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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
PG-13 | 2h 3min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 21 November 2014 (USA)
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
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Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
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Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
Director: Gary Ross
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In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
Director: Neil Burger
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet
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Director: Wes Ball
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter
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Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.
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An F.B.I. Agent and an Interpol Detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
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Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo
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As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
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Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.
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After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally discover the shocking truth of the world around them.
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Jennifer Lawrence ... Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson ... Peeta Mellark
Liam Hemsworth ... Gale Hawthorne
Woody Harrelson ... Haymitch Abernathy
Donald Sutherland ... President Snow
Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Plutarch Heavensbee
Julianne Moore ... President Alma Coin
Willow Shields ... Primrose Everdeen
Sam Claflin ... Finnick Odair
Elizabeth Banks ... Effie Trinket
Mahershala Ali ... Boggs
Jena Malone ... Johanna Mason
Jeffrey Wright ... Beetee
Paula Malcomson ... Katniss' Mother
Stanley Tucci ... Caesar Flickerman
With the Games destroyed, Katniss Everdeen, along with Gale, Finnick and Beetee, end up in the so thought "destroyed" District 13. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her friends, Katniss becomes the "Mockingjay", the symbol of rebellion for the districts of Panem. Written by floraxie06
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During the raid at the end, Katniss said she never asked to be in the Hunger Games. While it can be argued that she didn't ask to be in the Reaping (since that part was compulsory), one of the most iconic scenes in the series is her volunteering to be in the games so her sister doesn't have to be. See more »
Katniss Everdeen: [speaking softly] Start simple. Start with that you know is true. My name is Katniss Everdeen. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. Peeta... Peeta was left behind.
After the last scene, the first Hunger Games logo, followed by the Catching Fire and Mockingjay - Part 1 logos, lead to the bird breaking out of the ring showing the Part 2 logo. The screen goes black, we hear the whistle, and the credits roll. See more »
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Q: What is 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' about?
Exists To Only Set The Stage For The Finale
22 March 2015 | by CinemaClown – See all my reviews
While the splitting of the final novel in the Harry Potter film series was more than justified by the adaptations that followed, it also gave these major Hollywood studios another idea of how to milk any franchise for all its worth, thus resulting in few unnecessary expansions of final chapters of many other franchises into two films & The Hunger Games series is the latest to join this particular league.
While I wasn't completely won over by the first two films in this franchise & watched them with half-hearted interest, the films weren't as terrible as I expected. Both instalments did make up for some nice lightweight entertainment & fabulously exhibited the screen power of Jennifer Lawrence but the only reason why The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 exists is to set up the stage for the upcoming finale.
Set after the events of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay - Part 1 continues the story of Katniss Everdeen who finds herself in District 13 after being rescued from the 75th Hunger Games arena which she destroyed in the last chapter. Very much aware of the mass riots that has risen against the Capitol, Everdeen reluctantly agrees to become the symbol of rebellion in order to unite all districts against one enemy & also tries to rescue Peeta from his captivity.
Directed by Francis Lawrence, Mockingjay - Part 1 lacks many elements that made the first two instalments click so well. The action is very much missing here, the story feels longer than its actual runtime, nothing much happens in the movie plot-wise & it's pretty evident that the idea of splitting it into two parts was indeed a stupid move. Jennifer Lawrence still delivers another fine performance while the contribution from both Julianne Moore & Philip Seymour Hoffman is a welcome one.
On an overall scale, there isn't much to talk about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 for it's a definite downgrade in almost all aspects when compared to its predecessors, carries over the usual political themes of the series but never does anything with it, is predictable from start to finish, is stretched beyond its threshold point & even has Lawrence exhibiting signs of weariness in her given role. Easily the weakest of the three instalments so far, Mockingjay - Part 1 may not be a worthy sequel but it nonetheless succeeds in setting the stage for the grand finale.
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AAP’s Demand of Full Statehood For Delhi ‘Childish’: Congress LS Candidate
JP Agarwal also sought to know from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal what he and his party had done in the last four years for full statehood to Delhi.
Published: May 3, 2019 6:50 PM IST
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Dubbing the AAP’s demand for full statehood to Delhi “childish”, Congress Lok Sabha candidate JP Agarwal claimed that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party was raising the issue to divert people’s attention from its “failure” to fulfil the promises it had made in the 2015 assembly polls.
He also sought to know from Chief Minister Kejriwal what he and his party had done in the last four years for full statehood to Delhi.
The Congress has pitted Agarwal against Union minister and BJP leader Harsh Vardhan and AAP’s Pankaj Gupta from the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha seat, which goes to polls on May 12 along with the six other parliamentary constituencies in Delhi. Vardhan is the sitting MP from Chandni Chowk.
“It is a childish demand (full statehood to Delhi). Will people trust them (AAP) or laugh at them,” Agarwal told PTI in an interview.
The AAP has made the issue its poll plank and has promised to get full statehood for Delhi if its candidates win all the seven seats in the national capital.
“The AAP is raising the full statehood issue because it has completely failed to fulfil promises it had made in the run-up to the 2015 assembly elections. Because of their failure, they wanted to give a new message, and they did it,” the three-time MP from Chandni Chowk said.
Citing the works done during the Sheila Dikshit government, which was in power in Delhi for 15 years, he said the Congress dispensation had done lots of work in the national capital without full statehood.
“We never said that if Delhi gets full statehood, we will then work. Without statehood, we did lots of work, and the people saw them. Whatever the picture of Delhi you are seeing today is because of the then Congress government’s works,” said Agarwal, who has once represented North-East Delhi in the Lok Sabha.
The Congress leader sought to know from Kejriwal what his party’s MPs — four in the Lok Sabha and three in the Rajya Sabha — have done to strongly raise the issue of full statehood to Delhi in Parliament.
“Why were AAP MPs sleeping on the full statehood issue? Why didn’t they raise this issue earlier in Parliament? Why is AAP speaking lies? They are just misleading the people of Delhi,” he said.
On whether the failure to form an alliance with the AAP will split anti-BJP votes in Delhi, the Congress leader said his party has a separate vote bank.
“Both the AAP and the BJP are far behind the Congress which has been close to the people,” Agarwal said.
Hitting out at his rival Vardhan, he alleged that the Union minister has done nothing for the Lok Sabha constituency.
“Tell me what works Harsh Vardhan has done…he is a Union minister. He is minister only for himself, but tell me whether people have benefitted from this. Has he (Vardhan) brought any project for Chandni Chowk in the last four years?” he asked.
The Congress has fielded candidates who have an experience of 20-30 years in politics and are directly connected with the people, Agarwal said.
Published Date: May 3, 2019 6:50 PM IST
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See the 'Ugliest House of the Year' and its glorious renovation
The 'We Buy Ugly Houses' company gave the award to a 1,700-square-foot Tudor-style home in Queens, New York City that underwent a serious makeover
by Teke Wiggin Staff Writer
HomeVestors, a nationwide home-flipping franchisor that’s also known as the “We Buy Ugly Houses” company, has announced the 2018 winner of its annual The Ugliest House of the Year award.
The honor went to a property purchased last fall by HomeVestors’ franchisee Nyath Properties, as a run-down 1,700-square-foot Tudor-style home in Queens, New York.
HomeVestors reported that the home won the most votes from the American public out of thousands of home makeovers completed by HomeVestors franchisees.
The Queens home had a giant hole in the bedroom ceiling, “destroyed bathrooms, and less-than-habitable conditions throughout,” HomeVestors said.
Performing a resurrection of sorts, the HomeVestors franchisee gutted the house while salvaging the wood floors and exposed beams. It then replaced “everything else,” including sheetrock, windows, electrical wiring and panels, bathrooms, basement floors and the kitchen.
A bedroom of 2018’s The Ugliest Home of the Year when the property was first purchased by a HomeVestors franchisee.
The same bedroom after renovations.
The home’s living room after its purchase.
The living room after renovations.
“We purchased this house from a seller who had been struggling with a sick family member that had lived in it for years, and who was grateful to find a way ‘out’ of dealing with the property,” said Steve Papadakis, who runs Nyath Properties with Michael Gatzonis, in a statement.
“The seller didn’t have the time or resources to improve it to a condition that traditional sellers would consider. But, we were able to give her cash to get her out of her ugly situation, and were beyond thrilled with the chance to work our makeover magic.”
The home’s kitchen pre-rehab.
The home’s kitchen after renovations.
The pre-rehab bathroom.
The post-rehab bathroom.
More than 1,000 HomeVestors affiliates operate in 168 markets across the country, typically hawking all-cash offers with the come-on “We Buy Ugly Houses,” and vacuuming up thousands of properties every year.
In recent years, so-called “iBuyers,” such as Opendoor, Offerpad, Zillow Offers and Redfin Now, have burst onto the scene, using technology to buy homes directly online and re-sell them on the open market.
These venture capital-fueled upstarts have overshadowed HomeVestors, but are quick to argue they are not flipping homes since they usually don’t buy properties needing significant renovations. So home-flipping companies such as HomeVestors/”We Buy Ugly Homes” still fill a niche that iBuyers have so far shied away from.
Many HomeVestors franchisees, on the other hand, specialize in boosting a home’s value through full-fledged rehabs.
While iBuyers surely have created unwelcome competition for some traditional home flippers, the difference in core competencies between the two suggests that HomeVestors and some of its affiliates will be able to keep the lights on for some time to come.
HomeVestors affiliates, as HomeVestors CEO David Hicks said, are still “reintroducing properties that many might have considered “lost causes.”
“We pride ourselves on providing a needed service not only to these sellers, but also to the communities where our franchises live and work, driving both new development and a more affordable housing supply,” Hicks said in a statement.
Hicks also told Inman an interview that whenever iBuyers enter a new market, HomeVestors hears from franchisees who are concerned about how the startups could impact their business.
“[But] a year out, it’s almost a non-issue,” he said.
Opendoor has told prospective buyers in Denver that “we do not buy ugly houses,” Hicks said. “Well, we do.”
HomeVestor franchisees typically buy about 8,000 homes per year, according to HomeVestors. Opendoor purchased more than 9,500 homes in 2018, according to RealtyTrac data.
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William and Kate accept Canada trip
Prince William and Kate Middleton will make their first official overseas trip as a married couple to Canada, it has been confirmed.
The Prince and his bride will spend nine days travelling across the Commonwealth country in the summer, St James's Palace said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the couple's decision to come to Canada was "a testament to our country's very close relationship with the royal family".
A spokesman for St James's Palace said: "Prince William was pleased to accept an invitation on his and Miss Middleton's behalf from the government of Canada.
"Prince William was keen to be able to visit Canada for himself as an adult, and to be able to show his wife a country that is close to his family's heart."
William visited the Commonwealth country in 1998 aged 15, touring Vancouver with his father the Prince of Wales and brother Prince Harry.
In recent years, the Queen and Charles have toured Canada to maintain links with the country. The Queen visited last July and in 2009 Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall spent 11 days there.
The royal tour, from June 30 to July 8, will include trips to Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and the national capital region.
Mr Harper said: "Canada is delighted that Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton will be travelling to Canada as they embark on their first overseas tour as a married couple."
He added: "Canada looks forward to welcoming the young couple this summer and providing them with all that our country has to offer - including, of course, the special hospitality and warmth reserved for members of the royal family."
MediaMcCoo artwork firm goes into liquidation with loss of 21 jobsCash flow woes and creditor pressure force Steven Brown Art gallery and warehouse in Ayr close
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Admission Qualification and Requirements
Inter-Siam University > Admissions to Siam University > Admission Qualification and Requirements
Please check the information below for our application requirements
The academic year runs from the end of August to the beginning of May. It is divided into two sixteen-week semester and an eight-week summer session during Thailand summer.
Most academic programs accept applications twice a year, except for a few programs which take applicants only at the beginning of the academic year in June:
June for semester 1 starting in August
November for semester 2 starting in January
Application Qualifications
Eligible applicants are those who fulfill the following admission requirements:
Undergraduate first-year student:
Has completed secondary education from an accredited institution
Hold a high school diploma or certificate (or its equivalent)
Proficient in English (international programs only)
Successfully pass entrance interview
Undergraduate transfer students:
has earned credits from an accredited tertiary education institution that are transferable to SU (see Transfer of Credits below)
Graduate students:
has completed bachelor’s level education from an accredited institution
Supporting evidence in the form of official transcripts and high school certificate (or its equivalent) for undergraduate applicants as well as recommendation letters for post-graduate applicants should be submitted with the application.
English Language Qualifications
Since the international programs uses English as medium of instruction, all applicants must pass an English placement test to assess their level of proficiency. Students with difficulties in English may be required to complete an English language course before undertaking their undergraduate studies. Students having a TOEFL score of 500 (or equivalent) or who are native speaker are not required to take the placement test.
At the time of application the following documents are required:
Undergraduate applicants:
high school certificate (grade 12) or equivalent from an accredited institution
3 recent 2-inch photos
official test score of English proficiency (TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS), if available
Graduate applicants:
bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution
2 letters of recommendation
Complete application form (download or fill online) and send to SU along with supporting documents (see Application Documentsabove) and application fee of $US 45.00
admission committee reviews application file and, if satisfactory, send applicant an invitation letter (in Thai language for application of visa)
applicant applies for student visa (non-immigrant, category “ED”) at the nearest Thai consulate
applicants comes to Thailand and finalize admission at SU campus (placement test + course registration)
SU recognizes credits earned in other accredited institutions and accept transfer of credits for courses that are least 70% similar to SU curriculum and for which a grade of C or higher was earned.
Students must provide a detailed course description from their former university for each course they wish to transfer credits for. The process of credit transfer must be completed within the first year of studies at SU.
International students need to possess a student visa (non-immigrant-ED) to come and stay in Thailand for the duration of their studies. First students are granted a non-immigrant visa valid for 90 days. Students with valid academic status can obtain an additional 1-year stay permit from the date of entry. It is possible to extend the non-immigrant visa at the immigration bureau in Bangkok.
Website: www.imm.police.go.th
If you arrived in Thailand with a tourist visa you will be required to leave the country and apply for a non-immigrant visa in another country and then re-enter Thailand with a non-immigrant visa.
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Scotson steps up at Paris-Roubaix Espoirs to take fifth place
Chinese UCI Continental outfit Mitchelton-BikeExchange took to the cobbles for the first time at Paris-Roubaix Espoirs in France today with young Australian Callum Scotson producing a strong ride to finish fifth.
Scotson made a key decision to bridge across to the leading group with around 50kilometres to go and didn’t look back.
Riding the moves as the race continued to split apart into the closing kilometres, Scotson just lost contact with the leading trio as they entered the iconic velodrome with Stan Dewulf (Lotto-Soudal-U23) winning what came down to a fast two-up sprint.
The action started early with nine-rider breakaway eventually forging clear over the opening 60kilometres and gaining just over two minutes on the peloton before fresh attacks started to spring from the chasing pack.
Small groups of riders dangled between the peloton and the leaders with 70kilometres to go and only one minute separating the entire field. A few stern accelerations later and Team-Sunweb took the initiative in the peloton, bringing the front of the race to within 45seconds.
These bursts of speed also split the peloton, with maybe 20riders forming the first group and Scotson part of it for Mitchelton-BikeExchange.
The 21-year-old held his position at the front as the race split again and again with Scotson part of a leading quintet that hit the famous Carrefour de l’Arbre section of cobbles inside the closing 20kilometres and riding well.
Constant attacks and splits continued over the final cobbled sections with Scoston left chasing the leaders as they entered the velodrome with Dewulf taking the eventual victory.
Callum Scotson:
“The race was really good, my legs didn't feel amazing to begin with and it was a hard and crazy start but then as I got further through I felt better and better. People were getting tired so I knew I needed to make a move with about 50kilometres to go.”
“A few of us got across to the front guys and then it was a race between about six of us in the end. I was right there on the last hard section but just a bit unfortunate and ended up about 30metres behind at the end of the last cobble section.
"I tried hard to get back to the front three but didn't quite have the legs. In the end I came in for fifth, I was disappointed to just miss the top three but also very happy with my race and the support from the team.”
Paris-Roubaix Espoirs results:
1. Stan Dewulf (Lotto-Soudal-U23)
2. Julius Van den Berg (SEG-Racing-Academy)
3. Thymen Arensman (SEG-Racing-Academy)
5. Callum Scotson (Mitchelton-BikeExchange)
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Blair Nolan - 2013 EDDY FInalist
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Grade 9 English/Language Arts
Principal: Vincent Hall
Juris Doctorate, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
Bachelor of Arts English, University of Florida
3 years teaching
ELA 9 Professional Learning Community Lead Teacher
Created and taught two district level workshops:Ratcheting Up the Rigor: Enriching the Academic Literacy CurriculumandC's-ing the Day: The Ten C's New Reading and English Teachers Need to Know
Blair and her mother Marjorie may be the first mother-daughter team to become finalists for the Duval County Teacher of the Year. Although Blair's original path took her to law school, her mother's example led her to the classroom instead of the courtroom. Ms. Nolan was eight years old when her mother took her to "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" and it was on that day she decided she wanted to be a teacher too. In fact, she taught an analogies lesson that day to 30 seventeen year olds!
Ms. Nolan finds creative ways to engage all of her students so that their learning becomes relevant to life. On most days, you will find Ms. Nolan dressed in character as she brings ideas and literature to life for her students. In January 2012, after her students took their second FAIR test, Ms. Nolan, dressed in scrubs and a doctor's coat with a stethoscope around her neck, and wrote a diagnosis and a Prescription for FCAT Success for each student. At the end of that school year, her students showed great gains in FAIR and on the FCAT.
Ms. Nolan's room is decorated with sails and fishing nets as well as inspiring quotes so that, in the words of student Brianna Moore, "…her room (is) comfortable for learning….Her room stands out from all other rooms in First Coast…"
Ms. Nolan has become a teacher leader, widely regarded not just by her team but her colleagues at First Coast High. Her strategy for student success is clear: encourage students; set clear expectations; teach reader-specific strategies; develop skill-specific lessons; and increase the time students spend reading. Most importantly, Ms. Nolan works hard to connect on a real and personal level with all of her students so that they leave her classroom at the end of the year with a love of reading and learning.
"As Duval County Teacher of the Year, Blair would be a living example of the greatness of our profession. Her passion, compassion and love of her students is evident in every aspect of her teaching." Brenda Matthews
District Literacy Specialist
1993 Duval County Teacher of the Year
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From the Baja collection
I am basically a city guy. Born in Brooklyn, I moved to Manhattan as soon as I could. At one point while in Cooper Union, I went to Green Camp, which served as our, "campus." It was actually two hours from New York City, and it was there that I first saw trees that were not planted in a row.
I was overwhelmed. It was my first taste of nature, and I loved it. However, I've never lived in "nature." I would visit the country once in a while and become immersed in it, but it was never an integral part of my life.
I went to Baja in 1964 and photographed one of the first swimsuits issues of Sports Illustrated. I loved it, but the models and swimsuits were my focus.
In 1972 I was asked to do a wilderness book for Time Life. There were to be no images of people, buildings, anything that referred to the hand of man. That was fine with me. My assistant Gabe Urbina and I flew with our pilot Tim Broussard in a small plane from San Deigo to Cabo San Lucas and back shooting from the air for days. We then were dropped off at a mountaintop airport in El Rosario where we met our driver and guide Rob Gross.
Within all that traveling one significant thing I remember is that we had 16 flat tires on the trip which Rob uncomplainingly fixed while Gabe and I explored wherever we found ourselves.
Baja was at that time quite primitive. The road was not a road but a series of rutted, rocky paths - thus all the flats. Our average speed was about eight miles an hour. Then we hit Laguna Chapala which is a flat dry lake bed. The average speed on that is as fast as you can go. You're so delighted to be finally out of second gear.
When we hit Laguna Chapala, we heard a plane buzzing, and I remember our pilot Tim telling us to make a big "X" with tape on the top of our vehicle, and he would drop a surprise. Sure enough, a package with a makeshift parachute floated down to us. I smile even now when I remember seeing what it was. The average temperature was in the high 90℉ all day long. In the package was a giant drum of ice cream which we knew we had to eat immediately or it would turn to slush. I remember Gabe saying, "Too much! Too Much!" But we finished it.
Baja was my second immersion into nature, and it was marvelous. Cactuses I had never heard of, trees that looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, and rocks. So many rocks.
This was a tactile as well as a visual delight. From the air, it was all patterns. On the ground, you had to be careful what you touched (rocks were ok, cactus, not so much).
I was such a novice at this. When I asked the first evening where would we “camp” (Jews don’t camp), Rob said anywhere we want and I countered with, “Don't we have to find barbecue places?” I was, of course, new about this - I was told you could camp anywhere you want. I said, “On the road?”
“Of course, “ I was told.
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This book was published on Sunday 02 November, 2014.
As Clayton stares mournfully into the full-length mirror, he sees a 48-year-old stranger reflected back, an aging man whose paunch and saggy skin make him hard to recognize as the toned, athletic man he once was. In the youth-obsessed gay world, the older, more unattractive, and more overweight you are, the more difficult it is to find love and companionship. The prospect of having to endure his twilight years alone terrifies Clayton.
Then two events occur, both of which impact on his life.
The first is the arrival of a new neighbor. Dean is a hot young man in his early thirties -- more than fifteen years Clayton’s junior. That doesn’t stop Clayton from fantasizing about something intimate, and even romantic, happening between them. But in his haste to make his fantasies real, he commits a terrible faux pas.
The second, and infinitely more devastating, event is the bombshell dropped by his oldest and best friend, Emmett. Neither he nor Emmett has any way of knowing the end result. But even in their wildest imaginations, they couldn’t come close to guessing the eventual, and wholly surprising, outcome.
“Hi Emmett. How’s things?”
“Clay?” The voice on the other end sounded groggy. “You’re not calling to cancel, are you?”
“Of course not. When do I ever cancel? I’m calling because Jan has invited us to lunch. Her treat.”
Clayton usually preferred to pay his own way, a trait his middle-class parents had instilled in him from an early age. Jan, however, was the exception. Due to three divorces, the still sexy and vivacious Jan had amassed an obscene amount of money and if it made her happy to occasionally take him out for a meal then who was he to deny her?
Emmett groaned. “Clay, I invited you over for lunch for a reason. I’ve got something important to tell you.”
“Can’t you tell me on the way?” asked Clayton. “I’ll pick you up. We can talk in the car.”
Clayton felt a twinge of guilt. “Look, if it’s that important, I’ll call Jan back and cancel. I’m sorry. My fault. I shouldn’t have accepted in the first place.”
“No, no, it’s okay. I suppose we can talk about it later.”
There was a tone of resignation and disappointment in Emmett’s voice that he’d tried, unsuccessfully, to mask.
“Are you sure?” asked Clayton, who was now awash with guilt. “Because it’s no trouble to call Jan back. I will. You want me to?”
“No, no, no,” said Emmett, more and more emphatically. “A nice lunch sounds wonderful. What time will you be here?”
“She wants us at Mezzo at twelve so how about eleven-thirty?” He twisted around to look at the kitchen clock. It was now eleven. “We’d better get our skates on.”
“I’ll see you then,” said Emmett before hanging up.
Their short conversation haunted Clayton. It took a lot to get Emmett down, which was exactly the way he’d sounded. Emmett was quite shy, but somehow always ended up being the life of the party. In fact, Emmett had more in common, personality-wise, with Jan than he did with him. Clayton was quieter, deeper; a thinker and prone to periods of time spent in reflective solitude. He’d been that way his entire life. Had it not been for Jan and Emmett, he wouldn’t go out a fraction of the amount he did.
He toyed with the phone, turning it end over end against the newspaper. Should I call Jan and cancel? he wondered. Emmett had told him not to, but had he meant it, or had he just given in? Finally, he decided to go and shower, and leave things as they were.
Lunch was a banquet of various salads, fish and chicken dishes, followed by desserts that were so calorie-laden and rich they should have come with a warning label.
“Jeez, this lot is going to undo all the work those salads have done,” said Jan as her Death by Chocolate with ice cream was placed in front of her.
Despite all the food they’d eaten they still managed to put away two bottles of Sémillon Sauvignon blanc and a bottle of imported French champagne.
“I feel positively decadent,” said Emmett, whose mood had lifted somewhat under the influence of Jan and her extravagant lunch. “This meal alone is going to give me gout!”
After paying the bill and leaving the handsome waiter a twenty dollar tip based not on the service he’d provided but on the gifts with which the good Lord had endowed him, Jan went to stand up, over-balanced, and plonked right back down on the seat. She burst into raucous laughter.
“Thank God for the numbing effects of alcohol,” she said, making a second, more successful, attempt to get up from the table.
Emmett looked quizzically at Clayton.
“A bit too much wear and tear on the old pussoir last night,” Clayton explained quietly.
Jan pushed her chair in, knocking it against the table. “Hey, I heard that. My pussoir is not old. There’s plenty of life in her yet. And why do you call it that, anyway?”
“Sounds classier,” Clayton replied.
She pulled a face and wrapped her arm around Clayton’s waist.
“Help me, Clay. I feel funny. I think there must have been something wrong with the dressing.”
Emmett snorted.
“Yeah, that’s it, Jan. Definitely the salad dressing,” Clayton said, rolling his eyes.
The happy trio stepped out into the bright light of a late summer afternoon; all three immediately reached for their sunglasses.
“This is obscene,” remarked Jan, digging around in her Hermes handbag for her car keys. “There’s no reason for anything to be that bright.”
“Are you sure you should drive?” asked Clayton.
Jan glanced at him. “Are you sure you should drive?” She continued rummaging around in her handbag. “I’ve driven in worse states than this. Scandalous, I know. Ah, here they are.”
Clayton and Emmett kissed Jan good bye and snickered as they watched her try to walk away with some amount of decorum, teetering dangerously on her high heels.
“Those heels with that amount of alcohol are a lethal mix,” Clayton commented.
“I hope she’ll be okay driving,” said Emmett with a single shake of his head.
Clayton slapped his friend on the back. “You know Jan. She’s indestructible.” They began walking. “Besides, she doesn’t listen to anyone who doesn’t agree with her.”
They walked a short way along the footpath without speaking. The streets were busy with people going out to lunch or having just finished it. There wasn’t a spare table or chair at any of the al fresco cafés they passed. A young girl with gothic make up was handing out flyers. Clayton shook his head and passed her by. Emmett took one, probably to be polite, glanced at it then promptly screwed it up. He tossed it into the next rubbish bin they passed.
“Do you want to find a place for coffee?” said Clayton. “You can tell me what’s on your mind.”
Emmett looked at him, his expression a worrying combination of anxiousness, fear, and despair. “I’d rather not. I don’t want other people around when I tell you.”
Clayton felt a crease form between his brows. It wasn’t like Emmett to be mysterious.
“All right then,” he said, growing both more concerned and more eager to hear Emmett’s grim news. “We’ll go back to your place. You can make us both a coffee and tell me there.”
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Two suspects arrested for desecrating IDF monument
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS
Two Jewish suspects were arrested Wednesday for allegedly desecrating a Jerusalem military monument dedicated to fallen IDF soldiers, police said. The monument, located in a city community center in the Katamonim neighborhood, was found covered with posters of swastikas, anti-Supreme Court slogans and quotes from the Book of Psalms on Tuesday. The two suspects, religious Jews aged 55 and 58, have confessed to desecrating the site but have refused to explain their motive, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.
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Ambrose Bierce 521.(Photo by: Courtesy)
Another Tack: Prejudice with a halo
By SARAH HONIG
This is no time to allow ourselves to be bullied, bamboozled or beguiled by international busybodies, to say nothing of regional strongmen.
Egypt’s Anwar Sadat was outspoken enough to state the obvious after the Camp David Accord was sealed: “I got the whole Sinai, but all poor Menachem [Begin] got was a piece of paper.”
Sadat’s uncommonly candid quip encapsulates the inbuilt imbalance of the Mideastern equation. In every set of negotiations, it’s Israel which is required to sacrifice real assets – strategic as well as the core of its historical heartland. Moreover these assets – small, apart from the ceded Sinai, and hardly the immense empire that prevalent propaganda portrays – were all acquired as the result of a defensive war forced upon it by genocidal enemies in 1967.
These enemies’ heirs, seeking explicitly to weaken Israel as it persists in its self-preservation struggle, are at the very most expected to supply a piece of paper – and even that doesn’t come easily. They are blunt enough not to as much as promise to accept our legitimacy in their vicinity. That, despite the fact that no real risks are demanded of them, nothing tangible, nothing which cannot be undone by a capricious and erratic regime.
If recent upheavals in the Arab world show us anything, it’s that all the regimes which surround our lone democracy are volatile and essentially untrustworthy. Why should we literally risk our lives and the future survival here of our children for pieces of paper issued by despots who might not be around tomorrow and whose veracity cannot be taken for granted? No population anywhere would inflict such perils upon itself, were it encircled by neighbors like ours with their proven records of mass murder and mendacity. Yet this is precisely what other democracies, facing nothing like what we face, exhort us to do – regardless of the mayhem in Arab streets and the demonstrated unreliability of Arab potentates.
No bother. No skin off their safe noses. Only ours.
The word hypocrisy comes to mind. In his Devil’s Dictionary (initially published as The Cynic’s Wordbook), now forgotten American author and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842- 1913) defined hypocrisy as “prejudice with a halo.”
He further defined prejudice as “a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.”
ONLY RECENTLY various EU leaders hosted Muammar Gaddafi and feted him. He was lauded for having become the free world’s faithful chum, for having backtracked from terror and nuclear weapons ambitions. Now the very same statesmen/women paint him as a madman detached from reality. But surely no psychosis manifests overnight. If Gaddafi is today deemed monstrous, he should have been persona non grata everywhere before Beduin tribes slugged it out for supremacy in the vast oil-soaked Libyan spaces (63 times Israel’s size for a smaller population.) But the same Mideast Quartet members who now egg Israel on to put its head in the noose, allowed Gaddafi to hold sway in the UN Human Rights Council, dictate criteria for equity and pillory Israel’s self-defense. The injustice robbed no Quartet power of its composure.
Far from it, condemning Israel became de rigueur, with the likes of Gaddafi leading the sanctimonious chorus. He accused Israel of everything from assassinating JFK to carnage in Sudan.
It would be semi-comforting if any Quartet meddler were to express even belated mild contrition and ponder what Arab marauders would do (if they could) to the Israelis they abhor, seeing how viciously brutal they are to their own brethren. If the Quartet were really focused on decency, this would be uppermost in its discourse.
Instead, however, the Quartet claims to discern “a new state of urgency,” mandating that the moribund negotiations with the Palestinians be kicked into high gear. The Quartet’s envoy, Britain’s erstwhile premier Tony Blair, was dispatched here, doubtlessly eager to garner another scrap of glory at our expense.
IN SEVERAL days US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon are due to chinwag in Brussels about our “core issues.”
Not beating around the bush, the Russians have spelled out what’s in the offing. After meeting with Ashton in Geneva, Lavrov announced that the Quartet will attempt to “draw border lines between Israel and a sovereign Palestinian state.”
No less. There won’t even be a semblance of direct negotiations but a solution imposed from on high by players who are anything but morally upright.
All this, we’re told, is done with our best interests in mind – to bless us with peace, even if not of the sort we hanker for, not of the sort that would allow us to sleep calmly at night.
The US, Quartet member and still ostensibly leader of the free world, exudes even greater alacrity to put anyway vulnerable Israelis even more in harm’s way. While reluctantly denouncing those Mideastern despots who couldn’t hold on to power, the Obama administration appears inexplicably intent on appeasing the baddest bad-boy of all – Syria’s Bashar Assad.
His Iranian-lackey dictatorship looks sturdier than other Arab tyrannies. Tehran’s ayatollahs have too much invested in Assad, in his hegemony over next-door Lebanon and his collaboration in the rearming of Hezbollah.
Assad’s army, controlled by his Alawite minority loyalists, fears bloody vendettas against all Alawites should Assad be deposed.
Hence he’s assured of forceful backing. Moreover, ordinary Syrians likely recall that Bashar’s dad, Hafez, suppressed a rebellion in 1982 by slaughtering 30,000-40,000 residents in the city of Hama. The world stayed incredibly silent. Different strokes for different butchers.
Does the international community care about recent reports that the Iranian-backed Syrian nuclear program has been revived at several locations (including near the reactor Israel is said to have bombed in 2007)? Not really. Assad rejects International Atomic Energy Agency inspections except for a non-suspect civilian chemical facility at Homs.
Nonetheless, no murmurs of protest are heard in the capitals that count. No skin off their noses. Only ours.
And so Obama, while posing as the antiautocracy bulwark, fondly embraces Assad in the name of pluralist tolerance for nondemocracies.
Not only has Obama announced the return of an American ambassador to Damascus (after a five-year absence), he’s now impatient to restore heretofore barely existent negotiations between Israel and Syria too.
Israel needn’t even be consulted. It needs only obey and assume risks.
This is the project entrusted to Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry, a frequent guest in Damascus (five visits in two years). A worthy undertaking indeed, especially as it’s no skin off his nose. Only ours.
Do we want to be left with a piece of paper signed by Assad and leave Syria holding the Golan? This is no time to allow ourselves to be bullied, bamboozled or beguiled by international busybodies, to say nothing of regional strongmen.
This is time to doubt them – profoundly.
Our lives literally depend on it. To quote the razor-sharp Bierce: “Where doubt is, there truth is. Doubt is truth’s shadow.”
www.sarahhonig.com
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Milan vs. Juventus: the story of two clubs
As the Rossoneri and the Bianconeri gear up for a 162nd Serie A meeting, Juventus.com provides a handy ten-step historical guide for Saturday’s showdown
1) The background
Which encounter jumps off the page when the fixtures are announced in late July
Depending on your allegiances, you might say your own local derby whether it be Turin, Milan, Genoa or Rome.
Of course, fans of Serie A newcomers will always especially relish the opportunity of taking on Italy’s finest in front of their home supporters.
For historical importance, top of the table bragging rights and outright national supremacy, however, you might find one answer popping up rather a lot among the international fans of both teams: Milan vs. Juventus.
And so, just two days from the next installment of one of the country’s longest running dramas, Juventus.com picks out the ten key facts to know about the previous meetings between the Rossoneri and the Bianconeri.
From the first duel at Milan’s Campo dell’Acquabella in 1903 and the last at Turin’s Juventus Stadium in November 2015 to the 159 league tussles in the middle, there’s quite the tale to tell.
2) The first
Founded within two years of each other in 1897 (Juve) and 1899 (Milan), the respective future 33 and 18-time champions of Italy would not have to wait long for their first ever official encounter. Preceding the construction of the now iconic San Siro by 23 years, the story of the country’s two most successful clubs began in the humblest of surroundings on 22 March 1903.
Meeting at Milan’s Campo dell’Acquabella, a good view of which was to be had simply by perching on a mound of a turf by the pitch or by bringing a deck chair, it would be Juventus that struck the first of many decisive blows over Il Diavolo, founders Luigi Forlano and Umberto Malvano netting in a 2-0 victory in the semi-finals of the now defunct Federal Championships.
The second “first” between the pair would arrive 27 years later in May 1930 for the Bianconeri’s maiden Serie A visit to Milan’s newly constructed home. Raimundo Orsi’s effort within the opening 60 seconds looked to have set Juve on course for a repeat result only for Giuseppe Torriani to net a last gasp equaliser for a share of the spoils.
3) The top scorers
Every big fixture has its striking heroes and this one is no different. Though Juventus hold a narrow advantage over Saturday’s hosts for goals scored (223 vs. 210), it is Milan’s marksmen of time gone by that, on the whole, top the individual charts.
While the Bianconeri and Rossoneri both boast two players of their own in the top 5 with Felice Borel and Giampiero Boniperti bulging the Milan net nine times apiece, 13 of goal king José Alfatini’s 14 strikes in this fixture came while in the colours of Milan between 1958 and 1965.
The narrowest of Milan victories on points, you could say.
4) The winner
It takes more than just goals to forge a winning past and who better to demonstrate that than a goalkeeper? A legendary one at that.
In the modern era (from the 1993/94 season onwards), no player from either team has emerged victorious more times in this fixture than Gianluigi Buffon whose 11 triumphs comfortably trump those of Milan’s frontrunner Gennaro Gattuso (seven).
Interestingly neither Buffon nor Gattuso are the pair to have made the most appearances however; that honour goes to Alessandro Del Piero (25) and Paolo Maldini (24) respectively.
5) The ex's
An example of a few of the names that would feature in a hypothetical XI composed only of those who have represented both Juve and Milan is as good an indicator as any as to the prestige of this fixture.
Consider this: a team featuring the aforementioned Alfatini, Roberto Baggio, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Filippo Inzaghi leading the line, Edgar Davids and Andrea Pirlo pulling the strings in midfield and Gianluca Zambrotta providing the width down the flanks would cause problems for anyone across Europe. Choosing a coach shouldn’t be a problem: take your pick from one of either Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelotti or Massimiliano Allegri.
Speaking of ex’s, how about a word on Alessandro Matri? The 31-year old striker’s late equaliser at the San Siro on 25 February 2012 will live long in the memories of Juve fans for its importance to the Bianconeri’s long-awaited 30th Scudetto triumph.
6) The one to remember
6 April 1997. Milan 1-6 Juventus. A date that should stick in the mind for all Juve fans of a certain age.
As reigning European champions, Scudetto winners elect and Champions League finalists for the second consecutive season, it was a case of right place, right time, right team for Marcello Lippi’s men that Spring evening at the San Siro.
Having recalled former coach Arrigo Sacchi to replace Oscar Tabarez midway through a campaign that would see the 18-time winners finish as low as 11th, Milan were enduring one of their worst campaigns in recent history.
The result was a record away victory for Juve, putting six past their helpless hosts. With every black and white touch turning to gold, Lippi’s men were in control but far from out of sight at half-time thanks to early efforts from Vladimir Jugovic and Zinedine Zidance but from then on, it was plain sailing.
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Jugovic would add a third moments after the restart to proceed a Christian Vieri brace and a late Nicola Amoruso cherry on the cake to round off a truly remarkable away performance from the Bianconeri.
7) The picks of the bunch
Where to even start in a contest for the best ever Juve goal at the San Siro? With 95 in total to choose from, three need-to-know strikes spring to mind. In this instance, we will let the images do the talking.
1) October 1971: Roberto Bettega’s brilliant backheel.
2) April 1993: Roberto Baggio’s dummy, drive and finish.
3) May 2005: David Trezeguet’s Scudetto-winning header
8) The new heroes
Not that Juve’s more recent vintages haven’t produced heroes of their own in this fixture.
With back-to-back winners at the San Siro in the March and September of 2014, not to mention the opening goal in the return fixture in Turin later that season, perhaps Carlos Tevez, now of Boca Juniors, can make the strongest claim to “hero” status in the last decade for the Bianconeri.
Albeit on the basis of one particularly unforgettable match alone, Claudio Marchisio makes a compelling case of his own though. After all, it was il Principino’s last-gasp brace that provided the home faithful with their first ever Juventus Stadium victory over Milan in October 2011, a pair of goals that are always worth another look.
As for new arrivals – though unlikely to feature this weekend - Paulo Dybala’s magical touch and finish last November was his third in as many top-flight meetings with Milan having found the target twice in his time in Sicily with Palermo.
Having ticked the likes of Napoli and Torino off his list, maybe Saturday will be the night of Simone Zaza: the number 7 has already found the San Siro net twice in his career.
9) The six in a row
Record-breaking winning streaks have become something of a specialty for Juventus this season.
As is well known Massimiliano Allegri’s men raised the bar on the previous record for consecutive victories (15) earlier in the campaign but within that spell lay a lesser-known Milan-related landmark well worthy of attention.
November’s 1-0 success was Juve’s sixth consecutive defeat of the Rossoneri, a feat never before achieved by either side in the 113-year history of the fixture. In fact, Il Diavolo have won just one of their last five encounters with Saturday’s visitors on home turf, collecting four points from a possible 15.
A seventh on the spin would certainly not go amiss.
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The Comedy Network’s Lars Callieou will be performing at a fundraiser for the Central Alberta Sting on March 8th at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. Photo Submitted
Central Alberta Sting host 2nd annual Comedy Night
Comedy Network’s Lars Callieou to headline local fundraiser
Lacombe Express Staff
Mar. 4, 2019 1:30 a.m.
The Central Alberta Sting are hosting their second Sting Zing Comedy Night to help support their trip to Nationals and Lacombe native, Just For Laughs veteran and Comedy Central star Lars Callieou will be headlining.
The Central Alberta Sting Ringette Club was created in 2005 by coaches from the Lacombe and Red Deer Ringette associations.
Their goal was to develop top athletes from each association that could compete at the AA level both Provincially and Nationally.
AA Ringette is an elite level that only seven associations (10 Teams) in Alberta compete at. The goal of our athletes is finish strong in the provincial tournament and qualify for the Canadian Ringette Championships Tournament (U16/U19) and Canadian Western Ringette Championship (U14). To achieve these goals two things are required, hard work and dedication from athletes/coaches and money.
The Canadian Ringette Championship Tournament is being hosted in Charlottetown PEI and the Western Canadian Ringette Championship Tournament will be hosted here in Alberta at St. Albert.
The goal is to send the U16 and U19 team to Charlottetown and no team to St. Albert.
The Canadian National Ringette Championship Tournament is a large event that spans sevendays and hosts over 800 athletes from across the country. This is the Stanley Cup of Ringette.
This Comedy Night Fundraiser has been created to directly offset travel cost for Western/Canadian Ringette Championship Tournaments which costs about $30,000 per team.
Our association is largely funded by the families that have girls playing and this creates a large personal expense for succeeding.
Our goal is to raise $7,500 from community support.
About Lars Callieou
Lars Callieou has appeared at the Just for Laughs Festival and has a one-hour comedy apecial currently airing on The Comedy Network.
He was named ‘Best of the Fest’ at the 2018 San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival for the second time in as many appearances. Lars has also been overseas to entertain the troops 3 times (Kuwait, IRAQ, Kyrgyzstan, Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and is a 2-Time Canadian Comedy Award Nominee.
Lars has toured with the likes of Miss Joan Rivers, Jeff Foxworthy, Bob Saget and Martin Short. He will be making his fifth appearance this April at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia. He’s also appeared at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, the Boston Comedy Festival, the World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas and the Halifax Comedy Festival.
The March 8th event will take place at Lacombe Memorial Centre. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Fundraising Coordinator Bert Zunti at 780 706-0360 or berzun74@gmail.com.
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TREASURE OF SAINT-LAZARE
by John Pearce
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In Pearce’s thriller, a man caught in the middle of a search for World War II war treasures and a murder plot finds himself re-examining his own past tragedies.
Jen’s father is killed in a hit-and-run one sunny Florida afternoon. Upon going through his belongings, she finds a letter from him addressed to the father of someone she once knew. After World War II, the two older men worked together recovering art stolen by the Nazis. Jen travels to Paris to hand-deliver her father’s letter even though she and Eddie, the addressee’s son, had a three-day tryst a decade ago and have not spoken since. Both older men appear to have been the victims of murder relating to a conspiracy to uncover the whereabouts of a lost Raphael painting, which they’d nearly found. With the help of a historian and several close friends from Eddie’s Army days, Eddie and Jen set out on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth and possibly the painting. Their quest takes them back to Sarasota, Fla., described in all its humidity and heat. Eddie’s relationship with Jen gives the reader ample insight into her all-too-human character as well. In his debut novel, Pearce keeps secrets from his characters and readers alike; the plot twist at midpoint successfully changes the landscape of the story, in this case both literally and figuratively. The conclusion’s final reveal lacks closure for this particular mystery, the strange breaking point indicating either a harsh reality most novels shy away from or the promise of a sequel. The romantic conclusion likewise feels rushed and surprising.
An engaging mystery about lost-Nazi war loot and contemporary murders that recalls other popular international thrillers of the past decade.
Publisher: Alesia Press LLC
Review Posted Online: Oct. 15th, 2012
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Bitcoin: Beyond the Buzzwords
Jun 04, 2018 · By Françoise von Trapp
Once an elusive topic left mostly to computer geeks, it seems these days everybody is talking about cryptocurrency, bitcoin and blockchain.
Bitcoin’s value skyrocketed in 2017 from $1000/unit to almost $20K by December, and then dropped faster than it had climbed, currently hovering around $8,000. Ever since, Bitcoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies have been the subject of much controversy, from how they could transform our financial system to whether they have any value at all.
Beyond the Buzzwords
The thing is, beyond adopting the buzzwords, few people—except perhaps the developers themselves—really grasp these technologies, and if they do, have a hard time explaining it in layman’s terms.
Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver put it best when he described cryptocurrency as “everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers.” He is not wrong.
In an attempt to demystify these enigmatic-yet-important technology drivers, I set out on a mission to learn as much as I could. Here are the basics:
As defined by John Pavlus, in his January 2018 article in Scientific American, cryptocurrency is “a form of digital currency that relies on the mathematics of cryptography to control how and when units of the currency are created and to ensure secure transfer of funds.”
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency, invented by someone (or a group of people; no one knows for sure) called Satoshi Nakamoto, who initially developed bitcoin as a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system.” Think Napster, but for money.
Wikipedia defines blockchain as a continuously growing list of records that are linked and secured using cryptography. Each block typically contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a time stamp and transaction data, which makes it resistant to modification.
Still confused? Once again, it’s John Oliver to the rescue! He helped me grasp the concepts of cryptocurrency, bitcoin and blockchain, and how they’re connected.
Here’s my summary based on Oliver’s explanation (and some other more technical resources). But for the full experience (and if you’re OK with the occasional expletive), I encourage you to watch the whole segment. (It’s not only informative, it’s hilarious).
What we need to know about bitcoin
Bitcoin only exists as computer code, and has no bank or government creating or controlling it. It has value, because people agree it has value, and should be treated like a speculative investment, rather than a currency. “Kind of like Beanie Babies in the ’90s. They were worth lots of money because people were willing to pay lots of money,” said Oliver.
Since bitcoin reached $20K in December 2017, it’s dropped by nearly half. However, people continue to invest in cryptocurrencies driven by fear of missing out (a condition commonly known as FOMO). Furthermore, whether it takes off is irrelevant, because the most important thing about it is the blockchain it’s built on.
What is the bitcoin blockchain?
Thousands of computers—called “nodes”—are connected across the globe to create the bitcoin network. New blocks of bitcoin are “mined” by downloading the latest version of a blockchain’s transactions for verification, then using brute-force computation to search for solutions that solve a difficult mathematical puzzle. The first node to discover the solution adds the mined block to the chain, essentially claiming its financial value as payment.
Bitcoin mining requires so much compute power to run these complex mathematical equations that it gobbles up more energy than is required to fuel the entire country of Denmark. In fact, a recent article in the Washington Post said the practice of bitcoin mining just about shut down Iceland’s power grid in February.
Why bitcoin is secure
Bitcoin is decentralized because it’s built on blockchain. So rather than verifying the transaction through a central location like a bank, blockchain creates a ledger for every transaction ever made, and stores them across a vast number of computers, which has advantages of both speed and security.
Company or bank ledgers are stored in one location, making them hackable. Bitcoin ledgers reside on thousands of computers, making it almost impossible to hack. Therefore, blockchain improves security, efficiency and trust.
Why is investing in cryptocurrency risky?
There are now over 1,500 cryptocurrencies because of open source blockchain architectures. Startups are using them to raise capital by selling coins as an alternative to issuing stock in what’s called initial coin offerings (ICOs).
It’s difficult to tell which companies are real and which are scams that sell tokens with no services to follow. Many of these companies are now under investigation by the SEC.
Bitcoin itself is extremely volatile and insufficiently regulated. In some cases, governments are concerned about it being used for illegal purposes.
Bitcoin was banned in China in 2013, and the country recently expanded efforts to block all cryptocurrency and ICO trading. Thailand, Pakistan and India and other countries followed suit.
Recent bitcoin headlines highlight its volatility and speculative nature. In April, New York’s attorney general began investigating bitcoin exchanges.
Time will tell its value: It could be worth nothing, or it could be worth billions and adopted as a new global currency. Oliver’s words of warning: Bitcoin trading is basically gambling, and should be treated as such.
A version of this post with more details on how bitcoin’s volatility impacts the semiconductor industry can be found here on 3D InCItes.
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MoneyConsumerDont Waste Your Money
Mice eat car wiring, causing hundreds of dollars in damage
Warning to anyone who parks outside at night
Posted: 10:31 AM, Sep 18, 2018
If you park your car, truck or SUV outdoors at night, beware.
More and more car owners are getting hit with bills in the hundreds -- even thousands -- of dollars for rodent damage.
Connie Schwartz said she recently spotted something strange in her driveway. The fan belt was under her pickup truck.
"A friend came out to fix the belt for me and he said, 'Oh my goodness, you have a bigger problem,'" she said.
It was much more than a missing fan belt that she faced. Mice or chipmunks had eaten through her entire main wiring harness from the alternator.
"It was chewed all the way to the end and bare wires were touching metal," she said.
Years ago this was rarely an issue because automakers used rubber or vinyl wires under the hood.
But lately, more and more of them have been turning to soy coatings, as in soy beans, according to several class action lawsuits filed in recent years.
Saves money for automakers, not so much for drivers
Mechanic Marc Duebber explained that soy-based wiring and harness covers are environmentally friendly and save money.
But soy can lure hungry rodents much more than rubber, he said.
"It is a taste they have and they are drawn to it, therefore they are chewing and eating it," he said. "And we are finding nests created in the air plenums (the plastic air intakes for the engine)."
He displayed an air filter that mice had turned into a nest, using wiring covers as nesting material.
But Schwartz says there was nothing cute about it when she got the bill.
"It ended up coming to $1,500," she said.
Luckily, her insurance paid most of it, but she still had to pay a $500 deductible.
If you are in a mice-prone area or live next to woods or a field with tall grass, there are some ways to protect yourself, if you do not have a garage as an option. One entire website , How to Prevent Rats From Eating Car Wires, is devoted to prevention tips.
You can now buy anti-rodent tape for wires, from auto parts stores or on Amazon.
Other people swear by home remedies, such as spraying peppermint oil on their wiring, taping dryer sheets around wiring harnesses or stuffing mothballs into engine crevices.
Don't look for much to change, though. A judge in June 2018 dismissed the biggest of the lawsuits over soy wiring, a case filed against Toyota, after Toyota called the claims "meritless ."
A similar class-action suit against Honda was also recently dismissed for lack of factual support.
Schwartz, with her $1,500 bill for mice damage, would disagree.
So it's up to you to protect your car, so you don't waste your money.
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Jupyter Notebook for Beginners: A Tutorial
Tags: Data Analysis, GitHub, Jupyter, Matplotlib, Python
The Jupyter Notebook is an incredibly powerful tool for interactively developing and presenting data science projects. Although it is possible to use many different programming languages within Jupyter Notebooks, this article will focus on Python as it is the most common use case.
By Benjamin Pryke, Dataquest
The Jupyter Notebook is an incredibly powerful tool for interactively developing and presenting data science projects. A notebook integrates code and its output into a single document that combines visualisations, narrative text, mathematical equations, and other rich media. The intuitive workflow promotes iterative and rapid development, making notebooks an increasingly popular choice at the heart of contemporary data science, analysis, and increasingly science at large. Best of all, as part of the open source Project Jupyter, they are completely free.
The Jupyter project is the successor to the earlier IPython Notebook, which was first published as a prototype in 2010. Although it is possible to use many different programming languages within Jupyter Notebooks, this article will focus on Python as it is the most common use case.
To get the most out of this tutorial you should be familiar with programming, specifically Python and pandas specifically. That said, if you have experience with another language, the Python in this article shouldn't be too cryptic and pandas should be interpretable. Jupyter Notebooks can also act as a flexible platform for getting to grips with pandas and even Python, as it will become apparent in this article.
Cover the basics of installing Jupyter and creating your first notebook
Delve deeper and learn all the important terminology
Explore how easily notebooks can be shared and published online. Indeed, this article is a Jupyter Notebook! Everything here was written in the Jupyter Notebook environment and you are viewing it in a read-only form.
Example data analysis in a Jupyter Notebook
We will walk through a sample analysis, to answer a real-life question, so you can see how the flow of a notebook makes the task intuitive to work through ourselves, as well as for others to understand when we share it with them.
So, let's say you're a data analyst and you've been tasked with finding out how the profits of the largest companies in the US changed historically. You find a data set of Fortune 500 companies spanning over 50 years since the list's first publication in 1955, put together from Fortune's public archive. We've gone ahead and created a CSV of the data you can use here.
As we shall demonstrate, Jupyter Notebooks are perfectly suited for this investigation. First, let's go ahead and install Jupyter.
The easiest way for a beginner to get started with Jupyter Notebooks is by installing Anaconda. Anaconda is the most widely used Python distribution for data science and comes pre-loaded with all the most popular libraries and tools. As well as Jupyter, some of the biggest Python libraries wrapped up in Anaconda include NumPy, pandas and Matplotlib, though the full 1000+ list is exhaustive. This lets you hit the ground running in your own fully stocked data science workshop without the hassle of managing countless installations or worrying about dependencies and OS-specific (read: Windows-specific) installation issues.
To get Anaconda, simply:
Download the latest version of Anaconda for Python 3 (ignore Python 2.7).
Install Anaconda by following the instructions on the download page and/or in the executable.
If you are a more advanced user with Python already installed and prefer to manage your packages manually, you can just use pip:
pip3 install jupyter
Creating Your First Notebook
In this section, we're going to see how to run and save notebooks, familiarise ourselves with their structure, and understand the interface. We'll become intimate with some core terminology that will steer you towards a practical understanding of how to use Jupyter Notebooks by yourself and set us up for the next section, which steps through an example data analysis and brings everything we learn here to life.
Running Jupyter
On Windows, you can run Jupyter via the shortcut Anaconda adds to your start menu, which will open a new tab in your default web browser that should look something like the following screenshot.
This isn't a notebook just yet, but don't panic! There's not much to it. This is the Notebook Dashboard, specifically designed for managing your Jupyter Notebooks. Think of it as the launchpad for exploring, editing and creating your notebooks.
Be aware that the dashboard will give you access only to the files and sub-folders contained within Jupyter's start-up directory; however, the start-up directory can be changed. It is also possible to start the dashboard on any system via the command prompt (or terminal on Unix systems) by entering the command jupyter notebook; in this case, the current working directory will be the start-up directory.
The astute reader may have noticed that the URL for the dashboard is something like http://localhost:8888/tree. Localhost is not a website, but indicates that the content is being served from your local machine: your own computer. Jupyter's Notebooks and dashboard are web apps, and Jupyter starts up a local Python server to serve these apps to your web browser, making it essentially platform independent and opening the door to easier sharing on the web.
The dashboard's interface is mostly self-explanatory — though we will come back to it briefly later. So what are we waiting for? Browse to the folder in which you would like to create your first notebook, click the "New" drop-down button in the top-right and select "Python 3" (or the version of your choice).
Hey presto, here we are! Your first Jupyter Notebook will open in new tab — each notebook uses its own tab because you can open multiple notebooks simultaneously. If you switch back to the dashboard, you will see the new file Untitled.ipynb and you should see some green text that tells you your notebook is running.
What is an ipynb File?
It will be useful to understand what this file really is. Each .ipynb file is a text file that describes the contents of your notebook in a format called JSON. Each cell and its contents, including image attachments that have been converted into strings of text, is listed therein along with some metadata. You can edit this yourself — if you know what you are doing! — by selecting "Edit > Edit Notebook Metadata" from the menu bar in the notebook.
You can also view the contents of your notebook files by selecting "Edit" from the controls on the dashboard, but the keyword here is "can"; there's no reason other than curiosity to do so unless you really know what you are doing.
The notebook interface
Now that you have an open notebook in front of you, its interface will hopefully not look entirely alien; after all, Jupyter is essentially just an advanced word processor. Why not take a look around? Check out the menus to get a feel for it, especially take a few moments to scroll down the list of commands in the command palette, which is the small button with the keyboard icon (or Ctrl + Shift + P).
There are two fairly prominent terms that you should notice, which are probably new to you: cells and kernels are key both to understanding Jupyter and to what makes it more than just a word processor. Fortunately, these concepts are not difficult to understand.
A kernel is a "computational engine" that executes the code contained in a notebook document.
A cell is a container for text to be displayed in the notebook or code to be executed by the notebook's kernel.
We'll return to kernels a little later, but first let's come to grips with cells. Cells form the body of a notebook. In the screenshot of a new notebook in the section above, that box with the green outline is an empty cell. There are two main cell types that we will cover:
A code cell contains code to be executed in the kernel and displays its output below.
A Markdown cell contains text formatted using Markdown and displays its output in-place when it is run.
The first cell in a new notebook is always a code cell. Let's test it out with a classic hello world example. Type print('Hello World!') into the cell and click the run button in the toolbar above or press Ctrl + Enter. The result should look like this:
print('Hello World!')
When you ran the cell, its output will have been displayed below and the label to its left will have changed from In [ ] to In [1]. The output of a code cell also forms part of the document, which is why you can see it in this article. You can always tell the difference between code and Markdown cells because code cells have that label on the left and Markdown cells do not. The "In" part of the label is simply short for "Input," while the label number indicates when the cell was executed on the kernel — in this case the cell was executed first. Run the cell again and the label will change to In [2] because now the cell was the second to be run on the kernel. It will become clearer why this is so useful later on when we take a closer look at kernels.
From the menu bar, click Insert and select Insert Cell Below to create a new code cell underneath your first and try out the following code to see what happens. Do you notice anything different?
This cell doesn't produce any output, but it does take three seconds to execute. Notice how Jupyter signifies that the cell is currently running by changing its label to In [*].
In general, the output of a cell comes from any text data specifically printed during the cells execution, as well as the value of the last line in the cell, be it a lone variable, a function call, or something else. For example:
def say_hello(recipient):
return 'Hello, {}!'.format(recipient)
say_hello('Tim')
'Hello, Tim!'
You'll find yourself using this almost constantly in your own projects, and we'll see more of it later on.
One final thing you may have observed when running your cells is that their border turned blue, whereas it was green while you were editing. There is always one "active" cell highlighted with a border whose colour denotes its current mode, where green means "edit mode" and blue is "command mode."
So far we have seen how to run a cell with Ctrl + Enter, but there are plenty more. Keyboard shortcuts are a very popular aspect of the Jupyter environment because they facilitate a speedy cell-based workflow. Many of these are actions you can carry out on the active cell when it's in command mode.
Below, you'll find a list of some of Jupyter's keyboard shortcuts. You're not expected to pick them up immediately, but the list should give you a good idea of what's possible.
Toggle between edit and command mode with Esc and Enter, respectively.
Once in command mode:
Scroll up and down your cells with your Up and Down keys.
Press A or B to insert a new cell above or below the active cell.
M will transform the active cell to a Markdown cell.
Y will set the active cell to a code cell.
D + D (D twice) will delete the active cell.
Z will undo cell deletion.
Hold Shift and press Up or Down to select multiple cells at once.
With multple cells selected, Shift + M will merge your selection.
Ctrl + Shift + -, in edit mode, will split the active cell at the cursor.
You can also click and Shift + Click in the margin to the left of your cells to select them.
Go ahead and try these out in your own notebook. Once you've had a play, create a new Markdown cell and we'll learn how to format the text in our notebooks.
Markdown is a lightweight, easy to learn markup language for formatting plain text. Its syntax has a one-to-one correspondance with HTML tags, so some prior knowledge here would be helpful but is definitely not a prerequisite. Remember that this article was written in a Jupyter notebook, so all of the narrative text and images you have seen so far was achieved in Markdown. Let's cover the basics with a quick example.
# This is a level 1 heading
## This is a level 2 heading
This is some plain text that forms a paragraph.
Add emphasis via **bold** and __bold__, or *italic* and _italic_.
Paragraphs must be separated by an empty line.
* Sometimes we want to include lists.
* Which can be indented.
1. Lists can also be numbered.
2. For ordered lists.
[It is possible to include hyperlinks](https://www.example.com)
Inline code uses single backticks: `foo()`, and code blocks use triple backticks:
bar()
Or can be intented by 4 spaces:
foo()
And finally, adding images is easy: 
When attaching images, you have three options:
Use a URL to an image on the web.
Use a local URL to an image that you will be keeping alongside your notebook, such as in the same git repo.
Add an attachment via "Edit > Insert Image"; this will convert the image into a string and store it inside your notebook .ipynb file.
Note that this will make your .ipynb file much larger!
There is plenty more detail to Markdown, especially around hyperlinking, and it's also possible to simply include plain HTML. Once you find yourself pushing the limits of the basics above, you can refer to the official guide from the creator, John Gruber, on his website.
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Third generation ranchers, Cassidy, Blaine and Kacey Huffman enjoy springtime on the family’s 153 Mile Ranch where their mom and dad, Jenny and Cuyler Huffman, can see 20 calves a day born during the height of calving season.
Calving season brings hope for Cariboo ranchers
Still a lot of work ahead to recover from the wildfires
Angie Mindus
Calving season is just getting going at Jenny and Cuyler Huffman’s 153 Mile Ranch Ltd just south of Williams Lake, bringing some normalcy to what has been an undoubtedly challenging year for most Cariboo Chilcotin ranchers.
“It can be frustrating and stressful, but it is a good time of year as long as the weather cooperates,” Cuyler said of the calving season, this year challenged by deep snow.
“We’ve had to move a lot more snow than normal. We rented a Cat for five days, and my dad pushed snow for five days.”
Overall Cuyler said the calves are faring well, with the couple checking on their expectant mothers around the clock every three hours in a season that lasts for six to eight weeks.
“We really are just getting going. But we can have 20 [calves] in a day, easy,” Cuyler said.
“It would be nice to have 20 in a day,” added Jenny, noting all their children help out in the calving season.
153 Mile Ranch Ltd will be calving in total just over 400 head of cows and heifers this spring.
The historical ranch, which the couple purchased in early 2017, was heavily impacted by the 2017 wildfires.
Located within the Spokin Lake and Wildwood fires, much of the ranch’s private and Crown grazing fencing was destroyed in the wildfires, and the couple are having to manage the ranch around those challenges heading into spring.
“We have no containment. There are no fences left. They’re all burnt,” said Cuyler, adding that it was very frustrating that two and a half kilometres of brand new fencing from White road near Williams Lake to the main ranch was destroyed in the fire just three weeks after it was built.
This week the Huffman’s secured alternative grass for their cattle for the spring and summer months.
“We have private pasture that we’ve rented for the summer for our cows, so they have somewhere to go.”
He said there is still a lot of work to be done to recover from the wildfires.
“That’s what this next summer will be, is the ministry trying to get some fences up plus ourselves.”
Cuyler said the wildfires have certainly made their first year at the ranch a difficult one, but they are looking forward into the future with optimism, something made easier with the coming of springtime and new calves on the land.
“It makes it all worthwhile when you see those babies like that, all spry and jumping around,” said Jenny, pointing to a new calf. ” It’s perfect.”
Deep snow has given ranchers in the Cariboo Chilcotin more of a challenge, particularly as calving season begins. The Huffmans and many other ranchers have cleared areas of snow using heavy equipment to give calves somewhere to be out of the snow. Angie Mindus photos
Jenny and Cuyler Huffman are busy in the midst of calving season on the 153 Mile Ranch Ltd. While the deep snow is causing some issues, the calves themselves bring optimism after a difficult year.
The Huffmans calve out more than 400 calves - as many as 20 a day - during the season which lasts six to eight weeks.
B.C. mother hit in truck rampage dies
Kelowna engineering company celebrates 15 years
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To celebrate women in League, the West Tigers are incorporating a pre-match SISTER2sister Cup at Leichhardt Oval.
Round 23 – Wests Tigers v St George
Leichhardt Oval – Saturday August 18th
Have you ever dreamt of playing a game of footy at Leichhardt Oval? Here’s your chance! Get a corporate team together for the Women in League Round SISTER2sister Cup.
We have 2 corporate packages available for your team of 10 + 1 SISTER2sister representative, to play a pre-match game of touch footy, with a catered box on Saturday August 18th. Pre-match game starts at 3pm.
Teams will receive a pre-match address from Wests Tigers legend John Skandalis and have a group photo taken on the field.
The teams will have access to a fully catered corporate box to watch the Wests Tigers v St George game from 4pm. Showers are available on site.
Each participant will also receive a Wests Tigers 2018 jersey.
All this for only $5,000 per team
All proceeds go directly to the delivery of the award winning SISTER2sister Youth Mentoring Program which gives ‘at risk’ teenage girls access to a dedicated Big Sister mentor, ongoing counselling and life changing opportunities.
Contact us at enquiries@lifechangingexperiences.org to find out more!
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Appeal for an end to horse attacks at Maghera Fort Centre
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Volunteers who provide horse riding lessons for young people with learning difficulties are appealing for an end to attacks on their horses.
Staff at Maghera-based Fort Centre Riding for Disabled say they are “beside ourselves with trying to cope.”
Fort Centre, Riding For Disabled Maghera
The facility has been targeted several times in the past, the most serious incident came when one of the ponies was stabbed with a broken bottle and required stitches.
But, according to a spokesperson, there has been an increase in attacks since Easter with horses being let out of the field at the Centre’s at Craigmore and beaten up and down a laneway.
The animals were left with cuts and bruises and stressed - forcing volunteers to cancel lessons until they settled.
The Fort Centre runs lessons for around 80 people a week and depend on support from the local community.
One of the volunteers, who has been working at the Centre for over 30 years, said youths gather nearby for “drinking sessions”.
He claimed that they have been abusive towards volunteers and have broken bottles on the roadway when were recently trying to move horses to the stables.
The incidents have been reported to police who are understood to have sent patrols to the area in an effort to prevent attacks.
At the weekend a padlock was broken off a gate and the horses released into the laneway where they were chased around.
Commenting on the attacks, the volunteer, who asked not to be named, said: “They flare up and then stop,” he said. “Holiday times are the worse. Easter time and the May holiday and then July and August with the school holidays.”
The volunteer said he hoped those involved would see sense and stop attacking the horses which bring a little bit of happinesses into the lives of young, vulnerable adults.
“If it goes on we will have to keep closing the Centre to allow the horses to settle as there would be a safety concern,” he added.
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Laguna Beach Unified
Bids and Public Notices
Testing and Reports
Points of Contact
10 YEAR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN
The current Ten Year Facilities Master Plan Update was Board approved on March 12, 2019. The plan consists of large repair/maintenance projects, including roofing and mechanical replacements, as well as proposed capital projects such as new construction. The initial Master Plan was built on feedback from a variety of stakeholders in our District and a comprehensive facilities condition assessment by Alpha Facilities Solutions in 2014. The Facilities Master Plan is updated on an annual basis by facilities staff assessments and ongoing feedback from each site’s administration.
PROJECTS IN PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
Thurston Middle School Field & Classroom Modernization Project
The District is currently in the design phase of the a new capital project at Thurston Middle School. The scope of the project includes the conversion of the natural grass field to a multi-sport synthetic turf field, the removal of two leased portable classroom buildings, and the modernization of existing classroom space to house the students currently using the portable classroom buildings. The improved synthetic turf field space will increase safety, playability, and will lower the site's landscape irrigation water consumption. The modernization of existing classroom space to house the students currently housed in leased portable classrooms will provide enhanced 21st century learning environments consistent with the standards of the school campus. Construction is planned to start summer 2020.
LBHS Stadium Restroom-Storage Building
The Laguna Beach High School athletic stadium building designed by Ruhnau Clarke Architects is located between the track and baseball field near St. Ann's Drive. The building includes space for athletic team storage, restrooms, coach's office, locker room, and concessions to meet the various athletic, school, and community needs. Construction was completed and the building opened for use in January 2019.
LBHS Artists Theater Upgrades
The Artists Theater located at Laguna Beach High School was upgraded to provide code compliant accessibility to and within the Theater. Included within the upgrades was wheelchair access improvements, stair and ramp handrails, electrical lighting, and fire alarm upgrades. Construction was completed in December 2018.
LBUSD – Energy Efficiency / Prop 39
The lighting at all District facilities was audited and converted from various lighting technologies to LED. Mechanical systems requiring replacement were upgraded with high-efficiency air conditioners, furnaces, and equipment. The project included the provision of air conditioning at the LBHS Dugger Gym and also a complete HVAC replacement at the LBHS Artists Theater. Construction was completed in December 2018.
TOW Classroom Replacement
At Top of the World Elementary School, three (3) portable classroom buildings were removed and replaced with permanent modular classroom buildings. The three (3) new energy efficient and sustainable buildings include high ceilings, natural light, and designs that actively engage young students. The project was completed December 2017.
LBHS Stadium Track & Turf Replacement with Drainage Improvements
The Laguna Beach High School stadium track rubber and synthetic turf was replaced with new durable high-performing systems. The polyethylene and nylon blended turf fibers provide a soft, but durable playing surface complete with shock absorbent padding. The project was completed August 2016.
For additional assistance or questions please contact Ryan Zajda at (949) 497-7700 ext. 5213 or by email at rzajda@lbusd.org.
550 Blumont St.
F:949-497-6021
Laguna Beach High School
Thurston Middle School
El Morro Elementary School
Top of the World Elementary School
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Lebanon Valley run over by F&M in season opener
The Lebanon Valley College football team started off the 2016 season with a lopsided non-conference loss to F&M.
Lebanon Valley run over by F&M in season opener The Lebanon Valley College football team started off the 2016 season with a lopsided non-conference loss to F&M. Check out this story on ldnews.com: http://ldne.ws/2eyavvR
Staff reports Published 3:35 p.m. ET Sept. 2, 2017
football(Photo: Thomas Northcut, Getty Images)
Hopes that LVC could reverse those fortunes in this season's opener with the Diplomats were quickly dashed on Saturday afternoon, as the Flying Dutchmen fell into a 35-0 halftime hole en route to a 48-7 defeat at rainy Arnold Field
F&M quarterback Tanner Erisman threw for four touchdowns in the first half and ran for a fifth while also helping the visitors generate 288 yards of total offense before intermission.
LVC, meanwhile, was limited to 10 total yards before the break - 2 rushing and 8 passing.
The Flying Dutchmen trailed 48-0 after three quarters before averting the shutout when Adam Domovich hauled in a 24-yard TD pass from Brett Cohen with 12:13 left.
Valley will be back in action next week when it travels to Wilkes for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15
All Themes Love, Empathy, and Destruction Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality Morality and Survival Leadership Childhood and Growing Up Control, Manipulation, and Authority
All Characters Andrew “Ender” Wiggin Peter Wiggin Valentine Wiggin Mr. Wiggin / Father Mrs. Wiggin / Mother Bonzo Madrid Mazer Rackham Colonel Hyrum Graff Major Anderson Dap Bernard Shen Alai Petra Arkanian Bean
All Symbols The Giant The Mirror The Hive-Queen Pupa The Battleroom
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Love, Empathy, and Destruction
Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality
Morality and Survival
Childhood and Growing Up
Control, Manipulation, and Authority
Andrew “Ender” Wiggin
Peter Wiggin
Valentine Wiggin
Mr. Wiggin / Father
Mrs. Wiggin / Mother
Bonzo Madrid
Mazer Rackham
Colonel Hyrum Graff
Major Anderson
Alai
Petra Arkanian
The Hive-Queen Pupa
The Battleroom
Ender’s Game Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Ender’s Game, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
The chapter begins with a conversation between two unnamed people (for the purposes of this summary, we’ll call them X and Y, and refer to them as “he”). X claims that he’s been watching someone for many years now, and has concluded that this person is “the one.” X had once thought the same thing about this person’s brother—a fact that Y reminds X of. X and Y then plan to surround their subject with enemies, thereby training him to fight “the Buggers”—a much more dangerous enemy.
Card begins most of his chapters the same way—with a conversation between adults discussing the fate of Ender, the young protagonist. At this point, however, this is all entirely mysterious, as the speakers are unnamed not even Ender himself is named specifically. Later we will find out that “X” and “Y” are most likely Colonel Graff and Major Anderson.
The narrative then cuts to an elementary school. A nurse speaks to a young boy named Ender, calling him Andrew. She explains that Ender is about to have a “monitor,” a small electronic device, removed from his body, and assures him that it won’t hurt at all. Ender privately thinks that the woman is lying—having the monitor removed will hurt a great deal. Ender has had the monitor imbedded in his body for a long time now. He’s always been viewed as different because of the monitor—perhaps now that he’s having it removed, he thinks, he’ll be a normal kid, and will be able to get along with his brother, Peter. But even as Ender thinks about getting along with Peter, he realizes that nothing is going to change. Peter will still hate him—for reasons that aren’t yet clear to us—and will continue to call him a “Third.”
As soon as we are introduced to Ender, Card lets us know that he’s not an ordinary child. He’s only six years old, but he already thinks like an adult. Card has expressed scorn for the way children are usually portrayed in fiction, and we see that he clearly has high opinions of what children’s minds are capable of. The monitor embedded in Ender’s body already gives hints of the futuristic, controlling society in which Ender lives—ever since his birth, someone has been keeping track of him. It’s revealed here that Ender’s given name is “Andrew,” but he always goes by “Ender” for the rest of the book.
Ender goes into a doctor’s office, where a doctor sits Ender down and prepares to remove the monitor from his head. As the doctor leans in, Ender feels a sudden searing pain in his head, and his entire body tenses up. The doctor screams for a nurse, and the nurse injects Ender with a needle. When Ender wakes up, the doctor is muttering about how “They” put monitors in children for three years. The doctor adds that if the nurse hadn’t given Ender the proper amount of injection, she could have “switched off” Ender’s brain forever.
We get the sense here that Ender isn’t very well taken care of, and that as a “Third” (though it’s not yet clear what this means), he’s something of a second-class citizen. We also recognize that “They” (we don’t know who, but can guess that it has something to do with the two speakers at the beginning of the chapter, and the government of this society) are talented at watching and analyzing people.
An hour after his operation, Ender returns to his classroom. He can barely stand, and can’t remember where he sat in class. A boy named Stilson smirks and says that Ender is “washed out” now. The teacher, a woman named Miss Pumphrey, proceeds with a lesson on multiplication. Ender barely pays attention—instead he makes drawings on his “desk,” an electronic surface that he’s supposed to use to learn in school. Ender smiles to himself—the lesson is absurdly easy for him, even though he’s only a young child. He has always been a Third, he thinks, although it’s not his fault that he is. The government authorized Ender’s parents to have a third child—a rarity in Ender’s society.
Here we begin to get a sense for who Ender is and what kind of world he lives in. By nature, he’s a gentle, creative child, who is extremely intelligent and thoughtful. But he’s also a “Third”—a third child in a society that prevents people from having more than two children. Because of this, Ender is disliked and bullied by those like Stilson. Perhaps the most important takeaway from this passage is that Ender has been “chosen” before he was even born: the government wants him alive, though we don’t yet know why.
Get the entire Ender’s Game LitChart as a printable PDF.
After school, Ender leaves class and walks to the bus. Stilson yells at Ender, calling him “Third” and “bugger lover.” Ender tries to ignore Stilson, but Stilson pushes Ender to the ground while Stilson’s friends laugh and jeer. Ender thinks calmly, and he decides to fight back. Stilson’s friends hold Ender down, but Ender fakes a laugh, and dares Stilson to fight him on his own. As soon as Stilson is ready to fight Ender, Ender kicks him, hard, in the chest. Ender is a little surprised that he’s hurt Stilson so badly. But he also realizes that if he walks away now, Stilson will be back to fight him again. He walks to where Stilson is lying on the ground, moaning, and kicks him in the crotch.
This section introduces us to the rather brutal world Ender lives in. So far, Ender has been gentle, meek, and a victim, but here we see the dark side of his brilliant mind: when the moment is right, he doesn’t hesitate to act, and to act with violence. Strangely, the same careful, calm thinking that made Ender seem like a sweet child also makes him capable of savage attacks on his peers—when that is what he deems necessary. We will learn much later that Stilson dies from this attack.
Ender looks at Stilson’s friends, who seem horrified. He yells, “remember what I do to people who try to hurt me.” Then, he kicks Stilson in the nose, and blood spatters everywhere. With this, Ender walks away from the crowd, toward the bus. Although from a distance he seems calm, he cries and thinks to himself that deep down he’s “Just like Peter.”
Even within the first chapter, Ender is already an agent of violence—although a reluctant one. He is still a sensitive child at heart, but apparently lives in a warlike world where he is forced to act almost sociopathically in order to survive. It’s clear that his brother Peter, whom we have yet to meet, embodies this “dark side” of Ender.
Arn, Jackson. "Ender’s Game Chapter 1: Third." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 9 Mar 2016. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Arn, Jackson. "Ender’s Game Chapter 1: Third." LitCharts LLC, March 9, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/ender-s-game/chapter-1-third.
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You Paid For It: Firefighter wellness
By Carter Coyle | April 30, 2019 at 6:43 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 8:27 PM
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Firefighters have one of the highest rates of injuries and illness of all occupations, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Dorchester County leaders say government grants to help keep firefighters fit and healthy are paying off.
At the end of last year, Dorchester County Fire Rescue was awarded two FEMA grants for a total of $826,804.
As we noticed recently in the county’s check register expenditures, that money is now hard at work for firefighters.
Last month the county spent more than $46,000 for firefighter wellness and fit-for-duty exams.
Life Scan, the company they hired, says “experts consider police officers and firefighters to have the highest risk for heart disease, pulmonary disease and cancer of any occupation” on its website.
A county spokesperson said the wellness exams “help us reduce injuries and keep our employees safer.”
The rest of that federal grant money is being used to install diesel exhaust capture systems in six fire stations to reduce exposure to diesel smoke. The funding is also paying for three new full time firefighter positions for three years.
Dorchester County reported that compared to the General Population, firefighters have a 9% higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14% higher risk of dying of cancer. They are working on reducing cancer risks in all of their firefighters.
Carter Coyle
Investigative Reporter
Carter joined the Live 5 News team in August 2016.
You Paid For It: $950k in school travel over three months
Three local school districts spent nearly a million dollars total in travel at the end of the school year.
Untested Waters: Feds take small steps toward inspecting more seafood
The FDA has a new strategy for imported food safety, and Congress has increased seafood inspection funds. But the U.S. still lags behind some other countries when it comes to inspections and regulations.
Jamie Grey and Lee Zurik
Live 5 Investigates: More than 166K parking tickets written in downtown Charleston last year
Michal Higdon
You Paid For It: Cypress Gardens
Live 5 Scambusters: Genetic test scam targets Medicare recipients
Kyle Jordan
You Paid For It: July 4th patrols, security
Published July 4, 2019 at 11:12 PM
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List of Foods High in Lysine & Low in Arginine
Meg Campbell
Meg Campbell is a wellness expert with nearly two decades of experience as a fitness coach, group exercise instructor, and nutrition specialist. She began her full-time freelance writing career in 2010, and writes extensively about nutrition, health, and medicine. Ms. Campbell divides her time between the United States and Argentina.
Lysine is an essential amino acid that plays an active role in growth and development, collagen formation, calcium absorption and cholesterol regulation. Arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid involved in wound healing, immune system function and hormone secretion. Both are widely available in food and generally occur together. Eating foods that are high in lysine and relatively low in arginine may help prevent outbreaks of the herpes simplex virus -- arginine helps the virus replicate, while lysine counteracts the effects of arginine.
A grilled fish dinner. (Image: VankaD/iStock/Getty Images)
Fish is a top source of lysine. While some varieties do contain a fair amount of arginine, arginine levels in fish tend to be significantly lower than lysine levels. Coho salmon supplies close to 3.2 grams of lysine and just over 2 grams of arginine per 5-ounce portion, which makes it about 35 percent higher in lysine than arginine. A cup of canned light tuna has about 3.9 grams of lysine and 2.5 grams of arginine, which is the same lysine-to-arginine ratio as salmon. Yellowfin tuna, halibut, mackerel, herring and trout contain similar ratios. Shrimp, clams, oysters and other kinds of seafood are generally higher in arginine, however.
Although dairy products don't generally pack as much lysine per serving as other animal sources, their lysine-to-arginine ratio tends to be greater. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a 6-ounce serving of high-protein, low-fat yogurt supplies about 0.75 gram of lysine and 0.25 gram of arginine, or three times as much lysine as arginine. Milk contains about the same ratio -- reduced-fat and nonfat varieties both provide around 0.7 gram of lysine and 0.24 gram of arginine per cup. Cheese is another good option, as most varieties -- including provolone, Swiss, Parmesan, mozzarella, cheddar and cottage cheese -- are roughly 50 to 70 percent higher in lysine than arginine.
Poultry and Meat
Poultry, beef and pork are usually good sources of lysine. With 5.3 grams of lysine and 3.2 grams of arginine per a 6-ounce serving, roasted turkey breast is about 40 percent higher in lysine than arginine. A skinless roasted chicken breast provides about 3.7 grams of lysine and 2.6 grams of arginine per cup of chopped meat, making it only slightly lower in available lysine than turkey. Top-sirloin and rib-eye beef steaks supply about 4 grams of lysine and 2.8 grams of arginine per 4-ounce serving, while pork chops deliver similar amounts. Processed meats tend to have a lower lysine-to-arginine ratio -- beef hot dogs and turkey cold cuts are only about 20 percent higher in lysine than arginine.
For the Herpes Virus
Beans, peas and lentils are among the most important vegan sources of lysine, but most varieties are actually higher in arginine and therefore more likely to promote replication of the herpes virus. Any food that contains more lysine than arginine can be helpful, but those with the highest lysine-to-arginine ratio are generally more beneficial. Although boosting lysine intake while consuming less arginine hasn't been conclusively shown to prevent outbreaks, the therapeutic dose of lysine for herpes infections -- or the amount typically given in supplemental form to protect against outbreaks -- is 3 grams per day, according to NYU Langone Medical Center. A diet that includes plenty of fish, low-fat dairy products, turkey, chicken and lean cuts of beef could easily achieve this level, even when arginine is accounted for.
University of Maryland Medical Center: Lysine
NYU Langone Medical Center: Lysine
NYU Langone Medical Center: Arginine
Berkeley Wellness Center: Lysine for Cold Sores?
USDA National Nutrient Database: Nutrients List for All Foods With Lysine and Arginine
Encyclopedia of Healing Foods; Michael Murray, N.D., et al.
How Much L-Arginine Is Found in Nuts?
List of Carnosine-Rich Foods
Recommended Dose of L-Lysine
Foods That Increase Outbreaks of Genital Warts
The Benefits of Arginine, Ornithine & Lysine
Lysine Herpes Diet
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Apr 27 Edgewood Memorial Park Cemetery - Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
At the front entrance to Edgewood Memorial Park Cemetery. Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.
325 Baltimore Pike (Route 1)
Glen Mills, PA 19342
Website: www.dignitymemorial.com/edgewood-memorial-park
Edgewood Memorial Park Cemetery. Concord Township, Pennsylvania.
Edgewood Memorial Park Cemetery is a bronze flat marker cemetery located off of Route 1 in Concord Township, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Service Corporation International, the largest cemetery company in the country. (NYSE: SCI)
Perpetual Care Funding:
Their "permanent lot care trust" had $229,211.02 as of November 30, 2015. Wording described it as "value of gross estate."
But the same document, which is 67 pages long, also said "Current fair market value of the trust principal is $726,817.87" as of that same date, November 30, 2015.
It's a little confusing.
Pricing information as of April 2017:
They have a $95 layout fee. This is where they designate where a marker is to be set.
Bronze markers must come with a granite base. That is the foundation.
Service Corporation International brands their cemeteries under the "Dignity Memorial" name. Here are the other Dignity cemeteries in the 5 county southeastern Pennsylvania area:
Roosevelt Memorial Park Cemetery
Philadelphia Memorial Park Cemetery
Glenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery
Limerick Garden of Memories Cemetery
Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery
Valley Forge Gardens Cemetery
Westminster Cemetery
Whitemarsh Memorial Park Cemetery
Noteworthy cemeteries within 5 miles of Edgewood Cemetery:
Cumberland Cemetery - poor track record with grounds maintenance.
Elam United Methodist Church Cemetery - high quality fertilized lawns.
St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery
St. Thomas the Apostle Church Cemetery - Catholic cemetery. Nice.
dignity cemetery delaware county, bronze cemetery, sci cemetery
Apr 27 Glenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery - Broomall, Pennsylvania
Apr 26 Cumberland Cemetery - Middletown Township, Pennsylvania
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Home » Rock , Staff Picks » Hazel - Are You Going To Eat That? (1995) ☠
Hazel - Are You Going To Eat That? (1995) ☠
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Genre: Post Grunge, Alternative Rock
☠: Selected by Lass
© 1995 Sub Pop
AllMusic Review by Joshua Glazer
Hazel were never contenders. The band's high energy punk-pop lacked the feign sincerity required for grunge success. Inversely, despite the inclusion of Fred Nemo, the group's interpretive dancer and official fourth member, they lacked the self-deprecating irreverence found in groups like the Presidents of the United States and Green Day, who took over where grunge left off. They also had the bad fortune of being signed to Sub Pop at a time when the label went from a seal of quality to a sign of over-marketed clichés. Which is all unfortunate, because Hazel had all the makings of a fantastic indie band, with fuzzy chords, snappy drumming, and the terrific vocal pairing of Peter Krebs and Jody Bleyle. By their second and final album for Sub Pop (only the Airiana EP would follow on Candy Ass) the group seems as musically lost as they were professionally. There are still some pleasing moments, including the sweet ballad "Crowned," but the rest of the writing sounds retread from the excellent first album. With nothing but the boy-girl vocals to carry the record, it becomes a long haul, despite only being 35 minutes.
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Hezbollah announces ceasefire with Sunni jihadists near Arsal
By Caleb Weiss | July 28th, 2017 | [email protected] | @Weissenberg7
Social media accounts linked to Hezbollah, as well as its Al Manar website, announced a ceasefire with Sunni jihadists in the Jurud Arsal area of Lebanon.
According to Al Manar, the fighting between the Shiite jihadists and militants belonging to al Qaeda’s branch in Syria (now part of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, HTS) stopped early this morning. The HTS militants have agreed to release five Hezbollah prisoners, as well as retreat with their families to Idlib in northwestern Syria.
The deal was confirmed by Lebanon’s National News Agency as being brokered by Abbas Ibrahim, the head of Lebanon’s General Security intelligence agency. More details are expected to be released in a larger announcement of the ceasefire by the Lebanese government. HTS has not commented on the ceasefire as of the time of publication.
The ceasefire comes just one day after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah addressed the situation in Arsal in a televised address. Nasrallah noted that the HTS fighters have lost the majority of the ground they once held in the Arsal area. He added that “we are in the face of a very big military victory.”
Nasrallah also thanked the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) for its role in the operation. “Despite the difficult battle, the town of Arsal remained safe thanks to the army,” Nasrallah said. He added the LAF’s role was “essential in the realization of this achievement.” He ended by offering to transfer the ground captured by Hezbollah in the region over to LAF after the operation.
Despite claims to the contrary, the LAF coordinated its efforts in Arsal with the Shiite jihadist forces. LAF troops were positioned in the city and its outskirts to protect the area from any potential flow of Sunni militants into the vicinity. This was after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that the military would be the one undertaking the offensive to push out the militants. [See Threat Matrix report, Lebanese military coordinates with Hezbollah, Syrian military in border operation.]
Earlier this week, the Shiite jihadist group issued an ultimatum to the Sunni forces in the area. Al Manar reported that Hezbollah leadership in the operation called “on armed groups remaining in Jurud Arsal to spare their blood by throwing down their weapons and surrendering themselves with guarantees for their safety.” [See Threat Matrix report, Hezbollah issues ultimatum to Sunni jihadists in Arsal battle.]
With the reported ceasefire in Jurud Arsal, it appears that the ultimatum worked for Hezbollah. However, the battle to drive militants loyal to the Islamic State out of the area has yet to begin.
Caleb Weiss is a contributor to FDD's Long War Journal.
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Tags: arsal, hezbollah, HTS, lebanon, Syria
TRM says:
If you’re winning, why sign a cease fire?
I see Hezb ultimatum went swimmingly obviously more of fight than they were expecting…. Those crazy mofo’s
Different side of the same coin
Aqap
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letterboard quotes | inspired by netflix
I'm back with some new quotes for your letterboards — inspired by our favorite shows on Netflix! I hope you enjoy + find something that you love for your board! Let me know in the comments if your favorite Netflix show was included and which of the characters featured below has said the most iconic lines! xoxo, Mads Maybe
"I am Beyoncé, always." — Michael Scott
"Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way." — Michael Scott
"The worst thing about prison was the dementors." — Prison Mike
"I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little stitious." — Michael Scott
"I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do." — Michael Scott
"I'm always thinking one step ahead like a carpenter that makes stairs." — Andy Bernard
"If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party." — Ron Swanson
"Treat yo self" — Donna Meagle
"I am big enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself." — Leslie Knope
"Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot." — Tom Haverford
"I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really, really well." — Andy Dwyer
"I stand behind my decision to avoid salad and other disgusting things." — Leslie Knope
"I'm pretty but tough, like a diamond. Or beef jerky in a ball gown." — Titus Andromedon
"We're different. We're the strong ones and you can't break us." — Kimmy Schmidt
"But I already did something today!" — Titus Andromedon
"I'm a flamingo because I'm delicate, colorful, and often stand on one leg due to a planter's wart." — Titus Andromedon
"I envy you. I've never been able to meet me." — Titus Andromedon
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"I thought burpees were just baby burps." — Titus Andromedon
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"You can't make people love you, but you can make them fear you." — Blair Waldorf
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Adele Worries She'll Get a Contact High at Rihanna's Show
Much like the rest of the world, Adele is a card carrying member of Rihanna's Navy, so you can imagine her excitement about Riri's upcoming shows in ye olde England. But will Adele be in the audience twerking with her fellow fan-girls? Hell yes, though she has to plan around the very real possibility that she might get a contact high and ruin her vocal chords.
"I love her," Adele said while performing at the O2 in London. "I'm thinking of going to Coventry to watch Rihanna because she's playing Wembley the day before I play Glastonbury, and if I go to that, I'll have no voice, I know it. All that weed in the air—I'll get stoned."
Fair 'nuff. And to be honest, who hasn't gone to a Rihanna show ready to dance-dance-dance and ended up staring vacantly at the ground while binge-eating weird stadium food? No one, that's who.
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San Rafael Pacifics win second straight league…
San Rafael Pacifics win second straight league title with walk-off win
Jeremy Williams of San Rafael sprints to third base after a hit by Chase Tucker in the fourth inning of the Pacifics' championship game against Sonoma in San Rafael, Calif. on Monday, Aug. 31 , 2015. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Celson Polanco pitches for the Pacifics during San Rafael's championship game against Sonoma in San Rafael, Calif. on Monday, Aug. 31 , 2015. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
San Rafael's Ricky Gingras catches Sonoma's Eddie Mora-Loera in front of home plate during the Pacifics' championship game against the Stompers in San Rafael, Calif. on Monday, Aug. 31 , 2015. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Maikel Jova of San Rafael guides Jeremy Williams home as they score off the bat of Chase Tucker in the fourth inning of the Pacifics’ championship game against Sonoma in San Rafael on Monday. The Pacifics pulled out a 4-3 victory in the bottom of the ninth to claim their second Pacific Association title.
By Marin Independent Journal |
PUBLISHED: September 1, 2015 at 12:56 am | UPDATED: July 19, 2018 at 1:28 am
By Danny Schmidt
dschmidt@marinij.com @therealdschmidt on Twitter
Matt Kavanaugh was asked a question many players and managers will never ponder.
After winning two consecutive Pacific Association league championships with the San Rafael Pacifics — last summer as the team’s catcher, this summer as a first-year manager — Kavanaugh was asked which felt more remarkable.
“Oh, man,” he said with a smile. “I’ll be honest, I think as a manager.”
It was fitting that shortstop Danny Gonzalez, the team’s signature first-one-in, last-one-out player, was the final batter of the season. Gonzalez drove a first-pitch slider into right-center, scoring Johnny Bekakis from second base in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving San Rafael’s independent minor-league baseball team a 4-3 win over the Sonoma Stompers Monday night, and its second straight league championship at Albert Park.
“That’s the most memorable thing,” Kavanaugh said of Gonzalez. “He’s a Pacific. That’s the way we play baseball. That was incredible.”
For over half of the season, it looked as though the Pacifics would not force a one-game championship. The Stompers won the first-half title with a 26-11 record, 7 1/2 games ahead of the Pacifics, who finished the second half 26-5. San Rafael ended its summer on an eight-game win streak, winning its final eight series and 11 of its final 12 games.
“We knew we had the guys to repeat,” said outfielder Jeremy Williams, who doubled and scored in the fourth inning Monday. “We weren’t coming through with guys in scoring position. So in the second half, we said once you hit second, you gotta score.
“We all came together. Once we got closer like brothers, that’s when everything turned around.”
Celson Polanco made his sixth and final start of the season for the Pacifics (48-30), allowing three runs on as many hits in 7 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking seven.
“From the first inning on, he never had his sharp stuff,” Kavanaugh said. “He went out there and pitched strictly off heart. That was the difference in the ballgame.”
Polanco’s counterpart, Santos Saldivar (2-1, 2.05 ERA), surrendered three runs on four hits, finishing with six strikeouts and three walks in five innings of work.
After taking a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, San Rafael watched it evaporate in the top of the eighth. Polanco (4-1, 3.30 ERA) recorded two quick outs, then got into trouble, plunking Chad Bunting and walking Gered Mochizuki.
Kavanaugh brought in reliever Chris Lovejoy, who gave up a run-scoring single to Mark Hurley, then a ground-rule double to Andrew Parker, tying the game at 3-3.
Pacifics center fielder Zack Pace said Parker’s hit was a couple of inches away from a home run, which would have given the Stompers a 5-3 lead.
“That was the way we scripted it, I think,” Kavanaugh joked.
Guadalupe Barrera, substituted in for Lovejoy, induced a fly ball to end the inning. Barrera retired the Stompers (44-33) in order in the top of the ninth inning.
Kavanaugh went through possible scenarios with his team entering the bottom of the frame, and in their respective order in the lineup, Bekakis, David Kiriakos, Pace, Gonzalez and Jova all told Kavanaugh, “We got this.”
“To see the look on those guys’ eyes,” Kavanaugh said. That makes everything worthwhile.”
Bekakis walked to lead off the inning, then advanced to second base after a sacrifice bunt from Kiriakos. Pace walked on four pitches, setting up Gonzalez with two on and one out.
“I was looking for something up, something hard and something I could drive,” Gonzalez said. “As soon as I hit it, I knew I hit it was in the gap.”
Within seconds, San Rafael players mobbed Gonzalez between first and second base. It didn’t take long for the celebration to turn into a pig pile.
“I felt like a little kid,” Gonzalez said. “I put my hands up and was so excited. It felt like I was running on clouds.”
Players and coaches popped champagne, poured it all over each other, and Ricky Gingras and Ryan DeJesus gave Kavanaugh a Gatorade shower.
While the Pacifics showed their jubilation, several Sonoma players sat in the dugout watching. Others hugged each other and fans.
Sonoma manager Takashi Miyoshi said he was proud of the team for continuing to fight, especially in the past week after it lost five players to higher-level independent leagues.
“Tough game to lose, but at the same time, we did everything we could,” Miyoshi said. “We almost got it, but they were a little bit better than us tonight. That’s the way it is. Everybody should keep their heads up.”
Barrera was credited with the victory, while Sean Conroy was pegged with the loss.
“To me, he’s probably top-two bullpen pitchers in this league,” Kavanaugh said of Conroy. “The guy is so good. For us to even put balls in play against him is big. But to win off a hard line drive, that was huge.”
The Pacifics scored the game’s first runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jova walked to lead off, then swiped second base on a wild pitch. After Williams got aboard with a single, Chase Tucker, in his 16th game since being acquired, plated both with a double.
The Stompers responded with one run in the fifth. Matt Rubino scored on a wild pitch and Sonoma stranded runners on second and third.
Jova doubled home Gonzalez with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, giving San Rafael a 3-1 lead.
Sonoma had another scoring opportunity in the sixth inning. Mochizuki walked and was caught stealing by Gingras. Hurley, the next batter, was hit before attempting to steal second. Gingras nailed him as well, ending the inning.
“We really dealt with a lot of adversity,” Kavanaugh said. “We struggled to find our identity for half of a season. Finally something clicked and we all came together. I went through the journey last night for a couple hours. The journey we went through to all lead to this, it’s all worth it.
“We always said, make sure this last game is important, and it was.”
• Matt Chavez’s 31 home runs and 85 runs batted in led the Pacific Association. The first baseman, who was signed by the San Diego Padres two weeks ago, was one batting-average point shy of a triple crown, finishing with a .383 mark, behind only Pittsburg’s Scott David. Jake Taylor, a midseason acquisition for the Pacifics, recorded 12 home runs, good for third in the league.
• Max Beatty and Nick DeBarr led the league in wins and strikeouts, respectively, with eight and 115. Beatty’s 89 strikeouts and 3.18 earned-run average each ranked second. Wander Beras’ seven wins ranked second, and his 3.39 ERA was good for third.
• San Rafael’s average home attendance (542) finished over three times higher than the next club — Vallejo.
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Review of "The Tyranny of Usury"
Source: Socialist Standard, August 1909.
Transcription: Socialist Party of Great Britain.
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The Tyranny of Usury
by John McLachlan
Manchester, Leventhulme
Superstition dies hard. Driven from the human mind on the religious side it endeavours to find entry on another, and no subject has brought forward so many cranks, faddists and maniacs as the subject of the above pamphlet if we except religion.
The author, who, by his praise of Keir Hardie, is probably a member of the I.L.P., first defines usury as the total surplus taken by the capitalist class, and then narrows it down to the ordinary definition of interest, or the amount charged for the use of money or forms of credit. By a shuffling of these two definitions, when it suits him, he is able to skim over awkward points and give his case some small appearance of being worth consideration.
An attempt is first made to explain how it is that poverty exists:
Socialists usually lay stress upon Private Monopoly of Production and Distribution as the cause. But while this later assumption (?) is undoubtedly ultimately a true one, it is daily being borne in upon us that PRIVATE MONOPOLY OF EXCHANGE is proximately the cause of Unemployment (and, of course, of Poverty) through the operation of those commercial crises which have exercised until now the wit of capitalist apologists to explain”.
What causes the crisis? The author gives the following description of a crisis while deferring the explanation of how it arises.
On a given day let us assume, trade and commerce are exceedingly brisk . . . All is well ? apparently. Suddenly the unthinking merchant discovers a difficulty in obtaining credit. Bankers call in their loans, refuse renewals, and decline to discount even the best paper except at high rates, credit being generally refused.
The ordinary features of a crisis are then detailed. The “catastrophic” and “dogmatic” economists who used to say that the cause was overproduction are summarily dismissed as “antiquated”. This sort of thing may have been the cause early in the nineteenth century, but is utterly fallacious to-day.
A so-called review of the crises of the nineteenth century is then given in an attempt to show that they were due to financial causes, and the following “general rules” are deduced.
(1) Unemployment and trade depression always succeed a Credit stringency.
(2) Financial Crises and Unemployment are quite possible as cause and effect without the additional factor of over-production which was formerly a feature of these crises.
(3) An increase in the currency always lessens the immediate strain upon the national credit.
All this leaves one quite in the dark as to why “the unthinking merchant discovers a difficulty in obtaining credit” and what it is that causes a “credit stringency”. But the next chapter, headed “The Fallacy of the Gold Standard”, attempts to explain the position gold occupies in the settlement of debts, and says, “It is legally enacted, we repeat, that debts must be paid in Gold on demand”. A comparison is given between the liabilities of the banks and the gold in circulation, and the question is asked: “Why is our gold currency not larger? Ah! there’s the rub! If our currency were enlarged to the extent of giving representation to everything considered as negotiable the People would be freed from the obligation of paying for the money they use.”
Lucien Saniel, in his introduction to the American edition of Marx’s Value, Price and Profit has pointed out the dangerous misleading given to the working class by the “revolutionary sounding but intensely bourgeois sophism of the Anarchist Proudhon”, and this warning applies with full force here. Further on we shall show the similarity of McLachlan’s and Proudhon’s positions. Note the portion of the above quotation from pamphlet italicised by the author. Who are the people who find a difficulty in “paying for the money they use”? Not the working class in any sense of the word. Not the large capitalists, for they control the powers of government and have a currency suitable to their interests. There is left the small capitalist and shopkeeping section, who, fond of calling themselves the “middle” class, find themselves unable to hold their own positions against the giant production and “chain store” system of distribution that is crushing them out in all directions. Hence this howl for an extension of “credits” and the introduction of “cheap” money for the purpose of paying their debts.
It is one of the stock lies of the money cranks to say that all exchange is a question of creditor and debtor and that all debts must be paid in gold. An exchange means to pass over one thing for another. Whether the things exchanged are directly use-values or not does not affect the point. If the commodity gold is given for the commodity food then an exchange has taken place, but there is no creditor or debtor. A debt only exists when a promise to pay in the future has been made. In the absence of any specific statement to the contrary, and only in this case, the creditor can demand payment in gold or legal tender.
Moreover, the removal of this obligation would not alter the facts of the case one atom. If the currency gave representation to all things considered negotiable, where is the debtor to obtain this currency when his debts fall due? From the State bank, it may be answered. How will the bank advance the money? Upon the negotiability—that is, the saleability—of the debtor’s things. But that is exactly what applies to-day, and it is only when his goods are unsaleable that he fails to pay his debts. In other words, it is because of the industrial crisis or depression that we have “Credit stringency” in various directions. A striking illustration of this “stringency” fallacy was shown a little time ago when the L.C.C. floated the last loan. The money market was “tight” and business bad, yet the amount required was subscribed nearly forty times over. In other words this was a proof that bad trade caused the “stringency”, and not the absence of currency, of which there were large amounts seeking sound investment. It is a well known fact that when trade is bad, or a crisis is upon us, there is more currency circulating than when trade is good. According to Mr. McLachlan’s third general rule, this should lessen the strain. Therefore, the crisis should bring its own cure! Such is one of the absurdities these cranks land themselves into.
In the section dealing with the Clearing House the author objects to the “commission” levied upon the paper transactions there recorded, and then says that this “the toll paid by commercial men for the management of their accounts”. Why he objects to this he does not say.
In the last section on “The Nationalisation of Exchange”, the author reaches his grand panacea—and shows incidentally how superficial and shallow his knowledge is, and how easily he has been gulled by another money crank—Mr. Kitson. After stating that “to confer upon any single article the sole privilege of determining the values of all other commodities whatsoever is iniquitous”, without giving any evidence that this is done, he gives us the following gems.
“What is value? Simply an exchange relation between commodities.” Then he says “cost of production must be reckoned with in all transactions”. Here is a flat contradiction, for what has cost of production to do with the exchange relation? If it is answered that this decides the quantities in the exchange relation, he at once denies this, for in the next sentence he says “Value is determined by Supply and Demand and its relations are always changing in deference to changes in the supply and demand for commodities”. To explain this he follows the old dodge of the capitalist apologists who, as Marx has so caustically put it, always have to wander outside Capitalism in their endeavour to talk round awkward points. Mr. McLachlan therefore leaves modern society and goes to an island.
If on an island, there existed at a given time, 6 pigs, 4 sacks of flour, 12 sacks of potatoes, and two cows, it would follow that for the time being one cow would exchange for three pigs; for two sacks of flour; or for six sacks of potatoes. And if £1,000,000 in gold were imported, 1 cow would inevitably exchange for £500,000, while potatoes would cost £166,666 13s. 4d per sack”. And if I import 10 bricks each brick will be worth £100,000! Political economy up to date. “When any increase or decrease takes place in the quantities on the market of any commodities the ratio of values (and, of course, the price) undergoes a corresponding change.
In the above statements the immense superiority of the method of demonstration used is at once apparent. Dull, awkward things like facts, evidence, history, experience, are beneath our author’s notice, and from the higher standpoint of his “inner consciousness” he evolves the proof in the words “it would follow”. The only authority he can evoke is the “inimitable” Mr. Kitson, who says in his book A Scientific Solution of the Money Question, that the only relation between commodities is number and “this is the only expression of value possible”.
And yet a 3rd standard school boy can put a question that knocks the bottom out of the whole case. Why does a given number of one article exchange for a given number of another article? Mr. Kitson cannot tell us. His disciple says it is a question of division of the quantities existing into each other. Then how can he explain that the Statistical Abstract gives Raw Wool at 11.88d. per lb while Woollen Yarn is given at 20.54d., or nearly double the price? Divide wool into wool and the result is—wool. Yet the difference in price is 8.34d.!
Finally we have an outline of the scheme for salvation laid down.
A municipal bank would operate in this fashion. Let us take the case of a farmer short of ready money, but with 400 acres under wheat crops, estimated to produce from four to six quarters of grain per acre. His labourers want their wages. Ordinarily a credit stringency would cripple the farmer, whose workmen would also suffer as a result, but at our Municipal Bank he could monetize his credit based on 1,600 quarters of wheat. He draws notes on the Branch Bank at Puddleton and pays his workmen therewith, the notes circulating as legal tender, and being received by tradesmen in Puddleton and elsewhere on the strength of the stamp of the Puddleton Branch Bank. Farmer Brown doesn’t pay 3? per cent for the accommodation, either; any charge upon his loan is calculated upon the cost of maintaining the Bank, which preferably should be a charge upon the local rates. Farmer Brown simply exchanges his unknown credit for that of the Bank, which forthwith debits him with the amount of the loan, payable in a given period of time by tendering a number of notes equal in total value to the amount of his loan. And this procedure could be followed in the case of all reputable citizens, commercial and industrial houses, shopkeepers, etc.
In fact by everybody except the working class, whose “unknown credit” would fail to pass the bank test.
Passing by the numerous assumptions with which the above quotation bristles, the general position is that laid down by John Gray, afterwards plagiarised by Proudhon and crushingly dealt with by Marx in Poverty of Philosophy and The Critique of Political Economy. How a tradesman would be better off in having to accept a note instead of gold for his goods it would be difficult to explain; while the experience of the French Assignats shows the folly of trying to pay debts with paper.
The quotation assumes sound security in one part and denies it in another. If the Bank issues notes upon security of an exchangeable value, then, as shown by the L.C.C. loan, there is plenty of money awaiting that use now. If the farmer’s credit is “stringent” , that means his security is of doubtful exchange value. Then where is the soundness of the Bank?
The only point that might be said is the one that Farmer Brown would not pay 3? per cent for the loan. Ignoring at this stage the question of what it would actually cost to run the Bank, we can now see the economic interest standing behind this scheme. It is to relieve the farmers, commercial men, shopkeepers etc from the burden of paying interest on their borrowed capitals. It is the attempt of the smaller section—financially speaking—of the capitalist class to increase their share of the surplus-value by cutting out one of those with whom they at present have to share that surplus, namely—the interest lord. So blatantly ignorant is the author of even the smallest conception of the working class position that he has the brass to say that “It is safe to say that the [French] Revolution of 1848 failed mainly because the insurgents neglected to capture the means of Exchange. The breakdown of the Commune was due, too, largely to the financial operations directed against it”. Shades of Thiers and Gallifet! What friends you have in the Anarchists and the I.L.P.!
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Apple buys self-driving startup Drive.ai
Mountain View company lays off 90 employees in California
A self-driving vehicle by Mountain View startup Drive.ai, which was testing ride-hailing services in Texas. Apple confirmed June 26, 2019 that it has bought Drive.ai. (Courtesy Drive.ai)
By Levi Sumagaysay | lsumagaysay@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: June 26, 2019 at 12:09 pm | UPDATED: June 26, 2019 at 4:30 pm
Apple has bought Mountain View startup Drive.ai in a move that renews questions about the tech giant’s secretive self-driving car project.
The acquisition, confirmed by an Apple spokeswoman Wednesday, comes after the autonomous vehicle startup laid off 90 California employees in a permanent closure. The layoff notices were received last week and effective June 28, according to a filing with the state Employment Development Department.
Apple would not provide other details, including purchase price. Drive.ai, which according to Crunchbase had raised $77 million since its founding in 2015, was reportedly worth $200 million at one time.
Drive.ai, founded by former members of Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab, had been testing a free ride-hailing service in two Texas cities. The Frisco test ended in March, per the company’s contract with that city, according to Automotive News. The Arlington test ended last month, a city spokeswoman told the San Francisco Chronicle. Both tests involved orange self-driving Nissan vans that could be hailed with an app and operated on limited routes, such as around the Dallas Cowboys headquarters and the University of Texas at Arlington. It is unclear how many employees Drive.ai had in Texas.
Axios reported that Apple — which earlier this year reportedly cut 190 employees in its self-driving division known as Project Titan — has hired “dozens” of Drive.ai engineers.
Drive.ai’s letter to California’s EDD about its layoffs, dated June 12, showed at least a couple dozen employees had “engineer” in their job titles. Also included on the list of layoffs was the CEO position. It is unclear whether Bijit Halder, whose LinkedIn profile still shows him as chief executive of Drive.ai, will be joining Apple.
One analyst predicted that Apple’s move could be a start of more consolidation within the autonomous vehicle industry, with bigger companies gobbling up smaller ones.
“Self-driving is five to seven years away from monetization,” said Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities. “And regulatory will be a big issue.”
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Levi Sumagaysay is a tech reporter and editor for the Mercury News. She has written or edited technology news since the first dot-com boom, and is a Good Morning Silicon Valley alum.
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Review by Elizabeth-Marie on 26th June, 2012
One Direction is absolutely amazing, I love their songs and I listen to them every day! This album is great.
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Review by Debbie on 4th January, 2012
Very catchy songs, a few are a bit repetitive, but I loved it all the same.
"Not too shabby"
Review by Leah on 2nd December, 2011
Good album, loved all the songs although a lot of the songs are quite repetitive.
“Its everything about you, you, you, Everything that you do, do, do,…” “So we play, play, play… And we wait, wait, wait…”
Very, very, very, repetitive, i should say;)
It’s here – the most anticipated pop album of the year!
After months of fevered anticipation and levels of hysteria not witnessed for decades, One Direction finally unleash their debut album ‘Up All Night’ on November 28th via Syco Music. It includes the Top 3 NZ single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’
Harry, Zayn, Niall, Liam and Louis have spent the last eight months recording and perfecting the album with the help of an eclectic mix of music’s heaviest hitters, including Red One (Lady GaGa, Jennifer Lopez), Steve Robson (Take That, Leona Lewis), Brian Rawling (Enrique Iglesias, Cher), Richard Biff Stannard (Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue) and Rami & Carl Falk (Britney Spears, Pink, Nicole Scherzinger).
Up All Night is the debut album by British-Irish boy band One Direction.
The album is set to be released on 18 November 2011 through Sony Music. The lead single from Up All Night, “What Makes You Beautiful” debuted at number one in the UK, with sales exceeding 150,000 copies, making it the fastest-selling single of 2011.
This group will certainly be one to watch as they mature into their amazing talents.
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Iconic Electronic Music Pioneer and Technologist Thomas Dolby to Keynote AES New York Convention
— Thomas Dolby’s AES Opening Ceremonies Keynote address “The Conscious Sound Byte” will focus on next-generation sound technologies, in particular adaptive/non-linear music and audio for games, VR/AR, “hearables” and other new media platforms —
New York, NY — The Audio Engineering Society is delighted to announce that Thomas Dolby will deliver the keynote address during the Opening Ceremonies of the AES New York 2018 International Convention. Since he burst onto the music scene in the 80s with genre-warping compositions and a pioneering production style that embraced and exploited emerging technologies, Prof. Dolby has been a seminal influence on legions of musicians, fans and audio professionals alike. For decades, his work has been introduced to successive generations of audio production students as instructors use his recordings as examples of sonic excellence in music engineering and critical listening courses. While most widely known for his work as a musician, producer, film score composer and filmmaker, Prof. Dolby is also one of the world’s leading innovators in digital technology and has served as a technical consultant on emerging entertainment platforms during his 35-year career, including Laserdiscs, computer games, interactive TV, virtual reality installations and location-based entertainment. His latest roll is as an educator – since the fall of 2014, Thomas Dolby has held the post of Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.
With the title “The Conscious Sound Byte,” Thomas Dolby’s AES Keynote address will focus on next-generation sound technologies, in particular adaptive/non-linear music and audio for games, VR/AR, “hearables” and other new media platforms. “A big difference between ‘real’ and ‘electronic' sounds is that electronic sounds have zero awareness of each other,” shares Prof. Dolby. “Sound bytes blindly follow orders, and fire off (usually) as instructed by a human. Yet musicians playing ‘real’ instruments listen, resonate, and respond to the music, the room, and to each other, in a matter of microseconds.”
“In the hands of master arranger or programmer, this is not a problem,” he continues. “Many of the nuances of real music can be simulated quite effectively as processor speed, bandwidth and resolution improve. But as entertainment becomes more interactive, with games and augmented reality and ‘wearable’ technologies, it is increasingly vital that electronic sounds and music learn an awareness of the context in which they are playing.”
“Soon,” Prof. Dolby concludes, “all the accumulated craft and skills of a century of post-production legacy will have to operate in real time, controlled not by the programmer, but by the users themselves via the choices they make. Is it time for us to reconsider why our sound and music files are so ‘dumb’ and rigid?”
“Thomas Dolby is uniquely qualified to address the role of emerging technologies in entertainment,” says Bob Moses, Special Events Chair for the 145 AES International Convention. “As the AES celebrates this 70 anniversary of its own leadership in technological innovation, there’s no more appropriate voice to set the stage for four days of immersion in all things audio. Thomas’ influence on the way artists and content creators embrace technology is nothing short of iconic – his keynote address is sure to be a highlight of the Convention.” Prof. Dolby’s keynote address is open to all AES New York registered attendees.
AES New York 2018 will feature four full days of Technical Program research presentations, workshops and tutorials (October 17-20) and three days of Exhibition Floor showcases and demos (October 17-19) from leading names in professional audio manufacturing and services, along with the popular Project Studio Expo, Live Sound Expo, and other specialized events. Additionally, AES Student and Career activities will include recording and design competitions, a new MATLAB plugin design competition, the annual education and career fair and other ways to network with students and professionals from around the world. If it’s about audio, it’s at AES – the ultimate opportunity for audio professionals of all specialties, and future audio pros, to listen, learn and connect!
Advance registration is open now at aesshow.com, offering the best possible pricing and options. All Access registration is the ticket to everything the Convention has to offer. AES Members, including student members, enjoy substantial discounts on All Access registration. Registration at any level for AES New York 2018 includes access to the NAB Show New York exhibition. AES New York 2018 Exhibits-Plus registration is complimentary for AES Members and those using the VIP code “AES18NOW” at checkout.
Photo Caption: Electronic music pioneer and technologist Thomas Dolby will focus on next-generation sound technologies in his AES New York 2018 keynote address “The Conscious Sound Byte”.
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TC Electronic Ditto Jam X2 Looper Pedal review
Game-changer or gimmick? Enter TC’s latest smart looper...
By Alex Lynham 2018-11-01T11:37:50Z Fx
An innovative approach that doesn't quite top the company's other looper offerings.
Clever beat sync functionality.
Ability to slow down loops using tap tempo.
Beat sync isn't always completely reliable.
Not as predictable as the regular X2.
With the Ditto X2, TC Electronic already has one of the most solid live loopers on the market, and with the Jam, it hopes to bring some extra smarts.
Those changes include a beat sense tempo detector, dynamic loop editor that keeps your loop in sync and a tap-tempo global control for the loops.
When the beat sync works, it’s basically magic. The built-in mic isn’t perfect, but a clip-on mic is included, which you can place closer to your drummer, so it can more clearly distinguish snare hits and a core beat.
It’s an impressive technical achievement, nevertheless there’s an air of gimmick to proceedings; setting up the mic isn’t hard, but it is another thing to think about, and just how much you trust the guitar tech will definitely determine whether you feel like you’re flying more by the seat of your pants or less.
Slowing down a loop using tap tempo is a particularly nice feature and it works seamlessly for practice scenarios, although trusting a guitarist with tempo changes is hardly a foolproof move, as any drummer will certainly attest.
The feature that drags the unit down is the way it tries to pad out to the end of a beat at the tempo it has registered. When using the looper without additional musicians, some loops seem to confuse the Ditto, leaving notes sometimes cut-off, time- stretched or garbled.
Slower chord passages are susceptible to becoming mangled, and if you’re not playing in 4/4, then it certainly feels like the Jam is less predictable as a looper than the older X2.
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Chael Sonnen Lists Two Opponents For Jon Jones if he Returns at UFC 230
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Chael Sonnen won’t speculate on whether or not Jon Jones will return at UFC 230, but he has listed two opponents who would make sense to him.
Jones is still in limbo with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). “Bones” failed a UFC 214 drug test, causing his knockout win over Daniel Cormier to be reversed and nullifying his second light heavyweight title run. With the UFC returning to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 3, some are hoping that Jones will be cleared in time to compete in New York City.
In a new video on his YouTube channel, Sonnen listed two potential opponents if Jones does indeed return in time for UFC 230:
“Who do ya got? I’ll tell you I believe there’s two people. And I don’t know that any of this is right, I’m just telling you there’s two people that would fit that bill. First there’s Daniel Cormier, except you don’t do it at 205 pounds you do it at heavyweight. And I think you would have to. If we’re gonna put Cormier into a Brock Lesnar fight, you can’t really put him against Jones at 205. One, you’ve got size issues there but two we’ve already seen that twice. … Another possible match-up that would match up time wise is Anderson Silva. Most of you are gonna see this and go, ‘we don’t wanna see that,’ you do wanna see that.”
UFC 230 is without a main event at this time. The co-main event is scheduled to be a lightweight clash between Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier. Yoel Romero will meet Paulo Costa, Jacare Souza will take on David Branch, and Israel Adesanya will share the Octagon with Derek Brunson on the card. The UFC is also reportedly working on a rematch between Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman.
Any chance Jon Jones gets cleared in time to compete at UFC 230?
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Takeaways from Richard Pitino's blog
Ben Gotz
Gophers men's basketball head coach Richard Pitino posted a blog on Wednesday morning, hitting on many topics surrounding his team in the offseason.
Minnesota's record has regressed each season under Pitino and the team finished 8-23 (2-16 Big Ten) last year, but he wrote next year's team should be the deepest and most talented he's had.
"One the court a lot of our guys got valuable minutes in pressure situations that most [freshmen] and sophomores don't get early in their careers. Much like the Timberwolves, I think our guys will take a major step forward next season," Pitino wrote.
Two transfers, center Reggie Lynch and forward Davonte Fitzgerald, will be eligible to play for Minnesota next season and the team's incoming three-man recruiting class is ranked No. 34 by ESPN.com. The Gophers were named one of five teams "on the rise" by CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein.
Here are a few notes from the rest of Pitino's blog post:
- Pitino said the Gophers have a verbal agreement in place to start a non-conference series with another Power 5 school
- Joey King is trying to get an overseas contract. Pitino said he offered him a graduate assistant position as well but made it sound like King wants to keep playing for now.
- Redshirt senior forward Charles Buggs has not participated in postseason workouts due to an arm injury
- Lynch, who had shoulder surgery in February, is out of a sling and doing workouts with his left hand
- Sophomore guard Dupree McBrayer has put on 10 pounds but Pitino wants him to add another nine
- Pitino said incoming freshman forward Michael Hurt, a Minnesota Mr. Basketball finalist, could end up as one of the best perimeter shooters on the team
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Steven Tyler’s Sarah Tomek
Story by Adam Budofsky
Photos by Rick Malkin
Greetings from…Nashville? How a girl from Jersey left the nest to realize the drumming dreams of her father and power the solo success of a true rock ’n’ roll icon.
Sometimes you just don’t know what’s waiting for you when you walk off that stage.
I was first convinced of Sarah Tomek’s eminent skills on a night when our bands were both on the bill at Asbury Lanes, a bowling alley turned rock club in Tomek’s hometown. Yup, the same one immortalized in the title of Bruce Springsteen’s famous debut album. The boardwalk calliope might not have come crashing down that night, but the gig nearly did. A raging storm knocked out the club’s power for a few hours and left its six-foot-tall, bowling-pin-shaped front sign dangling precariously in the wind. But the electricity eventually returned, the room slowly filled, and the mood improved to downright cheery after my group played what we felt was a pretty strong set.
Then a local band called Ben Franklin took the stage, and…well…let’s just say that when Tomek’s husband, drummer/singer Larry Florman, later half-joked to me, “She’s so good, I don’t play drums anymore,” my mind immediately returned to that night at Asbury Lanes. As the bowlers threw strikes and gutter balls on either side of them, Ben Franklin absolutely raged. Tomek threw out thunderous chops, had a groove to die for, sang backgrounds with the swagger of a lead singer, and wore a huge, ever-present smile that made you feel lucky to be in the same room she was performing in—even if at the same time you were thinking, Maybe I oughta give up this drumming thing.
Later I learned that Tomek had spent years slogging it out on the New York, Philadelphia, and South Jersey scenes, performing with numerous acts, among them the highly regarded journeyman guitarist Glen Burtnik, rocker Bebe Buell, and the top tribute band Lez Zeppelin. Eventually she was invited to drum and lead the band for an up-and-coming crossover country singer named Maggie Rose, a gig that required a relocation to Nashville. Sometime after that, Tomek was “discovered” while playing Aerosmith covers by songwriter and producer Marti Frederiksen, who was in the process of putting together the backing band for singer Steven Tyler’s highly anticipated country-rock project. Soon Sarah was building a solid Nashville résumé out of Frederiksen’s Quad Studios and performing with Tyler, including his coming-out show at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and subsequent tour. All the while, she continued to appear with Rose, the country-punk artist Raelyn Nelson (Willie’s granddaughter), and the rock group she shares with Florman, Them Vibes.
Nope, sometimes you don’t know what’s waiting for you when you walk off that stage—though Tomek would be the first to agree that being discovered is generally preceded by years of dues-paying. Sitting across from her in a window seat at P.J. Clarke’s, from which one can clearly view the glass and concrete entryway of the esteemed Geffen Hall—where Tyler and Loving Mary were rocking the house just twelve hours earlier—perhaps it’s only natural to ruminate on the path, and the personality traits, that led her here.
MD: On the way into the city today, there was a talk show on the radio and the topic was grit, which the guest defined as passion meets perseverance. The question was whether it can be developed in people, or whether you just have it. Would you describe yourself as someone who’s always just had it?
Sarah: A hundred and ten percent. Maybe it was from my father and seeing his career. I’ve just always wanted this. The work has been relentless. Even with this great gig, I’m in four other bands.
MD: You mention your dad, Joe Tomek. What was his career like?
Sarah: My dad was a New York City musician. He wasn’t a hired gun, he was very much from the band mentality. The guys in Kiss loved his band, Mushroom. He also played with Richie Havens for a long time. He did a lot of work at the Record Plant in the ’70s, including the preproduction for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy album. The band was later fired because Yoko overheard them making fun of her. [laughs] John wanted to take him on the road, but then he was murdered weeks later.
I just grew into my dad’s shoes. He wanted a boy, but he got me. [laughs] He continued playing but never really had a playing career. He did the day-job thing. He could have been a studio cat, though. He was a badass.
MD: You grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Sarah: Yup. It was an awesome place to grow up, with an amazing music scene and a thriving art culture. And what better situation than to have your father be a drummer and have drums around? We made a deal once—he’d buy new drums and I’d buy the cases. That’s how we got our first Yamaha Recording Custom drums, which I still have.
My dad would be super-proud now, but he was hard on me. It paid off, though. He had me in the studio on a click track at eleven. So I have no qualms playing to a click, which everyone in Nashville has to do.
MD: What was your first serious band?
Sarah: Days Awake. We had a good draw in New Jersey and New York. That was the first time I fell in love with being in bands. It was the family vibe of it.
MD: When was this?
Sarah: Around 2003—I was about twenty. We did a couple EPs, which taught me how to be better in the studio. We had a studio in our basement. Before that I was just practicing to records.
MD: Did you take lessons?
Sarah: I did private lessons with Jason Rullo, who’s in Symphony X. He was a total mentor to me. Jason was great at teaching me song form, keeping me on a rehearsal schedule, and keeping me healthy—he taught me a lot about vitamins, hydration, stretching.
I also did a summer seminar at Berklee right after high school, which was phenomenal. I got to study with El Negro [Horacio Hernandez]. I always wanted to go to Berklee, but I knew I didn’t want to be a teacher, and I didn’t want to go into extreme debt. But I continued taking private instruction and playing in different genres. In my later twenties I started playing in the city more. I had a nine-to-five in the music business, but three days a week I’d be in Manhattan playing, getting home at three in the morning. There was an electro band called Hustle Club, an amazing R&B artist named Gedeon Luke, a punk band called Ben Franklin….
MD: That’s who you were with when I first saw you. One of the things I remember was how well you sang. When did that start?
Sarah: God, I don’t remember. The first time I was in the studio I sang “Come Together” by the Beatles.
MD: You played that song last night with Steven Tyler.
Sarah: Yeah, but I don’t sing on the Steven gig, though he wants me to. Since I moved to Nashville, my ear for harmony has gotten so much better.
MD: How did you hook up with Maggie Rose?
Sarah: Around 2007, Days Awake was working with another Asbury legend, Lance Larson. He brought this girl from Nashville, Maggie Rose, to the Stone Pony, and he wanted us to learn one of her songs and play with her. She was maybe nineteen at the time. Fast-forward to 2012, and I was playing with the Bebe Buell Band—which is ironic, because she’s Steven Tyler’s ex and Liv Tyler’s mother. That band was phenomenal. Anyway, we had a gig in Orlando once, and Maggie’s business partner was there and made the call for me to audition a week later in Nashville for James Stroud, who’s a famous Nashville producer and drummer. So I flew to Nashville and auditioned, and I was offered the gig. I had to be in Nashville in two weeks. So it all happened very quickly. It’s funny how it all stemmed from Asbury Park.
MD: Was it ever a plan for you to move to Nashville?
Sarah: No, I wanted to move to Manhattan or Brooklyn. I thought that’s where it was going to be for me. But I wasn’t making any coin there. A lot of clubs were closing down…. I didn’t know anything about Nashville at that point. It was terrifying—I quit my job and moved there all alone. But immediately it was a dream. We did 180 dates in ten months, doing radio shows during the day and clubs at night, and I became Maggie’s bandleader. I played exclusively with her for two or three years—I still play with her—and then I started branching out as I had more time to play with other people. And I was still coming home occasionally. I left my Bonham Vistalite kit and a small Leedy kit in New Jersey, and I would come back and play with Glen Burtnik. I’m still always hustling.
MD: How have you found working in Nashville?
Sarah: Nashville is an extremely male-dominated city/business.
MD: More so than other places?
Sarah: I believe so. I still hear, “You’re the best girl drummer I’ve seen.” My answer is always, “Right, I strive to be the best girl drummer—so thank you very much.” My father was hard on me, though, so nothing derails me.
The first time I got to track with Maggie was for her single “Girl in Your Truck Song.” She had me come into Quad Studios, which is a famous Nashville studio. We went out that night to celebrate with her producer/cowriter at the time, Dallas Davidson. Later we went down the street where some buddies of mine had a residency at a club playing ’70s music. They’d always have me come down and play Aerosmith songs. So I sat in on a couple songs, and when I got off stage, the first person I saw was this tall gentleman who introduced himself as Marti Frederiksen. I knew exactly who Marti was, because I’m a huge Aerosmith fan. And it was ironic, because he owns Quad Studios and I was just there that day recording. A couple weeks later I get a call to be in Marti’s Americana band, Loving Mary, and also to play with Steven for these solo dates he was doing.
Marti’s done so much for my career. He immediately took me under his wing. I think he just saw the excitement in my playing and how good I was on a click.
MD: The Steven Tyler show was interesting in that, without Aerosmith up there on stage, somehow more attention was put on the songs themselves. There were covers and segues, and your parts were so streamlined and purposeful.
Sarah: I’m more of a song lover than a drummer lover. My goal has always been to make the band as comfortable as it can possibly be, and make the show a success. So what better place for a girl? It’s like a matriarchy. Being Maggie’s bandleader, I think people appreciate my leadership style. I just want to make it go. My life’s a mess, but everyone else around me has what they need. [laughs]
MD: Even though you don’t sing with Steven yet, you have a mic on stage.
Sarah: Everyone’s on ears. Wedges are pretty much obsolete on the road. I have a talkback mic—the audience can’t hear me—and I’m on a click. I’m announcing the song, counting it in, guiding transitions. And anything can happen during a show. Last night Steven popped a champagne bottle on stage and it got all over the lap steel, and I knew the next song had lap steel, so I had to tell the crew guy to clean it off right away. I’m always staring at the artist, making sure that they have exactly what they need, because the night is all about them.
MD: You’re smiling all the time on stage.
Sarah: I can’t control it! [laughs] Steven has literally said to me, “I want you to look meaner.” The hardest thing I ever had to do was a mime of Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” video, the one where the women have these blank expressions. How can you look upset when you’re playing drums? I’m so tense every other second of the day; that’s my release. And that energy rubs off. The greatest thing about Steven Tyler is that you’re never going to out-perform him.
MD: The stories about Joey Kramer and Steven in the studio with Aerosmith are notorious. Coming into that situation…
Sarah: …was terrifying. Being a huge Aerosmith fan, I heard all the horror stories. He’ll correct you. He’ll come up behind the kit. He knows exactly what he wants from the drums—and thank God! I want to be taught. I was playing “Walk This Way” wrong, and he mouthed it for me [sings hi-hat psst]. You choke the hat with your left foot to get that; it’s not a hit with your hand. But he’s been nothing but a gem to work with. He appreciates the dynamics that I play with. And I’ve listened to his in-ear packs—he likes the drums loud.
With the Steven gig the hardest thing for me is trying not to be Joey Kramer. And we’re playing Aerosmith songs, so how do you do that? I simplify things. I’m not shuffling the hi-hat as hard on “Cryin’.” I’m just trying to keep it more crisp and pristine.
MD: You said before that you’re on a click.
Sarah: A lot of the guys are using the SPD-SX pads now for tempo changes and loops. We don’t use loops with Steven—it’s all live—so I’m just poking at a click track. I like to keep the show on a click, because the guys and girls in Loving Mary are all studio cats, and I like to dig deep for a groove, so I tend to play on the heels of stuff. So putting me on a click keeps me in shape.
It took a while to learn the flow of a show, where I change the tempos. Steven doesn’t take a click in his ear, and I don’t want to feed him a hi-hat. I want it to be a clean show and let him lead us. It can be a challenge. On “Dream On,” for instance, he doesn’t like to be pushed.
MD: You rarely played anything smaller than 8th notes last night—for good reason. The songs don’t demand it.
Sarah: Being on a gig with someone of this stature, simplicity is the best. There are seven musicians on stage, so I need to create space. And it’s about dynamics. They just put triggers on my drum shells—not for sound, but so the vibration of the shell sets off the gates. I have a thumper on my seat, so when the gate opens, my ears open. There are songs we play with brushes, mallets.
MD: There was one song where you went back and forth between them a few times.
Sarah: I haven’t gotten the art of that yet. I kind of just throw them down and have my guy bring them back. All of a sudden I have “a guy.” [laughs]
MD: What are your short- and long-term goals?
Sarah: Right now I’ve pretty much hit all my marks for the year, and I can’t be any happier. I really want to see the success of Loving Mary and Maggie Rose. She moved me here—she’s made my whole life. I want to see this tour through with Steven, and then set new goals.
Tomek’s Setup
Photo by Rebecca Adler
Drums: Ludwig Legacy Mahogany in vintage nickel sparkle
• 6.5×14 Black Beauty Supraphonic,
6.5×14 Copper Phonic, 5×14 Acrolite,
or 5×14 1964 maple snare
• 9×13 tom
• 16×16 and 18×18 floor toms
• 14×24 bass drum
Cymbals: Paiste
• 15″ 2002 hi-hats
• 18″ Dark Energy crash
• 24″ Giant Beat
• 20″ Rude ride/crash
Heads: Evans, including Power Center, Reverse Power Center, and G1 snare batters and 300 snare-sides; Level 360 G2 tom batters and Genera bottoms; and EQ3 Frosted bass drum batter
Sticks: Vic Firth Classic 5A wood-tip
Hardware: Ludwig Atlas Classic
Cases: Humes & Berg Enduro Pro
Snarky Puppy’s Holy Trinity
Catching Up With…Jason Bittner
Catching Up With… Good Tiger’s Alex Rüdinger
Paal Nilssen-Love
Victor DeLorenzo
Up & Coming: Poly-Math’s Chris Woollison
Basics – Fundamental Fills
Strictly Technique – Hearing The Click On The “E”
Rock ‘N’ Jazz Clinic – Groove Construction
Around The World – African Pop Meets American Funk
Rock Perspectives – Groove Contraction
Jazz Drummer’s Workshop – Five-Note Patterns
Concepts – Playing From The Inside Out
Product Close-Up – C&C Maple Gum Drumset
Product Close-Up – Zildjian S Family Cymbals
Product Close-Up – Tama Superstar Classic Drumset
Product Close-Up – Promark ActiveGrip Forward 5A Drumsticks
In Memoriam: Remo Belli 1927–2016
Reflections on Gene Krupa
Sum 41’s Frank Zummo
Billy Amendola
The Percussive World of Jack Van der Wyk
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Cartoon Desk
No Cliché Is an Island: The Sequel
By Robert Mankoff
Well, it turns out that many of you rose to meet my cliché challenge and gave a hundred and ten per cent. The challenge, you’ll recall, was to offer a cartoon scenario for which a cliché could serve as the punch line. That task proved to be a tough row to hoe. Perhaps you put your noses too close to the grindstone, or maybe being babes in the woods at this sort of thing, you couldn’t see the forest for the trees.
Part of the problem was that the cliché cartoons of The New Yorker cast a long shadow over the contest. For example, Garret Green sent an okay-but-sort-of-gruesome suggestion for a prison scene in which an “inmate is getting a lethal injection by a guard who happily says to another guard: ‘Yep, do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’” That entry brought to mind this superior cartoon by Mike Twohy:
But I guess I shouldn’t be comparing apples to oranges or looking at the glass half full. In order to show that I’m not all hat and no cattle, let me offer some constructive criticism.
Avoid overly contrived setups, such as in this suggestion:
In the right foreground, we have two U.S. Army officers, eighteen-eighties garb, on horseback atop a hill. One, a grim looking general, the other an earnest Lieutenant, speaking to the general. In the middle foreground, center of panel, three men attached to wooden crosses, one with a halo, are hopping downslope toward a distant battle between U.S. Army troops and Indian warriors. Caption reads: “But General, you distinctly said ‘Time to send in the Calvary.’”
Don’t give away the punch line in the setup:
One man, clearly the boss, speaking to another one, clearly a worker, on the assembly line. Behind them the company name, something like “Farrely’s Premium Peaches-and-Cream Factory.” Caption: “Yes, it’s once again unpaid overtime. But, you know, it’s not all peaches and cream.”
Remember, it’s a cartoon not a puzzle:
A group of drooping “Y“s standing around, fleet of UPS trucks pull up, each driver unloads the word “health” as a delivery, saying, “You’ll feel better soon.”
In a cartoon with a caption, someone has to be speaking. This entrant forgot that:
“That dog won’t hunt.” A dog marching in an anti-gun rally. (Or a PETA rally?)
Okay, time to stop taking cheap shots, beating a dead horse, cursing the darkness rather than lighting a candle, and realize that the ball is in my court to select the best suggestion to be drawn as a cartoon. With that in mind, right back at ya, dear readers!
Here are the three finalists to choose from:
A. The scene is the three wise men arriving with their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The shepherd whispers to them: “A word to the wise: think gift card next time.”
B. A woman is talking to her husband and saying, “So, short story long.”
C. One guy says to another at an anti-gun rally in which a dog is marching “That dog won’t hunt.” (This is actually the one I criticized above but let’s cut the guy a break. Anyway, to err is human, and to edit is divine.)
Make your choice by filling out this survey; the password is “cliche.”
P.S. After you vote for your favorite cliché caption, it would be extremely appropriate to go vote for my “Crowdsourcing Humor” talk to be included at SXSW. And remember, in the immortal words of either Al Capone, Richard Daley, or William Hale Thompson: “Vote early and vote often.”
Bob Mankoff was the cartoon editor of The New Yorker from 1997 to 2017.
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IRS Wants to Be a Testbed for Bleeding-Edge Tech
KC Jan/Shutterstock.com
By Aaron Boyd,
Senior Editor, Nextgov
By Aaron Boyd
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The new pilot would create a phased buying process with ample testing in IRS environments.
Technological innovations are revolutionizing processes in every sector that can figure out how best to use them—and the government’s tax collector is willing to risk up to five years and $7 million per project to be on that bleeding edge.
The Internal Revenue Service is starting a new acquisition program called Pilot IRS, in which the agency plans to upend the procurement process while integrating new technologies that meet specific mission needs and work functions.
“Pilot IRS will aggressively pursue a streamlined and cost-effective approach to testing and deploying technology solutions that will have an immediate impact on its mission and how the IRS supports the American taxpayer,” the agency wrote in a special notice on FedBizOpps announcing the program.
Under the traditional procurement process, an agency offers a set of specific requirements, then seeks a solution that meets that criteria for the lowest price—a method that doesn’t always work well when it comes to technological innovation, the notice notes.
“For those who are familiar with traditional government procurements, Pilot IRS will appear substantively different from how the government normally pursues information technology and other solutions,” the notice states.
Instead, the Pilot IRS program will focus on how the agency does business today and fund the development of ideas to improve those processes with technologies like digitization and robotic process automation. By becoming a part of the development process, the IRS hopes to get access to innovation it can’t buy off a contract vehicle while being able to test the technology on IRS systems every step of the way.
“This is not simply a question on ‘how quickly can we buy it,’ but also a ‘how do we test it and decide whether or not to fund it for deployment,’” according to the notice. “Pilot IRS has established an approach where solicitations/calls and proposals/bids will be simple for firms to create and the IRS to evaluate, and decisions will be made in a streamlined and accelerated timeline.”
The first part—Phase 0—is the development of the problem statement. Rather than suggest potential solutions, IRS officials will hold a virtual conference to outline a specific problem and offer three use-case scenarios in which an IRS employee might find themselves. Vendors and other private sector innovators on the line will be able to ask questions, then decide if they have a solution that fits the need.
With the problem set, the project moves into a four-phase process of testing and deployment, with funding and deliverables for each phase.
The first full phase consists of three stages, beginning with a 10-page written proposal. From those, officials will pick pitches for 15- to 30-minute oral presentations before picking proposals to move on to the testing stage.
Funding for Phase I will be capped at $25,000 and the testing period will last no more than 30 days.
Phase II will involve more testing, including cybersecurity and interoperability with IRS systems. But along with more testing comes more funding: up to $100,000.
The second phase will last up to two months.
Proposals that make it to the third phase will get up to $200,000 and four months to test their solution on actual IRS systems. This phase will focus on customer experience and usability, as well as a more in-depth interoperability test.
The final phase—Phase IV—is where innovators can earn the big money. The limited pilot stage comes with up to $5 million in funding over four and half years while the solution is tested for scalability and reliability across the IRS enterprise.
“Inherently, this process will represent some risk to the IRS, as the technologies may not currently be fully aligned to its mission,” the notice states. “However, the IRS recognizes that risk is inherent to the operations of any organization and acknowledges that it must sometimes accept risk to further its mission.”
The IRS is building in safeguards to limit some of this risk.
The funding amounts and length of time will increase from one phase to the next, though the specifics will vary for different calls and projects. For the start of Pilot IRS, no single project will receive more than $7 million for all phases combined.
The amount of funding and length of each phase will be determined as the prior phase ends, giving IRS officials even more control.
“For example, the specifics of the work/cost for Phase 2 will be established as part of the work completed in Phase 1, the specifics of Phase 3 at the end of Phase 2, and so forth,” the notice states. “Depending on results and mission priorities, the IRS will decide to fund all, some or none of the challenges at each phase.”
IRS officials declined to comment to Nextgov at this time but said more would be coming for this program in 2019.
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Colona Castle
Colona Castle is a splendid Mediterranean-style retreat from which to explore Cape Town and its surrounds, and offers character, exclusivity and charm. Gracing the mountainside in tranquil Lakeside Heights on the warmer False Bay coastline, majestic panoramic views from Colona Castle stretch from Table Mountain across the Peninsula and Winelands to False Bay and the South Atlantic Ocean. For discerning clients who wish to distance themselves from the hustle and bustle of a city and stay in a quietly luxurious place, while having easy access to all places of interest in and around Cape Town and its Winelands, Colona Castle is a luxury boutique hotel with exceptional personal service and attention to detail...
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(GPS coordinates: -33.503202, 25.627981)
Meulspruit Dam
Situated some five kilometres from Ficksburg, between Ficksburg and Clocolan, the Meulspruit Dam Resort is a water sport and angling venue with camping and caravan facilities. An unusual and popular leisure attraction at the resort is the 'White Mischief', a luxury floating cigar bar. Trips last two to three hours and guests cruise in style though the privately owned Thaba Sediba Private Nature Reserve where they are treated to a game drive and gourmet meal. Work off any extra calories by walking Meulspruit's 23-kilometre long trail and hike up the Imperani Mountain that overlooks Ficksburg to see San rock art and admire the region’s indigenous fauna and flora. Alternatively, Meulspruit has some fantastic mountain biking and quad biking trails...
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Bat's Cave Trail
The Bat’s Cave Trail is the most popular walk in the Nahoon Point Nature Reserve and follows in the spirit of the early beachcombers. It passes an excavation site, where human fossil footprints (dated at 124000 years old) were found in 1964. The trail starts at the Coastal Education and Visitor Centre boardwalk and leads down to a sandy beach. After a short distance along the beach, you encounter the first of a number of quiet sandstone coves - the home of rock hyraxes and the nesting sites of giant kingfishers. Walkways and stairways made from recycled plastic snake over and around the fascinating sandstone formations, which makes entering and exiting the coves easier...
(GPS coordinates: -32.99658, 27.94982
Read more at www.nightjartravel.com/hiking/bat’s-cave-trail
Isola Bella is a luxury villa located on the water’s edge of Leisure Isle with a commanding view of Knysna's spectacular lagoon. Step out of the front door onto the beach, constantly changing with the ebb and flow of the tides rolling through the majestic Knysna Heads, and enjoy generous hospitality from Italian-speaking hostess Marisa. The luxurious Isola Bella, with its close proximity to adventure and leisure activities, is ideally located for those wanting to explore all that the beautiful Garden Route has to offer, and is a comfortable base for your stay...
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Myburgh's Waterfall Ravine Trail
The scramble up Myburgh's Waterfall Ravine is a wonderful adventure, particularly on a hot day, when the cool shade of the ravine provides respite from the searing sun. It is tricky in places but its pristine indigenous vegetation and wonderful narrow upper gorge make it thoroughly worthwhile if you're comfortable with a bit of steep rock scrambling...
(GPS coordinates: -34.009421, 18.379)
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Cannon Rocks Trail
This seven-kilometre free trail is one of the best-kept secrets of the Sunshine Coast. The trail starts at the southernmost end of the town of Cannon Rocks and takes you right into the Alexandria sand dunes, which can otherwise be accessed only on the two-day trail from the Woody Cape Section of the Addo Elephant National Park. The trail, which leads through three distinctly different environments - coastal vegetation, coastal dunes and seashore - is wonderfully diverse so, although it's short, allow plenty of time to take in the changing scenes and really enjoy it...
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Any place that’s 185 years old is probably a must-see. The University of Cape Town fits into this assumption well. Six campuses make up the school, but Upper Campus, lying against the famous mountain and just below Rhodes Memorial, is where I sit to admire the fiery city. It’s night, something like eight thirty: the sky is black with little white spots, the city is sparkling in coloured lights, and UCT is lit softly. Only corners of the vine-covered Elizabethan buildings catch the light, or just the fronts of Jameson Hall’s giant pillars, and darkness finally eats the never-ending stairs descending into the city. It isn’t only a place for academics – between the cobbled paths and tiled roofs is kept a piece of Cape Town’s history. It’s the city’s personality.
- Brad Harris
Cape St Francis Resort
Cape St Francis Resort is the ideal family holiday destination and the perfect base from which to explore all that the greater St Francis Bay has to offer - from golf, canal and river cruises, surfing, whale and dolphin watching watching, cultural experiences, walking and hiking to their very own penguin rehabilitation centre, all of which can be booked at the front desk. The resort is located in a tranquil eco-destination and provides a huge variety of accommodation and catering options which suit every pocket while hosting guests in comfort. From the Cape St Francis Resort, visitors can enjoy the glorious beaches, excellent water sports activities and the small town atmosphere of this Eastern Cape village…
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Melville Koppies Rock Climbing
Melville is a small steep buttress, which has about 17 climbs ranging from 14 to 24 in grade, so is a good beginner-to-intermediate crag or somewhere to work out after work. The routes are fairly short and bouldery (10 to 12 metres), and the very polished white quartzite takes some getting used to, but it’s worth persevering as the climbs are very good quality once you get the hang of them. The biggest appeal of this crag is its proximity to Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, but it has some outstanding lines...
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Queen Rose Trail
This overnight trail, which starts at the Queen’s View hut in the mountains outside Barberton, can also be walked as separate day walks. From the hut, the 13-kilometre route of the first day winds through a plantation for a couple of kilometres to the highest point on the trail, from where there are magnificent views, and then descends on a steep path through grasslands dotted with aloes into the forested Montrose River gorge, finally bottoming out at Alvin's Falls and a big pool that makes for a great swimming hole...
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Hogsback Inn
Hogsback Inn is beautifully situated amongst the trees in the Amatola mountains, and is one of the longest-standing establishments in the area, giving an old-world feel that is steeped in history and tradition. The hotel has kept the country charm and elegance that has made it a local landmark, while offering a variety of affordable accommodation options and facilities. Beautiful trees and mountain walks, tranquillity, and some of the most luxurious accommodation in the area are trademarks of this historic establishment…
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Ingungumbane Trail
The 3 257-hectare Umtamvuna Nature Reserve is KwaZulu-Natal’s southernmost reserve. It lies on the northern banks of the Umtamvuna River and forms the provincial boundary between KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. There is a wide variety of wildlife in the reserve, including leopard, and the bird count, which includes Gurney's sugar birds, brown scrub-robin, forest canary, Barratt's warbler, southern tchagra and breeding colonies of both Cape vulture and fish eagle, stands at 250 species. Although the Ingungumbane Trail is only a four-kilometre circular route, don’t underestimate it. Allow about three hours, as the hike back out of the valley is steep...
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Boesmanskloof Trail
This scenic trail through the Riviersonderend Mountains was once the only direct link between the historic town of Greyton and McGregor. It can be walked in either direction, or you can book into one of the guesthouses in either of the two towns and return the next day. The trail is fairly strenuous, so starting at the higher trailhead – about 15 kilometres from McGregor – makes it a little easier, particularly in summer when it is very hot and there is limited water. The other advantage is that the end of the trail is very close to Greyton, which has a choice of guesthouses if you plan to overnight...
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Elephant Hide Guest Lodge
Elephant Hide Guest Lodge, situated on top of the Welbedacht Cliff Tops, is an exclusive Knysna establishment that offers secluded, peaceful, luxury accommodation only 3 km from the town centre. Easy to reach but tucked away in pristine natural surroundings, Elephant Hide is themed around natural beauty with stone and wood architecture and has comprehensive features while being close to the multitude of Knysna attractions. Overlooking the Knysna Lagoon, the Outeniqua Mountains and indigenous forests, guests will feel an intimate connection with nature while being pampered by modern luxuries and personal service...
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Jozi Food Market
Featuring a variety of the freshest foodstuffs and with plenty of grass for the kids to play outdoors, the Jozi Food Market is one of Jo’burg’s favourite gourmet meeting places. Food made or grown sustainably and with love is the common ingredient among the jovial stall holders who’re only too keen to give you a taste of their wares and send you on your way with a basket full of yummy items and recipes for good eating. So grab your earth-friendly shopping bags and allow your appetite to lead you around the Pirates Sport’s Club grounds – the home of the Jozi market…
(GPS coordinates: -26.14542, 28.01544)
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Zip Zap Circus School
Located in downtown Cape Town, the Zip Zap Circus School provides circus and performing arts training for young people from all walks of life. Youth training targets 13- to 16-year-olds and focuses on team work and developing discipline. Youngsters can chose which circus act they'd most like to master and receive specialised training. The skills training offered at Zip Zap is not all aerial, by the way. If you've long wanted to learn to juggle, climb a pole, clown around or ride a unicycle, you can do that too. Adult classes are aimed at aspiring circus performers and participants learn much more than how to be an awesome acrobat...
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Our Dear Leader Tries to Connect Electrical Outlet to Hydrogen Tank
by oliveridley • April 8, 2007
Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. President
Image courtesy Mark Wilson / Getty Images
Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of Ford’s hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid at the White House last week. Ford wanted to give the Commander-in-Chief an actual demonstration of the innovative vehicle, so the automaker arranged for an electrical outlet to be installed on the South Lawn and ran a charging cord to the hybrid. However, as Mulally followed Bush out to the car, he noticed someone had left the cord lying at the rear of the vehicle, near the fuel tank. “I just thought, ‘Oh my goodness!’ So, I started walking faster, and the President walked faster and he got to the cord before I did. I violated all the protocols. I touched the President. I grabbed his arm and I moved him up to the front,” Mulally said. “I wanted the president to make sure he plugged into the electricity, not into the hydrogen.
Surely, ODL would not have done that, C’mon!
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CHS Black Student Union Hold Walkout for Racial Justice
CHS students are demanding leaders address and denounce racism after an online threat shut down schools last week.
Monday, March 25th 2019, 10:17 AM EDT
Monday, March 25th 2019, 4:54 PM EDT
Edited by John Early
Reported by Meghan Moriarty
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Some students in Charlottesville are demanding leaders address and denounce racism after a threat shut down city schools last week.
Students from Charlottesville High School (CHS) walked out of classes around noon Monday, March 25. The CHS Black Student Union led a march to McIntire Park. Students were joined by member of Showing Up for Racial Justice-Charlottesville during Monday’s event, which aimed to bring attention to race issues at the high school.
"We wanted to focus what we had concerns about, because there are a lot of issues in Charlottesville, in our schools, in our school system," said organizer Althea Laughon-Worrell.
"It was a good opportunity to let people know that we care and that we're here to support everyone, everyone in the school black or brown students," organizer Tamya Bruce said.
The walkout comes after an online post last week threatened "an ethnic cleansing" at Charlottesville High School. Police arrested a 17-year-old in Albemarle County on Friday, March 22. The minor is charged with threats to commit serious bodily harm to persons on school property, and harassment by computer. Authorities said the suspect was not a city student.
Charlottesville City Schools were closed out of caution both Thursday and Friday.
"We support our students’ right to voice their feelings. And in light of the racist comments that were made directed at our African American, our Latino students, it's only natural that they want to… they'd want to come together and voice their concerns," CHS Principal Eric Irizarry said.
The Black Student Union also issued a list of demands that included more teachers of color in higher level classes, requiring an African-American history class, and additional training for all school resource officers. Irizarry said the Charlottesville School Board received a similar list back in October, and that they're, “working on the demands."
School leaders add that they support the walkout, and most of those who left had parent permission to leave school grounds.
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03/25/2019 Release from the Charlottesville High School Black Student Union:
Charlottesville, VA -- The Charlottesville High School Black Student Union is leading a Walkout for Racial Justice and Equity this Monday, March 25th, at noon, beginning at Charlottesville High School. In the wake of the recent school closings due to threats of racial violence that targeted Black and Brown students, the students of Charlottesville High School are calling on the Charlottesville City Schools to address racism in all its forms.
Student leaders are calling attention to the following demands:
Charlottesville City Schools denounce and call out RACISM against Black and Brown students.
African American History class to hold the same weight as an honors history course, not an elective.
The hiring of more Black teachers, especially in CORE CLASS honors, AP, honors and DE studies.
Extended resources, in addition to AVID, for future Black and Brown first generation college students.
Discipline Reform - End the excessive suspending and policing of Black middle and high school students by creating a diverse governing board of staff, students, and parents to oversee equitable and effective discipline.
Test EVERY student for Quest.
Apply Mental Health practices that are culturally relevant and racially aware.
A high standard for programming associated with Black History. No one should have the opportunity to opt out of Black History.
Racial bias and cultural sensitivity training for all School Resource Officers.
Implement the same locked door and buzzer system currently used by the elementary schools at Walker, Buford, and Charlottesville High School, to ensure the safety of the student body as a whole and the staff.
The Black Student Union’s demands have been endorsed by:
Black Lives Matter - Charlottesville
Central Americans for Empowerment at the University of Virginia
Charlottesville area chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America
Charlottesville-area Immigrant Resource and Advocacy Coalition
Charlottesville High School Amnesty International
Congregate Charlottesville
Dr. Wes Bellamy, councilman
Hate-Free Schools Coalition of Albemarle County
Indivisible Charlottesville
Legal Aid Justice Center
NAACP at the University of Virginia
Restoration Village Arts
Showing Up for Racial Justice - Charlottesville
The Civil Rights Club at the University of Mary Washington
University of Virginia Black Student Alliance
University of Virginia Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society
University of Virginia Students United
Virginia Student Power Network
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Family Raises Concerns About Tamiflu After Teen's Suicide
Its manufacturer and the FDA advise that patients sick with influenza being treated with Tamiflu should be monitored "for signs of abnormal behavior"
Published Feb 1, 2018 at 8:12 AM | Updated at 5:59 PM PST on Feb 1, 2018
Family Says Tamiflu May Have Played Part in Teen's Suicide
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The family of an Indiana teen says the drug Tamiflu may have played a role in his suicide. An aunt of Charlie Harp, 16, said Harp was a "happy" child before he took the drug for his influenza. (Published Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018)
Tamiflu is a prescription medication that can ease flu symptoms and stop them from getting worse, and it's seen shortages this year amid a fierce outbreak that's killed at least 37 children.
But "Today" reports that a family in Indiana fears that Tamiflu's effects may have led to the suicide of 16-year-old Charlie Harp. A legal guardian of Harp's told NBC affiliate WTHR that he was happy until he got the flu.
Tamiflu has some rare side effects, including seizures, hallucinations and self-injury in children who take it. Both its manufacturer and the FDA advise that patients sick with influenza being treated with Tamiflu should be monitored "for signs of abnormal behavior."
But Tamiflu is also considered key in treating the flu in some people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that it be given to a range of people at risk of complications from the flu, including people under 2 years of age or over 65.
SUICIDE PREVENTION HELP: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline (1-800-273-8255) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Pee and Poo: Mascots join Metro Vancouver campaign to keep ‘unflushables’ out of toilets
Campaign reminds residents what not to flush into the region’s sewage system
The Avengers may be a team of stellar superheros, but Metro Vancouver now has “The Unflushables” – a duo that goes by the name Pee and Poo.
Their mission: Send a memorable reminder to watch what you flush down the toilet and keep it to the absolute basics.
Despite packaging that suggests they are flushable, wipes are the most commonly disposed item that needs to stay out of the sewage system, according to Metro Vancouver.
Dental floss, hair, tampons and applicators, condoms, medications and paper towel also cause clogs, which can cost millions of dollars a year to deal with, according to regional board chair and Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart.
“That includes the chemicals that get flushed but it includes having to open up pumps and try to unclog them, repair damage to the infrastructure that moves our flushed products through our system to a sewage treatment plant – and that’s a real cost to taxpayers,” he said in a video posted on social media this week.
ALSO READ: Metro Vancouver fears rising use of garburators will strain sewage plants
It’s the campaign’s third year, but seemingly first year with the mascots. Since the video was posted, the pair has received mixed reviews.
“Friggin ridiculous. This is not going to stop people from flushing unflushables! Waste of money,” wrote user Rebecca Oakey.
Meanwhile, others praised the kid-friendly approach.
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20th August 2008 Latest News
Coyne Airways has appointed Air Logistics as its general sales agent in the United States to increase its share of air cargo shipments to the Caspian region and the Middle East.
Under the terms of the new contract, effective immediately, Air Logistics will be responsible for all US sales for Coyne Airways with the exception of Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware where the company will continue its successful sales and marketing activities with Ray Wach. Ray has been Coyne Airways’ sales representative in this region since April 2005.
Larry Coyne, CEO of Coyne Airways, said: “In Air Logistics, we are confident we have chosen a partner capable of providing the selling expertise, fast response times and service levels that are synonymous with Coyne’s services. Through its US locations in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Miami and New York, Air Logistics will provide wider geographical coverage and local contacts to meet the growing demand for the destinations we serve”.
“Another bonus of this new association is that Air Logistics represents several of our interline partners and is therefore able to provide quicker access to first carrier selection for the majority of Coyne clients that move freight on a through 575 air waybill to final destination from their local US gateway.”
Terry Coyne, who has represented Coyne Airways in the Houston region for the past decade has joined Air Logistics as a consultant – based at the company’s Houston office – and will continue to work on sales and business development for Coyne Airways.
“Coyne Airways’ niche markets and Air Logistics’ comprehensive coverage perfectly compliment each other. Both companies build their business by providing a quality product and high standards of customer service, the key ingredients to a successful partnership in these challenging times,” comments Stephen Dawkins, COO America, Air Logistics.
Coyne Airways operates a weekly Boeing 747 freighter from London Stansted and Cologne to its Caspian hub of Tbilisi. From Tbilisi, Coyne operates regional all-cargo flights to Aktau, Atyrau and Uralsk in Kazakhstan as well as a RFS to Baku in Azerbaijan and Yerevan in Armenia. Other destinations in the Caspian region are served on request by air and road services. Since it began all-cargo flights to the Caspian 12 years ago, Coyne Airways has successfully completed some 3,000 freighter services to and around the region.
From its Middle East hub in Dubai, Coyne operates freighters to major cities across Iraq and Afghanistan, including Baghdad, Balad, Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, Kandahar, Kabul and Bagram.
Coyne Airways has provided services from the US market for 15 years and its major interline partners now include Air France, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar Airways, Qantas, Emirates, Delta and British Airways to the Gulf and Air France, Continental Airlines, Virgin and Asiana Airlines to the Caspian.
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MOVEMENT with a message is the goal of students taking centre stage at the NSW Public Schools Dance Festival. Formed at a regional dance festival in August, kids from Tamworth, Oxley, Peel, Duval and Glen Innes High Schools have combined forces to take on talent statewide. “You have to really think about what you want to communicate,” she said. “Our concept is that everyone strives to be an individual but at the end of the day you follow the trends and norms of society, no matter how much you try to break free of that.” All public schools are eligible to enter, but only those who get through a stringent panel assessment can perform. Read also: The week-long festival will see 1500 students show off their hard work, technical training and creativity. The local group has had limited time to practice Ms McFadyen said. “We’ve had three rehearsals,” she said. “Other schools don’t have to travel the lengths we have to travel so it shows the dedication of students in regional and rural schools.” The NSW Public Schools Dance Festival is at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from September 10 to 14. Sign up to receive The Leader’s breaking news and top stories straight to your inbox
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NSW Public Schools Dance Festival: Tamworth, Glen Innes students take the stage
Jazz it up: students take centre stage at NSW Dance Festival
KICK IT: North west dance group performer Keegan Baker rehearses at Tamworth High School for the NSW Public Schools Dance Festival in Sydney. Photo: Gareth Gardner
JAZZ IT UP: Front left: Lucy Hoffman, Charli Irvine, Kaylah Daly, Back Left: : Caitlyn George, Keegan Baker and Hayley Flemming. Photo
NSW Public Schools Dance Festival troupe | photos
MOVEMENT with a message is the goal of students taking centre stage at the NSW Public Schools Dance Festival.
Formed at a regional dance festival in August, kids from Tamworth, Oxley, Peel, Duval and Glen Innes High Schools have combined forces to take on talent statewide.
“You have to really think about what you want to communicate,” she said.
You have to really think about what you want to communicate.
Breanna McFadyen
“Our concept is that everyone strives to be an individual but at the end of the day you follow the trends and norms of society, no matter how much you try to break free of that.”
All public schools are eligible to enter, but only those who get through a stringent panel assessment can perform.
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The week-long festival will see 1500 students show off their hard work, technical training and creativity.
The local group has had limited time to practice Ms McFadyen said.
“We’ve had three rehearsals,” she said.
“Other schools don’t have to travel the lengths we have to travel so it shows the dedication of students in regional and rural schools.”
The NSW Public Schools Dance Festival is at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from September 10 to 14.
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Jesse Boggs, who faces murder charge, sentenced for possessing methamphetamine
Jesse Howard Boggs was sentenced to 420 days in jail for two possession of methamphetamine convictions. He is charged with murder in another case.
Jesse Boggs, who faces murder charge, sentenced for possessing methamphetamine Jesse Howard Boggs was sentenced to 420 days in jail for two possession of methamphetamine convictions. He is charged with murder in another case. Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://pinews.co/2OCW7Ph
Mike Emery, Richmond Palladium-Item Published 4:08 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2018
Jesse H. Boggs(Photo: Supplied)
RICHMOND, Ind. — A Centerville man facing a murder charge was sentenced to 420 days in jail Thursday in two methamphetamine cases unrelated to the alleged homicide.
Jesse Howard Boggs, 31, pleaded guilty to the two Level 6 felony charges of possessing methamphetamine as he agreed in a plea agreement reached with the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. As stipulated in the plea deal, Senior Judge Beth Ann Butsch sentenced Boggs to 180 days on one count and to 240 days on the other. The sentences are mandatorily consecutive because Boggs was free on bond when he committed the second offense.
Butsch is a former Fayette County judge eligible to substitute for active judges. On Thursday, she filled in for Wayne Superior Court I Judge Charles Todd Jr.
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Boggs, who had three other charges dismissed by the plea agreement, was credited with 172 days served and 172 good-time days. If he continues earning day-for-day good time, he would serve 38 more days. Upon completion of that sentence, however, he would be held without bond in the murder case.
Donald L. Bailey Jr., 27; Jacob Lee Rasner, 23; and Boggs have all been charged with murder, Level 2 felony robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, Level 3 felony criminal confinement using a deadly weapon and Level 5 felony battery by means of a deadly weapon in the death of James Herbolt II. William Mathews, 49, has been charged with Level 5 felony assisting a criminal.
Herbolt's body was discovered Oct. 6 in a dry creek bed behind a house in the 6200 block of Nolands Fork Road. The four suspects all were arrested July 5 on warrants.
Boggs was arrested Jan. 27 on his first possession of methamphetamine charge, but posted $750 bond on Feb. 21. After he failed to attend a March 1 hearing, a warrant was issued for his arrest. During his March 6 arrest on the warrant, more methamphetamine was found in his possession, resulting in the second charge. Boggs remained jailed on a $12,500 bond until his arrest on the murder warrant.
Rasner and Bailey continue to be held without bond in the Wayne County Jail, and Mathews remains jailed on a $15,000 bond.
Boggs, Rasner and Bailey all have trials scheduled Oct. 22, while Mathews has his trial scheduled for Oct. 30. All are scheduled in Superior I.
Murder trials scheduled
A Sept. 10 trial is scheduled for James Dean Childers, 27, who is accused of stabbing 22-year-old Austin Sparks to death Jan. 15, 2017. The Circuit Court trial remained scheduled for that date after Monday's final scheduled pre-trial conference.
Childers has remained in the Wayne County Jail without bond since his Jan. 23, 2017, arrest in connection with the killing. When arrested, he was found in possession of a handgun, resulting in a Level 5 felony charge of carrying a handgun without a license. The charge was elevated to a felony because Childers is a previously convicted felon.
An Oct. 30 trial has been scheduled in Circuit Court on the handgun charge and on a petition to revoke probation from an earlier battery conviction. In that case, Childers received a 1½-year sentence with all but 100 days suspended to probation.
Two other trials involving murder charges have recently been moved from that Sept. 10 date.
Austin Neathery, 18, has had his Superior II trial moved to Feb. 11. Neathery is charged with shooting Antwone-Tremell Carpenter to death May 29.
He was arrested June 13 in Speedway, Ind., on a warrant charging him with the murder.
Eric J. Lairson, 40, has had his Superior I trial moved to Jan. 22. He is accused of killing his girlfriend Tylissa Isaacs, who died from multiple blunt-force injuries on Dec. 13.
Lairson is also charged with Level 3 felony aggravated battery and Level 6 felony strangulation in the case. He was jailed on those charges the day Isaacs' body was found in a bathtub, then the murder charge was added when the final autopsy report was issued in March.
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Haus Leonhardsbrunn
Entrance Hall Conservatory
Heather Garden
House Rosenbrunn
Subantarctic House
Tropicarium
Steppe and Prairie
Alpine Houses Haus Leonhardsbrunn
Non-hardy cushion and mountain plants can be viewed from the outside of the two greenhouses flanking “Haus Leonhardsbrunn”.
The greenhouses in between are devoted to non-hardy mountain plants mainly from the Southern Hemisphere.
The flower beds in front of the building usually display varieties of dahlias, which bloom in late summer. The surrounding lawns may be used for recreation. Adjoining them is a huge playground, a water playground, a kiosk, a miniature golf course, and the northern train station of the “Palmen-Express”. “Haus Leonhardsbrunn” also hosts the "Kinder im Garten", project, which received an honorable mention by the German UNESCO commission in 2011 as a project of excellence within the UN decade of "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung"
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In a near-natural setting to the west of the Tropicarium, across from the “Goethe-Garten”, the open area presents mainly herbaceous perennials and annual plants from the grassland steppes of Asia and Europe and prairies of North America. The low nutrient supply and rapid soil drainage are ideal conditions for these plants.
The adjoining meadow, which is mowed twice a year, is home to a diverse array of rare grasses and meadow flowers which are seldom observed in nature anymore.
The unique Subantarctic House, conceptualized with the help of the late Scottish-German botanist and collector Ursula McHardy, features temperate-zone plants from the southernmost regions of the Southern Hemisphere.
The left-hand side of the house is devoted to plants from Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands, while the right-hand side exhibits plants from southern New Zealand.
In order to convey an impression of the diversity of the tropical areas and their vegetation, the plants here are divided into groups according to their natural habitats.
The southern group of greenhouses is devoted to plants from the arid tropics, namely semidesert regions, fog desert, deciduous dry forests, and thorn forests. The northern complex for the humid tropics features plants from monsoon forests, cloud forests, mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests. In the center is a house for bromeliads. Not accessible to the public, but partially visible from the outside, are the greenhouses which contain the Palmengarten’s botanical collection. The flower beds around the Tropicarium, and also those along the main pathway and in front of the “Gesellschaftshaus”, present a new colorful vista every year. The Tropicarium is composed of seven large greenhouse units (600 m² each, 7.5–15 m high) and six smaller ones (220 m² each). Temperature and humidity are computer controlled; heating of the glass panels prevents condensation on the surface; filtered rain water serves for irrigation and purified water can be sprayed from micronozzles to increase air humidity according to need. Technical installations are located beneath the greenhouses.
A special seasonal outdoor display of unique plants is located behind the Tropicarium to the East:
an array of impressive non-hardy succulents – cacti, agaves, aloes, and euphorbs – from America, Africa, and the Canary Islands (displayed May through September only). A number of impressive “semi-hardy” palms remain outside during the winter – with according protection, though. A selection of exciting fuchsias, reared in the Palmengarten’s nurseries, is presented in immediate vicinity.
The main entrance is integrated in the reconstructed center part of a historic greenhouse originally built in 1905. The facilities here include a shop, classrooms, a lecture hall (Siesmayersaal), as well as the offices of the "Grüne Schule" and "Freunde des Palmengartens".
The upstairs greenhouse presents various kinds of carnivorous plants and bromeliads (especially tillandsias) along with unique container plants.
From the entrance hall you proceed outside to an appealing, geometrically landscaped Rose Garden with the marvelous pavilion “Haus Rosenbrunn” as the centerpiece.
The borders teem with scented roses and rare traditional varieties along with other unique plants. In spring and summer the “Haus Rosenbrunn” can be rented for weddings by special arrangement.
The Palm House, built in 1869, is one of the largest constructions of its kind in Europe. Aside from an impressive collection of subtropical palms, it also hosts giant shrubs, tree ferns, and numerous tropical foliage plants, creating the impression of a lush tropical landscape. A grotto under a mound displays a colorful underwater world.
Throughout the year, the galleries adjoining the Palm House feature alternating exhibitions, including traditional shows of spring flowers, camellias, azaleas, roses, orchids, and autumn flowers in varying arrangements. Particularly popular are exhibitions on different botanical themes, for which detailed printed documentation is made available. The galleries also serve as an ideal venue for artists to exhibit their work.
Along the western side of the park is an extensive Rhododendron Garden, established in 1989. These are mainly hybrids originating from species from Eastern Asia and North America.
Their extravagant flowers display at the end of May through early June.
A rocky hill rises from the northern shore of the lake with an artificial waterfall emerging from its interior. A path runs through the hill. From the top you overlook the gardens and the lake.
The Rock Garden’s acidic and alkaline boulders and soils present a combination of low-growing shrubs and perennials, dwarf bushes, and cushion plants from mountainous regions as well as a special section with alpine plants from the Southern Hemisphere.
To the east of the Rock Garden the heathland section presents a splendid colorful array of different kinds of heathers and allied plant species into late summer. The appealing varying hues of green from ericas and callunas are attractive eye-catchers throughout the year.
In the northern section of the Palmengarten you will find a special garden with ornamental herbaceous perennials that last long into autumn and early winter.
If you pass by “Villa Leonhardi” and the small spring, you will arrive at a greenhouse that features blooming ornamental plants. The greenhouse with a surface area of about 200 m2 is divided into a warm and cold section, throughout the year displaying a myriad of the most colorful flowers cultivated in the Palmengarten’s own nurseries.
You can then walk north between borders planted with rare bushes and decorative shrubs.
Along the creek across from the Blossom House, the Bamboo Grove presents itself with a dense stand of tall bamboo canes that can attain heights of several meters.
A narrow path takes you through this shady “jungle”, especially enjoyable on a hot summer day. Notice the exciting colors and patterns of the culms in different nuances of green, black, and yellow.
Along the western side of the Tropicarium and adjoining the “Goethe-Garten” there are two beds with Mediterranean plants.
The climatically privileged setting allows the cultivation of plants that otherwise would not be able to survive the winter here – note the impressive umbrella pine.
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Adults7 Euros
Children and Adolescents up to age 132 Euros
Groups20+ persons6 Euros
Journey & Map
Garden Map
Palmengarten Train
Children’s Kiosk
Shop & Gastronomy
Our Kiosk
Café Siesmayer
Villa Leonhardi
Papageno-Theater
Grüne Schule
Plants of the Season
General Tour
- 6 May 2019
Learning & Exploring
About the Palmengarten
Plants. Life. Culture.
Publications & Souvenirs
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May - KW 22 Monthly View Download Program
Mo : 27 ,
Until 22 September 2019-
Tu : 28 ,
We : 29 ,
Th : 30 ,
Palmengarten, 15:30 bis 17:00 Uhr
Fr : 31 ,
Sa : 01 ,
Su : 02 ,
"Sour Makes you Happy"
A Guided Tour Through the Citrus Exhibition
Meeting Point: Entrance Hall, Siesmayerstraße 63. This event is included in your entrance fee.
Bloom Calendar
June - KW 23 Monthly View Download Program
Until 10 June 2019Roses
Celebrating the admirable Queen of Flowers – ROSES are the Palmengarten's most elaborate and prestigious annual flower show!
With "ROSES and ILLUMINATION FESTIVAL" on June 8.
Until 8 June 2019Grand Illumination
Our traditional grand illumination and fireworks: tealights, distributed to all guests throughout the evening, are arranged into the most diverse and spectacular illuminated designs, immersing the grounds in a golden, serene glare and providing a unique nighttime atmosphere of our wonderful gardens ... culminating in a magnificent fireworks crescendo illuminating the city skyline! A very unique and very romantic evening that you don't want to miss!
Ticket prices deviate from regular entrance fees !
Special entrance fees apply! See additional information in special program flyer.
July - KW 27 Monthly View Download Program
June Download Program
Mo: 27,
Tu: 28,
We: 29,
Th: 30,
Fr: 31,
Sa: 1,
Su: 2,
Mo: 3,
Tu: 4,
We: 5,
Th: 6,
Fr: 7,
Grand Illumination
Sa: 15,
Su: 16,
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The Still Mysterious Enchanter
July 15, 2010 Issue
Speak, Nabokov
by Michael Maar, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin
Verso, 148 pp., $24.95
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Vera and Vladimir Nabokov, Montreux, Switzerland, 1966
The most striking characteristic of the fictional works of Vladimir Nabokov is uncanniness. In one of his many pronouncements on the art of literature the author said that “there are three points of view from which a writer can be considered:…as a storyteller, as a teacher, and as an enchanter. A major writer combines these three….”1 Certainly in his own case he qualified in all categories, a fact that he was complacently aware of and ever ready to profess—as Gore Vidal tartly observed, no one enjoyed Nabokov’s books as much as Nabokov did. He does tell a wonderful story, he does teach us many subtle and intricate things, he does thoroughly enchant. Yet when we press past the surface dazzle of his work—no small feat—we find ourselves in a world as strange and yet strangely familiar as the one into which Alice stepped through the looking-glass.
Freud, the Viennese quack, as Nabokov repeatedly characterized him, conceives of the uncanny as the bringing back in changed form of things already known: as the defamiliarization of the familiar. These revenants frighten us—or, as so often in the case of Nabokov, enchant us—by being both old and new. Nabokov’s singular prose style burnishes the commonplace world so that genies jump out of it, and the reader’s response depends on whether he is willing to be magicked away into a realm that he knows well and yet feels not quite at home in. No doubt Nabokov’s literary sensibility was to some degree formed by his own forced transmigration from what seems to have been truly an idyllic childhood in prerevolutionary Russia to, first, war-torn Western Europe and then onward to America where, seemingly to his surprise, he found, for a time, a new world even more congenial than the old one he had left.
Zoran Kuzmanovich, one of Nabokov’s calmer and more measured commentators—on this subject the extremes rarely meet—writing in The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov, a valuable and elegant volume, quotes his subject as glorying in his “freakish” uniqueness:
I don’t seem to belong to any clear-cut continent.2 I’m the shuttlecock above the Atlantic, and how bright and blue it is there, in my private sky, far from the pigeonholes and the clay pigeons.
Commenting on Nabokov’s haughty insistence that interviewers should write out their questions to which he would deliver apparently spontaneous but in reality carefully composed replies, Kuzmanovich contends that the novelist thereby “sacrificed spontaneity and simultaneity, distancing himself from his interlocutors while making sure that what he said was remembered,” a contention that with a little adjustment might be as well applied to the fiction. Nabokov himself is aware of the risks that his kind of writing entails. In the first novel he wrote in English, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Knight’s unnamed…
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The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground
College-educated adults are more likely than others to be upper income
Appendix B: Demographics of adults in lower-, middle- and upper-income tiers
Appendix C: Industry and occupation
Interactive: Are you in the American middle class?
The middle class is losing ground
Who is “middle income” and “upper income”?
Share of adults living in middle-income households is falling
Growth in income for middle-income households is less than the growth for upper-income households since 1970
The wealth gap between upper- and middle-income families is growing
Older people, married couples and black adults improved their income status more than other groups from 1971 to 2015
Who is middle income?
Share of adults living in middle-income households is in steady decline, and share in lower- and upper-income households is rising
Adults in middle-income households are now fewer in number than adults in other households
Income range for middle-income households and households in other income tiers
Share of adults living in lowest- and highest-income households has risen the most
Married adults are more likely to be upper income than unmarried adults
Unmarried women with children are more likely than other groups to be lower income
Among American adults, there are large differences in income status by race and ethnicity
U.S.-born adults are higher up in income status than immigrants, except for black adults
Despite gains in income status, older adults are most likely to be lower income
From 1971 to 2014, higher-skilled occupations were among those that rose in income status
Teachers and salespeople slid down in income status from 2001 to 2014, while other job categories rose
Big income status gains in some industries contrast with losses in others from 1971 to 2014
Income status gains in most industry sectors from 2001 to 2014
Demographics of middle-income adults look like those of U.S. adults overall
On work-related measures, U.S. middle-income adults rank between lower- and upper-income adults
Median household income in the U.S. rises faster when adjusted for the decrease in household size since 1970
Median income of upper-income households has risen more than the median income of middle- and lower-income households from 1970 to 2014
Incomes rose for all households in each decade from 1970 to 2000, but have languished from 2000 to 2014
The share of aggregate income held by middle-income households plunged from 1970 to 2014 and is now less than the share held by upper-income households
The wealth of U.S. families increased from 1983 to 2007, fell sharply since
There is a large gap in the wealth of upper-income families and other families
Families in all income tiers lost wealth since 2007, but only upper-income families have started to recover
The asset portfolios of upper-income families are more diversified
Families reduced debt in the wake of the Great Recession of 2007-09, but losses in asset values cut deeper
Families in all income tiers accumulated debt at a rapid pace from 1983 to 2007
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Contact Sustainability
Environmental Quality Commission
Food Day
Food System
Goal Overview
City of Phoenix > Sustainability > Land
More than many cities, Phoenix residents have a strong connection to the natural eco-system around them; most identify strongly with living in a desert. The 2050 goal of having all residents within a five-minute walk of a park or open space is enhanced through two complementary actions:
1. Adding 150 miles of paths, greenways, and bikeways throughout the city, and transforming an additional 150 miles of canals into vibrant public space. Phoenix has more canals then Venice, but significant upgrades are needed to make them widely used and enjoyed.
2. Reducing urban heat-island through green-infrastructure (such as "cool roofs", permeable pavement, and stormwater capture) as well as doubling the current tree and shade canopy to 25% by 2030. Structured shade and trees facilitate increased walking and biking, increase property values, and, most importantly, can be used to create great public gathering spaces in communities.
The city is currently exploring ways to plant more trees--particularly in areas with reduced tree canopy where additional shade is needed near transportation corridors to facilitate access to public transit.
What are we doing now?
The city has a variety of programs aimed at ensuring land is not only protected, but put to productive use as well. The success in sustainable land use and mobility lies in adopting integrated policies that encourage the use of green infrastructure and buildings, brownfield redevelopment, creating connectivity within road networks and ensuring connectivity between pedestrian, bike, transit and road facilities.
The city is committed to preservation of its natural resources for future generations to enjoy. The Sonoran Preserve Master Plan establishes goals to acquire land to maintain species diversity and ecological processes, while providing a recreational resource. To date, a total of 9,100 acres has been acquired.
PlanPHX
PlanPHX is a concerted effort by the city of Phoenix to collaborate with residents on the future of their city. Starting in August 2012, the Mayor and City Council hosted 13 PlanPHX community forums where residents answered these two questions: What do you love about Phoenix? What is your big idea for the future? The questions provided feedback on the elements residents want to promote for Phoenix in the future. In addition to the 13 forums, staff participated in 150 PlanPHX presentations or activities, ranging from senior health fairs to hosting tables at popular locations such as Food Truck Friday. Questions could also be answered online at the project's website.
PHX Renews
In partnership with Keep Phoenix Beautiful and Barron Collier Companies, PHX Renews is transforming a 15-acre vacant lot into a sustainable public place, including the creation of community garden plots.
Check out the latest TV coverage on Parks, Preserves and Open Spaces in Phoenix.
The Sonoran Preserve Master PlanBrownfields Land Recycling ProgramDel Rio Area Brownfields PlanPlanPHXKeep Phoenix BeautifulPHX Renews
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Dyal Capital takes minority stake in Silver Lake
Christine Williamson
Dyal Capital Partners took a minority equity stake in technology-specialist private equity firm Silver Lake.
The passive, non-voting interest is less than 10%, Silver Lake said in a news release, adding that terms of the deal are not being announced.
Silver Lake said in the release that it will use the proceeds from the sale for “new growth initiatives and to extend the strength of its global investing capabilities.”
Silver Lake has about $24 billion in invested and committed capital, which it invests in technology and technology-enabled businesses such as Alibaba Group, Dell, GoDaddy, Motorola Solutions and Symantec.
Dyal Capital is a private equity subsidiary of Neuberger Berman that focuses on the acquisition of minority equity stakes in money management companies. The Silver Lake acquisition was made by Dyal Capital Partners III. Since 2011, Dyal Capital has notched up 17 transactions across the fund family; assets in the three Dyal Capital funds total about $6 billion.
Alexander Samuelson, a Neuberger Berman spokesman, confirmed the investment by Dyal Capital but declined to provide further comment.
Dyal Capital Partners takes minority stake in Waterfall Asset Management
Dyal, co-investors buy 10% stake in Providence Equity Partners
Dyal taking stake in Vista Equity Partners
Neuberger's Dyal Capital adds managing director
Dyal Capital takes stake in Chenavari Capital Partners
Dyal Capital takes stake in H.I.G. Capital
Dyal Capital takes minority stake in Starwood Capital Group
Dyal Capital acquires stake in KPS Capital Partners
Dyal Capital Partners III closes with $5.3 billion
Dyal fund takes stake in Sound Point Capital
Dyal Capital Partners to take minority stake in TSSP
Silver Lake buyout fund pulls in $15 billion
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Exclusive: Tongues Cartoonist Anders Nilsen Offers Sketch Commentary on his Mythical, Bold Graphic Novel
By Sean Edgar | August 4, 2017 | 11:15am
Comics Features Anders Nilsen
Anders Nilsen’s work carefully evades description. His marquee 658-page graphic novel, Big Questions, united bombs, planes and birds in an enigmatic stream-of-conscious masterwork that we’re still unpacking. But the Portland-based artist’s mark is unmistakable; elaborate panels that spit in the face of conventional rectangles, designs that segue between the organic and mechanical, and shifting patterns that wind and ebb into the molecular. Nilsen writes excellent dialogue and characterization, but his output feels like pure subconscious melody devoid of superego interference. And this makes sense—in an interview with Hillary Brown for his mesmerizing sketchbook, Poetry Is Useless, Nilsen explained that, “The more thought that goes into [my comics] the worse they come out, probably. The best ones unfold intuitively. And usually I am playing with a certain constellation of shapes and associations, which changes a bit over time. Symmetry is usually more compelling when it is broken in some subtle way.”
In his new project Tongues, the comic appropriately opens in a primordial dream, the cosmic fugue state that seems to course through Nilsen’s oeuvre. Without wandering into spoiler territory, the narrative involves a deity chained to a mountainside in Central Asia, a backpacking wanderer making a cameo from a previous book and an East African orphan set on a Joseph Campbell quest. Nilsen sought inspiration from the Greek yarn of Prometheus and the plays of Aeschylus, but these achingly big, nuanced vistas drown into a surreality all their own. Tongues is being self-published into serialized collections, with Pantheon Books compiling the affair in one hardback upon completion.
The first collection of Tongues releases later this month, and Nilsen was kind enough to provide commentary on the sketches that led to the book’s creation.
“I had to learn a bunch of new stuff for this book. One thing was how to convincingly draw a monkey, which seems like it should be easy, but isn’t. What I arrived at with the assistance of Google Images search, was a sort of cross between a spider monkey and a capuchin.”
“These two characters are from a sequence I drew several years ago. Once upon a time I was asked to turn my book Dogs and Water into a screenplay (nothing ever came of this in case anyone’s wondering). To fill the story out to feature length, I had to add some scenes. These two characters, and the scene they appear in in the book, came out of that screenplay and were one of two or three little stray ideas that slowly came together over time and accreted into Tongues. Some ideas are very insistent in wanting to come to life, not just sit in a sketchbook on a shelf, or filed away in a hard drive.”
“I did more preparatory sketches of this character, Astrid (AH-stree) than any other in the book. It felt very important to get her affect and particular look just right. I have a bunch more versions in other notebooks.”
“More drawings of Astrid.”
“Sketches of typography for the title. As is often the case, simpler is better, and the actual examples I used are various letters from lines four and five on this page—the O, N, G and S from “songs” and the extra T, U and E from below that. This notebook is filled with examples and attempts of trying to get the type just right and usually overdoing it.”
“A working sketch of the final cover.”
“Panel design and structure matter a lot to me. I did a bit of teaching from 2012 to 2015 or so and one of the things I found myself focusing on with certain students was how panels work and what happens to storytelling when they change in various ways. Some cartoonists do great things with a simple grid. My two biggest comics influences, Hergé and Chester Brown, use very simple panel structures in their comics, and they were brilliant with it. But I can’t keep from playing around with panels. Partly it’s because I find measuring out rectangles very boring, but it’s also, I think, partly because I studied painting, and so I can’t help but think about the visual composition of a page as more than just a collection of rectangles. It was something I wanted to explore in this book from the outset and so this small sketch is my original idea for how to structure the panels in this opening dream sequence.”
“This is a thumbnail for page 11 (or bits of 10 and 11, really) to plan out how the narration and action would unfold on the page.”
“This is a straight scan of the original drawing of page 11 showing, if you look closely, the many areas where I’ve whited stuff out and cut and pasted corrections. My originals are a mess. I’m editing before, during and after this stage, and the originals show it.”
“The finished page.”
“This is an early example of the way I was planning to handle panels in the book. This is a sort of logical extension of the way I handled panels in Dogs and Water and in many parts of Big Questions, that being simply forgoing the use of panel borders altogether. But those books were both black and white. Color kind of forces your hand regarding borders. This was one early idea of how to handle the problem.”
“This is the same page in its final version (the pages also got larger, allowing four tiers of panels in many cases).”
“Drawings of hands with stuff growing out of them. I can’t really say what this is, yet, sorry. But some of these ended up in the book.”
“Some drawings of our captive god protagonist that ended up getting cut.”
“Sketches of an eagle. It was surprising to me how hard it is to draw an eagle. Their feathers puff out a lot, so understanding the actual structure of their bodies is hard, and making that structure relatable for the viewer, making its gesture and posture and expression feel real, was hard. I’m still learning. There’s also a chicken in the book, and she was also surprisingly hard to get just right. She’s not supposed to be a comedic presence… but it’s actually harder than I imagined to draw a chicken that doesn’t look ridiculous.”
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BCTF President Jim Iker (right) speaks with teacher Troy Hardwick
B.C. rejects arbitration with teachers
B.C. government will not enter binding arbitration to end teachers' strike.
Sep. 6, 2014 10:00 a.m.
By Steven Chua, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s government has turned down a proposal to try to end the province’s teachers strike, rejecting a suggestion to enter into binding arbitration.
Education Minister Peter Fassbender said government negotiator Peter Cameron advised against such a move.
Fassbender issued a statement on Saturday saying he agreed, calling the teachers’ union proposal a “another empty effort” to give parents and teachers “false hope.”
Cameron said teachers’ conditions regarding class size and support staff levels remain a major stumbling block.
He said he believed the offer was not serious because it did not guarantee the end of the strike.
“They would vote on taking down the strike,” said Cameron. “That’s not a real proposal.”
But the union fired back.
Jim Iker, head of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation said arbitration would be a fair way to end the strike and get children back in class.
“Unfortunately, the government continues to put its own interests ahead of all others,” said Iker in a written statement. “B.C. teachers are willing to put our proposals to an independent third party for evaluation, but the government remains too entrenched to even consider this fair process.”
Iker said the only precondition to bargaining was that government remove a proposal the union says would undo their court losses.
This year the B.C. Supreme Court ruled government breached teachers’ rights by stripping them of the ability to bargain for class size and the amount of support staff in classrooms in 2002.
The union accused government of trying to undo that ruling during the bargaining process.
On Friday, teachers said if the province agreed to binding arbitration, they would vote on ending the strike that has delayed the start of school.
Fassbender was cool to the idea, expressing reluctance but stopping short of “categorically” rejecting arbitration.
Cameron’s suggestion has cemented the fact the province will not take up the offer.
He said a veteran mediator will be monitoring the situation to see if and when more bargaining can take place.
“I think that’s our best line of hope,” he said.
“Vince Ready continues to monitor the situation,” said Cameron. “At this point Vince does not see any purpose in full-scale mediation happening.”
Ready has a reputation for solving even the toughest disputes, but had previously walked out of bargaining sessions between government negotiators and teachers, saying both sides were too far apart.
British Columbia’s 40,000 teachers went on strike two weeks before the start of summer vacation, putting half a million students out of class and delaying the start of class indefinitely.
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“Writer-director Yaron Zilberman’s debut feature is about a string ensemble trying to stay in tune amid a wealth of personal disasters. With endearing performances from Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener, the film mines both the relationship issues and the neighborhoods of Woody Allen’s best work.
“On the brink of celebrating their quartet’s 25th anniversary, cellist, Peter (Walken), learns he has Parkinson’s disease and breaks the bad news, causing a fracture among his fellow musicians: Robert (Hoffman), who can no longer stomach playing second fiddle to violinist David (Mark Ivanir), and Robert’s wife Juliette (Keener), who is having doubts about their marriage.
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California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program “A Complete Waste Of Money”
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2007 by Marvin Mentor published in Prison Legal News November, 2007, page 40
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Overcrowding, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Drug Treatment/Rehab. Location: California.
California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program "A Complete Waste Of Money"
by Marvin Mentor
California's Inspector General Matthew Cate issued a scathing 52-page report in February 2007 which concluded that the $1 billion that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has spent on prisoner drug treatment programs since 1989 was a "complete waste of money." Cate determined that CDCR's in-prison substance abuse programs "have little or no impact on recidivism." One study showed that "treated" prisoners actually had a higher recidivism rate. Over twenty studies commissioned by CDCR since 1997, including with the University of California at Los Angeles, reported that the programs were failing. Nonetheless, CDCR allegedly did nothing to fix the problems, but instead expanded the programs while funding yet more studies.
Cate, who heads the non-partisan independent agency responsible for oversight of the state's correctional system, firmly believes in the concept of correctional drug programs. "Successful treatment programs could reduce the cost to society of criminal activity related to drug abuse, change lives, and help relieve the state's prison overcrowding crisis." In short, with the state facing potential federal court takeover of CDCR due to overcrowding, the need for drug addiction rehabilitation looms ever larger as a social mandate. Governor Schwarzenegger reacted swiftly to Cate's report by reorganizing CDCR's program and installing Kathryn Jett as head of the new Division of Addiction and Recovery Services.
One in five CDCR prisoners is serving time for a drug offense, and over one-half of the 172,000 state prisoners need drug treatment, Cate observed. From this he concluded that effective interdiction in the prisons is the most direct path to breaking the endless cycle of both drug use and the resultant incarceration. To this end, CDCR's Office of Substance Abuse Programs had spent $143 million per year -- $36 million of which was used annually to treat prisoners and parolees via 38 privately contracted operations at 22 prisons. These programs have the capacity to treat about 9,200 prisoners; 78,000 have been treated since 1989.
But it is how the programs are administered that foretells their potential success. Cate found that while CDCR's "therapeutic community" treatment model required participants to be in a separate environment from other prisoners, this did not happen. Because participants were regularly co-mingled with non-participants, treatment was interrupted by security procedures that often shut down the programs. Cate laid the resultant ineffectiveness to "poor management" by CDCR and its substance abuse program office. He was further infuriated by CDCR's continued willingness to pay for ever more studies of the program while abjectly failing to fix the problems identified therein.
In his audit, Cate found that CDCR failed to hold its program providers accountable for meeting contract terms and for not properly isolating program attendees from the prison population. He further found abuses in the bidding process that violated state contracting law. CDCR's Substance Abuse Program office mismanaged the contracts by encouraging inappropriate spending and violation of CDCR's own budget policies. The Program office further did not establish a quality improvement process.
Cate once personally explained to this writer that California's Inspector General serves to oversee -but not to direct - the CDCR. Yet, in today's rare moment of advocacy, Cate opened up. "The goal should be nothing short of making California a leader in addressing the crippling problem of criminal activity related to chronic substance abuse and its far-reaching implications for public safety and societal well-being." He added that policymakers "beyond the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation" should rebuild the correctional system "from the ground up."
In this regard, this writer has in the past asked Cate to advocate for CDCR's "goals" to be restructured so as to become the object of financial incentives. That is, instead of being paid endless sums to fund a bureaucracy whose rewards lie in its self-preservation, the persons responsible for achieving "correction" and "rehabilitation" should instead be rewarded based upon hard evidence that specified objective goals were achieved. But "correction" and "rehabilitation" are not even defined in state statute or CDCR regulation. Moreover, although Cate's latest report doesn't mention it, CDCR has no stated goal regarding drug treatment as to how many prisoners it will ever turn around, let alone does CDCR have a narrative of what would constitute a "turn-around."
Unless and until CDCR defines tangible measures of population-reducing program success, and its staff is then held personally and financially accountable for achieving them, this writer believes that the only "success" realized will be the self-perpetuation of the existing bureaucracy. See: Special Review Into In-Prison Substance
Abuse Programs Managed by CDCR, Office of the California Inspector General, February 21, 2007. The report is on the PLN website.
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Prison Drinking Water and Wastewater Pollution Threaten Environmental Safety Nationwide, by John Dannenberg
Suit Over Death in Rockwall County, Texas, Settles for $100,000
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Texas Last State in Union to Get Prison Phones, by Matthew Clarke
Habeas Hints: Habeas Year in Review: 2007, by Kent A. Russell
Dallas County Jail Deficient, Says 2006 Report; DOJ Files Suit, by Gary Hunter
$56,000 Settlement for Torturous Eight Hours in New Jersey Jail
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Innocent Indiana Man Awarded $9 Million for 20 Years Imprisonment
Federal Jury Awards $530,000 for Wrongful Death in Minnesota Jail, by Michael Rigby
Five-Year Forecast: Prison Population Will Swell 13%—Triple America’s Growth Rate
Michigan’s Law Attaching Prisoner Retirement Benefits Trumped By Federal Law
Overcrowded Washington DOC’s Solution: Ship ’Em Out of State, by David Reutter
MDC Brooklyn: Sex Scandal and 11 Staff Indicted for Beating Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
Oklahoma Court Orders Sentenced Prisoners Transported to Prison
PHS Fails Benchmarks In NYC Jail Medical Contract; Fined $250,000
Like America, Japan Allows Guards to Walk After Prisoner Abuse Convictions
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Prisoners Died By the Thousands Between 2001 and 2004, by Michael Rigby
Reformed Dental Care Will Have Ohio Prisoners Smiling, by Michael Rigby
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Corruption in Awarding California DOC Medical Contract Exposed, by Marvin Mentor
Texas Jail Pays $200,000 to Settle Rape/Suicide Suit
California DOC Guards Win Injunction to Stop Prisoner Transfers Out-Of-State; Transfers Continue While State Appeals
California DOC Pays PLN’s Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement, by John Dannenberg
Cook County, Illinois, To Pay $4,575,000 for Nonconsensual STD Testing
$150,000 Settlement in Suit over Atlanta Prisoner’s Fall-Related Death
Utah DOC Audit: Ingrained Staff Cronyism Stymies Workplace Effectiveness, by John Dannenberg
California DOC Contract Registry Pharmacist Accused of Diverting 93% of Referrals to His Own Corporation
New York High Court Invokes Due Process Rights for Civil Commitment of Alleged Sexual Predators
Pennsylvania Prison Legal Mail Policy Unconstitutional, Enjoined, by Matthew Clarke
California’s Prison Drug Procurements Separate from Other State Agencies
Federal Prisoner Beaten On Texas Recreation Yard Awarded $350,000
California DOC Federal Healthcare Receiver Issues Master Remedial Plan, by John Dannenberg
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Germans’ last-ditch drive to derail EU copyright deal
In the final countdown to a vote on the reform, opponents are waging a campaign to kill off one of its most controversial aspects.
By Laura Kayali and Janosch Delcker
Protestors hold banners and chant slogans in front of the Brandenburg Gate during the 'Save The Internet' demonstration in Berlin | Omer Messinger/EFE via EPA
BERLIN — Germany's copyright reform critics are determined to keep battling until the last minute.
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of German cities to protest a controversial overhaul of EU copyright rules that is due for a final vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
After more than two and a half years of fierce lobbying, critics led by Green MEP Julia Reda are now pushing to change a draft law as it goes to vote before Parliament's plenary session.
With much of the bill already locked down, opponents hope to succeed by stripping the text of a section known as Article 13, which governs the commercial relationship between the creative industry and platforms like Google's YouTube.
In the final hours before the midday vote, anti-Article 13 and pro-Article 13 campaigners will continue their fight online as critics flood social media to try to persuade European lawmakers to ditch a section that opponents say will change the face of the internet, and which backers argue will help to bolster the earnings of content creators and producers.
"The protests are a clear signal from young Europeans that they don't agree with this reform" — MEP Tiemo Wölken
The last-minute battle underscores how sensitive the copyright reform has become in Germany, where a history of authoritarian governments has made the population sensitive to any hint of "online censorship," and where even Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition is split over the reform.
"The protests are a clear signal from young Europeans that they don't agree with this reform," said Tiemo Wölken, a member of the European Parliament for Merkel's junior coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party (SPD). "That's why I hope that many colleagues [in the European Parliament] will finally take the protests seriously and that they won't ignore such concerns, particularly those of young Europeans."
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Wölken hopes other lawmakers will follow what amounts to an ultimatum: Scrub the text of Article 13 or see the reform, which is the result of thousands of hours of negotiations, rejected in its entirety.
A question of content
The problem for Wölken is that Germany's political class is far from united on Article 13. The passage has the backing of many officials in Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, including the reform's rapporteur Axel Voss and the leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber. (Weber, a member of the CDU's sister party, the Christian Social Union, is running to become the next head of the European Commission.)
Julia Reda from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance who has been pushing to change the draft law | European Parliament
In Strasbourg, where a final vote on the reform is scheduled to take place around midday Tuesday, both the European People's Party, to which the CDU belongs, and the Socialists and Democrats group, to which the SPD belongs, told their members to vote in favor of the reform.
But while the CDU delegation plans to do so, the SPD members of the European Parliament have warned they will follow Wölken's lead and reject the reform unless Article 13 disappears. More than 120 lawmakers, including SPD members, have put forward amendments to delete Article 13 from the text.
Article 13 makes it mandatory for companies like YouTube to negotiate licensing agreements with rights-holders to publish their content. It also requires platforms to make sure copyright-infringing content doesn’t appear online, which has ignited a fiery debate in Europe's largest economy. (Axel Springer, POLITICO Europe's co-owner, is an active participant in the overall copyright reform debate.)
Supporters, backed by Germany's influential publishers, say the clause is necessary to protect the rights of creative workers.
"The online platforms have spent a lot of money to lobby against our proposal" — European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger
Opponents argue that it will lead to platforms scanning material by using content recognition technology that critics call “upload filters.”
The fear is that such technology could also lead to the removal of some lawful content, raising concerns in a country scarred by the experience of two surveillance states in the 20th century — the Nazi and East German communist regimes.
Opponents also argue that Merkel should nix Article 13 because they say her coalition agreement rules out the introduction of such content recognition technologies.
However, supporters fire back by arguing that this would play into the hands of U.S. tech giants including Google or Facebook, which have objected to content recognition technologies along similar lines. (Google and Facebook both already use such automated tools.)
"The online platforms have spent a lot of money to lobby against our proposal," European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger, a CDU member who put the copyright reform forward when he was digital commissioner, told Bild newspaper Monday.
Uncertainty in Strasbourg
The splits between lawmakers and possibility of last-minute reversals make it difficult to predict the outcome of Tuesday's vote, Parliament insiders say. A pledge against the reform, initiated by digital rights NGOs, had 133 signatories among MEPs the day before the vote. A manifesto supporting the text, launched by Green MEP Helga Trüpel, had 102 signatories.
MEP Axel Voss reacts after the vote on copyright in the Digital Single Market during a plenary session at the European Parliament on September 12, 2018 | Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images
In some cases, the divisions fall among national lines: French MEPs are overwhelmingly in favor of the reform. Luxembourgish parliamentarians will all vote against.
But the fault lines sometimes run down the middle of national and political delegations. For example, both the manifesto in support of the text and the pledge to vote against it have signatories from MEPs within the German Greens group.
What also makes the results hard to predict is that some national delegations have made it clear they would not follow their political groups' voting instructions. While the usually disciplined EPP told its members to green-light the reform, Polish MEPs said they would vote against if Article 13 remains in the text. On the other side of the spectrum, the Dutch delegation of the left-wing European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) announced Monday they would approve the text despite group opposition.
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UK Funding Program to Help Farmers Become More Sustainable
New technologies will help UK farmers cut down on pollution, minimize waste and produce more food thanks to a GBP22m government investment.
The country’s Minister of State for Universities, Science and Research and Innovation Chris Skidmore recently announced the first 31 projects to benefit from the government’s dedicated Transforming Food Production Challenge, which is part of the Industrial Strategy fund that was developed to help businesses, researchers and industry to transform farming and meet the needs of the growing population.
The capital infusion will also contribute towards providing greener, cleaner processes for the agricultural sector, helping towards the government’s commitment to a target of net zero greenhouse emissions by 2025.
The list of projects which will benefit from government funding includes the following:
Tuberscan, in Lincolnshire, who will use GBP391,000 to develop ground penetrating radar, underground scans and AI to monitor potato crops and identify when they are ready to harvest. This technology could increase the usable crop by an estimated 5%-10% and reduce food waste with minimal extra cost.
Rootwave, in Warwickshire who will use a GBP690,000 grant to use electricity instead of chemicals to kill weeds via the roots avoiding damage to crops.
aiScope, a project based in Sheffield, who will use a GBP1m grant to apply AI and analysis to tackle the common cereal weed, Blackgrass, potentially saving farmers GBP580m a year.
“The UK is a global leader in technological innovation, as well as being the first major economy to introduce plans for a legally binding target to reach net zero emissions and end the UK’s contribution to global warming entirely by 2050. The project just announced will ensure we lead the way in supporting our vital farming industry, delivering high-quality food for the consumer while reducing the wider environmental impact,” said Science Minister Chris Skidmore.
According to Farming Minister Robert Goodwill the funding will enable more investments in new technology, helping lead to scientific breakthroughs that could transform the sustainability of global food supply chains.
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Statesman Scholar: Fresh start leads to new beginnings
Contributed Report
For Omar McDaniel, Richard Bland College of William & Mary (RBC) offered the second chance for a higher education that he desired.
“Richard Bland put me back on the path to success,” he says.
After graduating from Matoaca High School, McDaniel left the four-year college he started when he determined it wasn’t the right fit. While evaluating his options over the next year, McDaniel focused on two-year programs.
The small class sizes and access to professors helped Richard Bland College stand out.
“Once I started at RBC, I was immediately struck by how friendly the professors are,” McDaniel remembers. “Any question I had was answered, and my professors were always willing to help me.”
McDaniel, who loves music, decided to pursue a career in communications upon enrolling at RBC. However, soon after he found a new calling while tending to his grandfather in the hospital. At his bedside, McDaniel witnessed the care and attention nurses provided. He spoke with one of them about medical careers, and it had a profound effect on his academic plans.
“I will finish my academic journey and become a physician’s assistant so I can help others in the future,” McDaniel explains.
McDaniel used this newfound drive and inspiration to become an honor student and student ambassador. One of his most memorable assignments at RBC was an Exceptional Student Experience project where he and his classmates discussed how music affects the brain.
McDaniel plans to attend Virginia Wesleyan after graduating from Richard Bland in May. He credits a number of mentors at RBC for his success.
“For someone like myself who received a second chance, things can be overwhelming,” McDaniel says. “But I found all the support I needed.”
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Dante Card & New Firmware For Sennheiser Digital 9000 Series Wireless Now Available
Card provides 16 audio inputs to send digital audio and command signals over Dante network
By PSW Staff • November 25, 2014
The new Dante card for the Sennheiser EM 9046 receiver.
Sennheiser has announced the availability of a Dante card for the EM 9046 receiver, enabling the flagship Digital 9000 wireless microphone system to be integrated into Dante audio-over-IP networks.
Also available – as free downloads – are the associated new Digital 9000 firmware version 3.0.3, and the new Wireless Systems Manager 4.2 with a set of optimized monitoring functions.
“With the EM 9046 DAN extension card, broadcast and live audio engineers can now easily integrate Sennheiser’s top-of-the-range wireless microphone system into a Dante network,” states Claus Menke, head of portfolio management pro for Sennheiser. “They benefit from the system’s exceptional sound with the incredible convenience of routing high-definition audio data via Audinate’s Dante Controller.”
The EM 9046 DAN extension card is simply inserted into the expansion slot of the EM 9046 8-channel receiver. Internally, the card provides 16 audio inputs to send the digital audio and command signals over the Dante network.
Connection is via two Gbit RJ45 sockets that serve to either establish two redundant network circuits or daisy-chain the signals. The card works with sampling rates of 44.1/48/88.2 and 96 kHz at a resolution of 24 bits.
Front and back views of the Sennheiser EM 9046 receiver.
The new firmware version 3.0.3 for Digital 9000 can be downloaded free of charge here. With this firmware update, the receiver’s clock menu will be expanded to include a “MAN” (multichannel audio network) option, enabling the receiver to synchronize to the word clock of the Dante network.
Additional features of the new firmware version include the monitoring of up to four daisy-chained receivers via any of the receivers’ monitoring outputs and the automatic assignment of frequencies after a scan. Engineers are now also able to scan just a 24 MHz portion of the spectrum instead of the entire booster range of 168 MHz. This increases speed in critical frequency situations.
The new firmware also includes the highly sophisticated refinements made by Sennheiser to address the highly difficult conditions experienced during the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The event took place in a very reflective venue with a near all-metal construction, but the capabilities of the Digital 9000 system were enhanced still further to be able to detect and cope with this extremely reflective environment. In addition to this advance, version 3.0.3 also ensures improved network capability with managed enterprise environments.
In addition, Sennheiser has adapted Wireless Systems Manager software to include a monitoring function for the Dante card. The new version 4.2 allows users to monitor the EM 9046’s Dante audio streams from any point in the network, and to listen to the headphone monitor audio stream of connected EM 9046 receivers without any additional hardware.
WSM (Sennheiser Wireless Systems Manager) Software Version 4.2 is available from the same download address as the Digital 9000 firmware or here.
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America's first 'HempTrain' is coming to central Pa.: Here's what it is and why it matters
Wyndridge Farm owner Steve Groff is purchasing a $1.5M machine to process Pa.-grown hemp at a Red Lion facility.
America's first 'HempTrain' is coming to central Pa.: Here's what it is and why it matters Wyndridge Farm owner Steve Groff is purchasing a $1.5M machine to process Pa.-grown hemp at a Red Lion facility. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/03/07/first-hemptrain-united-states-based-central-pa-hemp-cbd/3090173002/
John Buffone, York Daily Record Published 11:19 a.m. ET March 7, 2019 | Updated 10:32 a.m. ET May 3, 2019
Steve Groff, M.D., has opened a new hemp-based store in York County called Farmacy. Groff, also recently bought a machine to process hemp in Pa. John Buffone, jbuffone@ydr.com
A HempTrain is ready to roll into York County.
Steve Groff, owner of Wyndrige Farm in Dallastown and a licensed physician, is purchasing a $1.5 million Canadian-made machine, named the HempTrain, that can mass process hemp. The machine will be installed in an 80,000-square-foot warehouse in Red Lion.
Groff's HempTrain is currently being manufactured by Canadian Greenfield Technologies in Calgary, Alberta and will arrive in Red Lion in mid- to late-summer. Groff expects to be processing hemp this fall.
“It’s very exciting,” Canadian Greenfield Vice President Stephen Christensen said. “We’ve seen a huge amount of interest since the Farm bill and it’s only increasing.”
The HempTrain can process up to 5,000 acres of hemp per year and will be the first of its kind in the country.
“No other company in the United States has anything like this ready to scale up,” Groff said. “We’re buying the first machine in the country, and it’ll be right here in York County."
Groff is launching a Company called Groff North America with his wife, Julie, and son, Taylor, who has an agriculture business degree from West Virginia University.
“They are very ‘get it done’ people. Most people we meet express a huge desire for a HempTrain, but they have some kind of turnaround window,” Christensen said. “The Groff’s saw it and basically told us that this was getting done.”
The HempTrain is a machine that can quickly and efficiently process hemp. Come summer, there will be one operating in York County. (Photo: Canadian Greenfield Technologies)
How does the HempTrain work?
The HempTrain can be fed the entire hemp plant and can separate the bast and hurd –the two components used to make fibers. It also separates the part of the plant used in cannabinoids (CBD), which have potential applications in the treatment of chronic pain, anxiety and sleep disorders without the psychoactive effects of THC found in marijuana.
The traditional way of separating the plant is a century-old process of hammer milling, something Groff said is antiquated and not nearly as efficient as the HempTrain.
“This is like comparing a rotary phone to an iPhone,” he said. “It’s much more precise, it doesn’t damage the fiber and there are a number of other values in it.”
The traditional, hand-fed hammer mill method can cost millions of dollars and can result in 30 percent loss of product through processing. The HempTrain results in less than 2 percent loss.
The future of hemp in Pa.
Since industrial hemp was declassified through the 2018 Farm Bill, the use of CBD products has exploded. But Groff sees a long-term agricultural revolution coming that surpasses the sole use of CBD.
“Most of the people getting into hemp are getting in on the gold rush of CBD, which will certainly exist for some time,” he said. “But we’re also looking long term with fibers.”
Groff said his company has had preliminary talks with companies such as Glatfelter to potentially provide a hemp fiber that would take the place of a fiber normally found in the Philippines to produce tea bags and coffee filters.
L’Oréal is also on the list of potential clients for Groff for hemp-based beauty products.
With farmers facing increasing difficulties in the state, Groff believes hemp could usher in a new era of agriculture in Pennsylvania.
“There are literally tens of thousands of uses for this plant. I come from a dairy farming family, and farming is in my blood. With all the challenges in the dairy industry and with other crops, farmers could see more revenue than corn and wheat with this,” he said. “There are certainly challenges in growing it, but we believe this can revolutionize farming in North America.”
“The market will absolutely explode, and the U.S. is the market to do it. We’ve been growing hemp for more than 20 years in Canada and we don’t have a CBD market, “Christensen said. “The U.S. has a huge demand for it and the Farm Bill opened that up to an already-interested group of people. If there’s a country that can corner the market, it’s the United States.”
Groff expects the hemp processing business to employ over 40 people with room to expand in the future.
“I don’t want to get too ahead of myself, but I can definitely imagine bringing another machine down at some point,” Groff said.
Photos: A look inside Farmacy Partners, Central Pa's newest hemp hangout
A "hemp stix" product offered at Farmacy Partners located on S Queen Street (by the ACCO Business Park) in York and specializes in hemp-based food and health products. John Buffone/ YDR
A hemp-based gummie product offered at Farmacy Partners located on S Queen Street in York (by the ACCO Business Park)and specializes in hemp-based food and health products. John Buffone/ YDR
Hemp seed oil is one of the products offered at Farmacy Partners located on S Queen Street in York and specializes in hemp-based food and health products. John Buffone/ YDR
Inside Farmacy Partners located on S Queen Street in York by the ACCO Business Park. The store specializes in hemp-based food and health products. John Buffone/ YDR
Guests check out hemp-based candles at the soft opening of Farmacy Partners located on S Queen Street in York by the ACCO Business Park. Farmacy specializes in hemp-based food and health products. John Buffone/ YDR
A hemp-based cream product offered at Farmacy Partners located on S Queen Street in York by the ACCO Business Park. The store specializes in hemp-based food and health products. John Buffone/ YDR
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Posted on February 28, 2017 by Record Herald
Crowe to attend Rio Grande
By Chris Hoppes - choppes@civitasmedia.com
Kalee Crowe, middle, front, is flanked by her parents, Jason and Teresa Crowe as she signs a letter of intent to attend Rio Grande University where she will continue her education and be a member of the newly-formed women’s bowling team. Standing (l-r); are Rio Grande head coach Bret Little, Crowe’s brother, Ryan and high school coach Ron Amore, Jr.
Chris Hoppes | Record-Herald
Springtime will soon be upon us.
The robins are returning north and high school seniors are finalizing their college plans.
Washington High School senior Kalee Crowe has made known her decision regarding college.
On Monday, Feb. 27, Crowe signed a letter of intent to attend Rio Grande University where she will continue her education and be a member of the new women’s bowling team.
Crowe was joined for the occasion by family and friends, coaches and administrators in the lobby outside the gymnasium.
“I’m really excited about it,” Crowe said. “I’ve been bowling for, this is actually my third year. I bowled in one league when I was little, but, it was nothing serious. Then, I picked it back up my sophomore year.
“I think it’s really exciting, going to college and continuing bowling,” Crowe said. “I’m looking forward to improving, checking out the different lane conditions. There are going to be a lot of challenging players. It’s going to be a challenge, but, it’ll be fun, too.”
What course of study might Crowe pursue at Rio Grande?
“I want to do criminology, or criminal justice, something to do with law enforcement,” Crowe said. “But, they don’t have any of those programs. So, I’m going to do sports and exercise.”
What about a favorite subject in high school?
“I really like math,” Crowe said. “I was really good at math. I didn’t really like history and science. I enjoy reading and writing, but math is probably my strongest subject.”
In addition to bowling, Crowe will soon be playing her fourth year of softball for the Lady Lions.
What about a favorite memory or accomplishment during her high school bowling career?
“I remember last year, we had a home baker bash,” Crowe said. “It came down to us and Jonathan Alder. Jonathan Alder is a really good team. Their fifth bowler has a full ride to college for bowling. She was pretty good. We ended up beating them and winning our baker bash.
“We’ve gone to Sectionals and Districts the past two years,” Crowe said. “I remember my sophomore year, I missed going to State by one pin. We finished third at the District this year.
“I think I’m pretty ready,” Crowe said of moving on to the next level of collegiate bowling. “I’ve only been bowling for three years, but, I’ve learned a lot from Ron. Macy’s helped me a lot and the Trace coach, Kaleb Taylor. I can still improve by practicing every day, picking up spares and just getting used to the different lane conditions and adapting to them.
“I’d like to thank Ron,” Crowe said. “He’s helped me a lot and gotten me to this point. I want to thank Bret for just getting me here, coming to matches and supporting me. I want to thank my parents for always being there and being supportive.”
“She was our leader this year,” Washington girls bowling coach Ron Amore Jr. said. “She’s a very, very hard worker. She’s a fierce competitor and I mean fierce. You can see it in her eyes. She will do very well at the next level, I’m sure.”
Crowe will join Miami Trace senior Macy Detty on the Rio Grande bowling team.
“They should have a real good team,” Amore Jr. said.
“She’s probably our No. 2,” Rio Grande head coach Bret Little said. “Macy’s our No. 1, Kalee’s our No. 2. There will be competition for the (No. 1 spot). We’ll get them trained up and see where it shakes out down the road.
“We’ve watched a lot of high school tournaments and we saw Kalee,” Little said. “Plus, I know Ron Amore from the Proprietors’s Association and he introduced us. We both own bowling alleys. Ron Amore owns one (LeElla Lanes), I own one, Skyline in Gallipolis. That’s how the contact network goes. That’s how I’ve been finding a lot of my bowlers, talking to the owners of bowling alleys.”
Rio Grande has landed another terrific bowler from Fayette County for their team.
https://www.recordherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2017/02/web1_Kalee-Crowe-signs-with-Rio-Grande-group-pic-2-27-2017.jpgKalee Crowe, middle, front, is flanked by her parents, Jason and Teresa Crowe as she signs a letter of intent to attend Rio Grande University where she will continue her education and be a member of the newly-formed women’s bowling team. Standing (l-r); are Rio Grande head coach Bret Little, Crowe’s brother, Ryan and high school coach Ron Amore, Jr. Chris Hoppes | Record-Herald
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Supporters going to the match on Wednesday 9th May can get to and from Stamford Bridge for a bargain price.
Huddersfield Town fans going to next month's away clash with Chelsea can get coach travel to and from the match for just £1.
Tickets for the game went on sale earlier this week, and supporters can add the coach ticket to their match ticket for the bargain price.
It's all thanks to main club sponsor OPE Sports, who've subsidised the travel.
The coaches are set to leave PPG Canalside to head to Stamford Bridge at 1pm on the day of the match, Wednesday 9th May.
OPE Sports became Town’s main club sponsor at the start of the 2017/18 season. OPE Sports’ logo has featured across the Club’s shirt at all home and away games, pitch side LED and other branding at the John Smith’s Stadium as well as across online and social media channels in the UK and internationally.
Huddersfield Town Commercial Director Sean Jarvis commented:
“I am absolutely delighted that our main club sponsor, OPE Sports, has been able to offer supporters subsidised coach travel tickets for our match against Chelsea.
“This is that latest example of us working with our Club Partners to benefit Huddersfield Town supporters.
“Our backing away from home has been fantastic this season and I’m sure this offer will help you all get down to Stamford Bridge and continue to support David Wagner’s side.”
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Recent Paper and Plastick signee Blacklist Royals have been added to five stops of this year's Vans Warped Tour.
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Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas is one of the speakers to a Symposium organised by the Law Commission on 6 July 2018. The Symposium brings together academics, policy makers and practitioners and its aim is to launch the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance: Reforming the Reporting Regimes. Find out more.
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Why the Senate backed Trillanes
but not De Lima vs Duterte
Among the key factors are the senators' ties with their colleagues and
the ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte
BY Camille Elemia | September 23, 2018
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Why the Senate backed Trillanes but not De Lima vs Duterte
Among the key factors are the senators' ties with their colleagues and the ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte
Senator Leila de Lima was imprisoned in February 2017. A little over a year after, opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV faces the same threat. But unlike in the case of De Lima, the Senate played a crucial role in protecting Trillanes and the institution.
The differences of treatment between the two senators are hinged on their personal ties with their colleagues and the trust and satisfaction ratings of President Rodrigo Duterte.
De Lima's actions as Department of Justice chief proved to be her kryptonite, as she investigated and implicated some of the senators in the past. At the same time, Duterte enjoyed wide public support at the time she was accused of drug charges.
Trillanes has built ties with some of his colleagues since becoming a senator in 2007. The weak legal basis of Proclamation 572, the controversies hounding the President, and the public backlash also made it easier for senators to support him.
MANILA, Philippines – In just two years, a second opposition senator faces the threat of imprisonment by President Rodrigo Duterte. But unlike the case of detained Senator Leila de Lima, the Senate now spoke out and intervened partly, with senators expressing support for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.
The glaring differences of treatment between the two senators, both the fiercest and unrelenting critics of Duterte, could all be attributed to 3 factors:
Their relationships with other senators
The disparity in their legal problems
Duterte's ratings and political capital
It was De Lima who first caught the ire of the former Davao City mayor, owing to the former Commission on Human Rights chairperson's investigation into the Davao Death Squad in 2009, which she continued in 2016 as a senator. (READ: De Lima witness: Duterte 'ordered' killings in Davao)
When Duterte went all out against De Lima in 2016, public support was on his side. It was also opportune for Duterte to accuse the former DOJ chief of drug trafficking at a time when his anti-drug campaign was receiving high satisfaction ratings.
JAILED. Opposition Senator Leila de Lima surrenders to the police on February 23, 2017, over drug charges, which she has repeatedly claimed were fabricated by President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies. File Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler
Allies in the House of Representatives were also tapped to investigate De Lima’s alleged involvement. At some point even pried into and feasted on her personal life.
In the case of Trillanes, he was getting attacks only from the executive and at some point from colleagues, which is par for the course.
After De Lima was jailed, Duterte and his allies shifted attention to other critics like Trillanes. In September 2017, Duterte accused him of having secret offshore accounts, which Trillanes only debunked. In the end, Duterte admitted it was all a lie.
There would be word wars every now and then between Duterte and Trillanes. But only when the senator delved into the territory of Solicitor General Jose Calida did an actual counterattack happen. Trillanes has been pushing for a probe into the "conflict of interest" involving Calida after his family's security firm got hundreds of millions' worth of government contracts. (READ: Duterte says 'bright' Calida researched Trillanes amnesty issues)
Senators – some quietly, others openly – supported Trillanes in his fight against the "unconstitutional" revocation of the amnesty granted him by former president Benigno Aquino III in 2011. Others backed him under the premise of "protecting" the Senate as an institution.
Personal ties
De Lima, a neophyte senator, and Trillanes, who has been a senator since 2007, have varying levels of relationships with their colleagues.
De Lima was also quick to launch a controversial probe into the spate of killings under Duterte. She earlier admitted to Rappler that there were indeed some friends and colleagues who advised her to wait for the perfect timing but she did not heed them.
When the court issued an arrest warrant against De Lima, the Senate, except for a few allies, did not resist. Senators also did not raise too many questions about the validity and veracity of the drug convicts’ testimonies which were used against her.
In short, senators were not supportive of De Lima.
As a new senator who focused on fiscalizing and criticizing a popular President, De Lima unknowingly alienated herself from colleagues. Her former friends and clients, then Senate president Aquilino Pimentel III and then senator Alan Peter Cayetano, practically disassociated themselves from her, as the two are staunch allies of Duterte.
It also did not help that De Lima's reputation and actions as DOJ secretary preceded her. As she herself admitted, many of her colleagues have an axe to grind against her.
As DOJ chief, De Lima investigated and implicated politicians who would later on become her colleagues: Panfilo Lacson, Joel Villanueva, Gregorio Honasan II, Nancy Binay, and Vicente Sotto III, among others. At some point, Lacson and Sotto said the testimonies against De Lima were credible.
“There are personal animosities and grudges involved with Senator Leila de Lima and some of the senators because some of them were legal targets so to speak [when she was DOJ secretary]. So yun, with me wala namang ganun,” Trillanes said in a Rappler Talk interview. (So there, with me, there's nothing like that.)
Trillanes was elected senator in 2007 while in jail. In 2011, he was able to work with colleagues in the Senate after he was granted amnesty.
Trillanes, who led the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny and the 2007 Manila Pensinula siege, is not one to back down from the powers that be. In fact, in the Senate, he has clashed with leaders, former Senate presidents Juan Ponce Enrile and Aquilino Pimentel III and Senator Richard Gordon, among others.
Despite this, Trillanes claimed he has no personal issues with his colleagues.
“That impression about maraming kaaway (many enemies), that's the public perception but behind the scenes, a lot of the senators both majority and minority are actually my friends. So these things cannot be seen or aren’t seen publicly. But these things could factor in,” he told Rappler.
Different legal battles
Another factor why the Senate did not support De Lima was the nature of her case. The court already issued an arrest warrant against her. (READ: TIMELINE: De Lima – from drug probe to arrest)
In the case of Trillanes, it was only a presidential proclamation that was the basis for his arrest order. The public backlash on the "unconstitutional" move could have also made it easier for them to defend Trillanes. (READ: [ANALYSIS] Voiding Trillanes' amnesty: Illegal, unwise, immoral)
During the time of De Lima, the Senate, under former Senate president Aquilino Pimentel III, prohibited her arrest inside the building. In hindsight, however, it seemed just a consolation as the chamber had no power to stop the arrest.
Fast forward to September 4, 2018, or the publication of President Duterte’s Proclamation 572 ordering the revocation of Trillanes’ amnesty and ordering his arrest.
Just a few hours after the news broke, soldiers and policemen trooped to the Senate grounds ready to arrest Trillanes. But Senate President Vicente Sotto III made a stand and prohibited their entry. He also allowed Trillanes to stay in the building until he exhausts legal remedies.
"To preserve the dignity of the Senate, we have to not allow any senator to be arrested within Senate premises. Outside Senate premises that’s no longer our concern but within Senate premises that is the decision of the leadership," Sotto earlier told reporters.
READY FOR ARREST. Members of the CIDG arrive at the Senate on September 4 to arrest Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The Senate, however, prohibits their entry into the building. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler
Sotto’s decision was overwhelmingly supported by his colleagues in an all-senators caucus held that same afternoon.
Trillanes, in response, could not be more thankful. He said his colleagues might have felt that Duterte “overreached” this time.
“Because I believe they sense the danger as well. they feel Mr Duterte overreached in this particular proclamation and they feel if they allow it then anybody could be next. So I credit the collective wisdom of the Senate for making a stand in not recognizing this proclamation,” Trillanes told Rappler.
Senate caucus, support
Three sources present in the caucus recalled how everyone was so aghast at the entry of uniformed men in the Senate grounds – a move they deemed “disrespectful.”
"Respect us. [They were on] full battle gear in our premises," said one senator who did not want to be named.
This was later on supported by the statements of Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto and Senator Francis Escudero. (READ: Senate 'militarization'? Senators hit AFP, PNP presence in compound)
In the same meeting, senators, both from the minority and majority blocs, also expressed dismay and alarm over the impending unconstitutional warrantless arrest of Trillanes, multiple sources said. Many advised him to stay inside the chamber for safety.
FRENZY. Senator Trillanes finds himself surrounded by the media on September 4, as he is caught by surprise by the proclamation ordering the revocation of his amnesty. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler
Administration senators also publicly supported Trillanes. His colleagues in the old minority bloc, Recto and Escudero, slammed the action against Trillanes. Escudero is a known ally of Duterte and joined one of the presidential trips abroad.
“The amnesty granted to Sen. Trillanes, after acceptance & the lapse of the 15-day period to appeal has become a vested right and I doubt if it can be voided by mere executive fiat and the corresponding order of arrest issued without going through, or being issued by, the courts,” Escudero tweeted.
Recto, who served as National Economic and Development Authority chief under the Arroyo administration, said Trillanes had “done time for the mischief he had created” then.
“We should honor the mandate and the trust millions of our countrymen had reposed on Senator Trillanes. If he had committed offenses after Peninsula, if he had broken any law since, then the right course is to charge him, and not to nullify an amnesty that he applied for, recommended by the military, granted to him by the President, and concurred in by Congress,” he said.
Even Poe, who is usually restrained in her comments against Duterte, questioned the move.
“Wala talaga dapat na pag-aresto nang walang warrant at isa pa, bakit mamadaliin? Hindi naman siya banta maski na kanino…Kulang na nga kami sa Senado, mababawasan [pa] – 'wag naman," Poe told reporters on September 12. (There really should be no arrest because there is no warrant. Besides, why are they in a rush? He is not a threat to anyone... We are already less than 24 senators, and now we might lose one more member.)
In a prayer she led before the start of the session on September 5, a day after the proclamation was made official, she wished for "louder voices." Trillanes, who ran for vice president in 2016, supported the presidential bid of Poe.
“Bilang isang institusyon, patibayin mo po ang aming paninindigan at gabayan at protektahan ang aming mga kasamahan lalong-lalo na ang mga dumadaan ngayon ng pagsubok. Palakasin mo po ang tinig ng mga pinatatahimik,” Poe said without mentioning names or specific events. (As an institution, give us the strength to stand by our principles and guide and protect our colleagues, especially those who are facing challenges. Make the voices of those people who are being silenced become stronger.)
But for political analyst Gene Lacza Pilapil, the actions of the Senate and the senators are still not enough. Instead of the chamber's “minimal protection,” Pilapil said the Senate should have filed a resolution denouncing Proclamation 572 as a clear indication of their defending the institution.
The Senate minority bloc filed a resolution seeking a probe into the "fraudulent" and "erroneous" proclamation but was just referred to the rules committee, pending decision on final committee referral.
“I think the Senate should have come up with a collective voice that this goes beyond this administration and opposition,” Pilapil told Rappler in a phone interview.
“The Senate does not see it affecting the Senate as an institution…They don't see this as an attack on the institution, just on an individual senator. But you could not separate Trillanes, the senator, from the institution. They should have denounced the arbitrary revocation, “ he added.
Duterte’s ratings, political capital
Timing, clearly, is among the key factors that differentiated the cases of De Lima and Trillanes.
A few months after assuming the presidency in 2016, Social Weather Stations reported a +64 net satisfaction rating for Duterte. This stayed almost the same, +63, in December 2016 and March 2017, just a few months after De Lima’s arrest.
This went up by 3 points, +66, in June 2017. All this time, Duterte continued his attacks against De Lima and the opposition with his high ratings unchanged.
Instead, what put a dent on his ratings was the death of minors in his bloody drug war. In September 2017, he experienced an 18-point drop in net satisfaction – from +66 to +48.
Such was public anger over the incident that Duterte made a rare statement against his anti-drugs campaign. He promised that policemen responsible would “rot” in jail and declare he doesn’t condone the killing of youths.
Duterte was able to bounce back after that. But in 2018, controversy after controversy hounded him and his administration, mostly of his own doing.
In June 2018, a few months before the amnesty issue, Duterte called God “stupid” and disparaged tenets of the Catholic faith. In the same month, SWS recorded an all-time low in public satisfaction – a net rating of +45 from the previous quarter's +56.
Public trust in Duterte also fell to its lowest the same month, according to the same SWS survey that was released in September. The poll showed that the net trust ratings of Duterte dipped by 8 points to +57 from +65 in March, though still classified as “very good.”
It’s a different story, however, with Pulse Asia. Its June 2018 survey did not take into consideration the effect of the controversial “God is stupid” remark, unlike the SWS survey.
Trillanes believes the decline in the President’s ratings contributed to the support he is getting from his colleagues and the public. From being viewed as a noisy enemy of Duterte, Trillanes has slowly appealed to some as the lone voice of dissent against the President.
“The political environment [changed] because last year Duterte was extremely popular but I don't think so now," he told Rappler.
Pilapil shared the same view and said Duterte committed a mistake in issuing Proclamation 572 at a time when he is losing political capital.
Pilapil said they could have waited for just a few more months to attack Trillanes. After all, the latter would be out of the chamber by June 2019 and could no longer enjoy legislative protection.
“This was unexpected…It’s bad timing for Duterte because he has not much political capital, popularity. You don't move now without political capital,” PIlapil said.
It is now up to the courts to decide on whether or not Trillanes should be arrested following the revocation order. If they issue a warrant, then Duterte would again succeed in sending a second critic to jail.
Trillanes’ incarceration would likely put a spotlight on the questionable, and some say unconstitutional, actions of the President and his men.
But if Trillanes goes free, the public can expect him to keep his word to run after those behind the revocation of his amnesty. – Rappler.com
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Full Time: 3 Years
Study BSc Economics and Econometrics and explore the more technical side of economics and use mathematical methods to analyse economic systems.
This course is ideal if you are strong at maths and wish to use it within the context of economics. You will develop an understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of economics and econometric methods, and how the two can be combined and used to address practical issues.
The first and second years of this course provide you with a firm grounding in economics. In your final year, you will specialise in statistical and econometric methods and take core modules focused on forecasting and more advanced econometric theory.
You will also have the opportunity to explore other areas of economics through a wide range of optional modules. These span a number of topics, including business, policy, economic history and even the economics of climate change. Modules from other subjects such as history and politics are also available and are a good way to broaden your knowledge and pursue other interests.
In addition to traditional lectures, you will partake in small group tutorials in which you can discuss and analyse theory and practice through case studies, group presentations and open debate. You will have the opportunity to extend your study of economics beyond the classroom through our student-run Economics Society, which has arranged lectures on topics ranging from "How happy are you?" to "Are you a Marxist economist?" as well as conversations with economists on topical matters such as the economics of health and feminism.
You also have the option of studying this degree over four years with a placement year.
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In recognition of the excellent preparation that the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) provides to students for University study, we can now include achievement in the EPQ as part of a formal offer.
IELTS 6.5, with no component below 5.5
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If you are an international or EU student and do not meet the requirements for direct entry to your chosen degree you can join the University of Reading’s International Foundation Programme. Successful completion of this 1 year programme guarantees you a place on your chosen undergraduate degree. English language requirements start as low as IELTS 4.5 depending on progression degree and start date.
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Core modules include:
Introductory macroeconomics
Introductory mathematics for economics 1
Introductory microeconomics
Introductory quantitative methods in economics and business 1
Introductory quantitative methods in economics and business 2 and study skills
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Economy, politics and culture from the fall of Rome to the fise of feudalism
Economy, politics and culture in the Roman world
Economic policy and social problems
Introduction to economic institutions and policy
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British and European economies since WW2
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Intermediate econometrics
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Microeconomics for developing countries
Processes of long-term political and economic change
Economics of land, development and planning
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The tuition fee will remain £9,000 per year for the full duration of this course if you start in the 2016/17 academic year or have accepted an offer but deferred your entry until the 2017/18 academic year. This is unlike other institutions who are planning to raise fees midway through courses.
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Our graduates are in high demand as a result of the analytical skills and specialist knowledge of economics they develop through this course. Over the last three years an average of 82% of our Economics graduates are in professional or managerial roles six months after graduation (DLHE survey, 2014-15 to 2016-17).
Our recent graduates have secured roles as economists with the Government Economic Service and consultancies such as PwC and KPMG. Others have entered related and non-related careers in finance, business, marketing, publishing, PR and media.
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glow: critter conflict @ PuSH
Kristy Ayre, Glow
photo Rom Anthonis
There’s something sub-human about her. There’s a woman down there on the floor below us, but genetically altered, injected with the genes of a tadpole. Or maybe the DNA of a newborn lizard. Yes, she’s just coming into being. She’s seems to be trying to figure out how to use her limbs. She’s shaking, reaching, rolling and then suffering spasmodic contractions. She can’t get off the floor. The floor, in this case is a pale, bluish-white rectangle set in the middle of the black box of the Scotiabank Dance Centre stage.
With every twist of the lizard-woman’s body, an outline of shadow-light traces her figure and changes shape with her. It seems to be a projection coming from above, but a projection activated by her movement. It’s very responsive: she rolls—it rolls, she reaches—it changes shape. It’s like an LCD halo conferred on the woman by the god-mind of a computer program whose eye is a surveillance camera. Wherever this twitching, spasmodic, humanoid moves within its elastic halo, it is always kept at the point of two bisecting lines of light, which have the ominous look of the cross-hairs of a rifle scope.
This is a new kind of dance partnering. I’ve seen other attempts to fuse dance and technology in ways that allow human body movement to automatically generate audio-visual response, but Glow takes it to a higher level. The software developed by Frieder Weiss allows the tracking system to respond instantaneously to dancer (Kristy Ayre and Sara Black in alternate performances) with sophisticated video imagery that superimposes itself on the dancer and floor in black and white geometrical, or amoeba-like, patterns. In one of my favourite sequences, the dancer makes extended sweeps with her limbs that generate spyrographs across the floor. Moving in another direction, a new graph overwrites the previous one, which is fading, creating a beautiful overlay of fan-like blooms.
There is an attempt here by choreographer Gideon Obarzanek to explore the theme of human versus software or, to put it more precisely, to investigate the dehumanizing threat of over-technologized environments. In this sense Glow is both pushing the limits of human-technological interaction, while cautioning against its potential abuses. The woman herself seems to be struggling either to control the technology, or to free herself from the metal-white projections that delimit her movements by putting grids or ropes of light around her. Sometimes her face contorts and she lets out little screeches that might have issued from the beak of a half-strangled tropical bird or a chattering monkey. Or maybe this is the sound an insect would make if its clicking apparatus was enlarged to human scale.
I’m feeling these possibilities stronger now than when I saw the show. To be honest, for all its technological brilliance, I found it hard to connect to Glow. The vocabulary of the floor choreography exhausted itself pretty early on. Maybe this is due to a limitation imposed by the technology. But even though the dancer generates the video display, she seems almost incidental to it, to a demo for the software. Prior to the show, Obarzanek told us that this was a first attempt at integrating his choreography with a new technology. So, fair enough, it may be that this is just stage one—an experiment to see if the technology is responsive. What’s missing is a genuine choreographic investigation, a developed theme or movement idea. Hopefully we’ll get that next time. At the moment the partners in this duet don’t have much to say to each other. Well maybe that’s because one partner is a software program and the other is a subhuman creature wondering what kind of world she’s been birthed into.
Chunky Move, Glow, concept, choreography Gideon Obarzanek, performers Kristy Ayre, Sara Black, concept, interactive system design Frieder Weiss, music & sound design Luke Smiles (motion laboratories), additional music Ben Frost, costume designer Paula Levis; Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver, Jan 31-Feb 2; PuSh International Festival of Performing Arts, Jan 16 – Feb 3
Alex Lazaridis Ferguson is a theatre artist based in Vancouver. He writes plays, acts, and occasionally directs. He’s also a founding member of the performing poetry ensembles, AWOL Love-Vibe and VERBOMOTORHEAD. His writings on theatre have appeared in publications such as Canadian Theatre Review, The Boards, Transmissions.
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Robert Riley Saunders. Image: Facebook
Former Kelowna social worker facing four new civil lawsuits in fraud case
Robert Riley Saunders now has 10 lawsuits against him
More accusations against a former Kelowna social worker were filed in the BC Supreme Court on March 13.
The four new civil lawsuits are similar to allegations against Robert Riley Saunders regarding stealing money from youth that were in his care when he was a social worker.
READ MORE: Lawsuits filed against former Kelowna social worker
One of the new civil suits alleges Saunders lied about paying a teenager’s rent after being put into an independent living situation after foster care. The teen was then forced into a life of homelessness and turned to drug use, the teen said in court documents.
“Saunders did not act in good faith in his dealing with the (teen),” court documents filed Wednesday in Vancouver allege. “He knew that the did not have lawful authority to deprive the (teen) of funds and benefits designated for the (teen). Saunders knew that his actions and statements would harm the (teen).”
In another recent case, court documents claim Saunders continued to steal from a teen that had been removed from foster care and placed into independent living. Saunders is alleged to have sent the teen to his estranged father’s residence in Ontario. Court documents say the father was not considered a suitable parent.
Towards the end of a 10-day stay with the teen’s father, Saunders was allegedly contacted by the teen to get a flight back to Kelowna, but Saunders ignored the pleas. Court documents claim he failed to deliver the teen’s belongings and then opened a bank account in his own name in order to steal from the teen’s financial benefits.
“Saunders engaged in the same and similar unlawful and inexcusable activities in respect of dozens of other children in his care, most of whom are Aboriginal children,” said court documents from March 13.
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Vostok Amphibian Russian Military Diver's Automatic Men's Watch (100815)
Vostok Amphibian Russian Military Diver's Automatic Men's Watch (100815) Description
Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. produces mainly military and diver mechanical watches at its factory in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. Presumable "Vostok" brand was named after the Vostok space programme, which gave the initial advancement of the USSR in the Space race (as some others soviet watch brands, named to space topics in 1960s - Poljot and Raketa). The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Defence Department of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known Komandirskie ("Commander's") watch.
The experience gained through development of the army watch led to the Amphibia, a stainless-steel watch able to withstand a 200 metre depth (20atm). By 1980, Vostok Watch Makers was producing 4.5 million timepieces per year. In 2006, Vostok Watch Makers began marketing another new line of watches branded "Amfibia." This brand, like most other Vostok products, features the familiar 31-jewel automatic (No. 2416B) movement. These watches feature "diver" styling with polyurethane or stainless steel bands.
This impressive timepiece in stainless-steel case endured the depth of 200 meters - kind of a wrist submarine. Success of the professional watches determined the company's present philosophy - to create mechanical watches maintaining precise timekeeping at any temperature, in any environment, surviving heavy pressure and blows. The viability of the chosen strategy is now time-proven. A vast multitude of people both in Russia and abroad boasting "Vostok" watches and various international prizes awarded for high quality and commercial success testify to this. In 1996 Vostok started a partnership with US "Capital Trading" company aiming to create a new generation timepiece.
Vostok Komandirskie Military Russian Mechanical Watch Commander VDV (211818)
Vostok Amphibian Russian Automatic Women's Watch (051230) White
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Fred Phelps (AP/Charlie Riedel)
Westboro Baptist founder Fred Phelps Sr. dead at 84
Phelps died late Wednesday night, according to his son
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2014/03/20/westboro_baptist_founder_fred_phelps_sr_dead_at_84/
Katie McDonough
March 20, 2014 8:03PM (UTC)
Fred Phelps Sr., the 84-year-old founder of noted hate group the Westboro Baptist Church, died late Wednesday night, according to his son.
Phelps' rabid homophobia inflicted a lot of pain and anguish on a lot of people. And despite reports that he was excommunicated by his own children for advocating "kindness" in the years before he died, he never made public amends for the hate that he made his life's work.
More from WIBW 13 News in Kansas:
Fred Phelps was a man bent on delivering a message. He did it by becoming a lawyer and by becoming a minister.
Despite being disbarred in 1979, Fred Phelps pushed his name into the public eye, through the political arena in campaigns to vie for Senator and Governor. Phelps scored 30-percent of the vote in his 1992 senate bid.
In the early 90s, wearing sunglasses and a windbreaker, Fred Phelps was making a name for the family church by holding one of a barrage of picket signs, with the stark messages decrying homosexuality.
The Westboro notoriety spread quickly beyond Kansas. Topekans were targeted in hundreds upon hundreds of faxes sent from the Westboro Baptist Church. [...]
By the close of the 1990s the Westboro message took another turn, opening with its protests at the funeral of slain Wyoming college student Matthew Shepherd. The protest gained Westboro, and Phelps, global notoriety.
As time marched through to the mid 2000s, the patriarch had faded from public view, but the world would take note of the Phelps children and grandchildren, and their protests of military funerals.
Katie McDonough is Salon's politics writer, focusing on gender, sexuality and reproductive justice. Follow her on Twitter @kmcdonovgh or email her at kmcdonough@salon.com.
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Beauty|October 28, 2014|
By Zahra Barnes
Helen Mirren Doesn't See Herself as Gorgeous—We Beg to Differ
Helen Mirren is more living proof that you don't need to be young to be gorgeous.
2014 Francois G. Durand
Helen Mirren is more living proof that you don't need to be young to be vibrant. The 69-year-old actress has just signed on to be the newest L'Oréal Paris UK brand ambassador, an exclusive club to which Jane Fonda, 76, and Diane Keaton, 68, also belong. And can you blame us for wanting to be members?
It isn't just that Helen looks insanely good. She radiates a sort of confidence that many women decades younger are hard-pressed to mimic. "I am not gorgeous. I never was, but I was okay-looking and I'm keen to stay that way," she says. We hate to argue with a dame, but we have to object on the "gorgeous" front. Still, what's most impressive is her acceptance of herself.
"I hope I can inspire other women towards greater confidence by making the most of their natural good looks," says Mirren. From the sound of the internet applause at her appointment, she's already on her way.
This also speaks to an exciting development in the beauty world: recognizing that age should be celebrated. Earlier this year, Jessica Lange was named the new face of Marc Jacobs Beauty while Charlotte Rampling served up a smize for NARS. Let's hope that instead of a passing fad, this refreshing outlook is here to stay.
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This Week In Art
By Phillip Mott on April 19, 2015 Arts & Culture
David Hockney has launched a new body of work in LA featuring portraiture and experimental photography. The “3D photographs without the glasses”, as the 77-year old puts it, are a marked departure from the Yorkshire landscapes he has painted for the last decade.
Turner prize winner Grayson Perry has donated his sketch of a troubled mind to a struggling mental health support group. The artist has frequently been public about his experiences with depression and is a prominent advocate of therapy.
An exhibition of “elemental” photography has opened in LA. The displays features fragments of smoke, electricity, and even semen to evoke the natural processes involved in the medium’s early beginnings.
An exhibition featuring community project Derwent Pulse has opened. The project saw hundreds of locals guide hundreds of multi-coloured lights down the Derbyshire river.
A 45 ft tiger has been painted onto a city street in Derby to highlight road safety. The charity Sustrans spent thousands installing the artwork to encourage walking, cycling, and public transport.
Artist Conrad Shawcross’ Three Perpetual Chords was unveiled yesterday in Dulwich Park. The artwork, which was commissioned after Barbara Hepworth sculpture was stolen in 2011, is made from cheap metal in the hope that it will deter thieves.
Luke Jerram, the man behind the giant water slides in Bristol, has unveiled Withdrawn, a flotilla of abandoned boats that will haunt Leigh Woods for the next 5 months.
Dame Angela Lansbury was awarded her first Olivier award for her first stage performance in 40 years.
Chief Executive of the National Theatre and former Film 4 boss Tessa Ross has stepped down, stating that artistic director Rufus Norris would better serve the company without her.
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company will launch next year with performances from Judi Dench, Rob Brydon, and Lily James, as well as the eponymous director himself among its opening roster.
Artist Annmarie Wright has constructed portraits of David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage and Natalie Bennett using quotes taken from Twitter about the leaders.
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Home Celebrity “Mad Men” Outrage: John Slattery and Jessica Pare Snubbed
“Mad Men” Outrage: John Slattery and Jessica Pare Snubbed
This is a scandal: both John Slattery and Jessica Pare were snubbed by the Emmy Awards for their outstanding work on “Mad Men.” This is sort of unbelievable. First of all, Slattery–Roger Sterling’s acid trip was one of the two highlights of the season. It was a landmark episode. As well, Slattery’s delivery in every scene of every episode almost seems effortless. Slattery’s Sterling is maybe the best character on all of television, frankly. He’s as smooth and wry as well, whiskey and rye. It’s quite maddening that he’s been left out of the Emmys. At the same time, Jessica Pare nearly stole “Mad Men” and the spring TV season as Megan Draper. Her performance of “Zou Bisou Bisou” was maybe the most talked about moment of TV all season. For Slattery and Pare to be ignored means there’s some snafu at AMC. There’s some disconnect, that’s for sure. On Emmy night, these two should have their own party, and have statues presented to them.
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Rudy Gay Has A Fractured Jaw
by SLAM Staff September 13, 2014
During Team USA’s victory over Lithuania, Kings forward Rudy Gay went down with an elbow to the face. Gay told USA Today that he has a fractured jaw, a broken tooth and will probably need a root canal. (Ironically enough, Gay’s teammate DeMarcus Cousins took an elbow to the throat against the Lithuanians.)
Gay is reportedly still available to play in Sunday’s gold medal game against Serbia.
Here’s some blurry footage of the play.
Gay took a vicious elbow to the top of his mouth in the third quarter of Team USA’s Thursday win over Lithuania, and the damage done will be coming home with even after Sunday’s gold medal game against Serbia in this FIBA World Cup comes to an end.
“I’ve got a fracture in my jaw, a broken tooth and am going to probably need a root canal,” Gay told USA TODAY Sports. “The top is where I got hit. It’s painful. It’s uncomfortable, and it still bleeds, so I’ve got to continuously gargle. It is what it is, man.”
What it was, as Gay sees it, was an unnecessary play that he was sure to voice his opinion about at the time. While Gay had to leave the game because of the hit, he spoke up in the handshake line after the game. That sparked a shouting match between the two teams, included USA coach Mike Krzyzewski waving his arms amid the chaos and trying to play peacemaker.
“I think (the elbow) had a little bit to do with (the situation afterward),” Gay said. “It was a dirty play, man. It was a dirty play.”
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Energy Efficiency, Commercial, Sourcing Renewables - April 18, 2018
Walmart announces Project Gigaton progress, plans for expanding EV charging
Walmart announced that suppliers have reported reducing more than 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions in the global value chain, as part of the company’s Project Gigaton initiative. This progress was shared at Walmart’s annual Sustainability Milestone Summit on Apr. 18.
"In its first year, Project Gigaton has helped to inspire action that has led to the avoidance of millions of metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and has expanded into an international campaign that includes the participation of several hundred suppliers," said Kathleen McLaughlin, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer for Walmart" in a statement. The early success of Project Gigaton parallels ongoing progress in our operational efforts that seek to double our U.S. renewable energy use and expand our customer electric vehicle charging hubs to retail outlets across more than 30 states."
With the recent expansion of Project Gigaton in China and the U.K., more than 400 suppliers with operations in more than 30 countries have joined the program. Approximately 85 percent of the Project Gigaton emissions reductions reported by suppliers have focused their efforts on the energy and product use pillars, with projects devoted to areas such as renewable energy investments and the development of more efficient products. McLaughlin said progress in these two areas "makes sense. Those are materially relevant, you can see why people would get started there."
The Summit featured the announcement of a commitment made by Project Gigaton participant Procter & Gamble to cut 50 MMT of emissions from its operations and value chain by 2030. P&G has committed to source 100 percent renewable electricity in its North American operations by 2020.
Walmart revealed plans to more than double its EV charging station sites with the addition of several hundred charging stalls across its operations in 34 states. This expansion will bring Walmart’s total number of charging units to well over 1,000, creating a national grid of electric vehicle charging availability at hundreds of Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations. Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Walmart, said “It will make us one of the largest providers of charging stations in the country. We are going to have several that are super fast, where you can charge in about 10 minutes.”
Walmart also discussed recent progress in renewable energy that will move it closer toward its 2025 goal of being supplied globally with 50 percent renewable energy. New initiatives include expansion of on-site solar energy installments. Walmart, already the leading company in the U.S. for a number of locations utilizing on-site solar energy, plans to add an additional 130 sites which will bring its total to approximately 500 locations across 22 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, surpassing its 2014 goal to double its onsite solar use by 2020.
"I love being a merchant but having purpose behind it, where you actually know you are doing good as a team, is much more important than what the comp store sales were yesterday,” said McMillion at the Summit. “We need them both but how we do this matters a lot and I’m proud of being part of Walmart.”
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FROM THE ROYAL MILITARY LIBRARY OF KING ERNEST AUGUSTUS OF HANOVER
Orderly Books--Eliott's Light Horse (15th Light Dragoons).
SERIES OF FOUR MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES FROM THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
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dated 12 July to 13 October 1760, c.180 pages; 14 October 1760 to 19 June 1761, c.170 pages; 4 August to 1 October 1761, c.170 pages; 2 December 1762 to 18 April 1764, c.250 pages; in two different hands, all oblong 8vo, one with a marching route tipped in, two in plain calf, one in blind tooled calf, one in stiff vellum, boards worn, two volumes lacking upper covers and a third with upper cover detached, remaining hinges weak, marching route torn
A series of orderly books recording the regiment's service in Germany on the Western front during the Seven Years War, including daily general and regimental orders, memoranda, courts martial, passwords, and other official communications. The final volume follows the armistice and the regiment's return to Britain.
The regiment that became the 15th Light Dragoons was raised in 1759 by George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield, who was also their first Colonel. They served with distinction in the army of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick against the French (who had occupied Hanover earlier in the war), Austrians, and their allies. The regiment's first major action was at the Battle of Emsdorf, 16 July 1760, where their rapid advance - with the loss of 125 men - secured the victory and bought them high commendation from their commander:
"...H.S.H. [the Duke of Brunswick] therefore gives his best thanks to these Brave Troops, and particularly to Elliotts Regt which was allowed by everyone one present to have done wonders. H.S.H. the Prince could not enough commend, the Bravery, Good Conduct, & Good countenance with which that Regt. fought. H.S.H. desires much to be able to find means to acknowledge to Major Erskine principally who was at the Head of that Regiment, & lead it so Gallantly, as well as to the other officers & men his real satisfaction..." (General Order, 20 July 1760).
As a result of their success the regiment was awarded the right to bear on its Guidons and appointments the word 'Emsdorf' - the first battle honour ever awarded to a British regiment.
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Akai MPC Live
Music Production Centre
Hardware > Drum Machine, Sampler, Sequencer
By Simon Sherbourne
The return of the stand-alone MPC exceeds expectations.
Five years ago Akai Professional took the bold decision to move their MPC range to the hybrid software-plus-controller model that was proving a runaway success for Native Instruments’ Maschine. While this would appeal to a new group of beat-makers more comfortable with laptops than traditional drum machines, it left much of the existing user base yearning for a next-gen stand-alone solution. This demand never died away, in fact there’s a renewed interest in self-contained drum machines, grooveboxes, and mobile music devices in general. Akai have evidently been listening and are returning to stand-alone in a seriously ambitious way, launching two new MPCs that offer uncompromising computer-free operation, as well as a hybrid controller mode, and project transition between the two.
There are two new models. The MPC Live is designed for portability and is, on the face of it, a stand-alone version of the MPC Touch (reviewed in SOS September 2016). The MPC X is a larger, studio-based workstation that’s like a futuristic version of a Renaissance or MPC5000. I got the chance to play with both in order to make comparisons, but this review will concentrate on the Live model.
Live Here Now
With the MPC Touch, Akai introduced a new interface that combines touch and physical control elements and, as we said at the time, offers a much enhanced experience compared to the software on previous MPCs. This is the foundation for the new MPCs, both of which, like the Touch, can be used as controllers (and audio/MIDI interfaces) for the MPC software. However, they also have on-board CPUs that can run the MPC software independently.
The MPC DAW and plug-in finally hits version 2.0 alongside this hardware launch, sporting a much needed visual makeover with styling inherited back from the Touch interface. It also has some big new features, notably audio tracks, a new loop launcher Program type and modernised content browsing. Despite a great deal of tidying up, Akai have not tinkered significantly with the MPC production workflow, which will either be a relief or a disappointment depending on your perspective.
The MPC Live is the same size as the Touch, but a little bit deeper, and it feels chunkier as the thickness is uniform across the unit. A tough metal case — and a lot more going on inside — results in a hefty weight of 2.7kg (5.9lbs). For comparison that’s a bit more than my 15-inch laptop plus charger, or exactly the same as a Push 2. Part of the weight is the Lithium-Ion battery, which gives you up to six hours of untethered power (and from my testing that’s real hours, not Apple hours).
The MPC Live has the same front-panel layout as the Touch, except that the screen is flush with the surface instead of recessed, which feels like an improvement. The pads remain unsurpassed since I gushed about them in the MPD and Touch reviews, and I have to say I prefer the solid rubber function buttons to the hard plastic ones on the MPC X (at least on the prototype I saw).
The back panel is packed with connectivity. Audio-wise, there are six TRS outputs and a mini-jack headphone port. Stereo input is switched between two line-level TRS inputs or a pair of phonos (with ground) for direct capture from a turntable. Unlike the X model, there are no mic or instrument inputs, which I found frustrating. If you’re going to want to record vocals or guitar while out and about, or want the MPC Live to double as your main studio interface, then you’ll need to budget an extra £100$130 or so for something like a PreSonus TubePre.
At the back of the MPC Live we find a master volume control, a 3.5mm headphone socket, six quarter-inch audio outputs, a pair of phono inputs (with associated input level control, grounding post and line/phono level switch), quarter-inch audio inputs, two pairs of MIDI I/O ports, three USB ports and a socket for the external power supply.
Staying true to the MPC heritage as a studio hub, there’s a brace of full-size MIDI ins and outs. (The MPC X has really gone to town with four MIDI outs and eight CV outputs to boot). You can also connect class-compliant MIDI controllers via the USB ports. I kept a portable MIDI keyboard plugged in most of the time for playing Keygroup programs. You can even plug a computer keyboard in for easy naming. In fact, when you switch the MPC to controller mode it acts like a USB hub for the computer, so you can swap between modes without replugging! As if this isn’t enough, the unit has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities, although neither were enabled yet on my review unit. Bluetooth MIDI devices will be supported, and upcoming support for Ableton Link will allow wireless beat syncing with other devices.
The USB ports are one of several way to add storage and share files with your MPC Live. Connected USB drives simply mount and become available for Browse and Save operations. I tried both a FAT32-formatted thumb drive and Mac-formatted portable drive, both of which mounted without incident. While USB is great for moving stuff around, there are also two options for longer-term expansion of the storage. The internal flash storage is 16GB, a large chunk of which is taken up with the factory sound library and MPC OS/software, so the first thing I did was stick a 16GB SD card in the back, giving me a great place to keep my projects. However, you can go one better: there’s an internal hard drive bay (easily accessed from the bottom of the unit) where you can install a standard 2.5-inch laptop-style SATA drive. This makes it possible to keep a huge sound library right in the MPC.
Working with the MPC Live in its stand-alone mode is largely indiscernible from controller mode operation, but before we get into comparisons let’s recap the basic operation. An MPC Project consists of Programs (drum kits, sampled instruments, etc) which are sequenced in Tracks. Tracks are contained in a Sequence and a Project can contain multiple Sequences. Sequences can loosely equate to ‘scenes’ in other systems, but are completely independent containers with their own tracks so can be wholly different ideas or songs. The touch interface uses multiple views to access various working modes. Most work is done in the Main view where you can flip between Sequences and Tracks, and assign Programs to Tracks. The Main view button toggles to the Track view. From either of these views you can jump to editing Track data in the MIDI grid, step sequencer or audio edit views.
The MPC Live’s front panel measures 424 x 224mm, and the touchscreen has a diagonal measurement of 176mm.
This multi-view system can be bewildering initially, but once you learn the structure and the places you need to be, you can work quickly and fluidly. This is facilitated by the effective way that the touchscreen, buttons and data wheel have been integrated to form a very pleasing way of interacting with the system. And there’s definitely a lot to be said for focusing on a single device, without having to reference a computer screen.
The touchscreen is excellent, using capacitive touch technology like your phone, rather than the resistive touch screens that rely on pressure. For example, in the MIDI Edit grid or piano roll view at default zoom I could quickly draw or select notes very accurately. Everything is very snappy. And that’s not limited to the display: one of the first things that struck me when playing with the Live was the responsiveness of drum kits. We get used to the latency inherent in computer-based DAWs, so it’s quite striking when it’s not there.
A recorded Clip Program arrangement in Edit View.
There has been some general tidying up of the screen layout, such as making the quantise and metronome features more accessible, but the first major improvement I noticed was in the Browser, which has been improved in general in MPC 2.0, and implemented nicely in the touch interface. There is a Content view that sifts the factory-installed sounds into high-level buckets: Drums, Instruments, Clips and so on. There’s also a search function now. A small but useful feature is that when you load a Program after selecting a new Track, it will assign it automatically to that Track. These are significant improvements, although there’s still no ‘audition in place’ for kits or instruments when browsing. On the test version of the software there was also no way to properly add new content Expansions to the on-board library, but Akai say this is on their to-do list.
Talking of content, the MPC’s drive is pre-loaded with the mighty Vault 2.0, Essential Instruments and MPC Clip Expansion packs. Several more Expansions are also provided for download, plus you get all the fantastic AIR plug-ins (Hybrid, Loom, Vacuum Pro, etc), some Sonivox instruments and the standard MPC add-ons like The Bank, and The 809 to play with on the computer side.
While the stand-alone MPC is much like a Touch sans computer, there are important features that are only available in the software version. The biggest is VST plug-in support: the MPC stand-alone is all sampler, audio and MIDI based. However, it does include the internal audio effects, so it’s not that it couldn’t do it in theory. In fact I initially misread the product information and thought that Akai had got AIR’s Hybrid synth running on the hardware. Realistically, though, this would be asking a lot of the on-board processors and memory, but I’m still holding out hope that they might be able to get some simple synths (drum synths maybe?) running on the fairly capable quad-core ARM chips.
Audio To Go
The biggest new MPC features are Clip Programs and Audio Tracks, both of which are available stand-alone and in the software, with the only difference being an eight audio track limit in stand-alone mode. Audio Tracks are pretty much what their name suggests: linear audio lanes where you can record, import and edit audio. The only meaningful difference between these and the audio tracks in a traditional DAW is that they exist separately within each Sequence, rather than at the top Song level, but, for better or worse, that’s very much in keeping with everything in MPC Land.
Audio and MIDI tracks are fenced off from each other in the Track view, and in the Main view you’ll now see separate tab selectors for viewing the two track types. In the Audio Track tab the setup area has an input selector instead of Program assignment, plus Arming and Monitor mode controls, and the MIDI Grid view button is replaced by Audio Edit. This is a full-screen DAW-style audio waveform editor, in which a selection of edit tools let you zoom, select, cut or delete clips. You can move and trim clips directly on the touchscreen, or use the edit modes at the bottom of the screen in conjunction with the main knob. This is particularly satisfying and just as quick as mouse editing in most cases. I’d like to see the Q-Link knobs have trimming assignments here (as they do in the regular sample editor), but this is pretty great for a first version.
Audio Tracks are easy to edit in the touch user interface.
You can record directly into audio tracks from the inputs and you can record multiple tracks simultaneously. You can also quickly drop audio samples from your Project into an audio track, giving you a new, non-MIDI-triggered way to sequence and assemble tracks. All of this is in addition to the existing sampling and slicing options.
If you prefer to work with audio in a more Ableton-esque fashion, by triggering loops and scenes on the fly, then Clip Programs are for you. A Clip Program is like a regular Kit Program in that it has different samples assigned to each pad, but it’s set up for playing back loops. Tapping a pad toggles playback of the assigned loop (though this can be switched to single shot mode). By default, ‘mute groups’ are set up in such a way that one loop is played back from each pad column at a time, as per the popular clip-launching convention. This can be redefined using up to 32 separate groups. The final piece of this puzzle is automatic time stretching, which keeps the loops in time with the current tempo.
The factory content includes ready-made Clip Programs that combine complementary loops from four ‘food groups’: Drums, Bass, Melodic and Vocals, with consistent pad colour-coding. This suggests a ‘live remix’ usage similar to NI’s Stems format. However, there are many great uses for these loop mixing programs. One nice feature is that launch quantisation is flexible, and loops are launched in what Ableton call ‘legato’ mode; in other words with the position in the loop maintained relative to the beat (which is still not possible when triggering MPC sequences). This makes it easy to improvise on the fly with loop variations and fills, and record your arrangement.
In Control
Despite The MPC Live’s extensive stand-alone capabilities, most users will want to move projects to their computer-based studio environment at some point to gain access to VST plug-ins, more audio tracks and I/O, or to bring their work into another DAW environment via the MPC plug-in. Switching the MPC to Controller mode prompts you to save your work, then closes down stand-alone operation. When connected via USB to your computer the MPC appears as an audio and MIDI interface. If the MPC software (or an instance of the plug-in) is running, the hardware detects it and becomes as one with it. Unlike the Touch, where the screen is driven from the computer using DisplayLink, the TUI (Touch User Interface) on MPC Live is powered by the unit itself. This bypasses the Touch’s tricky initial setup process, and means it responds faster too.
The new MPC 2.0 desktop application, complete with audio tracks, channel inspector and updated mixer.
If you want to continue working on a project started in stand-alone mode it’s simple, as both the hardware and the MPC software use the same project file format (and MPC projects always keep copies of all their referenced samples). When connected in controller mode, all the MPC’s connected storage devices (except the built-in system drive) mount on your computer. You can then copy a project over, or even just open it directly.
Once running on the computer, the project continues to be controlled from the hardware as if nothing has changed. Only a single instance of the plug-in or software can run at a time, and, while this limits your options, the plug-in does have 32 busses that can be used to split out to your DAW tracks, and sticking to one instance has its benefits, given the internal multitrack workflow of the MPC. If you want to print your MPC tracks into your DAW you can bus them out and bounce them, but there’s also a built-in feature for dragging and dropping out tracks and loops as audio files.
A Clip Program with colour-coded ‘food groups’.There may also be times when you want to move a project from the MPC software/plug-in to the hardware, perhaps to take an MPC project started on the computer out to a remote session, to prep songs for a live show or simply to carry on working on the go. The basic idea is the same: simply open the project on the MPC in stand-alone mode. However, there are limitations when going this way as the hardware cannot play tracks with plug-ins, or more than 128 audio tracks. Plug-in instrument tracks switch to MIDI tracks when on the hardware, so they can be repurposed if necessary, but if you go back the tracks stays MIDI and the plug-in assignment is lost. To circumvent this, there’s a one-step feature for bouncing any Program, Track or Sequence to an Audio Track so you can move to stand-alone with your project sounding the same. Audio Tracks beyond the first eight are stripped from a project when opened in stand-alone mode, and gone if returning to Controller mode. Therefore, you should use a copy of the project, but given that there’s no way to merge projects this situation is best avoided.
As I said at the beginning, MPC veterans will likely feel right at home with the new MPCs — albeit a completely refurbished home of the future. The basic workflows and modes of operation are fully consistent with MPCs that have come before. In my review of the Touch I expressed some gripes about the MPC way of working, but over the last few months I’ve spent some intensive time comparing the workflows of the MPC, Maschine and Push, and have developed an appreciation for the strengths of the MPC, in particular the speed with which you can get stuff done once you’ve built the muscle memory, and the single point of focus.
I still struggle with the limited scope of MPC Song mode, and this is highlighted by Audio Tracks. As with MIDI It’s not possible to record audio across the length of a Song, only within an individual Sequence. If you have a Song arrangement and want to, say, record a vocal performance across the whole thing, you’d need to bounce the Song to a Sequence. It seems like this has always been the default workflow in the MPC, and Songs tend to be temporary workspaces for fleshing out a track’s arrangement before moving back to a Sequence where you can actually get stuff done. This would perhaps be fine, but I find long MIDI tracks awkward to deal with because there’s no concept of a MIDI clip or pattern. The contents of MIDI tracks are raw MIDI notes, so arrangement editing is awkward. The Sequence length also sets a limit on any audio recording, so if you’re working in a Sequence that’s a four-bar loop, you’ll have to dupe it or lengthen it to record a longer audio part. Compare this to Push/Live where I can drop any track in and record for as long as I like and the longest track automatically defines the length of the Scene/Sequence.
We’re probably too quick to label new products and technologies as ‘game changing’, but I think the MPC Live really is a breakthrough. With the Touch, Akai had already succeeded in creating an immersive, focused workstation experience where you could do everything in one place. To offer the same environment in a stand-alone device (albeit without VST plug-ins) is a unique and compelling concept. For a long time I’ve wanted an uncompromising mobile music device which offers seamless project transfer to a computer. And here mobile means mobile: no laptop, no power cable.
The hardware spec is certainly uncompromising: a laptop-grade internal battery, amazing storage options, MIDI device support on USB and Bluetooth — even Wi-Fi! On-board audio and MIDI I/O were of course essential; the fact that they become available to your computer in controller mode (along with the connected storage) is icing. Admittedly I’d have found a mic input more useful the turntable inputs, but for others the reverse is probably true. The hardware quality is backed up by an extensive 2.0 update of the MPC software that includes Audio Tracks, Clip performance and modernisation of the browser, mixer and user interface.
While the MPC platform still faces some stiff competition from Berlin, pick-up-and-go mobility with this level of functionality is something you can’t get elsewhere. A single device that you can make beats with, take out to collaboration and recording sessions and use to play live not only re-establishes MPC as the hip hop producer’s weapon of choice, it should be equally tempting to musicians and producers of all flavours.
Pioneer’s Toraiz SP-16 got the attention of many who were looking for a ‘stand-alone’ MPC. I currently have that on review as well, and it’s a very capable and immediate drum machine/performance sampler, ideal for live or DJ environments. While there is some overlap, as a production workstation the MPC is considerably more versatile, better spec’ed, and significantly less expensive. Also on the stand-alone front, Elektron’s new Digitakt is a contender, and it’s ‘Overbridge’ USB control and audio streaming capability is great. Finally, of course, as a fully fledged beatmakers’ DAW, the MPC also competes with the heavyweight hybrids Maschine and Push. (It also works well alongside either).
MPC Makeover
Despite the fact that with the new MPCs and the Touch you’ll make fewer trips to the software client, it was long overdue a rethink, and version 2.0 is a big leap forward. Finally the grey, utilitarian look has been replaced by a modern, flat design with a charcoal and muted-red palette that matches the touch interface. The mode and view icons have also been updated and matched across hardware and software. The Browser pane, with it’s essential new filter and search capabilities, has moved to the right edge of the window, with the left edge dedicated to the main Sequence, Project and Program selectors and a new Inspector area.
Audio warping enables tempo-sync’ed playback of loops.
The Inspector has a lot in common with its namesake in Logic: it’s a detailed channel view of any selected object, showing both the object itself and the channel it routes to. So in Pad view you see the mixer channel for an individual pad in a kit, alongside the master Program channel for the whole kit. You can switch to Program view to see the kit and its output channel. Finally, you can view a MIDI track and the Program it controls. Audio tracks are simpler, with a single view mode in the Inspector. The Inspector and the project navigator above it allow you to manage most of your work in one simple place, much like the Main view on any MPC hardware. As well as gaining this adaptive channel view in the Inspector, the mixer has seen other advances and is the most compelling reason to venture into the software. Eight new subgroup mix channels allow you to structure a mix more effectively and add bus effects. There is now a resizable, master mixer view which can show all channels together (MIDI and Audio Tracks, Programs, the new subgroup channels, and effect returns).
Another major enhancement is time-stretch and pitch-shift functionality. This was obviously a key prerequisite for the new Clip Programs, which are loop player tracks that can match the Sequence tempo. But audio warping has not just been bolted on to facilitate loop launching, it permeates all other sample-editing areas of the MPC, and I found myself using it often to tighten the timing of audio I recorded or imported, and to match the tempo of breaks, samples and musical snippets found in many of the legacy drum kits.
And all this goodness including the Audio Tracks and Clip Programs is available to users of earlier controller MPCs. If you have a Touch you’ll get the upgrade free of charge. It’s also free if you bought a Renaissance, Studio or Studio Black up to four months prior to the release. Anyone who purchased an MPC before this can upgrade for $99. Element owners can upgrade from MPC Essentials for $149.
Deep stand-alone functionality.
Incredible storage options.
Li-Ion Battery.
Seamless transition to computer-based environment.
Large plug-in and sound library.
Ableton Link over Wi-Fi.
No mic or instrument inputs.
Song mode still lacking.
The MPC Live is a true DAW in a box that also docks effortlessly with your studio.
£969 including VAT.
www.akaipro.com
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South West councils are lobbying for a major road linking with the M4, but are they ignoring Somerset?
The plan would bring jobs and homes and a boost to the economy - but only to neighbouring counties
Claire HerbauxReporter
If you live in Somerset and you're nowhere near the M5, getting round the region can be a pain.
But motorists trying to get to the regional capital city of Bristol or the M4 have precious little choice.
The alternative to the M5 for people in the east of Somerset is the A37, but the traversing the route can be a marathon.
And it has a shocking reputation for serious and fatal crashes.
So it might seem like good news that councils and businesses in the South West are now lobbying for better transport links between the south coast and the M4 corridor.
Except that it almost entirely ignores Somerset.
The proposed link road aims to connect the M4 with Channel ports of Poole and Southampton.
What do you think of the plans
I live in North East Somerset and think it will be great
The M5 is fine, a lack of connectivity is part of living in the country
Somerset councillors should get involved and work on a road serving our towns
The proposal claims a particular problem is the large number of heavy goods vehicles travelling between the ports and the motorway network.
The A350, the A338 and the A36/A46 through Bath experience considerable congestion.
But what about the M5? It is probably more congested than any of the other roads.
And the A37 remains almost entirely single carriageway.
The proposed link road would serve Poole and Southampton and ignore Somerset (Image: BANES council)
Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset and Poole councils got together, which explains why these areas would benefit from the new road.
But there is nothing to improve connectivity to Somerset.
What the Link Road would bring to neighbouring counties
Of course, the main goal of the road would be to avoid the congestion and get better access to the South. But it will also boost the economy for businesses who previously struggled due to the lack of good transport links.
Jim Stewart, CEO of Poole Harbour Commissioners, said: "The absence of an effective north-south link has hindered growth in Dorset’s economy for decades. 25 per cent of deliveries are delayed – this means that excess labour costs are incurred."
Serious crashes on the A37
A37: Fatal sports car crash
A37: Truckmageddon
Man dies on A37 after festival
Lorry hits A37 bridge
Jobs and homes
The predictions are that if the plans for the link road go ahead, there will be new jobs and homes for the regions.
Bath and North East Somerset would have 10,300 new jobs and 13,000 new homes by 2029.
Dorset would have 30,000 new jobs and 68,114 new homes in Dorset including Bournemouth and Poole by 2032.
And Wiltshire is predicted to get 27,500 new jobs and 42,000 homes by 2026.
The time frame for this project
M4 and South link road
Autumn 2017/18
Highways England publishes SRN Initial Report and starts two-month consultation period.
Spring 2018/19
The Department for Transport to approve business case and draft Road Investment Strategy
Cross government approval and publication of updated business case and Road Investment Strategy
Highways England to approve Strategic Business Plan
Highways England to approve Delivery Plan
What do you think? Share your views with me at claire.herbaux@localworld.co.uk or in the comments below. And vote in our poll.
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Teo Ho Pin
Teo Ho Pin proposes framework and code of conduct for town council handovers
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Andrea Ong
Coordinating chairman of the People's Action Party (PAP)-run town councils Teo Ho Pin on Monday proposed establishing a framework and a professional code of conduct to guide elected MPs in the handover of town councils.
Kicking off the debate following National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan's statement on his ministry's review of town councils, Dr Teo said he understood that there were public concerns regarding such handovers following a change in political party running the town or a change in constituency boundaries.
He said elected MPs should not get into a "blame game" and politicise the handover. There could be a code of conduct to effect a smooth handover, similar to what is practised in strata management when there is a change of managing agent, said Dr Teo, who is also chairman of Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council.
He called for the Ministry of National Development (MND) to review this aspect of the handover. MND could also be the arbitrator in the event of any dispute during the handover, he said.
Noting the ministry's findings that the transaction between the PAP town councils and the PAP-owned IT firm Action Information Management had complied with Government rules, Dr Teo said he wanted to reiterate that PAP town councils have "always exercised good governance". As guardians of residents' and public funds, town councils must always be accountable to residents and offer them value for money.
Dr Teo cited examples of how the PAP town councils working together has benefited residents, such as banking on economies of scale, generating cost savings from calling joint tenders on improvement projects and sharing best practices.
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Uncontactable lawyer and missing $33 million: Allied Tech recuses three directors
JLC Advisors managing partner Jeffrey Ong Su Aun had allegedly made unauthorised payouts from an escrow account belonging to Allied Technologies with $33,153,416.PHOTO: JCLADVISORS
http://str.sg/ojNY
K.C. Vijayan
Senior Law Correspondent
vijayan@sph.com.sg
SINGAPORE - Allied Technologies recused three directors from all decisions and recommendations by its board because of conflict of interest in relation to the missing $33 million held in escrow by law firm JLC Advisors.
One of them is independent director Karen Pok Mee Yau, who is a partner at the law firm.
Allied Tech's board, which filed the announcement with the Singapore Exchange on Saturday (May 25), also lodged a police report requesting an investigation into JLC Advisors and its managing partner Jeffrey Ong Su Aun for potential offences committed.
Mr Ong had allegedly made unauthorised payouts from the escrow account with $33,153,416. The 42-year-old lawyer has been uncontactable for several days.
In its announcement, Allied Tech said it was acting on the recommendation of its nominating committee in recusing Ms Pok, Mr Kenneth Low Si Ren and Mr Lim Jin Wei.
Mr Low, who is the executive director, is involved in transactions relating to Platform Capital Asia (Singapore) and Asia Box Office.
Mr Lim, an independent director, has been a signatory to the escrow account with JLC since its establishment.
News of missing lawyer Jeffrey Ong Su Aun shocks family and employees
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Law Society to probe lawyer misconduct at JLC Advisors over missing $33 million
The board said that the three directors shall not act as signatory to the accounts of the company and its subsidiaries. "The recused directors will continue to cooperate and assist in investigations," it added.
The company also said it had on May 23 - through its lawyers from Rajah & Tann - asked JLC to provide a statement of accounts of the escrow funds, confirmation as to when it discovered that the monies had been paid out and to who, as well as an update on the whereabouts of Mr Ong.
"The company has not received any reply from JLC to its letter," it said.
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Pearl Jam’s concert last night at Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheatre became the scene of a brief Temple of the Dog reunion, as Chris Cornell joined the Backspacer band for a rendition of the 1991 hit “Hunger Strike,” EW reports. The performance unified all the principal members of Temple of the Dog — Cornell, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready and background vocalist Eddie Vedder — for the first time since 2003, when these superpowers of Seattle grunge also teamed up in California to perform “Hunger Strike” and “Reach Down.”
But wait, there’s more: Rolling Stone has learned that the other members of Soundgarden — guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Ben Shepherd — came to the show with Cornell to check out their drummer Matt Cameron pounding the skins with his new band. The pow-wow represents the first time the full band has been seen publicly together in more than a decade. RS recently spoke with Thayil about the potential of a Soundgarden reunion and the possibility of fans getting their hands on scores of unreleased tracks.
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Temple of the Dog was a one-off tribute band that formed following the death of Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. Cornell was roommates with Wood, while Gossard and Ament were members of Mother Love Bone before ultimately forming Pearl Jam in the wake of Wood’s death. Vedder, then just hired to front Pearl Jam, contributed background vocals and split lead-singing duties on “Hunger Strike” to Temple of the Dog’s lone album.
If the above performance and the members of Soundgarden in the audience weren’t grungetastic enough, Pearl Jam had one more Seattle surprise in store for Los Angeles: Pearl Jam also welcomed out Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell during “Alive,” with McCready abandoning his guitar so Cantrell could slay the solo. According to EW, at the end of the show, everyone involved bowed arm in arm to the audience.
Watch fan footage of “Alive” below:
• Flashback: Mother Love Bone at the 1989 Bumbershoot Festival
• Pearl Jam Rule Austin City Limits With Ferocious Closing Set Featuring Ben Harper, Perry Farrell
• Soundgarden Beyond the Upside: Photos
In This Article: Pearl Jam, Reunion, Temple of the Dog
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Summit girls XC barely misses cut for state; Boyd, Ramsay qualify on fast Delta course
Sports | October 24, 2015
Phil Lindeman
plindeman@summitdaily.com
Summit's Alex Mason at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23.
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Summit's Megan McDonnell at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23.
The Summit girl's cross-country team huddles before the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23.
Summit's McKenna Ramsay at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23. Ramsay finished in eighth to qualify for the state championships on Oct. 31.
Summit's Emily Pappas at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23.
Summit's Alex Lehman at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23.
The Summit boy's cross-country team at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23. All seven varsity runners finished with personal records on the fast and flat course.
Summit's Ruthie Boyd at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23. Boyd placed second at the meet to qualify for the state championships in Colorado Springs on Oct. 31.
Summit's Jessica Horii at the 4A league meet in Delta on Oct. 23.
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4A Region 6 League XC results
Overall varsity girls, individual (90 total)
1. Greta Van Calcar, Palisade — 18:30
2. Ruthie Boyd, Summit — 18:39
3. Tatum Burger, Steamboat Springs — 18:49
8. McKenna Ramsay, Summit — 19:22
23. Noelle Resignolo, Summit — 20:21
38. Morrison Donovan, Summit — 21:05
43. Emily Pappas, Summit — 21:26
60. Sarah Lorche, Summit — 22:18
62. Katie Mason, Summit — 22:30
64. Jessica Horii, Summit— 22:42
69. Megan McDonnell, Summit — 22:58
Overall varsity boys (93 total)
1. Ian Meek, Montrose — 15:26
2. Benjamin Lachelt, Durango — 15:35
3. Alexis Aguirre, Battle Mountain — 15:54
30. Alex Lehman, Summit — 17:23
51. Alex Mason, Summit — 18:15
61. Skylar Drakos, Summit — 18:54
64. Ryan Davidson, Summit — 19:11
74. Tyler Marshall, Summit — 19:50
82. Logan Pappas, Summit — 20:32
84. Nash LaFrankie, Summit — 20:34
Overall varsity girls, team (11 total)
1. Battle Mountain
2. Steamboat Springs
3. Palisade
4. Durango
5. Summit
Overall varsity boys, team (11 total)
3. Glenwood Springs
4. Montrose
All it took were two points.
At the 4A league meet on Oct. 23, the Summit girl’s cross-country team barely missed the cut for next weekend’s 4A state championships in Colorado Springs, losing by two points to fourth-place team Durango. It was about the difference of a single place in the overall results and marks the first time since 2011 that the Tigers girls won’t send a team to state.
“They just barely missed it, and that’s the most heartbreaking place to be,” head coach Heather Quarantillo said. “It is what it is. We knew it would be a tight race to win, and it came down to one better finish. It happens in cross-country around the world every day. It just hasn’t happened to us.”
It wasn’t for lack of trying on a familiar league course at Delta. Summit senior Ruthie Boyd came in second place overall at 18:39, tying her personal record to finish nine seconds behind overall winner Greta Van Calcar of Palisade. Tigers captain McKenna Ramsay finished in eighth overall with a time of 19:22. She and Boyd both qualified for the state meet and will be the only Summit runner in Colorado Springs on Oct. 31.
“I think everyone was in the same mindset,” said Ramsay, who admits this season has been “weird” for her due to breathing issues. “The teams that were right on the edge of making it to state were so close, and I’ sure everyone was racing harder because they knew that.”
Battle Mountain girls dominated the overall team standings, placing five athletes in the top 10 against a field of 90 total runners. Second went to Steamboat Springs and third went to Palisade, home to top runner Van Calcar.
Boyd entered the league meet with two overall wins this season, one at the Tigers first race in Basalt on Aug. 29 and the other at the team’s final race in Rifle on Oct. 15. The Tigers powerhouse had Van Calcar in sight for most of the race, keeping pace through a whip-fast league course where she’s raced every season since freshman year.
“I was excited about my finish,” said Boyd, who has qualified for state as a team and individual runner her entire high school career. “I personally met one of the goals I’ve been trying to meet for the last three years, which is getting back to my personal record from sophomore year. It helped to be familiar with the course. A large part of my motivation today was also the team, just doing the best for them.”
Despite barely missing the state cut as a team — this season is the first time Boyd and Ramsay will head to state solo — the two only had good things to say about this season’s crew. Several other girls had personal records in Delta, and Ramsay managed to overcome her frustrating breathing issues. Emotions didn’t hurt on the course — they only helped.
“I hadn’t thought about it being senior year until this race, and I think that’s why this race went better than the others,” Ramsay said. “I knew there was only one chance left. I finally got everything under control, and it came right in time for state.”
Like Ramsay, Boyd battled health and performance issues all last season, placing 69th at state after finishing 19th her sophomore year. Both runners are college-bound next year, but until then, they’re hoping for career-best performances at state. They won’t break any personal records — the Colorado Springs course isn’t fast like Delta — but personal best state finishes are easily within reach, including a top-15 for Ramsay.
“It has been a strong season for me,” Ramsay said. “I haven’t had any health issues or injuries to deal with, and I’ve enjoyed having a really strong senior season, spending it with the best team ever.”
Record-breaking boys
The Summit boy’s team knew long before leagues that they didn’t have much of a shot at state, with Durango, Battle Mountain and Glenwood Springs battling it out for top place most of the season. Instead, the Tigers set their sights on personal records.
And it paid off. All seven varsity boys broke personal records, including Summit’s top finisher, captain Alex Lehman (17:23), and fellow senior Alex Mason, who dropped 15 seconds off his PR to finish at 18:15.
“It really shows something about us, that we had seven runners with the fastest races of their lives,” Mason said. “In the Western Slope (league), a lot of our races are difficult, so we don’t really train for time. We train for place, and this race was where it paid off.”
Like the girls, the boys were plagued by obnoxious recurring injuries all season. Senior Skylar Drakos (18:54) had struggled with post-race shin splits since August, but, like Ramsay, he was able to overcome recurring issues in time for the final meet. He’d pushed himself hard over the summer to prep for the season, running roughly 400 total miles solo and in races.
“I just wanted to keep pushing myself,” Drakos said of his training and the league meet. “I had my PR for the last cross-country race of the season, finally got into the 18s, and that was a good way to end things.”
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Swindon councillors fear they’re ‘frozen out’
By Aled Thomas Local Democracy Reporter
Councillor Bob Wright said he'd been unaware of decisions made that affected his ward Pic by Dave Cox.
COUNCILLORS in Swindon complain they are being frozen out of decisions affecting their areas by the Conservative administration.
Two senior members of the Labour group made the claim at the the authority’s resources and corporate overview and scrutiny meeting.
Bob Wright, one of the Labour members for Central ward, said: “We have had meetings with the chief executive and there have been times where she’s told us about things that are going on.There have been times when she’s told us that she’s been obliged not to tell us things that are going on, even in our wards.”
“There was an example where there were proposals to make Station Road in my ward two-way traffic and I found a lot of resistance to my suggestions and information. I had to fight quite hard to get involved, and eventually that became a cabinet member advisory group and ward councillors were able to give positive information.
“But it can be difficult and there are times where we haven’t been informed about what’s going on in our wards.”
His comments came after senior officer Samantha Mowbray reported on a peer review visit by the Local Government Association looking at how the council manages its plans.
Des Moffatt, one of the Labour members for Rodbourne Cheney commented on one of the recommendations to 'drive further improvement where there is common agreement across the political spectrum.”
He said: “The peer review group was not impressed by the exclusivity of the leadership. It says in the body of the report the council would perform better if it could get all councillors across the political spectrum to buy in to what its doing.”
But Dale Heenan, The Conservative cabinet member for the town centre responded: “There are no conspiracies. I say this carefully, but I have witnessed how some councillors have been consulted on a cabinet decision, provide written feedback on the record, and then weeks later, in front of a public audience, claim to know nothing at all.”
Emma Faramarzi, vice-chairman of the scrutiny committee added: “We have an important community leadership role, and this means keeping ourselves informed and updated.
"This doesn’t mean a councillor should be spoon fed, but instead we must work together pro-actively for the benefit of Swindon. Irrespective of party politics, the majority of us have good working relationships.”
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Judging a Cover by Its Book: Choose the Cover Direction for YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
Hey there Swooners,
We're super stoked to present the cover directions for You Don't Know My Name by Kristen Orlando! Rich D. (with a little help from KB) has come up with five covers that are just as kick-butt as Reagan is.
Here's the book synopsis in case you need a reminder:
"Seventeen-year-old Reagan Elizabeth Hillis is used to changing identities overnight, lying to every friend she’s ever had, and pushing away anyone who gets too close. Trained in mortal combat and weaponry her entire life, Reagan is expected to follow in her parents’ footsteps and join the ranks of the most powerful top-secret agency in the world, the Black Angels. Falling in love with the boy next door was never part of the plan.
Now Reagan has to decide: Will she use her incredible talents and lead the dangerous life she was born into, or throw it all away to follow her heart and embrace the normal life she's always wanted? And does she even have a choice at all?"
(For more information about the difference between a cover direction and the final cover click here.)
To view enlarged images, right click the image to view it in a new tab. Cover voting will close at noon EST on Tuesday, March 15.
Movie Poster Cover
KB also worked on this one. For this cover we had fun emulating spy movie posters from the '60s with a really big title and bold graphics. In this cover, the perspective of her running and her shadow and being punctuated by the bullet holes is really cool. The pose emphasizes how active Reagan is, though we'll use a different image for the girl in a final version.
Ponytail Cover
For this cover direction, after several attempts with different hairstyles and sunglasses, I was about ready to give up. But then I found this orange ponytail and that made it feel so much younger and made Reagan look more like an everyday person. We loved the idea of a blank face and sunglasses, because that really said "spy" to everyone. I added the earbud to make Reagan feel young and active.
Earbuds Cover
I also wanted to do a cover option that was more graphic and simple. Something simple that says "spy thriller," kind of like something in the same vein as Gone Girl. Since Reagan is living a double life as an average high school and kick-butt spy-in-training, I really like the clash of the fun, watermelon pink and the bullet holes.
Red Data Cover
Because the whole concept of the book is that Reagan's a spy, but also a student by day, I liked the idea of making her face unidentifiable. So in this concept I really like the blank face with sunglasses that give that classic spy feel. Plus she's wearing her cool black bodysuit outfit, and there's the contrast of the earbud of a regular teen in one ear and a spy earpiece in the other. The bullet holes add an interesting graphic element. In the final version I would probably give Reagan a longer hairstyle.
Girl in Sunglasses Cover
This is another cover that was sparked by the idea of doing something with a girl's face and sunglasses. I stripped down the colors of the photo and made it really gritty. I like the pose in this photo because it adds a little mystery, plus she's obviously a strong character. Adding the bullet holes shows there's also some kind of threat looming. In the final version, I would change the hair to give Reagan a ponytail to make her look more like a high-schooler and more active. And I'd probably add an earbud, too.
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You are here: Home / Issuances / DepEd Memoranda / Committee for the 2018 Palarong Pambansa
Committee for the 2018 Palarong Pambansa
DepEd Memorandum No. 049, s. 2018
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Palarong Pambansa Memorandum No. 03 entitled Constitution of the National Screening and Accreditation Committee (NSAC) for the 2018 Palarong Pambansa signed by Undersecretary Tonisito M.C. Umali Esq., Palarong Pambansa Secretary General. This is in line with the staging of the 2018 Palarong Pambansa from April 15 to 21, 2018 in the province of Ilocos Sur.
2. For more information, contact either Dr. Paulo O. Motita, Senior Education Program Specialist, or Mr. Lemuel C. Valles, Project Development Officer III, Bureau of Learner Support Services-School Sports Division (BLSS-SSD), 3rd Floor, Mabini Building, Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City at telephone no. (02) 632-0260, or email at [email protected]
3. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.
Office of the Secretary General
PALARONG PAMBANSA MEMORANDUM No. 3, s. 2018
CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL SCREENING AND ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE (NSAC) FOR THE 2018 PALARONG PAMBANSA
Regional Secretary, ARMM
Regional Directors Schools Division Superintendents
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools Heads
1. The Department of Education (DepEd), through the Palaro Board, shall constitute the National Screening and Accreditation Committee (NSAC) for the 2018 Palarong Pambansa pursuant to Section 13, Article 5 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10588, otherwise known as the Palarong Pambansa Act of 2013, and Section 18 (b) of DepEd Order No. 43, s. 2016 entitled Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10588 or the Palarong Pambansa Act of 2013 (IRR of RA 10588).
2. Item No. 2, Section 18 (a) and (b) of the IRR of RA 10588 provides that the NSAC shall evaluate and verify the authenticity of the documents submitted by the athletes, coaches, and chaperones applying for accreditation, and shall accredit and submit a masterlist of the qualified applicants to the Board at least two months before the Palarong Pambansa.
3. Section 18 (e) of the IRR of RA 10588 also provides that the NSAC has the duty to monitor the conduct of the screening and accreditation of athletes, coaches, assistant coaches, and chaperones during the Division and Regional Palaro.
4. In this connection and by authority of the Palaro Board, the NSAC is hereby constituted to monitor the conduct of screening and accreditation of athletes, coaches, assistant coaches, and chaperones during the Division and Regional Palaro, and screen and accredit the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches, and chaperones submitted by the 17 Regional Athletic Delegations for the Palarong Pambansa.
5. Enclosed are the following for ready reference:
Enclosure No. 1 – List of the Members of the NSAC;
Enclosure No. 2 – Guidelines and Procedures for the Conduct of the Screening and Accreditation; and
Enclosure No. 3 – Schedule for the Screening and Accreditation.
6. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum if desired.
TONISITO M.C. UMALI, Esq.
Enclosure No. 1 to Palarong Pambansa No. 3, s. 2018
LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 2018 PALARONG PAMBANSA NATIONAL SCREENING AND ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE
SCREENING AND ACCREDITATION
Central Office Representatives
ATTY. CORNELIO A. PACALA - Chairman Central Office
ATTY. MELANIE L. BERNARDO Central Office
ANNALIZA T. ARAOJO, DMD Region IV-A
RAINERIO U. REYES, MD Cavite Province Division
RENE S. SURIO, DMD Northern Samar Division
17 Regional Athletic Associations /Delegations Representatives
ATTY. RHEA CARBONELL Region I
DENIS M. AGBAYANI Region II
EMERITO C. NICDAO Region III
ATTY. JOCELYN B. BUCLIG Region IV-A
JEANETTE V. MARTINEZ Region IV-B
MA. ROSALINA VIVIEN MANINANG, DMD Region V
ATTY. ALBERTO L. VERDILLO Region VI
ADELINE C. LUAREZ Region VII
RUBEN E. PAYLADO Region VIII
SHEILA ROSE B. APLAG Region IX
ROGELIO C. EVANGELISTA Region X
GEORGE N. WONG Region XI
ATTY. NELYN B. FRINAL Region XII
DEMOSTHENES J. QUINAL CARAGA
CRESENCIO Y. GAMAY CAR
ARNEL L. AGANG ARMM
BUDDY ARCANGEL NCR
NSAC SECRETARIAT
JEREMIAH D. GUMBOC - Chairman Central Office
JOEL M. FAUSTINO Central Office
LORETO P. VIRGO, JR. Central Office
ALLAN M. MALING Central Office
CALUMPIANO I. MATEO, JR. Central Office
DANTE L. RAPOSA, JR. Central Office
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE IN THE SCREENING AND ACCREDITATION OF ATHLETES, COACHES AND CHAPERONES
I. Composition
In accordance with Section 17 (a) of DepEd Order No. 43, s. 2016, and for the effective implementation of said DepEd Order, the National Screening and Accreditation Committee (NSAC) shall be composed of the lists provided in Enclosure No. 1 to Palarong Pambansa No. 3, s. 2018.
II. Duties and Responsibilities
The representatives from each Regional Athletic Association/Delegation (RAA/D) in the NSAC shall conduct the screening of athletes, coaches and chaperones in their respective regions. They shall be assisted by the members of the RSAC of the regions concerned, and by the other NSAC members, upon request in writing by the Regional Director of the Regional Athletic Association/Delegation or his/her authorized representative.
For expediency and to save government expenses, the NSAC, through its Chairman, shall accredit the screened athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones.
The NSAC members shall monitor the conduct of the screening and accreditation of the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones during the Division and Regional Palaro, and take appellate jurisdiction on decisions rendered by the RSAC.
III. Rules and Guidelines in the Conduct of Screening and Accreditation
The rules and guidelines provided in DepEd Order No. 43, s. 2016 and other issuances for the Palarong Pambansa, which are not inconsistent with the said DepEd Order, shall be followed for the screening and accreditation of athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones.
The screening of athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones for the Palarong Pambansa shall be conducted on February 1, 2018 to March 30, 2018. The Head of the Delegation is hereby directed to submit the final date for the Paper evaluation and Screening of his/her athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones within the abovementioned prescribed period.
The Autonomous Regions in Muslim Mindanao Athletic Association (ARMMAA) may request the screening of their applicants for Palarong Pambansa on a later date.
As clarification on the documentary requirements in said DepEd Order No. 43, s. 2016, the following documents should be submitted:
A. Original National Statistic Office/Philippine Statistic Authority Authenticated Birth Certificate or Birth Certificate issued by foreign country and valid passport or document issued by Bureau of Immigration or Department of Foreign Affairs showing Filipino citizenship. (In lieu of NSO/PSA Birth Certificate in case of foreign- born Filipino Athletes) showing the following Age Eligibility of Athletes:
For elementary athletes, he or she should have been born in 2005 or after.
For Secondary athletes, he or she should have been born in 2000 or after.
The foregoing age eligibilities are subject to the specific technical rules of each event or game.
B. Certificate of Enrollment and Certificate of Completion of Athletes
For Kinder to Grade 10, Certificate of Completion stating that the athlete had attended and completed the Curriculum Year.
For Grades 11 and 12, 1st Semester Final Grade must not have 3 or more failing grades in learning areas.
For Grades 11 and 12, Certificate of Completion, to be issued by the school where the athlete was enrolled in the 2nd Semester, stating that the athlete had attended and completed the Curriculum Year, which include the 1st and 2nd Semesters of said Curriculum Year.
The foregoing requirements applies to Palarong Pambansa.
For the lower meets, Kinder to Grade 10 must not have 3 or more failing grades in any learning areas, likewise, Grades 11 and 12, 1st Semester Grades must not have 3 or more failing grades in any learning areas.
C. Certificate or any document(s), duly issued by competent authorities, showing the following eligibility, membership and experience of Assistant Coaches and Coaches:
Relevant sports training of twenty-four (24) hours for non- combative sports and forty (40) hours for combative sports/ gymnastics.
Relevant experience of one (1) year for non-combative sports and two (2) years for combative sports.
Track Record of participation, of at least, in a lower meet.
Educational and professional background at least 2nd year college, preferably sports related course.
Membership of any relevant sports association.
License or certifications/accreditation issued by National/ International Sports Association, authorized organization or by the DepEd (Division, Region or Central Office)
Medical Records (Medical Certificate of fitness)
Employment/Appointment Paper or Contract of Service showing at least six (6) months prior to Division Palaro.
Other eligibility that may be required by the Palaro Board.
D. Special Cases
1. In case there is a discrepancy in the entry of date of birth between the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate and Form 137, the entry in the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate shall prevail. As a remedy in case of said discrepancy, the following shall be submitted:
a) NSO/PSA Birth Certificate;
b) Form 137;
c) Certificate of Live Birth issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR);
d) Joint Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons, attesting to the true date of birth of the athlete;
e) Resolution issued by the Head of the Delegation correcting the discrepancy in the Form 137.
2. In case there is a discrepancy in the entry of name between the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate and Form 137, the entry in the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate shall prevail. As a remedy in case of said discrepancy, the following shall be submitted:
c) Resolution issued by the Head of the Delegation correcting the discrepancy in the Form 137.
3. In case the first or last name is not found at the portion pertaining to the first or last name in the NSO/NSA Birth Certificate but indicated in the box below of said portion, the following shall be submitted:
b) Certificate of Live Birth issued by the LCR;
c) Copy of the application/petition duly received by the LCR (supplemental report to the LCR/Court);
d) Affidavit of the parents, attesting to the true first or last name of the athlete;
e) Joint Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons, attesting to the true first or last name of the athlete;
f) Resolution issued by the Head of the Delegation attesting the true first or last name of the athlete as shown in the foregoing records.
4. In case an illegitimate child (athlete) uses the surname of his/her father, the following shall be submitted:
b) 2nd copy of the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate showing acknowledgement by the father, a duly notarized acknowledgement by the father, or an annotation on the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate of the subsequent marriage of the parents of the athlete.
5. In case of unreadable entries in the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate, the following shall be submitted:
c) Affidavit of the parents, attesting to the true and correct entries;
d) Joint Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons, attesting to the true entries;
e) Resolution issued by the Head of the Delegation attesting the true and correct entries as shown in the foregoing records.
6. In case the gender of the athlete could not be categorically determined in the NSO/PSA Birth Certificate and by mere visual inspection, the following shall be submitted:
b) Joint Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons, attesting to the true gender of the athlete;
c) Certification issued by the NSAC Medical Team attesting to the true and correct gender of the athlete, after conducting physical examination.
The above mentioned Resolutions or Certification issued by the Head of Delegations or the NSAC shall be for purposes of Palaro only.
E. Certificate or any document(s), duly issued by competent authorities, showing the following eligibility of Chaperones:
Competence, integrity, capability, and relation to school (i.e. Employment/Appointment or Contract of Service showing at least six (6) months employment prior to the Division Palaro.
Commitment that SHE will nurture female athletes only and not to coach athlete.
IV. Submission of the Final Master Lists
Within three (3) days after the period of screening prescribed in Enclosure No. 3 of this Memorandum, the NSAC members who screened the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones of a particular region and the Head of the Delegation shall submit to the NSAC Chair the final master list and picture galleries (soft and hard copies) of the screened athletes coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones, stating in their accompanying letter-recommendation this: “They had screened and evaluated the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones of the subject regional athletic delegation and they certify that the attached documents are true, complete and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they understand that any false information given or any true information withheld from said documents may provide grounds for administrative disciplinary action”.
The final master list shall likewise be certified by the head of the delegation, stating in his/her accompanying letter-recommendation this: “He/she certifies that the attached documents are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief, and he/she understands that any false information given or any true information withheld from said documents may provide grounds for administrative disciplinary action”.
The NSAC Chair shall submit to the Palaro Board the lists of accredited athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones within the period provided in Enclosure No. 3. to DepEd Memorandum No. , s. 2018
V. Posting of the Master List to Websites
The final master list and picture galleries of the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones shall be posted in the DepEd website or any available website upon submission by the delegation concerned. The posted master lists shall likewise be the basis for the filing and/or receiving of complaints or protest, if any, within the period prescribed in Enclosure No. 3 to DepEd Memorandum No. , s. 2018.
The Communication Division of this Department shall facilitate the immediate posting in the DepEd website or to any available website, the submitted master lists and/or photo galleries of athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones within the period prescribed in Enclosure No. 3 to DepEd Memorandum No. , s. 2018.
VI. Protest
The posted master lists shall be the basis for the filing and/or receiving of complaints or protest. The complaints or protest should be filed and resolved within the period prescribed in Enclosure No. 3 to DepEd Memorandum No. , s. 2018.
VII. Fielding of the NSAC members to the Palaro Venue
The NSAC members shall be at the Palaro venue within seven (7) days prior to the schedule of the opening of the Palarong Pambansa to continue the performance of their duties and responsibilities, and during the period of the Palaro events to re-check and monitor with the proper technical officials the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones fielded by the delegations.
VIII. Travel Authorities and Expenses
Travel authorities for the conduct of the screening and accreditation shall be issued pursuant to DepEd Order No. 66, s. 2008. Travel and incidental expenses relative thereto is chargeable against local funds, meanwhile, travel and incidental expenses of NSAC representatives of the Central Office and the NSAC Secretariat may be charged to Palaro funds, subject to usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
The Undersecretary for Finance and Administration shall expedite and facilitate the downloading or release of the funds for the screening and accreditation.
SCHEDULE OF SCREENING AND SUBMISSION OF ACCREDITED ATHLETES, COACHES AND CHAPERONES
Screening of athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones. On or before March 30, 2018
ARMMAA may request later date
Deadline for the submission by the NSAC members with their RSAC members and the head of delegation concerned of the final master list and picture galleries (soft and hard copies) of the screened athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones, to the NSAC Chair. On or before March 30, 2018
Submission by the NSAC to the Palaro Board of the final master list of the screened and accredited athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones for the 2018 Palarong Pambansa. April 10, 2018
Posting of the final master lists and photo galleries submitted by the heads of delegations in the DepEd website or to any available website. On or before March 30, 2018
Period to file complaint or protest to the NSAC. The NSAC shall resolve the protest within five (5) days from receipt thereof. Decisions of the NSAC shall be executory and appealable to the Palaro Board within five (5) days from receipt thereof by the party adversely affected.
Within two (2) days from receipt of the decision on the protest or complaint, the head of delegation shall submit the replacement of his/her disqualified athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones.
On or before March 30, 2018
Last day of submission of replacement players, coaches and chaperones due to reasons other than illness or fortuitous event. April 6, 2018
Last day of submission of replacement athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones due to illness or fortuitous event. Two (2) days before the Palarong Pambansa. (April 13, 2018)
NSAC shall be at the Palarong Pambansa venue to continue their duties and responsibilities and to re-check and monitor with the proper technical officials the athletes, coaches, assistant coaches and chaperones fielded by the delegations. Within seven (7) days prior to the schedule of the opening of the Palarong and during the Palarong Pambansa
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HTC Desire 600 and Desire 200 could be firm's new budget range
By John McCann 2013-05-23T08:56:00.142Z Mobile phones
What's the object of your Desire?
New phones please
A couple of new HTC handsets have apparently popped up online, with leaks revealing a pair of lower-end offerings.
First up is news of the HTC Desire 200 which is also going by the model ID 102e, with details from Taiwanese certification authorities picked up by Chinese site VR-Zone.
According to the leak the Desire 200 will sport a 3.5-inch, 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, 5MP camera and a 1400mAh battery.
Rather oddly the Desire 200 is reported as running Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and if that's the case it would be a bad move from HTC as Jelly Bean is now common in all new smartphones.
We may never see the 102e on our shores however, as other reports claim this handset could well be destined for the Asian market only.
Desire X replacement?
The Desire 600 looks to be a far more interesting proposition after a benchmark result of the handset was spotted by GSMinsider, which claims the handset will feature a 1.2GHz processor (potentially quad-core), 960x 540 screen resolution which may be 4 inches in size, and running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
There's also more of a chance the Desire 600 will see a global rollout with the device which showed up in the benchmark apparently built by HTC Europe.
If the HTC Desire 600 does turn out to be true - and there's no guarantee of that as benchmarks can be easily forged - then it looks like it will replace the firm's current mid to low-end device, the Desire X.
We haven't heard anything official from HTC on either of these handsets, so for now we are strictly treating the reports as rumour, but we will be keeping our eye out for more information.
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Gaza explained: Why Israel and Palestinians are in constant conflict over Gaza
Q&A What is happening in Gaza is the latest dispute in the Middle Eastern flashpoint. Here Damien McElroy explains the history of the conflict
smoke billowing from the coastal Palestinian enclave following an Israeli army ground operation to destroy tunnels reportedly used by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip to enter its territory, as Israeli soldiers and tanks hold their position on the Israeli side of the border Photo: GETTY
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
6:22PM BST 14 Aug 2014
Why is Gaza such a contested territory?
Since the foundation of Israel in 1948, Gaza has been a densely populated area dominated by so-called refugee camps. These are conurbations mainly occupied by families originally displaced from towns and villages in other parts of the Holy Land. Until the 1967 war Egypt was the custodian of the Gaza Strip while the Kingdom of Jordan controlled the West Bank. After the Six Day war when the Egyptians were beaten back from the Sinai, Gaza was formally occupied by Israel. But since Israel withdrew from its positions in Gaza in 2005 there have been three major operations designed to stop attacks on the Jewish state from the Palestinian territory. Cumulatively more than 3,000 people have died in these conflicts, which lasted three weeks in 2008-09 and eight days in 2012 and now 24 days.
If Israel withdrew from Gaza, why is there still fighting?
One formal answer lies in the fact that under international law Israel continues to bear the responsibilities of an occupying power. Israel maintains control of most of Gaza's borders and coastal territory. Although there is a border post at Rafah with Egypt, Gaza's goods and utilities are mainly imported from Israel under strict conditions designed to ensure that no contraband material or goods with a military purpose slips through the net. These restrictive measures makes importing and exporting from Gaza very difficult. Hamas, the dominant political movement in Gaza, has demanded that the Israeli "seige" on Gaza trade is ended. But its goals go far beyond this basic demand. Its charter calls for the destruction of Israel. It regards Israel as occupying Palestinian land and claims to resist this occupation by waging rocket attacks from Gaza. Ending these indiscriminate acts of terror is the goal of the current military operation by Israel's defence force.
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How does this backdrop affect conditions in Gaza?
Gaza is a tiny place totalling just 146 square miles, about the same size as Greater Glasgow. Its population of 1.8 million makes Gaza one of the top 40 most densely populated places on the planet. Without any industry to speak of and a demographic overwhelmingly dominated by youth, it offers few opportunities for its residents. The median age in Gaza is 18. The violence and insistence on confrontation with Israel permeates the population. Hamas exerts a strong grip on the population, having expelled officials loyal to Fatah the dominant Palestinian faction that controls the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority.
What are activists claiming about the current conditions in Gaza?
According to Oxfam conditions are increasingly desperate in overcrowded schools and buildings where it estimates up to 450,000 people are sheltering. This figure is a dramatic increase on the 200,000 that UNRWA, the UN relief organisation for Palestinian refugees, estimates are currently living in its 85 shelters. Oxfam goes on to claim that many people are getting as little as three litres of safe water a day, far below international emergency standards. It says there has been massive destruction of water and sewage systems and electricity supplies. Spills of raw sewage threaten to contaminate water sources and the threat of disease is rising. There are already reports of 30 cases of meningitis, as well as skin diseases among children and cases of gastroenteritis.
Has Operation Protective Edge diminished the threat posed by Hamas from Gaza?
Yes but it unclear how close the Israel Defence Force is from eliminating its enemy's capabilities. Hamas has been isolated by the military-backed government of Egypt which replaced Mohammad Morsi, the elected Muslim Brotherhood president. Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood share common roots and beliefs so the new authorities in Cairo have shut down the tunnels into the Sinai that Hamas has used to replenish its arsenal of rockets and missiles from Iran and elsewhere. More than 2,800 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since July. The second phase of the current operation has targeted the dozens of tunnels that Hamas has spend an estimated $140 million to dig into Israeli territory in recent years. The tunnel network is concrete-lined and goes as deep as 80ft. The Israeli military has discovered 32 of what it calls "offensive tunnels" that originate in Gaza and extend east into Israel.
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Amazon Echo v Google Home: Choose the best for you
It's getting harder to pick between these two smart speakers
There's no time like the present to get yourself a smart speaker, but choosing between the Google Home and Amazon Echo is becoming an increasingly tough decision. Amazon continues to dominate the space with Echo devices in all shapes and sizes, but Google's lineup is consistently gaining ground.
Not only has Google been launching smart speakers at a ferocious rate, but Google Assistant has also been catching up with Alexa in terms of features and usability – and that means real digging is required for those serious about which smart home ecosystem they want to invest in.
Granted, neither are perfect devices, but they're both good for listening to music, controlling a range of smart home tech and performing a few party tricks. They can even now be used to call friends and family. So, which should you get? Read on to find out.
Amazon Echo v Google Home: Design
Now in its second generation, the Amazon Echo has changed a fair bit - gone is the tall, plastic cylinder of the first generation (and the old Echo Plus). The new 'standard' Amazon Echo is much smaller, with a fabric cover, which makes it a lot softer on display in your home – and it's been treated to a substantial price cut, too.
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The Amazon Echo's seven directional far field microphones still live at the top of the speaker. There are just two buttons on the Echo itself, an action button and a mute button. But other than that, all interactions are going to be done with your voice.
Google Home's white design is also sparse, with only one mute button that sits on the back. However, it has interchangeable bases that bring a much needed spark of colour, and looks better for it. It's also smaller than the Echo and pear-shaped, with a slight slant on top with touch controls.
While some may like the larger look of the Amazon Echo, Google Home wins the most style points here. It can blend in a little better with the rest of your living room, kitchen or bedroom thanks to its squat frame and colourful customisation.
We're not going to get too drawn into which looks better – everyone's home is different. But Amazon certainly offers more variations in style than Google, if you're fussy about putting tech in your home.
Amazon Echo v Google Home: Line-up
While we've been focussing chiefly on the main two devices in the line up – the Google Home and Amazon Echo second generation – there are actually a host of smart speakers in each company's range. Here's the run down in brief:
Amazon Echo range
Amazon Echo – The standard speaker, as explained above. Reduced in price and shrunk in size, since progressing into the second generation.
Amazon Echo Dot – Cheap and small, the Echo Dot's tiny speaker makes it useful for placing round the home for smart home control, but useless for music or listening. Hooks up to sound systems via 3.5mm jack.
Amazon Echo Plus (second generation) – The most expensive Echo. Has a Zigbee hub to communicate with smart home devices without needing skills, and has a slightly improved speaker.
Amazon Echo Show (second generation) – Refined over the boxy first-gen Show, the latest device still features the large display but is now bolstered by a Zigbee chip for wider smart home control.
Amazon Echo Spot – The tiny screen works as a bedside clock or desk smart speaker.
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Google Home range
Google Home – The standard Google Home speaker, as outlined above.
Google Home Mini – Google's answer to the Amazon Echo Dot, it's available for just $50 and can be easily placed around the home. Useless as a speaker.
Google Home Max – The bad boy of the Google smart speaker range, the Max features a big sound, rivalling the likes of Sonos for your home entertainment, while still offering voice control via Google Assistant.
Google Home Hub - The only Google-made device in the Smart Displays lineup, this is essentially a tablet stuck to a speaker-stand - handy for visual smart home control and kitchens.
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Amazon Echo v Google Home: Interactions and sound performance
Since launch, both Google Home and the Echo have got better at understanding us. There are fewer far field microphones in Home - only two to be exact - but in accuracy we reckon we've had a similar hit rate on both. Alexa is really good at picking up commands from different rooms, and that's where the larger far-field mic array really pays off.
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In terms of speaker performance for music, both Echo and Home are able to blast a hearty dose of sound to fill the room. However, crank the volume up to 11 and you'll see why neither are capable of replacing a proper sound system. Neither are terrible, nor are they great. The new Amazon Echo Plus (and even the new Echo Dot) does bring much better sound, but the result isn't too different to the standard Echo.
Google Home can now pair with Bluetooth speakers, just like the Amazon Echo – so there's a degree of parity there. But all Echos have a 3.5mm headphone jack, so you can connect to better speakers for audio output. This is something Google has neglected to add and a win for Amazon.
You can pair Home with a Chromecast Audio, connected to a proper speaker, to get the best of both worlds – although it's not quite as flexible. What's more, if you have Sonos speakers, there's a great Alexa skill which enables you to play music to your multi-room system.
Probably the most-used feature of both smart speaker is music streaming and both Amazon and Google speakers are great personal DJs when paired to a streaming service. Google Play Music will only work on Home, while Amazon Music is exclusive to the Echo. Spotify works across both, but it's Google Home's access to YouTube Music (if you're a subscriber) that gives Home a bit of a secret weapon here.
Again, the Sonos skill is a huge boon for Amazon Echo, and is something that can't presently be done via Google Assistant (psst, there is another way). On balance we feel that Alexa edges things if you have Spotify, Amazon Music or Sonos. If you're bereft of music services, then you might get a better experience from YouTube Music.
Amazon Echo v Google Home: Smart home support
Beyond that, both smart home devices have a range of talents. These come in the form of 'Skills' for the Echo and 'Actions' for Home.
One area that Alexa and Amazon have really dominated is the smart home, and there are scores of Alexa compatible smart devices available. The Works with Alexa certification programme, which enables makers of smart home gear to have Amazon's assistant control their stuff, has gained pace at a much faster rate than Works With Google Assistant.
A lot of the big names, such as Nest and Philips Hue, work across both – but Google Assistant compatible devices still lag way behind Alexa. What's more, as we've mentioned above, the Amazon Echo Plus and Echo Show have their own Zigbee hub built in, which means devices can communicate with them directly without the need for Works with Alexa certification, separate hubs or the downloading of skills. However, while the hub supports a sizeable chunk of smart home devices out there, it's by no means a complete selection, so there's much work still to be done.
We should also mentioned that both the Google Home and Alexa apps have recently been given a lick of paint to help in this area. Google Home View is now a staple within the app, as well as the Home Hub, helping one-glance control of all your compatible kit. The Alexa app was already quite adept at letting you control your other gadgets, but the new layout makes it easier to control groups of devices.
In 2018, Google and Amazon have been involved in some tit-for-tat feature swapping, and new additions seem to be dropping almost weekly. Google led first with Routines, which enable users to set up a host of smart home controls which can be activated with one word.
That means "bedtime" could involve switching off downstairs light and switching on upstairs ones and playing music. Amazon has quickly caught up, allowing the same control, recently adding the ability to automate radio, music and or podcasts, as well as traffic reports, news briefings and more.
Amazon Echo v Google Home: Skills & features
Both Amazon and Google enable assistants to perform tasks like reading out the day's news, controlling smart home devices, launching trivia games and even ordering you an Uber.
Google Home learns these skills automatically when developers push them live. Alexa, however, has a bit of a hybrid approach, where you enable skills (basically apps) that enables you to do that stuff. You can search for skills via the companion app, or just ask Alexa to enable them.
Echo had the head start here, and now boasts over available 10,000 skills. Home has closed the gap a fair amount since launch with its broadening range of abilities and third-party integrations, but Alexa still holds the higher ground with a wider range of smart home integrations and skills. The ability to choose which skills your Echo learns has its advantages, too.
Calling and communicating
Amazon's Echo currently has free voice calling, though you'll need the Alexa app and an Amazon account – and you can also "Drop In" to other Alexa devices in your home, like an intercom, and even other people's houses, if they approve it. If they don't, you can still ring their Echo with your phone or Echo speaker; they just have to answer your call like a normal telephone.
Google Home's hands-free calling lets you call a contact's phone, which makes it more flexible than Echo, although you can't call other Google Homes.
Both speakers have the ability to broadcast messages around your home, like a smart home PSA. This feature is called Broadcast on Google Home and Announcements on Amazon Echo speakers.
The one major advantage that Google Home has over Amazon Echo is multi-user support for up to six people. So now when someone asks Google Home something, it'll recognize their voice and shift to give them their calendar, their email, their music library, their commute time and more. You can set all this up in the Google Home app, and each person will have to say, "Ok Google" a couple times for the voice analyzation to learn the sound of your voice.
Home has another advantage in that it has access to Google's entire neural network, which gives it the edge in relaying certain information, and we feel like this has the potential to give it more advantage in the long run if/when Google starts integrating more of its services with Home. These added smarts already show up when searching for music tracks: you can give Home some example lyrics, and it can sometimes hunt down the song you're looking for.
You can switch accounts manually with Alexa, but that's for households where users have totally different Amazon accounts. There is a voice matching feature rolling out slowly, however – but that doesn't offer different music accounts and libraries – not yet, anyway.
Amazon Echo v Google Home: Price
At $99.99 the Amazon Echo is cheaper than Google Home's $129. However, if you're just looking to get started, there's the $49 Amazon Echo Dot or Google Home Mini.
That's important, because you can have multiple Echo Dots around the house for less than the price of a Home, and if you already have speakers you can use, this might make more economic sense.
Amazon Echo v Google Home: Final verdict
Google Home has come on leaps and bounds since launch, and choosing a victor isn't easy. Both are good speakers with tonnes of untapped potential, but right now we're still giving Amazon Echo the edge - it still has a broader skill set, and the Works With Alexa programme makes it a smart home master.
For some, though, Google Home will be the answer. The company is quickly closing the gap, and does possess the potential to leapfrog Alexa before long, but more contextual voice recognition and integration with its services is needed. We'll be routinely updating this versus piece and this verdict as the two continue to edge ahead of each other, so be sure to check back to see who continues to make the biggest strides.
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Russell Kane: the Fast and the Curious @ Cheltenham Town Hall
Strap in as Russell Kane races back to the live comedy stage in 2019 with his keenly awaited brand new tour The Fast And The Curious. Packing more energy than a Duracell factory, Russell’s RS Turbo laugh engine will motor through love, family and life - once again proving that the fast and the curious amongst us see more stuff and get more done. Russell is ready and raring to hit the road with his new stand-up show throughout 2019, and will be kicking off The Fast And The Curious tour with a limited run of 17 shows from February to May next spring. Catch Russell up-close-and- personal in smaller more intimate venues before further dates are added later in the year. As a multi-award winning comedian, presenter, actor, social media star, author and scriptwriter, Russell’s most recent appearances include his hit TV show BBC3’s Stupid Man, Smart Phone, BBC Radio's podcast Evil Genius, his recently released JOE podcast Boys Don’t Cry, BBC2’s Live At The Apollo and BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show. Russell's unique high energy stand-up has won him numerous awards and plaudits including winner of the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Best Show in 2010. That same year Russell went on to make history as the first comedian to win both the Edinburgh Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Barry Award in the same year. Russell’s previous tour, the mammoth Right Man, Wrong Age, was met with phenomenal demand causing it to be extended three times between 2016-2017, performing to sold out venues across the country and acquiring much critical acclaim.
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