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Man orders Uber to take injured bird to shelter after drinking too much to drive
Tim Crowley said the bird fell from the sky while he was outside with friends in Utah.
The bird was transported in an Uber car (Laura Dale/PA)
A man rescued a fallen baby bird by hiring an Uber to take it to an animal shelter because he had drunk too much to drive.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/viral/man-orders-uber-to-take-injured-bird-to-shelter-after-drinking-too-much-to-drive-38303612.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/viral/article38303609.ece/f6ae7/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_180cfff4-a593-445e-89cd-2ed7a576a943_1
Tim Crowley was with friends on his front porch in Ogden, Utah, enjoying a few drinks when a small bird fell from the sky.
Lesser Goldfinch arrives at WRCNU in an Uber Vehicle. :o
Posted by Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah on Sunday, June 30, 2019
Mr Crowley said he took a picture of the bird and sent it the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Northern Utah.
The centre responded and told Mr Crowley to bring the lesser goldfinch in for care.
Instead of driving the baby bird over himself, Mr Crowley called an Uber.
“At first it was a joke, like, ‘Hey, maybe we should just call Uber’” he told Fox13.
“Then we were like, ‘No, really. Why not? We’re paying them’.”
Taking a nap after a long ride in an Uber to WRCNU, and after a belly full of good nutrition! <3
They put the bird in a box with leaves and Uber driver Christy Guynn took it to the shelter.
The rehabilitation centre shared the story on Facebook and said: “While we feel we’ve seen it all and can’t be amazed by anything, there is always SOMEONE out there to prove us wrong.
“Thank you to the rescuer who helped this little one get the care it needed in a timely manner and thank you for keeping yourself safe and others on the road safe as well.”
The bird was named Uber by staff in honour of its rescuers.
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Posted: July 1st, 2013 / 01:09 PM
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In Part Two of our exclusive interview with Syfy Channel’s WAREHOUSE 13 show runner Jack Kenny, he talks about writing for the actors and deepening the characters.
ASSIGNMENT X: Is Agent Steve Jinks, played by Aaron Ashmore, getting a romantic relationship?
JACK KENNY: He runs into his ex on a case. His ex is a U.S. Marshal and Charlie Weber plays him. It’s kind of fun. It doesn’t feel gay or straight – it’s just, they have relationship trouble the way anybody has relationship trouble, and they just play it out, and you go, “Oh, I wish they could make it work.” But I think the difficult thing about giving our people relationships is that we don’t stay in one place. We tried to do it last season on WAREHOUSE for Pete [Eddie McClintock]. We tried to give him a relationship with a veterinarian. He’s always going off and chasing an artifact in France or Egypt or Russia, so how do you play that story week to week? There’s nothing to play, we can’t do it.
AX: Was it originally decided Jinks would be gay so that gay people would be represented, or was it so that Allison Scagliotti’s character Claudia would not have a romantic relationship with her new partner?
KENNY: That was a happy byproduct of it, because we didn’t want to do the same will-they-or-won’t-they with Jinks that we did with Pete and Myka [Joanne Kelly], because you get tired of that, and it was just more interesting. And Claudia – she’s so fabulous and meta and such a girl of her time, it felt like, “Oh, she’d have a gay best friend. She’d definitely have a gay best friend.” And so that was part of it – it was to give Claudia somebody cool to hang out with. And honestly, yeah, to have a gay character – it’s like having a black character or an Asian character – you kind of want to just weave them into the fabric and not talk about it. Yeah, Mrs. Frederick’s [played by CCH Pounder] black – not really who she is. Yeah, Dr. Abigail [Kelly Hu] is Asian – it doesn’t define her. Although we don’t ignore it – we don’t ignore the fact that Jinks is gay, we have fun with it the way he would, but it’s his fun. He’s having fun with himself, and I think that’s the way to play these characters.
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AX: What with James Marsters and Anthony Stewart Head and even Charlie Weber, who was Ben in BUFFY Season 5, you seem to be using a lot of Joss Whedon-related actors …
KENNY: [laughs] You know, sci-fi – the network Syfy and the genre – is fond of seeing faces it knows and loves. I didn’t know who Joe Flanagan was. He was in our fifth episode of Season 1 [of WAREHOUSE 13. I had never watched STARGATE: ATLANTIS, so I didn’t know who Joe was. We were showing the Claudia episode at Comic-Con, and they say, “Oh, and next week, Joe Flanagan.” The place erupts. It goes insane that Joe Flanagan is going to be on the episode. So that’s what I mean about sci-fi audiences and the genre loving familiar faces. My guess is Eddie will never have to worry about having a job again for the rest of his life after this, because he will be a familiar sci-fi face that people will be glad to see pop up on another series in any capacity. So that’s one of the reasons that we like to do it. It just feels right for the genre. We had Laura Innes come and do an episode – I guess THE EVENT gives her sci-fi cred, but I always think of her as [being from] ER. And such a magnificent actress. I said to her, “I’m glad you’re here, I’m excited you’re here, I couldn’t be happier, I’m just curious – what made you do a sci-fi cable show?” She said, “I talk to my friends who’ve been on the show and they always have such a great time, I wanted to come and have a great time.”
AX: When you were originally casting people, did say, Eddie McClintock bring anything to Pete that you hadn’t imagined about Pete?
KENNY: Well, actually, I didn’t originally cast Eddie – [teasing Eddie McClintock, who is in earshot] I would never have cast Eddie in that part. I would have cast one of the other Petes. The guy that Jinks had his arm around is probably the guy that I would have gone with. [laughs] But like I said, we talked to them about things, and Eddie is very, very supportive of the U.S. military. So one of the things we wanted to give Pete was a military background, so he was a Marine. So we definitely went into that.
Something else that we did with Eddie – [asks McClintock] Do you want me to talk about it? [McClintock indicates “yes”] – Eddie’s got eleven, twelve years in AA, so we gave Pete that background as a recovering alcoholic, because there’s a moment that Eddie plays in Episode Seventeen [of Season Four] that breaks your heart, when he talks about his last big drunk and what happened and the nightmare that that was for him, and you do something like that for an actor, and him having had similar experience as a person, it’s so much richer to watch it on film. It just comes alive and it feels real for Eddie – he doesn’t have to act, he just has to talk, which is actually the best kind of acting.
AX: Saul Rubinek, who plays Warehouse curator Artie, is sort of like a national monument in his native Canada, where you make WAREHOUSE 13 …
KENNY: Saul is a national treasure for all of us. He’s just great. He’s another one of these guys who brings so much of himself to the stage, and also, I feel like I channel him, so I’m able to write his lines pretty easily. That whole breakdown scene in Episode Nine last season, where he breaks down and he’s remembering the whole thing – he and I improv[ise]d that together. He said to me, “How do you see this scene? It just says, ‘Artie goes through the last several episodes [mentally].’” And I said, “Like this.” And I kind of did it for him, and he said, “Okay, do that again.” And I did it for him and he said, “Okay, I’ve got it.” And he started to do it, and we just went back and forth. We just had the greatest time, and that’s one of the joys of Saul, is that he will do that – he will bring – he gives you a hundred and fifty percent every time you ask him to do anything. He’s just great.
AX: Do you have any favorite episodes or moments from what we’ve seen so far?
KENNY: I guess the most moving moment for me in the series so far is when Pete died in Artie’s arms in the first episode of Season Four. And it was a scene where Pete gave his life to save Artie. Just shooting it was so moving. Eddie and I talked about it for awhile, and I told him, “You have to say goodbye. This is where you say goodbye to Artie. You don’t know if you’re going to see him again – you don’t know if this is going to be successful. You’re turning back time twenty-four hours, so you have to say goodbye. And Artie, you have to hear it – you have to hear goodbye. And this may not work.” And just that moment, that moment of Artie holding Pete in his arms and Pete dying – I’ll never forget that.
AX: Do you like being able to work on a show where you can have real goodbyes and yet keep working with your people?
KENNY: Where people can die and come back? [laughs] It is great, and it is fun to do. But on the other side of that, it is why we had to kill Lena [Genelle Williams] this year, because someone had to die who stayed dead. Otherwise, death loses its meaning, there’s no stakes to death. If anybody can come back, then there’s no stakes – there’s nothing in danger any more. So we had to lose somebody and, practically, because Lena is hard to work into stories, it felt like the right thing. Also, emotionally, because everybody loved her so much, just as an actress, as a person, as a character, and as a part of the family, it was just the right thing to do. I had a long, very difficult talk with Genelle about it, where I had to tell her, “This is what we’re doing this year, and I’m sorry, but it’s really important for the show,” and she got it, she understood. I think the best work she did in the whole series was that last scene she had with Artie in the Bronze Sector, where she was crying and hoping she was okay and she made the decision to save him, and ended up losing herself. And that was for the series – death has to be real, otherwise, there’s nothing.
AX: What would you most like people to know right now about WAREHOUSE 13?
KENNY: You know, our country went through a rough few months, Sandy Hook and what happened inBoston,Texas, and just the things that have been happening with guns all over the country and the talk about senseless deaths. And then I saw this really great Mr. Rogers quote – you probably saw it online. He said, he asked his mother once about tragedy, and people dying in situations like that and what to do about it, and his mother said, “Look for the helpers. There will always be helpers. Just look for the helpers.” To my mind, that’s who our people are. They’re the helpers. They’re the people whose job is to make it right. Our characters’ job is to help people. And that’s what I love – that’s one of the things I love about the show. It’s not violence for violence’s sake, it’s not guns and shooting, it’s helping. I think that expression, “ruining the world’s day,” has come up a lot lately. How do we help people, how do we keep the peace, how do we keep these things from ruining the world’s day?
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Be warned – Kakadu will take your breath away!
Escape to Kakadu in the Northern Territory’s Top End. Steeped in history and rich in Aboriginal culture, add a dash of adventure and you have the perfect holiday experience.
Kakadu is a living cultural landscape. Home to Aboriginal people for more than 65,000 years and recognised as the oldest living culture on earth. Aboriginal people have a spiritual connection with this land and it’s easy to see why.
Flood plains that stretch to the horizon, extraordinarily vivid colours and seemingly endless pristine wilderness. This landscape really is magnificent!
Climb Ubirr Rock at sunrise
Experience sunset on a Yellow Waters Cruise
Step back in time as you explore the Aboriginal rock paintings
Escape to Kakadu National Park! Steeped in history and rich in Aboriginal culture .. tinged with a dash of adventure. Click To Tweet
World Heritage Listed
Kakadu National Park is dual-listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, for both its outstanding natural values and as a living cultural landscape. Only 37 sites worldwide have received this significant honour – and only four sites in Australia.
Kakadu’s ancient rock art and archaeological sites record the way of life of Aboriginal people over tens of thousands of years. Aboriginal rock art along the escarpment, in gorges and on rock outliers tell the story from before time. These paintings constitute one of the longest historical records of any group of people in the world.
Kakadu’s ancient escarpment and stone country spans more than two billion years of the earth’s geological history. However, the coastal floodplains are more recent, shaped by changing sea levels and the big floods of the wet season, every tropical summer.
The Ancient Heritage
Kakadu is often referred to as a living cultural landscape where Aboriginal people have lived and cared for their country for tens of thousands of years. The Aboriginal people of Kakadu are the Bininj/Mungguy people and the traditional custodians of this land.
Throughout Kakadu you will see very distinctive rock art representing one of the oldest historical records of any group of people in the world. More than 5,000 Aboriginal art sites depict stories of the ancestors and changes in the landscape over thousands of years.
Conservation is the key to the survival of Kakadu
Many species of plants and bird life are found nowhere else in the world and is home to 68 species of mammals, more than 120 species of reptiles, 26 types of frogs, over 300 tidal and freshwater fish as well as more than 2,000 different plants and over 10,000 species of insects.
A native habitat to more than 290 bird species, these wetlands are internationally important as a staging point for migratory birds.
Landscapes and habitats change from savannah woodlands, monsoon vine forests, stone country, tidal flats, hills and ridges, mangroves and coastline through to floodplains, rivers and billabongs.
What to do in Kakadu National Park
There’s so much to do whilst visiting Kakadu
Visit the Bowali and Warradjan Cultural Centres. Learn more about the history of this ‘country’ (the Kakadu region) and the people who have lived here for over 10,000 years.
Join the National Park rangers for activities throughout Kakadu, including rock art site talks, walks, painting and weaving demonstrations and evening presentations at Bowali Visitor Centre in Jabiru, and Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre in the Yellow Water region, and at other special sites throughout the park.
Fall in love with nature as you climb the escarpments and swim in tropical waterholes.
Discover Kakadu with local tours, experience the wetlands on a sunrise cruise or take a stunning scenic flight over this magical wilderness. Enjoy the spectacular fishing spots, go boating in a billabong and spot some crocs in the wild!
Hunt and gather with a traditional Aboriginal guide, eat traditionally-cooked bush foods beneath the southern stars listening to stories about their creation ancestors.
Kakadu is a place to spend time with friends and loved ones, making memories that will last a lifetime.
Learn about the healing properties of the native plants and listen to the legends that have been handed down through the generations.
Go bush-walking around Nourlangie Rock.
Take a sunset tour on Yellow Waters billabong and be amazed at the abundant wildlife around these beautiful waterways. There is an abundance of barramundi and other fish living in these billabongs.
You will see huge saltwater crocodiles sunning themselves at the water’s edge, buffalo grazing nearby and birds diving for fish. You may even see fisherman trying their luck in crocodile infested waters. (Please do not do this!)
You will end up with magnificent photos and amazing memories.
Do you want an adventure?
There are opportunities for 4WD trips into Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls Gorge, both unique experiences that will make your Kakadu experience one of your most memorable lifetime experiences!
Ubirr Rock
Sunset or sunrise at Ubirr Rock is ‘mandatory’ for all visitors to Kakadu!
Ubirr (Ooo beer) Rock is the home of a number of significant aboriginal rock art sites in Kakadu National Park. A short, ‘not too difficult’ climb to the top of the rocky lookout will offer spectacular views over the floodplains below – horizon to horizon. Be aware, it does attract the crowds at sunset so if you’re a morning person, my tip is to be there at sunrise.
Sunrise and sunset are the best times to climb the escarpment and if you are lucky enough to visit in the ‘wet season’ you will be rewarded with amazing wetland water views to the horizon and the most magnificent sunset you will ever see!
Sunset or sunrise at Ubirr Rock is 'mandatory' for all visitors to Kakadu! Click To Tweet
Fly: The nearest Flight hub is at Darwin. Choose whether you hire a vehicle or take a tour to get to Kakadu. Currently there aren’t any commercial flights to Kakadu. If you’re travelling from overseas, you may need to fly into one of the major cities first and then take another flight to Darwin.
Drive from Darwin: Bus or 4WD tours are available or if you enjoy a road-trip, self-drive from Darwin on the Stuart Highway then the Arnhem Highway. Hire a 2WD vehicle, 4WD or motor home in Darwin. The journey takes about three hours and there are plenty of sights to explore along the way.
See our Natures Way post for a 7 day itinerary to take in the best of Kakadu, Nitmiluk and Litchfield National Parks.
Getting around Kakadu
Tip: There are many popular attractions that can be accessed with a normal 2WD vehicle, but to explore all of Kakadu’s attractions you may need a 4WD.
Kakadu is big, and remote!
Moving from one site to another takes time. Some roads are unsealed, winding 4WD tracks which add more time to journeys to must-see areas. You will need to bring your own vehicle to get around, or join a bus or 4WD tour. There are no taxis, buses or trains.
Be sure to read our driving tips and view the Kakadu access report.
Learn about the 6 seasons of Kakadu
Kakadu recognises six different seasons based on thousands of years of Aboriginal knowledge. There are subtle variations that indicate the transition from one season to another – changes in the weather, which plants are in flower and which bush foods are abundant.
Have you downloaded the Kakadu Visitors Guide and the Kakadu Birds app yet? Don't go to Kakadu without them! Click To Tweet
Download these apps before you go
For those times when you find yourself on a remote adventure with limited phone reception and no WiFI you’ll be grateful you downloaded our visitor guide app and our bird app. Both will will work while you’re offline.
Kakadu Visitors Guide: The Visit Kakadu app is a visitor guide in your pocket, complete with maps, contact numbers, things to do, where to stay and all the other information you’ll need.
Kakadu Birds App: Discover the many bird species throughout the park. Meet around 50 of our favourite birds with pictures, bird calls and notes on where to see them.
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Kakadu is vast and extraordinary country and one of the most spiritual places in Australia to visit. Be sure to add it to your Bucket List. This is truly the most remarkable place you’ll ever visit!
Reference: Kakadu National Park visitors guide. For more information Parks Australia
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Vincenzo Franco and his family had come from Italy to visit relatives in Australia, decided that they would like to book a trip to Mount Hotham (Ski Resort) in Victoria. They had done a lot of research online about the activities and services available at Mount Hotham. They found a resort called “Scenic Views”, it advertised that all their guest suites had open-fire places, TV’s and Cable, a spa bathroom and spectacular panoramic views from a private balcony looking out on the snowfields and the snow covered mountains.
As Vincenzo Franco, did not speak very good English, he was having difficulty understanding the terms and conditions relating to booking at the resort. He decided that it was better if he went to see one of the marketing managers from Scenic Views at offices that they had in Melbourne rather than make the booking on the website.
When Vincenzo arrived at the offices of Scenic Views, he spoke directly to Mr George Smith (Marketing Manager). Vincenzo with his broken English explained to George that he wanted to book one guest suite at Scenic Views. George provided Vincenzo with a lot of detail about the hotel booking process and his options but he was not sure whether Vincenzo actually understood what he was saying.
Vincenzo asked about the price for 7 nights all inclusive and George responded $350 per night. Vincenzo thought it sounded quite expensive but because it was all inclusive he decided to book for the 7 nights.
Despite the information that George provided when Vincenzo and his family arrived they discovered that not all the rooms had private balconies or panoramic views. Vincenzo was very upset as this was not what he was expecting. Instead of the private balcony and panoramic views that he was expecting, his room was facing a grey wall from another building and had no balcony at all.
Vincenzo called George to complain and asked for and upgrade to a suite with a private balcony and panoramic views. George advised him that because it was peak season everything was fully booked.
Vincenzo was very unhappy and not satisfied with the level of service and did not want to stay there and get a refund for the 7 nights that he paid for. However George explained to Vincenzo that according to the terms and conditions from Scenic Views Hotel they could not refund the money and that there was normally a cancellation fee of 3 nights accommodation.
Vincenzo was very angry but did not know what to do… He was becoming increasingly frustrated because of his English. He was convinced that George, the Marketing Manager was not acting in good faith.
Please advise Vincenzo Franco if he entered in a contract with Scenic Views and if this contract can be invalidated under the principles of Contract Law.
(a) Explain how the ELEMENTS to be satisfied in order to make a simple contract valid
• You will need to address all the essential elements of a contract including (Offer and acceptance, intention and consideration) as well as elements of a valid contract (Capacity, Legality, Genuine Consent – Mistake, Misrepresentation, Durres, Undue Influence and Unconsc ionability.
• You will need to address and explain the methods by which a contract is ended.
• You will need to address and explain Remedies available for Vincenzo Franco
Note : You must identify relevant case studies in order to support your legal argument .
( 10 marks)
(b) Explain the construction of the contract .
• For the purposes of this part you should distinguish between representations and terms.
• Explain the importance of a collateral contract
• Distinguish between conditions and warranties
Note: You must address these questions according to the case scenario provided and do not forget to provide relevant cases studies to support your legal argument.
Explain to Vincenzo what are his Australian Consumer Law Guarantees under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) .
• You need to justify your view as to whether these guarantees are available. You will also need to explain the meaning and significance of the implied consumer guarantees.
• Explain the consumer’s rights in the event of the supplier’s failure to comply with a consumer guarantee.
• In addition, Explain the remedies available to Vincenzo Franco and the penalties that can be imposed to Scenic Views under the Act against a trader in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.
Overview of the task
Task: Assignment consisting of two main questions.
Total marks: 30
Total length of both questions: 2,000 (minimum) - 2,500 Words (not including footnotes (or other internal references) and bibliography)
Due Date: Friday 23 September (23.59 pm Melbourne time)
(1) You must submit a softcopy of your assignment through VU Collaborate drop box by the due
date. This allows for official receipt of the assignment, and Turnitin analysis.
(2) You must also submit a hardcopy at your first class in Week 10. The hardcopy must be the same as the softcopy, and include a declaration form. It will be marked and returned to you with a feedback sheet.
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The Top Ten Edible Insects in North America
Posted on July 27, 2015 October 31, 2015 Author Mark Lawrence 0
Challenge for every person in a survival situation — Starve or eat insects and survive? Insects are plentiful. Many are safe to eat. Many are nutritious. Here are a few bugs to know about and how to catch and prepare them.
Would you ever eat a plate full of insects? Most people in Western nations would shake their heads no in disgust.
For many the idea of eating insects is on the same level as eating something poisonous. You just don’t do it.
Many people are shocked to discover that actually a large variety of insects are safe to eat — a few of these insects are dangerous though — such as the Goliath Bird Eating Spider of Venezuela, which is a tarantula the size of a dinner plate. Insects like these must be caught and handled carefully.
What about America? What if you ever found yourself in a survival situation where you simply didn’t have food and you were nowhere near a store or any way to get help?
In America we’re used to eating 3 or more meals a day for most of our lives. What happens if we go a few hours without food? For many people going a few hours without food is not something handled well — before you know it you’re tired, dizzy (low blood sugar), your stomach may burn, you’re unable to think clearly; you feel weak, you just want to lay down and sleep.
Imagine going two days without food.
Imagine going a week.
At what point would you be finally willing to set aside your long held distaste for insects and finally see insects as something that can keep you and your family alive in an emergency or disaster?
80% of the World’s Population Consumes Insects
Did you know that 80% of the world’s population consumes insects as part of their daily diet? That’s according to Michael Spencer, a writer for PBS Newshour. Books on the subject of edible insects have the same thing to say.
Michael Spencer at PBS writes:
“Edible-insect advocates have set up food carts in San Francisco, conferences in Rome and food fairs in Bozeman, Mont., to promote the idea that insects can help solve food and protein shortages and reduce the huge, expensive efforts to grow beef and pork. Insects, they point out, are much easier to grow than large animals.
And there are plenty of them. Of the 1.1 million species of insects scientists have identified and named, 1,700 are edible. They are cold-blooded creatures, which makes them much more efficient in converting energy to protein — no wasted heat.”
Then he adds:
“But the big advantage of eating insects is that they are generally healthier than meat. A six-ounce serving of crickets has 60 percent less saturated fat and twice as much vitamin B-12 than the same amount of ground beef. You don’t have to sell the idea to the people of Madagascar; they eat about 15 different species of insect. And other countries — including Thailand and China — consume vast quantities of bugs.”
Edible Insects in North America
Many nations near the equator with tropical climates have more bugs to choose from than people in North America. Tropical forests contain a vast amount more insects than forests in northern nations.
But in North America it turns out we still have plenty of edible insects right under our nose — insects with protein, very little fat and that can help us meet our nutritional needs for the day.
Edible insects you may be quite familiar with but previously never thought of as food.
Today I hope to change your mind about that.
The most interesting part about including edible insects in your daily diet in a time of emergency or food shortages is this: If we include specific types of wild plants (wild edibles in nature) we can meet all our nutritional requirements for healthy living. At the same time we can cut the amount of excess calories that are eaten in the typical American diet — you know all those extra calories that pack on the pounds and lead to high levels of artery clogging cholesterol and other ill effects on our bodies.
In other words, perhaps people shouldn’t be so fearful about a food shortage taking place. It’s not the end of the world (well it might be) but what I mean is if people are willing to adapt — willing to think like a survivor — empty store shelves doesn’t have to be as horrific as it will seem for many people.
Eating Insects in an Emergency
In North America we have the means to live and survive off the land should the time come that we are either a) lost in the wilderness or b) facing a time of widespread disaster where grocery stores have closed their doors, empty and looted due to massive food shortages.
If grocery stores close due to a massive food shortage resulting from a critical breakdown in our nation’s infrastructure, America will likely see something much worse than what we first faced in the Great Depression.
Many families went hungry for days at a time in the Great Depression. Fights broke out over garbage piles as men searched for food scraps to feed themselves or their families.
And we expect it to be worse than that? Yes. The population today is so much bigger than it was in the 1920s and early 30s — there will be more people fighting over food scraps. Scraps will disappear quickly. And then what? Millions of hungry people growing hungrier and more desperate each day.
Eating Insects in a Survival Situation
Am I sugar-coating the idea of eating insects when it comes to survival? Well, you could say so. But like you if I find myself in a survival situation I’m going to need to give myself a serious pep-talk and say things like, “They’re just termites. These things are healthy and safe to eat.” Pep-talk said I can reach in and grab a handful and either eat them raw or throw them on a pan over a fire and attempt to saute them.
The Top 10 Edible Insects in North America
What are the top ten insects that are safe to eat in North America and that can usually be easily found? If there are hundreds and even thousands of edible insects to choose from across the entire continent, what are the top ten? I’ve chosen what I think are the top ten most easily recognized insects by Americans as well as common household names.
These are insects you can even consider caging, raising, and harvesting.
Crickets and Grasshoppers
Crickets and grasshoppers contain calcium as well as a high ratio of protein for their size (20.6 grams of protein for every 100 grams of insects). The legs and wings have no noticeable nutritional value to speak of and at the same time add an extra “crunch” to each bite — because of that many people choose to simply pull off the legs and wings before eating any. Eat them raw or cooked — but like most insects they’ll probably go down a lot easier when they’ve been cooked.
Locusts are a term used to describe crickets and grasshoppers when they form swarms, meaning they travel in large numbers and have been known to devastate crops and terrorize farmers. In some parts of the world locusts are eaten as a staple — in fact when these swarms take place people are known to sweep them up into bags for later consumption. The Rocky Mountain locust was known to form some of the largest swarms known but is said to have gone extinct in the 19th century. Locusts were plagues that decimated crops used by God in the Old Testament at times to inflict punishment. A plague of locusts would eat crops down until there was nothing left.
Caterpillars (moth / butterfly larvae)
Of all the edible insects, caterpillars surprised me the most. There’s something about these hairy or hairless bugs that just doesn’t seem that palatable, yet they’re reported to be quiet healthy, containing high amounts of protein, very little fat, iron, plenty of B-vitamins like niacin and thiamine. Here’s where the data seems to be incomplete or just not fully published on the subjects of caterpillars. Some are reported to be toxic but the sources I found failed to list just which ones were safe to eat and which ones aren’t. Further down you’ll read about tell tale signs that insects aren’t good to eat from which ones that are (I’m talking about bright colors that usually signify a insect that is not safe to eat. I would suggest that you apply that to any caterpillar that you find — whether it has “hair” or not.)
Ants are edible — though not all ants are friendly. Some, like fire ants, can bite. If a lot of them get on you those bites can be painful. When it comes to ants, you just need a way to safely scoop them into a container (which means typically digging into an ant hill) and then a way to shake them free of any soil that is also scooped up. When you’ve figured out a way to separate them from the soil, boil them in a shallow pan. Boiling removes a vinegar taste they have when eaten raw. In an emergency situation who cares about taste however? Ants can be a quick source of food if you’re running through the woods and don’t have time to put a fire together and boil up a batch.
June Bugs
June Bugs are actually a common species of beetle. Some of the largest have been found living alive and well in populated cities like Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and strangely Denver, CO. I’ve seen plenty of these guys around in my day (usually the smaller ones) and they’re reported to be edible — even a tasty snack when grilled or cooked over a fire. Look for these bugs either on plants in the late evening hours or during the day look under plants and plant debris on the forest floor. They don’t move very fast — sometimes they don’t seem to move at all — and can be easy to catch.
At the same time pay close attention to any downed trees, decaying logs, and stumps that may contain termites. Like caterpillars and many other bugs, termites are also high in protein. Of course because they’re small you’ll have to eat quite few. Other parts of the world like Africa, Asia and South America termites are known to build mounds — termite mounts. You’ll only find fossils of termite mounds in North America though. When you’re in the wilderness your best bet is to look for termites where they can be typically found — damp, dead wood. For survivors in the wilderness, there is usually plenty of damp, dead wood to be found, particularly in forests and in coastal regions that receive a lot of rain.
How many times have you flipped over a log or large rock to see a centipede skitter away? One of the fastest meals when you’re lost in a forest is going to be a centipede. While you’re looking for termite logs and tree stumps keep an eye out for other outcroppings you’ll likely find centipedes hiding under.
Centipedes are not to be confused with millipedes — millipedes are smaller and have more legs while centipedes in general are larger — centipedes have a lot of legs, just a lot less than a millipede. Millipedes are poisonous — do not eat these guys. They emit a foul-smelling cyanide substance, the source of their poison. Be sure you know the difference between a centipede and a millipede. (Orkin calls them pests — some people call them lunch.)
Centipedes can inflict damage as well, but that damage comes from it’s pinchers when they bite. Like a scorpion’s tail or a venomous snake’s head though, a centipede’s head (and pinchers) can be simply cut away and the rest of the insect eaten.
Hatched from eggs laid by darkling beetles, a common beetle in North America, mealworms are nutritious and a staple of primitive cultures. There are over 1400 species of darkling beetles in North America. When cooked they’re said to be some pretty tasty insects — a lot like roasted seeds or nuts. Here’s a site that lays out instructions for raising a mealworm colony for the purpose of insect harvesting: Abigale’s Edibles
You’ll typically find scorpions in the southern desert areas of the United States though they are common in other parts of the world as well. You can raise scorpions for later harvesting or you can hunt for them outdoors by looking for small holes under rocks, trees, tree limbs, or other outcroppings in the soil. When you find scorpion holes it’s not hard to catch them and skewer them — though it will take a few containers such as glass bottles or plastic Tupperware … heck, even small paper bags weighted down with a rock would work — though you wouldn’t want to be stung through the paper should the scorpion strike. With that in mind it would be best to have yourself a glass bottle to catch these guys in.
What you do is dig a second larger hole at the base of the first hole, and place your bottle in the hole for the scorpion to fall into when he exits his hole. If you place a number of bottles around the area where you find suspected scorpion holes you’re likely to catch yourself a few. With a sharp stick you can poke right through its side; remove the scorpion from the bottle and pin it down; take a large knife and cut away it’s tail; that’s the part that will sting you and is venomous. Be sure to bury the stinger. No sense in getting stung because you got careless. Scorpions are said to be best eaten roasted over a fire or grilled in a pan, but they can also be eaten raw. These are a delicacy in many places and popular with a lot of people.
Bees / Wasps (wasp larvae)
Bees and wasps are a daily part of our life — when the weather warms the windows and doors open and before you know it in flies an insect you’d rather not have around the house.
When it comes to survival, how do we find a bees nest or wasp nest that could be hundreds of yards from where that first bee or wasp is located?
David Cordon, author of “The Eat a Bug Cookbook”, reports that traditional wasp catchers in Japan would tie a long silk thread to a wasp they caught, then follow that wasp and the trailing thread to it’s nest. Once at the nest they then used smoke to drive away the wasps so they could get to the edible larva within the nest.
My recommendation is if you’re going to use that technique to look for edible wasp larvae, you should do this: Build a big fire and use a lot of smoke … use more smoke than you think you need … smoke those wasps out for a few hours if that’s what it takes. No sense in rushing it and getting stung by a bunch of wasps because you didn’t do a good job smoking them out of the nest. This is one of those things where you need to read between the lines.
David Cordon also gives a recipe for cooking honeybees — adult honeybees. One way to find a honeybee nest could be the same exact way that the Japanese in past generations searched out wasp nests — by catching a wasp and tying a long thread to it and simply following it. In America silk thread isn’t as easy to come by as sewing thread may be. If you have sewing thread packed in your emergency kit then you have the means it seems to track down a honeybee nest. Of course another way is to comb the country side with a small group of people, making note on paper of the location of every wasp nest and honeybee nest you come across.
How do you tie a thread around a bee or wasp? Have fun with that one. The Japanese did it.
Signs that Insects Aren’t Safe to Eat
Experts say that insects with bright colors like red, orange and yellow aren’t safe to eat, though some edible insects are disguised by these colors as part of their natural markings. Due to the danger of eating poisonous insects, it’s best to just swear off red, orange, and yellow bugs.
On the other hand black, brown, and green are typically colors of insects that are safe to eat.
If you detect a strong odor around an insect, that’s also a sign that it’s probably not a safe insect to eat.
Because of Pesticides Avoid Eating Insects from Urban Areas
Though the insects named above are safe to eat, avoid eating any of these insects if you find them in urban areas, or even in the countryside around homes and neighborhoods. The reason is pesticides. Many people spray bug killer and lay traps around their homes and these pesticides can be spread to insects in the area, making them a bad choice for a food item for human ingestion. Instead, travel a few minutes out of town just to be on the safe side. No sense in loading up on pesticides when plenty of safe, edible insects can be found a short distance away in the woods, brush, or meadow or near a river or creek.
Preparing Insects
Some insects may have snacked on something not very palatable to humans and now the remnants of that last meal reside inside them. This can make the insect a bit less tasty as well as possibly upset your stomach and possibly even cause sickness. There’s a way around that though — which is to round up insects and place them in a small cage and then feed them grain for a couple days. That’s said to clear out the remnants of whatever they ate last and even improve their taste a notch.
In third world countries (and even some developed countries) insect harvesting is big business — you’ll find people in many market areas with large displays of edible insects to buy in bulk, sometimes pre-cooked and on a stick or simply in a bag or box, ready to take home to the family to be cooked later that day or later that week.
I have to say that the long term success of raising insects for sale in foreign marketplaces really sets an example for ways to cope and adapt in times of food shortages. After all the data is in, raising insects through farming and harvesting can be a way to survive and come out ahead in a widespread disaster.
Insect Farming / Insect Harvesting
Farming insects and later harvesting them for either sale or simply to keep your family alive in a time of serious food shortage may be the ticket out for a lot of people to avoid slow starvation in a time of catastrophic disaster. Unfortunately, for most it will take knowledge — would families around in the time of America’s Great Depression have embraced insects so readily as the generation around today? Today we have knowledge. Shows like Fear Factor (NBC) have helped lower psychological walls people have regarding edible insects and more and more books and articles in the news about eating bugs in general are likely paving the way for this door to open to Americans in a time of crisis.
Bug Survival
If you find a bug that looks safe to eat but you’re not sure if it actually is safe to eat, consider doing a test where you cut off a small part of the insect — cook it if you can just to be on the safe side, removing any possible bacteria the bug may have picked up somewhere in its travels — and then eat that small portion of bug that you’ve cut away. Wait a couple hours. If everything seems ok eat a bigger portion. Wait a few more hours. If you’re still fine that bug is probably safe to eat.
Source: secretsofsurvival.com
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Written by: Mark Lawrence on July 27, 2015.
Last revised by: James Cole, our reviewer, on October 31, 2015.
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“I’m sensing judgment coming from the front seat. I don’t think you’re supposed to do that.”
“Sorry,” Kat said.
As they fell back into silence, Kat’s thoughts turned to her father, William Mills. She had plenty of judgment for him. After walking out on her mother weeks earlier and breezing through the Big Apple with his new bimbo, where was he now? Had he left a digital footprint? Could he be found?
Her father wasn’t the only one to pull a Houdini. Where was Lisa, who had brought Kat into this life as a “fixer”? Where had she vanished to? And then there was Alexander Winter. If it hadn’t been for him…
She relived the robbery in her mind; Winter taking her by the hand, leading her through the break-in to retrieve the client’s requested item. He had schooled her, protected her, and brought her home safe. Kat realized that not a day passed without her thinking of him. Except for a post-robbery “all clear” text, he had disappeared. Where is he now?
A young woman, rock star groupie attractive, wearing leopard Ugg boots and a winter-white fur coat over black pants exited the apartment building.
Rustling from the back seat. “Yeah, yeah, that’s her.”
Katerina shook her head. This anemic, two-bit hustler is hooked up with the jailbait leaving the building. “Let me guess. You bonded over shared interests.”
“You know, sarcasm is not attractive in a woman. It shows a lack of self-esteem.”
Said the man hiding on the floor of the back seat. “Uh-huh.”
“You got the code, the key, and the phone, right?”
“Yes,” Kat said, her heart racing like she was on the track waiting for the flag to come down. She slipped on her sunglasses, fussed over the wig hiding her long, chestnut-colored hair, and shrugged a large black bag onto her shoulder.
“Call me as soon as you’re in the apartment,” Lester said.
Katerina cracked the car door, checking for oncoming traffic. Getting out, she slammed the door and crossed the street. Punching the numbers on the keypad, she slipped into the building.
Remember, keep your head down. There are cameras everywhere. She made a mental note to change out her coat afterwards. The elevator chimed, the doors opened, and Kat ducked inside.
Getting out on the fifth floor, Kat stole down the hall. Apartment 512. She slipped the key out of her coat pocket, letting herself in. Taking the phone from the bag, she punched in the number. After two rings, Lester picked up.
“I’m here,” Kat said. “What am I getting?”
“Go into the bedroom,” he said.
Kat entered a room drowning in feminine pinks. “Okay, what?”
“You don’t see it?”
“Obviously not,” she said. “Is it a bill, a laptop, a deed to the apartment?”
“Go back into the living room.”
Katerina retraced her steps and froze in her tracks. A West Highland white terrier stared at her, its head cocked to one side.
Don’t bark. For the love of God and all that’s holy, do not bark.
“You didn’t tell me there was a dog in the apartment,” she whispered. What I wouldn’t give for a Snausage right now.
“Okay, good. You got it.”
“I wouldn’t say that—wait … what? I’m here for the dog? You’re leaving—and you want the dog?”
“No, no,” Lester said. “The dog has a microchip in it. I need the chip.”
“Because if the dog is scanned, the chip has my information. They’ll find my wife and then, you know—they find me. Digital footprint.”
Katerina blew out a mouthful of air. Still staring, the dog sat down.
“The chip is implanted by the right shoulder blade,” he said. “It’s the size of a grain of rice. It’s nothing to take it out.”
“I left my veterinary degree in my other purse.” Moron. “And what do you suggest I use for a scalpel, a Ginsu knife?”
“If you think that’s best. I’m not really attached to the animal. I don’t think she is either, truthfully. I mean, look, she doesn’t even take it with her when she goes out. I paid a shitload of money for that thing.”
Katerina clamped her eyes shut.
“I was told you agency girls are up for anything. Anything. I need the chip. Get the chip.”
Katerina clicked off the phone. She stared at the dog. It raised a paw as a greeting, then lay down on its back, baring its belly for a scratch.
Katerina hustled into the car, depositing the bag on the passenger seat. She revved the engine and took off.
“Did you get it?” Lester asked.
“Yup,” Katerina answered.
Katerina dropped Lester Callahan off at the Greyhound bus terminal. Then, she parked the car and sent a text.
Done. W. 42nd. 8th Ave. Thanks
She got out of the car and walked away. The text had gone to Luther, an entrepreneur with his own limousine service. Luther’s clients paid in cash. Luther saw nothing, heard nothing, and asked no questions. Luther had a lot of clients. He had gotten the car through Moose, a man Katerina had yet to meet. The car would disappear and turn up somewhere else: different state, different plates, different color. Five thousand of Kat’s take had already gone for payment for the service. Contacts liked to be paid up front. That was a problem; she didn’t get paid until the job was done.
Kat passed the Plaza and entered an elegant, gleaming office building. A few minutes later, she was standing in the empty, dark paneled anteroom of MJM Consultants.
“Come in, Katerina,” she heard Jasmine’s hard-edged voice call out.
With her bag slung over her shoulder, Kat entered the small, immaculate office. Jasmine, wearing her signature black Chanel and pearl teardrop earrings, glanced up from her laptop; she didn’t bat an eye at the wig on Kat’s head.
“The job is finished,” Kat said.
“The client called.”
I know. I was there. Right before he got on a bus.
“And then he called back again.”
“You never showed him the item he wanted retrieved.”
Katerina caught the hint of a smirk on Jasmine’s lips. Is this part of the ‘probation’ test? You are not cheating me out of my money. Think fast, Katerina.
“The client never said he wanted to see the item. He just said retrieve it. I retrieved it.”
Jasmine was about to speak when Kat’s bag moved, a sliver of fur peeking through the top. The smirk vanished. “Is that a dog in that bag?”
“You’re not a pet person?” Katerina asked.
“Is that the item?”
“It’s the item that contains the item.”
Opening a desk drawer, Jasmine removed two rubber banded packets of bills. She held them out to Katerina. “Get it out of here.”
Katerina took the money, turned on her heel, and left.
Stepping out of the building into the bright, chilly day, she placed a call.
“Whatever it is, it’s gonna cost you a lot of money,” the raspy voice said through the line.
“Morning, Doc. I need something removed,” Kat said. “But the patient isn’t human.”
The raspy voice broke out into a low gutteral laugh.
Katerina watched over the sleeping Westie. A clean-cut man, wearing surgical gloves and a gown, used a feather touch to perform the procedure. He held up the forceps, showing Kat the tiny chip. Moving to the microwave on the counter, he placed the chip inside, closed the door, and hit a few buttons. Kat watched the plate rotate. A few sparks later, the chip was cooked.
Kat turned to Doc, perched on a stool, his frame struggling under the weight of his bulging stomach. Between wheezes, he puffed on a cigarette.
“Thanks, Doc,” she said.
“Don’t bother. You still have to pay me.”
Kat nodded. At least he’s honest. This little act of benevolent kindness is about to take another healthy bite of my take-home pay.
A woman entered the room without knocking. Dressed to the nines, she looked to be in her late sixties, a cross between a gracefully aging Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O., complete with swing coat and pillbox hat.
“Miss Kitty, this is Gertie. She provides pet relocation.”
“Charmed, I’m sure,” Gertie said with a flourish of her hand. “Now darling, time is money. You want a major city or you prefer something rural?”
Thousands of criminals in the city and I get the Dolly Levi of pet theft.
“What do you have?”
“Oh, honey, it’s carte blanche. I always have a waiting list for Westies; very popular breed. Lucky you came along. People are so careful these days. Owners almost never leave them unattended.”
“You steal to order?”
Gertie’s eyes opened wide. “Steal? I beg your pardon,” she said. “Darling, I connect pets with loving families. I provide a service. You think Social Security pays enough to live on? A girl’s gotta get by. I used to be in the garment business—before they moved everything to China—no disrespect.” She gave Kat the once-over. “I can get you a coat at cost. You’d look to die for in a Saint Laurent Chesterfield. You want a coat?”
Kat shook her head. “No thank you. Any location far away from here will be fine.” She wanted to apologize. It wasn’t judgment. Kat didn’t know why, but she never quite felt prepared for the world she found. Even after what she had seen so far, she could be surprised. Maybe I’m not up for anything. Maybe I just don’t have what it takes.
The man finished scrubbing at the sink. Drying his hands, he turned to Kat.
“How long have you been a veterinarian?” Kat asked.
The man smiled.
Oh shit. Kat turned to Gertie.
“Meet my nephew,” she said.
The family that steals together… that’s one my father missed.
“Still lots to learn, Miss Kitty,” Doc said. “Lots to learn.”
Katerina glanced over at the sleeping dog. Pulling out the packets of money, she counted out fifteen thousand, half of her cut.
A girl’s gotta get by.
She certainly does, Kat thought, watching Gertie and Doc divvy up the cash. And not for the first time, she wondered how she would get by.
[Want more? Click below to read a longer excerpt.]
"The Fixer: The Killing Kind (The Fixer - Katerina Mills Book 2) by Jill Amy Rosenblatt is every bit as good, if not better, than the first book in the series. Even more action is packed into this edge-of-your-seat tale as Kat leads us on another thrilling journey." ~ Readers' Favorite Book Reviews
"I enjoyed this book. I am amazed at how Rosenblatt thought this plot up and then guided me through the labyrinth to the end. Of course there is the third, and last book, to come. That means things are not tied up neatly on all fronts at the end. I can't imagine what comes next! I recommend this book without any hesitation!" ~ suziqn6
"I really enjoyed this book. Yes, it was a little confusing reading the second in the series without reading the first, but I didn't know that was what I was doing and don't feel it took away from this story. I like a little mystery and the author gave me enough information to follow the story. I am going to get the first book and read it now and I look forward to the third in the series." ~ SRichards
"Kat is the amazing lady to follow as this story twists and turns though the Big Apple. Be prepared to sit up late to see what will happen next. I felt like I was with her every step of the way, holding my breath at one moment and cheering the next. I'm ready to continue Kat's adventures, I think you will agree as you reach 'The End'." ~ JMP
"What I liked about book, there was plenty of action with a little bit of romance. Book was well written and kept you on the edge of your seat action. Katerina got in over her head, she was smart and beautiful, she was in love with Alex who was in love with her if he would ever admit it. Book had my attention from the first page. I highly recommend this book, you won't put it down." ~ teresa
Jill Amy Rosenblatt joins me today to discuss her new book, The Fixer: The Killing Kind.
This book is for adults. There are some themes in the book that can be a bit risqué and dark.
The initial spark was the idea of a man and a woman as adversaries. She is trying to get something from him. I kept asking myself questions. Who is she? What does she want? Why? I had heard of the term "fixer" before. There are other books and television shows about fixers so I decided this series would be an origin story.
In this case, it was the idea and then the character’s story. I spent a lot of time thinking about Katerina, who she is, what she wants, and her situation. I found the series through her and through the main supporting character, Alexander Winter. Winter has become such an essential part of the story and the series.
I’m not sure how to answer that question because writing this book and this series has been such a joy for me. This series is the first project I’ve taken on since having a terrible case of writer’s block. Just being able to write and create has been amazing. If I had to give an answer, I would say the hardest part was the last few round of edits. It’s always toughest being so close to the end but not being quite done yet.
I hope readers will become attached to Katerina and care about her as much as I do. I hope they enjoy this exciting and dangerous world and the cast of supporting characters. Many of the secondary characters will be coming back again, so I hope readers will like checking back in with Katerina and her cohorts with each book and following the adventure.
How long did it take you to write this book?
It took about fourteen months to write the book.
I wish I had one! I have a day job, so I write when I can.
The Fixer series is my first try at self-publishing. I went the traditional publishing route with my very first two books, Project Jennifer and For Better or Worse. That was a very helpful experience. It showed me what steps I need to go through from first draft to the finished manuscript.
What advice do you have for someone who would like to become a published writer?
That’s hard to say. Everyone has a different path. I think reading as much as possible, and reading different genres, is very helpful. And of course, write as much as you can as often as you can.
I like to read. I’m a huge ice hockey fan, so I watch as many of the NY Ranger games as I can during the season.
My mom is incredibly supportive. She edits my work and is always honest. She challenged me on some scenes in this book. I had to go back and look at them again and make some changes. As a writer, it’s hard to see everything because you’re too close to the story. My mom always gives good, constructive feedback and I really appreciate that.
I was a daydreamer, always making up stories. I was a quiet kid.
I loved reading when I was young. Unfortunately, I had a bad experience during one year in elementary school. I had a teacher that forced us to choose from a very small selection of books he had in his classroom. Then he would assign you to read 50 pages a night so you had to finish the book in a few days. Reading became a chore and, for a lot of years after, I wouldn’t pick up a book. I watched television and movies. In high school, I noticed that a movie I liked, Cannery Row, was from a John Steinbeck story. I found the book and fell back into reading.
I realized in my early twenties that, since I still loved television and movies, I wanted to write screenplays. Screenwriting was my first love.
No. Once in a while, I’ll remember something that was said to me and think it might work well in a book as dialogue, but that’s all.
I love Margaret Atwood, John Steinbeck, Janet Evanovich, Robert B. Parker, Daniel Silva, Cormac McCarthy, and so many others. I learn something from every author.
Sometimes I hear from readers. I love to get messages! They tell me what the book meant to them and if they liked it. I appreciate it that a reader would take the time to write to me. That means a lot to me.
I am working on book three in The Fixer series, The Fixer: The Last Romanov.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, Jill. Best of luck with your future projects.
Thank you so much for letting me stop by, Lynda. I enjoyed it very much!
Jill Amy Rosenblatt is the author of Project Jennifer and For Better or Worse, published by Kensington Press. She has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and Literature from Burlington College.
The Fixer mystery/suspense series is Jill’s first venture in self-publishing. The Fixer: The Naked Man (Katerina Mills Book 1) is available in ebook and paperback formats. The second book in the series, The Fixer: The Killing Kind, released in November 2016. She is currently at work on the third book of the series, The Fixer: The Last Romanov (when she’s not watching NY Rangers hockey).
She lives on Long Island.
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Beverley Naidoo joined the resistance to apartheid as a student in South Africa, leading to detention without trial and exile. She began writing while working as a teacher in Britain. Her first novel, Journey to Jo’burg, was originally banned in South Africa but opened a window for children elsewhere.
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Police are investigating a second assault accusation at the Arizona care facility where a woman gave birth while in a vegetative state
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The Phoenix, Arizona care facility where a patient gave birth last month, despite having been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been hit with a new assault allegation, according to Fox 10.
A source told the outlet that a patient at Hacienda Skilled Nursing Facility recently told a social worker that two staff members had struck her in the face and arms multiple times in the past few months.
Phoenix police confirmed to Fox 10 that they are investigating the allegation.
Hacienda Skilled Nursing Facility, the Phoenix, Arizona care facility at the center of a rape investigation, has reportedly been hit with a new assault allegation.
A source told Fox 10 that a patient at the facility recently told a social worker that two staff members struck her in the face and arms multiple times in the past few months. The social worker in turn went to police.
An official with the City of Phoenix confirmed to Fox 10 that police are investigating the new allegation. The source told Fox 10 that the patient isn’t injured.
INSIDER reached out to Hacienda Healthcare for comment on the new allegation on Friday, and they issued a statement saying that the patient showed no signs of injury and “has a history of attention-seeking behaviour.”
Here’s their full statement:
“Yesterday afternoon during a survey of Hacienda’s ICF-ID unit by federal and state auditors, one patient – a woman who suffers from a serious intellectual disability – made an allegation of abuse against two female staffers, a registered nurse and a certified caregiver.
“The patient, who has a history of attention-seeking behaviour, claimed she had been yelled at by the staff members and struck in the head and arm.
“As we always do when such claims are made, Hacienda acted immediately and proactively. Leadership immediately called police, state regulatory agencies and the patient’s legal guardian. The staffers – both of whom denied the allegations and both of whom have spotless records – were put on administrative leave within minutes.
“The patient was immediately given a full and thorough medical examination. She displayed no signs of injury or abuse whatsoever.
“Regardless, our internal investigation will continue. We will also cooperate fully with law-enforcement and the agencies involved.”
azfamily.comThe facility has been hit by a new allegation of assault.
Meanwhile, the family of the 29-year-old woman who gave birth at the facility late last month issued a statement on Wednesday through their lawyer, responding to the news that attorney Rick Romley had been hired to conduct an investigation into the patient’s suspected assault.
The statement reads: “My clients trust that Mr. Romley’s investigation will be as promised fully transparent and made available to them as the victims of this appalling tragedy. My clients also hope Mr. Romley’s investigation will result in the changes at Hacienda necessary to prevent further abuse and neglect of its patients.”
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“Lastly, my clients were disappointed to see that in its press release Hacienda’s leadership chose not to express any remorse or apology for Hacienda’s inexcusable failure to protect and safeguard their vulnerable daughter,” the statement adds.
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LuLaRoe founder says the company is 'starting over' amid seller exodus and looming $63 million legal battle
Hayley Peterson
YouTube/LuLaRoeLuLaRoe CEO Mark Stidham and LuLaRoe founder and president DeAnne Stidham say the company is ‘being reinvented.’
LuLaRoe’s top executives said the multilevel-marketing company is “starting over” and “being reinvented.”
“I love that everybody is saying ‘LuLaRoe 2.0,'” LuLaRoe founder DeAnne Stidham said in a video the company shared online. “I think that’s really what it is, because you know, we’re starting over.”
LuLaRoe’s reinvention comes as it faces an exodus of sellers and a $US63 million lawsuit from its chief supplier, Providence Industries.
The suit originally sought $US49 million in damages. In an amended complaint filed in California state court on Monday, Providence raised the damages sought to $US63 million.
LuLaRoe has denied the allegations in the lawsuit.
LuLaRoe’s top executives said the company is “starting over” and “being reinvented” as it faces an exodus of sellers and a $US63 million lawsuit from its chief supplier.
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Stidham’s husband and LuLaRoe’s CEO, Mark Stidham, also chimed in on “LuLaRoe 2.0,” saying the company is being “reinvented” after learning about “what our retailers need from us and really narrowing in on the tools that we need to develop for them and the products that we need to develop.”
“It’s fresh, and it’s kind of being reinvented, but it’s being reinvented on the shoulders of those things that we have learned in the past,” he said.
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In response to this story, a LuLaRoe spokesman said, “LuLaRoe is always working to find new ways to improve and implement key learnings into the business.”
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“We believe the claims in this case are completely without merit and will fight vigorously against them,” a LuLaRoe spokesman said. “Given this is pending litigation, we cannot comment on the specifics.”
The next hearing for the case is scheduled for January 28.
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Former Miss Nevada Claims Police Busted Into Her Apartment And Made Her Get Out Of Bed Naked
Abby Rogers
Jul. 25, 2012, 10:29 AM
Caleche Ranae Manos
Miss Nevada Scholarship Program
Los Angeles County sheriff's officers stormed the wrong apartment, held two people at gunpoint, harassed them, and refused to offer an explanation, according to a lawsuit filed by the Miss Nevada 2007 winner.
Caleche Ranae Manos claims she and her fiance Eric Otto Ryder were asleep on the morning of Nov. 15, 2011 when sheriff's deputies mistakenly entered their apartment, according to Mano's lawsuit, which was first reported Wednesday by Courthouse News Service.
Deputies were carrying a search warrant for Apartment C but accidentally entered Manos' apartment, which was Apartment A, the lawsuit stated.
"At that time Ms. Manos was still in bed and was naked," her complaint stated. "The sheriff deputies, all of which were male and armed with guns, ordered Ms. Manos to get out of bed and then watched as she attempted to do so."
After a "significant amount of time," deputies realized their error but reportedly did not apologize to the couple.
Rather, police told the couple they would "have a story to tell others at Thanksgiving," Manos claims in her lawsuit.
In addition to seeking damages for negligence, false imprisonment, and civil rights and Constitution violations, Manos is accusing the deputies of sexual harassment, saying they only made her leave the bed because she's a woman.
Manos "suffered and continues to suffer emotional distress, humiliation, mental anguish, and embarrassment," as a result of the incident, according to her complaint.
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Zuma and Kabila's friendship guides foreign policy at expense of democracy
Because of Jacob Zuma’s personal relationship with the DRC’s Joseph Kabila, SA’s government and the SADC have sided against democracy, and are supporting a leader who has refused to step down
31 August 2017 - 22:50 Mélanie Gouby
When he is at home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila rarely leaves the presidential residence. His official visits to the far-flung corners of the enormous country he has ruled for more than 15 years are few and far between, and foreign trips are almost unheard of. It was quite significant, then, for him to visit Pretoria in June for a private meeting with Jacob Zuma, and it underlines how important to Kabila his close relationship with the SA president has become. Over the years, Zuma has arguably become Kabila’s closest ally on the continent, a relationship underpinned by personal favours that run contrary to the interests of both nations. Kabila, who refused to step down when his final term ended in December last year, has been clinging to power and using delaying tactics to push back presidential elections. This has plunged the DRC into what is fast becoming its most serious crisis since the end of the war in 2003. Yet, the SA administration has not only f...
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Mattis says Khashoggi killing undermines regional stability
Sat, Oct 27, 2018 - 2:06 PM
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday that incidents like the killing of a Saudi journalist undermined Middle Eastern stability and that the United States would take additional measures against those responsible.
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[MANAMA] US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday that incidents like the killing of a Saudi journalist undermined Middle Eastern stability and that the United States would take additional measures against those responsible.
The killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national and Washington Post columnist, has sparked outrage among Riyadh's Western allies and mushroomed into a crisis for Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter and strategic ally of the West.
Saudi Arabia is the lynchpin of a US-backed regional bloc against the growing Iranian influence in the Middle East but the Khashoggi crisis has strained Riyadh's relations with the West.
US President Donald Trump has said he wants to get to the bottom of the case, while also highlighting Riyadh's role as an ally against Iran and Islamist militants, as well as a major purchaser of US arms.
"With our collective interests in peace and unwavering respect for human rights in mind, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in a diplomatic facility must concern us all," Mr Mattis said in prepared remarks which he will give at the annual Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain.
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"Failure of any nation to adhere to international norms and the rule of law undermines regional stability at a time when it is needed most," Mr Mattis said. He did not mention de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by name in his prepared remarks.
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said Khashoggi's killing was premeditated, contradicting a previous official statement that it happened accidentally during a tussle in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Saudi officials have also said he was accidentally killed in a botched security operation to return him to the kingdom.
In his remarks, Mr Mattis went through a long list of what he described as disruptive Iranian behaviour - a message most Gulf allies will view positively since they share similar concerns about Iran's increasing influence in Syria and Iraq.
While these were some of the sharpest comments Mattis has made on the Khashoggi killing, he said the incident would not diminish ties with Saudi Arabia.
"It's hard to imagine that this administration in particular is going to change fundamentally how it views the role of the Saudis in terms of counterterrorism, in terms of counter Iran," said Dennis Ross, who served as top Middle East adviser to President Barack Obama in his first term.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week announced moves against 21 Saudis to either revoke their visas or make them ineligible for US visas after the Khashoggi killing.
"Our Secretary of State has already revoked visas and will be taking additional measures," Mr Mattis said.
Mr Mattis warned that Russia's presence in the Middle East - where it is a major ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - could not be a replacement for the United States.
He said that it was important to end a 16-month-old dispute between Qatar and four Arab states that analysts say has weakened regional coordination against Iran.
Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off travel and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of backing their archrival, Iran, and supporting terrorism. Qatar denies the charges.
"The solving of internal debates among our GCC partners is vital for realizing this vision. Without it, we weaken our security," he said, referring to the Gulf Cooperation Council nations.
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Passionate BE practitioners and assessors have built, shaped and transformed the BE initiative in Singapore over the past 20 years
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In 1994, Prof Cham (above), chairman of the Singapore Quality Award Governing Council and special advisor to SIM Governing Council, SIM Directorate, Singapore Institute of Management, and Mr Soon, member of the SQA Governing Council, introduced the BE initiative in Singapore.
In 1994, Prof Cham, chairman of the Singapore Quality Award Governing Council and special advisor to SIM Governing Council, SIM Directorate, Singapore Institute of Management, and Mr Soon (above), member of the SQA Governing Council, introduced the BE initiative in Singapore.
'For 20 years, the BE initiative has been helping organisations to strengthen their management practices so that they will perform better. I encourage more organisations to join the BE community to share your best practices, so as to deliver higher value to your customers, employees and stakeholders.' - Ang Hak Seng (above), chairman, SQA Management Committee and chief executive director, People's Association.
THE success of any initiative requires pioneers, catalysts and supporters. The Business Excellence (BE) initiative has been well supported by a community of passionate BE practitioners and assessors who have built, shaped and transformed the BE initiative over the past 20 years.
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Home | | Aquaculture Principles and Practices | Rice fish rotation
Chapter: Aquaculture Principles and Practices: Integration of Aquaculture with Crop and Livestock Farming
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Author : T. V. R. Pillay, M. N. Kutty Posted On : 25.06.2017 07:24 pm
Rice fish rotation
The constraints and conflicts mentioned above do not apply when fish culture is practised in rotation with rice cultivation.
Rice–fish rotation
The constraints and conflicts mentioned above do not apply when fish culture is practised in rotation with rice cultivation. The possible risk of pesticide residue in fish has to be considered; however, the interval between rice farming and fish stocking is long enough to allow degradation of pesticides. Infestation by insect pests is also reduced, as their life cycles are disrupted by the alternation of crops and associated practices. If chemicals like carbofuran are used, the risk is further reduced. In countries such as the Philippines where the yield of the wet-season rice crop is rather low, it is logical to rear fish as an alternating crop.
When fish are to be raised in rotation, the fields are prepared after the rice harvest. The bunds surrounding the field have to be raised and reinforced where necessary, to maintain the required depth of water. The water level depends on the habits of the species and their size. As the effect of water level on the rice is not a constraint in this type of farming, an adequate water level can be maintained if there is a suitable supply.
It is advantageous to flood the fields soon after harvesting the rice, without removing the stubble. The submerged stubble provides the substrate for the development of fish food organisms. When decomposed, they fertilize the water and stimulate higher productivity. After the fish harvest, the residues remaining in the soil serve as fertilizers for the rice crop.
The selection of species for culture depends to a large extent on the likely duration of culture and the quality of the water. The practice of shrimp production in rice fields on the west coast of India is carried out in areas where generally only one crop (July to September) of a salt-resistant variety of rice is grown. After the rice is harvested, the bunds are strength-ened and suitable sluices installed to control the water supply. The brackish-water lagoons nearby, from where water is obtained to irrigate the fields, have large numbers of shrimp larvae at this time. The fields are filled with tidal water at high tides and the larvae gain access to the fields with the water, where they find shelter and food. Lamps may be hung above the inlets to attract the larval shrimps. The natural process of stocking continues with every high tide for two or three months. The sluice gates are provided with conical bag nets to prevent escape of larvae and juvenile shrimps at low tides. Harvesting of shrimps starts in December, by when the early stock will have reached marketable size. Regular harvesting helps to thin the stock, leading to a better growth rate and a higher percentage of larger shrimps. Several species of shrimps are grown in the fields: Penaeus indicus, Macrobrachium rude and Palaemon styliferus. Incidental species are Caridina gracilirostris, Acetes sp. and the finfishes, grey mullets and pearlspot (Etroplus sp.). The total yield per ha is reported to be around 780–2100kg. With increasing interest in shrimp farming and the high price of shrimps, farmers now devote greater attention to water management and stimulation of primary production in the fields. Where possible, controlled stocking with sorted larvae is undertaken. In the deltaic areas of eastern India flooded rice fields are stocked with larvae of quick-growing shrimps, particularly Penaeus monodon and semisulcatus.
In rice fields irrigated with fresh water, either mono- or polyculture of finfish is practised. The most common species are probably common carp, tilapia and Trichogaster. The snakehead (murrel) and the catfish, Clarias, are also used. The use of goldfish (Carassius auratus) and tench in Italy appears to have been discontinued. Similarly, the production of buffalo fish (Ictiobus cyprinellus) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) as a rotational crop in rice field reservoirs in Arkansas appears to be only on a very limited scale. Since the fields, when flooded after rice harvest, serve as shallow ponds, some of the pond culture practices such as fertilization and supplementary feeding can be adopted. Through proper water management, a suitable water temperature and oxygen content have to be maintained. Depending on the period available for fish farming, the stocking rate and size can be determined. The duration of culture is generally three to four months. Some farmers use the rice fields to grow fry to late fingerling stage, or from late fingerling stage to marketable size. When tilapia are cultured, special efforts are made to grow them to market size during this period. Naturally the fish yield varies very considerably with species, culture practices, etc. In well managed fields a yield of up to 700kg/ha can be expected. De la Cruz (1980) gave the data (shown in Table 30.2) on costs and returns for a rotational crop of tilapia and common carp in the Philippines, for a culture period of about 116 days and a stocking rate of 10000 tilapia (Tilapia nilotica) and common carp. Although the economics of the practice vary from place to place, these data give some indication of the income that can be expected when fields left fallow are used for fish culture. Available records show that the income from fish farming is approximately the same as it would be if the fields were used for rice production during the period it is left fallow. But under the circumstances it adds to the income of the farmer and is a more efficient use of land and farm resources.
In the traditional system of shrimp production, the production cost is minimal when operated by the owner of the field. However, in a number of cases the fields are leased from owners for shrimp growing and the cost of the lease is relatively high. This influences the net return from shrimps. In improved systems where sorted larvae and juveniles are stocked and fertilization or feeding are adopted, the operational expenses are higher but the net income is compensatingly high.
In rice fields in Louisiana (USA) the crayfish Procambarus clarkii is raised as a rotationalcrop. The culture techniques have been intensified in recent years. Adults are stocked at the rate of 6–12kg per ha in fields flooded after the rice is harvested, when the rice stubbles start to sprout. A depth of about 15– 45cm in maintained in the field and the crayfish feed on the rice stubble and various aquatic plants found in the field. After about six months they reach the marketable size of 10–15g. Larger ones weighing 40–45g fetch better prices and it takes about 8–14 months to reach that size. The usual yield is about 400–700kg per ha.
Integrated farming of fish and livestock
Pig and fish farming - Integrated farming of fish and livestock
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Farming of other animals in association with fish
Objectives and types of rice-field aquaculture
Combined culture of rice and fish - Rice field aquaculture
Polyculture of bivalves and seaweeds in marine environments
Stocking of Open Waters and Ranching
Reservoirs - Open water stocking
Lakes and streams - Open water stocking
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Symantec donation programme - FAQs
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Aiming, his grandson said, to give western wear a look as distinctive as the region's topography and lifestyle, Weil created a slim-fitting shirt that in its cut and its cuffs, its pocketing and its fastenings, was to prove immediately recognizable.
“Every design element was given a flourish,” said his grandson. Distinctive in their dash and flair, the shirts featured a special yoke and elaborate hand embroidery.
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One of his company's designs, with its saw-toothed pocket flaps and its diamond-shaped snap fasteners, is “the longest running shirt design in America,” said the grandson, who is company president.
Weil was born March 28, 1901, in Evansville, Ind., to a father who had come from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
He moved to Denver to sell garters for a Chicago firm and later became a partner in a company that sold work wear to cowboys. He began making western shirts based on designs he saw in movies.
In 1946, he founded his own company. It soon became identified with the snap fastener, which was said to have the advantage of popping open if pulled, thus saving a shirt's fabric from tearing. Weil also popularized the bolo tie.
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Verona overview
A city steeped in British literature’s most spiteful and romantic feuding family beckons readers and travelers to plan a visit to Verona in search of history, intrigue, and folklore. All three of these combine to create an atmosphere brooding in Shakespearian intensity.
As you walk the city streets, it’s hard to believe that this tragic love affair was indeed fictional, because each corner brings the epic story of Romeo and Juliet to life. With every shadowy passageway, it’s easy to imagine the forbidden lovers’ nightly escapes and with each loud local shouting to another, you can see the Montague and Capulet families’ cutthroat power, force, and greatness among the city’s reality.
Even though it’s widely known as ‘Piccolo Roma’ (Little Rome), this is certainly a city in its own right. Shakespeare’s tragedy may not be fact, but it does capture the true essence of the area’s notorious family feuding in the 13th and 14th centuries’. Its history still colors its present with strong family ties, family-owned businesses, and a lot of local connection. Spring and summer lure Italian-bound travelers visiting Verona to stroll the streets and to take advantage of the city in bloom. Marvel at religious architecture, absorb the ancient Renaissance art, and indulge in the incredible recipes of Italian bistros and cafes.
Verona climate
This romantic and historical city is blessed with pleasant climate all year long, so depending on your personal preferences, there are plenty of great opportunities to book Verona flights. Spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) are its best kept secrets, with warm and sunny days and slightly chilly nights, but summer and winter boast remarkable characteristics as well. High temperatures and hot, thick days make summer in Italy a beautiful Mediterranean getaway, but watch out for the occasional rain and thunderstorm. January and February are the coldest months of the year, but temperatures rarely drop below freezing. Crisp air surrounds the city, but still manages to warm the hearts of many international travelers.
Best Time to Fly to Verona
By far, the best time to book flights to Verona is during the beautiful shoulder seasons of spring and fall. Pleasant temperatures and dry conditions create a perfect setting for relaxation, and with less crowds than the summer time, you can truly explore the city.
To beat the crowds, avoid the rain, and experience some of the sunniest days of the year, plan your Verona flights in either spring or autumn, when it’s easy to get the best of both worlds. You’ll escape the scalding afternoons of summer, and the cold nights of winter, and instead enjoy a happy medium of sunny days, mild temperatures, and dry conditions.
Off-peak Season:
Since this Shakespearian-influenced metropolis has no real off season, it’s easy to travel to Verona whenever the mood strikes you. If you’re a vacationer on a budget though, it’s easiest to find cheap flights to Verona in the winter, when fewer people tend to go.
Getting around Verona
You’ll find plenty of ways to get around the city once you’re in Verona. The public transportation system is easy to understand, and you can grab a bus to connect to most parts of the city. Buy your tickets ahead of time at stations, newsstands and tobacconists. Local train stations have lots of connections to Milan, Mantua, Modena, Florence and Rome, in case you want to travel elsewhere in Italy.
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Roman Theater: Just north of downtown and around the corner from Ponte Pietra, you’ll find the Roman Theater. Built in the first century, this bridged structure exemplifies the pure love of art held in the hearts of the Italian people, and their exquisite way of showcasing that in architecture. The two arches on the left are from the Roman Republic era, and the other three hail from the 13th century. Sadly, in 1945 a large portion of it was damaged by German bombings in World War II, but in the 1950s, in true Verona spirit, the city’s residents rallied together to rebuild and restore the beloved structure. Now, people from all over the world visit to Verona to see first-hand this hillside formation overlooking the river.
Juliet’s House: Although Romeo and Juliet were fictional characters, a little house rests in the heart of the city, which Verona’s residents deem as Casa di Guiliette. A beautiful balcony overlooks the life of the area, where some people imagine that she would have stood during her famous “Where fore art thou Romeo?” monologue. The surrounding courtyard is littered with wistful romantic graffiti, and some superstitious and lovesick travelers visiting Verona find solace in rubbing the bronze statue of Juliet outside the house, supposedly to gain luck in love.
Duomo: For art and religious enthusiasts, there’s no better place to visit than the Duomo. Created in the 12th century, its double influence gives this building a hybrid of personal traits, constantly tugging back and forth between its Romanesque (lower half) and Gothic (upper half) attributes. A few eye-catching components seem to be the biggest crowd pleasers. First a sculpture of Jonah and the Whale evokes the famous story and its intriguing events. Second, the closer you get to the oval structure in the back, the more beautiful it becomes. This fresco ornamented marble composition was made by Michele Sanmichele in the late 15th century, and deserves quite a bit of observation.
Giardino Giusti: For a little taste of nature during your travel to Verona, head to Giardino Giusti, where lush, sculpted gardens sprawl in every direction, beckoning even the most hurried traveler to lose track of time and wander through its majestic pathways. Named after the noble family that looked after it for so many years, the garden sits on the same plot of land as its adjacent mansion, and has been open to visitors since 1591. A fine mix of elegant sculptures and natural greenery, this labyrinth-like sanctuary is a peaceful reprieve from bustling city life. For the best views, climb the wall and peek over to see rooftops and the city’s lingering length.
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Carley Moore
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The Not Wives
my debut novel from Feminist Press
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The Not Wives traces the lives of three women as they navigate the Occupy Wall Street movement and each other. Stevie is a nontenured professor and recently divorced single mom; her best friend Mel is a bartender, torn between her long-term girlfriend and her desire to explore polyamory; and Johanna is a homeless teenager trying to find her way in the world, who bears shared witness to a tragedy that interlaces her life with Stevie’s.
In the midst of economic collapse and class conflict, late-night hookups and long-suffering exes, the three characters piece together a new American identity founded on resistance—against the looming shadow of financial precarity, the gentrification of New York, and the traditional role of wife.
“A provocative and well-told story about chosen community, friendship, and human frailty.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A terrific literary novel about what it means to belong to yourself while trying to be a part of something bigger.” —Independent Book Review
“The Not Wives is gritty, sexy, very queer, literary social realism that's up-all-night compelling—just what I want from a novel set in NYC in the time of Occupy, with its sprawling cast of adjuncts, bartenders, poets, single parents, little kids, homeless teenagers, and serious organizers embroiled in various romantic and economic complications. When we say report back, this is what we mean!” —Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
“Carley Moore exults in portraying the grit, drama, confusion, and ecstasy of her diverse characters’ daily lives. The Not Wives is not just for not wives; it’s for all of us struggling with how to be human—falling in and out of love/lust, parenting children, teaching young adults, protesting corruption, and just getting by—amid the ongoing clamor and bewilderment of twenty-first-century life.” —Laura Sims, author of Looker
"In The Not Wives, Carley Moore puts her considerable powers—introspection, humor, empathy—into the service of fiction, creating a landscape of achingly authentic female lives that we rarely see given such literary treatment. A compulsively readable novel with deep roots in our gorgeous, messed-up world." —Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms
“I was in dire need of a queer, sex-positive mom in literature—and then the gift of The Not Wives showed up. Here are the wives and not wives so many of us are, have been, have loved, might be. I couldn’t put this extraordinary book down; it offered so much solace, recognition, and hope.” —Lynn Melnick, author of Landscape with Sex and Violence
“The Not Wives is a novel about precarity in the time of Occupy Wall Street, set in a gentrified New York of wealth and insecurity. ‘We are all falling apart and keeping it together,’ Carley Moore writes, conjuring the activist spirit but also the trap of the status quo. Self-awareness is not enough, The Not Wives tells us; the question is how to dream without complicity, how to turn guilt into action. This is a feminist novel for our times—slutty and principled, dedicated and unsure, it dares us to feel everything.” —Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of Sketchtasy
"With seemingly effortless prose, Carley Moore paints a rich portrait of three deeply compelling women navigating the polarities and confining norms of modern-day life." —Etaf Rum, author of A Woman Is No Man
“The Not Wives is at once dark and bright, deeply serious and dryly funny, timeless and of a particular time. Moore’s ability to weave relationships out of the bleakness of the 2011 political climate is unparalleled. This is a story about so many things, but at its heart, it is a tale of love and family that will grip you until its final pages.” —Sophie Lucido Johnson, author of Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s)
“Audacious and exhilarating in its candor, The Not Wives captures the heady mix of pleasures and agonies necessary to turn one’s life in a new, truer direction. Carley Moore attends to the complexities of urban living and activism with riveting clarity.” —Idra Novey, author of Those Who Knew
Interested in reading this book with a group? Download group discussion questions for The Not Wives here!
my debut essay collection from Tinderbox Editions
16 Pills on Small Press Distribution
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16 Pills opens in the hospital as Moore navigates the medical gaze: becoming spectacle as she is videotaped walking down the hall, talked about as if she were an object, wondered over her body as she drifts, unmoored, before surgery. Moore's essays explore with intimacy and candor the experiences of a contemporary feminist exploring the worlds of co-parenting, the absurdities of online dating, the art of mothering in a time of protest, the complexity of prescription drugs, and reflecting on generations of men and women in her Cuban and Swedish-American family. Moore's book is at once thoughtful and honest, and is ultimately an investigation on making spaces for ourselves and meeting the desires of our own bodies. For readers of Leslie Jamison, Roxane Gay, and Lidia Yuknavich.
16 Pills is everything I want in an essay collection - rawness and humor, intimacy, problems, solutions, and a searing, radical intellect holding us in her brilliance. I devoured this jam-packed, revelatory book, and you will too.
--Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions, and Criticisms
Like sitting with a super keen and deeply forthright friend, 16 Pills confronts childhood, parenting, disability, patriarchy, books, ideas, dating, and sex with an unflinching eye and generous heart; Moore bravely reveals her successes, flaws, and failings as a mirror to our own. A must-read on femaleness and feminism and 21st-century middle age, 16 Pills in an alarmingly honest, crucially timely book.
—Lynn Melnick, author of Landscape with Sex and Violence
"Carley Moore’s debut collection of essays, 16 Pills, is a therapeutic read, and while no book can boast being a panacea for the ills of modern life, this one comes close. Moore writes like her life depends on it. She dissects the stories of her life with intelligence and precision, and invites the reader to share in her examination. Feminist, political, funny, and irreverent, Moore’s essays are masterful, and show a true love of the form; the stories are deeply personal, while still tapping into shared human experience."
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Portal Poem
my chapbook from Dancing Girl Press
FROM PORTAL POEM:
April is of uncertain origin
Auirel
Aprhodite
From the Latin, aperio, to bud
April is a deep portal
The storm as it quits
Thaw’s garbage
Heat tease
He said, I’m just a man, not a wolf.
I looked over my shoulder at the pile of mythologies
underneath the stairs
They were bones now
I’d licked them clean
and sucked out the marrow.
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Global oil demand to exceed expectations in 2017, says IEA; OPEC cuts supply
Published Wed, Sep 13 2017 1:34 AM EDT Updated Wed, Sep 13 2017 8:09 AM EDT
Karen Gilchrist@_karengilchrist
IEA revises up global oil demand forecasts for 2017.
OPEC output falls in August for the first time in five months.
Hurricane Harvey hampers production in August and September.
Oil disruption following Harvey is easing: IEA
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Global oil demand is set to accelerate faster than anticipated this year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which has revised up its 2017 growth estimates.
Strong second-quarter demand has buoyed oil markets, which have been struggling to rebalance as a supply glut has weighed heavily on prices, the IEA said in its September report released Wednesday.
Demand grew by 2.3 million barrels per day (mb/d), or 2.4 percent, in the second quarter of 2017, prompting the Paris-based organization to increase its growth estimate for the year to 1.6 mb/d, or 1.7 percent. For 2018, the IEA is predicting growth of 1.4 mb/d, or 1.4 percent.
The revision marks an uptick from its August forecasts as the IEA grows more confident that shifting fundamentals are enabling demand to catch up with supply. In August, the IEA has anticipated annual growth would hit 1.5 mb/d, again an increase on July's 1.4 mb/d forecast.
A worker prepares to lift drills by pulley to the main floor of a drilling rig in the Permian basin.
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Neil Atkinson, head the IEA's oil industry and markets division, told CNBC that "pretty robust" demand indicated that a rebalancing of the market is "underway."
It comes as global oil supplies fell in August due to both multilateral measures aimed at stemming excess stock and unplanned outages.
OPEC output fell in August for the first time in five months, after turmoil in Libya disrupted flows and other member countries reduced production. Compliance levels in August hit 82 percent compared with 75 percent.
The data will buoy signatories who implemented the deal in January in a bid to boost oil prices but have since struggled to cap supply amid increased output from member states Libya and Nigeria. The organization is currently discussing an extension to the deal.
"There are lots of indicators on the dashboard which point to the fact that stocks are falling," Atkinson said, also referencing falling ship reserves and reduced output by OECD economies, where production has dropped to five-year averages.
Oil demand growth is strengthening: IEA
Supply is also said to have been hampered by Hurricane Harvey in the U.S., which caused refineries to shut. The storm is estimated to have shut in roughly 200,000 barrels per day of production in August, with a further 300,000 barrels per day expected to be lost in September. However, Atkinson said the dip was unlikely to have "lasting impact."
Overall, global supply fell by 720,000 barrels per day in August.
Atkinson said that this shift in output had already been reflected by markets, which quickly recovered from the impact of extreme weather and is now in backwardation. This means that the spot price of oil stocks is higher than the forward price.
"After the dust has settled from the hurricanes, we've seen Brent prices rise in last week or so. And crucially the market is in backwardation, although it's only a very shallow one.
"That's a signal that the market is tightening and perhaps firmer prices are on the way," Atkinson noted, though he wouldn't forecast specific price levels.
Brent oil traded at $54.39 per barrel Wednesday morning, while WTI was at $48.31.
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Nestle's terrifying golden ticket
Nestle's "We Will Find You" promotion in the UK involves hiding GPS chips in chocolate wrappers so that the company can track the winners down.
September 19, 2012 6:34 PM PDT
(Credit: Vector Fresh; CBSi)
"We will look for you, we will find you and we will give you a cheque for £10,000." That's not the official motto of Nestlé's latest prize campaign in the UK, but it reminds us of nothing so much as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets Taken.
Across the UK, six chocolate bars will have a GPS chip hidden inside the wrapper; when the wrapper is taken off the bar, it will activate the chip, so that Nestlé can track down the winner within 24 hours and hand them a cheque for £10,000. The chips will be hidden in the wrappers of KitKat 4 Finger, KitKat Chunky, Aero Peppermint Medium and Yorkie Milk chocolate bars.
What happens if the 24-hour deadline is not met? Nestlé didn't say, but our inner trolls would love to get hold of one just to play the world's silliest game of hide-and-go-seek.
The campaign will be supported by a massive poster campaign featuring near-field communication (NFC) tags and QR codes. York Press has quoted Nestlé's Graham Walker as saying, "We believe this promotion will particularly appeal to men, attracting them to the chocolate singles category and thus driving incremental sales."
Based on the information at hand, we can't quite see how the campaign is gender specific, unless Nestlé believes that women don't know what a QR code is...
Watch the advertisement below for even more WTF.
Via www.networkworld.com
Discuss: Nestle's terrifying golden ticket
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VIDEO: Best, worst of red carpet fashion at the Oscars – Alina Cho reports
Updated 9:22 AM ET, Mon February 25, 2013
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Sure, the Oscars are about the best movies of the last year. But so much of the buzz last night was focused on the fashion.
Best dressed? Worst dressed? Who wore the biggest designers? Of course, America wants to know?
CNN's Alina Cho has a recap of Oscar night's biggest hits and misses, and finds that Old Hollywood style was the theme of the night.
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Svetlana VALUEVA ✿
Born in Moscow in 1966, Svetlana Valueva was accepted into art school at the tender age of six - an astonishing child prodigy. By the age of 8, she was winning international exhibitions and at age 11, was featured in a documetary on outstanding artists that was shown in theaters across Russia. By then, her father, a gifted artist himself, had given her his own studio. Also, she had been secretly shown the fantastical works of artists like Klimt, Alfons Mucha, Sargent, and Alma-Tadema, whose styles were quite forbidden in Soviet era Russia. However, this discovery was the springboard for Valueva's exquisite Art Nouveau-inspired vision. She began to attract scores of collectors and dealers who smuggled her work out to avid admirers around the world, until the Art Academy finally allowed her a summer trip to study in Europe. From there, Valueva easily gained international acclaim, and remains one of Russia's most outstanding artists.
“Why are my subjects women? Because beauty excites me, I like to see transformations, diversity, the layers covering the vulnerable paleness of a female arm, or tender matte luster of flesh; the skin’s translucence beneath a film of gauze draping a naked body. My brush does not just move about the surface, it carefully penetrates the space of another dimension, going beyond the frontier - which is insurmountable to anyone else. There truly is space and life behind that fragile margin, as in a mirror. Of these space and life forms I express my daily chronicles, of their everyday life and feasts. And – of women who belong there”.
Etichette: painting, Svetlana VALUEVA
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Target Northern Campus Expansion
Reroofing
In 2013, Central Roofing Company was contracted to reroof the entire downtown HCMC campus, an area that covers two city blocks in length and one in width. While we were on top the building reroofing and securing the roof, the business of the hospital below our feet was essential and needed to continue uninterrupted. The Pediatric area needed to be completed over a weekend when there would be fewer patients present. The area of the Neurosurgery unit needed to be completed while surgery was taking place. In addition, due to the amount of energy produced within the building because of imaging machines and medical equipment, the building needed to be outfitted with numerous lightning rods and electromagnetic units to off-set the chances of possible damage to the hospital from lightning and the elements. CRC was on top of all of these delicate issues and the project was successfully completed.
Special interest: While we roofing HCMC we filmed our first company television commercial. We asked the communications director at HCMC if we could film on hospital property and she suggested we film in one of their operating rooms. She even organized for an HCMC surgeon and nurses to participate. The nurses prepped the entire room to look like a procedure was about to take place and CRC’s Steve Johnson made his television debut with the line, “When surgeons saving lives cannot stop, we are Central to keeping work going.” Behind the scenes, everyone who was in the room during filming, including CRC staff and the camera crew, needed to wear head-to-toe protective clothing to maintain the sterile environment. Just another day at Central Roofing Company!
Target Northern Campus Expansion was last modified: September 20th, 2017 by Central Roofing Company™
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New Play Tackles 1960s Cold War Fears from a Queer Perspective
The artistic director of American Theater Company and the We’re Gonna Be Okay playwright discuss bomb shelters, handsome drifters, and more.
Interview by Catey Sullivan
Published Jan. 25, 2018
Will Davis (left) and Basil Kreimendahl Photo: Dusty Sheldon
Up next in our series of interviews with notable, in-the-know locals: American Theater Company artistic director Will Davis, who directs Basil Kreimendahl’s We’re Gonna Be Okay, opening Thursday. Here, Davis and Kreimendahl discuss the show, which “confronts the fears of the middle class" during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, we were all sure the world would end at any second. Basil, what drew you to that chapter in history?
Basil Kreimendahl:I didn’t write a historically accurate play. It’s not really about the Cuban Missile Crisis—it’s about America and change and how we react to change. It’s also very Freudian in a way: The first act is aboveground and fairly presentational; in the second act everybody’s underground and the subconscious kicks in. It resonates because there are changes going on now. I truly believe we’re in the middle of a huge social-justice movement. The Women’s March and Black Lives Matter movement are examples of this.
I’m also fascinated by bomb shelters. There’s something primitive and ritualistic about them. They’re these caves we dig underground, and then fill with family photos and armchairs.
How did this collaboration come about?
Will Davis:Basil and I have known each other for years . . .
B.K.:But it feels like we’ve always known each other . . .
W.D.:Which is so awesome. We’ve done projects together before—workshops and readings. Basil’s play was on my pitch list when I interviewed for this job. We both have a similar taste and style. Live performances often feel like they’re bound by space and time, like there’s a limited set of ingredients or tools. Basil approaches theater more like jazz—there are a certain number of notes, but there are infinite ways you can present them. Basil’s plays are an invitation to collaborate.
What does that look like onstage?
W.D.:For example, Basil’s play is set in 1962. There are two dads, two grills, a backyard—but it’s not like plays where things are completely spelled out. In some plays, they tell you “there’s a set of stairs stage right and a blue armchair stage left and John enters from the door at center.” We’re able to ask, what version do we want of a grill or a yard or 1962? We’re using sparkling blue AstroTurf for the lawn to kind of let people know it’s not a set-in-stone version of a grass lawn in 1962. For the grills, we have this immense light box with a painting of pancakes on it.
Does being trans have an impact on the artistic process?
BK:There’s no way [the production] isn’t coming from a queer perspective.
WD:We come to this through queer theory and with a queer directing practice. What does that mean? Say I’m casting a handsome drifter: I send out the notice and I describe what I think a handsome drifter looks like, and people self-select whether they want to audition. If I see a handsome drifter as a whole range of humans and not just some rugged guy with a big chin and a mustache and a cowboy hat, that could change who decides they want to come in. It changes what auditions look like. It can change what the play looks like.
It’s a way of expanding things, of not putting people into little boxes that say you have to be this or this, male or female. If the universe is infinitely expanding, which it is, it doesn’t make sense that there are only two versions of things.
When I started to claim pieces of my identity like my name, I started to feel as though I was standing in the center of myself—or at least inching away from the periphery. Part of releasing my voice personally has dovetailed with releasing the artist in me. In a way, they are the same thing.
Do you think the theater community has become more accepting of people who are gender nonconforming?
BK:I don’t feel like we’re at some magical place where everyone is always open and accepting. But I do feel like in theater there’s a sense of trying. We’re trying to be better. In any given room, I’m used to being the only one of me for miles—it’s sometimes hard to feel like you’re in the most conducive space for being creative. But I also feel like art is born of struggle.
WD:We’re talking about art, but in general, we are not all equally protected. If I have this little bit of a platform here at ATC to try and change that, to create a generous space where everyone feels at home, that’s a responsibility I will joyfully take on.
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Police release efit following Chichester burglary
An efit of the suspect. Photo by Sussex Police.
Published: 11:33 Thursday 26 May 2016
Police attempting to trace the owners of two cars in connection with a distraction burglary in Chichester have released an efit of the suspect.
According to police, about 5pm on Saturday, a woman reported that a man knocked at her address in Shopwhyke Road and offered to carry out some gardening work. Once inside, he stole a wallet and cash before making off.
A small dark coloured car and a dark silver Ford Mondeo were both seen parked in the area around the time of the incident, and officers are appealing for the owners of these vehicles to come forward to assist in the investigation.
Police said the suspect is described as a white man aged between 20 and 40, of slim build and with short black hair.
Detective Constable Gavin Percival, said: “This is one of the lowest forms of crime someone could commit, and one which no one can be proud of. If anyone recognises the suspect from the efit or has any information that may assist, we would be grateful to hear from them.
“In particular, we would like to speak to anyone who travelled along this road, east of the Oving traffic lights, around the time of the incident, and anyone who may have a dashboard camera fitted. This simple device may have evidence that can assist us in this enquiry.
“We are also appealing for the owners of either of the two cars seen parked in the street to get in touch.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting serial 1021 of 21/05.
Alternatively, you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 (www.crimestoppers-uk.org).
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Obama's LGBT Order: 2 Things Churches and Christian Non-Profits Should Know
CP Current Page: Politics | Tuesday, July 22, 2014
By Napp Nazworth, Christian Post Reporter | Tuesday, July 22, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama waves before he signs an Executive Order to protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination while in the East Room at the White House in Washington, July 21, 2014. | (Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing)
President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for federal contractors. What does this mean for Christian organizations that remain faithful to the biblical teaching on homosexual behavior?
Here are two main points that those groups need to be aware of:
First, the order only applies to government contractors and sub-contractors, it does not apply to groups that receive government grants. Most religious non-profits that provide services for the government do so through a government grant. They would not be affected.
A grant recipient is awarded money for general purpose, but how that purpose is fulfilled is decided by the recipent and spelled out in their grant proposal. Contractors and sub-contractors are hired to provide specific products or services.
Second, there is no blanket exemption for religious organizations, but Obama did maintain the religious hiring exemption that was put in place during the George W. Bush administration. The religious hiring exemptions says that faith-based organizations are allowed to only hire adherents of their faith.
The thorny legal issue, and what this debate is all about, has to do with this situation: Suppose a religious non-profit organization contracted by the federal government requires adherence to a set of beliefs and behaviors consistent with its faith as a condition of employment; among those beliefs related to sexual ethics, same-sex sexual relations are prohibited; is that organization exempt from the sexual orientation workplace discrimination rule under the religious hiring exemption? That is an open question that future courts may have to decide.
It is an open question partly because the final rule, which will be written by the Department of Labor, has not been written, and partly because there will need to be a court challenge to know with certainty how the courts would rule.
The legal issue is also murky because the order does not clarify a distinction between those with same-sex attraction and those who engage in sexual relations with their same gender. Many Christian organizations, however, do draw this distinction.
The religious hiring exemption does cover more than just verbal adherence to a faith. In other words, religious employers can require that an employee's behavior remain consistent with the faith, according to Stanley Carlson-Thies, founder and president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance.
After completion of the final rule, lawsuits could be the next step, Carlson-Thies believes, and some religious organizations may simply avoid partnering with the government altogether in order to avoid any potential court battles.
"So, by not exempting religious organizations from the new prohibitions," he wrote, "the President has opened the door to litigation, and his action will likely cause many faith-based organizations to consider whether federal contracting has now become too risky. So the new Executive Order will complicate the federal government's partnerships with faith-based organizations to provide important services."
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First gas and electricity went up, then water, and now BT announce price hikes
We tell you what you will be paying BT from April as customers across region face price hikes from an array of companies
Ian Robson
BT logo (Image: Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
There was more bad news for consumers in our region, this time from BT.
The telecom company has announced increases in bills for its customers.
It comes after energy supplier Npower and Northumbrian Water both announced that customers will have to pay more.
A range of price increases will come into effect from April 2.
They include charges for watching BT Sport.
The increase was attacked by Dan Howdle, consumer telecoms expert at Cable.co.uk, who said the increases were unjustified. He said: “These price hikes are absurd in contrast to current rates of inflation and, quite rightly, I would expect BT customers to be fuming.
“Customers should remember that under current rules, in the event of a price hike, they have the right to switch out of their contract free of charge.
“As a BT customer you do get a vote in this – but it’s a vote with your feet.”
A BT Sport Microphone (Image: PA)
But BT claimed it was not all bad news.
John Petter, chief executive of BT Consumer, claimed there were benefits to the customer.
The telecoms firm has frozen line rental at £18.99 a month but has put up the cost of mobile and landline calls by a penny per minute.
The price of BT Basic, the subsidised tariff for low-income customers who receive certain benefits, stays the same at £5.10 a month with a maximum calls cost of £10 a month.
He said: “Customers will get a better package and improved service from us this year in exchange for paying a little more. Millions will have the chance to upgrade to faster broadband and almost a million will be able to upgrade to enjoy unlimited usage for no extra cost.
“As usual, we’ve taken care of low income customers by freezing the price of BT Basic and capping call costs.
“We’ve also frozen line rental, which will particularly help customers who only take a traditional phone service from us.”
Here are some of the details.
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Basic broadband customers will pay £2 more per month and BT Infinity fibre customers will have to find an extra £2.50.
Standard landline and mobile calls are up 1p per minute to 12p and 16p respectively.
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BT Sport, previously included as a free extra, will now cost BT TV customers £3.50 a month or £42 for a yearly subscription from next season
BT broadband customers who use a Sky box to watch BT sport will pay £1.50 extra a month and Sky customers watching BT Sport but with another broadband provider will pay an extra £1 a month.
Call plans on BT are also getting more expensive. BT’s anytime call plans will increase by 49p (now £8.99 per month) with evening and weekend call plans up 30p to £3.80 per month.
BT is in the process of sending out letters to customers to inform them of the price increases.
Under Ofcom rules, subscribers will have 30 days from the receipt of that letter to let the company know if they want to cancel their plan without being charged a fee.
A spokesman for BT said: “Like our major rivals, we’re due to make some price changes, most of which will come into force on April 2.
“But, unlike our major rivals, we’re telling the media about them directly and offering some advice on how customers can still get the best value.
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“Our approach is to offer customers more for their money again this year and to keep up the momentum on service improvements by promising that we’ll proactively give customers compensation if we fail to live up to our service targets.
“We’ve also introduced a free defence against nuisance calls and promise to answer 90 per cent of our customers’ calls in the UK and Ireland, rather than abroad.”
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Cheick Tiote
Cheick Tiote: We must stick together after derby defeat
Newcastle United captain Cheick Tiote insisted that the Magpies must stick together after losing the Wear-Tyne derby at the Stadium of Light yesterday
Lee RyderChief Sports Writer
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Newcastle United captain Cheick Tiote insisted that the Magpies must stick together after losing the Wear-Tyne derby at the Stadium of Light yesterday.
Tiote was one of the few players to emerge with any real credit after his man-of-the-match performance for United, but personal glory could not cover up the scale of the defeat.
Tiote said after the game: “As a captain, you need to show an example, so I tried to do that in the right way.
“That’s important.
“I’m really disappointed, because we didn’t win. That’s football. We have to stay as a team, stay compact and try to win the next game.”
United must now lift themselves for the League Cup clash against Manchester City on Wednesday night – and getting into the last eight of the competition would at least lift fans’ spirits.
Tiote said: “I think it’s going to be a tough week for us – it’s two massive games against Man City and Chelsea. But I think if we stay together and do the right things, we have a chance.
“I’m really disappointed, because we didn’t win at Sunderland.”
United players marched out of the dressing room at the Stadium of Light yesterday in single file but as a group.
Tiote, captain of the side in the absence of Fabricio Coloccini, was the only player to stop and talk to the media.
And in explaining the defeat, he said: “I think we deserved more than that, but they scored the winning goal.
“We have to talk about the next game.
“Every time we play Sunderland, it’s tough.
“I think we did the right things, but we conceded a goal we didn’t deserve to concede.
“It wasn’t a foul – I didn’t touch him. He slipped.
“They played quickly, but that’s football.
“It’s finished now, so we have to think about the next game.”
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Simple Crystal Tester
A budding electronics hobbyist often needs to pick crystals of right frequency for homebrew projects. To make that task a little more cheerful, I’m introducing this simple crystal tester circuit. It’s basically just a very basic oscillator circuit utilizing a handful of common parts. The output of the crystal tester circuit can be connected to a frequency counter or digital multimeter with frequency readout to determine the accurate frequency of a crystal. Or it can be used as a front-end adapter for microcontroller based crystal tester projects.
If you need to test some crystals for projects you’re working on, you can easily find countless crystal tester circuits on the internet but lacking one thing or another. Here’s my first version of the crystal tester circuit, actually a meliorated adaption of a timeworn circuit I took from the net. The given circuit, designed to work from 5-12V dc supply input, can be used to evaluate standard crystals having got frequency around 20MHz.
The circuit is a standard Colpitts oscillator. Here, T1 provides the gain, and oscillator feedback is via C1 and C2. The oscillator’s output is taken from the emitter of T1, and it’s ac-coupled via C3 which then also goes to the output terminals. Even though the BC547B provides enough gain, and I was able to test many standard crystals up to 16MHz, I think the C9018 RF transistor would probably give better results. As it turns out, my component drawer currently lacks such RF transistors, a situation later to be resolved by ordering those from one of my Chinese vendors.
To carryout the quick test I made my basic circuit on a breadboard as shown below. Anyway, you’re advised not to follow that practice, instead solder all components closely on a very small perforated circuit board, and trim down excessive leads of all components soldered on the circuit board.
While I was testing the breadboard prototype, I randomly plugged a few known good crystals (thanks to my imported precision crystal tester) into the crystal test points and verified the output with one of my trusty DMMs that has a moderately high-impedance 30MHz frequency counter input. See the test result of a 4MHz crystal as displayed by the DMM’s frequency counter.
I also tested it with one of my DSOs. The most pleasant result was that all of my standard crystals worked in the circuit without any problems at all.
Note that many 32.768kHz watch-type crystals and several ceramic resonators did not work with this tester because such types require rather different oscillator circuitry to work correctly. This also applies to some higher frequency “overtone” crystals (they may be oscillate on their fundamental frequency, that’s right). For a Colpitts oscillator runs on 32.768KHz, you can go through this do it yourself experiment https://softsolder.com/2017/04/07/colpitts-oscillator-at-32-768-khz/.
Another quartz crystal oscillator tryout
You can easily build crystal oscillators using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and field effect transistors (FETs). As clearly stated (and you may know), the wide range crystal tester circuit presented here is merely a Colpitts oscillator but with its LC tank circuit (parallel resonant circuit that provides the feedback oscillations) has been replaced by the quartz crystal under test. One important thing to consider is that the BJT used in the circuit should be adequate to operate at switching speeds well above the fundamental frequency of the crystals intended to be tested.
Well, now to the construction of a basic 10MHz CMOS crystal oscillator. See its circuit diagram below. In this circuit, the crystal oscillates at its series resonance frequency. The first inverter gate is initially biased into the middle of its operating region by the 1MΩ feedback resistor (R1) to ensure that the Q-point of the inverter is in a region of high gain. The second inverter gate is wired as a buffer between the oscillator output and output load.
A common transistor based crystal oscillator will give you a sinusoidal output waveform. However, this CMOS crystal oscillator outputs a square wave because of the digital logic gates in the circuit. Also note that the maximum operating frequency counts on the switching characteristics of the logic gate used in the design.
Naturally, I’ve had some advanced do it yourself crystal tester projects, and there will be a follow up so stay tuned. In the meantime, you can take a look at this article that neatly covers the significant performance characteristics of crystals, which include resonance frequency, resonance mode, load capacitance, series resistance, holder capacitance, motional inductance and capacitance, temperature calibration, and drive level – https://pdfserv.maximintegrated.com/en/an/AN726.pdf
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For the record: Caller says roofing nails placed on driveway
For the record is a compilation of newsworthy items from police blotters in Ottawa County.
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OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
• 11:34 a.m., a caller reported someone put roofing nails at the end of her driveway, 22000 block of Curtice East and West Road, Allen Township.
• A 29-year-old Elmore woman was arrested by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and charged with a probation violation.
• 2:53 a.m., a caller reported a car crashed into a tree, Ohio 163, Salem Township.
• 4:52 a.m., a caller reported there was a rollover crash involving one person, 24000 block of West Ohio 579, Allen Township.
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• 4:36 p.m., a caller reported juveniles where climbing on scaffolding at Perry Plaza, East Perry Street.
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2018 election: Dougherty wins GOP race for Larimer County commissioner, will face Kefalas
Dougherty will face state Sen. John Kefalas in the general election in November.
2018 election: Dougherty wins GOP race for Larimer County commissioner, will face Kefalas Dougherty will face state Sen. John Kefalas in the general election in November. Check out this story on coloradoan.com: https://noconow.co/2txe6i7
Nick Coltrain, Fort Collins Coloradoan Published 7:38 p.m. MT June 26, 2018 | Updated 8:48 a.m. MT June 27, 2018
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Sean Dougherty takes a look at early results with Jeff Jensen and Mackenzie Davin during a watch party at Dougherty's home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. (Photo: Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan)Buy Photo
Larimer County real estate agent Sean Dougherty will be the Republican nominee for Larimer County commissioner.
He had 16,267 votes, or 56.77 percent, to Chalon Kintzley's 12,385, or 43.2 percent, in final unofficial results.
Dougherty will face state Sen. John Kefalas for the seat. Kefalas was unchallenged in the Democratic primary.
Election Day in Fort Collins
Sean Dougherty takes a look at early results with Jeff Jensen and Mackenzie Davin during a watch party at Dougherty's home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Sean Dougherty gets a kiss from his wife Mary during a watch party at their home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Jeff Jensen and County Commissioner Lew Gaiter look at early results during a watch party at Sean Dougherty's home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Sean Dougherty celebrates after viewing early results with Jeff Jensen and Mackenzie Davin during a watch party at Dougherty's home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Sean Dougherty chats with County Commissioner Lew Gaiter during a watch party at Dougherty's home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Sean Dougherty wears a campaign button during a watch party at his home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Mary and Van Dougherty celebrate early results during a campaign watch party Dougherty's home in west Fort Collins on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Sean Dougherty took an early lead in the GOP primary for Larimer County Commissioner with 58 percent of the vote. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Nancy Warburton and Bob Tawlikowski collect ballots at the drive through drop-off station on Howes Street on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Dave Jehu wears a patriotic shirt as he collects ballots from a drop box outside the Larimer County Courthouse on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Jeff Bailey tosses his ballot in a collection box while Lary Steinhauer and Dave Jehu transport them for counting on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Greg Newman pulls his ballot out of his bag as he passes through the drive through drop-off station on his bike on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Lary Steinhauer and Dave Jehu unload a ballot box outside the Larimer County Courthouse on Election Day, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan
Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley and his wife Leah look to a television while waiting for the first update to voting relates to be published on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
Family and friends of Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley, right, gather around a television awaiting the first results to be published on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley, right, and his wife Leah look at Chalon's phone while waiting for the second update to voting results to be published on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley and his wife Leah look at Chalon's phone while waiting for the second update to voting results to be published as two of their children Carmela, 5, and Cadence, 1, play beside them on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley speaks with current city council member Ray Martinez after disappointing initial early voting results on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley and his wife Leah hold onto their one-year-old daughter Cadence while their three-year-old son Franco runs around while waiting for the second update to voting results to be published on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
Republican candidate for Larimer County Commissioner Chalon Kintzley and his father Tom look to a television while waiting for the first update to voting relates to be published on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at JJ's Bar and Grill Wood Fired Pizza in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/The Coloradoan
"I'm excited," Dougherty said after the second round of election results showed him with an all-but-insurmountable lead. "It's been a heck of a race against a heck of an opponent and I'm looking forward to the next marathon."
In addition to his day job, Dougherty is a member of the Larimer County Planning Commission. He pledged to keep the county on an "even keel" and praised the fiscally conservative approach that allowed it to retain savings for disaster recovery and offer rebates on property taxes.
He hinged his campaign on his experience and involvement in county government, including helping to build county master plans during his eight years on the planning commission.
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"I feel that my experience is going to carry forward and the people of Larimer County are going to be able to see that I've prepared for many years and I'm ready, willing and able to be their next county commissioner," Dougherty said Tuesday night.
Kintzley has family ties in Larimer County that go back almost a century. In his first run for public office, he saw resounding support at the Larimer County Republican Assembly. He helps run his family's drywall and painting business and said he'd be able to take a small business owner's eye for detail and efficiency to the county government.
Meanwhile, reflecting the county's overall tilt this primary election, Kefalas received more votes in his uncontested primary — 36,735 — than the GOP candidates did combined, at fewer than 29,000. In the top-ballot governor's race, Larimer County voters cast 45,000 ballots for Democratic candidates and 32,000 for Republican hopefuls.
Kefalas has represented Fort Collins in the Colorado Legislature since 2006, as both senator and state representative. He is term-limited in the Legislature and said he wants to continue his public service beyond 2020.
The Democrat cited a need for "fresh perspectives and greater balance" in addressing challenges in the county. He listed affordable housing, "smart growth," multi-modal transportation, behavioral health services, public safety and the environment as priorities.
In addition to his work as a senator, Kefalas is an adjunct professor in the school of social work at Colorado State University.
The three county commissioners act as a governing board for the county. County commissioners make about $113,000 a year.
This story is based on preliminary results and will be updated.
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Tuesday Open Thread
by: Colorado Pols May 14, 2019 at 7:00 AM MDT
“Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.”
In response to an earlier question on this forum:
Lisa Calderón and Penfield Tate have not only endorsed Jamie Giellis, but have agreed to work with her campaign in some capacity. (Denverite)
“The press statement refers to the arrangement as a “unity ticket.” Calderón and Tate, who lost the May 7 general election that triggered a runoff between Giellis and Mayor Michael Hancock, will hold “events and conversations city-wide” to “continue the conversation for badly needed positive change.”
Campaign spokeswoman Meghan Dougherty would not say precisely what a unity ticket entails, but said the arrangement is “more than an endorsement.” She would not comment on how the candidates would reconcile their differences.”
Davie says:
The #UNITEDENVER rally and newsconference today was well-covered by Denver media. Calderon, Tate and Giellis have combined their not-that-different agendas, and as hoped, put aside differences to give a stronger voice to the 60% that have had it with Hancock.
After 8 years, Hancock has ridden the wave of the recovery, but lost track of why he was elected in the first place. After letting developers run roughshod over neighborhoods, lost track of hundreds of deed-restricted affordable homes, lost track of 1,100 acres of city-owned park land, and ignored the rising problem of homelessness (not to mention presiding over corruption in the convention expansion contract), he has offered too little, too late in response to his first real challenge in nearly 8 years in office.
As one sign in the crowd said "TimesUpHancock"
Hancock is justifiably worried, facing a unified opposition that received 50% more votes than his campaign. Looking at Hancock's donor list and you'll see a Who's Who of companies with business before the Council and Mayor, companies and individuals that seek influence, and city employees whose jobs depend on the Mayor, etc. It's gonna get ugly real fast.
I understand bubbles and buying opportunities
I don't understand the president.
I had to go look it up – but it was Feb 2016 I started predicting President Trump. My reasoning was … unimportant. But yes, it assumed some not so nice things about voters and big money donors.
But I don't understand
Who profits when he blows up the farm debt? Well- the new farm owners
Who profits when he raises taxes? The uber rich.
Who profits when he blows up the deficit?
Is he- or anyone – really thinking they can debt finance enough prosperity that it pays for itself? That generally only works in relatively grossly underdeveloped economies or hyperinflationary periods.
I hope we are neither.
The tarriff thing is weird. All the former R free traders are going along.. why?
Why doesn't Rand Paul stand up and rail against the deficit, debt and trade wars? Why doesn't anyone?
I don't understand who profits from raising taxes on Americans and blowing up the deficit.
I've been thinking about Kareem Serageldin
What would he say about the rising debt ratios?
One of the questions I think you're asking, since our deficit turns into debt, is "who profits from debt?" Who do you think? Got it in one– the rich. We pay them interest for giving us money that we failed to extract from them in taxes to pay for things in the first place.
As far as who profits from spending. The answer is, unsurprisingly, the people at whom the spending is targeted. "Deficit" spending isn't a problem, in and of itself, but spending that targets the few (corporations like energy and defense folks) rather than people (social spending) reduces equity and creates an economy that generates prosperity for only a few.
The problem isn't that Republicans are (and have always been) OK with spending. The problem is who they spend that money on, and the price they try to extract– we have to raise taxes on regular folks/reduce social programs– for doing so.
I think it may have something to do with an unholy alliance between the greedy and the holy.
One group wants to hasten their rise to financial paradise on earth. God is a billionaire. Joel Osteen will tell you all about it.
The other group is hell-bent on bringing about Armageddon. It is teh Gayz fault. Check with Mike Pence on that.
Of course, there is some crossover. Money laundering being a favorite pastime. Who, in the world, has more money than our assembled churches? The corporate criminals know that.
If they lie about pedophelia and rape, they will lie about money, don'tcha think?
A brief thread:
This is how corporate lobbying works:
Lobbyists ID bills they need to kill to keep profits high (no matter the human cost), come up w/ “sensible” talking points to mask intent + say policy is “misguided,” then schmooze policymakers in secret into accepting said talking points. https://t.co/EB9TDkANYj
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 13, 2019
Yep…that's pretty much how it works.
Powerful Pear says:
John Durham is coming! Be afraid, very afraid.
Judging by Durham's reputation, some people ought to be very afraid…but not necessarily Democrats.
The people who have been intimidating witnesses, being indicted, going to jail, stonewalling investigations, defying subpoenas, hiding their financial records, those folks ought to fear Durham – but those are the people on your team.
Why should anyone be afraid of John Durham? Sounds like some wishful thinking.
Querulous Q-Anon.
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Did Jack Bauer Convert To Islam During His Deathbed Confession To The Muslim Imam?--Poll Results
The Jack Bauer /Muslim Imam Poll is now closed as of 5-29-09 at 1:53 AM. Thank you for voting. Here are the final results:
I'm not sure.
The script was not clear.
I'm tired of liberal politically correct propaganda in the mainstream media.
Jack Bauer did not convert. He merely had a pleasant conversation with the Muslim Imam.
Jack Bauer's brain has been contaminated with unusual chemicals, and he is no longer capable of making a rational decision.
Jack Bauer is a secular humanist atheist, and has no real interest in any religion.
I want the old Jack Bauer back!
I will vote tomorrow after I've had a chance to calm down.
Votes so far: 43 Poll closed
Posted by Conservative Wordsmith Susan Baldwin at 5/29/2009 03:36:00 PM 1 comment: Links to this post
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POLL: Jack Bauer/Muslim Imam Deathbed Conversion Poll Closing Soon--Vote Now!
My Did Jack Bauer Convert To Islam During His Deathbed Confession To The Muslim Imam? Poll is closing soon. Now is your chance to vote about this ongoing issue with Jack Bauer and the Muslim Imam Deathbed scene as seen in the last few minutes of Season 7 on Fox TV's 24. There is no registration or email address requirement when you vote.
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California Supreme Court Finally Gets It Right (Almost) About Same-Sex Marriage and Prop 8: Gay Marriage No Longer Legal
The California Supreme Court finally got it almost right on Tuesday, May 26. Same-sex (aka gay) marriage is now illegal in the State of California.
Why shouldn't it be? California voters voted twice on this issue and made it clear that they didn't want same-sex marriage to be legal in California, but the liberal court system did not want to believe this truth. So it is good news that the California Supreme Court finally gets it.
The other side of the issue, though, is that the 18,000 same-sex couples who were already married prior to November 0f 2008, when the California Supreme Court was ignoring the wishes of California voters, will remain married! This seems odd, because how can same-sex marriage be legal for some gay couples, and illegal for the rest?
The California Supreme Court should have declared all same-sex marriages performed in November of 2008 to be illegal also, since the very legality of a California Supreme Court judge declaring that he has more authority than California voters is unethical, and maybe even illegal in itself.
An interesting sidebar to all of this is that prior to the Proposition 8 election, an ad was aired repeatedly by gay activists on Los Angeles television stations, declaring that gay couples have no rights in California, and that denying gay couples these rights was equal to denying rights to Jews in Nazi Germany's holocaust during WWII.
The fact of the matter is that even during the airing of those ads, full rights to same-sex couples were already in force, guaranteed by law in the state of California. The conservative rebuttal to Proposition 8 even mentioned the exact numbering of the law in my Official Voters' Guide.
So this was a downright lie on the part of gay activists, intent on deceiving the public at large. Fortunately, though, this deceptive tactic didn't work, because California voters still voted against gay marriage.
In this morning's Los Angeles Times (May 27) article, the truth has finally come out about this advertising deception:
"'Proposition 8 merely 'carves out a narrow and limited exception' to the state constitutional protection gays and lesbians now receive, Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote for the majority.'"
"The court majority said same-sex couples would continue to have the right to choose life partners and enter into 'committed, officially recognized and protected family relationships' that enjoy all the benefits of marriage under the state's domestic partnership law."
"'Like opposite-sex couples, same-sex couples enjoy this protection not as a matter of legislative grace, but of constitutional right,' George wrote."
"UC Berkeley constitutional law professor Goodwin Liu said the ruling shows "the court continues to be very deferential to the processes of direct democracy in California."
In spite of the above quotes regarding the legal rights of same-sex couples in California, an Associate Justice disagrees:
"In a separate, concurring opinion, Associate Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar noted some rights married couples have that domestic partners do not, and suggested that the state now has the duty 'to eliminate the remaining important differences.'"
What are those "important differences?" The Los Angeles Times article doesn't mention them.
The above quotations are from the Los Angeles Times article, California high court upholds Prop. 8. By Maura Dolan May 27, 2009 - Click this link to read the entire article.
http://www.conservativewordsmith.com/2008/11/californians-tell-world-they-dont-want.html
http://www.conservativewordsmith.com/2009/06/mayor-villaraigosa-vows-to-put-prop-8.html
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Memorial Day TV: ABC Airs Gay Lesbian Marriage On "All My Children"
I am totally shocked by ABC's decision to air a gay lesbian marriage on "All My Children", an ABC daytime television soap opera, on Memorial Day, when children and teens are home from school. Not only were children and teenagers, especially vulnerable female teenagers, able to watch two women being married, but also kissing on the lips.
This outrageously liberal scene was aired on KABC TV's "All My Children" just a short time ago, but note that "All My Children" is aired all over the country, maybe the world, in whatever time zones are appropriate for any given area.
There is no way this can be an accident, seeing as the California Courts are expected to make an official decision Tuesday, May 26, about whether the voters of California get to see their Vote Against Gay Marriage upheld or ignored.
The fact that ABC (owned by The Walt Disney Company, by the way) would make a choice to air this episode of All My Children at all is deplorable enough in itself, but to choose Memorial Day as the day of the airing is irresponsible, irreverent, and despicable.
Today, Memorial Day, is the day that Americans honor those heroic soldiers that died for the sake of American freedom. I am certain that the liberty Americans recognize in the United States of America didn't include gay marriage in the minds of America's founding fathers.
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Memorial Day In May Of 1868 and General John A. Logan
Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. Memorial Day is a day to remember those who died in the service of the United States of America.
"General John A. LoganLibrary of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-B8172- 6403 DLC (b&w film neg.)]
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states."
Thanks to http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html for the above information and quotation. The quote is a brief excerpt. Click this link to read the entire history of Memorial Day.
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Memorial Day Prayer For Soldiers and Those Who Mourn
Here is an excerpt from a Memorial Day Prayer:
"God, lift the hearts of those for whom this holiday is not just diversion,but painful memory and continued deprivation.Bless those whose dear ones have died needlessly, wastefully [as it seems]in accident or misadventure.We remember with compassion those who have died serving their countries in the futility of combat." 1
1 http://www.usmemorialday.org/prayer.html - Click this link to read the entire prayer.
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Kiefer Sutherland Apologizes For Head Butt Incident; Jack Bauer's Deathbed Confession to Muslim Imam On "24" Still A Mystery
Was Jack Bauer making his deathbed confession to the Muslim Imam in the final episode of Fox TV's 24, Season 7 , or was Jack Bauer merely having a pleasant conversation with him? You have a chance to vote on this, as well as 9 other fun questions, on my first Conservative Wordsmith Poll, entitled
Did Jack Bauer Convert To Islam During His Deathbed Confession To The Muslim Imam?.
Speaking of Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland (the actor who portrays American hero Jack Bauer on 24) recently apologized for the heavily publicized, although unwarranted, head butt incident with a Manhattan, New York fashion designer, and there's a good chance now that all charges will be dropped.
"'I am sorry about what happened that night and sincerely regret that Mr. McCollough was injured,' Sutherland said in the statement.The star of Fox television's '24 ' was charged May 7 with third-degree assault in the alleged incident two weeks ago at a nightclub at the Mercer Hotel in the trendy SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. The minor charge is comparable to a speeding ticket.'"1
"A spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney's office declined to comment on whether the charges would be dismissed.But now that Sutherland and McCollough say they have resolved their differences, a prosecutor may go before a judge and ask that the case be dropped. That could happen at Sutherland's next scheduled court appearance on June 22.'"1
1 http://www.zap2it.com/news/zap-ap-us-people-sutherland,0,7707050.story
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Did Jack Bauer Convert To Islam During His Deathbed Confession To The Muslim Imam? Cast Your Vote Now In New Conservative Poll!
Cast your vote in my first Poll based on the 7th Season of 24 . The Poll question is: Did Jack Bauer convert to Islam during his deathbed confession to a Muslim Imam?
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24's 7th Season: Jack Bauer's Muslim Imam Confession Continues To Perplex Fans Worldwide
Kiefer Sutherland's portrayal of Jack Bauer's deathbed confession to a Muslim imam on Fox TV's 24, Season 7, Monday night, has evidently created a huge controversy for puzzled fans.
On Tuesday, I wrote and published several posts about 24 character Jack Bauer's sudden interest in, and possible conversion, to the Islam religion. Both of my sites (http://www.conservativewordsmith.com/ and http://conservativewordsmith.townhall.com/) received many visitors from all over the world. Perplexed 24 fans continue to visit my sites today.
Jack Bauer has been merciless to terrorists of any kind, especially fanatical Muslim Jihadist terrorists, in many of the past episodes during previous seasons of 24. Granted, the Muslim imam is definitely not a terrorist of any kind, but Jack's sudden interest in choosing to speak to a Muslim imam, as a spiritual advisor, during his possible last days on earth, is perplexing to many 24 fans.
Thanks to one of my erudite commentators, I have been informed that the extremely conservative Joel Surnow, one of the original creators and a major producer of 24, resigned in 2008. I had not previously been aware of this. I checked it out, and here is an excerpt from ZAP2it regarding this fact:
"Joel Surnow, a co-creator of "24," is leaving the show to pursue other projects.Surnow had been thinking about leaving the FOX show for a while, and during the writers' strike he came to a firm decision. His departure is effective immediately, meaning he won't be part of the 16 episodes yet to be filmed for the show's seventh season, the showbiz trade papers report." 1
According to an an article published in the Hollywood Reporter, and cited in a libertas, A FORUM FOR CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT ON FILM post entitled 'Joel Surnow Exits “24″, "'The openly conservative Surnow, who jokingly labeled himself a 'right-wing nut job,' has been the most visible of the masterminds behind '24.'He hasn’t shied from speaking his mind and made headlines in November when he said: 'Are we nuts thinking Hillary Clinton could be president of this country? Honest to God, just stand back and think about it.' Ironically, the upcoming seventh season of '24,' slated to debut in January 2009, features the first female U.S. president, played by Cherry Jones.'"
Joel Surnow's resignation from 24 is one plausible explanation for the mystery of Jack Bauer's deathbed confession to a Muslim imam. I emphasize the word one, because I believe there is more to it than the resignation of Joel Surnow.
However, Mr. Surnow's resignation certainly is an important factor in understanding Season 7's overly liberal slant, not only on the Muslim issue, but other issues also, such as a female president who is completely against torture of any kind, including that of terrorists.
1 '24' Co-Creator Stops Clock
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24 Sparks Jack Bauer/Muslim Imam Controversy In Monday's Episode
In the history of Fox TV's 24 series, the 7th Season, and final episode, depicting Jack Bauer's deathbed confession with a Muslim imam has sparked possibly the biggest controversy since the show first started.
I maintain 2 sites, this one (www.conservativewordsmith.com), and my Townhall.com blog (http://conservativewordsmith.townhall.com). Both sites have been receiving many visitors today upon publishing my initial published post earlier, "24 Hero Jack Bauer Confesses To Muslim Imam On Deathbed." *See My Related Posts below.
What exactly is a Muslim imam? According to Wikipedia, "An imam (Arabic: إمام plural ائمة A'immah, Persian: امام) is an Islamic leadership position. Often the leader of a mosque and the community."
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"In law and theology, the caliph who is successor to Muhammad as the lawful temporal leader of the Islamic community.
The male prayer leader in a mosque.
The Muslim worshiper who leads the recitation of prayer when two or more worshipers are present."
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Earlier this morning, I wrote a post about Kiefer Sutherland's character, Jack Bauer, as he was portrayed on Monday night's final episode of 24. I have received many hits on my site since then. Obviously depicting Jack Bauer as making his final deathbed confession to a Muslin imam has struck a strong chord with many 24 fans.
I have been an avid fan and follower of 24 since Day 1, and I don't recall Jack Bauer's religion having ever been mentioned on any of the previous episodes. Jack Bauer, having been a crusader, in a manner of speaking, against terrorism in past episodes, Muslim Jihadist terrorism in particular, has never shown any religious interest in becoming a Muslim.
It is puzzling as to why the writers/producers (bear in mind that Kiefer Sutherland is one of the producers of 24) chose to do this. Are they that anxious to make fans of the Muslim population at large? Or are they now being overly zealous in their efforts to try to erase the memories in the minds of those protesting Muslims who were offended in the early days of the series, when the main focus of the show was to catch evil Muslim Jihadist terrorists, and even torture them?
Since I am not one of the writers or producers of 24, I can't claim to know the definitive answer to this perplexing question. However, I do believe that this tactic, that is to say, Jack Bauer's deathbed confession to the spiritual Muslim imam, has not set well with the general population of avid 24 fans. It is not at all in character with Jack Bauer's past actions, and it really makes no sense at all.
And the greater question is in the minds of many 24 fans: Is Jack Bauer now actually a Muslim? Did he convert to Islam? Is he going to convert to Islam if he doesn't die? Or did he just not have any religious ties at all to any religion, and just happened to decide, at the last moment of his possible death, to request a visitation from a representative of a religion to which he has previously shown absolutely no interest whatsoever?
Of course, there is one other possibility: maybe Jack Bauer's body and brain have been so contaminated by exposure to dangerous substances (this happened in another 24 episode during Season 7), that he is now totally insane. Somehow, though, I don't think this is the answer. What appeared to be a conservative show with sometimes liberal slants has now taken a turn into a previously undiscovered dimension. Maybe the 8th season of 24 should even have a new name: The Twilight 24.
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Annie Wersching is a newcomer to 24, this being her first season on the Fox TV show. I must say that she is fantastic as the equally new character, FBI Agent Renee Walker.
Renee Walker gradually becomes a sort of female Jack Bauer, and Annie Wersching is so good in her portrayal that I almost believed that Jack Bauer is going to die, and that she will succeed him as the new hero. I no longer believe this however, due to the final few moments on Monday night's final episode of 24.
In any case, Annie Wersching deserves to be nominated, and win, an Emmy for Best Actress. She added so much vitality to Series 7, and, if the producers of 24 actually do kill off Jack Bauer (still don't think that's going to happen), she would be a fitting replacement.
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Carlos Bernard , known to 24 fans as the character Tony Almeida, definitely deserves a Best Actor's Emmy for his portrayal in Season 7 as a man seeking revenge for his wife Michelle's death, even if it means being responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans in the process.
Carlos Bernard has the ability to convince viewers that Tony Almeida is either incredibly good or incredibly evil, according to the script's ever changing flow. Carlos Bernard's portrayal of Tony Almeida as an evil man is chillingly convincing to even the most skeptical viewer.
It was hard to take when Tony Almeida suddenly became an evil terrorist before my astonished eyes, because his character seemed so good, and even innocent, in previous seasons of 24.
So, for the ability to act out politically-related espionage flip-flops better than any actor I have ever seen, I really would like to see Carlos Bernard be nominated for, and win, an Emmy.
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Labels: 24, Jihad, Jihadist Terrorists, Muslim, Terrorism, Tony Almeida
The final episode of Season 7 on Fox TV's 24 Monday night hinted at the strong possibility that Jack Bauer (portrayed by actor Kiefer Sutherland) will still be alive in Season 8. In the last few moments, Jack Bauer's daughter asked the medical person in charge to do the stem cell procedure, implying that Jack will not die after all.
If the stem cell procedure does occur in a future 24 episode, this will not be offensive to conservatives, since the stem cells will come from Kim Bauer (portrayed by actress Elisha Cuthbert), Jack Bauer's adult daughter, and not from an aborted embryo.
Labels: 24, Jack Bauer, Jihad, Jihadist Terrorists, Kiefer Sutherland, Muslim, Terrorism
The final 2 episodes of 24 Monday night left viewers with questions about the show's hero Jack Bauer (portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland) asking to speak to a Muslim imam on his supposed deathbed. I checked on http://www.fox.com/24, the official 24 site, and there are some discussions on the forum about Jack Bauer seeing a Muslim imam on his deathbed.
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It is interesting that 24 initially gained extreme popularity after 9/11, especially with conservatives (I have been a huge fan of 24 since Day 1), due to its focus on terrorism, specifically fanatical Muslim, or Jihadist, terrorists. (Even popular conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, for example, stated that he is a huge fan of this show, at least he used to be. Rush Limbaugh has mentioned that he had flown in to Los Angeles to be a special backstage guest at the 24 studio a few years ago.)
Somewhere down the road, 24 was criticized for being politically incorrect, and eventually an official and very politically correct apology was made (I believe by Kiefer Sutherland), regarding the Muslim issue, during one of the commercial breaks. Was an apology really necessary?
Now the final episode depicts Jack Bauer as looking up to the Muslim imam as, evidently, the only religious person he could think of to talk to during his last few breaths on earth. I guess the producers (and Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who portrays Jack Bauer, is one of the producers of 24) have now decided to carry their political correctness to the extreme. Why did the producers of 24 ever feel the need to please and pacify the Muslim community in the first place? Do they honestly think that the viewers don't know what they're trying to do? Why not have Jack Bauer call in his family Christian pastor, for example? Maybe Jack Bauer has always been an atheist.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that Jack Bauer chose to talk to someone with some kind of spiritual authority, and I would like to mention that the actor who portrays the Muslim imam does so with just the right spiritual touch. It's just disturbing that while the praise of the virtues of a Muslim imam are portrayed, the possibility of a Christian pastor's ability to give counsel are completely ignored, especially in light of the fact that 24 has many conservative viewers who might also happen to be Christians. 24 fans are wondering if Jack Bauer has now converted to Islam.
I think the producers of 24 should, in the future, focus their attention on two things: their original purpose for this show, and excellent writing, rather than being so overly concerned about being politically correct. After all, it wasn't political correctness that made this show popular in the first place. It was the show's strong stance against Islamic terrorism, particularly the Jihad branch adhered to by Jihadist terrorists, that made 24, and the American hero Jack Bauer, one of the most popular series in the history of television.
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Freddie Mercury's AIDS Announcement Made One Day Before He Died
I have been writing about the unique Freddie Mercury/Mary Austin love relationship. Freddie Mercury was gay.
Here are the last public words Freddie Mercury spoke, a little over 24 hours before his death from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
"Although rumours about his health were rampant, he continued to deny that he had AIDS. However, from the video for "These Are the Days of Our Lives," which represents Mercury's last appearance on film, it was clear from his gaunt appearance that he was seriously ill. *(Scroll to the bottom of this post to view this video.) On November 22, 1991 Mercury called Queen's manager Jim Beach over to his Kensington home to discuss a public statement. The following day, November 23, the following announcement was made to the press:
'Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue.'" 1
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My guess is that you probably won't hear about Queen's famous rocker Freddie Mercury, and his amazing love for a woman, Mary Austin, from most gay activist organizations. In case you're visiting from an unknown planet,Freddie Mercury was gay (no pun intended).
Gay activists want heterosexuals to believe that not allowing gays to marry is tantamount to being a Jew-hater in Nazi Germany. In other words, that being gay is equal to being a member of a religious denomination, such as Judaism (Gayism?).
In fact, there was a television advertisement implying this shortly before Californians voted against gay marriage a second time, in spite of the California Court's previous positive ruling. I saw the ad myself, and it implied that if you don't vote in favor of gay marriage, you are an intolerant racist bigot.
I'm sorry, but homosexuality isn't a religion. While it is true that Hitler's Nazi henchmen killed about 6 million Jews, many homosexuals and practically wiped out the entire Gypsy population in Europe, along with torturing the mentally challenged, and others, that still doesn't make homosexuality a religion or a race. It is a sexual preference, nothing more and nothing less.
Would Freddie Mercury have been in favor of gay marriage had he made it to 2009? I don't think so. Freddie only had eyes, in his soul, in his innermost being, for a woman, Mary Austin. I don't believe that the thought of marrying a man ever even entered his brain.
See Part 1 of this post:
Freddie Mercury: His Heart Belonged To Mary Austin
Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday: Freddie's Time Ran Out Too Soon
http://www.conservativewordsmith.com/2008/12/freddie-mercury-on-marriage-to-me-she.html
http://www.conservativewordsmith.com/2009/05/freddie-mercurys-aids-announcement-made.html
Here's a short video of Freddie Mercury's last public appearance in 1990. Freddie Mercury died, a victim of AIDS due to his promiscuous homosexual behavior, in 1991.
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It is well known that Freddie Mercury, rock star of Queen (real name Farrokh Bulsara), practiced a homosexual lifestyle and was one of the earliest celebrities to die of AIDS as a direct result of his promiscuous gay behavior. Nevertheless, in spite of all that, Freddie Mercury persisted to proclaim his undying love for a woman named Mary Austin.
"He once said of Austin- 'All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary (Austin) but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me. I couldn't fall in love with a man the same way as I have with Mary.'"[21] 1
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Answer: Answers.com states that a wordsmith is: "A fluent and prolific writer, especially one who writes professionally." "An expert on words." "A person who works with words; a skillful writer."
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Open Letter to Dairus Dugger, Winner of The 2009 Frivolous Lawsuit Award???
Dear Mr. Dairus Dugger,
Perhaps you should consider changing your name from Dairus Dugger to Dairus Digger, Gold Digger, that is, due to filing such a frivolous lawsuit against Burger King.
It is indeed sad that so many Americans are now suffering severe economic losses. Maybe this applies to you. If that is the case, there has to be a better way of earning your living. Don't you think that everyone who has any common sense at all (even the most severe liberal) knows that you could not possibly have suffered a "severe allergic reaction" from either pickles, onions, or tomatoes?
Besides all that, even if you happen to be one out of 100,000,000,000 people that truly did suffer this strange malady, why did you not file your lawsuit until two years later? If you had suffered that greatly, it would seem that you would have sued in a timely manner. After all, it's been about two years (April 10, 2007) since the alleged incident occurred.
Are you seeking fame, Mr. Dugger? Is that what this is about? The extremely wealthy King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 22:1 that "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." - The Online King James Bible, Proverbs 22:1
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Burger King Sued By Pickle-Hater Dairus Dugger
Dairus Dugger had the audacity to sue a Burger King restaurant for adding pickles, onions, and tomatoes to his burger. According to the Virginian Pilot newspaper, Mr. Dugger requested that these items not be included.
It's should be enough that the lawsuit in itself is laughable beyond words, but there's more to this story. Please note that the incident occurred on April 10, 2007, two years ago! "Dairus Dugger is seeking $100,000 in damages after alleging that the restaurant in James City County, Virginia, failed to heed his 'specific request for the omission of onions, pickles and tomatoes.'"
From: Man sues Burger King over pickles, onions, tomatoes Thursday, May 7, 2009 Author's Note: I'll be writing an open letter to Dairus Dugger shortly, so be sure to bookmark my site and check again soon.
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PICKSINSIX Review: NEVERMORE
January 09, 2018 / Ed Tracy
"Dreams No Mortal Ever Dared..."
What’s It About ... tracing the poet's macabre and troubled life, loves and premature death, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is framed on a steamer bound for New York, with Poe in and among the Elderado Players, a band of actors who we come to know as all of the characters in his life's story. The Chicago-premiere of this fascinating operatic/sung-through musical, directed by Ed Rutherford, is anchored by the terrific performance of Kevin Webb as Edgar and a marvelous supporting cast who cleverly share Poe's iconic narrator duties all night long.
Why you should see it ... for most of us, Poe’s work is strangely familiar, but, the story behind the storyteller, well, not so much. Imaginary or not, 'Nevermore' includes subtle and not so subtle references of pits, pendulums, ravens, sorted deaths, one-eyed stepfathers and a multitude of other references that would be sorely missed if they were not there. In truth, this production could easily go to a much darker place if not for the artistic choice to allow the music and poetry to tell the tale. In the end, nothing is as it seems and dreams like 'those no mortal ever dared to dream' do come true. Have no fear. Despite whatever you think you know about Edgar Allan Poe, this ‘Nevermore’ will really keep you guessing.
The heart of the story ... abandoned by his actor/father, struggling with the untimely death of his singer/mother and coping with the resettlement of his siblings, young Edgar lands in the House of Allan, and has a brief but tumultuous relationship with his stepmother. Forced to school by his stepfather, he succumbs to melancholy when he is duped into believing that the love of his life has abandoned him. Returning home, he rebels against his stepfather’s authority, thrusts himself into writing and despite all odds, captures the imagination and attention of a celebrated publisher. Success is somewhat fleeting, however, and ultimately leads to loss and despair. How Edgar and the players face the dark edges of his life, with regular doses of delightfully macabre humor, is at the heart of this story and speaks to how Poe lived his own – often outcast and alone, always brilliant and to the brink of madness.
What to watch and wait for ... in a production about Poe called "Nevermore" underscored so artfully by musical director Nick Sula, one would expect that the title song – herein, “The Raven” – would be a standout. And you would be right. You will also like the Misses Duval and every member of the ensemble in a variety of roles - Megan DeLay(Elmira), Maiko Terazawa(Fanny), Jessica Lauren Fisher(Eliza), Ryan Lanning(Henry), Matt McNab(Jock) and Jeremy Trager(Rufus).
Songs in the key of Poe … among the memorable and melodious treasures within the rich Poe-liously dense score are Webb’s superb "The Death of Eliza" … "The Family Poe and Hush! Hush!" … "The Raven"
A few memorable moments … “The children of actors! Are you out of your mind!?!”... “When it comes to the French, beware!” … “There is beauty where there is hope.”
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This is what the Met Office has called the next storm heading to the UK
We have just had Storm Caroline passing through and this is what is set to come
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Storm Caroline has come and gone with little impact on Cornwall and now we have had a look ahead at what storm is due to batter the UK next.
We have already had Aileen, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia, Brian before Caroline hitting Scotland today.
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But if the season is particularly stormy, the UK may also be graced with Storm Fionn and Georgina.
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The names were chosen from a list submitted by the public combined with ideas suggested by Met Éireann.
Letters Q, U, X and Y will not be used to comply with international storm naming conventions.
A snow angel left in the snow on the top floor of a multi-story car park in Truro
The named storms came following a successful pilot launched in 2015, which saw 11 storms named Abigail through to Katie.
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Statistics released by the Met Office and Met Éireann, revealed that people are much more likely to prepare for a storm that has been named.
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“Naming storms has been proved to raise awareness of severe weather in the UK, crucially prompting people to take action to prevent harm to themselves or their property.”
The names were announced at the European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology in Dublin.
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Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV
New Tricks – British Television Mystery Series
If you want to watch a tongue-in-cheek police procedural television show that makes light of aging “coppers” while also showing that people with age and experience make the best workers >>> then the British television series called New Tricks is probably exactly what you are looking for. (I happen to be a big fan of this British, humorous police procedural dramedy.)
New Tricks features one middle-age detective (Amanda Redman) who recently botched a large hostage operation. Because of this embarrrasement to the police force, she is assigned to head a cold case department. The three men she is assigned to work for her are policemenn who retired years ago… years and years ago! (Dennis Waterman, James Bolam, and Alun Armstrong play the retired coppers.)
Alun Armstrong plays Brian – a manic/depressive (I believe). He is a sort of walking computer. He can recall facts, names, dates, just about everything that was pertinent to the cases when they occurred years ago. Brian is fine… when he’s on his medications.
Dennis Waterman plays Gerry, an aging Lothario. I have lost count of how many ex-wives he has. He is the (somewhat) tough copper… who still considers himself to be quite the lady’s man.
Jack Halford’s character (James) is still in love with his best friend and wife… who has been dead for several years. He has built a shrine to her in his back yard, which he visits regularly.
As for Amanda Redman’s character (Sandra) – while she respects these older men, she also has to keep them in check >>> reign them in, make them follow the politically correct rules that are enforced in today’s police department. These three … I guess “codgers” is the term I’m looking for – policed during the days when it was “acceptable” to rough-up suspects. Sandra has her work cut out for her!
Of course, this cold case squad has a tremendous success rate. What else could we expect? But, the cases aren’t as important (to me!) as the characters’ interactions. What is that old saying? “Getting there is half the fun.” Well, in this case, all the fun is getting there!
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Hi, Danna, I agree with you completely. This is a great show. My husband and I originally found it on Netflix. We like it so much that we purchased all four seasons currently released for our DVD collection. We can’t wait for season five!
This is my favorite of all the British shows. Well, ok, next to Midsomer Murders. I want the theme song on my iTunes list and am still looking for it. I’m hoping season 5 is released in America soon.
The song, “It’s Alright”, has not be commercially recorded – unfortunately. However, if you go to You Tube, you can find an recording of it performed by a fan of the show who located the complete lyrics. (the link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Xr8DhKqII)
If you have only seen New Tricks as broadcast by PBS, you haven’t seen a full episode ever. Because this is a BBC1 program, each episode runs for 58 to 59 minutes (just like PBS programs before they started running the non-commercials between programs). To see full episodes, you need to beg borrow steal rent or buy the DVDs. FYI, Season 5 is scheduled for release on September 27 (not too far off). The better news is that this past week, the BBC announced that seasons 9 and 10 are ordered for broadcast on BBC1 in 2012 and 2013. (Season 8 broadcast it’s final episode on September 5 on BBC1.)
More good news for US fans – Season 1 was a mere 7 episodes. Seasons 2-6 had 8 episodes each. Seasons 7 & 8, along with the on order seasons 9 & 10, have 10 episodes each. Why the increases, because New Tricks consistently wins it time period ratings week after week. In fact, it is often the highest rated dramatic program in the U.K. Happily this means more episodes for US based fans as well.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Cindy. Those captions look like something I would have expected those New Trick characters to be saying!
Joalice Maloney says
Your library may have the DVD sets or can get them for you.
I love this show. The interaction between the principal characters is wonderful and the wealth of acting talent is a joy to watch.
Trivia fact: Dennis Waterman who plays Gerry in the show also sings the theme song!
Are you serious, Carrie? I love that type of “Trivia fact”!!! I’ll definitely listen more carefully…
Dennis Waterman has been a professional working actor since 1960 (dob 2/24/48) – and has a ‘reputation’ for singing the theme song for many of the tv programs in which he has appeared. I’ve trying to come up with a US equivalent to Dennis, and I think the best would be the late Jerry Orbach (best known for his last role as Lennie Briscoe on ‘Law & Order’) Jerry’s career lasted 49 years, he is best known for playing cops & tough guys, and is less widely known for his work on the stage in musicals (he created the character of El Gallo in ‘The Fantasticks’ introducing the world to “Try to Remember (the kind of September)”). Dennis has a career that spans 51 years (and counting), is best known for playing cops & tough guys (commencing with “The Sweeney” in the mid-1970s with John Thaw [Inspector Morse]). He musical career is a little more high profile than that of Jerry Orbach – but that is bound to happen if you record the theme song for many of the series in which you appear. 🙂
Cindy, and how about Jerry Orbach’s wonderful portrayal of Lumière in the Beauty and the Beast movie!
Pauline in the USA says
How about Jerry Orbach’s as the father in “Dirty Dancing” with Patrick Swazi.
I have just got hooked on ‘New Tricks” the theme song sounds
like the song “End of the Line” by the Traveling Wilburys” music is the same but the words are different.
If you read the credits at the end of the show his name appears as the singer.
He has also sung several other theme songs for shows that he has appeared in, most notably Minder with the song “I Could Be So Good For You”.
Another trivia item is that Dennis Waterman’s daughter, the actress Hannah Waterman also appears in New Tricks from time to time. She plays Emily who first shows up when she claims that Gerry is her father and he has a paternity test to find out if she is correct. If you haven’t seen that episode I won’t spoil it for you by revealing what happens next!
Carrie, I am going to start looking for Hannah Waterman. The producers must love making this show!
Sometimes I can actually feel Sandra’s exasperation with these three politically INcorrect, medicine-toting men!
Maria (BearMountainBooks) says
What a lot of fun!!!
Ah, another favourite of mine too. A wonderfully, fun series, though it does have a couple of very serious episodes revolving around Jack, but i can’t remember which season!
Dennis Waterman had a shortlived pop career a while back (a few decades back!) and has sung a theme tune before, for Minder. The theme tune for New Tricks is, i believe, a reworking of a song called The End of the Line by the Traveling Wilburys. I’ve searched and that is the nearest i can find to it.
Ah, Sheila… the Traveling Wilburys…
Bob says
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For both Cozy & general mystery genre there is no better writing.
Thanks, Bob, for telling us about Alexandra Roudybush.
Danna,
I just love, love, love this show. The first time I saw it, I immediately got hooked; it is so different in concept. I missed it when I didn’t see it anymore. I hoped they would continue adding to the series so that we could all enjoy it for a long, long time.
As of September 5, 2011, 68 episodes have been broadcast by BBC1. Ten more have been ordered for 2012, and another 10 for 2013. The down side to the U.K. method of producing programs is that a ‘season’ is much shorter than here in the States. On the other hand, I think it keeps the programs fresher because the writers, directors & actors aren’t stuck churning out episode after episode after episode each year. Once the order for 2013 is fulfilled, 88 episodes will be in the can. In the US, that is 4 seasons, not the 10 that New tricks will have run. I think that as much as we’d all like more rather than less New Tricks as fans of the show, we benefit from the less is more approach because the program is as fresh today as it was in the beginning.
I totally agree, Cindy, with the “churning out episode after episode after episode each year.” I have dropped several USA shows because of this very same problem: Law & Order was one… it seemed like the only “fresh” element in the shows was the rotating door of beautiful assistant prosecutors…
Carrie,
Thanks for that info on Dennis Waterman. I love his re-working of that song.
I really like this show but our local PBS station pulled it and started airing MI-5 instead. Just can’t get into that one, hoping they will bring back “New Tricks”. But my newest favorite UK show is a Britcom, “The Old Guys”. Kind of an Odd Couple as senior citizens, and absolutely hilarious!
Maria K says
Count me in the list of those who enjoy New Tricks! I borrowed a couple of seasons from the library. Also, I know the new Doc Martin series has been filming. I can’t wait until we get to see it! I also want to ask a question. A friend told me about a mystery series that has a female detective ala Kinsey Milhone, V I Warshawski, Stephanie Plum but I forgot the author’s name and the name of the author. Can’t remember who told me about the series. Any suggestions?
blake says
Hi, Just found this site and the comment about this show intrigued me. I’m an American who loves British television. Does anyone know where I can watch this show online? I’ve searched with no luck. Also, I love the premise of The Old Guys. Will have to look for that, as well. Cheers.
slomosco says
try Idaho public television. It`s amazing what all they have.
Slomosco, sounds great for people who live in Idaho…
Looks like New Tricks has a lot of followers here in the USA. I love the novel premise of the show…
After reading a post about this show, I checked my netflix account and it wasn’t available. While flipping channels this Sunday I was happy (surprised) to see it on our PBS station in San Diego. Now I will be busy on Sunday nights. Also I’m glad to hear they are filming more of Doc Martin. Love that show.
Leslie, you are one of the lucky people to have access to this show on your PBS station. Our station hasn’t shown it – that I know of…
(I really enjoy New Tricks, can you tell?)
The latest season of New Tricks has just finished airing in the UK. It was a brilliant season, one of the best and it got very large viewing figures (at one point it reached 10 million and was the most watched tv show of the week). The BBC have just announced that they will be making more and that there should be new episodes in 2012 and 2013, which is great news.
Thanks, Sheila, for the great news. I’m already looking forward to the New Tricks season you just watched in the UK… I wish we could get them right after you watch them, but we always seem to be at least one season behind…
Please help. I love all these “Cozy” TV -DVD Broadcasting Shows, such as Morse, Midsommer Murders, Lewis, I can go on and on….the only place I know to get any of it to watch is either the occasional PBS….lately it has been that <Masterpiece Classics, the Upstairs Downstairs or whatnot , but that is it. I can get some of the older stuff at the public library….but I am so hooked to BBC Shows, etc Please tell me if there is another way to watch these shows? Any other BBC Channels ??? BBC1??? What is that? Anywhere that anyone knows of would be so grateful , I am starving here.
try share tv, both BBC 1&2
I have loved Dennis Waterman since he played in “Minder” in the 80’s, another show for which he sang the theme song. Great actor, great voice!
Christy, I’ll have to look up Minder! Thank you.
Kay L says
I’ve been told that “New Tricks” was originally a series of novels. Do you know the name of the author?
Kay L, I would love to know if New Tricks was originally a series of mysteries. As far as I know, it wasn’t. Here’s hoping that someone knows if it was, and if so, who the author is.
Joppy says
The 2013 series starts on BBC1 tonight (30/7). I won’t say more than – it will be different. Tonight the gang go to Gibraltar for a two-parter.
I’ve always been a crime series fan and am pleased to see that a number of early series are now beginning to appear on DVD. Some are old enough to be in B/W. I am looking forward to receiving my order for ‘Bulman’ and ‘The Men in Room 17’ – I hope that eventually the ‘Odd Man’, with the non-speaking hitman comes out eventually.
Joppy, I’ll have to take a look at Bulman and The Men in Room 17.
I have been a fan of New Tricks since it first appeared on PBS on this side of the pond. Now the complete series is available here on DVD. I am trying to find out which series where broadcast here so I can pick-up were I left off and not miss anything.
Rick says
All seasons are available on HULU and it’s a fatastic show
Buffy says
It’s back on TV, PBS in the USA, at 8pm, season 11 is just starting. But only Gerry is the original cast member still on. Darn it.
Buffy, thanks for telling us about New Tricks. I just looked it up to see when it would air on my PBS station, and it looks like just a few sections of the USA are going to be lucky enough to get season 11. I am guesing that you might live out in California…
I recently started watching this show and love it. I “rent” the DVDs through my local library. However, they only have through season 10, so I’m not sure how to get the last 2 seasons. I have heard that those 2 aren’t as good since they started replacing the original cast. I imagine that’s one reason it got cancelled. I first got interested in watching it because I noticed that many of the actors from my favorite British TV show (Rosemary & Thyme) also have New Tricks on their resume.
LL says
Brilliant show! Such a shame they cancelled it. Believe or not, people in the UK don’t like it that much (but the last series attracted 5 million viewers or so). I actually started watching in this order: from series 12 to 9. It was said the seasons with the original cast are even better so I had to check it as well. Now I’ve got only 4 series left (5-8) 🙁 Absolutely love this show!
LL, it sounds like you’re in for some good New Tricks viewing >>> if you’re going back in time. (I definitely preferred the initial four person team over the teams they had as the actors started leaving the show.)
Thanks for the reply! Good to hear from New Tricks fans here! Now I’ve almost finished the whole thing (another New Tricks weekend has gone). The characters’ creation and the cast is just out of this world. I like both teams, surely the initial one is a dream team indeed. But anyway, the old or the new one – there’s always my favourite character Strickland 😛
The next series on my list is a 1993 British crime/mystery show Cracker. It’s a great choice considering I study forensic psychology as well 🙂 You should check it (you may have seen the US version of the show.. from ’97 I think?).
LL, I watched British Cracker a while back. My husband and I recently tried watching it, and I found it a little too dark for me, which is odd since I really enjoyed it before >>> especially Robbie Coltrane’s portrayal. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood and I should try it again…
For me the UK show “Wire in the Blood” is REALLY dark.
LL, I watched Wire in the Blood years ago, and am going to agree with you about it being dark. I watched it a few years after watching Robson Green in the wonderful Reckless, which I watched a few years after watching Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime. I have belonged to Netflix since something like 2000, and stay with it because of their selection of terrific British shows.
Just came to let you know that there’s new mystery/crime show Houdini and Doyle (2016, UK/Canada). I love it! I hope they will air it in the US as well, worth checking.
And there’s a new version of Maigret with R. Atkinson this month but I haven’t seen it yet.
LL, thanks for telling us. I’ll take a look and see if I can find it.
Hi, it’s me again 🙂 I love to share my discoveries with you. Recently I’ve binge watched the British series “Waking the dead”. Interesting stories and great characters (especially the main detective). Of course it’s already cancelled on BBC 🙁 but I fully recommend the show!
LL, thanks for sharing your recommendation.
Rye says
Minder is absolutely fantastic. The first 6 seasons or so are the best. Arthur Daley – a comedy creation of the highest order 🙂
Rye, thanks for the suggestion!
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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Cavan Biggio, left, tags out New York Yankees' Aaron Hicks, right, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, July 12, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Charles O'Brien, The Associated Press
Published Saturday, July 13, 2019 6:42PM EDT
Last Updated Saturday, July 13, 2019 8:36PM EDT
NEW YORK -- Toronto Blue Jays reliever Daniel Hudson sat alone on the bench after the final out, needing a minute to decompress.
He certainly deserved it.
With a tribute to former teammate Tyler Skaggs written on his cap, Hudson got Luke Voit to look at strike three with runners at the corners to secure the Blue Jays' 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday.
"It's a grind of a lineup over there," the 32-year old pitcher said. "One mistake and that game's over. I was just down there trying to cool off and mentally just relax for a second."
Hudson posted his second save while Voit went 0 for 3 with two walks after being activated from the injured list.
Hudson was needed to finish the game because Toronto closer Ken Giles was unavailable due to nerve inflammation in his elbow that potentially stemmed from a massage he had over the All-Star break.
A possible trade target, Giles missed 10 days in June with a mild case of elbow inflammation, but Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo noted that this new case was unrelated to his previous one. Giles is considered day-to-day and is not scheduled for tests.
The AL East-leading Yankees, who have not been shut out in more than a year, scored with two outs in the ninth inning on Aaron Judge's fourth hit of the game, a single off third baseman Brandon Drury's glove.
The Yankees have now scored in 172 straight games, the fifth-longest streak in the majors since 1900. They were last shut out on June 30, 2018, in a game in which Boston's Chris Sale pitched one-hit ball for seven innings.
The modern record is 308 in 1931-33 by the Yankees of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
"It's always surprising when you get held down like that," New York manager Aaron Boone said.
Toronto's Randal Grichuk provided the offence with a two-run single and made a diving catch with the bases loaded.
Joe Biagini (3-1) got one out, allowing a hit and walk, and picked up the win. Toronto starter Clayton Richard left after two innings with left lat tightness and five relievers followed.
"They used their whole bullpen today and kind of kept us off-balance," Judge said.
Grichuk's bloop single came in the sixth after the Blue Jays put two on against starter J.A. Happ (7-5). Adam Ottavino relieved and struck out Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and a double steal set up Grichuk's hit.
Biagini relieved with two outs in the fifth, and a single by Judge and a walk to Voit loaded the bases. Gary Sanchez hit a liner up the middle and Grichuk rushed in to make a diving catch.
The Blue Jays got eight hits, and Grichuk was the only Toronto player with two.
"Any one of the nine guys that they put out there can drive the ball out of the ballpark," Grichuk said. "So anytime you can hold them down to zero runs obviously is a huge accomplishment, but one (run) is right there with that."
Happ, plagued by the home run in his first full season with Yankees, didn't allow a ball to leave the park for the second straight start.
Blue Jays: C Danny Jansen was given a day off after getting hit with a backswing in the seventh inning Friday. Montoyo indicated that the rookie catcher was fine, although he felt the manner in which Jansen was hit was "scary." . Richard underwent an MRI after the game.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino (right shoulder rotator cuff inflammation) was scheduled to meet with doctors to develop a timeline to begin throwing. ... OF Cameron Maybin (left calf strain) ran outdoors for the first time since going on the injured list and took batting practice.
RHP Marcus Stroman (5-9, 3.18 ERA) takes to the mound for Toronto in the series finale. Sidelined with a left pectoral cramp since June 29, Stroman, who avoided a trip to the injured list, threw a bullpen Friday and was cleared to return to the rotation. There has been speculation the Yankees might be interested in trading for him. Masahiro Tanaka (5-5, 3.86) starts for New York.
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LAURA TIU: What’s bugging you?
By Laura Tiu | Okaloosa County Extension Office
I love summer; going to the beach, snorkeling, kayaking and grilling in the backyard. But summer comes with its own share of challenges. One of my least favorite summer guests are bugs. The list of bugs I dislike is long, but here are a few that like to torment us all.
Mosquitos are one of summer’s bad actors. They lay their eggs and their larvae mature in both manmade and natural water holding containers such as bird baths, plants, buckets, used tire and holes in trees.
Some mosquitos just bite while others carry disease. The easiest way to get rid of mosquitos is to get rid of any water-holding containers in the area.
Ants, in particular fire ants, are another unwelcome summer arrival. This invasive species is aggressive, and their painful stings can injure both humans and animals.
Fire ant nests look like large mounds of dirt and typically have multiple openings. You must kill the queen to completely eliminate a colony. Even if the queen is killed, surviving ants may inhabit the mound or make a new mound until they die off. Some treatments that may work to get rid of these pests include baits, pesticides and boiling water.
Many biting flies — yellow flies are my least favorite — persistently attack man and animals to obtain a blood meal. Like mosquitoes, the female fly is responsible for inflicting a bite.
Biting flies like shady areas under bushes and trees and wait for their victim to pass by. They typically attack during daylight hours, a few hours after sunrise and two hours before sunset.
Currently there are no adequate means for managing populations. Traps are sometimes effective in small areas such as yards, camping sites, and swimming pools.
In the water, jellyfish are the most common summer pest. Their reputation for stinging people puts them in a similar category with the above-mentioned pests.
Sea lice, the larval form of the thimble jellyfish, is a common near-shore pest, while Portuguese Man-O-War and the box jellyfish can give a very painful sting. Another type, comb jellies, are not true jellyfish and do not sting.
If you get stung, rinse the sting site with large amounts of household vinegar, or jelly-fish-free ocean water, for at least 30 seconds. Do not rub sand or apply any pressure to the area or scrape the sting site.
The University of Florida has several good publications with information about these pests and more detail on how to manage them. Check out these publications:
•Florida Container Mosquitos — http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in851.
•Ant Control — https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/lawn-and-garden/sustainable-fire-ant-control/.
•Featured Creatures — https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/livestock/deer_fly.htm.
•Jellyfish — http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/nat/tag/jellyfish/.
Laura Tiu is an agent at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension office in Crestview.
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DCNR > State Forests > Find a Forest > Bald Eagle State Forest > Hiking
Bald Eagle State Forest has more than 200 miles of hiking trails. Local trails are shown on the Bald Eagle Public Use Map (PDF).
State Forest Hiking Trail
One designated State Forst Hiking Trail for foot travel only run through Bald Eagle State Forest.
Mid State Trail
The Mid State Trail, (MST) is a 189-mile cross-country hiking trail that parallels the route of the old Penns Creek Indian Path. Following the MST across the Bald Eagle from south to north, it follows the ridge top northeast from Route 322, through Poe Paddy State Park, across Penns Creek, and into Hairy Johns Picnic Area.
It then continues through The Hook Natural Area, R.B. Winter State Park, and continues north into the Tiadaghton State Forest.
The Mid State Trail is a rugged and demanding mountain top trail, and hikers must assess their own ability to cope with the difficulties and possible dangers involved.
The MST is marked with orange rectangles. It was developed and is maintained by the Mid State Trail Association. A detailed trail guide, including maps, is available for a small fee from:
Mid State Trail Association
Boalsburg PA 16827
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Porter Press Extra: ASV RT60NS tracked compact loader
By: Cameron Officer, Photography by: Cameron Officer
The ASV RT60NS tracked compact loader is the first piece of earthmoving gear owned by Aiden Page for his new enterprise, APDirtworx
It’s early days for APDirtworx, Cambridge-based Aiden Page’s new enterprise. And he’s the first to admit he’s keen to build up a small, dedicated client base at his pace. While he has been around construction machinery all his working life, the ASV RT60NS is the first piece of earthmoving gear he’s bought. Thanks to Scotty Manderson in Thames, however, Aiden is already well-versed in operating compact gear like this.
"My mate Scotty asked if I would be keen to take on some of the overflow work he has been tasked with over in the Coromandel. I agreed and could immediately see what a great little business he has over there. I thought to myself, the sort of work he is doing over there is in high-demand in the Waikato, too, so it seemed like a great fit," Aiden says.
After looking at a few different brands of compact tracked loader, Aiden decided on ASV primarily because the distributor, Porter Equipment, is local to him. He says he also immediately liked the dimensions of the machine, although, the unit on his driveway today isn’t actually the machine he set out to buy.
"I was originally going to go for an ASV RT-30, which is a 1.6-tonne machine versus the RT60NS, which is just over three tonnes. I thought, well, I’m after a compact machine to work around new builds and up against fence lines and that sort of thing, so I may as well go for the smallest possible option.
"It wasn’t until I talked to the team at Porter Equipment though and discussed what I wanted to do, that they suggested I think about other applications for the machine. They got me to have a serious think about how I’d be using the ASV, in what sort of environments and whether there would be potential for different work for it.
ASV RT60NS
"I went in ready to buy an RT-30 but came away with the RT60NS and haven’t looked back since," Aiden says.
The 60hp (44.7kW) ASV RT60NS now has around 200 hours on it, and Aiden has definitely found a more diverse portfolio of work for the machine. In addition to spreading topsoil at new-build sites, Aiden has also completed his fair share of driveway work, as well as calf shed clean-outs for rural clients.
The compact dimensions of the ASV means Aiden can get the machine inside out-buildings and down the backs of houses. One of his clients is Dave Bennett, who has the Jennian Homes contract for North Waikato. It’s this sort of straightforward regular construction work that Aiden is after, and it’s the sort of work the ASV is specially built for.
"The trucking industry was an enjoyable one, but after 20-odd years, you get a bit sick of the hours you put in. I decided the time was right to change gears a bit and look to do something completely different," Aiden says.
"But I’m undertaking this new venture at my own pace. I’m not about to rush out and try and score 15 or 20 clients and then find I don’t have time to do them all justice. I’m happy to be a one-man operation. If I get five or six clients who need dirt shifted on a regular basis, I’ll be a happy man," he laughs.
Porter Equipment a big help
He says the most crucial part of the process for him—especially when buying a machine he hadn’t actually used before—was the advice the Porter Equipment sales team gave him. More than assessing his actual needs and pointing him in the direction of the right sized machine, Aiden says the Porter Equipment guys also gave him a lot of tips about wear and tear too.
"I found that sort of thing really invaluable. It was good to talk to them. They gave me a lot of advice about track maintenance and that sort of thing."
Aiden has kept the original bucket that came with the machine but has also opted for a four-in-one attachment. He also says he will add to this with a pivot attachment eventually too, which will allow him to work with the bucket level, regardless of whether the machine is operating on a slope.
"I’ve been really impressed with the versatility of the ASV, as well as things like the ground speed and—especially with the summer we’ve had so far—the air-conditioning system. You can spend eight hours in that cab, so things like that remain very important, even if it isn’t a big excavator," he concludes. "It’s a small machine, but it does everything I need it to."
ASV RT60NS specifications
Operating weight: 2957kg
Operating width: 1524mm
Tipping load: 2072kg
Ground pressure: 3.7psi
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The best pick for Romney vice president? The one no one's talking about.
Speculation over Mitt Romney's pick for vice president repeats the same few names. But there’s another VP Mr. Romney should consider, someone who could help him with the Jewish vote and gain him support in a crucial swing state: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R) of Virginia joins other GOP House leaders as they talk to reporters in Washington July 24. Op-ed contributor Jeremy D. Mayer says selecting Mr. Cantor as a vice presidential running mate would be 'the smartest pick' for Mitt Romney, whose campaign said Tuesday it will announce Mr. Romney’s pick for vice president via smartphone app.
By Jeremy D. Mayer
Arlington, Va.
The Romney campaign announced Tuesday that it will alert Mitt Romney's supporters of his pick for vice president via smartphone app, renewing speculation about a potential VP and Mr. Romney’s timeline for announcing the decision.
The great mentioning game for the Republican vice presidential slot has featured the same few names over and over: Tim Pawlenty, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Mitch Daniels, Rob Portman, even Condoleezza Rice. But there’s a candidate that Romney should be considering, someone who could help him with the Jewish vote, gain him support in a crucial swing state, and give him an exciting surprise selection bounce: Eric Cantor, the majority leader of the House of Representatives.
But Mr. Cantor, the strongest pick for Romney, isn’t even listed on predictwise’s otherwise exhaustive set of 26 possibilities, which even includes such unimaginable choices as Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul.
Why reach way back into the obscurity of the House of Representatives to Cantor, passing over so many able governors and senators, most with much bigger national name recognition?
For starters, Cantor is sharp, and knows all the major national issues. Picking a governor always involves a steep learning curve as he or she gets a crash course in national and international issues. There would be no Palin moments with Cantor. Sunday talk-show firing lines come easy to Cantor.
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At the same time, like Sarah Palin, Cantor would be almost a completely fresh face for most Americans, and a young and attractive face at that. He’s got nerd-chic, and that may be just the right image for economic hard times.
Cantor also comes from a crucial swing state, Virginia, and his name on the GOP ticket would make it a lot easier for Romney to carry the Old Dominion. Romney almost has to have Virginia in order to get to the White House, and it is well within reach. Cantor would probably seal the deal. And having a Southerner will help throughout the region, particularly for Romney, who did so poorly in the southern Republican primaries in both 2008 and 2012.
Cantor has also shown an ability to raise money on the national scale, which will come in handy, as Romney will surely reject public financing in the fall.
And Cantor’s been tested and investigated. He seems clean as a whistle, and that is a priceless asset in a running mate today.
Then, there’s the coup de grace of the Cantor candidacy: the Jewish vote. American Jews are overwhelmingly leaning for Obama, even after all the strains in the US-Israel relationship during Obama’s first term. I doubt Cantor could get Romney anywhere near a majority of the Jewish vote. But in the crucial state of Florida, where Jewish voters comprise a vital bloc, Cantor’s heritage could swing a lot of votes.
Will Jews cross party lines to vote for a Republican just because he shares their faith? It’s tough to know for sure, as the vast majority of Jewish politicians have been Democrats (of the 37 Jews in Congress today, the only Republican is Cantor). But Romney doesn’t need (and will never get) a majority of the Jewish vote. In states like Florida and Pennsylvania, he just needs to reduce Obama’s support among this small but high-turnout demographic.
Political experts were surprised in 2000 by the excitement that vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman generated among Jews in Florida. Cantor would be ideally positioned to exploit Obama’s weakness among some Jewish supporters of Israel.
But how could Romney, a Mormon who has not been a favorite with much of the evangelical Christian wing of his party, pick as his running mate a candidate from another minority religion? Might he run the danger of offending those within the Republican base who insist that America is “a Christian nation”?
The truth is, conservative Christians are currently gaga for conservative Jews. The most fundamentalist Christians see strong support for Jewish Israel as a Biblical pact that America must uphold. In my own research, I’ve found that right-wing Christians are more supportive of Israeli settlements in the West Bank than are American Jews.
A Cantor selection could thus be an unusual but effective way to shore up Romney’s support with a vital base element of the GOP. And Cantor has checked all the required ideological boxes that will hurt some of his competitors. He’s got a 100 percent pro-life rating from the National Right to Life Committee, and an A rating from the National Rifle Association.
And unlike many others Romney is considering, Cantor wasn’t part of the disastrous Bush presidency, so he’s untainted by association with a damaged brand. Sen. Rob Portman (R) of Ohio only wishes he could say as much. When we was Representative Portman, he served as "facilitator" between the House and the George W. Bush White House.
A final reason to pick Cantor has to do with governing. A president Romney, who now brags that he’s never served in Washington, might want to know how things get done come January 2013. It won’t hurt him to have by his side someone who has served in Congress for more than a decade.
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So will Romney pick Cantor? It seems unlikely at this point. But he deserves to be in the great mentioning game, and it would be the smartest pick.
Jeremy D. Mayer is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University where he also directs the masters program in public policy.
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Etiquette and protocol highlights for royal wedding guests
Leanne Italie, The Associated Press
Published Monday, April 23, 2018 11:46AM EDT
Last Updated Sunday, April 29, 2018 8:37AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Grab those nude stockings, ladies. You'll be at a royal wedding, after all.
While the May 19 nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be a lower key affair than those of Will and Kate, guests at St. George's Chapel will still be expected to follow church and royal protocol, or at the very least basic British tradition, etiquette pros said.
The invitations to 600 guests described the high church dress code thusly: For men, military uniforms, morning coats or lounge suits, otherwise known as business suits in not-wacky colours. For women, "day dress with hat."
The edicts leave plenty of room for faux pas. They also leave room for honouring age-old but not widely known customs, such as choosing straw as the material for hats after Easter.
Some fashion and style etiquette fit for a queen:
DAYWEAR HEMS AND SHOULDERS
Etiquette expert Myka Meier, who trained in London under a former member of the royal household, said dressing for such an occasion in Britain and elsewhere can be very different things.
Women's shoulders should be covered. It's the Church of England, and the groom's grandmother is the head of that institution, FYI. Hemlines shouldn't be shorter than the longest finger when arms are held at the side, and no longer than mid-calf, Meier said.
"You won't see cleavage. You won't see a lot of skin," she said. "At least you shouldn't. It would be seen as disrespectful."
Dresses that are mostly black or mostly white are no-nos. White is reserved for the bride, and perhaps the bridal party. Black remains a colour of mourning. Accents, patterns or smaller pops of those colours are fine.
Light prints and patterns are likely, but big and blocky prints are unacceptable, Meier said. It's a spring wedding so expect plenty of pastels and traditional seasonal prints such as florals.
International guests clearly are welcome to wear their country's equivalents.
"At the end of the day you just want to match the formality of the event you're attending," Meier said.
HATS: BIGGER ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER
Royal weddings can seem like a hat free-for-all.
"Hats are a sign of festivity for a British wedding. They are kept on inside the church, but people should be careful of the people sitting behind them," said Meier, who specializes in international social and business etiquette and protocol.
"It's not the Kentucky Derby. No huge brims. Nothing too high," she said.
Fascinators -- headpieces decorated with bows, flowers and more -- are popular and perfectly acceptable, lending an air of whimsy.
"Whimsy as opposed to crazy is fine," said celebrity and society stylist Diane Lloyde Roth, who has been dressing Americans for European formal events for more than 30 years.
Meier said women often start with the hat when planning their outfits. A rule of thumb from Lloyde Roth: "Make sure your hat and your outfit are going to the same event."
The huge hat worn by Princess Beatrice to the wedding of Harry's brother, Prince William, and Kate Middleton lives on as a cautionary tale. Royal watcher Anne Chertoff called the high bow on Beatrice's fascinator "ridiculous in so many ways, but at least you could see through it."
SHOES MATTER
The wedding is a formal church affair but also a day event. That doesn't mean anything goes on the feet. This isn't a garden party.
Forget open toes and wedges. Slingbacks are also considered too informal, Meier said.
"You want something that is about 4 inches maximum," she said. "The walk in is not going to be easy. There are lots of cobblestones even though there will be different types of carpeting."
And stilettos? Forget about it.
They should be small.
"There are about 800 seats in St. George's Chapel but it's very tight seating. There isn't any place to put large bags," Meier said.
Clutches or other handbags that fit easily on laps or just slightly to the side will rule the day.
Kate Middleton rolls that way routinely. The queen also doesn't tote around a tote.
Most will be in morning suits, Meier said. They have coattails and they often come in grey, navy and black. There's also a waistcoat, like a vest, and a regular tie. Pinstripes are sometimes involved in trousers.
As for lounge suits, the darker they are the more formal, which is true for morning suits as well. No linen suits, guys.
Shoes will be polished like they've never been polished before. And the men will likely play with colour and patterns in ties, pocket squares and socks. But no brown belts or brown shoes, considered less formal than black ones.
Medals for those wearing dress military uniforms are common. So are medals of distinction of other kinds pinned to morning suits.
DON'T OVERDO
"Americans forget that sometimes," said Lloyde Roth, based in New Canaan, Connecticut. "You're not the princess."
Makeup should be minimal, along with accessories. Savvy guests will let the hat do the talking, she said.
"Do a great bold lip with the hat. That balances everything," Lloyde Roth suggested.
In terms of accessorizing, she offered the wise words of Coco Chanel: "Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off."
THE HOLLYWOOD FACTOR
"The only way there will be a culture clash would be if the Hollywood contingent tried to out-royal the royals," Lloyde Roth said. "They should remember, this is the upper crust. They own their jewels and the clothing they're wearing. They don't turn back into mice at the stroke of midnight."
It is said the queen is not fond of skinny straps on dresses or revealing attire. Guests won't change for a castle reception immediately following the wedding, but there is a private evening party at Frogmore House just south of Windsor Castle. If it's black tie, as was the night party for Will and Kate, floor-length gowns are called for.
"They can be strapless or sleeveless or long sleeves, based on the personal style preference of the woman," Meier said.
Chertoff agreed, predicting fabulousness of all kinds come nightfall, including plunging necklines and high slits.
The queen skipped the evening reception for Will and Kate. She'll likely do the same this time, so no trigger alerts there. What happens at Frogmore House stays at Frogmore House.
"The cameras will be off," Chertoff said. "It's all behind closed doors."
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European Union institutions, European Union policies, European Parliament Representation, Legislative studies, Europeanization
Olivier Costa holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris 8. Currently he is Research Professor at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Sciences Po Bordeaux, and Director of the European Political and Administrative Studies Department at the College of Europe (Bruges).
He has previously taught at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Sciences Po Paris, Washington State University (Pullman), Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto), University of Colorado (Boulder), University of Geneva and University of Cologne. He has been expert for the European Parliament, the European Commission (DG Research), EPSO, the Mercosur and the Council of Europe.
He is member of the editorial board of the Journal of European Integration, the Journal of Legislative Studies and the RISP: Italian Political Science Review.
His priorities in research include EU institutions and policies, European Parliament, French Parliament, comparative legislative politics and compared regionalism. He is currently coordinating several research projects about MPs, MEPs and the EU policy making.
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Asylum & Refugee Advocacy
CVT's core policy initiatives focus on advocating for access to fair asylum and refugee systems for survivors of torture seeking protection in the United States. To do this, CVT's Policy team uses multiple strategies to shine a light on the real-life experiences of asylum seekers and refugees before Congress and before the public.
Here are recent actions by the CVT Policy team and suggestions for ways you can get involved.
ACTION NEEDED: Tell Congress to reject the president’s request for funding that would put border patrol agents into the role of asylum officers, even doing credible fear interviews.
CVT AT THE BORDER - May 2019
Updates from El Paso
Andrea Cárcamo-Cavazos, senior policy counsel, spent a week meeting with asylum seekers in El Paso detention facilities. Read her article here and check out her daily video logs below:
DAY ONE: Monday, May 13, 2019
DAY TWO: Tuesday, May 14, 2019
DAY THREE: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
DAY FOUR: Thursday, May 16, 2019
EIGHT FACTS ABOUT REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS
Over more than three decades, CVT has witnessed extraordinary healing, courage and resilience among clients, while at the same time we have seen confusion and misunderstanding from many in the public about the lives and challenges faced by refugees and asylum seekers. To help clarify misconceptions and shed light on the realities of the lives of torture survivors, CVT has published eight facts that we hope will help dispel some of the myths about who refugees and asylum seekers really are. Read all Eight Facts about Refugees and Asylum Seekers here.
Partnerships: Check out this summary of CVT's asylum advocacy partners.
THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM – IT'S SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND
CVT’s digital ad strips away the rhetoric surrounding asylum and features children answering a simple but powerful question: Should we help asylum seekers? Watch it here.
CVT Statements, Letters & Publications
CVT Statement: New Barrier to Asylum
CVT released this statement denouncing the Trump administration’s new attempt to ban individuals from seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border.
Statement for the Record: Family Separations
CVT and the Mount Sinai Human Rights Program submitted this statement, “The Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy: Substantiated Allegations of Mistreatment,” ahead of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s hearing on family separations.
Letter in Spanish on Safe Third Country Agreements
CVT joined fellow organizations in signing a letter denouncing proposed “safe third country agreements” with Mexico and Guatemala.
Blueprint Offering Solutions to the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
CVT is among the refugee and human rights organizations that partnered with Human Rights First on a “blueprint offering concrete steps to manage the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border and to address the damage the Trump Administration’s mismanagement of it has caused.” A news release announcing the release of the blueprint includes CVT among the partnering or endorsing organizations.
Letter to Attorney General: Opposing New Asylum Restrictions
CVT signed this letter to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, urging the administration to refrain from adopting new regulations which would erode protections for asylum seekers.
Letter to Mexican Government: Reject the Safe Third Country Agreement
CVT signed this letter urging Mexico to reject the Trump administration’s proposed third-party country agreement that would create a new barrier for asylum seekers.
CVT Article: CVT at the Southern Border
From May 13-17, Andrea Cárcamo-Cavazos, senior policy counsel, was in El Paso meeting with asylum seekers in detention facilities. In this report she writes, “If you aren’t willing to listen to individual stories, you won’t get the truth.”
CVT Article: Opposing use of CBP officers in the role of asylum officers
Andrea Cárcamo-Cavazos wrote this article titled, “CBP Cannot Act as Both Captor and Confidant.”
Letter to Congress: Opposing rollbacks to the TVPRA and the 1997 Flores settlement
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CVT Administrative Rulemaking Comment: Opposing Changes to Fee Waivers
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Press Release: Reject Supplemental Funding That will Harm Asylum Seekers
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Curt Goering, CVT executive director, wrote this article titled, “Trump’s Latest Attack on Refugees: Closure of Overseas Immigration Offices.”
Framework of Investments
CVT signed on to this framework of Five Investments in Our Immigration System to Address the “Crisis” at the Border.
CVT participated as a member of Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) in writing these letters to the House and to the Senate, recommending funding levels to support refugee protection and welcome in the FY20 budget.
Letter to Congress: USCIS Offices
CVT joined 30+ organizations in this letter to Congress, urging them to prohibit closure of the USCIS Int’l Operations Division, which provides critical services to U.S. citizens, refugees & asylees, as well as key roles in the legal immigration system.
CVT Statement: Override the Veto
Andrea Cárcamo-Cavazos wrote this statement calling on Congress to override President Trump’s veto of a resolution that would block his national emergency, saying, “Time and again, the facts have been made evident: There isn’t a national security emergency at the border.”
Letter to Secretaries Nielsen and Pompeo
CVT is proud to join more than 200 organizations in this letter requesting that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals due to extraordinary conditions, humanitarian and political crisis. TPS would protect 70,000 Venezuelan nationals and their families.
Statement for the Record: Border Security
CVT submitted this statement for the record as the House Homeland Security Committee prepares to hold an oversight hearing on the Trump Administrations’ border policies. CVT expresses concern for people who are seeking safe haven being profoundly impacted by cruel practices, including being forced to remain in Mexico and subject to family separation.
CVT Statement for the Record: Family Separation
CVT submitted this statement for the record in advance of the House Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing on the Trump Administration’s family separation policy, which created an actual crisis at the U.S. southern border.
Press Release: Trump's Declaration Creates an Emergency
CVT Says Trump's Declaration Doesn't Respond to an Emergency; It Creates One. “This is a transparent abuse of power driven by politics, not facts, and it sets a dangerous precedent,” said Curt Goering. “There is no national security emergency at our Southern border. There is, however, an ongoing humanitarian tragedy fueled by the president’s policy choices.”
CVT Article: Two Years After the Muslim Ban: Is Discrimination Our New Normal?
Curt Goering writes, “This is not a climate that we can allow ourselves to accept or acclimate to; it can’t become the new normal.”
CVT Article: Congress Should Reject the “End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act”
Andrea Cárcamo-Cavazos writes “Reopening the government at the expense of current U.S. legal obligations, longstanding American values, and the well-being of some of the world’s most vulnerable people is no solution at all.”
Press Release: CVT Files Objection to Asylum Ban
CVT submitted formal comments on recent Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and White House actions which, taken together, constitute an asylum ban for many vulnerable people arriving at our southern border seeking protection.
CVT Administrative Rulemaking Comments: Asylum Ban
CVT submitted comments stating that the Asylum Ban is unlawful and imposes needless, substantial harm on a population replete with trauma survivors.
CVT Administrative Rulemaking Comments: Protecting the Flores Settlement Agreement
CVT submitted comments objecting to a new rule that would authorize indefinite detention of traumatized asylum-seeking children and their parents.
CVT Report: Tortured & Detained: Survivor Stories of U.S. Immigration Detention
This report describes the immigration detention experience for torture survivors seeking asylum protection in the United States. Download the full report.
Linda Chavez, director of the Becoming American Initiative, and Scott Roehm, CVT director of the Washington office, wrote this op ed, saying, “Congress needs to terminate the ‘emergency,’ summon the courage to override a veto if necessary, and then turn sustained focus to the real border crisis.”
CVT supports the REUNITE Act, reintroduced by U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)., “a bill to establish a permanent system of coordination between agencies and non-governmental organizations to expedite the reunification of separated immigrant families and promote humane alternatives for asylum-seeking immigrant families.”
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Do not extradite tortured WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, U.N. expert says
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Assange is being held at London’s Belmarsh prison.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering the symptoms of psychological torture and should not be extradited to the U.S., a United Nations torture expert will tell the U.K. government on Friday.
Nils Melzer, special rapporteur on torture, will present his case and concern after having met with Assange and medical experts earlier this month.
Assange is being held at London’s Belmarsh prison. He is serving 50 weeks there for breach of bail, relating to his years spent in asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, while he also fights extradition to the U.S.
The Justice Department charged the WikiLeaks founder with 18 counts, including violating the Espionage Act, over the publishing of thousands of classified military files in 2010.
“What was worrying was the psychological side and his constant anxiety,” Melzer told reporters. “It was perceptible that he had a sense of being under threat from everyone. He understood what my function was but it’s more that he was extremely agitated and busy with his own thoughts. It was difficult to have a very structured conversation with him.”
The 47-year-old WikiLeaks publisher, however, was too ill to appear via video link at his scheduled extradition court hearing on Thursday following reports that prison authorities had moved him to the health ward.
Melzer also established his opinion with a reflection on Assange’s experience over the past several years.
“In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic states ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonize and abuse a single individual for such a long time and with so little regard for human dignity and the rule of law,” he said.
“In the course of the past nine years,” Melzer continued. “Assange has been exposed to persistent, progressively severe abuse… [from] systematic judicial persecution and arbitrary confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy to oppressive isolation, harassment, and surveillance inside the embassy.”
The official went on to explain that the U.K. should demand reliable guarantees from any other state seeking custody of Assange that he will not be transferred onward to the U.S.
This statement is in an apparent reference to Swedish prosecutors’ recent reopening of the rape investigation dropped in 2017, over which Assange originally fled to the embassy. The WikiLeaks founder always denied the allegations, saying that he saw the case as a ruse through which he would eventually be sent to the U.S.
Sweden has scheduled a hearing for June 3 to determine a ruling of detention in absentia in response to local prosecutors’ requests.
On Friday morning, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt blasted the U.N. torture expert’s “inflammatory accusations” on Twitter only to have Melzer tweet back criticizing the “impartiality and objectivity” of the court system.
With all due respect, Sir: Mr Assange was about as „free to leave“ as a someone sitting on a rubberboat in a sharkpool. As detailed in my formal letter to you, so far, UK courts have not shown the impartiality and objectivity required by the rule of law.
— Nils Melzer (@NilsMelzer) May 31, 2019
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By Juliet Smith
Stormzy – Net Worth: Just How Much Does He Earn?
Stormzy’s net worth – could you guess how much Britain’s most loved rapper is worth?!
From oil refinery and engineering to albums and autobiographies, Stormzy has quickly become a national treasure – so, how much is the grime artist worth?
Stormzy (actually called Michael Omari) is thought to be worth more than £16 million making him one of the richest musicians in the UK. But how did he get all of that cash to splash? Let’s go back to the start…
Where Did It All Begin?
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He Bagged Six A* GCSEs
Stormzy’s success in the grime industry is no coincidence, a combination of brains and hard-work (according to girlfriend Maya Jama) meant he managed to score a whopping SIX A* GCSEs at Harris Academy South Norwood School – pretty impressive!
“My time at school, I was quite smart in school so I got good grades, but I was also a bit of a class clown,” he admitted.
“I was playing that fine borderline between getting excluded but the teachers kind of loving me, but I had a great time in school. This was because as a child I’d collect badges from the school library for every book I’d read that summer’.
As well as acing his exams, Stormzy began rapping when he was just 11 years old.
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He Started Off Working Life In An Oil Refinery To Make Ends Meet
“I was working on an oil refinery in quality assurance,” he revealed.
“It was quite a niche job, so they had to train me up for 10 months. I was in the office, doing the quality checks. It was a lot of responsibility for the age I was.”
Stormzy speaking about his time working as a project engineer.
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It turned out that working in an oil refinery wasn’t the job for our Stormz. He continued:
“The music was picking up, so I had to make the decision – project engineer or musician. I decided to take the music path and here we are.”
We think you made the right choice, Stormz.
He Self-Released His First (Chart Topping) Album
When it came to releasing his debut album, Gang Signs Prayer (2017), Stormzy decided to take things into his own hands, releasing his first album (the one that hit number one straight away) through his own label, Merky Records – which, of course, contributed to Stormzy’s net worth.
The artist was influenced by Skepta and Chance the Rapper who both did the same thing around that time.
Stormzy on the cover of his album ‘Gang Sign Prayer’.
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He Won Awards For The Album
The album wasn’t only a success in the UK charts, but won awards too – plenty of them!
In 2017, the rapper won the BBC Music Award for ‘Artist of the Year’, and two BRIT Awards for ‘Male Solo Artist’ as well as ‘Best Album’ the year after in February.
His debut album was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and won the Ivor Novello ‘Album Award’ in June 2018.
The Rapper Says He Has Religion To Thank For His Financial Success
In the US, rappers referencing God and religion is nothing out of the ordinary, but it’s much less common in the lyrics of British grime acts.
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In Blinded by your Grace Part 2 (a song inspired by his religious background) Stormzy sings:
“Lord I’ve been broken / Although I’m not worthy / You fixed me, now I’m blinded by your grace / You came and saved me.”
He And The Brit Awards Are Back On Speaking Terms
Most of you probably remember the rapper speaking out against the Brit Awards for its lack of ethnic minority nominees in the lyrics of his One Take Freestyle track.
The rap was taken very seriously by the Brits chairman Ged Doherty who arranged to meet with Stormzy to talk about how the grime genre could be represented more diversely at the annual ceremony.
The rapper revealed:
“We had a very very constructive talk, he showed me the categories of eligibility, I told him how these could be improved,” Stormzy said.
As discussed, this year’s nominees represented a much more diverse demographic, with four of five nominees for best male not of a white ethnicity.
It did turn out that David Bowie (the only white one) won the award, but still, progress was made!
Stormzy Now Gets Recognised Everywhere – And We Mean EVERYWHERE
“The strangest place I’ve been recognised was actually Amsterdam,” he revealed in an interview with the BBC.
“I went there with a few of my mates and it wasn’t even just the one person, it was a few people going ‘Oh, Stormzy’s in Amsterdam’, and I was thinking, ‘No way, you know me out here’.”
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“I went to pick up my nephew from primary school and one of the teachers there stopped me. She said: ‘Yeah, my son listens to you’. That’s quite an awkward thing. Quite surreal.”
Stormzy Released An Autobiography Contributing To The Rapper’s Net Worth
In 2018, Stormzy released a book Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far. Although it appears to be a regular autobiography, it is a history of Stormzy himself, with information provided from members of his team and others in the music industry who watched the rapper’s career go from strength to strength.
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“Part inspirational self-help manual, part business guide, part exploration of how its author – aided by the team around him, given equal voice in the oral history format. He transformed himself into the scene’s biggest star.” (Alexis Petridis Guardian, ‘Books of the Year’)
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Woman sues Dallas apartments, crane company after she ‘skimmed death’ in fatal collapse
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Updated at 5 p.m. June 12: Revised to include additional information from attorneys for Chiasson and Bigge Crane and Rigging.
A woman who is suing after her Dallas apartment complex was ripped apart Sunday by a falling crane says she's still in shock after losing everything in the collapse.
Macy Chiasson, a 27-year-old UFC fighter, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Dallas County, claiming negligence led to the accident that killed 29-year-old Kiersten Symone Smith and and injured Chiasson and several others.
Macy Chiasson, a 27-year-old UFC fighter filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Dallas County.
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She and more than 500 other residents of the Elan City Lights apartments have been told they won't be allowed to return to their homes.
The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages from the owners of Bigge Crane and Rigging, Elan City Lights and The Gabriella — the unfinished complex where the crane stood.
Greystar, the company that owns Elan City Lights and The Gabriella, did not respond to requests for comment about the lawsuit Tuesday and Wednesday. Randy Smith, corporate counsel for Bigge, declined to comment on the lawsuit Wednesday.
Chiasson said she's still coming to terms with her close call.
"It's been a little bit of shock and thankfulness, as far as being alive and just skimming death," she said. "I've lost everything."
She had just returned to her first-floor apartment Sunday afternoon and was folding laundry when she heard a loud boom. Immediately, she heard something crashing through the floors above her.
I just want to thank @DallasPD for coming to Elan Apartments and risking their lives to get people out.
I was on the first floor below the crane and had to run out with my pup as it was happeneing.
Thank you to the officer Kayla on patrol at the time for helping us. https://t.co/hX1MxW5NAW
— Macy Chiasson (@macy_chiasson) June 9, 2019
She whistled for her dog, T, as she saw smoke billowing, glass breaking and cars plummeting to the ground.
Chiasson grabbed her phone and a pair of shoes but had to run out of the apartment barefoot, suffering cuts from the broken glass around her.
In the apartment's courtyard, people were running in their underwear, bleeding and covered in dust and debris, she said.
She saw one bloody woman still on the second floor who was calling out for help.
One death and several injuries were reported after a crane fell into the Elan City Lights apartment building and parking garage in Old East Dallas close to downtown, as a severe storm passed through Dallas on Sunday afternoon
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"I couldn't do anything," Chiasson said. "As much as I wanted to help her, the apartment behind her was not there. That was the hardest thing for me to watch because I just wanted to go and help her, and there was just no way."
Chiasson said she's grateful to have her life, her dog and the clothes on her back. But she has lost everything else.
She says she's been told her apartment is inaccessible because it's not structurally sound.
Her driver's license and passport are trapped inside, along with everything else. All of the undefeated UFC bantamweight's gear and a trophy she'd won are lost.
Her attorney, Jason Friedman, said he met Chiasson while she was still wearing the clothes she fled in.
The lawsuit asks that a judge grant a temporary restraining order that would allow an inspection of the crane and construction site.
Chiasson's lawsuit had asked a judge to grant a temporary restraining order that would ensure the complex and the crane company would not alter evidence at the construction site.
But Friedman said Wednesday said counsel for both Greystar and Bigge had agreed to preserve all evidence, rendering the need for the temporary restraining order unnecessary. Friedman said the defendants said that the site is under the control of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as its crews investigate.
"We wanted to be sure that the apartment complex and the crane company and the contractors aren't there altering the crane or altering evidence or moving things," he said.
Ensuring the site is secured and inspected won't help only Chiasson but also hundreds of other residents, Friedman said, adding that he believes her lawsuit is the first filed in connection with the collapse.
The lawsuit says that the crane at The Gabriella should have been able to withstand winds of up to 95 mph and that it should have been unlocked to allow it to swing in the direction the wind was blowing.
I got a video of the crane collapsing in Dallas. I hope everyone’s ok— it was terrifying to watch pic.twitter.com/SrC9Kwy2ur
— sophie daigle (@soph_daigle) June 9, 2019
A crane safety expert, Thomas Barth, noted that video of the collapse shows two cranes — the one that fell, and one that remained stable in the high winds.
That could indicate operator error, he said.
"You see that one crane — that was weathervaning, it was pointing in the wind," he said. "You look at the one that fell, it wasn't facing that way."
An operator should unlock the brake on a crane before leaving work, so it can swing freely in the wind.
Barth said that though the grainy video was shot from far away, something was clearly wrong.
Deadly Dallas crane collapse leaves residents, investigators with questions
"You've got to know, they were facing in different directions and they should have both been facing the same way," he said.
Frank Branson, a Dallas lawyer who has represented workers who have suffered catastrophic injuries, said he thinks the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will find Bigge responsible for the collapse.
"The National Weather Service notified the public three hours before the winds, so operators knew serious danger was on the way," Branson said. "They have an obligation to the people who live in falling distance of it and to those on the job site to make sure they're safe."
Bigge was cited for an Arkansas crane collapse in 2013 -- for which the company was fined $56,700 and later settled for a lower amount.
Branson said Sunday's collapse could be more troublesome for Bigge because the people who were hurt had nothing to do with the construction project.
"It would certainly make a difference to me if I were sitting on a jury," he said. "All of these people were injured in the safety of their own homes."
Staff writer Sarah Sarder contributed to this report.
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Home/Travel/A lot of the Northeast’s prime 10 resort motels are in New England
A lot of the Northeast’s prime 10 resort motels are in New England
A number of New England resort motels — on the Cape, Nantucket, and in Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut — are standouts in our area, in accordance with Journey + Leisure readers.
This week, Journey + Leisure launched the outcomes of its annual World’s Greatest Awards, which included the highest 10 resort motels within the Northeast. Eight are in New England, together with three in Massachusetts.
On the prime of the listing was Rabbit Hill Inn in Decrease Waterford, Vermont, which additionally ranked No. 27 on the journal’s listing of prime 100 motels on this planet and No. three on the journal’s listing of prime 15 continental U.S. resort motels.
Two entries on the listing are positioned on Nantucket — White Elephant at No. four and The Nantucket Lodge and Resort at No. 7. Nantucket additionally made the journal’s listing of prime 10 islands within the continental U.S., rating No. 6.
“Maybe no single place captures so most of the pleasures of the area as Nantucket, the idyllic island south of Cape Cod,” wrote T+L.
Right here’s T+L‘s listing of prime 10 resort motels within the Northeast:
Rabbit Hill Inn, Decrease Waterford, Vermont
Inns of Aurora, Aurora, N.Y.
Weekapaug Inn, Westerly, R.I.
White Elephant, Nantucket
Twin Farms, Barnard, Vermont
Ocean Home, Watch Hill, R.I.
The Nantucket Lodge and Resort, Nantucket
Wequassett Resort & Golf Membership, Harwich
Winvian Farm, Morris, Conn.
Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, N.Y.
The 2019 World’s Greatest journey survey was accessible on-line from Nov. 5, 2018 to March four, 2019. The motels had been scored for his or her rooms and amenities, location, service, meals, and general worth. A numerical rating was decided primarily based on these scores, and T+L tabulated the outcomes with analysis agency M&RR.
Readers additionally rated airways, airports, automotive rental companies, cruise ships, vacation spot spas, islands, lodge manufacturers, cities, tour operators, and safari outfitters. The outcomes will seem within the August concern of Journey + Leisure.
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Uber wants to focus on bikes over cars for shorter journeys
By Trevor Mogg — Posted on August 27, 2018 11:40PM PST 08.27.18 - 11:40PM PST
For most people, Uber is all about requesting a ride and jumping in a car. But Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi is planning to change all that as the company switches its focus to embrace more modes of transportation — especially electric bicycles and scooters — in a bid to build what he calls an “urban mobility platform.”
Uber has already made moves toward this long-term goal, acquiring bikesharing startup Jump in April 2018. Jump offers electric bikes for hire in eight U.S. cities, among them San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Uber also recently partnered with Lime, which operates a sharing scheme using electric scooters as well as bikes.
But now the CEO appears set to push more heavily into the sector.
The reason for the change in tactics? Khosrowshahi says two-wheelers are better suited to inner-city travel than large cars.
Uber’s boss told the Financial Times in a recent interview that especially during rush hour, it’s “very inefficient for a one-ton hulk of metal to take one person 10 blocks.”
He admitted that pursuing this strategy could cause Uber to take a financial hit in the short term, as it makes less money from a bike ride than one taken in a car. But if, over time, people begin to use bikes and scooters more, as has happened in Uber’s home city of San Francisco, then the system would become profitable.
Uber’s bike plans put it up against rival ridesharing company Lyft, which has adopted a similar strategy. A slew of other companies around the world are also launching bike- and scooter-sharing services in a bid to secure their place in the lucrative mobility market.
But such schemes come with their own unique challenges. For example, some cities have seen a backlash among locals fed up with the two-wheelers cluttering the streets or being driven recklessly along sidewalks. In June, San Francisco officials banned schemes that use electric scooters, forcing operators to apply for permits. Twelve companies — Uber and Lyft among them — have submitted applications. It’s a situation that’s likely to be repeated across many cities in the coming years and a mark of just how competitive the business has become.
The cost of maintaining such services can also be high, especially in cities where bikes have a tendency to be stolen or vandalized.
Uber drivers, meanwhile, may not be feeling too great about Khosrowshahi’s proposed strategy, despite the CEO saying that while it may mean fewer car rides, it should eventually lead to longer, more profitable rides, and hopefully on roads that are less clogged with cars.
Though it could be a ways off, Uber drivers are also watching the rearview mirror for the company’s driverless cars. Despite a serious setback in March when one of its autonomous vehicles knocked down and killed a pedestrian during a test drive, the company is continuing to develop the technology with the aim of launching a fleet of driverless taxis in the coming years.
Indeed, just this week there have been reports that Japanese automaker Toyota is investing $500 million in Uber’s robot-taxi program.
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Star Citizen developer shuts down “feature creep” and vaporware accusations
By Gabe Gurwin @GamingAngelGabe — Posted on July 21, 2015 9:03AM PST 07.21.15 - 9:03AM PST
With over $2 million in funding from Kickstarter backers alone and $84 million in total, Star Citizen is one of the most expensive — and ambitious — crowdfunded games of all time. However, with that reputation comes allegations that the project has simply gotten too big for its own good, and its “First Person Universe” vision has drawn skeptics who don’t believe that the studio can deliver on its grandiose promises. Now, Robert Space Industries chairman Chris Roberts has released an open letter to ease frustrations.
News spread late last month that Star Citizen‘s first-person shooter module Star Marine was being put on indefinite hold following technical issues, including problems with networking. According to Roberts, this isn’t completely true. While the module did face setbacks, including several staff departures, it is still in active development, and an update post released late last week showed off tweaks to everything from level design to death animations.
Roberts also stressed that Star Citizen‘s importance is because of its massive scope, and a smaller project would not have garnered this much support.
“Star Citizen matters BECAUSE it is big, because it is a bold dream,” Roberts says. “It is something everyone else is scared to try. You didn’t back Star Citizen because you want what you’ve seen before.”
Still, with such a large budget and lofty promises, Roberts admits that the studio did reach a point where it was forced to stop adding features, which led to “the decision to stop stretch goals at the end of last year.” Currently, of the six modules that make up Star Citizen, four are still in the production phase, including the aforementioned Star Marine and the story-driven Squadron 42. The decision to split the project into modules was precisely due to this ambition, as Robert Space Industries wanted players to experience segments of Star Citizen while the remainder was still in development.
“This is the dream game that all of us have wanted to build all our lives,” Roberts says. “And while I can’t promise you everything will always go smoothly or features or content won’t arrive later than we want them to, I can promise that we will never stop until we have achieved this dream.”
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Games of my Years: The Digitiser Story
WE ASKED THESE GAMES BOSSES IF THEY'D CHANGE THEIR COMPANY NAME TO "FARTZONE", AND ONLY ONE OF THEM BOTHERED TO REPLY
Why do games companies have such boring names? Why don't they ever call themselves something that makes us smile, or makes us think?
In an attempt to address this issue, we wrote to a number of games company bosses, suggesting they might like to change the company name to 'Fartzone'.
In an act of dismissive and spiteful rudeness, all but one of them ignored us.
YVES GUILLEMOT - Ubisoft
"Dear Mr Guillemot. You don't know us, but we know you. You are Yves Guillemot, the head of one of the biggest games publishers in the whole wide world. You are a great man. Everybody says so. Even Puckles the Cuckold.
"However, it's the name of your company - Ubisoft - that isn't so great, Yves. What does it mean? Is it a French word, Yves? Nobody knows. Very sloppy. Very bad. Would you perhaps consider changing the name of your company to something more universally recognisable - specifically, 'Fartzone'? Everyone would like that, Yves. Guaranteed. Yours sincerely."
ANDREW WILSON - Electronic Arts
"Hello Andrew. Your company, Electronic Arts, has been around for years. Isn't it about time you changed it to something a little edgier, like 'Fartzone'? Failing that, we have some alternatives: Electronic Fartz, Fartronic Electrics, EA've Yourself, Farton Yourself, F.A.rty Ltd etc.. Cheers."
NO REPSONSE
ERIC HIRSHBERG - Activision
"Hi Eric. Just a quick one. Could you change the name of Activision to 'Fartzone' at the earliest possible opportunity? Of course, we have not charged you for this service. Eric, it's actually a free service! Many thanks."
TATSUMI KIMISHIMA - Nintendo
"Greetings sir. Nintendo is doing great at the moment, and stuff. It has all the characters. Mario. Zelda. Jambo Kabaddi. However, the name of your excellent company is a cause for grave concern. What about 'Fartzone'? Much better. Also, if you want to show people your lighter side, how about changing your own name to 'Satsuma CanIHaveASatsuma'? With much respect."
ANDREW HOUSE - Sony Computer Entertainment
"Dear Mr House. Do you live in a bungalow? That would be pretty ironic. Perhaps you could write a song about it. It would go: 'And isn't it ironic... don't you think... It's like rain on your wedding day, It's like living in a bungalow when your name is Andrew House...' and so on.
"Also, do you know what? We reckon you should change the name of Sony Computer Entertainment to 'Sony Fartzone'. Just do it. You could even incorporate it into your song.
"'And isn't it ironic... don't you think... It's like rain on your wedding day, It's like living in a bungalow when your name is Andrew House, It's like changing the name of your company to Fartzone when you didn't need to... I'm Andrew House, An-drew House, Tra-la-la-la-da-da-da-da-dah! AN-DREW HOUSE!'.
"Well, anyway, bye."
REPONSE: "Hi. I'm out of the office until March 21th, but will be picking up emails intermittently."
KENZO TSUJIMOTO - Capcom
"Hey Kenzo. It's your lucky day. We've got a great idea that's going to put Capcom back on top again - where it belongs! How about changing the name of the company to 'Fartzone'? Also, you could change the names of your games to something that compliments the new company name. It's called branding.
"Like, Street Fighter could become Street Fartzone. Even the characters could follow the model. Chun Li would become Chun Fartzone, and M.Bison would be Mmmm... Fartzone. Also, Resident Evil could become Resident Fartzone, and the zombies could be renamed 'The Fartz'. Think about it. Many thanks."
STRAUSS ZELNICK - Take-Two Interactive
"Dear Strauss. That's a funny name. When you get worked up and overwhelmed, do you squeeze on a 'Strauss ball'? Sorry. That's just an attempt at a funny joke, but it doesn't matter. You've got a great sense of humour - we can tell.
"Do you know what else is a funny name, Strauss? Take-Two Interactive. Strauss, what does it mean? We worry that it might persuade potential customers to take-without-paying two copies of your games from games shops. Or it might suggest something else, that we've been unable to think of.
"Just to be on the safe side, maybe you should consider changing the name of your company to 'Fartzone'. Strauss, what could possibly go wrong? Just a thought. Thanks for reading."
PHIL SPENCER - Microsoft Game Studios
"Hi Phil. Appreciate that you're a busy and important man, so we won't keep you. Microsoft Game Studios does what it says on the tin, but as names go it isn't very distinctive. Phil, what about something new? What about 'Fartzone'?
"We have a vision of you announcing the new name at a big press conference, where you smear your face over the surface of a kettle drum, while murmering and slapping your bare stomach. Who wouldn't want to see that? Regards."
WE ASKED THESE 10 VIDEO GAME VOICE ACTORS IF THEY'D LIKE TO ACCOMPANY US TO A FIELD, WHERE WE COULD SPEND HOURS STRAINING TOGETHER UNTIL ONE OF US PRODUCED AN EGG - AND NOT A SINGLE ONE DID
YOU BE THE DETECTIVE: CAN YOU WORK OUT WHO MURDERED UBISOFT BOSS YVES GUILLEMOT?
WE ASKED THESE TOP GAME DESIGNERS IF THEY'D EVER EATEN THEIR OWN POO AND NOT A SINGLE ONE REPLIED
EA've Yourself.
*applauds* Well played Biffo, Well played.
Did Andrew House MD's autoreply really say he was out until "March 21th"?
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Angry wife cuts off cheating husband's penis ... twice
Angry wife cuts off cheating husband’s penis … twice
An angry wife in China has cut off her cheating husband’s penis … twice.
The woman, who discovered a rather descriptive email from her husband, Fan Lung, to his lover, chopped off Fan’s penis while he slept.
Fan, 32, was rushed to hospital where his appendage was sewn back on, however his wife, 21, snuck into his hospital room and cut it off again and threw it out a window.
His wife “went beserk” after finding the email, which was sent from her mobile phone. She immediately grabbed a pair of scissors and attacked her husband while he slept.
Despite bleeding profusely, the victim managed to chase his wife after his attack and fought with her outside the hospital. Image: Central European Network.
“Staff rushed out to see what was happening and found the patient with blood streaming down his legs hitting the woman,” a hospital spokesman told Central European News.
“He was stopped and the woman was taken in for treatment, and then we discovered she had chopped his penis off again.
“Staff rushed out to see what was happening and found the patient with blood streaming down his legs hitting the woman,” the hospital spokesman added.
Fan’s wife is currently under arrest for grievous bodily harm. Fan’s penis has not been found and authorities believed a stray cat or dog may have stumbled across it.
Zhang Hung, the woman with whom Fan was cheating, says the fact that Fan can no longer have children.
“It doesn’t matter that he’s lost his fertility,” she says. “He has five children already.”
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Funky 45's 7-inch Nobody
Smash Yr Radio/Velvet Cove
7-inch (Item 910812) Ubiquity, 2019 — Condition: New Copy
(pic cover)
$4.99 ...
List Price: 9.98
Ubiquity (label)
A spare funky instrumental from Nobody – just rumbling drums and a moody bassline – with lots of fuzzy guitar getting weird over the top – a bit like Spacemen 3 cutting a funk single! "Velvet Cove" has bassy beats and keyboards – a vibe that feels like it's taken from an 80s action soundtrack – that moment when the hero duo are driving out to the big final scene, getting some bro time together in the car! © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc.
We realize that there are many different interpretations of the standard grades used for pre-owned vinyl record albums & CD, so we thought we'd offer you the ones that we are working with, so you have an idea what we mean when we give the grade for a non-new item on our pages.
Used Vinyl Grades
Below are stated conditions for a used vinyl records at Dusty Groove. Grading for the cover should be assumed to be near (within a "+" or "-") the grading for the vinyl. If there is significant divergence from the condition of the vinyl, or specific flaws, these will be noted in the comments section of the item. However, please be aware that since the emphasis of this site is towards the music listener, our main concern is with the vinyl of any used item we sell. Additionally, all of our records are graded visually; considering the volume of used vinyl we handle, it is impossible for us to listen to each record. If we spot any significant flaws, we make every attempt to listen through them and note how they play.
The following grading conditions apply to the vinyl component of an album or single:
This is what it says, that the record is still held fast in shrink-wrap. We tend to be pretty suspicious about these things, so if the shrink-wrap doesn't look original, or if the record seems to have undergone some damage over time, we'll probably take it out of the wrapper to ensure that it's in good shape — which is why we don't have more of these. In some cases the shrink-wrap may be torn in spots, but if it's not possible the record has been taken out and played, the record will still qualify as "Sealed".
Dusty Groove does not use the grades of Near Mint (or Mint, for that matter) because in our experience, we find that no records ever qualify for such a high grade. Even sealed records tend to have one or two slight faults, enough to usually qualify them for a grade of NM- or lower. We've often found that records which are clearly unplayed will have a slight amount of surface noise, especially in quieter recordings.
Near Mint - (minus)
Black vinyl that may show a slight amount of dust or dirt.
Should still be very shiny under a light, even with slight amount of dust on surface.
One or two small marks that would make an otherwise near perfect record slightly less so. These marks cannot be too deep, and should only be surface marks that won't affect play, but might detract from the looks.
May have some flaws and discoloration in the vinyl, but only those that would be intrinsic to the pressing. These should disappear when the record is tilted under the light, and will only show up when looking straight at the record. (Buddah and ABC pressings from the 70's are a good example of this.)
May have some slight marks from aging of the paper sleeve on the vinyl.
Possible minor surface noise when played.
Very Good + (plus)
Vinyl should be very clean, but can have less luster than near mint.
Should still shine under a light, but one or two marks may show up when tilted.
Can have a few small marks that may show up easily, but which do not affect play at all. Most marks of this quality will disappear when the record is tilted, and will not be felt with the back of a fingernail.
This is the kind of record that will play "near mint", but which will have some signs of use (although not major ones).
May have slight surface noise when played.
Vinyl can have some dirt, but nothing major.
May not shine under light, but should still be pretty clean, and not too dirty.
May have a number of marks (5 to 10 at most), and obvious signs of play, but never a big cluster of them, or any major mark that would be very deep. Most marks should still not click under a fingernail.
May not look near perfect, but should play fairly well, with slight surface noise, and the occasional click in part of a song, but never throughout a whole song or more.
This is clearly a copy that was played by someone a number of times, but which could also be a good "play copy" for someone new.
Good + (plus)
Vinyl may be dirty, or have one outstanding flaw, such as a light residue, which could be difficult to clean.
May have marks on all parts, too many to qualify as Very Good-, or several deeper marks, but the record should still be ok for play without skips.
In general, this is a record that was played a fair amount, and handled without care. A typical example may be a record which has been heavily played by a DJ, and carries marks from slip cueing. Depending on the quality of the vinyl, may play with surface noise throughout.
A record that you'd buy to play, cheap, but which you wouldn't buy for collecting.
Will have marks across all parts of the playing surface, and will most likely play with surface noise throughout. May have some other significant flaws, such as residue, or a track that skips.
In most cases, a poor quality copy of a very difficult to find record.
This is a grade we rarely use, as we try not to sell records in very bad condition, though in some rare cases we will list a record in such bad shape that it does not conform to the standards above. A "Fair" record will have enough marks or significant flaws that it does not even qualify as "Good", but is a copy you might consider for playing, if you're willing to put up with noise and/or flaws. An example might be a recording with surface noise so heavy that it is equal to the volume of the music. For records listed as "Fair", we will describe the extent of the condition in the comments.
Like "Fair", we rarely list records in this condition, as they represent the extreme low end of spectrum. These records typically have multiple serious problems, and we offer them as "relics" or "objects" only — for those who want to at least have a copy of a record, even if it is not really worthy of play, perhaps for the cover alone. For these records, we will describe the extent of the condition in the comments.
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
Mr Diva/Hungry Man Angry Man (green vinyl pressing)
Ubiquity, 2019. New Copy
"Mr Diva" has lots of raw Afro Funk rhythms – no diva drama at all, and instead this chugging, riffing groove that's totally great – peppered with horns, sewn up with organ, and topped with a nice rough-edged vocal! "Hungry Man Angry Man" is in similar rhythmic ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Mike & The Censations (Mike James Kirkland)
Don't Mess With Me/There Is Nothing I Can Do About It
Highland/Luv N' Haight, Early 70s. New Copy (reissue)
Heavenly soul cut by Mike James Kirkland and his early soul group The Censations! "There Is Nothing" is a beautiful sweet soul ballad, with excellent harmonies – and "Don't Mess" is more of an uptempo number, with a good groove, and tight deep soul harmonies by Mike, as ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Mama's Gun
Spooks/Golden Days
7-inch...$6.99 8.99
"Spooks" is a nicely laidback tune – one that begins with almost Timmy Thomas-style drum machine beats, moving at a slow pace – while the lead vocal echoes Nina Simone a bit, before things fill in, and give the whole thing a more modern soul style! "Golden Days" has ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Old One Two/Paint Me Any Color (2019 Record Store Day Release)
Luv N' Haight/Ubiquity, Late 70s. New Copy (pic cover, reissue)
Rare material from the legendary Ramp – two tracks produced by Roy Ayers after the group's classic first album – issued here on a limited 7" single! "Old One Two" sounds like something that would have been right at home on Come Into Knowledge – a bumping groover ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Dee Edwards
Why Can't There Be Love/I Can Deal With That
Luv N' Haight, Early 70s. New Copy (reissue)
Funky work from Detroit's Dee Edwards – a tune that's almost a fuzzy take on earlier Motown soul modes – still romping, but with lots of trippy guitar around the edges – and echoey production that's almost got a Westbound vibe, as does the guitar! "I Can Deal With That" ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Baroque Jazz Trio
Orientasie/Largo
Saravah/Souffle Continu (France), 1970. New Copy (pic cover, reissue)
Two fantastic tracks from this groundbreaking French group of the 70s – neither of which were on their famous album for the Saravah label! "Orientasie" has this slow-building mix of plucked cello and drums, then switches to bowing of the cello whole harpsichord grooves into the mix ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Jean Claude Vannier
La Bete Noire (2019 Record Store Day Release)
Finders Keepers (UK), 1983. New Copy (pic cover)
Very different work than usual for arranger/composer Jean Claude Vannier – not a slinky sexy soundtrack, but instead an all-acoustic set that features some fantastic jazzy touches – including work from saxophonist Philippe Mate, and vibes and percussion from Bernard Lubat! The 7" ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Melvin Hicks & The Versatiles/Lyrics
I'm Just Passing Time/Now Girl
Kent/Deep Soul (UK), 1964/1972. New Copy
Two previously-unissued soul tracks – both making their vinyl debut! "I'm Just Passing Time" is sublime harmony soul from Melvin Hicks & The Versatiles – a tune with a slow but hard drum beat at the bottom – which paces things out as the harmonies soar to the skies ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Bobby Jameson
Vietnam (voc, inst)
Mira/Kent (UK), Late 60s. New Copy
Vietnam was a terrible war, but it did give the world some fantastic songs – like this raw, gritty number from Bobby Jameson – a tune that's clearly a takeoff on the Bo Diddley style of rhythm, but which has a much more powerful message! Drums are pounding and full of echo, cut through ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Ze Roberto
Lotus 72 D (original version, fast version)
Mr Bongo (UK), Early 70s. New Copy (pic cover, reissue)
7-inch...$14.99 15.98
A killer bit of Brazilian funk from the 70s – served up here in two very groovy versions! The original take on "Lotus 72D" is already great enough – kind of in the mode of Jorge Ben right at the start of the 70s – from the bubbling electric bass and percussion at the ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Queen Yahna
Ain't It Time (voc, inst)
P&P, 1976. New Copy (reissue)
A real club stormer! Queen Yahna has a deep rich voice, in the tradition of the best Miami soul divas – and it's nicely situated in a classic club groove, augmented by congas and cowbells, with great production by Capraquarius! The vocal chorus is soulful and catchy – and the ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
Manish Boy/Young Fashioned Ways
Chess/Third Man, 1954. New Copy (reissue)
Maybe one of the most famous Muddy Waters songs ever recorded – served up here in all its fantastically raw glory! The tune's got Waters playing a famous electric guitar vamp that may well have become the blueprint for countless bar bands to come – but serving up the lyrics with a wit ... 7-inch, Vinyl record
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DEUTZ-FAHR TRACTORS NEW ZEALAND: GERMAN ENGINEERING AT ITS BEST
9 Series (Tier 3A)
9 Series TTV
9 SERIES TTV AGROTRON
DESIGNED TO SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE. ENGINEERED TO MAGNIFY YOUR RESULTS
With the 9 Series DEUTZ-FAHR engineers have developed an ultra-modern, highly intelligent, high-horsepower tractor, which performs and increases the operating efficiency largely thanks to unique operating comfort, automated routine functions and the most innovative technologies - and all this while consuming minimal resources.
Each individual component of the 9 Series is highly innovative and is among the best in the market. With the 9 Series, DEUTZ-FAHR offers three perfectly balanced and highly attractive high-horsepower tractor models with which farmers and contractors can achieve the best results.
When it comes to the power unit for the 9 Series, only the best is good enough. The decisive factor is the highest performance with the lowest fuel consumption. There is no alternative to the Deutz TTCD 7.8 l six-cylinder engine (295 – 336 HP) with two-stage turbocharger-, and intercooling as well as SCR, DPF and DCR technology.
The engines react instantly with an injection pressure of 2,000 bar and already provides 90 % of torque at 1,000 rev./min. The maximum torque remains constant from 1,200 – 1,600 rev./min. The Down speed concept makes this new generation of engines unique. The engines also feature excellent cold-start characteristics – even under extreme conditions. Thanks to the innovative SCR/DPF technology, the Deutz TTCD 7.8 l engines are compliant with all international laws (US EPH/Tier4final) – with no loss of performance. The overall concept is trimmed for maximum efficiency.
Efficiency is created through precision. And precision is created through exact operating speed. The electronically controlled, continuously variable TTV transmission provides exactly the right speed for all kinds of work. The TTV transmission combines the efficiency of mechanical components with the intelligence of a hydrostat. It covers a speed range of 0.2 – 60 km/h. Particularly in field work, it is most efficient between 7 – 15 km/h speed. Here 80 % of the mechanical components come into play. During transport, this is 90 % on average. This ensures fast response over the entire speed range, a smooth acceleration under all conditions, high dynamics and economical driving. With a high tractive force, the TTV transmission can handle even the most difficult situations.
At first glance it is already apparent that working in this environment is a pleasure. The MaxiVision Cab II offers plenty of room for the driver. High-quality materials create a bright and pleasant working atmosphere. The new panoramic windscreen as well as the large side and rear windows provide the driver with the best all-round visibility. An upper glass roof window is available. Thanks to the newly designed front bonnet, the view down to the front hitch area is clearly visible. The cab is pneumatically suspended and isolated from the hood so that engine heat, vibration and noise do not reach the cab. The maximum noise level is 69 dB. Climb in and stay relaxed until its time to get out. Even at the end of a long working day.
When it comes to ease of use, the 9 Series is a high-tech tractor. The most important routine functions can be automated. The driver simply preselects the desired basic settings and activates them with a touch of the finger – the rest is left up to the tractor. The driver can concentrate on monitoring the work. The redesigned, illuminated InfoCentre provides the driver with current information about the operational status of the tractor – in both analogue and digital mode.
The vehicle speed (forward and backward), two cruise speeds, Comfortip and linkage are all controlled with the new ergonomically designed joystick on the armrest. The controls for the hydraulic auxiliary valves, engine and transmission control, PTO and the powertrain management are also integrated into the armrest.
All controls are colour-coded and clearly and logically arranged based on operating frequency. The 9 Series is highly intuitive. The driver can work with precise speed – and especially more concentration.
The attachment points of the 9 Series are as versatile as the demands and working practices of contractors and farmers worldwide. With 12,000 kg lift capacity at the rear and 5,000 kg at the front, all imaginable combinations of equipment can be used.
With a pump capacity of 210 l/min., the high-performance hydraulics provide a maximum flow rate for up to eight auxiliary valves plus front linkage, six at the rear and two in the front mounting area. Truly one of a kind: all valves are proportionally controllable. Even in the case of complex manoeuvres, the valves can be operated via the joystick or armrest controls. The flow rates (1 -100 %) and the activation time (1- 60 s.) can be easily programmed from the driver’s seat. Separately for each controller.
The load sensing system is equipped as standard. A separate pump supplies the steering so that the working hydraulic system is not compromised.
With three PTO speeds (540 Eco, 1000 and 1000 Eco) at the rear and 1000 and 1000 Eco in the front, all work can be done very efficiently. Thanks to the ‚down speed‘ engine characteristics, the application of the Eco-PTO can be extended, thereby significantly reducing fuel consumption.
All hydraulic and PTO functions can be easily set and controlled from the armrest in the cab.
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"demonstrates exceptional client care and the ability to deliver strong advocacy"
Talia Barsam
Talia's principal areas of practice are employment law, commercial litigation and education law.
She is recommended as a leading junior for employment by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, where she is noted for her strategic advice, cross-examination skills and exceptional client care. She is also recommended as a leading junior for education in Legal 500.
Talia frequently acts for multinational corporations in the financial, insurance, media, construction, retail and transportation sectors in cases of reputational importance. She also represents individuals, trade unions and public sector clients including universities, NHS Trusts and local authorities.
Talia was appointed a Member of the Panel of Counsel for the Commission of Equality & Human Rights in January 2011.
Employment recommendations
Manages an extensive employment law practice. She is especially skilled at handling whistle-blowing and remuneration claims, unfair dismissals, redundancies and TUPE issues. She has vast experience acting for clients in the financial and healthcare sectors. "Technically excellent and great to work with. She has an incredible work ethic." "A very strong advocate. She is very thorough in her preparation." Represented Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank in a sexual harassment claim. - Employment, Chambers UK Bar 2019
"She is technically excellent and has an incredible work ethic." - Employment, Legal 500 2019
Manages an extensive employment law practice. She is especially skilled at handling whistle-blowing and remuneration claims, unfair dismissals, redundancies and TUPE issues. She has vast experience acting for clients in the financial and healthcare sectors. “Able to get to grips with the complicated issues very quickly and an effective cross-examiner.” “Very strategic and very good at negotiations.” Defended British Airways in a series of whistle-blowing claims. - Employment, Chambers UK 2018
"She has good judgement and achieves excellent results" - Employment, Legal 500 2017
Praised for her approachability and client-handling skills, she has an extensive employment law practice advising on unfair dismissals, redundancies and TUPE issues. Regularly represents both private and public clients, with vast experience acting for healthcare trusts and local authorities. "She is sharp, picks up facts quickly and is good at explaining matters and issues to clients." "She has the ability to gain the trust of the client very quickly and comes across as someone with great gravitas." - Employment, Chambers UK 2017
Talia Barsam is ranked as a Leading junior in 'Employment'. "Her judgement routinely produces positive results, which others would struggle to achieve." - Legal 500 2016
Has a broad employment and commercial practice, and represents both public and private organisations in disputes. She garnered high praise for the excellence of her client service, and for her courtroom presence. "Very thorough, and a tough cross-examiner who is good with witnesses." "Clients love her, and she is extremely conscientious and methodical." Acted in the tribunal and the EAT on behalf of Aviva in a complex unfair dismissal and discrimination claim. - Employment, Chambers UK 2016
"A tough cross-examiner who is very thorough and good with witnesses." - Employment, Legal 500 2015
An excellent employment junior recommended for her tough cross-examination and ease with witnesses. She has impressed with her work on high-value and complex discrimination claims, and has noted expertise in disability discrimination. Expertise: "She is good under pressure, calm under fire and great to work with." Recent work: Advised the respondent in Lefebvre v British Airways, a disability discrimination claim lodged by a member of cabin crew with obsessive compulsive disorder. - Employment, Chambers UK 2015
"Demonstrates exceptional client care and the ability to deliver strong advocacy" - Employment, Legal 500 2014
Education recommendations
"She is technically excellent, great to work with and has an incredible work ethic." - Education, Legal 500 2019
"Excellent preparation, client skills and advocacy." - Education, Legal 500 2017
"She provides well-structured advice, particularly in discrimination cases - Education, Legal 500 2016
Talia has extensive experience in employment law, including all areas of discrimination law, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal, redundancy, equal pay, breach of contract, TUPE, Working Time Regulations, restrictive covenants and jurisdictional issues. She has particular expertise in complex disability discrimination claims and whistleblowing claims.
representing a leading project management consultancy in a disability discrimination claim brought by a director (ongoing)
represented an Islamic bank in a sexual harassment and constructive unfair dismissal claim attracting significant press attention (settled after 5 days of trial, 2017)
represented the defendant recruitment agency in an application for an interim injunction (2017)
represented one of the big 4 accounting firms in an equal pay claim (settled, 2017)
represented the claimant in a disability discrimination and age discrimination claim brought by a senior executive against a global bank, led by Bruce Carr QC (settled, 2016)
successfully represented British Airways in a series of whistleblowing claims attracting significant press attention (2015-2016)
successfully represented the respondent at the ET (initially and on remission) in Burdett v Aviva (UKEAT/0439/13/JOJ) and in the EAT, in which the tribunals considered the definition of gross misconduct and the test for justification under s.15 of EqA 2010 (2014 - 2016)
represented a senior female manager in her claim for age and sex discrimination (2016)
Recent advisory work includes:
advising and acting for an NHS Trust in a dispute over the employment status of GPs working in Out of Hours services
advising Heineken in relation to its collective agreements and variation of its terms
advising a City Council in relation to TUPE and equal pay
advising a technology company in relation to a non-compete clause
Talia is very experienced in all areas of discrimination law. She has been recommended in the directories for her work in high value and complex discrimination claims, with noted expertise in disability discrimination claims (Chambers & Partners, 2015).
She represents both respondents/defendants and claimants in the Employment Tribunal, EAT, County Court and SENDIST (First-tier Tribunal).
Recent work includes:
representing a leading project management consultancy in a disability discrimination claim brought by a director
representing an Oxbridge University on a disability discrimination claim brought by a student regarding a failure to make reasonable adjustments and victimisation
Talia has experience both advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants and representing clients in High Court litigation.
represented the defendant recruitment agency in an application for an interim injunction
advised a technology company on the enforceability of its non-compete clause
advised and represented recruitment consultants and a leading recruitment company on defending an application for an injunction for breach of restrictive covenants and breach of confidence in the High Court, as well as drafted the Defence
advised a national business services provider on a non-compete covenant
advised a multinational corporation on an application for an injunction for breach of confidence and on the enforceability of its restrictive covenants
successfully represented the claimant hairdresser in an application for a springboard injunction in the High Court
Talia has been involved in a number of claims arising out of industrial disputes and is frequently instructed by organisations within the heavily unionised healthcare, transportation and education sectors.
instructed by British Airways in relation to the wetleasing of aircraft from Qatar Airways during the recent industrial action
advised Heineken in respect of its collective agreements
led by Bruce Carr QC in an application for an injunction against the Prison Officers Association
successfully represented a multinational corporation in a claim for trade union detriment
instructed by a bus company in respect of potential injunction to prevent recent strike action
successfully represented British Airways in a claim for trade union detriment arising from a cabin crew dispute
successfully represented a trade union in a claim for race discrimination brought by an trade union member against a trade union representative.
Talia is recommended in Legal 500 as a leading junior in Education. She has experience representing both claimants and defendants in the County Court, SENDIST (First-tier Tribunal) and Employment Tribunal. Talia has particular expertise in disability discrimination claims and exclusions.
representing an Oxbridge University in a failure to make reasonable adjustments and victimisation claim brought by a student, including challenges to the form of assessment
representing a University in a breach of contract claim brought by a PHD student regarding an alleged failure to provide adequate supervision
successfully represented a well-known London Academy in a series of disability discrimination claims, including in relation to an exclusion
represented a school in a complex holiday pay claim brought by peripatetic teachers
successfully represented a prestigious independent school in a disability discrimination claim brought on behalf of one of its pupils in the SENDIST
successfully represented a school in a disability discrimination claim brought by a prospective pupil challenging the approach taken by the school and LA following the naming of the school on the child's statement
represented the claimant teacher in a disability discrimination claim brought against Harrow School in the ET (settled)
Talia has a burgeoning insurance and professional negligence practice, acting for both claimants and defendants. She has experience in fast track and multi-track commercial cases in the County Courts and High Court. Talia is a member of PNBA and COMBAR.
acting for the defendant construction company in a negligence claim and coverage dispute led by Colin Edelman QC, including as sole counsel in defending an application for an interim payment of £10 million
advising a College in relation to insurance coverage for a mesothelioma claim
acted for the defendant solicitors in relation to a solicitor's negligence claim brought following the late service of proceedings
advising a claimant developer in relation to a solicitor's negligence claim, approximate value £500,000
acted for multiple claimants bringing claims against solicitors instructed to act in an unusual property transaction
acted for the claimant in a claim brought against financial advisors and solicitors arising out of the removal of funds from the Court of Protection and their subsequent investment, approximate value £1.5 million (with Ben Lynch)
acting for a defendant architect in a claim for negligence arising out of significant building works
acted for the claimant in a claim under Director's Liability insurance involving issues of non-disclosure
drafted pleading in a high value insurance claim brought under an Employers’ Liability Policy led by Andrew Burns QC
Talia has lectured recently on topics including:
Insurance Act
Notification of claims
Insurance broker's negligence
Lawyer's negligence in employment claims
Talia has lectured on several subjects. Recent topics include:
Anti-Strike Injunctions and Actions Against Striking Employees
Changes to Terms & Conditions
Admitted to the New York State Bar (2008)
ELBA, ELA, COMBAR, PNBA, Free Representation Unit
Becker Law Scholarship (Cambridge University)
Exhibition Award (Inner Temple)
LL.M, New York University School of Law 2005
B.A. Affiliate Law, Cambridge University 2004
B.A. English, Birmingham University 2000
Sub-contractor unable to benefit from project insurance for construction works
New edition of “Injunctions” and updated “Discrimination Law” released
Devereux Recognised by Chambers UK 2013
Ten members of Devereux Chambers Employment team appointed to the panel of preferred counsel for the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Uplifts: where to next?
Excluding documents from the bundle ~ A practical view from the tribunal
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla: equal pay equals costs?
High Court rules interim declaration a “very exceptional remedy” in contractual disputes
Court of Appeal delivers important judgment on liability of the union for its officials
Never mind the ballots………. …..here’s the Trade Union Act
Discrimination Law - Bloomsbury Professional (2016)
Jordans Employment Law (2011)
Current employment law issues faced by in-house lawyers
Professional Negligence seminar
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Tag Archives: Dhukkha
The Venerable Ajahn Chah Speaks about Suffering
Exerpts of the Dhamma Book “No Ajahn Chah – Reflections” Verses from the Chapter on Suffering
Two Kinds of Suffering
“There are two kinds of suffering: the suffering which leads to more suffering, and the suffering which leads to the end of suffering. The first is the pain of grasping after fleeting pleasures and aversion for the unpleasant, the continued struggle of most people day after day. The second is the suffering which comes when you allow yourself to feel fully the constant change of experience – pleasure, pain, joy, and anger – without fear or withdrawal. The suffering of our experience leads to inner fearlessness and peace”.
The Easy Way
We want to take the easy way, but if there’s no suffering, there’s no wisdom. To be ripe for wisdom, you must really break down and cry in your practice at least three times.
Why become a Monk or Nun?
We don’t become monks or nuns to eat well, sleep and he very comfortable, but to know, suffering:
How to accept it…
How to get rid of it..
How not to cause it…
So don’t do that which causes suffering, like indulging in greed, or it will never leave you.
Catch 22 – Clinging to Suffering by Seeking Relief
In truth, happiness is suffering in disguise but in such a subtle form that you don’t see it. If you cling to happiness, it the same as clinging to suffering, but you don’t realize it. When you hold onto happiness, it’s impossible to throw away the inherent suffering. They’re inseparable like that. Thus the Buddha taught us to know suffering, see it as the inherent harm in happiness, to see them as equal. So be careful! When happiness arises, don’t be overjoyed, and don’t get carried away. When suffering comes, don’t despair, don’t lose yourself in it. See that they have the same equal value.
Who is it Who Suffers?
When suffering arises, understand that there is no one to accept it. If you think suffering is yours, happiness is yours, you will not be able to find peace.
Dharmathai Notes
Applying the Teachings;
Clinging to Suffering by Seeking Relief
It is important to contemplate in Meditation, the Impermanent Nature of all things, including non-physical things such as feelings and thoughts, be they pleasurable or unpleasurable. The Contemplation and Attainment of deep insights about Impermanence will cause the Insight into the other two factors of the Dhamma (Existence, namely, Dhukkha (Unsatisfactoriness) and Anatta (Non-Permanent-Self-Nature)
The Problem with our wrong understanding of how things are, causes us to see relief from suffering by seeking escape by absorbing our self in Worldly pleasures. These Pleasures do of course bring some kind of Joy, but they are temporary pleasures which fade, and leave one longing for more, or a repeat of the pleasurable experience. So when we feel bored, or lonely, it is because we miss the excitement of the party, the company of friends, etc. The company of friends and the excitement of the party, are both pleasures which are temporary. The suffering arises from the empty hole left by the absence of the pleasure which has faded (due to its impermanent nature).
This is precisely how tobacco addiction happens. The relief from the smoke makes the suffering seem to disappear. In fact, it hasn’t disappeared at all, it has just been smothered with some pleasure which makes it harder to notices its presence. Once the impermanent rush of pleasure has faded, we may feel fulfilled for a while, but slowly, the inclination (Craving) to repeat the relieving experience returns, and we become pulled along by the Craving. This cycle of fulfillment, craving and seeking fulfillment again, is the process of two of the chains in the Paticcasammupphada (wheel of dependent origination), which are called ‘Danha and Upadhana’ (Craving and Addiction). We become conditioned to this and thus become chained to the cause and effects of suffering, in a never ending wheel.
This is also a large part of what causes our Endless Rebirths in Samsara. To contemplate and attain insights into these causes of suffering within us, and to realize with Insight, that these pleasures are true causes of Suffering, then we shall slowly develop a turning away from such illusory pleasures, and be able to renounce them with Wisdom.
Becoming a Monk or Nun means to make a Vow before Buddha, which is in Truth a Vow Unto Your Self. Whether you become a Monk or a Nun by Ceremony, is nothing to do with Whether You will Truly practice or Not. The True Applied Practice comes from Inner Effort with oneself, requiring Self Honesty and Diligence. This Road of Self Development can be practiced by Any Person who has arrived at the point of needing to begin this Practice. If you have Seen and Agreed that all thinbgs are Anijja Dhukkha and Anatta (Impermanent, lead to Unsatisfactoriness and have no Inherent Unchanging Self), and you Find the World a simple Trap, and Unescapable Predicament of Suffering, and wish to Attain the Paths and Fruits of the Noble Ones (train to become disattached from all worldly attachments and indulgences), then ordination as a Monk or Nun would be perhaps advisable. But if you have not applied Diligent and Intensive practice as a Layperson and got results, then it is not Advisable to ordain before this has been done. In Truth, the Ordained Sangha is just the ‘Sommutti sangha’ and the True ‘Sangha’ means those who have entered the Paths or Fruits of the Noble Ones (Sotapanna, Sakitakami, Anakami, Arahant). One does not need to ordain to become a Noble One, nor does one need to ordain to Practice or Keep precepts.
If you wish to practice, most Practices except those which are already of a very High Level of Advancement, can ve applied as a Lay person. It was never intended to say that only Monks or Nuns can become Enlightened, rather that the ordained Life is for those who wish to (and are strong enough to) Renounce the World Completely. if you think you will need Family Ties, facebook, Internet and the like,then you are not truly Renouncing. Many Ordained Members of the Sangha do not renmounce anything more than Lay Persons in many ways. Monks these days are seen to use Computers, Internet, Build Schools, Hold Dhamma Courses etc. These are all Auspicious Actions, but they are worldly actions, and still involved in Clinging to the World. This kind of Ordained Person has less chance to Attain Liberation by Practice, for they may spend most of their time occupied with daily tasks and chores that are very much Worldly, such as organizing courses, printing and typing, administrating.. Merits are accumulated slowly, and more merit than a normal person helping the world is attained because of the keeping of the Ordained precepts. The Buddha However, did not say that Sila (Precepts keeping) was a cause of Enlightenment, nor did he say that Samadhi (Concentration) was the direct cause. he named the third quality of Panya (Insight Wisdom and Intelligence) as the true cause of Awakening. The only way to Awaken is to learn to see the Dhamma and Awaken to it, in conjunction with developing the strengths and qualities necessary to have enough effort and will to overcome the obstacles and temptations of the Kilesa (defiled Instincts).
When Insight is Attained into the Non Permanent States which arise within the Mind, it becomes apparent, that although there is a constant seeming awareness (of a Self?, this being what we think is the Self?) present, that awareness is never the same in any two given moments. Because of this constant flux in the condition of the state of awareness, the perceptions we recieve, the moods, feelings and reactions which arise from our contact with the various phenomena, people, events, sensations, cravings and expectations which arise, we become convinced that this conglomeration of things is indeed our true Self.There is no permanently unchangingquality or character that resides within Our Awarenesses, and this is of course what is meant by ‘Non-Self’.
Once we have Intuitively Understood the meaning of Non-Self, we can then begin to accurately conclude in Meditative Contemplation, that there is no Self as Such that is Suffering. Although the Seemingly Unpleasant Effects still arise, if we do not Cling to them as ours, and see their Impermanent Nature, our relationship to them Changes, and we loosen the Fetters a little, making Our Sufferings Lessen, if not Totally Disappear. One can not expect them to completely Disappear until one has wandered the Path for a very long time, and is about to Enter the Path of the Noble Ones. Until then though, we can lessen our Burdens and Prepare the Way for that Future Day of Awakening, by practicing the Contemplation of Impermanence, and Striving to See the Dhukkha and Non-Self Aspects of Nature.
Original collection of Dhamma reflections of Ajahn Chah published for Free Distribution, Compiled and Edited by Dhamma Garden following the wish of Ajahn Chah, that his Dhamma Teachings never be Sold in any Way or Form. The book is for Free Distribution only.
“Offer the Gift of Dhamma to Others as Freely as it has Been Offered to You”
(Our Beloved Teacher and venerable Master – Ajahn Chah
Dharmathai Notes written by Ajarn Spencer Littlewood – Use, Sharing and Republication Permitted according to Creative Commons rules (Give Credits to the Author, and/or link to dharmathai.com).
Dhamma Links
MP3 Dhamma Talks by Ajahn Chah
Dhamma Download
No Ajahn Chah – Free PDF Ebook Download for Free Sharing of the Dhamma according to the Wishes of Ajahn Chah. – ‘No Ajahn Cha’Originally Published in Printed Format by Dhamma Garden Singapore, types and transliterated into PDF by Kritanut Wattana and Ajarn Spencer Littlewood.
Relevant Dhamma Study Links;
Dependent Origination – a Basic Guide (Buddhanet)
Twelve Nidanas in Buddhist Philosophy
This entry was posted in All Posts and tagged Ajahn Chah Speaks, All Posts, Dhukkha, Suffering, Venerable Ajahn Chah on June 11, 2012 by Ajarn Spencer Littlewood.
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Home / Cars / Ecuador will have the first pure electric bus fleet by March 2019
Ecuador will have the first pure electric bus fleet by March 2019
ElecTrans Editor 16th November 2018 Cars, Commercial Vehicles, EV News, Public Transport Leave a comment 536 Views
BYD will provide 20 of its buses to Ecuadorian bus operator Saucinc
Private bus operator Saucinc and BYD have just closed a sales deal of 20 electric buses for Guayaquil; the first electric fleet in the country and the second of Latin-America.
Public bank CFN will finance the purchase of 20 buses and complete charge system, with a total cost of US$7.7 million.
Saucinc is a private bus operator from Guayaquil, Ecuador, that has been seeking to modernise its fleet with electric technology. After five years of research, they signed a credit of US$7.7 million with CFN for the purchase of 20 electric buses and their charge system.
BYD, the world leader in electric mobility and green technology, is manufacturing the order of 12-metre buses with a passenger capacity of 80 people per bus. By March 2019, Guayaquil City will have a zero emissions fleet with features such as air conditioning, WIFI and increased comfort for the driver, promoting the modernisation of public transport in Ecuador.
The electric bus had a real operation test period in Guayaquil City between November 2017 and March 2018, with an average range of 250 km per day.
In total, 72,000 people used the electric bus. It is estimated that this 20 eBus fleet will avoid the emissions of 12.8 tonnes of CO2 and consumption of 2.9 million gallons of diesel over a year’s operation, achieving savings of USD 8 million for the Ecuadorian government, who are currently subsidising fuel oil.
“This is a great example of how public and private sectors can work together for the welfare of citizens” said BYD country manager Jorge Burbano.
The Municipal Transit Agency of Guayaquil supported this private project considering the acceptance it had among users, after they created a poll to measure their appreciation of the service. 85% of the users approved the new technology and a new ticket rate for zero emissions transport, air conditioning and new buses.
BYD technology will give the drivers a comfortable work place and increased road safety, with features such as speed limit control via software, and cameras inside the bus.
Guayaquil will become an electric mobility leader in Ecuador with the first electric bus fleet and the first fast charge station. This charge station will also provide energy to an electric taxi project that is to be confirmed in 2019. Following Santiago, the capital of Chile, which currently has a fleet of 100 buses, Guayaquil is fast becoming a referent in the South America region for zero emissions public mobility.
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Reminiscences and Reflections of an Octogenarian Highlander Chapter XXIII. - A Parish Vacancy
I SHOULD here refer to the losses suffered by Highland farmers in the hard years "Na Bliadhnachan Cruaidh" between 1836 and 1841, but as it would break the thread of discourse on the ecclesiastical subject, I will postpone my remarks till another time.
The war was at a roaring height of mutual exasperation the State bullying through the Courts of Law, and the dominant party in the Church bullying through the General Assembly, and from pulpits, platforms, and press when Mr Duncan Campbell left Glenlyon in 1842 for the parish of Kiltearn in Ross-shire. The Glen people had not fixed their minds on any particular person as the man they would like to get as his successor. They were not, however, left long to seek for a successor. The dominant party in the Assembly took good care that a follower of theirs should be recommended to every vacant Highland charge where there was the slightest chance of winning a victory, or failing that, of raising a loud cry against patrons, the Peel Government, and minatory Tory lairds. A Mr Hamilton, of whom the Glen people knew nothing at all, was provided for the Glenlyon vacancy. Presbytery of Weem ministers of his party gave him their turns for preaching in the Glen. He came, was welcomed hospitably, and preached on two Sundays, in English and in Gaelic, as the rule then was. He seemed to be of the sound, solid, and somewhat heavy class of preachers. The general verdict was that he could not stand favourable comparison with any of the three former ministers. But as he belonged to the popular side, and was recommended from headquarters, the Glen people were easily induced to sign a petition to the Government requesting that he should be presented. Sir Niel Menzies, chief of his clan, a kindly old fashioned resident landlord, and a ruling Church of Scotland elder, knew Glenlyon and its people very well; for besides old social intercourse between Castle Menzies and Meggernie Castle, he was one of the three trustees who managed the Culdares estate during the long minority and absenteeism of young Culdares. If Sir Niel, like the new Tories, thought the tenant voters should take their politics from their proprietors, he led his tenants in the shoulder to shoulder way, without a hint of coercion. Now when the Glen people finished the signing of their petition, they appointed a deputation of three to go over the hills to Rannoch Lodge to see Sir Niel to tell him what they wanted and to beg him to lend them his support I do not know exactly in what way and to assure him that why they petitioned in favour of Mr Hamilton was because they desired to keep out of the Veto Act trouble, which they could not do unless their petition was granted. I suppose what they asked was gi-anted, for they came back highly delighted with their reception, and not a little amused by Sir Niel's discovery that one of their number, Archibald Macdiarmid, in Glen parlance, "Gilleaspa Mor Scoileir," or "Big Gillespie the Scholar," was as like Dr Chalmers as if they had been twin-brothers. The likeness was striking, although not so twin-like as Sir Niel declared it to be.
The petition was sent to the proper quarter, and its receipt was duly acknowledged. The sanguine waited in hope that the prayer would be granted, and the whole congregation would have been very glad indeed to get a decent minister without being hauled into the turmoil connected with the operation of the Veto Act north, south, east, and west of them.
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Now: July/August 2010
Events and conferences from the July/August 2010.
Illustration by Kate Slater Illustration by Kate Slater
By Fast Company Staff 8 minute Read
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
A mobile app for diagnosing disease. A video game aimed at fighting poverty. A “robo nanny” that assists teachers in the classroom. Sort of puts your high-school science project to shame, huh? Short on years but long on vision, more than 300,000 student inventors tackled global problems for Microsoft’s international competition. Some 500 of them will descend on Warsaw, Poland, for the finals. “So many young students are being innovative and bringing new ideas to market,” says Helena Xu, 22, a U.S. team member. “The future is going to be shaped by young adults like us.” — Suzy Evans
When this grueling race began in 1903, the 20,000-franc prize ($4,000 in today’s dollars) wasn’t enough to entice entrants, and its organizers had to also offer a five-franc daily allowance. Fast-forward a century: The top prize is 450,000 euros and everyone’s clamoring to get in, though the sport’s increasingly international appeal has some bikeophiles grousing that the Tour de France is becoming, well, less French. This year, the event starts in Rotterdam, with as many American teams (a record-setting four, for sponsors such as RadioShack and Garmin) as French teams. Sacré bleu! — Kate Rockwood
Sustainable Tourism 2010
What Women Want: The Global Marketplace Turns Female Friendly
Women control the majority of household income in the U.S., but catering to their specific desires (and thus creating a better shopping experience for both genders) is still a novel concept for some retailers. In this book, eagle-eyed retail wonk Paco Underhill muses his way through strip malls, pharmacies, and big-box electronics shops. Among his conclusions: Women like stores as they like their wine — light, bright, and white. — KR
Collaboration, Electronic Messaging, Anti-Abuse, and Spam Conference
“There are few things more bothersome than junk email,” says conference president Gordon Cormack. Last year, spam — roughly 90% of all emails — cost businesses $130 billion in lost productivity, up 30% from 2007. Scientists in Redmond, Washington, will talk prevention tech, from the Bayesian filter (assigns each word a “spam score” and deletes high-score emails) to support-vector machines (homes in on specific spam triggers, such as “Viagra”). Until then, can you wire us $3,000? We’re Nigerian royalty, honest. — Dan Macsai
This Bastille Day, toast a different sort of French revolution: “grower champagne,” the underdog out to mount a coup d’état against the monarchy of big champagne houses. Of the 15,000 grape growers in the region, historically few have bottled their own elixirs — the majority sell grapes to négoçiants, such as Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot, which blend and bottle, and capture 97% of U.S. sales. But now, more growers are storming the figurative Bastille and crafting their own artisanal bubbly. So far, they’ve taken only a sip of the $291 million U.S. market, but it’s a start. Vive la révolution. — Lillian Cunningham
15th Anniversary of Amazon
Fifteen years after Amazon sold its first book — Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies — it’s locked in a pricing war with Penguin, in an attempt to give its Kindle e-reader an edge over the iPad and Nook. How to resolve the dispute peacefully? Christopher Voss, a veteran FBI hostage negotiator, points to Macmillan’s January open letter to Amazon, which helped the bookseller agree to higher prices by explaining why $9.99 can’t fairly compensate e-book creators. “Macmillan appealed to the readers sitting on the sidelines,” Voss says. “That’s who Amazon is really worried about.” Even if bookworms aren’t known for combat skills. — DM
National Drive-Thru Day
10th World Congress of Bioethics
“In a way, bioethics is sort of a catch-up game,” says Lee Hin Peng, chair of this biennial meet-up, which draws the field’s top academics, researchers, and policy advisers. “Every time there’s a new development in science, you stretch the boundaries a little bit more.” Held in Singapore, this year’s event aims to hash out pressing ethical concerns in science and public health in a globalized world, such as organ trafficking; stem-cell therapies; even the May announcement of the creation of the first “synthetic cell,” which has the potential to kick open the doors to full-blown genetic engineering. The goal, says Lee, is to come up with universal principles whose applications in a specific locality take into consideration the history, culture, and religious background of that country. — Jennifer Vilaga
Jersey Shore Season 2 Premiere
“We are pioneers of an ugly age,” said casting director Doron Ofir, after his pièce de résistance, MTV’s Jersey Shore, was picked up for another season. To wit: Now that Shore, chronicling the lives of self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes, has parlayed an Italian-American stereotype into a national phenomenon, no subculture is safe from the reality-TV treatment. New shows in the works include Iranians (The Persian Version), Massachusetts dwellers (Wicked Summer), and Latino gay men (Chongas). Godspeed, advocacy groups. — DM
5oth Anniversary of Benin’s Independence
August 1960 was a bumper month for African independence: Benin kicked off the sovereignty streak and seven more colonies followed suit. Alas, civil strife, corruption, and gross mismanagement have stifled economic growth. Today, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Central African Republic — all sons of August — boast some of the most dismal per capita GDPs in the world (Benin, the Ivory Coast, and Chad fare only slightly better). But abundant minerals and foreign investment paint a brightening economic picture. The IMF projects sub-Saharan GDPs will grow 4.7% this year, compared to a 2.3% bump in developed nations. — Clay Dillow
Mon, August 02
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
What happens when you vomit in a space suit? Or can’t shower for two weeks? Or break the space-shuttle toilet? (Pressurized air pushes the vomit from your mouth to prevent drowning; your body odor peaks at two weeks and your clothes begin to disintegrate; and you really, really don’t want to know … except you sort of do.) Journalist Mary Roach furthers her obsessive charting of the human body during sex (Bonk), death (Stiff), the afterlife (Spook), and now in space, in this hilarious, graphic, and thorough look at space exploration and the decidedly surreal simulations that happen here on Earth to make it possible. — KR
Twins Days Festival
Today, one in 90 U.S. births are twins, and multiple births have doubled since the 1970s, largely due to advancements in fertility drugs and treatments. From science comes science: In addition to the 2,500 sets of twins and multiples — from infants to octogenarians — who flock to Twinsburg, Ohio, for the 34th annual festival of three-legged races and cutest-twins contests, a dozen scientists are invited to use the fairgrounds as recruiting grounds for genetics studies. How’s that for a two-for-one deal? — Emilia Benton
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Coal-Gen 2010
The coal industry is begging for new rules and fighting existing ones. Eight years of inconsistent oversight by the Bush administration left a cobweb regulatory framework neither companies nor courts can decipher. But while the current administration sorts out next steps for regulation, industry giants head to Pittsburgh to debate direction in coal tech. Some are still banking on carbon capture (Powerspan’s new solvent promises to capture 90% of carbon dioxide from burning coal, dry it, and compress it for storage), while others argue for burning renewable biomass along with carbon (sort of like blending Coke with Diet Coke to halve the calories). Only time — and maybe Obama — will tell which tech prevails. — Damian Joseph
Eat Pray Love Premieres
Let’s hear it for second chances. Ryan Murphy, the award-winning creator of Glee and Nip/Tuck, takes another stab at translating a best-selling memoir into film (his first was the poorly received Running With Scissors). This time, he’s upping the star quotient with Julia Roberts playing the writer Elizabeth Gilbert, who, in a bid to overcome existential angst, gorges her way through Rome, seeks the divine in an Indian ashram, and finds her future husband in Bali — an experience she recorded in a 2006 travelogue that has since been translated into 38 languages and sold more than 7.5 million copies. Gilbert herself is no stranger to the big screen: EPL may be the penance needed to atone for Coyote Ugly, which originated as an article she wrote for GQ. — JV
Living Walls, the City Speaks
Long a symptom of urban decay, graffiti has been co-opted into presidential campaigns, fashion, even dinnerware, yet no one has dared promote it as a crucial factor for vibrant community building. Monica Campana and Blacki Li Rudi Migliozzi, an artist and a grad student, respectively, propose just that with a free conference on street art and urbanism. The end goal is to blanket Atlanta with posters submitted by street artists from all over the world on walls “donated” by businesses. In soliciting canvases, the sell was easy once Migliozzi showed artists’ work samples. “People see the artistic value,” he says. “They see it as good work, not just tagging on a wall.” A lecture series and artist presentations are planned, as well as a night in which participants can crochet “graffiti” onto light posts and other fixtures. A tight-knit community never got so literal. — JV
We’re all for promoting cultural exchange among 14- to 18-year-olds and spreading the Olympic values of excellence, friendship, and respect, but is this inaugural Youth Olympic Games really necessary? A 15-year-old Tara Lipinski took figure-skating gold at Nagano, Kerri Strug landed her gold-clinching vault at 18, and Michael Phelps collected eight medals before his 20th birthday (the youngest gold medalist ever: 13-year-old American diver Marjorie Gestring in 1936). Of course, 12 days filled with 3,600 competitors, 370,000 spectators, and sponsors ranging from Samsung to McDonald’s means that while athletes compete for gold, silver, and bronze, Games host Singapore is a lock to bring home the green. — CD
A version of this article appeared in the July/August 2010 issue of Fast Company magazine.
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Google Search Graphs Public Data
By: Nicholas Kolakowski | April 29, 2009
Google's new search tool allows users to search for public data, such as the unemployment rate for various states and counties, and see it presented as an interactive graph. The initial launch includes population and unemployment data, although Google hopes to expand the service to cover other areas. Google has been concentrating on adding new features to both search and other solutions as it competes for market share.
A new search tool by Google allows users to see certain types of public data, such as the unemployment rate and population, presented as an interactive graph.
When searching, if a user pairs a search term such as "unemployment rate" or "population" with a geographical location within the United States (such as "Arizona"), the top search result will be an interactive graph that allows the user to see that unemployment or population rate over time.
A menu bar on the leftmost part of the screen will then allow the user to overlay other county or state data atop that initial graph. For anyone with the desperate urge to see how the unemployment rate in North Dakota has compared to that of Arizona over the past 18 years, your ship has well and truly arrived.
"The data we're including in this first launch represents just a small fraction of all the interesting public data available on the [Web]," Ola Rosling, product manager for Google wrote in a corporate blog posting. "All the data we've used in this first launch are produced and published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Division."
"There are statistics for prices of cookies, CO2 emissions, asthma frequency, high school graduation rates, bakers' salaries, number of wildfires, and the list goes on," Rosling said, suggesting that the data-graphing service might expand.
The launch also hints that Google is exploring pathways into more visually oriented search, something further confirmed by Rosling on the Google blog.
"Since Google's acquisition of Trendalyzer two years ago, we have been working on creating a new service that [makes] lots of data instantly available for intuitive, visual exploration," she added. "Today's launch is the first step in that direction."
Purchased in 2007, Trendalyzer generated "moving graphics and other novel effects in the display of facts, figures, and statistics in presentations," according to Google, which at the time of acquisition said that the visualization tools would be applied to future applications.
Google has made a strategy of rolling smaller companies' technology into its own search and productivity tools. In July 2007, the search-engine giant acquired GrandCentral, whose technology it used to create Google Voice, a phone-based application that lets users condense their phone numbers into a single one, and provides added features such as automated voicemail transcription.
Google's latest focus has also been on expanding its search capability. Users can now have their Google profile displayed at the bottom of name-query search pages, potentially allowing Google to create more of a social-networking presence online similar to that already offered by Facebook and Twitter.
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A beginner’s guide to foraging in the UK
Foraging is very popular these days — what’s not to love about bringing home your own herbs and mushrooms from the great outdoors? However, there are definitely some basic foraging tips to follow before you go out with the intent of bringing home dinner. If you want to know where to forage this summer, what’s available in the warm months, and how to go foraging in ways that respect the land and make sure you don’t get a stomach ache, we’ve got you covered.
What you can forage in summer months
Summer in the UK is prime season for foraging wild berries. Blueberries and wild strawberries love hot weather, though the strawberries you’ll find in woods and hedgerows will be quite different from those in the shops: they’ll be small and intensely flavoured, and will be at their best towards the end of summer. Blackberries ripen later in summer too, at the end of July and August; don’t pick them from their homes in hedges and heaths unless they have a full, rich colour.
Elderberries, hawthorn berries and rowan berries are also great summer foraging fruits, while sloes — perfect for making your own sloe gin — and wild raspberries tend to ripen later, as the weather begins to cool. Crab apples are prime candidates for gorgeous crab apple jelly, and are available for picking in late August.
Search for Chanterelle mushrooms
Beyond berries and fruits, there’s a lot to offer the enterprising summer forager. Chanterelle mushrooms, with their distinctive ochre-coloured trumpets, are found in woodlands and mossy areas from around July, though if you’ve never foraged for mushrooms before it’s wise to go with an experienced guide.
Beechnuts and hazelnuts ripen into tasty snacks in August and September, full of crunch. Mallow’s pink flowers and leaves are both edible and begin to show in full force in midsummer, while young nettles flourish in late spring and early summer; cook them properly or boil them in tea to get rid of the sting.
Several common summer flowers are great foraging material too. The cream flowers of meadowsweet are often used to flavour teas and wines, though they shouldn’t be consumed by anybody with an aspirin allergy as they contain an anticoagulant. Gorse flowers, with their pretty yellow tinge, can be used to make gorse wine, while the leaves of yarrow are tastily bitter addition to summer salads. The common dandelion is also edible, with summer foragers making the flowers into a sugar syrup for desserts or making dandelion wine with the petals.
You can find tasty strawberries whilst foraging
Where to forage this summer
If you’ve never foraged before, it’s a good idea to sign up for a course. Experts can teach you how to tell the difference between similar-looking plants, pick out things that wouldn’t be visible to the untrained eye, highlight the best timings for various species, and tell you the most suitable ways to prepare foraged foods.
Heaths, hedgerows, wild woodland and seaside hedges are often good places to look for foraging material. Depending on your location, you’ll get different varieties of ripe plants during the summer months, so be aware that you won’t have the same experience everywhere.
Wild Food UK operates summer courses all over Britain, from Glamis Castle in Scotland to Dartmoor and Suffolk, which will help you identify the best local flora to pick and also provide recipes for your haul. Foragers in London will love the course run by Robin Hartford, who also holds summer foraging courses in Devon, Dorset, Sussex and Oxford; in summer he identifies a minimum of 20 edible plants on every walk.
Pick some tasty crab apples in late August
In Cornwall, the Fat Hen takes foragers on a range of different journeys, including whole weekends devoted to foraging and one course devoted entirely to the Cornish coast’s rich supply of edible seaweeds. Foragers in Wales, meanwhile, can dip into the possibilities of plants along the rich Welsh coastline, and pair them with fish with Fishing And Foraging Wales, or introduce their kids to the wonders of food in the wild with Brecon Beacons Foraging’s specialist children’s course.
There’s a lot to delight families and adventurers in Scotland, too. Galloway Wild Foods runs day courses in the forests of Argyll and longer kayaking and foraging weekends around various Scottish lochs in the summer months.
If you’re setting out to forage on your own for the first time, remember to be completely certain of what you’re picking before you attempt to take it home; take a guidebook to help. Unrecognised or rare species should stay where they are, and don’t completely decimate a local population, even if it’s tasty – after all, wild plants and flowers are an important food source for native animals. Always make sure you’re foraging from a place which allows it, as picking or foraging on privately owned land without the owner’s permission is illegal.
Beechnuts are the perfect snack in early Autumn
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FSB releases progress report on reducing misconduct risk in the finance industry
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has today published a progress report for the G20 on the FSB’s work on addressing misconduct in the financial sector. The progress report on the Measures to reduce misconduct risk sets out details about the FSB-coordinated work to address misconduct in the financial sector and the timeline for the actions. That work includes: considering whether post crisis reforms to incentives are sufficient to address misconduct risks; and whether steps are needed to improve global standards of conduct in the fixed income, commodities and currency (FICC) markets, including improvements in the integrity and reliability of benchmarks. Highlights from the reports include:
The role of incentives in reducing misconduct in markets and institutions
The FSB will establish a working group to exchange good practices in the use of governance frameworks to address misconduct risks.
By the 2016 G20 Summit the FSB will examine the use of various compensation tools for addressing misconduct and, if appropriate, make recommendations on better practices.
In 2016 Q1 the FSB will hold a workshop to share national experiences on the role of bank regulators’ enforcement powers in addressing misconduct by individuals, and on effective approaches to establishment of frameworks for individual accountability for misconduct risk.
International coordination on conduct in FICC markets
By July 2016 the FSB will report on further progress in implementing the work plan on interest rate benchmarks.
In the first quarter of 2016 the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) will conclude its follow-up review of key interest rate benchmark administrators and will start a follow-up review of major global FX benchmark providers.
By May 2017 the Bank for International Settlements Markets Committee will finalise its global foreign exchange (FX) code of conduct standards and principles, and proposals to ensure greater market adherence than to existing codes.
Coordination in the application of conduct regulation and the need for credible deterrence
The FSB is encouraging senior officials from prudential and conduct financial authorities to share information on their respective powers and approaches to the supervision and enforcement of conduct rules.
The FSB has been established to coordinate at the international level the work of national financial authorities and international standard setting bodies and to develop and promote the implementation of effective regulatory, supervisory and other financial sector policies in the interest of financial stability. It brings together national authorities responsible for financial stability in 24 countries and jurisdictions, international financial institutions, sector-specific international groupings of regulators and supervisors, and committees of central bank experts. Through the six regional groups, the FSB conducts outreach with another approximately 65 jurisdictions.
Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Compensation, EMDEs, Financial Benchmarks, Impact Assessments
6 November 2015 Measures to reduce misconduct risk
Update on the FSB-coordinated work on addressing misconduct in the financial industry.
Content Type(s): Progress Reports, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Compensation, Financial Benchmarks
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First Mobil-branded Service Stations to Open in Mexico
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ExxonMobil announced a partnership with retailer Grupo Orsan to open eight Mobil-branded service stations this week in Querétaro as part of the company’s entry in Mexico’s fuels market. ExxonMobil plans to open 50 Mobil stations in the Bajio region by the end of the first quarter of 2018.
ExxonMobil is the first company to fully leverage Mexico’s new energy model and provide an integrated product offering along the entire fuels value chain. The new Mobil-branded stations will be operated by Grupo Orsan and supplied with gasoline and diesel produced by ExxonMobil’s refineries in Texas. Fuels will be distributed by rail through two private fuels terminals located in San Luis Potosi and San Jose Iturbide. This is part of ExxonMobil’s long-term commitment to invest $300 million in fuels logistics, product inventories and marketing in Mexico over the next 10 years.
“The opening of these first eight Mobil service stations, made possible by Mexico’s new energy policy regime, is a significant milestone for the country and our company,” said Carlos Rivas, fuels director for ExxonMobil Mexico. “We look forward to helping meet the country’s growing demand for energy with a reliable supply of high-quality fuels and a positive customer experience.”
“Orsan’s partnership with ExxonMobil will increase our competitiveness in the fully deregulated fuels market, supported by a globally prestigious brand like Mobil and a unique marketing offer designed to attract consumers,” said Carlos Sandoval, chief executive officer of Grupo Orsan.
With the introduction of Mobil-branded stations and Synergy™-branded fuels in Mexico, ExxonMobil is presenting a breakthrough forecourt and our most advanced fuel formulations. ExxonMobil’s Synergy product line increases engine-cleaning power, helping improve engine performance, responsiveness and fuel economy compared to gasoline meeting minimum Mexican government standards. The fuels will be marketed as Mobil Synergy Supreme+, Mobil Synergy Extra and Mobil Synergy Diesel.
ExxonMobil will also launch a Guaranteed Fuels program to help assure Mobil customers, through routine visits to stations, that the fuels meet ExxonMobil’s stringent quality requirements and correct quantities are being sold. The program will be supported by an independent company that specializes in inspection, product testing and certification.
ExxonMobil has maintained a presence in Mexico for more than 130 years with other businesses and sales in the country, including chemicals and Mobil-branded lubricants, as well as interest in oil and gas exploration, where the company anticipates continued growth.
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Novel tool can identify COPD
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A novel approach for the identification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been developed by a team of researchers in the USA.
The findings, presented today (29 September, 2015) at the European Respiratory Society’s International Congress, could speed up current diagnosis times for the disease and uncover COPD before serious exacerbations and further loss of lung function have occurred.
COPD is underdiagnosed, and previous screening tools have relied on smoking history and patient report of cough and sputum. COPD is often uncovered during exacerbations and after significant loss of lung function.
This new study aimed at creating a simple tool, consisting of several questions that can be used with or without peak flow, to aid clinicians to find people with moderate or severe COPD, or people at risk of exacerbations of COPD before loss of lung function.
186 people with clinically-significant COPD were included in the study and compared with a control group of 160 people with mild or no COPD. Both groups completed questionnaires and had their lung function measured using peak flow and spirometry.
Authors used a method of analysis known as, random forests, to analyse the data and identify the best and smallest set of questions that differentiated patients with clinically significant COPD from controls. The value of adding peak flow to these questions was also assessed.
The results produced a set of five “yes or no” questions that together can accurately identify people with moderate or severe COPD or people at risk of exacerbations of COPD. The questions ask about breathing, how easily a person tires and acute respiratory illness and did not ask about smoking, cough or sputum.
When peak flow results were included the accuracy of the diagnosis was enhanced.
Professor David Mannino, presenting author from the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, commented: “The results of our study indicate that a 5-item questionnaire of carefully selected questions can help identify people before they have serious complications of COPD. This is also the first time a questionnaire has included assessment of exacerbation risk. Previous screening methods focused on smoking histories and sputum production. Our study also found that when clinicians include peak flow measurements in addition to the questionnaire, the identification of people with COPD is even more accurate.
“We hope these findings will improve how physicians find COPD and benefit patients by identifying those with more severe disease and at risk of exacerbations so they can be treated.”
Abstract: LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: A novel approach for identifying patients with undiagnosed clinically-significant COPD
Session: 366 Diagnosing and management of COPD in primary care
Date and time: 08.30-10.30, 29 Tuesday September, 2015
Room: Emerald
This study was funded by the US NIH- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
Dr. Manino has received honoraria/consulting fees and served on speaker bureaus for GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., Boehringer-Ingelheim, AstraZeneca PLC, Forest Laboratories Inc., Merck Amgen, and Creative Educational Concepts. Furthermore, he has received royalties from UptoDate and is on the Board of Directors for the COPD Foundation.
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Fresh Look: A Portfolio Review 2018 – Saturday, 4/14 – Kirk Pedersen (Zero+...
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Sat, April 14, 2018, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT
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The Lucie Foundation is proud to announce the ninth installment of Fresh Look: A Portfolio Review, taking place during the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Month of Photography Los Angeles. Photographers will have the opportunity to ENGAGE in critical conversation and receive constructive critique on their work, REFINE their portfolios, CONNECT with seasoned industry figures and fellow photographers, and CREATE meaningful relationships to take their work and career to the next level.
Fresh Look: A Portfolio Review will take place on Friday, 4/13, and Saturday, 4/14, from 10:00am – 2:00pm.
Each day offers nine blocks of reviews, lasting twenty minutes each. Participants are limited to one review block per reviewer.
About Kirk Pedersen:
Kirk Pedersen is a Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist—painter, photographer, publisher and professor. Traveling to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, and many other cities in Asia to capture what he called Urban Asia, Pedersen examined the seemingly ordinary stuff of life.
Kirk Pedersen received his M.A. from San Francisco State University and his M.F.A. in painting from Claremont Graduate University. He has exhibited extensively at major galleries, art fairs and museums throughout the United States. Internationally, Pedersen’s works have been featured in Germany, Switzerland, and China, including solo exhibitions at the Today Art Museum (Beijing) and the Duolun Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai).
Pedersen launched ZERO+ Publishing in January 2009 and the imprint focuses on urban, graffiti and Pop Surrealist artists based in Los Angeles. At the beginning of 2018, 60 unique titles including trade, clamshell and deluxe artist editions have been published.
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Trump says he can remove federal reserve chairman, but has no plans to
By Henry Fernandez Published June 24, 2019 The FedFOXBusiness
Trump thinks he can get rid of Fed Chair Jerome Powell: Charlie Gasparino
FOX Business’ Charlie Gasparino reports that President Trump feels that he can get rid of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
President Trump said he has no plans of removing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell from his post despite claiming he has the authority to do so.
“If I wanted to, but I have no plans to do anything,” Trump said when asked by The Hill on Monday if he had the power to remove Powell.
FOX Business’ Charlie Gasparino reported last week that President Trump feels that he can get rid of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Trump has been very critical of Powell and slammed the head of the U.S. central bank for leaving interest rates unchanged.
“Despite a Federal Reserve that doesn’t know what it is doing - raised rates far too fast (very low inflation, other parts of world slowing, lowering & easing) & did large scale tightening, $50 Billion/month, we are on course to have one of the best Months of June in U.S. history,” the president tweeted in a two-part post.
Trump even suggested last week that the stock market would be “10,000 points higher” if the Fed did not raise interest rates in December, marking it the fourth hike in 2018.
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A Bloomberg report stated the White House explored the legal avenue to potentially demote Powell. Despite his repeated criticism, the president has denied he threatened to remove Powell from his post.
“I didn't ever threaten to demote him,” Trump said during an interview on “Meet the Press.”
“I'd be able to do that if I wanted, but I haven't suggested that.”
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Powell was nominated to the Fed Chair position by Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate in February of 2018. His term ends in 2022.
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Sierra St John
Brief Introduction + History
WELCOME! To the OFFICIAL blog of the Firmly Planted Homeschool Resource Center!
Since opening on October 30th of 2017 we have gone through MANY A CHANGE! It's exciting, overwhelming all in the same breath... also pretty hard to keep up with, so thank you to everyone who's extended a little extra grace during this journey!
The purpose of our website has always been to educate and inform YOU about who and what we are at the FPHRC while, simultaneously, providing fun updates. The start has been a bit bumpy, but as we find our rhythm and delegate roles, things are leveling out.
So let's start with a brief introduction and a little history:
The Firmly Planted Homeschool Resource Center is a fruit of Firmly Planted Family (previously known as First Class Homeschool Ministries [FCHM]), a ministry founded by Jay and Heidi St John in 1999. FCHM started in Mt. Vernon, WA as a Co-op/ministry to Homeschooling families in Skagit County, WA. The purpose, heart and core of the Co-op model was to encourage families in the pursuit of family discipleship through community and relationship.
What began in a local Church as a small Homeschool Co-op (commonly known as Friday School) quickly grew and spread to other Churches, Counties, States and eventually became international. As the ministry grew (and the homeschool community in the United States) the Lord called the St. John family to the Vancouver/Portland metro area and over the next 18 years, would take what started as First Class Homeschool Ministries, on a journey to becoming Firmly Planted Family*.
The years following would not be without it's challenges and the LORD would continue to prove Himself Faithful, accomplishing His purpose. Firmly Planted Family has since produced Firmly Planted Family Bible Study Curriculum, a study for families of ALL ages to study God's Word together, k-12. The Lord began to stir a vision over the years of a full-time, Christ-centered, education center located in Vancouver, WA. Through prayer and action, He is accomplishing His purpose!
The core of Firmly Planted Family has been and continues to be family discipleship. We believe in the Biblical Family model where parents disciple and raise their children to love and follow Jesus. We also believe in community, Church-comaradarie, learning that's fun, coffee, music, dancing, movies, encouragement, workshops, bookstores and the study of life! Why not cram that all into one big building and call it Firmly Planted Homeschool Resource Center??
With the Lord's vision, guidance, lots of prayer and faith–The Lord has faithfully provided.
The FPHRC is the answer to years of faith, obedience, trial and error and PRAYER
And so, we press forward. We believe the Center is HIStory in the making and the product of many, many prayers answered. We continue to pray the Lord's favor and blessing over our growing tribe of FPHRC members, volunteers and staff. We are excited about the fruit we have seen since receiving the keys October 1st, 2017 and look forward to what's to come!!
Come join us! Come be a part of what the Lord is doing. Find encouragement. Support. Resources. Education and Christ-centered Truth in the midst of a seeking world.
*Firmly Planted Family found it's name a few short years after Jay + Heidi's vision of a large oak tree... bringing them to Psalm 1:3:
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
All praise and glory to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
First Class Homeschool Ministries 2006
Firmly Planted Family 2018
Jay and Heidi St John // FPHRC Founders
Firmly Planted Family
Firmly Planted Resource Center, 11100 Northeast 34th Circle, Vancouver, WA, 98682, United States360-687-5433hrc@firmlyplantedfamily.org
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RSPCA: Animal cruelty investigations in Monmouthshire rose by 20% last year
RSPCA say animal cruelty reports in Monmouthshire rose by 20%
RSPCA: Animal cruelty investigations in Monmouthshire rose by 20% last year. Pictured is RSPCA inspector Emma Smith with a dog not connected to a cruelty case, November 2018. The dog in this photograph is not Picture: www.christinsleyphotography.co.uk.
COMPLAINTS of animal cruelty in Monmouthshire rose by one-fifth in 2018, the RSPCA has said.
The charity investigated 392 complaints in the county in 2018 – up from 323 the previous year.
Across Wales, there were 10,856 investigations in 2018, compared with 10,176 in 2017.
The RSPCA said video footage posted on social media had played a key role in this figure – the highest in five years.
Last year, the charity secured 164 convictions against 80 defendants, including thee youths, in magistrates' courts in Wales. A further 41 people were cautioned by RSPCA in 2018.
RSPCA Cymru superintendent Martyn Hubbard said: “In 2018, our inspectorate dealt with unimaginable cruelty, with some truly shocking, disturbing and upsetting cases captured on camera.”
He added: “Our message is clear – we will not tolerate animal cruelty in Wales. Nevertheless, prosecution is generally a last resort for the RSPCA. The vast majority of RSPCA work is improving animal welfare by giving advice to owners.
“In 2018 the number of animal owners who were offered and accepted welfare advice numbered 5,940.
“Put simply, there is no excuse for animal cruelty and RSPCA Cymru will continue to ensure animal welfare laws are adhered to in all corners of the country.”
To contact the RSPCA Cymru with any animal welfare concerns, call 0300 1234 999. Calls are anonymous and in confidence.
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Rock & Roll Dentist Creates 'National Root Canal Day'
Dr. Chris Kammer of Wisconsin has created National Root Canal Day:
Meet a very 'rock and roll dentist', Dr. Chris Kammer, who has proclaimed May 11th the first-ever 'National Root Canal Appreciation Day.' To kick it off, this dentist will fill a root canal, in the great outdoors, on the home plate, of his local baseball stadium.
Via PA system Dr. Kammer will demonstrate his way through a root canal procedure at the Madison Mallards collegiate league ballpark. See http://www.TheSmileExperts.com for more information.
"We need to hit a home run for the image of the root canal! They save millions of teeth every year and the time has come to give the much-maligned procedure the respect it deserves," says Dr. Kammer who has found some high- level backing in his hometown and state. He's received proclamations for the health awareness day from Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.
Last July, Kammer's ability to unite thousands for dentistry became evident at the same ballpark when he performed his original rock and roll tooth brushing anthem -- "Get Out the Brush" -- to ignite 5,991 baseball fans into a national record-breaking frenzy of simultaneous tooth brushing. He and the crowd gave the previous record of 3,872 an easy brush-off.
"If dentists don't relate the message of modern dentistry to the public, we can expect root canals and dental visits to remain the punch line of jokes, perpetuating negative, false images of important health care," Kammer explains of his eclectic antics.
Discussions about the stereotypical dental experience are antiquated because dental treatment has gone far beyond tolerable, advancing to an enjoyable experience that is a major health benefit according to Kammer. "It's too bad the world hasn't caught up with the progress made by the dental profession."
Kammer's entertaining exploits into the world of rock and roll have led him to performances or promotions with members of Deep Purple, Garbage, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Public Enemy, and Kiss. Last summer late-night host, David Letterman, even acknowledged Kammer as "the singing dentist" in a cameo appearance.
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Smallwood’s Store and Chokoloskee
Posted on July 24, 2012 by Jon
On this day in 1974, Smallwood’s Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Seminole Indians at Smallwood’s Store: Chokoloskee, Florida (early 1900s)
The Seminole women pictured here represent members of a family camped near Smallwood’s Store on Chokoloskee Island in southwestern Florida. Their style of clothing and beads indicate that the photograph dates to the early 20th century, probably between 1900 and 1920. The archival record for this photograph identifies “Lena’s mother” on the far left, with “Frank Charlie’s mother” to her right. This photograph can be found at the State Archives of Florida in the Bedell collection.
Ted Smallwood at his Post Office and Trading Post: Chokoloskee, Florida (early 1900s)
Deaconess Harriet Bedell was an Episcopal missionary who worked with Native American tribes, including the Florida Seminoles. She established the Glades Cross Mission in Everglades City, Florida, which was active between 1933 and 1960.
Deaconess Bedell with Seminole women and a child: Glades Cross Mission, Everglades City, Florida (ca. 1940)
Seminoles visited Chokoloskee Island as early as the 1880s to trade at the store owned by C. G. McKinney, opened for business sometime after he arrived on the island in 1886. Ted Smallwood succeeded McKinney in 1906 and established Smallwood’s Store, which catered to a thriving business with the Seminoles in alligator skins and otter pelts.
Ruby Tigertail: Chokoloskee, Florida (ca. 1910)
Seminole families camped on a beach near Smallwood’s Store while visiting the island, trading animal commodities for sewing machines, cloth, canned goods and other necessities. They built temporary chickees (“home” in Mikasuki), made sofkee (“corn gruel”), and supplied locals with venison and other wild game.
Other stores in the area frequented by Seminoles in the early 20th century included George Storter’s and Charlie Tigertail’s, both in the vicinity of present-day Everglades City. Charlie Tigertail’s store was the first Seminole-owned trading post in south Florida.
Charlie Tigertail: Chokoloskee, Florida (early 1900s)
Visit the Florida Photographic Collection to learn more about the Bedell collection and to view historic photographs of the Florida Seminoles and Chokoloskee Island.
Tags: National Register of Historic Places, Seminoles, Smallwood's Store
10 thoughts on “Smallwood’s Store and Chokoloskee”
SFR says:
In the third picture (with Deaconess Beddell), is that their hair or a hat of some sort?
Thank you for your question. What you are seeing is a hat of sorts worn by Seminole women in the 1930s and 1940s. It was made out of cardboard or similar material and helped shield their face from the sun during agricultural work, but also served as a form of expression. Their hair would have been pulled out and over the board and concealed under dark material.
Alvin Lederer says:
Seminole Women used a piece of cardboard to wrap their hair around to give it the unique style
Genny Davis says:
Alvin do you know if any of the Riggs family are still around?
I’m looking for info on Riggs as well. I.W.Riggs was my great grandfather. Found pictures of his home in Everglades and one of the Riggs Fish House.
Matt Harrington says:
Smallwood’s Store also gets a mention in Loren “Totch” Brown’s autobiography, Totch: A Life in the Everglades. McKinney was Brown’s grandfather.
Thank you for the comment. You might also want to check out Peter Matthiessen’s Killing Mr. Watson, which also takes place on Chokoloskee Island and mentions Smallwood’s Store.
michael french says:
my great grandfather was lee smallwood before totch Brown did his documentry I heard every story sitting on a tailgate it blew me away live in palmetto Fl My grandfather farmed in devils garden want so dearly to meet the rest of my family will be down there next month for the first time
R Freeman says:
My grandfather was born in Chokoloskee in 1916. His name was Raymond Lawrence Freeman, son of Richard Frank Freeman (my great grandfather) and Marietta Ogden of Key West. Marietta’s father was David Macree Ogden of Key West. I was wondering if anyone had knew of or had any information on any of these people. I am doing some family genealogy and would be grateful for any information or direction. Please email me at r.freeman@me.com.
Does anyone know if any of the Riggs family are still around?
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Lucia Borges Maggi is the widow of late Brazilian agribusiness mogul Andre Maggi, who founded Andre Maggi Group, the world's largest private soybean producer. When her husband died in 2001, Lucia took his place as the head of the group, which reported sales of $3 billion (R$6.8 billion) in 2012. Now she co-heads the group, which has interests in energy, fertilizers, transportation and rubber extraction, with her son Blairo, her daughter Marli Pissollo and her son-in-law Itamar Locks, all of whom are billionaires. Lucia owns just over 16% of the group. In September 2013 it acquired control of Denofa, a Norwegian soybean-crushing company in which it had bought a majority stake in 2009. Lucia's autobiography, The View from the Fortress, was published in 2008 and penned by a ghostwriter. The book enjoyed quite a favorable reception and was relaunched in 2013.
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A French Commodore
What do you think about a French Commodore?
For around 40 years the Holden Commodore has been called Australia’s car, however we are about to enter a new era of the Commodore in 2018 with a French Connection. As we know the US auto giant General Motors had announced it was offloading its struggling European Opel operations to French automaker PSA Group.
The PSA Group expects Opel to lose more money in 2017 as the French carmaker acquires the business from General Motors. Achievements have been made under the General Motors leadership, with sales growth and a reduction in losses. However the losses are real and will probably continue.
They hope to be the second ranked automaker for that region behind the Volkswagen Group. PSA Group owns and manufactures both Citroen and Peugeot.
Some in the print media have been quick to point out the link between the old patriotic advertising jingles extoling the virtue and quality of Australian made and now Holden will have to defend the impending French Connection.
Holden has already announced its October deadline to end car production in Australia, part of the big industry shutdown that will also see Ford and Toyota stop manufacturing cars in that region.
The General Motor’s Opel plant in Germany will continue to produce the Commodore until the sale to the French PSA Group is finalised, the deal is valued around US$2.3 billion, according to the Washington Post.
The US President, Donald Trump, has insisted that American car companies return more manufacturing operations to American to provide jobs for local workers, however the reliance on global supply chains will take a lot of effort to undo especially with China, the world's largest car market.
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Health Sciences PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in the UK
We have 158 Health Sciences PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in the UK
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Generating persuasive messages with controlled attributes for people with mental health conditions
Aberdeen University
Department of Computing Science
Dr C Lin, Prof E Reiter
According to the national statistics, approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week.
A mixed-methods project evaluating a new surgical curriculum.
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Prof J Cleland, Prof K Walker
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.
This exciting, fully-funded (UK-EU fee status) PhD combines quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate the “Improving Surgical Training” (IST) core surgical training curriculum.
KESS 2: A new approach to screening for prostate cancer
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Dr L A J Mur
Application Deadline: 1 September 2019
Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.
As populations age in Western societies, prostate cancer (PC) represents an increasing health risk as about 99% of cases occur in males over the age of 50.
Extending social perception theories to advertising context
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Research Group: Applied, Social and Health Psychology Research Group
Dr M Zawisza, Dr D McDermott
Research Group. Applied, Social and Health Psychology Research Group - http://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/research/our-research-institutes-and-groups/applied-social-and-health-psychology.
Improving the effectiveness of social advertising
Investigating how tactile cues can influence people’s perception of healthy food.
Dr C Jansson-Boyd
The impact of transcultural migration on body image and disordered eating
Prof V Swami
Understanding mealtime: are an individual’s attitudes to meal composition predictive of what they eat and is this an effective target for dietary advice?
Dr S Forwood, Dr L Smith
Using interpersonal touch as a means to improve carer and patient relationship
Dr C Jansson-Boyd, Dr D Antoniotti de Vasconcelos e Sa, Dr J Aspell
Exploring the application of nutritional mindfulness to exercise performance
Research Group: Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences
Dr J Roberts, Dr L Smith
Research Group. Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences - https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/cambridge-centre-for-sport-and-exercise-sciences.
Gastrointestinal modulation using omega-3 and probiotic strategies and its effect on cardio-metabolic health in obese and non-obese populations
The use of green tea strategies combined with exercise training to promote enhanced fat oxidation and cardio-metabolic health: part 1
Sonification and smart sensors for healthy ageing
Research Group: Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group
Dr D Vicinanza, Dr J Zhang
Research Group. Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group in collaboration with the Exeter Biomechanics Research Team (ExBiRT), University of Exeter.
Develop smart, dementia-friendly signage
Research Group: Future Cities Research Network
Dr F Pascale, Dr A Pooley
Research Group. Future Cities Research Network - https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/future-cities.
Conservative surgical treatment for osteoarthritis - a computational study
Research Group: Medical Engineering Research Group
Dr R Hillstrom
Research Group. Medical Engineering Research Group - https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/medical-engineering.
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https://www.greenwichtime.com/opinion/article/Op-Ed-Greenwich-Financial-Report-the-missing-3442131.php
Op-Ed: Greenwich Financial Report -- the missing pieces.
Published 6:29 pm EDT, Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A report on Greenwich finances was recently distributed to the Representative Town Meeting. It had some revealing facts, but the real eye-opener was left out. Why?
The goal of the report was to provide RTM members with a concise, non-partisan overview of the town's financial health -- a guide to voting on the 2012 budget. The problem wasn't that the RTM lacks data. There's a flood of official data, but no step-back, overview of basic trends, comparisons to other towns, answers to some fundamental questions.
So we decided to tackle it. Three fellow members of the Budget Overview Committee volunteered to work with me. One has a degree in economics, another is a former investment banker, and the third is a retired chemical engineer. (There's a goldmine of experience in the RTM.) After much digging, debating, editing and revising, we submitted our recommended draft.
- The perception, mainly by outsiders, that everyone in Greenwich is loaded is untrue. More than 20 percent of Greenwich households have yearly incomes of less than $50,000. And the percentage of students qualifying for reduced-price lunches is about 12 percent and rising.
- Greenwich has a bigger grand list (value of all taxable property in town) than Westport, Darien and New Canaan combined. It also has lower property taxes.
- For the owner of a million dollar Greenwich house, taxes have gone up about $1,950 over the past five years. Fairly manageable, but retirees on fixed incomes may be squeezed.
- Greenwich has a far lower debt level than benchmark towns, but the level is climbing. Future capital projects will be curtailed.
There's more, but basically it shows Greenwich in fairly good financial shape -- especially compared to benchmark towns -- but with some challenges.
The report got massaged as it was shown around inside the committee and outside. Revisions were made, some helpful, others not. But, most surprising, a key conclusion was cut. It was deemed too controversial.
Controversial? I felt this was completely wrong. You decide. Here are the facts.
About 70 percent of the town budget spending is for salaries, health care and pensions. But the RTM doesn't have much influence on this 70 percent. These items involve union negotiations, which follow state law. The RTM has a voice (the Labor Contracts Committee) among many voices, but no final power. The First Selectman and the Board of Education have labor negotiators. Disputes go to a state-appointed arbitrator. If the town (or RTM) doesn't agree with the decision, the dispute goes back for binding arbitration. That decision is final.
While the RTM has little influence on 70 percent of town spending, it has strong influence on another chunk -- capital projects. The First Selectman and the Board of Estimate and Taxation steer these through, but the RTM can withhold or refuse to appropriate money -- and the decision sticks.
Those are facts. The RTM has more direct influence on capital projects than it does on a large part of the town budget.
Yet the RTM -- which has many committees -- has no standing committee devoted to capital projects. Thus, the conclusion:
Should the RTM focus more attention on budget areas where it can more directly affect results -- with a standing committee devoted to capital projects?
What's contentious about that? Has the capital process been flawless? Not really:
The Hamilton Avenue School project was more than a year late and about $6 million over its original budget. Kids were taught in trailers a year longer than necessary.
The RTM was told the Public Safety Complex would bring the police, fire department and Greenwich Emergency Medical Service together. But after the police headquarters was built, there was no room left for GEMS and no plan for it. Still isn't.
Or how about the high school auditorium project: originally budgeted at $28 million, now around $37 million. Lack of adequate soil testing up front resulted in millions of unexpected expenses.
Big projects are tough. And no RTM committee is going to eliminate missteps. But it could certainly help promote better planning and more efficiency.
What's the downside? An RTM committee doesn't cost anything; members are all volunteers. There's big money floating out for capital projects and an RTM committee might improve the process.
Isn't it logical for the RTM to use its influence where it can best affect results? Is that a radical or far-out conclusion? Or just common sense?
The team that created the Greenwich Financial Report included Bob Allen, Eric Norrgard and Brian O'Connor. Bert Metter is a former creative director and chairman of J. Walter Thompson USA and a member of the RTM Budget Overview Committee.
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1963 iso rivolta ir 340
2dr Coupe 8-cyl. 5359cc/340hp 4bbl
History of the 1963-1970 Iso Rivolta
The Iso Rivolta, appeared at the 1962 Torino Auto Show, and the 2+2 coupe was a dramatic departure from the two-stroke scooters, micro-cars, and refrigerators that had defined Renzo Rivolta’s Iso products to that point.
The attractive GT body had been styled by Bertone, with a long beltline and a tall greenhouse providing excellent visibility. Interiors had room for four adults and included supple leather seating, an elegant wood dash and steering wheel, and chrome-trimmed gauges that provided feedback on just about everything going on in the engine bay.
Noted engineer Giotto Bizzarrini designed the chassis, one of the most advanced of the era. A box-section type comprised of pressed steel welded panels, safety and rigidity were paramount, and strength to weight was exceptional. An advanced suspension with unequal-length arms and coil springs up front and a DeDion setup with springs in back provided sure-footedness, and four-wheel disc brakes lent adequate stopping power.
All of which were absolutely necessary, as the Rivolta came powered by either a 300- or 340-horsepower, 4-barrel 327-ci V8 sourced from the Chevrolet Corvette. A 4-speed manual was standard, though an optional 5-speed manual and 3-speed automatic could be equipped. The 3,000-lb Rivolta was good for about 140 mph.
Production commenced in 1963. At around $9,000, the Rivolta was not cheap. Still, the company sold 171 cars that year, which was to be the biggest sales year for the car. By the time production ceased in 1970, just seven cars sold. Total production is under 800.
The beauty of the Iso Rivolta is how well it works. Whereas many beautiful Italian exotics of the 1960s can be expensively hampered by the complexity of their mechanical bits, replacements parts for the Rivolta powertrain are as close as the local NAPA store. Though body and chassis extras are much harder to come by, just about any competent mechanic can keep them running.
And run they do. Rivoltas were built to cruise the Italian Autostrade and American interstates at high speeds, and they are comfortable doing so all day. They will easily give contemporary GTs a run for the money, not only in a straight line, but also when the going gets twisty. Today, the Iso Rivolta remains an intelligent choice for collectors looking for a reliable exotic that is event-eligible, easy to service, and fun to drive.
1963 iso rivolta ir 340 Info
8-cyl. 5359cc/365hp 4bbl
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COBS 14.3 Information about designated investments...
COBS 14.3.1 R 03/01/2018 RP
This section applies to a firm in relation to:
any of8 the following regulated activities when carried on for a retail client:
making a personal recommendation about a designated investment6;5 or
managing investments that are designated investments (other than a P2P agreement);5 or
arranging (bringing about) or executing a deal in a warrant, non-readily realisable security4 or derivative; or
engaging in stock lending activity; or4
operating an electronic system in relation to lending, but only in relation to facilitating a person becoming a lender under a P2P agreement.4
8except to the extent that the carrying on of such a regulated activity constitutes MiFID, equivalent third country or optional exemption business.
COBS 14.3.1A G 03/01/2018
8A firm carrying on MiFID, equivalent third country or optional exemption business should consider whether the requirements in articles 46 and 48 of the MiFID Org Regulation apply; see COBS 14.3A (Information about financial instruments (MiFID provisions)).
Providing a description of the nature and risks of designated investments
A firm must provide a client with a general description of the nature and risks of designated investments, taking into account, in particular, the client's categorisation as a retail client or a professional client. That description must:
explain the nature of the specific type of designated investment concerned, as well as the risks particular to that specific type of designated investment, in sufficient detail to enable the client to take investment decisions on an informed basis; and
include, where relevant to the specific type of designated investment concerned and the status and level of knowledge of the client, the following elements:
the risks associated with that type of designated investment including an explanation of leverage and its effects and the risk of losing the entire investment;
the volatility of the price of designated investments and any limitations on the available market for such investments;
the fact that an investor might assume, as a result of transactions in such designated investments, financial commitments and other additional obligations, including contingent liabilities, additional to the cost of acquiring the designated investments; and
any margin requirements or similar obligations, applicable to designated investments of that type.
If a firm provides a retail client with information about a designated investment that is the subject of a current offer to the public and a prospectus has been published in connection with that offer in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, that firm must inform the retail client where that prospectus is made available to the public.
Where the risks associated with a designated investment composed of two or more different designated investments or services are likely to be greater than the risks associated with any of the components, a firm must provide an adequate description of the components of that designated investment and the way in which its interaction increases the risks.
In the case of a designated investment that incorporates a guarantee by a third party, the information about the guarantee must include sufficient detail about the guarantor and the guarantee to enable the retail client to make a fair assessment of the guarantee.
Satisfying the provision rules
COBS 14.3.6 G 03/01/2018 RP
Providing a key features document, key investor information document, EEA key investor information document3 or NURS-KII document7 may satisfy the requirements of the rules in this section.
P2P agreements
COBS 14.3.7A G 06/04/2016 RP
4Examples of information a firm should provide to explain the specific nature and risks of a P2P agreement include:
expected and actual default rates in line with the requirements in COBS 4.6 on past and future performance;
a summary of the assumptions used in determining expected future default rates;
a description of how loan risk is assessed, including a description of the criteria that must be met by the borrower before the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending6 considers the borrower eligible for a P2P agreement;
where lenders have the choice to invest in specific P2P agreements, details of the creditworthiness assessment of the borrower carried out;
whether the P2P agreement benefits from any security and if so, what;
a fair description of the likely actual return, taking into account fees, default rates and taxation;
an explanation of how any tax liability for lenders arising from investment in P2P agreements would be calculated;
an explanation of the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending's6 procedure for dealing with a loan in late payment or default;
the procedure for a lender to access their money before the term of the P2P agreement has expired; and6
an explanation of what would happen if the operator of the electronic system in relation to lending6 fails, including confirmation that there is no recourse to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
COBS 14.3.7B G 06/04/2016 RP
6The guidance in COBS 14.3.7AG is relevant both to firms which are operators of electronic systems in relation to lending and firmsadvising on P2P agreements.
COBS 14.3.7C G 06/04/2016 RP
6 Firms providing information to clients, and communicating information, about an innovative finance ISA should also have regard to the guidance in COBS 4.5.9G.
Product information: form
The documents and information provided in accordance with the rules in this section must be in a durable medium or available on a website (where that does not constitute a durable medium) that meets2 the website conditions.
The timing rules
The information to be provided in accordance with the rules in this section must be provided in good time before a firm carries on designated investment business8 with or for a retail client.
A firm may provide that information immediately after it begins to carry on that business if:
the firm was unable to comply with (1) because, at the request of the client, the agreement was concluded using a means of distance communication which prevented the firm from complying with that rule; and
in any case where the rule on voice telephony communications (COBS 5.1.12 R) does not otherwise apply, the firm complies with that rule as if the client was a consumer.
Keeping the client up-to-date
COBS 14.3.10 R 03/01/2018 RP
A firm must notify a client in good time about any material change to the information provided under the rules in this section which is relevant to a service that the firm is providing to that client. That notification must be given in a durable medium if the information to which it relates is given in a durable medium.
Information about UCITS schemes
If a firm provides a client with a key investor information document or EEA key investor information document3 that meets the requirements of articles 78 and 793 of the UCITS Directive (see COLL 4.7 (Key investor information and marketing communications)) and the KII Regulation,3 it will have provided appropriate information for the purpose of the requirement to disclose information on:
designated investments and investment strategies (COBS 2.2.1R (1)(b)); and
costs and associated charges (COBS 2.2.1R (1)(d) and COBS 6.1.9 R1;
in relation to the costs and associated charges in respect of the UCITS scheme itself, including the exit and entry commissions.
Information about KII-compliant NURS
COBS 14.3.11A R 01/01/2018
7If a firm provides a client with a NURS-KII document it will have provided appropriate information for the requirement to disclose information on:
designated investments and investment strategies (COBS 2.2.1R(1)(b)); and
costs and associated charges (COBS 2.2.1R(1)(d) and COBS 6.1.9R);
in relation to the costs and associated charges for the KII-compliant NURS itself, including the exit and entry commissions.
Distributor disclosure requirements for UCITS or KII-compliant NURS
COBS 14.3.12 G 03/01/2018 RP
A key investor information document and EEA key investor information document or a NURS-KII document7 provide3 sufficient information in relation to the costs and associated charges in respect of the UCITS3 or KII-compliant NURS7 itself. However, a firm distributing units3 in a UCITS3 or KII-compliant NURS7 should also inform a client about all of the other costs and associated charges related to the provision of its services in relation to units in the UCITS or KII-compliant NURS7.
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Global overview: Expansion continues for designer outlets
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© Neinver
Amid tough times, designer outlets have flourished globally and MAPIC will be running a special International Outlet Summit.
By Mark Faithfull on July 27, 2018 0 Comments
1. Fashion House: Opening up the Russian and CEE markets
“Outlets are an excellent retail channel for brands. The number of new tenants opening stores is constantly increasing,” says Brendon O’Reilly, managing director of Fashion House Group. “But there are still some fantastic brands that are not entirely convinced of the outlet concept and, as an industry, we have to share our knowledge and ideas with the market as widely as possible. The MAPIC International Outlet Summit creates a great opportunity to do so.”
O’Reilly points to the importance of an individual approach to every business partner and every tenant. “No matter if you operate in Western Europe, CEE, Russia or elsewhere, you have to understand the specific goals of each brand,” he says.
There is a crucial need to have a dedicated outlet team on board, with a proven track record in leasing and management. Its experts can precisely advise brands how much space they need or how they should organise their outlet business. – Brendon O’Reilly
“It is easier to talk with international companies that have a long outlet history in other countries. However, I have a lot of positive experience with domestic companies. You must invest enough time and adapt solutions to their individual needs – to find out the best for their business.”
He describes Russia as a “huge country with enormous potential” and says that although retail real estate is linked with capital Moscow, there is a clear trend for investors to scale back their development plans in Moscow, meaning the importance of regional markets is increasing.
© Fashion House
“St Petersburg has become the most popular investment destination for the first time, although I strongly believe that there is still room for further expansion in Moscow, especially expansion and innovation in existing schemes,” says O’Reilly. “Considering the city’s financial strength, the outlet industry has an interesting proposal for luxury brands. At the same time, new outlet centres, more focused on mass brands, are expected in St Petersburg and other regional markets. Russia is capable of absorbing another 20–25 outlet centres in the next several years.”
2. TORG: Assessing the US, the original market
“The outlet industry has matured in the US and become an extremely profitable and vital channel for brands and retailers,” says Lisa Wagner, principal at TORG. “The industry has begun to mature in Europe, to the extent that consumers in the markets in which centres are located have become familiar with the segment and accepted outlets as a regular part of their shopping pattern.”
She feels that outlet operators have become proficient at creating and marketing shopping destinations to draw from their catchment areas and particularly the tourist market.
At the same time, the brands operating in the industry have hit their stride, having refined their merchandising assortments, their pricing and their promotions. As they have transitioned into becoming better merchants in the outlet space, they have won over shoppers. We see strong sales gains in the centres as a result. – Lisa Wagner
“However, we caution that the learning never ends, and both operators of centres and retail brands need to keep the offer fresh and exciting.”
She recalls that the industry originated in the US as a means of solving an overstock problem and says that due to its beginnings during the time when department stores and other wholesale accounts still retained a great deal of power, the centres were largely in tourism areas and well outside metropolitan markets. That location strategy has changed, with centres coming closer to population centres.
“This change is propelled in part by the Millennials, who grew up with outlet shopping and are now the most frequent and largest group of shoppers at outlet centres,” she says. “This group is less tolerant of travelling distances to shop, and also wants blended uses such as dining, entertainment, and other types of retail. This change has morphed into mixed use projects with residential and office uses, as well as hotels and sports centres and museums.”
3. Neinver: The changing face of European outlets
Outlets’ strong performance has rapidly increased competition in the sector, with a 6% growth in outlet space per year over the last three years. Currently, Europe hosts close to 200 outlet centres, and a mix of top brands, at the core of the outlet concept, is no longer enough to attract consumers and remain relevant, says Sebastian Sommer, marketing and retail director Europe at Neinver.
Over recent years we have witnessed a new speed in the growth of outlets’ destination component. While the commercial mix remains crucial, centres are adding more leisure options, dedicating more space to food and incorporating additional common areas and value-added services. – Sebastien Sommer
Sommer believes that the implementation of new technologies such as geolocation systems and omni-channel strategies will also allow operators to evolve from a traditional management model into an insight-driven model; one that collects data on customers, turns data into insights, and insights into actions.
Domestic and international customers have a very different profile when visiting an outlet centre. For example, local customers have a higher frequency of visitation than international shoppers, sometimes reaching 10 times per year according to Neinver’s internal data, and many of them visit the centres looking for specific brands. International visitors are often willing to spend more time travelling and more time in the centre and their average ticket for fashion is higher, sometimes up to 30% above a centre’s overall average.
While the stability of a strong local catchment remains key, tourism growth presents a big opportunity for outlet centres. “In the last decade, tourists’ spend in outlet shopping in Europe has increased 16-fold, according to tax free data from Global Blue, high above the average growth of tax free shopping in other destinations. To get closer to tourists, some investors are developing new projects close to major airports or tourists’ hubs.”
“We have recently opened a new outlet in Prague, less than five minutes from Prague’s airport, and we have new projects close to Amsterdam’s airport and in the French Alps,” says Sommer. “Operators are also increasing their offer of tourist-targeted services, which in many cases already include tourist offices, VAT refund services, a checkroom for luggage, information in multiple languages, and information points. Some outlet centres go even further and feature amenities such as flight-information screens, international shipping, additional discounts for tourists and currency exchange.”
4. Nike: A retail strategy for Europe
“Nike’s portfolio stretches across EMEA, with the outlet centre portion at its densest in Western Europe, where designer outlet centres are more prevalent,” says Fabien Stutz, senior director, real estate and store construction, Nike.
We are present in 90% or more of the top centres, with around 140 stores in designer outlet centres. The UK has the largest number of stores, with Italy, Spain, France and Germany the next largest. – Fabien Stuzt
He says that Nike Factory Stores serve the “value occasion where our consumers and members want to be served” and adds that “Nike continues to look at the best outlet centres across the EMEA, with a focus on opening in centres that create a compelling consumer proposition with long-term viability.”
Stutz says that most new openings are expected in the established Western European markets in which Nike already has stores.
Discover the second edition of the MAPIC Outlet Summit.
MAPIC 2018 MAPIC Outlet Summit outlet retail
Mark Faithfull
Mark Faithfull is Editor of the MAPIC Preview and News Magazines, as well as Editor of online publication and analysis specialist Retail Property Analyst.
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Eurofund Group plans to bring a resort feel to urban spaces - MAPIC News
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Eurofund Group plans to bring a resort feel to urban spaces – MAPIC News
MADRID-based Eurofund Group is to launch what it describes as its “urban resort” format in Italy, with the creation of the Go
By Pascal Iakovou on November 15, 2018 0 Comments
MADRID-based Eurofund Group is to launch what it describes as its “urban resort” format in Italy, with the creation of the Go. Torino shopping centre with grocery retail development partner Mercato in Turin.
Eurofund Group president Ian Sandford said that he hopes the construction phase will begin in June next year for the hypermarket-anchored 25,000 sq m scheme, with completion expected in late 2020. Eurofund Italia has been established to develop this project as the first of a number of such schemes in the country, he said.
“The idea is to take the philosophy from our large, out-of-town retail resorts in Puerto Venecia and the planned intu Costa del Sol [where the company is joint venture partner]and apply the idea to smaller, urban locations,” he said. “Go. Torino is very close to a new student residential tower and university and about a 12-minute walk from the historical centre of Turin, so the focus will be on a youth-oriented and fashionable retail, leisure and F&B mix.”
When complete the project will include a 6,000 sq m hypermarket, 80 stores, 10 MSUs, 25 restaurants and bars, a Virgin health club, and a craft brewery bar. Scarpe & Scarpe, Terranova, Calliope, Pinalli and Cotton & Silk are among the confirmed retailers, while specialist 7Fun will provide an exterior climbing wall attraction.
The project is also directly opposite an 18,000 sq m park, which the partners will manage. Sandford said that this has provided the “ideal opportunity” for the scheme’s restaurants to face out into the park, with large terraces, and for a series of events including open air cinema in the summer.
“Many local authorities no longer have the budgets to create new public realm, so it’s up to the private sector to do it,” he said. “We have to stop thinking about malls as simply for shopping and connect on an emotional basis. They should be about health and happiness.”
Eurofund Group hopes to develop more such centres in Italy and Sandford described the initial joint venture, benefitting from Mercato’s local knowledge of the market, as the “perfect way to go into Italy”.
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Cisco Simplifies Content Creation for Digital Signage
Expanded Ecosystem of Content Strategy and Production Partners Empowers Customers to Develop Captivating Visual Experiences for Cisco Digital Signs
February 24, 2010 08:00 ET | Source: Cisco
Video: Thomas Wyatt Previews Cisco at Digital Signage Expo 2010
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - February 24, 2010) - Today, at the Digital Signage Expo, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced the expansion of the Cisco® Digital Media Creative Services offering to make it easier for customers to develop and display captivating visual content for digital signage. Building on its leading portfolio of digital signage solutions, Cisco is expanding its partner ecosystem of content strategy and production experts to build one of the industry's largest advisory networks for digital signage content. Cisco's unique end-to-end offering addresses all stages of the content lifecycle, from business assessment to strategy formulation and dynamic content design.
While the number of digital signs across the globe continues to grow, sign owners still struggle to find a compelling content strategy to match their business goals and deliver an optimal return on investment (ROI). By expanding its Digital Media Creative Services offering, Cisco will help customers optimize their best-in-class digital signage technology with best-in-class content, with the aim that all digital signage installations achieve powerful visual impact and maximum value.
New Content Strategy Partners
Cisco is joining forces with many of the industry's top content strategy companies, including OgilvyAction, Imperative Group, StoreStream Metrics, Alchemy (part of St. Joseph Communications) and MEDIAmobz. The addition of solutions from these new partners to Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services portfolio will:
Provide customers with enhanced measurement, analysis and recommendations on content strategy and design
Allow customers more options to build content strategy with a specific ROI costing model in mind to focus their digital signs on meeting communication objectives and enhancing the customer experience
New Syndicated Content Channels
New partners, including Blue Pond Media, BlueFox, HeadsAndTails and Virtual Scenery, will bring pre-produced, syndicated digital signage content channels to the Cisco Digital Media Creative Services offering. These channels can:
Allow the simple selection and purchase of digital signage content to run on open playlist slots in any vertical market environment
Save significant time and development costs associated with producing proprietary visual material
Expansion of Cisco Academy of Digital Signage
Since its launch, the Cisco Academy of Digital Signage has trained more than 500 media professionals to create and optimize media content for digital signage. Instructor-led courses have been held in six countries across the globe, including the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and, most recently, Lebanon. This year, the Cisco Academy of Digital Signage will expand into additional regions, including South America, Asia and the Middle East.
At the Digital Signage Expo, taking place Feb. 23-25 in Las Vegas, Cisco will exhibit its unique content service offering along with new technology innovations for Cisco Digital Signs in booth 1217 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Supporting Quotes:
Thomas Wyatt, vice president and general manager, Digital Media Systems business unit, Cisco
"Cisco understands the critical role that dynamic content plays in the digital signage industry. Therefore, we are excited to bring together such a strong group of content strategists and producers as part of our Digital Media Creative Services offering, to help ensure that our customers always have fast and easy access to high-quality digital signage content for any vertical market."
Hans Hwang, vice president, Cisco Services
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services can help accelerate our customers' business transformation, enabling them to achieve the true value of their digital media investments. Digital signage provides exciting new opportunities for our customers, and this expansion of our service offerings will help make this a reality for them."
Gareth Ellen, senior partner, director of digital, OgilvyAction
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services and OgilvyAction's new content strategy, design and analytics service for digital signage will deliver a turnkey solution for content playlists and schedules, while also providing the measurement required to deliver program ROI and ongoing optimization."
Chris Heap, managing director, Imperative Group
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services and the Imperative Group are collaborating to deliver a range of digital-out-of-home content and network development services in EMEA. With over 11 years of practical experience gained specifically developing out-of-home media networks in this region, Imperative is pleased to join Cisco in providing value to customers as they develop and deploy their digital signage solutions."
James Condon, co-founder, Blue Pond Media
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services and Blue Pond Media are positioning distinctive media channels for Cisco Digital Signs. The channels will be associated with HD content that will cover several vertical markets. Blue Pond Media specializes in quality HD video and provides several programs that include ambient content."
Dave Toole, chief executive officer, MEDIAmobz
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services and MEDIAmobz content links the creative community, with their specialized digital media creative skills, to clients who are looking for alternative methods to create content without the burden of overhead or augmenting internal resources to deliver affordable media assets."
Guillaume De La Tour, chief executive officer, BlueFox
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services and BlueFox are pleased to announce their collaboration in providing content channels for digital signage. The content channels are optimized to play on the Cisco Digital Media Player, which is part of the Cisco Digital Media Suite portfolio. BlueFox has a vast library of media products dedicated to digital signage and will provide global content for Cisco customers."
Tony Loiacono, founder, HeadsAndTails TV
"Cisco's Digital Media Creative Services and HeadsAndTails TV adapt assorted real- and virtual-world media approaches for Cisco Digital Signs. This edutainment, sports and lifestyle HD media content meets the emerging needs in the converging digital signage marketplace."
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Hormone therapy in prostate cancer
Nina Abdul Satar, Rachel Lewis, Heather Payne
GM, (08), August, 2013
Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in men in the UK, with an incidence of 40,975 men diagnosed and 10,721 deaths in 2010. One in nine men have the diagnosis of prostate cancer; with the largest number of cases being diagnosed in the 70-74 years age group. Although there has been a rise in prostate cancer incidence, this has not been reflected by its mortality rate; with five year survival rates remaining at around 70% to 80%.1
Androgen deprivation therapy
Most prostate cancer cells are driven by testosterone, and hence treatment aimed at lowering serum testosterone, known as androgen deprivation therapy plays an important role in prostate cancer management. In 1941, Charles B. Huggins demonstrated this Nobel winning discovery in his seminal paper "Studies on prostate cancer. I. The effect of castration, of oestrogen and of androgen injection on serum phosphatases in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate". Surgical castration (orchidectomy) was found to slow overall progression of disease and control painful symptoms from prostate cancer. Although it remains gold standard for first-line treatment of metastatic prostate cancer, surgical removal of testicles has a strong psychological impact on men.
Nowadays, medical castration has largely replaced the need for orchidectomy, with a castrate level of testosterone achieved within weeks. Androgen deprivation therapy remains first line management in metastatic prostate cancer and is also used in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting of locally advanced or high risk localised disease.
Luteinising hormone releasing hormone agonist
The most established form of hormonal agent used in prostate cancer is luteinising hormone-releasing hormone agonists (LHRHa), which can be delivered as monthly, three monthly or six monthly subcutaneous injections. LHRH is produced by the hypothalamus, causing the release of LH from the anterior pituitary, which in turn acts on Leydig cells of the testes to produce testosterone (Figure 1). Testosterone surge causes a negative feedback action on the anterior pituitary, which then reduces production of testosterone to a castrate level.
Treatment with LHRH agonist can cause an initial testosterone surge and theoretical tumour flare, which is prevented by administration of an oral anti-androgen two weeks before and two weeks after the first LHRH agonist injection. Goserelin (Zoladex) is an example of an LHRH agonist, which came into practice in 1987, and has been in use since. Although medical castration with LHRH agonist takes up to four weeks to achieve castrate level of testosterone compared to 12 hours in surgical castration, they have been proven to be equally as effective.2
Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist
Another rational way of hormonal manipulation is by inhibiting GnRH.3 One example of a GnRH antagonist is Degarelix, which competitively binds to pituitary GnRH receptors causing a rapid decline in gonadotrophins; luteinising hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). This will in turn reduce secretion of testosterone by the testes. The advantage of GnRH antagonist therapy includes its rapidity of effect and the avoidance of potential tumour flare. A phase III randomised trial of 610 patients showed a decrease in serum testosterone to below 0.5ng/ml in 96% of patients within three days of starting Degarelix treatment.3 It is delivered via monthly subcutaneous injections.
Anti-androgen
In contrast to drugs manipulating hormonal pathway upstream, anti-androgen acts downstream by binding to cancer cell surface receptors. Agents such as bicalutamide or flutamide bind to cancer cell surface receptors preventing testosterone from stimulating growth. As a result, it causes a rise in serum testosterone level and has a different side effect profile compared to LHRH agonist. Anti-androgens are delivered conveniently as oral tablets in daily preparations.
Combined androgen blockade (CAB)
After a period of time, upstream inhibition of testosterone by LHRH agonist will be less efficacious due to drug resistance. One way of overcoming this is by combining upstream blockade of androgen production together with downstream targets against androgen receptors, a strategy well known as "Combined Androgen Blockade". This can be used as initial combination therapy but in the UK it is more common to use "step up" CAB with the addition of an anti-androgen (eg. bicalutamide 50mg daily) at the time of first resistance to LHRH agonist therapy.
After a period of time, the same pattern repeats itself and disease progression continues despite CAB. Anti-androgen can cause a paradoxical agonistic effect on androgen receptors of cancer cells, hence driving PSA rise. A strategy developed to combat this paradoxical effect is by simply stopping the anti-androgen but continuing on LHRH agonist therapy.
Castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)
Prostate cancers that are progressing despite castrate testosterone levels are considered castration resistant.4 The terminology of castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) should not be confused with hormone resistant prostate cancer (HRPC), which indicates resistance to all hormonal measures. Cancer cells in CRPC still respond to hormonal measures and may indeed be supersensitive to very low levels of androgen.
As such, continued androgen deprivation with an LHRH agonist and the addition of further hormonal manipulation with anti-androgen withdrawal, oestrogens or corticosteroids, may all be effective treatment strategies in metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).4 Diethylstilboestrol is usually prescribed as oral preparation with combination of aspirin or warfarin to reduce risks of thrombotic complications.
Exciting developments in prostate cancer therapies have produced newer hormonal agents to treat mCRPC and these include enzalutamide and abiraterone.
Enzalutamide was developed with the intention to improve androgen receptor (AR) affinity compared to other anti-androgens (bicalutamide and flutamide), and avoid its partial agonistic activity.5 Theoretically, enzalutamide achieves this by inhibiting AR nuclear translocation, inhibiting association of the AR with DNA and competitive androgen binding to the AR.6 Enzalutamide is currently being licensed by the FDA in the post chemotherapy setting and is awaiting a NICE review.
Extensive study was done to understand mCRPC, and its mechanisms of resistance. Increased AR expression, mutation in the AR gene and activation of the AR due to cross talk via other signalling pathways are some of the clever methods adopted by cancer cells to overcome drug targets.7,8 Despite resistance, there seems to be continued dependence on AR, coupled with increasing the level of testosterone to a pre-castration level. This suggests the possibility of de novo synthesis of testosterone from pregnenolone and other precursors within the tumour.9 The discovery of high expression of steroid biosynthesis enzyme, CYP17, is seen in prostate cancer cells, consolidating this theory further.8 An elegant method to target this pathway was developed with the drug abiraterone, a potent, selective and irreversible inhibitor of the CYP17 enzyme. To prevent increase in mineralocorticoids or change in fluid imbalance, abiraterone is delivered together with prednisolone. It is prescribed at a dose of 1000mg daily, in a convenient oral preparation.
Evidence supporting hormone manipulation
Androgen deprivation therapy is the first-line management in patients with advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. It gives a response rate of 85% for an average of three years.10 Timing of therapeutic initiation remains a topic of discussion, given most men lack symptoms on presentation.
To gain insight into this dilemma, a randomised controlled trial by the Medical Research Council11 compared immediate with deferred hormonal therapy in advanced prostate cancer. The trial involving 943 men found immediate treatment to be advantageous as it showed reduction in distant progression (26% in the immediate group compared to 45% in the deferred group). Furthermore, pathological fractures, spinal cord compression and ureteric obstruction were twice as common in deferred patients. This evidence is in support of early treatment with a hormonal agent, which will reduce complications of advanced prostate cancer.
In locally advanced prostate cancer, adjuvant treatment with hormonal therapy after radical external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is advocated. The EORTC 22,863 trial12 found an increased 10 year survival in patients treated with EBRT and three years of adjuvant goserelin compared to patients treated with EBRT alone (58.1 versus 39.8%, HR = 0.60, CI: 0.45-0.80, p = 0.0004).
The phase III EORTC trial and the RTOG 92-02 also showed overall survival benefit as well as a reduction in distant progression free survival with goserelin.13
Investigating a different agent, the International Early Prostate Cancer14 study evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of adding an anti-androgen (bicalutamide 150mg daily) to standard care (prostatectomy, radiotherapy or watchful waiting) in 8,113 patients. A significant improvement in objective progression free survival and overall survival was demonstrated in favour of bicalutamide for locally advanced patients when given as adjuvant to radical radiotherapy (HR=0.70 (CI 0.51 to 0.97), p=0.03).
As anti-androgen treatment causes less erectile dysfunction and does not reduce bone mineral density, it is an alternative agent in this sub-group of patients but at the expense of an increased risk of gynaecomastia and mastalgia.
Combining LHRHa and anti-androgen is a popular second-line treatment in patients who progress with LHRHa. In 2000, the Prostate Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group published a meta-analysis of 27 trials comparing Combined Androgen Blockade (CAB) with monotherapy.15
It found CAB to be modestly beneficial with five year survival of 25.4%, compared to monotherapy at 23.6%. However, it transpired the choice of anti-androgen used for CAB has an impact on outcome. CAB with the steroidal anti-androgen, cyproterone acetate is associated with an increased risk of death (reduction in five year survival of 2.8%). Conversely, CAB with non-steroidal anti-androgens, such as flutamide confers an improvement of 2.9% in five year survival over monotherapy.
In metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), two randomised, double-blind phase III trials have shown efficacy of abiraterone in post-chemotherapy as well as chemotherapy naïve patients. Abiraterone was initially tested in patients who have progressed on docetaxel chemotherapy. In the COU-AA 301 trial, patients were randomised between abiraterone with prednisolone against placebo and prednisolone.15 Significant improvement in overall survival with abiraterone plus prednisolone was seen, with prolongation of life expectancy of about four months (15.8 months versus 11.2 months, respectively; HR 0.74; 95% CI 0.64-0.86; p< 0.001).15 Abiraterone has been approved by NICE in this setting.
In the pre-chemotherapy setting, a second trial (COU-AA-302) was carried out comparing abiraterone plus prednisolone against placebo in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. This study found improvement in radiographic progression free survival of 16.5 versus 8.3 months (HR 0.53; 95% CI 0.45-0.62; p<0.001).16 However, although a strong trend towards improved overall survival was seen, it did not reach the pre-specified boundary for significance p≤0.001.16
Based on the trial, the European Medicines Agency has approved abiraterone for asymptomatic mCRPC patients, in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated and a NICE appraisal is awaited.
Enzalutamide was investigated in a phase III randomised controlled trial of mCRPC patients who progressed despite chemotherapy. The AFFIRM study6 showed prolongation of median OS with enzalutamide by nearly five months compared to placebo (18.4 months versus 13.6 months respectively (HR 0.631; 95% CI 0.53-0.75; p<0.0001).
Enzalutamide is also found to be superior to placebo in all secondary endpoints, including PSA, soft tissue and quality of life response rate, as well as time to first skeletal related event. FDA has approved enzalutamide to be used in patients who have had docetaxel chemotherapy and NICE appraisal is awaited.
There are many other new and exciting compounds in clinical trials offering further options for these men both in terms of increased survival and improved quality of life. These new hormone therapies are generally well tolerated.
Therapeutic strategies in hormonal manipulation
With the advent of newer therapeutic agents, clinicians need to think carefully and strategise in order to maximise each therapy for the benefit of their patient. The rapidity of drug development leaves a gap in the evidence behind best drug sequencing strategy. Key aspects that need to be considered include patient, disease and therapeutic factors summarised.
Traditionally, patients who develop androgen resistance (mCRPC) would be considered for chemotherapy, mainly with docetaxel cytotoxic agent.17 Chemotherapy is perhaps best for patients with, heavy tumour burden or visceral metastatic lesions, which can benefit from rapid response to therapy. This depends heavily upon their fitness status, as docetaxel is known to cause side effects such as bone marrow suppression, lethargy, peripheral neuropathy, hypersensitivity reaction and myalgia.
In chemotherapy naïve patients, first-line treatment with LHRH agonists, followed by addition of anti-androgens on progression of disease (combined androgen blockade) is common practice in the UK. Third line treatment choices in mCRPC when chemotherapy is not yet indicated are abiraterone, diethylstilboestrol and dexamethasone. Enzalutamide is currently being investigated in the pre-chemotherapy setting.
In the post chemotherapy setting, patients with progressive mCRPC can be treated with abiraterone and we await the NICE review for enzalutamide. However, enzalutamide offers the potential advantage of steroid free administration.
As already clear, an adaptive approach is desirable in making therapeutic decisions for patients.
Hormonal manipulation
Hormonal manipulation has well documented toxicities, which are worth noting, especially as most patients with prostate cancer die with the disease rather than from it. Toxicities mainly due to reduction of serum testosterone are erectile dysfunction, loss of libido, hot flushes, osteoporosis, reduced lean muscle mass and strength, breast swelling, mastalgia, weight gain, tiredness, anaemia, mood swings, depression and metabolic complications.
Androgen deprivation therapy is thought to increase risk of cardiovascular disease due to interference with the cardioprotective effect of testosterone, causing central obesity, lipid alterations and insulin resistance.18,19 In his observational study of 14,597 men, Keating et al19 showed treatment with LHRH agonists not only increased risks of coronary heart disease (adjusted Hazard Ratio (aHR) 1.19), MI (aHR1.28), sudden cardiac death (aHR 1.35), but also stroke (aHR 1.22) and diabetes (aHR 1.28). Clinicians must aim to reduce these risks by regular monitoring of weight, waist circumference, BMI, lipid profile and fasting blood glucose with early referral for treatment when abnormalities are detected.
Loss of bone mineral density is a recognised risk factor of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which can lead to development of fractures. Retrospective analysis of over 50,000 men found 19.4% of those treated with ADT had fractures compared to 12.6% without ADT (p<0.001).20 Real risk of osteoporosis means patients must be empowered with pertinent information on diet and exercise, which can help reduce their risk of fracture in the long run.
Abiraterone has an unique side effect profile, explained by its mode of action. Owing to its effects on glucocorticoid pathways, abiraterone is associated with toxicities related to mineralocorticoid excess, including fluid retention and oedema, hypokalaemia and hypertension, as well as cardiac disorders and abnormalities of liver function tests. As it is dosed continuously, careful and frequent monitoring of blood pressure and blood tests are imperative to manage its side effects.
Enzalutamide's toxicities are similar to anti-adrogens such as lethargy, hot flushes and diarrhoea. In its phase III trial, a small percentage of patients with neurological risk factors (0.6%) were noted to have seizures upon starting enzalutamide.
The described toxicities should not prevent the use of hormonal therapy, but early prevention and detection are paramount.
After 70 years of investigating hormone therapy for prostate cancer, the role of testosterone and androgen receptor remains at the epicentre of therapeutic intervention. Future research and drug development is still concentrated around refining the targets to combat drug resistance. Drug sequencing in a changing landscape is an imperative issue that requires careful consideration. Ultimately, an adaptive approach balancing drug efficacy and toxicities, disease and patient factors is key in managing prostate cancer successfully.
Conflict of interest: none declared
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Cornell vs Harvard (Apr 04, 2009)
2009 Harvard Crimson Softball
Cornell at Harvard (Game 2)
Apr 04, 2009 at Cambridge, Mass. (Soldiers Field)
Cornell 5 (26-6,5-1 Ivy)
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E - Intihar(4); Alexander(6). LOB - Cornell 8; Harvard 8. 2B - Macadam(7).
HR - Berkey(8); Shaw(2). HBP - March; Tomlinson; Henderson 2. SH -
Pledger(6). SF - March(1). SB - Henderson(7); Krysiak(1).
Cornell IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
Marx, Lauren........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8
Tomlinson, Ali...... 5.0 9 6 5 2 4 24 29 117
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Win - Moore (2-0). Loss - Tomlinson (9-4). Save - Brown (2).
WP - Tomlinson(2). HBP - by Black (March); by Tomlinson (Henderson); by Moore
(Tomlinson); by Tomlinson (Henderson). PB - Cheever(8). Pitches/strikes: Marx
8/5; Tomlinson 117/78; Black 32/16; Moore 28/14; Vertovez 9/3; Brown 57/34.
Umpires - HP: Steve Roscia 1B: Tom Boston 3B: Bobby DeMayo
Start: 2:45 pm Time: 1:53 Attendance: 200
Weather: Overcast, windy, high 40s
Moore faced 3 batters in the 4th.
Tomlinson faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Game: S090404B
Cornell at Harvard (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
Cornell starters: 10/ss Intihar; 4/2b March; 44/3b Menaker; 5/1b Garvey; 12/rf
Berkey; 45/cf Risica; 20/dp Tomlinson; 25/c Leonhard; 1/lf Amiraian; 9/p Marx;
Harvard starters: 12/2b Macadam; 2/lf Henderson; 5/1b Shaw; 10/dp Pledger; 6/3b
Schellberg; 17/rf Francis; 20/c Bock; 11/ss Alexander; 9/cf Krysiak; 15/p
Black;
Cornell 1st - Tomlinson to p. / for Marx. Intihar flied out to cf (0-1
K). March hit by pitch (1-0). Menaker popped up to 1b (2-2 BKFB). Garvey walked
(3-0 BBBB); March advanced to second. Berkey flied out to cf (2-2 BSBFF). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard 1st - Macadam flied out to lf (1-2 KBK). Henderson hit by pitch
(1-1 K). Henderson advanced to second on a wild pitch. Shaw homered to right
center, 2 RBI (3-2 KKFBBB); Henderson scored. Pledger singled to center field
(1-0 B). Schellberg reached on a fielder's choice (1-0 B); Pledger out at
second 2b to ss. Francis struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
Cornell 2nd - Risica flied out to lf (1-0 B). Tomlinson singled to right
field (2-1 BBF). Leonhard flied out to cf (1-0 B). Amiraian popped up to ss
(3-2 BBFFB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard 2nd - Bock singled up the middle (1-2 BKF). Alexander grounded
out to 2b (1-2 BKF); Bock advanced to second. Krysiak singled to shortstop
(0-0); Bock advanced to third. Krysiak stole second. Macadam grounded out to 3b
(1-2 KKBF). Henderson singled, bunt, RBI (1-1 KB); Krysiak advanced to third;
Bock scored. Shaw reached on an error by ss (0-1 K); Henderson advanced to
second; Krysiak scored, unearned. Pledger flied out to cf (2-2 KKBB). 2
runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Cornell 3rd - Moore to p for Black. Intihar lined out to 2b (1-0 B).
March walked (3-1 BBBKB). Menaker flied out to rf (1-0 B). Garvey struck out
swinging (2-2 KBBFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Harvard 3rd - Schellberg grounded out to 2b (1-2 FKB). Francis struck
out swinging (1-2 KBFS). Bock walked (3-2 KBBBKB). Alexander grounded out to 2b
(2-2 KBBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cornell 4th - Berkey singled through the left side (2-1 KBB). Risica
singled to pitcher (1-0 B); Berkey advanced to third. Tomlinson hit by pitch
(3-2 SBSFBFF); Risica advanced to second. Vertovez to p for Moore. Leonhard
walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); Tomlinson advanced to second; Risica advanced to third;
Berkey scored. Watts pinch hit for Amiraian. Watts struck out swinging (2-2
SSBBS). Intihar singled to left field, RBI; Leonhard advanced to second;
Tomlinson advanced to third; Risica scored. Brown to p for Vertovez. March
flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-1 BFB); Tomlinson scored. Menaker flied out to cf
(2-2 KBSB). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Harvard 4th - Cheever to c for Leonhard. Amiraian to lf for Watts.
Krysiak grounded out to p (2-2 SBFB). Macadam flied out to lf (2-2 KBBKF).
Henderson grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Cornell 5th - Garvey popped up to 2b (0-1 F). Berkey walked (3-1 FBBBB).
Risica popped up to 1b (3-1 BBBK). Tomlinson walked (3-1 BBBKB); Berkey
advanced to second. Cheever struck out swinging (2-2 BKSBS). 0 runs, 0 hits,
Harvard 5th - Shaw singled to center field (0-2 KFF). Pledger out at
first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-1 F); Shaw advanced to second. Schellberg singled
to left field (0-1 F); Shaw advanced to third. Francis walked (3-2 FBSBBB);
Schellberg advanced to second. Bock singled to left field, 2 RBI (1-2 KBKFF);
Francis advanced to second; Schellberg scored; Shaw scored. Alexander struck
out looking (2-2 KFBBK). Krysiak struck out swinging (1-2 KBKFS). 2 runs, 3
Cornell 6th - Keene pinch hit for Amiraian. Keene flied out to rf (2-1
KBB). Intihar grounded out to 3b (0-1 F). March flied out to lf (0-1 F). 0
Harvard 6th - Keene to lf. Macadam doubled to right center (1-1 SB).
Macadam advanced to third on a passed ball. Henderson hit by pitch (3-2
BSBFFF). Tomlinson to dp. Marx to p. Henderson stole second. Shaw popped up to
1b (0-1 F). Pledger popped up to ss (1-0 B). Schellberg popped up to 2b (2-1
BKB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Cornell 7th - Menaker reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to
second (0-0). Garvey grounded out to 3b (0-0). Berkey homered to right field, 2
RBI (1-2 FBS); Menaker scored, unearned. Risica grounded out to 2b (2-2 SBBKF).
Tomlinson struck out swinging (1-2 SSBFFS). 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0
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Golden Ocean Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce further proactive measures to strengthen its balance sheet, including amendment of all bank loan facilities of the Company, positive discussions with yards about further postponements of newbuilding deliveries, and a new equity issue. The refinancing creates a comfortable liquidity position while preserving an attractive and leveraged exposure to the dry bulk market.
Over the last 12 months, the Company has taken several measures to preserve its liquidity position, including postponement of newbuilding deliveries, sale of vessels, sale of newbuildings and sale & leaseback agreements. In light of the continued weak freight markets, the Company has been exploring additional measures to further preserve and improve its liquidity position to better position the Company through the current market cycle and at the same time to preserve the upside when the market improves.
Commencing from April 1, 2016, there will be no amortizations on the Company’s bank loan facilities until September 30, 2018, deferring a total of USD ~165 million of amortization commitments. Further, the minimum equity ratio will be removed and the Minimum Value Covenant will be reduced to 100% in the same period. A cash sweep mechanism will enable the Company to deleverage when the freight market recover. Further, the Company has also agreed a pre-agreed drawdown amount of USD 25m per remaining Capesize newbuilding, eliminating funding risk at delivery. The principal margins on the loans are unchanged and in average 2.3%, however the Company will pay a slightly increased margin of 4.25% for the, at any given time, deferred amount under the loan facilities. The agreement with the banks is conditional upon the Company raising USD 200m of equity.
The Company has mandated Danske Bank, DNB Markets, part of DNB Bank ASA, Arctic Securities AS, Clarksons Platou Securities AS and Nordea Markets, part of Nordea Bank Norge ASA (the “Managers”) to explore the opportunity to raise USD 200 million in a private placement (the “Private Placement”).
The Company’s largest shareholder, Hemen Holding Limited, currently controlling approximately 43.1% of the shares in the Company, as well as other leading shareholders in the Company have indicated support for subscribing to at least its pro rata share in the Private Placement.
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Bill Status Report Terra Goodnight
Tracking group: guns
VOTER ID (Greenspan, D.)
To specify that a concealed handgun license qualifies as photo identification for voting purposes.
Text/Analysis
Committee Hearing in House State & Local Government (2/27/2019; CONTINUED)
(Enacted)
FIREARMS (Plummer, P.)
To correct a drafting error in the definition of "dangerous ordnance" that resulted from Am. Sub. H.B. 228 of the 132nd General Assembly and to declare an emergency.
Signed by the Governor (3/11/2019; Signed: March 11, 2019)
HANDGUNS (Schaffer, T.)
To grant civil immunity to nonprofit corporations and persons associated with them for certain injuries, deaths, or losses resulting from the carrying of handguns.
Committee Hearing in House Civil Justice (4/9/2019; CONTINUED)
CONCEALED WEAPONS (Hood, R., Brinkman, T.)
To modify the Weapons Law by renaming a concealed handgun license as a concealed weapons license, allowing a concealed weapons licensee to carry concealed all deadly weapons not otherwise prohibited by law, repealing a notice requirement applicable to licensees stopped for a law enforcement purpose, authorizing expungement of convictions of a violation of that requirement, and allowing a person age 21 or older and not prohibited by federal law from firearm possession to carry a concealed deadly weapon without needing a license subject to the same carrying laws as a licensee.
Re-referred in House (6/30/2019; Criminal Justice)
FIREARM STORAGE (Kelly, B., Miranda, J.)
To prohibit negligent storage of a firearm and to provide criminal penalties if a minor gains access to an improperly stored firearm.
Referred in House (5/14/2019; Criminal Justice)
PROTECTION ORDERS (Williams, S.)
To enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to allow family members, household members, and law enforcement officers to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms if that person poses a danger to themselves or others.
Referred in Senate (2/13/2019; Government Oversight & Reform)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Kunze, S., Antonio, N.)
To address domestic violence by means of firearms restrictions, penalty enhancements, and a prohibition against strangulation, and to make an appropriation.
Committee Hearing in Senate Government Oversight & Reform (4/2/2019; CONTINUED)
FIREARMS (Roegner, K.)
To clarify that certain firearms are not "dangerous ordnance" and to declare an emergency.
Passed in Senate Government Oversight & Reform (2/26/2019; Bill: 24-8; Emergency: 24-8; Earlier REPORTED)
FIREARM MODIFICATIONS (Thomas, C.)
To prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bump-fire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm.
Referred in Senate (3/5/2019; Government Oversight & Reform)
FIREARM PURCHASES (Thomas, C.)
To raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to age 21 and to increase the penalty for improperly furnishing firearms to an underage person.
GUN SHOWS (Thomas, C.)
To regulate the transfer of firearms at a gun show.
CONCEALED WEAPONS (Uecker, J.)
To exempt knives not used as weapons from the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons and to eliminate the prohibition against manufacturing, possessing for sale, selling, or furnishing certain weapons other than firearms or dangerous ordnance.
Passed in Senate (6/27/2019; 32-1 (Antonio))
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Nauru support workers to leave before Christmas after decision not to retender
By Helen Davidson and Ben Doherty
Are we running out of contractors who want to be involved with detention camps?
Connect Settlement Services are the latest contractors to withdraw from Australian immigration detention regime.
Connect Settlement Services is believed to have consistently raised concerns about insufficient mental healthcare and child protection services on Nauru.
The company contracted to provide support for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru will leave the island before Christmas, after deciding it would not retender for the contract.
According to sources on Nauru, representatives of Connect Settlement Services informed all employees – including Nauruans and expatriate staff – and refugees at a meeting on Monday.
A CSS spokesman confirmed the company would leave Nauru and would not tender for any further contracts but declined to comment further.
It is understood the employees were told the services required on Nauru were beyond the capabilities of a settlement agency. The agency is believed to have consistently raised concerns about insufficient mental healthcare and child protection services on the island.
The Nauru files paint a searing picture of the collapse of basic humanity in the detention centre. History is unlikely to be kind to those who endorsed it
Some senior CSS executives are believed to have flown in for the meeting.
It is not known who will take over on 7 December when the CSS contract ends.The organisation took over after Save the Children left in early 2015.
CSS is the latest in a string of offshore processing contractors to withdraw from the controversial Australian regime.
Labels: Australia, Coalition, Current Affairs, HISTORY, Opinion, Politics
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I think it'd be ok to have a secondary character...
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Indian companies increasing investment in US: Tillerson
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson both US and India continue to benefit from their strong economic bonds.
business Updated: Oct 25, 2017 18:49 IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses with minister for external affairs Sushma Swaraj before a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
Indian companies, including Mahindra which is setting up first ever Indian automotive plant in the US, are increasing their investments in America, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday.
“US companies and products have everyday presence in the lives of Indians and we see increasing investments by Indian companies in America including a Mahindra vehicle plant that will open this month in Detroit, the first ever Indian automotive manufacturing plant in the US,” Tillerson said at a joint press conference with external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj here.
Mahindra & Mahindra plans to roll out off-road utility vehicles from the Detroit plant.
Tillerson added that besides partnering on issues related to regional and global stability, both US and India continue to benefit from their strong economic bonds.
“Our two countries have history of trade that dates back to the 18th century long before the independence of either one of our nations,” Tillerson said.
He said as part of the growing trade relations between the two nations, the first shipment of American crude oil arrived in India at the beginning of this month marking the first US oil export to India in more than four decades.
“Continued all sales have a potential to boost bilateral trade by up to 2 billion dollars per year. In fact, US India trade relationship which reached nearly 115 billion dollars last year touches many parts of the lives both our citizens,” Tillerson said.
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"Only boring people get bored…Interesting people can always find something to be interested in."
That’s what Tom Trelawney’s father says, anyway. Tom shouldn’t have been interested in playing with matches but he was...bored. Now the shed is in ashes and strange Uncle Harvey is the only one willing to have him stay while his parents vacation
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I didn’t mean to burn down our garden shed. But now I’m glad I did. If I hadn’t, none of this would have happened. The island. The gold. It was all because of burning down that shed.
The first day of vacation I was sitting in there playing with a box of matches. Striking one. Watching it burn. Blowing it out. Throwing the dead stick on the floor and reaching for another.
I was bored.
You’re not allowed to say that word in our house.
Only boring people get bored, says Dad. Interesting people can always find something to be interested in.
You can’t be bored, says Mom. There’s so much to do here! Why don’t you play a game? Or call a friend? Or go for a bike ride?
But I didn’t feel like doing any of that stuff. So I hid in the shed and played with matches.
Suddenly I smelled smoke. I looked around. Flames were blazing up the walls. One of the matches must have still been burning when I dropped it on the floor. I sprang at the door, wrenched it open, and threw myself outside.
As I rolled across the grass, my clothes smoking, I saw my mom standing at the French windows, her mouth open in a silent scream. Then she ran to get her phone.
By the time the fire engines arrived, the shed had burned itself out. They drenched it anyway, making sure no sparks blew into any of the neighbors’ houses. The chief fireman gave me a long lecture about fire safety. So did Mom. And Dad. They were still discussing how to punish me when the phone rang. It was Mrs. Spencer, calling to say that she was very sorry, but they really couldn’t have me to stay. What if I burned down their shed too? Or even their house?
"It was an accident," said Dad. "He’ll never do anything like it again."
But Mrs. Spencer wouldn’t listen.
Dad sat at the kitchen table with his head in his hands. "I don’t believe it," he groaned. "We’ll have to take him with us."
"We can’t," said Mom.
"Then what are we going to do?"
"Someone will have him."
"Oh, yes?" asked Dad. "Who?"
My parents were having their first vacation together without children since my big sister, Grace, was born. My kid brother, Jack, was staying with his friend Bongo. Grace was staying with her friend Ruby. I would have been staying with Finn Spencer, but his parents wouldn’t have me now. After the shed incident, neither would anyone else.
"I don’t mind staying here," I told my parents.
"No chance," said Dad.
I had another suggestion. "I could share Gran’s room at the Home. I like playing chess with her friend Isaac. And the food’s not bad."
But Mom vetoed that, too. "If no one will have you, we’ll just have to cancel the vacation."
That was when Dad panicked. He called everyone he knew.
Everyone he could think of.
Even his brother.
Which was how I came to be sitting in the back of the family wagon at half past five on that Tuesday morning, whizzing down the interstate toward New York City.
Apparently I’d met Uncle Harvey a few times at weddings and funerals, but he’d never been to visit us in Norwich and I couldn’t even remember what he looked like. Just like Dad, he was British but lived in the States, although in his case I didn’t know why. Dad came here because he met Mom and married her and she wanted to be near her own parents when Grace was born. Uncle Harvey wasn’t married and had no kids. I guess he just preferred New York to London, which makes sense; it’s cold and damp over there and the food’s terrible.
The drive took hours. By the time we finally made it to Uncle Harvey’s street, Dad was flipping out. "We’re going to miss the plane," he said, breathless with panic. "I knew we should have left earlier."
"We’re going to be fine," said Mom calmly. "Look, we’re here already. That’s number nineteen."
Dad double parked, grabbed my bag from the trunk, and scanned the street for traffic cops, then raced up the steps and rang the bell. Mom and I followed right behind him. We stood on the top step, looking at the paint peeling off the front door and the trash bags stacked against a lamppost, spilling tin cans and orange peels. Two women jogged past. A man came out of another brownstone wearing a blue suit and carrying a racing bike. He put the bike in the road and swung himself onto the seat.
Dad rang the bell again. "Where the hell is he?"
"Simon!" said Mom.
"Sorry," said Dad. "But where is he?"
"Asleep," I mumbled. "If he has any sense."
"He can’t be asleep. He knows we’re coming." But Dad took out his phone and called Uncle Harvey. There was a long pause. Then: "Hello? Harvey? Where are you? We’re outside! Didn’t you hear the bell? It doesn’t matter. Forget it. Could you let us in?"
Six minutes later (Dad timed it), the front door was opened by an unshaven man wearing a long silk bathrobe decorated with yellow butterflies. "Simon! Sarah! How lovely to see you!"
I could see the relief on my parents’ faces. When Uncle Harvey hadn’t answered the door, they really thought they’d have to take me to Nassau. Their vacation would have been ruined. Now they could hand me over and get away for a whole week of sunbathing, reading books by the pool, and smoochy candlelit dinners.
"Here’s Tom," said Mom, pushing me forward. "He’s very excited about staying so near Greenwich Village. Aren’t you?"
"Hi," I said.
Uncle Harvey said hi back and shook my hand. He was taller than my dad, and thinner, too, and he looked much younger, although I knew the actual age difference was only two years and five months.
Mom said, "Are you sure you don’t mind doing this?"
"I’m looking forward to it," said Uncle Harvey. He had a mischievous smile. "We’re going to have a wild time together."
"Not too wild," said Dad. "Tom’s been in enough trouble recently."
"That sounds interesting. What type of trouble? What have you done?"
"Oh, nothing much," I said. "Everyone just likes to get annoyed with me all the time."
"I know exactly what you mean," said Uncle Harvey.
I knew he didn’t. He was just saying so to be nice. But I still appreciated it.
Dad gave me a quick, awkward hug. "Bye, Tom. Be good."
"Bye, Dad. Have a great vacation."
Mom kissed me. Then she stepped back and looked at me nervously. "I hope we’re doing the right thing. You will behave yourself, won’t you?"
"Of course he will," said Uncle Harvey. "Now stop worrying. I hereby give you permission to enjoy yourselves. Get thee to the airport and have a glass of wine."
They didn’t argue. Just rushed down the steps and ran along the street to their car, not wanting to give my uncle the chance to change his mind.
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The Line That Held Us (Hardcover)
By David Joy
Kobo eBook (August 14th, 2018): $11.99
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From critically acclaimed author David Joy comes a remarkable novel about the cover-up of an accidental death, and the dark consequences that reverberate through the lives of four people who will never be the same again.
When Darl Moody went hunting after a monster buck he's chased for years, he never expected he'd accidentally shoot a man digging ginseng. Worse yet, he's killed a Brewer, a family notorious for vengeance and violence. With nowhere to turn, Darl calls on the help of the only man he knows will answer, his best friend, Calvin Hooper. But when Dwayne Brewer comes looking for his missing brother and stumbles onto a blood trail leading straight back to Darl and Calvin, a nightmare of revenge rips apart their world. The Line That Held Us is a story of friendship and family, a tale balanced between destruction and redemption, where the only hope is to hold on tight, clenching to those you love. What will you do for the people who mean the most, and what will you grasp to when all that you have is gone? The only certainty in a place so shredded is that no one will get away unscathed.
David Joy is the author of The Weight of This World and Where All Light Tends to Go, an Edgar finalist for Best First Novel. His stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in a number of publications, and he is the author of the memoir Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman's Journey. Joy lives in Sylva, North Carolina.
“Unflinching . . . Joy writes about rough-hewn men and women eking out a living in an economically depressed area, trying to avoid—but often affected by—violence and drugs that permeate the region. Their lives are tied to the land, its history and their families who established lives there decades ago.”—Associated Press
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“A suspenseful page-turner, complete with one of the absolutely killer endings that have become one of Joy’s signatures.”—Los Angeles Times
“Exquisitely written, heart-wrenching . . . Joy’s descriptions are lyrical and lingering.”—Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
“David Joy’s novel brought me to my knees. Exquisitely written and heart-wrenching, it reminded me of Faulkner in its dark depiction of family loyalty — that “old fierce pull of blood.” . . . Joy’s descriptions are lyrical and lingering. . . . In the end, the line that holds Joy’s characters may be fraught and frayed, but its pull is fierce.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Joy has proved adept with southern noir in his first two novels, and he nails it again here, in the actions of characters who act as they must, for the sake of family and friendship, given their nature. This is fiction as beautiful and compelling as it is searing.”—Booklist (starred review)
"Poverty, class, violence, addiction, isolation: No one writes about the issues facing rural America as clearly, as fairly, or as well as David Joy. The Line That Held Us plumbs the depths of friendship and family, uncovering truths that are stamped on the page with blistering realism."—Wiley Cash, author of The Last Ballad
Praise for The Weight of This World
“Bleakly beautiful. . . [a] gorgeously written but pitiless novel about a region blessed by nature but reduced to desolation and despair.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
“Darkly stunning Appalachian noir.”—Huffington Post
“Scenes unfold at a furious pace, yet contain such rich description that readers will do well to read slowly, savoring Joy's prose. . . . Joy's work perfectly aligns with the author's self-described ‘Appalachian noir’ genre, as a sticky film of desperation and tragedy cloaks everything his characters touch. April, Aiden and Thad are hopelessly conflicted, dripping with history and heartache, yet they cling to unique dreams about what life could look like if they carried a bit less weight of the world upon their shoulders.”—Associated Press
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date: August 14th, 2018
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Apple's $120 Million Patent Win Against Samsung Is Reinstated
Posted: Oct 8 2016, 8:45am CDT | by IANS, in Apple
Samsung is on bad luck streak.
There is more bad news for Samsung. The company lost some ground following incidents of the Galaxy Note 7 battery exploding, and now a US court has reinstated its decision that Samsung had infringed on Apple's patents and owes the company nearly $120 million.
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Samsung had infringed on Apple's famous slide-to-unlock patent as well as its quick links patent, which covers software that automatically turns information like addresses and phone numbers into links, The Verge reported.
Earlier this year, when Samsung appealed against the previous decision of Apple being granted a win, a three-judge panel stripped away Apple's triumph, saying one patent was not infringed and the other two were invalid.
However, on Friday the three judges who sided with Samsung did not win a single ally and Apple's win was restored on an 8-3 vote (One of the 12 sitting Federal Circuit judges, Richard Taranto, did not participate), Ars Technica reported.
"We conclude that the jury verdict on each issue is supported by substantial evidence in the record. We thus reinstate the district court's award of costs which the panel had vacated," the court was quoted as saying.
The full panel of judges determined that the three judges acted incorrectly by considering information that was not introduced in trial and by ruling on issues that were never brought up on appeal, the report added.
The court also maintained a ruling against Apple, which found that it should pay Samsung $158,400 for infringing on a photo and video gallery patent, as was originally ruled back in 2014.
After three full days of deliberations in May 2014, a jury in San Jose, California found that Samsung had infringed upon two out five Apple patents, and that it owed the Cupertino company $119.6 million in damages.
The jury also found that Apple had also infringed on one of Samsung's two patents -- covering a photo and video gallery feature -- and as a result owed $158,400 to the South Korean giant.
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S K Satheesh
Volume 117 Issue S1 July 2008 pp 243-262
Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB): An overview
K Krishna Moorthy S K Satheesh S Suresh Babu C B S Dutt
During March–May 2006, an extensive, multi-institution, multi-instrument, and multi-platform integrated field experiment ‘Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget’ (ICARB) was carried out under the Geosphere Biosphere Programme of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO-GBP). The objective of this largest and most exhaustive field campaign, ever conducted in the Indian region, was to characterize the physico-chemical properties and radiative effects of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases over the Indian landmass and the adjoining oceanic regions of the Arabian Sea, northern Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal through intensive, simultaneous observations. A network of ground-based observatories (over the mainland and islands), a dedicated ship cruise over the oceanic regions using a fully equipped research vessel, the Sagar Kanya, and altitude profiling over selected regions using an instrumented aircraft and balloonsondes formed the three segments of this integrated experiment, which were carried out in tandem. This paper presents an overview of the ICARB field experiment, the database generated, and some of its interesting outcomes though these are preliminary in nature.
The ICARB has revealed significant spatio-temporal heterogeneity in most of the aerosol characteristics both over land and ocean. Observed aerosol loading and optical depths were comparable to or in certain regions, a little lower than those reported in some of the earlier campaigns for these regions. The preliminary results indicate:
low (> 0.2) aerosol optical depths (AOD) over most part of the Arabian Sea, except two pockets; one off Mangalore and the other, less intense, in the central Arabian Sea at ∼18° N latitude;
High ˚Angström exponent in the southern Arabian Sea signifying steep AOD spectra and higher abundance of accumulation mode particles in the southern Arabian Sea and off Mangalore;
Remarkably low ˚Angström exponents signifying increased concentration of coarse mode aerosols and high columnar abundance in the northern Arabian Sea;
Altitude profiles from aircraft showed a steady BC level up to 3 km altitude with structures which were associated with inversions in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL);
A surprisingly large increase in the BC mass fraction with altitude;
Presence of a convectively mixed layer extending up to about 1 km over the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal;
A spatial off shore extent of > 100 km for the anthropogenic impact at the coast; and
Advection of aerosols, through airmass trajectories, from west Asia and NW arid regions of India leading to formation of elevated aerosol layers extending as far as 400 km off the east coast.
Aircraft measurements of aerosol black carbon from a coastal location in the north-east part of peninsular India during ICARB
S Suresh Babu S K Satheesh K Krishna Moorthy C B S Dutt Vijayakumar S Nair Denny P Alappattu P K Kunhikrishnan
During the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB) over India, high-resolution airborne measurements of the altitude profiles of the mass concentrations (MB) of aerosol black carbon (BC) were made off Bhubaneswar (BBR, 85.82°E, 20.25°N), over northwest Bay of Bengal, in the altitude region upto 3 km. Such high-resolution measurements of altitude profiles of aerosols are done for the first time over India. The profiles showed a near-steady vertical distribution of MB modulated with two small peaks, one at 800m and the other at ∼2000m. High resolution GPS (Global Positioning System) sonde (Vaisala) measurements around the same region onboard the research vessel Sagar Kanya (around the same time of the aircraft sortie) revealed two convectively well mixed layers, one from ground to ∼700m with an inversion at the top and the other extends from 1200m to ∼2000m with a second inversion at ∼2200m and a convectively stable region in the altitude range 700–1200m. The observed peaks in the MB profile are found to be associated with these temperature inversions. In addition, long-range transport from the Indo- Gangetic Plain (IGP) and deserts lying further to the west also influence the vertical profile of BC. Latitudinal variation of MB showed a remarkable land ocean contrast at the 500m altitude (within the well mixed region) with remarkably lower values over oceans, suggesting the impact of strong sources over the mainland. However, above the ABL (at 1500m), the latitudinal variations were quite weak, and this appears to be resulting from the impact of long-range transport. Comparison of the altitude profiles of MB over BoB off BBR with those obtained during the earlier occasion over the inland stations of Hyderabad and Kanpur showed similarities above ∼500m, with MB remaining around a steady value of ∼1 𝜇 g m−3. However, large differences are seen within the ABL. Even though the observed MB values are not unusually high, their near constancy in the vertical column will have important implications to radiative forcing.
Characteristics of spectral aerosol optical depths over India during ICARB
S Naseema Beegum K Krishna Moorthy Vijayakumar S Nair S Suresh Babu S K Satheesh V Vinoj R Ramakrishna Reddy K Rama Gopal K V S Badarinath K Niranjan Santosh Kumar Pandey M Behera A Jeyaram P K Bhuyan M M Gogoi Sacchidanand Singh P Pant U C Dumka Yogesh Kant J C Kuniyal Darshan Singh
Spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements, carried out regularly from a network of observatories spread over the Indian mainland and adjoining islands in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, are used to examine the spatio-temporal and spectral variations during the period of ICARB (March to May 2006). The AODs and the derived ˚Angström parameters showed considerable variations across India during the above period. While at the southern peninsular stations the AODs decreased towards May after a peak in April, in the north Indian regions they increased continuously from March to May. The ˚Angström coefficients suggested enhanced coarse mode loading in the north Indian regions, compared to southern India. Nevertheless, as months progressed from March to May, the dominance of coarse mode aerosols increased in the columnar aerosol size spectrum over the entire Indian mainland, maintaining the regional distinctiveness. Compared to the above, the island stations showed considerably low AODs, so too the northeastern station Dibrugarh, indicating the prevalence of cleaner environment. Long-range transport of aerosols from the adjoining regions leads to remarkable changes in the magnitude of the AODs and their wavelength dependencies during March to May. HYSPLIT back-trajectory analysis shows that enhanced long-range transport of aerosols, particularly from the west Asia and northwest coastal India, contributed significantly to the enhancement of AOD and in the flattening of the spectra over entire regions; if it is the peninsular regions and the island Minicoy are more impacted in April, the north Indian regions including the Indo Gangetic Plain get affected the most during May, with the AODs soaring as high as 1.0 at 500 nm. Over the islands, the ˚Angström exponent (𝛼) remained significantly lower (∼1) over the Arabian Sea compared to Bay of Bengal (BoB) (∼1.4) as revealed by the data respectively from Minicoy and Port Blair. Occurrences of higher values of 𝛼, showing dominance of accumulation mode aerosols, over BoB are associated well with the advection, above the boundary layer, of fine particles from the east Asian region during March and April. The change in the airmass to marine in May results in a rapid decrease in 𝛼 over the BoB.
Aerosol characteristics at a remote island: Minicoy in southern Arabian Sea
V Vinoj S K Satheesh K Krishna Moorthy
Extensive measurements of aerosol optical and microphysical properties made at a remote island, Minicoy in southern Arabian Sea for the period (February 2006–March 2007) are used to characterize their temporal variability and Black Carbon (BC) mass mixing ratio. Large decrease in aerosol BC (from ∼800 ng m−3 to ∼100 ng m−3) was observed associated with change in airmass characteristics and monsoon rains. The total aerosol mass varied between ∼80 and 20 𝜇 g m−3. Though the total mass fell drastically, a slight increase in super micron mass was observed during the June–August period associated with high winds. The mass fraction of Black Carbon aerosols during the prevalence of continental airmass is found to be ∼1.2% of the composite aerosols, which is much lower than the values reported earlier for this region.
Volume 123 Issue 6 August 2014 pp 1249-1264
Sensitivity of meteorological input and soil properties in simulating aerosols (dust, PM10, and BC) using CHIMERE chemistry transport model
Nishi Srivastava S K Satheesh Nadège Blond
The objective of this study is to evaluate the ability of a European chemistry transport model, ‘CHIMERE’ driven by the US meteorological model MM5, in simulating aerosol concentrations [dust, PM10 and black carbon (BC)] over the Indian region. An evaluation of a meteorological event (dust storm); impact of change in soil-related parameters and meteorological input grid resolution on these aerosol concentrations has been performed. Dust storm simulation over Indo-Gangetic basin indicates ability of the model to capture dust storm events. Measured (AERONET data) and simulated parameters such as aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angstrom exponent are used to evaluate the performance of the model to capture the dust storm event. A sensitivity study is performed to investigate the impact of change in soil characteristics (thickness of the soil layer in contact with air, volumetric water, and air content of the soil) and meteorological input grid resolution on the aerosol (dust, PM10, BC) distribution. Results show that soil parameters and meteorological input grid resolution have an important impact on spatial distribution of aerosol (dust, PM10, BC) concentrations.
Volume 124 Issue 4 June 2015 pp 875-896
Performance of WRF-Chem over Indian region: Comparison with measurements
Gaurav Govardhan Ravi S Nanjundiah S K Satheesh K Krishnamoorthy V R Kotamarthi
The aerosol mass concentrations over several Indian regions have been simulated using the online chemistry transport model, WRF-Chem, for two distinct seasons of 2011, representing the pre-monsoon (May) and post-monsoon (October) periods during the Indo–US joint experiment ‘Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX)’. The simulated values were compared with concurrent measurements. It is found that the model systematically underestimates near-surface BC mass concentrations as well as columnar Aerosol Optical Depths (AODs) from the measurements. Examining this in the light of the model-simulated meteorological parameters, we notice the model overestimates both planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) and surface wind speeds, leading to deeper mixing and dispersion and hence lower surface concentrations of aerosols. Shortcoming in simulating rainfall pattern also has an impact through the scavenging effect. It also appears that the columnar AODs are influenced by the unrealistic emission scenarios in the model. Comparison with vertical profiles of BC obtained from aircraft-based measurements also shows a systematic underestimation by the model at all levels. It is seen that concentration of other aerosols, viz., dust and sea-salt are closely linked with meteorological conditions prevailing over the region. Dust is higher during pre-monsoon periods due to the prevalence of north-westerly winds that advect dust from deserts of west Asia into the Indo-Gangetic plain. Winds and rainfall influence sea-salt concentrations. Thus, the unrealistic simulation of wind and rainfall leads to model simulated dust and sea-salt also to deviate from the real values; which together with BC also causes underperformance of the model with regard to columnar AOD. It appears that for better simulations of aerosols over Indian region, the model needs an improvement in the simulation of the meteorology.
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Archived — Elizabeth Murphy
Year: 2003 – Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
School: Christ the King School
Rushoon, Newfoundland and Labrador A0E 2S0
Principal: Leo Hynes
School Telephone: 709-443-2293
School Fax: 709-443-2323
School email: lhynes@bpsb.nf.ca
Teacher Email: eamurphy@stemnet.nf.ca
Grades/Subjects Taught: Grades 7-12/technology, math, ethics
Encourage students to think positively and to create a joy of learning in the classroom.
Ensures that students are able to apply what they've learned.
Ms. Murphy has created an "outdoor classroom" -- learning spaces where students can undertake environmental projects. As the school librarian, she held various book fairs to make low-cost books available to all school children and students who could not afford to make a purchase.
She assists colleagues with special needs children to acquire the skills and knowledge required to use assistive devices.
Ms. Murphy has volunteered to change her teaching assignments to accommodate emerging needs in the school by enrolling in courses to further enhance her teaching abilities and knowledge (school librarian, science, home economics, etc.)
She is the founding chairperson of the province's first small school council, which provided the impetus for Memorial University's Diploma in Rural Education and Tele-learning, and an elected member of the executive council of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teacher's Association.
In Praise Of:
"Mrs. Murphy teaches as she lives, driven by service to others - with a selfless attitude which too often results in her being not given the recognition she so richly deserves." - Administrative Officer, Professional Development
"Mrs. Murphy is one of the wisest people I know and I feel very lucky and proud to have her as a teacher." - Student
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Quality hotels all around Iceland
Icelandair Hotels Group cater to both tourists and business travelers and provide accommodations suitable for every budget, a cohesive mix of traditional hotel hospitality and innovative services to up with the requirements of the modern traveler's lifestyle. The vision is to give an authentic Icelandic experience for visiting tourists, focusing on Iceland's unique qualities as a tourist destination.
A chain of eight Icelandair Hotels offers a quality stay at key locations on the ring road around Iceland. Traveling across the country, the Hotel Edda - a string of summer hotels - makes for a good and economical choice, offering both en-suite rooms and sleeping bag accommodation. Our Hilton properties, the Hilton Reykjavik Nordica, the newly opened Reykjavik Konsulat Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton and Canopy by Hilton, Reykjavík | City Centre, are a high-end alternative for comfort and service along with Reykjavik Marina Residence. All of our hotels run a central reservation department.
Icelandair Hotels Group is growing and making its way into the lifestyle segment. The newest addition being Reykjavik Konsulat Hotel, our first Curio Collection by Hilton property, situated in the oldest part of Reykjavík at the junction of Icelandic history and style. The reconstruction of this charming building, which in the 19th and 20th century housed a grand department store run by Consul Thomsen and his family, was completed in March 2018 with modern amenities and a nod to Reykjavík’s vibrant culture.
The apartment-style suites at Reykjavik Marina Residence opened in December 2015, and are located in a beautifully restored historical building down by the buzzing Reykjavik Old Harbor. Icelandair Hotels are proud to have opened the first Canopy hotel in the world in 2016 - a new brand by Hilton, Canopy Reykjavík | City Centre, located in the heart of downtown Reykjavik. The new additions increase the total number of rooms within the Icelandair Hotels Group to 1.629 rooms located all around Iceland. 790 in Reykjavik and a total of 839 rooms in the countryside. Thereof 223 rooms at Icelandair Hotels and 616 rooms belong to Hotel Edda, the summer hotels.
Our Reykjavik hotels are our largest, with 147 rooms at Reykjavik Marina. We have 220 rooms at Reykjavik Natura and 251 at Hilton Reykjavik Nordica. Canopy Reykjavik City Centre has 112 rooms and Reykjavik Konsulat Hotel 50 rooms. The remaining six Icelandair hotels, located in smaller towns, offer anywhere between 30 and 100 rooms. These are widely considered to be the best accommodations available outside of Reykjavik providing high-quality facilities and services. Regardless of location, all our hotels are ideal settings for meetings and conferences. Three of our countryside hotels are managed independently, under a franchise agreement. The remaining ones are operated by Icelandair Hotels.
The Edda Hotels chain consists of ten convenient locations throughout the countryside. Most Edda Hotels are well-established student housing facilities, which are vacant during the summer. Amenities and room count vary by location. Edda Hotels are highly regarded in Iceland and frequented by both foreign and local travelers.
Icelandair Group is the parent company of nine subsidiaries in the travel industry in Iceland, and Icelandair Hotels is one of them.
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Icelandair Hotels wants to be "berry blue" with you; eat rolled-up pancakes with sugar, drive around on bumpy, country roads, go to the warm swimming pool, down to the harbor, experience the dancing Northern Lights, the midnight sun, and enjoy the Icelandic every-day culture that can truly be a great experience for both local and foreign visitors alike.
Sculptures made by Adalheidur S. Eysteindsottir
Sculptures made by
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Icelandair Hotels is a chain of quality hotels located throughout Iceland. Each hotel has its own distinctive characteristics yet the overall feeling is the same across the chain. At each hotel, sculptures by Icelandic artist Aðalheiður S. Eysteinsdóttir can be found in the public area. They bear the hotel's characteristics and represent the hotel and the family they are all a part of. The sculptures are among the many things that unite us as a whole but still remind us about how important the attributes for each hotel are. Each sculpture is different and has a story behind it. The sculptures help us make guests feel warm and welcome.
Read more about each sculpture.
Icelandair Hotels and Icelandic Nature
and Icelandic Nature
Nature is the hallmark of Iceland and the biggest attraction for visitors from all over the world coming to this beautiful country. The Icelandic nature is very important to us and we both respect it and connect with it. All Icelandair Hotels are located in an environment where nature prevails, whether in the city or in the countryside.
Icelandair Hotels Group and the National Gallery of Iceland work together to promote Icelandic art and culture.
The cooperation supports the great work of the National Gallery; exhibitions, publications and educational activities and aims to promote Icelandic visual art and the museum‘s work to guests of Icelandair Hotels.
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Pettyfer feels Star Wars force?
Alex Pettyfer could be set to star in the next Star Wars film
August 29 2013 11:37 AM
Alex Pettyfer has met film bosses about a role in Star Wars: Episode VII, according to reports.
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/pettyfer-feels-star-wars-force-29536843.html
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It's rumoured that the Magic Mike actor discussed an "unknown" role which could be Luke Skywalker's son in the seventh instalment, to be directed by JJ Abrams, according to the Los Angeles Times' Latino Review.
Ryan Gosling has already denied that he has auditioned for the same part, which Zac Efron was also rumoured to be up for.
Peter Pan star Rachel Hurd-Wood has reportedly read for the role of Leia and Han Solo's daughter, the only actress to have tried out for the part so far.
Zachary Quinto has denied that he is reuniting with director JJ in the Star Wars movie.
He told fans during at a Canadian expo: "I don't think I could do it, I really don't. And I don't think I would do it"
The franchise's original stars - Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill - are reported to be returning for the next film.
Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the newer Star Wars films, is also rumoured to return as a Force Ghost.
Official casting announcements are expected around October, before production starts in January 2014.
Star Wars: Episode VII is due out in 2015.
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Armando Iannucci’s new film to open BFI London Film Festival
By Sherna Noah, PA Senior Entertainment Correspondent Armando Iannucci’s new film The Personal History Of David Copperfield will open the BFI London Film Festival.
Licence to shock: The new female super spy
Twenty five films in, and the Bond franchise still appears more than able to break the internet. Any murmurings about Bond films getting stale in their dotage were fully put paid to this week, when the producers of the spy series announced Daniel Craig's heir apparent. And it's a development, described as 'popcorn-dropping', that's likely to leave Bond purists a little shaken and stirred. In a good way,...
Baz Luhrmann names actor who will star in Elvis Presley biopic
By Associated Press Reporter Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic has found its King.
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