to Segura’s attorney.
“I don’t think taxpayers should be footing the bill,” said Alderman Danny Guzman, who’s now in the minority on the board.
“There was no damages, so why are we paying his legal fees,” he said. “Mr. Villalobos’ payment was based on an invoice he submitted to the city.”
The city paid the $26,000 sum with money in its general fund.
Cristina M. Garcia covers Weslaco, Donna, Mercedes and the Delta area for The Monitor. She can be reached at cgarcia@themonitor.com or (956) 683-4441.
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Neenah High School junior killed two people in Grand Chute home, police say
17-year-old Alex Kraus was arrested after police found two people dead at a Grand Chute home late Sunday morning.
Neenah High School junior killed two people in Grand Chute home, police say 17-year-old Alex Kraus was arrested after police found two people dead at a Grand Chute home late Sunday morning. Check out this story on thenorthwestern.com: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2019/04/14/grand-chute-police-make-arrest-after-two-people-found-dead-home/3467372002/
Samantha Hernandez, Green Bay Press-Gazette Published 3:44 p.m. CT April 14, 2019 | Updated 9:19 p.m. CT April 14, 2019
Alexander Kraus (Photo: Courtesy of Outagamie County Jail)
GRAND CHUTE - On Sunday, Grand Chute police identified a Neenah High School junior they say killed two people.
Officers went to a home on West Edgewood Drive around 11:37 a.m. Sunday for a welfare check and found two unnamed Grand Chute residents dead, a news release from the Grand Chute Police Department said. Officers arrested Alexander M. Kraus, 17, at the home.
Officials say Kraus knew the victims.
Kraus is being held at the Outagamie County Jail on two counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He is expected to make an initial court appearance in the next 48 hours, a news release said.
Police believe this was an isolated incident and the public is not in danger.
The names of the victims are being withheld pending family notification, the statement said.
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A tent burned next to Anita Place Tent City on Wednesday. It didn’t spread into the camp. (Contributed)
Update: Small fire near Maple Ridge tent city
Occurred outside camp Wednesday night
Phil Melnychuk
The Anita Place Tent City had a close call Wednesday night when a tent caught fire outside the encampment.
Chris Bossley, who helps out at the camp, said that Maple Ridge firefighters were called to the tent city at about 9:30 p.m.
“I was told that someone intentionally set the tent on fire. It was not an accident,” Bossley said.
She was also told that there were no injuries.
The fire didn’t happen inside the tent city on St. Anne Avenue, but outside the fences.
Fire chief Howard Exner said the call came in at 8:45 p.m. and said there are no injuries. But it’s not sure what started the fire. “We’re still looking as to what’s going on with that one.”
Exner said it’s fortunate the fire didn’t start within the camp.
The fire department is down there weekly doing inspections and noting that tents do not have a metre space between each other or the perimeter fence.
Improvements are being made but it’s slow in coming, he added. New tent pads on plastic pallets will be spaced out so that tents have more space between them. “As it is right now, it’s a slow, long process,” Exner said.
Fire safety concerns was one of the reasons for the city resuming an injunction to clear the camp in November.
The city and lawyers for the camp then agreed to improve fire safety conditions and suspend the injunction.
“They are, it’s just that it’s being done very slowly. We would like to see it accelerated, let’s put it that way.”
Exner said that once a fire starts in the camp, “in amongst all those tents piled together, there will be nothing we can to prevent the loss of life, injury and certainly the loss of property that takes place.”
He added it’s not that uncommon. There have been previous fires in homeless camps and there was one recently in Vancouver, and a recent fatal fire in Chilliwack.
The heavy tarps could also fall on to tents trapping people inside.
“So it does happen. And all the best intentions in the world won’t prevent it from happening, unless people start following what we’re looking for in the fire-safety regulations.”
As the temperatures get colder, the danger grows as people start thinking about bringing heaters inside tents. But the tents are not rated for heaters, and both gas and electrical heaters are dangerous to bring into a tent, and none of them should be used inside, either because of the fire risk or carbon monoxide risk, Exner said.
Dave Cudmore, who lives at the camp, was in his tent when he heard a commotion outside. The fire was out however by the time he got there.
But all he heard was people yelling at the homeless and telling them to get out of town, stuff they hear all the time, he added.
Listen Chen, with the Alliance Against Displacement, blamed city council for normalizing hate against the homeless and not taking “a firm anti-hate stance on behalf of the people at Anita Place.”
She said the lack of an explicit statement from the city opposing hate is a “glaring oversight” by council which has “subtlely and implicitly” normalized the blaming of homeless people.
B.C. Housing is currently looking for a location in Maple Ridge for a temporary shelter.
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Microsoft takes InfoPath behind the shed, says successor will be better
Next one will work on PCs, phones, and slabs – but how, we don't know
By Neil McAllister in San Francisco 31 Jan 2014 at 20:49
Microsoft has announced that it has axed its Office InfoPath forms-entry software, in favor of a new, yet-to-be-announced technology that will be revealed later this year.
"In an effort to streamline our investments and deliver a more integrated Office forms user experience, we're retiring InfoPath and investing in new forms technology across SharePoint, Access, and Word," the Microsoft Office team said in a blog post on Friday. "This means that InfoPath 2013 is the last release of the desktop client, and InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Server 2013 is the last release of InfoPath Forms Services."
Redmond debuted InfoPath as a component of Office 2003. An XML-based form composition and entry system, it was designed to make it easier for businesses to capture data and output it in a variety of industry-standard formats. But in the modern world of smartphones, tablets, and touchscreen UIs, the InfoPath desktop client software is showing its age.
"Industry trends and feedback from our customers and partners make it clear that today's businesses demand an intelligent, integrated forms experience that spans devices," Microsoft said.
Just what the eventual replacement for InfoPath will be, however, isn't clear. According to InfoPath's obituary notice, Redmond plans to deliver something that will work across PCs, tablets, and phones, but no further details have been given.
The Office team doesn't actually have much of a track record for delivering cross-device experiences, either. Microsoft keeps threatening to ship versions of the core Office applications with UIs more suited to mobile devices, but so far only OneNote is available in a full-featured fondleslab edition. The versions of Office for iOS and Android phones aren't much more than glorified document viewers.
But businesses that are heavily invested in InfoPath needn't fear. Mainstream support for InfoPath 2013 doesn't end until 2018, and customers can pay for extended support through 2023.
As for InfoPath's successor, Microsoft says it will be sharing updates on its progress throughout the year, and customers can expect a sneak peek at the new tools at this year's SharePoint Conference, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas from March 3-6. ®
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Apple and Microsoft's odd couple collab on iCloud for Windows is more Hall & Oates than Walter and Jesse
OK, it has Files On-Demand, but haven't the people suffered enough?
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A Rose for a Rogue
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Blue Rose Romance
Book 6 of A Waltz with a Rogue
What's a future duke to do when the most unsuitable woman possible captures his heart?
Eden had tried to avoid even a hint of scandal her whole life.
Plowing headlong into the Marquis of Sterling and dropping eggs on his boots wasn't the most foolish thing Eden Haverden had ever done. Imprudently agreeing to take the charming rogue home when his horse went lame wasn't either. But reluctantly accepting Chester's invitation to stay the night at his familial estate after she nearly drowned? Yes, that assuredly was a rash decision and invited utter ruin. So why doesn't she listen to her common sense?
The DeCourcy sins have haunted Chester his entire life.
Determined to create a new legacy for the tainted duchy, Manchester's every action and decision are governed by diligence and discipline. A man of reason and purpose, he should not be distracted by the wholly unsuitable Eden Haverden. Not only is she the illegitimate offspring of his father's arch enemy, she's also the sister of the man who'd killed his brother. Why then, can't he resist the powerful connection between them?
Can Chester convince Eden to put aside their families' feud and trust him with her heart and love?
Book Review by Gabrielle Sally (author,reviewer)
Jan 15, 2019 [ OFFICIAL REVIEW ]
19 people found the following review helpful
Miss Eden Haverden has done some foolish things in her short time on this earth. But none so foolish as accepting Manchester's, Marquis of Sterling, invitation (no, insistence) to stay the night without a proper chaperone. Completely scandalized and with an ailing mother, what will happen to her?
Estranged from his father the duke, Manchester has lived his life where every action and decision are made with diligence and discipline. Refusing to follow in his father's footsteps, he becomes a man of reason and purpose. When he agrees to return home after being gone for ten years, he's determined to create a new legacy. Why then, does he find himself completely smitten by the most unsuitable woman?
Miss Eden Haverden is a joyful character. She was so much fun to read. From her impudence to her outright charm, she is wholly unapologetic for anything and everything. As the bastard daughter of landed gentry, she knows that her prospects for a suitable marriage don't exist and she's determined to make the best of it by carving out a life for herself, her mother, Mr. Wiggles, Acorn, and the aging servants that her half-brother turned out for being too old. She has made the best of a dour situation and come out glowing. It's no wonder that Manchester becomes smitten with her. Except that when he's around her, it seems that reason and discipline matter for naught with love on the horizon.
This is an utterly charming story. At 44,000 words, it's an easy read with characters that are so likeable (and a few downright despicable) that you will instantly be drawn into the going-ons of Miss Eden and her menagerie of misfits and castoffs. The attraction between Eden and Chester is sweet, as they try to balance propriety with desire. And the secondary characters greatly enhance the charm and likeability of Eden and Chester. If you enjoy historical romances and are looking for a distraction that will put a smile on your face, then this is the story for you.
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We’re losing $4.3 million a month in investment scams11 months, 3 weeks ago
Investment scams are claiming millions per month, says ACCC
24 Jul 2018, midnight
BE ALERT: More than $26 million has been reported lost to investment scams this year—already 84 per cent of the total losses recorded in 2017.
Investment scams are the latest fraud the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning Australians about.
New statistics show we’re collectively losing $4.3 million per month to these sorts of scams – and more than $26 million has been reported lost this year already.
“The losses to investment scams are horrific,” the commission’s deputy chair Delia Rickard said.
“Each week the ACCC receives heartbreaking accounts of people losing hundreds of thousands, and in some cases millions, of dollars.”
Already loses haven risen to 117 per cent more compared to 2017.
"Last year, Australians reported they lost $64.6 million to investment scams to Scamwatch and the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN). If the current trend continues, combined losses reported to Scamwatch and ACORN in 2018 could be in excess of $100 million,” Ms Rickard said.
“These scams are very sophisticated and the scammers are very convincing. People aged 45–64 are most at risk and make up more than half the reports sent to Scamwatch.”
Scamwatch: User reports provided to the ACCC. (Losses not verified).
These scams are usually centered around investment markets like stocks, real estate or commodities, but crytocurrency and binary options frauds are also on the rise.
Scammers often cold call victims, claiming to be a stoke broker or investment portfolio manager, and offer a hot tip or inside information on a low-risk investment that will provide quick returns.
“Scammers will spend significant time and effort grooming their victims to invest,” Ms Rickard said.
“They will use the right technical language and also offer professional looking websites and documents to convince victims they are legitimate. It’s often only when people try to cash out their investment that they realise their money is gone.”
How to spot a scammer
It can be difficult to spot a scammer, but the the clearest warning sign is how they contact you and the promises they make.
“If someone calls, emails or texts you out of the blue with investment advice, don’t engage with them no matter how legitimate they sound,” Ms Rickard said.
“Hang up the phone, or delete the email or text. If you’re searching for new investment opportunities online, don’t always trust what you read. It’s easy for scammers to create professional looking investment websites.
“Any claims like 'risk-free investment', ‘low risk, high return’, 'be a millionaire in three years', or 'get-rich quick' are also easy tells that you’re dealing with a scammer.”
If you think you’ve been scammed, report it to ASIC or the ACCC’s Scamwatch.
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Gary Neville reacts to Chelsea FC’s 2-0 loss to Everton
Gary Neville has his say on Chelsea FC's 2-0 loss to Everton in the Premier League on Sunday
By Martin Caparrotta Sunday 17 March 2019, 18:25 UK @martincap
Gary Neville (Photo: Sky Sports)
Gary Neville accused Chelsea FC of “letting Everton off” after the Blues suffered a disappointing 2-0 loss to the Toffees at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
After a goalless first half in which Chelsea FC looked largely in control, Everton took the lead at Goodison Park when Richarlison headed home the opener in the 49th minute.
The Toffees then doubled the home side’s lead in the 76th minute when Gylfi Sigurdsson scored at the second attempt after his penalty was saved.
The result has dealt a damaging blow to Chelsea FC’s hopes of finishing in the top four this season, and it left them sixth in the table and three points behind Arsenal in fourth.
And former Manchester United defender Neville feels that the Blues will be severely frustrated by the result.
Speaking during Sky Sports‘ coverage of the game, Neville said: “They [Chelsea FC] will be hugely frustrated going back to London tonight, thinking about how they’ve missed an opportunity, with that first half in particular.
“The game was there for the taking and they let Everton off.”
Chelsea FC have only won two of their last five games in the Premier League to leave their hopes of finishing in the top four in serious doubt.
The west London side – who finished fifth last season – will return to Premier League action on Sunday 31 March when they travel to Cardiff City after the international break.
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Home / Bengal / Cab driver held for stalking woman in Kolkata
Cab driver held for stalking woman in Kolkata
The woman had in her complaint to Alipore police station said that she was chased by an app cab and subjected to harassment while returning home from her office. At one point of time, according to her complaint, the man had blocked her car.
Statesman News Service | Kolkata | June 21, 2019 4:00 pm
Amid the row over the alleged harassment of former Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta by some rowdies in the city earlier in the week, an app cab driver has been arrested for the alleged harassment and stalking of another woman at Alipore .
Police sources said a traffic patrol party of Alipore police station today apprehended the cab driver for alleged harassment and stalking of a woman travelling in a car
An officer of the Alipore station said that the incident took place on the night of 18 June, when the woman who was returning home in a car. She was allegedly chased by an app cab which tried to halt her car.
The woman had in her complaint to Alipore police station said that she was chased by an app cab and subjected to harassment while returning home from her office. At one point of time, according to her complaint, the man had blocked her car. The arrest was made by two traffic sergeants who were on duty then near the Alipore Zoological Garden on that night.
An officer said the sergeants were accosted by the woman, who told them that an app cab was chasing her after she boarded the car on her way home.
Even as the woman was talking to the sergeants, the cab reached the spot, but fled immediately. The police sergeants gave chase, but the cab gave them the slip. But they had taken down the number of the cab, with which help they later succeeded in apprehending the driver.
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Home / Cities / Alarmed over rise of ‘jihadis’ in Bengal: RSS
Alarmed over rise of ‘jihadis’ in Bengal: RSS
IANS | Coimbatore | March 21, 2017 3:25 pm
The RSS on Tuesday said it was seriously concerned over the rise of what it said were "jihadi elements" in West Bengal and flayed the state's TMC government for "patronising" anti-national elements.
During its three-day National Council meet here, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) adopted a resolution on the situation in Bengal and called upon the people to counter the Mamata Banerjee government's vote-bank politics.
"In the last several months, we have been witnessing a peculiar but dangerous situation in the state. To put it across in mildest terms, there is an increase in the number of jihadi activists, unfortunately under the patronage and support of the state administration," RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said.
Giving examples of alleged communal violence, including in Dhulagarh in Howrah district and Kaliachak in Malda district, Hosabale accused the Trinamool government of failing to protect the Hindus.
"There have been several incidents where Hindus in villages and towns of Bengal have been targets of jihadi elements and fundamentalist forces.
"Police and civil administration have turned a blind eye to all this and did not protect those from the Hindu community," he said.
TMC majority back in South Dinajpur Zilla Parishad
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Huge arms haul on poll eve
Rifles from UP, MP fail to reach Bihar
Patna, April 10
Heightened expectation of the masses, desire for raw power by the lowest political layers and the wish list of the hardcore gang lords to sneak into the constitutional structure in order to convert their terror power into a ‘legalised’ authoritative pattern have together made the first phase of Panchayat polls, starting tomorrow after a gap of 23 years, full of gory possibilities of killings and violence at large.
HC reserves order on Jaya’s plea
Chennai, April 10
The Madras High Court today reserved its order on a petition filed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalitha seeking to suspend her conviction in the Tansi land deal cases, which effectively disqualified her from contesting the coming assembly elections in the state. Mr Justice Malai Subramanian reserved the order after hearing arguments from both sides.
Antony breaks silence
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10
Breaking his three-day-long silence, Congress rival faction leader in Kerala A.K. Antony today categorically denied that he had any role in the alleged “humiliation” meted out to veteran leader K. Karunakaran in the allotment of party ticket for the May 10 Assembly elections in the state.
Dowry case: SC sets aside verdict
New Delhi, April 10
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court has set aside a judgement of the Allahabad High Court in a dowry torture case, saying the practice is a matter of shame to civilisation.
Fresh charges framed in Jessica case
Following the direction of the Delhi High Court, a Delhi court today framed fresh charges against Alok Khanna and Shyam Sunder, who were discharged earlier, in model Jessica Lal’s murder case in 1999.
Next LS poll on EVMs: Gill
Buoyed by the Madras High Court verdict upholding the use of electronic voting machines in the ensuing Assembly polls, the Chief Election Commissioner, Dr M.S. Gill, today said the next Lok Sabha polls would be totally on EVMs.
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Indian actress Karisma Kapoor greets reporters in Calcutta on Tuesday. Karisma, who is in the city to promote a range of Indian sarees, said her wardrobe would henceforth include low-priced cotton sarees so that she could reach out to common people.
— Reuters photo
Be strict on poll violations: Gill
Guwahati BJP office vandalised again
PM, Advani to campaign in Tamil Nadu
Extend Kargil martyrs’ grants: ex-servicemen
Cong to mollify Karunakaran
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Justice eludes ’84 riots victim
Cong, Trinamool reach accord on 276 seats
New exim policy draws flak
CBI raids premises of 48 officers
HC approves use of EVMs
To the relief of the Election Commission, the judiciary today approved the use of electronic voting machines in the May 10 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
No to Sharad’s bail plea
Politically on the low, the JD (U) chief and Union Aviation Minister, Mr Sharad Yadav is set to be on the receiving end of the legal battle too. The Madhepura Sessions Judge on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail petition of the minister.
IPM project for HP, Punjab, Haryana
Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are among the nine states chosen by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for setting up Integrated Pest Management (IPM) demonstration projects.
YC targets PM; to hold rally on March 16
Accusing Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of ‘shielding the guilty’ in the Tehelka expose, the Youth Congress today said that it would intensify the agitation for the ouster of government in the coming days.
Sinha calls for creation of state textile depts
The Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, today called on the state governments to create a separate Department of Textiles in their states in order to provide a new thrust to the textile sector in the new global order.
1,000 tourists stranded in Darjeeling bandh
Kolkata, April 10
Over 1,000 tourists, many from foreign countries, now on sight-seeing trip in the hills of Darjeeling have got themselves “stranded” in the wake of GNLF’s month-long bandh that began yesterday.
SC’s concern over Yamuna waters
The Supreme Court today expressed concern that on account of existence of multiple administrative agencies in the capital, no single department could be held responsible for the cleaning up the Yamuna river.
Court stay on road through national park
Dehra Dun, April 10
While the Uttaranchal Government was planning to construct the Kotdwaar-Ramgarh road passing through the Corbett National Park, the Supreme Court yesterday issued stay orders on the construction of this road.
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Santosh Jha
As the state’s security arrangements stand as a poor match to the troublemakers’ might, an unprecedented bloodbath awaits, the tall claims of the administration apart. The Monday evening recovery of one quintal of explosives and huge quantity of arms and ammunition from the houses of two ‘Mukhiya’ candidates from Motihari district is only a small glimpse of the things to come.
The state DGP, Mr R.R. Prasad, on Monday struck a note of caution and threat to the troublemakers, saying the state government had printed only 2 per cent extra ballot papers and any sort of violence making the re-poll possibility would be disastrous for the candidates. The State Election Commissioner, Mr M.L. Mazumdar, not discounting the possibility of violence however told that forces have been deployed at all the blocks.
Altogether 23,972 polling booths in 1711 Panchayats of the 113 blocks go for polls in the first phase tomorrow.
The picture presented by the DGP tells it all. The state had sought 20,000 rifles from the Centre that were not made available. The consignment of rifles from the neighbouring states had not reached the state headquarters till Monday. So far only 1000 rifles could reach from Varanasi. The rifles could not be loaded from Madhya Pradesh as the request reached late. The state government has decided to depute forces not at the booths but at the election centres where the ballot papers would reach. Of the total security personnel, more than 50 per cent are home guards wielding lathis. They would be deputed at the booths. Most paramilitary men would be deployed in the extremist-infested areas leaving the northern sensitive belt on the home guards. All booths have been declared sensitive, most of them super sensitive, following the state Intelligence reports.
The figures given by the DGP on the success of the cops may sound impressive but given the extent of the task it is only meager. The DGP said that so far 30712 persons with dubious background had been identified and 8600 goons/local dons arrested so far. Out of it 1200 were hardcore criminals. 550 arms had been recovered in various raids on the hideouts of these criminals and so far 22 mini gun factories had been destroyed.
The Monday events however only point out at the fact that the state police has not done enough. The raids in Akbarpur and Dhaka Panchayats on Monday yielded not only arms and explosives but also huge quantity of ‘desi sharab’ (country-made liquor). The recoveries were made from the houses of two candidates, Mr Jaymangal Rai and Mr Manoj Kumar Jaysawal, and the arrest of seven persons are indicators of the violence planned by the candidates.
On Monday itself, half a dozen armed criminals shot dead a youth in Anandpur village of Danapur subdivision, a few kilometres off the state capital. The deceased was elected unopposed as the ward member of the Panchayat. Also on the same day, the police busted a mini-gun factory at Mahmuda village of the Barh subdivision falling under Patna district. A huge quantity of finished and semi-finished revolver and rifles were recovered.
It may be recalled that Special Judge P. Anbazhagan had in October convicted and sentenced Ms Jayalalitha to three years’ RI and two years’ RI in the two Tansi cases in respect of Jaya Publications and Sasi Enterprises, respectively. On an appeal filed by her, the high court had suspended the sentence in November and the appeal is pending.
As per Section 8 (3) of the Representation of People Act, a person convicted for two years and above would be disqualified from contesting the elections for six years from the date of conviction. UNI
Reacting sharply to projecting him as “the prime accused” in the denial of ticket to Mr Karunakaran’s daughter Padmaja, leading to the present crisis, Mr Antony said he did not deliberately propose her name for the ticket as “I don’t want to be humiliated and hurt again as it happened in 1989.”
But he had made it clear that he would not oppose if someone else was to propose her name. “And nobody, even the supporters of Mr Karunakaran, did suggest her name,” he said.
Hoping that the present crisis would be resolved soon, he asked Mr Karunakaran to restrain his supporters and abide by the decision of the high command to allot 34 seats to the faction.
Mr Antony, who is also a working committee member, claimed that during the last three years, if at all any group was favoured with largesses by the high command, it was the Karunakaran group. “But I did not quarrel for the sake of maintaining cordial relations within the party”.
“I was the one who always took the initiative to satisfy him and even make him the Chief Minister four times”, he added.
Mr Antony said the organisational polls did not take place because of the rival faction. Everyone knew how the returning officer was humiliated and sent back to Delhi.
The KPCC was the only unit which did not celebrate 50 years of Independence. It was because Mr Karunakaran did not like to join it due to his personal enmity with former PCC chief Vayalar Ravi.
“In 1998, Mr Karunakaran, then a Rajya Sabha member, wanted to contest the LS election and we allowed it at the cost of the RS seat going to the rival front”, he recalled. UNI
The Bench comprising Mr Justice M.B. Shah and Mr Justice S.N. Variava observed: “Yet the accused are let off for various reasons. The result is that violence against women continues unabated as law loses its deterrent effect. In some cases sentence already undergone is awarded without verifying whether the accused has undergone any sentence at all.
The Bench setting aside a judgement in a dowry torture case of Kanpur, directed the High Court to decide afresh the revision application.
According to the facts of the case, Kusum Kumari was subjected to physical torture for dowry and beaten with a burning stick by her mother-in-law Bilasa Devi and sister-in-law Neelam. Kusum fled to the house of her father’s sister. A case under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code was registered by Kusum’s father.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate convicted both accused along with Kusum’s husband Raj Kumar and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for one year and imposed on them a fine of Rs 1000 each.
The Magistrate held that the accused persons had asked Kusum to bring money from her father and when she could not arrange do so, the accused mercilessly beat her and planned to attack her with a burning wooden stick.
An Additional Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal filed by the husband and mother-in-law, but set aside the conviction of the sister-in-law, Neelam.
The High Court on a revision filed by the husband and mother-in-law maintaining the conviction of both accused reduced the sentence to the period they had already been in jail. They were directed to be released on depositing the fine amount.
The Supreme Court judgement observed: “It is apparent that the High Court has modified the sentence without recording any reasons and without considering the crime prevalent in society for unjustified demand of dowry.”
In any case, before exercising its revisional jurisdiction, the court said, the High Court should have considered the facts and applied its mind as to whether it was a fit case for reducing the sentence.
Allowing the appeal by Narsingh Prasad Singh, father of Kusum, the court remanded back the case to the High Court for deciding the revision application afresh on merit. UNI
Amending the earlier charge framed by Mr S.M. Chopra, Additional Sessions Judge H.R. Malhotra framed charges against Alok Khanna and Shyam Sunder under various Sections of the IPC.
Alok Khanna, a friend of the main accused Sidharth Vashisth, alias Manu Sharma, was charged with conspiracy and disappearance of the evidence under Sections 120(B) and 201 of the IPC. It was alleged in the chargesheet that Alok had removed the Tata Safari car belonging to Manu Sharma from the restaurant, where the incident took place.
Shyam Sunder, Manu’s uncle, was charged with a similar charge in addition to harbouring of the evidence in Jessica Lal’s murder. He was charged under Sections 201 and 212 of the IPC. It was alleged by the prosecution that Shyam Sunder had removed the pistol used by Manu and helped another co-accused Ravinder Kishen Sudan, alias Titu, to leave the country soon after the incident. Titu had been declared a proclaimed offender by the trial court.
The court also removed Section 201 (removal of evidence) against Manu Sharma and Vikas Yadav as directed by the Delhi High Court on March 13.
The accused would be asked to plead their guilt or innocence tomorrow as the order was not typed out today. The court would take their signatures and fix the date for the beginning of the trial and recording of evidence. UNI
Buoyed by the Madras High Court verdict upholding the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the ensuing Assembly polls, the Chief Election Commissioner, Dr M.S. Gill, today said the next Lok Sabha polls would be totally on EVMs. “In the next parliamentary elections, it should be India votes electronically,” an upbeat Dr Gill told newspersons here.
However, Dr Gill pointed out that the Commission would make further procurement of the EVMs only after the successful conduct of the ensuing Assembly polls in four states and a union territory.
Stating that it was for the first time that the use of the EVMs had been challenged in a court, he said the machines made by the Public Sector Undertakings ECIL and BEL had been put to effective and extensive use in the last few years.
“The commission has taken a historic step in holding the polls through EVMs in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry and in few Assembly segments at Guwahati in Assam”, Dr Gill said.
He asked the political parties in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, where Assembly polls are due next year, to be mentally prepared for elections through the EVMs. “The Commission was already in possession of three lakh EVMs,” he said.
In the last parliamentary elections held in 1999, it was used in 45 Lok Sabha seats spread over 18 states and six crore electorate voted through the EVMs.
Meanwhile, the commission has issued 16-point instructions to the Chief Electoral Officers of the states going for polls for the safe-keeping of electronic voting machines.
The measures included stock taking, docketing, double locking and double sealing. The inner door of the result section would also be sealed with a special tag so that this portion could not be opened until the control unit was taken to the counting table on the day of counting.
Apart from Assam, the other four assembly polls — in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry — are to be fully electronic. In Assam, five constituencies are using the EVMs. “We have issued directions to keep the EVMs the way the RBI keeps currency notes,” Dr Gill said.
To the relief of the Election Commission (EC), the judiciary today approved the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the May 10 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice N.K. Jain and Mr Justice M. Sampath of the Madras High Court gave the green signal for the use of the machines while dismissing a batch of writ petitions, including the one filed by AIADMK General Secretary and former Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha, seeking to restrain the EC from using the machines. UNI
The judge, Mr Harishchandra Singh, rejected the bail plea of Mr Yadav. The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura district of Bihar, had in March issued two non-bailable arrest warrants against the Janata Dal (U) president and Union Civil Aviation Minister.
Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are among the nine states chosen by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for setting up Integrated Pest Management (IPM) demonstration projects. The IPM demonstration project for crop protection in selected crops would be carried out for three years at 100 villages in the nine states. Other states covered by the project include Rajasthan, Jharkhand, UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
The crops covered under the project, which would receive Rs 3 crore in financial support from the National Agricultural Technology Project, are cotton, pigeonpea, chickpea, groundnut, tomato, cabbage, apple and mango. These crops use 70 per cent of the country’s total pesticide.
The project is unique in the participatory nature involving public sector research institutions, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, private sector pesticide industries, NGOs and farmers.
The IPM technology for crop protection is cheaper and environment friendly as compared to chemical pesticides. These involve monitoring of pest population in the field and if their population crosses the danger mark, the IPM recommends the use of bio-pesticides and minimum use of chemical pesticides. According to the ICAR, though the IPM modules are available for various crops, their popularisation through farmers’ education and the availability of bio-agents have been major constraints.
It said the involvement of industry like Biotech International, Dhanuka Group, Excell Industries, Monsanto and Syngenta in the project would not only help in making the quality bio-agents available to the farmers but would also support the project through the establishment of IPM clubs in villages and organising training for farmers. Around 2000 officials and workers would be trained in the project which would further have a catalytic effect on popularising this technology, it added.
Accusing Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of ‘shielding the guilty’ in the Tehelka expose, the Youth Congress today said that it would intensify the agitation for the ouster of government in the coming days. Talking to mediapersons here, YC chief Randeep Singh Surjewala, today said that the way Prime Minister was ‘shielding the guilty’ had raised doubts about his honesty.
The Youth Congress chief’s utterances come a day after the ruling NDA warned the Congress to stop ‘obscene demonstrations’ by its workers against the Prime Minister. The NDA had said that if the Congress continued with demonstrations during which black flags were raised, its President Sonia Gandhi would face similar protests.
However, the Mr Surjewala made it clear that the Youth Congress would not tone down its attack, which the organisation had , primarily, directed at the Prime Minister. The Youth Congress was even planning to publicise the reported statement made by Mr Vajpayee in a court after the Quit-India agitation, which, it claims, led to imprisonment of some agitationists then.
Asserting that they would not be cowed down by the NDA leaders’ warning, Mr Surjewala said that they had become more emboldened to carry out the agitation, which he described as ‘fight to the finish’. The Youth Congress, whose rallies in different parts of the country over the Tehelka expose, have faced police lathi charge with Mr Surjewala also receiving heavy blows at a rally in Chandigarh, announced that a rashtriya suraksha rally would be held in New Delhi on March 16 - the day Parliament reconvenes after a break.
Mr Surjewala accused the BJP leadership of adopting ‘fascist’ attitude on the Youth Congress agitation. He said that rallies were held in all parts of the country, including Hyderabad, Vijaywada, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Hamirpur.
Addressing a State Textile Ministers conference, called to discuss among other matters, the impact of the WTO agreement on the sector, Mr Sinha said that the handicraft and handloom weavers should be insulated from vagaries of market fluctuations to save them from taking extreme steps like suicides.
For this some of the recently launched insurance Schemes should be suitably adapted for the benefits of workers in the country. Mr Sinha stressed on the need for involving States with regard to implementation of schemes for the benefit of weavers and artisans. “We should evolve the commonality of approach between states and Government of India”, he said.
The Union Textiles Minister, Mr Kashiram Rana, said the annual target for textile exports had been raised from $15 billion to $17 billion in the current year while the 10-year perspective as envisaged in the new textile policy was for an annual export of $ 50 billion by 2010.
Mr Rana informed the conference that two new programmes—the integrated textile park scheme and the scheme for development of critical infrastructure in existing export-oriented clusters of industry— had been proposed for this purpose.
Subhrangshu Gupta
The bandh call was given as a mark of protest against the failure of the Left Front government to arrest people involved in the attempt of killing Mr Subhas Ghising on his way back home after attending meeting with Mr L.K. Advani in New Delhi on February 6. Mr Ghising with severe gun-shot wound had been admitted in a local nursing home in Siliguri for over a month.
Mr Chhatrey Subha, Orkha Liberation Organisation (GLO) chief, who belongs to anti-Ghising camp, was allegedly involved in the attempt on Ghising’s life. He was arrested recently from a hideout at Kalimpong, but his other associates were still at large.
The bandh was complete. Offices, schools and colleges did not open. Markets, shops and other establishments were also closed. All tea gardens, numbering 72, were also closed.
Transport operating between Darjeeling town and Siliguri and Gangtok (Sikkim), did not operate. People, fearing trouble, kept themselves confined to their houses and tourists to their hotel rooms. However, no untoward incident was reported. The hill city looked deserted.
Only GNLF workers and volunteers could be seen in groups at several places, raising slogans and demonstrating.
Chief Secretary, Manish Gupta told The Tribune that the government had arranged sending additional paramilitary forces to Darjeeling to help the district administration in handling the situation.
He said the police had been specifically asked to arrange the safe return of the stranded tourists and others who needed immediate shifting to Siliguri on medical grounds and other emergency works.
Chief Minister, Buddhadev Bhattacharyya, now busy in electioneering in south Bengal districts, regretted that a long-drawn bandh had been called in the hills during the pre-election period. He appealed to Mr Ghising to immediately call off the bandh in the larger interest of the state. He assured Mr Ghising that the administration would try its best to arrest the others involved in the attempt on his life.
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, however, supported the cause for calling the bandh in Darjeeling.
She alleged that the government had been failing in maintaining law and order situation not only in other areas, but also in the hills, which had prompted the GNLF to call for the bandh.
Congress leader A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury, also former Railway Minister, however, strongly criticised Mr Ghising’s calling a month-long bandh in the hills. Mr Ghani, who hails from Malda, an adjacent district of Darjeeling, said the bandh did not have any public support and was politically motivated.
Our Legal Correspondent
The court also lamented that its earlier directions of ensuring quality water for drinking and washing had not been implemented by the authorities concerned.
A three - Judge bench comprising Mr Justice B.N. Kirpal, Mrs Justice Ruma Pal and Mr Justice Brijesh Kumar while hearing the case taken up by the court suo motu on the basis of a newspaper report, directed the Union Urban Development Ministry to file an affidavit detailing how it proposed to implement its action plan to keep the Yamuna clean.
The Judges directed the Delhi Chief Secretary to file an affidavit about the steps taken to ensure that the required quality of water in the Yamuna could no longer be called “dirty” after March 31, 2003.
The Bench monitored the progress made by the authorities concerned on its directions regarding cleaning of the river.
It noted that the Urban Development Ministry had furnished its action plan for cleaning the river.
It was imperative now that necessary steps were taken to achieve the required water quality for drinking and washing purposes, the court said.
While the Uttaranchal Government was planning to construct the Kotdwaar-Ramgarh road passing through the Corbett National Park, the Supreme Court yesterday issued stay orders on the construction of this road. A three-member Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice A.S. Anand, has ordered to stop the process of the construction of the Kotdwaar-Ramgarh road with immediate effect. The court has also ordered not to cut any tree from the Corbett Park for the construction of road.
The stay orders have come in the wake of the writ petition filed by the Wild Life Protection Society, an NGO. It had maintained that with the construction of road, the traffic would create problems for the tigers in this tiger reserve. The stay orders will be effective till the final decision of the Supreme Court.
Hanumangarh, April 10
The regional president of the Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha and former MP, Mr Shopat Singh, has expressed resentment over the non-procurement of barley, mustard and wheat and demanded that both state and Central governments should immediately start purchasing these crops.
12 FEARED DROWNED
SILIGURI: Twelve persons were feared drowned when a jeep fell into the Teesta river in Kalimpong subdivision of Darjeeling district on Tuesday morning, the police said. While three bodies, including that of a boy, had been recovered from the river so far, four persons were rescued and admitted to the Rombhi Health Centre in serious condition, Superintendent of Police Sanjay Chander said. PTI
5 KILLED AS CNG CYLINDER EXPLODES
MUMBAI: Five persons travelling in a car were killed when its gas cylinder — believed to be CNG — exploded near Ratnagiri on Monday, the state police said. The victims, belonging to the family of Mukesh Patel, were going from Kolhapur to Ratnagiri when the mishap occurred near Ambaghat on the highway, the police added. PTI
CLINTON TO REVISIT JAIPUR WITH FAMILY
JAIPUR: Former US President Bill Clinton has promised to come again with his family and stay with Jaipur “Royal family” at the city palace here. “What a marvellous collection as I was told by my daughter,” wrote Mr Clinton in the visitors’ book after taking a round of the art gallery of the Maharaja Swai Man Singh — the second museum at the city palace on Monday. UNI
COUPLE FOUND MURDERED
NEW DELHI: A middle-aged West Delhi businessman, Mr K.K. Khurana and his wife B.B. Khurana were found murdered on Monday under mysterious circumstances at their Kirti Nagar residence in West district of the Delhi police. The killings were discovered when employees of the printing press went to visit the employer at his residence. The bodies were found in a highly decomposed condition. FOC
SUSPENSION OF 5 BJP MLAs REVOKED
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday revoked the suspension of five of the nine BJP members, who were suspended for shouting slogans during presentation of the state Budget on March 27. The motion for revoking suspension was adopted by voice vote. The five members pardoned were Girish Mahajan, Girish Bapat, Raj Purohit, Arun Adsal and Hemendra Mehta. UNI
TEN ARRESTED IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE
IMPHAL: Ten persons, including two former Deputy Directors and seven government officials, have been arrested here in connection with a misappropriation case, official sources said on Tuesday. The sources said those arrested were allegedly involved in the withdrawal of Rs 51 lakh from the State Family Welfare Department against an order for different types of medicines and other official material without actually taking supply. PTI
MAKE SANSKRIT 'COMPULSORY'
NEW DELHI: Sanskrit, the mother of most Indian languages, should be made a compulsory subject in schools up to class XII, the just concluded World Sanskrit Conference here resolved. The 21-point charter adopted at the end of the week-long conference on Monday said efforts should be made to secure support in the form of scholarships and fellowships to promote Sanskrit studies at higher level. PTI
DRUGS RULES AMENDED
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, making it mandatory that oxytocin injection meant for sale should only be in single-unit blister pack. Sources in the ministry said the amendment had been done to check indiscriminate use of the injection in milch animals. Reports indicate that dairy owners procure the drug in bulk, mostly through unauthorised channels for optimising the milk output from milch animals, regardless of its impact on the health of the animals. TNS
TEHRI DAM SAFE: SAINTS
HARIDWAR: Saints of Haridwar have declared the Tehri dam safe with no environmental hazard. After monitoring the situation at the site of the dam, a group of saints returned to Haridwar on Monday and submitted a report to the Akhara Parishad favouring the commissioning of the project. The saints have stressed the need for completing the process of filling water in the dam. Before this, the government should take steps to rehabilitate people from the old Tehri township. TNS
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August 08, 2002 Arts & Culture » Review
'Hot Art' sets the UA Museum of Art afire.
By Pamela Portwood
"Ritual Burning within the Construct of a Grid," 1998, by Andrew Bennett
Hot Art: Burning Images continues through September 29 at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free. For more information, call 621-7567.
University of Arizona Museum of Art
From a match struck for a candle to flames raging across national forests, fire is as much a part of our lives as earth and air. We may be fascinated by fire or frightened by it or both, but few of us are nonchalant about fire. There is always something that could happen, from the clothes dryer catching fire to the child in the burning building that the firefighters couldn't reach.
Hot Art: Burning Images at the University of Arizona Museum of Art features 16 works by three contemporary artists fascinated by what fire can do. The artists' processes and their different approaches to using fire are the most interesting aspects of Hot Art.
Although John Cage, who died in 1992, was an artist and a poet, he is best known as one of the most important avant-garde composers and musicians of the 20th century. According to Peter Briggs, the UAMA's chief curator who curated Hot Art, Cage created the five prints included in this exhibition by having fires built on a printing press and then putting pieces of paper over the fires. By running the damp paper through the press, he put out the fire and fixed the smoke on the paper. The idea of capturing something as ephemeral as smoke on paper seems a natural progression for a composer whose famous composition "4'33" consists of four minutes and 33 seconds of silence performed by a pianist at a grand piano.
Paul Chojnowski draws his images with a torch on moistened paper. The fire turns the paper into a spectrum of colors from warm sepia to carbon black, depending on how moist the paper is. Although some of his images seem almost abstract, the white circles on the paper of his night scenes resolve into car headlights on an interstate or into city lights in town. The darkness in the distance comes from being seared by fire, but the areas of light have never been touched by fire, the source of light. That is the irony of Chojnowski's images.
Andrew Bennett affixes many products associated with fire (soot, sulfur, wax, wicks, carbon and trace elements from wood matches and candles) to panels smoothed with gesso. Bennett's images suggest the world of matches, fire and smoke. "Magnitude and Direction" features 12 small panels. Streaks of light sweep in different directions across each black-and-white image for a sense of flame and smoke in motion. Bennett's two other pieces combine patterns and different media to create optical illusions. Bennett has the most interesting and varied imagery of the three artists, and it would be interesting to see how he manipulates his media in the rest of his fire-inspired work.
In seeking out work for Hot Art, Briggs gathered together three artists who each explore a different stage in the process of burning. Bennett's images pursue the strike of the match, the blowing flame. Cage's prints capture the dissipating smoke, and Chojnowski's drawings preserve the charred remains. That is the way the exhibition is laid out: flame, smoke, charcoal.
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The different kinds of betrayals that ruin relationships but aren't infidelity...
Infidelity is the most common type of betrayal that our society focuses on, but really, it's the subtle, unnoticed betrayals that truly ruin relationships. Check this out -When partners do not choose each other day after day, trust and commitment erode away.
Partners might be aware of this disloyalty to each other, but dismiss it because it’s “not as bad as an affair.” This kind of thinking is false. Anything that violates a committed relationship’s contract of mutual trust, respect, and protection can be cataclysmal.
Betrayals are founded on two building blocks: deception (not revealing your true needs to avoid conflict) and a yearning for emotional connection from outside the relationship.
Below, I've listed three betrayals that ruin relationships. It's only by purposefully confronting and taking responsibility for them that couples are able to reestablish their trust in each other.
Emotional Cheating
It’s very easy for platonic friends to bond in the trenches of work, day after day. Sometimes we call this person a “work wife” or “work husband.” Even friendships made at the gym or local coffee shop can threaten the bond at home. These nonsexual relationships can lead to both parties sharing intimate details about each other’s lives. That sharing within a friendship doesn’t make it a betrayal. What makes it a betrayal is this: if your partner would be upset by the things you’ve shared or would be uncomfortable watching the interaction.
Joe first learns of his wife’s sexless affair when they hosted a Christmas party. Kate has never mentioned Chris, the new manager of her department. At the party, Chris seems to know about Emily’s entire life. He even brought their son Jake a the newest version of his favorite game.
Joe looks at Kate with a shocked expression. Her uncomfortable look sinks his heart. When he approaches her after the party, Kate argues about her friendship with Chris. She tells Joe it’s “nothing” because they are “just friends.” Kate then turns against Joe and defends Chris. She accuses her husband of being irrational and jealous and tells him it’s those reasons that he didn’t know about Chris in the first place. Joe feels there is nothing irrational about his jealousy. Whether he admits it or not, his wife is cheating. The evidence lies in her secrecy.
5 signs your partner’s friendship is not an innocent friendship:
Has the friendship been hidden?
Are your questions about the friendship responded with “don’t worry” or discouragement?
Have you asked it to end, only to have your partner tell you no?
Have your boundaries been disrespected?
Is the friend the subject of fantasies or comments during troubled times in the relationship?
If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, the friendship may be too intimate.
Conditional Love
Couples don’t feel supported when one partner walks the fence of the relationship. They don’t feel like their partner has their best interests at heart, that they have their back. When this happens, it’s not uncommon for the betrayed partner to blame a trigger as the real problem, when it’s actually the lack of commitment.
As Camille reflects on her first marriage, she knows she began to feel betrayed when her husband stalled on starting a family. At first she thought he was anxious about becoming a father, but in couples therapy it became clear that he was hesitant to deepen his commitment to her.
Like an anxious lover, she clung onto him with desperation, terrified of losing her marriage until she realized she never really had one to begin with. Sometimes a partner may pressure the other to marry or move in, believing that taking the next logical step will deepen their connection, but it’s difficult for a marriage to succeed if it is built on a vow to create a strong bond rather than the result of one. The shallowness of the bond will eventually leak through the connection.
Steps to create unconditional love: When couples ignore or dismiss talking about difficult issues, they are left with a shallow commitment. By using conflict as a catalyst for closeness, couples can intentionally use problems as an opportunity to discuss their goals, fears, and dreams. Couples that unconditionally love each other live by the motto, "baby, when you hurt, the world stops and I listen."
Emotional Withdrawal
Emotional withdrawal can be something big, like choosing a work meeting over a family funeral, or it can be as small as turning away when your partner needs emotional support.
A committed relationship requires both partners to be there for each other through the earth-shaking traumas and everyday annoyances. That means celebrating joys and successes with your partner, too.
Everybody has different ways of expressing themselves. In a committed relationship, it is the responsibility of both partners to uncover and disclose these preferences to understand what the other requires to feel loved, protected, and supported. Think of The Five Love Languages. In his research lab, Dr. John Gottman discovered that happy couples turned toward each other 86% of the time, while unhappy couples turned towards each other only 33% of the time. That means unhappy couples withdraw 67% of the time! Emotional withdrawal sets in when someone's bids for closeness are ignored.
Solution: To improve your emotional connection, focus on rebuilding and updating your Love Maps, cultivating a culture of admiration and fondness, and turning towards bids more often.
Do any of the items listed above feel familiar or make you feel uneasy? If so, you may be facing a betrayal. Maybe it’s as serious as finding discomforting text messages between your partner and someone else. This list is not about who is right or wrong. Like sexual affairs, these betrayals can be overcome if you recognize the problem and repair the relationship together.
Confront betrayals in couples counseling today!
Overcoming emotional repression in your life
What feelings were denied you as a child?
Did your parents or caregivers say:
“I don’t ever want to hear those words again” in response to your anger?
“I’ll give you something to cry about” when you felt sad?
“Don’t touch yourself there” when you experienced pleasure?
“You don’t really feel that, do you?”—denying your experience altogether?
While some feelings may have been allowed, we’ve all experienced the discomfort of others around our more “negative” emotional expressions. This can be especially problematic in romantic relationships. In his book "Getting the Love You Want" Harville Hendrix, PhD explores “forbidden feelings” and the concept of repression. He writes: “Your angry feelings, your sexual feelings, and a host of other ‘antisocial’ thoughts and feelings were pushed deep inside of you and were not allowed to see the light of day.”
Hendrix acknowledges that the rules of emotional expression differ between men and women. Early on, we realize that what’s “allowed” for boys and what’s “allowed” for girls is clear.
Hendrix recognizes that, for boys, emotional expression or the expression of empathy is perceived as weakness or fear. Girls, on the other hand, are encouraged toward these tender exchanges.
Males learn to cut off their own emotional experiences, which, in turn, impacts their ability to express themselves clearly and to develop empathy for their partners. The cutoff that I refer to here often looks like withdrawal, leaving the more emotionally expressive partner to chase after the distant one. These interactions create a negative withdraw-pursue cycle in the relationship.
In my work with both heterosexual and same-sex couples, I have seen these patterns play out repeatedly. Men and women repress their feelings based on a host of unique factors. Factors that influence emotional repression can be traced back to early childhood. These can include influential personalities in the individual's family of origin, cultural and religious background, definitions of masculinity and femininity, trauma, the political climate, and more.
Some of my most meaningful work with a person occurs when they learn how to undo their own emotional repression. Here are some of the steps we take to help them emotionally evolve.
1. Learn Emotional Language
When repressed enough, partners lose their ability to retrieve the language or emotions. Evidence of this may include responses such as “I don’t know” or “I can’t describe it” when a person is asked how they feel. In therapy, we start small, reviewing the six most basic human emotions: anger, sadness, fear, joy, love, and surprise. But knowing the feelings is not always enough to name them and experience them in the moment.
2. Work from the Outside In
We register our feelings in our bodies. We typically feel our emotions in our throats, behind our eyes, in our torsos (including back and chest), in our bellies, and sometimes in our legs, arms, hands, and feet. When you learn the sensations of the body you are then able to connect your experience to the learned emotional language. Heat in your cheeks might connect to anger, a lump in your throat might indicate sadness, loss of breath may connect to surprise, and butterflies in the belly or ice-cold palms may mean fear. Practice noticing your reactions to conversations and experiences, pay attention to your body, and begin to make the connections for yourself.
3. Verbalize the Feeling
Once you tune into the sensation and connect it to the relevant feeling word, you can verbalize the feeling by sharing with your partner. You can say, for example, “I’m aware that I have butterflies in my stomach and that I feel scared,” or, “I can feel my heart pounding right now; I know I’m angry and I need time to cool off.” Being able to verbalize your feelings gives you and your partner a chance to communicate about what’s fueling them and why they may be uncomfortable.
When you complete all three steps, you've begun to overcome emotional repression. You’re no longer detaching from your feelings. You’re no longer denying yourself the right to speak up about your experience. You’re allowing others to know you more deeply.
Of course, there are other feelings words, such as disappointment, loss, confusion, bewilderment, hope, excitement, and others. But for anyone who has a lifetime of emotional repression, the six most basic human emotions often capture enough to name the feeling adequately. As you become more habitual in sensing, naming, and verbalizing your emotions, consider expanding your emotional language to describe how you feel.
For those of you on the receiving end, check in with yourselves. Make sure you want what is offered. Anger, sadness, and fear are generally harder to receive than love, joy, and surprise. Sometimes, people tell me they want their partners to express themselves more fully, but when they do, the receivers struggle to take in what their partners say.
Healthy emotional communication requires everyone to be both a giver and a receiver. Reciprocation of emotional expression provides the best environment for intimacy between people to grow. If you are struggling with this, either individually or as a couple consider making an appointment with me or another qualified therapist.
Hendrix, H. (2008). Getting the love you want: A guide for couples. New York, NY: Holt Paperbacks.
GoodTherapy.com: How to Overcome Emotional Repression in Your Relationship
Overcome Emotional Repression Now.
Emotional Responsiveness is Key
Many of the couples that I work with show up to counseling confused and frustrated because they just don't know what to do with the one another. They are missing each other. Their needs aren't being met and they have fought for so long that now they are just numb. They are stuck. The key to unlocking stuckness and creating lasting change is learning to listen and to expand on key emotions.
In order to do this, I work with the couple to identify their negative patterns of interaction. The negative patterns are the enemy - not the partners themselves. By focusing on the exchanges in the session and helping the partners see the spiral they are caught in, rather than just focusing on the last thing the other partner just said, helps them begin to see the entire dialogue; how it has a life of its own and hurts each of them. However, even though both individuals recognize the spiraling patterns, the situations keep repeating. They get trapped in the emotions and sucked back into their stuckness. It's important during these times that we slow down the interactions in the session so the emotions truly come to the surface and the other person can see and understand why his or her partner is responding in the way that they are. Actually talking about the emotions--often fear, sadness, embarrassment, shame--changes the conversation and all of the sudden the partners are hearing each other and experiencing each other differently for the first time.
In relationships we are looking for a unique kind of emotional responsiveness - it's a responsiveness that is key to lasting love for couples. Dr. Susan Johnson says that emotional responsiveness has three main components:
A.R.E.
Accessibility: Can I reach you?
This means staying open to your partner - even when you feel insecure. It means that you're willing to struggle and makes sense of your emotions so that they are not so overwhelming. When you do this, you can take a step back from your disconnection or stuckness and tune into your partner's attachment cues.
Responsiveness: Can I rely on you to respond to me emotionally?
This means tuning into your partner and showing that his or her emotions, especially attachment needs and fears, have an impact on you. When you're responsive you accept and place a priority on emotional signals that your partner sends you, and in return you send your partner clear signals of comfort and caring.
Engagement: Do I know you will value me and stay close?
To be engaged is to be absorbed, attracted, pulled, captivated, pledged, and involved. In this respect, emotional engagement is a particular kind of attention that we only give to our partner. This is what a person is alluding to when they talk about being emotionally present.
Just like I often ask in sessions - Are you there, are you with me?
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Review: Honda Odyssey 2.4 EX CVT
An ideal family vehicle?
by Drei Laurel | Aug 30, 2017
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IMAGE Drei Laurel
When it comes to cherished childhood memories, weekend family trips to the grocery would have to rank somewhere near the top of my list.
Few recollections are sweeter to me than filling a shopping cart to the brim with a week's worth of baon, and neatly stacking box upon box of groceries in the rear of our family SUV. As my office desktop will show, that penchant for organizing is a long gone habit. That first bit though? Let's just say my belly says it all.
I recently came across the chance to relive those memories after being handed the keys to a base model Honda Odyssey over the long weekend—a more appropriate vehicle for my favorite tasks. You see, that aforementioned family SUV was a third-gen Nissan Patrol (which has since been sold…shame); ideal for trips to the farm, less so for the grocery. Its tall ride height made ingress and egress difficult, and loading and unloading goods was a pain in the ass (I was less than five-feet tall then, my mom still is).
A proper family vehicle? On paper, the Odyssey looks like a model transport for six or seven people. Would it strike the right chords after a week's worth of driving?
As far as family haulers go, this one's a looker. A large grille, swept back headlights, and nice character lines give it an imposing albeit stylish presence on the road. And the taillights look very premium and modern. Its proportions are typical of its class, though conveniently much more compact than, say, a Kia Carnival. Large windows and a conservative hood and fenders provide impressive visibility, too.
I have somewhat mixed feelings with regard to the cabin material. On one hand, all the dark fabrics feel premium and provide a very cozy interior environment. But on the other, they seem like they'd be quite a hassle to maintain. Vacuuming took a fair bit of time prior to the shoot. Still, overall I'm impressed. I'm quite particular about faux wood, and the Odyssey's doesn’t feel cheap at all.
Seats are comfortable, and accessing the third row doesn't pose much of an issue. There's a lot of room and easily concealed storage compartments up front and in the second row.
The Odyssey's 2.5-liter gasoline engine's 173hp and 226Nm never felt lacking during the lend-out period. I do have to say that the CVT it was mated to didn't do it justice at times. But it's not as if you'll be pushing its revs to its limits too often anyway.
Getting up to legal speeds on the highway is quick, throttle response is good both at speed and in traffic, and it manages around 8km/L in mixed driving conditions (which included a few hours worth of traffic hell on the way back from a shoot down south).
RIDE AND HANDLING
The Odyssey is unexpectedly agile for a vehicle of its size. That it would be easy to drive thanks to its light steering, a decent turning radius, and excellent visibility was a given only a couple of kilometers in. But once we got up to speed, there were times when this family vehicle was relatively lively.
On the downside, Honda may have sacrificed a little bit of comfort in favor of the car's surprisingly athletic handling. It isn't uncomfortable by any means, in fact NVH levels are impressive and the ride is as stable as you'd expect over ideal road surfaces. But the suspension exposed itself over some bumps and potholes. Nothing extreme though, maybe a little bit of extra roll here and there.
There's cruise control, a single-zone automatic climate control, aircon vents all over the place, and an easy-to-use 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth capability and a rear parking camera. The instrument gauges are clear and feature a nice design as well.
Worth noting are the foldable armrests up front, and numerous storage compartments including a drop down center unit in the second row with cup holders. Not a biggie, but only one of the vehicle's sliding doors can operate automatically.
In between ferrying balikbayans around town, laundry runs, and yes, trips to the shopping center, the Odyssey proved a capable family vehicle. It's not the comfiest model in its class, but it's arguably one of the best handling ones. What's more, its suitable size, great visibility and easy accessibility make it a good fit for driving in the city. How I wish my family had a vehicle just as convenient during grocery runs back when I was a kid.
SPECS: Honda Odyssey 2.4 EX CVT
Engine: 2.4-liter gasoline
Power: 173hp @ 6,200rpm
Torque: 226Nm @ 4,000rpm
Price: P1,953,000
Score: 17/20
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Review: Volvo V90 Cross Country
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1.8 E CVT
Starts at P1,110,000
Light on amenities, Honda kept styling it long after it was done.
Honda’s winningest combination comes when you opt for a six-speed manual transmission available in the Civic hatchback Sport, in which …
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Algebra: A Very Short Introduction
Peter M. Higgins
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Algebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves calculations featuring given numbers, to problems in which some quantities are unknown. Now, ... More
Algebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves calculations featuring given numbers, to problems in which some quantities are unknown. Now, it stands as a pillar of mathematics, underpinning the quantitative sciences. Algebra: A Very Short Introduction explains algebra from scratch. Over the course of ten chapters, it offers a step by step approach for readers keen on developing their understanding of algebra. Using theory and example, it renews the reader’s acquaintance with school mathematics, before taking them progressively further and deeper into modern algebra, including groups, rings, fields, and vector spaces. ...Less
4. Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set
Kenneth J. Falconer
in Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
‘Julia sets and Mandelbrot sets’ explores these frequently visualised fractal species. Complex numbers are imaginary numbers which involve the square root of -1. Plotting squared complex ... More
‘Julia sets and Mandelbrot sets’ explores these frequently visualised fractal species. Complex numbers are imaginary numbers which involve the square root of -1. Plotting squared complex numbers on a plane will give a line which travels to either infinity or the origin. The boundary between these two types of behaviour is known as the Julia set. The simplest conformation of a Julia set is a circle, but other more complicated structures exist. The level of connectedness of a Julia set is determined by its position inside or outside the Mandelbrot set. The position of a Julia set in relation to the Mandelbrot set also determines its fractal dimension. ...Less
4. Seismicity—the restless Earth
William Lowrie
in Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction
Hundreds of thousands of earthquakes occur worldwide each year, but most of them go unnoticed. Only a few are very destructive. Most earthquakes have a tectonic origin and happen in ... More
Hundreds of thousands of earthquakes occur worldwide each year, but most of them go unnoticed. Only a few are very destructive. Most earthquakes have a tectonic origin and happen in well-defined, relatively narrow seismic zones. ‘Seismicity—the restless Earth’ first describes the elastic rebound model that explains how an earthquake occurs. There are two measures of the size of an earthquake: its magnitude and intensity. Magnitude is a measure of the energy released by the earthquake classified by the Richter scale, while intensity is a qualitative measure based on observed effects using a twelve-part scale. Maps of the locations of earthquake epicentres show that these are concentrated in narrow seismically active zones. Earthquake monitoring and prediction are discussed. ...Less
5. The algebra of polynomials and cubic equations
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Polynomials are expressions of the form p(x) = a0 + a1x + a2x2 + ... + anxn ; the number ai is the coefficient of xi , a 0 is the constant term of p(x), and an is the leading coefficient. The underlying algebra of polynomials mirrors that of the integers. Polynomials can be added, subtracted, and multiplied, and the laws of associativity and commutativity and the distributive law of addition over multiplication all hold. Division is more complicated. ‘The algebra of polynomials and cubic equations’ outlines the Remainder and Factor Theorems along with complex numbers in the Argand plane. The factorization of polynomials, the Rational Root Theorem, the Conjugate Root Theorem, and solution of cubic equations are also discussed. ...Less
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‘Linear equations and inequalities’ describes how to solve the simpler type of linear equations with one unknown and simultaneous linear equations with two unknowns. It also introduces ... More
‘Linear equations and inequalities’ describes how to solve the simpler type of linear equations with one unknown and simultaneous linear equations with two unknowns. It also introduces manipulation of inequality signs, and closes with an example of finding the values of unknown quantities that satisfy particular equations while being constrained to lie within certain ranges. This mathematics underpins much of the logistics of modern society, governing operations such as railway and airline schedules, while allowing businesses to meet customer demand by running lower stock inventories, which represents an enormous and ongoing cost saving. The algebraic ideas of elimination and constraint satisfaction underlie all this. ...Less
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‘Fracture zones and transform faults’ introduces fracture zones, huge, long linear scars in the seafloor first mapped in the 1950s, and their interpretation in terms of a new concept, ... More
‘Fracture zones and transform faults’ introduces fracture zones, huge, long linear scars in the seafloor first mapped in the 1950s, and their interpretation in terms of a new concept, transform faulting. Fracture zones are made at mid-ocean ridges, where the seafloor spreads apart. Segments of zones of spreading intersect fracture zones at right angles, along which transform faulting transfers the spreading on one spreading zone to another. As the seafloor spreads, and plates move apart at mid-ocean ridges, fracture zones grow longer. Testing this idea relied on the study of earthquakes that occurred on the transform faults, using seismographs on distant continents. This chapter introduces readers to the pertinent seismological methods by which this was achieved. ...Less
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‘Subduction of oceanic lithosphere’ begins with the notion that for the Earth not to expand, the sum total of new lithosphere made at a spreading centre (or mid-ocean ridge) must be matched ... More
‘Subduction of oceanic lithosphere’ begins with the notion that for the Earth not to expand, the sum total of new lithosphere made at a spreading centre (or mid-ocean ridge) must be matched by the removal, by subduction, of an equal amount of lithosphere elsewhere. The subduction process is asymmetric: one plate will slide beneath the other at island arcs and continental margins like the Andes of South America. Before it plunges beneath the island arc, the subducting plate of lithosphere bends down gently to cause a deep-sea trench. The subducting plate slides beneath the region between the trench and volcanoes, commonly in large earthquakes, and plunges to great depth, pulled down by gravity acting on the dense slab of subducted lithosphere. Water carried to depth by the subducting plate lowers the melting temperature of the adjacent rock and enables volcanoes to form. ...Less
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‘Rigid plates of lithosphere’ explains that because of the lithosphere’s strength, essentially rigid plates of lithosphere move with respect to one another across the surface of the Earth. Their rigidity allows their rates of relative motion and of their total displacements to be described by rotations about axes passing through the centre of the Earth, or poles of rotation. Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements corroborate the inferences drawn both from rates of seafloor spreading determined using magnetic anomalies and from directions of relative plate motion determined using orientations of transform faults and fault plane solutions of earthquakes along plate boundaries. ...Less
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Capital Product Partners L.P. Completes Acquisition of the M/T Anikitos
By Svetlana Modeva, May 8, 2018 / Vessels
Capital Product Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:CPLP) yesterday announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the M/T 'Anikitos', an eco-type MR product tanker (50,082 dwt IMO II/III Chemical Product Tanker built 2016, Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.) for a total consideration of $31.5 million from Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. (“Capital Maritime”).
Caption: CHEMICAL/OIL PRODUCTS TANKER Anikitos - Image courtesy of Buggi Porschien
The Partnership funded the acquisition of the M/T 'Anikitos' with the net proceeds received from the sale of the M/T 'Aristotelis', available cash and the assumption of a term loan under a credit facility with ING Bank NV of approximately $15.6 million.
The term loan is non-amortizing for a period of two years from the anniversary of the dropdown with an expected final maturity date in June 2023 and bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 2.50%. The term loan is subject to ship finance covenants similar to the covenants applicable under our existing facilities.
The M/T 'Anikitos' is currently employed by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. ("Petrobras"), at a gross daily rate of $15,300 with earliest charter expiry in June 2020. The charterer has the option to extend the time charter for eighteen months (+/-30 days) at the same gross daily rate.
Mr. Jerry Kalogiratos, Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership's General Partner, commented: "We are pleased to have completed the acquisition of the M/T 'Anikitos', soon after the sale of the M/T 'Aristotelis' and thus replacing her with a younger, second generation eco MR product tanker, with long term employment in place, in line with our long term goal of replenishing our fleet and improving cash flow visibility to our unitholders.”
Source: Capital Product Partners
Tags: Capital Product Partners, CPLP, CAPITAL, Anikitos, acquisition, tanker, MR Product Tanker, Capital Maritime
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Go back Homecare
Handy Andy
Knorrox Cash Cow
“Education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world. The power of education extends beyond the development of skills we need for economic success. It can contribute to nation-building and reconciliation” – Nelson Mandela
Education is at the heart of Knorrox’s new competition, the Knorrox Cash Cow. The campaign, which will be launched this month (April 2019), is aimed at empowering South Africans, especially women, and educating them about the power of investing and saving through livestock wealth.
"The community and South African women are at the heart and soul of Knorrox as a brand. In order to empower and educate South Africans about investing, we are giving away nine opportunities, valued at up to R10 000.00 (ten thousand Rand) each, to invest in livestock wealth” says Mbali Ndlovu, Brand Lead for Knorrox. “We are doing this to give back and support members of our communities who have used Knorrox for years in their homes.”
"We have partnered with Livestock Wealth South Africa, a crowd-farming company that enables anyone to become a farmer by investing in high-value agricultural products over a fixed term," adds Ndlovu.
Crowd-farming is a term Livestock Wealth uses to describe their platform. This initiative offers a modern take on traditional cattle farming, where one gets to invest in a sustainable farm through buying a cow, watching it grow and reaping the reward on your investment.
During the campaign period, many South African consumers will be educated about investing, mainly through livestock. This education will take place nationally via radio, store activations and digital platforms.
Nicolette Mashile, an entrepreneur and media personality, will be joining the campaign to educate consumers on radio and via social media. Mashile is the founder of Financial Fitness Bunnies, a Financial Education initiative. She describes herself as being a social entrepreneur who believes in people development and advancement. With a passion for Financial Education, she hopes to “Level Up” fellow African Financial Literacy.
To find out more about the Knorrox Cash Cow campaign and competition and how to enter, please visit www.knorrox.co.za or the Brand’s Facebook page. Listen out for Knorrox Cash Cow on your local radio station as well as visiting your nearest supermarket to find out more.
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Updated May 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Val Kilmer says he's ready for 'Top Gun 2'
Sheri Elfman
Val Kilmer arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2012. The actor is ready to reprise the role of Iceman in a "Top Gun" sequel. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Val Kilmer arrives at the 37th annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 22, 2009. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
May 25 (UPI) -- Val Kilmer announced on social media that he is on board for a Top Gun sequel.
"friends said it's official - #TOPGUN2 was announced today. I'm ready Tom- still got my top gun plaque! Still got the moves! Still got it!" the actor posted alongside a photo of himself wearing a t-shirt featuring his character Iceman.
friends said it's official - #TOPGUN2 was announced today. I'm ready Tom- still got my top gun plaque! Still got the moves! Still got it!
A post shared by Val Kilmer (@valkilmerofficial) on May 24, 2017 at 1:53pm PDT
Top Gun star Tom Cruise announced that the sequel will happen Tuesday on Sydney's Sunrise.
"It's true. I'm gonna start filming it, probably, in the next year," the actor said. "It is definitely happening."
The original Top Gun was released in 1986.
Tom Cruise on 'Top Gun 2:' 'It is definitely happening' Val Kilmer says he's 'healing' after cancer battle Val Kilmer defends his Cate Blanchett tweets: 'Nothing creepy'
Celebrities get silly on the red carpet
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The Monastery Manchester
Manchester's magnificent Monastery is Pugin's architectural masterpiece. It sits alongside the Taj Mahal as having been listed in the 100 most endangered sites in the world, with a rich heritage that should never be lost. Following a £6.5m restoration scheme, this hidden treasure has take its place as one of the UK;s most inspiring venues for any corporate, social, or cultural occasion.
The Monastery Manchester, 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M12 5WF, United Kingdom
Maximum Capacity of Largest Room 650
Minimum Capacity of Smallest Room 2
Number of Halls 1
Number of Meeting Room options 7
The Monastery Manchester is Pugin's architectural masterpiece. It sits alongside the Taj Mahal as having been listed in the 100 most endangered sites in the world, with a rich heritage that should never be lost. Following a £6.5m restoration scheme, this hidden treasure has taken its place as one of the UK's most inspiring venues. It leads the way in hosting a variety of banqueting events such as award ceremonies, gala dinners, graduation balls, conferences, weddings, and much more!
Along with the Great Nave there are seven atmospheric Friary rooms which are light and spacious, providing exceptional meeting, training and seminar spaces, giving conference space from 6 boardroom to 650 theatre style. The elegant
Cloisters and walled Archangel Garden provide peaceful breakout and rest areas.
The team at The Monastery strive to exceed expectations, from the initial enquiry stage to the seamless running of your event. With an exclusive event management and catering service, the Monastery pride themselves on delivering world class events. The Monastery is just 2.5 miles from the city centre, and includes complimentary onsite car parking.
Contact The Monastery Manchester directly or use our simple contact form.
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College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
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Dr. Sadhan C. Jana
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Sritama Kar
Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur 2005
Topic: Nanoscale dispersion of functional nanoparticles in several polymer systems. Funding US ARDEC
Rafael Benavides Gonsalez
Ph.D. Spring 2008 - present
Thesis topic: Polymer nanofibers by gas jet method.
B.S. Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogota
M.S. Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogota
E-mail: rb55@uakron.edu
Ph.D. Fall 2008 - present
Thesis topic: Syndiotactic polystyrene aerogels.
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
M.S. Materials Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
E-mail: xw15@zip.uakron.edu
Derek Quade
Thesis topic: Hybrid aerogel composites for sound barrier
B.S. Mechanical Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
E-mail: derek.j.quade@nasa.gov
Andrew Shinko
Thesis topic: Shape memory polyimide aerogels
E-mail: aps8@zips.uakron.edu
Kushal Bahl
Fall 2008 - present
Thesis topic: Lignin based rubber composites towards production of tire compounds with reduced rolling resistance
B.Tech., Polymer Engineering, UICT Mumbai
E-mail: kmb111@zips.uakron.edu
Sepideh Niknezhad
Spring 2011 - present
Thesis topic: Scaffolds from polymeric nanofibers
B.S., Polymer Engineering, Azad University - Science and Research, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: sn48@zips.uakron.edu
Mahel Al Rashed
Thesis topic: Nanocomposite coatings
B.S., Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: mma62@zips.uakron.edu
Monoj Ghosh
Thesis topic: Porous polymeric nanofibers
B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Calcutta, India
B.Tech., Chemical Engg., University of Calcutta, India
M.Tech., Chemical Engg., IIT Kanpur, India
E-mail: mg84@zips.uakron.edu
Stuti Rajgarhia
Thesis topic: Evaluation of rolling resistance of model polymer compounds
E-mail: ssr16@zips.uakron.edu
Sung Jun Kim
Thesis topic: Netshape silica aerogels
B. Sc., Textile Engineering, KONKUK University, Seoul, Korea
M. Sc., Material Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
E-mail: sk132@zips.uakron.edu
Romny Garcia
Thesis topic: Effects of hydrodynamic shear on development of thermally conductive polymer compounds.
B.S. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
E-mail: rg63@zips.uakron.edu
Shenlong Gu
Thesis topic: Sharp memory polymer based on polybenzoxazine (PBZ) and polyurethane (PU)
B.S. East China University of Science and Technology
E-mail: sg91@zips.uakron.edu
Shujing Zhao
Thesis topic: Ionic conductivity of polymeric nanofibers
B.S. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, China
E-mail: szl7@zips.uakron.edu
Jihui Shang
Thesis topic: Orientation of carbon nanotubes in polymeric nanofibers
B.S. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
E-mail: js195@zips.uakron.edu
Recent Research Group News
Sepideh Niknezhad and Maher Al Rashed successfully passed Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in January 2012. Congratulations Sepideh and Maher.
Yannan Duan successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on February 29, 2012 and joined a fulltime research position at PolyOne Corporation, Avon Lake, Ohio. Congratulations Yannan. Yannan is the 17th Ph.D. graduate from the group.
Dr. Sritama Kar joined the group as a post-doctoral fellow. Welcome Dr. Kar!
Dr. Jie Feng, a post-doctoral fellow in the group, joined NETL, a DOE laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA. Congratulations Dr. Feng!
Sayantan Roy successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on November 10, 2011. He joined Baker Hughes in Houston, TX as a fulltime employee. Sayantan is the 16th Ph.D. to graduate from the group. Congratulations Sayantan!
Andrew Shinko received NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program Fellowship for his research work on “Shape Memory Polyimide Aerogel Composites for Lightweight Aerospace Applications”. Andrew also successfully defended his Ph.D. research proposal. Congratulations Andrew!
Angela Beltran Osuna successfully defended her M.S. thesis on November 11, 2011. Congratulations Angela!
Angela Beltran Osuna won second prize of $1,000 and a new iPad2 for her video, "The True Meaning of Plastics," in the Shaping Your World Student Video Contest in November 2011. Sponsored by SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association and The Future of Plastics Foundation, the contest called for student produced videos honoring plastics innovation. Her submission was awarded based on its creativity, execution, and use of original animation. Her video is posted on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFcZ4GklhOA.
Professor Jana received The William C. Zekan Memorial Service Award from the The Society of Plastics Engineers, Akron Section.
Professor Jana assumed the roles of chair of the following society awards committees – Society of Plastics Engineers Education Award Committee and American Chemical Society Co-operative Research Award Committee. In addition, he is elected chair of the New Technology Committee of Society of Plastics Engineers.
Our research group welcomes the following Ph.D. and M.S. students to the group: Sepideh Niknezhad (Ph.D.), Monoj Ghosh (Ph.D.), Stuti Rajgarhia (Ph.D.), Senlong Gu (M.S.), Jihui Shang (M.S.), Sujing Zhao (M.S.).
Yannan Duan received Kelley Fellowship
Kushal Bahl received admission into Ph.D. program
Xiao Wang received Ticona Award as one of two best students of her class.
Professor Jana to receive 2010 SPE Education Award from Society of Plastics Engineers at its award banquet on Sunday, May 18, 2010 in Orlando.
Dr. Byoung J. Lee joined Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Congratulations BJ!
Dr. Sedat Gunes joined 3M. Congratulations Sedat!
Professor Jana gave an invited talk at Royal Golden Jubilee (RGJ) Ph.D. Congress held in Pattaya, Thailand during April 1-3, 2010.
Professor Jana delivered seminar lectures at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand on March 31 and April 5, 2010.
Andrew Shimko passed Ph.D. qualifying exam. Congratulations Andrew.
Professor Jana joined the editorial board of Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting
Past Group News
Professor Jana joined Polymer Engineering and Science as an associate editor.
Byoung J. Lee successfully defended Ph.D. thesis. He is now “Dr. Lee”. Congratulations BJ!
Sedat Gunes successfully defended Ph.D. thesis. He is now “Dr. Gunes”. Congratulations Sedat!
Andrew Shimko joined the group as a Ph.D. student.
Angela Beltran joined the group as a Ph.D. student.
Numan Erden successfully defended his M.S. thesis. Congratulations Numan!
Professor Jana began his second term as Department Chair on November 1, 2008.
Sedat Gunes presented a seminar on Shape Memory Polyurethane Nanocomposites in the weekly seminar series in Department of Polymer Engineering on Friday, September 5, 2008
Byoung J. Lee started his industrial internship at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, OH on September 1, 2008.
Professor Jana joined the editorial board of International Journal of Polymer Science. He is also the chair-elect of Board of Directors of Engineering Properties and Structure Division of Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).
Professor Jana delivered an invited lecture on shape memory polymer nanocomposites at UKC2008, US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, San Diego, August 14-17, 2008.
Professor Jana also delivered a lecture on Rheology As A Tool For Elucidation Of Properties Of Polymer Nanocomposites at RheoProcessing 2008, US-Portugal Conference on Rheology in Polymer Processing, Guimaraes, Portugal, June 12-14, 2008.
Jason Randall won 3rd prize in poster competition at the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Department of Polymer Engineering, held on August 6-8, 2008.
Sedat Gunes won the 2008 Bausch & Lomb (B&L) Student Innovation Award. Sedat attended the award ceremony at B&L Headquarter in Rochester, NY and presented a talk on his research work.
Congratulations to Ayca Ertekin and Robert Opalko for receiving respectively Ph.D. and M.S. degree.
Sedat Gunes wins the 2008 Frank Kelley Fellowship Award. This Fellowship was instituted in the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering in the name of first Dean of the College, Dr. Frank N. Kelley. Sedat is seen receiving the award from Dr. Kelley.
Professor Jana elected as Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He will be recognized at the awards banquet of the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during May 4-7, 2008.
Congratulations to Ling Du for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis on January 22, 2008. We all are very proud of you Ling. Congratulations!
We also wish you good luck with your industrial career at Goodyear.
Congratulations to Feina Cao for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis on January 23, 2008. We all are very proud of you Feina. Congratulations!
We wish you good luck with your industrial career at Lubrizol.
Ling Du received Best Graduate Paper Award and a scholarship of $1500 from Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society at the 4th Annual Student Colloquium, 172nd Technical Meeting of the ACS Rubber Division, Cleveland, OH during October 16-18, 2007.
Welcome to two new members of the Group, Yannan Duan and Rafael Esteban Benavides. Yannan comes from University of Science and Technology, China and Rafael comes from National Colombia University, Colombia.
Congratulations to Michael J. Gintert for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis on July 6, 2007. We all are very proud of you Michael. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Prof. Jairo E. Perilla for promotion to Associate Professorship at National University of Colombia, Bogota. Prof. Perilla graduated from the Group in 2004 with a Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering.
Congratulations to Dr. Chang Do Jung for promotion at Samsung.
Congratulations to Sedat Gunes for winning 2nd prize in poster presentation at SPE TOPCON Polymer Nanocomposite Conference at Lehigh University (March 2007).
Congratulations to Sedat Gunes, B.J. Lee, and Michael Gintert for winning best paper awards at the recently concluded Graduate Researchers’ Conference at the University of Akron.
Congratulations to Feina Cao and B.J. Lee for winning best paper awards at graduate researchers’ conference arranged by Case Western Reserve University.
Prof. Jana traveled to Brazil to deliver a keynote address “Studies on the mechanisms of nanoparticle-induced morphology development in immiscible polymer systems” at PPS-23, Salvador, Brazil during May 28-31, 2007 and to Colombo, Sri Lanka to deliver a plenary talk “Shape memory thermoplastic elastomers and their nanocomposites” at Chemtech 2007 arranged by the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka during June 20-24, 2007.
Welcome to newest member of the Group, Sayantan Roy. Sayantan joined the Group in Spring 2007 after finishing MS at University of New Hampshire.
Our Group made five (5) presentations at SPE ANTEC 2007 and three (3) presentations at PPS-23.
Prof. Jana delivered an invited keynote address on Polymer nanocomposites for shape-memory applications at 171st ACS Rubber Division Technical Meeting, Akron, Ohio, April 30-May 2, 2007.
Congratulations to Sedat Gunes for winning 2006 – 2007 Perkin Elmer Scholarship Award from SPE Composites Division (May 2006)
Our Group made seven (7) presentations at SPE ANTEC 2006
Prof. Jana delivered the following invited lectures:
(a) Polymer nanocomposites by filler-polymer reactions, 50th Anniversary Symposium of University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), Dayton, OH, September 13-14, 2006.
(b) Polymer nanocomposites design by clay-polymer tethering and novel blending. Presented at Gordon Research Conference on Composites (Chair: Prof. Alan Lesser), Ventura, CA, January 15-20, 2006.
Congratulations to Dhawal P. Dharaiya who is now Dr. Dhawal P. Dharaiya, for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis in November 2005.
Prof. S.C. Jana delivered Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award Lecture at 58 th Annual Congress of Indian Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON 2005 to be held at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi during December 14-17, 2005.
Welcome to the newest member of Research Group, Jason Randall.
Group made 15 research presentations in 2005 combined at ANTEC 2005 in Boston, PPS-21 in Leipzig, Germany, and PPS Regional Meeting in Quebec, Canada.
Congratulations to Michael Gintert for winning the Best Paper Award from Composites Division of Society of Plastics Engineers at ANTEC 2005. Michael won the award for his work on polyimide-clay nanocomposites being carried out at NASA Glenn in collaboration with Sandi Miller.
Congratulations to Chang Do Jung, who is now Dr. Chang Do Jung, for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis in April 2005. Dr. Jung is currently a post-doctoral fellow at University of Akron.
Congratulations to Asim Pattanayak, who is now Dr. Asim Pattanayak, for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis in December 2004. Dr. Pattanayak is now employed at GE Global Research Center in Bangalore, India.
Congratulations to Chang Min Hong who is now Dr. Chang Min Hong, for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis in November 2004. Dr. Hong is now employed at Cheil Industries Inc., Korea.
Congratulations to Jairo Ernesto Perilla, who is now Dr. Jairo E. Perilla for successfully completing his Ph.D. thesis work in the group in less than 4 years. Dr. Perilla is now an assistant professor of chemical engineering at National University of Colombia, Bogota.
The Group presented 8 papers at SPE ANTEC 2004 in Chicago and 7 papers at PPS-20 in Akron.
Congratulations to Chang Min Hong for winning the Best Student Paper Award at ANTEC 2003 given by SPE-KASEG. He will be given the award at annual dinner gathering of SPE-KASEG during ANTEC 2004 in Chicago. (April 2004).
Congratulations to Jong Hyun Park, who is now Dr. Jong Hyun Park for successfully completing his Ph.D. thesis work in the group in a little over 3.5 years. Dr. Park is now working as Principal Research Scientist of Polyolefins Research and Development, LG Chemicals in South Korea. (March 2004).
Dhawal Dharaiya won Omnova Signature Award in 2003 for his outstanding track record as a graduate student of Polymer Engineering. (March 2003).
Michael Gintert won NASA GSRP Fellowship in 2004 to conduct research on high temperature polyimide composites at NASA Glenn Research Center. (April 2003).
Asim Pattanayak won Best Student Paper Award at MACRO 2002, Annual General Meeting of the Society For Polymer Science, India held at Kharagpur in December 2002. (March 2003).
Dr. Madhusudan Sau finished his Ph.D. work in the group in a little more than 3.5 years and has returned to his job with Indian Oil Corporation as Deputy Manager of Research. Dr. Sau also won Omnova Signature Award in 2001 as outstanding graduate student of Department of Polymer Engineering. (April 2003).
Alumni of the Research Group
M.S. Graduates
Sachin Jain (M.S. 2000)
Thesis title: Nanocomposites of high performance thermoplastic polymers using epoxy as processing aid.
Employer: BASF
Nisha Patel (M.S. 2000)
Thesis title: Reactive compatibilization of PBT-PPO blends using low molecular weight epoxies.
Employer: Nomacorc
Shashishekhar Doni (M.S. 2000)
Thesis title: Shear-induced migration of particles in filled polymers: Effects on conductivity and mechanical properties.
Employer: IT
Alberto Prieto (M.S. 2001)
Thesis title: Wood flour composites of high temperature polymers by reaction-induced phase separation.
Employer: Lyondell
Dhawal Dharaiya (M.S. 2001)
Thesis title: Thermoplastic polyhydroxyethers for compatibilization of blends containing polyesters and polyamides.
Employer: Hendrickson Trailer Suspensions
Robert Opalko (M.S. 2008)
Thesis title: Evaluation of the effects of NanofilR nanoclays in the blending of polypropylene and polystyrene.
Employer: BioPlastics Co.
Numan Erden (M.S. 2009)
Thesis title: Polyurethane/polybenzoxazine-based shape memory polymers.
Angela Beltran Osuna (M.S. 2011)
Ph.D. Graduates
Madhusudan Sau (Ph.D. 2003)
Thesis title: Morphology development in chaotic mixing of polymers.
Employer: Indian Oil Corporation
Jong Hyun Park (Ph.D. 2004)
Thesis title: A study on nanocomposites of epoxy-clay and epoxy-clay-thermoplastic polymer systems.
Employer: Samsung Total Chemical Company
Jairo Perilla (Ph.D. 2004)
Thesis title: A study on relationship between morphology and rheology of immiscible polymer blends with temporal changes in the interfacial area.
Employer: National University of Colombia
Chang Min Hong (Ph.D. 2004)
Thesis title: A study on shear-induced migration of conductive and non-conductive filler particles.
Employer: Cheil Industries, Samsung
Asim Pattanayak (Ph.D. 2004)
Thesis title: A study on clay-tethered thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites.
Employer: GE GRC
Chang Do Jung (Ph.D. 2005)
Thesis title: Synthesis of thermoplastic polyurethanes and polyurethane nanocomposites under chaotic mixing conditions.
Employer: Samsung
Dhawal Dharaiya (Ph.D. 2005)
Thesis title: Effects of nanoclay and carbon black on morphology development in mixing of immiscible polymers by chaotic mixing.
Guillermo Jimenez (Ph.D. 2006)
Thesis title: Characterization of PMMA and TPU carbon nanofiber composites produced by chaotic mixing.
Employer: National University of Costa Rica
Michael J. Gintert (Ph.D. 2007)
Thesis title: A novel approach to obtain high performance layered silicate thermoset polyamide matrix nanocomposites
Employer: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Ayca Ertekin (Ph.D. 2008)
Thesis title: Analysis of wetting, flow, and end-use properties of resin transfer molded nanoreinforced epoxy-glass fiber hybrid composites. (Jointly with Dr. Lloyd Goettler).
Employer: Tyco Electronics
Ling Du (Ph.D. 2008)
Thesis title: Highly conductive epoxy/graphite polymer composite bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells.
Feina Cao (Ph.D. 2008)
Thesis title: Shape memory polyurethane nanocomposites.
Employer: Lubrizol
Byoung J. Lee (Ph.D. 2009)
Thesis title: Nucleating agent-assisted preparation of polypropylene/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanocomposites and their characterization.
I. Sedat Gunes (Ph.D. 2009)
Thesis title: Analysis of shape memory properties of polyurethane nanocomposites.
Employer: 3M
Jason Randall (Ph.D. 2010)
Thesis title: Reinforcement of silica aerogels.
Employer: Akzo-Nobel
Sayantan Roy (Ph.D. 2011)
Thesis title: Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-sorbitol non-covalent interactions: Effects on the reinforcement of isotactic polypropylene spun fibers.
Employer: Baker-Hughes
Yannan Duan (Ph.D. 2011)
Thesis title: Fundamental studies on polymer and organic-inorganic hybrid nanoparticles reinforced silica aerogels.
Employer: PolyOne
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Settlement Agreement Referenced
March 30, 2011 /in Legal Judicial /by UHPA
After a two-year grievance process, an arbitrator has found that the UH administration violated the collective bargaining agreement and state labor laws when it denied a faculty member’s promotion based on the member’s union activities. The arbitrator found that the anti-union language used in the negative promotion recommendations warranted removal from the faculty member’s dossier. The arbitrator ordered that once the dossier is rid of the discriminatory taint, it will be sent to the UH Board of Regents to decide on promotion and back pay remedies.
Article lIB of the Agreement between the UHPA and the BOR states that the UH-Employer may not discriminate against any union member on the basis of his or her union activity or lack thereof.
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Revisions to Board of Regents’ Policies
March 9, 2011 /in System Policy /by UHPA
March 4, 2011 Memo to Keith Y. Amemiya, Executive Administrator and Secretary of the Board of Regents from UHPA Executive Director J. N. Musto.
To view proposed changes, go to: https://www.hawaii.edu/borpolicies/pdf/
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March 7, 2011 /in UHPA Organizational /by UHPA
Click here for details on this event.
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Your Voice is Needed in Wisconsin – Support the Right to Collective Bargaining
Sign the petition at: www.educationvotes.nea.org/nationalpetition
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Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Collective Bargaining
Despite opposition within its own GOP ranks, and several national polls showing that the public supports collective bargaining, Republicans in Wisconsin, Ohio, and a growing number of other states around the country are determined to strip the rights of public employees under the guise of balancing state budgets.
“We’re staying focused on reducing the cost of government and making Ohio competitive, and the first place to start is with our own budgets,” said Ohio Sen. Shannon Jones, the Republican sponsor of SB5, which eliminates public employee collective bargaining.
But trying to blame public employee salaries and pensions for budget shortfalls is a red herring. Republican-controlled legislatures in at least 20 states, from Oregon to New Hampshire and Arizona to Florida, are attacking collective bargaining by scapegoating public employees for budget problems.
The Real Cause of State Budget Deficits
“You can tell it’s not collective bargaining that is causing these deficits because some of the worst state budget problems are in the small handful of states that prohibit public sector collective bargaining, states like Texas and North Carolina,” says Joseph Slater, a University of Toledo law professor, labor historian, and author of Public Workers: Government Employee Unions, the Law and the State.
As to the real causes, Slater points to the economic good times, when many states passed tax cuts, often for those in the upper income brackets, on the theory that it would lead to economic growth and not hurt state revenues. It didn’t work out as they’d hoped, and after the big economic collapse of 2008, states experienced huge budget shortfalls as unemployment decreased revenues, and investments lost money.
The Real Cause of Pension Underfunding
“It’s important to remember that the vast majority of states don’t allow unions to bargain over public pension benefits,” says Slater. It’s also telling that states with some of the worst pension problems have virtually no public unions.
So what did happen to public pensions?
The economic downturn, combined with the stock market crash of 2008, hit pension fund portfolios hard—reducing the value of some funds by 30 percent or more. A few years ago, many public pension plans were in the black, but after 2008, everyone took major losses, including corporate pension plans, which lost $900 billion of their equity holdings.
Also, when the stock market was producing double digit returns and housing prices were soaring, state governments made optimistic assumptions to figure out how much money to put into the pension plans – they made assumptions about how much state residents and pension plans would earn in the booming stock market, how much property values would increase, and how tax revenues would grow. Those rosy assumptions led some politicians to put less money into pensions and divert the funds to their pet projects.
Eliminating Collective Bargaining Does Not Save Money
When states try to reduce public salaries and pensions by eliminating collective bargaining, they take an economic hit in the long term. The lower the wages of public employees, the less discretionary income they have to spend in the local economy. The higher the wages, the higher the reinvestment into the economy. And research shows that most public employees stay – and spend – within the state after retirement.
Also, more and more studies are showing that public sector workers generally don’t make more money than private sector workers when you compare similar workers with similar jobs.
So then the debate shifts to questions of efficiency, says Slater.
“If you take away collective bargaining, you take away worker voice and give management unilateral authority, and there’s no evidence that’s efficient,” he says. “There’s also no evidence that public agencies that bar collective bargaining produce a better product.”
Collective bargaining allows teachers and other public employees a voice with which to share ideas about how to best do their jobs. Slater says that research shows that workers having a real voice can improve communication and increase trust and stability in the work force — qualities states need when facing difficult times.
Revoking Collective Bargaining Doesn’t Solve Problems, It Creates Them
Before states formally authorized collective bargaining, Slater says public-sector unions and employers met and came to informal agreements. Bargaining helped produce efficiencies and fairness because workers had input.
“In fact, there were many more strikes by public workers in Ohio before the bargaining law was passed than after,” Slater says. “This is because the law provides effective ways to resolve differences short of strikes. In this light, it’s not surprising that the demonstrations in Wisconsin aren’t over money, they are over taking away voice.”
Eliminating collective bargaining also shrinks the talent pool. Better employees are attracted by more rights and better conditions.
“Proposals in which workers would get less money and have fewer rights make jobs less attractive,” Slater says. “That’s something Republicans claim to understand about executive compensation but don’t seem to understand about teachers, police officers, or firefighters.”
Privatization Is More Expensive Than Collective Bargaining
The same political forces who are trying to weaken unions are also pushing for privatization. But privatization has a long history of problems, from political corruption in choosing contractors, to eliminating responsiveness to the public being served, to increasing fees for services.
“It sounds like a magic bullet – get some private company to do this instead,” says Slater. “But it can wind up costing the public more money than just doing the job in house.”
It’s all about politics and putting a new face on old-fashioned union busting. Collective bargaining is not the cause of problems in public-sector budgets.
“True fiscal leadership,” said National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel, “requires creative solutions grounded in the most important needs of the community. So faced with crippling budget deficits, fiscally responsible governors should focus on reforms that create jobs and a long-term agenda for moving their states forward.”
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The Hawaii Labor Relations Board Issues a Cease and Desist Order in Union Discrimination Case
March 4, 2011 /in Legal Judicial /by UHPA
This order is a result of UH Manoa faculty member Vickery Lebbin being denied a promotion in 2009 due to union activity. An arbitrator found that the UH administration discriminated. This is a timely decision as the 2010-11 Tenure and Promotion procedures are underway. This order makes clear that the administrative behavior exhibited in the Lebbin case is prohibited for all employees. UH is required to post a notice informing employees of this order within 30 days.
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UHPA Wins Unprecedented Case Involving Discrimination Against UH Faculty Member for Involvement in Union Activity
UHPA filed the grievance and successfully fought for Lebbin, who had been a UHPA board member. This victory is an unprecedented case in Hawaii labor relations history, and resulted in the UH Board of Regents granting Lebbin a promotion with back pay. The UH must post a cease and desist notice that recognizes violating the collective bargaining agreement and state labor law, both electronically and at conspicuous locations on all UH system campuses.
The arbitration took almost two years to complete because the UH administrators failed to cooperate and provide necessary information, attempting to hide behind claims of confidentiality impeding the investigation of a grievance alleging discrimination. The Hawaii Labor Relations Board ordered a third party neutral to interview members of the Tenure and Promotion Review Committee to ascertain whether assertions made by UH administrators were based in fact.
The Lebbin case underscores the importance of joining UHPA and creating a strong voice to put an end to discrimination in all forms. Click here to read the full text of the arbitrator’s decision, which includes details of Lebbin’s challenges and insights into the actions and motives of UH administrators.
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UH Scholarship for Dependents of Members of BU 07 For 2011-2012
March 1, 2011 /in Academic /by UHPA
Beginning Tuesday, March 15th at 2:00 pm (HST), a systemwide online application for applicants will be available on the dependent scholarship website. It should be initiated by the qualifying faculty member and completed by the dependent child.
For more information, go to: http://www.hawaii.edu/finaid/faculty-dependents/
or call (808)956-8753.
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Latvia to continue healthcare program for Ukrainian servicepersons – Herashchenko
First Deputy Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Iryna Herashchenko says that Latvia will continue the program on providing healthcare assistance to Ukrainian servicemen.
She wrote this on her Facebook page following a meeting with Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs.
"I met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs. I thanked for supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as for the help in treatment of Ukrainian servicemen. By the way, Latvia is ready to continue the programs on providing medical assistance to servicepersons, including psychological one,” she wrote.
During the meeting, Herashchenko also informed about plans to establish a Ministry of Veterans Affairs in Ukraine and expressed hope for enhancing the cooperation on the issues of reintegration of military personnel into civilian life.
InformNapalm identifies three more Russian servicemen who took part in seizure of Crimea
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Yelchenko rebukes UN Secretary-General for ignoring Ukraine
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Teacher who saved three-year-old girl’s life urges schools to take part in Restart a Heart Day
Life-saving skill: Frances Hammond teaches CPR to pupils Katie Brook, right, and Megan Hodson.
Phil Hutchinson
Published: 07:30 Friday 15 February 2019
A teacher who used CPR to save the life of a three-year-old girl is appealing to the county’s secondary schools to take part in Restart a Heart Day 2019.
Frances Hammond brought little Maryam Ugradar back to life after she fell into a pond in the back garden of her home in Mirfield last year.
The PE teacher is keen to use her story to encourage schools to register for Restart a Heart Day on Wednesday, October 16 when Yorkshire Ambulance Service hopes to provide CPR training to 30,000 students in one day.
“I know from personal experience that CPR training is so important because it gives people the skills and confidence to save someone’s life,” said Frances, who lives in Mirfield and works at Queensbury Academy in Bradford, which will be one of the first schools to register for the this year’s event.
“I would like to appeal to all Yorkshire’s secondary schools to take part in Restart a Heart Day and provide their students with the training they need to make a massive difference to anyone who has a cardiac arrest.
“I see Maryam quite often as we are neighbours; she is four now, such a beautiful, happy, smiling girl who is so full of life and that makes me feel so proud.”
Over the last five years on Restart a Heart Day, Yorkshire Ambulance Service has provided free CPR training to more than 105,000 youngsters at 72 per cent of the secondary schools across Yorkshire.
Currently in the UK, less than one (8.6 per cent) in ten people survive a cardiac arrest. If the same survival rates of countries like Norway (256 per cent), where CPR is taught in schools, was achieved an additional 100 lives could be saved each week - the equivalent of approximately 5,000 every year.
Jason Carlyon, Clinical Development Manager for Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said: “Providing bystander CPR in the first few minutes of someone having a cardiac arrest is vital and Frances’ story is testimony to that. But we also know about the many lives which are lost because people don’t have basic, life-saving CPR skills to act in life-threatening situations.
“The more youngsters we can provide with CPR skills on Restart a Heart Day, the better the bystander CPR rates which will in turn have a positive effect on cardiac arrest survival rates. We have hundreds of off-duty staff, volunteers and helpers from partner organisations who give up their own time to support the training on Restart a Heart Day – so we would encourage secondary schools across Yorkshire to take part!”
Sponsored by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity, the event is delivered in partnership with the Resuscitation Council (UK), British Heart Foundation (BHF) and St John Ambulance.
The equipment required will be provided free of charge by the BHF and there will be certificates of completion for all participating pupils.
Secondary schools that would like to take part in the event can register via the Yorkshire Ambulance Service Restart a Heart Day homepage at www.restartaheart.yas.nhs.uk
The deadline for applications is Friday, April 5.
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Trump to win reelection 'comfortably,' British pundit Piers Morgan predicts
Democrats 'don't really have their own plan to make -- or keep! -- America great'
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By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - Thursday, June 20, 2019
British columnist and TV anchor Piers Morgan predicted Thursday that President Trump will “comfortably” win his reelection in 2020 if Democrats keep playing the same hand that led to their stunning defeat in 2016.
Writing for The Daily Mail, Mr. Morgan claimed that Mr. Trump’s performance during his campaign kickoff rally in Orlando on Tuesday “exuded the confident all-conquering swagger of someone who defied all polls and logic last time, and fully intends to do so again.”
Mr. Morgan said Democrats, and the media, continue to downplay Mr. Trump’s influence and don’t understand the “enormity of the fight” they will face against him in 2020.
“They’re brimming with the same entitled, arrogant ‘we’ll beat Trump because he’s a moron’ nonsense that Hillary spewed throughout the last campaign to catastrophic self-harm,” Mr. Morgan wrote. “They don’t really have their own plan to make — or keep! — America great, other than to demonize the President all over again, aided and abetted by a largely liberal media that’s lost all sense of impartiality over Trump and just rants hysterically about him 24/7 because a) it makes them feel good and b) it makes them big money.
“So it all feels like déjà vu to me,” he continued. “Trump’s running the same playbook with the same messaging to the same enthralled base, and his opponents, and the Trump-bashing media, are playing right into his hands all over again. The Democrats have just 20 months to sort their own sh*t out, or what they perceive as the Trump sh*t show gets another four years.”
Mr. Morgan claimed that Mr. Trump has been able to keep his base happy by fulfilling on major campaign promises concerning the economy and getting conservatives on the Supreme Court. The president has also attained a massive war chest for his reelection and has the support of his party this time around, Mr. Morgan argued.
“So as things stand — and notwithstanding unexpected events that can derail any presidency — I am going to ignore the polls and predict Trump will win comfortably in 2020,” Mr. Morgan wrote. “To all those who scoff at this prediction, I simply remind you that you all scoffed last time when I repeatedly said Trump would win despite widespread poll evidence to the contrary.”
Mr. Morgan also cited a recent tweet by liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, another one of the rare voices who correctly predicted the 2016 election outcome, after he said Democrats need to be ready for the fight coming their way in 2020.
“He hasn’t lost one inch of his fired-up base,” Mr. Moore said Wednesday.
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Vacon to build new factory in USA
Global AC drives manufacturer Vacon will build new office and factory premises in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the United States. The new premises will be completed by the end of 2009, allowing Vacon to meet its goal of continuous and profitable growth. The foundation stone of the new building will be laid down by Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, on Dec. 5, 2008...
VAASA, Finland, Dec. 5, 2008 -- The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon will build new office and factory premises in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, the United States. The new premises will be completed by the end of 2009, allowing Vacon to meet its goal of continuous and profitable growth. The foundation stone of the new building will be laid down by Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, on Dec. 5, 2008.
"The new factory and office premises in Chambersburg, PA allow us to expand our product portfolio in the local market and also offer shorter delivery times to all parts of North America, which is further supported by our central location," says Dan Isaksson, President, Vacon Inc.
"We will also have our product development and test laboratory under the same roof. This will further help us to serve our North American customers with the commitment Vacon is famous for around the world. Vacon aims at continuous and profitable growth, and this is a major step in this direction in North America," Isaksson continues.
The construction work of the facilities will be completed by the end of 2009, and the site allows extension parts to be constructed when necessary. The premises will be made to Vacon's specifications with a flexible layout and a strong Vacon brand image.
According to Isaksson, successful cooperation with the Area Development Corporations has enabled this project to proceed at a rapid pace.
According to CADC executive director, David Sciamanna, "The Chambersburg Area Development Corporation and the Franklin County Area Development Corporation learned early in 2008 that Vacon had an interest to grow its North American business. We went to work to ensure that this world class company would expand in our community. With the support of the Governor's Action Team, we formed a joint venture and were able to assemble a very competitive package."
Brechbill & Helman will construct the building on Lot 28 in the Chambers-5 Business Park and F&M Trust will finance the project. The joint venture will lease the new factory and office premises to Vacon.
Vacon offers customers efficient, reliable and easy to use means for improving process control and saving energy and costs.
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Aqua Pennsylvania completes major upgrades in Wayne, Pike
HONESDALE – Aqua Pennsylvania (Aqua) has announced that, in 2018, it invested $37 million of water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades throughout its Honesdale and White Haven divisions.
The capital improvements were made to rebuild and replace aging water and wastewater infrastructure throughout Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Pike, Wayne and Wyoming counties.
"At Aqua, we pride ourselves on delivering safe, quality drinking water and providing reliable water and wastewater services to our customers," said Aqua’s Northeastern Pennsylvania Area Manager Steve Clark. "As a leading water and wastewater utility, we are proud to address the challenge of aging infrastructure replacement in our industry. Our proactive capital improvement program enables us to make continuous necessary investments throughout our service area to ensure the level of service our customers deserve.”
Aqua’s capital program will help improve service reliability, increase water flow, and ensure continued water quality. The majority of improvements took place in the counties in which Aqua serves the most customers.
More than 7 miles of aging water main was replaced by Aqua in northeastern Pennsylvania during 2018. Among the larger projects completed in Aqua’s Honesdale Division last year were:
The $1.4 million replacement of a water storage tank in the Masthope community was completed in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County. Crews replaced the leak-prone 190,000-gallon bolted-steel standpipe with a new 250,000-gallon welded-steel elevated spheroid.
Four water main replacement projects totaling $2.5 million were performed in the Tanglwood Lakes Community located in Palmyra Township, Pike County where 17,900 feet of aged non-metallic water main was replaced with new 8-inch ductile iron pipe.
A $1 million water main replacement project in the Mountainhome community, Barrett Township, Monroe County replaced 4,400 feet of old and leak prone cast iron piping with new 8-inch ductile iron pipe.
The Woodloch Springs wastewater treatment plant got a $300,000 rehabilitation including an upgraded equalization tank, where waste is held during periods of high flow, and removal and replacement of safety grating and structural components.
A complete rehabilitation of permanent backup power generators, controls, and communication equipment at two raw sewage pumping stations in Woodloch Springs, was completed at an approximate cost of $330,000.
Across Pennsylvania, Aqua invested more than $247 million in infrastructure in 2018 alone. Aqua plans to spend $323 million on water and wastewater system improvements in 2019.
Aqua Pennsylvania’s Honesdale division serves a population of more than 25,000 people in Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties.
Visit AquaAmerica.com for more information, or follow Aqua on Facebook at facebook.com/MyAquaAmerica and on Twitter at @MyAquaAmerica.
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Swn-y-Dwr holiday cottage
Swn-y-Dwr, Pentre Felin, Betws-y-Coed LL24 0BB
Nick and Emiko Corney
01690 733827 info@swn-y-dwr.co.uk www.swn-y-dwr.co.uk
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Swn-y-Dwr takes its name from the Welsh for “the sound of water” and it is this that creates a soothing ambience, forming the perfect backdrop to your holiday.
Relaxing in the landscaped gardens – which embrace the banks of the Llugwy river – you are surrounded by steeply wooded crags which form the gateway to The Snowdonia National Park and which give this picturesque North Wales village a truly Alpine feel. (You might also be lucky and spot the otter, which has been seen on our riverbank, searching the pools for the salmon and sea trout migrating upstream.)
Swn-y-Dwr reopened under new management in September 2015, following months of tasteful and thorough refurbishment — with an emphasis on both style and sustainability.
With everything from Wi-Fi, two TVs, a constant supply of hot water to off-street parking, a drying room and a fully equipped kitchen, we are available for rental all year round and capable of accommodating up to 11 people in comfort in our five bedrooms (three of which are en-suite).
Nick and Emiko look forward to welcoming you to Swn-y-Dwr.
Off street parking for up to 6 cars.
Fishing by arrangement.
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Season: Open throughout the year.
Opening hours: Open all year round.
From: £715.00 to £1,850.00
Note: Rates from £715 for long weekends to £1850 for high season weeks. Preferred payment method is via bank transfer, but cheques and cash are acceptable. A deposit is required at the time of booking to confirm the reservation and a damage deposit is also taken. Full details on our website.
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Accommodates: 11
Ensuite bedrooms: 3
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UN to Vote on Resolution Condemning Islamic State Attacks
Two suicide bomb attacks, claimed by Islamic State, killed dozens and injured more than 300 people in Beirut last week.
UNITED NATIONS - France says the U.N. Security Council will vote later Friday on a resolution calling on all countries to "redouble and coordinate their efforts" to prevent further attacks by the Islamic State group and similar groups.
French diplomat Philippe Bertoux tweeted that the vote would take place in the afternoon.
The draft resolution also demandes that the 93 U.N. member states "eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria."
The text, obtained by The Associated Press, condemns the recent attacks by the Islamic State group and urges countries to "intensify their efforts to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters to Iraq and Syria."
France's U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre told reporters as he headed into a council meeting that he hoped for a speedy vote.
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Bomb attacks on a Shiite mosque and elsewhere in southern Baghdad killed at least 15 people Friday as a top religious official urged unity among Iraqis in the fight against the Islamic State group. The deadliest of the attacks targeted the mosque in the Iraqi capital's Nahiyet al-Rasheed neighborhood. A roadside bomb blast went off on the street outside the mosque just as worshippers were finishing Friday prayers, police said. Within minutes, a suicide bomber inside…
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Posted on: 6th February, 2017
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Contributor: Patrick J. Mahoney
Patrick J. Mahoney studied cultural history at NUI Galway’s Centre for Irish Studies, and now teaches in the department of history at Sacred Heart University, Connecticut. He is interested in the study of emigrant narratives, and the Irish historical experience as it relates to those in the United States and Britain. This column highlights the stories of significant people and places with West Cork connections, throughout the world.
Valentine’s season is upon us yet again, and as such, florists rejoice and couples the world over take a moment or two to show a bit of appreciation for their partners. Undoubtedly, the day serves as a time for such couples, whether they’ve been together for ten months or ten years, to think back on their respective histories together (for better or worse!) Yet, far from the flowers, heart shaped boxes of sweets and romantic gestures of the current climate, one can’t help but think back to a time in the not-too-distant past when matches weren’t based solely on love or attraction. Rather, couples came together through the skilled negotiating of professional matchmakers, the likes of which were known in every locality across West Cork.
Shrove Tuesday, the eve of Lent, was traditionally the day for matchmaking, during which romantic intermediaries would discreetly call upon homes with females of marriageable age, attempting to strike up a lasting connection with a potential local suitor. It mattered little if the potential couple had ever met previously, or whether there was a spark when they eventually did, for from its inception, the union was based more on convenience and status rather than love. If, upon learning more about their potential son-in-law, namely the extent of his landholdings and suitability to provide for their daughter, the girl’s parents were agreeable, a meeting would be arranged. The venue for such further negotiations was typically the parlour of the local pub, where drink flowed freely to aid in the process. The skill of the matchmaker was often pivotal at this stage in the game to make suggestions and curtail the many difficult questions that might make or break a potential deal. Despite the progress that might be made during the session, matches were rare on the first go around.
Further confirmation of the various claims that had been made during the previous session were often needed, and sought, by having a ‘walking of the land’. As such, male members of the potential bride’s family would visit the gentleman farmer’s property and take inventory of all that was contained there within. However, much like the online dater in today’s day in age that seeks to bend the truth in order to attract a potential mate, it wasn’t unheard of for a cooperative neighbour to lend a cow or two to the suitor in question on the day of the visit to boost his stock! Assuming all was in order during the walk about, further negotiations began.
At this advanced stage, a bottle of whiskey was brought to the house where the match was now all but guaranteed. With an agreeable dowry set, typically paid by the bride’s family in two installments, the first upon the marriage and another upon the occasion of the birth of the first child, the match could be finalised. As such, the hob was struck and the matchmaker would say, “Would you let this girl be buried with this man’s family?” With an “I would” from the girl’s father, the matchmaker’s job was done, and preparations for the impending wedding could be made!
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Hemp: The amazing chemical factory with huge potential
Hemp is full of potential as a functional food and for construction material with fibers.
Hemp: The amazing chemical factory with huge potential Hemp is full of potential as a functional food and for construction material with fibers. Check out this story on wisfarmer.com: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2018/12/19/hemp-amazing-chemical-factory-huge-potential/2362858002/
Carol Spaeth-Bauer, Wisconsin State Farmer Published 12:08 p.m. CT Dec. 19, 2018 | Updated 1:54 p.m. CT Dec. 19, 2018
Hemp grain is highly nutritious, containing a complete protein profile of all 20 amino acids, which are the building blocks of all tissues in the human body. (Photo: Carol Spaeth-Bauer/Wisconsin State Farmer,)
Dr. Jonathan Vaught, CEO and co-founder of Front Range Biosciences describes hemp as "a pretty amazing little chemical factory."
Vaught was among six panelists at a hemp workshop during the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation (WFBF) convention on Dec. 2.
The plant produces at least 130-140 know cannabinoids. Outside of things like CBD that everyone talks about, the plant is full of other compounds, flavonoids, antioxidants, more than 500 unique small molecules in the plant, providing a "huge amount of potential" for dietary supplements and drugs, such as one approved drug for pediatric seizure disorders, Vaught described.
The grain "has a pretty balanced amino acid profile for a plant-based protein source" and is well-balanced between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, "which means it's balanced the same way your body is," Vaught said.
Dr. Jonathan Vaught, CEO and co-founder of Front Range Biosciences, talks about industrial hemp at a Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation hemp workshop on Dec. 2 in Wisconsin Dells. (Photo: Carol Spaeth-Bauer/Wisconsin State Farmer)
From a nutrition perspective, Vaught said, "We haven't even really begun to tap the potential there."
When considering hemp fiber, which can be used for construction material such as hempcrete, there is a "huge amount of potential across the board," Vaught added.
The hottest area right now is CBD oil, but to grow hemp for that purpose and to harvest it and capture that value is challenging, Vaught explained.
"It's not like growing corn," he described. "It's probably more like growing tomatoes. ... It's a specialty crop. It's a high-value crop."
Hemp could compete with soybeans, especially if the grain can be used in animal feed. Currently it is illegal to put hemp in animal feed for resale, according to Melody Walker with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
"As of March 2017, the industry has not yet provided any information showing that ingredients derived from the hemp plant are safe and useful in domestic animal feed," said Walker.
Colorado is leading an effort to provide research needed to allow hemp as an official feed ingredient, but Walker didn't know the status of that research.
Vaught predicts prices for hemp will go down over time like any crop, but long-term, "as more infrastructure gets put in place and more farmers are going to grow it, the potential is huge," said Vaught. "I think this crop is here to stay."
Ken Anderson. founder of Legacy Hemp, is excited about the future of hemp in Wisconsin. He sees product innovation as the key.
"Right now what we're doing with hemp is nowhere near what we can do with hemp," said Anderson. "I see product development in hemp as the area where Wisconsin is going to sine. Once the infrastructure is in place, Wisconsin is really going to shine in fiber.
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Community members step up to aid Waupun, Alto tornado victims
Nothing tests the fabric of a community’s character like hard times.
Community members step up to aid Waupun, Alto tornado victims Nothing tests the fabric of a community’s character like hard times. Check out this story on wisfarmer.com: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/state/2018/08/30/waupun-community-rallies-help-tornado-victims/1141151002/
Colleen Kottke, Wisconsin State Farmer Published 2:05 a.m. CT Aug. 30, 2018 | Updated 10:44 a.m. CT Aug. 30, 2018
When a tornado carved a path across the townships of Alto and Waupun, leveling farm buildings and uprooting trees and lives, volunteers banded together to lend their neighbors a helping hand. Wochit
Waupun Agriculture teacher and FFA advisor Tari Costello (left) gives Danielle Wetzel a hug and some moral support as the Wetzel family copes with wide spread destruction on their family farm east of Alto.(Photo: Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer)
TOWN OF WAUPUN – Nothing tests the fabric of a community’s character like hard times.
Just minutes after a tornado carved a path across ripening corn and soybean fields in Fond du Lac County Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind a wake of uprooted trees, mangled farm buildings and devastated families, concerned citizens raced to the scene to offer aid.
The sounds of chainsaws, generators, scraping metal and machinery filled the air as community members began to help their neighbors wade through the destruction wrought by the late August storm.
“Yesterday people began pouring into the yard with trucks and trailers. Even if they didn’t know a thing about cattle, it didn’t matter, they were here to help us get our animals out of the barn and delivered to area farms,” said Danielle Wetzel. “We didn’t have to call anyone.”
The Wetzel’s farm, Pebble Knolls Dairy located just east of Highway 49 on Hemp Road, bore the brunt of the EF-1 tornado, one of seven confirmed tornadoes on Aug. 28. The winds generated by the storm – estimated at up to 100 mph – leveled the buildings sheltering the milking herd and pre-fresh cows, drove two-by-four planks through the walls of one of the family’s homes and bent sheet metal around the branches of a tree like twist-ties.
Everything was gone
Danielle’s husband, Eric, who owns the farm along with his parents Dick and Gail Wetzel who founded the farm in 1970, said employees were inside the milking parlor (one of the few buildings that remained standing) when the storm struck.
Six buildings including a large freestall barn that sheltered the milking herd at Pebble Knolls Dairy were destroyed in a tornado on Aug. 28. (Photo: Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer)
“When we came up out of the basement and looked around I saw the tree damage around the house. Then I looked across the road and everything was gone,” said Eric Wetzel, his voice trailing off. “Thankfully no one was hurt, but this all hasn’t even sunk in yet.”
At least six ot the buildings on the Wetzel's farm were destroyed or damaged in the storm. Eric's brother, Todd and his wife, Michelle, who live on the farm reported major damage to their home.
“Our youngest daughter, Chelsee, 12, was home alone when the storm hit,” Michelle said. “We couldn’t get ahold of her by phone and it seemed as though every road I tried to get down had a tree blocking it.”
While family members and employees escaped injury, some of the cows in the family’s 650-head milking herd weren’t so lucky. Five cows died of direct injuries from flying debris, while two dozen were slated to be shipped to market due to lacerations from the sharp edges of twisted sheet metal.
Danielle Wetzel says she couldn’t bear to see the loss of life among the herd.
“It was really hard when the truck came to take them away,” said Wetzel as she wiped away tears, “because I know how much they mean to my family.”
Farmers helping farmers
Eric Wetzel said the cows were surprisingly calm as they led them out of the barns and into awaiting trailers to be trucked off to nine different farms Tuesday night until the family is able to rebuild. Seventy-five head of breeding stock were slated to be moved out the next day.
Supplies still sit on shelves in a work shop at Pebble Knolls Dairy that was destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday, Aug. 28. (Photo: Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer)
“Everything went so smoothly last night. We moved close to 700 head of cows in about five hours,” Wetzel said. “This community is top notch.”
The displaced cattle were trucked to farms as near as Daane Dairy down the road to Crave Brothers Farm in Waterloo and to Rosendale Dairy which welcomed 300 of the Wetzel’s cows in their facility near Pickett.
Bill Harke a spokesman says Milk Source was just one of many local farms that jumped in to help during a time of need. One of Milk Source's large dairy farms was the recipient of such help following the freak blizzard in April of this year.
“When we had a barn collapse at Tidy View Dairy in April, many farmers reached out to help us. If we can help the Wetzel family, we’re happy to do so. It’s what Wisconsin farmers do,” Harke said.
Just three miles due east as the crow flies, Mike and Robyn Pluim are still trying to cope with a large pile of rubble that was once their barn and silo. Mike Pluim was standing inside his garage waiting for his daughter to come home when torrential rains and high winds began battering the structure.
A confirmed EF1 tornado brought down this barn and silo owned by Mike and Robyn Pluim on Cattaraugus Road just northeast of Waupun on Aug. 28. (Photo: Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer)
“I saw metal flying and the garage started shaking. When I peeked outside the barn was down,” said Pluim, noting the structure was empty at the time. “We had a lot of help last night, and today I’m trying to do the most important things first. I just don’t know where to start.”
In a small feed lot just south of the pile of splintered barn boards and broken staves, a group of heifers lined up at a nearby feed bunk, seemingly oblivious to the chaos around them. The family custom raises heifers for three area farms and says they were lucky to lose only one animal in the storm.
“You always say ‘Gosh, I hope I never have to live through something like that’, and here it is,” said Robyn.
Cathy Loomans was at work when she learned that her small farmstead on County AS near the community of Alto was struck by a tornado. The storm leveled the family's barn and another outbuildling.
Rich and Cathy Loomans lost a barn and a shed on their homestead on County AS near Alto when a strong line of thunderstorms moved through the area on Aug. 28, producing a tornado. (Photo: Courtesy of Cathy Loomans)
"We are thankful that our house suffered much less damage than the other buildings," Loomans said. "We are so thankful for friends and neighbors who came out to help and the community for providing for us and those that are helping. We are truly blessed."
A community in need
While the first wave of volunteers rushed out to assist their rural neighbors Tuesday night, a network of community members began forming a plan to reach out to not only the families in need, but the utility crews and band of workers lending aid.
After surveying the damage Tuesday night, Waupun Area High School Agriculture teacher and FFA Advisor Tari Costello sent out a call to arms on Facebook, seeking donations and volunteer workers to meet at the high school the next morning to make sandwiches, and pack boxes of food and water to distribute to workers volunteering at the Wetzel, Pluim and Rich and Cathy Loomans farms, as well as the small community of Alto where power could be out for several days.
Waupun FFA members (from left) Sam Horning, Alexa Kuhn and Kelli Bonack make sandwiches for volunteers and utility workers cleaning up and repairing damage in the wake of the Aug. 28 storm. (Photo: Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer)
By 8 a.m., the commons at the high school was filled with staff and students and piles of donations.
“The best thing we can do right now is provide food and water,” said Costello, noting that many of the district’s FFA chapter members were among the families impacted by the storm. “They’re out there trying to take care of their home places.”
Fellow staff member Jan Schramm says Waupun FFA members are among the first to lend a hand to those in need out in the community.
“They’re always out there in the community helping and giving back. This (storm) really affects a lot of them personally and we want to be there for them,” Schramm said.
FFA Officer team members Alexa Kuhn and Kelli Bonack, and Lawrence Brewer drove to the high school to support their fellow chapter members.
“When I first heard the news I just felt sick inside,” Bonack said. “These farmers and their families have invested their lives in these farms and in just minutes it can be all over.”
Volunteers were also sent to the Waupun Area Food Pantry to help clean up damage inside the Mill Street location.
Waupun Area School District staff members load supplies and food into a vehicle to be delivered to sites impacted by the Aug. 28 tornado. (Photo: Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer)
What small towns do
The city of Waupun is no stranger to adversity. Citizens answered the call for help in 2004, when a tornado pummeled the rural Alto area and swept over the city. It was no different on Wednesday, as local businesses and firms stepped forward to help impacted community members.
"Kwik Trip donated their fruit and bakery items for the effort. As soon as we got word out on Facebook donations began pouring in immediately, but that’s what small towns do,” Costello said.
Michelle Wetzel said friends and strangers along with the Waupun FFA, cross country team and dance team also showed up to lend a hand or drop off food.
"It's been just incredible," she said.
Melissa Daane said her children urged her to set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for her neighbors, Eric and Danielle Wetzel. The Daane’s live just down the road from the Wetzels and are housing 70 of their neighbor’s milk cows.
“The farm is a huge part of the family’s life and I can’t imagine what they must be going through,” Daane said.
Eric Wetzel says he still feels as though he’s in a state of shock but knows the family will have to sit down and talk about the future of the family farm.
“I know my children, would like to farm, but there’s some pretty big decisions ahead of us,” he said.
Waupun community rallies to help tornado victims
Strong winds destroyed the cover of this silo along Highway 49 northwest of Waupun. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmerpwwf
Damaging winds flattened this field of corn along Cattaraugus Road near Waupun. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Volunteers help cover a feed pile at Pebble Knolls Dairy near Alto. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Liz Wetzel (center) reports to her father Eric Wetzel on the movement and condition of cattle from Pebble Knolls Dairy near Alto. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Eric Wetzel (right) second generation owner of Pebble Knolls Dairy fields another call as he tries to coordinate the cleanup at his farm following a August 28 tornado. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
A confirmed tornado destroyed this barn at Mike and Robyn Pluim's farm off of Cattaraugus Road. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Waupun FFA volunteers help make sandwiches for utility workers and volunteers helping in the wake of a August 28 tornado. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Staff members at Waupun Area High School fill boxes with food to be taken out to work sites. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Volunteers cut up downed trees on the front lawn of Eric and Danielle Wetzel's home on Hemp Road. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
The Wetzel family lost over two dozen dairy cows following a tornado that struck their farm on August 28. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Employees were milking cows in this parlor when a tornado struck the farm around 3 p.m. on August 28. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Sheet metal from the farm buildings is strewn around the farmyard at Pebble Knolls Dairy on Hemp Road. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Sheet metal is twisted around tree branches at Pebble Knolls Dairy. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Michelle Wetzel said the strong winds drove two-by-four planks through the walls of her home. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Six buildings were destroyed at Pebble Knolls Dairy near Alto. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Six buildings including a large freestall barn that sheltered the milking herd at Pebble Knolls Dairy were destroyed in a tornado on August 28. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Volunteers from area businesses, farms, schools help cover a feed pile at Pebble Knolls Dairy near Alto. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Cows like these who suffered serious injuries in the tornado await to be shipped off to market. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
The Wetzel family will will have all their buildings assessed by an insurance adjuster before they can rebuild.. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Eric Wetzel and his daughter, Liz, watches as a cattle truck backs up to the barn to load up cattle injured in the August 28 storm. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Volunteers clear the farmyard of downed tree limbs. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Sheet metal is seen scattered in a nearby farm field. Volunteers will later walk the fields to search for metal that may ruin equipment or injure cows. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Sheet metal is bent around a utility pole across the road from the Wetzel farm. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
A pickup truck is buried beneath the rubble of the machine shed. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
A small flock of sheep huddle in the remains of a freestall barn. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
A confirmed EF1 tornado brought down this barn and silo owned by Mike and Robyn Pluim on Cattaraugus Road just northeast of Waupun on August 28. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Waupun Area School District staff members load supplies and food into a vehicle to be delivered to sites impacted by the August 28 tornado. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Waupun Agriculture teacher and FFA advisor Tari Costello (left) gives Danielle Wetzel a hug and some moral support as the Wetzel family copes with wide spread destruction on their family farm east of Alto. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Supplies still sit on shelves in a work shop at Pebble Knolls Dairy that was destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday, August 28. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Volunteers collect sheet metal that was strewn around the farm by a tornado. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Waupun FFA members (from left) Sam Horning, Alexa Kuhn and Kelli Bonack make sandwiches for volunteers and utility workers cleaning up and repairing damage in the wake of the August 28 storm. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Volunteers cover feed piles with a sheet of plastic on the Wetzel family farm Pebble Knolls Dairy on August 28. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
Robyn Pluim (right) shows volunteer Jen Schramm the damage on her Waupun area farm. Colleen Kottke/Wisconsin State Farmer
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April 2007 marks a full decade that I've been writing professionally about what I now call Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA).
My debut was a column called Wireless Data Development in Boardwatch Magazine's April 1997 issue shown at right. My column topic made the cover - AT&T Introduces A Wireless Local Loop. (Unfortunately, only a few remnants have survived online from Boardwatch's once-considerable online presence, and the April, 1997 issue isn't among them.)
Although I cannot find where and when he said it, some time prior to the April, 1997 issue, Boardwatch Editor Rotundus (his self-conferred title) Jack Rickard abruptly transitioned the magazine from covering both the Bulletin Board Service (BBS) industry and the fledgling Internet Service Provider industry, to just the latter. He also invited those who had ideas for new columns to submit their ideas. I submitted a writing sample and a proposal, and heard from a Boardwatch editor in approximately January-February 1997 to "start writing".
In those first few years of Wireless Data Developments, I struggled to explain to the new Internet Service Provider industry about the benefits of using wireless technology to provide the last mile between the ISP and the user.
The topic of the column and I were met with a lot of outright skepticism, not the least of which was from Editor Rickard who I never met or talked to the entire time I wrote the column, and later feature articles. Rickard only told me years later that his opinion then was "This guy [me] can't write worth crap... but let him keep trying". I don't think Rickard ever really got wireless, even though he did finally get to see the realization of what I had been talking about for all those years by attending a WISPCON - Wireless Internet Service Provider Conference where Rickard saw for himself that the small entrepreneurial ISP that was so beloved to him and Boardwatch was alive and well... just now using wireless.
Wireless Data Developments opened the door to other writing opportunities about the subject of Broadband Wireless Internet Access. I particularly enjoyed writing for Broadband Wireless Business (now also apparently defunct) in its early years.
Wireless Data Developments lasted about five years, and Boardwatch didn't survive for too much longer, a victim of two ownership turnovers, loss of passion (and Rickard), the devastating downturn in the tech industry, the movement of advertising and readership to online, and trying to cater the content to what the big advertisers wanted rather than keeping the content relevant to the core audience of smaller, entrepreneurial ISPs.
One proud moment with Boardwatch came in January, 2002 with the publication of what I submitted as my last column, but ended up being barely sandwiched into the magazine as an article called Wireless Smart Radio, Heavy Lobbying Would Bring Wireless ISP Band. I've told that story previously on this blog. As far as I'm aware, this was the first article in print that proposed what are now called Cognitive Radio Techniques that would allow Broadband Wireless Internet Access to effectively share unused television broadcast channels (now called "TV Whitespace") while protecting legacy television broadcasting. Such a proposal is now under active consideration at the FCC, backed by companies such as Microsoft and Cisco.
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Research has shown that very few serious complications result from medical abortions in comparison to the number of women who experience successful medical abortions. 16 17 20 21 22 In the few cases that a surgical intervention such as a curettage (vacuum aspiration) is needed, this can be managed by the same health care facilities that care for women who have had miscarriages.
||Length of pregnancy || % of women needing further medical care ||
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71-77 days (10-11 weeks) 3.3%
(Further medical care consists of vacuum aspiration for a continuing pregnancy or an incomplete abortion.)
2 or 3 out of every 100 women that have medical abortions will need to go to a local doctor, first aid center, or hospital to receive further medical care such as vacuum aspiration. This risk is equal to that of requiring medical care for an allergic reaction after using penicillin. 56 57
Medical abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol is used in most European countries. In France only about 1.000.000 abortions have been done with Mifepristone and Misoprostol since 1992 and no deaths have occurred.
As of January 2009, approximately 1,000,000 women in the United States and over 2 million women in Europe have used Mifepristone with Misoprostol to induce abortion, and there have been five deaths associated with the use of Mifepristone in medical abortion. 65
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Compare medical abortion's mortality rate with that of penicillin. Fatal reactions to penicillin occur in 1 case per 50,000-100,000 courses. 58 This means that a medical abortion is safer than a treatment with penicillin.
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In many countries, there are more deaths associated with childbirth than with induced abortion. The actual number of deaths from induced abortion are even fewer than what is shown in the following chart, since deaths related to induced abortion, miscarriage, and ectopic pregnancy are grouped in the same category. 41
Country Deaths caused by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, abortion Death caused by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, abortion per live birth Pregnancy-related deaths, excluding abortion Pregnancy-related deaths per live births
France 2 1 in 387,000 48 1 in 16,000
Australia 0 0 per 246,000 12 1 in 21,000
Canada 1 1 in 328,000 10 1 in 33,000
Source: WHO Mortality Database, 2001
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ELD Compliance Enters New Phase
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In last year's "Connected Fleet Guide," we were a couple months away from Phase Two of the federal Electronic Logging Device mandate. Fleets with grandfathered automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) are currently allowed to continue using them, while those with paper logs had to transition to an ELD back in December 2017. When Phase Three commences in December 2019, all heavy-duty trucks required to comply with the rule must be equipped with a certified ELD.
While compliance and adoption rates of ELDs vary depending on the source, with the FMCSA reporting better than 95% compliance compared with independent surveys that claim much lower rate, we know this much is true: Fleets using them acknowledge that ELDs can have a positive impact on operations, whether it's a lower risk of compliance violations or reducing manual processes.
The FMCSA agrees and reported in a six-month analysis after the start of Phase Two that, during roadside inspections, hours of service (HOS) violations have decreased steadily. In the same report, the agency cited that less than 1% of driver inspections resulted in a violation due to a driver not having an ELD or grandfathered AOBRD.
There have of course been challenges and lessons learned, which are highlighted in this article. With the launch of any new system, and without a true beta-testing period with all stakeholders — including law enforcement — prior to implementation, it's no surprise that there have been hiccups during this first year.
Hours-of-service compliance improves with ELD rollout.
Source: FMCSA
What We've Learned
1. Provide more training. Law enforcement officers and drivers all need more training on using the devices. Drivers need to know, for example, if they have an AOBRD or an ELD, as the process with the officer will be slightly different. There's even a cab card that drivers should carry. Carriers should work with their vendors if they're unsure on what to train drivers on. They also should find out from drivers on what's being asked of them during inspections.
2. Research your vendor thoroughly. If you don't feel your vendor isn't supporting you through implementation, you may need to reconsider vendors now before you've invested any more time. The certified ELD vendor with the FMCSA is quite long, so be sure to do independent research on the history of the vendor.
3. Don't ignore unassigned drive time. This unassigned drive time should be investigated and dealt with regularly so that it doesn't stack up. This is especially important to make sure there isn't a bug happening and that drivers are using the system correctly.
4. The data could help solve long-time problems. The data could potentially help refine HOS parameters. It could also result in carriers restrategizing some of their dispatching and routing decisions.
For example, surveys and industry articles report that drivers are struggling more with parking since the ELD mandate. The ELDs, however, are not the cause of parking shortages — this has been a growing issue along main trucking corridors for a while. On the other hand, the mandate made it more difficult for drivers to shift hours in order to find a place to park, which means they may sometimes be left in spots with no parking once they've reached their maximum number of drive hours.
This complaint does shine a light on several issues: an imbalance of parking locations in high-demand areas, a need for better route scheduling so drivers aren't in these areas when pushed against their rest period — a process that can be significantly aided by telematics — and an inflexibility in the HOS regulations that may sometimes put drivers in risky situations.
Data could help provide the evidence and tools needed to make changes to any or all of these three areas.
What We Can Do Next
Make lemonade. Whether you want those ELDs in your trucks or not, they are there. Now it's about increasing the analytics behind compliance. Working with a trusted telematics vendor and avoiding a fly-by-night ELD provider means you won't be missing out on the cost savings, efficiency-driven insights, and increased productivity that fleets often find after installing a full-suite telematics system as part of their ELD solution.
Here's what drivers and fleets may find with fully connected ELD/telematics solutions:
Fewer violations that put them out of service.
An overall reduction in downtime to fill out paper logs.
Auto-generated reports that used to take hours to generate.
A tighter and more consistent driver inspection process.
More transparency in routing and dispatching by having it in a single dashboard with driver logs.
Driver behavior data that provides opportunities to coach and reward people.
Increased transparency and even collaboration with shippers and receivers thanks to a better understanding of how much time a driver spends at each dock.
For the trucking industry, the key word here is "collaboration." The data provided by telematics as part of an ELD solution means easier collaboration among the back-office staff with drivers and executives, as well as other touchpoints like customers and shipping partners.
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These are the Photos That Won a Malaysian His Award at a World Photography Competition
Rebecca Vega
“I hope the reality of the misery depicted in these pictures will draw the attention of the world to (these) people. (The Rohinigya) are human beings just like us, who dream of a perfect life.”
Source: Mohd Samsul Mohd Said
Mohd Samsul Mohd Said has made our nation proud by winning first place at the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards category for Professional Current Affairs & News with his coverage of the Rohingya Migrants in Myanmar.
He was one of the 10 Professional category winners announced yesterday alongside the prestigious Photographer of the Year title, which was presented to British photographer Alys Tomlinson.
Hailing from Kuala Lumpur, Mohd Samsul is a freelance photographer who specialises in international news. His win in the Professional Current Affairs & News category has given him due recognition for his series ‘Life inside the Refugee Camp’, which focuses on the ongoing Rohingya crisis – depicting the stories of thousands of migrant fleeing violence in their homeland Myanmar.
As part of his accomplishment as a Professional category winner, he received flights and accommodation to the awards ceremony in London, Sony digital imaging equipment, and publication in the winners’ book. Furthermore, his winning work has been included in the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London. Talk about wang besar!
The Sony World Photography Awards is one of the world’s most diverse photography competition, produced by the World Photography Organisation. It was so big this year, that the 11th edition saw a record-breaking 320,000 submissions by photographers from more than 200 countries and territories, presenting some of the world’s finest contemporary photography captured over the past year. The prize-giving ceremony of this year’s Sony Photography Awards ended on the 19th of April.
WOB presents our heartiest congratulations to Mohd Samsul! You’ve simultaneously shed light on a serious ongoing issue while bringing pride to the nation, and inspired our community to aim high and dream bigger. Malaysia Boleh!
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Two people hurt in Fawn Twp. house fire
A man suffered burns and a youth inhaled smoke Thursday during a Fawn Township apartment house fire, officials said.
Two people hurt in Fawn Twp. house fire A man suffered burns and a youth inhaled smoke Thursday during a Fawn Township apartment house fire, officials said. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2017/05/11/least-one-person-hurt-fawn-twp-house-fire/101554572/
Liz Evans Scolforo, 505-5429/@LizScolforoYD Published 1:39 p.m. ET May 11, 2017 | Updated 7:54 p.m. ET May 11, 2017
This three-unit apartment house was destroyed by fire on Thursday, May 11, 2017, a fire official said. (Photo courtesy of Southern PA Incident Network)(Photo: Submitted)
Fire crews were called to 683-687 Graceton Road about 12:20 p.m. for the blaze and brought it under control in about a half hour, according to Assistant Fire Chief Jimmy Williams of Fawn Grove's Citizens Volunteer Fire Co.
A man who lived in the first-floor apartment suffered burns and was taken to York Hospital, Williams said. His condition wasn't immediately available.
Fire destroyed a three-unit apartment house at 683-687 Graceton Road in Fawn Township on Thursday, May 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Southern PA Incident Network) (Photo: Submitted)
A male juvenile who lived in the third-floor attic apartment suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to a Maryland hospital for treatment, he said.
No other injuries were reported, the assistant chief said.
A total of seven residents — four adults and three juveniles — from the three apartments are displaced and being assisted by the York-Adams Chapter of the American Red Cross, according to Williams. The Red Cross also provided canteen service to the 30 or so firefighters who responded, he said.
Total loss: The house is a total loss, according to Williams. A damage estimate was not immediately available.
There is smoke and water damage throughout the apartment house and fire damage in the first-floor apartment, and firefighters had to cut a hole in the roof to ventilate smoke, Williams said.
A state police fire marshal is investigating, he confirmed. Williams said he expects it will be a lengthy investigation.
Firefighters arrived at the scene "within minutes" with about 4,000 gallons of water, according to Williams, who said less than 1,000 gallons was needed to douse the flames.
No one trapped: There were initial reports of people trapped inside, but that wasn't the case, he said.
After extinguishing the blaze, fire crews had to do extensive overhaul to make sure there was no fire in any of the walls, Williams said.
Assisting Fawn Grove firefighters at the scene were crews from Airville, Stewartstown, Delta-Cardiff and Felton, plus Maryland units from Harford County, Whiteford, Norrisville and Darlington, Williams said.
Also, he said, Craley firefighters filled in for Fawn Grove crews.
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Main | News > What would make you work longer?
What would encourage you to work until you were 70?
Could you be convinced to work until you were 70?
Olga Galacho
This week, the Coalition government back-flipped on the ‘zombie’ policy to raise eligibility for the Age Pension to 70 years.
Originally proposed in the 2014 Budget as a means to save $3.6 billion over four years, the measure had lain dormant since.
But finally realising how unpopular the policy was, new Prime Minister Scott Morrison dropped it to align his government with the Labor Party’s own position on the retirement age.
While this week’s announcement was applauded by many organisations, there are others who believe that working until 70 years of age is appropriate for some individuals.
In fact, many Australians are still in the workforce at that age. Not everyone wants to retire in their 60s and some seniors may even be persuaded to stay working until their 70th birthday if they were offered incentives.
Old Geezer
I left my job (just over broke) decades ago now and it was only after I did that I started to accumulate real wealth. I can't see myself stopping what I am currently doing until the day I die as together with making more money than I can spend I enjoy doing it.
HarrysOpinion
Blow·hard. OG. The definition of a blowhard is a person who boasts in an obnoxious or unpleasant way. Someone who is constantly telling you how much money he has and how great he is to the point where it really annoys you is an example of a blowhard
HS I haven't told you anything about how much money I have or haven't got. All I aid that until I gave away working in a job I didn't accumulate any real wealth. If this is retirement I simply love it and wish I had done it decades earlier.
TREBOR
FIGJAM.
Come on guys OG is a right wing rusted on government stooge but the above is not kosher. Let the poor miserable bugger be.
In answer to Olga's question I have only one word: HUNGER. Ok, in all fairness the government is working to achieve that in the next couple of generations.
Only Labor Mick would make such statements.
Hunger is certainly not on the top of my list for anything.
Under OG's beloved Lieberal scum, ever more people will suffer from HUNGER as the rich get richer and the poor poorer.
That's how you develop slave labour. Give 'em part time work or casual jobs, keep 'em poor and then they are your slaves. The game plan.
inextratime
Wrong OG. You revealed exactly how much money you have accumulated in a previous post.
Happy to reveal it if you are not too embarrassed.
Yes please reveal it.
Boomah52
Old fellah, you seem to spend most of your time on here lol.
I have been told to rest and this is resting for me.
OG finds offensively boasting, denigrating and judging the less fortunate, and wishing hurt on people ''restful''???? That's one sick puppy!
Aussiefrog
There are others who believe that working until 70 years of age is appropriate for some individuals.
You nailed here "SOME"
I wouldn't see boilermakers, bricklayers or concretors working you 70!
My father was a manual labourer and he worked until he was 90.
marls
My father was a labour to he died at 58 never been sick in his life and I not believe you
That's your problem not mine. I guess it was because he didn't allow his body to become lazy as he aged which is certainly the secret of aging well.
Rosret
- or teachers or nurses or police officers.
However many of our jobs that we hold so precious are going to become AI robotics controlled. From brick laying, driving, construction, teaching, law and even medicine. The generation of the future may just be pressing buttons from home in the morning and then heading off to the beach for a surf. That universal salary income for all may not be as far away as we think and the concept of a pension will be redundant.
Post his birth certificate Old Geezer, his pay slips at age of 90, his tax return at age 90 and the original death certificate at age 90. Marls doesn't believe you!...that's odd!
OG...I gave you the benefit of the doubt above, but really.
The facts are that plumbers are broken men at 50. Knees and back gone. Many others likewise. It's basic. You are full of it OG but it goes with the narrative. As I keep saying YOU ARE A GOVERNMENT TROLL. Nobody else could post the above. Total BS!
WideBayMike
Add panel beaters to that list. In the 30 years I spent working as a panel beater I only worked with one old panel beater, he was 64. Definitely a young mans game. My working life came to an early end due to psoriatic arthritis. My Dad was a farmer and as the oldest brother carried the financial management side of the farm. Dead @59.
I have never seen my father's birth certificate as he had no need for one. He died just before he reached 100 and you ought to know that death certificates have to be surrendered when one applies for probate. I don't know about you but I haven't keep any records from last century either as there is simply no need to keep them any more than 7 years now. Got a few years to go myself but I hope I can work as long as he did or even longer.
None of that proves he was a labourer until he was 90. I smell bullshit.
Welcome to the Ebergeezer show - Prime time comedy 24/7... proudly brought to you by LNP Spinning Wheels Inc...
My father couldn't read or write so what else could he be but a labourer?
Mad as Hell
OG If iI had a black cat I bet yours would be blacker.
Sad you inherited bad traits. Parents have a lot to answer for.
Ahjay
I worked full time until age 75. I needed no incentive other than the fact that I had a job that I enjoyed and was in good health. I was still able to pass a very demanding annual medical up until the end.
I got a lucky reminder in my early sixties, I was 15 Kg overweight, cholesterol and heart rate were up, as was my blood pressure. My doctor suggested I give up sugar, which I did. Next medical my BMI was normal as was everything else and that continues today.
I will not eat anything that contains 5 % sugar or more and won't eat anything that is labelled Light, Diet, Low fat, No Fat, No added sugar, or any other get out of jail terms from the food and beverage manufacturers to imply things are healthy.
Boring perhaps, however I am on no medication and I am healthy. What more incentive would I need to work on.
You would have big trouble getting anything to eat in the US. I did as everything was full of sugar and salt. Even their bread was very sweet.
Very OG. San Francisco has sour dough. However I don't think we are far off. You really have to cook your own food these days.
What job did you do Ahjay? Politician? Doctor?
Nah - throwing sacks of grain onto a truck......
Once you reach the age of 65 and want to continue to work then pay zero income tax. That would have encouraged me to keep working if I was able.
How about a sizeable discount on income tax. As a Defined Benefit Pension recipient I have to pay tax but get a 10% rebate. Funny how it works though. 10% of my total taxable income is taken off my tax payable, as in if my annual taxable income is $60k then I have $6k rebated from the tax I have to pay. However the rebate is, I believe, capped at $10k. Since this rebate system is already used for over 65 Defined Benefit pensioners why not extend it to all over 65s who have an income tax liability. As the meerkat says on that TV ad, simple
I retired at 60 (self funded) and in my mid 70s would still work gratis doing something worthwhile and making a difference. Virtually all retirees have a whole load of experience and knowledge to contribute but are generally offered menial, routine mind numbing jobs. Yet we have a skills shortage and need to import skills we already have? We have hundreds of thousands of kids leaving school unable to read, inarticulate without any life experience and directionless which could potentially be a bigger drain on society than the aged due to crime etc. We have councils, businesses and governments that seem unable to make basic sensible decisions and could use some common sense advice. Loads of untapped mentoring capacity amongst the retired. Surely if they are serious about exploiting our resources, the State or Federal governments could put together a scheme to better utilise these brains and experience?
Other..One of the great delusions about the whole issue is that its assumed a person will be capable of the same performance at 60 as they were at 40. Its not the case now and it certainly wont be true of the upcoming, overweight, generations.
This seems to be a search for back door ways of raising the pension age to 70... I would have worked till 70 and had a secure enough job to do it, but my health was burnt out at 56. Thus ends the simple approach to the question.
So my perception of working till 70 would be, age pension at 65 and the real opportunity to actually earn what I am permitted to earn, on top of the pension. This would involve the unions opening the door on half day employment and businesses being able to employ me two, half days a week. This would allow me to afford running a car and visit relatives in another state..The over 60 period is a dreadful waste of life when people are supposed to enjoy sitting in a rocking chair all day.
Triss
You’re so right, Charlie, and it’s the politicians who think that way. Sitting comfortably in a big chair in parliament doing nothing heavy you could work until you’re 90, just throw in a couple of catcalls so you can convince yourself you’re someone.
I for one couldn't sit in a big chair all day doing nothing. That's why people age so quickly as they don't use it and so lose it.
What are you doing now, Ebergeezer?
Working to any age should be optional after pension age at 65... of course, as the superannuation system finally is resolved and eventually kicks in after 50 years and not the 25 that had the LNP (Fat Joe/Der Gormannator) bleating about 'too mucheee.. too mucheee pension' - the demand on Pension Rights should reduce. Just need to make it properly viable and out of the hands of parasites.
As I said - I'd work for life in the right spot.. but I'm choosy now and still will not work with fools... and said 'WITH' fools - I work FOR nobody, though they may be granted the privilege of working with me.
Writing political posts for the government TREBOR. Well paid apparently but you have to sell your soul and eat vomit apparently. Perfect retirement job for OG.
Mick I would like to see them as I certainly didn't write any myself as I have better things to do than write rubbish for mere pennies.
Like the long list you produced below crowing LNP (non) achievements?
NeDaPa
People should be encouraged to work for as long as they want...assuming they are capable physically and mentally.
This enables personal superannuation to accumulate and last longer.
That said, from age 65, senior citizens still working should be able to obtain a seniors rebate on their tax return to offset council rates and utilities that retired people can claim.
Also, the Govt should waive Stamp Duty on senior citizens downsizing their home.
Generally, the Australian Government and environment does little to transition ageing citizens from their working life to retirement.
Rebate on tax up to the rate of their deferred pension? Sounds a good idea to me.
Worked full-time to age 77. Lucky to have an office job. Working this long enabled me to contribute to my superannuation much longer than I would have been able to. Also made life a lot easier as I no longer had a mortgage to pay. Would not be easy for people doing manual jobs when they get older mainly because of health problems. Didn't get any rate rebates until I retired. If you earn over a certain amount or more than a number of hours a week/fortnight you do not qualify for a lot of concessions either. Downside also was only having 4 weeks annual leave but otherwise I enjoyed my job and was happy to work to 77. Woudl still be there if they would have let me work part-time.
Better than being retired as you don't get a day off at all.
I thought pensioners/retirees were on a skate.. now it's a burden?
Bridgit
69 yrs old and still working part-time as well as full-time carer - helps if you love your work and be able to work from home. Will keep going while I still have my marbles and 1+1=2
1 + 1 = 3 for me.
In that case OG, ATO might be interested in auditing your past and current tax deductions!
Offshore tax shelter?
Nothing wrong with having an offshore tax shelter.
**rubs hands together over the impending Cash In - Cash Out Tax... The Chico....
@OG. "Nothing wrong with having an offshore tax shelter."
It's MORALLY wrong. Too many rich scumbags do this, while poorer folk bear the tax burden. Typical of Lieberal scumbags.
Actually OG there's nothing right with having an offshore tax shelter. It's simply a LEGAL means of tax avoidance set up by the rich for themselves. I'd call that out for what it is: CORRUPTION at work in the highest office in the land.
76 developed nations are looking at ways to cut out the bleeding of their national economies and budgets via offshore accounts and such. There was a huge conference in Paris in the past twelve months.
How long do you think it will last before some government pulls the pin on it rather than going broke?
You forget TREBOR 'the rich' live in every land. They undermine all nations in their relentless pursuit of money (for them). Paying political puppets is a cheap option and government care not if the country goes broke. If you have any doubt then look at our current debt level. Around $600 billion and rising. Most created by rich man LNP government. Tax cuts for the rich. Let the money roll. And the right wing media NEVER batted an eyelid when somebody on $80,000 got a $500 tax cut whilst somebody on $180,000 got a $6,000 cut. I wonder why!
I would need adequate support for physical disability that has occurred over the last few years. I would need funding to get to work, a good ergonomic work place, garanteed sick leave, adequate hours, I suppose what is needed is support. No ageism and bullying in the workplace,
Sounds to me like you simply don't want to work at all.
Trust a heartless creep to say that. I guess you'd get rid of the NDIS too.
Yes get rid of the NDIS as we can't afford all the waste it produces.
sunnyOz
Bring back the Pensioner Bonus Scheme! No incentive to keep working now. So the govt says you can earn $250 per fortnight without it affecting the pension? Well - if you do work, any wage, plus the pension, is taxed! So you are slugged twice. Having just done it, not worth it, so chucked it in. Much better to do the occasional babysitting, or dog minding.
You can’t take money to your grave with you. I want to enjoy what ever time I have left. Life is about finding peace within yourself and living for you not some corrupt Government.
True....but who knows when they are done and also the next generation or the one after deserve a leg up. We got the same and wrong to not pass on the goodness.
Absolutely nothing would have encouraged me to work any longer than I had to. As full time carer for a partner with a terminal illness, I was astounded when a Centrelink employee suggested I should be able to manage some part time work! My caring tole was 24/7, especially the last few months. Yes, more income would be nice, but I prefer the relative peace of mind. Don't have to dance to anyone's tune.
I think Centrelink employees are sometimes trained in nastiness. So many times I have heard of people who are giving there all being "kicked" when they are down.
Its amazing how those you know the system are not phased at all and those who genuinely need help are so emotionally knocked for a six.
PerthSV
What would keep me working till 70?
Doing something I enjoy. Having friends around me. Being financially secure. Having time to travel where and when I wish. Keeping fit through exercise that is enjoyable.
Oh wait, this only happened when I retired. I’m never going back to work.
I'd be happy to work for life given the right circumstances and a quiescent management who understand that working with the best requires in them a sense of humility and awe and not deep paranoia over their own failings and the consequent 'need' to sustain their fragile egos by putting others down.
Too common these days that 'manager' type -mostly imports or import-generated models with no real idea of leadership.... and more of leechership....
Better still - my own business...
People don't work on for financial incentives unless they are under financial duress.
Not all jobs are equal. Not all peoples physical and mental abilities are equal. Not all peoples financial situations are equal.
I don't think our future generations have to work until they are 67 or 70; they just have to have enough equity in super or their savings to carry them through until the pension age.
There is nothing to stop anyone (other than money) retiring at any age.
Correct - they work because they love their work etc.
Not so easy Rosret as you make a lot of assumptions. The only out I can see is the Universal wage because there are no jobs as such. Who knows what happens then. Until then expect the rich to put in their own governments, like the current one, to plunder workers and give the top opulent wealth. Its a game and workers are the fodder.
OlderandWiser
The only job I would be prepared to do after 65 is writing reviews for TripAdvisor or other review sites as I travel the world on my pension lol.
Ah - so you're the one on all those cruise ships that Ebergeezer keeps running into... the pensioners, not the ships....
lol no cruise ships, prefer hiking in mountains, national parks & general exploring where most tourists don't go. :-)
I'm 76 still working although last year I cut back to about half time, I think I will go on for a few more years yet. Keeps my mind active and I enjoy meeting the people from all walks of life that I interact with on a daily basis. I think the government should increase retiring age to 70 within the next five years, but also increase the incentives for older persons to stay in the workforce.
Government doesn't dictate retirement age - it dictates pension age. That's the source of the argument going on, and the reason Morrison, in this lead-up to election year, has stalled that age temporarily at 67.
Watch that space for further developments.... the Trebor Party policy is to immediately revert it to 65.... if you wish to work after that... carry on...
I think its wonderful that some people are working into their late 70s and still love it. Most people don't have a "wonderful" job that allows that even if they did love it at some stage.
When I first retired and started meeting older people on my morning walks I was rather shocked at how quickly the brain degenerates. One story one day, a different one the next about the same event. I am sure they thought they were OK too.
However aged people can be a burden on the others in the work force and I would see it time and time again where the younger workers were carrying their load. I am sure there are exceptions.
Being President of the USA is not one of them.
Morrison said that 70 was out, but don't be surprised to see 68.5 being the new retirement age for age pensions. Abbott said on national TV..."no change to pensions...in first term of office"...it's the expression " first term of office" that people ignored to remember. However, bugger-legs did change the age pension indexation in his first term of office.
Either, we will see early federal election after another "Ides of March" attempt or we will go to election after the May 2019.
A Universal Pension would be the ideal solution thus making retirement an option at any age.
If you want more money, go to work. Centre Link could then be shut down freeing up enough money to fund the scheme.
HS - Morrison is thinking about the upcoming election. Expect lie after lie so the mentally challenged vote for the coalition. Once in he'll do a Tony Abbott and tear up the promises citing a whole pile of more lies. That's how this lot work.
Mick I expect even more lies and backflips from your Labor mates.
Your fear of the 'left' and of Unions is outstanding, Ebergeezer... do you come from one of those darkest European Eastern nations where 'the left' and 'unionists' are big hairy men with guns who come and night and fog you to a gulag?
Or one of those Central/South American nations where being of 'the left' or a 'unionist' will get you desparacedos and your body left on the city rubbish dump, and so you must screech endlessly your loyalty to El Presidente and The Regime or be considered politically unreliable?
Your fear of Unions and the left border on the totally paranoid.... I've met people like you before....
"Mick I expect even more lies and backflips from your Labor mates. "
Pretty funny coming from a Lieberal troll.
NOBODY OG and I mean NOBODY lied as much as Abbott when he was put into office by the Murdoch propaganda machine. Shorten does not have a record of deceit. This government has.
Turnbull - 'Trickle Down Economics'....that was the justification to give rich supporters tax cuts, to be clawed back from workers.
Don't get me started OG. You can run but you can't hide from the truth.
And you are stupid enough to believe any pollie Mick. I certainly are not.
Lets not change the subject that Abbott was a liar's liar. Caught out again. You can run but you can't hide!
Lay off poor old O.G.he is just a sad old person that needs attention ,I had a dog like that, he was a good worker but died young.
I was thinking you were going to say you put him down. It's Friday. I should be more sympathetic (SNAG).
OG'd be a good working dog - rounding up the bull... **chortles**
If that he would definitely be put down. Did I say that..........
Many have tried but I'm still here and they are not.
Under which (posting) name are you referring to? There are many.
cupoftea
The only people who want to work till there 70 are people who sit on there backsides all day and I don't mean just the pollies they wouldn't no what a hard days work was, Robert Tressel wrote a good book about 100 yrs ago read it
robnlee
Why don't people, government. organisations look OUTSIDE the box?
I lost my job, got bored, crashed in the GFC, then started in community care as a volunteer
Great move
Does not have to be an internal move - chase your instincts, what you really want and like
Employers - chase the passion, those that REALLY WANT a role - not just the money
I've always had a yen to do overseas aid work.... tied to carer role though.
most pensioners don't deserve a pension because they never saved for it """I paid my taxes I hear you say ,that didn't even cover your medicare,roads railways bridges schools ,hospitals I say..Labour was doing the right thing and to buy popularity SCMO has lowerd it ,This is why Russia,Italy.Spain and Greece are broke,,British pensioners had a state saving scheme from the day they left school and even they cant face all the wefare demands...Ok lets have lower pension age and let our grandchildren work 12 hours aday 7days a week to keep us,In 1950 8 workers kept one pensioner now I,m told 2 workers have to do it.Just tell the greenies to go to hell because when Asia no longer requires our coal and gas we are done for
I paid taxes all of my life and do not get a pension. Nowhere in the developed world does that happen and Australia is ranked second in the world for over 65 disadvantaged. Tells a story. At the same time the already rich got tax cuts???? OUR MONEY folks!
Will disagree on coal. Sure it pays the bills but if you have a dead planet you won't have to worry about bills because you won't exist. It is never palatable to act against your own financial interests but people need to be ethical rather than greedy. Yeah...doesn't pay the bills. That's supposedly why you have governments to act in the interests of the nation. There lies the problem. We don't.
Mick I too paid all my taxes too and like you get no thanks for doing so at all.
Nothing wrong with coal either. It is yesterday's sunshine.
You get your tax concessions and such courtesy of the government through its use of those taxes paid over the years... nobody's fault but your own that you don't have insufficient to warrant a pension.... though many might look at that from the opposite point of view...
However, you have been able to take advantage of the superstructure and infrastructure established in which you can prosper - or so you tell us endlessly ... and that didn't just come from nowhere.
Your Politics of Envy is showing.. Ebergeezer... along with poor gerry.... oooohhhh... waaaaaa.. someone is getting something I'm not... unfair.. unfair....
Many of those who are bust in retirement took a hell of a lot of knocks.... those who whine about undeserving pensioners could try it some time... few would survive.
"Nothing wrong with coal either. It is yesterday's sunshine."
So you're an anthropogenic climate-change denialist too. Learn some science - particularly about what too much CO2 emissions do to the environment.
And today's poison OG, When low lying areas like Sydney CBD get flooded maybe the coal government will list, although I doubt it.
Ah - for the good old days of the London Smog..... or a trip through the Latrine Valley.... now that filthy power station filling the air with sulphur dioxide which turns to acid when it rains and was ruining people's lungs for generations has closed down - all you hear is the whining from the conservatives about the loss of base load power to the system...
Met a bloke who lives down that way - he said he lives a stone's throw from the gas line coming onshore - yet under the false global economy (two lies for the price of one neither global nor economic in any way - just a playground for mega-rich in tax havens) pays top dollar for LPG for car...... he was not amused.
Trebor they will be back as people light fires to keep warm.
Tzuki
I would work til I am 70 IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED ME - I was retrenched at 60 and no one wants to employ someone old enough to be their mother even though we are very capable of doing the job just as well as the younger ones! 3 1/2 years later still no job. I've just about given up after even going for care jobs and cleaning jobs (I am an accounts admin person).
MarkAdel
I got retrenched at 60 and now i live on $70,000 a year. Life can’t get any better. That what planning and saving does.
Those who fail to plan wonder what happened when others succeed and they don't.
So you had a very good job in the first place then. Some of us are just normal every day people who had Normal average-paid jobs, who struggle to make ends meet, never had parents to give us a hand and never had luck on our side. I am not gifted or fortunate, just a normal female who has worked all her life supporting herself. So happy you are doing so well
I am not gifted and had a very ordinary job and struggled to make ends meet. Parents left me nothing so no silver spoon for me either. I retired with virtually nothing and put in the nard yards to do what it took to get off struggle street. My only regret is that I didn't see the light sooner and wasted all those years making others wealthy instead of myself.
Yes, I was lucky. I get a pension for life from my days in the public service and put a lot of money in a tax free pension plan when I worked In the private sector. I never earned over $90,000 a year while I was working. I got divorced which cost me a lot of money as well as (still) paying child support. I don’t have an extravagant lifestyle which helps.
"Those who fail to plan wonder what happened when others succeed and they don't."
Christ Almighty! Have you never heard of people being forced out of work because of ill-health?
I'm one.. still going though....
Well I'm classified as chronically ill and have been for many years but I still make more than I spend.
if we keep working after 60 we should not have to pay any tax I am 74 and still do part time manual work but only for cash if I had to pay tax on the few hundred dollars I earn I guess I would go on the pension and that would cost the government a lot more than they would get tax from me
I can't see a Labor government achieving even a fraction of what the LNP government has.
A STRONGER ECONOMY
Australia’s economy (GDP) is growing at 3.4% - more strongly than at any time since 2012, which was during the height of the mining boom. Australia’s economy is growing at a stronger rate than the world’s seven largest advanced economies – USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, UK, Japan – and the OECD average.
The promise made in 2013 for one million new jobs to be created within five years, has been delivered. 1,088,600 more Australians are in jobs since September 2013 (as at August 2018). Over half of these have been full time jobs.
412,000 more jobs were created in 2017 alone – the most jobs created in a calendar year on record. Recent ABS figures also show 95,500 jobs for 15-24 year olds being added in the year to June 2018 – the strongest result over a financial year since 1989.
The unemployment rate has declined to 5.3 per cent, the lowest level since 2012 and below the level we inherited from Labor in September 2013 (5.7 per cent). Likewise, the youth unemployment rate is at its lowest level in over six years – 11.1 per cent. Again, this is down on the level we inherited in September 2013 (12.7 per cent).
LESS WELFARE DEPENDENCY
More Australians are finding jobs. The percentage of working age Australians on welfare has fallen to 15.1% – the lowest rate of welfare dependency in over twenty-five years.
INCOME TAX RELIEF
We’re making income taxes lower, fairer and simpler.
In 2018-19, around 4.4 million Australians will get tax relief of $530 per year and over 10 million taxpayers will get some tax relief. The tax relief plan we have legislated will remove an entire tax bracket, meaning that by the time our plan is fully implemented, 94% of taxpayers will pay no more than 32.5 cents in the dollar.
SMALL BUSINESS TAX CUTS
Tax cuts have been delivered for 3.3 million businesses employing around 7 million Australians. Further tax relief has been legislated (to further reduce the rate from 27.5% to 25% for businesses with annual turnover up to $50 million).
For unincorporated businesses with a turnover less than $5 million, we have introduced a tax discount of 8% (capped at $1,000), and have legislated a further increase to 16%.
INSTANT ASSET WRITE OFF
Small businesses are being encouraged to invest in new equipment and machinery, with an instant asset write off for businesses with an annual turnover up to $10 million. This was used by almost 350,000 small businesses in 2016-17.
LESS RED TAPE
Compliance costs have been reduced for businesses, individuals and community groups by $5.9 billion since 2013 – including simplified Business Activity Statements, a Small Business Superannuation Clearing House and thousands of other decisions that are making life easier.
MORE AFFORDABLE ENERGY
Labor’s Carbon Tax has been abolished.
While electricity prices doubled under Labor, we have turned the corner on electricity prices, with a 1.3% fall measured by the ABS in the last quarter.
A number of new measures – a safety net price, a big stick to stop energy companies ripping off customers, and a technology neutral program to underwrite new energy generation – will further reduce electricity prices.
The feasibility study for Snowy Hydro 2.0 has been completed, which showed Snowy 2.0 will increase the scheme’s capacity by 50%, improving the reliability of renewable energy and the national electricity grid.
RECORD INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
A record $75 billion is being invested over the next decade in highway upgrades, congestion busting roads, rail projects including inland rail, improved local roads and a new airport.
FIXING THE BUDGET
Over $41 billion in Budget savings have been delivered since the 2016 election. We have halved the growth in spending – from 4% per year under Labor, to 1.9% under the Coalition (the most restrained of any Government in more than fifty years).
The Budget deficit in 2017-18 is projected to be $18.2 billion, less than half what it was two years ago. We are on track for a balanced budget in 2019-20.
MORE EXPORTS
Trade agreements with China, Japan and Korea have been delivered, while negotiations have been completed for agreements with Peru and Indonesia, as well as the new Trans-Pacific Partnership between 11 major economies in our region (collectively worth $13.7 trillion).
Australia’s exports increased to $401 billion in 2017-18, up from $307 billion in 2012-13. In 2017-18 Australia had a trade surplus of $6.4 billion (compared to a deficit of around $20 billion in 2012-13).
TACKLING UNION LAWLESSNESS
The Australian Building and Construction Commission has been restored to protect 1.1 million employees and 350,000 small businesses and tradies in the building industry from CFMMEU lawlessness. Corrupt and secret payments have been banned between businesses and unions.
Around 35,000 owner-operator truck drivers were saved from a hostile union takeover, with the abolition of the so-called "Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal" established by Bill Shorten.
SECURE BORDERS
We stopped the boats. After 50,000 illegal arrivals in 800 boats under Labor, Australia’s borders are now secure and there were no arrivals over four years (from 2014 to 2018).
17 detention centres have been closed, saving the Budget billions.
FIGHTING TERROR
14 major terrorist plots have been thwarted. The Government is boosting our security agencies, has introduced tougher anti-terror laws and is revoking citizenship of dual nationals who engage in terrorism.
DEPORTING CRIMINALS
The Government has cancelled visas of 3,700 serious criminals – including murderers, rapists, child sex offenders, armed robbers and drug dealers. This follows the strengthening of the Migration Act, enabling the deportation of non-citizens who commit serious crimes.
TACKLING SCOURGE OF ICE
The AFP has seized over 15 tonnes of Ice since 2013. We are providing record funding for law enforcement and treatment.
A STRONGER DEFENCE FORCE
We are undertaking the largest build-up of our military capabilities in peacetime history to provide the weapons, vehicles, ships, systems and aircraft to defend our nation and our interests. Our $90 billion continuous shipbuilding program will see 54 ships built in Australia using Australian steel. Labor did not commission a single vessel to be built in Australia during their six years in office
CRACKING DOWN ON PAEDOPHILES
Carly’s Law has been introduced and has already led to high profile arrests. Registered sex offenders have been banned from holding an Australian passport. Legislation has been introduced that means paedophiles would spend longer in jail, be less likely to get bail or parole and face mandatory sentences.
MORE AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE
The New Child Care Package benefits around one million families, by abolishing the $7,613 annual cap for families (incomes up to $187,000) and introducing a new Child Care Subsidy.
MORE SCHOOLS FUNDING
An extra $24.5 billion of funding is being provided over a decade – a 50% funding increase for the average student. Our agreement replaces 27 secret deals and will provide needs based funding for all students.
BETTER HEALTH CARE
We are doubling public hospital funding compared to Labor, increasing funding from $13.3 billion in 2012-13 to a record $28.7 billion in 2024-25 (116% growth over this period).
86% of GP visits were bulk billed last year – 27.3 million more than Labor’s last year – a Medicare record. Reforms have been introduced to make private health insurance easier to understand and more affordable.
From the start of this year, all 12 and 13 year olds have access to free protection against the HPV virus and cervical and other cancers.
Every mother will now be given the opportunity to vaccinate against whooping cough with a free vaccine.
Every 12 month old in the country is now offered a free quad-strain (ACWY) meningococcal vaccine.
Our No Jab, No Pay policy resulted in 210,000 extra children immunised in its first year. More than 94% of Australian children are immunised as a result of the Coalition Government’s initiatives.
LIFE SAVING MEDICINES
There has been an average of one new or amended medicine listing a day on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, worth more than $9 billion.
In some cases, medicines that are worth hundreds of thousands are now available for $6.40 (pensioners / concessional) or $39.50 (general patients) per script, benefiting people suffering from conditions such as breast cancer, spinal muscular atrophy, heart disease, epilepsy, severe asthma and cystic fibrosis.
We are listing every medicine that the independent experts recommend. This was not the approach taken by Labor, who deferred and delayed several important medicines.
SUPPORTING SENIORS
We are investing in skills programs for older workers, allowing people on the Age Pension to keep more of what they earn, expanding the Pension Loans Scheme, allowing recent retirees to make further super contributions and providing more high level home care packages. We will fight Bill Shorten’s new Retirement Tax.
WELFARE TO WORK
We believe the best form of welfare is a job. Work for the Dole has been reinvigorated with almost 71,000 participants. People will no longer be able to use drug and alcohol dependency as an excuse for missing their requirements, unless they are prepared to seek treatment. We're also trialling cashless welfare cards and are seeking to trial drug testing of welfare recipients.
RESTRICTING GAMBLING ADS
As part of the Coalition Government’s media reforms, gambling ads have been removed during televised sports between 5:00am and 8.30pm on free-to-air television. These restrictions came into effect on 30 March 2018 and the same restrictions for online content services will come into effect on 28 September 2018.
All Australians had the opportunity to have a say on same sex marriage, which is now law.
**falls on floor laughing**
Saying it doesn't make it so...... and none of those policies work..... for example 'investment in infrastructure' is a lie when the only 'investment' was the sell-off of public utilities (infrastructure) - all the foreign investment doesn't even pay tax, so has nothing to offer to this nation. A railway line to an Indian's project is hardly infrastructure for the nation, is it? New port facilities in Nowheresville? Well - who knows - we might need it some day... not sure why... but it's there just in case....
Where is the 'investment in infrastructure' for the future of THIS nation and not the future of fat cats from overseas?
Lies, lies, lies.....
"I can't see a Labor government achieving even a fraction of what the LNP government has."
Quoting from a speech in the House - none of it subject to any real scrutiny and utterly lacking in any detail and fact, but strong on rhetoric and generalisation.
I truly feel sorry for you now, Ebergeezer, being hoodwinked by anyone in the political arena.... the greater misfortune is that far too many others are similarly duped.
Are you suggesting that a Labor government or any other would not concern itself with defence, not pass through pharmaceuticals, not be concerned over terrorism, and so forth>
These are normal everyday functions of government - absolutely no reason to preen and crow about......
So... what else have the Romans done for us....?
OG - and you claim you are not a government stoolie posting to gain support for the upcoming election??? Of course you are.
Lets see where to start.
Abbott repealed around 1200, I repeat 1200, pieces of legislation because they were Labor created. Nothing to do with good legislation. Everything to do with enacting class warfare.
A STRONGER ECONOMY - the world is fixing after the GFC. Nothing to do with your crooked employer which has sold us out on energy by allowing our LNG to be sold offshore. Vandals! Now we need to destroy farming land to frack for gas???? Yeah right.
LAWLESS UNIONS - Ha ha ha. Look at the real crooks...the TOP END OF TOWN. That's where real criminals live.
DEPORTING CRIMINALS - yeah get rid of those awful Kiwis. Why not deport Liberal MP Daryl Maguire for selling out our country to Chinese developers? Exemptions for your own????
MORE SCHOOLS FUNDING - tell them what your employer is doing to Gonski.
MORE HEALTH FUNDING - is that why you keep trying to get people to join very expensive private health funds?
WELFARE TO WORK - ha ha ha. Your lot are turning full time jobs into insecure part time or casual jobs and removing working conditions. Worse than that your lot allow the importation of labour to undercut Australians which would be consider as treason in other countries.
SENIORS - you are a sick sick man OG. Seniors have been savaged again and again. Go back to la la land.
Advertise all you like but propaganda is simply propaganda........aimed at those with impaired mental judgement and/or impaired intelligence. Not working mate. Ask for a pay rise.
Gonski needs binning with the NDIS.
A tremendous list of achievements by the LNP.
Thanks for sharing OG
I like others have taken our strong economy and LNP’s accomplishments for granted . Your post is a timely reminder that we should not be complacent or the other mob will sneak in
Ha ha ha. Next coalition funded troll clocked on.
The only thing which needs "binning" OG is your government. That will happen shortly and not you, the Murdoch media propaganda spew, 7 and 9 News (not) distortions or any amount of Royal Commissions to destabilise the next legitimate government will stop that.
The LNP is in a death spiral. Outrageous behaviour, arrogance, rudeness, unaccountability and thuggery on steroids is coming to get you. Why not ask your boss to get the election over and done with and put this lot out of their misery so that genuine government for all Australians can begin.
GeorgeM
The list from OG is a bloody joke & a bunch of lies, and simply affirms that OG is a paid Liberal party troll here pushing their propaganda.
Yes, they did Secure the Borders and implemented Same Sex Marriage (against Conservative wishes) - other than they they will be remembered for breaking a whole list of promises from Abbott - attacking pensioners income, and attempted attacks on everyone else, but also making massive attempts to help the rich and big business. While massively increasing Debt!
Worst Govt in history - to be binned at the very next opportunity.
Spot on George. They only went along with the homosexual marriage BS because they saw votes disappearing at the next election.
VeryCaringBigBear
Great list OG. Labor has not got a chance of getting even a tenth of those achieve ents.
Hoohoo
OG, your comprehensive list of BS looks like it's been lifted directly off an LNP press release. Did you write it yourself? Or were you paid to write it? You really deserve some $$$ for your time, effort & imagination.
musicveg
This looks like it was copy and pasted from the Liberals website. Who is to say some or all of those achievements could still happen under Labour. I am sick of all this bragging when there are many things the Liberals didn't do right and continue to go back on environmental protections and making the gap between rich and poor bigger.
its not bragging musicveg. Just a timely reminder that we are sooo much better off under LnP than
And as for the gap - Shorten plans to make it even wider especially amongst pensioners and retirees with his franking credit changes and raising pension age to 70
God I'm sick of you trolls with your blatant lying. Just shut up with your claptrap!
It might work for Murdoch & similar shock jock junk media, but we here are calling you for what you truly are: fake news. You can fool some of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
The next election will throw you bloody liars out on your ears! Unless of course Murdoch gets busy with his brain-washing propaganda, & the fools are led like lambs to the slaughter. How can you trash our country like you do? It's like some of the Jews in Germany, who wouldn't flee because they refused to believe that Hitler would arrest them. "But we're Germans!", they foolishly believed, not understanding the racist Nazi rats were already at the steering wheel.
Fascism is alive & throbbing in the editorials of Australia's gutter press & airwaves. Use your conscience to decide what's right & wrong. Don't be fooled by these cruel & greedy deceivers.
Boohoo - its you who are trolling for the labor party. You are selling this country out
Labor brings in migrants who go straight on welfare. Why ? Becasue these are the migrants who will vote labor forever. Coalition will bring in educated tax paying migrants who become captains of industry and help our businesses grow,
Thats just one key difference in our migration policy
Olbaid, Liberals allow and encourage 200,000 Legal immigrants a year too and they are not just educated tax paying they are job takers, students on visas who then stay and work visas or stay etc. I am not voting Labour or Liberal I am voting "other".
Another lie, olbaid. I don't vote for Labor.
Lie #2, "Labor brings in migrants who go straight on welfare". The Libs have been in Office since 2013, so Labor doesn't have the power to make any decisions on this matter. So wtf are you on about?
We all know that the current LNP Govt don't have a humanitarian bone amongst them, especially not Voldamort Dutton. So the West is free to start wars in god-forsaken countries for economic reasons (for oil & selling weapons to both sides) & therefore we have no responsibility to take civilians, now refugees, fleeing for their lives?
Typical LNP greedy & cruel thinking!
Current government does have a humanitian bone and have been using it very well as most of those refugees are economic refugees fleeing for more dollars in their pockets thanks to the behaviour of our previous Labor governments.
I don't blame them for fleeing for economic reasons either, if their homes have been bombed & their wartorn economy in tatters, with no hope of making an honest living or protecting their family's welfare in their homeland. Wouldn't you flee? OG, you're making out that these people are somehow cheats because they haven't been murdered, maimed &/or raped yet.
That's a very cruel mentality you have.
After suffering war, rape & dispossession, these so-called "economic" refugees in the Manis & Nauru "Camps" are now confronted with rape & other violence, some women have been forced into prostitution to protect themselves & their children from the threat of violence or in exchange for food, & some are literally dying from lack of medical attention & hope, in these cruel camps our Govts have created for them. What a bloody disgrace!
It's been a race to the bottom led by the LNP, & Labor has been forced to join this dirty race. Shame on you all.
First it was the Yellow Peril & now it's the Muslim Peril. Oh yeah, it's "stop the boats" but "come in au pair. (if you are white & Christian)." It's only common sense, according to Dutton.
HooHoo, who is committing the rape, violence, child abuse in the detention centres?
Oh yes. That would be other detainees! And you want to bring them to Australia?
It's very hard to get reliable information, thanks to the LNP for gagging the media. I understand it is the locals who are unhappy they have had these refugees forced onto their small islands with limited jobs & resources. It is the locals who have committed acts of violence upon refugees, not to say that all the violence has been committed by the locals. If anyone has committed a crime, why have they not been charged & sent to gaol?
These innocent women & children are not being protected by anyone - they've been abandoned to fend for themselves in third world economies. Like I said, it is a disgrace to Australia for letting this happen.
Locals may be unhappy but they are not the ones destroying property in the detention centres, making demands, issuing threats, abusing children or women etc That is almost all coming from the detainees. There have been isolated incidents of heavy handed treatment metered out by local employees in the camps but this is not systemic and as I understand it they were punished under Nauru law.
And the detainees do have choices of where to go. Australia is just not one of them.
Where do you get your information from, KSS? There is no independent media allowed there to report the truth, so it basically comes down to who you believe & trust. I don't trust anyone who actively tries to suppress the truth. What are they hiding?
Locals are rightfully unhappy - they've had a prison camp released into their midst. Not only are the detainees "freed" expected to get jobs (yes, take limited jobs from locals) but it is most likely true that some detainees ARE criminals, also forced into the local community. It's unfair to everyone. But the vast majority of detainees are innocent civilians fleeing terror & murder. It is very cruel treatment for people who are already in a terrible predicament.
And in regard to suppressing the truth, how many refugees have died over the years, while "Stopping the boats"? We don't know, nor can we ever find out. If any journalist reports on these matters, they will be thrust in gaol for treason. Again, what are they hiding?
First there would have to be a job for the many thousands already on the Seniors Scrapheap. There simply aren’t.
You are not looking in the right places. I get asked every other week if I kniw anyone who wants a job. 90% of job arent advertised now but filled by word of mouth.
I'm happy to keep working, and do, but the hardest thing is finding people willing to employ 'older' workers. So I make my own work...
People should keep their minds and bodies active .
Better to keep working than go on welfare at 65.
Good for health and self esteem
Tell me about the jobs? Destroyed by successive governments as have been the retirement dreams for many Australians except for the rich who make sure they get looked after.
You'll be right satan.
Full employment at the moment thanks to the LNP
Economy has never been stronger
Full employment = 1/20 of the workforce unemployed and with no hope, and at least another 1/10 under-employed and wanting and needing more to prosper.
Good laugh.
Correct TREBOR. Olbaid is simply running the party propaganda for the mentally challenged. As Abbott once said 'if you keep repeating the same lie people will eventually believe it'. That is how the government sponsored trolls work. No facts. Just repeated statements which most understand to be untrue. It is what it is.
Full employment, olbaid? Yes, because the LIARS in power class you as ''employed'' if you work more than 1 hour per week!!!!
Only an LNP troll would post the crap you peddle. Or a blithering idiot!
PlanB
Hear hear OGR
He's no idiot. He's a paid troll. He deliberately makes spelling & grammatical errors to make himself appear like a normal person. But like your average psychopath, his ego is so huge he can't resist pointing out the slightest spelling & grammatical error of others he is attacking. Yes olbaid, some of us have good memories, too.
All the jobs this LNP govt have created ("1000 new jobs a day" I heard one blurt yesterday) are rubbish jobs in the gig economy. That is, with no sick pay, no holiday pay, no maternity or family leave & no workplace injury insurance or superannuation (unless you pay it yourself). The worst thing is this: these jobs have replaced proper jobs. How do we know? Because the unemployment rate has remained the same.
So it's just another lie dressed up as a good news press release.
Universal Pension without any Income or Asset Tests, from Age 65 and Residency (say 15 years), along with ready availability of decent, conveniently located jobs relevant to your skills paying reasonable income - these factors may help to give motivation subject to the health of the individual.
However, this is not part of the agenda of any major political party, so why bother with such an article? Is anyone starting a new party which will actually work for the people? Not holding my breath!
When the robotics revolution hits in earnest they'll have no choice. If they try to starve the population it'll come back to hit them faster than a brick through the windows of parliament house. I have no doubt they will try but but the economy will collapse. That's what happens when ordinary peasant stock have no money to spend.
I invite the future. The world as it exists now will have to change. It will but with much pain and suffering on the way.
I am a retired teacher (not wealthy). Superannuation? Not allowed in 1974 as I was classed as temporary permanent, Bit of a shock after having it in the UK in the 5o's and 60's but had to withdraw it on coming to Australia. So I took out private super= that went down the spout in the global crash of 1987. However as super was made possible for all to have in 1982 I was able to have it and on retirement in 2000 I was able to pay off the mortgage. My husband was unable to work because of ill health and as a doctor at the time of his finishing work would not sign papers to say that he was unlikely to work again my husband did not receive a pay out on his superannuation only receiving the amount that he had paid in. After paying out numerous bills for treatment for my husband even though we had top health cover plus Gap I went back to work at the age of 72 as a teacher assistant and worked for ten years retiring last December at the age of 82. When I was 75 I was not allowed to have money deducted for super as that was a government law. Only three years later when the law changed was I allowed to have super deducted again. Needless to say when I finished work there was very little super as a pay out. To have tax deducted from superannuation when you return to work at a later age is no incentive for anyone to return to work. I know that there is a work bonus allowed by centrelink but after that, for every dollar earned ,a single person (and I have been a widow for over five years) has fifty cents deducted from their state pension.I enjoyed working, I miss it, it kept me active and my mind active, but as far as financial gain was concerned well...…...I think you can forget that.
The assets and income tests ceased to apply from age 70 , and the age pension was available to all over 70
Not in Australia!
And there lies the problem: retirees are are target in this country. Have a look at the over 65 poverty graph below. Australia is the second worst country in the world.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2015/12/02/which-countries-have-the-highest-levels-of-poverty-for-pensioners-infographic/#48a3c4de216f
Share it around. Retirees need to see this and politicians need to have their grubby noses rubbed in it.
The article is crap. It defines poverty line at 50% of median income.
Australia has a very high median income and 50% of ours gives us a very good quality of life
Here are the real facts
Australia’s pension scheme has been ranked as the third best in Mercer’s 2016 Global Pension Index.
You want to have SOME time to do what you WANT to do b4 you fall off your perch or get too unable to do for yourself -- you want to live till you die -- you might want to see some of your country -- look after your garden -- or whatever
Old Geezer you are an annoying nasty blowhard -- that has NO compassion or empathy -- maybe at your age it would be nice if you developed some -- you are very much like this mongrel Government we have in now.
I guess you don't agree with me so you try put me down. Ha ha I love it.
Those that want and wish to work and are able good for them they should be able to do so -- but so should those that want to give up work too
Every Australian is entitled to a pension as they have paid for it in their taxes. Here is an article written a few years ago in a seniors magazine and copied onto the web by One Nation. It demonstrates how in Australia the pension is a right not a privilege. Worth reading:
http://www.onenationwa.asn.au/Old_Age_Pension.pdf
The only thing that would make work until 70 was if I was given an incentive of say $35,000.00, even if I worked part time, which was NOT income and assets tested by centrelink. So I got to keep the whole amount of money without any taken off me by greedy centrelink when I finally retired.
Adrianus
There are some disincentives for people to be working at age 70. Not the least of which is our very generous welfare system. It was once over generous until Labor means tested it.
But I prefer to focus more on the positive aspects of work. There are many health benefits associated with activity and making a valuable contribution to society. Rewarded for effort is essential. So to is learning new skills and as such I would like to see greater emphasis placed on T & D of our older population.
Adrianus, just because you retire does not mean you stop being active -- in fact you could very well become MORE active and take up hiking/touring and so exploring places and you can still learn many things and improve your knowledge -- you can also do voluntary work if you wish -- you should never stop learning -- you can still be VERY active I always was and even though I am restricted these days I am still as active as I can be
Our welfare system is distorted and unfair thanks to misguided means testing, but it's NOT 'generous' except to a few privileged due to the distortions.
As for remaining active, stopping work doesn't mean ceasing activity. PlanB is right there. For far too many, stopping work means having the freedom to engage in HEALTHY and STIMULATING activity, instead of being a miserable drone, used, abused, under-paid and unappreciated by the mongrels you are helping get stinking rich.
Working doesn't equate to contributing to society. It more likely equates to being exploited and ripped off for the benefit of a minority. In retirement, many find ways to genuinely contribute to society - in ways that benefit those who in real need.
The only incentive for me to work beyond 70 is to be given an extra 20 years to live. Time is my biggest problem or rather lack of it.
How can you be sure to get an extra 20 years if you work VCB?
It's just the luck of the draw, both by nature & by nurture.
My Father was still playing competitive squash (& winning!) when he was 75. We all ate good fresh home grown meat, fruit & veggies from our farm. However, my Mum died early from a cancer associated with farm chemicals. One of my sisters is a nurse, still plays competitive tennis in her mid 60's, but suffers a whole range of health issues, mostly due to working night shift for decades.
If you're lucky enough to find work you love & are capable of doing - go for it!
But many of us have suffered work & sporting injuries, so we can't wait to retire & live life on our own terms, at least for a few years before we die.
If you choose to work beyond 65 that is your choice, but should not be forced on you and vice versa. If you do leave your job it goes to someone else who needs it, unless you are self employed. I think also there is a lot of Liberal propaganda spoken on this post, bragging about things that may have happened even if it was a Labour Government, but if you look at other aspects like the cutting back of marine parks, and making things easier for the rich and not the poor we can see many things the Liberals have done that are not so good.
cutting back marine parks ???
codswallop
No codswallop, diablo/olbaid. The LNP cut it down to a fraction of the original marine parks area, then "gave" some back. This is typical of the Liberal lies.
They've done the same with Education & Health budgets. Razor cut them when they first got in & then, like reverse Indian givers, gave us their wonderful largesse by giving a so-called "increase" in the "% rate of increase". Lies, damned lies & statistics - all designed to trick the feeble-minded. You'd have to be an idiot to believe them, & a liar to re-sprout their propaganda.
So the fishers in NSW are protesting against nothing, right Hoohoo? There are no plans to extend marine parks and limity fishing both recreational and commercial then.
Is that commercial fishers or recreational fishers, KSS?
Both because both will be affected if the marine parks go ahead.
And both will be affected even worse, if fish stocks & safe breeding areas are not cared for by scientists who are professionals of ecosystem management.
The fishers are like loggers who complain they have run out of forests to log, so now they want to log National Parks. If the forresters had planted new trees as they clearfelled, they wouldn't be in this predicament. They need to learn to think long term, if they are sincere about protecting their own industries.
ex PS
I retired six years ago, I am still working, but I work for myself not for someone who wants to make a profit from my hard work.
If you were an ex Public Servant or ex Police Sargent as your moniker suggests, then you no one was "profiting" off your work.
Actually not sure public servants can claim to be performing much work anyway - seems it more like welfare to me
These greedy types, like Old Geezer, think the only worthwhile work is that done to make profits. Then OG even brags about how he siphons off money to overseas tax havens! These sociopaths honestly think that if it's legal, it's also a good thing to do. Don't you understand you are traitors to Australia, by denying funds from our Govt revenue, which builds roads & other infrastructure, that pays medical staff to look after the sick & elderly, that educates our children so they can be skilled to work & pay tax?
You are greedy traitors & yet you brag about it! You have no insight & no conscience. It's a sickness in our society.
Boohoo - the top 10% pay 90% of the tax take
How much greedier can anyone be than the likes of you who want the rich to pay 100% and you folks just take take take
"The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" - Maggie T
At least I pay more in tax than I receive back (nil) which can't be said for 99% of those commenting here.
If only the top 10% paid even 10% that'd be good. BUT THEY DON'T!
olbaid you seem to think the working people of Australia are "greedy" simply because we want the ATO to collect the fair share of tax from grossly rich people, who make their riches off the backs & sweat of ordinary workers!
OG you already admitted how clever you are for having offshore tax havens. That makes you an economic traitor to Australia.
Likewise, exPS. I work on my own terms, when I please, where I please, doing work I love. NOTHING would have induced me to continue in the shit low-paid unhealthy jobs working for greedy abusers. I did that for 3 decades, and I'd rather retire poor and have to grow vegetables and live in a shack to survive than keep on with it. Unfortunately, I could never earn a living wage working the way I do now, so I had to save enough to top up my earnings with investment income before I could set myself free.
The selfish here have no comprehension of what ''work'' means for the disadvantaged who have to sacrifice everything to line the pockets of the greedy wealthy.
We all pay tax it is called GST
I would work while ever I wanted to, providing I get satisfaction out of my work and I feel I am contributing to the workplace environment.
I would like to think I could continue to work as long as I was contributing to the workplace environment and was getting satisfaction from the work I did.
*Loloften*
Nothing would encourage me to work 'til 70 - life's too short, would far prefer to spend time with my children & help them while enjoying the exercise minding my 6 grandkids - thereby saving the Gov'mt Child Care Fees. A great outcome for all.
And so you should spend the time with Grandkids, they grow up too fast. Childcare debate is getting out of hand too, so many kids being brought up by strangers and tired parents at the end of the day. Having Grandparents makes them feel the love they need to grow up with a sense of belonging and confidence. Why we are seeing so many narcissists now because they are seeking the attention they did not receive. I often see parents at the beach with their head in their phones and missing out of watching the kids play and grow. At least Grandparents have the time and patience.
Farside
Working to 70 is a fantasy for the many middle aged and older people who are not able to get a meaningful job despite an alphabet of qualifications and decades of experience. No incentive is required to work to 70, just the opportunity if you wanted it.
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Three serious Linux kernel security holes patched
It's time to patch your Linux servers and PCs again.
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Between the Lines | December 9, 2016 -- 21:43 GMT (13:43 PST) | Topic: Security
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The good news is developers are looking very closely at Linux's core code for possible security holes. The bad news is they're finding them.
At least the best news is that they're fixing them as soon as they're uncovered.
The latest three kernel vulnerabilities are designated CVE-2016-8655, CVE-2016-6480, and CVE-2016-6828. Of these, CVE-2016-8655 is the worst of the bunch. It enables local users, which can include remote users with virtual and cloud-based Linux instances, to crash the system or run arbitrary code as root.
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Philip Pettersson, a hacker and security researcher, found this bug. With it, a user can create a race condition in the Linux kernel's packet_set_ring function. A race condition happens when a system attempts to perform two or more operations simultaneously instead of one following the successful completion of the other.
To exploit this, a local user must first be able to create AF_PACKET sockets with CAP_NET_RAW in the network namespace. On many Linux distributions, but not all, an attacker can give themselves this ability by using unprivileged namespaces. Pettersson believes, with reason, unprivileged namespaces "should be off by default in all Linux distributions given its history of security vulnerabilities."
Operating systems that can be attacked by this include most newer versions of Debian, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, and Ubuntu.
Pettersson has demonstrated that he can use this hole to create a root shell on Ubuntu 16.04 even when Supervisor Mode Execution Protection (SMEP) and Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) have been deployed to protect the system.
The second security issue, CVE-2016-6480, also involves a race condition but it's not as serious. In this one, Adaptec AAC RAID controller driver can be used by a local attacker to crash a system.
Finally, CVE-2016-6828 can be used to break the Linux kernel's TCP retransmit queue handling code. This can be used to crash a vulnerable server or execute arbitrary code. It is, however, harder to use than Pettersson's discovery, so it's not as dangerous.
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Interbreeding of Ravens Echoes Human Genetic History (Encore)
By Tom Pelton • Dec 27, 2018
Credit Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Kevin Omland, a biology professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, stands below a highway overpass towering above a wooded stream valley in the Patapsco Valley State Park, just southwest of Baltimore.
He aims his binoculars up at a scraggly nest of sticks that ravens built in the steel beams beneath Interstate 195.
“Give yourself a second and you can see three young,” Omland said. “They are hanging out there quite peacefully. Not flapping, maybe stretching a little bit.”
“Wow!" I replied. "Three large, black, sinister looking dudes sitting up on their nest under the bridge -- kind of ominous."
“Tom, you’re squinting incorrectly. Those are beautiful creatures,” Omland said. “They are going to have marvelous iridescent plumage in just a few days.”
Common ravens, or Corvus Corax, are – of course – beloved in Baltimore, with their ties to Edgar Allan Poe and our NFL team. But historically, around the world, ravens have been seen either as harbingers of death – because of their habit of eating dead animals and people – or, alternatively, as godlike tricksters, because of their intelligence, dexterity, and bizarre vocalizations.
For much of the early 20th century, ravens were rarely seen in Maryland – in part because farmers often shot them. But since about the year 2000, the numbers of ravens in Maryland and elsewhere have surged, according to data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
“We have a lot more than we had,” Omland said. “So the amazing thing is, when I moved to Maryland 20 years ago, ravens were unequivocally a species of the western mountains of Maryland, and I just never believed that there would be ravens nesting within a half mile of UMBC.”
One of the things that Omland discovered is that raven species in North America have been merging, genetically – the opposite direction of typical evolution. Normally, people think of evolution as working like a tree, with a common ancestor at the root and then diverging and spreading into many different branches that are distinct species.
With ravens, a smaller species common in the US southwest – known as the California raven – interbred with the larger northern ravens, Corvus Corax. It’s almost as if two branches in the evolutionary tree forked – and then, weirdly, grew back together again.
Omland reflects that it’s a bit like humans’ ancient genetic history, when homo sapiens evolved away from Neanderthals but then later interbred with them.
“For some period of time, we had separate evolutionary history,” Omland said. “But then, along the way, there’s been interbreeding between Neanderthals and humans and we find traces of Neanderthal genomes in most Eurasians. Americans, for example, Native Americans, East Asians, so anyone, anywhere in the world – except in Africa – will have chunks of Neanderthal DNA in them. And of course, many of us – you and I are part Neanderthal. So talking about ‘them’ is a little strange, because they are us.”
It is a little strange – but it worked for humans...and apparently, interbreeding is working for ravens. Their populations are growing and their ranges are expanding. Now, this tricky bird – long a denizen of the remote wilderness -- is increasingly building nests even on the doorstep of the city, Baltimore, that adopted them in spirit when they were gone.
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'Stranger Things'
Lauren London and Nipsey Hussle's Family Emotionally Accept Humanitarian Award on Behalf of Late Rapper
Scott Baumgartner
Entertainment Tonight June 24, 2019
In a moving moment, Lauren London joined Nipsey Hussle’s family to accept the Humanitarian Award at the 2019 BET Awards on behalf of the late rapper.
After T.I. presented the award, London, along with Hussle's family, including his son and daughter, Kross and Emani, took the stage, where the late rapper's grandmother professed deep gratitude at the wave of support they have received since his untimely death.
London, Hussle's girlfriend, kept things short and sweet, stating. "I just want to thank you guys for all of the love and support and the marathon continues again."
Then, Hussle's parents spoke and his mother, Angelique Smith, talked about her belief in the afterlife, stating that we are "vessels" on this side of eternity. Afterward, his father, Dawit Asghedom, admitted that he wished his "friend" was here to accept the award and perform for his fans.
That's when a music tribute to Hussle began with Marsha Ambrosius singing "Real Big." Then, fans and viewers were treated to YG performing a piece of "Last Time I Checc'd." John Legend and DJ Khaled also delivered an emotional rendition of "Higher" while clad in white along with the rest of the performers. All the songs are either Hussle's or featured him.
Nipsey Hussle Tribute 💙🙏🏾#BETAwards
RIP Ermias "#NipseyHussle" Asghedom 🏁 pic.twitter.com/NyG0wbvGVn
— BET (@BET) June 24, 2019
Afterward backstage, Legend spoke with ET about seeing Hussle's family watch their tribute: "It was moving just sitting there watching his family react to the song. It was a powerful moment. Honored to be there."
On June 13, the network revealed that it intended to bestow the honor upon the hit maker posthumously for his work revitalizing his South Los Angeles neighborhood.
"As a prolific artist and leader, Nipsey Hussle was zealous about driving change for the betterment of his community, empowering and employing those in need and being an influential and highly respected leader," Connie Orlando, Executive Vice-President, Head of Programming at BET, said in a statement at the time. "His passing was a tremendous loss to the entertainment industry and to the culture. We will continue to remember his advocacy and be inspired by the groundwork he set forth and his dire commitment to social change."
"We are forever grateful, humbled and honored to have experienced his presence and we are invested in doing our part to ensure that the marathon will indeed continue. It is an immense honor for us to recognize him with this year's Humanitarian Award," the statement concluded.
The late rapper was also nominated for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist at Sunday's awards show.
Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was shot and killed outside his store, The Marathon Clothing, on March 31. He was 33 years old.
In May, his alleged shooter, Eric Holder Jr., was indicted by a grand jury. If convicted as charged, he faces a possible maximum sentence of life in state prison.
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Adrienne Young & Little Sadie
Adrienne Young and her band, Little Sadie, combine an appreciation for tradition and a youthful pop-inflected appreciation for a good time. Adrienne won the 2003 Chris Austin songwriting competition at MerleFest in the bluegrass category with Sadie's Song. Plow to the End of the Road is a strong americana debut release featuring several experienced Nashville session musicians along with fresh new faces. Initially including Old Crow Medicine Show on several tracks, the general release is highl...
Adrienne Young and her band, Little Sadie, combine an appreciation for tradition and a youthful pop-inflected appreciation for a good time. Adrienne won the 2003 Chris Austin songwriting competition at MerleFest in the bluegrass category with Sadie's Song.
Plow to the End of the Road is a strong americana debut release featuring several experienced Nashville session musicians along with fresh new faces. Initially including Old Crow Medicine Show on several tracks, the general release is highlighted by appearances from Will Kimbrough and OCMS' Ketch Secor. The CD earned a Grammy nomination for designer Jami Anderson for Best Recording Package, and was a top pick for 2003 Debut Artist by the Freeform American Roots DJ Chart.
Members of Little Sadie for the first album included: Tyler Grant on guitar, Clayton Campbell on fiddle and mandolin, Amanda Kowalski on bass, and Steven Sandler on percussion. Adrienne stitched together new band members for her second album, The Art of Virtue.
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Jammu and Kashmir is not India's 'integral part', says Independent MLA Sheikh Rasheed
Independent MLA Sheikh Rasheed, known for creating controversies, on Monday spoke the separatist language in the Assembly, claiming that Jammu and Kashmir is not India's "integral part" and demanding "plebiscite".
Srinagar: Independent MLA Sheikh Rasheed, known for creating controversies, on Monday spoke the separatist language in the Assembly, claiming that Jammu and Kashmir is not India's "integral part" and demanding "plebiscite".
His comments drew angry reaction from the ruling BJP, which said he should resign from the Assembly and join separatists or migrate to Pakistan.
"Even if you send me to jail, debar me from contesting elections or hang me, it will not force me to change my stand on Kashmir," Rasheed said in the Assembly.
"J&K is neither India's integral part nor Pakistan's jugular vein. You should understand the historic reality and tell New Delhi that there is no substitute to plebiscite," said the legislator who had triggered a major controversy last year during the beef row by hosting a beef party at the MLAs' Hostel here.
Even as members of BJP and Congress protested against his comments, Rasheed said he was not against India's sovereignty but "I am talking simply about J&K which has become a bone of contention between India and Pakistan and Assembly has no authority to overrule UN Resolutions."
He said, "New Delhi has been claiming all the way that people in this side of Kashmir have cast their votes in huge numbers and people living in PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) are not comfortable with Pakistan. So there is no reason why New Delhi should run away from 'plebiscite'. Maybe people on both sides of LoC (Line of Control) will vote for India and then whole J&K will become India's integral part," he added.
Reacting sharply to Rasheed's statement, BJP spokesman Khalid Jehangir said, "If Rasheed believes that J&K is not an integral part of India, he should tender his resignation from the Legislative Assembly and join the separatist camp or migrate to Pakistan."
He said it was unfortunate that Rasheed, despite enjoying all the privileges and drawing hefty salary as MLA, is questioning "J&K's merger with India".
In a statement, Jehangir said, "Jammu and Kashmir belongs to India and the people who challenge J&K's accession with India are welcome to migrate to Pakistan."
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Canadian Yoetzet Initiative
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Whiteville: Polly Jean Benton Jernigan, 57 of Whiteville died Saturday, April 13,2019 at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. She was the daughter of William Cecil Benton and Dolly Ward Benton. She was a former member of New Britton Baptist Church. She worked at Sam's Pit Stop on Jefferson St. for over 26 years as Store Manager. Survivors include her husband, Gary Dean Jernigan, Sr. of the home. Daughter, Amanda Jean Jernigan Price ( Jonathan) of...
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Policy Advisory
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2011 Uganda
2010 South Africa
2009 Ghana
2007 Senegal
2006 Cameroon
2005 Nairobi
African Science Academies
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Partner African science academies have been developing and testing different models to inform government policy making. These have included both consensus-based activitiesin-depth policy studies by a formally constituted committee to explore important issues and to offer formal, evidence-based guidance to national decision makersand convening activities, gatherings of representatives with diverse perspectives to discuss and illuminate issues using an evidence-based approach. Accomplishments of partner academies in building these models are described below.
Consensus Studies
Consensus-based policy studies are in-depth analyses conducted by a committee of experts on subjects selected by an academy in consultation with the government. Careful procedures are used for selecting members to the committee: assuring that the committees experience and expertise are appropriate to the task and screening for financial or other interests that might interfere with members ability to serve objectively. The appointed committee of experts balanced and free from conflicts of interestreviews research, works together to achieve consensus, and, where appropriate, offers policy guidance. Partner science academies in Africa have been working to adapt the model of the consensus study to the local context.
Forums, Symposia, and Workshops
Science academies have the ability to convene diverse perspectivesrepresentatives of industry, academia, non-profit organizations, donors, and governmentto illuminate emerging issues of interest to a nation. Symposia, workshops, and series of workshopsforums or roundtables convened in the name of a standing committee are among the convening models under experimentation by African science academy partners through the ASADI partnership. Convening events have brought a diverse array of interests to the table for discussions on a broad range of nationally significant topics including nutrition, poverty, and health. Proceedings or summaries from these events have been produced.
Several academies have established standing committees, or forums, to explore topics related to a particular theme on a regular basis. At the Nigerian Academy of Science, a standing Forum on Evidence-Based Health Policy Making has been established that has convened several workshops on a variety of topics. In South Africa, a Forum on Poverty Alleviation has been established and has convened a workshop on science- based improvements to rural/subsistence agriculture, and in Uganda, a Forum on Health and Nutrition has been established and has convened a workshop on issues surrounding malaria control and prevention.
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Ken Donnell – CEO, lifetime musician, master luthier, legendary inventor of the2Mic™
the2Mic™ is a creation of Ken Donnell, who is the foremost authority on “close-mic” applications for stringed musical instruments. (The field of using “close-mics” involves placing miniature microphones directly on to, or inside of, an instrument for amplification or recording.). Ken holds the original patents in this field of audio engineering, and continues to manage R&D at his company, Donnells-MiniFlex., in Greenville, California.
Ken has a long background in music and the music business. Ken’s parents were choir directors and his father managed a local retail music store. Ken began singing in church choirs at the age of 5, and helped his father move pianos as early as 8 years old. In college, Ken developed a passion for music education, composition, and classical guitar, followed by several years working as a professional musician playing both popular and classical music. Eventually Ken became fascinated with lutherie, and followed in his father’s footsteps into the retail music business by owning or working with several retail music stores.
In the late 1970’s, while living in Houston, Texas, Ken was fortunate to be associated with the late Bill Collings, who inspired Ken to further pursue building guitars. A move to northern California in 1979 propelled Ken more towards lutherie, including teaching and writing about lutherie, until one pivotal moment when, in 1987, a client asked Ken to install a miniature microphone inside a Martin D-28 Guitar. That first experiment was successful, and Ken continued to improve his designs. By 1988, MiniFlex Microphones was operational, and Ken attended his first NAMM show as an exhibitor in January 1989.
Microphones and MiniFlex soon came to dominate Ken’s career, with lutherie becoming more of a passionate hobby. As interest in MiniFlex Microphones began to soar, Ken created new and improved models once or twice a year. By 1996, MiniFlex microphones were world-famous, and there were models for a variety of stringed instruments…. mandolins, violins, upright bass, banjo, etc. By 1999, Ken was beginning to feel burned out as a small businessman, so, he closed his facility in Chico CA, and licensed his designs to GHS Strings Corp, who continued to sell Ken’s original single mic designs until 2017 under the trade name – The Soundhole Mic™.
Although formally retired, Ken never stopped thinking about ways to improve mounting microphones, and in 2006 one of his tests yielded incredible results for improved feedback rejection using a dual microphone system used with steel stringed guitars. Further development continued until the re-start of MiniFlex Microphones in 2009 with release of the Model 1 and Model 2. More development followed until by 2015, there were 6 different guitar models with unique features and sound signatures, and specialty models for other stringed instruments (visit MiniFlex Microphones at www.miniflexmic.com).
In 2016, flamenco guitarists began contacting Ken after using the Model 1 with results superlative to anything they had previously experienced using pickups. These guitarists were enthusiastic about the great sound quality of the Model 1, but expressed some problems with controlling the heavy bass response of flamenco guitars. Ken listened carefully to the comments of these guitarists, and created new prototypes with a more carefully pre-EQ’d bass response to send to some of these flamenco guitarists for testing.
Evolution of the2Mic™ took a further leap forward when famed flamenco and classical guitarist, Adam Del Monte, contacted Ken in October 2017, after hearing a performance by flamenco guitarist Jason McGuire performing with a new 2Mic™ prototype. Adam brought a perspective of performing with both classical and flamenco guitars, resulting in the first prototypes of the2Mic™ being tested in early 2018. By June, testing was complete, and a formal product launch planned for August of 2018.
Looking back on a lifetime in music and 30+ years working with close-mic systems, Ken speaks with anticipation for the future….
“There appears to be a happy convergence of technologies so that it is now practical to use the2Mic™ to amplify a wide range of both classical and contemporary stringed instruments. At the same time that classical musicians are becoming more with discreet and high quality amplification of their instruments, audio companies are bringing to market a wide range of high quality PA equipment at very affordable prices that are compatible with the2Mic™. I predict the next decade will see a resurgence of interest in classical music now that audiences can hear all of the nuances and tonality of classical guitars, flamenco guitars, and the whole bowed instrument family.”
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December 20, 2013 / Christopher Schrader
There were so many great Christmas movies to choose from for our first Holiday Special, but we finally settled on one that was a childhood favorite for all of us - Home Alone.
Topics include: what it was like growing up in the Chicagoland area when the film was released, the surprisingly sound internal logic of the story, the one actor who really didn't want to be there, the supposedly dead pop icon who might be there, a discussion about whether or not the final showdown still works for us, and a disturbing story about the summer Chris and his sister tried to play To Catch A Predator with a weirdo at their dad's apartment complex.
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Are you an Australian movie fanatic? Get updates on the latest movie releases by checking out the Village Cinemas mobile website. You will also get information on the movies to be aired on various Village Cinemas.
The homepage of the website lists a menu that will enable users to find information on the website easily. The Search by Cinemas link will enable users to find information on the movies to be screened at a particular Village Cinema. The page lists various Village Cinemas where on selecting the cinema of your choice, you will find a list of various movies that will be aired at the specific Village Cinema venue. For each movie title listed, you will be able to find the time and date the movie will aired on the Village cinema venue. You can also find information about the specific Village Cinema Venue on the page. The Cinema hall’s phone number, physical address, screens available, public transport nearby among other details. You can also use the Search by Movie page to find out where you can watch your favorite movie.
If you are eager to watch a certain movie, check out the Coming Soon page. The page will allow you to view movies that will be aired soon at each of the Village Cinemas. The page has the search by cinema button that will enable you to view the list of movies to be aired soon.
You can always track the movie tickets you purchased by checking out the My Tickets page. The page has high grade SSL encryption to ensure that all financial details such as credit card numbers are not accessed by hackers and other cyber criminals. Get more information about Village Cinemas Movie club on the mobile website.
The search parameters set under each of the pages will enable users to find the latest movies available at Village Cinemas easily
The website lacks a search bar to enable users to find information on the website easily.
Each Village Cinema venue page should include a map to direct users to find the cinema easily.
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#23 Oilers Roll to 113-65 Win
Olivet (3-7) 30 35 65
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Pts: Trevor Manuel - 21
Ast: Keyon Rainey - 3
Pts: Anthony Masterlasco - 21
Reb: Aaron Overhiser - 9
Ast: Tommy Schmock - 10
The 23rd-ranked University of Findlay men's basketball team cruised to a 113-65 victory over Olivet College on Dec. 29 in the Croy Physical Education Center. The victory pushed the Oilers record to 10-2 on the season.
The Oilers built a 56-30 lead at the half and never looked back as they shot 59.4 percent (38-of-64) from the floor and 57.1 percent (12-of-21) from behind the three point line. They also converted 25-of-28 (89.3%) attempts from the free throw line and held a 45-24 advantage on the boards in the win.
Sophomore forward Anthony Masterlasco led the way with a season-high 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting while senior forward Alex White produced 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Junior forward Aaron Overhiser nearly recorded a double-double after finishing with 13 points and nine rebounds while sophomore forward Chazz George established a new career-high with 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench in the win.
Freshman forward Deven Stover reached double figures with 12 points to go along with seven boards while freshman guard Ethan Linder had ten points and a career-high six assists.
Sophomore guard Tommy Schmock had a good game running the show for Findlay with seven points and a career-high ten assists while senior guard Trey Smith stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, six rebounds and five assists.
In addition to the win, the Oilers welcomed back their alumni for the day and also celebrated the 10-year anniversary of winning the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship. Many of the team members made it back to campus for the celebration.
Findlay will now prepare for a few road games in West Virginia. They head to Davis & Elkins on Jan. 3 before facing Alderson Broaddus on Jan. 5.
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← Rankstravaganza: My 30 Favorite Tracks of 2012
A Taste of Things to Come: Trampled By Turtles at The Fillmore, San Francisco →
Rankstravaganza: My 15 favorite albums of 2012
Late, late, late. Here we are, one week into 2013, and I’m still posting postmortems on the music of 2012. And I used to be so good at meeting deadlines.
I’m sharing this anyway, because I think the albums on this list are deserving of more recognition, wherever they can get it. The No. 1 album, in particular, didn’t get nearly enough love form critics, despite the fact that the band was also featured at the top of both my mid-year and year-end lists of best songs. In fact, once again, there’s not that much difference between the bands featured on My 30 Favorite Tracks of 2012 and this list. What can I say? My favorite albums contain my favorite songs. Go figure.
Still to come: I might publish a list of my favorite tracks by Bay Area musicians of 2012. It should be up by 2014.
15. Half Poison, Half Pure, Matt Jones & The Reconstruction
For fans of … Michigan chamber folk, bonfires, Great Lakes Myth Society, six-song albums with one bonus live track and one joke track, sawing cellos and martial drums
14. A Thing Called Divine Fits, Divine Fits
Spoon, Wolf Parade, Spoon + Wolf Parade, indie supergroups, tight grooves, dark New Wave keys
13. Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
For fans of … the Occupy movement, protest songs, The Boss’ The Seeger Sessions album, folk + gospel + arena rock + Celtic music + hip hop + New Orleans brass + everything but the kitchen sink
12. Paralytic Stalks, Of Montreal
For fans of … early 20th century American composer Charles Ives’ experimental tone poem “The Unanswered Question” (really), messiness, The White Album, funk basslines, multitracked vocals, songs about impotence
11. Break it Yourself, Andrew Bird
For fans of … whistling solos, pizzicato violin, duets with St. Vincent, indie folk at its most adventurous, perfectly pleasant harmonies, Sufjan Stevens, neologisms
10. Blunderbuss, Jack White
For fans of … The White Stripes (duh), guitars (all sorts), The Who, Led Zeppelin, a little bit of folk, a lot of the blues, metaphors that immediately stick in your brain, playfulness, longing, romance, bitterness
9. The Clearing, Bowerbirds
For fans of … nature, Arcade Fire, songs that gradually build and add layer upon beautiful layer, indie folk, ambitious arrangements, Andrew Bird, scarves
8. New Multitudes, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames
For fans of … Son Volt (duh), My Morning Jacket (duh), alt-country dream teams, Billy Bragg and Wilco’s Mermaid Avenue albums, writing tunes for old Woodie Guthrie lyrics, gazillion-part harmonies, America
7. Not Your Kind of People, Garbage
For fans of … the ’90s, reunions, female vocalists, trashy production … um, Garbage
6. Who’s Feeling Young Now?, Punch Brothers
For fans of … virtuosity, acoustic instruments, Nickel Creek, stretching the limits of bluegrass, the song breaks between segments on All Things Considered because half the time it’s something from this album
5. Sorry to Bother You, The Coup
For fans of … the Occupy movement, political hip hop with a sense of humor, Oakland, hilarious album covers, Das Racist and Killer Mike (who both guest on the final track), dope rhymes, funky beats, eclectic instrumentation up to and including accordion
4. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, Fiona Apple
For fans of … Percussion, sparse arrangements, coming unhinged, ridiculously long album titles, taking chances, vocal polyphony
3. Shields, Grizzly Bear
For fans of … crazy time signatures, composition, complexity, Animal Collective, music that washes over you, the more lively and direct moments of Veckatimest, bass clarinet
2. The Sound of the Life of the Mind, Ben Folds Five
For fans of … the ’90s, reunions, Robert Sledge’s fuzzed out bass tones, diminished harmonies, shout-outs to Studs Terkel, rocking like a mother, middle-age ennui, Bacharachian piano pop, nerds and outcasts, Fraggle videos
1. Animal Joy, Shearwater
For fans of … nature as a awesome and brutal force, Okkervil River, distinctively rich vocals, making the jump to Sub Pop, post-“It’s My Life” Talk Talk, expansive sounds as big as an Antarctic glacier or the Serengeti, choruses that repeat the phrase “trail of suffering,” indie rock that is serious without crossing over into pretension
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How to pass 14 cars in one lap and then...
by AC
...get black flagged and f-bombed for a pit lane speed violation.
Team Axis, The Freep, Pete and myself, were at New Jersey Motorsport Park this past week end for the NASA North East season finale.
Great time to go, a freak early NorEaster storm hit the east coast covering much of the East Coast with a half a foot of snow. We were lucky in southern New Jersey, only torrential rain and 30 degree temperatures. Perfect conditions for a track day, don't you think?
In any case we soldiered on, I ran the trials and won my class (mostly because most other competitors would not come out and play in those conditions) and Pete won his Spec e30 race in the deluge.
Sunday saw temperatures barely in the 40's but with sun and drying condition. Pete qualified 3rd overall in his run group and was ready to go out without any intention of taking prisoners when disaster struck: on the way to the grid, the engine in the 343 BMW died.
We all hopped out of our cars to help: jiggle this, bang on that, pull this fuse, whack that fuel pump. As the field rolled out of pit lane, a DME was swapped in and the car roared back to life. Freep did a valiant job zip-tieing the DME in place, doors were slammed and off Pete went. This is where you pick up the action in the video below.
What happens next is awesome and dismal at the same time. Pete launches out of the pits and catches the field just as the green drops, he passes 14 cars in one lap, 15 if you could the end of the front straight. slashes though the field and is about to catch the leading group when he gets black flagged.
His crime? you guessed it, speeding through the paddock. Fair enough, for sure he was faster than the prescribed 5 or 10 mph. I believe that is an offense punishable perhaps with a drive though. But what happened next, is inexcusable.
The NASA race director meets him in the pits and accuses Pete of speeding and "...almost taking out two officials'. This is clearly shown as a complete fabrication by the video.
What is worse is that said race director tells Pete, a client of NASA after all, to the "the F-ck off the track". This is simply not acceptable and unprofessional.
Later he threatened to ban Pete for the 2012 season.
While we understand many of these positions are manned by volunteers, NASA is a for profit business, NASA racers are customers and customers should be accorded some respect by the organizations they choose to patronize, not be hectored by hysterical frustrated people lacking facts.
Anyway, that's our story, here's the video, you tell us what you think.. Pete's version of events is after the jump
Pete:
"This past weekend, NASA NE hosted its last event of the season at Thunderbolt Racetrack at New Jersey Motorsports Park. After Freep and I packed up at the secret warehouse, it was off to the rack to meet up with AC.
I excited about the event, expectations were high. I had been watching videos and going over data for the prior two weeks, trying to find new speed. But all those notes went in the garbage with a weather forecast for Saturday calling for lots and lots of never ending rain and near freezing temperatures.
I wish I could say Saturday practice was uneventful: first trip into turn 1 and I quickly found my brakes and tires were not up to temperature. I locked up the rears and spun a 720 ending up in the run off area.
Note to self, Brakes, especially rear brakes need careful warming on freezing days.
Deep water streams were running through the track. So much water we were getting wheel spin in 4th gear down the main straight, this with a 155 RWHP car. I qualified on pole but I was very disappointed the e30 field went from 8 to 3 due to breakdowns and the snowpocalypse north of the track
The race saw the same crappy weather but was able to take the win even with a spectacular mid race spin. A new braking line into turn 1 resulted in a spin right into a gigantic puddle. I was told the water went pretty high into the air. (Ed.: it was a spray about the height of a two story building! we thought he was a goner) Most went inside the car and soaked me, great feeling on a 33 degree day!
Sunday,the rain was finally gone but temperatures were barely hitting 40F, Our cars and anything we had left outdoors were covered with ice.
Qualifying took place on a near damp track, with some standing water. I again started at the top of the spec e30 pack and had a great overall spot of p3 on the grid.
Right at race time, luck ran out. As I drove 343 to the grid, the car sputtered and shut off maybe 200 yards from the track entrance.
It became immediately apparent this was not a simple bad electrical connection, it was something worse. Quickly AC, Freep, Johnny A from Drivegear and I, went into diagnostic mode. Just as we narrowed it down to a faulty computer, we heard cars rolling off the grid for the pace lap. Then, just as the pace car led the field through turn 3 on the track, the Axis 343 fired up! Freep frantically secured the DME as I pulled on the belts. I was so excited!
I'm off to the long pit lane. Excited to be on the track, I began to push the car on very cold tires to catch up with the pack. Somehow I managed to catch up just before the last corner.
Green flag and I was on a mission to pass everyone! Up to 4th overall in just 2 laps, I began to throw down qualifying pace laps trying to catch the first 4 cars.
Just as I was getting close to the P3, a car that was smoking and blowing oil on the track, I got a black flag pointed at me at start/finish line.
I thought that it was a mistake but at turn 6 the corner worker had my number and a black flag.
So now I know that black flag is for me and I start to wonder if something is wrong with the car , maybe my hood is open.
I roll into pit lane thinking it was something simple and kind of enjoying the prospect of going out and having to pass more cars again, which is always fun to do.
Not so. I am directed off the course and accused of almost hitting two officials in the pits. I was confused so instead of making a big deal out of it, i just went to the pits to check the camera: it had been a chaotic start of the race and I had been very focused on getting in the race so wanted to make sure I hadn't done anything wrong.
After checking the video, it was clear I was not even close to anyone, much less almost "taking out" not one but two officials.
I approached the race director, same one that told me to get (the F...) off track, to try and figure out what the problem was. After politely starting a conversation, I was quickly blown away with the completely disrespectful attitude that I was getting from him. Listening to him curse and preach safety, I quickly had enough all his BS. Did I mention that he stated he was banning me for the 2012 season over this?
I took the matter up with the owner of NASA NorthEast. He was aware of the problem and addressed why I received the black flag but had no real answer as to o why I was kick out of the race.
He said thatI would not banned for 2012, which was good, but if things dont change with his staff, I won't be back anyway. The rude, cursing race director is an employee of his, and I am one very unhappy customer at this point. What a disappointing end to a season. This is a good example of why Chris Cobetto and his NASA Mid-Atlantic group, draws in cars from all over the country. When you drive in a NASA Mid-Atlanticevent, you treated with upmost respect!
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Nick Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:38:00 PM
Ugh, what a disappointing experience.
diaxro Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:26:00 PM
I can't believe it, looks like Russia...
SHAHIN Friday, November 04, 2011 1:19:00 AM
were they talking about the Dude on the golf cart? cause I don't see anybody else in the video! What a BS!!!...
Taypicala Friday, November 04, 2011 1:22:00 AM
Someone seems to like power, but doesn't know how to use it.
Anonymous Friday, November 04, 2011 2:02:00 AM
He's probably a Hamilton fan....
diaxro Friday, November 04, 2011 2:45:00 AM
I guess Pete himself has to ban the next season at NASA - they can't treat their customers like that. By the way, one can sue you due to speeding only with speed cameras & radars like they do it in FIA.
Kieran Lavin Friday, November 04, 2011 7:03:00 AM
Couldn't see any officials you almost hit... you were going too fast for me to see
Mike Friday, November 04, 2011 7:58:00 AM
Scaring 2 people, No. Speeding in the paddock, Yes.
Don Slevin Friday, November 04, 2011 9:06:00 AM
The only two people I see are one guy walking on the drivers side and one pointing you out. Usually when you read something like this you see something on the borderline of an issue and it's a point of view thing. In this case I see ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong in the video...guy was just a jackass with power.
Jon Tabor Friday, November 04, 2011 10:13:00 AM
I'll admit I was surprised at the speed through the paddock at first, but I totally understand where you were coming from; behind everyone, not sure if they're going to put you on track. I get that.
I looked, really, really hard, to see the two officials you almost ran over. Like Don said, I saw one guy walking on the driver's side, and one pointing you out on track. Not only were you not really close to those two, you slowed your speed near them.
Yeah, you sped in the paddock, which should be addressed. But this is excessive.
Someone put this race director out as a road marshal on a stage rally. I bet he'd crap his pants.
Jacob Friday, November 04, 2011 11:49:00 AM
NASA is one of the most pretentious organizations I've ever encountered. It is worth paying extra to get track time with an organization that respects you as a person, and not just a wallet with wheels. Say NO to NASA!
AC Friday, November 04, 2011 11:56:00 AM
@Jacob I disagree, I found NASA to be easy to deal with. That said, no official should tell you to get the fuck off the track or be as hysterical as this guy way. He really owe Pete an apology.
But I would not condemn the whole organization because of one guy, especially if this gets handled properly i by NASA in the end.
craignyc Friday, November 04, 2011 12:07:00 PM
what I don't understand is why did it take 5 laps for them to black flag you. if they thought you were speeding your should have been black flagged on lap 1.
Robert Friday, November 04, 2011 1:41:00 PM
Watching the video, I have to say I have a different take than most here. That was pretty egregious paddock speeding. I didn't see Pete get near any officials, but that's not where I have a problem.
Let's get real here, Pete wasn't just "over the prudent 5 or 10 mph", he was flying around the paddock. He broke the tail loose when he took off, and went flying around the Mitsubishi (or whatever that was). What if the Mitsu had been planning to pull over, or turn around or make any other maneuver that would normally be safe with other cars at paddock speeds? Pete wouldn't have had much shot at a podium if he was parked in the side of a street car.
As unfortunate and as embarrassing as that could have been, we haven't even touched on the real issue. Paddocks are busy places, it's not just officials standing still, it's people running for brake fluid or water, or whatever. As frenzied as the repair was on the E30, imagine if someone had yelled "Get me some zip ties!". The nearest crew member would have broken out at a run to the nearest tow vehicle with tools with nothing on his mind but getting those zip ties.
Now advance to :38, and imagine that that crew member was working on the orange car. Now replay the clip.
After that, nothing else really matters.
heeltoer Friday, November 04, 2011 3:03:00 PM
Officer pulls you over and asks you how fast you were going, you say, oh only a few miles per hour over the speed limit. Never ever do this, you just confessed to a crime. A punishment, not of your choosing, is justly deserved.
This video reminds me a lot of above scenario. Clearly there is speeding in the pits at the beginning of this race. It just happened that from this particular angle and this particular situation no-one appeared to be in mortal danger. However, the track organizer MUST look at the larger picture, if he allowed everyone to speed like that in the paddock, people WILL be hurt. In fact, if someone was hurt, they would point to your video as precedent for the organizer being "negligent."
As far as a "fair" punishment, the punishment should be a minimum of a black flag-drive w/ drive through up to ban from organization forever. Consider yourself lucky.
-heeltoer
ex NorCal NASA Official
ekdemos Friday, November 04, 2011 3:20:00 PM
EFFF that I would have done the same thing as you did. To the bone head with the what if statement. Really?? I drove with Pete for a few years and if there was someone there he would not have flew by him. What if that car was on fire? What if there was sink hole. GHEY there was no one there, what if my ass.
Pete I think I will have my race license next year and we can dice it up again. I really miss driving with you and Justin. My old e30 is 6 tenths off your lighting record.
Fearless Freep Friday, November 04, 2011 8:49:00 PM
Nobody is disputing whether Pete sped or not. He spoke with the Region head and accepted the penalty. Rather, people are disputing the conduct of the "Race Director," who, ironically, was not directing the race which was taking place. Losing one's temper has never saved the day. From the NASA CCR:
2.2 Conduct of Officials
Officials shall conduct themselves in accordance with all of the rules and regulations found in the CCR. Officials that are on duty shall conduct themselves with exemplary and professional behavior, and shall be an example for the participants. The Officials are as much a part of a sporting event as the competitors and shall be bound by these rules in the same manner. Any Official that has been found to have made a mistake, yet acted in good faith, shall not be punished, however may be assigned to other duties or sent for more training as necessary.
2.2.1 Misconduct
Any NASA Official that has been found (in connection with NASA) to have violated any
governmental laws, acted in bad faith, showed bias, or willfully attempted to cause detriment to a competitor, may be reported to the Regional and Executive Director. The Executive Director may evaluate the case, and if deemed to be sufficient cause to believe that the Official in question was involved in any of the aforementioned accusations, the Executive Director may convene a meeting with National Chairman and the Regional Director. Other consultants may be invited as necessary. Upon conclusion of the meeting the Executive Director will carry out the agreed upon course of action which could range from a reprimand to permanent expulsion, and notification of governmental authorities if applicable.
Kieran Lavin Saturday, November 05, 2011 1:39:00 AM
While we're posting rules...
NJ Chapter 62, Section 3.10 (***STATE LAW*** nothing to do with NASA whatsoever):
§ 13:62-3.10 Speed limits
(a) No vehicles shall be operated in the paddock or staging areas at a speed in excess of five miles per hour.
(b) No vehicles shall be operated in the pit lane in excess of 20 miles per hour during any event, except race and practice sessions.
(c) The pit lane speed limit during races, practices and qualifying sessions shall not exceed the revolutions per minute(rev) limit speed set by the sanctioning authority or event organizer. In all classes of racing, the rev limit speed shall not exceed 55 miles per hour.
Pete was well over on A & B and, in my opinion, probably pretty close on C. I saw a Millville Police cruiser at the end of pit lane during the race. State Police frequent the track as well.
From NASA's CCR:
5.1 - Paddock Rules:
The speed limit in the paddock is five (5) MPH for any vehicle other than emergency vehicles. This speed limit applies to bicycles as well.
Fearless Freep, you caught the "Conduct of Officials" but conveniently left out "Conduct of Participants" ???
23.1 Participant Conduct - Expectations
It is expected that every participant and driver (entrant) at a NASA sanctioned event shall conduct themselves according to the highest standards of behavior and sportsmanship, particularly in their relationship with other drivers and Officials, and in a manner that shall not be detrimental to the reputation of NASA. Failure to do so may result in harsh penalties.
23.1.1 Good Sportsmanship
NASA considers good sportsmanship to be the very essence of the sport, and the basic foundation of any competition. Competitors are expected to hold the qualities of fairness, honesty, courtesy, and justice to be more important than the outcome of the race. Real sportsmen/women may have an intense desire to win, but ***not at all costs***. A person that has won by cheating, or by any means less than honorable, has simply found a way to acquire a trophy, but not a victory. The actual winner is the true sportsman/woman that might go home with nothing in his/her hands, yet his/her heart is overflowing with satisfaction. This satisfaction comes from understanding that the value of winning is not found in a trophy, but rather in the sheer pleasure of playing the sport with honesty, fairness, and integrity. This affords total fulfillment during times of introspection, and validates that fulfillment by earning valuable respect from fellow competitors. NASA will demonstrate its commitment to good sportsmanship by rewarding the driver that displays the most outstanding acts of sportsmanship each season. There will be a trophy presentation and prizes for the person chosen as the recipient of the “Best Sportsmanship” award at the season banquet (regionally).
23.1.2 Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Any unsportsmanlike conduct, on any scale, is not welcome at NASA events. Acts of unsportsmanlike conduct have many forms such as arguing, yelling, intimidation, aggressive physical contact, and losing without grace. Other forms are willfully using non-performance technicalities to hurt another competitor’s point standings to the benefit of one’s own, “sandbagging,” and failing to report a mistake in scoring that benefits themselves. No form of unsportsmanlike conduct will be tolerated at any NASA event. Competitors that show poor sportsmanship due to a mistake in judgment will be educated, and punished if necessary. However, competitors that commit repeated acts of unsportsmanlike conduct cannot be educated; therefore expulsion is most likely the only remedy.
Finally, there is an appeals process covered under Section 17 of the CCR. If Pete or anyone else feels that what happened was unfair, this is probably the avenue to pursue.
AC Saturday, November 05, 2011 2:40:00 AM
Let's see,
A). Guilty
B) ..it was during a race...
C) debatable but unenforcable as no speed gun was set up to measure anyone's speed. Inaction by State trooper would support pit lane speed ok.
CCR 5.1: yup, guilty of violating a rule clearly not enforced. And that INCLUDES bicycles! :)
As for the rest, I don't see where Pete was unsportsmanlike. He did not curse at the official...he was the one told to get the fuck off the track and falsely accused of almost hitting people, remember? Where do you figure he broke any of those rules?
Anonymous Saturday, November 05, 2011 1:05:00 PM
You guys are brutal... Pete was clearly just trying to make the start and he chose to speed through the pits to make it. Not a "law-abiding" call but sometimes you have to break the rules to get what you want.
Speeding in pits= drive through... thats fair enough, but getting profanities thrown at you from some fat-ass who cant even fit in an E30 is simply bullshit...
I would seriously consider calling/writing NASA about this guy. Motorsports have gotten a lot of bad press with all the recent deaths and we dont need angry, fat officials DQing members for a mild infraction like pit speeding.
23.1.1 and 23.1.2 both address "sportsmanship," specifically cheating, and cheating's not the issue here. Pete sped, accepted the (overly reactive) penalty, and that's settled. Rather than pursue an appeal, it seems much more effective to expose an unprofessional and out-of-control "Official" on the interwebz. The guy clearly could use some therapy but I wonder how many other customers he abuses during a given season. What's the American expression about "customer beware"? I think it applies here...
Anonymous Sunday, November 06, 2011 1:25:00 AM
Yes, you were speeding in the Paddock, the penalty is justified. It is sad that the official wasn't very professional.
It's unfortunate how many people don't understand how amateur club racing works. You're a member, not a customer. Race officials are mostly all volunteers, and probably paid for gas and lodging to come put on the race event for you.
I would suggest you read your CCR (Can be found here - http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/ccr.pdf) maybe attend some meetings, and (god forbid) work a few races and see what it takes to let you guys have fun on the track.
Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA member, I'm a SCCA member, club racer, and F&C worker.
I wondered when the first "preachy volunteer" would show up to this thread... no wonder he's from the SCCA (the very reason NASA is devouring SCCA). I didn't find anything about volunteerism in the CCR, but I did find this:
2.6 All Officials- General Philosophy
All Officials shall be trained and licensed (where required) before being allowed to perform official duties. All Officials-in-Training should be supervised. All Officials shall strictly adhere to these two basic rules:
1. Friendliness. All Officials shall be friendly and courteous to all NASA participants. Participants are valued members. If an Official has a problem with a
member, refer them to the Event Director. Under no circumstances shall an Official be rude, sarcastic, or impolite to any NASA member. Disputes with other Officials shall be settled quietly and in private. Any unresolved problems should be reported to the Event Director.
Anonymous Sunday, November 06, 2011 8:58:00 PM
Just reading through this thread, and sorry for sounding like a teenager (I'm 36 I swear), but OMG I can't believe some people are more angry about the use of the F word from a track official than they are about the dude going 40mph through the dang paddock.
And I agree with Anonymous, some of you would do well to volunteer. I've worked flags and I have a lot of respect for track safety. It's obvious to me that bad judgement on the part of drivers can cause a lot of damage.
Anonymous Monday, November 07, 2011 5:53:00 PM
The marshal's violation couldn't cause any damage.
Pete's violation of the rules could of ended lives if it was at the wrong place and time.
Quit acting like the marshal was the enemy in this story, he offended Pete, Pete could of offended the entire region by being the guy that maimed a guy at NJMP.
AC Monday, November 07, 2011 6:15:00 PM
Hang on...so that the official completely fabricated the charge he almost hit two officials is cool with you? Because Pete did not come close to hitting anyone at any time as the video clearly shows. That and the behavior of the officials are facts, the rest is just speculation. What if an asteroid hit the paddock just then,, didn't happen but it could have! :)
The odds are a lot better of Pete hitting someone in the paddock than an asteroid being flung from space to punish someone for saying a bad word. Quit acting like Pete being offended is grounds for underestimating how stupid it was to spin the wheels in the paddock and to speed.
That's higly debatable, facts however remain facts.... he did NOT "almost take out two officials" not while in the car anyway :)
Pete totally admitted his speeding was stupid, and he promised not to do it again. The "official" (more like asshat) has yet to do the same in accounting for his own behaviour. He has not apologized or stated he was wrong, or admitted that he made up the story about "almost taking out 2-3 officials" or retracted his claim that pete hit "70mph" in the paddock (it was nowhere close) or apologized for his unprofessional conduct and compltely losing his cool. An official who loses his temper under any circumstances is just a clown. You can't expect ppl to respect an official who behaves like that. Just doesn't workt that way.
Anonymous Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:57:00 PM
A "racer" who can't obide the rules is also a clown. There is a speed limit in the paddock. He should have obeyed the speed limit late to the race or not.
And agreed, let's stick to facts. He was speeding in the paddock. Unjustified. I don't care about nearly hitting someone, yadda, yadda, yadda, all heresay. I see him speeding unnecessarily in the paddock.
Facts are facts. He was speeding.
AC Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:04:00 PM
... and Pete will be the first to admit he sped in the paddock and accepted responsibility for it, as you can read above.
Now on to the insane over reaction of the official who fabricated accusations and threatened to ban him for a whole season based on those false accusations...
Anonymous Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:16:00 PM
Exactly what everyone has been saying, you are using this as an excuse to "overlook" how stupid it was to put everyone's lives in danger in the paddock.
You've only defended Pete with "Well look what HE did?!"
Its like a 2 year old telling on his brother to get out of trouble.
He put "lives in danger?? Get a hold of yourself.... seriously! LOL
yeah he sped in the paddock. Drive through penalty, end of story.
Cody Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:17:00 PM
It is a sad day when people get more upset over a racer/grown man getting his ass chewed by an official, only to dismiss his wreckless paddock speeding and dis-regard for the safety of other track patrons. I can assure you that (and heaven forbid) if he were to hit someone in the pits, he would have gotten a much worse 'tounge lashing' than what he got at the pit-out stand.
I think some of the posters on here need to develop 'thick skin', step off their egotistical pedestals, and take the situation for 'what it was...which was speeding in the pits. Thankfully no one got hurt form this, and it should serve as the example to others about their actions in the paddock...race or no race.
Sorry but I dont sign a waiver on entry to a racetrack and expect someone spinning the tires in the paddock. Even the 16 year old kid at his first track day acts better than Pete. His little cry baby hissy fit at the end didnt help his case either.
Just because you didnt hurt anyone this time doesn't mean it's ok.
Well maybe you should sign your posts too
jdm engines Monday, June 04, 2012 3:52:00 AM
It seems that they were both at fault. The driver shouldn't have been driving that fast and the official shouldn't have acted that way. However, the driver admitted that he was wrong and took responsibility, so it seems the official is a little out of line.
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Personal Story: “Journeying to Calcutta to Explore My Birth Heritage”
Despite my parents’ urging, I had always rejected my Indian identity. At 21, I learned to embrace it.
By Alexis Tompkins-Larrance
At the age of four months I was adopted by my parents—blond-haired, blue-eyed people who did their best to provide me with cultural pride and knowledge of my homeland. Being raised in a racially mixed family made me open and tolerant of differences. Yet I often felt out of place because of my race.
I grew up in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, in a predominantly white community with a growing Latino population. Latinos often presumed that I was one of them, but I knew that I couldn’t claim their community as my own. Although my high school was diverse, there was only one other Indian girl—and she was raised in a traditional Indian home and had much lighter skin than mine. Here, too, my dark skin set me apart….
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Kerala chapter of ‘Innovate for Digital India Challenge’ launched
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Initiated with an aim to create a digitally empowered India through home-grown ideas and solutions, the ‘Intel & DST Innovate for Digital India Challenge’ has launched its Kerala Chapter today here at Technopark. The Fiber Net will come to every household in Kerala in the next three years, enhancing broadband connectivity in the state and reading 1.3 million people, said Shri P H Kurian, Principal Secretary, IT and Industries, addressing the Kerala chapter.
The principal secretary said that Kerala is the only state where every panchayat is connected by 100 Mbps connectivity through optical fibre connectors. Shri Kurian also stressed the need for a digital economy where the interaction between government departments and citizens could be made through a digital or electronic medium, leading to better governance. “If every citizen is empowered, the vision of a 100 per cent digital India can become a reality,” he said, urging Intel to start their lab in either Technopark or Inforpark campus.
The campaign is jointly launched by Intel Technology India and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the support of the Department for Electronics and Information Technology and MyGov.in, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship Cell (CIIE) and IIM-A. The Kerala chapter of the initiative is partnered by the Kerala Startup Mission.The initiative aims to integrate the immense entrepreneurship talents to create products and solutions that provide easy and effective technology in the hands of every citizen. “Kerala is the best-suited place for the challenge, as an enabling ecosystem has already been enabled by Start Up Mission, Startup Village, Technopark and Infopark,” Shri Jayasankar Prasad C, CEO Technopark T-TBI said.
The innovation challenge seeks applicants to work on an ideal citizen’s device platform that can be widely used by the public and includes biometric sensing capabilities, peripherals using other sensors, intuitive user interface, gesture recognition, multilingual support and voice support along with mobile applications that accelerate delivery of e-governance services. Shortlisted ideas will get a three-month accelerator programme in Bengaluru and Pune, where mentors will assist and guide the young innovators to bring their ideas to life through funding and marketing. Participants will also have access to grants and equity investments of up to Rs 1.5 crore.The first ten best products will be granted Rs 5 lakhs and the top three will be getting access to funds of Rs 20 lakhs each. Shri Linson Joseph, Head Govt and Education Business, Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd and Shri Girish Babu, CEO Technopark were also present.
The registration closes on June 22, 2015.
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Nevada Buddhists honor Hindu statesman Rajan Zed
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Reno Buddhist Center (RBC), largest Buddhist congregation in Northern Nevada, has honored distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed.
A "Certificate of High Recognition" was presented by RBC to Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, at an interfaith clergy reception accorded in his honor in Nevada recently, which described him as "international interfaith leader".
Calling Rajan Zed "a true friend of Buddhism", this Certificate, signed by RBC priest Reverend Jikai' Phil Bryan and manager Sei Chiku Matthew Fisher, stated: "Rajan has worked diligently for people of all faiths leading to better understanding, tolerance, and friendly interactions…Reno Buddhist Center deeply appreciates and honors Rajan Zed for his successful leadership in interfaith relations…"
"Rajan's work has lead to respectful discourse and opportunities for finding common ground in working together for social improvements. Rajan continually sets higher standards in offering ways for faith groups to interact for educational benefits of all. Rajan's achievements have inspired citizens of Nevada, The United States, and the world", it noted.
"Rajan has contributed to development of "Best Practices" in interfaith dialogue…We are enthusiastic about Rajan Zed's interfaith leadership because we know it is for everyone", this Certificate added.
As a sign of respect, RBC made Zed its first Honorary Member, which would include him and his family in "specific Buddhist blessings, prayers, and meditations."
Rajan Zed has taken up interfaith, religion, environment, Roma (Gypsies) and other causes all over the world. He has read opening prayers in United States Senate, various state senates and houses of representatives, counties and city councils all over USA. He was invited by President of European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium) for a meeting to promote interfaith dialogue. Many cities in USA have named October 25 as "Rajan Zed Day". Bestowed with "World Interfaith Leader Award"; Zed is Senior Fellow and Religious Advisor to New York headquartered Foundation for Religious Diplomacy, Spiritual Advisor to National Association of Interchurch & Interfaith Families, etc. He prominently appeared in a recently released documentary on religion titled "Unresolvable?".
Details of the picture attached: Shelley Fischer (left) and Matthew Fisher (middle), both of RBC, presenting Certificate to Rajan Zed (right).
Picture by: Debbie McCarthy
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Portrait #66: Pole Pole: That's Peeeeeee..... Oooooo...... eLLLL...... Eee......
I learned three interesting things from the taxi driver who brought me into Nairobi from the airport:
1. Fuel (pronounced "foil") shortages are common here
2. roughly twenty words in Kiswahili
3. That patience and chill-ness are real virtues here
He couldn't have been older than twenty-two. He's born and bred in Nairobi, but recently moved out of his parents' place. He has loads of siblings and except for one married sister and another sibling or two, they still live at home. He personally thought it was time to strike it out on his own. They were driving him crazy. Plus, he wants to be ready for whenever he meets that special someone. He's only renting but hopes to buy eventually. Besides driving the taxi, he also has a used-clothing business. He sells clothing from all over the world, but mostly Europe. He hopes to make enough soon to, you know, meet that special someone.
He told me all this as we cruised up the highway from the airport into Nairobi, then circled the neighbourhood a bit more in search of a petrol station that had petrol. "No one has any foil! I've already been to five stations before I picked you," he said. "We need foil." I peeked at his gas gauge: below empty. I wasn't in a rush, so figured it was a chance for me to see a bit of the town, but I also figured a brief prayer wouldn't hurt either.
It was four gas stations later that we finally found our gas. I asked him why noone had any gas and he said he doesn't know, this happens sometimes. I later asked some other taxi drivers and local friends about that question, and no one could give me a really clear answer. The best, most detailed and confident-sounding, story entailed corruption and siphoning of fuel to re-sell it, leaving the country's oil reserves empty. Apparently, even though there are private petrol station companies, the oil supply is centralised, so there you go.
My taxi driver didn't have an answer at all for me, he just gave me a tour of gas stations as we sought out our foil.
Once that was taken care of and off his mind, he became very friendly. He was excited to know that this was my first time in Kenya and eager to make a good impression. I told him that I'd already learned about five words in Kiswahili, which greatly met with his approval. He decided I needed the tour of the town and that I needed to learn Swahili. And learn it right. He had me get out my notebook and start taking notes. Gari means car, so he said, "You say, Geeeeee (pause) Aaaaaaa (pause, by which time I had already written it out phonetically), ARrrrrrrr (pause), I." For the twenty minutes that remained of the drive, he taught me several more words, spelling each one out a couple of times, with as much precision as one could ever desire:
Kesho = tomorrow
Nakupenda = I love you (so I can say it to my mother, he informed me)
Nipe Maji = Give me water
Nataka Kujisaidia = Where's the wc?
Ni Rafiki Yangu = my friend
Pole Pole = Slowly, slowly
At this point, he took a break to pull over on the side of a road overlooking the city. We were on a hill, so there was a nice view of the Nairobi skyline, of which he was quite proud. Then he pointed to the park directly below us where there was a small amphitheatre. "And this is where Barack Obama spoke when he came to visit!" he informed me animatedly. It wasn't a very big ampitheatre, so I asked, "Really? How many people came?" His reply: "Oh, that was back when he was only a senator! NOW he wouldn't speak here. There's a much bigger park where he WILL speak." I asked him how he liked Obama. My taxi driver likes Obama very much, and is very proud of him.
Back to the vocabulary. Pole Pole was the central point of our lesson. It's apparently a phrase used frequently, to tell people to calm down, to be patient, to go slow. We have a similar phrase in Arabic (shway shway) so it worked for me, but he used the rest of his lesson to teach me other common phrases with the same theme:
Hakuna Matata = No problems/worries
Hakuna Haraka = There's no rush
Mambo ni Pole Pole = Calm down, that's the way things are (rough translation)
And some others that I didn't write down correctly.
He said that people often complain about the traffic in Nairobi, so these are the phrases that he uses in response to people's complaints. Sure, traffic's bad, but no worries!
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Portrait #66: Pole Pole: That's Peeeeeee..... Oooo...
Portrait #65: The spice guy
Profile #64: The shopkeeper downstairs
I didn't portrait Cyprus.
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love a fair
There are parts of the fair that, as I get older, seem best in memory, or even just in theory. Like the food, for example. Spending the day there with the boys I was reminded, through them and with the right attitude, that the fair can be a lot of fun. They went from being amazed and exhilarated to apathetic and exhausted. But they did already ask to go back again next year.
Most days I am stunned by his brilliance.
In the bright sunlight, his hair almost the color of an orange popsicle, a constellation of freckles across his nose, he strikes me as having a magical mix of imagination and exuberance. And also the energy of an entire rugby team.
Earlier today we took the boys to the theater. For a few minutes he sat and ate popcorn, not the way his brother does it, in big handfuls, but by ferrying each piece to his mouth one by one, the precision of a little machine. When eating grew old he stood on his chair and ran up and down rows and asked to play games on our phones and then cried when we suggested he sit and watch the movie.
And then we almost left him in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store this evening. He was rolling on the floor clutching a half-eaten kids club cookie, screaming about not getting to go in the big cold beer freezer room. He continued to wail as we checked out, begging for a match box car hanging, until he grabbed it, right at kid eye-level on the end cap. It did not come home with us, but he did.
These two year old tantrums occur with frightening intensity. Like ON FIRE intensity. Like if he were leaner his body might resemble a lit match, his head a flame.
But he goes to bed at night and wakes bright and shiny and brilliant again. Not a match, but a little like the sun's understudy.
low tide, high hearts
There were nineteen of us sharing two houses along the Lake Michigan shore last week, so many people using the same showers that the bath mats never had a chance to dry and the refrigerator door may have been open more than it was shut. So many adults parenting that possessive pronouns lost their punch, and while another father fed our boys we grabbed whatever little hand needed holding down the steps to the sand.
The days poured honey-sun down backsides and left pink kisses on cheeks, the lake winking behind. At the beach the children seemed very much like labradors, interested in sticks and rocks and running and digging, wild energy to spare. Enough, in fact, to manage staying up late to watch the sunset, standing with binoculars till all the light bled from the sky. And while our preference may have been for a little more downtime, we found short-lived relaxation and adult conversation in the wee hours. Rolling into bed, the big boys smelled like beer and bourbon and the ghost of good cigars, and at breakfast everybody’s pajamas held the aroma of last night's campfire and that morning's bacon.
Traveling with small children can feel kind of like a nightmare, but the alternative is really boring. We take the kids places so they can see things that belong to everyone and yet to no one, where each small pebble and slice of bark, every smooth piece of sea glass and slim green leaf are treasures to be appreciated and preserved. So they can imagine a world much bigger and infinitely more beautiful than they already know. We take the kids on trips with friends so they can bond while they bunk together, the sky too bright with stars to even think about sleeping. So they can spend hours filling pails with rocks to bring home, getting rid of Michigan one bucket at a time, as Uncle Cory calls it. And so they can fill their hearts with fond memories, so they learn to see greatness not just in the grand and glorious, but in tiny grains of sand and in the grins of their favorite once-in-awhile friends.
Here's to wandering, and to coming home
please notice
The cashier at Trader Joe's asked me how my day had been, and I gave a fairly enthusiastic good before I asked him about his own. He said ten or twelve things had gone right and he wasn't sure which to attribute his feelings toward, but that he felt so happy he almost thought he ought to apologize to anyone who wasn't having a good day.
Isn't it remarkable how such "small" encounters can leave such big impressions.
I started to think about all the good parts of my day.
Tucker woke feeling much better, after having a pretty miserable stomach bug.
I had time to drink my coffee while it was still hot.
I had fresh peaches and honeyed almonds and plenty of yogurt to share with Tollie.
I had boys asking me to read books, and minutes to flip through a magazine. The May issue, but still.
I had the chance to resurrect Celia's memory with an acquaintance I hadn't seen for years.
I had flowers from the yard on the kitchen counter and friendly texts from neighbors on my phone.
I had a former student reintroduce himself, and I know teachers aren't supposed to pick favorites, but he was definitely one of mine, so my heart just about burst seeing his smile and hearing about his studies.
I had help getting all the laundry washed and folded and put away.
I had the ingredients and the initiative to bake a miniature blueberry pie.
I know flavors of happiness taste different to everyone, but I appreciated the reminder from the guy bagging my groceries to be mindful of all the good things on my plate.
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point,
“If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” - Kurt Vonnegut
Someone suggested recently that Tolliver's speech pattern sounds like some combination of southern Ohio and formal English, his own brand of sophisticated drawl.
Some of his words are clipped, like he's holding his breath, like there's a law against using his whole lung capacity to move air across his vocal cords. When he's not particularly interested in doing something right away, say sitting on the potty or chewing a vitamin or brushing his teeth, he says I want to try later, the words precise and staccato.
Other words are lengthened, they roll back and forth along his tongue before he lets them out. For example, and sounds like aaa-und. The “a” gets away from him and the middle stretches into three syllables.
And some words combine both the aristocratic quickness and the lazy lilt, like the way he says pay-ants, slow on the first syllable, swallowing the second.
He talks about pants more than he wears them.
I'm actually finding it hard to describe how he talks. But it's easy to describe Tolliver as a talker.
I mean, all the time. His voice is delightful, most of the time, and exhausting on occasion.
When he sits down on the patio or settles on a front porch chair, he says I love being outside.
I may have said it once in the spring, but he says it every time, like an invitation for dialogue.
When he wakes up in the afternoon, he invariably announces I had a great nap! and then asks What have you been doing? And he means it, not with a what-did-I-miss worry, but with a curious sincerity.
I hadn't really noticed Tolliver's tendency to cultivate small talk until one of his aunts was retelling a story about being out to dinner with him. After Tollie explained that he was going to order a big plate of rice and beans, he went around the table asking what everyone else was going to have, and following up with genuine interest: Oh, that sounds delicious.
His words have heralded him into a bigger universe, he uses them to play and fantasize, to please and infuriate. His conversation skills have created a way for him to be involved more with his world, to seek answers to his own unending questions. It seems like he's noticing his thoughts as thoughts for the first time. But what if a bay-er gets into our house? he asks, clearly concerned. Bears can't get in our house, I tell him, not lying.
He is, though, always the one who decides whether there will be a conversation, and he seems to relish the power he must feel when he plays shy or resists a reply. His competency with language has fueled a strong drive for separateness from us, a chance for him to tell us what he likes and DOES NOT LIKE.
There are sounds Tollie still works very hard to make. Our favorite currently is "ng," like in orange, that ends up muffled with a ff-sh noise. And the word "bridge" for example, takes tremendous focus and effort. Words like that and like garage and spinach he whispers with a slight sag of the shoulders, a little stagger in his voice: I can't talk right, he frets.
And then he's way off on things like sook sacks (fruit snacks) but seems not to notice or to care.
And also "construction." He asks to wear his yellow digger shirt EVERY DAY, and he talks a lot about dump trucks and construction sites... He gets the middle a little messed up though and uses some of the very same sounds he used to use when he said motorcycle.
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She puts the "K" in cute.
Good Today
In addition to visiting the metro park, we have vi...
Going Fourth
I find myself with far more pictures than words
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Epic Games Covering Shenmue 3 Refunds After Exclusivity Outrage
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has announced that Epic will cover the cost of all Shenmue 3 Kickstarter refunds for players upset that the game will be an Epic Games Store exclusive at launch. Originally funded back in the summer of 2015, Shenmue 3 will finally be released August 27 of this year.
Sweeney’s comments addressed a controversy that’s been roiling since early June, when Ys Net and Deep Silver, the game’s developer and publisher, revealed that it would be an Epic Games Store exclusive. The Epic Games Store didn’t even exist when Shenmue 3 was funded on Kickstarter, and backers were initially told that they would receive Steam codes for the PC version. With the switch to Epic exclusivity, PC players were told that they would get Epic codes instead, and there was no confirmation that refunds would be an option.
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A little less than a month later, Ys Net has confirmed that refunds will be available, and Tim Sweeney announced on Twitter that Epic is footing the bill. On top of that, Sweeney has pledged that Epic will see to it that future crowdfunded games don’t suffer the same problems if they become Epic exclusives after their funding campaigns. According to Sweeney, Epic will either work out a deal with other stores to ensure that their keys are available at launch if promised during the funding campaign, or cover the cost of refunds if that isn’t possible. Of course, that’s also a tacit confirmation that Epic will continue to court developers to make their games exclusive to the Epic Games Store after their Kickstarter campaigns.
Epic is funding the cost of all Kickstarter refunds resulting from Shenmue III’s move to the Epic Games store, so that refunds won’t reduce Ys Net’s development funding. https://t.co/mSGdbzYPJ5
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) July 2, 2019
According to Ys Net, the developer actually tried to negotiate with Epic and Valve to allow Steam keys on release day. Without saying exactly why that didn’t work out, Ys Net wrote in a Kickstarter update that “coordination with the sales policies of the involved companies was untenable.” Backers do have the option to switch from a PC copy of the game to a PS4 copy if they don’t want a refund, but those who accept an Epic Games Store key can also opt to receive a Steam key when it launches on that platform next year.
The new policy is a smart move from Epic, which would probably prefer if people stopped talking about the company as if it were the Borg trying to assimilate as many games as possible, and it may provide some cover for developers that want to work with Epic but are afraid of the fallout from their customers. However, a look at the comments on Sweeney’s tweet or Ys Net’s Kickstarter update shows that one thing it’s not likely to do is appease irate Shenmue 3 backers.
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Source: Tim Sweeney/Twitter
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'We need to save his life' - Pamela Anderson after visiting Assange in prison
Please write to Julian. He is 23.5 hrs day (sometimes all day) in a prison cell, without even access to the prison library. He reads the letters he gets, although there is a delay in delivery, probably due to their going through some censorship or security process. The international public need to greatly ramp up their voice against what is happening here.
Below are the 'Sentencing Remarks' of Judge Deborah Taylor. She gives no consideration to the fact that Assange exposed war crimes, nor to the fact that he is pursued by a US Government responsible for those war crimes. At the end she says his sentence is subject to any further legal claims - and we know that means the US Government. In this she seems to me like a Mafioso lawyer delivering someone to the mob, or to the Gestapo. The Australian Government stands silently looking on, an abject colonial body.
WRITE TO:
Mr Julian Assange
HMP Belmarsh
Western Way
London SE28 0EB
Kristinn Hrafnsson
Belmarsh Prison
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Assange is being tortured by US agents in British prison - Retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel speaks out
Wed, 2019-05-08 02:13 — Karen Kwiatkowski
This article is about the United States efforts to kidnap Julian Assange fom Britain where he has been illgally arrested. It was previously published as Pray and Weep (7/7/19) by Karen Kwiatkowski | LewRockwell.com.
There is great evil being perpetrated by Washington D.C. here and around the world. A persistent terrible hate for life, liberty and humanity arrived on little cat feet and has taken over our country. This did not begin with Trump, but sadly it also is not going to end with him either. Trump promised to drain the swamp, implying change, transparency and accountability. Instead he brought in neoconservative king-makers and warmongers, and allowed their influence to grow disproportionately, while his co-dependents in the other party facilitate the agenda of death.
See also: Video: At Sydney rally Assange’s father demands Australian government secure son’s release (7/5/19) and other articles about the campaign to free Julian Assange on the World Socialist Web Site.
Karen Kwiatkowski
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United States, get your thieving bloody hands off Venezuela!
John Bolton wants US oil
corporations, instead of
PDVSA, which is owned
by the Venezuelan people,
to be able to extract,
export & sell Venezuela's
natural wealth (see
embedded video).
The most recent of many attempts by the United States to overthrow the government of Venezuela has also failed, but not without a terrrible cost. According to a 27 page report by economists Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs (pdf here) the sanctions imposed on Venezuela since 2017 and theft of billions of dollars of Venezuela's gold and bank deposits have cost the lives of 40,000 Venezuelans, yet, in spite of all these hardships, ordinary Venezuelans, including members of the armed forces, rallied to defeat the attempted coup of 30 April.
The United States government leaders have made little effort to conceal their motives for having caused this much death and suffering. Watch below, National Security adviser John Bolton (pictured above), explain to Fox News on 29 January 2019 how United States' oil corporations will soon be able to able to take over the extraction and export of Venezuelan petroleum once their actions against Venezuela achieves their goal of having their appointed 'President' Juan Guaido take over from from the elected President Nicolas Maduro.
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Straight-talking independent candidate nails overpopulation in Australia - Matt Bryan for Hughes
Mon, 2019-04-29 23:44 — admin
An impressive video that misses almost no aspect of what the growth lobby is doing to this country, and backs up its criticism with some interesting new policies, some of them drastic - but the situation is drastic. Matt Bryan for Hughes
Hughes electorate
Australia's mass immigration problem
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Shhhh! Don't talk about Hobart! - Article by Sally Pepper
Sat, 2019-04-27 18:57 — admin
I'm developing an unreasonable sense of proprietorship over Australia's island state,Tasmania. One could call it a "Tasmania mania", I suppose. How did this seemingly irrational neurosis arise? Am I alone?
Sally Pepper
escape-hatch
Australia's overdevelopment problem
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Douglas Ruskoff: High-tech tyranny and how to fight it - Video
"Algorithms seem to me, at this point, the closest thing we have to demons." (Douglas Rushkoff) Douglas Rushkoff is a highly stimulating speaker with a comprehensive but original view of the problem of internet tyranny. He approaches it as a problem of monopolies and corporations in the context of economic growthism, which he argues is unsustainable and ultimately destroys companies because it costs them too much. He recommends long-term business models, which aim to support their participants. He notes that family businesses tend to do better and last longer because they have this model, rather than the growth model. In his lecture he is able to travel across several disciplines, back and forth, and to tie economics to society and soil degradation. He makes concrete and inventive recommendations. This is less about internet censorship than about the destruction of local markets and the sidelining of entire populations. Rushkoff is the author of multiple books, but in this video, he talks about a 2016 publication called, Throwing rocks at the google bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity.
Douglas Ruskoff
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Write to Julian Assange in prison campaign - you can be effective
See: writejulian.com
write-to
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Starving, wounded, dying Brumbies: Barmah and Singleton: Parks Vic & RSPCA responsibility
Mon, 2019-04-22 17:18 — Barrie Tapp
These photographs are of horses at Barmah Vic, and Singleton NSW. As we are aware, they are not native to this country. They were introduced here by pioneers/settlers to help settle this land. They were carted off to war - 300,000 - never to return. They ploughed the fields and transported goods/settlers all over this country. They are used in entertainment, such as rodeos and racing, and even left to die in paddocks. At the end for many are the knackeries, some for overseas human consumption. Horses are not even recognised as “livestock” in Acts of parliament. What a bum deal these magnificent animals have endured from mankind. Now they are being slaughtered by this government, in the name of being ‘feral’ and destroying the land. (Photographs copyright Renee Neubaur. Sincere thanks from Candobetter for permission to use them.)
Parks Vic
Singleton Army Base
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aerial shooting
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Mismanagement on Fraser Island to blame for recent dingo incident
Mon, 2019-04-22 16:53 — Val Morgan
While expressing sympathy for the child injured by a dingo on Fraser Island around midnight on April 18, and for the child’s parents, the National Dingo Preservation and Recovery Program (NDPRP) wishes to draw attention to the long-term mismanagement of the high conservation value dingo population on the island by the Queensland authorities. The NDPRP considers that the continued mismanagement of tourism to Fraser Island by the Queensland government and of the dingo population by the Queensland environmental authorities have been major contributing factors in such incidents.
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PressTV Debate: Google's Attack on the Freedom of Speech
Sat, 2019-04-20 10:39 — James Sinnamon
This 21:09 minute video debate has been republished from Attack on Freedom of Speech (19/4/19) | PressTV (but see note below - Ed).
This edition of The Debate, Press TV hosts discussions about Google's denial of access to Press TV's YouTube and Gmail services. Brecht Jonkers, historian and journalist, and Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at the State University of New York, exchange views about freedom of speech.
Note: Unfortunately, we can't make the embedding of this video work. So please follow this link or click on the image to watch the debate on PressTV. - JS
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How will the candidate seeking your vote act to prevent the US plans to kidnap Julian Assange?
As found by the Australian Federal Police in 2010, Julian Assange has committed no crime. Yet, Julian Assange, the courageous and visionary founding editor of Wikileaks, who is not even a citizen of the United States and has never been there, now faces the threat that he will be extradited to the United States from Britain. There he is to supposedly be tried only for the 'crime' of 'conspiring' in 2010, with Chelsea Manning to have her retrieve classified U.S. defence department information which revealed to the world evidence of U.S. war crimes. - the sort of 'crime' that many serious journalists have engaged in.
2016 Federal Election
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Pauline Hanson
Scott Ludlam
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Art Exhibition: Overwintering project migratory birds
Exhibition opening Friday 19th April, 5.30-7.30pm. Art Space, Lord Street, Port Campbell.
Andrea Radley
Overwintering Project
Jill Quirk
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Video: Crosstalk- "Free speech threatened" Political, legal concepts & ramifications of Assange case
This discussion on Crosstalk asks whether in the prosecution or persecution of Julian Assange, the western world is seeing the death of journalism. Michael Patchett-Joyce, a barrister specialising in international and European law, brings some new views to the program. John Wight counters with some persuasive political analysis, as does ex-British parliamentarian, George Galloway. The issue of the courts and the 'public good' comes up. John Wight points out that this is an issue of class; the public good is really about the good of the establishment. Galloway says that, if Julian is extradited to the United States, there will be no juries and the US will not feel itself bound to any promises it may have made to Britain in this matter. Patchett-Joyce suggests that the case has a long way to go before a decision can be made about extradition. At no time does anyone mention Julian's cat, but we think this might be a picture of it.
legal concepts
John Wight
George Galloway
Michael Patchett-Joyce.
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Steven Armstrong: Sustainable Oz Candidates need funding help and you need political alternatives
Sat, 2019-04-13 10:47 — Sheila Newman
Steven Armstrong is a prospective Sustainable Australia Party candidate for the upcoming federal elections. He has run before and has a history of hard work on the issue of sustainability and the unsustainable problem of our rapid population growth in Australia. His political experience and skill has grown along with his experience. Although Steven has financed previous candidatures, the cost of merely registering to run in the election has suddenly leapt from $350 to $2000 under the LNP coalition. This can only be in order to reduce democratic opposition. So please consider helping Steven in his gofundme campaign! He needs $2000.
Steven Armstrong
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Anti-Dad review of family law - Senator Spender statement
Senator Duncan Spender of the Liberal Democrats has criticised the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Review of the Family Law System. “The Review is anti-Dad,” Senator Spender stated.
“Many Dad’s who have lost custody of their children might think that the family law system could not get any worse. Unfortunately they are wrong."
Senator Duncan Spender
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The Australian government must act NOW to bring Julian Assange back to Australia!
After six and a half years illegal detention, the courageous and visionary Australian journalist Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks news service, has had his asylum inside the London Ecuadorian Embassy revoked and has been arrested by the British police to face trial for skipping bail back in 2012, a charge which he could only be jailed for a few years at most. However, there remains a serious risk that the United States could seek to have Julian Assange extradited to face, in its rigged judicial system, charges which have suspiciously remained secret until now: helping whistleblower Chelsea Manning crack a password to leak classified US documents.
See SEP (Australia) rallies demand freedom for Julian Assange (13/4/19) | WSWS for report of protest of Friday 12 April. -17/4/19: Protest Friday 4pm Victorian State Library in Melbourne and at 1pm in Martin Place, Sydney for Julian Assange: Bring yourself, friends, placards and any literature you may have to inform members of the public of why they need to act to help prevent the deportation to the United States, of Julian Assange, who is not even a United States citizen and has never been there!
Other recent articles on CanDoBetter about Julian Assange:
Julian Assange is Guilty Only of Revealing the Evil Soul of the US Empire (17/4/19), Video: Crosstalk- "Free speech threatened" Political, legal concepts & ramifications of Assange case (17/4/19), Explainer: what charges does Julian Assange face, and what’s likely to happen next? Article by Holly Cullen (13/4/19), Canadian Peace Alliance Statement on the Arrest of Julian Assange (12/4/19), Australian Government silent as Julian Assange manhandled out of Ecuadorian Embassy by London Police (11/4/19), Video: People power delays Ecuador's asylum betrayal of Julian Assange (9/4/19), An Open Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Please use the powers vested in you to end Julian Assange's cruel ordeal (7/4/19), Shame on Australia! French Assange protest outside Australian embassy, Paris (6/4/19), Censorship: Are we all still Charlie Hebdo? Christchurch and Julian Assange (6/4/19), You can help make the Australian Government act to free Julian Assange (5/4/19).
US extradition
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Australian Government silent as Julian Assange manhandled out of Ecuadorian Embassy by London Police
The President of Ecuador, on flimsy pretext, has thrown Julian Assange to the wolves. Today Ruptly footage shows Assange being manhandled by several police from the embassy into a police vehicle. Julian had long hair and a long beard and was shouting, "The UK must resist," and something about "the Trump administration." From somewhere else, the Ecuadorian President delivered a prepared speech to cameras from his wheelchair, stating, among other things, that the UK Government has agreed in writing that Julian would not be sent anywhere he might be tortured or face the death penalty. Wikileaks has said, however, that Assange has been arrested for 'extradition to the United States for publishing'.
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Immigration, population growth and voters: who cares, and why? - Article by Katharine Betts and Bob Birrell
Previous research has shown a wide split between elite and non-elite opinion on topics such as cultural diversity, globalisation and immigration. Media professionals and most politicians share these elite views, but large swathes of the electorate do not. The current findings of the survey conducted late in 2018 by The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI) on attitudes to immigration and population growth confirm this. They show that the split between elite and non-elite opinion is mirrored in the divisions between voters who are university graduates and voters who are not. This is logical as most elites are now recruited from the graduate class. The gap is wide. Overall 50% of voters want a reduction in immigration. But this proportion rises to 60% of non-graduates while only 33% of graduates agree. (The October/November 2018 TAPRI survey Katharine Betts and Bob Birrell.)
TAPRI
unaffordable housing
Katharine Betts
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Inflammation linked to chemical imbalance in schizophrenia
Wednesday, 10 April 2019: A study published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified changes in inflammation-related biochemical pathways in schizophrenia that interfere with proper brain nerve cell communication. Researchers have found the first direct evidence in support of increased kynurenic acid production in the brain, which is known to block a key glutamate receptor. This discovery paves the way for development of better targeted therapies with fewer side effects for people with schizophrenia.
kynurenine
molecular psychiatry
brain-disease
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Video: People power delays Ecuador's asylum betrayal of Julian Assange
A comment containing excerpts from this page has been posted beneath Assange Arrest Imminent: Ecuadorian Embassy To Expel Him In “Hours To Days” (5/4/19) by Tyler Durden | The Duran (21/4/19).
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris examine the reasons behind Ecuador's Foreign Minister stating that they have no plans of revoking Julian Assange's asylum status.
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Dogged researchers show dingoes keep feral cats in check
Dingoes play a key role in the conservation of Australian outback ecosystems by suppressing feral cat populations, a UNSW Sydney study has found. A UNSW Sydney study has ended an argument about whether or not dingoes have an effect on feral cat populations in the outback, finding that the wild dogs do indeed keep the wild cat numbers down.
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Policies that should be put to voters at the forthcoming Australian Federal elections
In the Australian Federal elections to be held on 18 May, the choice of candidates should include candidates who are resolved, should they win, to do their utmost to rectify the serious threats to the very survival of Australia and the rest of humanity. The most critical of these threats is the threat of nuclear war. Regardless of who is held to be most at fault - Russia, China or the United States - any parliamentarian, worthy of holding office, would use his/her influence to try to remove this threat. Neither the Liberal/National government nor the Labor 'opposition' are doing so, nor, as far as we can tell, are the Greens, One Nation nor any other sitting member of Parliament.
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An Open Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Please use the powers vested in you to end Julian Assange's cruel ordeal
Dear Prime Minister Scott Morrison,
I write to ask you to act to bring to an end circumstances faced by Julian Assange which certainly have already harmed his health and may well end his life if those circumstances are not rectified soon.
An investigation by the Australian Federal Police into Julian Assange ordered by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2010, found that he had committed no crime. In spite of that, he was threatened with extradition to the United States to face, in its rigged court system - as attested to by former CIA officer John Kiriakou, amongst others - charges that the United States is not even prepared to reveal to the public! Julian Assange, who is not even a United States' citizen, could face many years of imprisonment - or worse - for merely having made known, through Wikileaks, information that the public should know about world events of recent years.
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Shame on Australia! French Assange protest outside Australian embassy, Paris
Video: French demonstrate outside the Australian embassy in Paris, calling for the cowardly unprincipled Australian Government to help Julian Assange. "Where are the 'We are all Charlie' freedom of the press demonstrators?" they cry.
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Censorship: Are we all still Charlie Hebdo? Christchurch and Julian Assange
Not so long ago the middle classes were marching enthusiastically all over the western world to defend freedom of the press, after the massacre of journalists at Charlie Hebdo. "We are all Charlie!" they cried. Now there is hardly a peep about Julian Assange's cruel and unusual punishment for telling the world of war-crimes. Certainly no mass marches in the street. What's the difference? The mainstream press is singing a different song. It suited them to have people marching in the streets about Charlie Hebdo. Now, for some reason, it doesn't.
US-NATO
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Jay Hanson, founder of Peak Oil series, dies after diving
I have just learned, regretfully, of the death of Jay Hanson. My first report was that it occurred in a diving accident. Subsequently it has been clarified that he fell ill after diving, and died that night. Jay Hanson lived in Hawaii. He was the founder of multiple energy resources or peak oil lists from the 1990s, starting with the incredibly popular Dieoff website and DieOff list which looked at peak oil, population numbers, and scarcity. An intermediate list was Killer Ape-Peak Oil. The last list of which we are aware was [America2Point0] which Hanson closed 'until further notice' on 20 December 2016. Hanson was teetotal for many years and studied evolutionary psychology. He believed that humans would be ultimately unable to deal with resource scarcity or human induced climate change because they could not cope with major environmental and evolutionary problems involving themselves.
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You can help make the Australian Government act to free Julian Assange
On Friday 5 April 2019, as revealed by John Pilger on Twitter from a high level source within the Ecuadorian Government, Julian Assange would shortly be expelled from the London Ecuadorian Embassy. Once evicted, he stands to be arrested by the UK police, extradited to the United States where he faces a secret trial based on a secret indictment. He may face many years behind bars - even the death penalty can't be excluded - all for just publishing, through Wikleaks, facts about world events that the public would be entitled to know in a fair and just world.
It is still possible to make the Australian government act to prevent the illegal extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S. and, instead, bring him home to Australia. Should they fail to act, they must be held to account at the forthcoming federal elections.
See also: Be Ready To Act: WikiLeaks Source Says They’re Coming For Assange (5/4/19) by Caitlin Johnstone, The Gestapo Is Coming for Julian Assange (4/4/19) by Paul Craig Roberts.
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Donald Trump must RISK NUCLEAR WAR to 'prove' he is not Putin's puppet - CNN
From CNN And Washington Post Demand That Trump Further Escalate Tensions With Russia (1/4/2019) by Caitlin Johnstone:
Fareed Zakaria says that
Donald Trump must now
'prove' that he is not
Putin's puppet by risking
nuclear war to overthrow
Venezuelan President
Maduro.
CNN has aired a segment (embedded below within this article) in which pundit Fareed Zakaria tells the network's audience that the US president has "been unwilling to confront Putin in any way on any issue” and asks "will Venezuela be the moment when Trump finally ends his appeasement?"
The segment is a near-verbatim reading of Zakaria's Washington Post column from a couple of days prior, so that’s two massive prongs through which this false and pernicious narrative is being driven into mainstream consciousness claiming that the Trump administration has been far too dovish toward Moscow, rather than dangerously hawkish as is actually the case.
Article continues here.
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Flinders University Media Release - Campaign to reduce liver disease deaths
Life-threatening liver disease is skyrocketing in Australia, with alcohol and hepatitis C and now obesity-related fatty liver disease on the rise. The average age of death of these patients is in their mid-50s. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects one in four Australian adults and has been increasing in parallel with the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the community. It is argued that some simple measures, including regular contact with specially trained nurses, can greatly improve outcomes for this chronic condition, which sometimes is poorly understood and mismanaged by patients and their medical and nursing systems. This article comes from a press release from Flinders University, but candobetter.net has included a video about the effects of commercial quantities of fructose on the liver, from Dr Lustig, of the University of California. We spoke to Associate Professor Alan Wigg, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health and Head of Hepatology and the Liver Transplantation Medicine Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, who agreed that fructose has a role in the cause of fatty liver. He says that this Flinders University study is particularly looking at how to help people whose liver disease has progressed to an advanced stage.
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German bulk carrier detained after crew complain of no food, bullying and denial of shore leave
The Liberian-registered bulk carrier "Anna-Elisabeth" has been detained by Australian authorities after international crew on board a bulk carrier complained of insufficient food, bullying aboard the vessel and denial of shore leave.
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Review: Incredible Change-Bots graphic novel (Top Shelf Comics)
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[This review comes from Doug Glassman:]
More than DC, Star Wars and even Power Rangers, my favorite franchise of all time, bar none, is the Transformers. Part of it is the mythos that these robots in disguise have developed, which spread out far beyond the animated series and into comics from three separate companies. Part of it is the adaptability of the franchise. They've been able to go through multiple incarnations without losing most of their appeal. (Though I will admit that the Armada/Energon years were a bit trying) Most of all though, the concept of gigantic robots is thrilling--the Tripods of The War of the Worlds are some of sci-fi's most memorable villains. Add to that the idea of transforming and blending into humanity and you've got one of the most marketable concepts of all time. Capping that, you have memorable characters such as the superheroic Optimus Prime and the opportunistic Starscream. The sheer box office numbers of the recent film (including the highest selling DVD of the year) bear this out.
But I'm not actually reviewing a Transformers book in this review. I'll save that for later when I review Stormbringer, amongst other books. No, this is a review for Incredible Change-Bots, an OGN by Jeffrey Brown published through Top Shelf Comics. Brown is mostly known for his autobiographical comics, so this is a bit of a departure for him, albeit a welcome one. Simply drawn and hilariously worded, Incredible Change-Bots is the first truly great Transformers parody. It takes all the story beats of a Transformers series and mocks all of them wonderfully. Battle at a dam? Done. Epic duel between leaders? Done. Useless human help? Done. Even the transforming sound effect is spoofed as the Incredible Changing sound effect. Only a true Transformers fan would be able to do a parody like this, and Brown shines at hitting all the right notes.
Essentially, Incredible Change-Bots is the story of Big Rig and his Awesomebots, as well as their enemies, Shootertron and the Fantasticons. If you can't follow the characters--and a lot of them blend into each other--don't worry: there's a handy character guide at the front. They fight over the fate of Electronocybercircuitron, with an initial debate stemming from (of all things) evolution vs. intelligent design. It's more of a running gag than a true political argument; honestly, it's the most absurd thing for a bunch of giant robots to fight over. But it gets them to Earth, where Shootertron seeks out human allies in order to get more energy. The ending is reminiscent of the recent Transformers film, and I'm not entirely sure if it's a coincidence or if he added it because of the movie.
At the surface, it's funny on its own. Cliches such as the inability for evil troops to hit their targets are spoofed. (I won't ruin the capper of this gag, though.) But the most fun comes from identifying all of the Transformers jokes within. Shootertron is Megatron taken to a level of sinister that the animated character never reached. Big Rig, his counterpart, is wonderfully inept and makes mistakes that Prime would never make. Microwave as the Soundwave parody (complete with his minions Soupy and Popper) is classic. Wheeeee, the Starscream stand-in, is a great suck-up; his "Shootertron has fallen!" bit is hysterical, especially if you've seen a few episodes of the old series and know how often Starscream tried the same thing. Monkeywrench and Jimmy Jr. point out all of the ridiculous situations Spike and Sparkplug were put in. And, of course, Incredible Change-Bots brings up the question first thought up when Elita-One was introduced: robot sex.
. . . Let's move on, shall we?
The artwork is rather unique. It's certainly not the shiny, well-proportioned artwork you'd find in an IDW trade. Instead, the artwork of Incredible Change-Bots is clearly hand-drawn and hand-colored. That's not to say it's poorly done or amateurish; everything is professional, but simple in nature. The transfor--sorry, Incredible Change sequences for the characters create oddly shaped robot modes that are very distinct from anything in Transformers. Heads and arms pop out in odd places, such as the centers of windshields. The super-detailed pin-up of Big Rig in the back points out how ridiculous some of the bots look.
It's a bit hard to recommend Incredible Change-Bots to a non-Transformers fan. If you've seen the film, you probably have enough knowledge of the franchise to get most of the jokes. However, try to catch a few animated series episodes in order to really get it. In any case, Incredible Change-Bots is hilarious to a fan like me. Pick up a copy and support a sequel . . . after all, one is promised at the end.
[OGN. Contains pin-up drawings, catalogue of Jeffrey Brown's work, membership offer to the Official Incredible Change-Bots Fan Club. $15.00]
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Tag Archives: rape culture
culture issues movies TV
About Kevin Spacey (and the others)…
By Monique on Monday, October 30, 2017
Kevin Spacey presents his new movie Margin Call at the Berlin Film Festival 2011 (Wikimedia)
I’ve about had it with Hollywood. Between Austin’s film scene with Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles and Birth.Movies.Death’s Devin Faraci, Harvey Weinstein, and the various other sexual assault/harassment allegations that have surfaced from all corners of society, it’s clear that the problem connecting all of these is that Hollywood and other industries offer umbrellas of protection to those who have power, money, and–most often–penises. Those who are the least protected are the young (girls and boys), women in general, and those who come from marginalized and underrepresented communities, including–but not limited to–racial and cultural communities, the disabled, and those from the LGBT community.
Most of the cases we’ve heard about involve women facing lecherous, predatory men, such as the 80+ women who have come out to tell their stories involving Weinstein–including Rose McGowan and Annabella Sciorra, who say Weinstein raped them–and the 300+ women who say director James Toback sexually abused them. But there are also those cases involving men, such as Terry Crews, and minors. We’ve heard it from Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. We’ve heard it from those who have accused Bryan Singer. And now we’re hearing it from Broadway actor and Star Trek: Discovery star Anthony Rapp, who was preyed upon by Kevin Spacey when Rapp was 14 years old.
Rapp’s account–which you can read in full at Buzzfeed–is horrifying.
Actor Anthony Rapp tells @BuzzFeedNews Kevin Spacey made a move on him when Rapp was 14: https://t.co/py2lILpVh5 pic.twitter.com/Yp0iilSzKm
— Ellen Cushing (@elcush) October 30, 2017
Rapp having to relive a memory he hadn’t told anyone about since it happened was made even more traumatic by the type of statement Spacey released as an “apology.”
pic.twitter.com/X6ybi5atr5
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) October 30, 2017
There’s so much wrong with this statement–and folks are right to compare it to the equally obtuse and rambling statement Weinstein put out at the beginning of his saga, via The New York Times:
Both statements are exercises in trying to shift blame to anything and anyone other than themselves. For Weinstein, his scapegoats were the times he grew up in and his demons–which he does have, most definitely, however from actresses’ statements, he seemed untroubled by his demons until he had to issue an apology. For Spacey, his scapegoat is…being gay. Spacey certainly has his demons too, but they have nothing to do with his sexual orientation. They, like Weinstein’s, have everything to do with falling in lust with absolute control and absolute power.
To equate being gay to molestation is a two-fold act of cowardice and violence. First, the conflation is a slap in the face to the LGBT community, a community he has apparently run from his entire acting career, despite decades of rumors and direct questions about his sexual orientation. Secondly, it sets America’s progress with LGBT rights and attitudes back to the stone age. LGBT Americans have had to live with these types of regressive stereotypes for much longer than we straights have been aware of them. In fact, it’s straight America that has perpetuated these myths within our society. Again, the demon at work is absolute control and absolute power, and those who are in the majority have the power to control the narrative however they want. In this case, it’s straight people passing along the stereotype that those who are gay or otherwise along the spectrum are pedophiles and predators.
For Spacey to, as many have said, hide behind the rainbow flag now after he’s ran from it for so long is ugly and morally lacking. He should be ashamed of himself.
Speaking for those of us who review TV and film for a living, there’s the added moral condition of how to approach Spacey’s body of work after this bombshell.
I’ve followed the Weinstein saga closely, and provided my point of view to Bustle on how women in in the film criticism industry could come to terms with approaching Weinstein-backed films now that the facts are out in the open. One part of my opinion that got edited out (since most of us in the article were on the same wavelength and repeating each other), was that if it were a case of avoiding one actor and his filmography, say Woody Allen, then it’d be easy to avoid and remove our support from that actor. That’s what I’m going to do when it comes to Kevin Spacey. Just like with Weinstein, where there’s one story of wrongdoing, there’s bound to be more (whether or not they come forward).
It seems like Netflix is taking this avoidance approach with Spacey as well; the streaming network has announced that it will end House of Cards after the sixth season, which is currently in production. Netflix and Media Rights Captial’s joint statement (via The Hollywood Reporter)
“Media Rights Capital and Netflix are deeply troubled by last night’s news concerning Kevin Spacey. In response to last night’s revelations, executives from both of our companies arrived in Baltimore this afternoon to meet with our cast and crew to ensure that they continue to feel safe and supported. As previously scheduled, Kevin Spacey is not working on set at this time.”
Various celebrities, particularly those who are gay, also spoke out against Spacey’s conflating statement, as well as Beau Willimon, the creator of House of Cards.
My statement regarding Anthony Rapp and Kevin Spacey: pic.twitter.com/8z6zotHWE5
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) October 30, 2017
.@GeorgeTakei sent over this statement on Kevin Spacey and Anthony Rapp: pic.twitter.com/vNY2m6NjRq
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 30, 2017
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— Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) October 30, 2017
Just wanna be really fucking clear that being gay has nothing to do w/ going after underage folks
— Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) October 30, 2017
*Sexual abuse by opposite and same sex predators. https://t.co/EhRkhdtlcG
— Rhea Butcher🇵🇷 (@RheaButcher) October 30, 2017
No no no no no! You do not get to “choose” to hide under the rainbow! Kick rocks! https://t.co/xJDGAxDjxz
— Official Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) October 30, 2017
Being gay should never be equated with sexual assault or pedophilia. Thanks for giving the homophobes more ammo #KevinSpacey. 🙄
— Lance Bass (@LanceBass) October 30, 2017
Thankfully, the tide of voices has helped keep the narrative on Rapp’s story and not on the spin Spacey and his team were trying to pull (which, on some outlets, they succeeded). The focus should always be on the side of the victim and not on the perpetrator, who is still only out to control and use power, even when his (or her) back is up against the wall. If Hollywood could come to terms with its demons and finally rid the industry of predators, it’d be a much more enjoyable industry for actors and crew, film and TV critics, and the audience at large.
With that said, the best way to end this is with Rapp’s words on why he decided to come forward.
I came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out 1/3
— Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) October 30, 2017
to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me. 2/3
Everything I wanted to say about my experience is in that article, and I have no further comment about it at this time.
After Don Lemon lectures guest on rape, Twitter revives #DonLemonReporting
By Monique on Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Don Lemon strikes again.
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