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Wimbledon selfie-taker who was told off for taking a photo by Meghan's protection officers says he had NO IDEA she was there - and he was actually trying to snap Federer
Hasan Hasanov, 58, was told off by Meghan's bodyguard for taking a selfie
Mr Hasanov, of south London, says he was trying to take one of Roger Federer
Grandfather and keen tennis fan claims he didn't realise Meghan was there
By Lara Keay For Mailonline
The tennis fan who was told off for 'taking a selfie with Meghan' at Wimbledon claims he didn't even know she was there - and wanted one with Roger Federer instead.
Hasan Hasanov, 58, was pictured being spoken to by a royal bodyguard after he took the picture with his iPhone on Court One last Thursday.
The Duchess's security team warned him not to take photos of her as she was there in a 'private capacity'.
Pictures from the day show him facing Meghan with his mobile phone pointing towards her.
But the grandfather, of Wallington, south London, insists he was trying to get a picture of himself with Roger Federer in the background and hadn't even realised Meghan was in front of him.
Hasan Hasanov, 58, was pictured being spoken to by a royal bodyguard after he took the picture with his iPhone on Court One last Thursday
The Duchess's security team (bodyguard centre) warned him (right) not to take photos of Meghan (left) as she was there in a 'private capacity'
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He told The Sun: 'I honestly couldn't really care less about taking a picture of Meghan, Harry or any of the royals — and, if I did, I'd ask first. I was much more interested in getting a video of Roger Federer in action.'
Pictured: Long-standing Wimbledon fan Hasan Hasanov, 58, of south London
The safety engineer, who has been going to Wimbledon for 15 of the 20 years he has lived in London, queued outside from 5am to get his hands on a £25 ticket.
He went from 1,400 in the line to bagging himself a Court One seat on the day Serena Williams and Andy Murray were both playing.
The Duchess, 37, caused outraged when she arrived unannounced to watch her friend Serena play on July 4.
Members of the crowd were banned from taking pictures of her as her team insisted it was a 'private outing', despite taxpayers forking out £2.4million for renovations to her new home.
All England Club sources say she was a 'nightmare' to accommodate, with her casual attire and 'self-regarding paranoia'.
An official tasked with organising the event told The Times: 'It was a nightmare, she was a nightmare.'
Another club insider told the newspaper she was not supposed to be wearing jeans in the exclusive members' only area she was sat in.
Palace officials claimed the Duchess of Sussex (second right), 37, attended the All England Club in a 'private capacity' last Thursday to watch her friend Serena (front) play
Kensington Palace declined to comment on the controversy - but a royal source told MailOnline: 'It's not uncommon for personal protection officers accompanying any members of the Royal Family to ask people not to take pictures so they can engage with people and events rather than camera phones'.
After his run-in with the royal, Azerbaijan-born Mr Hasanov went straight on holiday and was unaware of the furore around his exchange with the Duchess.
On his return he couldn't believe it and said: 'I had no idea she was there!'
He claims he took the selfie to send to his wife and she had not got up early enough to queue with him.
The Duchess is pictured with her two friends in the stands in Court One
The father-of-three, who is a member of a tennis club in Purley, south London, recently acquired British citizenship and considers himself a royalist.
Despite his clash with Meghan and her team he says he will still support the royal family.
Former tennis star Sally Jones, 64, was also warned about not taking photos with the Duchess in.
She was left furious, saying afterwards: 'Harry and Meghan see themselves more as A-list celebrities rather than royals carrying out their duties. It's control-freakery'.
'There were around 200 photographers snapping away at her but security were sent to warn an old biddy like me. It makes them look silly. It's childish and takes us for fools'.
Tennis fan who was told not to get selfie with Meghan at Wimbledon says he didn't know she was there
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Nicole Russell / @russell_nm / June 16, 2019 / Leave a comment
Netflix has threatened to cease filming in Georgia over the state's "heartbeat bill" banning abortions after six weeks. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Commentary By
Nicole Russell / @russell_nm
A vast array of corporations have come out in support of abortion in recent weeks—specifically to oppose “heartbeat bills” that ban abortion after six weeks, such as the ones recently signed into law in Georgia, Missouri, and Alabama.
Last week, leaders of more than 180 companies—including MAC Cosmetics, Yelp, and clothing-maker Eileen Fisher—signed a letter in a full-page ad in The New York Times, saying that “restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health, independence, and economic stability of our employees and customers.”
This follows several threats made by media companies, including Disney and Netflix, to stop filming in Georgia due to the “heartbeat bill” recently signed by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Just weeks ago, things were quieter. Bloomberg pointed out last month that “the corporate silence on abortion in Georgia and elsewhere has been deafening, especially compared with corporations’ eagerness to demonstrate their support for other progressive social issues, such as LGBT rights.”
So it’s curious that nearly 200 companies would suddenly come out swinging against these bans.
It’s especially odd given that public opinion on abortion is shifting. In a January Marist poll, 3 out of 4 Americans said they supported substantial restrictions on abortion. More recently, a Pew Research poll found that nearly 40% want abortion to be illegal “all or most of the time.”
Such restrictions enjoy robust support in some states, as reflected in the six-week bans recently passed by state legislatures. This surge in pro-life support has the abortion lobby worried.
No surprise, then, that the abortion lobby had a strong hand in organizing the New York Times letter.
NPR reports, “The letter is part of a broader campaign called Don’t Ban Equality, sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights.”
The purpose? “Organizers say the letter marks the first step in engaging corporate supporters as the fight over abortion escalates.”
Alone, any one of those organizations listed has enormous sway, particularly in public policy. The ACLU spent $1.2 million on lobbying efforts last year alone. Yet together, these groups comprise a lobbying army with hundreds of politicians in their back pockets.
While America is, of course, a free country, and as such, corporations enjoy the freedom to participate in causes de jure, one has to ask: Where is the business sense in rallying to support abortion when many Americans object to it? After all, companies have paid a steep cost in the past for wading into controversial matters.
For instance, when Dick’s Sporting Goods decided it would enter the gun control debate by refraining from selling what it referred to as “assault-style” firearms, it faced a boycott and a reported $150 million in lost sales that year.
Likewise, Target lost over a million customers and took a significant financial hit after adopting a transgender bathroom policy in 2016.
Put simply, wading into political controversy is bad for business. Companies who indulge in controversial policy fights risk alienating a large chunk of their consumer base.
Clearly, the CEOs of those 180 companies are willing to take that risk in order to advocate abortion. We’ll see if that approach lasts.
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Austin blast set off by trip wire shows 'higher level of skill' from serial bomber, police say
Filed under Crime at Mar 2018
Claire Z. Cardona
Tom Steele
Updated at 6 p.m. March 19: Revised to include a letter requesting a congressional hearing on the attacks.
Two people were wounded in an explosion Sunday night in Austin that showed similarities to other recent blasts but also "a higher level of skill."
The victims — two white men ages 23 and 22 — were wounded about 8:30 p.m. as they walked along the 4800 block of Dawn Song Drive, southwest of downtown Austin. Their injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.
Interim police Chief Brian Manley said authorities believe the pair were walking on either the sidewalk or the median when the device was triggered by a trip wire.
"That changes things," he said at an overnight news conference. "Our safety message to this point has been involving the handling of packages, and telling this community, 'Do not handle packages, do not pick up packages, do not disturb packages.'
"We now need to have an extra level of vigilance and pay attention to any suspicious device, whether it be a package, a bag, a backpack — anything that looks out of place — and please do not approach it."
If you are receiving an emergency alert to stay in place, this only applies to residents that live in the Travis Country neighborhood. The scene needs to be processed and properly cleared of any hazards. Updates will be provided to residents around 10 am.
— Austin Police Dept (@Austin_Police) March 19, 2018
Manley said authorities saw similarities between previous bombs and the latest explosion, but the big difference is the use of a trip wire.
"The belief we are now dealing with someone who is dealing with tripwire shows a higher level of sophistication, a higher level of skill," he said Monday morning.
Frederick Milanowski, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said that the bomb was anchored to a metal sign near a hiking trail and triggered by a wire as thin as fishing line that would've been incredibly difficult to see.
Bombs in Austin look a lot like terrorism, and they require us to be Texas Tough
Manley said authorities "will have to determine if we see a specific ideology behind this" before labeling the attacks as terrorism.
The first three package bombs had clear targets, while the latest did not, he said.
"We were not willing to classify this as terrorism or hate because we just don't know enough, and what we see now is a significant change from three very targeted attacks to one that would hit a random person that walked by," he said.
Officials work and stage near the site of Sunday's deadly explosion on Monday.
(Eric Gay/The Associated Press)
Officials work and stage near the site of Sunday's deadly explosion.
A police crime scene van arrives near the site of Sunday's deadly explosion.
Officials work near the site of Sunday's deadly explosion.
Police dogs and their handlers deploy at the scene of an explosion in southwest Austin.
(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman)
Police continue to restrict access to the neighborhood at the site of Sunday's explosion in Austin.
Interim Austin police Chief Brian Manley talks to the media early Monday.
Officials man a roadblock near the area of an explosion late Sunday.
Officials investigate near the area of an explosion late Sunday in Austin.
Residents within a half-mile radius of Dawn Song Drive and Republic of Texas Boulevard in the Travis Country neighborhood were asked to remain in their homes and wait for instructions.
Manley said the neighborhood would be locked down until around 2 p.m.
Before dawn, police sent out a cellphone alert asking residents to remain indoors. Austin ISD said it would not be sending school buses into the neighborhood and that absences and tardies would be excused.
The police chief said law-enforcement officials are "clearly dealing with what we expect to be a serial bomber at this point."
He also invited the bomber or bombers to contact law enforcement, to put a stop to the attacks.
"There are innocent people getting hurt in this community and it needs to stop," Manley said. "The last thing we need is another injury and death."
Briefing regarding explosion in Southwest Austin https://t.co/j2HwQsrse8
Jerry Schmidt, president of the Woods at Travis Country homeowner's association, said he did not hear Sunday's explosion, but that a relative with diminished hearing did.
"It concerns me because I want to keep my neighborhood safe. I can't believe this is going on here," Schmidt said.
The latest Austin bomb was personal — just like every other bomb in the world
Shonda Mace, who lives on nearby Canyonwood Drive, heard the sirens but not the explosion.
"Travis Country is a safe neighborhood. Things like this don't happen here and it's really terrifying," she said. "It just doesn't happen here. It's in a state of shock."
In the three bombings earlier this month, which killed two people and injured two others, a box or package was left on or near the front porch of the victims' homes, according to law enforcement.
On March 2, Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed at his home in the 1100 block of Haverford Drive.
Ten days later, 17-year-old Draylen Mason was killed and his 41-year-old mother was injured when she opened a package left on the front porch of her home in the 4800 block of Oldfort Hill Drive.
Later that morning, a 75-year-old woman was injured when she handled a package near her home in the 6700 block of Galindo Street.
3rd package explosion reported in Austin hours after blast that killed teen, injured woman
The names of the two injured women have not been released. Authorities think the previous incidents are related.
A $115,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler said Monday that residents' growing fears are "legitimate and real" and that people should not hesitate to call 911 if they see something suspicious.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday his office would allocate $265,500 in emergency funding for Austin police and the Texas Ranger Bomb Response Team. The money will buy seven portable X-ray systems for bomb technicians to use when investigating suspicious packages.
"I want to ensure everyone in the Austin region and the entire state that Texas is committed to providing every resource necessary to make sure these crimes are solved as quickly as possible," Abbott said.
The total reward amount for information leading to the arrest & conviction of person/s responsible for #packagebombmurders is 115k. Please contact @Austin_Police at (512) 472-tips (8477) with any details. We need your help! https://t.co/Y2e5SJQMBY
— Chief Brian Manley (@chief_manley) March 18, 2018
On Saturday, a 26-year-old man was arrested after a bomb threat was emailed to South by Southwest festival organizers. That threat led to the cancellation of a concert by the Roots on Saturday night.
Police searched the area and said they found no danger to the public. Authorities also said the incident did not appear to be connected to the string of explosions around the capital.
Rep. Michael McCaul, who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security, has yet to hold a hearing about the bombs in Austin.
Mississippi Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson chided McCaul in a letter Monday, pointing out that the Austin Republican held hearings when two gunmen attacked a Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest in Garland in 2015. He urged McCaul to hold hearings "without delay."
"No matter the motive or ideology behind these attacks, the fact that Americans are being targeted and killed by deadly bombs, within our homeland and in your own backyard, demands attention from this Committee," Thompson wrote.
The Associated Press contributed to the report.
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Coats supports the VAs new Clothworkers Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation
World leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business Coats plc announces its support of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) new venture – The Clothworkers’ Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation.
The V&A holds one of the most important collections of textiles and fashion in the world, ranging from archaeological textiles to contemporary haute couture. The Clothworkers' Centre will be a dedicated facility to study, conserve and store the V&A’s textiles and fashion collection. Housing over 104,000 objects ranging from small archaeological textile fragments from Egypt to enormous tapestries created for medieval European palaces, the Centre also preserves a variety of historical fashion pieces from hoop petticoats from the 1740s to the latest creations by leading contemporary designers.
The donation from Coats, which has come from a combination of funds from Coats plc, Coats Crafts Division and The Coats Foundation Trust, has enabled one of the antique wooden display cabinets from the former Textiles Gallery to be restored to accommodate textile samples in the Study Room. The cabinet will contain 160 framed textiles showing the quality, geographic range and diversity of the collection and demonstrating a variety of textiles techniques and designs dating back to 500 AD.
Coats has a rich heritage dating back to the 1750’s and has been closely involved with textile crafts over the years. During the 1800’s the company was responsible for producing the world’s first cotton sewing thread and later introduced spooled cotton sewing thread to consumers, when previously all thread was sold in packets. Today Coats and its portfolio of brands maintains a pioneering culture and continues leading the way in providing complementary and value added products and services to the apparel, footwear and speciality industries and extending the crafts offer into new markets and online.
Paul Forman, Group Chief Executive, Coats plc, said: ‘Coats is extremely proud to be supporting the V&A in its development of the Clothworkers’ Centre which will be the world’s leading facility for the preservation and study of fashion and textiles.
‘There are many areas of commonality with Coats’ institutional expertise, international mindset and continuous innovations in the world of thread and related products. The access and educational aims of the Centre align with The Coats Foundation Trust’s objective of advancing education and the study of textiles, as well as with Coats Crafts’ ambition of bringing crafting to a wider and more diverse audience.’
The Coats Crafts Division is dedicated to raising interest in, and awareness of, crafting and will work with the V&A to provide tutors and products for Coats Crafts workshops at the V&A throughout 2014.
The Clothworkers’ Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation has been developed at Blythe House in London’s Kensington Olympia and opens to the public from 8 October 2013. It has been made possible thanks to a generous lead grant from The Clothworkers’ Foundation and further support from many others.
To download high resolution images for Coats go to: www.coats.com/imagelibrary
For more information about Coats please contact:
Anna Mitchell, Head of Group Communications, anna.mitchell@coats.com
T +44 208 210 5015, M +44 7740 747 976 or
Kristina Blissett, Communications Manager, kristina.blissett@coats.com
T +44 208 210 5084, M +44 7714 539 887
For press images and information about The Clothworkers’ Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation please contact the V&A Press Office on press.office@vam.ac.uk or call 020 7942 2502/00
About Coats
With a rich heritage dating back to the 1750s, Coats is the world's leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, at home in more than 70 countries, employing over 20,000 people across six continents. Revenues in 2012 were US$1.7bn.
Our well-known brands and strong relationships with customers and consumers mean our products and services meet current and future needs. Our company-wide understanding of our business partners and consumers, coupled with the deep expertise of our people, builds trust and certainty.
Coats’ pioneering history and innovative culture ensure the company continues leading the way around the world: providing complementary and value added products and services to the apparel and footwear industries; extending the crafts offer into new markets and online; and applying innovative techniques to develop products in new areas such as tracer threads, aramids and fibre optics.
One in five garments on the planet is held together using Coats’ thread
75 million car airbags are made using Coats’ thread every year
Coats produces enough yarn to knit 65 million scarves a year
In three and a half hours, Coats makes enough thread to go to the moon and back
300 million pairs of shoes are made every year using Coats’ thread
One million teabags using Coats’ thread are brewed every 10 minutes
Thousands of surgical operations take place every day using Coats’ thread
Thomas Edison used Coats’ thread in 1879 to invent the light bulb
Coats produces enough thread to reach around the Equator every 11 minutes
Coats is the second largest and fastest growing global zip manufacturer
About Coats Crafts Division
Coats Crafts division is the world's leading consumer textile crafts business, its history is interwoven with many key innovations in knitting, crochet, quilting, embroidery and sewing dating back to the beginning of the industrial revolution.
Our well-known brands, which include Rowan, Red Heart, Patons, Anchor and Schachenmayr, have been inspiring generations of crafters around the world who have looked to Coats for our signature quality and inspiration for over 200 years.
About The Coats Foundation Trust
The Trust was initially set up in 1974 and provides grants to individuals or institutions which cover the three main charitable areas:
the relief of persons who are aged, powerless or in conditions of need, hardship or distress
the advancement of education
the provision (or assistance in the provision) in the interests of social welfare, of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation
About the Clothworkers’ Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation
Based at Blythe House in Kensington Olympia, the new Centre will bring the V&A's extensive textiles and fashion collection together under one roof, providing appropriate bespoke storage to enhance the long-term care of the collection. At the heart of the project will be new and upgraded Conservation studios, a public Study Centre, and a Seminar Room, offering visitors and researchers increased access and improved facilities to study and enjoy this important collection. The original grand entrance to Blythe House - a Grade II Listed Building - will also be reinstated, making it fully accessible and welcoming for visitors. The Clothworkers' Centre will be the most important national and international centre for fashion and textiles.
The Blythe House Textiles and Fashion development will be named 'The Clothworkers' Centre for Textiles and Fashion Study and Conservation' following a generous lead grant from the Clothworkers' Foundation.
To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com
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Books, Craft, Design, fforest heroes
How to build your own cabin in the woods. A guide to a simpler life by Conrad E. Meinecke
'I think a really wholesome escape, if I may use that term - an escape to run from the crowded city lot to a place where one could plant a garden, raise chickens, pigs and the like - might perhaps add to the national wealth as well as our own good.' - Conrad E. Meinecke
Cabincraft and Outdoor Living is written for the man who has but 2 weeks vacation a year and takes his family with him, or, for the man who has a place in the country and wants to know how to do many things around the place himself. It teaches you how to build a log cabin, with diagrams featuring a bush-craft kit – and using axes, knives, rope and felled trees; how to furnish and beautify your cabin, with tips on cooking, bird listening and lighting fires and stoves. You will learn how to cook the most succulent outdoor dishes you ever dreamed about eating, you will learn how to design and make furniture, how to find water, how to make candles, how to take advantage of the signs that nature posts everywhere for your better living. It is just filled with everything you need to know about the good life in the great outdoors. It’s a poetic celebration of life lived outdoors.
'This is a good world and it will be just what we make of it.'
Read a bit more about the author here
Books, Food & Drink
Chef Gill Meller creates seasonal dishes inspired by the landscape in which he lives & works
River Cottage head chef, food writer & author Gill Meller's first cookbook 'Gather' promotes the idea of cooking with seasonal, local & the freshest of ingredients. With recipes inspired by the landscape in which he lives and works, his cooking ethos is much akin to fforest's own.
Our fourth fforest feast was recently hosted in the big cedar barn, an 8 course meal showcasing the best of seasonal and local from land and sea. Dishes included locally caught crab, wild rabbit, heritage carrots, greens, leaves & herbs from our own fforest gardens and much, much more. We have always aspired to cook with only the freshest ingredients with the idea that our surrounding area, with its bountiful produce, deserves to be celebrated.
This is a concept beautifully enforced in Gill's cookery. 'Gather' includes 120 recipes that stress the importance of seasonality and locality in cooking:
'I like to think my cooking is a reflection of my surroundings. I take inspiration from the landscape, my locality, and the amazing farmers, growers and fisherman that produce the ingredients I use.'
Watch Gill as he cooks barley paella with squid and rabbit on the shores of a nearby beach. A recipe from his book, 'Gather'.
You can purchase your own copy of 'Gather' here
Books, Gardening, Nature
What Sian's reading: An enchanting book by Clare Leighton, describing a year in her garden
A beautiful book by artist and author Clare Leighton, her famous wood engravings are as enchanting as her nature stories.
Born in London in 1898, the English/American artist is best known for her wood engravings which, in this book, lovingly illustrate the essence and beauty of the seasons, and the joys and hardships of a gardener. Thanks to her work as an accomplished wood engraver, she inspired a revival of the craft in Britain and North America.
She produced a remarkable body of work in her lifetime including over 840 wood engravings, twelve books that she both wrote and illustrated, as well as paintings, glass and ceramics. She was also commissioned to produce twelve engravings for an American illustrated edition of Wuthering Heights in the 1930s (as seen below).
Read reviews and buy your own copy here
Travel, Books
Wild Guide Scotland: friends of fforest release travel guidebook of Scotland's hidden treasures
New from the best selling Wild Guide Series, Wild Guide Scotland is a compendium of hidden places, outdoor adventures, local/artisanal food and inspiring places to stay featuring hundreds of ideas for the perfect adventure in the wilds and wonderlands of Scotland.
In 2015, three very talented photographers/adventurers/dreamers embarked upon a two-year trip to discover, explore & capture some of the most idyllic places in Scotland. Their findings and photographs have been published as a travel guidebook: Wild Guide Scotland, which features incredible photography and enchanting travel writing. The collection of secret spots, with charming descriptions and enticing imagery, is a perfect guide for those looking to find adventure in Scotland; to climb a little higher, walk a little further, and to see a whooole lot more.
Follow Kimberley Grant, David Boyson Cooper & Richard Gaston (the authors) on their websites & on Instagram to see some more stunning photography. Purchase Wild Guide Scotland here
Gather Cook Feast: Recipes from land & water by Jessica Seaton
'I only ever wanted to live in nature. I grew up in fields, messing about in streams, learning about flowers, nestled in a hedge bank with a book. As soon as I could after graduating I moved with my husband, Jamie, to West Wales, one of the wilder parts of Britain, where the coast is tortuous, long and never far away, the population sparse and the wooded river valleys full of wild flowers. There I learned to forage, to gather mushrooms in the woods, to make nettle soup and to pick wild garlic.'
- Jessica Seaton
Jessica Seaton, a friend of fforest and co-founder of Toast, is launching her new book on the 6th of April.
This is a book about landscape and food. About imagining food that, in some way, both comes from and represents landscape. Gather Cook Feast celebrates the connection between the food that we eat and the land where we live in over 120 recipes. Jessica is inspired to create meals that feel like a place, using the food from our seas, our rivers, our farmland, our gardens and our wild places. Full of simple, seasonal and nourishing recipes like braised shortribs with horseradish, courgette fritters with minted yoghurt, mackerel escabeche with wild fennel, smoked venison sausages with piccalilli vegetables, alongside puddings, preserves and cakes such as bramble and bay jelly pots, apple and walnut soft cake and rose macaroons, this is a book full of recipes to savour, to share, and to sustain.
In a recent entry to her blog, Jessica shared a recipe from her new book: Nettle soup with horseradish & chives. This is the best time of year to be experimenting with nettle recipes, something that Sian @coldatnight has been busy doing too...
Young and fresh perfect for picking now. Nettles are such a good source of iron so I have been in the kitchen experimenting with them for our spring feast. Nettle pesto and paste and even a cake, amazingly green like moss and tasted pretty good too! 🌿 @fforest #fforestfeast #foragedfood #wildfoodlove #botanicalpickmeup #springiscoming #stayplaydream #creativeinthecountryside
A post shared by Sian from fforest (@coldatnight) on Mar 16, 2017 at 11:40am PDT
Buy Jessica's new recipe book here
Owner of Noma restaurant, chef René Redzepi shares his top ten books
As the chef behind Denmark’s Noma restaurant, recipient of two Michelin stars and of the San Pellegrino Awards’ “best restaurant in the world” honour four times since it opened in 2004, René Redzepi is widely considered the godfather of New Nordic food.
With a menu rooted in foraging, fermenting, and smoking, Redzepi incorporates plant and animal ingredients such as lichen, beach mustard, pine needles, and musk ox, and turns them into a culinary experience for which diners will pay handsomely. Embedded in his work is a simple philosophy—that we don’t need food “to be delicious or great or all these things if we’re just to survive,” as he told Interview, “But it’s one of those things that makes life fun, livable. And the more I submerge myself in it, the more fun I seem to have.”
Below is a list of the chef's top ten books:
1. EL BULLI SABOR DEL MEDITERRANEO
- Ferran Adrià
"Ferran has authored many books but, to me, this is one of the most important restaurant cook books of the last two decades. You can trace back several of the modern culinary movements of the last 20 years in the pages of this book, and it’s laden with beautiful and inspiring images."
2. KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAl
- Anthony Bourdain
"You could argue that this book was the real moment of “the chef” as we know it today. I think before this came out, chefs were simply cooks hidden in the basement. This book sparked a new appetite for understanding how, and by whom, our food is prepared. This book (along with Marco Pierre’s “White Heat”) is one of the two books that propelled professional cooking into the pop culture phenomenon that it is today."
3. ALL THE ODES
- Pablo Neruda
"I love these odes, they are a brilliant reminder to consider seemingly unimportant everyday objects and moments, and to enjoy the present."
4. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"This was one of the books that I started reading as Noma was opening. I was sleeping on the couch every night, coming home from work completely exhausted, way too stressed out and slowly sinking into some sort of depression. I became totally absorbed by the writing and universe that Dostoyevsky creates; it is the perfect escape."
5. DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON
- George Orwell
"This might be the best book I know of that describes restaurant culture. In general I am a very big fan of George Orwell, I could have selected half of the books on this list to be authored by him. But I particularly enjoy this one because it tells me something about my industry."
6. BABETTE'S FEAST
- Karen Blixen
"This is a Danish classic. As a cook in Scandinavia, reading this book makes you understand why Scandinavians have such a strange relationship with the act of pleasure. It makes you think about the impact religion has had on the enjoyment of things, particularly food. In other words, after I read this I understand why it can be so bleak here up in the Protestant north."
7. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
- Charles Darwin
"Lost on a desert island, having a book like this to inspire you, and to learn, would allow you to still dedicate your life to something. Find yourself a little beetle, or a tiny ant. Maintain a sense of curiosity and thrill of exploration."
8. THE SELLOUT
- Paul Beatty
"My friend Daniel Patterson gave me this book and told me it is one of his favourite books that he’s ever read. Beatty’s use of language and humour is complex and layered, unfolding more and more each time you read it. It is also a book that has taught me—as a Dane—a great deal about the predominant culture in the West — America."
9. GUNS, GERMS & STEEL
- Jared Diamond
"A monster of a book, where you get to learn about the world and the people that we are. It is a book that I tried to read several times before finally reading it through, each time wishing I didn’t have a couple of kids on my shoulder or the roaring engine sound of a modern kitchen in my ears. It is simply the perfect book when you have time to really focus and think."
10. TINTIN IN THE CONGO
- Hergé
"I spent many hours as a child and teenager digging into Tintin. Actually, it was a difficult choice between Tintin and “The Little Prince,” because that is another old favourite. Despite being classified as children’s books, I believe these can easily be read and enjoyed by adults."
This list is adapted from One Grand: a curated bookstore in which celebrated thinkers, writers, artists, and other creative minds share the ten books they would take to their metaphorical desert island.
Art, Books, Illustration
Matt Sewell: A career in illustration and writing sparked by his love of birds
Artist, illustrator and author Matt Sewell is a keen ornithologist and friend of fforest. His eye for capturing the beauty of birds through his unique illustrations takes the act of bird watching to new heights...
Matt has built a brand around his birds; selling his designs in big name department stores and smaller independent shops across the country as well as on his own website. His illustrated bird books are a delight for the eyes but are also informative so appeal to bird watching enthusiasts and illustration fans alike. He brings his birds to the masses in his 'Spotting & Jotting' workshops, a feature at fforest Gather 2016 that was a huge success. Bringing together grown-ups and little ones to learn about the surrounding bird-life at fforest and to learn how to draw and paint them with Matt. He will be joining us again this year at fforest Gather to share even more of his expert bird knowledge and artistic ideas.
We asked Matt a few questions about where his love of illustration (and birds!) came from...
Did you do a degree in illustration or did you just have a passion for drawing and birds in particular?
I did a degree that focused on animation and illustration and have been a freelance illustrator since the late 90s. Nature and birds in particular have always featured in my work but it wasn't until I wanted to have a bit of a break and a new direction that I started focusing totally on birds, after a year away in Australia in 2007.
If you were a bird which one would you most like to be and why?
Swallows are cool, they have fun together, are great flyers, look very cool, travel lots and hang out together in a big communal family.
Where would you like to travel to study the animals or birds?
India!
Is there anything exciting in the pipeline you would like us to mention?
My first children's book called 'The Big Bird Spot' published by Pavillion, I have created loads of amazing landscapes to lose yourself in and spot birds and other wildlife. It will be out this spring and I can't wait to see how it goes down!
Matt will be back with us at Gather this year, to find out more and to buy tickets click here
Pre-order Matt's first children's book here
The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus Nilsson
'The idea is that there has been nothing comprehensive published in English on Nordic cooking, basically ever. There have been books about Scandinavian cooking or on national cooking back in the 1970s but nothing since then. And everyone confuses the countries and the regions and no one really understands how diverse it all is. So I'm aiming to show all that with this new book.'
- Magnus Nilsson
Magnus Nilsson is one of the world's top chefs and owner of Fäviken restaurant in Sweden. A remote restaurant in the middle of nowhere on the edge of the arctic circle, where James and Sian stayed and ate and met Magnus in the autumn of 2013.
His second recipe book, 'The Nordic Cookbook', a huge book, beautiful and inspiring, an encyclopaedia of Scandinavian and Nordic cooking, bringing the best of Scandinavian food, traditions and stories straight to your kitchen. Whittled down from 11,000 recipes and articles, the book contains around 700 different recipes. It took Magnus three years to research and compile this list whilst still running Fäviken.
So many inspirational and interesting things are found in this book, which is brilliantly documented with atmospheric photos of landscapes, people and plates of food. One page in particular caught the attention of fforest chief, a picture of two men in a wooden shed...
'It was common, before modern kitchens were invented, to have a simple but dedicated house just for cooking next to the one you lived in. This way when you made big batches of food, the whole house in which you lived was not made damp by the steam.'
...chief now wants a wooden cooking shed to house his wood smoker and crab boiling pots.
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Oct 11 — 13, 2019
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Asta Young
Why try to fit in when you were born to stand out? Asta Young is a 4 ft 5 artist, cosplayer, and “Mother of Pugs” based out of Phoenix, Arizona. She was born in Hong Kong and moved out to the United States in 2009. She began her career focusing in art, which transitioned her into the world of cosplay. Asta is no stranger to the cosplay world ever since her Ewok went viral back in 2015. She is here to show the world there is no height restriction in life and in cosplay. She strongly believes cosplay is for EVERYONE.
Besides cosplay, Asta is also known as a television personality starring as a main cast member in Little Women Dallas on Lifetime. Her work has been featured in Inked Magazine/Popsugar/The Chive/Phoenix New Times/League of Legends/The Dallas Morning News, and various other media sites and magazines. Her work has also been featured in a documentary with Snapchat & Barcroft TV. When she is not cosplaying, she spends her full time as an artist with pugs as her main focus. You can find her work on: www.astayoung.com
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Players ‘take full responsibility’ for slow start as Buchanan calls for Cobblers unity
David Buchanan takes a touch during Saturday's defeat to Fleetwood. Pictures by Sharon Lucey
James Heneghan
Published: 14:01 Monday 14 August 2017
Cobblers defender and vice-captain David Buchanan has reiterated his manager’s plea for everyone to ‘stick together’ after their faltering start to the season continued at the weekend.
Much was expected of Northampton this year following a summer overhaul – and they may well still achieve great things – but three 1-0 defeats has created tangible angst around Sixfields.
But Buchanan says the players take ‘full responsibility’ for their sticky start and that they are determined to put things right, starting this weekend when their search for a first point takes them to Charlton Athletic.
He said: “We win and lose together at this football club and that goes for everybody – the players, the manager, the coaches and the fans.
“It’s frustrating for them to see us to lose football matches because it’s not what they want but let me tell you: we’re all in it together.
“We put pressure on ourselves, it doesn’t matter who we play. We’ve got a group of players here that we think are capable of doing well this year.
I could hear the fans getting frustrated but we’ve got to stick together. Players don’t mean to make mistakes, they’re trying to do the right thing, but I’m just disappointed.
“In the first two games we’ve been solid enough. At Shrewsbury they had a lot of possession but they didn’t really hurt us and we got done with the sucker-punch late on.
“On Saturday for long periods we were the better team. We weren’t overly dominating and we didn’t create chance after chance but a mistake has cost us.
“It’s just so frustrating to lose that game, but we take full responsibility as players on the pitch and all we can do is get back in and try to put it right.
“We go to Charlton, we’ll all stick together and that’s the fans included.”
Introduced as a second-half substitute only moments earlier, it was young Shaun McWilliams who made the unfortunate mistake which led to Fleetwood’s winner on Saturday as he lost possession in midfield and Devante Cole finished off a slick breakaway.
It was an understandably gut-wrenching moment for the homegrown 19-year-old, who sunk to his knees in sheer frustration once Cole’s shot found the net, but Buchanan, an experience pro, is confident that he will bounce back stronger.
“There’s no blame on Shaun,” he said. “He’s a fantastic young player and he’s regarded really highly in our dressing room.
“We’ll all get round each other and regroup for Charlton.”
Arguably, what cost Northampton more on Saturday was their inability to finish off chances when four glaring opportunities came along in the space of 30 seconds.
Billy Waters had a header cleared off the line before Aaron Pierre twice and Waters again were somehow kept out by a sensational triple save from Fleetwood goalkeeper Alex Cairns.
Buchanan continued: “It’s the old cliche that we always use – goals change games. If we’re 1-0 up going into the final 15 or 20 minutes then they have to come out at us to get something and that’s when we can pick them off and put the balls into good areas.
“We didn’t have many clear-cut chances but we had two chances from point-blank range and one of them has to go in the back of the net, but no one means to miss.
“The second-half was a stalemate. It’s not pretty on the eye and then we cause our own problems by giving the ball away in the middle of the pitch and we got punished for it. We’ve got to learn from it.”
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Kamal Nath sworn in as MP CM ending 15 years of BJP rule
December 17, 2018 December 17, 2018 DayAfter
Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, who steered his party to victory in Madhya Pradesh, was on Monday sworn in as its 18th Chief Minister, bringing to an end 15 years of BJP rule in the state which had become the saffron party’s stronghold.
The nine-time MP and former union Minister was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at a function held at the Jambori Maidan on a day the Delhi High Court convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, triggering demands that Kamal Nath should not be made Chief Minister.
The 72-year-old Kamal Nath, who represented Chhindwara for nine terms in the Lok Sabha, was the only one to take the oath even as the other contender to the Chief Minister’s post, Jyotiraditya Scindia, was present. The ceremony was held an hour behind schedule at 2.30 p.m.
The brief ceremony was attended by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H.D. Deve Gowda, outgoing Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, another former BJP Chief Minister Babulal Gaur and a galaxy of national leaders in a show of opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Among the opposition stalwarts present were NCP leaders Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his Karnataka counterpart H.D. Kumaraswamy, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi, JMM chief Hemant Soren, DMK leaders M.K. Stalin, T.R. Balu and Kanimozhi, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Shard Yadav and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader and MP Raju Shetti.
Congress leaders who were present included Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his deputy Sachin Pilot, Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, Puducherry Chief Minster V. Narayanaswamy, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Minister D.K, Shivakumar, Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, UP Congress President Raj Babbar and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda
BSP chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, whose parties have extended support to the Congress government, were conspicuous by their absence.
Earlier, Kamal Nath told the media that he had invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee personally but she expressed her inability because she was occupied with the rituals in connection with her mother’s death anniversary.
Before the ceremony started, Kamal Nath greeted the leaders on the stage and held Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s hand and greeted the people in which Scindia also joined. The scenes were lapped up by the hundreds of Congress activists and supporters gathered there.
Representatives of various religions including saffron-clad saints were present at the function. Among them was the ‘computer’ baba who was offered a Minister of State status by the Chouhan government.
Leh records season’s coldest night at minus 15.7 deg C
Sandip Somany takes over as new Ficci President
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Kejriwal apologizes to Gadkari to end defamation case
Published: Mar 19,201804:56 PM by IANS
Making yet another U-turn, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday apologized to BJP leader Nitin Gadkari for making unverified allegations of corruption against him after which the Union Minister withdrew his defamation case.
The development came days after the AAP leader regretted having accused Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia of drug trade without evidence.
In a letter to Gadkari, Kejriwal said he was feeling sorry for making "certain statements, without regard to its verifiability, which seem to have hurt you...
"I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure."
He also suggested to the Union Shipping and Transport Minister that "we should put our energy to serve the people of this country in the spirit of mutual respect".
Consequent to the regret, Gadkari and Kejriwal later filed a joint application in the Patiala House Court, seeking withdrawal of the defamation case.
"Kejriwal has acknowledged that (the) complainant (Gadkari) was hurt on account of unverified allegations and expressed regret, in the larger public interest" and that "the complainant does not wish to pursue the defamation case", read the application.
In 2014, Gadkari had filed the defamation suit against Kejriwal after he named him in a list of "corrupt politicians".
Kejriwal has been dragged to courts in several defamation cases by various political leaders, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Last week, the AAP leader wrote to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia for accusing his of involvement in drug trade without any proof to back the allegations..
The apology triggered a virtual rebellion in the AAP Punjab unit, leaing to the resignation of Bhagwant Mann as its Punjab Unit chief.
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2017 Boundary Committee
Boundary Committee 2017 Members
Boundary Committee 2017 Timeline
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Boundary Map Scenarios 2017
Community Boundary Recommendation Information and Input Form 2017
Boundary Committee Q&A 11.7.17
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DUBLIN UNIFIED INITIATES PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO DECISION
REGARDING FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL
At the Tuesday, August 8, 2017 regular Board of Trustees meeting, the Dublin Unified School District initiated the formation of a Community Review Committee to assess, analyze and explore options related to the plan for a future high school in the Dublin Unified School District.
The Community Review Committee (CRC) will be comprised of 18 members representing stakeholders from across the district, chosen largely by fellow community members. The CRC will work under the direction of the Future High School Project Manager, a qualified professional from outside the District who will serve as a liaison between the committee and the District/Board of Trustees. The Project Manager, who will be hired in a temporary consulting role, will not be a voting member of the committee.
The CRC’s Charge will be to:
Assess and analyze the current land options available for the future high school and high school capacity
Identify challenges and opportunities related to each site based on criteria identified by the Project Manager/Board of Trustees
Listen and incorporate community feedback into potential recommendations
Make recommendations to the Board of Trustees as to the viability of each site based on cost, timeline, and feasibility
Each of the District’s 11 schools will be represented on the CRC by a parent, teacher or staff member chosen by their School Site Council (SSC), following an open application process. In order to be considered a school “representative”, applicants must have a child that attends that school or work at that site as an employee.
In addition, the CRC will include a member of the senior community, representatives from the District’s employee associations, a current high school student and two community at-large members, who will be chosen by the Project Manager. The committee is expected to begin its work on the week of September 4, 2017.
“The committee marks an important step forward in our process to evaluate options for a future high school,” Board President Megan Rouse said. “The Board feels strongly that the community should be brought into this process as we weigh critical factors related to this issue. We look forward to giving the CRC the information it needs to get to work.”
The Board of Trustees will continue the important discussion of a future high school in Dublin.
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TI-83 Plus Math MATH Submenu
Press [MENU] to access the Math MATH submenu on the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator. This submenu contains general mathematical functions you can insert into an expression.
How to convert between decimals and fractions
The Frac function always converts a finite decimal to a fraction. Sometimes this function can convert an infinite repeating decimal to a fraction. When it can’t, it lets you know by redisplaying the decimal. Be sure to enter the decimal before inserting the Frac function, as shown in the first two lines of the first picture.
The Dec function converts a fraction to a decimal. Enter the fraction before you insert the Dec function.
How to take cube roots on TI-83
The cube function, 3, cubes the value that precedes the function. The cube-root function,
finds the cube root of a value that follows the function. This value must be enclosed in parentheses; the calculator supplies the opening parenthesis; you must supply the closing parenthesis.
How to take the xth root
The xth root function
finds the xth root of the value that follows the function. To use this function, first enter the root x, then insert the
function, and then enter the argument. In this example the calculator is evaluating the fourth root of 16.
How to find the location of maximum and minimum values
The fMin and fMax functions on the TI-83 Plus approximate where the minimum or maximum value of a function occurs in a specified interval. They do not compute the minimum or maximum value of the function; they just give you the x-coordinate of the minimum or maximum point.
The fMin and fMax functions are standalone functions in the sense that they cannot be used in an expression. To use these functions, insert the appropriate function, fMin or fMax, at the beginning of a new line on the Home screen. Then enter the definition of the function whose minimum or maximum you want to locate.
Press [,] and enter the variable used in the definition of the function you just entered. Press [,] and enter the lower limit of the specified interval. Then press [,], enter the upper limit, and press [ ) ]. Finally, press [ENTER] to approximate the location of the minimum or maximum in the specified interval.
How to do numerical differentiation and integration
The TI-83 Plus calculator cannot perform symbolic differentiation and integration. For example, it cannot tell you that the derivative of x2 is 2x, nor can it evaluate an indefinite integral. But the nDeriv function will approximate the derivative (slope) of a function at a specified value of the variable, and the fnInt function will approximate a definite integral.
Insert the nDeriv function, enter the function whose derivative you want to find, and then press [,]. Enter the variable used in the definition of the function you just entered and press [,]. Then enter the value at which the derivative is to be taken, and press [ ) ]. Finally, press [ENTER] to approximate the derivative.
To use the fnInt function, insert fnInt, and then enter the function you are integrating. Press [,] and enter the variable used in the definition of the function you just entered. Press [,] and enter the lower limit of the definite integral. Press [,], enter the upper limit, and press [ ) ]. Finally, press [ENTER] to approximate the definite integral.
The calculator may give you an error message or a false answer if nDeriv is used to find the derivative at a nondifferentiable point or if fnInt is used to evaluate an improper integral.
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Alison R. Ashmore Member
Probate, Trust & Fiduciary Litigation
Government Investigations and Corporate Compliance
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Baylor Law School, J.D. 2007, cum laude
Law Review, Associate Editor
Hardin-Simmons University, B.A., 2004, magna cum laude
Alison Ashmore works with clients to resolve all manner of business issues. Her practice includes a broad range of business issues and business disputes including contractual disputes, protection of confidential information and intellectual property, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, unfair competition, and other business claims, as well as employment issues and bankruptcy claims. Ms. Ashmore’s practical approach to dispute resolution is tailored to the needs of her clients and covers a variety of industries including construction, real estate, insurance, aviation, health care, and technology. She has broad experience advising businesses and representing employers in both state and federal court and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and regularly appears in complex Chapter 11 cases. Ms. Ashmore also has experience representing clients pursuing appeals in both Texas appellate courts and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In addition to advising businesses, Ms. Ashmore has extensive experience advising lawyers on professional obligations and defending lawyers and law firms from claims of malpractice, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty, and advising individuals in will contests and guardianship matters.
Counsels clients of all sizes in documenting and protecting their business interests;
Advises business as to how to deal with their employees and partners;
Counsels clients on resolving disputes in order to avoid litigation;
Assisted in obtaining the dismissal in federal district court of a $25 million fraud and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit against a major national law firm and obtained sanctions in favor of the law firm;
Defended employer against claims of workers' compensation discrimination and retaliation, resulting in summary judgment in favor of the employer on discrimination and unanimous jury finding of no retaliation;
Second chair at multiday arbitration representing a Fortune 500 company in multimillion dollar claim arising from outsourcing contract;
Defense of large law firm in suit brought by former client involving tax planning advice;
Primary author of successful motion to dismiss seven Texas state law causes of action;
Representation of high profile personal injury law firm in suit for negligence regarding its handling of a medical malpractice case;
Assisted in defense of law firm against claim of malicious prosecution arising from case alleging fraud and attempting to collect a debt spanning over a decade and involving criminal prosecution;
Advised counsel to law firm in strategic defense of motion for sanctions;
Defense of law firm from claim of negligence arising from advice regarding handling of employment and stock agreements;
Assisted in representation of construction company in litigation involving misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, and employee raiding issues through jury verdict for client;
Assisted in breach of fiduciary duty suit against trustee;
Defense of suits for employment discrimination and retaliation on the basis of race, sex, religion, involving workers' compensation claims, and breach of contract;
Assisted in suits to prevent employee raiding and breaches of non-compete agreements; and
Defense of suit seeking injunctive relief against the unauthorized use and disclosure of company confidential information
Retaliation and FLSA Collective Actions, Grayson County Bar Association, Sherman, Texas
Ashmore, Fine and Kratovil Named “Best Lawyers in Dallas” by D Magazine
Alison Ashmore Listed as a “Best Lawyer Under 40” by D Magazine
Seven Dykema Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers in Dallas” by D Magazine
Four Dykema Lawyers Named as 2014 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
Recognition Conferred Upon Ashmore, Hoard, Nowak and Ross – All Resident in Firm's Dallas Office
Four Dykema Attorneys Named to 2013 Texas SuperLawyers
Four Other Dykema Lawyers Identified as Rising Stars
Three Dykema Attorneys Named to 2013 List of Texas Rising Stars
Ashmore, Kratovil, Nowak Earn Special Honor; Awarded to Fewer than Three Percent of Lawyers
Alison Ashmore and Gemma Galeoto Listed Among D Magazine's “Best Lawyers Under 40”
Four Dykema Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers in Dallas” by D Magazine
Six Dykema Attorneys Named as 2016 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
Four Dykema Attorneys Named as 2015 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers
Ten Dykema Attorneys Named to Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Lists
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Leadership Class 2010-11, Co-Chair Lawyers Serving Children Committee 2012
Dallas Association of Women Lawyers, Board Member, 2013
Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court, Associate Member 2008-09
Hardin-Simmons University Board of Young Associates 2008-2013
Dallas CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate
Claremont Addition Neighborhood Association, Board Member
Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Business Litigation and Employment Litigation: Defense, 2012-2019
Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers® "Up and Coming 100: 2017-2019 Texas Rising Stars" and "Up and Coming 50: 2017-2019 Women Texas Rising Stars" Lists
Named a "Best Lawyer in Dallas" by D Magazine, 2017-2019
Named a "Best Lawyer Under 40" by D Magazine, 2018
2018 Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Hardin-Simmons University
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Colorado wildfire update: Bull Draw fire…
Colorado Wildfires
Colorado wildfire update: Bull Draw fire incinerates nearly 1,200 acres in 24 hours, climbs ranks of state’s largest wildfires
The fire near the western border is one of the largest in state history
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: August 15, 2018 at 11:53 am | UPDATED: August 15, 2018 at 4:10 pm
The Bull Draw fire near the western border grew about 1,180 acres in the last day and continues to climb the list of the largest wildfires in Colorado’s history.
The fire, about 12 miles northwest of Nucla, covered 26,370 acres on Wednesday morning, making it the 17th largest fire in state hsitory. Five of the 20 largest fires ignited this year.
Winds are expected to help push the fire up Deep Canyon in the afternoon. The fire was ignited by lightning on July 29.
Crews continue to mop up scattered pockets of heat around the Campbell Point homes, where fires are creeping up through the vegetation below the houses. A 17-mile section of a Forest Service road called Divide Road remains closed.
Crews had about 19 percent of the fire contained Wednesday morning as more than 380 people continued to fight the blaze.
Twelve fires continue to burn across Colorado, totaling nearly 150,00 acres. Six of those fires were more than 90 percent contained.
The two people charged with allegedly starting the Lake Christine fire, Richard Miller and Allison Marcus, appeared in court for the first time Tuesday, according to the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. Both face fourth-degree arson charges for allegedly starting the 12,588-acre fire near Basalt by firing tracer rounds at a nearby shooting range. The fire, which was ignited on July 3, continued to burn Wednesday, though it is 90 percent contained.
Cabin Lake fire
The Rio Blanco County Sheriff ordered evacuations Tuesday for all residents on County Road 10 along the South Fork drainage as the Cabin Lake fire continued to grow due to “extreme fire behavior.”
Updated for 2018: 20 largest wildfires in Colorado history by acreage burned
Colorado wildfire update: Bull Draw fire chews up another 3,400 acres
Wildfire breaks out in foothills west of Boulder, evacuation orders lifted as fire contained
Winds up to 45 mph continue to fuel the blaze, which reached 3,700 acres Tuesday night. The fire, which doubled in size over the weekend, is 35 percent contained. A 23,000-foot-tall column of smoke was visible from multiple nearby counties.
All trailheads and campgrounds in the South Fork drainage remain evacuated and closed. Officials continue to investigate what started the fire.
Cache Creek fire
Wildland crews continue to battle the 2,544-acre fire that jumped containment lines on Sunday and Monday. The blaze, located about eight miles southwest of Rifle, was 40 percent contained as of Wednesday morning.
Almost 90 people continued to fight the blaze using bulldozers, fire engines and two Blackhawk helicopters from the Colorado National Guard.
Evacuation orders for six structures remain in effect. The fire destroyed an abandoned building near Cache Creek on Sunday.
Silver Creek fire
The Grand County Sheriff’s Office posted evacuation orders Wednesday afternoon for the communities of Old Park and Gore Lakes because of the fire’s movement.
There is a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Old Park Fire Station, County Road 1935.
The fire, sparked by lightning, started July 19 about 16 miles northwest of Kremmling. On Wednesday the fire had burned more than 3,300 acres and was 18 percent contained.
On Tuesday three helicopters assisted crews with water drops on hot spots and single-engine air tankers and a large air tanker dropped retardant along the southern flank of the fire.
Structure protection teams are in place in the Latigo Guest Ranch area, and structure assessment teams are assisting Old Park homeowners with defensible space.
Colorado wildfires 2018
Elise Schmelzer
Elise Schmelzer is a breaking news reporter at The Denver Post. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.
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State Parks and Wildlife officials have evacuated Connected Lakes park as Grand Junction firefighters battle a brush fire that broke out near the Redlands subdivision Thursday afternoon.
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Dunleavy seeks 'economic reshaping consultant' in bid to eliminate ferry system
The Dunleavy administration needs what it calls an “economic reshaping consultant,” which is not a miracle weight-loss coach, but an expert who will show how to eliminate or drastically alter the ferry system in Alaska.
As a candidate, Mike Dunleavy promised to make no cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway System. “You can’t eliminate the ferry system in Southeast Alaska, that’s how we get around,” he told voters last year.
“I stand behind the fact that it is the backbone of transportation in Southeast Alaska, that we're gonna do everything we can to work with local stakeholders to make sure that it remains the backbone of transportation in Southeast,” Dunleavy told the Ketchikan newspaper during the campaign.
Now that he doesn’t need any votes from anyone in Southeast Alaska, he has abandoned the backbone pledge.
The Ketchikan Daily News, a conservative newspaper, says of him: “We see a governor who promised to ‘stand tall for Alaska’ in his campaign literature. We have yet to see that in practice. We get it that he’s a tall man at 6-foot-7. But we don’t get his type of leadership, if, indeed, that’s what it’s called.”
The newspaper sees “community wide devastation” under the Dunleavy approach.
Dunleavy acts as if he never made multiple promises to preserve the ferry system and refuses to explain why he wants to damage communities that rely on the ferry system for their existence.
He wants to spend up to $250,000 on the reshaping consultant who will be asked to work out the details.
The reshaping consultant is to “identify potential reductions of the state’s financial obligation and/or liability as related to the AMHS,” according to the official public notice.
“The project will include an analysis of options available for reshaping the system, such as through a public/private partnership, and a determination of the various options’ feasibility, with targeted implementation by July 1, 2020. The ongoing trend of a less than 35 percent fare box recovery rate coupled with low passenger and vehicle ridership has contributed to making the AMHS an increasingly expensive system to operate. AMHS will move towards other service options to realize short and long-term cost savings for state government and to promote economic growth in affected regions of the state.”
The consultant is supposed to look at these 10 ideas and more:
1. Sell or give all vessels and terminals to a private entity to run whatever service it thinks is appropriate.
2. Sell or give some vessels and terminals away to provide service to certain communities, such as those communities not on the National Highway System.
3. Transfer ferry system assets to a public corporation that would set service levels, fares and employee pay to require little or no state subsidy.
4. Lease vessels and terminals to a private entity, public corporation or nonprofit entity to run as a profitable business with the state responsible only for vessel and terminal overhaul and refurbishment.
5. Sell or lease vessels to a private entity, public corporation or nonprofit entity while retaining the terminals as a state asset. “There are examples of this in other states whereby the terminals are still eligible for federal aid,” the state says.
6. Continue the ferry system, but drop or reduce high-cost, low-volume runs. The state would sell ships it would no longer need.
7. AMHS continues as a state entity but contracts out to a private entity to use smaller ships and less expensive crews. Vehicle and passenger service could be provided by different vessels. Current marine union contracts already allow this for Pelican, Gustavus, Hoonah, Angoon, Tenakee and Kake, the state says.
8. Privatize all or some onboard passenger services: stateroom housekeeping, meal service, bars, gift shops, etc., to include consideration of freight delivery concepts such as small freight modules shipped aboard vessels.
9. Raise rates. This could include across-the-board increases, increases on more expensive runs, demand pricing for high demand periods or events, demand pricing based on percent of remaining vessel capacity, etc.
10. Pay workers less by renegotiating marine union contracts.
What do all 10 have in common?
Candidate Dunleavy never gave a hint of what he had in mind. No wonder he won’t hold public meetings in Southeast Alaska to defend this.
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Modeling pegylated liposomal doxorubicin-induced hand-foot syndrome and intestinal mucositis in zebrafish
Authors Chen Y, Lee Y, Wen C, Chen Y, Chen Y
Received 9 March 2014
Accepted for publication 24 April 2014
Published 1 July 2014 Volume 2014:7 Pages 1169—1175
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S63785
Yau-Hung Chen,1 Ya-Ting Lee,1 Chi-Chung Wen,2 Yun-Chen Chen,3 Yu-Jen Chen4,5
1Department of Chemistry, 2Department of Mathematics, 3Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; 4Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; 5Department of Radiation Oncology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract: Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) has been widely used to treat cancer. The adverse effects of PLD noted in clinical practice, especially hand-foot syndrome (HFS), are regarded as unique, and the management methods for them remain limited. This study was aimed at developing a feasible experimental model for translational medicine to solve this clinical issue by using skin fluorescent transgenic zebrafish. We established an optimal protocol for the administration of Lipo-Dox™, a PLD in current clinical use, to the Tg(k18:dsred) zebrafish line expressing red fluorescence in keratinocytes. We made use of bodyweight, survival rate, gross observation, flssuorescent microscopic assessment, and pathological examination of the zebrafish to assess this model. The consecutive administration protocol of PLD resulted in growth retardation of the zebrafish embryo and survival impairment, indicating establishment of a significant toxicity. We observed fin necrosis and keratinocyte dissociation phenotypes in the PLD-treated fish after consecutive administration. The skin toxicity induced by the Lipo-Dox injection was subsequently reversible, which might be compatible with a clinical course of skin recovery after discontinuation of Lipo-Dox administration. Furthermore, we found that the number of intestinal goblet cells, an important marker of intestinal inflammation, in the Lipo-Dox-injected zebrafish was markedly increased, accompanied by impaired mucosal integrity. The intestinal inflammation induced by Lipo-Dox resembled the intestinal mucositis the clinical patients suffered from after the administration of PLD. In conclusion, we established a zebrafish model for PLD-induced HFS. The intestinal mucositis simultaneously noted in the PLD-treated zebrafish validated the similarity of clinical courses after administration of PLD. This model is easily assessable, efficient, and worthy for use in developing a new therapeutic protocol for prevention or treatment of HFS as well as intestinal mucositis. Further clinical investigations to validate the correlation between human and zebrafish data are warranted.
Keywords: doxorubicin, keratin, liposome, mucositis, skin, zebrafish
Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) has been widely used in the treatment of various types of cancers including ovarian,1 breast,2 and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related Kaposi’s sarcoma.3 A Phase III trial for patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed/recurrent ovarian cancer demonstrated superiority in progression-free survival and a better therapeutic index for a combination of PLD with carboplatin in comparison with standard paclitaxel and carboplatin.4
PLD nanoparticles are doxorubicin hydrochloride encapsulated in pegylated liposomes. PLD is composed of distearoyl phosphatidylcholine and formulated with surface-bound methoxy polyethylene glycol, as for pegylation, to protect liposomes from detection by the mononuclear phagocytes and to increase blood circulation time.5 PLD displays linear pharmacokinetics over the dose range of 10–20 mg/m2 and nonlinear at a dose of 50 mg/m2. The plasma clearance of PLD is slow, and the area under the curve is approximately two to three orders of magnitude larger than a similar dose of free-form doxorubicin.6 The incidence of cardiotoxicity may be lower after PLD than after equivalent doses of standard doxorubicin.7
Among the adverse effects of PLD, hand-foot syndrome (HFS, also known as “palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia”) and intestinal mucositis8–10 often cause infection or severe pain, and may induce lethal gastrointestinal bleeding. HFS, especially, is the most common side effect which compromises patients’ quality of life. The typical pathological changes of HFS include reddening, swelling, and desquamation on palms and soles.11 To date, the known protocols for prevention or treatment of HFS are limited except for one protocol describing that cooling the hands and feet during PLD therapy may help relieve the HFS symptoms.12 In this regard, establishing an animal model of HFS is an important step for developing agents to prevent or treat HFS.
The zebrafish has been accepted as a feasible model for toxicological study.13 There are abundant fluorescent zebrafish lines available to detect and observe subtle changes on tissue level grossly.14,15 For example, a green fluorescent kidney [Tg(wt1b:GFP)] and a red fluorescent skin transgenic zebrafish line [Tg(k18:dsred)] have been reported to evaluate the toxic effects on kidney and skin.15,16 This advantage makes observation for phenotypic alterations of target tissues convenient and specific.
In this study, we established a zebrafish model for PLD-induced HFS and intestinal mucositis. The gross feature with quantitation and the pathological changes in skin fluorescent transgenic zebrafish were demonstrated.
To investigate the adverse effects of PLD in a zebrafish model, we obtained a skin fluorescent transgenic zebrafish line established by Professor HJ Tsai,17,18 Tg(k18:dsred), from Tsai’s lab and raised them to 0.1–0.2 g (around 35–42 days post-fertilization) before the experiment.
Chemicals and PLD administration
The PLD used in this study, Lipo-Dox™ (20 mg/10 mL), was purchased from TTY Biopharm (Taipei, Taiwan). For drug treatment, the Tg(k18:dsred) zebrafish were dosed (by intraperitoneal injection) either without Lipo-Dox (buffer only; mock-control group, n=6) or with a buffer containing 40 μg/g of Lipo-Dox (Lipo-Dox-injected group, [n=12, #1–#12]). The injection protocol is summarized in Figure 1. In brief, we injected Lipo-Dox one dose (40 μg/g) at day 0, and subsequently injected one dose per week for 4 weeks (days 7, 14, 21, and 28), and examined the zebrafish phenotypic defects at each check point (days 10, 17, 24, 31, 38, 45, and 51).
Figure 1 Schematic representation of experimental protocols performed in this study.
Notes: Tg(k18:dsred) zebrafish were intraperitoneally injected either with buffer only (mock-control group, n=6) or with buffer containing 40 μg/g of Lipo-Dox (Lipo-Dox™-injected group, n=12, #1–#12). We injected Lipo-Dox one dose (40 μg/g) at day 0, and subsequently injected one dose per week for 4 weeks (days 7, 14, 21, and 28), and examined the zebrafish phenotypic defects at each check point (days 10, 17, 24, 31, 38, 45, and 51).
Gross and microscopic assessment of phenotype
All of the fish samples were observed under a microscope (DM 2500, Leica; Buffalo Grove, NY, USA) equipped with a fluorescent DsRed filter cube (Kramer Scientific, Amesbury, MA, USA), and we captured pictures of the fish at particular stages using a digital camera (Sony, Tokyo, Japan).
Pathological examination
For pathological examination, the zebrafish were fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin. Sections of 5 μm were cut, deparaffinized, rehydrated, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin Y. A pathologist blinded to which experimental group the specimens were from evaluated the slides and reported the comparison results.18,19
The Kaplan–Meier method was used to depict the curves for the cumulative survival rates of embryos in the control and Lipo-Dox-injected groups. To assess the effect of drug on the increase of weight, we fitted the following linear regression model: where β0 is the intercept of the model, β1 is the regression coefficient associated with initial weight (the weight at the beginning of the observation period, week 0), β2 is the regression coefficient associated with time (the weeks after exposure to drug), and β3 is the regression coefficient associated with group (group =1 for the drug group and 0 for the control group). Note that the measurements on the weight from the same embryo are correlated. To account for the within-embryo correlation, we applied the generalized estimating equation (GEE) analysis20 to estimate the parameters in the above model, assuming a normal distribution and a first-order autoregressive correlation structure for the data.
Gross assessment of HFS and intestinal mucositis in zebrafish model
The results showed that the zebrafish receiving no Lipo-Dox (mock control) had a smooth belly and a regular-shaped caudal fin (Figure 2A–E). The Lipo-Dox-injected zebrafish had no apparent phenotypic changes at the first three check points (days 10, 17, and 24), but intriguingly, displayed abdominal hemorrhage and fin fester, especially in the caudal fin regions at day 31 (Figure 2A′–E′). Thus, the most obvious Lipo-Dox-induced phenotypes that can be observed grossly are abdominal hemorrhage and fin necrosis.
Figure 2 Abdominal hemorrhage and fin necrosis are observed in zebrafish embryos after Lipo-Dox™ injection.
Notes: (A–E) Mock control. (A'–E') Tg(k18:dsred) zebrafish (#2) was injected with buffer containing 40 μg/g of Lipo-Dox.
We observed fin necrosis and keratinocyte dissociation phenotypes in another two fish (#5 and #6) in the later stages (by days 38, 45, and 51) after discontinuation of Lipo-Dox administration (the latest injection was at day 28, Figure 1). Extensive fin necrosis at the caudal region was observed by day 38, but gradually recovered by days 45 and 51 (Figure 3A-I versus B-I and C-I; Figure 3D-I versus E-I and F-I; indicated by arrows). Using fluorescent microscopy, we found that red fluorescent keratinocytes were aligned normally in the control zebrafish (data not shown), but appeared in a patch-like shape or even invisible on the surface (Figure 3A-II versus B-II). Those red fluorescent keratinocyte abnormalities gradually recovered by days 45 and 51 (Figure 3C-II, D-II, E-II, and F-II), compatible with the gross finding.
Figure 3 Effects of Lipo-Dox™ on the zebrafish’s caudal fin (I) and epidermis (II).
Notes: Lipo-Dox-injected Tg(k18:dsred) zebrafish (#5 and #6) were observed under microscopy with bright field (A-I–F-I) or an RFP filter (A-II–F-II). Fin necrosis (arrow indicates) and keratinocyte dissociation are the evident phenotypes in the Lipo-Dox-injected zebrafish.
Abbreviation: RFP, red fluorescent protein.
Pathological examination of abdominal skin and intestines
We next carried out paraffin sectioning and hematoxylin/eosin Y staining experiments to further dissect the Lipo-Dox-induced abdominal hemorrhage phenotypes from the histological level. The results showed that several mucosa cells appeared in the skin epidermis, but very few goblet cells were observed in the intestine region in the mock-treated control zebrafish (Figure 4A–C). However, missing mucosa cells with impaired mucosal integrity, thinner skin epidermis, and increased numbers of goblet cells (a marker for intestine inflammatory reaction) were observed in the Lipo-Dox-injected zebrafish (Figure 4D–F).
Figure 4 Histological examination of Lipo-Dox™-injected embryos.
Notes: Fish derived from the mock control (A–C) or Lipo-Dox-injected groups (D–F) were transverse sectioned and stained with hematoxylin/eosin Y. (A and C) Lateral side; (B and E) Ventral region; (C and F) Intestine. Yellow star indicates the position of goblet cell. Black arrows indicate the positions of epidermis lesions.
Growth retardation of zebrafish
We noticed that the Lipo-Dox-injected zebrafish larvae exhibited various degrees of growth retardation and impaired survival. For growth retardation, Table 1 displays the analysis result by GEE model. It shows that the growth, estimated by weight, in the Lipo-Dox-injected group was significantly less than the control group (P=0.010). The embryos in the Lipo-Dox-injected group tended to have a lower weight of 0.033 g (with a standard error of 0.013 g) than those in the control group, adjusting the time after exposure to Lipo-Dox and the initial weight by the GEE method.
Table 1 Generalized linear regression based on the GEE method for assessing the effect of Lipo-Dox™ on the weight growth rates of embryos
Abbreviations: CL, confidence level; GEE, generalized estimating equation.
Survival analysis of zebrafish
We first applied the Kaplan–Meier method to depict the survival curves of embryos in the control and Lipo-Dox-injected groups. As shown in Figure 5, a 25% death rate at the end of study, 7.43 weeks after exposure to drug, in the Lipo-Dox-injected group was noted. The mean survival time for the Lipo-Dox-injected group was 5.26±0.13 weeks. No embryos died in the control group. The log-rank test was further utilized to examine the homogeneity of the death rate curves for the two groups. The result shows a significant difference in time to death between the groups (P-value =0.043), confirming the Lipo-Dox-injected group had suffered a significant harmful effect.
Figure 5 Kaplan–Meier estimates of survival curves for the mock control and Lipo-Dox™-injected groups.
In the zebrafish model we established for gross assessment of PLD-induced HFS, we observed both the intestinal mucositis, a common side effect of PLD in humans, as well as skin damage with the typical pathological changes of HFS, validating that this model is clinically feasible due to the similarities in the clinical course and manifestations. The toxicity induced by Lipo-Dox injection was reversible, as is the case in clinical practice, where the typical skin pathological changes of HFS disappear within a few weeks after discontinuation of the drug.12
The markedly increased number of intestinal goblet cells (an important marker of intestinal inflammation)21,22 we observed in the Lipo-Dox-injected zebrafish suggest that the intestinal inflammation induced by Lipo-Dox resembles the intestinal mucositis the clinical patients suffered from after the administration of this anticancer therapeutic.
Our data suggest that the zebrafish can be regarded as an efficient screening model for agents managing PLD-induced HFS, as well as intestinal mucositis. However, further clinical investigations to validate the correlation between human and zebrafish data are warranted.
We are grateful to Professor Huei-Jen Tsai (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan) who provided the Tg(k18:dsred) fish. This work was supported by grants MMH-E-102-13.
The authors do not have and have not had a relationship with the manufacturers of the materials involved, nor have they received funding from the manufacturers to carry out their research. The authors claim they have no conflict of interest in this work.
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Nady TRM-6
I was prepared to be underwhelmed, as most ribbons just end up collecting dust around here due to their low output and characteristic dark sound. Still, I had plenty of sources to track that need a mellowing out (horns, slide guitars, even fiddles), so I figured I’d give it a go. OVERVIEW As is customary these d
Jay Matheson
I was prepared to be underwhelmed, as most ribbons just end up collecting dust around here due to their low output and characteristic dark sound. Still, I had plenty of sources to track that need a mellowing out (horns, slide guitars, even fiddles), so I figured I’d give it a go.
As is customary these days, the TRM-6 ships in a nice aluminum flight case complete with a shock mount and power supply. Additionally, the mic was packaged with a pop filter — a nice touch.
Similar in build quality to most of the other mid-priced Chinese mics I’ve encountered, the design of the TRM-6 was neither good nor bad; functional, but on par for the price. Overall, the packaged components were solid, but the shock mount could be less bulky, as it made it difficult at times to position the TRM-6 alongside another mic on the same source.
APPLYING THE TRM-6
Up first was a Martin Shenandoah guitar, and a musician behind it who had a voice that I thought might benefit from a ribbon. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “But Jay, ribbons are too dark for acoustics and (most) vocals.” But I would have to retort, the TRM-6 wasn’t like that at all. The internal preamp was obviously designed to open up the top end, making it more useful on such sources than the average ribbon. As a result, the highs were much more similar to what a condenser would produce, yet retained the smooth, rich nature associated with a ribbon.
The same went for the TRM-6 when put up on vocals: rich lows and mids with a smooth top. I found that its overall coloration imparted a retro vibe, and that the output was easily useable, needing only about 30dB of gain to get it where I wanted.
On a distorted, rock guitar, I encountered some overload resulting in a certain unpleasant grit in some places. The specs said the mic was rated at >135dB SPL capacity, so I figured it must have been an outside problem. Mind you, I was using a Focusrite Octopre, which has no pad. But the manufacturer’s lit said the mic didn’t need a pre, due to its high output. Hmmm. . . .
First I put an inline pad on the mic’s out, and then into the Octopre, which smoothed the sound out considerably. Then I skipped the pre altogether and ran the TRM-6 into a dbx 160x’s line input. It needed only a 9dB boost to send a proper level into the line input of a Digi 002. True enough, the TRM-6 made good on its claim of being able to perform preamp-free. In fact, the guitar seemed to have more solid lows when skipping the pre and using the 160x for a small boost.
Curious, I then tried the mic on several other pres (stock pre on the Digi 002 and a Joe Meek 6Q). The result: The Octopre and 002 sounded better with the 10dB inline pad, but the 6Q sounded fine, even without engaging its onboard pad. Still, through the tests, I found that where most ribbons sound too boomy for loud, distorted guitars, the TRM-6 had a rich, tight low end that not only suited my needs, but was totally unexpected.
The best way that I can put it is this: The Nady TRM-6 is an unusual mic. But that’s not a bad thing — it’s good to have some variety in the flooded mic market. The TRM-6 is quite colorful on quieter sources and a good thickening addition for electric guitars, though you need to get used to its unusual output characteristics. Still, an inline pad is common fare in just about any studio, so this is hardly an inconvenience. And while I’d never pretend that a mic at this price is the greatest thing on the market, the TRM-6 provides a useful variation on a theme, and can likely justify its price in a variety of project studio situations.
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Facebook is still reeling from the hack that exposed 29 million users, but it may have a solution: go shopping. Sources talking to The Information claim that Facebook is accelerating plans to buy a "major" cybersecurity company, and has already offered deals to "several" companies. While the tipsters haven't named candidates, Zuckerberg and team are reportedly likely to buy software that could fold into its existing services, such as tools for signalling hacking attempts or securing individual accounts.
It's not certain how close Facebook might be to a deal, although it could close a purchase by the end of 2018. Facebook has declined to comment.
An acquisition could help Facebook bolster its defenses, improve its expertise and reduce the chances of a coding mistake compromising millions of users. It might also be as much about the perception behind any such move as anything else. Between the hack and previous incidents like the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's trustworthiness has taken a tumble. A large purchase would signal that the company is serious about upgrading its security, even if the newly-bought technology is only partially useful.
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Newburgh Directions
Empire State College in Newburgh is located at 3 Washington Center in the Maple Building on the second floor.
Parking is available off-street and in the adjacent parking structure. Please do not try to park in the new Orange County Community College building parking structure; security will not allow it.
I-84 East | I-84 West | I-87 (Thruway) | Route 17 | Parking Instructions
From I-84 East
[Coming from Middletown]
Take I-84 east to exit 10. Stay to the right of the ramp.
Turn right onto Route 9W and immediately get into the left lane.
At the stoplight (Sunoco gas station on left), turn left onto N. Plank Road. Continue straight (becomes Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. as the road parallels the Hudson River).
Turn right onto Colden Street and proceed up the hill.
At the stop sign, turn right onto Broadway and seek on-street parking or follow parking instructions.
From I-84 West
[Coming from Connecticut and New England]
Take I-84 west and cross the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to exit 10S. Bear right at end of ramp
At next traffic light, turn right onto Route 9W South.
Proceed to second traffic light (Sunoco gas station on left), turn left onto N. Plank Road. Continue straight (becomes Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as the road parallels the Hudson River).
At stop sign, turn right onto Broadway and seek on-street parking or follow parking instructions.
From I-87 (Thruway)
[Coming from upstate New York or New York City]
Take I-87 (Thruway) to exit 17.
After toll booths, bear right and follow signs for Interstate 84 East.
At the stoplight (Sunoco gas station on left), turn left onto N. Plank Road. Continue straight (becomes Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as the road parallels the Hudson River).
From Rte. 17
Take Exit 121E (I-84).
Turn right onto Route. 9W and immediately get into the left lane.
From Broadway
Driving towards the river, Broadway dead ends at Colden Street. At this intersection, make a left turn.
The parking structure will be in the second building. Drive up to the second level (P2) and park.
You can either take the elevator (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.) or the stairs at the far end of the structure closest to the entrance ramp.
From the river and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (North Plank Road)
Make a right turn at Colden Street.
Drive up the hill, past Second Street.
The parking structure will be the first building to your right. Drive up to the second level (P2) and park.
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Columns Shoptalk
Shoptalk: Future of Newspapers is Still in Print
Lincoln Millstein October 13, 2017
I’ve got news for the newspaper industry.
Your future is in print and not in the killing fields of digital media where the Duopoly is choking off the blood supply.
I learned this the hard way, giving birth to boston.com and then resuscitating nytimes.com during the crash of 2001-2002. I promulgated the “digital first” mantra, a fatuous promise if there ever was one, as if an eponymous change could cure our ills.
Almost 25 years into this “experiment,” I get feint nausea as publishers and editors take precious resources out of their newsrooms, even though most newspapers still get two-thirds of their revenue from print. Consider the recent missive from the Wall Street Journal that senior editors must re-apply for new jobs in its latest reorg.
“Reorg”—now that’s a word which has crept into our lexicon without much warning, but with much foreboding. It means that “since we don’t really know what is going to happen, we’ve decided to shake things up a bit.” Unfortunately, it signals another unintended message: panic.
The New York Times, Gannett, Wall Street Journal and others are cannibalizing their only differentiating asset—print newsrooms—for a future in which they are a marginal player at best. Gannett has so depleted its local operations, it is committing journalism malpractice to prop up a brand that has virtually no consumer demand—USA Today. It is no surprise that Gannett is reporting a significant decline in subscription revenue—almost 8 percent—while print subscriptions remain a salvation for most newspapers. The New York Times is also deconstructing its newsroom to fund dubious digital initiatives. The world does not need another cooking app.
Compare that with the Washington Post, where owner Jeff Bezos has added 140 journalists since he acquired the paper in 2013. “What they needed was a little bit of runway and the encouragement to experiment, and to stop shrinking. You can’t shrink your way into relevance,” Bezos said. “We’ve grown our way into profitability instead of shrinking our way into profitability.”
The industry is also squandering a rare opportunity—the deus ex machina of fake news and the mess in Washington—which has resulted in the biggest increase in subscriptions to newspapers in more than two decades. But Donald Trump will not be president forever.
I cut my teeth as a reporter for the Hartford Courant in Middletown, Conn., where I would try to sneak a peek into the mayor’s calendar when his secretary wasn’t looking, bribe the court clerk with scotch so he would read me back juicy transcripts, flirt with the clerk who filed all the building applications and download all the gossip from the loquacious health inspector. I was doing a job readers valued and could not do themselves. Do local reporters even walk beats anymore? Or do they sit in cubicles, emailing, texting, posting and browsing their way to gathering news?
My articles had a permanence to it, because it took 24 hours to produce—not 30 seconds with the tap of an index finger—and because the process of story generation, fact finding, sourcing, writing and redacting by some sullen, uncompromising copy editor only made my articles better for their accuracy, luminosity and revelatory surprise. And trusted because they were on paper.
Digital media has its place. Its mobility and real time delivery of news are special indeed. But it’s not a replacement for print. The book industry cycled through this and there is much to learn there. After a decade of decline, print books began a comeback at the end of 2014. By the end of 2016, eBooks were declining 11 percent in sales while print books were increasing at 4 percent.
Chantal Restivo-Alessi, the chief digital officer for Harper Collins, said holding the price for the hardcover is important to establish value. Once you start to discount for that core product, or eliminate it, pricing becomes a slippery slope for the paperback and eBooks.
In a world without print, you’re subject to the vagaries of a perpetually disruptive marketplace. Quick question: When reading on your smartphone, how often do you correctly recall the source?
After predictions of the death of the newspaper for 25 years, more than 1,300 are still publishing every day. The New York Times sells to more than 1 million print buyers, the Houston Chronicle delivers to more than 300,000 homes every Sunday. This is heartening given the massive shift from an advertising reliant business model to a largely subscription-based industry.
What if we actually started to produce a better product, filled with enterprising journalism, as if every page offered insightful discovery, instead of 30-hour-old canned news?
It will never be 1998 again for American newspapers, nor will they ever see 1999 or 2000 again. Newspapers must rebuild themselves from scratch, page by page, going back to an era predating advertising—to the early nineteenth century when they were a high-priced item for the literate and the influential and they co-existed with bloggers (pamphleteers). Only then will advertising return at scale, when marketers fully appreciate the influence of the readership.
As an industry guaranteed by our constitution, publishers will need to be ruthless about controlling the cost of anything that isn’t journalism. Citizens will continue to pay for protection from tyranny only if they believe newspapers are a true vanguard.
Lincoln Millstein is a former newspaper journalist and executive. He recently was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to write his book on the newspaper industry. To read this article in its entirety, visit bit.ly/2vDUkmk.
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-future-of-newspapers-is-still-in-print/
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Good article, something I’ve been thinking for sometime now. I’m a small town newspaper owner and digital is not our world to compete in, its controlled by Google, Facebook, etc. Stick with what you know, invest in making your primary product, a newspaper (the one that actually brings in real dollars) the best it can be, offering real in-depth news and features. This will be what sets you apart, and it will be more reader focused. The big hurdle is you would have to somewhat change your revenue model to the print newspaper being a premium product and charge more per copy and for subscriptions. I believe this to be true, but my main concern with readership shrinking after years of having a website and making cuts to print is how do you build the audience back up with a “costs more” model. I agree some would pay a premium for a quality print newspaper, but I think social behavior has changed so greatly in the past few years that most peoples appetite for content gets filled by what’s offered for free online and in social media, even on a local level.
The small town publisher where I live believes that no one wants to hear local hard news, just fundraisers, sports and award ceremonies (pr). The big paper has abandoned most local news for its free website which it pretends makes $$. It doesn’t. So there’s not much left. I’m beginning to think a hard copy newsletter might draw some interest.
Good points about investment versus cutting expenses. The latter is a short-term fix with potentially catastrophic long-term consequences.
On the other hand, the author ignores some basic demographic changes that have as much impact, or more, on newspapers than the Internet. Millennials and younger folks simply will not read a printed newspaper, nor are they likely ever to do so.
The successful newspaper model, even in small markets, must take that trend into account.
Not to mention how newspapers have totally ignored Trump voters, WSJ included. Its my job to read newspapers and I can’t gag it. However, just like rumors of demise concerning horse ,buggy ,railroads and trolleys were greatly exaggerated, same for print.
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What happens after Merkel?
After Merkel's announcement that she will not stand for election as leader of the CDU at the next party conference, three contenders have emerged to replace her: the former chairman of the CDU parliamentary group Friedrich Merz, CDU general secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Health Minister Jens Spahn. Commentators speculate on the changes ahead for Germany's EU policy and party landscape.
Financial Times (GB) / 05 November 2018
Merz could become new force for EU reform
With his pro-European stance Friedrich Merz could inject new life into Germany's EU policy, columnist Wolfgang Münchau says in the Financial Times:
“Within the CDU, conservatism often goes hand in hand with Euroscepticism. But Mr Merz does not fit into that scheme. He recently cosigned a letter with Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher and radical European federalist, in support of a European army and strengthening the eurozone. Their views are unusually strong for the CDU. But this combination of social conservatism and pro-Europeanism could become central to German politics.”
Wolfgang Münchau
Le Figaro (FR) / 05 November 2018
Socpresse / Dassault
Two parties are reaping the benefits
Germany's party landscape is changing radically, observes Le Figaro:
“Two parties are dreaming of overturning the established order: the far-right, anti-Islam and populist AfD, the third largest party in the Bundestag, and the pro-European 'realist' Greens. ... The populists have benefited from issues that have come to dominate the public discourse: the rejection of refugees and criticism of Europe. The Greens have likewise benefited because they have adopted the opposite position on these topics. The two forces complement each other. ... The AfD is well established in Germany. The Greens, for their part, need to build up their electorate if they want to represent a genuine alternative to the AfD and also to the CDU and SPD.”
Nicolas Barotte
Tvnet (LV) / 01 November 2018
Eesti Meedia
Equally talented successor wanted
Merkel's potential successor has big shoes to fill, the online portal Tvnet notes:
“Though many European countries would have liked to lift sanctions against Russia, Merkel contributed to keeping them in place. She has also masterfully balanced transatlantic and European interests during Trump's aggressive presidency. And she has tried to maintain the equilibrium during the extremely difficult Brexit process. On one hand she was unyielding; on the other she stressed that the EU wants to maintain good relations with Britain, come what may. The question is whether Merkel's successor will be able to equal her invaluable diplomatic skills when it comes to calming European fears.”
Toms Rātfelders
Lidové noviny (CZ) / 02 November 2018
Caught between the Greens and the AfD
The quest for someone to replace Angela Merkel as leader of the CDU is not just about names, but above all about correcting the party's course, Lidové noviny observes:
“Under Merkel the CDU went from being a liberal-conservative party to a centre party, and even a centre-left party some might say. To what extent this has contributed to its loss of voters isn't entirely clear. In Hesse the party lost a similar amount of voters to the Greens as it did to the AfD. Those who want to pursue Merkel's party line risk contributing to the latter's further expansion. Those who want to change it risk giving the Greens another boost.”
Contributors (RO) / 01 November 2018
Asociatia Societatea Online
Post-Merkel era will be harsher
Angela Merkel has provided a counterweight to Europe's growing nationalism, says political scientist Valentin Naumescu in a commentary piece in Contributors:
“For Romania and the countries on the EU periphery, a new tone in Berlin politics is probably nothing to celebrate. In this new era of resurgent nationalism and protectionism in Europe, the bigger economies are contributing less to the European project. People's mobility will be drastically reduced and there will be fewer opportunities for careers, study and business. ... The more decision-making power Brussels cedes to national governments, the greater the distance will become between developed and less competitive states; thus the strong will increasingly dictate to the weak.”
Valentin Naumescu
Revista 22 (RO) / 29 October 2018
Weekly newspaper
Weekly on Tuesdays
Group for Social Dialogue (GDS)
The populists are already lying in wait
Revista 22 fears that Europe will only become more unstable with Merkel's forthcoming departure:
“The question is whether Merkel will still be able to push through her standpoint on a European level, or whether the retiring chancellor, and Germany too, will now be ignored by the other EU member states. What's at stake here are sensitive issues like tax and budget policy, immigration policy, and the rift between the West and East, as well as other weighty European issues. Berlin's positions were challenged fiercely, some even virulently. Italy is the most recent example, nevertheless until now there has at least been a certain coherence and predictability. With a Germany weakened by strife there is now the risk that Europe's predictability will vanish - much to the delight of populist movements that fish in troubled waters.”
Cristian Campeanu
Polityka (PL) / 31 October 2018
Weekly on Wednesdays
POLITYKA Sp. z o.o. S.K.A
Poland was close to the chancellor's heart
Angela Merkel's departure from politics is particularly painful for Poland, comments Polityka:
“Angela Merkel is perhaps the last German head of government who has a clearly positive attitude towards Poland. The chancellor has Polish roots and remembers this often and fondly. Her grandfather on her father's side was called Ludwik Kazimierczak, he was a police officer and a member of the legions that participated in the independence movement [in World War I]. Merkel grew up in East Germany, spent her youth there and, like many critics of the communist government, regards the Solidarność movement with admiration. The chancellor belongs to a small and shrinking group of Germans who believe they are indebted to Solidarność, without which - as they say - Germany's reunification would never have happened.”
Marcin Zaborowski
888.hu (HU) / 30 October 2018
Modern Média Group Zrt.
Farewell to an ice-cold manager
The right wing nationalist pro-government website 888.hu is delighted at the news of Merkel's departure:
“This is the end. The German mother hen is on her way out, first as party leader, and then as chancellor. ... Along with her, the progressives' dreams for Central Europe will also disappear. The German chancellor has run a marathon and for that she deserves credit. But in the end she got tired. That said, of course she still had great plans for Europe: great in the way that only a Germanic leader can have. The progressive camp loved its Mutti as if it had been hypnotised by her. Above all because she's such a dispassionate, ice-cold manager, a woman of negotiations.”
Gábor Megadja
De Volkskrant (NL) / 31 October 2018
De Persgroep Nederland
What we will miss most
Merkel's announced departure is a bitter loss for Europe, De Volkskrant laments:
“It looks as though Merkel's stepping down will inevitably alter the role that Germany played in Europe under Merkel. Particularly now, as Brexit moves closer, the EU can hardly get by without Merkel's experience - and her calm. It was by no means everyone who agreed with her decision to open the floodgates for Syrian refugees according to the motto: 'We can do it'. But Merkel's moral compass was unimpeachable. What Europe will miss in her above all else when she finally leaves the stage is her role as a counterweight to the undemocratic forces that are currently on the rise all over the world.”
Bert Lanting
Deutschlandfunk (DE) / 30 October 2018
1,600,000 (2017)
Resistance from other states will grow
Deutschlandfunk doubts that Merkel will be able to inject into Europe before she ends her time in office:
“On the contrary: without the leadership of her party she no longer has sufficient backing for this. And naturally the other 27 states and leaders in the EU can feel this - and will react accordingly. Orban, Salvini and co. will be even more stubborn in their migration policy and count on Merkel's successor as chancellor finally putting an end to the concept of distributing refugees across the EU. The northern Europeans and Baltic states will become more hesitant regarding Eurozone reform in the hope that Merkel's successor will free the project of all risk-sharing elements. No, Angela Merkel's influence in the EU diminished massively yesterday.”
Peter Kapern
Novi list (HR) / 31 October 2018
Novi List d.d. (JOJ Media House)
No pro-European leaders in sight
With Merkel's departure the EU will lose a key leader, Novi list laments:
“Europe is facing major tasks like finalising Brexit. Meanwhile economic experts are announcing the next crisis. And in foreign policy there are also challenges like the relations with Putin and Trump, who would both like to see the EU collapse. So Merkel's departure is bad news for Europe, which needs a resolute yet moderate leader more than ever now. Without strong and pro-European leaders in Berlin and Paris things do not look good for Europe, especially at a time when more and more European countries are falling into the hands of right-wing extremists and populists.”
Denis Romac
Rzeczpospolita (PL) / 31 October 2018
Gremi Business Communication
Successor won't have as much credibility
Rzeczpospolita suspects that Merkel's successor in the chancellery will be less pro-European:
“The next German chancellor will possess neither Merkel's experience nor her credibility. Any leader of a major EU country will of course influence the policies of the 28 - soon to be 27. But it's possible that Europe won't have the same value for him as for Merkel and her generation in the CDU. And perhaps he'll lack Merkel's talent for moderation. At a time when the European Union is in danger of collapsing (e.g. as a result of Brexit, populism or migration) this is bad news.”
Anna Słojewska
Lost in EUrope (BE) / 30 October 2018
Eric Bonse
She remained detached for too long
Eric Bonse is not at all enthusiastic about Merkel's Europe policy on his blog Lost in Europe:
“First she left Greece in the lurch when the country ran into difficulties. Then she forced Spain to take part in the euro bailout scheme and pushed through unnecessarily harsh austerity measures that caused much suffering. At the same time Merkel obstinately averted her eyes as a growing number of refugees crossed the Mediterranean to Spain, Italy and Greece. Ex-Commission president Barroso wept while Merkel wore a cold smile. It was only when the crisis spilled over into Germany in 2015 that the chancellor suddenly insisted on a 'European solution' - which she then promptly betrayed with her dirty deal with Sultan Erdoğan.”
The Irish Independent (IE) / 30 October 2018
The Irish Independent
Independent News and Media
Kohl did much more for the EU
Angela Merkel's European policy was marked by dithering and restraint, The Irish Independent counters:
“In Brussels, many diplomats acknowledge her fundamental commitment to the European Union. But it has been clear that her enthusiasm for the project was a fraction of that shown by Helmut Kohl, who was the last of a generation of leaders who had bitter experience of World War II. Her low-key role in the eurozone crisis ... was often sharply criticised. But it did chime with the German people's more frugal and careful take on life, and is at least part of the reason the voters kept faith with her across four elections.”
John Downing
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Adobe Ships AIR 1.5 for Linux
By: Darryl K. Taft | December 18, 2008
Adobe Systems announces the release of Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux. The new release supports Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 or higher, and openSUSE 10.3. The company says existing AIR applications running on Windows and the Mac "will just work" on Linux.
Just a month after releasing the same technology for Windows and the Mac, Adobe Systems has announced the general availability of Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux operating systems.
In an interview with eWEEK, Adrian Ludwig, group product manager for Adobe's Platform Business Unit, said Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux supports Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 or higher, and openSUSE 10.3.
"Applications can be built using Flash, ActionScript, HTML and JavaScript," Ludwig said. "And because AIR works on Linux now as well as Windows and the Mac, we'll see a lot of applications already working on Linux" if they work on the other supported operating systems.
"Outside of the browser, developers have traditionally had to choose one or maybe two operating systems when building an application to keep development time down and costs low," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu project, in a statement. "With Adobe AIR 1.5, companies and developers can easily target all three major operating systems with a single code base, transforming the application development paradigm and elevating Linux to the same level as Mac and Windows."
"Why Linux is so important is because Linux has not been adopted on the client," Ludwig said. "We see Linux adoption of about 1.8 percent at the upper bound on the client. And one of the key reasons for its slow adoption has been that it's too difficult. Now you get AIR applications that work on Linux. AIR applications that people have built will just start to work on Linux."
Ludwig said up to 97 percent of existing AIR applications written for other operating systems "will just work" on Linux "because AIR gives you a consistent run-time across all the operating systems."
Moreover, "Linux is becoming the platform of choice in the mobile space," Ludwig said. And this move is a "stepping stone" into that world for Adobe, he said.
Adobe officials said AIR 1.5 is a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform and enables Web developers to use HTML, JavaScript, ActionScript and the free, open-source Flex framework to deliver Web applications outside the browser. Now, with no additional efforts, developers can use Adobe AIR 1.5 technology to create software applications that are available on Linux, in addition to the Windows and Mac operating systems.
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Sheffield Wednesday or United will be play-off favourites, but Huddersfield Town have the quality: Walsall's Andy Butler
ANDY BUTLER is ready to do his former club a big favour on the final day of regular League I action tomorrow.
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Having helped Walsall clinch survival by holding Huddersfield Town to a 1-1 draw in the West Midlands last Saturday, the tough-tackling centre-back now aims to topple MK Dons.
That would give Town the chance of finishing fourth in the table and therefore booking home advantage in the second leg of the play-off semis.
A Dons defeat and Town victory is the only realistic combination of results which will bring MK to the Galpharm on Tuesday week, May 15.
Otherwise it’s a West Yorkshire first leg a week tomorrow, when kick-off will be 12.30, and a Buckinghamshire return three days later (7.45).
“We can relax now,” said rugged Yorkshireman Butler, the Saddlers skipper who played 58 times for Town between 2008, when he signed from Scunthorpe, and 2010.
“That means we can enjoy the trip to MK Dons. You never know what can happen when the pressure is off, and we’ll certainly aim to beat them at their place.”
The other play-off semi will be between either Sheffield Wednesday or United, who are fighting it out for the other automatic promotion spot alongside champions Charlton, and Stevenage, Notts County or Carlisle.
Wednesday know a win at home to Wycombe, in a match expected to attract a 37,000-plus crowd, will be enough to pip their bitter rivals the Blades, who go to Exeter.
Meanwhile Stevenage, who host Bury, are in the driving seat when it comes to sealing sixth place and maintaining their hopes of a remarkable third straight promotion.
Whichever of the Sheffield sides is left to tackle the play-offs will face the task of geeing themselves up, but Doncaster-born Butler believes either would be favourites to clinch the third promotion place.
Town, of course, are going into another play-off campaign after losing to Millwall in the 2010 semis and Peterborough in last year’s final.
“I hope it will be third time lucky for Town,” said Butler. “But there are some tough teams in there.
“Either of the Sheffield clubs, with their stature and support, will be a big player in the play-offs and it’s no easy game against MK Dons.
“It will be a tough task for Town, but one thing on their side is the quality of their squad – they rested some very good players against us – and the experience they have gained over the last two seasons.
“We’ve seen that these type of games can be unpredictable – last season I didn’t think Peterborough would do it, but they went all the way.
“I thought Town played well for the bulk of the final, but fell apart in the closing stages, so good luck to them this time.”
While Darren Ferguson led Posh to their victory over Town, the club started last season under the management of Gary Johnson, who brings Yeovil North tomorrow.
The 56-year-old began his second spell at the Huish Park helm in January, having taken the Somerset club into the Football League back in 2003, then into League I two years later.
Johnson, who has also bossed Cambridge, Kettering, Bristol City and Northampton as well as the Latvian national team, has successfully guided the Glovers to League I safety.
Now he’s looking to next season, and has offered to make 17-goal top scorer Andy Williams the highest-paid player in Yeovil’s history.
Ex-Hereford and Bristol Rovers man Williams, 25, is out of contract this summer and Johnson said: “We are not going to be able to entice him through sentiment, but I do not mind saying Andy has probably been made the biggest offer this club has ever made and it is on his table now.
“We made that offer early so it will be up to him. He has obviously got to look at his options and that’s the professional thing to do, but I hope he stays because I think we are going to be competing next year and it will be nice to have him with us and not against us.”
Johnson is also keen to keep former Hull, Scunthorpe and Sheffield Wednesday centre-back Richard Hinds, who signed a short-term Yeovil deal in February.
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Three Mile Island Teams With Londonderry Twp. Emergency Services For Annual Charity Golf Outing More than $57,000 will be raised for fire company’s training facility expansion
Ralph DeSantis 717-948-8930 Three Mile Island Teams With Londonderry Twp. Emergency Services For Annual Charity Golf Outing More than $57,000 will be raised for fire company’s training facility expansion
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, PA (Aug. 6, 2009) - Three Mile Island Generating Station will hold a charity golf tournament on Friday, Aug. 7 to raise funds toward the expansion of the Londonderry Twp. Volunteer Fire and Training Facility. The event will raise more than $57,000 for the fire company, bringing the four-year total raised by TMI to $240,000.
A full field of 144 golfers will tee-off at 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Golf Course in Londonderry Twp. Representatives of Three Mile Island, the township and the fire company worked together on the planning and fundraising for the event. The tournament has 28 sponsors.
"The success of this charity golf tournament shows what can happen when a local municipality and a local business partner for the betterment of the entire community," said Daryl Lehew, Londonderry Township Supervisor. "Three Mile Island's support of the fire company benefits every citizen of our area."
"The tournament would not be possible without the involvement of the dozens of contractors and vendors that do business with TMI," said William Noll, Three Mile Island Site Vice President. "Even in this challenging economic period they stepped up and supported this worthwhile effort."
In addition to TMI, other major sponsors of the golf tournament include AREVA NP Inc.; Consolidated Power; URS Washington Division; Joseph Jingoli & Son, Inc.; Mammoet USA; and the Steam Generator Team.
The Londonderry Twp. Volunteer Fire Company expansion project involves adding truck bays, training rooms, equipment storage rooms and overnight accommodations to the existing fire station. The estimated cost of the expansion is about $1 million. Anyone interested in providing support to the fire company should contact Londonderry Twp. at 717-944-1803.
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Friends: 11 Times Rachel, Monica, And Phoebe Were The Ultimate BFFs
By Desiree O In Entertainment on August 21, 2017
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Each character on Friends brought their unique quirkiness and individual brand of humor to the group that fans still love to this day, but sometimes a gal just needs her ladies, and “Rach,” “Mon,” and “Pheebs” were no different. Check out these 11 times that Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe were the ultimate BFFs on Friends.
11. The One With Rachel’s Eyedrops − Season 5 | Episode 22
Some people have no problem at all using eyedrops and then there are those who fully realize that it’s not natural to drop a foreign substance onto your incredibly vulnerable eyeball. When Rachel requires a glaucoma test and ends up needing eyedrops, there’s one tiny problem — she is one of those people who hate putting things in their eye. In fact, she has a total phobia about it. So, it’s up to best friend Monica to save the day. Using trickery, brute force, and finally the entire gang to get the job done, Monica’s methods are as hilarious as they are effective and we’re sure Rachel was totally thankful that she has such a caring best friend on hand.
10. The One Where Rachel Thought She Was Losing Monica to Julie − Season 2 | Episode 2
Rachel and Ross may have endured a roller-coaster ride of romance on their way to happily-ever-after, but Rachel and Monica were true-blue besties from the start, and stayed that way right up until the end of the show’s 10 years on the air. Though that doesn’t mean even these two BFFs didn’t hit a snag every now and then. Specifically, when Julie stepped onto the scene. Not only hooking up with Ross just as Rachel realized she had feelings for him, Julie did her best to become friends with her boyfriend’s sister − which would be totally normal and a nice thing to do, frankly under normal circumstances, but since Monica also happened to be besties with the woman that secretly loved Ross, things were a little more complicated and it’s hard to blame Rachel for feeling like Julie has not only stolen Ross, but was trying to steal Monica too.
9. The One When Monica Let Rachel Use Her Medical Insurance − Season 1 | Episode 17
When our bestie gets hurt, of course we want to do whatever we can to help them out, but we’re not sure that includes breaking the law and that’s exactly what happened when Rachel injures her ankle and heads off to the hospital without proper medical insurance. When she discovers there’s an issue with the fact that she’s not covered, she convinces Monica to swap identities temporarily so that Rachel can get medical care. While the crime leads to a double date with former ER stars George Clooney and Noah Wyle, the gals must also undo their illegal activity before any serious trouble starts brewing. However, the fact that Monica was willing to break the law certainly proves that she is one heck of a dedicated bestie.
8. The One Where Young Rachel Showed Young Monica How to Get Back at Young Chandler − Season 5 | Episode 8
When Chandler makes unkind comments about Monica’s weight back in the day (during one of the show’s epic Thanksgiving flashback episodes), he may not have had any intention of being overheard, but that still didn’t make it right. And Mon’s bestie was right there to help her get revenge on the guy who hurt her feelings. Rachel teaches her super awkward pal some sexy moves and Monica steps in with the intention of seducing her brother’s BFF before brutally rebuffing him. Unfortunately, the plan goes massively awry and Chandler ends up losing a toe. But, if you can manage to forget the severed digit, it’s still pretty nice that Rachel was willing to provide a little (vengeance-driven) advice for her bestie.
7. The One When Rachel and Phoebe Tried to Out Monica’s Relationship With Chandler − Season 5 | Episode 14
Confession: When Monica first popped out from under the covers in Chandler’s bed on the morning of Ross’ wedding, we screamed! The relationship was a quirky twist that fans didn’t expect, but fully loved and we’re pretty sure both Rachel and Phoebe had the exact same reaction when they found out about their friends-turned-lovers. But that doesn’t mean that Rachel and Phoebe weren’t willing to mess with their pals while trying to expose the secret relationship. However, their task also includes keeping Ross from finding out which resulted in some wildly enthusiastic reactions to him possibly snagging the ugly naked guy’s apartment − or, in truth, wildly distracting reactions to keep Ross away from the window where he might spy his sister doing, um, physical things with Chandler. Only a true friend is willing to wail and flail like Rachel and Phoebe do!
6. The One When Monica and Phoebe Team Up for a Catering Biz − Season 4 | Episode 9
When it clues in to the ladies that Monica has the necessarily cooking skills and Phoebe has the required bada– business skills, the two team up to buy a van and start their very own catering company. One funeral, one surely delicious food spread, and one take-no-crap-even-from-widows Pheebs on the case, and we were convinced this venture was bound to be a success. But when Monica gets offered a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity, she bails on Phoebe, initially to her friend’s dismay, but then eventually with her bestie’s blessing because when it comes down to it you always do anything you can to support your friends’ dreams.
5. The One When Rachel Had to Accept That She Was Moving Out and Chandler Was Moving In − Season 6 | Episode 2
When Chandler and Monica decided to take the big step of moving in together, that meant that Rachel, who was Monica’s roommate at the time, would have to move out. You can’t really blame Rachel for not being quite 100 percent believing that finicky Monica and commitment-phobic Chandler would actually go through with it. It may have taken a little (or a lot of) effort to convince Rachel that the move was indeed going to happen, but once she accepted the truth, she was both totally bummed to be ending an era with her live-in bestie while also being completely thrilled for her wildly in-love friends.
4. The One Where Rachel and Phoebe Help Monica Nab the Perfect Discount Wedding Dress − Season 7 | Episode 17
A good friend is willing to stand by your side as a loving bridesmaid while you tie the knot with your significant other. A BEST friend will help you dodge obstacles, risk injury, and tackle competitors in order to score the perfect discounted wedding dress. It takes all of that and more when Monica takes Rachel and Phoebe with her to a super snazzy boutique that’s having a sale on normally expensive, utterly gorgeous gowns. As ruthless as a drill sergeant (even arming her ladies with ear-blasting whistles) and as sly as a super spy, Monica is determined to get what she wants… and she wants the dress.
3. The One Where They ALL Dress Up in Wedding Dresses…Despite Not Being Brides − Season 4 | Episode 20
Speaking of wedding dresses, Monica had a bit of an obsession with them throughout the show’s run. That’s why, when she was asked to pick up her future sister-in-law’s gown (you remember Emily, of course?) Monica couldn’t hold back an enthusiastic “OKAY” when asked if she’d like to try on the dress by the boutique owner who obviously thought Monica was the future bride. But that’s not where the dress-up ended. Unable to resist the gown’s allure as it waits in her apartment for the big wedding day, Monica decides to pretend to be the bride once again while doing the dishes. When Phoebe wants to join in on the fun, she nabs her own dress. When the pair decide to cheer Rachel up after her break-up with Joshua (because, ya know, she proposed to him after dating for just a few weeks), the trio are a sight to see in three wedding dresses, drinking beer, and watching movies. When Joshua shows up to possibly work things out with his ex, Rachel naturally answers the door with a cheeky “I dooooo!” As Josh (er, “JoshUA”) takes off, Rachel assures her friends, “Yeah, that ought to do it.” We have to agree.
2. The One When Phoebe Lies About the Pregnancy Test − Season 8 | Episode 1
When Monica and Chandler tied the knot, it wasn’t the only life-changing development that the friends were dealing with. News of Rachel’s pregnancy had reached Monica and Phoebe, who not only stepped up to support their friend, but also convinced her to take an additional pregnancy test just to be sure. When Rachel’s nerves get the better of her and she’s unable to read the results, Phoebe lends a helping hand to inform her friend that it’s negative. Rachel is relieved… and then heartbroken. As she processes her feelings of disappointment despite things turning out the way they should probably be, Pheebs reveals the truth: the test was positive and Rachel is going to have a baby. While Rachel reacts to the risky trick, Phoebe responds with, “But now you know how you really feel.” Only a true friend would be willing (and able) to take such a gamble.
1. The One Where Monica Takes Rachel In After the Runaway Bride Situation – Season 1 | Episode 1
From the moment Rachel Green first stepped onto the scene on Friends, Monica was willing to step up as the support the runaway bride so desperately needed − buh bye, Barrie! The only person that Rachel knew in New York (who also happened to NOT be invited to the wedding), Monica became Rachel’s refuge and − after taking in the now homeless former socialite − her new roomie. Walking Rachel through her first steps of independence, she assures her bestie, “Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re going to love it!” Too true!
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We all did dumb (crazy, careless) stuff when we were teens. But in a world of viral social media, those stunts can haunt kids into adulthood.
By Dan Tynan
When my son was a teen, we routinely got into fights over Facebook. I received phone calls from relatives scandalized by the language in his status updates (he was quoting rap lyrics). A joke he played on his teacher—he borrowed her phone and changed her Facebook status to “dead”—backfired badly when the school got a call from the woman’s distraught grandparents in Germany. When we insisted on being his friends on the social network, he created a fake account just for his parents, saving the real one for his actual friends. (I guess he was ahead of the curve on the “finsta” trend.) It was an ongoing battle, and most of the time we lost.
Today those seem like more innocent times. Back then, all we had to worry about was Facebook, Tumblr and maybe YouTube. Now there are dozens more social media platforms you’ve probably never heard of (see below). But rest assured, your teens have.
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We all did and said stupid things as teenagers, but usually the worst that would happen was temporary embarrassment or being grounded for life (i.e., through next weekend). These days, with social media a phone tap away, the whole world could be tuned in to those mistakes almost instantaneously, and the consequences can last for years.
Just ask the 17-year-old in Northern California who secretly videoed a school administrator changing in a locker room and posted the nudes to Snapchat. (He was expelled, and other students who shared the images were suspended.) Or those class of 2021 students who had their Harvard acceptances revoked after the school discovered offensive memes they had posted in a Facebook group chat. Or the North Carolina teen who managed to combine mistakes by (1) allegedly selling weed and (2) using her Instagram account to do so.
In short, just because teens know how technology works doesn’t mean they know how to use technology, says Josh Shipp, author of The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans. You wouldn’t just hand your 13-year-old the keys to the car—but many parents don’t think twice about giving them smartphones, he adds. “It’s like taking kids at peak ignorance and handing them a loaded weapon. But every day that’s exactly what well-meaning parents do with a cell phone. They toss them the phone and say, ‘Here ya go. Have fun.’ ”
With social media, teens need to learn the rules of the road before they take the wheel. And it’s up to you to teach them, even if you don’t fully understand all of them yourself.
Yes, You're a Clueless Middle-Ager
Remember how the adults always sounded in those old Peanuts cartoons—that trombone wah-wah-wah-wah-wah? That’s what you sound like to your teens when you’re talking about social media. Even if your kids don’t know much more about Instagram or Snapchat than you do (but let’s face it, they probably do), it’s unlikely they’ll see you as the voice of authority on the subject, says Julianna Miner, longtime parenting blogger, professor of public health at George Mason University, and author of Raising a Screen-Smart Kid. “I’m like, ‘You guys, I know all about social media. People pay me to be an influencer,’ and they’re like, ‘Whatever, Mom—you don’t know anything,’ ” says Miner, whose kids are 16, 14 and 10.
But your utter (or apparent) cluelessness can be your secret weapon. The key is to listen, not lecture, says Ana Homayoun, author of Social Media Wellness: Helping Tweens and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World. (Homayoun also worked with Instagram to come up with questions parents might want to ask kids about their accounts: wellbeing.instagram.com/parents.)
“If you act like this curious person who has no clue, they get excited to show you how something works,” she says. “You need to ask, ‘Why are you using this stuff? Why are you posting? What are your friends and classmates doing? What’s working for you?’ ”
The discussion will probably go a lot more smoothly if you wait for a teachable (or listenable) moment, Miner adds. “The most productive conversations we have are the ones where circumstances hand me a cue,” she says. To wit: “There was a recent news story about a sexting ring that began in my kids’ high school. We had a comprehensive talk about the social and legal consequences of what had happened. It was a lot more effective than, ‘Hey, guys! Let’s talk about sexting—again.’ ”
But You're Still the Parent
Eventually, though, you’re going to have to lay down some rules, ideally before they’ve started posting bikini pics—or worse—on Kik or created a dating profile on Tinder.
The rules will vary from family to family and kid to kid, but it’s a smart idea to co-manage their accounts with them at first, advises Miner, especially with younger kids or those getting started on social media. That means sharing account logins and approving posts before they go public. Making the accounts private, or invite-only, is a good way to make sure that all their “friends” are actual friends. And you should encourage them to unfollow anyone who’s rude or abusive.
RELATED: How We Embarrass Our Kids, and How to Stop
“Parents should do whatever they can to integrate themselves into their tweens’ and younger teens’ online lives as well as their in-the-flesh lives,” says Cara Natterson, MD, a pediatrician and the author of several books about adolescent health. “That allows you to have common ground with your kids and to identify when things are going south.” Later, when your kids have demonstrated they can navigate social networks without crashing into a tree—or doing whatever the #trending jackassery of the week is—you can take off the training wheels.
5 Social Platforms You’ve Never Heard Of (But Your Teens Have)
ASKFM
Q&A site with 33 million yearly active users that lets teens post pix and answer questions from followers (anything from polls like “Riverdale or Stranger Things?” to the more angsty “Wasn’t I good enough for him??”). All posts are public but questions can be asked anonymously.
Houseparty
Mobile app that lets you create live video and text chats with up to eight friends (and friends of friends). Half of its approximately 2 million monthly users are under age 24.
Messaging app where users can communicate anonymously by text, photos, emojis and GIFs. According to StayHipp.com, it has a rep for being a sexting app.
Massively popular short-form video site with more than 500 million monthly active users. Videos can be public or friends-only. Picture an endless stream of teens busting dance moves in their backyards or pulling amusing (to them) pranks.
Users broadcast live video streams of any length from any location and interact with viewers. So think The Truman Show, but with teens filming themselves and having zero qualms about letting the world watch them ramble on, sing or even sleep. YouNow claims to deliver more than 100 million monthly user sessions.
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Regiment/Catrawd: Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Bn
Service Rank and Number / Rheng gwasanaeth a rhif: Private 5838
Ref No Grave or Memorial / Rhif cyfeirnod bedd: Panel 77 to 80
Medals Awarded / Medalau a ddyfarnwyd: Victory & British War Medals and 15 Star
Died of Wounds:- 21st August 1915
William was first seen on a census in 1881 living with his family at Crompton Hall, Higher Kinnerton, where father, David Ellis 34, was an Agricutural Labourer who had been had been born in Montgomery. His wife, Hannah 32 came from Pulford in Denbighshire. Their listed children were Charles 8, Catherine 7, William 4 had been born in Chester, Cheshire.Anne was 2.
The 1891 census sees that the family had moved once more, this time to Ince in Chshire, living on Chester Road. David 42, was still a Farm Lbourer. Hannah, his wife was 42. Daughter Catherine was 16 and a Housemaid. William 14 was a ‘Foreman M.S.C’, ( I don’t know what this is but the Enumerator wrote it at the end of each man’s occupation) Annie was 11. There were 5 Lodgers in the household, all workers of different sorts.
William Ellis married Charlotte Jones in a Civil ceremony in Chester in 1899, (Cheshire West, ROC/39/18) and on the 1901 census they were living at 21, Trinity Street, Chester. William was 23 and working as a Labourer in the Gas Works. Charlotte was 23 and had been born in the Cottenera Hospital, Malta (British Subject).
By the 1911 census they were living at 18, Butler Street, Shotton, Flintshire and they had been married 12 years. Three children had been born, but sadly two had died. William 33, was a Crane Driver in the Steel Works, Charlotte was also 33. Their one remaining child Edith May was 3 and had been born in that very house.
UK soldiers who died in the Great War 1914 -19, accessible on www.ancestry.co.uk confirms the regimental information above and adds that he was born in Chester and enlisted in Wrexham.
William’s medal card also accessible on ancestry, records his medal details and also tells us that his first theatre of war was the Balkans and that he entered it on 28thJune 1915 – William was dead less than 2 months later.
William Ellis in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, 1901-1929 tells us that the sole Legatee was William’s widow Charlotte who was paid his War Gratuity of £3.0s.0d on the 14th August 1919.
William’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate states that he was the Husband of the late Charlotte R. Ellis. In fact Charlotte died in 1923, (Registration Hawarden – HAW/14A/91). She would therefore not have seen William’s name on the Connah’s Quay/Shotton Memorial as it wasn’t unveiled until 1927. Neither would she have seen his name on the St Ethelwold’s Church Memorial Screen which was dedicated in 1924. Hopefully, however she did see his name on the Hawarden Memorial on which he is also named. That was unveiled by Henry Gladstone on 19th November 1920.
Somebody went to a lot of trouble to make sure he was remembered.
I have details from the War Diary of the 8th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Please contact via the website if you would like information.
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How To Not Go Broke, Get Fat, or Be Sad During the Holidays
Finally, some news you can use. Or not. It doesn't really matter.
By Joshua David Stein
Holiday season in America is, despite what the family cards, Hallmark movies, and soldiers in the longstanding fictitious War For/Against Christmas say, a bit of a mixed bag. Are sitting around a fire or participating in a deeply felt religious observance heart-warming human traditions? Absolutely. But the holidays don’t just represent an opportunity to be with family and participate in liquored-up reflection. They also offer an annual opportunity for Americans to get fat, go broke, and be sad. Even the merriest of us know this to be true.
Get at because there’s nothing to do but eat and because the erroneous notion that calories don’t matter from mid- November through early January is deeply ingrained within our culture and also fat because we are encouraged to equate food with comfort and being with family, despite being a joy in many ways, stresses people out. Go broke because the average American spends $906 on holiday shopping and more than half of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings. Be sad because of the first two things and also because sometimes merriments and even smiling decorations seem to exist at odds with our realities. Sad because it’s so easy to buy into the idea that the holidays should be uncomplicated and they never really are.
It is, therefore, a good time of the year to listen to other peoples’ advice in orders to avoid fatness, brokeness, and sadness. And the most salient piece of advice — the piece of advice that helps the most that no one really wants to hear — is that the holidays are best understood as marketing bullshit. Religious people will push back on this and understandably so, but the “holidays” are a bit different than Christmas or Chanukah or Diwali. The holidays are a broader cultural celebration and, make no mistake, that celebration is designed to move units. Understanding and accepting this allows adults to both gain some perspective on the importance of the thing, which empowers people to make it there own, and really appreciate how amazing it is that people have turned a haphazard end of the year sales push into something beautiful and resonant.
Understanding the holidays as beautiful painting brushed across the ratty canvas of financial ambition really helps with the whole broke and sad dynamic (less with the food) by allowing adults and, in particular, parents to keep unreasonable expectations at arm’s length and remember that the accoutrements are secondary to the thing. The thing, in this case, being family or, barring that, friends or general bonhomie. The holiday — as portrayed through every medium, on every channel looping holiday specials, and playing on repeat in the muzak of our minds — may be a celebration of self as well as a fuck-fest of good vibes, but it doesn’t need to be such an explicitly orgiastic karmic drain. It’s okay if it’s just an excuse to think about others or do something nice. And it’s okay to do this with or without belief and with or without the go-ahead of advertising copy.
The key to not going broke is not succumbing to the caloric idea that what happens between Thanksgiving and New Years stays between Thanksgiving and New Years. Not so. Indulgence has consequence — not the least of which is the desire for more indulgence. The laws of financial prudence don’t apply. The laws of nutrition apply. The need for self-care remains profound. One of the weird realities of the season is that a specific mythology has been created (at least for Christian kids) to specifically imply that logic and reason have no place in the Christmas season and that desire can exist outside of the content of opportunity cost. Kids want everything from Santa because, in some sense, Santa is understood to have everything. Santa’s margins are irrelevant. This indoctrinates children when they’re very young into believing that a specific time of the year can be economically exceptional (as least for the middle and upper class). Unfortunately, it isn’t so. Americans learn that when their bills show up mid-January. And that’s a harsh awakening for those operating under the implicit understanding that everyone does this and it must therefore work out.
What is exceptional about the season is that, for a brief period of time, adults and children are both encouraged to express unmitigated joy and demonstrate selflessness. This is affordable, non-fattening, joy-bringing, and, let’s be real, often difficult. But to the degree that cause and effect cannot be denied when pants strain after a season of yule log and hot chocolate lattes, it cannot also not be denied when generosity or kindness or faith is rewarded. Want to be happy over the holidays? Remember that the “holidays” are bullshit, but Christmas isn’t and Chanukah isn’t (alright, maybe a bit) and making cookies with the kids isn’t either — just so long as you don’t eat the cookies.
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Fat Media Acquire Reading Room
Fat Media are delighted to announce the acquisition of Reading Room as of 02.11.18.
Founded in 1996, with offices in London and Liverpool, Reading Room is a full-service digital agency which delivers creative digital solutions for a wide range and scale of clients across the UK & Europe.
Ranked as one of the UK’s top 25 digital agencies by Econsultancy, the agency works with some of the most ambitious brands and influential organisations from industries and sectors such as; Public Sector, Built Environment, Sport, Retail, Tourism, Leisure, Food and Drink and Arts & Culture.
Reading Room’s services cover the full range of digital solutions, including strategy and planning, user experience, web design and development, ecommerce, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and multi-channel digital advertising.
Their clients include; Kingspan, Middlesbrough Football Club, Taylor Wimpey, Countryside Properties and UK Coaching.
David Durnford - CEO of Fat Media Group, commented: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to bring Reading Room into the Fat Media Group family, it’s a valuable addition and development to our existing digital services and business, and it extends our strategy of building a sophisticated full-service offering for customers, delivering digital services across the UK and Europe. Reading Room will retain its identity and will be a distinct business unit within the Fat Media Group, collaborating with teams on clients and projects across the Group.”
Jamie Griffiths - Managing Director of Reading Room commented: "We have been focused on finding a new home for Reading Room, where we can collaborate with like-minded talented individuals. Joining the well-established, well respected Fat Media Group will energise our team, and continue to build on Reading Room’s current high-profile positioning within the digital agency sector. It’s a very exciting time, and the agency is looking forward to working with the Fat Media Group team and blowing our collective clients away with what we can do together!”
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New research show fish oil can be extracted from plant seeds
This research shows that it is possible to modify plant seeds to produce omega 3 fatty acids. Through a process of genetic modification, the research modifies the plant Camelina sativa (false flax) with genes from microalgae – the main producers of the omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA. The oil extracted from the seeds can then be used as a more sustainable alternative to fish oils.
These fatty acids are not produced directly by fish but accumulated through their consumption of other marine organisms, such as algae, or, in the case of farmed fish, through their consumption of omega 3-containing fishmeal and fish oil. One of the major motivations driving this research is the concern that there is not enough omega 3 rich fish meal and fish oil being produced in the world to sustain the great increase we are seeing in aquaculture production. The next step is to analyse the effects that feeding fish with these oils has on the omega 3 properties of their flesh.
Omega-3 (also called n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (≥C20; LC-PUFAs) are of considerable interest, based on clear evidence of dietary health benefits and the concurrent decline of global sources (fish oils). Generating alternative transgenic plant sources of omega-3 LC-PUFAs, i.e. eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 n-3, EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3, DHA) has previously proved problematic. Here we describe a set of heterologous genes capable of efficiently directing synthesis of these fatty acids in the seed oil of the crop Camelina sativa, while simultaneously avoiding accumulation of undesirable intermediate fatty acids. We describe two iterations: RRes_EPA in which seeds contain EPA levels of up to 31% (mean 24%), and RRes_DHA, in which seeds accumulate up to 12% EPA and 14% DHA (mean 11% EPA and 8% DHA). These omega-3 LC-PUFA levels are equivalent to those in fish oils, and represent a sustainable, terrestrial source of these fatty acids. We also describe the distribution of these non-native fatty acids within C. sativa seed lipids, and consider these data in the context of our current understanding of acyl exchange during seed oil synthesis.
Ruiz-Lopez, N., Haslam, R. P., Napier, J. A. and Sayanova, O, 2014, Successful high-level accumulation of fish oil omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in a transgenic oilseed crop. The Plant Journal, doi: 10.1111/tpj.12378
You can read the full article in the Plant journal here and an article from BBC discussing the research here. For more about fish and aquaculture on the FCRN website see here
Oils and fats
Fish oils/long chain fatty acids
Genetic Modification/biotechnology
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.12378/pdf
Food type›Oils and fats
Issues›Health issues
Aquaculture | Genetic Modification/biotechnology | Fish oils/long chain fatty acids | Health concerns | Vegetable oil
Vegetarians and Omega 3s.
Improved omega-3 content of animal foods possible without increasing environmental impact
Avoiding the ecological limits of forage fish for fed aquaculture
Insect oil a new sustainable source of Omega 3
Modern organic and broiler chickens sold for human consumption provide more energy from fat than protein
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Modrus chooses CityFibre to connect data centres
IT and telecoms services provider Modrus is gaining a new fibre infrastructure from CityFibre, one of the UK’s leading independent fibre infrastructure providers.
Connecting its head office and main operating centre in the city of Bournemouth with its three datacentres in London, the new link will replace Modrus’ existing BT connection to become its new primary link, enabling the company to improve its customer service with faster server set-ups.
Adtran platform chosen for Indonesian roll-out
Adtran a US-based provider of next-generation networking solutions, has announced that Lintasarta has chosen the Total Access 5000 broadband platform as the backbone of the company’s fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service roll-out.
Indonesia’s largest telecommunications provider Lintasarta is deploying FTTP to deliver faster broadband speeds for business services that demand service level agreements (SLAs) for continuous service performance and availability. Adtran says the Total Access 5000 is purpose-built for supporting premium, consolidated broadband services.
Metaswitch chosen by Cityplay for French expansion
Metaswitch Networks, a provider of communications software and solutions, has announced that CityPlay has selected its MetaSphere Multimedia Telephony Applications Server (MTAS) and Perimeta Session Border Controller (SBC).
TeliaSonera reveals fibre ambition
Finnish telecoms company TeliaSonera has pledged to buy more fibre networks in Scandinavian markets in an effort to improve network quality and increase its range of services.
Noting increased sales and profitability in its second quarter for 2013, the company stated that it is aiming to increase its share of the market in the region by providing a bigger capacity.
BT playing the long game on rural roll-out
BT has stated that it is unlikely to derive a financial return on its investment in rural fibre broadband for at least 10 years.
As reported, the broadband provider has been something of a lone crusader in providing rural broadband access, after several other companies decided that it was not an area in which it was easy to make a profit.
The high costs of installing fibre connections are leaving thousands of people without broadband connections, while plans to roll out super-fast broadband in the UK are running two years late.
Three companies take steps to improve Spanish fibre network
Three European telecoms giants have embraced a spirit of collaboration in an effort to expand Spain's fibre optic network in homes and business premises. Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange have signed an agreement to share vertical fibre optic infrastructures in buildings across the country.
Huawei named in plans for major Pakistan/China project
Huawei, the Chinese ICT giant, is reportedly involved in plans to link Pakistan and China fibre-optically – including laying an 800-kilometre stretch of cable alongside the world-famous Karakoram Highway.
According to the Pakistani financial press, the proposed project is part of an $18 billion plan to better link the two countries with a new road and rail track aimed at creating an efficient Pakistan-China ‘economic corridor’.
BT to offer ultrafast FTTP service
Internet provider BT has confirmed that it will soon be offering an ultrafast 300Mbps 'fibre to the premises' (FTTP) service for consumers who require extra bandwidth.
The service will initially be available within 50 exchange areas where FTTP infrastructure has already been deployed.
The company says that the launch of the Infinity 300Mbps FTTP service will see BT offer the fastest speeds of all the major ISPs, with 300Mbps downstream and 20Mbps upstream speeds. BT says the speeds are up to 40 times faster than those achievable through the use of copper.
Graphene could lead to step-change in internet speeds
Internet speeds could be accelerated by up to 100 times by the use of graphene in telecommunications, according to university researchers.
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, researchers from the Centre for Graphene Science at the Universities of Bath and Exeter demonstrated for the first time incredibly short optical response rates using graphene, which could pave the way for a revolution in telecommunications.
New director for Modulight
Modulight has announced the nomination of Kalle Palomäki to the company's board of directors. Palomäki brings to the board extensive experience in international sales. He has a background in sales and general management in the area of information technology and is currently Senior Vice President at Efecte.
Palomäki's nomination is effective immediately and he will assume board membership as non-executive director. His nomination follows the retirement of Hubert Jouve from the board. Dr. Jouve will continue as active shareholder and senior advisor to the Board.
Experts lined up for ECOC
Europe’s largest optical communications conference, ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communications) will feature presentations from global industry experts and institutions about the latest developments in optical communications techniques, systems and networks.
Fibre's high cost scuppering broadband roll-out
A damning report by the UK's National Audit Office (NAO) is forecasting that the programme, which is aimed at providing superfast broadband to 90 per cent of premises in every area of the country, will complete the project 22 months later than planned.
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James Toney losses shocker, career likely over
Written by Leroy Cleveland
It all seemed so academic.
A 46 year old legend, after a two year hiatus, faces a nondescript 40 year old opponent who is seemingly made to order for him and not worthy of being in the same ring.
The star, of course, wins an easy showcase and continues to bigger and better things.
But such was not the case for James Toney (76-10-3, 46 KOs) last night.
The fight great and former multi-division world champion dropped a unanimous decision to a fella named Charles Ellis (10-3-1, 8 KO) in St Louis, Missouri.
A 6'5" heavyweight from Wichita, Kansas, Ellis was previously 3-3 in his last six bouts, most recently dropping a unanimous verdict to a fella who was 9-0 in December.
Scores were a shocking 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93.
Last night's loss to the obscure Eliis was James' third in five fights, each delivered by opponents far below contender level at the time.
Lucas Browne (then 15-0, 14 KOs) soundly defeated James Toney in April 2013 in what many believed would be the latter's swan song. James also dropped a less consequential three-rounder to journeyman Jason Gavern months later in the UK's famed Prizefighter Tournament.
For James Toney, it's time to hang 'em up - And quite frankly, retirement is long overdue.
The future hall of famer, who was rumored to be in negotiations to face sports legend Mike Tyson earlier this summer, told FightNews he'd been training hard for the last six or seven months.
"I wish I could go right to the world title fight right now," Toney informed FightNews before last night's bout.
"My team feels I should move a bit slower and honestly they are right. We will start off with this first fight Saturday. I don’t know anything about my opponent, but I know I am in tremendous shape."
"St Louis fans are going to see a well prepared James Toney."
After his prime years as a middleweight and super middleweight many, including your's truly, wrote James off in the late 1990s amid his weight problems and less-than- satisfactory performances against non-elite opponents.
By early 2000, James Toney was done as a force in boxing.... or so it seemed.
But Toney would experience a revival of sorts and win a world title at cruiserweight in 2003 by decisioning the division's top dog, Vassiliy Jirov. The win would earn him RING Magazine 'Fighter of the Year' honors.
And despite being only 5'10", James would vault to heavyweight and orchestrate a successful run, becoming a major player in the division and producing some memorable moments.
The fighter famously dubbed 'Lights Out,' also 'Fighter of the Year' in 1991, is known most for his legendary 'old-school' style, consisting of his shoulder roll (used to avoid punches) and an innate ability to fight off the ropes as well as his slick body movements and infighting.
SIGNIFICANT WINS/ DRAW
SD 12 Draw Hasim Rahman - 2006
UD 12 Dominick Guinn - 2005
UD 12 Rydell Booker - 2004
TKO 9 Evander Holyfield - 2003
UD 12 Vassiliy Jirov - 2003
UD 12 Steve Little - 1997
KO 12 Charles Williams - 1994
TKO 4 Tim Littles - 1994
UD 12 Tony Thornton - 1993
RTD 9 Iran Barkley - 1993
MD 12 Mike McCallum - 1992
SD 12 Reggie Johnson - 1991
TKO 11 Michael Nunn - 1991
SD 12 Merqui Sosa - 1991
SIGNIFICANT LOSES
UD 12 Denis Lebedev - 2011
UD 12 Samuel Peter - 2007
SD 12 Samuel Peter - 2006 (Controversial)
UD 12 Montell Griffin - 1996 (Controversial)
MD 12 Montell Griffin - 1995
UD 12 Roy Jones Jr - 1994
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Finland's re-AssessMENT OF security in Iraq stokes anger and discontent
Finnish Immigration Service Office (MIGRI)
Finland's Immigration Service's reassessment of Iraq's current security situation, has left many asylum seekers heavy hearted. As thousands await the verdict of their asylum claim, the host government continues to uphold the argument that Iraq is a safe country.
On Tuesday Jan. 17 the government of Finland published its latest review of the security situation in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia.
The updated Finnish immigration department (MIGRI) review vowed to maintain existing procedures in place for processing asylum applications, stirring greater anger and discontent among Iraqi refugees.
Last year the government changed specific clauses under the Alien’s act Law which resulted in the reclassification of Iraq as a ‘safe’ country.
Tuesday’s reevaluation conceded that the security situation in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad and Salah Al Din and Diyala province, though not great, is not severe enough to place Iraqis of a Sunni background at risk when returned home.
With the exception of Mosul and other areas under Islamic State (IS) control, Iraqis from southern provinces, should they face any threats, are at liberty to relocate elsewhere in the country.
MIGRI stated that to date, no Iraqi asylum seeker has been forcibly returned to Mosul - the site of latest military operations against IS launched by Iraqi forces and allied militias back in October last year.
Speaking to FRB, 30 year old Iraqi asylum seeker Issam D. described the current mood of the Iraqi community in Finland as dispirited. “The reassessment has been met with anger and revulsion. Many are asking, on what evidence can Finland claim Iraq is a ‘safe country’? Have they adopted the position of the Iraqi government, or that parroted by militia commanders” he said.
The reassessment draws a distinction between Iraqi asylum seekers that have escaped ‘conflict’ zones and those that can be expatriated now that their towns have been ‘liberated’. War zones include Mosul and Tel Afar, while Salah Al Din, Anbar and Diyala are coded as ‘liberated’ provinces. Southern Iraq and the Kurdish controlled north are said to be safe, and where displaced Iraqis at risk can be resettled. Although the review makes a note of recurrent suicide blasts in the capital, it is argued that the area itself is no combat zone.
The decision to permit residency or forcibly deport refugees from Iraq is premised on these divisions. Baghdad is the only exception. Applications put forward by those who fled the capital are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Those that have converted from Islam to Christianity are also provided with protection from the host government once the authenticity of their ‘conversion’ is established.
Issam and others from western parts of the country have expressed disbelief at what they have described as “a distortion of truth”.
“For months now, western provinces have been frozen in time, reduced to mounds of rubble and debris. Any word but ‘safe’ describes the situation In Iraq” said Issam.
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Hermes takes BT into commodities
Kate Burgess, Investment Correspondent
Hermes Pensions Management, which is owned by and manages the BT pension scheme, the UK’s largest, is investing £1bn of the BT fund’s £34bn of assets in commodities.
The investment, representing 3 per cent of scheme assets, is the largest single allocation to commodities by a UK pension fund and is designed to improve returns while reducing volatility.
The move comes as pressure rises on UK pension funds to find surer ways of funding their long-term promises to pensioners and to plug widening gaps between their assets and liabilities. The BT pension fund deficit was £2.1bn when last reported in 2002.
James Walsh, head of strategy and alternatives at Hermes, said: “It has become evident that schemes should not rely on bonds and equities alone to deliver consistent returns.”
Several European and US retirement funds have increased their investment in commodities. ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, has been investing in commodities since 2001 and they now represent about 3 per cent of its €190bn (£130bn) assets.
Mr Walsh said the investment was part of a strategic allocation to diversify risk in equities rather than a bet on rising commodities prices. “Over the past 50 years commodities and equities have provided similar real returns at 5.2 per cent a year (compared to bonds at 1.5 per cent). However, the correlation of the performance especially over the longer term, has been quite different – with commodities stronger for instance in inflationary periods,” he said.
Initially, the Hermes Commodity Index Fund will be passively managed to track the Goldman Sachs Commodities Light Index.
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Regulations Posted on December 17, 2015
India’s Supreme Court bans registration of diesel SUVs in Delhi
Air pollution over a traffic jam in Delhi. By NOMAD [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
India’s Supreme Court issued a ban effective immediately on the registration of diesel-fueled sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other high-end diesel vehicles in Delhi with engine capacity above 2000 cc. The ban will be in effect until March 31, 2016. The move is aimed at arresting air pollution in India’s capital city.
“It is noteworthy that diesel vehicles of 2000 cc and above and SUVs are generally used by more affluent sections of our society and because of the higher engine capacity, they are more prone to cause higher levels of pollution. A ban on registration of such vehicles will not, therefore, affect the common man or the average citizen in the city of Delhi,” a bench headed by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur said.
The bench, which is also comprised of Justices A.K. Sikri and R. Banumathi, however, exempted new commercial light-duty diesel vehicles from the ban, citing that the public is highly dependent on such vehicles for supplying essential goods.
The highest court’s order lifts the temporary ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal last week, which banned the registration of all diesel vehicles in Delhi until Jan. 6, 2016.
According to an affidavit filed by the government in the Supreme Court last year, diesel-fuelled vehicles now account for more than 90% of SUVs in India, 34% of small cars and 70% of large and medium cars.
The bench also revived an order passed 14 years ago that prohibits goods vehicles not bound for Delhi from entering the city from entry points on two national highways. These two highways connect Delhi to Rajasthan from one side and Delhi to various northern states, such as Punjab and Haryana from the other.
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ASX Market Wrap: Gives Up Early Gains but Closes in the Green
A down day for the market nonetheless lands in positive territory.
Motley Fool Staff
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Apr 26, 2012 at 12:00AM
SYDNEY -- Despite two nights of positive news out of the U.S. and a strong early start, the Australian market couldn't hold onto the best of the day's gains, but it still closed in positive territory.
The S&P/ASX 200 (INDEX: ^AXJO) closed at 4,375.2, and the All Ordinaries (INDEX: ^AORD) at 4,445.0 -- both up 0.3%. The ASX 200 was up around 0.75% after the first 10 minutes of trading, but that was to be the high point of the day, with the index giving ground largely unchecked throughout the day.
The Dow Jones Index had closed overnight up 0.7% after a gain of 0.6% the previous night, and the S&P 500 gained a total of 1.8% over the two nights. While the Nasdaq was off 0.3% on Tuesday night, it well and truly recovered that loss with a gain of more than 2% last night.
Jobs were in the spotlight today, with reports that Ford (NYSE: F) plans to stand down 1,800 workers in Victoria, while the St. George division of Westpac (NYSE: WBK) looks to outsource 200 jobs, some potentially to India and elsewhere.
The big mover on the market today was television and newspaper proprietor Seven West Media. The company had released an earnings downgrade almost an hour and a half after the market closed on Tuesday, before the ANZAC Day closure. If Seven West had hoped to avoid too much press about its downgrade, investors certainly nixed that: Almost a quarter of the company's market value disappeared in the six hours of trade today, when shares dropped 22.8%.
Much of the media sector felt the chill of the ill wind, with APN News & Media down 2.4%, Fairfax Media off 2.8%, Southern Cross Media down 4%, and Ten Network down 0.6%.
News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWS) managed to buck the trend, closing up 0.1%, probably due to its now proportionally small exposure to traditional media in Australia. And investors may have been relieved that Rupert Murdoch's evidence at the UK's Leveson Media Inquiry didn't unearth any further damaging revelations.
Meanwhile, TPG Telecom was today fined $13,200 for misleading advertising, putting Telstra, Singapore Telecommunications subsidiary Optus, and iPrimus -- now owned by M2 Telecommunications -- on notice for including too many "fine print qualifications" in their advertising material.
The telecom sector led the gains on the ASX today, up 1.1%, followed by health care, up 0.9%, and utilities, which rose 0.7% in today's trading. Laggers were led by consumer discretionary stocks, down 0.9%, and the Australian REIT sector, which was off just 0.1%.
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Why should a Council get involved in the Forest School Awards?
Green Flag Award and Ulster in Bloom
The Forest School Awards contribute positively to "The Green Flag Award" and "Ulster in Bloom" Awards. Both Awards have the potential to score more highly if local communities take on an ownership of their local Council Park. The Green Flag Award scheme is the benchmark national standard for parks and green spaces in the UK.
"Park management authorities should actively pursue the involvement of members of the community"
The NI Local Government Agency (NILGA) organise the Ulster in Bloom Awards. "NILGA welcomes the development of the Forest School Awards across Northern Ireland. The project provides significant opportunities for practical education, learning and skills development, as well as encouraging a wider appreciation of our local environments and natural habitats while also harnessing a sense of local pride and community spirit."
Community Ownership and Civic Responsibility
Winning organisations identify an area within their local Council Park. This will become their Forest School site. They will visit their Forest School site on a regular basis every year. Here they will learn about civic responsibility and help manage the site. This will include regular litter lifting, opportunities to help improve its biodiversity, for example, wildflower planting, tree planting and so on.
People Engagement and Ripple Effect
The winning organisations will regularly visit the local Council Park. During their training winning organisations will visit their local Council Park on at least six different occasions for between 1-2 hours. Evaluations have also shown that pupils continue to use their local Council Park outside of school and they frequently bring their friends and family to show them what they have been doing in their Forest School.
The Forest School Awards are about empowering and giving local schools and organisations the skills and confidence to continue using their local Council Park every year for Forest School activity. Teachers and youth leaders train to become Forest School Leaders in their first year. Every year after that they are encouraged to continue using the local Council Park with free entry into the NI Forest School Association - Nature Ranger Scheme. This ensures at least six visits to their local Council Park every year. NIFSA undertook evaluations from existing Forest School organisations that have been through the training. Over 80% of them are still continuing with their Forest School activities every year.
Selected Parks will have 8ftx3ft Official Forest School Site banners, with the Council's logo, put up within them. Councils will also be presented with a metal plaque recognising the local Council Park as a NIFSA recognised Forest School site. The Council's logo will be on the plaque. Finally, there will be an opportunity to present the winning organisations with their NIFSA Forest School Certificate and hand out the NIFSA Nature Ranger Certificates to all of the pupils involved in the Forest School Awards. All branded with the Council's logo.
Reduction in anti-social behaviour
The winning organisations will regularly visit their local Council Park. The pupils become familiar with their Forest School site within the local Council Park. It is here that they begin to develop an understanding of their natural environment and through this understanding a healthy respect for the community and environment is nurtured. This in turn leads to a reduction in anti-social behaviour within the local Council Park because it is being used regularly by friends and family.
Contributes towards Play Strategies and children's mental and physical health
Report after report highlights how children nowadays do not get enough time outside. This leads to Vitamin D deficiency, poor eyesight and immune system and generally a lack of good mental and physical health. Forest School encourages children to explore their natural surroundings, work collaboratively to achieve simple goals and think for themselves. Research undertaken by national organisations show that children participating in Forest School have improved mental and physical health, improved communication skills, greater developed fine motor skills and mush more.
Detailed Activity Reports
The Forest School Awards has an in-built management information system that encourage winning organisations to record their Forest School activity. This will enable reports to be produced for Councils showing Forest School activity within winning local Council Parks. Winning organisations will have to record how often they visited their Forest School site, what activities they did, how many people were involved and for how long. The MIS will also contain qualitative reports. Winning organisations will have to evaluate their Forest School Award experiences.
Promotion of Council flagship centres or resources
A Directory of Forest Schools will be built up over the years. All of those involved will be keen outdoor enthusiasts looking for opportunities to visit new sites and undertake new outdoor activities. This Directory can be used to promote any centre or resource that your Council wants to promote with a simple click of a button.
Ratepayer Demand
A petition was sent out to all Primary Schools across Northern Ireland in June 2016. This was a general petition and not sent to anyone in particular within the school. Over 100 replies came back from the Primary Schools. All of them wanted to undertake the training to become a recognised Forest School, with an estimated 20,000 pupils being engaged during the training. This highlights a strong demand from local schools which would contribute to the success of the Forest School Awards.
These are only the main benefits for local Councils getting involved in the Forest School Awards. To find out how your Council can get involved click on the Register your interest in the Forest School Awards and somebody will get in touch with you.
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GOV. JINDAL TAKES A MAJOR HIT AFTER A BIZARRE WEEK…
Becoming unmoored with the tides…
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal might be forgiven if his mind and senses are particularly unmoored after the past week. Wow! How does a presidential candidate go from Gridiron Show superstar Saturday a week ago to a notable CPAC loser yesterday? After all, both events were held more or less in Washington, DC, and each is a particularly strong magnet for traditional and other news media. Plus, he told some of his best (?) jokes at both, even if he wasn’t supposed to, as noted by Politico’s James Hohmann.
What a difference one week and the absence of a political compass make, huh?
When those who pay attention to such things awoke a week ago today, the political “news” was everywhere: Louisiana’s governor was all the rage – by acclamation it seemed – of the annual cGridiron Show put on by our nation’s primo journalists. Then, we awake this morning to learn that yesterday he tied for 9th in the presidential straw poll of some of America’s most committed and engaged conservatives gathered at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Jindal’s 3% trailed physician Ben Carson by a point, and tied with Sarah Palin. Even New Jersey Governor Chris Christie bested Jindal by a point, and he was absent, owing to CPAC’s decision not to invite such a liberal Republican. (Yes, and he was surprised to learn that about himself, too, no doubt.)
Giving our governor his political primetime due, the Gridiron dinner and show is for and by America’s mainstream news media establishment, and has been THE nose-up-and-high D.C. ticket for 185 years, they tell us. In the Land of Talking Points, the Gridiron Show’s list of them stresses that every president since Grover Cleveland has attended, though we know from recent history that all presidents do not always bother to attend, as President Obama has proven by skipping out on the soiree a couple of years already. It’s a real bummer when that happens since the main course at the dinner is roasted president. Can’t roast it and howl away the night if it doesn’t show up, I suppose. Oh, and “suppose” is all the out-of-favor, much less unwashed masses, can do – admission to this monument to news media coziness with those they supposedly “cover” for America is by invitation only, only, only.
Be all that as it may, Jindal sat up at the dinner table with President Obama and the other grown-ups most likely to stay relatively sober, and positively “killed it,” according to the Washington Post, two words not nearly as effusive as many others written by many others. No mean feat for a “conservative” when the very large and packed room included about as many conservatives as a dinner at Michael Moore’s house. Jindal told the jokes such a crowd loves the most, punctuated by an insult of his and our state’s junior Senator David Vitter. The President laughed so hard at Jindal’s joke about “skinny guy(s) with dark complexion(s)” that he forgot such remarks are not supposed to be funny around here or there anymore.
If you ever wondered what such a left-of-center crowd must hear from a politician to love said politician, search-up “Jindal gridiron show,” read, and learn.
“Huey P.” Jindal
Then, the shocker: a mere seven days later, our governor crashed, proving the rule of political physics I wrote early in my career of caring too much about such things: the rate of a meteoric political rise is matched only by the rate of the corresponding political fall. Well-knowing its importance to any “conservative” presidential wannabe, Jindal returned to D.C. – this time the suburbs, not the Gridiron Show’s walking distance from the Capitol – to address CPAC. The jokes weren’t nearly as funny, and the one-week earlier praise from the other political side of America was apparently too fresh in the minds of CPAC-ers. When the week-earlier count of outbursts of hilarity was replaced by the actual preferential votes of top-drawer conservatives, Jindal came in 9th, trailing the current list of conservative faves: Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Dr. Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz.
When CPAC devotees cast the corresponding vote three years in advance of the 2012 presidential election, at its 2009 gathering, Jindal placed 2nd, trailing only Mitt Romney. Somehow, that vote now seems, well, footnote-ish.
If we are to believe Jindal is a viable candidate for president, the take-away from this important week for him seems clear: before he bothers to worry about how the D.C. news media establishment conditionally loves and praises him, Jindal has to have a home among, and a strategy for, American conservatives. As of today, he looks more like former Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Senator John McCain than Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. The political compass of the former two pointed north south east and west, and the compass of the latter two points 2013 conservative True North. Such is the CPAC straw poll point and purpose.
For those of us who live in Louisiana, all of this would be little more than semi-interesting political chatter were it not for the fact that our state is in serious trouble, as the upcoming legislative session will clearly and again prove. Governor Jindal’s use of Louisiana and its citizens as mice in his personal political laboratory has worn as thin as the vote for him at CPAC between 2009 and yesterday. Our governor is not focused on his state, any more or better than he is successfully feeding his consuming desire to be president.
As I and others have said since he was first elected governor, Bobby Jindal’s only hope to be president one day is to be a real governor today, one who cares more about the Oath he took in Baton Rouge than the laughs he got from those white-tie Great Mentioners in D.C.
The downward trendline of the governor’s approval ratings at home, and the CPAC vote between 2009 and yesterday, correlate perfectly for a reason. We know it, CPAC knows it, and many of those D.C. poohbahs do, too.
I hope and pray Governor Jindal figures it out … and fast.
Elliott Stonecipher’s reports and commentaries are written strictly in the public interest. No compensation of any kind has been solicited or accepted for this work. This work is protected, and no other use of it is permitted without the written consent of Mr. Stonecipher.
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20 graduating high school seniors receive full-ride scholarships to attend MSU
By: MSU Today
Twenty incoming students have been awarded an Alumni Distinguished Scholarship or University Distinguished Scholarship that will cover full tuition, room and board and a stipend for up to eight semesters of study at MSU.
The scholarships are valued at about $120,000 for in-state students and approximately $200,000 for out-of-state students.
The newest Alumni Distinguished Scholars and University Distinguished Scholars hail from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado, Massachusetts and Arkansas.
“As students are reminded throughout the recruitment process, it is not only what MSU offers them once on campus, but also what they will accomplish toward making our world-changing university even greater,” said Jim Cotter, director of admissions.
All students receiving an Alumni Distinguished Scholarship or University Distinguished Scholarship will be members of the Honors College.
“The Honors College gives students an all-access pass to MSU, breaking down barriers for talented people to flourish,” said Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, dean of the Honors College. “We congratulate these students on earning these prestigious scholarships and look forward to seeing them succeed at university.”
Alumni Distinguished Scholars were selected from more than 1,200 of the top high school seniors who applied to MSU and took an intensive general knowledge exam in the winter. A committee comprising faculty and administrators selected them based on the results of the exam, high school programs, achievements and other standardized test scores.
The Alumni Distinguished Scholars are:
Noah Ankey – Advanced Mathematics, Computer Science (Bath High School, Bath, Michigan)
Madison Bowden – Environmental Engineering (Salem High School, Canton, Michigan)
John Buhl – Lyman Briggs College (East Lansing High School, East Lansing, Michigan)
Sarah Caldwell – Chemical Engineering (Brighton High School, Brighton, Michigan
Benjamin Conte – Music Education (South Forsyth High School, Cumming, Georgia)
Lindsay Guare – Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois)
Kyle Kierzyk – Chemical Engineering, Computational Mathematics (Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Wheaton, Illinois)
Ethan Lau – Mechanical Engineering (El Toro High School, Mission Viejo, California)
Jacob Loukota – Computer Science (Bentonville High School, Bentonville, Arkansas)
Joshua Montgomery-Patt – James Madison College (Niles North High School, Skokie, Illinos)
Sriram Motheram – Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering (Canton High School, Canton, Michigan)
Madison Patrus – Lyman Briggs College (L’anse Cruese High School North, Chesterfield, Michigan)
Joseph Riordan – Biosystems Engineering (Solon High School, Solon, Ohio)
Evan Suttell – International Relations (Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Ohio)
Collin Syler – History Education (Utica Academy for International Students, Utica, Michigan)
University Distinguished Scholars were chosen from an MSU applicant pool based on academic records and accomplishments. The director of admissions and the dean of the Honors College selected students based on their high school programs, achievements, standardized test scores and interviews with the finalists.
The University Distinguished Scholars are:
Nathan Dutch – Finance, Computer Science (Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Kentucky)
Maura Glynn – Neuroscience (Steamboat Springs High School, Steamboat Springs, Colorado)
Rylie Hendren – Advanced Mathematics (Muskego High School, Muskego, Wisconsin)
Parker Nolan – Finance (Royal High School, Simi Valley, California)
Jonathan Sheehan – Astrophysics (Boston College High School, Quincy Massachusetts)
SOURCE: MSU Today
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Fla. woman bitten by kitten gets $48,512 hospital bill
By GateHouse Media staff
The Florida Everglades is known for its exotic landscape and its invasive pythons. But kittens? Thanks to a hungry stray that bit a compassionate, animal-loving biologist, they might be the region’s costliest risk.
In a rural area just outside Florida’s Everglades National Park, Key West, Fla., resident Jeannette Parke, 44, spotted the cat wandering along the road, NPR reported. It looked skinny and sick, and when Parker, a wildlife biologist, offered up some tuna she had in her car, the cat bit her finger.
“It broke my skin with his teeth,” she told NPR.
And if this was any other cat, in some other part of South Florida, maybe that would have been the end of it. But no.
Instead, after cleaning the wound and doing some research, Parker found herself headed to the emergency room at Mariners Hospital because Miami-Dade County had recently released warnings about rabies — a potentially fatal disease.
After two hours, a couple of injections and an antibiotic, but no time with a doctor, Parker went home “happy as a clam,” according to NPR’s “Bill of the Month” feature.
Then she got the bill: $48,512.
And $46,422 of that total was for one preventive medication.
According to NPR, the cost of post-exposure preventive rabies treatment, “which includes the immune globulin and four doses of vaccine given over a two-week period, usually costs more than $3,000 on average. Each hospital can set its own prices for treatment.”
In Parker’s case, the majority of the cost was for the rabies immune globulin, NPR reported, and of course, Parker thought that seemed high. She wasn’t wrong.
“I have never heard anything that high for immune globulin,” said independent biomedical consultant Charles Rupprecht, a World Health Organization technical adviser on rabies who ran the rabies program at the CDC for 20 years. “How is that possible?”
Find out by reading NPR’s full feature: Cat Bites The Hand That Feeds; Hospital Bills $48,512.
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By Stephen Allen
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Stephen Allen, University of Hull
“Spreading out into space will completely change the future of humanity,” says Stephen Hawking. It “may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth”.
The world-famous physicist was talking at a recent science festival in Trondheim, Norway. And his keynote speech to the Starmus Festival about giving humanity a sense of purpose raises some very important questions about our views of positive futures.
For Hawking “a new and ambitious space programme would excite (young people), and stimulate interest in other areas, such as astrophysics and cosmology”. Humans have to leave Earth, he explained, due to an array of threats including asteroid strikes, resource depletion, overpopulation, deforestation, decimation of animal species, and the effects of human made climate change (particularly rising temperatures and melting ice caps).
Yet hearing such a viewpoint in response to the challenges we face leaves me cold. We cannot flee the apocalypse forever, leaving a chosen few to flourish on other planets; we need positive visions for humanity here on Earth.
I am not a physicist, I research and teach in a business school about how people and organisations go about taking action to address sustainability challenges, such as the global ecological threats mentioned by Hawking.
The concept of sustainability has been traced back to ideas that emerged in forestry about 300 years ago to sustain yields. The general implication of this expansive and slippery concept is that we need to work out ways to sustain both the social (including economic) and ecological processes that enable us to live in ways that we value.
Time to go?
Key questions are raised by Hawking’s speech and we can use these questions to briefly explore Hawking’s ideas about a future for humanity:
What is being sustained?
Hawking’s suggestion is that by establishing colonies on the moon or Mars we are helping to guarantee that some form of human life will continue beyond Earth being humanly habitable. What is being sustained is a protected bubble of a small selection of humans in artificially created Earth-styled environments somewhere in space.
How long is it being sustained?
Given his background in research into how the universe began – and will end – it is perhaps no surprise that in Hawking’s vision for humanity the time horizons are very long. His intention is for another million years of human life, with our space colonies enabling us to live even beyond the life of Earth itself.
In whose interest is what being sustained?
We can identify a range of core interests who would benefit from Hawking’s idea of humanity spreading out into space, including astrophysicists, astronauts, space agencies (science-related areas of work) which tend to be much more appealing to men and the members of the future space colonies.
But what about everyone not on the Ark?
The problem is that such a purpose or vision for humanity involves, and is relevant for, very limited groups of people. They will generally do certain types of jobs, and will be citizens of, or live in, those few countries that are putting serious money into space exploration. It’s easy enough to imagine a colony on Mars with the same sort of demographic makeup as a Silicon Valley tech giant. It’s much harder to imagine a colony populated by people with little financial wealth from less wealthy countries – the very people most affected by the environmental threats Hawking refers to.
I don’t have any particular objections to space travel itself. Interplanetary tourism doesn’t come cheap of course, and isn’t great for the carbon footprint, but if people want to leave planet Earth they are welcome to do so. My concern is that such visions are being presented as a benefit for all of human society.
Fostering ambivalence
After Hawking’s speech to the Starmus Festival, audience members put it to him that it would be better to spend our money on solving the problems of this planet. Hawking’s view is also one that is likely very enticing for a few, but alienating for many. This is partly because of the hopelessness of the apocalyptic vision for planet Earth, which is his starting point. This gloomy scenario can foster ambivalence by belittling what we can each do in the face of such enormous problems.
Hawking also puts too much emphasis on technology. The problem with sustainability visions that rely on tech advancements is they rarely factor in the complex task of sustaining conducive social-ecological relations. Yes, humans may eventually invent nuclear fusion, or a great way to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. But we’ll invent harmful things too, providing even more ways to trash the planet. Which sets of technologies are more significant will be a question of politics, not science.
It can be very difficult to face up to the social and ecological challenges that scientists have outlined and still develop some enthusiasm for positive “approach goals” instead of negative “avoidance goals”. New technologies are part of the positive picture, but too much tech talk is a distraction.
As we each develop our own view about what a positive future would look like, it’s clear that the real innovation must be in the ways we organise ourselves and live together on Earth – as there’s not much hope in only aiming for a life on Mars.
Stephen Allen, Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and HRM, University of Hull
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Home Sports New Jersey Reaps the Fruit of March Madness
New Jersey Reaps the Fruit of March Madness
New Jersey hits a new high in terms of sports betting revenue at $31.9 million in March
March Madness leads to second-best total sports handle in the history of legal NJ sports betting
Operators score good results and Pointsbet wants to retain high rollers in the state by offering a guarantee reward promotion
New Jersey’s sports betting results continue to go up amid rising overall standards for the entire industry. One event that led to record high events last month was the collegiate competition known as March Madness. How did it affect NJ’s sports betting results in March?
New Jersey Scores Big on March Madness
If there is one tournament that truly captivates the US, that’s March Madness. With regulated sports betting taking over the country, New Jersey didn’t miss out on an excellent opportunity to make a big splash in March.
According to data released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) on April 12, New Jersey’s sportsbooks managed to fetch a whopping $31.9 million in March. This result dwarfed the $12.7 million earned in February, and did outstandingly well in comparison with the former record – $24 million in September, 2018.
The revenue was quite impressive but it was also backed by heightened interest in sports betting. Overall, $372.4 million were placed in March, the DGE reported. The result is not exactly a record but it’s the second-highest NJ has in the books.
New Jersey Rakes in Record Amount of Wagers in January
Another interesting thing to note in March was the source of wagers – 80% of bets were placed via a mobile device, highlighting the importance of mobile sports betting. In 2019 alone, NJ’s betting agencies have managed to amass estimated $1.1 billion in terms of wagers, which is in itself quite the impressive amount.
Business Is Booming for Operators in NJ
The Meadowlands managed to fetch the chunk of traffic, backed by their digital partner – FanDuel. The sportsbook added 45% in revenue reaching up to $17.6 million in total handle – quite the impressive amount. No surprises here, the bulk of the revenue was brought in by online wagers, up to $13.3 million. FanDuel previously scored big on the Super Bowl.
Other properties also had reason to be happy. Resorts Digital Gaming, teamed up with DraftKings, has managed to hit a steady increase in its own affairs. Around $7.3 million was added to the balance sheet of the company in March.
The March Madness was also a time to usher new promotions. Pointsbet, operating as one o the digital skins of Meadowlands, also managed to post decent results and introduced the “Game Day Guarantee” designed to grant at least $10,000 to all customers on game day, whatever the competition they have selected.
The promotion is intended at high-rollers whom Pointsbet wants to keep within New Jersey amid a growing interest for legal sports betting across the United States.
New Jersey has managed to hit even bigger revenue during March Madness, collecting 32 million in revenue.
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REVIEW: January – Sad Songs
By Niall Donnelly
Three piece Belfast based emo punk band January have recently unleashed their two track EP, titled Sad Songs. The two songs are filled with a youthful energy and do both hold merit within them. Their track ‘Polar’ from the EP has already been selected as Across The Line’s track of the day, so already the songs seem to be making a positive impact on the local scene for the band.
However, it would be wrong to just blindly big the songs up, as vocally I do not believe they are up to the standards of what they could achieve. In saying that, the vocals for the chorus in ‘Daydreaming’ are excellent, they accompany the fast paced energetic feel of the song perfectly. It’s the verses in this track that I find begin to lack the necessary impact to keep the song afloat from chorus to chorus. We find the same story again when listening to ‘Polar’, the vocals unfortunately fall short of the mark set by the great guitar riffs, solid bass lines and excellent drumming.
Having said that however, the song ‘Polar’ was selected by Across The Line as their track of the day, so perhaps it’s a matter of personal preference rather than something one person can sum up in an article.
I would most certainly advise you to give these songs a listen yourself and be your own judge, as there is an awful lot to highlight about these two songs that are pretty damn impressive. The drumming on both tracks are outstanding, providing a thunderous backbone to the songs, especially on the track ‘Polar’. On top of that the guitar riffs and bass lines add real impact to the songs, allowing them to go from a real subdued feel, then blast into an intense chorus with simplistic yet effective guitar flicks thrown in for good measure. Niall Donnelly, GiggingNI
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Apart from a few months living in Prague I've lived my whole life in Ireland. I've always been involved with the music scene from the moment I was given the opportunity. Joining the GiggingNI team was just the next step for me. A way in which I would be able to share with readers the great music that's surrounding us. We don't need to wait for the Arctic Monkeys or the Foo Fighters to come to us to experience a great gig, we can find it all on our own doorstep most weekends. But anyway, hope you enjoy my articles and get to see some great new bands from it, or at least have some great nights out.
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Whitney Port Shared an Emotional Video About Mom-Bullying That’s Got Many Women Talking
"I felt like they were staring at me up and down."
In a new video posted to her YouTube page, Whitney Port reveals she was mom-bullied recently at an event—and it's sparked an entire discussion online.
"I went to an event this morning. It was a panel discussion for lots of moms. I went in with a good attitude, walked out feeling a little bit insecure," Port says in the video. "There were a lot of moms that I knew. I approached two specifically. We have a lot of friends in common and it was the right thing of me to go up to them and say, 'Hi.' And I got pretty much the same reaction from both of them, which was: 'I really can't be bothered talking with you right now,' and they were just trying to back out of the conversation as quickly as they possibly could."
Port was understandably upset by this experience. "It hurts to feel like someone doesn’t want to hang out with you, or have a conversation with you, or get to know you," she says. "I take it personally."
It's unclear why these women were unkind to Port, though there's no excuse for their behavior. "It's so easy to be nice to people," Port says midway through her video, holding back tears. The Hills alum says she's always had insecurities about feeling "uncool or awkward," and situations like this don't help: "Every little encounter like this where I can physically feel them inching away from me just chips away at my self-esteem."
Watch Whitney Port's video for yourself, below.
Women are flooding Port's social media channels with support and their own stories about mom-bullying.
"Couldn’t relate to anything more," one woman wrote. "It’s been since grade school that I always felt I wasn’t cool enough and couldn’t fit in. Recently after many years, I met some awesome moms, and I’m so grateful. It’s been years of rude moms and just rude women in general."
"Mom bullies are the worst. You just need to find your tribe. It took me 10 years of being a mom to say I finally found mine! You got this girl," posted another mom.
Port's Instagram post about her video has even more incredible comments—go check them out.
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Home :: Military :: Library :: News :: 2008 :: April ::
Cold-Weather Clothing System Increases Survivability, Comfort
BY Debi Dawson
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, April 10, 2008) - Weather is among many challenges Soldiers face in Afghanistan and depending upon the season, the temperature in the rugged mountain nation can range from -20 degrees Fahrenheit to well above 100 F.
Winter is a particular challenge for troops. Operating in the cold is slower; it takes more time to perform tasks, and strength and concentration ebbs quicker so it's essential Soldiers stay warm and dry.
With the advent of the Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System, Soldiers are getting the help they need from their equipment. Based on clothing used by mountaineering professionals, the GEN III ECWCS was designed to provide Soldiers with a survivability advantage while operating in multiple cold weather climates and activities. The system represents a large leap forward in providing layered clothing systems based on principles of insulation, layering, and ventilation.
Sgt. Franklin Hayes, who was deployed to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division, spent a week walking from one village to another where his unit was setting up a base. "It was a very good system because it gave us different layers to be able to change with the environment as opposed to just throwing on an overcoat regardless of how cold it was," Hayes said. He added the modularity of the system allowed Soldiers to dress up or down as needed to counter the ever-changing weather conditions and meet mission requirements.
Going from wet to cold to wet and cold really put the ECWCS system to the test. Its inner layers retain heat but draw perspiration away from the skin. The outer layer lets perspiration evaporate while repelling water. These features, according to Sgt. Hayes, proved especially useful when sweaty Soldiers on patrol needed to stay warm and sleep for a couple of hours. "We were sweaty and as it got cold, as our bodies started to cool down we would get really cold because we were wet, so we could put layers on as we needed them," Hayes said.
The GEN III ECWCS consists of a 12 components that allow Soldiers to adapt to varying mission requirements and provides a greater range of breathability, environmental protection, and compatibility with Interceptor Body Armor. The GEN III ECWCS system includes a lightweight undershirt and underwear, midweight shirt and underwear, fleece jacket, wind jacket, soft shell jacket and trousers, extreme cold/wet weather jacket and trousers, and extreme cold weather parka and trousers.
According to Maj. Larry Cousins, with the 6th Ordinance Battalion, Camp Carroll, Korea, "The ECWCS grid fleece, the soft fleece and the rain-resistant pieces together are absolutely fantastic."
Undergarments are constructed of silk-weight, moisture-wicking knitted polyester and polyester grid fleece. The fleece jacket uses synthetic fleece that mimics fur and provides thermal insulation. The wind jacket is made of a lightweight, windproof, and water-repellent material. The soft shell jacket and trousers are made of a highly water-resistant, wind-proof material with high moisture vapor permeability. The extreme cold/wet weather jacket and trousers are made of a waterproof, breathable material for use in prolonged wet and/or hard rain conditions. The extreme cold weather parka and trousers are constructed with loft insulation to provide superior warmth.
The clothing is more compressible, lighter, and more versatile than previous ECWCS systems, enabling Soldiers to adapt more readily to varying mission requirements and environmental conditions ranging between -40 to +60 F.
Of the wind jacket, Hayes said, "Whenever there was going to be a storm you always wanted to have it with you.... We had a sandstorm pop up-they come up out of nowhere. Along with it came torrential downpours, and we were stuck out in the middle of a mountain range. It kept us pretty dry considering basically having buckets of water dumped on us, but it also kept us warm, especially afterwards."
Each piece in the ECWCS fits and functions either alone or together as a system to provide the most options for the Soldier, enabling seamless integration with load carriage equipment and body armor. Hayes said the system "worked well with the IBA. We didn't have any issues with it, even with the loft suit. It doesn't really change your mobility at all."
With the goal of enhancing Soldier survivability through the development of technologically advanced environmental protective clothing, the Army's Project Manager Clothing and Individual Equipment, part of Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier, sought significant feedback from Soldiers and industry to develop this integrated cold weather system. The 10th Mountain Division field-tested 18,000 GEN III ECWCS systems in Afghanistan in the fall of 2006 and winter of 2007.
The advantage of the GEN III ECWCS clothing can't be underestimated. It offers a change in the way Soldiers can fight and enables them to take the fight to the enemy. According to Lt. Col. Christopher Cavoli, Commander 1-32 Infantry Battalion, 10th Mountain, "During Operation Mountain Lion, I found myself praying for bad weather, the first time in my military career I was actually begging for a cold front to come through. I knew my Soldiers could handle it and the enemy couldn't. ECWCS allowed my men to outlast the enemy on their own terrain. When the enemy was forced out of the mountains due to the bitter cold to take shelter, that's when we got them."
(Debi Dawson serves as PEO Soldier Strategic Communications Officer.)
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Glasgow Caledonian University Foundation
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GCU’s ground-breaking MA Television Fiction Writing programme has attracted over half a million pounds in scholarships, providing life changing opportunities to budding writers. Since the launch of the programme in 2008, scholarships have been supported by industry leaders including Warner Bros, BBC Scotland, MG Alba, Shed Media, Larkhall Films and Fremantle Media. In 2015 the University also established a scholarship in honour of writer, actor and Honorary Graduate, the late David McLennan.
What makes the programme unique is the level of industry engagement it provides, with students benefitting from guest talks and masterclasses from well-known actors and writers. Recent visits have included ‘Line of Duty’s creator, Jed Mercurio, and its star Martin Compston, Phil Redmond creator of Grange Hill and Brookside , Taggart star Blythe Duff, acclaimed director, actor and producer David Hayman, and the man behind some of Britain’s most successful dramas, Professor Mal Young.
Our graduates have stepped into roles on TV programmes including Eastenders, Hollyoaks and Doctors, as a result of their engagement with industry professionals.
If I hadn’t done this course, I wouldn’t be a television writer. Fact.
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Home BLOGS Arts Reviews VQFF 2016: Lovesong
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VQFF 2016: Lovesong
by Roni Simunovic
Lovesong (directed by So Yong Kim) was screened at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival as part of “Women Transforming Cinema,” a series spotlighting films created by women. Lovesong follows Sarah (Riley Keough)—who’s stressed by her demanding three-year-old daughter and her lackluster marriage—and her bubbly best friend from college, Mindy (Jena Malone), whom she invites on an impromptu road trip while Sarah’s husband is travelling for business. Sarah’s three-year-old daughter, Jessie (played by the director’s daughter), steals the show: I've never seen such a charming portrayal of childhood in film, or heard an audience laugh so often and happily at a child actor; Jessie can be heard screaming in the background of scenes and prattling nonsense in the way that only a toddler can.
The VQFF program called Lovesong a story about two women “on the edge of something exciting,” but the most enjoyable parts of the film were the little things: Sarah had a bug in her hair during an emotional scene at an RV park; ugly yellow lights shone in cheap motel bathrooms; people burped and puked when they were drunk and their faces scrunched up when they laughed. The minimalist soundtrack was eerie and immersive (composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson). Sarah asked Mindy, “What's the worst thing you've ever done?” and Mindy replied, “To myself or someone else?”
Lovesong is a look at how women feel pressured to conform to norms of gender and sexuality: in a haunting bachelorette party scene, Sarah is crammed onto an over-crowded couch while the other women don tiaras and feather boas and wield water pistols shaped like penises. But it also uses long silences and dreamy lighting to show how the world drains away when you're with the person you love. It's visually stunning and upsetting in a beautiful, heartsick kind of way. I wish I could watch two more films chronicling Sarah and Mindy’s complicated, exhausting lives.
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'That is the truth' - Man Utd-linked Coutinho confirms Barcelona future up in the air
Sacha Pisani
The midfielder – on international duty with Brazil at the Copa America – has been the subject of speculation that he could leave the Spanish club
Barcelona attacker Philippe Coutinho does not know what the future holds amid speculation over a Camp Nou exit.
Coutinho arrived from Liverpool in a €142 million deal in January 2018, however, the Brazil star has struggled to cement his spot in Barcelona's starting XI.
The 27-year-old has been linked with a Premier League return via Chelsea and Manchester United, while Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain are also reportedly interested.
Asked about his future, Coutinho – on international duty with Brazil at the Copa America – told reporters: "I have a contract with Barcelona, it was always my will to succeed in this club, but now I am totally concentrated here [with Brazil] and about the future [with Barca] we do not know what will happen.
"Many things that come out in the media are simply not true but as for my future we do not know what is going to happen, that is the truth."
Coutinho only managed five La Liga goals in 34 appearances as Barca retained their crown in 2018-19, with 12 of his league outings coming from the bench.
The former Inter attacker was also targeted by Barca fans, who jeered Coutinho on several occasions last season.
Obrigado pela recepção calorosa, Porto Alegre!
#SeleçãoBrasileira inicia hoje a preparação na cidade para as quartas de final da Copa América. #JogaBola
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"Honestly, it wasn't a good season. It didn't produce what I wanted, it didn't go as I hoped," Coutinho told reporters.
"But I hope it serves me as an example, as a lesson so that I want more, concentrate even more to be able to succeed."
"Here with the national team there's always the same responsibility: showing the right commitment to be able to play," he said.
"Whether a good or bad season it doesn't change anything: the desire to win is always the same, or maybe even more so."
Neymar has been linked with a return to Barca after leaving the Spanish giants for PSG in a world-record €222m deal in 2017, while Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann is reportedly keen on a move to Camp Nou.
"It's clear that the arrival of big names is always good for a squad that wants to win," added Coutinho, whose Brazil will face Paraguay in the Copa America quarter-finals.
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Interview: Planet Nomads devs on building exciting new worlds
Talking about the challenges and ambitions of sandbox design.
Sandbox games are all about starting small yet dreaming big – turns out this rings true for the developers behind these projects as well. Following a successful Kickstarter, developers Craneballs are looking to turn Planet Nomads into a complete simulation of an astronaut-scientist with a knack for building custom spaceships and cruising the stars. It's an ambitious project for a crew of thirteen, one that Daniel Maslovsky, Head of Marketing & Community, was more than happy to discuss in a Twitch Q&A with Outstar two days ago. Today, we've had the chance to sit down and talk about the challenges ahead of the team, and what their plans are moving forward.
If you had to choose one thing that you’re most excited for people to see or do in Planet Nomads, what would that be?
Daniel: There are plenty of biomes that create amazing sceneries, and some encounters will be crazy, but if I were to pick just one thing it would be when you build your first vehicle. For sure. When you get it to work by setting everything correctly, and you take it for a spin, that’s incredibly rewarding. And then your mind starts wondering all those “What if I do that and this little fella here…”, “What if I build the suspensions a bit higher, or build a tank-like rover and hit a tree with it?” Physics and wheel physics are definitely something to explore in Planet Nomads.
Up until now, you've been exclusively in the mobile business. So what made you decide to take on PC gaming?
Daniel: It was a combination of several things. We are old schoolers. While we do play mobile games, we didn’t have them when we were kids and that’s where your most powerful memories come from. We had PCs as kids and it’s always been our dream platform. But we’d been too few to create a fully-fledged PC game at the beginning.
"[...] our team had grown tired of the F2P model and wanted to design a game that’s all about the game and not microtransactions."
Then Unity happened and after Overkill 3 we figured we could use it to make a PC game with (relative) ease. We thought what can we make as a team of 9? So we took what he had - several people playing survival games and one massive sci-fi connoisseur hooked up since childhood on Isaac Asimov, P. K. Dick and the illustrations of Tim White - that’s Kubát, one of our co-founders, and that’s where all the intricate environments come from. Another reason was that one part of our team had grown tired of the F2P model and wanted to design a game that’s all about the game and not microtransactions.
Have you found developing for PC vastly different from developing for mobile? What has that experience been like?
Daniel: Our coders feel like not that much has changed, but we all enjoy the added power and options for more powerful shaders for instance. Graphic artists very much enjoy the added number of available polygons they can use. But certainly the most strikingly different and totally epic was the PC community. When we started a website with a few bullet points and three concept-art screenshots who already started getting a following. That was completely mesmerizing for us as compared to our mobile experience. Then with the first demo of the building people already had pages of well thought-out feedback. They are engaged like crazy. They’ve made the Kickstarter happen, they are watching our Nomadic Journals, commenting on the tiniest details and basically being with us every step of the development. It’s been crazy good and we thank you all, Nomads.
Planet Nomads is a huge, ambitious project which surely faced its share of hurdles. So what development milestone has been the biggest so far for your team?
Daniel: You mean between creating Sandy, our procedural terrain engine, to physics, to wheel physics to getting the actual vision for the game, right? Good share of hurdles indeed. But I can name three major ones.
"we had to figure out our own gravity, since with the standard one you’d fall down from the planet the moment you reached the southern hemisphere."
The first one started during Kickstarter already when we switched from a procedurally generated endless plain to actual spherical planets - we had to figure out our own gravity, since with the standard one you’d fall down from the planet the moment you reached the southern hemisphere. Then it was the first alpha - that took three months to make, even though we’d basically had everything ready. Those tiny details of taking your “tech-demo” and turning it to a game are painfully time-consuming. Then we had a third huge milestone of adding survival mode - four months of development, two months of balancing with our Alpha Nomads and counting. Now the launch and planning the next features carefully.
Finally, in terms of Planet Nomads's future in development – what are you looking forward to the most?
Daniel: Space. We will start with flyers, so players can finally enjoy the planet from a bird’s eye perspective and get to places previously unreachable. Then that turns into space-flight, orbital building and traveling between planets. There are plenty of other features to be added, mobile fortresses, modding should be huge and open previously unforeseen possibilities. So generally speaking - we’re looking forward to bringing Planet Nomads to its full potential.
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NDC is tribal neutral - Asiedu Nketiah responds to 'no voltarian' slogan - Graphic Online
NDC is tribal neutral - Asiedu Nketiah responds to 'no voltarian' slogan
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah who has been elected to serve another four-year term as General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the fact that nobody from the Volta Region was elected into the leadership of the party at the 9th delegates congress was an indication that the NDC was not concerned about tribal considerations
a radio interview with Accra based Class FM, Mr Asiedu Nketiah rejected claims that the party’s leadership has become more ‘Akanised’ after its Saturday's congress.
A defeated National Organiser aspirant, Ms Anita De-Sooso, a Voltarian, in a television interview with Joy News at the Congress grounds said that the defeat of many Voltarian candidates who were aspiring to frontline positions meant that Ewes had been sidelined from the game, adding that: “Let’s see how it goes”.
The Volta Region sees itself as the ‘World Bank’ of the NDC.
Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, an Akan, who is now the newly-elected Chairman of the NDC, beat Mr Dan Abodakpi, a Voltarian, and three other aspirants at the Congress.
For the two-man General Secretary race, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, an Akan, beat his former Deputy, Koku Anyidoho, a Voltarian.
Mr Sammy Gyamfi, also an Akan, beat Mr Fred Agbenyo, a Voltarian, to become the new National Communication Officer.
But reacting to the ethnic concerns raised by Ms De-Sooso in a radio interview with Class FM on Monday morning, Mr Asiedu Nketiah said: “the results rather tell you that the NDC is more tribal-neutral”.
“We have more to show that our party has risen above ethnic consideration.
“We are the party that has elected presidents from the three major ethnic classes – the Akan, Volta and North. So, if the election results of our party now seem to indicate that the choices were made from areas that do not seem to be predominantly NDC, it tells you that we are not an ethnic party.”
"The leadership that has been elected are predominantly Akan so how does it follow NPP's Akan agenda, so are you going to call NDC now as the Akan party or the Voltarian party or the Northern party," he said.
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Mar 04 More on Accountable Care
Providers await drop-out numbers for BPCI Advanced
There's pent-up demand to get into the model but first providers want to see if other participants are staying in.
Friday, March 1, was the deadline for providers in the bundled payments for care improvement advanced model to drop-out of the voluntary program.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services allowed providers to drop-out retroactively, if they found they were not meeting financial targets since starting the program on October 1, 2018.
CMS is expected to release an updated list of BPCI Advanced participants this spring.
Dave Terry, co-founder and CEO of convener Archway Health in Boston, said he expected about 25 percent to a third of his BPCI advanced clients to drop-out. Of the three-quarters staying in the program, about half will drop some bundles, he said.
The company is a convener for a mix of hospital and health systems, cardiology practices, orthopedics and oncology.
One factor that may help is that on Wednesday, CMS came out with a amendments to the BPCI Advanced participation agreement that make the program more attractive, he said.
The change most attractive to providers is the removal of the 50 percent cap on NPRA shared payments and partner distribution payments.
Participants that choose to execute the amendment will be bound by all of its terms and conditions effective on the date it is signed by CMS. Participants that choose not to execute the amendment will not bound by it or receive the benefits, CMS said in an email. The amendment will also be made available at a later time.
"Overall CMS has been good about responding to the market," Terry said. "They think about modifying the pricing and the use of trend factors."
BPCI Advanced counts as an advanced alternative payment model under MACRA. This is one reason for the robust interest by providers. An estimated 1,299 are in the program.
Meeting targets gives providers the incentive to invest in value-based initiatives.
But once a provider drops out, that incentive is diminished, Terry said.
"We're tracking closely what kind of participation there is," Terry said. "We expect to see a good number drop, especially orthopedic practices. The pricing for those episodes are tight."
The program is designed for providers which have room for improvement. The high-performing practices may decide to get out because there's little room to improve and meet their targets, he said.
"I think people generally like the model, but there's concerns about the pricing and the pace folks need to make decisions," he said.
Providers can choose from 32 clinical episodes, including 29 inpatient and three, outpatient. Payments are based on performance during a 90-day episode of care that continues after discharge or the outpatient procedure.
The average number of bundles per provider is about 10, or about 15,000 total bundles in the program, according to Terry, who expects to see less of a drop in cardiology and pulmonology than in orthopedics.
The BPCI Advanced Model was announced in January and runs from October 1 through December 31, 2023. CMS set a deadline of August 8, 2018, for organizations to decide whether to participate in the bundled payment model. But providers were given the opportunity to reassess their decision in March.
CMS is providing a second application opportunity. The next step will be another open enrollment period in the spring of this year for a January 1, 2020 start date.
Terry believes many providers will decide to get into the program then, but first they want to see how many were successful in the first advanced model, based on the number of dropouts.
"We talked to a lot of providers who thought about getting in but felt they didn't have time. We know there's a lot of pent up demand," Terry said. "I think what happens out of this March 1 drop period, if you see a lot of providers dropping out, it puts negative pressure on these folks unless (CMS) modifies the rules."
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Toutes les Expositions
Thoba Calvin and Tshepo Cameron Sithole-Modisane, Pretoria, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Inside the Bester’s home, Vermaaklikheid, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Outside Pretoria, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Hilbrow, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Green Point Common,Capetown, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
The Miners’ Monument, Braamfontein, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Loyiso Mayga, Wandise Ngcama, Lunga White, Luyanda Mzanti and Khungsile Mdolo after their initiation ceremony, Mthatha, 2008 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Daniel Richards, Milnerton, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Ann Sallies, who worked for my parents and helped raise their children, Douglas, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Daniela Beukman, Milnerton, 2013 © Pieter Hugo, courtesy Stevenson Gallery, Capetown/Johannesburg and Yossi Milo, New York
Pieter Hugo
du January 14 au April 26, 2015
From January 14th to April 26th, Fondation HCB is showing Kin, the last project of the south-african photographer Pieter Hugo. Through landscapes, portraits and still life photography exhibited for the first time in France, the photographer offers a personal exploration of South Africa. The exhibit, accompanied by a book published by Aperture is coproduced with Foto Colectania Foundation, Barcelone and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town/Johannesburg.
Created over the past eight years, Pieter Hugo’s series Kin confronts complex issues of colonization, racial diversity and economic disparity in Hugo’s homeland of South Africa. These subjects are common to the artist’s past projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Botswana; however, this time, Hugo’s attention is focused on his conflicted relationship with the people and environs closest to home.
Hugo depicts locations and subjects of personal significance, such as cramped townships, contested farmlands, abandoned mining areas and sites of political influence, as well as psychologically charged still lives in people’s homes and portraits of drifters and the homeless. Hugo also presents intimate portraits of his pregnant wife, his daughter moments after her birth and the domestic servant who worked for three generations of Hugo’s family. Alternating between private and public spaces, with a particular emphasis on the growing disparity between rich and poor, Kin is the artist’s effort to locate himself and his young family in a country with a fraught history and an uncertain future.
South Africa is such a fractured, schizophrenic, wounded and problematic place. It is a very violent society and the scars of colonialism and Apartheid run deep. Issues of race and cultural custodianship permeate every aspect of society here and the legacy of Apartheid casts a long shadow … How does one live in this society? How does one take responsibility for history, and to what extent does one have to? How do you raise a family in such a conflicted society? Before getting married and having children, these questions did not trouble me; now, they are more confusing. This work attempts to address these questions and to reflect on the nature of conflicting personal and collective narratives. I have deeply mixed feelings about being here. I am interested in the places where these narratives collide. Kin is an attempt at evaluating the gap between society’s ideals and its realities.
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Product included in the Register of supplements of the Italian Health Ministry, Code 1984. Product included in the Register of supplements of the Belgian Health Ministry, Code NUT/PL/AS 1653/29. ALLERSOL is an integrator of methyl sulfonil methane, Lactobacillus acidophylus, Manganese and herbal ingredients that provides a calming influence on the respiratory tract.
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Product included in the Italian Health Ministry food supplements Register, code 9775. LACTORIL is a supplement based on lactobacillus, useful to re-establish the normal bacterial flora in the intestine.
PROSTASOL FORTE - Functionality of the prostate and urinary tract
Product VEGAN FRIENDLY - Product included in the Register of supplements of the Italian Health Ministry, Code 76071. Product included in the Register of supplements of the Spanish Health Ministry, code 0599/9387/2017. Product included in the Register of supplements of the French Health Ministry, code 2016-6-460. Product included in the Register of supplements of the Belgian Health Ministry, Code PL 1653/18. PROSIL is a supplement based on plant extracts. NETTLE contributes to the functionality of the prostate. SAW PALMETTO contributes to promote the normal functions of the urinary system.
SULFONIL - Collagen, cartilages, bones, skin, blood vessels
Product VEGAN FRIENDLY - Product included in the Register of supplements of the Italian Health Ministry, code 4573. Product included in the Register of supplements of the Spanish Health Ministry, code 0599/9372/2017. Product included in the Register of supplements of the French Health Ministry, code 2018-1-754. Product included in the Register of supplements of the Belgian Health Ministry, code NUT/AS 1653/35. SULFONIL is a food supplement based on Methyl Sulfonyl Methane and Vitamin C. Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress. Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels, for the normal function of bones and for the normal function of cartilage. Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums, of teeth and of skin. Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to normal functioning of the nervous system and to normal psychological function. Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
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NHL News : Report: Tampering in the Karlsson trade?
Report: Tampering in the Karlsson trade?
Oh boy… here we go! The Sharks could find themselves in BIG trouble.
Published on Wednesday, September 19 2018 by HockeyFeed in NHL News
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It’s been nearly a week since the Ottawa Senators pulled the trigger on the biggest trade in franchise history, shipping superstar captain Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for forward Chris Tierney, defenseman Dylan Demelo, prospects Josh Norris and Rudolfs Balcers along with a package of draft picks.
Rumor has it that the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights were also in on Karlsson trade talks, but things fell apart when it became apparent that Karlsson was not interested in a sign and trade type scenario. So… how come Sharks general manager Doug Wilson was so willing to roll the dice on such a risky transaction? While it may not seem like Wilson and the Sharks paid an exorbitant price to acquire Karlsson, the fact remains that he could end up being merely a one year rental… if that’s the case then the price they Sharks paid looks significantly higher. Well… maybe, just maybe the Sharks had some inside intel from head coach Peter DeBoer.
In a report from The Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch, DeBoer admitted that he met with both Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda Karlsson in the days leading up to the blockbuster trade that shocked the entire NHL. What did they discuss? We don’t know. Did they talk about potentially signing in San Jose long term? We don’t know. What we DO know is that Karlsson and DeBoer met in Toronto… and that’s reason enough to raise suspicions.
Peter DeBoer tells San Jose media he met with Erik and Melinda Karlsson in Toronto a couple of days before trade was finalized along with GM Doug Wilson.
Interestingly enough, Karlsson claimed that this trade blindsided him and came as a “complete surprise”, despite hearing his name in trade rumors for the better part of the past six months. Was that a lie? Did he know a trade with the Sharks was imminent? At the very least he HAD to have known that the Sharks were working on a way to trade for him.
In the end, none of it really matters… unless the NHL deems DeBoer’s actions to be considered tampering and then the team will have a REAL mess on their hands. No word yet on whether or not the NHL is investigating this matter, but you can bet that Sens fans will be calling for Karlsson’s head if it turns out that he had been scheming along with the Sharks brass all along. The soap opera in Ottawa continues, even with Karlsson now on the other side of the continent.
Source: Bruce Garrioch
Photo Credit: NBC Sports
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Considered to have once been the favourite region of French Kings, the Loire Valley boasts a rich and regal history. The area is full of treasures that are waiting to be discovered as it is brimming with vineyards, historic towns and architecture. The majestic châteaux that are dotted throughout are one of the main draws of the area. Each of the many châteaux has its own unique character, but all of them are equally wonderful. From geometric gardens to reflective lakes that are the stuff of fairytales, there is something to suit everyone’s taste. This stunning region features on the UNESCO World Heritage list and is one of the world’s most prolific wine producing areas.
Some of France’s finest Châteaux
Boasting more than 20 châteaux, you don’t have to travel far through this province before you find one. Based in Tours, at the eastern end of the valley, this tour allows you to visit the very best of them. Comic fans will recognise Captain Haddock’s home, the beautiful Château de Cheverny. While the Château de Chambord is the largest of all the castles, it was only really used as a hunting lodge! Because of this, the beautiful castle remains largely empty. You can also enjoy the glorious gardens that surround the castles. Lose yourself in the spectacular Renaissance gardens at the Château de Villandry. Furthermore, in the nearby Caves des Producteurs de Vouvray allows you to sample one of the region’s specialities – wine. The city of Tours itself is picturesque, full of historical sites. Because of its ideal location, the town of Tours is your gateway to explore the stunning Loire Valley.
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Travel to the Loire Valley
Depart from your local area in the UK and travel towards Dover for the ferry crossing to Calais. Arriving in Calais, continue through France, stopping in Rouen or similar for an overnight stop. The following morning, continue to your hotel in the city of Tours, your base for the next four nights.
Tours, Château de Chenonceau and Wine Tasting
This morning, there’s free time to explore the cobbled streets and elegant fountains of historic Tours. In the afternoon, we visit the Château de Chenonceau, arguably one of the most impressive and memorable of all the châteaux in the Loire Valley. We then enjoy a wine tasting at the Cave des Producteurs de Vouvray.
Azay-Le-Rideau and Villandry
Enjoy a visit to the highly recommended Château d’Azay-Le-Rideau. Surrounded by and reflected in the river waters, it is perhaps the most romantic and attractive château of them all. Considered an excellent example of French Renaissance architecture, the château is one of the most popular in the Loire Valley.
Continue to the Château de Villandry, with its magnificent Renaissance gardens including a water garden, ornamental flower gardens and vegetable gardens. They are all laid out in geometric patterns created with low box hedges and are truly a sight to behold.
Chambord and Cheverny
Visit the Château de Chambord. Although the largest of all the Loire Châteaux, it was in fact only used as a hunting lodge. The amazing architecture is reminiscent of a fairy-tale castle and it is one of the most recognisable château in the world. Don’t miss the spectacular staircase, the centre-point of the castle. Fine furnishings and tapestries were brought into the château temporarily to impress visiting dignitaries; otherwise it remained virtually empty, as it is today.
Continue to the Château de Cheverny, a lovely place and familiar to fans of the Tintin cartoons as ‘Moulinsart’, the imaginary home of Captain Haddock. The château has belonged to the same family for six centuries and was built in the early 1600s. The interior reflects the history and tastes of the family and the grounds offer an orangery, used as a safe haven for famous works of art during WW2. Listen out for the hunting hounds kept on the grounds!
It’s time to leave the Loire and return to the UK. Retrace your steps through France, stopping overnight en route back to Calais, where you will take a return ferry back to Dover before continuing home to your local area.
Ibis Tours City Centre ***
Located a 15-minute walk from the centre of Tours, ibis Tours Centre Gare offers free Wi-Fi access and an on-site restaurant. The rooms feature a desk, a flat-screen TV, and a private bathroom with a shower. A buffet breakfast composed of sweet and savoury dishes is served every day. Coach parking is available at the station.
Novotel Tours City Centre ****
This hotel is ideally situated in the town centre of Tours. Recently renovated, rooms are en-suite with minibar, safe, TV, telephone, radio, WiFi and air-conditioning. There is a bar and Novotel Cafe onsite. The TGV railway station and Le Vinci International Congress centre are both within walking distance. Coach parking is at the hotel or the station – about 2 minutes away.
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Edouard Vuillard
The Poetry of the Everyday
24 May to 15 September 2019
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The Art of Illustration
2 May to 8 September 2019
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The Slave's Lament
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23 May to 1 September
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Changing Lives Through Art
Welcome to Bath’s Holburne Museum, open daily 10am to 5pm (Sunday and Bank Holiday 11am to 5pm). There’s an admission charge to visit the Holburne’s collection, displays and exhibitions on the first and second floor galleries. Admission is free from 3 to 5pm every Wednesday and from 5 to 9pm the last Friday in the month.
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Lauren Child: The Art of Illustration
May 2 - September 8
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Step inside the joyfully eclectic world of Lauren Child MBE, award-winning author, illustrator and Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2017-2019). Best loved for her fictional series, Clarice Bean and Charlie and Lola, Lauren Child’s vibrant collage illustrations and witty narratives have charmed and amused children and adults alike for nearly twenty years. This exhibition celebrates the art of Child’s illustrations and her love of pattern, colour and textiles. It features works from her original stories as well as her recent re-imaginings of…
Graham Fagen: The Slave’s Lament
Written in 1792, The Slave’s Lament is Robert Burns’ only work that communicated the appalling realities of the transatlantic slave trade. Despite being more than 200 years old, the song brings the social, political and human tragedies of today into sharp focus. Performed by the Scottish Ensemble and reggae singer Ghetto Priest, artist Graham Fagen’s contemporary interpretation connects Scottish and Caribbean history through these seemingly disparate musical cultures. Presented across four screens, the result is both haunting and melancholy, yet…
May 23 - September 1
This display highlights a lifetime of collecting contemporary crafts including the best of British silver, textiles, ceramics, furniture and glass. Including many well-known makers such as Edmund de Waal and Lucie Rie often with a particular focus on early-career works, the display is a celebration of commissioning and supporting emerging makers and of the outstanding work produced by generations of British craftspeople.
Edouard Vuillard The Poetry of the Everyday
May 24 - September 15
★★★★ 'worlds of thought and feeling' The Telegraph ★★★★ 'dazzling show' Mail on Sunday ★★★★ ‘a beguiling collection’ The i ★★★★ 'an artist's world encompassed... dizzying pattern and colour' The Arts Desk ★★★★ ‘his best paintings’ TheArtlicker The Holburne presents an extensive exhibition of works by Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940), including many that are rarely publicly displayed. Vuillard was one of the leading figures in French art at the end of the 19th-century. Famed for his small, subtle studies mostly of…
Jazz Gig: Jim Blomfield Trio
The Jim Blomfield Trio bring a night of jazz to the Holburne café . Featuring Jim Blomfield (piano), Roshan 'Tosh' Wijetunge (bass) and Mark Whitlam (drums), the Trio's past collaborations read like a who's-who of the UK jazz scene. Drawing their influences from Rock, Drum and Bass, Latin and Contemporary jazz and Classical Piano, the Trio will perform two sets of evocative melodies and adventurous improvisations. Bar open for drinks 6 - 8.45pm.
In Conversation: Alastair Sooke & Chris Stephens
Join art critic and BBC broadcaster, Alastair Sooke, in conversation with Holburne Director, Chris Stephens, as they discuss the work of 19th-century French painter, Édouard Vuillard, in celebration of our major exhibition, The Poetry of the Everyday. “For all their quiet modesty, and debt to traditional domestic interiors by Vermeer, Vuillard’s ‘intimiste’ paintings (as they are known) have a surprisingly radical quality” – Alastair Sooke, The Daily Telegraph (2018) 6 to 7pm: Exhibition free to access and Garden Café open…
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Forest of Imagination 2019 20 to 24 June Forest of Imagination is a collaborative, creative partnership. Discover a free, fantastical…
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10 Warm Places You Could Fly For Cheap RIGHT NOW
For New Yorkers in need of an instant escape from a cold, hard winter, we used Kayak's handy "Explore" tool to search for cheap flights out of the city this month to destinations where the temperature is in the 80s right now.
ByConde Nast Traveler, Contributor
03/11/2015 10:59am EDT | Updated December 7, 2017
Surf along beach
by Paul Brady
For New Yorkers in need of an instant escape from a cold, hard winter, we used Kayak's handy "Explore" tool to search for cheap flights out of the city this month to destinations where the temperature is in the 80s right now. Kayak results show round-trip economy class travel, found in the last 48 hours, meaning that with flexible dates, you too can likely find one of these sub-$400 flights to someplace heavenly.
Why go: Cabo is back, with many resorts having reopened since the destructive Hurricane Odile in September 2014.
Where to stay: The Resort at Pedregal reopened on January 31--under new management--but its seaside location is as dramatic as ever.
Why go: Plentiful hotels, tons of activities--everything from Mayan ruin tours to scuba diving--and sun, glorious sun.
Where to stay: The Azul Sensatori Hotel gets high marks from our readers, "with spacious suites with Jacuzzis and views of the ocean, pool, or garden." The Banyan Tree Mayakoba is a bit farther from the airport, but it's worth the trip: "Freestanding villas are decorated with handcrafted Mayan furnishings and modern amenities. All with private pools, they curve around their own garden areas, creating 'nirvana on earth.'"
Why go: The Cayman Islands offer great activities both above the water (sailing, kite surfing) and below (snorkeling, diving).
Where to stay: The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman is right on Seven Mile Beach, and one reader tells us the resort is "the perfect place for a getaway."
Why go: The list of things to do in Jamaica starts with beaches and hikes and then gets into active adventures ranging from zipline tours to sunset sails to river tubing.
Where to stay: Rooms at Secrets St. James Montego Bay come "with dark hardwood floors and rich fabrics, [and] the 'beautiful decor' combines British colonial style and contemporary touches. Accommodations have private furnished balconies and whirlpool tubs," too.
WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO
Why go: Here's how Condé Nast Traveler put it in a 2011 feature: "If its beaches are not as perfect as Aruba's, they are still quite fine; the diving may be a notch below Bonaire's, but it still has gorgeous reefs and sunken vessels and special outings in September to see the coral spawn. International recognition of Willemstad's importance-the harbor and inner city were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997-coincided with efforts to restore the city's picturesque but decrepit old neighborhoods. With development fueled by investors respectful of the island's rich cultural history, Curaçao may well end up being the most appealing of the [ABC Islands], serving up not only sun and sea but a complex history, culinary diversity, and European flair."
Where to stay: The Baoase resort is "transporting, as any memorable hotel should be."
PIARCO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Why go: Just north of Venezuela, these two islands have great beaches, outstanding bird-watching, and world famous nightlife.
Where to stay: The Hyatt Regency Trinidad gets high marks from TripAdvisor users, who say it's the best property in the country. For something smaller, Kariwak Village Holistic Haven has 18 cabanas around a small swimming pool.
ST. THOMAS, USVI
Why go: "Pack up your snorkel gear, rent a scooter, pick up some local food, and head over to Lindquist Beach. ... Spend the afternoon scouting the water for some turtles, then have yourself a dainty little picnic and talk to some locals."
Where to stay: The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas is a reader favorite overlooking the accurately named Turquoise Bay.
Why go: Haiti may not be a major tourist destination just yet, but surfers and other adventurous types are now making more and more trips to the western part of Hispaniola, which Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic.
Where to stay: The Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel had its grand opening on February 24, with President Bill Clinton among the dignitaries on hand.
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS
Why go: Diving, as Kate Maxwell reported for Condé Nast Traveler: "[The islands are] high on the best dives lists for their six-thousand-foot vertical walls and drop-offs adorned with coral and sponge--catnip for reef sharks, eagle rays, and tropical fish."
Where to stay: The Gansevoort Turks + Caicos is popular with visiting New Yorkers; the Grace Bay Club feels a bit more Caribbean.
Why go: Sun, sand, and plenty of nightlife.
Where to stay: The One&Only Ocean Club is perhaps the top luxury choice in the Bahamas. But a massive new development, Baha Mar, is scheduled to open March 27, with numerous hotels and restaurants as part of a $3.5 billion megaresort.
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Why go: It's Miami!
Where to stay: The Mandarin Oriental, Miami, The Setai, the JW Marriott Marquis Miami, the EPIC Miami, and the Four Seasons Hotel Miami are among the top properties in the city, according to Condé Nast Traveler readers.
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09/23/2018 12:04 am ET Updated Sep 23, 2018
Baby Trump Blimp Highlights Puerto Rico Rally Near Mar-a-Lago
"Big, angry baby with a fragile ego and tiny hands" hits Florida on one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria.
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A “Baby Trump” blimp was flying high Saturday at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort to mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico.
The 20-foot-high blimp, depicting a chubby Trump as a baby in a diaper apparently having a temper tantrum, was the highlight of the rally of some 800 protesters demanding increased funds to help Puerto Ricans impacted by the storm. A recent study said the hurricane and the lingering damage it caused claimed nearly 3,000 lives.
The rally began with a caravan of protesters driving past Mar-a-Lago waving Puerto Rican flags, blasting music and honking horns before speeches at the Meyer Amphitheater a few miles away. Trump wasn’t at Mar-a-Lago during the event.
A blimp depicting the president as an infant was first flown in London during for Trump’s visit to the U.K. in July.
The “Trump Baby” balloon first appearance in #WestPalmBeach at the rally in support of Puerto Rico. @WPTV pic.twitter.com/l9O9zHzczU
— Jillian Idle (@JillianIdlewptv) September 22, 2018
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democrat running for Florida governor against GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis, made a surprise appearance at the rally.
“We shouldn’t have to remind this country to do right by the people of this country,” Gillum told the crowd, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Anti-Trump protesters hope to fly two of six Baby Trump blimps near the president’s New Jersey golf club in Bedminster.
A nonprofit New Jersey Group, The People’s Motorcade, is transporting the family of blimps around the nation for protests against Trump and his policies. The activist organization bought the balloons with money raised on GoFundMe after getting permission to use the blimps from the original Brit creators.
“Baby Trump is a 20-foot-high balloon characterizing the petulant and juvenile nature of Donald Trump,” the group’s website states. “The Brits who created the balloon describe him as a ‘big angry baby with a fragile ego and tiny hands.’”
The statement is signed: “The babysitters.”
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Man's 'Christmas Vacation' Homage Has Neighbors Calling 911
“My dad was a big practical joker, so I grew up with that whole kind of sense of humor,” is how Chris Olson explained the dummy.
A Colorado man’s homage to his favorite Christmas movie gave him the gift of laughter this year.
Chris Olson of Boulder is such a big fan of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” that he thought it would be funny to make a dummy and hang it from his gutter so his wife would think he was falling off the roof a la Chevy Chase in the 1989 holiday classic.
“My dad was a big practical joker,” Olson told Denver station KUSA TV. “So I grew up with that whole kind of sense of humor.”
Olson’s wife figured out his joke way in advance, but he still got the last laugh.
It seems his neighbors thought the dummy was actually Olson clinging to the gutter two stories in the air, according to KTRK TV. And they called for help.
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First responders quickly arrived to rescue the “man” hanging from the roof.
“I go, ‘Honey, the fire truck’s here! The fire department!’” Olson told KUSA TV. “I go, ‘Oh, and there’s a police officer and paramedics and everything!’ They all arrived. Boulder’s finest were here.”
At first, Olson feared he might be ticketed or ― worse ― told to take down the dummy.
Luckily, the cops shared his sense of humor and nothing happened to him or his display.
Now Olson is so happy with the effect that he’s thinking of keeping the dummy up until Halloween, according to KTRK.
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An upside down Christmas tree is shown on display in the lobby of the Hotel Del in Coronado, California, U.S.
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'Storm: A Star Wars Indie' Shows These Are The Feels You're Looking For
In love, there's no such thing as "delusions of grandeur."
STORM: A Star Wars Indie - Official Trailer from Michael McGrady
With the success of “Rogue One” in 2016, and the Han Solo film “Solo” coming in 2018, “Star Wars” fans are getting some non-episodic looks at the galaxy far, far away.
Funny Or Die has taken its own dip into the tangential “Star Wars” universe with the heartwarming story of Ian, a stormtrooper who’s lost a part of himself. But when Ian meets a charming Rodian named Teedo, he not only finds new meaning in his life, but Teedo steals the plans to the battle station of his heart.
Watch the trailer above, and may the force be with you.
Andy McDonald
Writer, HuffPost
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Debunking 3 Massive Misconceptions About The Spurs
The Warriors aren't the only record-breaking team worth watching.
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How San Antonio's Dominant Defense Is Fueling Title Hopes
The Spurs have the potential to beat the Warriors, as emerging superstar Kawhi Leonard continues his sensational two-play.
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Imogen Mansfield
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Imogen Mansfield is an interdisciplinary artist working, creating, and travelling throughout Europe and beyond. Imogen completed her professional dance training at Tring Park School for Performing Arts, one of the UK's leading performing arts schools. During her training, she was a prize winner for the Contemporary Dance Award, and had the opportunity to work with some of the top choreographers in Europe and the UK. After graduation, Imogen began working professionally and establishing connections with many different choreographers and artists, researching, touring, and performing throughout the UK and Europe
Imogen's current practice involves creating multimedia installations - in which she draws inspiration from the fluxus and avant-garde art movements, as well as studying prominent influences from the 1970's. She uses polaroid photography, film, dance, art design, and spoken word, to express her message of unity and peace, while also unravelling and tackling the current issues for young people in today's world. Imogen’s fiercely freethinking and individualistic perspective brings a unique quirky aspect to her work that translates into her visual installations and projects - creating multifaceted, eclectic, refreshing art.
Twin Magazine, London / Air Magazine, Barcelona / FLOCK Festival, Leeds / Lift-Off Festival, London / ColorBloc Magazine, USA / Thames-Side Studios, London / Nolias Gallery, London / Excessive Human Collective, Leeds / Art Lover Ground, Barcelona / Art Blanquette, Barcelona / Espronceda Gallery, Barcelona / The Carob Mill, Crete (Artist in Residence) / Arts Depot, London / Electric Lodge, Los Angeles (Artist in Residence) / TOC, Barcelona / Dance City, Newcastle (Artist in Residence) / Sadlers Wells, London / The Waterside Theatre, Hertfordshire / Markova Theatre, Hertfordshire / The Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp / Dance City, Newcastle / The Angelicum, Rome
Booking inquiries + commissions: imogenaoifeann@gmail.com
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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' birthday wish for Madhu Chopra is all hearts
Madhu Chopra's birthday got a little special, courtesy - Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas.
The fact that global diva Priyanka Chopra is extremely close to her mother, Madhu Chopra, is not really a secret. She is someone who has stood by the actor's side like a rock, through thick and thin. Madhu Chopra, on June 16, 2019, celebrated her 61st birthday, and while she was being flooded with wishes from across the world, the most special ones came in from darling daughter Priyanka and son-in-law, Nick Jonas.
Taking to her Instagram account, the Baywatch actor shared a picture of herself with mommy Chopra. And, needless to say, both Priyanka and Madhu looked beautiful as ever. In the picture, PeeCee is seen in a shimmery striped shirt while her mommy is in a sleeveless blue dress and a neckpiece. In her caption, Priyanka Chopra wished her mother by calling her the ‘best birthday girl ever’. The actor also thanked her for her never-ending support.
Have a look at Priyanka Chopra’s post for Madhu Chopra here:
Best birthday girl ever. @madhumalati I love you. Thank you for being my rock.
A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) on Jun 16, 2019 at 7:48pm PDT
Priyanka Chopra’s better-half and singer Nick Jonas, too, made it a point to make his mother-in-law’s big day special. The Sucker singer took to his Instagram account and shared an image of him with Madhu, as they were all smiles. His caption read, “Happy birthday Madhu Malati, I love you.” Aww! We love this bonding!
Take a look at Nick Jonas’ wish for Madhu Chopra here:
Earlier in the day, Priyanka Chopra remembered her late father, Dr Ashok Chopra, on the occasion of Father’s Day. It is a known fact that the former beauty queen has always been her ‘daddy’s little girl’ and her heartwarming caption will warm the cockles of your heart.
Check out Priyanka Chopra’s wish for father Ashok Chopra here:
Father’s Day on moms birthday.. it’s almost like dad is here celebrating with us. Don’t need a day to miss and appreciate you dad. I love you. #HappyFathersDay #daddyslilgirl for life
A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) on Jun 16, 2019 at 8:40am PDT
Not to miss Nick Jonas' extremely special wish for Ashok Chopra, as he thanked the latter for bringing an 'incredible woman' like Priyanka Chopra into this world.
Check out Nick Jonas' wish on the occasion of Fathers Day here:
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. I hope to be half the father you are dad. I love you very much... and I so wish I could have had the chance to get to know you Ashok sir. Thank you for bringing such an incredible woman into this world.
A post shared by Nick Jonas (@nickjonas) on Jun 16, 2019 at 9:24am PDT
Meanwhile, the diva will be next seen in Shonali Bose’s The Sky Is Pink, which also stars Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim.
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The IPL opening match will see the former Indian captain MS Dhoni-led side lock horns with current skipper Virat Kohli-led team in Chennai.
IPL 2019 tickets booking: With IPL 2019 just around the corner, the IPL franchises have started putting out ways fans can buy tickets to watch their favourite game unfolding live in front of them. The first match of IPL season 12 will commence with the clash of defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 23, and its a Saturday!
After the announcement of Lok Sabha election schedule, the BCCI, which announced the IPL 2019 schedule from April 11 to May 19, is likely to take a call on further schedule of the T20 league to avoid clash of dates of IPL with general elections. Moreover, the BCCI will also discuss load management of World Cup-bound players of Indian cricket team. The showpiece ICC event World Cup 2019 will begin from May 31 in England, few weeks after the conclusion of cash-rich T20 league, IPL 2019.
Online ticketing platform, BookMyShow, has sealed a deal with the four IPL franchises – CSK, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. BookMyShow will be their exclusive ticketing partner for this IPL season and these franchises have allowed it to keep 50 per cent of the entire ticket inventory for IPL 2019. From the IPL 2017 edition, it has become mandatory for fans to produce a copy of their Aadhaar card copy and give fingerprint impressions while purchasing tickets in Bengaluru.
While the IPL teams have started their preparations for the tournament, they have started selling IPL tickets for the part of schedule already announced by BCCI.
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Here’s how to book IPL tickets:
IPL tickets: Chennai Super Kings
For fans looking to drape into the colours of their favourite IPL team can purchase offline tickets from the ticket counters at TNCA at 11.30 AM on March 16. The online sale of tickets for the IPL opener will kick start at 11.30 AM on March 16 and would continue till the tickets are sold out. The fans seeking to book tickets online tickets can visit CSK official website at www.chennaisuperkings.com and BookMyShow. Their next home game will be against Rajasthan Royals on March 31.
IPL tickets: Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians fans will not like to miss any chance of watching the three-time champions taking on the best of IPL sides live. Tickets for Mumbai Indians will be sold at BookMyShow and offline counters at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians will begin their IPL campaign on March 24 when they clash with Delhi Captains in their home ground. Next in the fixture is their clash with CSK, which in all certainty, is going to be a thriller at Wankhede Stadium on April 3.
IPL tickets: Royal Challengers Bangalore
After a not-so-good IPL 2018 season, this Virat Kohli-led IPL franchise will start their campaign with an opener against CSK in IPL 2019 on March 23. A sea of red will be awaiting them in the stands on March 28 when they square-off with Mumbai Indians at M.Chinnaswamy stadium. Tickets for this IPL match are available on RCB’s official website at www.liveinstyle.com. RCB will welcome KKR on their home venue on April 5.
IPL tickets: Delhi Capitals
A revamped Delhi Capitals would like to emerge strong from their very first IPL match when they square-off with MS Dhoni-captained Chennai Super Kings at Feroze Shah Kotla stadium on March 26. Their next game at home turf will be against KKR on March 30. Delhi Capitals’s home games tickets will be available at www.insider.in. Offline tickets will also be available from counter at the stadium.
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IPL tickets: Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR will clash with Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first home IPL game on March 24. KKR has entered into deal with BookMyShow for the sale of tickets for the two home fixtures. After Hyderabad, they will square off with Kings Xi Punjab on March 27 in their second home game. On most occasions in important matches, Eden Gardens has witnessed close to full house. Their fanbase is quite wide for the ownership of Shah Rukh Khan among other owners of the franchise.
IPL tickets: Kings XI Punjab
This IPL franchise will begin their IPL campaign against Mumbai Indians in Mohali on March 30. Kings XI Punjab has partnered with Insider for the sale of tickets for their home matches while the offline tickets will be sold from counters at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. As per the present schedule, their next clash in line at home ground will be against Delhi Capitals on April 1.
IPL tickets: Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad had an impressive show in the IPL 2018 in reaching to the finals. This year, Hyderabad-based IPL franchise will begin their campaign at home when they face-off with Rajasthan Royals on March 29 at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium. Tickets for the home fixtures are available online at EventsNow and includes some tempting deals. Sunrisers will also set-up for another clash at home against RCB on March 31.
IPL tickets: Rajasthan Royals
This is one of the four franchises to have partnered with BookMyShow for selling online tickets for home fixtures during IPL 2019. Rajasthan Royals will start their IPL campaign with their first match against Kings XI Punjab on March 24 at Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur. In another interesting showdown of IPL season 12, Rajasthan Royals will be playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 2.
IPL fans can visit www.ipltickets.net for more information about the tickets.
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Written by Pastor Amy Johnson, Osceola United Methodist Church Some days, we wake in the morning with a plan. Tuesday was a full day: check messages, attend a member funeral, help with the church luncheon, prepare for worship, write the next funeral and weddings. Somehow, though, God has a way of reminding me that ministry happens in unexpected ways. At 8:30, as I was about to gather the pies I baked to take to the dinner I received a text from my secretary, Anna Frohling. "Can you have the ...
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Clean-up buckets on the way to help
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✎ About Ananya Birla
Birth Day: July 17, 1994
Birth Place: Mumbai, India
Ananya Birla Net Worth
Ananya Birla net worth and salary: Ananya Birla is a World Music Singer who has a net worth of $12.50 Billion. Ananya Birla was born in Mumbai, in July 17, 1994. Indian singer, songwriter and entrepreneur who became the first Indian singer with an English single to go platinum with the song "Meant To Be". She's also known for her hit single "Livin' The Life".
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Net worth: $12.50 Billion (Updated at 15 March 2019)
Indian singer, songwriter and entrepreneur who became the first Indian singer with an English single to go platinum with the song "Meant To Be". She's also known for her hit single "Livin' The Life".
She studied economics and management at the University of Oxford.
She received the ET Panache Trendsetters of 2016 award for Young Business Person for her entrepreneurship.
Her parents are Neerja Birla and Kumar Mangalam Birla. She has two siblings, Aryaman and Advaitesha.
Her song "Livin' The Life" was remixed by DJ Afrojack.
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TGS 2007: New Devil May Cry 4 Details
The new trailer shows much more than the floor demo.
By Jeff Haynes
Updated: 29 Jun 2016 10:54 pm
Posted: 21 Sep 2007 1:55 pm
Yesterday, we mentioned that the floor demo at this year's TGS for Devil May Cry 4 isn't particularly new by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it's the exact same build that we've been playing for months at various press events. What we didn't know is that Capcom was showcasing a new trailer with footage that hadn't been released before of the title, which also divulges a number of secrets.
For the most part, the cuts between cutscenes and in-game play were rather rapid, but it was cohesive enough to get a general sense of major elements of the title. Apart from a battle between Nero and Dante, which takes place in the meeting hall of the Order of the Sword, the three minute trailer showed Nero taking on a gigantic flying worm and a massive plant creature that appeared to swallow him whole. Nero also battled his way through a pack of glowing wolves, apparently in the same general vicinity as the Fortuna stage from the demo. The mysterious character known as Gloria also manages to get in on the action, defeating creatures with a combination of acrobatic kicks and maneuvers.
One thing that we'd never seen with Nero was the ability for the hero to grab and toss weapons back at their original owner, which is demonstrated a couple of times, including a group of armored knights that appear to descend and strike at Nero from the sky. But Nero isn't the only one that's received new attacks. Dante appears to have a brand new set of metallic gauntlets that project spikes from his arms, implying that there is a brand new melee weapon in store for the demon hunter in the title.
Dante isn't the only older character that appears to be included in DMC4. Trish and Lady make a very distinct appearance at a location which appears to be the Devil May Cry Shop. The trailer also implies that a love story plays a role within DMC4, particularly between Nero and the new character Kyrie, who has been shown to sing throughout various game events. Nero appears to be genuinely concerned for Kyrie's well-being throughout the trailer, and the climax of the video footage has him fighting through enemies as he tries to save her from being kidnapped.
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Move Over, Kris Jenner! Tori Roloff Gushes About Her #ProudMama Moment on Instagram
By Megan Heintz
Momager Kris Jenner isn’t the only #ProudMama in town! Tori Roloff took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, March 19, to share a photo of her son, Jackson, holding a crayon. Cute, right? In fact, the Little People, Big World star received so much praise (for once!), she felt the need to address it.
“My teacher heart is bursting with pride rn,” the 27-year-old captioned a shot of her 22-month-old.
Mere hours later, she gushed, “I woke up to so many DMs asking how to get your child to hold their writing utensils properly.” She added, “I have to be honest. It’s mostly just J and luck. I would correct him and try to get him to hold the right way but he’s 1 so I didn’t do anything to really change his grip except lead by example. Being a teacher, though, there are TONS of resources online to help your child achieve a tri grip.”
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After giving birth to Baby J in May 2017, the reality TV mama — who is married to Zach Roloff — took some time off from her career as a kindergarten teacher. In April 2017, she posted about the “bittersweet” moment she had to say goodbye.
“Bitter sweet [sic] day!!! It was my last day with my kinders and to say I’ll miss them is an understatement,” she wrote at the time. “I am so thankful to have had a group that was so easy and respectful. Saying goodbye to them was so hard, but I know we have such An amazing adventure ahead of us. Can’t wait to take baby roloff back to school to introduce him to the kids he’s listened to the last 9 months! ❤️ #kindergartenlife #youlldogreatthings 👦🏻👧🏽.” Aww.
In an interview with People that same year, the mother-of-one revealed she was taking a “gap year” with her son before returning to teaching. Of course, that “gap year” has now turned into nearly two years, but it seems like all that mommy-and-me time is paying off. So will the beloved TLC star ever return to the classroom? Only time will tell!
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Sit Down Series: Shane Helms
Filed Under: Interviews, Uncategorized Apr 21, 2015
Shane Helms is the hero that wrestling deserves, whether it be in the ring, behind the scenes or at the commentary table. Also well-known as The Hurricane, Shane Helms has solidified himself as one of the most popular and entertaining wrestlers with a notable career in WCW and WWE. In 2015 alone, he has debuted as a commentator for Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore and has now joined TNA in a behind the scenes role. I sat down with the longest reigning, most entertaining, record breaking, history making Cruiserweight Champion of all time for an unforgettably fun interview covering the past, present and future.
Alex Obert: Before starting in TNA, you recently did commentary at House of Hardcore 8. How was that set up?
Shane Helms: I’ve been great friends with Tommy Dreamer for a long time. I did commentary on a couple other iPPVs recently and I guess evidently, I was pretty good at it. (laughs) I did it a couple times in WWE as well, select matches for whatever feud I was in at that point in time. So Tommy gave me a chance and once he heard it back after the show, he loved it. He sprung the opportunity on me to be the commentator there going forward, I guess.
Alex Obert: What did you think of the matches that night?
Shane Helms: Loved it. Fantastic. I love exciting and great wrestling anyway, but I love not being able to predict what’s gonna go on. Unpredictability brings excitement. It was always great when you knew Mike Tyson was gonna kick somebody’s ass but when Buster Douglas beat his ass, that was also exciting. You need that in a business. I think some of the stuff we see on TV is very predictable. House of Hardcore is doing something very different. I’m just gonna do whatever Tommy says. I’m a fan of his vision. We have similar mindsets on what we like and what we wanna get out of wrestling. I’m gonna back his plan, he’s always backed me.
Alex Obert: And the surprise of the night, Rey Mysterio.
Shane Helms: The crowd loved it. But now Tommy’s gotta keep doing that! (laughs)
Alex Obert: Speaking of commentary, there’s now an open spot at the commentary booth on Impact Wrestling.
Shane Helms: My phone blew up once that happened. A lot of people just assumed it was gonna be me, but I have no idea. They hired me as an agent/producer. I’m very excited about that. I did really well on my first trip in, so I’m excited about doing that and seeing how far I can go with that. But if they want me to do commentary, apparently I’m pretty good at talking shit, so I’ll be happy to do it.
Alex Obert: Your good friends, The Hardys, recently became tag team champions in TNA for the very first time. That must mean a lot to you.
Shane Helms: It was great to see. Obviously I’ve known Matt and Jeff for a long time, we’ve been great friends for a long time. I might be partial, but I think they’re one of the greatest tag teams ever in history of the business, regardless of companies. I think having them as the TNA World Tag Team Champions sets TNA’s tag team division head and shoulders above anybody else’s.
Alex Obert: What do you think about the roster of TNA right now?
Shane Helms: I think their roster’s amazing. They have a great in-ring product. I’m a fan of great wrestling. People that follow me on Twitter know that if it’s good, I’ll put it over and if it’s bad, I’ll say something about it. I try not to get nasty, I do it in a roasting type form and at least try to be funny about it. But if it’s not good, I’ll tell you it’s not good . If it’s good, I’ll say that too . I think the talent roster’s pretty deep right now.
Alex Obert: You and Lashley were in WWE at the same time and now he’s made a resurgence in TNA. What are your thoughts on that?
Shane Helms: He’s way better now as a pro wrestler than he ever was in WWE. He was good there too, but he’s elevated his game so much better now. It’s really good to see. Physically, he’s one of the most intimidating human beings you can ever see on the planet. He’s great, man. I’m a big fan of what he’s done in TNA so far.
Alex Obert: When you were in WWE, were you keeping an eye on TNA?
Shane Helms: Yeah, I’ve always watched everything. I’m a huge wrestling fan. I’m not really just a company fan. I feel like fans sometimes feel like they need to belong to a team, TNA or WWE.why can’t you just like both? Same thing with comics, do you like Marvel or DC? I like them both. I don’t feel a need to not like one just because I like the other. And I don’t get why fans do that.
Alex Obert: Who is a newer wrestler that’s on your radar now?
Shane Helms: I see a bright future for Bram. I think EC3 is one of the best heels in the business. They’ve got some good stuff going on in TNA.
Alex Obert: You’ve had a lot of changes with your hair throughout the years. What was it like when you had to walk around in public for several years with green hair?
Shane Helms: That’s actually why I started wearing the do-rag all the time. It was green 24/7, so it was what it was. If you’re gonna wear green hair, you’ve just gotta expect that people are gonna stare at a green-haired guy. It’s nothing that ever bothered me. If I wanted to be incognito, I’d put on the do-rag. That’s where the do-rag came from. A lot of people thought that I was losing my hair and shit and that’s why I was doing that Hogan bandana thing. No, I just covered up the green hair sometimes.
Alex Obert: What led to you wearing it in the ring as Gregory Helms?
Shane Helms: I thought I looked like a prick. I’m one of these crazy guys that thinks heels should be booed. I would try to do things that would make people not like me.
Alex Obert: And how about the black trenchcoat?
Shane Helms: Everybody always asks me where I got a sleeveless trenchcoat. The secret was that I bought a trenchcoat and I cut the sleeves off. (laughs)
Alex Obert: When I first discovered you on TV, you came out of nowhere on RAW and won the tag titles with Kane. How was that set up?
Shane Helms: I actually got a call the night before that I was coming to RAW. I had no idea what was going on because I was on Smackdown. I got a call and they asked me how I felt about coming to RAW. And I was like, “Whatever you guys want. I’m having a great time on Smackdown, but I’ve always been a team player. Whatever you guys need, I’ll be there.” So I got there and me and Kane are gonna go for the tag team straps that night, we walked out as champions. For me, there was no preplanning or anything. It just happened.
Alex Obert: Do you still keep in touch with your former tag team partner, Rosey?
Shane Helms: Oh yeah, all the time. He’s a great human being. We had a lot of fun. I don’t know if we got a lot of help getting that gimmick over, but we got it over ourselves. We worked really hard to get it over. Me and Rosey winning the tag titles is probably my favorite championship win of my career. We got over and they had to make us champions. A lot of times, they give guys belts just to get ’em over and they don’t really deserve ’em. I don’t like that. I like when people earn the championships. They are our Grammys, they are our Oscars and it shouldn’t be just anybody as champion. We deserved it. When we came through the curtain that night, almost all the whole locker room was at gorilla to congratulate us. It was a big moment for us.
Alex Obert: Back when you were teaming with him, did you meet a young Roman Reigns?
Shane Helms: I think I did. Even when I first saw Roman, I knew he reminded me of somebody, but I couldn’t remember who. And then it just came to me that that was Rosey’s brother. He looked identical in the face, but Rosey’s obviously mad he’s a little bit bigger. Still, they look a lot alike.
Alex Obert: In 2004, you faced Ric Flair on RAW and it happened to be on your birthday. Was that intentional? I thought they gave you that match for your birthday.
Shane Helms: I don’t remember that being on my birthday. That’s awesome that it was though. Flair always liked me and we always had a great time working together. We had a couple really good matches on house shows. Stuff like that happens on the house shows, it’s good. A lot of times, it’ll transfer to TV.
Alex Obert: What are some of your favorite house show matches?
Shane Helms: One was me and Rosey against Flair and Batista in St. Louis. Flair was so over there, but he managed to turn the crowd like a real heel should. We had a really good time. One of my favorites was me and Chavo as heels in Manchester, England against William Regal and Dave Taylor. They had to be babyfaces and they just did all this old school babyface stuff. It was fantastic and the crowd ate it up. Of course we had to beat the shit out of each other because those guys get heavy-handed. Me and Chavo were giving it back. We just had a blast.
Alex Obert: I recall that you teamed with Rey Mysterio on house shows in 2002 prior to his official debut on Smackdown.
Shane Helms: Yeah, that was to introduce Rey to the WWE audience. When we did the invasion angle, one of the main reasons it didn’t work as well as we wanted was that a lot of the WWE fans didn’t know who the WCW guys work. I was already The Hurricane and they were teaming Rey with me to introduce him to the WWE audience. It worked out well for him, one of the most popular wrestlers ever. I can’t say enough good things about Rey Mysterio.
Alex Obert: Who would you say delivered the most painful chops in the ring?
Shane Helms: Benoit was probably the worst. I know Haku chopped me one time and I think my heart stopped. But Benoit was pretty brutal.
Alex Obert: When Steve-O made an appearance on RAW in 2006, he said that you were his favorite wrestler. It felt so random that his response was “I like Shane…from the Cruiserweight Division.” Did you meet him prior to that or something?
Shane Helms: Yeah, we actually met at the last Nitro down in Panama Beach. He had some kind of show and he brought us on stage. He did some of his crazy Jackass stuff. I know me, Kanyon and Kidman grabbed Wee Man and they wanted us to throw him into the crowd. (laughs) So we grabbed his ass and threw him out into the crowd, they caught him. We hung out and they were always real cool. We stayed in touch and that was real funny, I didn’t even know he was gonna say that. Some people thought he meant Shane McMahon, but he definitely meant me.
Alex Obert: For years and years, you’ve utilized the internet and various websites before most other wrestlers did. Was that mean to you?
Shane Helms: It would mean a lot more guys gave me credit for the idea. (laughs) I’ve always been an internet guy. I had a website back when it was just message board type things. I’ve had a website forever. On the indies, it was just a way to promote myself. No other guys were really doing this, so I was really using it to promote myself and stuff like that. Then once I got in WWE and WCW and didn’t need to be promoted as much, it was just a way to stay in touch with fans and let them know that I appreciate all the support. I don’t shill myself all the time. If you watch my Twitter, it’s not constantly about my appearances and stuff. I try to be funny about different things and talk about all kinds of shit. I try to have fun with it.
Alex Obert: What did you think of YouShoot?
Shane Helms: It was interesting. I think that’s one of the more unique interviews I ever got. I’m not a big fan of going out there and just burying people and doing crazy shit just to get extra DVD sales. If I really don’t like somebody, I’m not gonna make up some angle to sell a couple DVDs or anything like that. If people want me to say bad things, I just really don’t have a lot of bad things to say about people.
Alex Obert: Since you are a Carolina guy, I have to get your thoughts on a couple of places. First off, South of the Border.
Shane Helms: It’s on the way to the beach. Anytime we go to Myrtle Beach, we’ve gotta stop there a little bit. You used to not be able to get fireworks in North Carolina, so South of the Border was where everybody went to get their fireworks for the Fourth of July.
Alex Obert: Bojangles.
Shane Helms: Love the Bojangles! I got one about a mile and a half away from my house.
Alex Obert: What’s your order when you go there?
Shane Helms: Filet Egg and Cheese Biscuit.
Alex Obert: And they have their famous Bo-Berry Biscuits.
Shane Helms: The Bo-Berry Biscuits, they’ve got the sweet potato pie and they’ve got some good sweet tea, man.
Alex Obert: And how about JR? Have you been there?
Shane Helms: Yeah, I live maybe four miles from there. I’m not a smoker, so it’s not a place I really spend a lot of time in. (laughs)
Alex Obert: Can you fill readers in on Headlocked?
Shane Helms: Headlocked is a comic about how tough the wrestling industry can be not only to break into, but to be successful in. When the creator Mike Kingston talked to me about it, at first, I wasn’t sure how good it was gonna be, but then I read it and I realized this guy’s really done his research. And he really loves wrestling too, he’s not just trying to capitalize on the popularity of wrestling. He loves wrestling, he loves comics and he’s combined his two loves into one book. It’s fantastic. If you’re a wrestling fan that reads books, you need to add this one to your collection.
Alex Obert: Will the world ever see an autobiography from Shane Helms?
Shane Helms: I’ve actually had offers to do it, but it’s nothing I’ve ever took ’em up on. Maybe one day I will. I actually get tired of talking about myself sometimes. (laughs) Doing a book, you’re going to have to talk about yourself for a couple months on the road. I think that will be tough for me. I’m not that in love with myself that I could do that for a couple months in a row.
Alex Obert: What are some of your favorite wrestling autobiographies?
Shane Helms: Freddie Blassie’s is up there. That one is just so good. I loved Mick Foley’s. I loved Matt and Jeff’s. I loved Ric Flair’s. Jericho’s is good. So many good ones.
Alex Obert: Freddie Blassie was on RAW less than a month before he passed away and this is while you were on the roster. Did you run into him?
Shane Helms: Yeah, I met Freddie. I’m a big fan of the stuff he did out in California and stuff like that. If you never read that book, you need to pick that one up. That one was really good. We were doing a pay per view in London and I wanted to sleep on the plane, but I started reading his book. It was so good that I could not put it down. I stayed awake that whole flight. So instead of being rested for this pay per view, I’m just completely exhausted going into it. I have to blame Freddie Blassie for his book being so good.
Alex Obert: In closing, I wanted to get your final thoughts on your future with TNA.
Shane Helms: I think the company’s in a good direction right now. Ever since they’ve been on Destination America, you can see the product’s really stepped up. I think the guys are all excited there. It’s more of a laid back, low-key environment. Everybody just wants to succeed and help other people. It looks really bright right now. You’ve got Kurt Angle as your world champion, one of the legit best wrestlers of any style that there’s ever been in the history of the planet. That says something. And you’ve got one of the best have teams ever in Matt and Jeff. And their women’s division is the best women’s division in wrestling. They’re hitting on all cylinders right now and I think it’s going to just continue to get better. I’ll do my best to make it better and better.
Alex Obert: Big things ahead! I’d love to thank you so much for your time.
Shane Helms: Thank you, brother!
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Better Chinese and immersion schools in the US
September 8, 2015 /in Teachers News /by Belinda Dello-Iacovo
This April I visited Better Chinese at their Palo Alto office in Silicon Valley, California. It was great to meet everyone in person and find out more about some exciting product developments. Better Chinese currently supports over 55% of Chinese language immersion programs in the United States so they organised some school visits for me. While I was there, we also discussed developments and programs in the Australia/New Zealand region.
Some exciting developments with Better Chinese include
Modern Chinese has been adopted by a number of US universities including Northwestern University (world university ranking: 26).
Better Chinese has been further developing their iPad app and e-book options. I will be able to share more details soon.
Chinese language teaching continues to boom in the US and Better Chinese is well established as a leading publisher with over 1200 schools utilizing Better Chinese materials
Immersion Programs
There are currently around 126 Chinese immersion schools in the US. While I was in Palo Alto Better Chinese arranged for me to visit two elementary schools with outstanding Chinese immersion programs. I went with Li-Hsiang Yu Shen, the founder of Better Chinese who visited Sydney in 2011.
The first school we visited was the International School of the Peninsula (www.istp.org ), a private kindergarten to Grade 8 school offering both Chinese and French language immersion programs. We first met with Head of School Philippe Dietz and Assistant Head of School Kate Lussen who gave me a general overview of the program. In kindergarten 80% of the classroom time is in Mandarin. By Grade 4/5 50% of instruction time is in Mandarin, with Maths and Science taught in English at the higher year levels. In the early years, immersion students on average slightly underperform on standardised testing on English and Maths but by Grade 8 they are consistently outperforming their monolingual peers. Communicating and working with parents is essential so that non-Chinese speaking parents in particular know what is happening with their child’s education and can support at home in English. ISTP students are also expected to do between 2-4 hours of homework a night depending on the year level.
We visited a kindergarten and Grade 1 classroom and I also got the chance to speak with the Grade 3 teacher. Li-Hsiang Yu Shen had played a central role in setting up the program and training the teachers and was warmly welcomed in all the classrooms and offices we visited. In the kindergarten classroom it was mat time. It was amazing to see the teachers fully explaining the upcoming activities in Chinese with the children fully comprehending and responding in Chinese or mixed Chinese/English. In the Grade 1 class the children were doing addition and subtraction using an abacus in the full Chinese immersion environment. The teacher went around the room checking and asking students about their work in Chinese with language no impediment to the children’s mathematical learning. The Grade 1 students use adjacent Chinese and English classrooms. When they are with their Chinese teacher in the Chinese classroom they learn pinyin pronunciation and when they are with their English teacher in the English classroom they learn the English alphabet. Li-Hsiang Yu Shen and the teachers assured me that the children manage this easily with no problems.
I was particularly impressed with how effectively the students learn to read and write characters in the immersion environment. In the kindergarten the teachers use My First Chinese Words to develop students literacy. In the Grade 1 classroom all the information displayed such as the classroom rules, poster on tooth health and so on were all in characters. At ISTP students learn traditional characters until Grade 4/5 when they switch to simplified. The Grade 3 teacher showed me how she taught character analysis and also an example of student composition on an iPad. On the wall were also posters on the science topics of geometrical formations and bacteria.
The second school we visited was Ohlone Elementary School www.ohlone.pausd.org, a public Kindergarten to Grade 5 elementary school offering non-traditional community and student centred education with a strong emphasis on parental involvement. Ohlone also offers a Mandarin immersion program with Mandarin instruction time of 80% in Kindergarten/Grade 1, 60% in Grades 2/3 and 50% in Grades 4/5. As both the school itself and the immersion program are very popular, enrolment by students not living in the school zone is by lottery (with one lottery for the school and one for the immersion program in particular). The school deliberately chooses 35-50% of the students in the program to be native Chinese speakers to act as role models with the rest being non-native speakers.
Ohlone has a farm with not only gardens but many animals. On one morning that I was there, the kindergarten/Grade 1 class had Farm lesson where the Farm teacher taught the children (in English) about chickens. The students then returned to the main classroom where all instruction is in Chinese. There were beautiful farm displays fully labelled in Chinese characters and farm models the students had been making. On the whiteboard there was a chart with questions and answers about farm animals and the teacher told me 80% of the children could read all of the characters used. I also got the chance to observe mat time, where the teacher taught and gave instructions fully in Chinese with the students showing full comprehension and mostly responding in Chinese.
I also got the chance to observe a Grade 4/5 class. The teacher was talking to the students about Earth Day discussing topics such as the Earth Day founder and environmental problems at native speaker speed and vocabulary level with no language modification. From what I witnessed, the listening comprehension of the students was significantly higher than a typical Year 12 second language learner.
I was deeply impressed by the commitment to Mandarin language education at the two schools I visited and the skill of the teachers. I was amazed by the fluency and literacy level of the students, many of whom clearly had no Chinese heritage. I would like to thank the International School of the Peninsula and Ohlone Elementary School for allowing me to visit their schools and also Better Chinese for arranging these visits for me.
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Diebold Nixdorf has a presence in more than 130 countries with approximately 25,000 employees worldwide. The organization maintains corporate offices in North Canton, Ohio, USA and Paderborn, Germany. Shares are traded on the New York and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges under the symbol ‘DBD’. Visit www.DieboldNixdorf.com for more information.We’re a global company with a local presence. In our “always on” world, we’re shaping the future of transactions, so while our solutions are driven by universal themes, they come to life through unique regional collaborations with our customers. In the Asia Pacific region, our team includes experts located in more than 11 countries, all working to make your business run more efficiently and help you deepen relationships with your consumers.
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10 Top Funds for a 2018 Gusher in Energy Stocks
By Michael Foster, Contributing Writer | January 9, 2018
The Northeast and the Midwest were brought to a standstill in late 2017 thanks to a nasty winter storm, followed by record-breaking cold to start the new year. Two groups have rejoiced at the wintry onslaught: schoolchildren and bulls in energy stocks.
West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices have rocketed 12% higher in the past month to near three-year highs. Spot prices for natural gas surged to a record $175 per million British thermal units at one point, Bloomberg reported – roughly 60 times the average going rate on the New York Mercantile Exchange so far this winter.
And a lot of energy stocks have enjoyed a brisk recovery after a rough first half of 2017 – itself part of a disastrous run for the sector since mid-2014.
While this could be construed as a seasonal blip in a still-bearish long-term trend, Will Rhind – CEO of commodities-focused fund provider GraniteShares – believes longer-term tailwinds will extend the trend. “While the polar vortex may have increased demand for oil at the start of the new year, the two main factors that drove oil prices higher in (late) 2017 (i.e., increased demand driven by stronger economic growth and OPEC led production cutbacks) remain influential factors for 2018,” he says.
If oil and other energy commodities really are set up for a sustainable recovery, how can retail investors participate? The answer is exchange-traded and closed-end funds that offer diversified exposure to energy stocks – and in some cases, income streams in the high single digits. Read on to learn more about 10 funds to buy to ride a rebound in oil and gas.
SEE ALSO: 18 Best Stocks to Buy for 2018
Data is as of Jan. 8, 2017. Yields represent the trailing 12-month yield, which is a standard measure for equity funds. Click on ticker-symbol links in each slide for current share prices and more.
10 Top Funds for a 2018 Gusher in Energy Stocks | Slide 2 of 11
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund
Market value: $19.6 billion
Dividend yield: 3.0%
Expenses: 0.14%
We’ll start with one of the cheapest and easiest options: the sector index fund.
The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE, $75.42) is a simple, broad sector product that holds all the energy stocks (currently 32) in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index. Most of the companies are involved in energy exploration, production, transportation and/or sales, but there is a 14% weighting in firm that simply exist to service these and other energy companies. It's also weighted by market capitalization, so Exxon Mobil (XOM, 22.9% weight) and Chevron (CVX, 16.9%) have very outsize influence over the XLE’s performance.
At 3% currently, XLE provides a much better dividend yield than most other sectors and the S&P 500 as a whole. That payout has grown, too, by about 125% over the past decade – even including the pullback following 2014’s rout in energy prices.
The time seems ripe to jump into energy stocks, however. Prices are recovering, especially in WTI crude oil, while volatility has become more constrained.
“The price cycle at this time seems to be more constrained than previously,” Rhind says. “And while unexpected supply restrictions/disruptions can change this situation, supply reductions from OPEC cutbacks may be offset by increased production from fracking as global oil demand grows.” That, in turn, makes it easier for XLE’s oil-managing companies to manage cash flow.
SEE ALSO: The 15 Best ETFs for a Prosperous 2018
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Market value: $2.7 billion
With a mandate to focus on companies discovering new repositories of oil and natural gas in the United States, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP, $38.77) gives investors growth potential more than income.
The reason for this is simple: Companies exploring new sources of oil can suddenly find their enterprise values jump as a result of newfound revenue streams from new mining and drilling operations.
SPDR’s fund sticks out from XLE and other sector and industry funds in that it’s equally weighted, meaning that at each rebalancing, every holding has the exact same potential to affect the fund’s performance. That means smaller companies such as $2 billion Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO) pull just as much weight as $244 billion behemoth Chevron.
If you believe commodity prices will continue to improve in 2018, XOP is a pretty direct and growth-oriented play on that trend.
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VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF
Market value: $14 million
The VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (CRAK, $31.30) can outperform in times of strong commodity demand. Unlike XOP, however, CRAK’s portfolio earns bigger profits when demand for refined oil is increasing – which Rhind sees as likely due to greater supply pressures around the world.
“Oil’s strong performance in 2017 was mainly a result of production cutbacks by OPEC and OPEC-aligned countries, mainly Russia, and stronger than expected demand growth,” he says, adding that these trends are likely to continue in 2018.
The ultimate combination for refiners such as Phillips 66 (PSX) and Valero Energy (VLO) is low input prices (low crude oil) but high demand for refined oil. Thus, a rising-oil-price environment isn’t necessarily good for CRAK, as long as margins between crude and refined products remain high.
If 2018 is anything like 2017, CRAK will crush the market. VanEck’s refiners fund delivered a total return of 49% last year, versus a 1% loss for the XLE.
SEE ALSO: 5 Energy Stocks to Watch in 2018
iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF
Market value: $261.3 million
A beloved story among commodities traders and investment bankers is the story of the 1849 gold rush. “The ones who got rich weren’t the miners,” the story goes, “it was the guys selling the picks and shovels.”
That is the rationale behind the iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF (IEZ, $38.99), which invests in the companies selling the metaphorical picks and shovels to the companies that XLE invests in.
For instance, top IEZ holdings Schlumberger (SLB) and Halliburton (HAL) don’t actually extract any oil or gas themselves. Instead, they provide the heavy machinery and expertise that Big Oil companies need to explore for and produce energy.
That said, IEZ still is affected by oil prices. For instance, the ETF soared during the fracking boom of the early 2010s despite the Deepwater Horizon disaster that brought a lot of negative attention on the industry. But in 2014, when oil prices crashed, the fund lost nearly 23% of its value that year. And the fund is finally starting to see some life with energy prices on the rise again.
If demand for oil equipment and services continues to recover alongside oil prices in 2018, IEZ could be the sleeper energy fund of the year.
SEE ALSO: 50 Dividend Stocks You Can Count On in 2018
Goldman Sachs MLP Income Opportunities Fund
Distribution rate: 8.8%*
Expenses: 1.8%
Goldman Sachs (GS) is famous for its trading desk, but many investors don’t immediately connect the dots between Goldman and energy producers. They should; the bank’s Natural Resources group has a global presence and 1,500 clients in the sector.
Goldman also has a strong closed-end fund offering in the space: The Goldman Sachs MLP Income Opportunities Fund (GMZ, $9.51). Closed-end funds are somewhat like ETFs in that they trade on an exchange, but they launch with a fixed number of shares, and thus tend to trade in a close band around their net asset value.
GMZ provides investors with exposure to energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) – a tax-advantaged structure meant to spur investment in capital-intensive businesses such as energy infrastructure companies. Thus, many MLPs tend to operate oil and gas pipelines, terminals and storage facilities. Goldman’s fund holds more than 40 such companies in a top-heavy portfolio that boasts Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP, 10%) and DCP Midstream LP (DCP, 9%) as its largest weights.
MLPs typically provide high payouts called “distributions” that typically require a complicated K-1 form, but GMZ holders get a normal 1099 and can spare themselves the tax headaches of MLP ownership. Moreover, closed-end funds typically can use debt leverage to juice returns and income distributions, and combining that with this high-income industry means an 8%-plus distribution for owners of this CEF.
Just take note that while this can lead to big outperformance in up years, it can also lead to significant downside. During MLP’s calamitous 2015, the Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) plunged 26% … but the GMZ crashed 48%.
*Distribution rate can be a combination of dividends, interest income, realized capital gains and return of capital, and is an annualized reflection of the most recent payout. Distribution rate is a standard measure for CEFs.
SEE ALSO: The Kiplinger Dividend 15
Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company
Distribution rate: 9%
Kayne Anderson isn’t the household name that Goldman Sachs is, but it’s still an excellent energy manager. Houston-based Kayne Anderson oversees a quartet of CEFs in the energy sector, all led by energy professionals-turned asset managers. Much of Kayne Anderson’s talent comes from the energy industry, and their close connections to America’s MLPs means they tend to know the industry much better than many of their competitors.
That has helped Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company (KED, $17.76) – which is 84% invested in midstream MLPs, with 14% exposure to other midstream companies, and a small 2% in shipping MLPs – outperform in the past. Since 2011, KED has beaten the AMLP in all but one year. That includes 2017, though it still was a rough go for KED, which lost 2% of its value and had to decrease its distribution in the first half of the year.
The Republicans’ tax overhaul should do wonders for the MLP space, which is why KED’s assets jumped by more than 5% in value since the new tax law was passed. Per a December release from Kayne Anderson: “As of December 22, 2017, the Company’s net asset value per share was $17.87, which included an increase of $0.98 (5.8%) as a result of the enactment of the Tax Reform Bill today.”
However, while KED’s discount has thinned from a 2017 high of 8.3% to just 5% today, that’s still a much steeper discount than its three-year average of below 2%. And while you wait for the fund to rebound, you can collect a 9% distribution.
SEE ALSO: Dividend Aristocrats With 50+ Years of Payout Growth
Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund
Distribution rate: 9.5%
Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund (KYE, $10.56) is much broader in scope than the KED. The KYE is a blend of MLPs and MLP affiliates (38%) as well as midstream companies (29%), but also a healthy 22% weighting in marine companies, 3% in other energy equities and even 8% in energy-related debt.
This is a more conservative approach that makes KYE a bigger contrarian bet right now. KYE plunged 6.8% in 2017 on a total return basis, and its discount remained unusually low at around 8% for the last few months of last year and into 2018. That’s an aberration; throughout most of 2017, it traded at a roughly 5% discount. And in fact, except for a brief moment in 2015, KYE hasn’t sold for this cheap since 2009.
Top holdings at the moment include Enbridge Energy Management (EEQ) – a limited liability company that manages the business of master limited partnership Enbridge Energy Partners (EEP) – and energy midstream service provider Oneok (OKE).
Cohen & Steers MLP Income and Energy Opportunity Fund
Better known for their REIT and preferred stock funds, Cohen & Steers also offers a few energy funds that punch above their weight. The market hasn’t really noticed this – at least not yet – which is why the Cohen & Steers MLP Income & Energy Opportunity Fund (MIE, $10.72) trades at a 4.1% discount to NAV despite its 8.6% dividend yield and recently strong performance. In 2017, the fund beat almost all of its peers and had a 2.6% total return in one of the toughest years for MLPs on record.
One of the reasons for that edge is the fund’s diversification. Unlike many other energy funds, MIE goes beyond common stocks and invests in preferred stocks, which typically are less volatile and higher yielding than common stocks.
Cohen & Steers is well-known for its preferred stock savvy – the company’s Cohen & Steers Preferred Securities and Income Fund (CPXAX) manages $8 billion alone – and brings that skill to the energy portfolio in MIE. That helps smooth out rough rides, which is an important consideration given the past few years of tumult in the industry.
SEE ALSO: 10 Preferred Stock Funds for Safe, Substantial Yields
10 Top Funds for a 2018 Gusher in Energy Stocks | Slide 10 of 11
BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust
If you want energy exposure but also want to hedge your bet a little, consider BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (BCX, $10.03) – a natural commodity closed-end fund from BlackRock (BLK).
The fund’s largest sector position, at roughly 38%, is energy, led by large weights in Royal Dutch Shell (RDS), BP (BP) and Chevron. However, more than 31% of the fund is in mining, including Anglo-swiss multinational Glencore, and the remainder is invested in agriculture stocks such as nutrients and fertilizer specialist Agrium – which recently merged with Potash into a new entity called PotashCorp-Agrium (NTR). The fund also has exposure to paper producers and gold miners, among other businesses.
BCX currently trades at an 8%-plus discount to net asset value, and its 6.2% dividend yield is robust for this kind of asset mix. The distribution has significantly declined since its launch in 2011, but the fund finally grew its payout slightly in 2017, providing hope that it has found some normalcy.
Gamco Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust
Dividend yield: 11.3%
Gamco Investors is a well-known asset management firm founded in 1977 by Mario Gabelli, who has become a billionaire as the company’s assets have swelled. The key to his success? Buffett-style value investing with a highly disciplined focus on company balance sheets and cash flows.
Those strategies have helped Gamco Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust (GGN, $5.30) outperform some commodity funds during the tough 2012-16 period.
Because the fund splits its focus on precious metals (which have lost value over the last six years) and oil (which is famously struggling to recover from its 2014 crisis), the fund has lost money over the past decade. However, GGN appears to be turning the corner and may be worth a look.
If 2018 proves to be another strong year for oil, that should lift the 40% of the fund invested in energy companies such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Schlumberger. But don’t leave out gold. After the yellow metal’s slide of the past few years, a weaker U.S. dollar and higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve could kickstart inflation and give gold some life. That would be a boon to its metals and mining holdings, which make up 58% of the fund and include Randgold Resources (GOLD) and Royal Gold (RGLD).
SEE ALSO: The 5 Best Investments You Can Make in 2018
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Cairn Energy releases Morocco drilling update
Cajun Express (Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.) (Semisub)
Cairn Energy (Cairn) has released an operational update relating to its 2014 exploration drilling campaign in Morocco. Cairn’s JM-1 well, which was spudded in January 2014 by Transocean’s ‘Cajun Express’ semisub has reached a total depth of 3,711m and has now been plugged and abandoned without further testing. The well was drilled to evaluate the Upper Jurassic and Middle Jurassic objectives. In the Upper Jurassic section, the well has confirmed the presence of heavy oil over a gross interval of 110 metres as originally tested in the 1968 MO-2 well, some 2km from the JM-1 well. Reservoir quality and the oil gravity in the Upper Jurassic across the Cap Juby structure require further evaluation by Cairn and its joint venture partners (Office National Des Hydrocarbures et Des Mines “ONHYM” and Genel Energy). Work is ongoing to correlate the core and log data from JM-1 with other wells on Cap Juby to evaluate the extent of moveable hydrocarbons and how any further assessment should be conducted. The Middle Jurassic objective was encountered with limited primary porosity and evaluation of well logs and side wall cores continues. The next well in Cairn’s planned exploration programme is ‘FAN-1’ located in the Sangomar, Sangomar Deep and Rufisque blocks (Cairn 40% WI, Operator) offshore Senegal. This well will target multiple stacked structural and stratigraphic fan closures interpreted as trapping a variety of potentially thick, high quality clastic reservoirs.
Source: http://www.cairnenergy.com/index.asp?pageid=27≠wsid=450
More News for Operator: Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.
Statoil given consent to drill Pingvin prospect
Statoil has received consent for exploration drilling using the ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ mobile drilling facility to drill well 7319/12-1 Pingvin in production licence 713. The well is in the Barents Sea, around 296 km from Hammerfest. Water depth at the site is approx. 422 metres. Drilling is planned to begin in August 2014, with a duration of around 28 days, depending on whether a discovery is made. In its decision to grant permission under the Pollution Act, the Norwegian Environment Agency has determined that Statoil may not drill in oil-bearing strata before 5th September 2014. This condition has been set to allow for appeals before the riskiest part of the operation gets under way.
Drilling permit for Ensis prospect granted
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7125/4-3, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7125/4-3 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility at position 71°30'56.40" north and 25°12'56.70" east. The drilling programme for well 7125/4-3 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 393 B. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 50 per cent. The other licensees are Petoro AS (20 per cent), Concedo ASA (20 per cent) and OMV (Norge) AS (10 per cent). The area in this licence consists of parts of block 7125/4 and 7125/5. The well will be drilled about 110 kilometres northeast of Hammerfest. Production licence 393 B was awarded on 10 September 2010 (follow up to the 19th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf). This is the first well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
Statoil given go ahead to drill Isfjell prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum ASA a drilling permit for well 7220/2-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7220/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility at position 72°48'43.85" north and 20°33'26.97" east. The drilling programme for well 7220/2-1 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 714. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 50 per cent. The other licensees are ENI Norge AS (30 per cent) and Petoro AS (20 per cent). The area in this licence consists of block 7220/2 and parts of block 7220/3. The well will be drilled about 35 kilometres north of the Johan Castberg field. Production licence 714 was awarded on 21 June 2013 (22nd licensing round on the Norwegian shelf). This is the first well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
Statoil given consent to use 'Transocean Leader' to drill 25/8-18 S well
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling using the ‘Transocean Leader’ mobile drilling facility to drill well 25/8-18 S in the central North Sea. The well is located 12 km north-west of the Grane field and around 164 km from the nearest land at Utsira in Rogaland. Water depth at the site is 159 metres. Drilling is estimated to last for 33 days. ‘Transocean Leader’ is operated by Transocean. The facility was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in December 2004.
Statoil given approval to drill Pingvin prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 7319/12-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7319/12-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility at position 73°02'34.20" north and 19°46'39.30" east. The drilling programme for well 7319/12-1 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 713. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 40 per cent. The other licensees are RN Nordic Oil AS, North Energy ASA and Edison International Norway Branch, each with 20 per cent. The area in this licence consists of blocks 7219/ 2, 3 and 7319/11, 12. Production licence 713 was awarded on 21 June 2013 in the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian shelf. This is the first well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities before commencing drilling activities.
FAR announces hydrocarbon presence at FAN-1 well in Senegal
FAR Ltd (FAR) has announced that Oil samples have been recovered in the FAN-1 exploration well being drilled offshore Senegal. Elevated gas and fluorescence were encountered in a shallow secondary target and the presence of oil was confirmed by an intermediate logging program. Oil samples from a thin sand were collected by an MDT wireline formation tester for further analysis. This well data confirms the existence of a working petroleum system. The FAN-1 well has reached a depth of 4402 metres where intermediate casing has now been set. The well will be deepened to planned Total Depth (“TD”) of approximately 5000 metres. Conclusive results for this well will not be available until drilling operations are completed and all of the well data is fully assessed. The Operator anticipates that drilling of the FAN-1 well will be completed during the next month after which time the rig will be moved to the SNE-1 well location, the second well of the two well program offshore Senegal. FAR Managing Director, Cath Norman said, ”The presence of oil In the secondary target is important in helping our geological understanding of the margin and is significant because it confirms the existence of a working petroleum generating system. It is very pleasing that the building blocks of a working petroleum system are present and we look forward to drilling ahead to deeper objectives in FAN-1 and completing the SNE-1 well. ”As previously announced, the drilling program has been designated as “tight” by the Operator and hence no information related to depth or formation will be provided during the drilling beyond what is required to meet ASX continuous disclosure obligations. This release in relation to the matter referred to in the Company’s trading halt announcement of 25 August 2014
Statoil receives consent to use 'Transocean Spitsbergen' drill Isfjell prospect from PSA
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent for exploration drilling using the ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ mobile drilling facility to drill well 7220/2-1 Isfjell in production licence 714.The well lies in the Barents Sea, around 219 km from the nearest mainland at Ingøy in Måsøy municipality, Finnmark. Water depth at the site is approx. 429 metres. Drilling is planned to begin in August 2014, with a duration of around 30 days, depending on whether a discovery is made. In its decision to grant permission under the Pollution Act, the Norwegian Environment Agency has determined that Statoil may not drill in oil-bearing strata before 18th September 2014. This condition has been set to allow for appeals before the riskiest part of the operation gets under way. ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ is a semi-submersible drilling facility of the Aker H-6e type. It was built at the Aker Stord yard, is registered in the Bahamas and classified by DnV.
Dry Barents sea well for Statoil at Ensis prospect
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 393 B, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7125/4-3. The well is dry. The well was drilled about four kilometres south of the 7125/4-1 oil and gas discovery and about 105 kilometres northeast of Hammerfest. The exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Early Cretaceous reservoir rocks (intra-Knurr formation). Well 7125/4-3 encountered approx. 35-metre thick reservoir rocks with poor reservoir quality in the Knurr formation. Data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. This is the first exploration well in production licence 393 B, which was carved out from production licence 393 in 2010. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 993 metres below the sea surface and was terminated in the Hekkingen formation in the Late Jurassic. Water depth is 294 metres. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 7125/4-3 was drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now drill wildcat well 7319/12-1 in production licence 713, where Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator.
'Transocean Barents' heads back to work after yard stay
The ‘Transocean Barents’ drilling rig has today left Kvaerner’s shipyard at Stord in Norway, having completed its five year classification and the planned upgrade and modification work more than one week ahead of schedule. The rig will now spend approximately one week in the Klosterfjorden for sea trials before it continues to its next assignment in the Norwegian Sea with Shell. The project has been conducted with good HSSE results. The ‘Transocean Barents’ is an Aker H-6e sixth generation dual activity dynamically-positioned semi-submersible drilling rig designed to operate in harsh environments and water depths up to 10 000 feet. The rig was one of two drilling platforms of the H6-e design delivered from Stord in 2009. The twin rigs, ‘Transocean Barents’ and ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ have become known as state-of-the-art drilling rigs with high and stable performance.
Hurricane releases lancaster appraisal well analysis
Hurricane Energy plc (Hurricane), the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has substantially completed post-well data analysis following the successful testing of the 1km horizontal appraisal well 205/21a-6 in Q2 2014 at the Company’s Lancaster oil discovery West of Shetland. The well was optimally located to benefit from a highly connected fault/fracture network and an underlying 300m oil column (Hurricane’s - 2C estimate of field ODT). The results from third party analysis combine to demonstrate a very good quality reservoir which could deliver single well rates of 20,000 STB/d - significantly ahead of initial expectations of well productivity.
Eni announces discovery at Ochigufu-1 well in Angola
Eni has announced a new oil discovery in Block 15/06, in the Ochigufu exploration prospect, in deep water offshore Angola. Oghigufu is the 10th commercial oil discovery made in Block 15/06. The new discovery is estimated to contain 300 million barrels of oil in place. Ochigufu 1 NFW well, which has led to the discovery, will be brought into production in record time. The well is located at approximately 150 kilometers off the coast and 9.8 kilometers from the Ngoma FPSO (West Hub) and the closeness to Ngoma FPSO allows the increase of the resource base of the West Hub project, currently underway. The well was drilled by the ‘Ocean Rig Poseidon’ Drilling Unit in a water depth of 1,337 meters and reached a total depth of 4,470 meters. Ochigufu 1 NFW was directionally drilled in order to reach the targets in optimal position and proved a net oil pay of 47 meters, (34° API) contained in the Lower Miocene and Oligocene sandstones with very good petrophysical properties. The data acquired in Ochigufu 1 well indicate a production capacity equal to more than 5,000 barrels of oil per day. Claudio Descalzi, Eni’s CEO said: "This important discovery, which will be brought into production in record time, adds even more value to Block 15/06. Like the recent discoveries in Congo and Gabon, this new find exemplifies the results we can achieve by applying leading edge technologies to exploration, and substantiates the decision to refocus Eni on key oil and gas competences". Studies are underway in order to evaluate an early tie-in to the Ngoma FPSO, already in location in the West Hub and designed to handle 100,000 barrels of oil production per day. Eni is operator of the Block 15/06 with a 35% stake. The other partners of the Joint Venture committed to the block are Sonangol P&P (30% stake), SSI Fifteen Limited (25% stake), Falcon Oil Holding Angola SA (5% stake) and Statoil Angola Block 15/06 (5% stake).
Statoil completes pingvin well with gas shows
North Energy has announced that drilling is being completed at Pingvin prospect (exploration well 7319/12-1). The well has identified gas in a sandstone reservoir. Extensive data have been acquired from the well through coring, wireline logging and liquid sampling. Updated information from the well will be provided as soon as the analyses have been completed. The partners in the licence are Statoil as operator with 40 per cent, RN Nordic Oil with 20 per cent, Edison with 20 per cent and North Energy with 20 per cent.
PSA awards consent for 'Transocean Leader' to drill Krafla wells
The PSA has given Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) consent for exploration drilling using the ‘Transocean Leader’ mobile drilling facility in the North Sea. The consent covers the drilling of wildcat well 30/11-10 "Krafla North" and appraisal well 30/11-10 A "Krafla Main". It is planned to drill from the same surface location, with appraisal well 30/11-10 A being drilled as a sidetrack. The location is in the North Sea, 22 km from the Oseberg Sør facility and 2.2 km from the oil and gas discovery 30/11-8 S (Krafla), which was drilled in 2011. The earliest start to drilling is set at mid-October 2014. The activity is estimated to last 78 days. ‘Transocean Leader’ is a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility delivered in 1987 by Hyundai Heavy Industries of Korea. The facility is operated by Transocean and received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the PSA in December 2004.
Statoil confirms gas discovery at Pingvin prospect
Statoil has together with PL713 partners made a gas discovery in the Pingvin prospect in the Barents Sea. The discovery is a play opener in a frontier unexplored area of the Barents Sea northwest of Johan Castberg. The discovery well 7319/12-1, drilled by the drilling rig ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’, proved a 15-metre gas column in the well path. Statoil estimates the volumes in Pingvin to be in the range of 30-120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. The discovery is currently assessed as non-commercial. “Pingvin is the first well drilled in PL713 – a large frontier area northwest of Johan Castberg awarded in the 22nd concession round. For a discovery in this area to be commercially viable it needs to be an oil accumulation of a significant size. A gas discovery does not have commercial value at present. "On the positive side, it is encouraging that the first well drilled in this unexplored area has proven hydrocarbons in sandstones. This indicates that we have both a reservoir and a working hydrocarbon system in the area, and creates a good basis for further subsurface work in the licence,” says Dan Tuppen, vice president exploration Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. Pingvin is a good example of efficient exploration performance. “The partnership drilled Pingvin just 15 months after the acreage award. The chosen well location allowed us to clarify the hydrocarbon volume in the structure with one very efficiently executed exploration well,” says Tuppen. Exploration well 7319/12-1 is located in PL713 about 65 kilometres northwest of the Johan Castberg discovery. Statoil is operator with an interest of 40%. The partners are RN Nordic Oil AS (20%), North Energy ASA (20%) and Edison International Norway Branch (20%).
Shell set to drill new appraisal well at Ormen Lange
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for wellbore 6305/8-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6305/8-2 will be drilled from the 'Transocean Barents' drilling facility in position 63°19'42.05" north and 5°21'36.69" east. The drilling programme for wellbore 6305/8-2 relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 250. A/S Norske Shell is the operator with an ownership interest of 16 per cent. The other licensees are Petoro AS (45 per cent), Statoil Petroleum AS (23.6 per cent), Dong E&P Norge AS (9.44 per cent) and ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (5.91 per cent). The area in this licence consists of parts of block 6305/8. The well will be drilled about 120 kilometres west of Kristiansund. Production licence 250 was awarded on 22 October 1999 (supplement to the 15th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf). This is the second well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by the authorities before the drilling activity commences.
Statoil to use 'Transocean Spitsbergen' to drill Saturn
The PSA has given Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) consent for exploration drilling using the ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ mobile drilling facility in the Barents Sea. The consent applies to drilling of exploration well 7227/10-1 in production licence 230 in the Barents Sea. The well has been given the prospect name of "Saturn". Water depth at the site is around 232 metres. The location is approximately 116 kilometres from the nearest land, at Kinnarodden in Lebesby/Gamvik municipality in the county of Finnmark. The earliest start-up for drilling is the second half of October 2014. The operations are estimated to last 45 days. ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ is a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility of the Aker H-6e type.
PSA completes audit of 'Transocean Leader'
The PSA has carried out an audit of the Transocean rig company, in respect of logistics on the ‘Transocean Leader’ drilling facility. The ‘Transocean Leader’ mobile drilling facility was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AOC) by the PSA in December 2004. As a step in the follow-up of the rig owner's compliance with regulatory requirements and the preconditions for the AOC, the PSA has conducted an audit in the logistics domain. It covers materials handling, lifting equipment and the safe use thereof. The audit was carried out between 21st and 28th August 2014, in the form of a meeting with the rig owner, Transocean Offshore Ltd NUF (Transocean), followed by verification on board ‘Transocean Leader’ while it was operating for Statoil on the Njord field.
Cairn hits oil at FAN-1 well in Senegal
Cairn together with its joint venture partners has announced that the FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil. The well, located in 1,427 metres (m) water depth and approximately 100 kilometres offshore in the Sangomar Deep block, has reached a Target Depth (TD) of 4,927 m and was targeting multiple stacked deepwater fans. As stated prior to the commencement of operations there are no plans for immediate well testing. Further evaluation will now be required to calibrate the well with the existing 3D seismic in order to determine future plans and optimal follow up locations to determine the extent of the discovered resource. Once operations are completed on the FAN-1 well, the rig will move to complete the second well, SNE-1 where the top hole has been drilled pending re-entry. This Shelf Edge Prospect targeting a dual objective in 1,100m water depth is in the Sangomar Deep block. The FAN-1 well was drilled using the semi-submersible drilling unit ‘Cajun Express’. It is the third well in Cairn's North West Africa programme and first in Senegal. Cairn has a 40% Working Interest (WI) in three blocks offshore Senegal (Sangomar Deep, Sangomar Offshore and Rusifique) ConocoPhillips has 35% WI, FAR Ltd 15% WI and Petrosen, the national oil company of Senegal 10% WI. The three blocks cover 7,490 km2.
Lundin spuds Storm prospect in Norway
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), is pleased to announce that drilling of exploration well 33/2-1 in PL555 has commenced. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Storm Prospect in PL555, which is located 200 km west northwest of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and approximately 65 km northwest of the Snorre Field. The main objective of well 33/2-1 is to test the reservoir properties and hydrocarbon potential of the Upper Jurassic Sandstones equivalent to the reservoir in the Magnus field on the UKCS approximately 35km to the south. Lundin Petroleum estimates the Storm prospect to have the potential to contain unrisked, gross prospective resources of 89 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe). The planned total depth of 4,500 metres below mean sea level and the well will be drilled using the semisubmersible drilling unit ‘Transocean Arctic’. Drilling is expected to take approximately 80 days.
Statoil discovers gas at Isfjell
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 714, is currently completing the drilling of wildcat well 7220/2-1. The well was drilled about 40 kilometres northeast of the oil and gas discovery 7220/8-1 Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea, and about 260 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove the presence of petroleum in Middle to Early Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Stø, Nordmela and Tubåen formations). The secondary target was to prove the presence of petroleum in Late/Middle Triassic reservoir rocks (the Snadd formation). The well encountered a gas column of about 85 meters in the Stø and Nordmela formations with a reservoir quality ranging from very good to excellent. The Snadd formation was found to have more varied reservoir properties, but is an aquifer. Preliminary estimations of the size of the discovery are between 1 and 2 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of recoverable gas. The well was not formation-tested, but extensive data collection and sampling have been carried out. This is the first exploration well in production licence 714. The licence was awarded in the 22nd licensing round in 2013. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 1554 meters below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Snadd formation. The water depth is 429 meters. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 7220/2-1 was drilled by the 'Transocean Spitsbergen' drilling facility, which will now proceed to drill wildcate well 7227/10-1 in production licence 230, where Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator.
Statoil strikes for the seventh time in Tanzania
Statoil and co-venturer Exxon Mobil today announced that the Giligiliani-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional 1.2 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas in place in the Giligiliani-1 well brings the total of in-place volumes up to approximately 21 tcf in block 2. The Giligiliani-1 discovery is located along the western side of block 2 at a 2,500-metre water depth. The new gas discovery was made in Upper Cretaceous sandstones. “This discovery has proven the gas play extends into the western part of block 2, which opens additional prospects. Our success rate in Tanzania has been high and opening up a new area will be key to continuing our successful multi-well programme,” said Nick Maden, senior vice president for Statoil's exploration activities in the Western Hemisphere. The rig ‘Discoverer Americas’ will now drill the Kungamanga prospect located in the central part of block 2. The Giligiliani-1 discovery is the venture’s seventh discovery in block 2. It is preceded by the five high-impact gas discoveries Zafarani-1, Lavani-1, Tangawizi-1, Mronge-1 and Piri-1, and a discovery in Lavani-2. Statoil operates the licence on block 2 on behalf of Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and has a 65% working interest. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited holds the remaining 35%. Statoil has been in Tanzania since 2007, when it was awarded the operatorship for block 2.
'Transocean Winner' to begin production drilling at Alvheim and Boyla fields
The PSA has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) consent to use the ‘Transocean Winner’ mobile drilling facility for production drilling at Alvheim and Bøyla in the North Sea. The background to this consent is Det norske's acquisition of Marathon Oil Norge AS (Marathon) and the company's production licence assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Marathon's operatorship of the Alvheim, Vilje, Volund and Bøyla fields will now be transferred to Det norske. The date of transfer of operatorship is set at 15th October 2014. The consent applies to production drilling and completion of 25/4-L-4H at the Alvheim field and 24/9-M-1 H, 24/9-M-1 AH, 24/9-M-2 H, 24/9-M-2 AH, 24/9-M-3 H and 24/9-M-3 AH at Bøyla. Marathon has previously received consent to use ‘Transocean Winner’ for drilling and completion of these wells/well bores, but a change of operator requires the new operator to apply for new consent. This is because consent is an expression of the PSA's confidence that the operating company is able to undertake operations prudently and in compliance with the regulations. The consent is based primarily on our assessment of relevant aspects of the company's management system.
Statoil given approval to drill Saturn prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7227/10-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility at position 72°09’ 48.72" north and 70° 14´ 18.14" east. The drilling programme for well 7227/10-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 230. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with a 35 per cent ownership interest and the licensees are Spike Exploration Holding AS with 30 per cent, Explora Petroleum AS with 20 per cent and GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS with 15 per cent. The production licence consists of parts of blocks 7227/8, 7227/9 and 7227/10. The licence was awarded in the Barents Sea project in 1997. Wildcat well 7227/10-1 will be the first exploration well in production licence 230. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing the drilling activity.
Statoil to permanently plug Svalin exploration well
Statoil is the operator on the Svalin field, located in block 25/11 in the central part of the North Sea. The field has been developed using standardised solutions for subsea production. The plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in November 2012, and production began back in June 2014. The Svalin field is around eight kilometres south-west of the Grane field. Water depth in the area is approximately 120 metres. The well stream from the field is processed at the Grane facility. Statoil has now received consent to use the ‘Transocean Leader’ mobile drilling facility to plug exploration well 25/11-16 permanently. The well currently has a temporary plug.
Transocean to offer shares and bonds for Caledonia Offshore
Transocean Ltd announced today that Transocean Inc. (Transocean), its wholly-owned subsidiary, intends to proceed with an unregistered offering of shares of Caledonia Offshore Drilling Company (Caledonia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Transocean, in connection with an offering being made to eligible investors in Norway and to eligible institutional investors internationally. The proposed offering of shares, which represents a minority interest in Caledonia's share capital, is intended to raise between USD125 million and USD185 million, with the net proceeds received by Transocean. Caledonia also proposes to make an unregistered offering of second lien senior secured bonds issued by Caledonia. The proposed offering of second lien senior secured bonds is intended to raise USD350 million. The net proceeds received by Caledonia, together with the proceeds expected to be received by Caledonia under a first lien bank facility, will be used to finance the acquisition by Caledonia of certain drilling rigs located in the U.K. North Sea from subsidiaries of Transocean. Transocean, or one of its affiliates, intends to purchase all of the second lien senior secured bonds issued by Caledonia in the bond offering. These offerings represent an incremental step in the execution of Transocean's asset strategy and provide the company with a flexible mechanism to maximize the value of its non-core rigs. The transactions are expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014, subject to market and other customary conditions.
Statoil uses contract provision to lower rate for 'Transocean Spitsbergen'
Statoil has made a number of changes to its Norwegian rig portfolio in recent months and it appears that the operator has not finished yet. Having already suspended the contracts for the COSLPioneer and Scarabeo 5 units for the remainder of 2014, today Transocean announced that Statoil has exercised a provision its contract for the Transocean Spitsbergen. The unit which has been contracted by Statoil since its delivery in 2009 will operate at a reduced dayrate of around USD400k from the 10th November 2014 through to the 31st December 2014. This move is in line with the operators 2014 policy of focusing on capital discipline, with the recent high rates for rigs on the NCS being described as ‘unsustainable’ by Statoil.
Songa releases update of SPS for 'Songa Dee'
Songa Offshore AS (Songa) has released an update surrounding the scope of work for the Songa Dee’s Special Periodic Survey (SPS). The SPS has progressed according to plan, including the budget of 60 days and USD 90 million. The rig has during the yard stay achieved its certification on hull and structure by DNV, the BOP has been overhauled and lifted back on-board. The commissioning of the BOP, as well as the winch upgrades, are in its final stages. During the yard stay the Songa Dee has, however, experienced unexpected failure on one of four main engines. Critical parts for the engine are currently being prepared for re-installation. The rig is expected to leave Invergordon, Scotland, on 7 November 2014, allowing it to be back on day rate a few days later. The costs related to the engine incident will be claimed against insurance and are not expected to impact the overall yard stay costs beyond the budget.
Ocean rig awarded contract extensions for 'Ocean Rig Corcovado' and 'Ocean Rig Mykonos'
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (”Ocean Rig”), an international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services, today announced that it has been awarded extensions of the drilling contracts for its Ocean Rig Corcovado and Ocean Rig Mykonos drillships. The extensions were awarded by Petrobras, the Brazilian NOC and are subject to partner approvals. The term of each extension is 1,095 days, with a total combined revenue backlog of over USD1.1 billion, exluding reimbursement by Petrobras for contract related equipment upgrades. The new contracts will commence in direct continuation of the two rigs current agreements with Petrobras.
Statoil confirms discovery at Grane field
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 169, is about to complete drilling of appraisal well 25/8-18 S. The 25/8-4 discovery was proven in 1992 by Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS. The reservoir is in the Heimdal formation from the Palaeocene Age. The discovery is located approx. eight kilometres northeast of the Grane field in the central part of the North Sea, and the size was originally estimated at about one million standard cubic metres (Sm 3) of recoverable oil. Appraisal well 25/8-18 S was drilled approx. 0.9 kilometres southeast of the 25/8-4 discovery well and about 180 kilometres west of Stavanger. The primary and secondary exploration targets for 25/8-18 S were to confirm oil volumes, the producibility properties and also to examine the discovery higher up in the structure in Palaeocene reservoir rocks (in the Heimdal formation and intra-Balder formation sandstone, respectively). 25/8-18 S encountered an approx. 25-metre oil column in the Heimdal formation with very good reservoir properties. The Heimdal formation is 55 metres thick in total. Gas was also encountered in a thin sandstone in the Balder formation. Preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery are now between 5 and 12 million Sm3 recoverable oil. The licensees will assess various development alternatives together with other discoveries in the area. Extensive data acquisition and sampling were carried out. This is the 14th exploration well drilled in production licence 169. Well 25/8-18 S was drilled to a vertical and measured depth of 1863 and 1867 metres below the sea surface, respectively, and was terminated in the Shetland Group in the Upper Cretaceous. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Water depth is 129 metres. The well was drilled by the Transocean Leader drilling facility, which will now carry out permanent plugging of a previous discovery well, 25/11-16 (Svalin), in the same production licence.
PSA approves 'Songa Trym' for plugging operations on Oseberg field
Statoil has received consent to use Songa Trym for permanent well plugging on the Oseberg field. Statoil is the operator on the Oseberg field, located in blocks 30/6 and 30/9 in the northern part of the North Sea. Well 30/6-B-51 AH is a subsea well tied to the Oseberg A facility. The well was drilled in 1996, but has not produced since 2007. There have been integrity problems in the well, and Statoil has decided to plug it permanently. The PSA has now granted Statoil consent to use the Songa Trym mobile drilling facility to plug the well. Statoil has allocated 45 days for the activity, which will start in late October. Water depth at the site is around 105 metres. Songa Trym is a semi-submersible drilling facility of the Aker H-3 type, built at Aker Verdal in 1976. Major improvements to the facility were made in 2012. Songa Trym is operated by Songa Management AS of Stavanger. The vessel is registered in the Norwegian register of shipping and classified by DVN GL. Due to its change of ownership, Songa Trym received a new Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the PSA in February 2013.
Chevron strikes at Guadalupe
Chevron Corporation (Chevron) today announced a new oil discovery at the Guadalupe prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Keathley Canyon Block 10 Well No. 1 encountered significant oil pay in the Lower Tertiary Wilcox Sands. The well is located approximately 180 miles off the Louisiana coast in 3,992 feet of water and was drilled to a depth of 30,173 feet. "The discovery further demonstrates Chevron's exploration capabilities," said George Kirkland, vice chairman and executive vice president, Upstream, Chevron Corporation. "Guadalupe builds on our already strong position in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a core focus area where we expect significant production growth over the next two years." “The Guadalupe discovery adds momentum to our growing business in North America,” said Jay Johnson, senior vice president, Upstream, Chevron Corporation. “Our deepwater exploration and appraisal program continues to unlock important resources in the Gulf of Mexico.” “Chevron subsidiaries are among the top producers and leaseholders in the Gulf of Mexico, averaging net daily production of 143,000 barrels of crude oil, 347 million cubic feet of natural gas, and 15,000 barrels of natural gas liquids during 2013,” said Jeff Shellebarger, president, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company. “The company expects additional Gulf of Mexico production from the Tubular Bells and Jack/St. Malo projects by the end of the year.” Chevron subsidiary Chevron U.S.A., Inc. began drilling the Guadalupe well in June 2014. More tests are being conducted on the discovery well and additional appraisal wells will be needed to determine the extent of the resource.
VAALCO enters into SEP for block 5 in Angola
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (VAACLO) today announced that the Company has entered into the Subsequent Exploration Phase ("SEP") on Block 5 offshore Angola together with its working interest partner, Sonangol P&P, as provided for in the Production Sharing Agreement signed in 2006 with the Republic of Angola. The SEP extends the exploration license for an additional three year period such that the new expiry date for exploration activities is November 30, 2017. The SEP requires the Company and its partner to acquire a 3D seismic program covering six hundred square kilometers and to drill two additional exploration wells. The seismic obligation has been satisfied with a seismic program already completed covering 1,058 square kilometers over the outboard portion of the block. By entering the SEP, the Company is now required to drill a total of four exploration wells during the exploration extension period. The four well obligation includes the two well commitment under the primary exploration period that carries over to the SEP period. A ten million dollar assessment (five million dollars net to VAALCO) applies to each of the four commitment exploration wells, if any, that remain undrilled at the end of the exploration period in 2017. As previously announced, the Company has contracted for the Transocean "Celtic Sea" semi-submersible rig to drill the first exploration well, the post-salt, Kindele-1 well. The Kindele well is targeting the Mucanzo sand (Pinda group) with a planned total depth of 2,250 meters in a water depth of 101 meters. Gross unrisked recoverable resources are estimated to be between 20-49 million barrels. The rig is currently estimated to be on location in mid-December 2014. The decision to enter the SEP was made in part to remove uncertainty that the primary term of the exploration license would be extended by the Republic of Angola before the November 30, 2014 expiration date.
Cairn re-enters SNE-1 exploration well in Senegal
Cairn Energy (Cairn) has announced that the company has re-entered the SNE-1 well in Senegal using the Cajun Express semisub. The rig moved to the SNE-1 location upon completion of the FAN-1 well, with water depths around 1,100m at the well location. The two objectives in SNE-1 estimated by Cairn to have a gross mean unrisked prospective resource of 182mmbbls and 256mmbbls respectively and the well is anticipated to complete before the end of the year.
Statoil to plug Gullfaks South exploration well with Songa Dee
Statoil is the operator at Gullfaks Sør, located in block 34/10 in the northern part of the North Sea. The field has been developed using a subsea solution tied back to the Gullfaks A and C facilities. Production on the field began in October 1998. Statoil has now received consent to use the Songa Dee mobile drilling facility to plug exploration well 34/10-52 A/B permanently. The well was drilled and temporarily plugged in 2011. The operation is planned to begin in late October and is estimated to last for 16 days.
Songa completes final CAT-D rig financing
Songa Offshore SE has announced that the documentation for the previously announced USD 1.1 billion senior secured credit facility for the financing of the last two Cat D drilling rigs, Songa Encourage and Songa Enabler, has been completed and the loan agreements have been signed by all parties. The financing consists of a revolving pre-delivery financing of USD 90 million per rig and a post-delivery financing of USD 550 million per rig. The pre-delivery loan will be priced at LIBOR plus 3.00%, the post-delivery loan will be priced at LIBOR plus 2.50% and was substantially oversubscribed. The post-delivery financing has a tenor of 5 year and an approximately 11.5 year amortization profile.
Shell to use 'Transocean Barents' on Ormen Lange
Shell has received consent to use Transocean Barents to drill a production well at Ormen Lange. Ormen Lange is a gas field located in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Norske Shell AS (Shell) is the operator of the field, which came on stream in 2007. Water depth at Ormen Lange is between 800 and 1100 metres, and the field has been developed using subsea technology. The PSA has now granted Shell consent to use the Transocean Barents mobile drilling facility to drill production well 6305/7-D-5H. Drilling is scheduled to begin on 15 November 2014. Environmental protection factors mean that drilling in the reservoir is not permitted in winter. Drilling will therefore be suspended and not recommence until 1 March 2015 at the earliest.
Statoil to suspend 'Songa Trym' for remainder of 2014
Statoil will suspend Songa Trym contract after the current well at the Oseberg field in the North Sea. The rig is currently performing plug and abandonment activity and is ahead of planned schedule for this scope of work. From mid November 2014, the rig will go on 75% suspension rate (USD279,000 per day) expected until the end of the year 2014. Songa Offshore plan to take the opportunity of this suspension period to accelerate some specific planned maintenance work that is more cost efficiently achieved outside operations. This is the third contract suspension enacted by Statoil in 2014, following the suspension of the COSLPioneer and Scarabeo 5 contracts.
Statoil stacks a further two semisubs
Statoil has decided to suspend two new rigs due to overcapacity in the rig portfolio. Transocean Spitsbergen and Songa Trym will be suspended through 2014, a period which might be extended. The exploration programme in the Barents Sea for 2014 is nearing completion. After Transocean Spitsbergen has completed the Saturn well the rig will cut and retrieve a wellhead in the Mercury exploration well. The job is estimated to be finished in mid-November. Subsequently the rig will be suspended to the end of the year. The suspension is a result of overcapacity in Statoil’s rig portfolio, and unsuccessful attempts to mature alternative assignments for the rig. “The exploration programme has been highly efficient. Transocean Spitsbergen drilled the last seven wells 40% faster than the industrial average in the Barents Sea. This allowed two more wells than originally planned to be drilled. We are very pleased with the work performed for us by Transocean. Unfortunately we are now in a situation of overcapacity, at the same time as the industry is facing high costs and lower profitability,” says Statoil’s chief procurement officer Jon Arnt Jacobsen. Transocean Spitsbergen is planning a yard stay from 1 January 2015. The rig is under contract to Statoil to the start of 3Q 2015. Songa Trym will be suspended after the rig has completed plugging a well on the Oseberg field in the North Sea. This job is scheduled to be completed in mid-November. “Songa Trym has delivered well on efficiency and safety, and we would have liked to use the rig also for the rest of the year. We have tried to find new assignments for the rig, but our attempts to realise the identified options have not been successful. We are now together with our partners maturing identified drilling assignments for both rigs for 2015,” says Jacobsen. After the two rigs are suspended Statoil will have 15 rigs in activity on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Statoil drills dry well in Barents Sea
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 230, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7227/10-1. The well was drilled about 30 kilometres southwest of the 7228/7-1 oil and gas discovery and about 210 kilometres northeast of Hammerfest. The primary exploration target for the well was proving petroleum in Late Triassic reservoir rocks (Snadd formation). The secondary exploration target was proving petroleum in Middle Triassic reservoir rocks (Kobbe formation), as well as investigating the presence and quality of Early to Middle Triassic source rock. The well encountered about 40-metre thick reservoir rocks in the Snadd formation and about 15-metre thick reservoir rocks in the Kobbe formation, both with poor reservoir quality. The well is dry. Data acquisition and sampling were carried out. This is the first exploration well in production licence 230, which was awarded in the Barents Sea project in 1997. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3095 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Kobbe formation. Water depth is 232 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 7227/10-1 was drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now proceed to wildcat well 7324/9-1 in the Barents Sea to cut and pull the wellhead. The well is located in production licence 614, where Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator.
Cairn makes further oil discovery in Senegal
Cairn is pleased to announce a discovery of high quality oil in the second well in the Senegal exploration programme. The SNE-1 well is located in 1,100 metres (m) water depth and approximately 100 kilometres (km) offshore in the Sangomar Offshore block with a target depth of 3,000 m and targeting the Shelf Edge Prospect. Intermediate logging of the SNE-1 well has confirmed hydrocarbons in the Cretaceous clastics objective which is of similar age to oil bearing sands found approximately 24 km away in FAN-1. Cairn has a 40% Working Interest (WI) in three blocks offshore Senegal (Sangomar Deep, Sangomar Offshore and Rufisque) ConocoPhillips has 35% WI, FAR Ltd 15% WI and Petrosen, the national oil company of Senegal 10%. The three blocks cover 7,490 km2.
Songa Dee given approval to work on Gullfaks
The PSA has given Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) consent to use the Songa Dee mobile drilling facility for production drilling on Gullfaks satellites, well template P. The consent entails an extension of an existing consent for Songa Dee at Gullfaks issued in June 2011. Statoil has now increased the number of templates on Gullfaks satellites, and has therefore applied to the PSA for consent to use Songa Dee for production drilling of P, which is one of the new subsea templates. The earliest estimated start-up for the operation is mid-November.
Transocean Barents to pull a well on Draugen
Shell has received consent to use Transocean Barents for well plugging at Draugen. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwgeian Sea in 250 metres of water. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field's operator. Production on the field began in October 1993. The field has been developed using a fixed concrete facility with an integrated deck. Reserves in the vicinity are produced by subsea wells tied back to this facility. Shell has now received consent to use the Transocean Barents mobile drilling facility to plug subsea well 6407/9-3-A-53 permanently. The work is expected to last for 71 days.
Shell completes Ormen Lange appraisal well
A/S Norske Shell, operator of the Ormen Lange field, has completed drilling of appraisal well 6305/8-2 on the Ormen Lange field. Ormen Lange was proven in 1997 and has been producing since 2007. The reservoir is in Lower Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks (Våle formation’s ‘Egga reservoir unit’ and ‘Våle heterolithics’, as well as the Jorsalfare formation). The field is located at water depths of 600 to 1100 metres in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea, and about 130 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund. The well was drilled about seven kilometres south-southeast of the southernmost subsea template on the field. The objective of well 6305/8-2 was to delineate the field to the south, as it was unclear whether the area was optimally drained or not by existing production wells. The well encountered a 28-metre gas column with an underlying water zone in the ‘Egga reservoir unit’ with very good reservoir quality. Both ‘Våle heterolithics’ and the Jorsalfare formation were aquiferous with very good and ranging from poor to very good reservoir quality, respectively. The water zone is 70 metres in total. Extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. Preliminary well results do not provide a basis for changing the expected recoverable reserves from Ormen Lange. The licensees will consider further expansion of this area of the field with a tie-in to the southernmost subsea template on the field. This is the ninth exploration well drilled on the Ormen Lange field and the second appraisal well drilled in production licence 250, which was awarded in the 15th round in 1999. The appraisal well was drilled to a vertical depth of 3037.5 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Kyrre formation in Upper Cretaceous. Water depth is 615 metres. The well will be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 6305/8-2 was drilled by the Transocean Barents drilling facility, which will now proceed to the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea to permanently plug production well 6407/9-A-53-H in production licence 093, where A/S Norske Shell is the operator.
'Transocean Arctic' set to drill Imsa prospect for Wintershall
Wintershall Norge AS (Wintershall) is the operator for production licence 589 in block 6406/2 in the Norwegian Sea. Exploration well 6406/2-8 is to be drilled in a prospect called Imsa. The site is 15 km south of the Kristin field and around 190 km NNW of Kristiansund. Water depth at the site is approx. 262 metres. Drilling is scheduled to begin at the earliest in December 2014 and estimated to last 106 days. In the event of a discovery, the activity may last a further 61 days for well testing.
CAMAC Energy hires 'Sedco Express' semisub
CAMAC Energy Inc. (CAMAC) announced today that it has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. for the provision of the semi-submersible drilling unit Sedco Express for drilling and completion activities offshore Nigeria. The contract allows for the drilling or completion of up to three wells, and CAMAC intends to use the rig to accelerate timing of the tie-in of production from the Oyo-7 and Oyo-8 development wells. With the ability to drill a third well, and an option to extend the contract, CAMAC is also considering using the rig to accelerate its 2015 exploration drilling program. The Sedco Express is an ultra-deepwater, semi-submersible drilling rig built in 2000, and is already within close proximity of the Oyo Field in OML 120. The Company’s other rig, the drillship Energy Searcher, will continue the plugging and abandonment operations on the Oyo-5 and Oyo-6 wells.
Songa Dee returns to work for Statoil
Songa Offshore AS (Songa) has announced that its ‘Songa Dee’ rig completed its SPS (Special Periodic Survey) in Invergordon, Scotland and left the yard on the 16th November 2014. Since that time the rig has finalised the repair and installation of one of its main engines and has performed incline and verification testing. The rig is currently located at the coast of Norway and it is awaiting improved weather conditions to move to the drilling location at the Gullfaks field to continue its work under the Statoil contract.
Statoil receives consent to drill Krafla prospect
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 30/11-11 in the Krafla prospect. Statoil is the operator for exploration licences 272 and 035 in block 30/11 in the northern part of the North Sea. Exploration well 30/11-11 is to be drilled in a prospect called Krafla. The area is around 24 kilometres south-west of Oseberg Sør and 130 kilometres from the nearest land, at Øygarden in Hordaland county. Water depth at the site is 106 metres. The drilling work is expected to last for 67 days.
'Songa Trym' back on full rate in January 2015
Songa Offshore AS (Songa) has announced that the Songa Trym semisubmersible drilling unit which is currently on a suspended contract with Statoil, is expected to resume drilling operations on or around the 1st January 2015. Statoil suspended the unit’s contract from the 20th November at a suspension rate of USD279k per day. The suspension was extended by Statoil until the end of January, however, the operator has found work for the unit and it will now resume drilling operations earlier than previously planned.
Wintershall gets nod to drill Imsa prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6406/2-8, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6406/2-8 will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling facility at position 64°45`13.95" north and 6°30´9.18" east after completing the drilling of wildcat well 33/2-1 for Lundin Norway AS in production licence 555. The drilling programme for wellbore 6406/2-8 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 589. Wintershall Norge AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 40 per cent. The other licensees are RWE Dea Norge AS (30 per cent) and Repsol Exploration Norge AS (30 per cent). The area in this licence consists of parts of blocks 6406/2 and 6406/5. The well will be drilled about 20 kilometres south of the Kristin field. Production licence 589 was awarded on 4 February 2011 (APA 2010). This is the first well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
Statoil makes minor discovery at Krafla North well
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 035, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 30/11-10. The well proved oil. The well was drilled just north of the 30/11-8 S gas/oil/condensate discovery which was made in 2011, and about 25 kilometres southwest of the Oseberg South field in the northern part of the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (Tarbert, Ness and Etive formations). Well 30/11-10 encountered an oil column of a total of 80 metres in the upper to middle Tarbert formation and 20 metres in the Etive formation, both with generally poor reservoir properties. Mobile oil was encountered in the Ness formation in good quality reservoir rocks. Preliminary calculation of the size of the discovery is between one and three million Sm3 recoverable oil equivalents. The licensees will evaluate the discovery together with the development of other discoveries in the production licence. The well was not formation tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling were carried out. This is the eighth exploration well in production licence 035. The licence was awarded in the 2nd licensing round in 1969. Well 30/11-10 was drilled to a vertical depth of 4054 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Dunlin group in the Lower Jurassic. Water depth is 105 metres. Well 30/11-10 was drilled with the Transocean Leader drilling facility, which will drill sidetrack well 30/11-10 A after completing this well.
Transocean scraps seven floating rigs
Transocean Ltd. (Transocean) is set to incur a non-cash fourth-quarter charge of USD100 - USD140 million after deciding to scrap another seven rigs due to a market slump that has hit utilisation and dayrates. The world’s largest rig manager said in its latest fleet update it would be disposing of the lower-specification deep-water and mid-water floaters Sedco 710, Sovereign Explorer, Sedco 700, Sedco 601, JW McLean, GSF Arctic 1 and Falcon 100. It brings the total tally of rigs being scrapped in 2014 to 11 after the company already decided to ditch the Sedneth 701, Sedco 703, Sedco 709 and CK Rhein Jr.
Det Norske receives consent to drill production wells on Alvheim field
Det norske oljeselskap ASA (“Det norske”) has received consent to use Transocean Winner to drill production wells on the Alvheim field.Alvheim is an oil and gas field in blocks 24/6 and 25/4 in the central part of the North Sea, west of Heimdal and close to the boundary with the UK sector. Production on the field began in 2008. Det norske is the operator of the Alvheim field, following the company's purchase of Marathon Oil Norge AS, the field's former operator. The Alvheim field has been developed using a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit and subsea wells. Oil is stored in the production facility and exported by tanker. Gas is exported through a pipeline connected to a pipeline system on the UK shelf. The PSA has given Det norske consent to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility to drill two new subsea production wells on the Alvheim field. The wells are designated 24/6 K-6 and 24/6 A-5. The consent also covers workover of production well 24/6 B-2.Water depth in the area is 120-130 metres. Drilling is scheduled to start in February 2015 and the activities associated with the first well are estimated to last 139 days.
BG set to spud exploration well in Tampen area
BG Norge AS (“BG”) has received consent to drill exploration well 34/3-5. BG is the operator for production licence PL 373 in the Tampen area in the northern North Sea. The PSA has given BG consent to drill exploration well 34/3-5 in a prospect named Jordbær Sør. The well is to be drilled by the Transocean Searcher mobile drilling facility. Drilling is estimated to last for 66 days. Water depth at the site is 403 metres.
'Sedco Express' rig arrives at Oyo field in Nigeria
CAMAC Energy Inc. (“CAMAC”) announced today that the semi-submersible drilling unit, Sedco Express, has arrived to the Oyo Field located in OML 120 offshore Nigeria. CAMAC has contracted the Sedco Express to expedite the timing of production tie-in from the Oyo-7 and Oyo-8 development wells. The Sedco Express is under contract for use on up to three wells and the Company intends to use the rig to complete the Oyo-7 and Oyo-8 wells horizontally. CAMAC is also considering using the rig to drill the Company’s first Miocene-target exploration well.
Ocean Rig and Eni agree to new drillship deals
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (“Ocean Rig”), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced today that some of its subsidiaries have entered into an Omnibus Agreement (“Agreement”) with ENI Angola S.p.A (“ENI”) pursuant to which ENI has exercised its option to extend the contract for the drillship Ocean Rig Poseidon for a further one year until the second quarter of 2017. As part of the contract extension for the Ocean Rig Poseidon, Ocean Rig has agreed to adjust the existing dayrate of the Ocean Rig Poseidon contract in exchange for ENI agreeing to enter into two contracts (“New ENI Contracts”) for the employment of one or more of Ocean Rig’s available drillships in West Africa starting in the first quarter of 2015 for an aggregate period of approximately 8 months. As a result of this Agreement the total contract backlog of Ocean Rig has increased by approximately USD187 million. The Agreement outlined above remains subject to customary closing conditions including the approval by national authorities which we expect will be obtained before the end of the first quarter of 2015.
Statoil given go ahead to drill Knappen prospect
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/7-11. Statoil is the operator for exploration licences PL 072 B and PL 072 D in block 16/7 in the central North Sea. Statoil has applied for consent to drill exploration well 16/7-11 in a prospect named Knappen. Drilling is scheduled to start in February 2015. In the event of a discovery, a sidetrack will also be drilled and the well will be production-tested. Water depth at the site is 80.5 metres.
Dryships Inc order two UDW drillships
DryShips Inc., (“Dryships”) today announced that it has exercised its option to acquire two advanced capability drillships for use in ultra-deep water drilling locations. The drillships, are to be constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“SHI”) and are expected to be delivered from the shipyard in the third quarter of 2011. The expected delivered cost of the newbuild drillships is approximately USD800 million per unit. The company expects to receive shortly a firm commitment for the debt portion to finance construction and other payments. Mr. George Economou, Chairman and CEO of DryShips, commented: “I am very excited with our agreement to construct two premium, ultra deep water drillships, which is in line with our strategy of expanding our presence in the ultra-deep water drilling sector. We hope that our pending mandatory tender offer for the acquisition of Ocean Rig ASA will be approved by its shareholders in early June. The successful acquisition of Ocean Rig will give us the operating platform necessary to construct, complete and operate these two drillships to the highest standards. Going forward weplan to expand our asset portfolio with further acquisitions and explore other strategic alternatives including the possibility of spinning off this business unit to our shareholders.”
Stacking and retirement activity set to rise as oil price decline combines with oversupplied rig market
On the 15th January 2015, Transocean, Noble and Diamond Offshore all released copies of their new company fleet reports. Depressed activity within the offshore drilling space continues to force rig managers to assess their fleet capabilities in order to maintain their utilisation rates. The situation has been exacerbated by the declining oil price and as such forced managers to accelerate retirement and stacking plans, which is evident in the three reports released. Transocean, fresh from retiring 11 semisub units in December 2014 announced the retirement of the Discoverer Seven Seas drillship, whilst also indicating that the Transocean Rather semisub has now been put up for sale. Transocean also noted decreased dayrates for a number of its operational units as well as Statoil’s decision not to exercise an option to prolong the contract for the Transocean Spitsbergen which expires in July 2015. Whilst Transocean has been active in retiring a number of its older units, Noble and Diamond have both decided to cold stack units in January 2015. Noble announced the decision to stack both the Noble Paul Wolff and Noble Driller units, as Diamond chose to stack the Ocean Worker, which is currently enroute to the USA following the completion of its contract with Petrobras in Brazil. Retirement and stacking activity is expected to continue to rise throughout Q1 2015, as other rig managers also announce decisions about their older operational units
First oil from Bøyla field
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that first oil from the Bøyla field has been achieved. The Bøyla field commenced production on 19 January 2015. The Bøyla field, located on PL340 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, is a subsea tie-back to the Alvheim field where Lundin Petroleum has a 15 percent non-operated interest. The Bøyla field is estimated to contain gross reserves of 23 million barrels of oil equivalents and is expected to produce at a gross peak rate of approximately 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) once the second production well has been completed, although the plateau rate is expected to be somewhat lower. The drilling operations on the second production well were suspended in late 2014 and the Transocean Winner semisubmersible rig will return to complete the well during the second quarter of 2015 with startup of this well expected by mid-year 2015. The production facility for the Bøyla field is the Alvheim FPSO which is owned by the Alvheim field partners. In addition to the Alvheim and Bøyla fields, the Volund and Vilje fields are also producing to the Alvheim FPSO. Ashley Heppenstall, President & CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments; “With the successful start-up of the Bøyla field on the 19th January 2015 Lundin Petroleum has now successfully brought onstream two of the four development projects which collectively are forecast to bring Lundin Petroleum’s production level to more than 75,000 boepd by the end of 2015. The two ongoing development projects, Bertam offshore Malaysia and Edvard Grieg offshore Norway, continue to progress according to plan and are scheduled to achieve first oil in the second and fourth quarters of 2015 respectively.” Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, has a 15 percent interest in PL340. Det norske oljeselskap ASA is the operator of PL340 and has a 65 percent interest and Core Energy AS has a 20 percent interest.
'Transocean Spitsbergen' to come off standby rate by spudding Snedfrid Nord prospect
Statoil has received consent to drill exploration well 6706/12-2. Statoil is the operator for production licence 218 in block 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil applied for consent to drill exploration well 6706/12-2 using Transocean Spitsbergen in a prospect named Snedfrid Nord. Drilling is planned to begin in February 2015, with a duration of 33 days, depending on whether a discovery is made.
Statoil discovers oil at Krafla North
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 035, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 30/11-10 A. The 30/11-8 S discovery was proven in the summer of 2011 in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks about 25 kilometres southwest of the field facility on the Oseberg Sør field in the northern part of the North Sea. After drilling the discovery well 30/11-8 S, the operator's resource estimate was between 2 and 9 million standard cubic metres (Sm³) of recoverable oil equivalents. Appraisal well 30/11-10 A was drilled into the reservoir north of discovery well 30/11-8 S. The purpose of the well was to delineate the 30/11-8 S discovery, increase proven in place oil resources and reduce the range of uncertainty in recoverable resources in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tarbert formation). In addition, the licensees wanted to acquire more precise information about the depth of the structure, reservoir and fluid properties, as well as verify communication over the structure. The well encountered a total oil column of about 260 metres in the Tarbert formation, divided between the upper and middle Tarbert formation with columns of 110 and 150 metres, respectively. The reservoir rocks in the upper and middle Tarbert formation consist of 30 and 55 metres of sandstone of good reservoir quality. The preliminary size of the discovery is calculated at between 8 and 13 million standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable oil equivalents. The well was not formation-tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. The preliminary gas/oil ratio is 80-95 Sm3/Sm3. The licensees will consider developing the discovery along with other discoveries in the area. Well 30/11-10 A was drilled within production licence 035 on cost-sharing with production licence 272, which has the same licensees and ownership interests as licence 035. The well is the ninth exploration well in production licence 035, which was awarded in the 2nd licensing round in 1969. 30/11-10 A was drilled to a vertical depth of 3673 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Ness formation in the Middle Jurassic. Water depth at the site is 105 metres. The well will be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 30/11-10 A was drilled with the Transocean Leader drilling facility, which has thus completed its drilling assignments for Statoil.
'Transocean Leader' enters Westcon shipyard for SPS
Westcon Yards (“Westcon”) in Olen, Norway was notified a week ago that it had successfully won a contract to carry out the SPS for the Transocean Legend unit. The original plan was for the unit to arrive in March, however, the unit arrived early on Saturday 14th February 2015. The SPS and additional inspection work on the Transocean Leader is expected to take up to 35 days to complete. However, the rig is projected to stay in the shipyard until May 2015, when it will mobilise to the UK sector of the North Sea to begin a new contract with EnQuest.
BG comes up dry with Strawberry wells
BG Group AS, operator of production licence 373 S, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 34/3-4 S and 34/3-4 A. The wells were drilled about 5 kilometres east of the Knarr field in the northern part of the North Sea. The purpose of wildcat well 34/3-4 S was to investigate a large channel system in reservoir rocks in the Pleistocene. The well encountered a 250-metre thick channel system, about 50 metres of which was of very good reservoir quality. Traces of gas were encountered in two thin sandstone layers. The purpose of well 34/3-4 A was to prove petroleum in lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Cook formation). Well 34/3-4 A encountered about 110 metres of the Cook formation, 53 metres of which was sandstone with good reservoir quality and traces of gas. Data sampling and aquisition have been carried out in both wells. Both wells are classified as dry. These are the fifth and sixth exploration wells in production licence 373 S. Wells 34/3-4 S and 34/3-4 A were drilled to measured depths of 1607 and 4535 metres, respectively, and vertical depths of 1584 and 4321 metres below the sea surface, and were terminated in the Hordaland group in the Miocene and the Amundsen formation in the Lower Jurassic. Water depth at the site is 406 metres. The wells will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Wells 34/3-4 S and 34/3-4 A were drilled by the Transocean Searcher drilling facility, which will now move on to drill wildcat well 34/3-5 S in the same production licence.
Statoil given approval to drill Snefrid Nord prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6706/12-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6706/12-2 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility in position 67°05’08,63” north and 06°52’00,09”east. The drilling program for well 6706/12-2 concerns the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 218. Statoil is the operator with an ownership interest of 51 per cent. The other licensees are Wintershall Norge AS (24 per cent), OMV Norge AS (15 per cent) and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (10 per cent). The area in this licence consists of part of block 6706/12 and part of block 6707/10. The well will be drilled about six kilometres northwest of the Aasta Hansteen field. Production licence 218 was awarded on 2 February 15 1996 (the 15th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf). This is the fifth well drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator having secured all other permits and consents required by other authorities before the drilling starts.
Statoil given green light for 15/6-13 exploration well drilling
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 15/6-13. Statoil is the operator for production licences 029B and 303 in block 15/6 in the central North Sea. Statoil is to drill well 15/6-13 Gina Krog East 3, to investigate the find's potential. Expected start-up is April 2015 with a duration of approx. 50 days, depending on whether a discovery is made.
Statoil receives consent to drill Roald Rygg
Statoil is the operator for production licence 602 in block 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is to drill well 6706/12-3 Roald Rygg, to investigate the find's potential. Expected start-up is March 2015 with a duration of approx. 34 days, depending on whether a discovery is made. Transocean Spitsbergen is a semi-submersible drilling facility of the Aker H-6e type. It was built at the Aker Stord yard, is registered in the Marshall Islands and classified by DNV GL.
Worker suffers crush injuries on 'Transocean Barents'
The PSA has decided to launch an investigation into an incident on Transocean Barents on 4 March when a roughneck suffered crush injuries. The injured drill floor worker was on the monkey board, about 10-12 metres in the derrick, at the time of the accident. He has been flown to Ålesund Hospital in western Norway. Transocean Barents is located on the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea under a contract with A/S Norske Shell. Activity on the rig has now been halted. Among other objectives, the PSA investigation will seek to clarify the course of events and identify the direct and underlying causes of the incident.
'GSF Celtic Sea' spuds exploration well in Angola
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (“VAALCO”) today announced that on March 2nd, 2015, the Company spudded the post-salt Kindele-1 well, its first exploration well on Block 5 offshore Angola. As previously announced, VAALCO contracted the Transocean GSF Celtic Sea semi-submersible rig to drill the Kindele-1 well to a planned total depth of 2,250 meters in a water depth of approximately 100 meters. Steve Guidry, Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are very pleased to announce this major step forward for our operations offshore Angola. After nearly nine years of continued commitment to our Block 5 license, we are embarking on an important phase in our efforts to explore for hydrocarbons from a second West African country. We continue to believe that Block 5 is within an area with potential in both post- and pre-salt formations including the syn-rift and sag play." As previously announced in October 2014, VAALCO, together with its working interest partner, Sonangol P&P, entered into the Subsequent Exploration Phase ("SEP") on Block 5. Under the SEP, VAALCO and Sonangol P&P have committed to drill a total of four exploration wells during the exploration extension period, which expires in November 2017. The four-well obligation includes the original two-well commitment under the primary exploration period that carries over to the SEP period. The Kindele-1 well will test a fault block adjacent to the Mubafo discovery which tested oil from the Mucanzo sand section within the Pinda group formations. The Kindele-1 will be drilled to a depth of 1,800 meters to evaluate the Mucanzo sand section. The well will then be deepened to the salt to an estimated depth of 2,250 meters for geologic and geophysical correlation. The well is expected to take approximately six weeks to drill to total depth. Additionally, the Company is nearing finalization of the seismic processing in the outboard portion of Block 5. The seismic processing is being performed to image pre-salt structures as potential targets for future exploration wells on Block 5.
Statoil set to spud Roald Rygg prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6706/12-3, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6706/12-3 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility at position 67°04’5.85” north and 6°43’54.45” east after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6706/12- 2 for Statoil Petroleum AS in production licence 218. The drilling programme for well 6706/12-3 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 602. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 30 per cent. The other licensees are Centrica Resources AS (20 per cent), Petoro AS (20 per cent), Rocksources Exploration Norway AS (10 per cent), Wintershall Norge AS (10 per cent) and Atlantic Petroleum Norge (10 per cent). The area in this licence consists of a part of block 6706/10, block 6706/11 and a part of block 6706/12. The well will be drilled about 16 kilometres west of Aasta Hansteen (the Haklang field). Production licence 602 was awarded on 13 May 2011 in the 21st licensing round on the Norwegian shelf. This was the first well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
Statoil finds gas at Snefrid Nord
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 218, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 6706/12-2. The well was drilled about six kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rock from the Upper Cretaceous (the Nise Formation). The well encountered a total gas column of about 105 metres and a four-metre oil column in the Nise Formation, about 75 metres of which is in sandstone of very good reservoir quality. Preliminary calculations of the size of the discovery are between five and nine billion standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable gas. The licensees will consider the discovery along with other discoveries as regards a tie-in to the Aasta Hansteen field. The well was not formation tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. This is the fifth exploration well in production licence 218. The licence was awarded on 2 February 1996 in the 15th licensing round. Appraisal well 6706/12-2 was drilled to a vertical depth of 2714 metres below sea level and was terminated in the Nise Formation in the Upper Cretaceous. Water depth at the site is 1312 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 6706/12-2 was drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now proceed to drill wildcat well 6706/12-3 in production licence 602 near the Aasta Hansteen field, also operated by Statoil Petroleum AS.
Transocean to scrap four more floating rigs
Transocean Ltd. (“Transocean”) has announced its intention to continue with its recent wave of rig divestments by scrapping the Deepwater Expedition, Transocean Legend, Transocean Rather, and GSF Arctic III units. The scrapping of these four floating rigs means that Transocean has in the past four months scrapped a total of 16 floating rigs, as the company looks to reposition itself amid the current downturn in the offshore drilling market. All four of the units are currently held for sale by Transocean.
Statoil set to spud well at Gina Krog East 3
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 15/6-13, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 15/6-13 S will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling facility in position 58°36’55.51’’ north 01°45’40.49’’ east near the Gina Krogh field in the central North Sea. The drilling program for well 15/6-13 concerns the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 029 B. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 50 per cent. The other licensees are Total E&P Norge AS and Det norske oljeselskap ASA with 30 and 20 per cent, respectively. The area in this licence consists of part of block 15/6. Production licence 029 B was awarded on 11 May 2001 after being partitioned off from PL 029, which was awarded in the 2nd licensing round in 1969. This is the second wildcat well to be drilled in the licence, but wildcat wells have previously been drilled within the area covered by this licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator having secured all other permits and consents required by other authorities before the drilling starts.
Statoil announces eighth discovery offshore Tanzania
Statoil today announced that the Mdalasini-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional 1.0-1.8 trillion cubic feet (tcf*) of natural gas in place in the Mdalasini-1 well, brings the total of in-place volumes up to approximately 22 tcf in Block 2. The Mdalasini-1 discovery is located at a 2,296-metre water depth at the southernmost edge of the block. The new gas discovery has been made in Tertiary and Cretaceous sandstones. “The Mdalasini-1 discovery marks the completion of the first phase of an efficient and successful multi-well exploration programme offshore Tanzania,” says Nick Maden, senior vice president for Statoil's exploration activities in the Western Hemisphere. “Since the start of the programme in February 2012, we have drilled 13 wells and made eight discoveries, including Mdalasini-1. We still see prospectivity in the area, but after appraising the Tangawizi-1 high-impact discovery, which was made in March 2013, there will be a pause in the drilling to evaluate the next steps and to mature new prospects,” adds Maden. Statoil has drilled the Mdalasini-1 well with a 100% working interest. Previously Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil have made seven discoveries in Block 2, including the five high-impact gas discoveries Zafarani-1, Lavani-1, Tangawizi-1, Mronge-1 and Piri-1, as well as the discoveries in Lavani-2 and Gilligiliani-1. Statoil operates the licence on Block 2 on behalf of Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and has a 65% working interest. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Tanzania Limited holds the remaining 35%. TPDC has the right to a 10% working interest in case of a development phase. Statoil has been in Tanzania since 2007, when it was awarded the operatorship for Block 2.
VAALCO drills duster on Block 5 in Angola
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (“VAALCO”) today announced that the post-salt Kindele-1 well, its first exploration well on Block 5 offshore Angola, was drilled to a total vertical depth of approximately 1,829 meters. The objective reservoir, the Mucanzo sand formation in the Pinda Group section, was found to be water-bearing and the well is currently in the process of being plugged and abandoned. Given the results of the well, earlier plans to drill to 2,250 meters for geologic and geophysical correlation will not be undertaken. Steve Guidry, Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are disappointed with the outcome of this first well drilled offshore Angola. The well targeted a three-way fault closure where the fault appears to have not provided the required lateral seal. The Mucanzo target sands were present and of a very high quality. We did find non-commercial hydrocarbon shows higher in the Pinda Group, in the overlying Catambela formation, indicating we were in a proven hydrocarbon system. Overall, we remain optimistic about the additional prospects and leads, both pre- and post-salt, on the block." As previously announced in October 2014, VAALCO, together with its working interest partner, Sonangol P&P, entered into the Subsequent Exploration Phase ("SEP") on Block 5. Under the SEP, VAALCO and Sonangol P&P have committed to drill a total of four exploration wells during the exploration extension period, which expires in November 2017. The four-well obligation includes the original two-well commitment under the primary exploration period that carries over to the SEP period. VAALCO has recently completed the seismic processing of over 2,025 square kilometers of 3D data in the outboard portion of Block 5. The Company has already identified several new pre-salt and post-salt leads as future exploration targets to be evaluated on Block 5.
Transocean announces plan to scrap another two floaters
Transocean Ltd. (“Transocean”) has announced that it intends to scrap, in an environmentally responsible manner, the following two rigs: GSF Aleutian Key and Sedco 707. These rigs were classified as held for sale and Transocean has decided to scrap them following failed attempts to find a buyer. As a result of this decision, the company expects its first quarter 2015 results to include an estimated non-cash charge of USD90 million to USD110 million, net of taxes. Including these two rigs, Transocean has announced plans to scrap a total of 18 floaters since the end of 2014. As the company continues to evaluate the long-term competitiveness of its fleet, additional rigs may be identified as candidates for scrapping. So far in 2015,a total of 11 drilling rigs (nine semisubs and two drillships) have been retired from the operational fleet and this number is projected to grow in order to rebalance supply within the market.
Woodside hits gas at Pyxis-1
Woodside Petroleum Ltd (“Woodside”) has announced that the Pyxis-1 exploration well in production licence WA-34-L has intersected approximately 18.5 metres of net gas within the Jurassic sandstone target. The well reached a total depth of 3,347 metres. Wireline logging has confirmed the discovery through the recovery of gas samples to surface and establishment of a gas pressure gradient. Woodside Executive Vice President Global Exploration Philip Loader said: “Given its location, this successful exploration outcome offers future tie-back potential to Woodside’s existing Pluto infrastructure.” The Pyxis-1 well is located in Production Licence WA-34-L, within Western Australia’s Dampier Sub-Basin and is located approximately 15 km north of Woodside’s producing Pluto Gas Field infrastructure. The well was drilled by Transocean’s Deepwater Millennium drillship, which is contracted to Woodside until April 2016. Woodside Burrup Pty. Ltd. is the operator and 90% equity owner of WA-34-L. Kansai Electric Power Australia Pty. Ltd. and Tokyo Gas Pluto Pty. Ltd. each hold 5% equity.
Statoil makes minor gas discovery near Aasta Hansteen
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 602, is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 6706/12-3. The well proved gas. The well was drilled about 12 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks, with a primary exploration target in the Nise formation and a secondary exploration target in the Kvitnos formation. The well encountered a total gas column of 38 metres in the Nise formation, of which about 30 metres in sandstone of extremely good reservoir quality. In the Kvitnos formation, the well encountered aquiferous sandstone, of which about 35 metres with good reservoir quality. Preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery are between 2-7 billion standard cubic metres (Sm³) of recoverable gas. The well was not formation-tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. The licensees will evaluate the discovery along with other discoveries, as regards a tie-in to the Aasta Hansteen field. This is the first exploration well in production licence 602, which was awarded in the 21st licensing round in 2011. Well 6706/12-3 was drilled to a vertical depth of 3296 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Kvitnos formation in the Upper Cretaceous. Water depth at the site is 1287 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 6706/12-3 was drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now permanently plug 34/11-2 S near the Gullfaks field in the North Sea, where Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator.
BG comes up dry in North Sea
BG Norge AS, operator of production licence 373 S, is completing drilling of exploration well 34/3-5, located approximately five km southeast of the Knarr Field in the Northern North Sea, around 120 km West of Florø. The objective of well 34/3-5 was to prove petroleum in Early Jurassic reservoir rocks (Cook Formation). Well 34/3-5 encountered a gross Cook Formation interval of approximately 82m, of which 47m were good reservoir quality with traces of residual hydrocarbons interpreted. Extensive data acquisition and sampling has been carried out. The well is classified as dry. The well was the seventh exploration and appraisal well in production licence 373 S, which was awarded in APA 2005. The well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 4,253m below the sea surface (4,275m measured depth), and terminated in the Lower Jurassic Amundsen Formation. The water depth is 403 m. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. The 34/3-5 well was drilled by the Transocean Searcher semi-submersible rig. The rig will be left in Kristiansund for approximately 2 months prior to commencing opeations in the North Sea where it will move on to drill well 2/11-11 in production license 616 where Edison Norge AS is the operator.
Wintershall makes small oil discovery in Norway
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 589, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6406/2-8. The well proved oil. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres south of the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea and 190 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Lower to Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (Båt and Fangst groups). The well encountered two oil columns over an approx. 130-metre interval in the Båt and Fangst groups in sandstone of generally poor reservoir quality. Preliminary estimation of the size of the discovery is between one and eight million standard cubic metres (Sm3) of recoverable oil equivalents. The licensees will assess the discovery with regard to further follow-up. The well was not formation tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling have taken place. This is the first exploration well in production licence 589, which was awarded in APA 2010. The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 4655 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in red sandstone layers in the Middle to Upper Triassic (“Red beds”). Water depth is 262 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 6406/2-8 was drilled by the Transocean Arctic drilling facility, which will now drill wildcat well 35/12-5 S in production licence 378 in the North Sea, where Wintershall Norge AS is the operator.
Wintershall set to spud wildcat well in PL 378
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 35/12-5 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 35/12-5 S will be drilled from the Trancocean Arctic drilling facility at position 61°13`01.65" north and 03°49`39.29" east, after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6406/2-8 for Wintershall Norge AS in production licence 589. The drilling programme for well 35/12-5 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 378. Wintershall Norge AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 45 per cent. The other licensees are Capricorn Norge AS (20 per cent), Explora Petroleum AS (17.5 per cent) and Talisman Energy Norge AS (17.5 per cent). The area in this licence is composed of parts of block 35/12. The well will be drilled about 80 kilometres southwest of Florø. Production licence 378 was awarded on 6 January 2006 (APA 2005). This is the fifth well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
Statoil given green light to drill Bister prospect
Statoil Petroleum AS (“Statoil”), the operator of production licence 348 in block 6407/8 in the Norwegian Sea has been given approval to drill exploration well 6407/8-7 in Norway. Exploration well 6407/8-7 is to be drilled in a prospect called Bister. The drilling site is 80 km from the nearest mainland at Mausund, north of Frøya in the county of Sør-Trøndelag. Water depth at the site is 259 metres. Drilling is scheduled to begin in May 2015 and estimated to last 29 days, depending on whether a discovery is made. Drilling is to be performed by Transocean Spitsbergen, which is a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility of the Aker H-6e type.
PSA approves 'Transocean Arctic' to drill Wintershall exploration well 35/12-5
Wintershall has received consent to drill exploration well 35/12-5 in the northern part of the North Sea. Wintershall is the operator for production licence 378 in block 35/12 in the northern North Sea. Exploration well 35/12-5 is to be drilled in a prospect called Crossbill. The drilling site is around 10 km south-east of the Skarfjell well 35/9-7 and 12 km SSW of the Gjøa platform. Water depth at the site is 353 metres. Drilling is scheduled to begin in May 2015 and estimated to last 57 days. A possible sidetrack will take a further 113 days.
PSA audits Songa Cat-D rig anchor chains
On 26th and 27th February 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (“PSA”) carried out an audit of Songa Offshore's follow-up and management of the fabrication of the anchor chains for the Cat D rigs. The objective of the audit was to verify that the fabrication of anchor chain was being managed, followed up and performed in compliance with the regulations. The result of the audit was that, no non-conformities were identified. The audit concluded that the following improvements could be made; supply follow-up, planning and documentation of inspections and recording and documentation of repair grinding. The four Cat-D rigs are currently under construction as Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s (“DSME”) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
Statoil drilling at Bister prospect approved
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6407/8-7, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6407/8-7 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility in position 64° 23' 4.06'' north and 7° 33' 42.8'' east. The drilling programme for wellbore 6407/8-7 concerns the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 348 C. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 35 per cent. The other licensees are GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS (20 per cent), E.ON E&P Norway AS (17.5 per cent), Core Energy AS (17.5 per cent), Faroe Petroleum Norway AS (7.5 per cent) and VNG Norge AS (2.5 per cent). The area in this licence consists of part of block 6407/8. The well will be drilled about 4.5 kilometres north of the Hyme field and about 22 kilometres northeast of the Njord field. Production licence 348 C was awarded on 13 February 2015. This is the first well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator having secured all other permits and consents required by other authorities before the drilling starts.
PSA approves VNG exploration plan for PL 586
VNG Norge (“VNG”) has received consent to drill two exploration wells 6406/12-4 S and 6406/12-4 A in the Norwegian Sea. VNG is the operator for production licence 586 in block 6406/12 in the Norwegian Sea. The field is around 83 kilometres from the Norwegian coast at Frøya and 61.4 kilometres south-west of Draugen. Water depth at the site is 319 metres. Drilling is scheduled to begin in June 2015 and estimated to last 52 days. In the event of a discovery, the activity may last a further 84 days for well testing. Drilling is to be carried out using Transocean Arctic, a semi-submersible drilling facility owned and operated by Transocean. It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan in 1987, and substantially upgraded in 2004. It was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in July 2004.
PSA approves use of 'Transocean Barents' on Draugen Field
A/S Norske Shell (“Shell”) has received consent to use the Transocean Barents mobile drilling facility to drill a production well on the Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. Shell is the field's operator. Production on the field began in October 1993. The field has been developed using a fixed concrete facility with an integrated deck. Deposits in the vicinity are produced by subsea wells tied back to the Draugen facility. Shell has applied for consent to drill a new production well designated 6407/9-G-5 H. Water depth at the site is 289 metres. The well will be connected to a subsea pipeline system leading to the Draugen facility. Until this system is ready, the well will be shut off and monitored. Shell has now received consent to use the Transoceoan Barents mobile drilling facility for drilling, which is scheduled to begin on 30th May 2015 and last for 45 days.
Shell given approval to plug another Draugen well
The PSA has given AS Norske Shell (“Shell”) consent to use the Transocean Barents mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandonment of production well 6407/9-A-55 on the Draugen field. This is the second well on Draugen that Shell have been given approval to plug during the week, following the PSA’s approval of the plugging of the 6407/9-G-5 H well on the 13th May.
Eni makes Libya gas discovery
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (“NOC”) today announced that operator Eni North Africa Libya (“Eni”) made an gas and condensate discovery in contract area D (NC41). Eni spudded the A1-01/01 well in January 2015 in the Sabratah Basin and is believed to have used the Transocean Amirante semisub to drill the well. The well is located approximately 140 km from the Libyan coast and 20 km North of Bouri Field, at an average water depth of about 125 m.
Exxon announces discovery in Guyana
Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon”) today announced a significant oil discovery at the Liza-1 well on the Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana. The well was drilled by ExxonMobil’s affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd and encountered more than 295 feet (90 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. It was safely drilled to 17,825 feet (5,433 meters) in 5,719 feet (1,743 meters) of water. The Stabroek Block covers 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometers). “I am encouraged by the results of the first well on the Stabroek Block,” said Stephen M. Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. “Over the coming months we will work to determine the commercial viability of the discovered resource, as well as evaluate other resource potential on the block.” The well was spud on March 5th, 2015. The well data will be analysed in the coming months to better determine the full resource potential. Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. holds 45% interest. Hess Guyana Exploration Limited holds 30% interest and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Limited holds 25% interest.
Statoil's Bister prospect disappoints
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 348 C, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 6407/8-7 and 6407/8-7 A. Both wells have been drilled about four kilometres north of the Hyme field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea and 140 kilometres north of Kristiansund. The primary exploration target in well 6407/8-7 was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Ile formation). The secondary exploration target was to prove petroleum in Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tilje and Åre formations). The well encountered about 95 metres of the Ile formation, of which 70 metres were sandstone with good reservoir properties. The Tilje and Åre formations were also encountered, in thicknesses of 200 and 170 metres respectively, of which 160 and 75 metres respectively are sandstone with good reservoir quality. The well is dry. The purpose of well 6407/8-7 A was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tilje formation) higher up in the structure. The well encountered about 110 metres of reservoir rocks in the Tilje formation, of which 80 metres were sandstone of good reservoir quality. The well also encountered 200 metres of the Åre formation, of which 95 metres were sandstone with good reservoir properties. The well is classified as dry. Data collection has been carried out in both wells. These are the first and second exploration wells in production licence 348 C. Wells 6407/8-7 and 6407/8-7 A were drilled to measured depths of 3030 and 3178 metres, respectively, and vertical depths of 3030 and 2810 metres below the sea surface. Both were terminated in the Åre formation in the Lower Jurassic. Water depth at the site is 259 metres. The wells will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. The wells were drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now move on to drill wildcat well 6706/11-2 in the Norwegian Sea in production licence 602, where Statoil is the operator.
Statoil lines up drilling of Gymir prospect
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6706/11-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6706/11-2 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility in position 67°03’56.97”north and 06°32’57.45”east after completing the drilling of wildcat wells 6407/8-7 and 6407/8-7 A for Statoil in production licence 348 C. The drilling program for well 6706/11-2 relates to the drilling of wildcat wells in production licence 602. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 30 per cent. The other licensees are Centrica Resources AS (20 per cent), Petoro AS (20 per cent), Rocksources Exploration Norway AS (10 per cent), Wintershall Norge AS (10 per cent) and Atlantic Petroleum Norge (10 per cent). The area in this licence consists of part of block 6706/10, block 6706/11 and part of block 6706/12. The well will be drilled about 22 kilometres west of Aasta Hansteen (the Haklang field). Production licence 602 was awarded on 13 May 2011 in the 21st licensing round on the Norwegian shelf. This is the second well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is conditional upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing the drilling activity.
PSA approves Statoil's exploration plan for well 6706/11-2
Statoil has received consent to drill exploration well 6706/11-2 in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator for production licence 602 in block 6706/11 in the Norwegian Sea. The field is located around 233 kilometres from the nearest mainland at Skomvær in the county of Nordland. Drilling is scheduled to begin in June 2015 and estimated to last 28 days, depending on whether a discovery is made. Drilling will be performed using Transocean Spitsbergen, which is a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility of the Aker H-6e type. The facility was completed in 2009 at the Aker Solutions yard in Stord; it is registered in the Marshall Islands and classified by DNV GL.
Edison set to spud new exploration well on PL 616
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued a drilling permit for wellbore 2/11-11 to Edison Norge AS. Wellbore 2/11-11 will be drilled from the Transocean Searcher drilling facility at position 56°12’11.75’’N and 03°23’26.53”E. The drilling program for wellbore 2/11-11 applies to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 616. Edison Energy Norge AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 25 per cent. The licensees are Noreco Norway AS with 20%, Concedo ASA with 20%, Skagen 44 AS with 15%, North Energy ASA with 15% and Lime Petroleum Norway AS with 5%. Production licence 616 was awarded in 2012 (APA 2011). The area in this production licence is located in the southernmost part of the North Sea and consists of parts of boundary blocks 2/7, 10 and 11. The well will be drilled about 8 km south of the Valhall field. This is the first well to be drilled in the licence. The drilling permit is granted on the condition that all other permits and consents required by other authorities have been secured before the drilling activity commences.
Statoil given drilling approval from NPD
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wells 15/6-13 A and B, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Statoil given approval to drill two exploration wells in PL 029B
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wells 15/6-13 A and B, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wells 15/6-13 A and B will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling facility at position 58°36’55.48” north and 01°45’40.58” east near the Gina Krog field in the central part of the North Sea. The drilling programme for well 15/6-13 A and B relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 029 B. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 50 per cent. The other licensees are Total E&P Norge AS and Det norske oljeselskap ASA with 30 and 20 per cent each, respectively. The area in this licence consists of a part of block 15/6. Production licence 029 B was awarded on 11 May 2001 after being carved out of 029, which was awarded in the 2nd licensing round in 1969. These are the third and fourth exploration wells to be drilled in the licence, but wildcat wells have been drilled before within the area this licence covers. The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
Statoil makes minor gas discovery at Gymir prospect
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 602, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6706/11-2. The well encountered gas. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks (the Nise formation). The well encountered a total gas column of about 70 metres in the Nise formation, of which 40 metres in sandstone with very good reservoir quality. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between one and three billion standard cubic metres (Sm3 ) of recoverable gas. The well was not formation-tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. The licensees will assess the discovery together with other discoveries in this production licence and the neighbouring licence (218) with regard to development and tie-in to the Aasta Hansteen field. This is the second exploration well in production licence 602. The licence was awarded in the 21st licensing round in 2011. Well 6706/11-2 was drilled to a vertical depth of 2556 metres below the sea surface, and was terminated in the Nise formation in the Upper Cretaceous. Water depth at the site is 1272 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 6706/11-2 was drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility, which will now be laid up at Averøy outside Kristiansund. The rig has completed its Contract with Statoil.
VNG Norge AS set to spud another exploration well on PL586
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted VNG Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6406/12-4 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6406/12-4 S will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling facility in position 64°1'7.47'' north and 6°46'31.28'' east after completing wildcat well 35/12-5 in production licence 378 for Wintershall Norge AS. The drilling programme for well 6406/12-4 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 586. VNG Norge AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 30 per cent. The other licensees are Spike Exploration Holding AS (30 per cent), Faroe Petroleum Norge AS (25 per cent) and Rocksource Exploration Norway AS (15 per cent). The area in this licence consists of part of block 6406/11 and part of block 6406/12. The well will be drilled about 33 kilometres southwest of the Njord field. Production licence 586 was awarded on 4 February 2011 (APA 2010). This is the fourth well to be drilled in the licence. The permit is contingent upon the operator having secured all other permits and consents required by other authorities before the drilling starts.
Wintershall drills duster in Norway
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 378, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 35/12-5 S. The well was drilled about 15 km southwest of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and 80 kilometres southwest of Florø. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Upper Jurassic (the Heather, Sognefjord and Fensfjord formations). Well 35/12-5 S encountered about 10 metres of sandstone in the Heather formation, 35 metres of sandstone in the Sognefjord formation and 32 metres of sandstone in the Fensfjord formation, all with good reservoir quality. It also encountered 9 metres of sandstone with poor reservoir quality in the Etive formation. The well is dry. Data acquisition and sampling have been carried out. This is the fifth exploration well in production licence 378. The licence was awarded in APA 2005. Well 35/12-5 S was drilled to a vertical depth of 3369 metres and a measured depth of 3570 metres below the sea surface and was terminated in the Oseberg formation in the Middle Jurassic. Water depth at the site is 353 metres. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned. Well 35/12-5 S was drilled by the Transocean Arctic drilling facility, which is now scheduled to drill wildcat well 6406/12-4 S in production licence 586 in the Norwegian Sea, operated by VNG Norge AS.
Haribo prospect spudded in Norway
Noreco Norway AS (“Noreco”) has announced that the drilling of the Haribo prospect in Norwegian licence PL616 has started. Noreco holds a 20% interest in the licence. The Haribo well (2/11-11) is being drilled by the Transocean Searcher semisub. The drilling period is expected to take approximately 45 days. The Haribo prospect is located 10 km south west of the Valhall Field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The predicted reservoir is chalk of Upper Cretaceous age in a depth of about 2900 meter. Noreco Norway estimates the prospect to contain 69 to 192 million barrels of oil gross on licence PL616 with a 42 per cent chance of success. These volume and risk estimates are in line with what Noreco has previously communicated to the market.
Transocean scraps two more floaters and delays more newbuilds
Transocean Ltd (“Transocean”) today issued its updated fleet summary report, with the company announcing its plan to retire a further two floating rigs from its operational fleet as well as delay the delivery of two newbuild drillships. Transocean has classified both the GSF Celtic Sea and Transocean Amirante units as being held for sale, with the GSF Celtic Sea being either sold for use in a non-drilling capacity or recycled, whilst the Transocean Amirante will be recycled. Transocean has been the most active scrapper of rigs thus far in 2015 and has indicated its intent to scrap a total of 20 floaters. Meanwhile the company also announced its plan to delay the delivery of its two newbuild drillships currently under construction at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. Transocean has delayed the delivery of each unit by 24 months, with delivery now expected in Q2 2019 and Q1 2020. This follows Transocean’s recent trend of delaying newbuild assets, the company recently delayed delivery of its five newbuild jackup rigs.
VNG Norge AS spuds Boomerang prospect
VNG Norge has now started the operation of the first of two new explorations wells in PL586, the licence where the Pil & Bue discoveries were made in 2014. VNG Norge took over the rig Transocean Arctic late on Friday 19th June after the rig had completed the drilling operation at Crossbill prospect for the operator Wintershall. After having sailed 190 nautical miles from Crossbill in the North Sea, Transocean Arctic arrived on location in the Norwegian Sea Sunday 21st June. The rig was towed and escorted by the anchor handlers Boa Bison and Havila Mars, which together with Siem Opal, finished the anchor operations.The main well 6406/12-4 S, was spudded today Monday 22nd June at 11:45 p.m. After the main well, a sidetrack - 6406/12-4, is to be drilled. Expected duration of the drilling operation is between 85 and 135 days. The wells will be permanently plugged and abandoned before Transocean Artic is moved to a new location within the same licence for drilling a second exploration well in PL586.
Songa Offshore takes delivery of first Cat-D semisub
Songa Offshore has today taken delivery of Songa Equinox from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (“DSME”) in South Korea. The Songa Equinox will shortly depart South Korea enroute to Norway for commencement of an eight-year drilling contract with Statoil, with its first assignment on the Troll Field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The voyage to Norway will take place in a tow-assist mode and the rig will arrive with all third party equipment installed and ready for final acceptance testing. Commencement of drilling operations is expected to take place in Q4 2015. Songa Equinox is a sixth generation, high specification, harsh environment, midwater rig designed for efficient year around drilling, completion, testing and intervention operations in water depths up to 500 meters. The rig is certified DP3 and is equipped with a "state-of-the-art" drill-floor and an efficient layout with improved safety and working environment features. Songa Equinox is the first rig in a series of four Category D rigs specifically built for and contracted to Statoil.
Statoil makes minor discovery near Gina Krog
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of the Gina Krog Unit, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 15/6-13 and appraisal wells 15/6-13 A and 15/6-13 B. The wells were drilled about 250 kilometres west of Stavanger and directly northeast of the Gina Krog field. The objective of well 15/6-13 was to prove commercial petroleum volumes in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Hugin formation), acquire sufficient data to avoid further delineation, investigate the size of the discovery, the properties and continuity of the reservoir rocks, as well as determine the petroleum properties. The objective of sidetracks 15/6-13 A and 15/6-13 B was to delineate the discovery as regards the likelihood of deeper oil and shallower gas on the structure. 15/6-13 has two separate oil columns, 13 and 3 metres of which are in sandstone with moderate to good reservoir properties in the Hugin formation and upper part of the Sleipner formation. The oil/water contact was not encountered. 15/6-13 A encountered seven and nine metres of sandstone with moderate reservoir quality in the Hugin and Sleipner formations, both aquiferous. The aquiferous sandstone in the Hugin formation is presumed to be in pressure communication with the oil zone in 15/6-13. 15/6-13 B shows an overall gas column of about 60 metres, of which 7 metres are in sandstone with moderate reservoir quality in the Hugin formation and 26 metres in sandstone with moderate reservoir properties in the Sleipner formation. The unde
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Tampliner wins second award in six months
9th April 2019, UK
Callaly’s Thang Vo-Ta and Ewa Radziwon. © Callaly
British start-up Callaly collects its second major innovation award in six months for the innovative Tampliner, the first tampon redesign in 80 years. The company has won an IDEA Product Achievement Award for the best new disposable product utilising engineered fabrics in the past three years. The win was presented by INDA, the leading global nonwovens fabric association, in Miami Beach, FL, at its triennial global conference, which is attended by more than 7,000 industry professionals.
“We’re absolutely delighted to have won a second prestigious award within a matter of months. The first award last year was a fantastic achievement, so winning two is just a huge honour. We’d like to thank INDA and the industry professionals from over 600 companies who voted for us,” commented CEO and co-founder Thang Vo-Ta.
“Femcare products have traditionally been seen as a taboo topic of conversation, so every win for us also feels like a small step forward for people with periods. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, and the positive feedback we’ve had from our customers shows that, by questioning the way things have been done before and inventing something better, we can make a real impact on people’s lives. We’re excited to see what the future holds when we launch our full product range this summer.”
Tampliner
The news comes hot on the heels of Callaly’s INDA Hygienix Innovation Award win last October. In November 2018 the British start-up also won a prestigious £1 million loan from Innovate UK, the UK government body that helps innovative businesses scale up and commercialise new technologies. And in March 2019 Callaly CEO Thang Vo-Ta was named one of only 10 People’s Champions in the annual Sunday Times Maserati 100 innovative entrepreneurs list.
Tampliner is an innovative combination of a tampon and pantyliner. © Callaly
The Tampliner was originally invented by gynaecologist Alex Hooi and developed by Ewa Radziwon, a garment technologist with 10 years’ experience in the fashion industry. Alex made the first functioning Tampliner, and Ewa perfected and tested the design for five years prior to the product’s initial soft-launch in early 2018.
Alex and Ewa were helped on their mission by co-founder Thang, who brought the first-of-its-kind product to mass market via a monthly subscription model. The Callaly team has since grown to 14 people, passionate about providing better, more innovative products to people with periods and putting an end to common problems like leaking, inflexible buying options and a lack of quality organic cotton products on the market.
Changing the conversation
Callaly is a certified B Corp, meaning it’s committed to using business as a force for good. It has supplied over 100,000 period products to charities including Bloody Good Period and The Red Box Project, which work to eradicate period poverty and bust the menstruation taboo. In 2018 Callaly also donated more than 6% of sales to Days for Girls, an international charity that provides girls living in poverty with reusable period products.
Callaly won an IDEA Product Achievement Award for the best new disposable product utilising engineered fabrics in the past three years. © Callaly
Through its marketing, communications and social media content, Callaly says it is playing a leading role in changing the conversation around periods, prompting open discussion and awareness, and demanding higher standards for femcare products across the board.
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API proposes merger with Sigma Healthcare
Brands including Priceline Pharmacy, Pharmasave, Soul Pattinson Chemist and Chemist King could soon be run under one roof, with Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (API) proposing a merger with rival healthcare business Sigma Healthcare Limited (Sigma).
Under the proposal, API is offering a 69.3 per cent premium on the Sigma share price as of close of trading on 13 December.
The premium equates to $0.686 for each Sigma share, which was priced at $0.405 as of the close of trading 13 December, frozen due to a trading halt made in anticipation of this announcement.
API chairman Mark Smith believes a merger is the best way to deliver significant benefits to both groups of shareholders, pharmacists and customers.
“In the face of slowing revenue growth, projected margin and revenue pressures due to Government policy and also increased competition, the merged business would provide scale and volume, which will give greater scope for the ongoing investment in technology that is essential to ensure a competitive, sustainable and efficient wholesale model in the future,” Smith said in an announcement to the ASX.
“Both API and Sigma share a proud history of supporting independent pharmacists and we are committed to maintaining that heritage and delivering enduring value to pharmacists and their customers.”
Smith said the merged entity would continue the retail brands of both businesses, bringing brands such as Priceline Pharmacy, Soul Pattinson Chemist, Clear Skincare, Pharmasave and Chemist King under one roof.
The proposal is subject to a number of conditions, including clearance from the ACCC and the completion of due diligence.
API lodged a substantial shareholder notice with the ASX on Friday, confirming it is currently holding almost 13 per cent of shares in Sigma, and noted that under its proposal Sigma shareholders would receive 0.31 API shares and $0.23 cash for each Sigma share owned.
Should the merger go through, API shareholders would own approximately 63 per cent of the combined entity, while Sigma shareholders would own the remaining 37 per cent.
“Our proposal is attractive for Sigma shareholders, in that it provides upfront cash payment and the ability to share in the upside from scrip in the merged company,” Smith said.
Shares in Sigma rose 43.21 per cent by the end of Friday 14, from $0.405 to $0.585 per share, while shares in API jumped from $1.470 to $1.632 per share – an 11 per cent increase.
Sigma suffered a blow to its business earlier in the year when it lost the contract to supply The Chemist Warehouse Group to competitor Ebos, causing annual net profit after tax to fall 50.6 per cent to $13.8 million.
At the time, the business announced a major restructure and cost reduction program in order to facilitate expansion opportunities and a re-engineering of the overall business.
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Egypt reports four swine flu deaths
CAIRO, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Egypt declared on Thursday death of four patients who had succumbed to the deadly swine flu disease, also widely known as the A/H1N1 virus.
The Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement that the death toll of the communicable disease had risen to 133.
It said the latest cases were of three women and one man.
Up to 10,059 cases were discovered in Egypt of which 9,828 cases made a complete recovery, or around 97.7 percent. (end) hw.rk KUNA 312316 Dec 09NNNN
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2013 General Assembly Regular Session: The Second Edition
2013 GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION: Bills We're Watching: The Second Edition
This list profiles the environmental, conservation, consumer and general government bills that the Kentucky Resources Council is tracking during the 2013 session.
This year is a short session, and began on January 8, 2013, adjourned on January 11 until February 5, when the General Assembly reconvened, with a scheduled adjournment of March 30, 2013.
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For a copy of any bill, visit the Legislature's 2013 Session page at http://www.lrc.ky.gov /record/13RS/record.htm
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The phone number to reach a legislator in person is 502-564-8100 (this is not toll-free).
The toll-free meeting schedule information line is 1-800-633-9650.
The toll-free message line is 1-800-372-7181, to leave a message for a legislator or an entire committee. The TTY message line is 1-800-896-0305. En Espanol, el nombre es 1-866-840-6574. The toll-free bill status number is 1-866-840-2835.
Please note that the Council does not have a position on each bill listed. Some bills are tracked for general interest; others simply to assure that they do not become vehicles for mischievous amendments. We have formatted this update to highlight in the first section, those bills on which KRC has taken a position. Where KRC has taken a position concerning a bill it is indicated with a plus (+) or minus (-). The primary sponsor and current status of the bill are also noted by Committee or chamber.
Committee Key:
H. State Govt = House State Government Committee
H. Ed = House Education Committee
H. Tourism Dev Energy= House Tourism, Development, and Energy Committee
H. Elections= House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
H. Veterans= House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee
H. Judiciary = House Judiciary Committee
H. A&R = House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
H. Eco. Dev. = House Economic Development Committee
H. Ag Sm Bus = House Agriculture and Small Business Committee
H. Local Govt = House Local Government Committee
H. Trans = House Transportation Committee
H. H&W = House Health and Welfare Committee
H. L&O = House Licensing and Occupations Committee
H. NR Env = House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
H. B&I = House Banking and Insurance Committee
S. State Local Govt = Senate State and Local Government Committee
S. NR Energy = Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
S. Ag = Senate Agriculture Committee
S. Judiciary = Senate Judiciary Committee
S. Eco Dev = Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee
S. Ed = Senate Education Committee
S. H&W = Senate Health and Welfare Committee
S. LO = Senate Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee
S. Veterans = Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee
Bills on which KRC has taken a position
SB 29 (Stein)(S. NR Energy)(+)
The streamsaver bill, drafted by KRC for KFTC, would mandate upland disposal of coal mine spoil where possible, and prohibit disposal of spoil in streams, and would require use of compacted constructed valley fills.
SB 46 (Smith)(+/-)
Act relating to biomass, designed to assist the EcoPower Generation facility proposed for Perry County, would allow the Public Service Commission to approve recovery outside of a rate case, of a request by a regulated electric utility to purchase power from a biomass facility that has been granted a siting certificate from the state merchant plant siting board (i.e. is less than , provided that the Commission determine the costs to be fair, just, and reasonable considering the cost of the entire term of the purchased power agreement.
KRC has opposed past efforts by merchant power plants to require regulated utilities to purchase their output irrespective of the cost relative to the avoided costs of the utility. This language does not require approval, but rather gives the Commission discretion to approve such a purchased power agreement. The potential downside of the bill is that once the PSC does approve a purchase power agreement, it could not revisit the agreement as would otherwise be the case, in order to assure that, over time, the continued purchase of power from this generating facility remained prudent for ratepayers relative to power purchases on the spot market. A time limit for purchase power agreements would help protect ratepayers from this possibility.
SB 53 (Denton)(S. Nat Res Energy)(-)
Act relating to legacy nature preserves, is directed at changing the management of the Blackacre Nature Preserve, and allowing a number of prohibited activities, including renting the property for weddings, historical reenactments (including camping and campfires), music concerts, a new parking area and additional paved walkways, and removal of existing buildings. While the Act states that these enumerated activities and others are to be consistent with the articles of dedication of the property, a number of the proposed activities are flatly inconsistent with the deed of conveyance and Articles of Dedication.
The Articles of Dedication intended that the property be used as a nature preserve, held in trust for the Commonwealth and overseen by the Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, and used for passive outdoor recreation and interpretative nature education. The principal visitor activities were intended to be walking and observing, and activities and uses unrelated to observation and study are prohibited by the Articles of Dedication unless expressly permitted by the Nature Preserves Commission. Prohibited activities explicitly include camping, fires, games and sports, use of motorized vehicles, and removal of natural features, among others.
The Articles of Dedication / Deed expressly limit the use of the preserve must be consistent with those uses expressed in the Kentucky Nature Preserves Act, and vest the decision over what other uses to allow with the Commission. This bill, by removing the Commission control over the uses, and by expressly endorsing prohibited uses that are inconsistent with the Articles of Dedication and which would not be subject to approval by the Commission, would cause a violation by the Commonwealth of the restrictions in the deed of conveyance and articles of dedication and could provoke litigation to enforce those terms and restrictions.
Additionally, there exists a Land and Water Conservation Fund easement held by the Secretary of the Interior that limits uses on the property to outdoor recreational use.
SB 88 (Hornback, Carpenter, Higdon, Schickel)()(-)
AT&T drafted this bill, seeking to end its obligation to provide basic local exchange phone service for all new and all existing customers in areas with over 5,000 housing units. For exchanges with less than 5,000 housing units, AT&T, Windstream and Cincinnati Bell could require customers with stand alone basic landline phone service to accept wireless voice service instead, and could cease offering basic phone service on an unbundled, stand alone basis. The Public Service Commission would also lose regulatory powers over the quality and reliability of basic local exchange phone service.
HB 53 (Nelson)(H. Tourism Dev Energy)(+)
Would require AT&T, Windstream, and Cincinnati Bell (as utilities that have elected to deregulate all but basic service), to make every effort to restore service within 24 hours and to report to the Public Service Commission on outages where 90% of outages are not cleared within 24-hours.
HB 86 (Wayne and others)(H. NR Env)(+)
HB 110 (Gooch)(H. NR Env)(Posted)(-)
Would prohibit utilities from using the fuel adjustment clause for natural gas-fired electric baseload generating units, and require a full-blown rate case before an adjustment can be made to ratepayers rates due to changes in natural gas costs.
Fuel adjustment clauses allow utilities that are subject to the Public Service Commissions jurisdiction to adjust the price of electricity in order to reflect fluctuations and changes in fuel costs (and costs for purchased power) on a real-time basis, without the necessity of a full base rate case. More predictable fixed costs are recovered generally in formal base rate cases (though costs for environmental compliance can be recovered through a surcharge mechanism rather than a full rate case).
By allowing fuel cost adjustments to occur outside of a formal rate case, this component of utility rates can change in a more contemporaneous manner to when the underlying costs are incurred by the utility. The utilities do not earn a profit on the use of a fuel adjustment clause (FAC), but instead pass through changes in fuel costs dollar-for-dollar. The FAC changes on a monthly basis, producing a credit or a surcharge on the bill reflecting higher or lower fuel costs incurred two months earlier.
Fuel adjustment clauses offer several potential benefits first, by assuring that the changes in costs are paid or the benefits received by those customers whose demand resulted in the costs having been incurred and who benefited from the fuel purchase, rather than being borne at a later time by ratepayers who may not have created the demand that resulted in the fuel cost having been incurred. A more contemporaneous passing through of fuel cost changes equips ratepayers to better control their utility cost by adjusting usage or taking steps to become more efficient in the consumption of the fuel.
The decision to disallow fuel adjustment for natural gas-fired utilities (but not those utilizing coal as a fuel, nor natural gas-fired peaking units, which would still be able to utilized the FAC) would affect those electric utilities under PSC jurisdiction who, utilizing the least-cost alternative analysis that has been imposed on them by the General Assembly and the PSC, have elected to replace existing coal-fired electric generation capacity with natural gas to meet base load rather than as peaking units. In the end, however, it is the ratepayers of these utilities who will pay the price for more frequent base rate cases, and in potential overpayment for fuel costs that are not allowed to be more timely adjusted.
HB 111 (Nelson)(H. Eco. Dev)(+)(posted)
Would modify existing law concerning valuation of family forest lands certified as sustainable.
HB 126 (Yonts)(H. Nat Res Env)(+)(posted)
Would amend laws governing Petroleum Tank Environmental Assurance Fund to extend the deadline for tank owners to register from July 15, 2013, to July 15, 2016 and also extend reimbursement and other programs for small operators to July 15, 2016.
HB 170 (Marzian) (H. Tourism Dev Energy)(+)
Clean Energy bill drafted by KRC for Ky. Sustainable Energy Alliance, would require graduated increases in renewable energy and energy efficiency measures by electric utilities.
HJR 41 (Combs)(H. Tourism Dev Energy)(+)
Joint resolution would direct formation of a task force to conduct a study of the energy consumption in manufactured housing in Kentucky and to recommend actions to improve energy efficiency in manufactured housing.
HCR 42 (Combs)(H. Nat Res Env)(+)
Would establish a Timber Theft and Trespass Reduction Task Force to study issues regarding timber theft and trespass and to develop consensus recommendations to address those issues.
SB 21 (Higdon)(S. A&R)
Would amend existing law governing the Kentucky Housing Corporation regarding reporting requirements, use of fund monies for administration of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and to broaden organizations eligible for funding to include sponsors working with low-income rental housing developments controlled by non-profit organizations.
SB 22 (Webb)(S. Judiciary)
Would amend current law regulating scrap metal recycling to include construction, industrial, lawn and landscape, and farm equipment as restricted metals; and amend current regulatory requirements for secondary metals recyclers.
SB 28 (Stein)(S. Judiciary)
Would add prohibition on discrimination on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and extend existing civil rights protections under Kentucky law accordingly.
SB 30 (Stein)(S. State Local Govt)
Proposed constitutional amendment would require General Assembly to enact laws allowing local governments to impose sales and use taxes.
SB 32 (Buford)(S. NR Energy)
Would allow resident nonprofit institutions to sell donated processed wildlife, and would amend existing law to require professional solicitors to post additional information on donation receptacles.
SB 45 (Neal)(S. Judiciary)
Would abolish the death penalty. And commute existing sentences to life without the possibility of parole.
SB 50 (Hornback)(S. Agriculture)
Act would create framework for development of industrial hemp.
SB 55 (McDaniel, Thayer, Wilson)
Proposed constitutional amendment would schedule elections of constitutional officers in even-numbered years.
SB 63 (Parrett)
Would create a Committee on Legislative Redistricting, which shall be composed of state university faculty appointed by presidents of Kentucky's state universities to develop redistricting plans for state legislative and U.S. Congressional districts.
SB 65 (Leeper)(S Nat Res Energy)
Would allow concurrent jurisdiction with the Department of the Interior over lands of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries located in Kentucky for purposes of criminal law enforcement.
SB 68 (Palmer)
Would create a water vessel removal assistance fund to be administered by the Kentucky River Authority.
SB 71 (Bowen)
Bill intended to assist the aluminum industry by allowing them to bypass the Big Rivers Coop and to purchase electricity from TVA or other suppliers. The most immediate effect would be to strand costs that have been incurred by Big Rivers in order to supply electricity to those industries, costs which were incurred on the reasonable assumption that the demand would be there, and the shifting of those costs onto the pocketbooks of the remaining customers, who would likely see sharp increases in their rates. Other major industries could utilize the bill, if adopted, stranding similar costs and shifting those costs to commercial, residential, and smaller industrial ratepayers of other utilities.
SB 80 (Schickel and Webb)
Would prohibit a state agency or political subdivision of the state from implementing any part of the United Nations Agenda 21 that is contrary to the United States or Kentucky Constitution, or being a member of or expending any public funds on a group or organization that will implement any part of the United Nations Agenda 21.
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and has been affirmed and modified at subsequent UN conferences. The United States is a signatory. During the last decade, opposition to Agenda 21 has increased and several state and local governments have considered or passed motions and legislation opposing Agenda 21. Some have criticized Agenda 21 as a conspiracy by the United Nations to deprive individuals of property rights.
SB 91 (Neal)
Proposed constitutional amendment would allow persons convicted of a felony other than treason, intentional killing, a sex crime, or bribery the right to vote after expiration of probation or sentence expiration.
SB 99 (Higdon, Kerr, Denton, Gibson)
Would gradually raise compulsory school age from 16 to 18.
SB 111 (Bowen)
Would amend existing law to extend the severance and processing tax credit currently allowed for limestone sold in interstate commerce to any taxpayer who sells any amount of limestone, rather than only taxpayers selling sixty percent or more limestone, in interstate commerce.
SB 117 (Denton, Angel)
Would amend KRS 65.003 to include subpoena power in urban-county and consolidated local government ethics codes.
Senate Resolutions
SR 2 (Stivers)(adopted)
Senate Rules of Procedure for 2013 Regular Session
HB 1 (Stumbo and others)(To Senate)
Would strengthen reporting and accountability of special districts.
HB 12 (Kim King)(H. A&R)
Would establishment requirements for General Assembly consideration of any revenue- or appropriation-related measure.
HB 27 (Thompson)(H. NR Env)(posted)
Would create a new section of KRS Chapter 96 to address extension and acquisition of, and condemnation powers of city-operated natural gas distribution systems.
HB 31 (Wayne)(H. Judiciary)
Would create a voluntary funding mechanism for public financing for judicial campaigns.
HB 33 (T. Mills)(H. Ag Sm Bus)(posted)
Would create a licensing program for cultivation of industrial hemp in the Commonwealth.
HB 34 (Riggs)(H. Rules, consent)
Would specify training requirements for local officials on interlocal agreements.
HB 36 (Meeks)(H Local Gov)
Would amend existing laws governing county interlocal services agreements to encourage and grant incentives for regional and other shared services agreements.
HB 38 (Steele)(H. A & R)
Would amend coal severance tax laws to provide that 100% of severance tax collected after July 2013 would be returned to coal-producing counties (50% currently goes into the General Fund) and that the monies would be allocated among the coal-producing counties based on the amount of coal severed or processed in each county.
HB 40 (Sinnette)(H. Tourism Dev Energy)
Would preclude recovery of franchise fees paid by a bidder for a utility franchise through a fee or surcharge on ratepayers.
HB 44 (Rollins)(H. Ed)
Would encourage schools to use strategic placement of food in cafeterias to promote healthy food choices by students.
HB 48 (Rollins)(H. Judiciary)
Would abolish the death penalty and convert existing death sentences to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole.
HB 52 (Keene)(H. L&O)
Comprehensive gambling bill, would expand gambling option to include local options for casinos in some counties.
HB 55 (Meeks)(H. State Govt)
Would create a state statutory definition of American Indian as any person with origins in any of the original peoples of the Americas who maintains affiliation or attachment to that community or tribe.
Would designate the Kentucky Long Rifle as the official gun of the Commonwealth.
HB 60 (Steele)(H. NR Env)(posted)
Would allow hunters to take coyotes without bag limitation year round and allow hunters to hunt coyotes at night using shotguns that are 10-gauge or smaller, and to use bait or electronic calls to attract the coyotes.
Would relax existing law requirements for errors-and-omissions insurance and bonding of certified radon contractors.
HB 67 (Steele)(House Veterans)
Would add to the definition of restricted metals roofing materials, metal fencing, and equipment used in construction, agricultural, industrial, or lawn and landscaping operations and amend other current laws regarding reporting by secondary scrap metals recyclers
HB 70 (Crenshaw)(H. Elections)(posted)
Proposed Kentucky Constitution amendment to provide for automatic restoration of voting rights for persons convicted of a felony other than treason, intentional killing, a sex crime, or bribery, after the expiration of probation, final discharge from parole, or maximum expiration of sentence.
HB 83 (Graham)(H. Local Govt)
Would update law on distribution of open meetings and open records information to local officials, to allow electronic distribution, and to provide timeframe for distribution of officials elected or appointed after most recent distribution.
HB 93 (King)(H. Veterans)
Would create guidelines for activating outdoor warning siren systems to alert the public of severe weather conditions and require training of persons involved in activating the sirens.
HB 128 (Short and Collins)
Would direct hunting seasons and requirements relating to elk.
HB 129 (Wayne and others)
Would create a refundable state income tax credit for eligible persons who pay tolls to commute to work across an Ohio River bridge and exclude mass transit vehicles operated by a public agency or a subsidiary of a municipal government from paying tolls.
HB 134 (Horlander)
Would allow a state tax credit for renovating or demolishing a qualified industrial building.
HB 141 (McKee and others)
Would create a tax credit for donating edible agricultural products to nonprofit food programs.
HB 145 (Yonts)(H. Judiciary)
Would provide a one-year statute of limitations for actions brought against professional land surveyors.
HB 147 (Koenig)(H. Elections)
Proposed constitutional amendment would allow counties to eliminate the office of constable.
HB 148 (Koenig)(H. Eco. Dev.)
Would abolish the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation.
HB 150 (Denham)(H. Nat Res Env)(posted)
Would revise laws on taxidermist licenses and make changes in laws on migratory and waterfowl permits.
HB 154 (Couch)(H. A&R)
Would modify manner in which coal severance taxes are distributed to counties.
HB 163 (Koenig)(H. Local Govt)
Would create process for voluntary consolidation of counties.
HB 165 (Damron)(H. Nat Res Env)(posted)
Would exempt from permitting rock quarries owned by those using the excavated rock solely on their own farm.
HB 171 (Marzian)(H. Judiciary)
Would extend civil rights protections under state law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
HB 178 (Owens, Meeks)(H. Banking & Ins)
Would cap service fees and interest that could be charged by payday lenders.
HB 188 (Clark and Miller)(H. Local Govt)(posted)
Would prohibit consolidated local governments from providing legal representation for any elected official, appointed official, or employee who is the subject of an ethics complaint.
HB 190 (Westrom, Adams, Watkins) (H. Rules)
Would create a statewide ban on indoor smoking in businesses, places of employment, and other listed public places; exempt private residences, unless used for child care or adult day care.
HB 193 (Henderson)(H. Local Govt)
Would increase maximum annual compensation for water commission commissioners from $500 to $6,000.
HB 200 (Jenkins)(H. Local Govt)
Would amend existing laws to clarify, revise and expand the authority of land banks to acquire and manage tax delinquent properties.
HB 201 (Owens)(H. Local Govt)
Would allow a designee of the director of public works for a consolidated local government to be a member of the planning commission.
HB 202 (Owens)(H. Elections)
Proposed constitutional amendment to allow voters who choose to do so to vote by absentee ballot in person on the days prior to the regular election.
HB 208 (King and Bunch)(H. Nat Res Env)
Would allow persons receiving disability insurance benefits from a private insurance company to be qualified for a senior/disabled combination hunting and fishing license.
HB 211 (Thompson and others) (H. Nat Res Env.)(posted)
Bill intended to assist the aluminum industry by allowing them to bypass the Big Rivers Coop and to purchase electricity from TVA or other suppliers. The most immediate effect would be to strand costs that have been incurred by Big Rivers in order to supply electricity to those industries, costs which were incurred on the reasonable assumption that the demand would be there, and the shifting of those costs onto the pocketbooks of the remaining customers, who would likely see sharp increases in their rates. Other major industries could utilize the bill, if adopted, stranding similar costs and shifting those costs to commercial, residential, and smaller industrial ratepayers.
HB 212 (Hall and Riggs)(H. Tourims Dev Energy)
Would amend various laws to encourage purchase and retrofitting of motor vehicles fueled by natural gas.
HB 213 (Riggs)(H. A&R)
Would increase the tax credit amount to $500,000 for each qualifying property that has undergone environmental remediation.
Would amend severance tax law governing limestone to include loading or unloading limestone that has not otherwise been severed or treated in the Commonwealth and allow an offsetting credit for taxes paid in another state.
HB 223 (Jenkins and Marzian)(H. Tourism Dev Energy)
Would revise laws governing disposal of coal combustion wastes and require emergency action plans for high-hazard coal ash impoundments.
HB 235 (Crimm)(H. Judiciary)
Would forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty or torture and ptohibit subsequent ownership of animals for two years.
HB 236 (Rollins)(H. Tourism Dev Energy)
Would require competing local communications companies reselling services of an unaffiliated company to offer basic local exchange service.
HB 242 (Clark and Donohue)(H. Eco. Dev)
Would increase transparency of cost and status of economic incentive programs.
HB 255 (Smart, Wayne, Graham)(H. Banking & Ins)
Would amend existing law to allow the Kentucky Housing Corporation to process mortgage loans and to administer federal or state program contracts, as well as performing other housing-related activities, for entities located inside or outside the boundaries of the Commonwealth.
HB 258 (Hall)((H. Tourism Dev Energy)
Would amend existing laws on establishment of tourist and convention commissions.
HB 261 (Stone, Bell, Greer, Quarles, Short)(H. Nat Res Env)
Would direct Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop regulations governing the purchase and sale of mounted wildlife specimens.
Proposed constitutional amendment to lower age for candidates eligible to serve in Kentucky House of Representatives from 24 to 18, and for Kentucky Senate from 30 to 18.
HB 269 (Rollins)
Would amend current law to clarify that the Kentucky Environmental Education Council will include the central office of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System in the coordination of postsecondary education environmental activities.
HB 271 (Riggs)
Would allow the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund to make grants to private, nonprofit land trust organizations and require dollar-for-dollar match of funds allocated.
HB 277 (Sinnette)
Would establish standards for marina and boat dock owners and operators to prevent electrical shocks to persons in boats, in water, and on docks around the marina.
HB 281 (Hall)
Would allow the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund to make grants to private, nonprofit land trust organizations; require dollar-for-dollar match of funds allocated. Same as HB 271.
Would amend and clarify existing law to require booster seats to be used by children who are less than 9 years old and are between 40 and 57 inches in height.
HB 287 (Marzian, Palumbo)
Would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any infant formula or baby food reusable food or beverage container containing bisphenol-A.
HB 288 (King)
Would amend KRS 56.770 relating to the Energy Efficiency Program for State Government Buildings to expand definitions of "building" and "energy efficiency measure."
HB 289 (King, DeWeese, Bunch)
Proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit members of the General Assembly from receiving legislative pay for a special session that has been called by the Governor because the General Assembly adjourned without passing a state budget.
HB 302 (Hoover)
Would permit a slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to appear on the ballot only in the general election, not in the primary.
HB 306 (Stumbo, Combs)
Would amend current law to include geothermal borehole drilling and geothermal vertical closed loop well installation under the regulatory authority of the Cabinet for Energy and Environment and the Kentucky Water Well Certification Board.
House Resolutions
HR 1 (Stumbo)(Adopted)
House Rules of Procedure for 2013 Regular Session
HCR 6 (Marzian)(House Elections)(posted)
A Concurrent Resolution urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution for election finance reform.
HCR 15 (Hall)(H. Tourism Dev Energy)
Concurrent resolution to urge Energy and Environment Cabinet to develop an action plan for energy efficiency with a voluntary minimum goal of one percent per year energy- use reduction through 2025.
HCR 31 (Meeks)(H. Elections)
Would direct LRC to study whether counties should be offered the option of conducting elections in centralized voting centers rather than in voting precincts.
HR 69 (Smart, Marzian, Flood, Jenkins, Overly, Wayne)
Simple resolution promoting the benefits of green schools.
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Into the Darkest Places: Early Relational Trauma and Borderline States of Mind
Author(s) : Marcus West
Category 2 :
ISBN 10 : 178220122X
‘Those of us working in the field of extreme abuse and trauma have slowly become aware of the paradigm shift such work demands. Different concepts or diagnoses of mental illness become less satisfactory when looked at through a trauma and relational lens. Coming from a Jungian base, Marcus West masterfully explores Jungian, Freudian, Kleinian and Winnicottian theories, as well as American object relations and current international trauma theory, both biological and clinical, in a compelling and respectful way. He uses the myth of Orpheus most beautifully to show how it is the affective response of the analyst that is needed to enter the darkest places, and in doing so he sheds emotional and academic light.’
- Valerie Sinason, editor of Trauma, Dissociation and Multiplicity: Working on Identity and Selves
‘Marcus West has written a book of profound insight into the internal workings of trauma within the psyche and its impact on all interpersonal relationships. This is a book that should be read by every psychotherapist who works with people suffering from early traumatic wounding to the self. It is a book thoroughly grounded in Jungian theory and importantly advances its practical applications.’
- Murray Stein, author of Soul: Treatment and Recovery
‘To shine a much-needed light on analytic practice with borderline states of mind, Marcus West comprehensively brings together neuroscience, infant research and trauma theory along with Jungian and psychoanalytic perspectives. He gives us a critique of salient historical ideas and methods as a launch pad for his own creative understanding and work with those suffering early relational trauma, known as "hidden" trauma. West is a skilful and talented analyst who has bravely sifted through the literature and developed his own in-depth approach grounded in his many years in the trenches.’
- Linda Carter, former US editor-in-chief of the Journal of Analytical Psychology
‘In this impressive and scholarly book, Marcus West offers a thoughtful reappraisal and integration of analytic theory, trauma theory, and relational theory. West draws on a wide range of research to argue that Jung’s concept of the complex is central to understanding trauma, in that it embodies both trauma-related internal working models, primitive responses to the trauma, and narcissistic defences. West suggests that the analytic relationship is the essential site for the reconstruction of early relational traumas, which are repeatedly experienced between analyst and patient in direct and reversed forms, and that the analytic attitude offers the best opportunity for the traumatic complex to be worked through and integrated.’
- Dr Jean Knox, Associate Professor, Clinical and Doctorate Programme, University of Exeter
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The Highlander Who Protected Me: Clan Kendrick #1
Vanessa Kelly
Publish Date 10/30/2018
Categories Historical, Zebra, New Series, Clan Kendrick
The Highlander's Princess Bride: The Improper Princesses #3 by Vanessa Kelly
The Highlander's Christmas Bride: Clan Kendrick #2 by Vanessa Kelly
Bestselling author Vanessa Kelly returns with an enthralling new series about the men of the Kendrick clan—and the women who claim their hearts . . .
Lady Ainsley Matthews, heiress and darling of the ton, was expected to make a magnificent match. Instead she’s hiding on a remote Scottish estate, terrified that her vicious former fiancé will use her pregnancy to force her into marriage. One man can help her—Royal Kendrick, son of a distinguished Highland clan. Though a mistake drove them apart long ago, Royal is the only person Ainsley trusts to protect her baby—even if that means agreeing to never see either of them again . . .
Scarred in body and soul by war, Royal suddenly has a purpose—caring for an innocent babe and thereby helping the woman he can’t stop loving. But when Ainsley ultimately returns to Scotland, determined to be a real mother to her child in spite of the risk, there’s only one solution: marriage. And only one likely outcome: surrendering to the desire that’s simmered between them for so long, no matter how dangerous it may be . . .
Praise for Vanessa Kelly’s Improper Princesses series
“A thoroughly satisfying Regency romance.” —Publishers Weekly
“An enjoyable, thoughtful romance.” –Kirkus Reviews
About Vanessa Kelly:
Vanessa Kelly is the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Improper Princesses series, the Clan Kendrick, The Renegade Royals and The Stanton Family series, in addition to other historical romances. Named by Booklist as one of the “Stars of Historical Romance,” her books have been translated into nine languages and published internationally. In graduate school, Vanessa specialized in the study of eighteenth-century British fiction and is known for developing vibrant Regency settings, appealing characters, and witty story lines that captivate readers. She lives with her husband in Ottawa. Visit her online at vanessakellyauthor.com or join the Clan Kendrick Facebook Group at facebook.com/groups/ClanKendrick.
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Lamar Savages suffer two painful losses to St. Mary’s
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After a tough preseason schedule, the Lamar Savages baseball team was hoping for a fresh start with the beginning of Tri-Peaks League East Division play.
Lamar traveled to the Grace Center in Colorado Springs where they faced the 3A No. 9 state-ranked St. Mary’s Pirates for a league doubleheader April 12.
Unfortunately for the Savages it was bitter disappointment as they suffered a pair of painful losses by the scores of 1-0 and 2-0 to the Pirates.
With the pair of setbacks, Lamar fell to 2-11 overall.
St. Mary’s is now 4-0 in the TPL East and 11-4 overall.
This week, the Savages face the rival La Junta Tigers in another critical TPL doubleheader to be played on two separate days.
Lamar will travel to face the No. 6 state-ranked Tigers at 6:30 p.m. April 18 at Potter Park.
The Tigers then visit Merchants Park at 6:30 p.m. April 19.
St. Mary’s 1, Lamar 0
It was another tough game at the plate for Lamar as St. Mary’s starting pitcher Edwin Romo pitched a complete game. He held the Savages to just two hits with only one strike out and two walks.
Romo got help from his defense as the Savages hit into two double plays.
In his first start of the season, Dylan McTaggart carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before the Pirates scored the winning run on a bases-loaded walk.
McTaggart allowed only two hits with six strike outs and three walks.
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Lamar’s offense produced eight hits but the Savages came up empty as they left nine runners on base.
The Pirates had only three hits, but all three were doubles.
Carson Carere and Blake Buxton each had two hits for Lamar.
St. Mary’s 000 101 x – 2 3 3
John Contreras
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Can You Interchange iPad/iPhone Chargers?
Laura Reynolds
Faith. Family. Fun. Quick Bio: Laura grew up in Ft. Worth, TX in a working class family, where family was top priority...
Jan 29 2 minutes read
All iOS devices (and most smartphones) charge at 5 volts, the standard for USB devices. The difference between the iPhone and iPad adapters is the rated amperagethe iPad charger is rated to handle 2.1 amps, while the iPhone charger is rated for 1 amp. But the amperage rating is only a measure of the adapter's maximum capabilitythe actual amperage is determined by the load (i.e., the iPad or iPhone). According to Steve Sandler, founder and chief technical officer of AEi Systems, an electronics analysis company, modern battery-powered electronics have a lot of complexity between the charger and the battery, including battery-charging circuits within the device and battery-protection circuits in the lithium-ion battery itself. These circuits are designed to manage the flow of electricity to the battery, and if the circuits inside the iPhone were designed to tolerate 1 amp, but are routinely exposed to 2 amps, that could stress the system over time. "Even though you may not instantaneously say, 'Wow, I just destroyed my battery!' you may limit its life over the long term," Sandler says, "but you wouldn't know for a year or more." Our advice: Since Apple claims compatibility between the iPad charger and iPhone, pay for the extended two-year warranty for the iPhone to ride out your cell contract, and charge it however you like. If your battery degrades severely after the first year make Apple give you a new one.
Have a beautiful, warm almost-summer (tomorrow) day, Las Crucens!
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Watch This: 14-Year Old Girl Does a Reggae Cover of Adele’s “Hello” and Nails It
Nicolle Callier
Popular Reggae artist Conkarah uploaded a cover of Adele’s “Hello” to YouTube. This four-minute video featuring Conkarah and his teenage sister Rosie Delmah from the Solomon Islands has generated over 34 million views since last December.
“Hello” is the chart-topping Billboard hit single off of Adele’s third studio album 25. The song immediately broke records following its October 2015 release. According to Billboard, “Hello” became the first track to be downloaded over a million times in one week…ever.
Let’s face it, there aren’t many musicians out there that can compete with the vocal powerhouse that is Adele — there’s a reason this soulful beauty is a 10-time Grammy award winner. Obviously there’s no replacing the original, but this Reggae cover definitely gives Adele a run for her money.
The melodic, tranquil beat replaces the original’s dramatic, somber tone, which leaves you feeling relaxed and at peace by the time the music video ends. Perhaps it has to do with the blue waters and sandy beaches, or maybe it’s the carefree children playing that add to this wonderful Caribbean vibe. Whatever it is, we love it.
Take a listen for yourself and let us know in the comments what you think — how does this cover compare to the original?
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Jean Plante
Adele should get this young lady and her brother on stage with her at one of her concerts, this would propel this wonderful family out of poverty and their community as well. They are simply wonderful.
Jill Sullivan Johnson
I really liked it! More than Adele’s version I think. The girl has a really pretty voice.
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Walking tour lifts the lid on Liverpool's most overlooked attractions
Street art, air shafts and an old curiosity shop form basis of "Seecret Tour" of the city
Alan Weston
Seecret Tours of Liverpool set up by Nico Spyrou (right) and Charles Purdue (left)
It's a walking tour with a difference, taking in Liverpool’s street art, hidden attractions and alternative sights.
And now Seecret Tours - not a misprint - has proved so popular that it has won the Best Newcomer title at this year’s Liverpool Tourism Awards.
The business, launched by partners Nico Spyrou and Charles Purdue less than a year ago, seeks out those hidden spots and abandoned corners of the city which can easily be overlooked in more conventional sightseeing tours.
Nico, who has lived and worked in the city for over 25 years, said: “The aim is to lift the lid on Liverpool’s most overlooked attractions.
“Creatives have beat back the corporate giants and forged their own path in Liverpool. It’s this side of the city that gives us pride.
“Last September, I noticed that we were not shouting from the rooftops about this, and wanted to change that. I noticed people coming to the city for other reasons than The Beatles and football and wanted to show them this exciting side of Liverpool.”
Here we look at some of the spots included in the two-hour walking tour. More information on how to book tours can be found at www.seecrettours.co.uk
Liverpool Sailor’s Home Gate (where Hanover and Paradise Street meet)
The site where the Sailor’s Home once stood, now in the heart of Liverpool’s retail district. The home was open for business for 119 years from December 1850 to July 1969. and was designed to provide safe, inexpensive lodging for sailors and to offer educational and recreational opportunities in contrast to the other less savoury temptations on offer in the docklands area.
Cranio Street Art (painted on the wall of Kazimier Garden, Seel Street)
Born in Sao Paulo, Cranio developed his distinctive blue Indians as a way of depicting the indigenous Amazonian tribes people of Brazil. The pieces are created to provoke the observer to think about contemporary issues like consumerism, identity, corrupt politicians and environment.
Wolstenholme Square/Penelope
Cuban sculptor Jorge Pardo’s artwork Penelope is one of the largest sculptures in the city. Pardo skilfully blends art, architecture and design to create installations that are hard to categorise.
Bold Street Coffee
Formerly the site of The Odd Spot coffee shop, which also doubled as a casino. The Beatles played live here a number of times in 1962 before hitting the big time.
Street Art (Cropper Street)
The wall features work from globally renowned street artists and changes weekly.
69a Renshaw Street
One of the city’s oldest ‘curiosity shops’, selling mementos from around the world, vintage clothes, records, books and antiques. For most of the 20th century, the building was owned by Quiggin Brothers, who were originally world famous marine and architectural engineers. The only remaining memory of these famous brothers is their name plaque mosaic in the entrance.
Banksy ‘Love Plane’ (car park off Chapel St)
This piece of street art by the world’s best known graffiti artist is in the middle of the city’s business quarter and now has a plastic covering to protect it.
Mersey Tunnels Queensway ventilation shaft (The Strand)
The white Art Deco slab of a building contains huge fans that extract fumes and bring clean air in. It is Egyptian-influenced because it was built around the time of major archaeological discoveries in Egypt, notably that of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1921.
Mersey Tunnels
Bold Street
FacebookHorrified man finds giant live moth inside his M&S duck wrapA video shows the huge insect scurrying around inside the packet
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The Australian Ballet announces its 2018 season
by Jo Litson on September 25, 2017
The AB will stage nine ballets including a new Spartacus choreographed by Lucas Jervies and a tribute to Graeme Murphy.
The Australian Ballet has launched its season for 2018, which it has themed as “The Power of the Imagination”, featuring nine ballets, all of them created for the Company, including two world premieres.
The centrepiece – or “the tentpole” as Artistic Director David McAllister described it today at a launch in Sydney – is a new production of Spartacus choregraphed by Lucas Jervies to Aram Khachaturian’s dramatic score. Theatre director Imara Savage is working with Jervies on the production as dramaturg.
The ballet tells the story of a gladiator who led a slaves’ rebellion against the Roman empire. Jervies says of his version: “The production is about a dehumanised slave becoming a human being. Embedded within that story is a love story.”
Kevin Jackson will dance in Spartacus. Photograph © Georges Antoni
Jervies, who is a former dancer of the AB, a choreographer and a NIDA-trained director, has long been interested in creating a new version of Spartacus and mentioned the idea while assisting McAllister on his production of The Sleeping Beauty. As it happened, McAllister and AB Music Director Nicolette Fraillon had been talking about wanting to stage a new version of the ballet and Jervies’ vision for it struck a chord.
The AB premiered its original production of Spartacus with choreography by Lázló Seregi in 1978. The production toured to New York and Washington, and was last performed in Australia in full in 2002. The ballet needs to have a strong complement of powerful male dancers – and McAllister felt that the time is now right.
“It was an important work to come back into the repertoire but we needed to find a new way to bring it into the 21st century,” said McAllister today. “The story has resonances with where we are in the world today. There are totalitarian regimes and so many people still enslaved. People are fighting for freedom and social change – even to get the ‘Yes’ vote up – so it was an amazing synergy when Lucas pitched it.”
French designer Jérôme Kaplan, who created the stunning, witty sets and costumes for Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella for the AB, will design Spartacus. The production has its world premiere in Melbourne in September then plays in Sydney in November.
The 2018 season begins with Murphy, a tribute to master choregrapher Graeme Murphy to celebrate his 50-year association with the Company. Murphy joined the AB as a dancer in 1968 and began choreographing a couple of years later, before going on to a stellar career as the founding Artistic Director of Sydney Dance Company, and a busy choreographer/director of opera and ballet. His ballets for the AB include his stunning Swan Lake, inspired by the love triangle between Prince Charles, Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles, and his distinctly Australian Nutcracker – The Story of Clara.
Murphy. Photograph © Georges Antoni
Murphy brings together a revival of Murphy’s acclaimed retelling of the Firebird story, based on a traditional Russian folktale about a magical bird. Murphy’s Firedbird, which he created for the Company in 2009, drawing on Michel Fokine’s original scenario for the Ballets Russes in 1910, will be paired with highlights from a selection of his works created during his 31-year tenure leading SDC. Murphy plays in Melbourne in March and in Sydney in April.
Next comes the return of The Merry Widow – the first original full-length ballet created for the Company in 1975. Choreographed by Ronald Hynd and directed by Sir Robert Helpmann, the production has gone on to become a modern classic, entering the repertoire of ballet companies around the world.
Based on Franz Lehár’s operetta, The Merry Widow tells the farcical, effervescent tale of the dashing Count Danilo who must try to rescue the tiny principality of Pontevedro from bankruptcy by marrying the newly widowed, exceptionally wealthy widow Hanna Glawari. Set in the ballrooms and salons of Bell Époque Paris, the sumptuous production has long been a crowd favourite. McAllister himself first danced in the ballet in 1985 for its 10th anniversary season with Marilyn Rowe and John Meehan. It was last staged in 2011. “I know the Company are really looking forward to it. It has this mystique around it,” said McAllister. The Merry Widow plays in Sydney in April/May, then Canberra at the end of May, and Melbourne in June.
Verve. Photograph © Georges Antoni
In June, comes Verve, a contemporary triple bill exclusive to Melbourne, featuring the return of Tim Harbour’s Filigree and Shadow, which debuted in 2015, and Stephen Baynes’ award-winning neoclassical work Constant Variants from 2007. The third piece will be a brand new work by Alice Topp, a coryphée with the AB, who made her mainstage choreographic debut in 2016 with Little Atlas.
David McAllister’s beautiful production of The Sleeping Beauty, with gorgeous, opulent sets and cosutmes design by Gabriela Tylesova, will have a season in Adelaide in July, following sell-out seasons in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. (The production returns to Sydney this November for a season at the Capitol Theatre).
The Sleeping Beauty. Photograph © Georges Antoni
Then in August, Maina Gielgud’s celebrated production of Giselle, created in 1986, has an exclusive Melbourne season. When the AB revived it most recently in 2015, it had a sell-out season. “There were a number of dancers at that time that Maina felt [should] do Giselle so we decided to bring it back to highlight some of those dancers who will be making their debuts in roles,” said McAllister.
The 2018 season concludes in Sydney in November/December with the return of Cinderella created for the AB in 2013 by in-demand choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, who is currently Artist in Resdience at American Ballet Theatre. “We took it to London last year and got a wonderful reception,” said McAllister. “It sold out last time we performed it in Sydney so it is the perfect way to finish the year on a Christmassy high.”
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Opdivo/Yervoy Combination Fares Well in Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Trial
But late modifications to the study are raising some questions
Positive results have been reported from a crucial immunotherapy trial that used a combination of two Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) drugs, nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy), to treat patients with a specific type of non–small-cell lung cancer patients. But previously undisclosed changes BMS made to the study, known as Checkmate-227, are raising questions about the validity and strength of the results, according to a STAT report.
The outcome of Checkmate-227 is important to BMS as it tries to catch up to Merck and other pharmaceutical companies in the lucrative lung cancer immunotherapy market. Billions of dollars in revenue are at stake, and Merck is in the lead, already having secured regulatory approval to treat newly diagnosed lung cancer patients with its checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) combined with chemotherapy, STAT said.
Details from BMS were sparse, but the company said its combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab delayed the progression of tumors more than chemotherapy, meeting one of the coprimary endpoints of the study. The patients had newly diagnosed lung cancer with a biomarker known as high tumor mutation burden (TMB), based on a diagnostic test.
The study will continue to determine if the nivolumab/ipilimumab combination will help patients live longer than chemotherapy.
“TMB has emerged as an important biomarker for the activity of immunotherapy,” Matthew Hellman, the study investigator, said in a statement provided by BMS.
TMB measures the total number of mutations in tumor cells, and that biomarker may be a way to predict the degree to which a patient will respond to immunotherapies. If tumor cells have a high TMB, they have higher levels of neoantigens, which are thought to stimulate an increased immune response.
But BMS’s use of TMB as the biomarker, which determined victory in Checkmate-227, is stirring controversy, STAT reported. As originally designed, the primary analysis of the Checkmate-227 study was not supposed to parse lung cancer patients based on TMB status.
On a conference call, BMS’s chief scientific officer, Tom Lynch, said that the study’s design and statistical plan were changed based on “evolving science” of lung cancer and that this was done after consultation with the FDA.
Other companies, including Merck, have used a different biomarker known as programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) in their immunotherapy lung cancer trials. BMS originally set out to use PD-L1, too, until it was dropped in favor of the TMB biomarker after the study was nearly finished.
Checkmate-227 was an open-label study, meaning patients and doctors were not blinded to which treatment they were receiving. However, BMS’s Lynch said the study design was altered without knowledge of the results.
Patients with lung cancer containing high levels of TMB represented about 45% of the Checkmate-227 population, BMS says. The magnitude of the benefit derived from treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab won’t be known until the company presents the study results at a medical meeting. Without those details, it’s not known how nivolumab/ipilimumab compares to Merck’s pembrolizumab/chemotherapy regimen.
The validation and comparison of the competing biomarkers—PD-L1 and TMB—is also a new and complicating factor. BMS said it plans to discuss the Checkmate-227 data with regulators with the aim of submitting for approvals.
Source: STAT; February 5, 2018.
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Thin, flexible solar panels on the drawing board at UNSW
February 20, 2019 NewsMiri Schroeter
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Xiaojing Hao, UNSW associate professor and Scientia fellow in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, and her team, are building such cells made of kesterite photovoltaics.
Containing copper, zinc, tin and sulphur, they are cheaper to make and more environmentally friendly than other thin-film varieties on the market, some of which contain toxic materials, such as cadmium, or rare elements, such as indium and tellurium.
There are significant industrial applications for flexible, thin photovoltaic cells. But a key challenge has been their limited capacity to generate energy with a comparable efficiency and cost to that of conventional silicon solar panels.
READ: National centre of excellence in quantum opens at UNSW
In 2017, Hao’s team built a kesterite photovoltaic cell that attained 11 per cent efficiency.
This set a world record – a fourth for the team – and was the first time that the 10 per cent efficiency threshold was broken for this type of cell. This work was published in the Nature Energy journal in 2018.
“For each efficiency change, we need a step-change technology to make it happen,” said Hao.
She hopes to improve the efficiency of kesterite photovoltaic cells to close to 20 per cent in the next five years.
To do this, her team needs to work out how to prevent the common defects in the lattice of the kesterite material. The reasons for these defects are not yet well understood. However, once corrected, the electrical quality of the material – the main barrier to efficiency – will improve.
Exciting findings from 2018 point to some new directions to control the defects and improve the performance of kesterite cells.
The plan is to apply for Australian Research Council funding to delve deeper and publish some of these results in 2019.
In 2017, Hao was one of 18 young scientists selected from more than 1000 applicants to take up one of UNSW’s inaugural Scientia fellowships. Last year, she won two prestigious prizes: the $5000 Premier’s Prize for Energy Innovation from the state of New South Wales and the $3000 UNSW Engineering Faculty Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research.
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The Second Opinion: Who needs Lawyers? When Laypeople draft Contracts that are Uncertain, Ambiguous and Incomplete, the Courts must strive for a “Sensible and Businesslike” Interpretation, says the ABCA
When complex commercial contracts have been drafted entirely by laypeople -- without any input or advice from legal counsel -- issues of interpretation can be a challenge. This is particularly true in circumstances where, years later, the parties themselves disagree as to specific elements of their agreement. In a recent ruling, Schmidt v. Wood, 2014 ABCA 80, the Alberta Court of Appeal demonstrates the efforts expected of a court in order to find a satisfactory construction of such agreements.
At issue were two interlocking contracts addressing the marketing of current and future products invented by one of the parties. As acknowledged by the Court, the agreements were not models of perfect drafting:
The original two contracts are obviously not drafted by lawyers. Parts are ambiguous or uncertain, and there are gaps in the topics covered.
As the ABCA went on to explain, however, this lack of clarity did not relieve the Court of its duty, if at all possible, to identify a reasonable interpretation:
Complete certainty as to which is the correct alternative meaning maybe is not possible here. But where business people draft their own contract, without using lawyers, the maxim res magis valeat quam pereat ["let things survive rather than perish"] is especially important. The court should strive to make the contract work, not to upset it. …. The poorer the quality of drafting, the less picky should be the interpretation, and the greater the effort to make the contract sensible and businesslike…
With this noble goal in mind, the Court proceeded to identify, address, and overcome each of the flaws in the parties’ agreements:
Although the Court agreed that the two contracts contradicted one another in several important ways, it concluded that this discrepancy could be resolved by characterizing the second and later contract as an amendment of the first. As the Court explained, “Lay people tend not to word amending documents, especially amending contracts, the way that lawyers do.”
Although one of the parties failed to sign or seal the second (amending) contract, the Court rejected this as a relevant impediment to its effectiveness. As the Court noted, the party who had failed to sign the agreement now sued to enforce it, thereby ratifying the amendments.
Although acknowledging that the contract referred to “present and future products of Giant LLC North America,” a company that had no such products, the Court concluded that this provision “could not be read literally.” Instead, the words should be given a “looser and more purposive interpretation” that could be reconciled with the actual facts.
The ABCA also adopted the so-called “armchair rule” -- traditionally used to identify a testator’s intention when interpreting a will -- by taking into account those facts which the parties knew when they signed the contracts.
Finally, in construing the contracts, the Court made use of the parties' own post-contractual conduct, in the form of several additional agreements which they had subsequently negotiated and executed. As the Court of Appeal explained, the language used by the parties in these later agreements “show[s] the parties’ knowledge when contracting” and also “give[s] evidence of the parties’ contemporary [word] usage and understanding when operating under the original two contracts.”
With the assistance of these lenient interpretative tools, the ABCA was able to identify the meaning which the parties had intended their original agreements to have, thereby resolving the dispute.
One can only hope that these Herculean efforts by the Court of Appeal do not serve to convince other businesspeople that they should continue to draft their own commercial contracts without the assistance of in-house or external counsel….!
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All Saints Margaret Street is a noted Grade II* listed church in London noted for its magnificent, highly decorated interior. It is one of the best-known examples of High Victorian Gothic architecture in Britain and it was much admired by the poet John Betjeman.
I was brought in to refresh the church’s online presence, designing a new website and setting up a Facebook page. The visual design made much reference to the ornate architecture. Functionally, I guided the client towards making better use of online technology to deliver an integrated wider comms solution.
Parish office staff log in and post weekly parish newsletters on the website; through RSS integration, this automatically triggers a weekly email to subscribers through MailChimp, as well as automatically posting news items to Facebook
A parish events calendar; events posted on the website are automatically posted as timed reminders to Facebook
A photo gallery and a 360° panoramic tour of the church, in collaboration with a VR photographer.
The All Saints Facebook page has now acquired over 1700 Likes, with a typical reach of 4203 people.
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Home » Who We Are » Our Mission » Caring
Through Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church’s caring ministries, the congregation realizes two key aspects of our mission: nurturing courage and compassion, and reaching out to each other and our larger community of faith. MDUUC is a supportive community of good people who care for one another, especially through times of change or transition. Here’s how we do it and how you can find the support you need.
The Caring Committee helps extend MDUUC’s loving reach toward members and friends who need logistical assistance. Help with transportation and meals is provided as well as cards and other support in times of difficulty. Volunteers also help with logistics for memorial services. Contacts Jane Russell & Merry Nail .
Elder Journey is a fun, thought-provoking discussion among some of the congregation’s most chronologically gifted members and friends. The group meets from 10 a.m. to noon on second and fourth Wednesdays for lively discussion and fellowship. Rev. Leslie Takahashi prepares the monthly topics and facilitates the discussion. For information, contact Rev. Leslie Takahashi.
Caregiver’s Support Group – Caregiving for a loved one asks a lot of us and can be quite a difficult journey. Support, creativity, and good self-care are essential. MDUUC offers a monthly support group that helps provide open-hearted listening, understanding, and wisdom. We meet on the first Saturday monthly at 11 a.m. in the Oak Room. Newcomers to the group who need caregiver support are welcome to join us any time. Any questions should be directed to the group’s facilitator, Rev. Yvonne Schumacher Strejcek, caregiversupport@mduuc.org. Yvonne is a retired UU parish minister, a member of MDUUC, and a caregiver herself.
Harmony Singers is an a cappella chorus of women who sing together to nurture and uplift ourselves and others. We sing simple songs from the Threshold Choir repertoire, rounds, traditional songs, and UU church songs. Our special mission is to coordinate with the Caring Committee to send teams of two or three singers to the homes of church members who are homebound or healing. To find out more, contact Pat Gonsalves, director.
Pastoral Visitors provide one-on-one, confidential support for members and friends who can use a listening presence. Meetings occur at the convenience of the visitor and the person being visited, and they can be used as short-term sounding board or part of long-term support. People who are facing health issues, life transitions, or mobility limitations or who just need a place to be heard find these connections invaluable. Visitors are trained and supported by the ministers. Contact Trish Allard & Carol Fiddler Hasse .
The Grief Support group is a drop-in, monthly conversation for those who have experienced the death of someone close. The group meets monthly on the first Friday of the month from noon to 1 p.m. and is led by Rev. Leslie Takahashi.
The Transitions Support group is a drop-in, monthly conversation for members and friends who are experiencing a life transition such as job change or loss, divorce or relationship change, or age-related disability and would benefit from an opportunity to discuss the challenges they face. For information, contact Rev. Leslie Takahashi.
Clarity Circles provide individuals facing a personal problem, question, or decision with a group process that taps into the discerning guidance of their own inner voice of truth. Clarity Circles are rigorously confidential to protect the identity and integrity of everyone involved. For further information, contact Jo Gelinas.
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Home / People / Staff / Daniela DeCristo
Daniela DeCristo graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. As an undergraduate, she worked in Dr. Patrick Sullivan’s psychiatric genetics lab studying tardive dyskinesia susceptibility caused by haloperidol in Collaborative Cross mice to identify genetic predictors of TD and the regulatory impact of specific significant genes found in schizophrenia GWAS using STARR-seq methodology. In the summer of 2015, she participated in the Conte Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at the University of Chicago and studied SNP and VNTR genetic associations to conduct disorder using neuroimaging and computational methods.
Continuing to pursue her interests in clinical genetics and patient care, Daniela is a Berg lab research technician currently involved in the NC NEXUS project as a gene curator studying the utility of genetic sequencing used for newborn screening. With the advent of whole exome sequencing and the vast amount of genetic information that has become more accessible, she is interested in the comprehensive yet critical assessment of genes and their medical actionability especially in the early stages of pediatric genetics clinical application and implementation. Daniela also enjoys exploring the outdoors, volunteering in the Pediatric ED, playing and teaching violin through Musical Empowerment, and long-distance running.
Publications & Presentations:
DeCristo D, Crowley S, Mollison L, Wallace K, Metcalf F, O’Daniel D, Powell C, Berg J. (2017, March) Better Together: Integrating Genetic Analysis with Biochemical Newborn Screening (Abstract #581).
Poster presented at the 2017 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting on March 23, 2017 in Phoenix, AZ
DeCristo DM. (2015, November) Collaborative Cross recombinant inbred inter-crosses (RIX) for the study of the behavioral and structural consequences of chronic antipsychotic treatment.
Presentation at the Fall 2015 Biology Undergraduate Honors Symposium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
DeCristo DM, Keedy S, Gibbons R, Youngren T, Nosal E, and Lahey BB. (2015, August) Risk-associations of SNP and VNTR genetic variants to conduct disorder.
Presentation at the Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics REU Symposium 2015 at the University of Chicago
P Giusti-Rodríguez, JJ Crowley, RJ Nonneman, DM DeCristo, A Ryan, DR Miller, GS Shaw, V Zhabotynsky, W Sun, PF Sullivan, and F Pardo-Manuel de Villena. (2015, April) Collaborative Cross recombinant inbred inter-crosses (RIX) for the study of antipsychotic pharmacogenomics.
Poster presented at the Celebration of Undergraduate Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Daily cola 'raises cancer risk' due to caramel coloring
Last updated Thu 9 July 2015 Last updated Thu 9 Jul 2015
By Markus MacGill
The chemical process during the manufacture of the caramel coloring used in soft drinks such as cola produces a carcinogen that could be raising the risk of cancer to above the accepted threshold of one extra case in every 100,000 people consuming the drinks, suggests an analysis.
The coloring is not necessary for the production of soft drinks and is included purely for esthetics.
Matching laboratory tests conducted by Consumer Reports on 11 different soft drinks, first reported last year, with an analysis of average consumption by Americans, the researchers found that one can a day could be enough to expose them to potentially cancer-causing levels of the chemical known as 4-MEI (short for 4-methylimidazole).
The potential carcinogen is formed during the manufacture of the familiar caramel color that is added to many widely-consumed beverages.
A law in California requires that drinks must carry warning labels if they contain enough 4-MEI to pose an excess cancer risk of more than 1 case in every 100,000 exposed people (an exposure of 29 mcg of 4-MEI every day).
Testing on 110 samples of soda brands carried out by the Consumer Reports researchers, led by a team at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future in Baltimore, MD, found that drinks contained levels ranging from 9.5 mcg per liter (mcg/L) to 963 mcg/L.
Concentrations of 4-MEI varied considerably by soda brand and state of purchase, the researchers concluded, "but were generally consistent across lots of the same beverage purchased in the same state/area."
They add: "Routine consumption of certain beverages can result in 4-MEI exposures greater than 29 mcg a day" - the level that triggers a new case of cancer in every 100,000 people consuming the drink, toxicity that was established by previous studies in mice and rats conducted by the US National Toxicology Program.
The researchers say there was not enough data from individual drinks samples to recommend one brand over another in terms of carcinogen exposure, but suggest: "State regulatory standards appear to have been effective in reducing exposure to carcinogens in some beverages."
Lead author of the study Tyler Smith, a program officer with the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, says 4-MEI levels can "vary substantially across samples, even for the same type of beverage." Smith explains:
"For example, for diet colas, certain samples had higher or more variable levels of the compound, while other samples had very low concentrations."
In the lab sampling, Malta Goya had the highest 4-MEI concentration while Coca-Cola produced the lowest value.
California listed 4-MEI as a carcinogen in 2011, under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 - better known as Proposition 65. The authors say their results suggest that "federal regulation of 4-MEI in caramel color may be appropriate."
Variety of cola-drinking habits
To estimate consumers' exposure to the potential carcinogen, the researchers took the laboratory readings and analyzed soft drink consumption using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
The data from this survey covered overall health and nutrition patterns between 2003 and 2010 for tens of thousands of US children and adults aged between 3 and 70 years.
The authors say: "We analyzed consumption of all sodas, and further categorized soda into five mutually exclusive categories: 1) cola, 2) diet-cola, 3) root beer, 4) pepper cola and 5) other (non-diet) cola."
They found the proportion of the population consuming each type of soft drink varied, with "colas being the most popular and root beer and pepper colas being the least popular."
Adolescents and young adults consumed the most of any soft drink compared with young children and older adults. Average consumptions of any soda were:
Between 550 and 1,070 milliliters drunk each day by 16- to 20-year-olds
Between 457 and 864 milliliters drunk each day by 45- to 64-year-olds.
Lifetime cancer risks
"This study sought to answer a critical question," says Urvashi Rangan, PhD, executive director of the food safety and sustainability center of Consumer Reports: "How much soda do American consumers drink on average?"
"This new analysis underscores our belief that people consume significant amounts of soda that unnecessarily elevate their risk of cancer over the course of a lifetime," Dr. Rangan says.
She adds: "We believe beverage makers and the government should take the steps needed to protect public health."
"California has already taken an important step by setting a threshold," Dr. Rangan says.
Keeve Nachman, PhD, is a senior author of the study and director of the food production and public health program at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
Also an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Nachman says:
"Soft drink consumers are being exposed to an avoidable and unnecessary cancer risk from an ingredient that is being added to these beverages simply for esthetic purposes.
This unnecessary exposure poses a threat to public health and raises questions about the continued use of caramel coloring in soda."
ConsumerReports.org has produced a video giving information about 4-MEI in soda drinks.
Daily consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks is widely linked to diabetes and obesity, but less well-known include a link to girls starting their periods earlier and being put at a higher risk of breast cancer.
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Caramel color in soft drinks and exposure to 4-methylimidazole: a quantitative risk assessment, Tyler Smith, et al., PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118138, published online 18 February 2015.
Another reason to cut back on soda, Consumer Reports, news story accessed 20 February 2015 at consumerreports.org.
Popular soda ingredient poses cancer risk to consumers, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health news release accessed 20th February 2015 Via EurekAlert!
Article last updated on Thu 9 July 2015.
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MacGill, Markus. "Daily cola 'raises cancer risk' due to caramel coloring." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 9 Jul. 2015. Web.
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Salofalk 500mg gastro-resistant tablets
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mesalazine
Last updated on eMC: 17 Jun 2019
Each tablet of Salofalk 500mg gastro-resistant tablets contains 500 mg mesalazine.
Excipients with known effect: sodium carbonate and croscarmellose sodium
Gastro-resistant tablets
Appearance: oval, light yellow to ochre, gastro-resistant tablets, matt with smooth surface; not scored.
- For the treatment of acute episodes and the maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis.
Adults and elderly
Depending upon the clinical requirements in individual cases, the following daily doses are recommended:
For the treatment of acute episodes: 1.5g to 3.0g mesalazine in three divided doses (1 or 2 tablets of Salofalk 500mg three times daily).
For the maintenance of remission: 1.5g mesalazine in three divided doses (1 tablet of Salofalk 500mg three times daily).
Paediatric population:
There is only limited documentation for an effect in children (age 6-18 years).
Children 6 years of age and older
Active disease: To be determined individually, starting with 30-50 mg/kg/day in divided doses. Maximum dose: 75 mg/kg/day. The total dose should not exceed the maximum adult dose.
Maintenance treatment: To be determined individually, starting with 15-30 mg/kg/day in divided doses. The total dose should not exceed the recommended adult dose.
It is generally recommended that half the adult dose may be given to children up to a body weight of 40kg; and the normal adult dose to those above 40kg.
Method of administration:
Salofalk 500mg tablets should be taken in the morning, at midday and in the evening, 1 hour before meals. They should be swallowed whole, not chewed, and taken with plenty of fluid.
Treatment with Salofalk 500mg tablets should be administered regularly and consistently, both in the acute inflammatory stage and during maintenance therapy in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.
The duration of use is determined by the physician.
For maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis, the dose can usually be reduced to 1.5g mesalazine/day (adults and adolescents with a body weight over 40kg) and 0.75g mesalazine/day (children/adolescents).
Salofalk 500mg tablets are contraindicated in cases of
- Hypersensitivity to the active substance, salicylates or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1.
- Severe impairment of hepatic or renal function.
Blood tests (differential blood count; liver function parameters such as ALT or AST; serum creatinine) and urinary status (dip sticks) should be determined prior to and during treatment, at the discretion of the treating physician. As a guideline, follow-up tests are recommended 14 days after commencement of treatment, then a further two to three tests at intervals of 4 weeks.
If the findings are normal, follow-up tests should be carried out every three months. If additional symptoms occur, these tests should be performed immediately.
Caution is recommended in patients with impaired hepatic function.
Salofalk 500mg tablets should not be used in patients with impaired renal function. Mesalazine-induced renal toxicity should be considered if renal function deteriorates during treatment.
Patients with pulmonary disease, in particular asthma, should be very carefully monitored during a course of treatment with Salofalk 500mg tablets.
Patients with a history of adverse drug reactions to preparations containing sulphasalazine should be kept under close medical surveillance on commencement of a course of treatment with Salofalk 500mg tablets. Should Salofalk 500mg tablets cause acute intolerance reactions such as abdominal cramps, acute abdominal pain, fever, severe headache and rash, therapy should be discontinued immediately.
In rare cases, in patients who have undergone bowel resection/bowel surgery in the ileocoecal region with removal of the ileocoecal valve, it has been observed that Salofalk 500mg tablets were excreted undissolved in the stool, due to an excessively rapid intestinal passage.
This medicinal product contains 49 mg sodium per tablet, equivalent to 2.5% of the WHO recommended maximum daily intake of 2 g sodium for an adult.
Specific interaction studies have not been performed.
In patients who are concomitantly treated with azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine or thioguanine, a possible increase in the myelosuppressive effects of azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine or thioguanine should be taken into account.
There is weak evidence that mesalazine might decrease the anticoagulant effect of warfarin.
There are no adequate data on the use of Salofalk 500mg tablets in pregnant women. However, data on a limited number of exposed pregnancies indicate no adverse effect of mesalazine on the pregnancy or on the health of the fetus/newborn child. To date no other relevant epidemiologic data are available.
In one single case after long-term use of a high dose of mesalazine (2-4g, orally) during pregnancy, renal failure in a neonate was reported.
Animal studies on oral mesalazine do not indicate direct or indirect harmful effects with respect to pregnancy, embryonic/fetal development, parturition or postnatal development.
Salofalk 500mg tablets should only be used during pregnancy if the potential benefit outweighs the possible risk.
N-acetyl-5-aminosalicylic acid and to a lesser degree mesalazine are excreted in breast milk. Only limited experience during lactation in women is available to date. Hypersensitivity reactions such as diarrhoea in the infant cannot be excluded. Therefore, Salofalk 500mg tablets should only be used during breast-feeding, if the potential benefit outweighs the possible risk. If the infant develops diarrhoea, breast-feeding should be discontinued.
Salofalk 500mg tablets have no or negligible influence on the ability to drive and use machines.
Frequency according to MedDRA convention
(≥ 1/100 to <1/10)
(≥ 1/1,000 to <1/100)
(≥ 1/10,000 to <1/1,000)
(< 1/ 10,000)
Altered blood counts (aplastic anaemia, agranulocytosis, pancytopenia, neutropenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia)
Hypersensitivity reactions such as allergic exanthema, drug fever, lupus erythematosus syndrome, pancolitis
Myocarditis, pericarditis
Allergic and fibrotic lung reactions (including dyspnoea, cough, bronchospasm, alveolitis, pulmonary eosinophilia, lung infiltration, pneumonitis)
Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, acute pancreatitis
Hepatobiliary disorders
Cholestatic hepatitis
Photosensitivity
Impairment of renal function including acute and chronic interstitial nephritis and renal insufficiency
Oligospermia (reversible)
Asthenia, fatigue
Changes in liver function parameters (increase in transaminases and parameters of cholestasis), changes in pancreatic enzymes (lipase and amylase increased), eosinophil count increased
More severe reactions are reported in patients with pre-existing skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis and atopic eczema.
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store
There are rare data on overdose (e.g. intended suicide with high oral doses of mesalazine), which do not indicate renal or hepatic toxicity. There is no specific antidote and treatment is symptomatic and supportive.
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Intestinal anti-inflammatory agents, Aminosalicylic acid and similar agents
ATC code: A07EC02
The mechanism of the anti-inflammatory action is unknown. The results of in vitro studies indicate that inhibition of lipoxygenase may play a role.
Effects on prostaglandin concentrations in the intestinal mucosa have also been demonstrated. Mesalazine (5-Aminosalicylic acid / 5-ASA) may also function as a radical scavenger of reactive oxygen compounds.
Mesalazine, orally administered, acts predominantly locally at the gut mucosa and in the submucous tissue from the luminal side of the intestine. It is important, therefore, that mesalazine is available at the regions of inflammation. Systemic bioavailability / plasma concentrations of mesalazine therefore are of no relevance for therapeutic efficacy, but rather a factor for safety. In order to fulfil these criteria, Salofalk 500mg tablets are coated with Eudragit L; they are thus gastro-resistant and release of mesalazine is pH-dependent.
General considerations of mesalazine
Mesalazine absorption is highest in proximal gut regions and lowest in distal gut areas.
Mesalazine is metabolised both pre-systemically by the intestinal mucosa and the liver to the pharmacologically inactive N-acetyl-5-aminosalicylic acid (N-Ac-5-ASA). The acetylation seems to be independent of the acetylator phenotype of the patient. Some acetylation also occurs through the action of colonic bacteria. Protein binding of mesalazine and N-Ac-5-ASA is 43% and 78%, respectively.
Mesalazine and its metabolite N-Ac-5-ASA are eliminated via the faeces (major part), renally (varies between 20 and 50 %, dependent on kind of application, pharmaceutical preparation and route of mesalazine release, respectively), and biliary (minor part). Renal excretion predominantly occurs as N-Ac-5-ASA.
About 1 % of total orally administered mesalazine dose is excreted into the breast milk mainly as N-Ac-5-ASA.
Salofalk 500mg tablets specific
A combined pharmacoscintigraphic/pharmacokinetic study showed that Salofalk 500mg tablets, reach the ileocoecal region after approximately 3-4 hours in fasting subjects and reach the ascending colon within approximately 4–5 hours. The total transit time in the colon is approximately 17 hours.
Release of mesalazine from Salofalk 500mg tablets, begins after a lag-phase of approximately 3–4 hours. Peak plasma concentrations are reached after approximately 5 hours (ileocoecal region) and, at 3 x 500 mg mesalazine/ day under steady-state conditions, are 3.0 ± 1.6 µg/ml for mesalazine and 3.4 ± 1.6 µg/ml for the metabolite, N-Ac-5-ASA.
The total renal elimination rate for mesalazine and N-Ac-5-ASA over 24 hours during multiple intake (3 x 1 Salofalk 500mg tablets, for 2 days; 1 tablet on the third day=examination day) was approximately 60%. The non-metabolised mesalazine fraction after oral administration was approximately 10%.
Preclinical data reveal no special hazard for humans based on conventional studies of safety pharmacology, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity (rat) or toxicity to reproduction.
Kidney toxicity (renal papillary necrosis and epithelial damage in the proximal convoluted tubule or the whole nephron) has been seen in repeat-dose toxicity studies with high oral doses of mesalazine. The clinical relevance of this finding is unknown.
Basic butylated methylacrylate copolymer (Ph.Eur.) (=Eudragit E)
Calcium stearate (Ph.Eur.)
Cellulose, microcrystalline
Methacrylic acid-methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1) (Ph.Eur.) (=Eudragit L)
Povidone K25
Silica, colloidal anhydrous
Sodium carbonate, anhydrous
Colouring agents: titanium dioxide (E 171), iron oxide hydrate (E 172)
No special precautions for storage.
Blister: PVC/PVDC (orange-transparent) /aluminium blister foil
Package sizes: 20, 45, 50, 90, 100 and 300 Salofalk 500mg tablets
Not all package sizes will be marketed.
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Tel: +49 (0)761 1514-0
PL08637/0019
Date of first authorisation: 23 June 2009
Date of last renewal: 19 June 2013
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Merck Fund ups PatientSafe's latest round to $20M
Just weeks after disclosing it had raised $13.3 million in venture capital, mobile clinical software developer PatientSafe Solutions has upped the total to $20 million to close its Series C financing round, the company said Monday.
The Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, a unit of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., led the round, which also included Camden Partners, TPG Capital and Psilos Group. As a result of the investment, San Diego-based PatientSafe has added Max Kahn, a Merck GHI principal, to its board.
PatientSafe, formerly known as IntelliDot, is not detailing how much each investor kicked in, but says it will use the money to ramp up marketing of its PatientTouch platform, a point-of-care suite that runs on iPod Touch enclosed in a waterproof case. The company also intends to add features aimed at helping hospitals meet "meaningful use" standards for electronic health records, increasing efficiency and preparing for the era of accountable care.
The PatientTouch package currently includes a barcode reader for patient identification and various communications technology to encourage collaboration. An iPhone version of the system supports Internet telephony.
A company statement suggests PatientSafe will be working with other technology vendors as well.
"This Series C round is an affirmation of our vision and strategy to move healthcare forward by arming providers with real-time actionable data and making care team workflows easier and more productive," PatientSafe President and CEO Joe Condurso said. "I am delighted to work with Max Kahn and the Merck GHI team to build an open ecosystem of partners to continue to serve our current and future clients across all settings."
According to CrunchBase, PatientSafe has raised more than $70 million in private equity to date, including a $30 million venture round that closed in February 2010.
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Beaucarnea recurvata
Family : Asparagaceae
Text © Pietro Puccio
Native to Mexican semi desert zones where it is at risk of extinction, the Beaucarnea recurvata, here in bloom, is a dioecious evergreen species, slow growing, that in nature can be 10 m tall © Giuseppe Mazza
The Beaucarnea recurvata Lem. (1861) is native to the central and south-eastern semi-desert areas of Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi’, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), where it is at risk of extinction.
The genus is dedicated to the 19th century Belgian collector of succulents Jean-Baptiste Beaucarne; the Latin name of the species “recurvata” = bent, curved, refers to the foliage gait.
Common names: “mangiafumo”, “nolina” (Italian); “beaucarnea”, “bottle-palm”, “elephant-foot-tree”, “pony-tail”, “ponytail palm” (English); “beaucarnea ricurve”, “noline ricurve”, “arbre bouteille”, “pied d’éléphant” (French); “Elefantefuss”, “Flaschenbaum”, “Wasser- palme” (German); “beaucarnea”, “nolina”, “pata de elefante”, “pie de elefante” (Spanish); “biucarnea”, “nolina”, “pata-de-elefante” (Portuguese).
Evergreen, slow-growing, dioecious plant, in nature tall up to 8-10 m, it shows a woody stem with a broad base which can have even a diameter of more than 3 m; the apex, not much ramified, is formed by several tufts of linear leaves of an intense glossy green colour, curved, long up to about 1,5 m and 2-2,5 cm broad, with the margins slightly indented. The terminal panicle inflorescences are huge, showy, with tiny cream-white flowers; it starts blooming when 10 years old. The fruit is an about 12 mm long capsule.
Cultivable in full sun in the warm-temperate areas, it can stand, when adult, tempera- tures as low as -5/-7° C for a short time; not much demanding about the soil, provided same is very draining.
Much cultivated in pot as houseplant, it needs a very draining sub stratum, in order to avoid fatal stagnations, and somewhat poor for the plants with already a woody stem, richer when young.
The pots are to be preferably rather small, and the watering, regularly distributed in full summer, provided the soil dries up completely between them, are to be reduced in autumn and spring and almost completely stopped in winter.
The position must be as much luminous as possible, being plants which in nature live un full sun. It multiplies by seed in spring at a temperature of 20-25 °C, by means of the tufts of leaves, which come out at the apex of the plant, during their first stage of growth, or, finally, by means of basal shoots.
Excellent indoor plant, needs only small pots with little earth, much light and good drainage with always reduced waterings in autumn-winter © Giuseppe Mazza
The Italian name “mangiafumo” (=smoke eater), refers to non existing anti-pollution properties, actually a commercial trick for rendering the plant more interesting.
Synonyms: Nolina recurvata (Lem.) Hemsl. (1884); Dasylirion recurvatum (Lem.) J.F.Macbr. (1918); Pincenectitia tuberculata Lem. (1861); Beaucarnea tuberculata Roezl (1883); Dasylirion inerme S.Watson (1891); Beaucarnea inermis (S.Watson) Rose (1906).
→ To appreciate the biodiversity within the ASPARAGACEAE family please click here.
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A prodigious kind of passion – The National
“The French-Korean pianist Lydie Solomon, who makes her UAE debut at Manarat Al Saadiyat tonight, tells Feargus O’Sullivan that she has long felt a close connection with Chopin”
“Lydie Solomon is nothing if not well prepared. Talking to the 32-year-old Franco-Korean pianist before her debut at the Abu Dhabi Classics season tonight gives you the sense that she has clearly been dredging the city's past for inspiration.
“I heard that the first inhabitants of Abu Dhabi were pearl divers,” she says on the phone from Paris. “It's a beautiful metaphor. My dream onstage is to allow the others to go as deeply as possible into musical waters, to catch the most beautiful pearls themselves.”
In this elaborate pearl-fishing metaphor, the oyster's role is played by the music of that great romantic, Chopin. Solomon's concert will trace the composer's constant travels through his music, a life's work whose melodic elegance and real depth of feeling makes it almost impossible not to love.
For the pianist, it's music with which she has long felt an intense emotional connection.
“I first got to know Chopin when I was 11, through his two concertos,” she says. “You can say it was love at first sight – or, um, at first listen? Is that right? Later, when as a performer I discovered his Polonaise-Fantaisie [which she will play in Abu Dhabi], I felt that this ‘musical movie' which he created described exactly what I was feeling.”
Solomon's close identification with Chopin's music could stem from the similarities between their lives. Both are constantly travelling musicians who are strikingly different from most of their contemporaries.
First spotted as a musician when caught playing Beethoven by ear at the age of 2, Solomon was only 10 when she made her professional debut. Her first national prize came at 13, and she won top prizes twice at the Paris Conservatoire. She also has an MBA and speaks four languages fluently.
When she shyly admits she's written four unpublished novels – the first one at the age of 12 – I have to suppress an uncharitable inner hope that they aren't very good.
Talent like this can weigh heavily, however. While Solomon is openly delighted with her current career, the direction in which she was pushed at such a young age was an experience she found tough.
“When you start as a musician, you choose a passion, something that is connected and belongs only to you,” she says. “When people call you a prodigy, it's as if they stole your passion, because suddenly you need to win competitions and be onstage, always performing.”
This pressure to share rather than develop her skills led Solomon to take a three-year musical sabbatical in her twenties, during which she launched a budding career as an actress.
“I got back to my passion by leaving it,” she explains. “When I was 25, I decided to cancel all my concerts, to step back and take a helicopter view. I wanted to understand why the piano made me suffer so much, because by then it had become a great suffering.
After three years, I understood that the problem was not the piano – it's not an aim in itself, just the way I express myself. When I went back to my career, it was in a totally new state of mind. I would choose entirely myself when I would play and how. I found, for the first time, real freedom in expressing myself with the piano.”
This latter-day career is certainly eclectic. Solomon's last album explored the influence of Chopin on Cuban composers, music that is little-known internationally, in which she sang as well as played piano.
Developing theatrically influenced performances – she has played at times with gold glitter in her hair – Solomon's slightly eccentric, highly personal style suggests that, even though she's already a seasoned performer, her life's work has probably only just begun.
• The sold-out Frédéric Chopin's Journey (Dh100) is at Manarat Al Saadiyat Auditorium on Tuesday, October 14, at 8pm”
The National, Arts & Lifestyle (Feargus O'Sullivan), 2014-10-14
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