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The new vocation took the boy war correspondent, now in his twentieth year, to Cairo in the early weeks of 1862.
And quickly came his baptism of fire. Commodore Foote was preparing for his water attack on Fort Donelson in a bend of the Cumberland river. He was suffering from a rheumatic hand. McCullagh offered his services as "a volunteer private secretary, which were promptly accepted, and thus I obtained a berth on the flagship of the squadron,—the St. Louis."
I called at the Commodore's cabin late on the night of the 13th to ask if my services as an amanuensis were needed. 'No,' the Commodore said with much cheerfulness, 'Everything is ready now. Before I go to bed I will pray for victory, which I think we shall win, or for the next best thing to victory, which is grace to bear defeat.'
Everything was in readiness on the morning of February 14, and the Commodore signaled the ships to move in the order previously agreed upon, and to prepare for action. The St. Louis being the flagship led the procession. She carried the Commodore's pennant, and this, together with the fact that she was in front, of course made her the principal target for the batteries of the fort. I accompanied the Commodore to the pilot house where we both remained until the battle was over.
As we passed along the gun deck, the Commodore, pointing to one of the few among the crew who had seen sea service, said to me, "That old man was with me in the China Seas; he is a typical 'salt,' and is full of sailor superstitions. I know he don't like this thing of going into action on Friday." Sure enough: I saw the old man in the hospital that night, nursing a wounded leg, and he insisted it was all because it was Friday.
When we reached the pilot house the Commodore said it was one of his "sick headache days," and immediately threw himself on a cot, which filled one of the angles of the small apartment, directing me at the same time to stand at one of the little iron windows and report to him how we were progressing. I had a good field glass which I brought to a focus on the fort. Very soon there was a puff of white smoke from one of the batteries and I cried out, "Here she comes."
She did come, too, in the shape of a cannon ball which hissed and whizzed past us in an instant. The pilots began to swear as the first shot was swiftly followed by the second, the third and the fourth. Then there was a slight pause, as if for better aim, for with the renewal of firing the balls began to strike the ship and pound against the pilot house.
The pilots swore louder than ever. I thought a thousand ****s but uttered none. The Commodore raised himself from his cot in remonstrance.
"Tut, tut, tut, men, don't swear, it does no good," said he. Subsequently he rebuked us all for "ducking," in foolish efforts to get out of the way of approaching cannon balls.
"You can't escape by ducking; you are more apt to get hit while you are doing that," said he, adding that he had seen men cut in two in the China war by ducking, who would not have been hurt standing up.
He then asked me whether the firing from our ships was damaging the fort. I told him it was doing very well; that the men in the fort were hustling around pretty lively and that our shots were throwing up the mud around the fort in big lots; but I could not tell whether any of the Confederate guns had been dismounted. All this time the St. Louis had been moving toward the fort at full speed. "We are getting awfully close, Commodore; through this glass I can almost put my hand on the fellows at the guns in the fort." "That's right," said the Commodore in a voice without the slightest emotion.
"Put on a little more steam, Mr. Pilot, and get as close as you can."
As between the fort and the fleet it was now a mighty hot fight. Shots were striking the vessel and the pilot house at the rate of several a minute. When they struck us squarely on the armored bow, between the two great gun ports, the vessel reeled and trembled from stem to stern; it was like a man struck on the forehead with a heavy fist. From within the pilot house we could hear the great iron balls imbedding themselves in the armor with a thump and a thud, as though knocking for admission and determined soon to gain it. The Commodore, still lying on his cot, unable to see what was going on ahead, as the two little windows were occupied, one by the pilot and the other by myself, as the Commodore's lookout, kept asking for more steam, and was only half satisfied when told from below that the ship could not carry another pound of steam without danger of explosion. "Get right under the fort; that's the way to fight," said the Commodore, with his hand on his forehead, still nursing the headache, but now standing up instead of reclining on his cot as heretofore.
We were now within 200 yards of the fort and the air was full of the iron hail of all the guns on both sides. One could almost see the big projectiles as they crossed each other's path going in opposite directions. The men in the fort were being rapidly driven from their guns; but they had good refuge in bomb-proof embankments and they rallied easily and speedily. What had been long feared and expected came at last. A shell from the best and largest rifled gun in the fort—a gun that had been trained on our pilot house since the opening of the battle—struck our armor plating at right angles, and came crashing through the iron and oak as though a piece of pasteboard. It must have exploded either on coming through or immediately on entering the pilot house; at any rate we picked up a whole bushel of iron fragments from the floor of the pilot house that night. The pilot who was at the wheel at the time, a brave fellow named Reilly from Cincinnati, was struck on the thigh and bled to death in an hour. The Commodore was badly and painfully wounded on the leg, and went on crutches during the remainder of his life; three others were hurt in various ways. I was the only one of the six who entirely escaped. The steering wheel was battered into match timber and all the apparatus for controlling the vessel was utterly destroyed.
Everything was in chaos inside our shattered citadel, but the Commodore, sorely wounded though he was, had sufficient presence of mind to order the steam shut off, as the vessel was still moving toward the fort without pilot or rudder, and the fort was playing upon her with terrible effect. What saved us all from death or capture was the fact that we were fighting upstream, and when disabled we soon drifted out of range. The other vessels of the fleet were all badly damaged but none so badly as the St. Louis. The Commodore lost neither courage nor temper on account of his wound.
I summoned the surgeon to his aid but he would receive no assistance until the others had been served. We carried him down the ladder and along the gun deck to his cabin; but he was cool, watchful, courageous and observant, and did not retire until he knew that his injured vessel was safely moored to the shore beyond the reach of the Confederate guns.
"God's will be done; it is only a temporary setback," said he, as we laid him on his cabin lounge. And so ended the gunboat battle of Fort Donelson after an hour and a half of terrible cannonading, with a loss of 25 per cent of those engaged in it on the Union side. At the wardroom mess table on the St. Louis—of which I had been courteously made a guest—consisting of commissioned officers below the rank of captain, there were ten for breakfast on the morning of the 14th and only six for supper that night.
The fight received little attention at that time because it was overshadowed by General Grant's victory and Buckner's surrender two days later. And if I had a chance to choose for a future experience between two hours on the hottest battlefield of the war and ten minutes in that pilot house, I would pick the battlefield for comfort.
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Interesting story - I can't imagine hearing or knowing a canon ball is coming at you and not automatically ducking. I suppose after awhile you get use to it?
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Did you notice the oddity of such destruction and alarm being written with charming pizzazz. Make me wonder if the article was intended for public consumption, or for the historical record. Sure it gives certain facts and corroborating details, but these are terrifying, and to think the author of it came through without a scratch; but what of the inner man? His last statements are electrifying, and yet they almost come across as no greater import than knowing the time of the day. I became more interested in his style and its depiction than the actual event. My question is, '1. Was it a self-serving article. 2. Was it a practice piece 3. Was he hired to cover more?' I liked it.
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I will pray for victory, which I think we shall win, or for the next best thing to victory, which is grace to bear defeat.'
What a great thought for everyone - - - everyday.
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What the flark?! The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s loss looks to be the DC Extended Universe’s gain, as Warner Bros. has scooped up James Gunn to write and possibly direct the sequel to Suicide Squad.
After turning one of the most unlikely comic book franchises into a major cinematic phenomenon, Gunn was fired by Disney from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after years-old tweets featuring tasteless jokes about rape, transphobia, and pedophilia surfaced. Apparently, WB was interested in Gunn for Suicide Squad 2 before the incident over the summer, but once that contract was severed, negotiations began in earnest (via Deadline).
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Gunn’s dismissal from Disney has been one of the messier fallouts in this socio-political climate. While no one is defending the offensiveness of his tweets, they were “only words,” and nearly decade-old words coming from a filmmaker made popular for his work with Troma Films and movies like Slither, at that. The GotG cast had been very vocal in their support of Gunn, with Dave Bautista (Drax) stating bluntly, “I don’t know if I want to work for Disney.”
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Indicative of the odd standard of morality Disney seems to be following, the studio reportedly still plans on using Gunn’s GotG Vol. 3 script. Even so, the film is on hold while they search for a new director.
While it’s hard to imagine a Suicide Squad sequel wouldn’t feature many of the same cast members as the first film (Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jared Leto as The Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, etc.), Deadline notes that Gunn’s take will be “a completely new take on the property.” We wouldn’t be at all shocked if that meant working a character for Bautista into the script, given how chummy they are, a move which would be a double slap to the face for Disney/Marvel.
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Where do I sign up! James Gunn Boards ‘Suicide Squad 2’ To Write And Possibly Direct – Deadline https://t.co/OwdDbAm1Ks
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Gunn’s move to DC isn’t the first time the company has snatched up filmmakers proven successful thanks to Marvel. Spider-Man: Homecoming writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are currently working on directing Flashpoint, the solo film starring Ezra Miller’s Flash. They also nabbed Patty Jenkins to steer their most successful film to date, Wonder Woman, after she left Thor: The Dark World.
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IR35 is the shorthand name (taken from the reference of the statutory instrument which introduced it) of the Intermediaries Legislation. Introduced in April 2000, this legislation is intended to separate “disguised employees” from genuine contractors, and to tax the former as though they were employees.
IR35 was introduced against a background of political and media concern over what was seen as an epidemic of employees leaving posts only to do the same job as a self-employed contractor. This was felt to be a dodge both for the employer to avoid paying Employer’s National Insurance Contributions and for the individual to take advantage of the more friendly corporate tax rates to reduce their personal taxes.
The concept was simple, a set of tests to be applied to a contract role that would determine whether the individual filling that role was in business on their own account, providing services to a client, or was in effect an employee of the end client. In the case that they were not operating a “genuine” business, the individual should be taxed in the same way as an employee – paying Income Tax and National Insurance on all income from that engagement. In practice the clarity of IR35 was muddied by poor communication from the then Inland Revenue (which got no better when it became HMRC), misunderstanding bordering on panic from many contractors, and accountants, umbrella companies and others capitalising on the confusion to sell “solutions”.
First Things First – who is affected?
The Intermediaries legislation is specifically targeted at a group of individuals, those working through what is defined as an intermediary. This means that IR35 definitely does not apply to you if you are:
An employee on payroll at the organisation where you work, even on a fixed term contract – all of your tax liability is taken on a PAYE basis before you receive your pay.
Self Employed – If you are working as a sole trader all contracting income should be declared on your Self Assessment Tax Return and will be assessed for Income Tax and National Insurance. IR35 does not apply as you are not working through an intermediary. In practice this setup is rare since agencies are forbidden from engaging with sole traders and end clients prefer to avoid it since contracting with an individual can be interpreted as a de facto employment relationship.
Contracting through an umbrella company – if you work through an umbrella company you are an employee of the umbrella and subject to PAYE on your income from them. Many umbrella companies advertise themselves as “IR35 compliant” but this is misleading since IR35 simply does not apply to umbrella employees.
IR35 only applies to those working via an “intermediary” as defined in the legislation. In practice this means the rules apply if you are working through:
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It is important to remember that IR35 does not apply to companies or individuals, but rather to engagements (that is individual contracts). Each role you take should be assessed, both in terms of the contract terms and the actual working practices that you follow. A simple summary of the tests would be to ask whether the role would be that of an employee at the end client if you weren’t using your PSC. Thus we talk about a role being “inside” IR35, where the role is deemed to be “disguised employment” or “outside” IR35, where the role is a contractual agreement between two companies.
The impact of being “inside” IR35
The outcome of working a role in scope of IR35 is that any payment for that role received by the intermediary is classed as a “deemed direct payment”. This means that it is assumed by HMRC to be a salary payment for the individual completing the work and is expected to be taxed as such. How this works in practice differs for the public and private sectors.
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This entry was posted on October 3, 2013, in Movie Reviews and tagged Austenland, Bret McKenzie, Georgia King, Jerusha Hess, JJ Feild, Ricky Whittle. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment
You’d be hard fetched to find a film with someone from Flight Of The Conchords, American Pie and Hollyoaks, but somehow the brains behind Austenland have managed to make these planets collide. It’s as if they’ve played Chatroulette with the entire database of IMDB. Or maybe it was BOGOF on the casting agent’s books, and casting Ricky Whittle with an awful Caribbean accent was part of the small print someone failed to read until it was too late.
The fusion of talents may be odd but in its defence, it supports the intentional kookiness of this kitsch film.
Jane (Keri Russell) is a 30-something Yank whose obsession with all things Jane Austen is the reason she’s still on the proverbial shelf; shrines to Pride & Prejudice fill the crannies of her home in the same fashion as the most terrifying 1D fanatic’s bedroom.
Austenland dangerously flirts with the exploitation of 30-something women who, according to Hollywood, may as well glide around on their back with their legs in stirrups in the hope of getting pregnant before it’s too late…
In a last-ditch attempt to create a reality from the fantasy of finding a Mr Darcy, weary Jane empties her life savings and flies to ‘Austenland’ which promises to recreate the real Jane Austen experience. The retreat insists visitors ditch technology, stuff themselves into corsets and take up embroidery to pass the time as they await a wooing from one of the velvet-clad actors – mainly Henry Nobley (JJ Feild), Martin (Bret McKenzie) or Captain George East (Ricky Whittle).
This may sound like an elaborate sex party, but it’s more Benny Hill than 50 Shades and Jane finds herself flirting in haystacks and bouncing bareback on horses as the cast of actors take a shine to her charms. Not that she has much competition. The other visitors include Miss Elizabeth Charming (Jennifer Coolidge – who plays a warped version of her famed American Pie ‘Milf’ character but after inhaling helium and swallowing an ecstasy tablet). The other is Lady Amelia (Georgia King) who could pass for Barbie’s auntie and is clearly a few vowels short of the alphabet.
Onions for lunch was it?
As the actors get to work on exploiting the women’s infelicitous fantasies, this spurious world the hapless customers have invested in becomes more expensive on their emotions than budgeted for.
Austenland dangerously flirts with the exploitation of 30-something women who, according to Hollywood, may as well glide around on their back with their legs in stirrups in the hope of getting pregnant before it’s too late. However, we’re spared a barrage of clichés when Jane gets to grips with her unrealistic desires…a cliché in itself perhaps.
Screenwriter Jerusha Hess already has Napoleon Dynamite on her CV and has since cowritten the screenplays for Nacho Libre and Gentlemen Broncos with her husband, Jared Hess. Those are some hard credentials to live up to and perhaps without them to compare them against, Austenland would make more of an impression.
Enjoyable, camp, and genuinely laugh out loud funny at times, Austenland isn’t quite as timeless as a Jane Austen novel. Saying that, Bret McKenzie in riding boots is a memory I’ll happily cherish. 3/5
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Pro-Life Missouri Democrat Gets Called A ‘Dinosaur’
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A longtime Missouri Democrat and state legislator alleged that her Democratic peers express disgust at her pro-life views, illuminating a growing party schism over abortion.
Missouri legislator Joan Barry has served the Democratic Party for 53 years, and propelled the Democratic State Committee to recognize pro-life Democrats and their “diversity of views” on abortion before retracting the newly adopted party platform in August.
Following Barry’s proposal for a more conservative view on abortion, she allegedly received emails and other messages calling her names like “dinosaur.”
“Mom, your life is in danger,” her daughter told her, adding that “you’d better get some mace,” The New York Times reported Tuesday.
When Barry spoke to a woman about her views during her 2008 state Senate run, “[the woman] looked at me like I had the plague,” Barry said. “She had this horrible look on her face of just disgust and she walked away from me.”
Barry cited former Democratic President Bill Clinton, who in 1996 called for abortion to be “safe, legal and rare,” noting that Democrats have abandoned that stance for a much more expansive one she fears is too far left. (RELATED: Pro-Life Democrats Will Not Be Denied Party Campaign Funding)
“I love the Democratic Party and I love what it stands for, but it’s like they were saying you are not part of us,” Barry said, according to TheNYT. “It was the final nail in the coffin.”
With midterms expected to be close, Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill must win votes from moderate Republicans in order to keep her seat.
(Sen. Claire McCaskill, May 2018. REUTERS/Erin Schaff)
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court has also heightened calls for compromise while sparking battles over abortion, according to TheNYT.
“Right now it’s really important to stand for something,” ad agency Stealth Creative associate director Carolyn McMahon told TheNYT. “Being ambiguous is not the way to win votes.” (RELATED: American Bar Association Quietly Closes Kavanaugh Assessment: Report)
Retired Missouri Judge Christopher Kelly says ousting pro-life and conservative Democrats is a mistake.
“When you become contemptuous of conservative Democrats, you promote the election of their opponents,” he said, according to TheNYT.
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In our racism talk, race is broken down into three sections comparing them to elements of a tree. These three components are called structural, institutional and individual racism. They, together, form the whole of the notion of race. Firstly, structural racism is the roots of the idea of race, where it all started and what has been fueling the idea of racism through all this time. It alludes to the fact that the disparities of our society work in a way to explain the categorization of racial groups and social classes. Society’s standards and beliefs reflect the impressions of mediocrity and supremacy, based on physical attributes standards and beliefs. Racism all started with colonial encounters where the concept of racial hierarchy was created to vindicate unequal power dynamics in order to enable a strong economic development based on oppression. Today, we still reap our morals and norms from the race notion. We, again, reach for the idea of Eurocentrism; a society centered on white culture. The second part is institutional racism which symbolizes the trunk and branches of the tree. This section is the body of racism and has the function of nurturing the idea of race, to keep it implanted in our societies, to keep the concept of racism present in the world. It represents our environment including all of our institutions which are part of the entire system our community is built around. One of the examples would be the magazine cover, where we can observe Michael B. Jordan with a white model. However, the position they are in on the picture refers to an old image of propaganda of black people as savage apes. Everything around us promotes discrimination and persecution; this is what keeps racism alive, we keep sustaining it. Finally, there is individual racism which is any particular act an individual would do based on racial privilege. Therefore, this magazine cover hints to the repression of the black community as it compares an influential public figure like Michael B. Jordan as a “savage.” These individual actions are basically the leaves of the tree that are caught up in the racist dynamics. Structural and institutional racism initially shaped their behavior; in other words, are formed by race culture. It is not necessarily the individual’s fault because society and history shaped them like this, the roots and influence of race are so profoundly crutched to our society’s structure that no individual can truly escape it. The concept of race, at first, was invented for economic profit, however even today, it is still used for power fights and suppression.
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First Look Media Adds Stacey Politi As SVP Marketing
Stacey Politi, most recently VP Marketing at Sony TV’s digital streaming network Crackle, has been hired as SVP Marketing at First Look Media, the company that includes Topic Studios, which produces film, TV, and digital; its news organization the The Intercept; Field of Vision; Topic.com; The Nib; and its Press Freedom Defense Fund.
In her new role, First Look says Politi will lead the company’s marketing strategy, support business growth, drive individual brand awareness, and manage all marketing functions.
“We are at the exact right time to bring in a marketing specialist and Stacey is the exact right person for the role,” said Michael Bloom, President of First Look Media. “We’re making films, documentaries, TV, and digital content with the best creative voices and partners, we’ve launched new consumer brands, and we’re making a big impact with our journalism and non-profit work, which is our hallmark. As we look forward to 2018, Stacey will help amplify everything we do as we grow our brands and our mission.”
At Crackle, Politi led all customer acquisition and retention, brand positioning, B2B, social media, product marketing, and sales support across 28 mobile, desktop, and OTT platforms.
Before that she was head of marketing for Yahoo Screen and a digital marketing manager for NBCUniversal.
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Turkish Lira crashes 30% in one day, Erdogan to unleash Plan "B".
Following emergency bank meetings and numerous pleas by Erdogan for Turks not to "pull FX out of their banks," blaming the country's current economic crisis on America, the Lira has opened massively weaker - crashing below 7.00 per dollar for the first time ever...
That is the second day in a row that the lira has crashed over 75 handles!!!
As The FT reports, Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused other countries on Sunday of mounting an “operation” to bring down the Turkish economy...
“What is the cause of this storm?” he asked a gathering of ruling party officials in the Black Sea city of Trabzon. “There is no economic reason . . . It’s an operation against Turkey.”
But gave no indication he would meet investors’ demands for an emergency plan to prop up the plunging lira.
"I’m calling out to industrialists, do not attack banks to buy FX," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a speech in Trabzon. "It is industrialists’ duty too to keep this nation on its feet. Otherwise we will set into motion our plan B and C," he added.
Sounds very scary - Plan B and C... we can guess that the 'B' stands for 'Block' capital outflows and 'C' stands for confiscation of gold and dollars.
Reuters reports a low level of 7.22 - all of which implies the Turkish banking system is done.
As Goldman Sachs warned, further lira depreciation to 7.1 would erode all of Turkey's banks' excess capital.
Within the current backdrop, we view banks as being vulnerable to Turkish Lira depreciation given that it impacts:
(1) capital levels due to a meaningful portion of FC assets, which increase RWAs in local currency terms on Turkish Lira depreciation, (2) asset quality and cost of risk, as Turkish Lira volatility can put stress on borrowers’ ability to repay as well as underlying collateral values. Moreover, Lira depreciation leads to higher provisioning requirements for FC NPLs, though banks are hedging this risk and can offset the i...
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Managed Edition Guide
Using other forms of authentication
What you should know about digital authentication
What is Single Sign On (SSO)?
Integrating an application with an identity provider
Common sign-in protocols, authentication protocols, and token types
Interana authentication
Password auth
Google auth
Google auth implementation process
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This document explains digital authentication, and how the different methods of authentication are used with Interana. This document covers the following topics:
What is Single Sign On (SSO)
Integrating an application with a security provider
Digital authentication is used when accessing a non-public application. First you must authenticate, to show proof that you are who you say you are. Authentication is important for privacy and data security. The most common authentication method is with a username and password, also known as password auth. Password auth is the Interana default authentication method.
In some cases, an application allows you to authenticate once, then generates a token for subsequent interactions, using your stored token for authentication. If you forget your login credentials, such as a password, the application may prompt you to answer a previously established security question. A second method of authentication (two factor authentication, or 2FA) may also be required, such as entering a code sent to a mobile phone number.
Single sign-on (SSO) is a session and user authentication service that allows users to have one set of login credentials (e.g., name and password) that access multiple applications. Many applications don't want to worry about security, which entails storing user credentials, dealing with flows for registration and password reset, and so on. Likewise, users don't want to have to remember separate passwords for every application. Finally, businesses want a single point of control that allows employees to access many systems at once.
SSO provides a solution to these problems. Centralized identity providers use a set of protocols that delegate authentication for many applications. A special type of secret handshake is used to ensure applications know the identity provider can be trusted to authenticate its users?
In a web SSO service, an agent module on the application server retrieves the authentication credentials for a user from the dedicated SSO policy server. The SSO service then authenticates the user against a user repository, such as a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory.
To understand how to integrate an application with an identity provider, you need to know the sign-in protocol, the authentication protocol, and the token type.
Microsoft SME, David Gregory, used an excellent example in his ADFS deep dive blog post, comparing the authentication process to the process we go through when boarding an airplane:
When you go to the airport to board a flight, what is your sign-in protocol, authentication protocol, and token type?
What is the Sign-in protocol? I go to the one of those check-in kiosks, then print my boarding pass, then go through TSA line, then go to the boarding gate, and finally board the plane. It is expected that I interact with the airport in this fashion and performs these actions in sequence, otherwise, I will not get on my plane.
What is the Authentication protocol? While my boarding pass is part of this, I have to provide my ID or passport to prove who I am.
What is the Token Type? My boarding pass is my token to get on the plane.
This is a great analogy, because you use your ID or passport to authenticate as yourself before you can proceed to the security line at the airport. Once you're in the security line, your boarding pass becomes the token you need to actually board the plane. Unless you are flying internationally, your ID or passport won't be checked again.
There is another analogy with regards to a pre-existing relationship. Since we purchased a ticket (from the airline) before arriving at the airport, we had a pre-existing relationship with that airline (in the form of my purchased ticket). Similarly, an application you use may pre-register with an identity provider to acquire a private credential, so they know it's safe to be exchanging information with you.
The most common sign-in protocols include WS-Fed, OAuth and SAML, with SAML also being a token type. Other sign-in protocols include OpenID, OpenID Connect, Google Authentication, and Facebook Connect.
The most common authentication protocols include the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), and the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP).
PAP initializes authentication when a user logs in with their username and password at the beginning of the connection.
CHAP authentication is initialized by the server that sends a random string (usually 128B long) to the client. The client uses his password and the string received from the server as parameters for a MD5 hash function. The results are then sent together, along with his username in plain text.
The most common token types include SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) and JWT (JSON Web Token). Google Auth uses a proprietary token which does not have a published standard.
If you use an authentication method other than password auth, log in to the config node of the Interana cluster and disable password auth with this command: ia settings update auth password_auth disabled
Interana supports the following methods of authentication:
Password auth Interana fully manages password authentication. A web form appears that lets you register as a new user, then log in with a username and password. The hashed password is stored locally on the cluster in the config DB. Once a user has authenticated, Interana stores a browser cookie for the user so they don't thave to authenticate again.
Google auth Interana delegates management to Google for authentication, which uses the OAuth2 sign-in protocol. The OAuth2 authentication protocol and token type are opaque to Interana. Google simply provides client libraries with which Interana interacts. Once a user has authenticated, Interana stores a browser cookie for the user so they don't need to authenticate again.
SAML auth Interana lets you register with any identity provider that complies with the SAML sign-in protocol. This authentication protocol is opaque to Interana, and uses a SAML token. Once a user has authenticated, Interana stores a browser cookie for the user so they don't need to authenticate again.
Token auth Interana lets a user (who has already authenticated via one of the other protocols listed in this table) generate a private token that can be used repeatedly to invoke the Interana query API. This token is stored in Interana's config DB.
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is a software component developed by Microsoft that can be installed on Windows Server operating systems to provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries.
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s multi-tenant, cloud based directory and identity management service.
Okta auth Okta provides reliable integration for SSO to web and mobile apps, with a full-featured federation engine and flexible access policy.
OneLogin auth OneLogin is a cloud identity management platform that provides secure single sign-on, multi-factor authentication that simplifies identity and access management (IAM) for an efficient and secure enterprise environment.
Password auth is the Interana default authentication method. When a user navigates to Interana in a browser, Interana first checks to see if the user is already logged in. Password auth requires email confirmation, and can be restricted to certain whitelisted email domains.
For password auth, Interana stores a cookie in the browser once the user has successfully logged in. If the user is not recognized, a login screen displays.
When a user navigates to Interana in a browser, Interana checks to see if the user is already logged in. For Google auth, Interana stores a cookie in the browser once a user has successfully logged in. This section explains how Google auth is implemented with Interana. For more information, Google documents is OAuth2 implementation at https://developers.google.com/identi...otocols/OAuth2.
Step 1: Google auth registration You must register with Google as a valid application to use Google auth with Interana. Google then gives you credentials that must be installed on the API node of the Interana cluster.
Step 2: Interana configuration The Interana admin uses the CLI to configure the settings in Interana's config DB.
Step 3: User attempts to access Interana When a user navigates to Interana for the first time and Google auth is enabled (and is not logged in), Interana displays a Sign in with Google button that (when clicked) redirects to the /api/google endpoint on the API node of the Interana cluster.
Step 4: Interana asks Google to authenticate When Interana receives the /api/google request, it is redirected to Google to ask for a token. Google responds with a code, then Interana uses that code to get an actual token. Finally, Interana makes a direct Google API call to get the user information.
Step 5: Find or create the Interana user If Interana gets a login request from a previously unknown user, Interana creates a new user.
Step 6: Save the user info in a cookie Once user login credentials are verified and the user's presence in the config DB is confirmed, Interana sets a browser cookie that contains the user_id, customer_id, and user_name. The user browser cookie enables easy access, so the user doesn't need to sign in every time.
When working with a SAML Auth provider, the first thing is to make a connection and load the SAML configuration. The configuration can be stored locally, on the Interana cluster, or loaded remotely from a URL. For Managed Edition customers, Interana typically stores the remote URL for the SAML provider on the config node of the Interana cluster.
Once the desired IDP URL from the SAML config is loaded, Interana redirects authentication requests directly to the SAML provider. If Interana gets a login request from an unknown user, a new user is created.
Interana supports API tokens that can be passed as part of the Authorization header. These tokens can be generated by admin users and are long-lasting.
You can use Microsoft ADFS or Azure AD as an authentication provider instead of the standard Interana password authentication. For more information, see the following articles:
Add ADFS authentication to your Interana instance
Add Azure AD authentication to your Interana instance
You can use Okta as an authentication provider instead of the standard Interana password authentication. For more information, see the following article:
Add Okta authentication to your Interana instance
You can use OneLogin as an authentication provider instead of the standard Interana password authentication. For more information, see the following article:
Add OneLogin authentication to your Interana instance
How to use the Interana external API
What goes on behind the scenes when data is imported
authentication protocols
security provider
sign-in protocols
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Publisher: Dynamite
Written by: Bruce Jones, Roy Thomas
Art By: Frank Thorne
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Celebrate the seminal work of legendary fantasy illustrator Frank Thorne with this gorgeous hardcover collection, presenting for the first time the actual storyboard artwork from his complete 1976 run of swords-and-sorcery icon Red Sonja's appearances in the Marvel Feature comic book series. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, Frank Thorne's Red Sonja Art Edition preserves every detail of the artist's meticulous skill and hard work, while simultaneously presenting a complete storyline for the enjoyment of longtime She-Devil fans.
Written by: Clara Noto, Roy Thomas, Wendy Pini
Following-up on the best-selling, and soon to be sold out Volume 1, celebrate fantasy illustration's shining star with Frank Thorne's second Red Sonja Art Edition! The consummate She-Devil artist shares his original storyboards from the first six issues of the acclaimed 1977 Red Sonja comic book series. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, this gorgeous hardcover collection preserves every detail of the artist's meticulous skill and hard work, while simultaneously presenting a complete storyline for all to enjoy.
Written by: Claire Noto, Roy Thomas
The third and final volume in Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja Art Edition line dedicated to fantasy illustration's shining star, Frank Thorne! The defining She-Devil artist shares his original storyboards from the issue #7 through #11 of the acclaimed 1970s Red Sonja comic book series. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, this gorgeous hardcover collection preserves every detail of the artist's meticulous skill and hard work, while simultaneously presenting a complete storyline for all to enjoy.
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Publisher: Curio & Co
Written by: Kirstie Shepherd
Art By: Cesare Asaro
Rated Kids (ages 5+)
Your favorite moments from childhood are back! Frank and His Friend seems to get sweeter each time you read it. The turn of a page takes you from a moment of joyful exuberance where adventure could literally be waiting just around the corner, to a scene of warm tenderness where you can almost feel the hug. This special collector’s edition captures all of that – from building cardboard forts to outsmarting Mom’s broccoli plot - in 128 pages of fun that prove that friendship makes anything possible. This special collection is a treasure trove of never-before-seen strips from Clarence “Otis” Dooley’s legendary run on Frank and His Friend in the 1970s. But don’t worry if you don’t remember it -- the strip and the cartoonist never existed! Since 2010, Curio & Co. has been creating entertainment collectibles from an alternate history that play with the power of nostalgia and re-create warm memories from childhood. These were the kind of comics that you hid behind the textbook in Mrs. Henderson’s Social Studies class. She’d always threaten to take it away if she saw it again, but she never did. (She was sweeter than we ever gave her credit for.)
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Publisher: IDW
Written by: David Tischman, Mariah Huehner
Art By: Claudia Balboni, David Messina, Joe Corroney
Sookie's been in New Orleans less than 24 hours and somebody's already tried to kill her in an exploding house—but the sparks really fly when the perky blonde waitress and sexy Eric Northman team up to track down the vampire serial killer stalking the city's French Quarter. Back in Bon Temps, Lafayette faces his fears and considers Pam's offer to work the bar at Fangtasia. By the end of the night, everybody's going to need a stiff drink. Or a Tru Blood. The stakes get higher, as the new blood sucking mystery based on Alan Ball's hit HBO series True Blood deepens.
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Frank Capra is an icon of American popular culture. But he is so much more than simply the director of It's A Wonderful Life, the most beloved Christmas movie of all time. Bluewater's comic book biography traces the course of Capra's life from penniless immigrant to Hollywood royalty, and examines his unique and invaluable contribution to America's war effort.
Time For Frank and His Friend
In 1979 Ringer Publishing Paperbacks released Time for Frank and His Friend, the first collection of Clarence “Otis” Dooley’s legendary comic strip that wasn’t a reprint of his newspaper work. Well, it’s not 1979 anymore, but we’ve got first edition “deadstock” copies of this best-selling comic paperback. And it’s just as terrific as you remember! But don’t worry if you don’t remember it -- the strip and the cartoonist never existed! Since 2010, Curio & Co. has been creating entertainment collectibles from an alternate history that play with the power of nostalgia and re-create warm memories from childhood. These were the kind of comics that you hid behind the textbook in Mrs. Henderson’s Social Studies class. She’d always threaten to take it away if she saw it again, but she never did. (She was sweeter than we ever gave her credit for.)
With Bodies piling up and their investigation at a dead end, Sookie, Bill and Eric are forced to seek help from the local authorities-but that meeting leaves the trio with more questions than answers-so Eric takes them to a secret New Orleans library of vampire history and information!
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LeDeax, the insane vampire killer has Sookie Stackhouse trapped-will Bill Compton and Eric Northman be able to rescue her in time? And will Bill find the clue that links LeDeaux's killing spree to the local Hep-D epidemic? And when Sookie returns to Bon Temp, who is sitting at her kitchen table? For the answer to these questions-and for some good old-fashioned blood and guts-you HAVE to read this issue! The new original comic book story based on HBO's super successful vampire series, TRUE BLOOD, reaches its hemo-fueled conclusion!
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This poor girl was clearly an unstable damage case herself. Not sure why that is being so downright callously overlooked. Suicide understandably seemed like a good idea to her, prob legit thought she wash elping her friend by encouraging him to act.
Keepalowprofile
Water is for people that don't have coffee.
What a horrible girlfriend.
EchaSez
Hope is the thing with feathers.
Keepalowprofile said:
Couldn't she have just slept with his friend?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/us/michelle-carter-texting-case/index.html?sr=twcnni061617michelle-carter-texting-case0323PMStoryLink&linkId=38776388
In a case that hinged largely on a teenage couple's intimate text messages, Michelle Carter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the 2014 death of her boyfriend, who poisoned himself by inhaling carbon monoxide in his pickup truck, a Massachusetts judge ruled.
"She called no one, and finally she did not issue a simple additional instruction: Get out of the truck," Bristol County Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz said during a 15-minute explanation of his rationale.
Carter, 20, cried silently as Moniz spoke. She stood to receive the ruling, which could set legal precedent for whether it's a crime to tell someone to commit suicide.
Prosecutors had argued that Carter sent Conrad Roy III, 18, numerous text messages urging him to commit suicide, listened over the phone as he took his last breaths, and failed to alert authorities or his family that he'd died. The judge agreed.
"This court has found that Carter's actions and failure to act where it was her self-created duty to Roy since she put him in that toxic environment constituted reckless conduct," the judge said. "The court finds that the conduct caused the death of Mr. Roy."
Moniz let Carter, who was tried as a juvenile because she was 17 at the time of the crime, remain free on bail until her sentencing on August 3. She was ordered to have no contact with members of the Roy family. She cannot apply for or obtain a passport, nor can she leave Massachusetts without permission from a judge.
Legal experts had anticipated Friday's ruling.
"The wrinkle here is whether she coerced him or pressured him into doing something that he wasn't in a position to rationally and autonomously decide to do because he was in such a depressive state," Daniel Medwed, professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University, said days before Moniz ruled.
"It's a square peg in a round hole," he said. "It's not a perfect fit for manslaughter."
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I'm so glad this dwarf looking CUNT has been found guily. She is a turd that needs a double flushing. And I hope they keep her locked up forever. She is not that kind of mentally ill. She's a cunt who was enjoying the little "game" she was playing. I hate cunts like her.
Saw herself as this cunning predatory mastermind. I guess her social skills were not as sharp as she thought they were. Because jury pissed through all the holes. Haha
Joke is on you bitch!
She needs a good ass beating and more. There's a mother fucker that needs a hurting. No apologies. NONE.
She is a piece of shit. She knew exactly what she was doing. I would say evil but idk that's almost like giving her some kind of credit. Evil is too nice a word for his cunt. She is lower than any bad word I can think up. I'd just love to mash her ass into the ground.
Omg i could go on and ON about this shit. I see this kind of manipulation a lot and too many times it is explained away. You know that kind of thing. Too much trust instilled in another person. Like a neighbor, teacher etc (just examples). Too close to see the big picture.
Muriel Schwenck
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JackBurton said:
I might feel more sympathy for her if she hadn't ridden the attention whore pony so hard during his suicide and the after math.
She was more wrapped up in dying vicariously through his suicide than actually helping *him*.
Also, although she is frequently referred to as his girlfriend, they rarely met. His friends didn't know about her. It was phone calls and thousands of texts. I don't think he was a real person to her, and I think she preferred it that way.
They take away Youthful Offender status all the time for people who deserve to have it, but this chick gets it? She will do it again, but this time will be harder to catch. She's fucked up in the head, but not the way she wants everyone to believe. I listened to those voicemails, I read those texts. He was depressed, but made it clear he didn't really want to die, just felt like it (there is a difference). Even on that last day he was telling her he didn't want to die and she threatened him to get him to stay in that truck. Without her he would be alive, and for all we know completely happy.
Cold hearted master manipulator.
He at one point asked her to commit suicide with him and she refused but continued to be in a relationship with him. Is it possible she was tired of him and his ongoing depression and suicidal thoughts, maybe. She could have ended the relationship and cut contact with this young man or notify his family. What makes this young woman very dangerous is that she encouraged and goaded this man into following through on ending his own life which at the time he was having second thoughts. Her alleged caring and compassion was for herself when she was arrested and held accountable for her role in the death of this young man.
lithiumgirl
Pretty Nice Troll
GUILTY ... YIPPEE!
I hope she gets jail ... I really hope the courts didn't give her bail until sentencing
because she is going to get some weak ass sentencing like house arrest or
probation ... I really hope she gets at least five years and weak in the knees when
the sentence is delivered. Yep .. .this is me hoping the Judge he is playing his
own little head game with her.
[doublepost=1497701031,1497699806][/doublepost]I can't believe this young woman knew her friend was dead and didn't call anyone.
Let his family worry about him, report him missing, let the police search and find
him and the whole time knew exactly where he was ... VILE!
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She is free on bail until sentencing. She has been free on bail the whole time, so they just continued it. Ugh.
Charmed, I'm sure....
Can someone explain for me.. that doctor that said she was on Celexa..said because she was a teenager, her frontal lobe was still developing... but the girl was almost 18. When does your frontal lobe stop developing? And if that drug is so dangerous, why do they give it to teenagers? He made it sound like, because she was not yet 18, she was in danger of some crazy side effects, but once she turned 18, all would be ok, like 18 was a magic number... or am I misunderstanding ?
~shadow
Shadow said:
Early to mid-twenties is when your frontal lobe is completely developed. Yes, antidepressants can alter anyone, especially underdeveloped brains, however, they are more likely to kill themselves. From my understanding, this all started way before she was on any kind of medication.
That doctor was a paid (by the defense) whore.
Thank you both for explaining. I was thinking that was the case, but wasn't sure. I hope three things happen. I hope she is punished to the fullest extent of the law for her part in this. I hope that she is lobotomized when her punishment is over, so she cannot harm anyone else. I hope she is sterilized so she can not infect the earth with her sickness.
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Erickson!
My brother was a trouble maker when he was a teen ... My mother was stressed out about it one night and I remember my Dad telling her ... Don't worry ... If he hasn't licked this by the time he is twenty five ... then we'll worry. He figured it out by 23 and every is aces.
Can't wait for sentencing. I hope she gets a stint in jail for this, but with all the protective defense on her case and age, she'll probably get long probation.
Jail might convince her how wrong her actions were, and introduce her to a lifestyle / world she doesn't want to be part of.
Then again, if she meets any like-minded folks in jail, or sees it as a place whose rules she understands and likes better than free society..
So long probation, or juvie maybe if her state allows it at her age; and constant supervision of her "relationships" to make sure she isn't able to do this again. Maybe set someone to monitor the Internet usage at her home, keep an eye out for potentially manipulative messages. Or the requirement that she allow law enforcement to review her phone every week or so. Can that be done legally?
Where are her parents? Did they know this boy existed? Did they ever talk to her about her friends or who she was texting? Have they spoken to the family of the boy their daughter effectively killed?
Obviously they never checked her phone.. I realize that's invasive, but if anyone had known this was happening, it could have been stopped. That boy didn't have to die.
I think that if she isn't sentenced to big girl jail, then she won't get much more than probation. She should get much much more, but I' feeling pretty sure she won't.
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A Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter after she coerced her boyfriend to take his own life via text message will learn her fate on Thursday.
Experts say a host of mitigating factors could result in 20-year-old Michelle Carter being sentenced to little to no prison time for her role in the July 2014 suicide of 18-year-old Conrad Roy III.
Carter faces up to 20 years in prison after prosecutors successfully painted the then 17-year-old as an attention-hungry teen, who craved playing the role of the grief-stricken girlfriend.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-guilty-coercing-boyfriend-kill-himself-text-could-get-light-n788856
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/texting-suicide-case-michelle-carter-faces-sentencing-today-could-get-20-years
Michelle Carter has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III.
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Did i comprehend that wrong??? I was watching a live feed. And cant find a news link yet. Only on Twitter n i dont twitter.. She got 2 and a half years.
15 months served, 15 months suspended. She walks on probation???
NO. I KNEW I heard she would remain free- here's news and a link...
Michelle Carter, whose own words helped seal her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the suicide of her teenage boyfriend, was sentenced to 15 months in a Massachusetts jail Thursday -- but will remain free pending appeals.
"This court must and has balanced between rehabilitation, the promise that rehabilitation would work and a punishment for the actions that have occurred," said Bristol County Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz, emphasizing rehabilitation as a primary component of juvenile justice.
Hundreds of Carter's text messages presented as evidence over six days of testimony in June convinced Moniz of her guilt in a criminal case that hinged largely on intimate cellphone exchanges between Carter and 18-year-old Conrad Roy III. Moniz sentenced Carter to a two-and-a-half-year term -- with 15 months in jail and the balance suspended plus a period of supervised probation.
Moniz granted a defense motion to stay the sentence, meaning she will remain free pending her appeals in Massachusetts.
The case could spur the Massachusetts legislature to pass a law that makes it a crime to engage in "coercing or encouraging suicide," Medwed said. Such a law already exist in about 40 other states.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/texting-suicide-case-michelle-carter-faces-sentencing-today-could-get-20-years
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http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/mother_of_conrad_roy_files_42.html
The mother of Conrad Roy has filed a $4.2 million wrongful death lawsuit against Michelle Carter, following Carter's manslaughter conviction for pressuring her son into suicide.
In the suit, filed in Norfolk Superior Court on July 6, Lynn Roy claims that Roy's death has caused $4,224,000 in reasonably anticipated lost wages, citing the captain's license he obtained shortly before his suicide as evidence of his earning potential.
Carters' negligence and reckless conduct caused Roy to sustain "severe personal injuries, great conscious pain and suffering of body and mind and ultimately death," the suit alleges.
Attorney Eric Goldman, one of the lawyers representing Lynn Roy in the suit, said the goal is to establish a memorial for Conrad, not profit financially.
"The family would obviously rather have their son back," Goldman said. "What the Roys are looking to do is somehow memorialize Conrad."
Many wrongful death suits end in a settlement and the $4.2 million claim could be a baseline for those negotiations, Medwed said. But members of the Roy family, some of whom voiced dissatisfaction with the stay in Carter's sentence yesterday, could also see the case through to a jury if they want a more public form of justice.
"Part of it depends on if this is a message lawsuit where they really want their voices heard," Medwed said.
Goldman said no settlement talks had begun but that the family is open to negotiations.
Carter's attorney Joseph Cataldo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Civil penalties seem FAR more fair then criminal ones. Still dont agree with her even being charged here.
Very fair and intelligent sentencing here. This poor damage case has clearly been in desperate need of intense pyschological help from the getgo. Prison is not the place for her and throwing her away for 5-10+ years is only going to lead to more problems for society upon her release.
https://www.journal-news.com/news/teen-who-urged-her-boyfriend-commit-suicide-appeals-her-conviction/UUOhpybYizcCqbv9Sijb1K/
Michelle Carter, whose encouragement of her 18-year-old boyfriend’s 2014 suicide led to her conviction and a 15-month prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, has appealed to overturn the verdict.
In court papers filed last month, her attorneys say the conviction based on “words alone” is a violation of her right to free speech, according to the Associated Press.
“This appeal presents novels question of constitutional and criminal law,” her attorneys wrote in the appeal filed Feb. 5 with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, reports the Boston Globe. “It will set precedent for who may be prosecuted for encouraging suicide with words alone.”
“Carter is the first defendant to have been convicted of killing a person who took his own life, even though she neither provided the fatal means nor was present when the suicide occurred,” her appeal states. “Nothing in Massachusetts law made clear to 17-year-old Carter, or anyone else, that such circumstances could constitute involuntary manslaughter.”
Carter had faced up to 20 years in prison. She actually was sentenced to two-and-a-half years, but all but 15 months of that sentence were suspended and her sentence was put on hold at the time it was handed down until the expected appeal could be resolved. In the meantime, she has been free.
The case has been closely watched by legal scholars. Carter’s defense has argued that the courts “created new law” in Massachusetts in order to allow her prosecution.
I hope she loses her appeal and the appellate court says the sentencing is unfair and give her 15 years
Satanica said:
has appealed to overturn the verdict.
Of course she is ... Bitch. I really hope her lack of grace in accepting her way to lenient sentence comes back to bite her right in the face.
She got off so easy, and yet she still pushes her luck!!! Fucking hell girl LET IT GO. If anyone was still on your side, you are pushing them away with this bullshit.
Sugar Cookie said:
Yes. It was all about Her. This whole melodrama is an exercise in her self absorption . Her concern. Her "heroic" reaction.
I do not doubt her mental problems. It is no excuse no matter how many lawyers her parents hire. She cannot escape her well earned notoriety. At this point she should accept the sentence, serve time, get off on good behavior and hire PR people to redeem her reputation. Lawyers can't do any more.
The fact that her family won't give up makes me think they are all clueless. No wonder she ended up like this. Hello Crazy suicide encouraging girl's family... WTF are you trying to redeem out of this?!
That poor boy died of self pity more than anything else because he fell for youthful peer pressure bullshit. He was doing well! Boat captain certification etc. That was huge! And he let that crazy cunt defeat his whole life. He couldn't see enough beyond his self pity to his achievements. His parents must be so twisted with regret and rage. They think " I could have been more aware." And they realize the total waste of that crazy interfering bitch.
And she will always think of herself as "poor little me, I wanted to help."
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/03/supreme_judicial_court_to_hear_1.html#incart_2box
The Massachusetts Supreme Judical Court will take on the appeal of Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman convicted last June of manslaughter for pressuring her boyfriend Conrad Roy III into killing himself.
On Wednesday, the SJC approved Carter's petition to bypass the Massachusetts Appeals Court in favor of review by the state's highest court.
In a February legal filing, Carter's newly bolstered defense teamargued that her appeal raised novel legal questions and constitutional challenges that merited the SJC's attention.
In preparation for her appeal, Carter has hired additional attorneys with experience in major criminal controversies. William Fick, one of her new lawyers, helped defend Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; another, Daniel Marx, helped overturn convictions tainted by disgraced state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan's faulty testing.
Her defense team also includes attorneys Joseph Cataldo and Cornelius Madera, who represented her at trial.
Her defense intends to argue both that Carter's conviction violated the U.S. and Massachusetts constitutions and that Moniz erred in the legal reasoning for his conviction.
"It will set precedent for who may be prosecuted for encouraging suicide with words alone," Carter's attorneys wrote. "In addition, the extraordinary public interest in this case, which implicates a major controversy about assisted suicide and which has garnered international attention, warrants immediate review by the Commonwealth's highest court."
Better to be pissed off than pissed on
FFS just go away you cow. Whoever’s funding her defense (parents) should just turn that money over to the grieving family.
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Krekprints Action Monster Prints
Posted in Asheville, Mad Tea Party, tagged Action, Ami Worthen, Art, Asheville, Design, Dr. Phibes, graphics, Halloween, handcranked, Jason Krekel, Krekel, Krekprints, Letterpress, Mad Tea Party, monster, Music, north carolina, posters, prints, rockabilly, street team, ukulele, Video on October 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
…So the Mad Tea Party is just cranking out the fun new videos!
Not only is Jason Krekel in the Mad Tea Party and a one man band on the fiddle, vocals, guitar, foot percussion; but he also helps to run the HandCranked Letterpress.
Krekel is offering a special on Monster Prints on his Etsy site (www.krekprints.com). Here’s a video of them being made…
PhilanthroPEAK Live: Promoting the Goodwill of Asheville on Sat, March 20th, 2010 // Six hours of music, arts, theatre, live filming and more at the Diana Wortham Theatre
Posted in Asheville, concerts4charity, Jen and the Juice, tagged Aaron Price, Action, Asheville, charity concerts, community, Concepts4Charity, concerts4charity, Diana Wortham, Film, Gaspar, Hip Hop Culture Program, Jar-E, Jen and the Juice, Jenny Greer, Kellin Watson, PhilanthroPEak, Philanthropy, Scotch Tomedy, Secret B-Sides, Underhill Rose, Woody Wood on February 20, 2010| 2 Comments »
On Saturday, March 20th, PhilanthroPEAK Live will feature over six hours of music, visual arts, theatrical performances, live filming, as well as tabling for community businesses and nonprofits all united under one roof at Pack Place and the 500-seat Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville, located at 2 South Pack Square.
The all ages event starts at 5:00pm and tickets are only $10 in advance and $15 the day of the show. From 5:00-6:30 there will be an opening with beverages, a collaborative ceramics art demo by Gabriel Shaffer and Shay Amber, a Moog Synthesiser and theramin demo with Dave Hamilton, and music by Jenny Greer of Jen and the Juice; theatre music begins at 6:30. To purchase your tickets visit www.dwtheatre.com or call 828-257-4530.
PhilanthroPEAK is the title of the forthcoming Asheville arts/outreach documentary being produced by national 501(c)3 non-profit organization Concepts4Charity (C4C), which is a virtual organization involving people all across the country. C4C is devoted to raising awareness for community issues through sports and the arts within their mission of engaging citizens in philanthropy and/or the resolutions to community issues. PhilanthroPEAK is a film telling a story that takes action by discussing ideas for developing grassroots projects in Western North Carolina, while also promoting the goodwill and concerns of the local community.
A wide array of area musicians, artists and activists who appear in the project will be on hand for PhilanthroPEAK Live and patrons will get a sneak “peak” at some of the flourishing talent from the Asheville community. Funds raised from the evening’s events will help promote the awareness for C4C’s upcoming Hip Hop Culture class an after-school program to premiere in Asheville during the fall of 2010. Additional funds from tickets sales, donations, and raffle items will go toward the release and distribution of the final documentary presentation.
On the bill for the evening’s entertainment to perform are Aaron Price with Kellin Watson, Woody Wood, Jar-E, Underhill Rose, The Secret B-Sides, and Jenny Greer of Jen and The Juice. Scotch Tomedy comedians will be the masters of ceremony for the evening. Find out more about the performers here in a second blog about the event.
There will also Live demonstrations by:
The Bob Moog Foundation will be present with an interactive setup consisting of Theremins and Moog synthesizer equipment. Representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the Foundation’s efforts to build a Moogseum, restore archives, as well as work with you.
Local artist and author Shay Amber will be on hand for a ceramics demonstration
More about Concepts4Charity– This film rough cut sample features John Swan from Greenlife, Jennifer Pickering from LEAF, Bob Roberton from Mountain Roots Management, Josh Phillips Folk Festival, Underhill Rose and more.
A Film Taking Action
PhilanthroPEAK looks to take action, becoming acquainted with activists in the Asheville community, to discuss ideas for developing various grassroots projects that speak to the concerns of the community. Concepts4Charity, Inc. (C4C) provides a platform for Asheville citizens to weigh in on topics that hit close to home. PhilanthroPEAK has been engaging a diverse spectrum of community musicians/artists, educators; philanthropists and entrepreneurs throughout 2009 to get an inside look at initiatives in which they are currently involved.
Christopher Gaspar, an Asheville resident for more than five years, is the Vice President of Operations for C4C and the lead producer on the upcoming PhilanthroPEAK documentary project. Gaspar came to the greater organization with the idea for “A Call to Action” a voter registration documentary on HeadCount in 2008. Although this film was not focused on Asheville, some of the taping and much of the post production for the film was done right here in Asheville. Collaborating with a select few of the tremendous local media producers in Asheville for “A Call to Action” inspired Gaspar to come up with the idea of producing a film about WNC and the vibrant grassroots arts, culture and community therein.
“I consider myself a writer and community developer more-so than a filmmaker. However, I have been involved with media production since college and I understand the advantages of using story telling to get people engaged behind a common objective. It will be nice to introduce outreach programs into the community and uncover some of the incredible initiatives already established within the WNC region. Some groups don’t have the funding or technical expertise to bring their vision to the forefront and that’s where we (C4C) come into play and how we support individual communities”, Gaspar states.
Gaspar initiated the fusion of these local filmmakers, musicians, artists, event organizers, activists and other movers and shakers. C4C held a kickoff retreat in the spring of 2009 to bring together some of these talented people to not only be interviewed or perform on film, but also to network and forge strategic plans. While post production on the project does not start until this summer, a rough cut sample is being hosted on YouTube which outlines some of the people involved: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEWYAHqp1A.
The WNC filmmakers that are involved in the making of PhilanthroPEAK are:
David Bourne with Bourne Media, Kurt Mann with American Green, David Schmidt with Acapella Audio, and Patrick Haney/Caley Lyles/Joel Suttles/Eric Larson of Stellar Media. PhilanthroPEAK Live on March 20th will mark the last major capstone phase of filming for the documentary which started production last spring and continued throughout the year at various events throughout Asheville. This event, PhilanthroPEAK Live is the last phase of filming for the documentary.
Project Distribution
PhilanthroPEAK will help unite the Asheville community and promote it to the rest of the country utilizing various grassroots platforms for distribution and promotion, including:
National Broadcast Television
Community Television Outlets
Regional Cable On Demand
Online Social Networking and Video Streaming
Film Festivals and Entertainment Events
Project Goals for PhilanthroPEAK
Promote sustainable outreach and highlight current initiatives facilitated by citizens of Western North Carolina.
Identify social concerns and underserved needs within the Asheville community.
Develop a program or initiative that addresses the concerns of regional population.
Hip Hop Culture Program Video
PhilanthroPEAK Live is currently calling out for more non-profits and businesses within Asheville to take part in this event. There is a small fee ranging from $20-$50 for a table at the event. This will include two free tickets to the concert, the company name listed on the program guide, website, as well as being listed in the PhilanthroPEAK documentary credits. Organizations will keep 100% of proceeds raised from donations or products sold during the event (ie. T-shirt sales, Raffles, donation jars, etc).
To register your organization please contact: Ms. Cynthia Sun at csun@concepts4charity.org or call 877.656.2469.
About Concepts4Charity
Concepts4Charity, Inc (C4C) is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging youth in philanthropy through the development of sports and arts programs. C4C’s recent documentary, A Call To Action, featured many high profile artists including tour heavyweights Bob Weir(The Dead), Trey Anastasio(Phish), Dave Matthews, Grammy winner Bela Fleck(The Flecktones) and outspoken activist Michael Franti(Spearhead). C4C hosted the premiere of the documentary at the HBO Screening Room in Times Square.
Concepts4Charity, Inc Contact Information
Christopher Gaspar; cgaspar@concepts4charity.org; 877-656-2469; Concepts4charity.org
March 20th Event Details at a Glance:
PhilanthroPEAK Live
produced by Concepts4Charity
Saturday, March 20th
Tickets $10 adv/ $15 d.o.s.
2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801-3521
www.dwtheatre.com
www.concepts4charity.org
http://concepts4charity.org/events/87(event site for tickets)
See the Mountain Xpress Blog about this event!
See the Citizen Times Preview about this event!
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Digital Preemption Programs #10
Program Title Clangers
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. The Clangers is a beloved British series that was originally conceived by Oliver Postgate in 1969 and has been reconceived and invigorated by his son, Daniel Postgate. The show features the Clanger family, small mouse-like creatures that live on Clanger Planet far away from Earth. The members of the family are presented with many unusual challenges that become the center of a dilemma that must be resolved within each episode. Strange visitors arrive out of nowhere and the Clangers have to figure out who and why they are on Clanger Planet. Sometimes they need to help or rescue someone who has become lost on the planet. Other times, they are trying to understand outer space; meteors and comets and eclipses of the sun or moon. Each member of the family has a forte', from playing music to knitting or gardening or inventing equipment that comes in handy for some of the problem solving that takes place.
Program Title Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sun 7am on WXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. In each episode the cameras follow Jack as he spends time with nature's creatures across the continents. Each episode is designed to reveal to children the world around them in a way that presents positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe.
Program Title Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan: Family Edition
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 830a, 9a,930a & 10a on EXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: Family Edition is a weekly half-hour series produced for viewers 13-16 and the entire family that educates and informs the audience about canine training techniques and creating healthy environments for dogs.
Program Title Awesome Adventures
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sun 730am on WXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. "AWESOME ADVENTURES" is a half-hour weekly teen adventure series that is shot in high definition airing 52 weeks a year. Our host, as well as two different teens, will travel each week to destinations around the world that can be both exotic and remote. "AWESOME ADVENTURES" is designed to educate, inform and entertain children 16 and under (specific target audience is 13-16) about the world around them. Each journey is a lesson in the beauty of nature, its creatures, and the people who inhabit the land. This series is designed with a goal to make learning fun.
Program Title Ruff Ruff Tweet & Dave
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 9a on DXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave is Sprout's newest original series that follows best friends Ruff-Ruff (an excitable puppy), Tweet (a lovable and thoughtful chick), and Dave (a unique, blue panda) on a day of adventure, discovery and play. Each episode will reveal a new adventure about making choices and encourages viewers to watch the show while accessing a companion interactive mobile app.
Program Title Dream Quest
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Dream Quest is a weekly half-hour series produced for children 13-16 years of age. The series literally brings the world to young people and their families by fulfilling the desire to learn through experience.
Program Title Astroblast
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 930a on DXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Astroblast!, based on the book series "Astroblast!" by author and illustrator Bob Kolar, is set on a space station in an unknown solar system. The station is populated by five animal characters and one 3-eyed octopus of unknown derivation. Each episode begins with an everyday conversation or incident that grows into a predicament of some sort needing a solution. While these predicaments take place on a space station populated by animal characters and aliens from different galaxies, the issues and resolutions resonate for a preschool audience. Through comedy and zippy action, our target audience sees how the characters learn lessons for practical living such as how to: keep track of things that belong to you, practice good habits, clean up a space when you've made a mess, rebound from a failure or embarrassing incident, or resist the urge to blame others for your mistakes.
Program Title Xploration Station: Earth 2050
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. What will the world look like in 2050? Where will advancements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics lead us? Xploration Earth 2050 strives to answer these questions and more with scientists, inventors, doctors, science fiction writers, and creative thinkers. This half hour weekly series, produced primarily for the 13-16 year old target audience will appeal to the whole family. Viewers will be taken on an educational adventure as the show tackles future challenges in everything from transportation to health care to the environment. Xploration Earth 2050 is a half-hour weekly E/I series produced with the intention of increasing and expanding our target audience' interest in the field of STEM education.
Name of children's programming liaison Jimmy Spears
Address 14351 Hwy 49 North
City Gulfport
State MS
Email Address jspears@wxxv25.com
Include any other comments or information you want the Commission to consider in evaluating your compliance with the Children's Television Act (or use this space for supplemental explanations). This may include information on any other noncore educational and informational programming that you aired this quarter or plan to air during the next quarter, or any existing or proposed non-broadcast efforts that will enhance the educational and informational value of such programming to children. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671, NOTES 2 and 3.
Age of Target Child Audience from 2 years to 5 years
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sun 1030am on EXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Whaddyado is a half hour weekly educational series designed to inform, educate, inspire and entertain children 13-16.
Program Title Floogals
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Floogals is an animated show starring three space aliens Fleeker Flo and Boomer who have been sent to earth to explore investigate discover and report their findings to their superiors at Floogal headquarters. The diminutive Floogals are no taller than a large safety pin and their visual perspective is literally the point of view of the show. With the multiple challenges of their size and ignorance of all things Hooman, that's Floogal speak for human, the Floogals have a lot of work on their hands. They are engaged in the dual processes of discovery and problem solving as nothing on earth is familiar to them. Much like young children, they begin by encountering something new and then go through a comedic multi-step process of watching listening touching and note taking until they've figured out what and how their new discovery fits into the Hooman universe.
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 830, 9, 930 & 10a on EXXV
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sun 7a on WXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Save Our Shelter is a series focusing on the "rescue" of animal shelters and pets in need across America. Each week, hosts Rocky Kanaka and Rob North, with the help of local community members, tranfsorm rundown shelters into highly functioning pet showplaces in the hops that a new facade will ultimately result in more adoptions and more lives saved. Produced for children 13-16 years old, Save Our Shelter will inform young people about the urgent need for pet adoption throughout the United States and how providing a clean and well-equipped home is essential to a pet's healthy lifestyle.
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Hatched is an educational and informational series dedicated to teaching children aged 13-16 about how to successfully pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Each week, a seasoned team of business leaders instructs entrepreneurs about the basic but critical business skills needed to bring a product from concept to the marketplace.
Program Title Xploration Station: Fablab
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 830a on WXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Xploration Fablab brings the world of science, technology and innovation to life. The series is designed to be fast paced and exciting, with each episode consisting of multiple, short-story segments based on a central topic. Featuring fun young hosts that will keep the pace tight and energy high. Star power will be used to supercharge the storylines. Each episode will include a relevant celebrity with a science and tech background.
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 7 & 730a on EXXV
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sun 11am on EXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Wild About Animals is a half hour weekly animal magazine series. The show is hosted by Mariette Hartley. The series is produced for children 13-16.
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sun 730a on WXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Lazytown promotes fitness and healthful habits for preschool children. It takes place in an imaginary setting, Lazytown, and most episodes relate children's eating and fitness habits to problem solving in their "real world."
Program Title Nina's World
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 9am on DXXV
Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Nina's World is an animated show based on a six year old Latina, who lives in San Antonio, Texas with her parents, who own the local bakery, and her Abuela (grandmother). Her Tio (Uncle) Javier lives nearby and there are lots of different children and adults from several different cultures in the apartment complex and neighborhood where she lives. Nina's best friend is Star, a stuffed starfish pillow character brought to life by Nina's imagination. Each episode features Nina taking on a challenge, solving a problem, or finding a way to help others. She is very confident about her abilities, which sometimes gets her into trouble. However, with encouragement and chiding from Abuela, Nina learns about how to plan her work, take responsibility for her actions and correct her mistakes.
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 8a on WXXV
Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sat 8a on EXXV
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Interview with Michael Davis | Building Effective Relationships
Professional Skills for International Business
Universidad de Londres
4.6 (387 calificaciones) | 9.3K estudiantes inscritos
Curso 1 de 6 en International Business Essentials Programa Especializado
This course provides insight into the key professional skills needed by managers at all levels of an organisation. You’ll learn key skills such as how to make a positive first impression; how to become a role model at work; effective time and resource management; and networking. This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study. If completed successfully, your certificate from this specialisation can also be used as part of the application process for the University of London Global MBA programme, particularly for early career applicants. If you would like more information about the Global MBA, please visit https://mba.london.ac.uk/. This course is endorsed by CMI
Delegation, Personal Branding, Leadership, Management
The experience of starting this course was inspiring and very intriguing. It was explained in a very basic way that would make even a novice like me understand
This course was really, really awesome, I learn so money practical theory and framework how to manage people, how communicate and so on...............
Creating A Positive First Impression
In week one we will look at workplace relationships and communication, including making a positive first impression, collaborative stakeholder relationships, verbal and non-verbal communication, and how technology can impact on these areas.
Cialdini's Six Principles of Influence5:45
Key Concept and Case Study: Interview with Oliver James | How to Build Effective Relationships15:09
Interview with Michael Davis | Building Effective Relationships18:34
Interview with Claire Taylor | Collaborative Relationships26:10
Gary Yukl | Building Expert Power10:12
Mendelow's Stakeholder Matrix4:18
Founder and Director, DJ Learning Ltd
In this case study we are going to be looking at different aspects about
building collaborative relationships.
And look to explore the importance of building collaborative
relationships around the world.
We'll be chatting with Michael, who has global responsibilities, and
we'll be looking to explore ways in which he built his working relationships
in all the different parts of the world in which he has responsibility.
The frameworks offered by Yukl and Cialdini both 2012,
will give you some frameworks that you can refer to, and
to think about which aspects that they suggested.
So Yukl offered 11, and Cialdini offered 6.
And just to see which parts of their frameworks you think actually come to
light as we have our conversation with Michael.
So, Michael, you have these global responsibilities and
you have clients, customers, all the way around the world.
What sort of things do you think about when you're looking to build
collaborative relationships in the various points of contact that you have?
>> The University of London has a fairly unusual model when it comes to
working with teaching institutions around the world.
We, first of all, have a broad low cost,
broad access mission, and sometimes it is quite challenging squaring
world class legal education with that broad, low cost access mission.
And that will tell itself out in terms of
our capacity to engage in some of the aspects of
a normal collaborative arrangement that people would see as typical.
Whether it is faculty exchanges,
student exchanges, a lot of these are completely impractical in our context.
So to be perfectly honest, the most important thing, I think,
is communication.
>> The clear establishment of expectations early on.
>> Right. >> But also, the development of rapport.
It's very important, our collaborative arrangements, very,
I mean they're spread right over the world.
The undergraduate laws program from my work at present,
we have around 56 relationships in around 20 countries worldwide.
So cultural sensitivity is also important
in terms of understanding not only the needs of one's clients overseas,
but also whether it's words or gestures conveying meaning.
I mean there are many some amusing
examples of where this has gone wrong over the years, but not so for us particularly.
But certainly yes, there are number of typical cases in point for that, but
no cultural sensitivity, establishing rapport, being available,
giving accurate information and again being available is one of the challenges.
>> Mm-hm.
>> I referred earlier to our lack of, our relative lack of capacity.
And this is where, for example, there are a number of tools, for example,
ICT tools that can help that to increase the sense of proximity.
But really from the outset of a relationship,
the face to face contact initially can be absolutely invaluable.
So, generally we will send out clear information,
setting out the constraints and
possibilities of the relationship, develop it from there through meetings,
provide clear points of contact for people to easily resolve any issues they have.
But also to getting a single points of contact is extremely useful,
indeed, it's very expected in some places.
And so but of course, the issues that some of our partners would have
overseas are very varied, I mean touching upon all points of the student life cycle.
I mean, it can't be forgotten that, I mean,
the laws program currently has in the region of 18,000 students.
And around 70% of those will be attending an institution at some point
during the course of their studies.
So the institutions themselves are an invaluable channel for
not only recruitment and distribution of students, but also support.
Their needs will be both administrative and academic.
So will their queries.
And so it is [LAUGH] generally a matter of generating that respect, that rapport.
But also providing a reliable level of service to them and
ensuring that that level of service is maintained.
And you are therefore projecting the values of your organization as well.
>> So we've had a number of key points that have
come out already from what Michael has shared with us.
One we've just heard just now, and that is the almost ambassadorial role that you
have when you have the level of global responsibility that Michael has
with his 56 key stakeholders representing some 18,000 students.
And you also have this importance of communication and
managing expectations at the outset.
Possibly facilitated by a face to face meeting and
probably underpinned by the role of technology which is a narrative that
we might come back to a little bit later on.
Mike has also shared with us the challenges of having one point of contact
in a context of possible resource constraints.
And also the diversity of what building these collaborative relationships
might mean at different points of the world.
So what are the more challenging aspects of
building collaborative relationships in different parts of the world?
>> I think the particular challenge comes about when potential partners
are seeking more from a relationship then we are willing to give.
>> Now, generally, as with many things in life,
I mean the most important thing to achieve is a win win.
Accentuating the positives that can arise from such a relationship.
>> Mm. >> So, although perhaps the potential
relationship that will ensue will not perhaps meet with initial expectations.
There are always a number of areas that can be hashed out.
To give an example, an institution approaching the university that is seeking
faculty exchange or student exchanges.
It is simply not going to happen.
On the one hand, our faculty is very, we have very very limited academic resource.
And we would need to provide a complete equity in dealing with
all of our institutions.
We cannot treat some institutions as more equal than others.
In interest of equity, I mean we can have special relationships and
we can be flexible, but up to an extent.
And on the point of student exchanges, while as a distance learning program they
simply [LAUGH], they do not have the economies of space for
the internal equivalence to our external programs.
>> Right. >> So, they have to be very
clear about that from the onset.
And yet, rather then institutes leaving the table, only one can then point out
the various aspects of a relationship with the University of London,
that can be tremendously beneficial.
One can point out the fact that some of the great civic universities of the world
have started teaching University of London programs and the value of
this is from a bench marking perspective or from a staff development prospective.
Or from the world wide recognition of the University of London qualification and
how that can bring credit into any other number of areas of study.
>> Mm-hm. >> Or the portability of the University
of London qualification.
You can study it in any time, any place at your own pace.
All of these things are tremendously valuable, and
yet for an institution that is approaching us and
wants to teach students in a conventional classroom, very structured setting,
not all of them will be entirely relevant, but some of them will be.
And so one of the challenges is knowing what the institution wants,
being persuasive and
influencing about in terms of what the relationship can bring to both parties.
And generally, ensuring that that message trickles down throughout the organization.
Because often from the outset of the relationship one can be dealing with
somebody right at the very top of an institution or sometimes it is going to be
a lower level administrator who's just simply doing some fact finding.
>> And so one will have to reinforce this message
over the course of the relationship and the early stages of negotiation.
You might find yourself parenting roughly the same spiel to a number of
different people.
So the challenge is partly remaining consistent, partly knowing your audience.
Communicating persuasively, but
positively, the limits as well as the possibilities of a relationship.
But above all staying honest and truthful and
I don't personally find that a challenge or I just say to add.
But no, it's remaining consistent is sometimes a challenge and
also different expectations and different ways of working.
I mean, as I say, we work in many countries around the world.
The very approach to teaching and
learning varies dramatically across these countries.
I mean, one will have some countries which have a reliance on learning by rote, for
example.
Whereas in our context, we would favor more of an active learning pedagogy.
The challenge is sometimes not to say that we think an approach is wrong, or
we think an approach is not good practice, again, the point,
the positive one would accentuate is the fact that these two things can,
there are synergies to be found.
Students can be encouraged to study independently along side a conventional
learning environment.
They can develop that independence and they can use that to demonstrate their
motivational organizational skills to perspective future employers.
>> We've heard an overview of the complexities
of which Michael has responsibility for in his various outlets around the world.
And we've heard emphasized a number of times now,
the importance of consistency of message, building collaborative relationships.
The reinforcement of messages while you're building collaborative relationships,
the need for honesty.
And again, we've heard about the importance with these collaborative
relationships at the outset, understanding what might be possible.
And in the context of consistency
from what we've heard there are only limits where the boundaries can be moved.
And those limits are quite, quite small.
We've also heard in terms of building collaborative relationships with Michael's
56 key stakeholders that actually,
if you go to one point of contact because the expectation of many of these
stakeholders is to have one point of contact.
If you go to one point of contact in one of these outlets, then where does that one
point of contact go in terms of following up on that collaborative relationship,
because if they're part of a big institution, how does
the University of London, here in London actually follow that through remotely?
Because the issue of managing a lot of these relationships needs to be done
collaboratively, but at a distance.
So looking forward, how do you see these collaborative relationships evolving?
>> Well, it's very interesting.
Because this is the point where having single points of
contact begins to unravel.
Because you would normally establish a relationship
with a business development hat on.
And then in terms of getting the relationship approved
will begin to become more of a quality assurance hat.
Very rarely will you have people wearing the same hats.
You'll be dealing with different functions of the university.
It is important therefore to have decent liaison systems in place, a good
strong back office system to make sure the information is shared efficiently.
But how it would evolve in answer to your question,
is there would be following the approval of a relationship,
there's generally going to be an inspection of the institution.
And then that would have to be considered at the university committee level.
Then that relationship would have to be maintained, both at an academic level and
at an administrative level.
It is very important that, I mean there are very clear procedures here in terms of
how and when students are admitted, what they need to do in order to become
registered, what triggers their materials being sent to them.
And so all of that needs to be understood by the stakeholders within the third party
There needs to be dialog between the academics.
Then after a time, we will be looking at the results.
There maybe interventions needed, there maybe a pat on the back needed.
>> [LAUGH] >> There might be any number of things
that happen there.
But the interesting bit for
me is particularly around the quality assurance of the relationship.
How this initial inspection takes place.
How any recommendations are picked up.
How the relationship is monitored, and how it is maintained.
And again there are clear resource implications here.
For example, I mean academics would have to be involved both in the, program
of competence and capacity building that might take place at the institution or
in briefings to faculty.
Or to simply and actually a general program of engagement going along and
being visible, showing proximity.
These are University of London students who are studying at this institution.
It's important they feel members of the University of London student community.
As well as members of the other community.
>> What can sometimes happen without careful management is us,
the University of London, and our partners can almost end up in competition for
the student's attention.
>> We are providing the learning materials,
we are providing the assessment, but the institution also has its own interests.
It has recruited these students.
Many of these students are going to study at that institution.
They don't really mind which awarding body provides the degree.
So the students' attention is being torn between
both the supporting institution and the awarding body in London.
And it's how we mesh that and we make it so the other vital party
in this is the students and again exactly as with the institutions,
the most vital aspects to that is communication.
Making it clear, where the responsibilities for your assessment lie,
where the responsibilities for your registration lie.
Where your responsibilities for your teaching lie.
What are your avenues in case of complaint?
That there are all manner of complexities that will come out of
once an institution starts teaching.
Now again, coming back to cultures,
you will have both high context and low context cultures in which we are working.
There are going to be some cultures where they can
learn by observation of others doing.
There are others, where they actually respond better to a very directional way.
And actually giving very clear instructions and
saying this is what you do.
But using an approach which is very directional, and
just saying, here is your one source and this is what you do.
They are being very prescriptive.
And that approach will work fantastically in some countries and terribly in others.
>> Sure. >> So again,
it's very important to have this cross cultural sensitivity.
And generally, if one masters that and one has one's information all clear,
understandable, reliable.
And all parties are familiar with what their duties and obligations are.
And where to go if things go wrong.
Generally, things work very smoothly.
It is when some of those things are not in place that things begin to
become a bit unraveled.
And then that will, of course, be picked up at the quality assurance level when
we are monitoring and reviewing these relationships.
And so there's something of a merry go around here between
a number of different functions of the university, whether it is in marketing,
ensuring that the message is conveyed accurately to students about how they will
be studying and where they will be studying and what their options are.
But also to the institutions in terms of maintaining a good working relationship.
>> So when we are looking at these collaborative relationships,
I think what we can see straight away if, for example,
if we look at the Yulk and Cialdini frameworks that we mentioned at the start,
then applying them in a real world context.
And particularly applying them in the global context, you then start to
see there's a lot of unwritten print in the definitions of the various
options that they propose when looking to build a collaborative relationship.
Because we've heard from the context where Michael is working,
the complexities that are involved.
There are several different stakeholders and there's a dangerous stakeholder
conflict in terms of effectively who owns the student in this particular case?
That is the importance of everything that goes on behind the scenes.
So, from the various different functions within the University of London and
the various other points around the world, because if they don’t work to good effect,
and so there’s effective relationships there as well.
Then you really do have a set of other challenges then,
once you’re trying to build this series of collaborative relationships.
There’s also the importance of consistency throughout,
there’s also the importance of what happens next?
And, what happens next?
And so, what we've really learned from our discussions with Michael
is that on a global sense when you look at collaborative relationships,
lots of different variables come into play.
Expectations, how certain those expectations can
have completely different implications at different times in the world.
The different cultures and work place and education environments that
are in place in different part of the world and how they might be managed?
What needs to go on behind the scenes, the need almost for
transparency and really understanding what may be possible
through out these building collaborative relationships.
And also almost a series of clear benchmarks
as to just checkpoints as what's going on quality assurance
throughout seems to be really really important.
So, thank you very much Michael.
>> No problem.
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Free Screening: Tinseltown Tarnish presents Spider Baby (2/18)
Posted on February 2, 2010 by Esotouric Bus Adventures in Uncategorized.
Vintage L.A.-centered cult film series Tinseltown Tarnish debuts with "Spider Baby"
WHAT: Esotouric pals Jeremy Kasten and Elijah Drenner present Tinseltown Tarnish: director Jack Hill introducing "Spider Baby: Director's Cut" WHEN: Thursday, February 18, 7pm WHERE: Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 W 7th St., Los Angeles, CA 90014 COST: Free, reservations required from www.spiderbabyonline.com
Introducing Tinseltown Tarnish, a provocative new film series curated by filmmakers Jeremy Kasten ("The Wizard of Gore") and Elijah Drenner ("American Grindhouse"). Tinseltown Tarnish features favorite cult films that capture vintage Los Angeles locations.
The series debuts on February 18 with a free 7pm screening at the historic Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown Los Angeles of "Spider Baby: Director’s Cut." This highly influential cult classic from writer-director Jack Hill ("Switchblade Sisters," "Foxy Brown") tells the demented and darkly comic tale of the Merrye children — all of whom suffer from a rare genetic malady that causes its victims to mentally regress to a condition of "pre-human savagery and cannibalism." Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Sid Haig and Carol Ohmart and shot in 1964, this black and white horror/comedy was partially filmed on location in Highland Park and utilized the large Victorian Smith Estate, which still stands to this day, that was built in 1887.
The public is invited to join Jeremy Kasten, Elijah Drenner and special guest "Spider Baby" writer/director Jack Hill for this rare screening, followed by a Q&A about the film and its locations.
This event is free and open to the public. You must RSVP for this event by visiting Spider Baby Online. Make sure to put "Spider Baby screening RSVP" in the subject header. Space is limited to 200 people, so please put your RSVPs in as early as possible. Each guest name must be included in the email. Please note that audiences who come to the event without RSVP-ing cannot be allowed in. RSVP Deadline is Wednesday, February 17th at 10 pm.
Parking: 3 Hour Parking validation is available with a purchase of food or drink at the Olive Street parking lot, just north of 7th St.
← Visit scenic Savannah Memorial Park
Snapshots from the Reyner Banham Loves LA: South Los Angeles tour →
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GUESTS AT THE LOUIS VUITTON X FRAGMENT POP-UP STORE
A glimpse at the event organized by Louis Vuitton to celebrate the opening of its Fall-Winter 2017 Men's pre-collection concept store in Harajuku,Tokyo.
Louis Vuitton is opening its “LOUIS VUITTON X FRAGMENT POP-UP STORE” from April 21st (Friday) to May 5th (Friday) 2017 at the "The Mass & Ba-tsu Art Gallery” in Harajuku, Tokyo. The pop-up store premieres a selection of the Fall-Winter 2017 Men's pre-collection - a collaboration between Men’s Artistic Director Kim Jones and Hiroshi Fujiwara.
“Hiroshi Fujiwara is an influencer in the truest sense of the word – he is a true icon of mine,” says Kim Jones, the Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton. “With this collaboration, I wanted to do something quite unexpected, something perhaps more youthful than we usually do. Hiroshi has that understanding of detail that comes from Japan – he simply knows everything,” explains Kim Jones, Men’s Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton.
On the night before the opening, guests gathered for a cocktail party at the LOUIS VUITTON X FRAGMENT POP-UP STORE, which echoes this season's inspirations and the partnership between Louis Vuitton and Fragment Design.
Invited guests were Hiroshi Fujiwara, VERBAL, Takumi Saitoh, Ryo Narita, Issey Takahashi, Kozue Akimoto, Jun Murakami.
Discover the collection here.
LOUIS VUITTON X FRAGMENT POP-UP STORE
Ba-tsu Art Gallery & The Mass, 5-11-5 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
From 11 am to 8 pm
Pre-launch: April 21st to May 5th, 2017
Harajuku Pop-up Store Menswear Kim Jones Hiroshi Fujiwara Fragment
KRIS WU IN LOUIS VUITTON MEN'S FALL-WINTER 2019
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Molecular Templates, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2019 Financial Results
GlobeNewswire• May 13, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas, May 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Molecular Templates, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTEM, “Molecular” or “Molecular Templates”), a clinical-stage oncology company focused on the discovery and development of the company’s proprietary engineered toxin bodies (ETBs), which are differentiated, targeted, biologic therapeutics for cancer, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2019. As of March 31, 2019, Molecular’s cash and investments totaled $84 million, and is expected to fund operations into the first half of 2021.
“So far in 2019, we have made substantial progress in advancing our pipeline and platform. We now have three Phase II studies open for our lead program, MT-3724, and our HER2 ETB, MT-5111, now has an open IND and Phase I dosing will begin in 3Q,” said Eric Poma, Ph.D., Molecular Templates’ Chief Executive and Scientific Officer. “At the recent American Association of Cancer Research (“AACR”) Annual Meeting, preclinical data was presented that showed that our second-generation ETBs utilizing our de-immunized scaffold have improved potency, greatly improved tolerability, and potential for less frequent dosing. These improvements have been demonstrated in preclinical studies with our ETBs targeting CD38, HER2, and PD-L1, all of which are expected to generate clinical data in the next 12 months.”
Company Highlights and Upcoming Milestones
Molecular presented new data on its pipeline programs and technology platform in four posters at the AACR Annual Meeting 2019, March 29 - Apr 3, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Presentations featured data on 1) CD38-targeted ETB TAK-169, 2) CD20-targeted ETB MT-3724 in combination with chemotherapy or IMiDs, 3) PD-L1-targeted ETB for direct cell kill approach to PD-L1 expressing cancers, 4) bispecific ETBs for targeted cancer treatment.
TAK-169
Takeda and Molecular expect to file an IND and start a Phase I multiple myeloma trial in 2019 for TAK-169 (CD38 targeted ETB).
MT-3724
Molecular is conducting a Phase II monotherapy study of MT-3724 in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). This study has the potential to be pivotal. Molecular expects to provide an update on this study in 2H19.
Molecular is also conducting two Phase II studies in earlier lines of DLBCL; one with MT-3724 in combination chemotherapy (GemOx) and the other with MT-3724 in combination with Revlimid. Molecular expects to report an update on both MT-3724 combination studies with MT-3724 in 2H19.
Molecular announced the acceptance of its IND filing for MT-5111, its ETB targeting HER2, in April 2019. The Phase I study in patients with HER2 positive solid tumors is expected to start dosing in 3Q19. Molecular expects to report an update on this study in 2H19.
Molecular expects to file an IND application for MT-6035, its ETB targeting PD-L1 (with antigen seeding), in 2H19.
Several other ETB candidates are in preclinical development, targeting both solid and hematological cancers.
Takeda Multi-Target Collaboration
Takeda and Molecular are conducting lead optimization for ETBs against two undisclosed targets selected by Takeda under the collaboration. Should Takeda exercise its option to license ETBs for both targets, Molecular would receive $25 million and would be eligible to receive up to $547 million in milestone payments and tiered royalties on sales.
The net loss attributable to common shareholders for the first quarter of 2019 was $6.2 million, or $0.17 per basic and diluted share. This compares with a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $8.7 million, or $0.32 per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2018.
Revenues for the first quarter of 2019 were $7.0 million, compared to $0.5 million for the same period in 2018. Revenues for the first quarter of 2019 were comprised of revenues from collaborative research and development agreements with Takeda, and grant revenue from CPRIT. Total research and development expenses for the first quarter of 2019 were $8.5 million, compared with $6.7 million for the same period in 2018. Total general and administrative expenses for the first quarter of 2019 were $4.9 million, compared with $2.9 million for the same period in 2018.
About Molecular Templates
Molecular Templates is a clinical-stage oncology company focused on the discovery and development of differentiated, targeted, biologic therapeutics for cancer. We believe our proprietary biologic drug platform technology, referred to as engineered toxin bodies, or ETBs, provides a differentiated mechanism of action that may address some of the limitations associated with currently available cancer therapeutics. ETBs utilize a genetically engineered form of Shiga-like Toxin A subunit, or SLTA, a ribosome inactivating bacterial protein, that can be targeted to specifically destroy cancer cells. Additional information about Molecular Templates can be obtained at http://www.mtem.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”). Molecular Templates disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and claims the protection of the Act’s Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected expenses, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. In addition, when or if used in this press release, the words “may,” “could,” “should,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “predict” and similar expressions and their variants, as they relate to Molecular Templates may identify forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the development of the Company’s lead program, MT-3724; the expected timing of submitting various IND applications and conducting studies; and the Company’s belief that its proprietary biologic drug platform technology, or ETBs, provides for a differentiated mechanism of action that may address some of the limitations associated with currently available cancer therapeutics.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including, but not limited to, the uncertainties inherent in the preclinical and clinical development process; whether the Company’s cash resources will be sufficient to fund its continuing operations for the periods and/or trials anticipated; the ability of the Company to protect its intellectual property rights; and legislative, regulatory, political and economic developments, as well as those risks identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.
Adam Cutler
adam.cutler@mtem.com
Molecular Templates, Inc.
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Research and development revenue – from related party $ 6,413 $ 163
Research and development revenue – other — 68
Grant revenue 595 251
Total revenue 7,008 482
Research and development 8,454 6,687
General and administrative 4,935 2,910
Total operating expenses 13,389 9,597
Loss from operations 6,381 9,115
Interest and other income, net 510 82
Interest and other expense, net (293 ) (295 )
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities (4 ) 614
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $ 6,168 $ 8,714
Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders:
Basic and diluted $ 0.17 $ 0.32
Weighted average number of shares used in net loss per share calculations:
Basic and diluted 36,738,993 26,989,693
2019 December 31,
Marketable Securities, Current 45,720 10,234
Prepaid expenses 2,005 2,244
Accounts receivable from related party 295 240
Other current assets 5,085 4,424
Total current assets 90,960 104,863
Operating lease right-of-use assets, non-current 11,131 —
In-process research and development 26,623 26,623
Accrued liabilities 5,979 5,357
Deferred revenue, current 19,307 26,231
Other current liabilities 1,232 141
Deferred revenue, long term 2,065 2,670
Long-term debt, net 3,159 3,254
Operating lease liabilities, long-term 10,770 —
Other liabilities 374 819
Total stockholders’ equity 96,137 100,906
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ISLAMORADA EXHIBIT TO HONOR HISTORY-MAKING QUADRIPLEGIC DIVER
ISLAMORADA, Florida Keys — Showcasing the unparalleled story of Matt Johnston and his one-of-a-kind dive gear, a “Diving a Dream” exhibit is to open Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Florida Keys History of Diving Museum in Islamorada.
Johnston, of Woodbury, Minn., made diving history in November 2006 when he became the first paralyzed scuba diver who breathes through a ventilator to complete two successful ocean dives in the Florida Keys.
Floating face down with a medical team nearby, Johnston made his historic dives in shallow water over the reefs off the Florida Keys. The experience fulfilled a longtime dream for the 32-year-old Johnston, a quadriplegic who was diagnosed during his childhood with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, a hereditary degenerative disease of the voluntary muscles.
He plans to attend the exhibit’s opening, scheduled for 7 p.m., via webcam.
“Inclusion in the museum will carry Matt’s inspiration to yet another audience,” said Michael Lombardi of Oceans of Opportunity, a not-for-profit organization that collaborated with Johnston to bring his dream to life and inspire others to reach their goals.
Among the items to be on display are the double-limb vent circuit (white hoses fixed to his suit) and a custom-made Diving Unlimited International dry suit.
“The first suit is important because it’s a prototype for people with trachs,” said Johnston, whose paralyzed lungs receive air through a tracheotomy (“trach”) tube connected to a ventilator.
Museum visitors can watch an 11-minute video segment about Johnston’s diving experience that aired on NBC’s “Today Show” and see Johnston’s original Scubility Open Water Diver certificate — believed to be the first in the world.
As well as his Florida Keys first, the 32-year-old Johnston was among the first full quadriplegics to dive, pioneering scuba diving with muscular dystrophy. He also authored the “Manual for Ventilator-Dependent Quadriplegic Diving.”
In the manual’s introduction, Johnston wrote, “Diving is not just about all the trips you take and the adventures you have. It’s also about the friendships you make both above and below the water.”
The Florida Keys History of Diving Museum, located at mile marker 82.9 bayside, is dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents, photographs and oral history relative to diving and its heritage. Donations are accepted to benefit the museum.
For more information visit DivingMuseum.org or call (305) 664-9737.
Matt Johnston on his first open-water dive off the Florida Keys in November 2006, setting the record for the world’s first ventilator-dependent quadriplegic to dive in the ocean. (Photos courtesy of Florida Keys History of Diving Museum)
Matt donated his special, one-of-a-kind diving outfit to the History of Diving Museum.
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Jennifer Lawrence reveals plot details of comedy with Amy Schumer
'We both have very similar senses of humor ... I don't know what our movie will be rated.'
By Shirley Li
November 05, 2015 at 02:24 PM EST
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While promoting the final installment of The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence revealed the plot of the “funny,” “dirty,” and “real” screenplay she’s writing with Amy Schumer.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Lawrence elaborated on the film’s story about two sisters she and Schumer will play. “Amy, in this movie, she has it very together. It’s her lifelong dream to be a flight attendant. She works at the airport. And I’m a mess, so…” she says, trailing off.
In other words, it’s Trainwreck 2: View From the Top?
Not exactly, Lawrence says, adding that the film so far includes only female roles, because “there’s not really boys in it.” That said, Schumer’s summer hit did help spark the pair’s friendship and eventual creative collaboration.
“It really just felt very cosmic,” Lawrence said about why the two work well together. “I watched Trainwreck and I was like, ‘Yep, we’re made for each other,’ and then I reached out and everything just happened so quickly. We both have very similar senses of humor, obviously and aren’t afraid, which is a good and bad thing, because I don’t know what our movie will be rated. And we’re both very blunt. So we’ve gotten through a really strenuous process without ever fighting, because we’re both very straightforward.”
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50 Interesting Facts about FBI
1Robert Hanssen
In 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI's moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
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14. The most sophisticated bomb ever encountered by the FBI destroyed Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino in Lake Tahoe in 1980. The device included 28 toggle switches, a float switch, tilt sensor, other sensors, spring switches, casing screws and joints, and a few surprises.
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The Fortress of Louisbourg
is the largest reconstruction project in North America. The original settlement was founded in 1713 by the French and developed over several decades into a thriving center for fishing and trade. Fortified against the threat of British invasion during the turbulent time of empire-building, Louisbourg was besieged twice before finally being destroyed in the 1760s. The site lay untouched until well into modern times, when archaeologists began to reconstruct the fortress as it was in the 18th century.
Thanks to their efforts and the work of Parks Canada and the Fortress Louisbourg Association, you can now experience life in Louisbourg during its heyday. There are more than a dozen buildings open to the public including three authentic working 18th century restaurants. During the summer months hundreds of re-enactors or “animators” of all ages, from wealthy merchants to poor soldiers, populate the streets of the restored fortress working, playing, and living life as they would have in 1744.
So come experience living history at the Fortress Louisbourg. You can explore on your own, take a guided tour, or view daily demonstrations of music, dancing, cooking, military drills, and much more. Take home a taste of the past with bread from the King’s Bakery. You can even purchase 18th century replica gifts and Fortress memorabilia from our 1744 Boutiques.
The Lartigue Property
The first house you approach on the quay was one of the most admired in the town. Its owner, a Gascon named Joseph Lartigue (c1683-1743), came to Louisbourg with the first settlers from Placentia, Newfoundland. He had been a fisher¬man and trader, but here he accepted public office, becoming a member of the Superior Council and serving as town magis¬trate. Business sense, family alliances and official favour raised him to prominence in the town. Lartigue had the original of this house built here in 1734.
The house, a timberframe structure with rubblestone fill, is soundly built and handsome, but would we share the envy of Lartigue’s peers? The house is not large and part of it was used as a courtroom, yet Lartigue and his wife Jeanne lived here with several servants and many of their twelve children. Lar¬tigue was prosperous when he built this house and thought himself well favoured by it. Acknowledging his satisfaction, we begin to see that ideals of space and privacy change, and that the Lartigues accepted different standards than we might.
Except for four years of exile in France, Mme. Lartigue lived here through the whole existence of French Louisbourg, one of a few colonists to see both its foundation and its fall. Exiled again, she died in 1763.
Today the Lartigue home serves as a boutique, operated by the Fortress Louisbourg Association, offering reproductions of eighteenth products and souvenirs for sale.
The Dauphin Gate
There were only three land gates and a couple of wharves to give entry to Louisbourg. This one, the principal land entrance, was manned around the clock by an officer and thirty soldiers. Fishermen, wagoneers and children could pass in and out all day long, but each night the sentries ceremoniously locked the gate and raised the bridge. Do you begin to sense the authority of a fortress town? And, in the coat of arms and trophies around the gate, its majesty too?
The gate is carefully designed, from the sluice gate controlling water levels to the musket loopholes staring at you from the walls, to the graceful sentry box called a guerite (3) observing you from high above the ditch. But brute force is a fortress’s stock-in-trade-most of these details were pounded to rubble in two sieges of Louisbourg. Archeologists recovered fragments of the original sculptured trophies here, and their duplicates were cut in limestone from the same French quarry.
Through the massive doors the path is flanked by guardrooms, soldiers’ on your right, officers’ on your left. Beyond the soldiers’ guardroom is a sea-drained latrine, neatly built into the wall but silted in by the 1740s. On the left a six gun battery called the épéron (4) juts into the harbour. The wooden structure at the end is another latrine.
The King’s Bakery
The smell of baking bread is characteristic of the eight¬eenth century town. Most people got most of their nutrition from bread, and this colony without farms brought in 500 pounds of flour per colonist every year, mostly from Canada. Crop failures there threatened this supply in the 1740s, and shortages loomed on the eve of war.
Several commercial bakeries competed to serve the towns¬people, while this royal one, finished in 1732, supplied the garrison. The four bakers employed here lived upstairs. To the troops they doled out one six-livre loaf per man every four days. A little salt pork and some dried vegetables completed the soldiers’ rations.
The original bakery was destroyed by a fire that also claimed the artillery storehouse in 1756, but the floors have been preserved intact in this reconstruction. Here visitors may buy a loaf of soldiers’ bread, baked daily in these ovens from dough of 80% whole wheat and 20% rye flour.
De la Perelle Property
Jean-François Eurry de la Perelle (c1691-1747) was town major in the 1740s. Commanding the military administration of the fortress kept him busy. In 1745 his military duties included the painful one of negotiating the surrender of his town to the besiegers from New England and the Royal Navy.
A local carpenter built the original of de la Perelle’s tight little frame house in 1725, and the storehouse at right angles to it was added in 1734. The framing timber may well have been local, but the glass was imported from France and the board siding might easily have come from a sawmill in New England. Boston schoonermen sailed to Louisbourg to buy French West Indian rum and molasses, and the “planches de Baston” they sold in exchange cover the town. Some New Englanders got to know de la Perelle’s storehouse well in 1744 - it housed prisoners of war that summer.
Today de la Perelle’s home contains an exhibit “the Sisters of Louisbourg,” about the lives of and work of the sisters of the Congregation de Notre Dame who ran the only formal school in Louisbourg.
L’Epée Royale
The neighbourhood changes as you descend Rue Tou¬louse. As you approach the quay, inns and taverns proliferate. Here the sign of the Epée Royale attracted well-to-do mer¬chants and visiting captains. Innkeeper Jean Seigneur, nick¬named “La Rivière”, charged more for a month’s pension than many men earned in that time, but the service was good: guests entertained their clients and friends with pork, duck, casseroles and meat pies. Of course the liquor bill was extra -Seigneur offered French wine and brandy by the jug, bottle or keg. Your servant could stay too for a small fee, eating the scraps and perhaps sleeping in the storehouse at the back.
Jean Seigneur was respected by his community. His daugh¬ters married well, and he was often asked to manage estate set¬tlements for his neighbours. A widower for ten years, he died in this house in 1745, and the rooms where you may dine have been furnished according to the detailed inventory made to help settle his own estate.
Hôtel de la Marine
This big masonry house was one of Joseph Lartigue’s properties, but in 1743 a fisherman named Pierre Lorant and his family rented it to run a tavern. Sailors and soldiers and workmen gathered here, but the building was larger than Lorant needed, and in 1744 part of it was being used to house prisoners of war from captured ships and outposts of the enemy. Today the tavern operates again, reviving the name of a tavern that preceded Lorant’s on this site.
Louisbourg’s drinkers chose from a substantial range of beverages. Most of the colony’s wine came from Bordeaux, but wines from a score of other regions were represented, along with brandies and liqueurs. Rum was becoming popular, and the cod trade to the West Indies that made rum readily available also provided the newly fashionable drink of coffee. Beer was less common, though soldiers and workmen drank sapinette, brewed from an infusion of spruce needles in water and molasses.
If you order a meal in this working class tavern, you may get only a spoon to eat with, for most people carried their own pocket- knives. Pierre Lorant would not serve meat in his establishment on Fridays and Saturdays or drink during hours of divine service – he had to obey the law.
The Grandchamp Property
These buildings were the retirement plan and insurance policy of Julien Auger dit Grandchamp (1666-1741). He brought his family to Louisbourg when he came as a soldier, and the inn he started here employed him after he left the ser¬vice in the 1720s. After his death it continued to support his widow.
Grandchamp’s early clients may have been his former troopmates. Many Louisbourg taverns were tiny; sometimes just a kitchen where the family of a sergeant or master artisan entertained men who had few other places to gather. With its busy quayside location, Grandchamp’s home grew into a larger business that kept two slaves busy, but a 1741 inven¬tory confirms that it was furnished much like any private home. Playing cards, drink, and a stock of clay pipes were adequate to equip a tavern like this one.
You can dine in the style of the common people of Louisbourg in the first of Grandchamp’s buildings. In the smaller tavern you may meet a soldier or fisherman who has stopped to share a song or story over a glass.
The Destouches Property
The military engineers hoped to see imposing masonry houses enhancing their quayside facade, and the 1737 fire that destroyed three wooden buildings here seemed to provide their opportunity. But by 1745 only one house stood in the gap - the straightforward rubblestone home built for retired soldier Nicolas Pugnant dit Destouches. Destouches ran a commercial bakery, and fire prevention may have been his motive for going to the extra expense of building in stone.
Like his neighbour Grandchamp, Destouches left a home and business to support his family when he died in 1740. Women worked in Louisbourg. Marie Brunet, the baker’s widow, had probably been active in the business long before his death and, like Jeanne Galbarette (1) and the widow Grandchamp (48), she successfully managed the family busi¬ness for years. One son lived here, and the rest of the house could have housed apprentices, indentured workmen and lodgers.
Frédéric Gate
Through the ornate arch that dominates your view down the length of Rue Toulouse came most of the peo¬ple, news and merchandise of the colony. Orders from the king arrived here - the gate’s name honours the royal minister who managed France’s colonies and navy. So important an entrance naturally reflected Bourbon majesty in its proud bulk and careful proportions. Construction of the gate in 1742 completed Louisbourg’s circle of fortifications on the eve of war.
Most large ships anchored offshore. The crews launched boats and then pushed and carried their cargo over the wharf and through the narrow gateway. The sailors who landed here represented a score of ports. On a busy summer’s day you might have heard them speaking French, English, Portuguese, Basque and Breton, joined by the German of the Swiss troops and the Mi’kmaw of the native people. Business houses, inns and taverns made the quay a gathering place for townspeople as well as mariners. Idling or going about your business here, you would have seen public announcements, auctions and even the punishment of criminals.
The Engineer’s Property
This stately house was one of Louisbourg’s most imposing homes. The military engineers who lived and worked here were town planners, architects and construction engineers all in one – their influence pervades the town. The royal engineers laid out the streets and blocks, planned the fortifications and outlying works, and designed all the colony’s public buildings. Consulted on all scientific and technical issues, they even influenced military tactics in the sieges.
Etienne Verrier (1683-1747) was chief engineer here from 1725 to 1745. For most of those years his wife and daughter remained in France, and Verrier sometimes spent the winter there. The two sons who had accompanied him here assisted his work, so the air of the residence is masculine and professional, except in the kitchen where the cooking creates a warmer atmosphere. Ask them what’s cooking.
The garden is formal, combining vegetable beds, herbs and some flowers in geometric patterns and varied shades of green. Not every garden was so elaborate, but each was appreciated for the fresh food it added to a dried and salted diet. Beyond the garden are a laundry and stables and a poultry yard.
Etienne Verrier was criticized for his siege craft and he vastly overspent his estimates to build his house, but if you appreciate the aesthetic flair of Louisbourg and its public architecture, give the designer his due.
Benoist Property
This was another house full of children, for Lieutenant Pierre Benoist (c1695-1763) had seven children in his two marriages. One died young killed with her mother by smallpox. Benoist was hardly rich, but military families had to maintain an air of refinement - in 1743, while Benoist was serving at Port Toulouse down the coast, a charitable bequest was paying for his daughter’s education at the convent school of the Sisters of Notre-Dame.
The convent, Louisbourg’s only formal school; taught devotions, craftwork and decorum to the daughters of the elite, but other children did not go uneducated. The literate minority could instruct their children at home with alphabets and primers, and all children were expected to learn prayers and catechism. Soon after puberty, boys were apprenticed into trades and professions and learned the skills they needed on the job. At about this age, both sexes began to enter adult society, but parents would retain responsibility for their child¬ren for many years. Benoist’s care for his children resulted in one advantageous marriage: the signing of the marriage contract of Benoist’s daughter Geneviève to the nephew of his neighbour Carrerot in 1753 brought together the military and commercial elite of the colony.
The bare storehouse walls on the left side of Rue Toulouse are interrupted by a large public well, one of several in the town for those without wells in their yards. Some com¬mentators thought the local water healthy, though the town wells are shallow and surrounded by latrines. Few drank water in any case.
The King’s Bastion Barracks
Listen for the bell ringing the hours from the slim tower - the clock below it has only an hour hand. Sense the solidity in the warm stone as you follow the long lines out to either end, where the prevailing symmetry has been broken by a delay -now an endless one - in raising the right end of the roof to match the left end.
The defects of this elegant barracks harassed its builders and residents almost from the start of construction in 1720. Its roof slates were fire resistant but leaky, its mortar and beams and floors prone to crack or rot, its fireplaces drafty and smoking. One governor pleaded for a new barracks, another commandeered the engineer’s house, but the barracks survived as long as the town.
This was no priest-ridden colony. Though almost all the people were Catholic, the Church had neither abundant property nor independent wealth. The Récollet missionaries who provided spiritual care never got their parish church, and so the community worshipped in this military chapel. The patron above the altar is the saint-king of France, Louis IX. Three people were honoured with burial beneath the floorboards of the chapel: Governor Duquesnel, who died in the fall of 1744, the Duc d’Enville, who perished leading a doomed attempt to retake Louisbourg in 1746, and Michel de Gannes de Falaise, who died in 1752. There are also the remains of an unidentified child buried here.
The Governor’s Apartments
Beyond the chapel, the apartments of the governor dominate this wing and all the citadel. Most of the governors who lived in these apartments were middle-aged navel officers, more practiced in military affairs than in government. Representing the king’s majesty in person as the fortress does in stone, the governors lived lavishly and dispensed ceremonial leadership and royal favour, leaving administrative headaches to the royal bureaucracy. Their Superior Council, which met in the chambers downstairs, had no legislative function and served principally as the colony’s court of appeal.
Governor Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost Duquesnel died here in his bed in October 1744. His body, exhumed from beneath the chapel floor in 1964, revealed the range of illnesses that had killed him - he had lost a leg in combat and also suffered from arthritis, arteriosclerosis, and dental abscesses. The long detailed inventory made of the estate he left guided both the design and the furnishing of these reconstructed rooms.
The stable, dovecote and yard, sitting oddly between the luxury of the governor’s apartments and the military severity of the bastion, housed the governor’s carriages and stocked his larder. The troops could drill and muster in the space that remained. The rows of doorways beneath the gun platforms at either end open into casemates, bombproof shelters in the arches of the bastion’s flanks.
The Commissaire-Ordonnateur’s Property
Close scrutiny of this big building can reveal how an empire was run. To maintain royal sway over far-flung colonies, paperwork was as vital as fortresses and fleets. While the engineer built Louisbourg and the governor symbolized its authority, the man who lived here kept the colony running.
In the offices overlooking the quay, the administrator and his clerks filled up books of correspondence, maintained the colonial accounts, and compiled their statistical reports for the Ministry of Marine. They paid the colony’s bills from the well-guarded treasury here - see the barred windows - and filled the storerooms behind with their supplies. Everything from economic policy to civil justice was managed from here, and the power of the commissaires- ordonnateurs sometimes excited the governors’ jealousy. Built as a private residence, the house became royal property in 1733 and expanded with the power of its occupants.
The administrators were professional servants of the Crown who hoped to win promotion by proving themselves here. François Bigot established his reputation by able and devoted service as Île Royale’s commissaire-ordonnateur from 1739 to 1745, while his sharp investments simultaneously laid the foundation of his wealth. Duly promoted, he went on to both fortune and disgrace as the last Intendant of New France.
The main floor of this house is furnished as Bigot’s working and living space. The top floor houses an exhibit, Vestiges of Louisbourg, which contains artifacts from eighteenth century Louisbourg, and a gallery with paintings and ship models recreating aspects of Louisbourg’s busy port.
The stables behind the residence, at the corner of Rue Royale, are another sign of authority. Boats were needed more than horses in this colony. Few homeowners built large stables like these and a horse and carriage proclaimed wealth and prestige.
Le Billard
Beyond the surgeons’ house, the Beauséjour home and storehouse included a tavern called "Le Billard”. This establishment catered to the well to do of Louisbourg and their taste for gambling. Here visiting captains and merchants, waiting for their vessel to be reloaded for the return voyage to Quebec or France, could play cards or other games of chance.
Marguerite Dugas, the widow Beauséjour is the proprietress of this establishment. Born in Acadia, she came to Louisbourg in 1717 the widow of a corsair captain, a privateer, with three young children. Her second husband François Cressonet dit Beauséjour built this establishment, which she operated since his death in 1742 with the help of her Irish servant Salle Forlan. She is surrounded by family in Louisbourg, as many of her grown children and the children of her cousin, Joseph Dugas, live nearby.
In the open square facing Le Billard stands a carcan- a post with an iron collar- where those found guilty of relatively petty crimes, such as minor theft, might be sentenced to stay so that the public could witness their punishment. Justice was demonstrative: part of its value was that the general public see it was carried out and thus be satisfied that justice was done or be deterred from crime themselves.
De la Plagne Property
Pierre-Paul d’Espiet de la Plagne, who owned the house on the corner in the 1740s, was the son and nephew of garrison officers and both his brothers had served here with him. His kinship ties extended throughout the colonial elite, and he received choice postings around the colony. De la Plagne sometimes used his troops as domestiques in his home, and a young soldier called La Fleur later used the knowledge he had gained working in this house. On a dark night in 1740 he scaled the fence, forced a window and robbed his captain of a few coins. It was not a planned theft - swift discovery and conviction saw the soldier branded and whipped through the streets.
The house has a timber frame beneath its siding - only the adjoining storehouse is masonry. There are two chimneys. In houses that were often partitioned into many small rooms, fireplaces meant heat. As you explore the furnished homes of Louisbourg the location of the fireplaces can hint to you about the comfort of each room.
After the first siege of Louisbourg, de la Plagne retired to his estates in southwestern France. His reconstructed home houses an exhibit on the important relationship between the French colonists and their Mi’kmaw allies. Here you can learn about the military and cultural connections between these peoples and about the modern Mi’kmaw community in Cape Breton.
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Blocking admission on band Label issues
17brentthugs
Beforehand let me tell you that i find your work with Metal Archives very positive, usefull and you have the merit of wasting time with this, so other can profit from it, for free.
Nevertheless, issues occour and things can be improved.
I always find the issue of labelling bands very tricky and slippery but you guys chose to head that way, so here i'm am, complaining!
You rejected the admission of my band based on the fact that one of the labels i've used, was "Stone Rock".
I've also wrote "Heavy Metal" but, apparently that wasn't enough for you and you've sticked with the "Stone Rock" thing...
If your personal opinion was that Stone Rock is not withing the Heavy Metal grasp, i would disagree and would say that was very ilogicall and incoherent
because the "Neavy Metal umbrella" is very wide and shelters almost everything. What are you going to do with the "Folk Metal" thing? or with guys with electronics and samples?
rulled them all out?
Anyway, as a believer of democracy, each one of us is entitled to an opinion, even if, it despleases me.
Now, blocking me from a, relatively, public web site for that same reason it's a bit more that ilogical and incoherent, it's arrogant and, sorry for the boldness, a bit stupid!
Especially because Heavy metal always had to fight against censorship and establishment, and now, people within the Heavy metal, are doing exactly the same... doesn't add up!
Furthermore, saying that you don't accept my band because it's Stone Rock and then you have bands like Kyuss, Spiritual Beggars or Orange Goblin just to mention these three, with the description of "Stone Rock"!!! That's even more Stupid on the top of the stupid thing you've said before.
So, my point is, that's you web site, it's your rules, you can accept whoever you want, i've even included the label "Heavy Metal" because in the end that's what all those sub-styles are, but if that it's not enough for you...
Do as you please.
17brentthugs wrote:
Just to make it clear: The 17 Brent Thugs wasn't rejected because you used the "Stone Rock" tag in your submission, it was rejected for -musically speaking- being stoner rock.
We don't go by and we absolutely don't care on how a band calls it's own music. We always listen carefully to the music first and then we make our OWN judgement of the band's style.
And contrary to Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock (on it's own) isn't acceptable according to the site rules.
Furthermore, saying that you don't accept my band because it's Stone Rock and then you have bands like Kyuss, Spiritual Beggars or Orange Goblin just to mention these three, with the description of "Stone Rock"!!!
We judge every band case-by-case. All of these bands you mentioned don't play stoner rock exclusively and have at least one album (or a couple of albums) that are METAL enough according to the site criteria. None of them were judged by the Metal-Archives staff to be only "stoner rock", or otherwise they wouldn't be here.
Anyway, you're welcome to review Rules & Guidelines > Heavy Metal only so you can furtherly understand on how the site works on this matter.
Next time use this forum instead, please.
Blacklist stays.
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SworkIt Update- What Happened after Shark Tank
Katie Lally
Ben and Greg bring SworkIt to the Shark Tank
SworkIt Before Shark Tank
SworkIt is a free fitness application for your smart device created by friends turned entrepreneurs, Ben Young and Greg Coleman. SworkIt, short for Simply Work It is an app that is built to give users four different types of workout – strength training, cardio, yoga and stretching. This means you can devise any sort of workout to exercise any or all parts of your body from your fingertips on your smart device. The free version of the app allows you to choose a set amount of time you can afford to dedicate to work out and all the user has to do is follow the instructions the app is giving you. Before you know it, the workout is complete and recorded on the app. There is also a premium or paid version of the app in which users of the app can save various customized workouts, adjust the exercise or resting periods and there is even an additional ‘ask the trainer’ section. Further to that, the premium version of the SworkIt app is free from advertisements which may also be appealing to users.
SworkIt allows you to workout when and where you want without expensive gym memberships or equipment
If you go on to the application store on your smart phone or tablet, there are quite literally hundreds of different workout apps. So what makes SworkIt so different you may ask? According to the American College of Sport’s Medicine, good workout regimes should include a mix of cardio, strength and resistance training as well as flexibility training. As SworkIt follows these guidelines, it has been hailed one of the best workout apps on the market. Further to that, the app does not require for you to be part of a gym or to pay any high membership fees to attend classes. Each workout can be done from your own home – all that is required is motivation from the user of the app.
Since SworkIt has launched, it has gained a following of more than ten million users all over the world. This means it has been propelled into the top five rankings of all the fitness apps out there on the market.
Although Ben and Greg had been reaping the rewards of their app being a massive success, they decided that additional help and expertise was needed to take the app to the next level. Will the sharks bite and invest in SworkIt?
SworkIt On Shark Tank
Ben and Greg enter the shark tank, introduce themselves and SworkIt to the sharks and explain that they are in the shark tank today seeking $1.5 million in exchange for an eight per cent equity stake in their company. Ben explains to the sharks that the duo is sick and tired of all the excuses that people across the United States and all over the world use to avoid working out. Greg says that there are no excuses with SworkIt as you can work out when it suits you, you don’t have to pay any high gym membership fees and further to that the app demonstrates what to do in simple steps. Sounds easy right?
Greg demonstrates the app and the four key areas of it to the sharks so they can see just how easily the app generates a work-out tailored to you. Ben claims that SworkIt is like the Spotify only instead of songs you have various workout routines. If you cannot perform a certain exercise for some reason, you can skip it and the app will give you an alternative exercise to do.
Barbara opens the questioning when the duo finishes their pitch asking if music can be put to the workouts generated by the app to which Ben replies that there is a Spotify integration with the app – an appealing feature for many users who like to listen to some music as they train.
Lori is interested to hear how long the duo has been in business. Ben explains that SworkIt was launched a year ago but they have been in the health and fitness industry for the past five years during which they gained a lot of experience. Robert is interested to hear more about how the pair started off on the SworkIt journey. Ben explains that five years ago, they developed their first product, a fitness tracker, called Nexercise. Robert wants to know if they made money from the first product and Greg explains that since their company launched, they have made just under $2 million.
The duo then go on to explain that the app is free and the revenue they have generated from SworkIt as a product is from the advertisements used in the free version of the app and the premium upgrades which cost $3.99.
Kevin is interested to hear if there is an annual charge or a subscription type charge but Ben explains that that is something that will be introduced soon. A subscription of $9.99 per month will be charged allowing users to access much more content and equipment. Ben explains that himself and Greg are the category leader in the fitness app market.
Mr. Wonderful, ever keen to talk about the financial side of things want to know about previous investors in the company and the company’s valuation. The questions do not phase the duo and they continue to impress the sharks with their technical knowledge of where they need to bring their product. Lori wants to know what exactly the pair need the money for and what they are going to do with it if she were to invest. Ben explains that they want to double the number of people in their engineering team so they can further develop the speed at which the make advances to the SworkIt app. Ben then goes on to explain that they are already ready to roll out the next branch of this app – SworkIt Kids.
Kevin claims that he finds Ben and Greg very credible but it comes as no surprise that he is struggling with the valuation of the company and finds it too much of a risk. Kevin asks the pair if they are willing to ‘put some debt on the ballot sheet’ as he claims they can definitely handle it while not having to give up as much equity. Kevin makes an offer to a speechless Greg and Ben. He will give them the $1.5 million in debt and in return he wants an equity of 2.75% on closing.
Mark quickly decides to make an offer to the duo claiming that Kevin is annoying him. Mark decides to offer the $1.5 million for a ten per cent share in the company as well as $1.5 million worth of advertisement inventory giving him a platform to advertise his various products on the free version of the SworkIt app.
Mark is impressed with SworkIt and is keen to close a deal
Lori steps up next and informs Ben and Greg that thus far she has been on the fence as she watched the other sharks. An impatient Mark starts to get worried that Lori will make a better counter offer. Lori deliberates before confirming that the valuation is just too high for her and for that reason, she declares herself out.
Robert informs both Ben and Greg that he loved them and the idea. He also claims that he was going to offer the $1.5 million required for a sixteen per cent equity share in the company but he acknowledges that Mark has a good offer on the table for the duo. He wishes the pair the very best of luck before declaring himself out.
Barbara claims that currently she exercises three times a week and she has the luxury of a personal trainer. She also acknowledges that her problem is that she knows she should be doing it five times a week and she sees SworkIt like the answer to her problems. After some deliberation Barbara decides to spend the $3.99 on purchasing the premium app instead of investing in another way and she also declares herself out.
So that leaves two offers on the table from both Mark and Mr. Wonderful. Mark is very eager to invest in this product and is quick to ask Ben and Greg if he has a deal. After a moment of silence, Ben announces that they have a deal.
SworkIt Now in 2018- The After Shark Tank Update
Like many products that appear on the Shark Tank, SworkIt experienced a lot of media coverage after the episode aired with the app becoming even more popular than it already was. After leaving the shark tank delighted to have made a deal with shark Mark Cuban, Ben and Greg met with Mark to go through the finer details of the investment and close the deal. Unfortunately for all parties involved, the deal did not close due to differences in what Mark wanted and what Ben and Greg wanted for the product. However, even though the deal not closing was a blow for both Ben and Greg, they have since been regrouping and enjoying the publicity the app received from appearing on the show. Further to that, with all the media coverage SworkIt has received, the app has been the subject of interest from other potential investors.
Although the deal did not work out for the duo, the trip to the shark tank was not a waste of time and Ben and Greg are sure to find another investor soon that will help them bring SworkIt to where they want it to be. We wish them both the very best of luck!
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Heubners successor, Professor Adalbert Czerny (1863–1941), assumed his position as head of the Pediatric Clinic in 1910. He was instrumental in helping Berlin to gain top international recognition in the field of pediatrics during the first third of the twentieth century. Georg Bessau (1884–1944) took over the clinic in 1932. He actively integrated Berlin pediatrics into National Socialistic health care policies and was responsible for carrying out excruciating tuberculosis vaccination experiments on handicapped children who often died after long periods of suffering.
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In years to follow, the Pediatric Clinic again began to attract broad recognition under its various directors Wilhelm Stoeltzner (1872–1954) until 1947, followed by Karl Klinke (1897–1972), starting in 1953 Friedrich H. Dost (1910–1985), who received international accolades for his ground-breaking work in pharmacokinetics, Josef Dieckhoff (1907–1977) from 1960 to 1972, followed by Peter Grossmann (born 1926) until 1991, and Ernst Ludwig Grauel (1935–2005) was director until 1994, under whose aegis advances were made in the areas of metabolic diseases, pediatric cardiology, child nephrology, including a dialysis center and neonatology, as well as outpatient care.
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Macarius I of Jerusalem
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Our father among the saints Macarius I of Jerusalem was Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 to 334. He was a strong opponent of Arius and Arianism. His feast day is March 10.
Little of the life of Bp. Macarius is known. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, he became bishop of Jerusalem in 312. Bp. Macarius took part in the Council at Nicea in 325 during which he took a strong stand against the Arian formula, a position noted abusively by Arius in a letter to Eusebius of Nicomedia [1]. St. Athanasius, in one of his speeches against Arianism, refers to Macarius as an example of "the honest and simple style of apostolical men."
Bp. Macarius' name appears first among the bishops from Palestine who subscribed to the acts of the Council of Nicea; Eusebius of Caesarea's name appears fifth. At the council Macarius apparently contended with Eusebius of Caesarea concerning the rights of their respective sees as the seventh canon of the council noted, "As custom and ancient tradition show that the bishop of Aelia (Jerusalem) ought to be honored, he shall have precedence: without prejudice, however, to the dignity which belongs to the Metropolis," a vague statement that suggests a compromise.
St. Theophanes in his Chronography reported that, at the end of the Council at Nicea, the emperor Constantine I directed Bp. Macarius to search in Jerusalem for the sites of the Savior's Passion and Resurrection and for the True Cross. As confirmation of his direction, excavations in the city began shortly after the council and, contrary to expectations, the monument of our Savior's Resurrection was found under the remains of the temple of Venus. After hearing of the discovery, Constantine directed Macarius to erect a church (the Holy Sepulchre) on the site. Also about 325, St. Helen, the mother of Constantine, was accompanied by Bp. Macarius on her journey to Jerusalem, during which time she discovered the True Cross.
Sozomen [2] relates an attempt by Macarius to have a popular priest of Jerusalem, Maximus, installed as Bishop of Lydia (Diospolis), but Macarius' plan was forestalled by the people of Jerusalem, who did not want Maximus to leave their city. Maximus would eventual succeed Macarius to the see of Jerusalem.
Bp. Macarius most probably reposed in 334, as Maximus III, his successor, was present at the Council of Tyre in 335.
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Bulbasaur (dinosaure)
Pokémon series character
National Pokédex
Bulbasaur (#001) - Ivysaur
Pokémon Red and Green
Atsuko Nishida[1]
Tara Sands (1st season – 8th season)
Michele Knotz (9th season – present)
Megumi Hayashibara (Ash Ketchum's)
Miyako Itō (May's)
Bulbasaur (/ˈbʌlbəˌsɔːr/), known as Fushigidane (フシギダネ) in Japan,[2] is the first Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Designed by Atsuko Nishida,[1] Bulbasaur debuted in Pokémon Red and Green as a Starter Pokémon. Since then, it has reappeared in subsequent sequels, spin-off games, related merchandise, and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.
Known as the Seed Pokémon, Bulbasaur can survive for days solely on sunlight. It is a central character in the anime, being one of Ash's main Pokémon for the first season, and a different one later being obtained by May. It is featured in various manga, and is owned by protagonist Red in the Pokémon Adventures manga. Bulbasaur has been featured in myriad pieces of merchandise, including toys, key chains, and plush dolls.
1 Conception and design
1.1 Characteristics
2.1 In the video games
2.2 In the anime
2.3 In other media
3 Promotion and merchandising
4 Reception and legacy
Conception and design[edit]
Bulbasaur was designed by Atsuko Nishida, one of the character designers for Pocket Monsters Red and Green, who based its design on Venusaur.[1] The species first appeared as one of three starter Pokémon the player could choose from at the beginning of the initial Game Boy games, Pokémon Red and Blue, released in Japan in 1996.[3] Its Japanese name, Fushigidane, is a combination of the Japanese words for mystery or miracle (fushigi) and seed (tane).[4] In translating the game for English speaking audiences, Nintendo gave the Pokémon "cleverly descriptive names" related to their appearance or features as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children; thus Bulbasaur, relating to both its dinosaur appearance and the large garlic-shaped bulb on its back.[5] The idea to feature Bulbasaur and the other Red and Green starters in a significant role in Pokémon X and Y came about a year and a half into the development of the games. The Mega Evolutions for the three Pokémon's final forms were created, and the designers decided that they should give players an opportunity to receive one of these Pokémon from Professor Sycamore, the games professor, to see their Mega Evolved form.[6]
Despite their English names, Ken Sugimori confirmed that the design of Bulbasaur and its evolutions is based on frogs,[7] albeit identified more with a smaller Dicynodont. In the Pokémon franchise, Bulbasaur are small, squat amphibian and plant Pokémon that move on all four legs, and have light blue-green bodies with darker blue-green spots. As a Bulbasaur undergoes evolution into Ivysaur and then later into Venusaur, the bulb on its back blossoms into a large flower.[8] The seed on a Bulbasaur's back is planted at birth and then sprouts and grows larger as the Bulbasaur grows.[9] The bulb absorbs sunlight which allows it grow. For this reason, Bulbasaur enjoy soaking up the sun's rays,[10] and can survive for days without eating because the bulb stores energy.[11] The distinctive differences of Bulbasaur from other Pokémon such as Diglett are well understood by children and so motivate their play and trading of the creature.[12]
Appearances[edit]
In the video games[edit]
Bulbasaur in Pokémon Red against a rival Charmander
Bulbasaur made its video game debut on February 27, 1996, in the Japanese-language games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.[13] Along with Charmander and Squirtle, Bulbasaur is a starter Pokémon the player can choose from at the beginning of the games.[14] Bulbasaur's Grass type is in contrast to Charmander's Fire type and Squirtle's Water type.[14] Bulbasaur and the other starters from Red and Blue are replaced by Pikachu in Pokémon Yellow, the only starter available in it. Instead, they are obtained throughout the game from several trainers.[14] In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, remakes of Red and Green, Bulbasaur is selectable as a starter Pokémon once again, along with Charmander and Squirtle. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after obtaining all sixteen badges and defeating Red, the player can choose to obtain either Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle.[15] In Pokémon X and Y, players can also choose between Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle near the start of the game shortly after having chosen the games' new starter Pokémon.
The Nintendo 64 spin-off Pokémon Stadium, and other spin-offs such as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, give the player a choice of a Bulbasaur (among fifteen other Pokémon), and in Pokémon Snap, Bulbasaur are one of the Pokémon that the player can photograph.[3] It also appears in Pokémon Puzzle League as one of Ash's Pokémon. Bulbasaur also appears in Hey You, Pikachu! as a supporting character who lives in the Ochre Woods and makes the five recipes with Pikachu's help.[16] In Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl, Bulbasaur appears as one of the obtainable trophies.[17][18] Bulbasaur appears in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure as the host of a mini-game called "Daring Dash".
In 2016, Bulbasaur was one of the four starter Pokémon in Pokémon Go.
In the anime[edit]
Scenes from the Pokémon anime have depicted both the characters Ash and May training a Bulbasaur at different times, with Ash's Bulbasaur garnering more prominence within the storylines.[19][20] Ash’s Bulbasaur has remained with Ash longer than all of his other Pokémon, with the exception of his Pikachu. Before joining Ash's team, it lives with a girl named Melanie, who takes care of abandoned Pokémon.[19] Bulbasaur is given to Ash, but it is pessimistic about him. However, its loyalties begin to improve and it eventually becomes one of Ash's most faithful Pokémon.[19][20] May catches a Bulbasaur while traveling in a grass-type Pokémon nature reserve during her journey in Hoenn. Bulbasaur defends her from the other grass Pokémon in the forest, who see her as a threat, and when May leaves, Bulbasaur decides to go with her.[21] She later makes a guest appearance on the series and it is revealed that her Bulbasaur has fully evolved into a Venusaur.[22]
In the original Japanese version the two Bulbasaur are each played by separate voice actresses, Ash's Bulbasaur by Megumi Hayashibara and May's by Miyako Itō. In the English dub, they are both voiced by Tara Jayne until Michele Knotz took over the job for the ninth season.
In other media[edit]
Bulbasaur is featured in an eclectic range of different Pokémon manga series. In Pokémon: Pikachu Shocks Back, Electric Pikachu Boogaloo, and Surf’s Up, Pikachu!, which loosely parallel the storyline of the anime, Pikachu is separated from Ash temporarily, and travels with a Bulbasaur to a secret Pokémon village in the mountains. Later, Ash finds Pikachu and catches the Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur accompanies Ash throughout his journeys in the Orange Islands, and eventually fights in the final showdown with Drake, the Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader. In Magical Pokémon Journey, a character named Pistachio has a female Bulbasaur (nicknamed Danerina in the Japanese version), who is infatuated by him.[23]
In Pokémon Adventures, a manga based on the plot of the Pokémon Red and Blue games, the character Red receives a Bulbasaur from Professor Oak, which he nicknames Saur.[24] In Chapter 15, "Wartortle Wars", it evolves into an Ivysaur after battling a wild Mankey.[25]
Bulbasaur appeared in the first episode of Pokemon Generations which is owned by Red.
Bulbasaur is the main character of two Pokémon children's books, Pokémon Tales Volume 3: Bulbasaur’s Trouble and Bulbasaur’s Bad Day, published in 1999 and 2000 respectively by Sagebrush.[26][27] In Pokémon Tales Volume 3: Bulbasaur’s Trouble, Bulbasaur resolves an argument between two other Pokémon.[27] In Bulbasaur’s Bad Day, Meowth traps Bulbasaur in a pit and it has to outwit Team Rocket (the antagonists of the Pokémon anime) to escape.[26]
Promotion and merchandising[edit]
Bulbasaur has been featured in varying pieces of merchandise, including toys and plush dolls.[28] Bulbasaur has been depicted in action figures sold by Hasbro in the United States, while Tomy in Japan sold extensive merchandise of the character, including vinyl dolls, wind-up model kits, and terry cloth bean bags.[29] It has also been used in promotional merchandising at fast-food chains such as McDonald's and Burger King.[30][31] Bulbasaur has also been included in various versions of the Pokémon painting on ANA Boeing 767s.[32] The island nation of Niue issued a commemorative coin with a legal tender value of one crown which has a Bulbasaur on the reverse side.[33]
Reception and legacy[edit]
IGN named Bulbasaur the "52nd best" Pokémon. IGN author Audrey Drake noted that she had a "very special attachment" to it due to it being her first Pokémon. She also stated that it may be her "favorite".[34] Game Informer also included it in its list of the best Pokémon at #3 (along with Charmander and Squirtle). Author O'Dell Harmon noted the choice between these three Pokémon as the "most important" one in the series' history.[35] Game Revolution called Bulbasaur the "best Pokémon ever". Author Alex Osborn stated that it "embodies the charm that makes Pokémon what it is" and called it his "personal favourite".[36] Fellow Game Revolution editor Daniel Bischoff noted it as his "favourite Pokémon" as well.[37] Nintendo World Report's Pedro Hernandez also called it his "favourite" Pokémon. He noted that it "represented" a number of "firsts" for him - including his "first episode" of the Pokémon anime, his "first Pokémon", and the "first Pokémon" he "saw in 3D." He also attributes Bulbasaur to the reason he became interested in the Pokémon series.[38] Official Nintendo Magazine's John Vekinis attributed his "love of Grass-type Pokémon" to Bulbasaur in spite of the Grass type's weaknesses.[39] Official Nintendo Magazine readers voted Bulbasaur as the "second best" Grass-type Pokémon. Author Thomas East noted that it "looked better" than his later forms.[40] Their readers also named it the "best" starting Pokémon.[41] GamesTM called it the "best starting Pokémon" for Red and Blue.[42] CNN reporter Dennis Michael described Bulbasaur as one of the "lead critters" of the games and "perhaps the Carmen Miranda" of Pokémon figures.[43] Bulbasaur was selected as one of the top ten Pokémon by fans who voted at Pokemon.com.[44] In an IGN biography page, Bulbasaur is described as "the odd man out" in the Pokémon Red and Blue game because it represented neither color, thought added "it’s perhaps the best-known grass-type Pokémon, even though it’s a little bit more animal than vegetable", as well as noting its popularity with new players of the games.[45] IGN editor "Pokémon of the Day Chick" agreed, despite the fact its later evolutions were "slightly eclipsed by Charizard", and also praised the anime incarnation for its attitude.[46] GamesRadar editor Brett Elston described Bulbasaur as being "popular" for more than just being the first Pokémon numerically, citing its moveset and evolutions.[28] Fellow GamesRadar editor Carolyn Gudmundson, in an article on the "top 7 gut-wrenching choices", listed the choice between fire, grass, or water with Bulbasaur as a "frontrunner", due to being a dinosaur as well as being grass type, though found its later evolutions "ugly and charmless".[47]
According to a panel of five-to-eight-year-olds assembled by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1999, Bulbasaur was one of the children's "three favorite Pokémon".[48] One boy in a study by Dafna Lemish and Linda Renee-Bloch identified with Bulbasaur's attributes of being "strong and also cute". Lemish and Renee-Bloch feel that the importance of cuteness is an example of the "appropriation of Japanese values" in an Israeli context, and note that boys' desire for strength has been correlated with "a desire for social interaction".[49]
Bulbasaur was among the eleven Pokémon chosen as Japan's mascots in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[50]
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Bobby Ross Jr., Godbeat, Journalism, Catholicism, Business, Mormons, Sex
A GetReligionista looks back on some of his — and his colleagues' — most-clicked posts of 2018
I write more than 200 posts a year for GetReligion.
My pieces range from our bread-and-butter critiques of mainstream news media coverage of religion to our weekly Friday Five columns highlighting each week’s major (or just plain quirky) developments on the Godbeat.
At the end of each year, I’m always curious to see which posts caught the attention of the most readers.
What makes a GetReligion post go viral? In 2017, key ingredients included Joel Osteen, same-sex wedding cakes and the Mark of the Beast. The previous year — 2016 — Donald Trump’s “Two Corinthians,” Merle Haggard’s Church of Christ mama and a rare opening of a Chick-fil-A on Sunday were in the mix.
2018? Well, let’s check out the top five posts for GetReligionista Julia Duin, GetReligion editor Terry Mattingly and myself.
We’ll start with Julia, for reasons that will become obvious:
5. How journalists can nail down the rest of the Cardinal McCarrick story – for good
4. Cardinal Ted McCarrick, Part II: The New York Times takes a stab at this old story
3. Catholic News Agency pulls off investigative coup in the 'Uncle Ted' McCarrick saga
2. Another #ChurchToo: The Chicago Tribune investigates Bill Hybels in 6,000 words
1. The scandal of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and why no major media outed him
See any common thread there? That’s right — McCarrick and the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal were huge news and big traffic drivers to GetReligion in 2018, as was the related #ChurchToo news that also made headlines.
Tagged: Southwest Airlines, Tammie Jo Shults, Thomas S. Monson, Holly Meyer, The Tennessean, Mayor Megan Barry, Nashville, Chick-fl-A, Branch Davidians, David Koresh, Waco, Mark Conditt, Austin, Austin serial bomber, Theodore McCarrick, Julia Duin, Terry Mattingly, Bill Hybels, Willow Creek, clergy sex abuse, Chick-fil-A
Evangelicals, Julia Duin
Reporters miss great religion angle on Southwest Airlines story about a Down Syndrome girl
Every once in awhile, a piece of religion news slips by that shows a writer’s complete ignorance of basic stuff in American religious culture.
For instance, most of you have heard of “The Purpose-Driven Life” by Rick Warren, right?
There’s a reason for that. This was the 2002 devotional book that was on the New York Times Bestseller List for more than 90 weeks; sold 30 million copies by 2007 and basically broke all sorts of records for a Christian product. We’ve all seen it for sale in the supermarkets.
So when someone involved in a news story says that they are “purpose-driven,” there is a very good chance that this person has some knowledge of that book, yes? It would be worth asking about, at the very least.
You’d think. Recently we found this heartwarming story on inc.com — although I believe it originally aired on one of the Sacramento TV stations -- about a stewardess written by a clueless reporter when it comes to such terms. To wit:
This is the tale of a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, whose gesture literally helped a passenger achieve a lifelong dream. The passenger: Tracy Sharp, a Sacramento woman who has Down syndrome. The flight attendant: Vicki Heath.
The two met on a flight Sharp was taking home after visiting family in Houston a few months ago, and they had a conversation in which Sharp shared with Heath that it was her lifelong dream to be a flight attendant herself. … According to news reports, she started making phone calls within Southwest to get permission to bring Sharp on another Southwest flight, and have her work alongside Heath as a sort of assistant flight attendant.
“ …on Friday, Sharp flew with Heath on a flight from Sacramento to Seattle, wearing a red uniform, helping to greet passengers and do a few other things that Sharp thought would be really cool, and even getting flight attendant wings for her service. …
"You're going to make me cry!" Heath replied when a reporter asked how she felt about bringing the whole thing together. "I feel like I'm living my purpose-driven life. And that's huge."
Now where have we heard that before?
Tagged: Vicki Heath, Tracy Sharp, Southwest Airlines, Purpose Driven Life, Sacramento
People, Journalism, Godbeat, Death & dying, Christianity, Bobby Ross Jr.
'God put people on that plane for a reason,' Flight 1380 hero says -- but why does he believe that?
How many times could God be mentioned in a news conference without reporters asking a single follow-up question about, you know, faith?
I lost count of how many times hero firefighter Andrew Needum -- who rushed into action after an engine exploded aboard Southwest Flight 1380 last week -- and his family referenced God in the YouTube video embedded with this post.
I'll give a rough estimate of 20 or 30 mentions of God.
But questions from reporters about Needum's faith? I didn't hear a single one.
Instead, the media focused on details of the flight itself (understandably, to some extent) and the closeness of the family and, well, just about anything except for religion. Which is frustrating to anyone -- I'll raise my hand -- genuinely curious about the faith angle.
Interestingly, the quotes about God figured prominently in much of the news coverage I read — just without any context.
For instance, give credit to the Dallas Morning News for highlighting -- not ignoring -- Needum's "God talk."
The Dallas newspaper -- more so than other major news organizations, such as CNN and USA Today -- emphasized his faith emphasis in its headline and up high in its story.
The headline:
Celina firefighter who rushed to help woman on Southwest flight says God put him there for a reason
Here's the opening of the story:
On Tuesday morning, Celina firefighter Andrew Needum hurried to New York's LaGuardia Airport with his parents, wife and two young children to catch a flight back home. He said he did not yet know that God had placed him on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 for a reason.
Tagged: Andrew Needum, Flight 1380, Southwest Airlines, Tammie Jo Shults, The Dallas Morning News, CNN, USA Today
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Friday Five: Chick-fil-A, Southwest pilot's faith, Waco anniversary, clergy sex abuse scandal and more
I have a confession to make, dear reader.
I eat too much Chick-fil-A. Way too much Chick-fil-A.
I love Chick-fil-A chicken biscuits for breakfast. I love Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches — minus the pickles, which I know is heresy to some— for dinner. I love anything on the Chick-fil-A menu for Sunday lunch. Or, I mean, I would if Chick-fil-A would just do me a favor and open on Sunday.
Go ahead and encourage me to #EatMorChikin (not to mention waffle fries). I'm just not sure it's possible. My waistline will back me up on this.
Yes, in case you're wondering, there's a religion news angle on Chick-fil-A in this week's Friday Five.
Let's dive right in:
1. Religion story of the week: A devout Christian pilot with "nerves of steel" calmly maneuvers a Southwest Airlines flight to the ground after a blown engine kills one passenger and injures seven others.
How can that not be the religion story of the week?
Tagged: Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Airlines, Flight 1380, Chick-fil-A, Peter Smith, David Koresh, Waco, Branch Davidians, The New Yorker, Clergy Sex Abuse, The New York Times, Religion News Service, USA Today, mackerel, Kate Shellnut, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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'Dear Jesus, send some angels': More notes of faith and prayer inside Southwest Flight 1380
Several years ago, I was flying home from a reporting trip when the pilot came on the loudspeaker and reported trouble with the controls that direct the plane.
He said we needed to make an emergency landing, and rescue vehicles would be waiting as a precaution. But he stressed that the flashing lights on the ground shouldn’t alarm anyone because he didn’t expect any problem landing the plane.
That statement would have provided more comfort if I hadn’t kept asking myself: If the plane were going to crash, would he be so candid as to say so?
“Attention, passengers, I fully expect that we are all about to die. Please buckle your seat belts and get your affairs in order.”
For an anxious flyer such as myself, that experience was scary enough.
But I can't even imagine what the passengers of Southwest Flight 1380 endured this week. As you no doubt heard, one passenger was killed and seven others wounded Tuesday after an engine exploded.
However, as I noted Wednesday, devout Christian pilot Tammie Jo Shults is being praised for her "nerves of steel" in calmly maneuvering the plane to the ground and avoiding a much worse catastrophe.
Since I wrote that post, I've come across more faith-filled news coverage that needs to be highlighted.
The New York Times' front-page narrative today on the "20 Minutes of Chaos and Terror" is especially compelling:
Tagged: Southwest Airlines, Flight 1380, The New York Times, Tammie Jo Shults, San Antonio Express-News, Houston Chronicle, CNN, prayers, flying, emergency landing
Devout hero: Might Southwest pilot Tammie Jo Shults' 'nerves of steel' be related to her strong faith?
If you follow the news, you know that a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing Tuesday after an engine exploded.
Sadly, one passenger was killed and seven others wounded.
But pilot Tammie Jo Shults is being praised for her "nerves of steel" in calmly maneuvering the plane to the ground and avoiding a much worse catastrophe.
News reports also have noted that Shults is a pioneer who was among the U.S. Navy's first female pilots trained to fly fighter aircraft.
So, why does this story merit attention by GetReligion? I'm so glad you asked.
Enter reader David Yoder, who tipped us to be on the lookout for holy ghosts in the coverage of Shults.
"She's a committed Christian," Yoder told us.
That was news to me: I saw no mention of the faith angle in profiles of Shults by CNN, ABC News, the New York Times or The Associated Press.
But as I started Googling, I was pleased to see a number of news organizations did catch this angle.
The Washington Post offered these strong details:
Her mother-in-law also described her as a devout Christian, with a faith she thinks may have contributed to her calm state amid the emergency landing.
“I know God was with her, and I know she was talking to God,” Virginia Shults said.
Tagged: Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Airlines, Reuters, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, flying, Nazarene
Godbeat, Journalism, Ira Rifkin, Discrimination, Islam-Muslims
Islamophobia: Wrestling with the subjective from Southwest Airlines to Latvia
My GetReligion colleague Bobby Ross Jr. published a post last week about the removal of a California man from a Southwest Airlines flight after another passenger overheard him speak Arabic and became concerned. If you missed the Southwest saga, click here for an Associated Press report on the incident.
Bobby's focus was that the line between irrational Islamophobia and rational precaution is often fuzzy, and that journalists sometimes rush to assume the former because "we journalists love victims."
Good point. The white-hat-versus-black-hat trope is a journalism classic.
Now let's state this issue of subjective judgement another way: Given how complicated the question of when-is-it and when-isn't-it Islamophobia can become, should journalists even try to discern between the two in what we quaintly refer to as straight, or hard, news stories, beyond the he-said, she-said level? I don't think so.
In the case of an airline about to take off, I find it difficult to argue against putting group passenger safety over all other concerns. That includes taking the risk of showing ignorance or acting insensitively toward one or more Muslim or Arab-speaking passengers in a highly sensitive, ethnically, racially and politically charged setting.
I'm not an Arabic speaker, Muslim or person or color so perhaps I'm just not as sensitive to this issue as I might be if I were any of these things. Let me also stipulate that I fly to Israel often and I can recall on more than one occasion mentally frowning when I thought some non-Israeli airline was being lax in its pre-boarding security checks.
Tagged: Arabic speaking, Latvia, Niqab, Bobby Ross Jr., The New York TImes, Southwest Airlines, The Associated Press, Immigration
Bobby Ross Jr., Business, Journalism, Terrorism, Islam-Muslims
'Islamophobia': In reports on student kicked off Southwest flight, there's that term again
We journalists love victims.
Victims make for easy stories and enticing clickbait.
For one example, see GetReligion's posts on this week's alleged-gay-slur-on-a-cake-sold-by-Whole-Foods brouhaha: here and here.
For another, perhaps you've heard about the college student who was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for the crime of ... speaking Arabic.
To read the news reports, it seems obvious that the student is a victim of "Islamophobia." Yes, that vague, undefined term shows up in most of these stories with no real explanation of what it means. Again.
If you're a regular reader of GetReligion, you know how we feel about that.
The only problem: When you read the full details of what happened in the latest scenario, it becomes a bit more complicated than the simple headlines.
Tagged: Islamophobia, Southwest Airlines, Arabic speaking, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, The Dallas Morning News, CNN, The Associated Press, The New York Times, air safety
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Nigeria vs South Africa: 5 things we learnt as Super Eagles qualify for semi-final
The Super Eagles will play in the semifinal of the African Cup of Nations, after beating South Africa 2-1 on Wednesday.
Samuel Chukwueze gave the Nigerians the lead in the first half before Bongani Zungu moved up to South Africa after a decision by VAR. William Troost-Ekong scored the winner in the final seconds of the game.
So, what are the five things we learned from the game?
1. Chukwueze is a star: that’s the first thing that comes to mind after watching 90 minutes of that game. Villarreal was a constant threat to the South Africans at all times, with their zippy moves and their velvet dribbling skills. I’m glad that Governor Rohr chose him and also scored his first goal for Nigeria.
2. Musa still does not justify his selection: before this game, Rohr continued talking about Musa’s experience, as the reason why he is selecting the end of Al Nassr in front of Henry Onyekuru.
But once again, Musa did not come to the party. It was all rhythm and without a final product. Musa is the reason why the Super Eagles were not lost from sight for half time.
3. VAR almost takes the headlines: As soon as Zungu went to 1-1, practically everyone shouted out of the game. The line judges waved their flag, while the midfielder walked away.
But the VAR, which comes into play from the quarterfinals, had another look and saw that the ball went out of Ighalo’s back.
4. South Africa is not all that: credit for Rohr, he created his team to nullify Bafana Bafana and make them ineffective in his excellent counterattack style. Although there were times when they threatened to overthrow Nigeria, the Eagles defense stood its ground.
5. Next, Ivory Coast or Algeria: Nigeria will not face the winner of the quarterfinal clash between Côte d’Ivoire and Algeria. They are likely North Africans, as they have been sensational throughout the tournament. It’s time to rest and prepare for the next awkward encounter.
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Set Up Your Home Theater Like a THX Master
Roberto Baldwin
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THX Certified
Building a killer home theater involves more than just throwing a big wad of cash at your local electronics dealer. It requires planning, finesse, and scientific acoustic manipulation. The engineers at THX pioneered a lot of the methods and technologies used in today's top systems. So we took a trip to their San Rafael, California, headquarters to get a lesson from the masters. Here's what we learned.
Oh, but first, to the sound engineers and technical directors that took time to help me sacrifice a portion of my hearing for a good cause: A big, loud, thank you.
One way to create the ultimate home theater experience, not surprisingly, is to fill the room with THX-certified products. If you can afford to do that, awesome. But you still need to employ a set of design strategies to ensure that the gear performs it its peak capability. The following advice applies whether your sound-blasting budget allows only a couple hundred or as much as several thousand dollars.
The Seat:
What you sit on is just as important as where you're sitting. Here are some things to keep in mind when choosing furniture for your home theater.
Keep chairs clear. Seats with high backs can block the audio coming from your surround sound system, compromising the experience. Place furniture clear of the speakers.
Support your spine. This is about minimizing distractions. If you're back is stiff and your coccyx is numb, you're not going to feel that bass rattling your can.
Get off the wall. Positioning seats next to the walls interrupts the path sound travels in most rooms.
The Room:
Before you start shoving seats and speakers in an open space, stop and look at the room. The acoustic chamber contributes about half of the potential quality of the sound and presentation. Plan the layout carefully.
Keep the room quiet. Remove sources of distracting background noises. Shut the door!
Control the light. Relocate distracting lights or reflections. Placing the TV opposite a window that faces the sun will cause a glare. Use lights that can be dimmed for the best viewing. Close the shades. The room doesn't need to be completely dark, just dim.
Eliminate visual distractions. Avoid bright reflective surfaces near the screen. This is especially important with a 3D TV. But 3D or not, peripheral visual distractions pull you out of what's supposed to be an immersive experience.
Stay centered. Be sure the room allows the center channel to be placed in the heart of the system. This is the source of most of the film's dialogue.
Don't overdo dampening. You don't need to run out and buy acoustic treatment. Most living spaces with bookshelves, pictures, furniture, and drapes absorb and reflect sound in a way that's fine for most people. Don't plan on a completely empty room, as it can act as an echo chamber.
The Picture:
Shop for the right TV to fit your room. You want a screen that's big enough to be enveloping, and small enough to be sharp and clear.
Check the size.
What size screen should you get? You want a horizontal viewing angle of 40-degrees from your seats. There's an actual formula that helps you achieve this. Measure the distance of the screen to the main seat, in inches. Multiply that by .84 and you'll get a diagonal screen size (Distance x 0.84 = Screen Size). This a maximum screen size recommendation.
If your seat is 72 inches from the screen, the formula would look like this: 72 x .84 = 60.4. So the maximum recommended screen is 60 inches. Of course, you can go larger. It's really personal choice. Just be sure that you don't have to move your head back and forth to keep up with the action on screen.
Find a deal. Technology changes rapidly, so it's difficult to say what will be the best type of HDTV to purchase. THX would like you to purchase THX-certified displays. If you can afford the best, get it. But, get the best TV available in your price range at the time.
The Sound:
That rumbling crescendo at the beginning of a THX-certified film in a public theater, known as the Deep Note, emphasizes the importance of the system's speakers. THX told me that they do not certify speakers that are built in to a TV. If you've spent time listening to the tinny tones coming out of most TV speakers, you already know why.
Seek uniform delivery. You want a sound coverage pattern, known as off-axis performance, that equally envelops everyone in the room.
Test the placement. The center channel is the biggest challenge to a sound system and the most important speaker in the room. Low quality speakers are prone to lobbing, a degradation of sound caused when speakers of the same size and shape are placed too close together. This degradation means each seat will get a different sound. But there is a test to make sure the speaker array offers the same sound to each viewer: pink noise.
Pink noise is a test signal. It's a shushing sound that has the same energy at all octaves. You can download iOS and Android apps that feed pink noise through the system. Pump up the pink noise and walk around your theater room. You'll hear the sound change as you move. You want to make sure the sound that's broadcast to all of your seating sounds the same. Adjust the room's configuration until you're accurately aiming all the speakers at your audience.
Find the center. The center channel is fine below the screen. It's better above the screen. It's at its best when it's behind or within the screen—that works if you're using a projection system with a screen that allows sounds to pass through without muffling them.
Position the surround. Surround sound speakers should be to the side, above, and maybe a bit behind the audience. Do not aim the speakers right at the listeners' ears. The surround sound speakers should have a left and right spread of 45 to 60 degrees. If possible, get high dispersion speakers, which spread the sound as it comes out of the speakers.
Match the mouths. Forward left and right speakers should be 5/8 of the way up the TV screen. This aligns the speakers with the actors' heads on the screen, creating the feeling that the sound is coming from their mouths.
Pump the bass. The goal with the subwoofer is to have it play all the sounds at frequencies of 80Hz and lower. (Check your particular hardware's instructions for setup procedures.) Keep the subwoofer away from walls. The quality of the bass will increase and your neighbors will thank you.
The Electronics:
To connect the TV and speakers together, you want a configuration that's high in quality and low in complexity.
Match the receiver to the room. It's important that your receiver is appropriate for its environment. An overpowered receiver in a tiny room is just a waste of money. THX has three room size categories for certified receivers. THX ultra is for large home theatre with seats more than 12 feet away from the screen. THX Select2 is for a medium home theatre with seats 10 to 12 feet away from the screen. THX I/S Plus is for small home theaters with seats six to eight feet away from the screen.
Make it plain. If you have five remotes on the table, you're doing it wrong. The goal is to operate the system using a single remote that the least tech-savvy person in the house can understand.
Get the right gear. First, cover the basics. Does the receiver you're considering have enough inputs for all of your peripherals? There's no shame in purchasing equipment from a dealer that will help you set it up and show you how to use it. If the equipment's manual is larger than the last book you read, get help.
The Calibration:
Most sets come from the factory ready to watch a variety of content. But they can be set up to make sports look like soap operas. Here are two tips to get the best quality picture you can.
Optimize it. Use a THX optimizer to help the system perform at its best. A THX optimizer is available on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and it's $5.50 on Amazon. The latest THX-certified TiVos (http://www.tivo.com/products/tivo-premiere-elite/index.html) also have the optimizer built in.
Process via the TV. Don't rely on an image processor that may exist in your receiver or other supplemental equipment. The TV's internal processor is the best, so check the settings to make sure it's in use.
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It's probably obvious that THX-certified products come at a premium price. That said, the THX product certification process is legitimate and rigorous. The engineers run products through a incredible array of tests that make manufacturers jump through hoops to get the certification. If you want to know more about it—or you want to become a home audio guru—enroll in a professional training seminar hosted at the THX labs.
A big thanks to guys at THX for their help reporting this story:
John Dahl, Director of Education
Eric Gemmer, Senior Video Engineer
Jon Cielo, Senior Systems Engineer
Chris Armbrust, Technical Program Director
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Facebook Publishes 450-Page Book With Answers From Zuckerberg’s Testimony
Facebook has more competitors than you ever imagined.
Aditya Tiwari
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In April, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the two congressional committees to testify about various issues including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Ad practices, privacy, and more. It seemed as if the CEO got roasted during the testimony, but there were many lawmakers left with unsatisfactory answers.
Now, after almost two months, the company has published a 450-page Q&A document (1,2) with detailed but carefully framed answers to the questions provided by the Senators in writing. In the meantime, Facebook was in the news for reports of sharing user data with 60 device makers and accidentally setting audience selector settings of over 14 million users to Public.
One of the big questions many would want to know is what data Facebook collects from people’s devices. Facebook said it collects stuff like information about the software and hardware for the device, unique identifiers, GPS location, info about Bluetooth signals and nearby WiFi APs, IP address, etc. It also tracks device operations like whether a window is foregrounded or backgrounded, and mouse movements to distinguish humans from robots.
When asked if Facebook collects every IP address ever used when logging into Facebook, it said users could download a list of tracked IP addresses using the Download Your Data tool. However, historical data may not be available as it gets deleted per the “retention schedule.”
Facebook has been accused of maintaining “shadow profiles” of non-facebook users and tracking them. The company stood on its earlier stance that it doesn’t “create profiles or track website visits for people without a Facebook account.”
The company may take the opportunity to display a general advertisement that’s unrelated to the attributes of a person or an ad encouraging a non-user to sign-up for Facebook, it said.
Facebook has also come up with the answer to the question that left Mark Zuckerberg’s tongue searching for names during the testimony: Who are Facebook’s competitors? The company has named more than a dozen competitors, given its broad range of product offerings. These include Google, Twitter, YouTube, Amazon, Snapchat, Pinterest, DailyMotion, etc.
Facebook said it represents only 6% of the $650 billion global advertising ecosystem. It even considers billboards and print media as an alternative.
To know more, you can read the documents provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee [PDF] and Commerce Committee [PDF].
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Colts’ Chris Ballard ‘gets it,’ says ESPN’s Todd McShay
Posted 1:09 PM, April 9, 2019, by Mike Chappell, Updated at 07:00PM, April 9, 2019
Colts GM Chris Ballard
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.– Todd McShay was as subtle as a sledgehammer.
“I’m a big fan,’’ ESPN’s draft analyst offered Tuesday morning.
The subject of his conference call was the April 25-27 NFL Draft, and at one point the conversation turned to the Indianapolis Colts. They hold nine overall selections, including three of the top 59.
More specifically, the conversation turned to Chris Ballard, who’ll oversee his third draft as the Colts’ general manager.
Again, McShay is bullish on Ballard.
Is Anthony Castonzo the long-term answer for Colts at left tackle?
“I think Chris Ballard gets it,’’ he said. “I think from an evaluation standpoint and an organizational standpoint, what he’s had to manage and what he’s gone through, how depleted that roster was because of some mismanagement and what he’s been able to do in a short period of time.
“I think Chris has done a great job. It’s hard to even argue that. What they’ve been able to do and turn things around.
“I think Ballard has proven so far what he can do. I think the Colts are in really good hands.’’
Ballard succeeded Ryan Grigson in January 2017 and inherited a roster that had posted consecutive 8-8, non-playoff seasons. Most troubling, it was woefully deficient of reliable talent in too many positions.
Ballard’s first season was memorable for all the wrong reasons – Andrew Luck missing 2017 with his right shoulder issues and a 4-12 record – but the groundwork for future success was put in place with a solid draft. It included four starters: safety Malik Hooker, running back Marlon Mack, cornerback Quincy Wilson and linebacker Anthony Walker.
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Then, the 2018 draft.
“Quenton Nelson and Darius Leonard,’’ McShay said. “That was one of the best combinations of first- and second-round picks we had in the entire draft last year.’’
They were named first-team All-Pro, the first rookie teammates selected since Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus in 1965. Nelson was the only Colt to be on the field for all 1,136 offensive snaps and brought a nasty disposition to the huddle. Leonard led the league in tackles and was the first Colt since Duane Bickett in 1985 to be named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
“Two guys that are going to be premier players on each side of the ball,’’ McShay said.
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Nine of last year’s 11-player draft class started at least two games. Braden Smith, one of four second-rounders, started 13 and appears to be the long-term answer at right tackle. The Colts led the NFL in percentage of offensive and defensive snaps by rookies – 22 percent – according to Next Gen Stats.
A franchise-record five rookies started the season opener against Cincinnati: Nelson, Leonard, Smith, Jordan Wilkins and Skai Moore.
Overall, Ballard and his personnel staff have invested 19 picks in the last two drafts. Seventeen remain. An argument can be made that at least eight are projected starters: Nelson, Leonard, Smith, defensive lineman Tyquan Lewis, Hooker, Wilson, Mack and Walker.
Ballard went shopping on the NFL’s free-agent market and came away with a much-needed pass rusher (Justin Houston) and receiver (Devin Funchess), but he’s committed to building the bulk of the Colts’ roster through the draft.
That in mind, we turn to McShay’s latest three-round mock draft: round 1 (26 overall), Mississippi State safety Johnathan Abram; round 2 (34), Ole Miss wide receiver A.J. Brown; round 2 (59), Ohio State defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones; round 3 (89), Notre Dame cornerback Julian Love.
“What I’ve seen from (Ballard) is he’s going to find the best player,’’ McShay said. “It may not be at a position that jumps out and it may not be at the position everybody wants, but he’s going to find good players, especially in the early rounds.
“I can mock whoever I want there and make my guesses, and we all know the needs that they have. They could use another defensive back, they could use a little bit more help at receiver, more pass rushers.’’
McShay’s assessment of the four players he aligned with the Colts’ first four picks:
Abram: “A great player coming out of Mississippi State.’’
Brown: “A slot receiver, big, physical guy.’’
Jones: “At 59 I think would be a value coming out of Ohio State. It kind of clicked for him this past year.’’
Love: “Another good football player, probably a little bit better in zone than man-to-man, but has really good instincts and will support the run.’’
You can follow Mike Chappell on Twitter at @mchappell51.
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IndyCar hoping debris deflector helps protect drivers
Posted 6:42 PM, April 24, 2019, by Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Will Power got his first real glimpse at IndyCar’s new debris deflector Wednesday. He is still getting used to the small piece on the front of his race car.
The defending Indianapolis 500 champion and 2014 series champion was one of more than two dozen drivers who spent Wednesday testing the safety device designed to reduce the risk of head injuries in the series that features open cockpits.
“You notice it,” the Australian driver said during a rain delay at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “But you really need to be in it at top speeds, following cars. Anything you can do to protect the head is a good thing.”
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— Will Power (@12WillPower) April 24, 2019
Series officials have spent years trying to make racing safer, but Justin Wilson’s death in August 2015 reignited the discussion about head safety in open-wheel racing. The popular English driver died from injuries sustained when he was hit in the head by flying debris from another car at Pocono.
IndyCar engineers worked on a so-called halo device, similar to the one adopted by Formula One in 2018, but shelved it because it couldn’t be fitted on the car and there were concerns about impeding drivers’ sight lines. Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden also worked with a clear windscreen last year, but IndyCar president Jay Frye said series officials did not get the desired results. That project continues.
For now, IndyCar has opted to go with a 3/4-inch-wide piece made out of titanium, bolted to the car just in front of the cockpit.
Engineers, Frye said, have been fine-tuning this piece since 2012 and it will make its race debut May 26 when the series holds its marquee event — the Indianapolis 500. The deflector is expected to be used the rest of this season.
Will it work? Frye believes it will do the expected job — knocking away objects moving toward a driver’s head.
Dixon, the reigning series champion, reported no troubles after working with it on a simulator.
But while 2017 Indy 500 champion Takuma Sato acknowledged the part is needed, he said he detected an airflow change inside the cockpit and thought it affected his sight line.
“I think IndyCar has made an awful lot of progress, but of course it is distracting from a visibility point of view,” the Japanese driver said after turning a lap of 226.993 mph, the fastest of the veterans. “It’s better than having nothing of course. But basically the first few laps, it’s like you’re looking out with one eye closed. So it’s a little distracting, but I think we’ll get used to it and I think it’s a necessary modification.”
Three-time Indy pole winner Ed Carpenter agreed, explaining it felt he was seeing two tracks — illustrating the point by putting one hand in front of his nose and acknowledging people would see two hands.
Other questions also remain.
Debris could still go airborne or break into smaller, still dangerous pieces. Some might even fly into the stands or land back on the track.
“You do the tests, you pass all the tests, there are a million different scenarios of what could possibly happen,” Frye said. “This we know gives us a much better likelihood of having a good outcome.”
It’s also not the final answer.
While F1 was the first major open-cockpit series to add protective head protection to its cars, IndyCar engineers face a daunting task because their drivers compete at faster speeds on ovals and superspeedways in addition to the street and road courses used on international circuits.
IndyCar’s showcase race has previously served as a hatching ground for safety efforts. Rear-view mirrors, seat belts and SAFER barriers all debuted at the Indy 500. Next month, the debris deflector will join the list. And sometime in the near future, the long-discussed windscreen seems likely, too, especially after Frye acknowledged he expects to make another safety-related announcement in May.
Power and Sato can’t wait to hear what’s next.
“Nothing is enough in this world, right?” Sato said when asked if this change would suffice. “Any situation is difficult to predict but I’m sure it’s going to work when you have a heavy piece of debris coming toward the car.”
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Meatless burger company goes public as popularity of meat alternatives surges
Posted 2:41 PM, May 2, 2019, by CNN Wire, Updated at 02:56PM, May 2, 2019
MIAMI BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 24: A general view during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Heineken Light Burger Bash, where Al Roker's booth served the Beyond Burger on February 24, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for BEYOND MEAT)
Beyond Meat, the company that makes meatless alternatives to beef, pork and poultry, began trading at $46 a share on Thursday, an 84% increase over its IPO price of $25.
Last week, the company said it would price its shares between $19 and $21. The increase shows just how hot demand for plant-based protein is right now, as more consumers are turning to meat alternatives to keep healthier diets and reduce their impact on the environment.
“We’ve been overwhelmed with interest from some of the highest quality institutions in the world,” Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told CNN Business on Thursday, adding that the increase will help the stock’s performance in the long term.
“It really is a time of unlimited growth.” Brown said.
Impossible Foods, Beyond’s main competitor, has struggled to keep up with increased demand for its product. Earlier this week, Impossible said it was experiencing a shortage because of increased interest.
The acknowledgment came just after the company expanded its partnership with Burger King, which is planning a national rollout of the Impossible Whopper this year. The plan would essentially double the amount of restaurants Impossible works with. Burger King had about 7,300 locations nationwide at the close of last year. Right now, Impossible supplies its product to about 7,000 restaurants.
Plus, Impossible CFO David Lee told CNN Business, demand for Impossible products within those 7,000 locations has more than doubled recently.
Beyond said it’s already endured those types of growing pains.
“We went through such difficulties in ’17 and ’18 as the consumer moved so quickly into this category and into our product,” he said. “That caught us off guard.”
The company spent the past two years “redeveloping” its supply chain to make sure it could deal with growth. “Today, as the sector becomes even more and more attractive, we’re ready,” Brown said. “That was not the case two years ago.”
In a recent SEC filing outlining its plan to go public, Beyond Meat reported that its net revenue has grown from $16.2 million in 2016 to $87.9 million last year. Today, customers can buy Beyond Meat protein in stores, or eat items made with Beyond Meat proteins at some fast food chains, such as Carl’s Jr.
Beyond Meat also lost $29.9 million last year, which it attributed to investments in “innovation and growth of our business.” The company added that it expects to continue investing in innovation, supply chain capabilities, manufacturing and marketing.
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Neighbors issue warning to others about cars wrongfully towed on Indy’s east side
Posted 11:29 PM, May 14, 2019, by Mike Sullivan, Updated at 09:16AM, May 15, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A warning for east side apartment dwellers: keep a close eye on your car. Neighbors in the area said a tow company is picking up vehicles even if they have permits.
"I came out Friday morning to take my son to school, and the car was gone," Olivia Dufour said of her father's car.
Dufour borrowed a friend's vehicle and brought it to their apartment complex on East Washington Avenue. Her father moved the permit sticker from his vehicle to that car, but left a note in his vehicle with the permit number. At 4 a.m., Dufour said Indy Towing Services Inc. picked up the car without warning. On their website, the company said they give residents a 24-72 hour notice before towing a vehicle by placing an orange tag on the car. Dufour said they did not have a notice, and that multiple cars were in the parking lot the next day without permits. She said they weren't towed.
"So, we went to the management company, and they said the permit number with the information should have been okay for them not to tow," Dufour said.
Dufour said her complex called to tell the tow company that the note left in the car was enough. The family went to the company to get the car back.
"We had a note [from the apartment complex] that said my dad's car was permitted to be here," Dufour said. "The employee said that note wasn’t good enough.”
Dufour said the company wanted $145 dollars plus fees to tow it back. However, her complex was able to convince the company to release the car for a small fee.
FOX59 found that the company has a history of similar complaints. The Better Business Bureau gives the company an "F" rating.
"They’ve got several unanswered complaints," Central Indiana BBB President and CEO Tim Maniscalo said. "The majority of companies are not F’s, because most companies are trying to do the right thing, so an F rating is something that is given when a company, in this case, is not answering complaints."
We reached out to the company to get an explanation, but were told no one was available to answer our questions.
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American consumers want new holiday: AT Kearney
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American consumers want a new commercial holiday, one that unlike other holidays lets them celebrate and reward themselves. The only problem is, so far, retailers have failed to create one for them. This has been disclosed in a new study by AT Kearney which involved 1,000 consumers. The aim was to know consumers’ attitudes toward commercial holidays.
The study found that even as retailers struggle to create excitement in an increasingly calendar-driven sales cycle based on discounting, consumers are ready to vote with their wallets for a new commercial holiday, which AT Kearney defines as an unofficial holiday, centred on shopping, created by a retailer, brand, or manufacturer.
Almost a full third (31 per cent) of respondents to the AT Kearney study reported interest in seeing a new commercial holiday during the first quarter of the year, and 21 per cent indicated they would prefer it fell in January, offering a chance to celebrate between New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day.
The study asked consumers who a new holiday should celebrate, and the answers were fairly evenly divided between “me” and “others”—with “others” more or less evenly divided between pets, friends, and family.
Regardless of whether the focus is on them, their family, or their family pet, shoppers are willing to pay for a new day. Fifty-two per cent of respondents indicated they would be willing to spend between $50 and $200 on a new, “celebrate yourself” holiday. The median amount they were willing to spend for a new, “celebrate yourself” holiday was $100, double the reported median spend of ~$50 per holiday on “celebrate others” events.
Consistent with AT Kearney research of Millennial and Gen Z shoppers, 18- to 24-year-olds are ~1.5 times more likely (48 per cent) to want to celebrate a “treat myself” holiday than average consumers (32 per cent). As to what a “Me Day” holiday should look like, the most popular response was a spa day.
Asked about existing commercial holiday spending, 58 per cent of respondents said they plan to spend the same on existing commercial holidays such as Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday as they did in 2018. More consumers plan to spend more on those days (29 per cent) than plan on cutting back their spending (12 per cent).
When it comes to how those dollars will be allocated, respondents showed more interest in “doing” than in “owning.” Travel and dining/entertainment were the top two rated categories for 33 per cent of respondents—32 per cent of female respondents and 35 per cent of men— with apparel and footwear a close third. Beauty and personal care ranked number three for women (14 per cent), while 17 per cent of male respondents picked electronics as their third category.
“What we have uncovered is a clear, unmet consumer need for a new commercial holiday that rewards the shopper,” said Patricia Hong, a partner with AT Kearney and a member of the Consumer Products and Retail Practice and head of the firm’s luxury and beauty sector. “Earlier AT Kearney research—such as our work on experiential retailing—provides a firm foundation that retailers can build off of as they design creative strategies to fulfill the need shoppers have for a holiday that lets them celebrate, treat, and/or reward themselves.”
Hong also believes the survey shows retailers how they can reenergise more traditional commercial holidays like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Valentine’s Day. “If they want to pump new energy into these traditional events retailers need to look at the themes we’ve discovered and begin to create unique experiences for their shoppers,” she said. “Self-indulgence sells— especially to Millennial and Gen Z shoppers. And, at a time when traditional relationships are being redefined and people are more mobile and changing jobs more often, pets can take on the emotional significance formerly only enjoyed by family and friends.”
The AT Kearney study found value can trump discounting. Free shipping/returns and receiving a gift with the purchase were motivators for 27 per cent of survey respondents, while discounts were a motivator for 20 per cent. As to how and where they would prefer to shop, only 33 per cent indicated a preference for physical stores. Thirty-one per cent of consumer respondents indicated their first choice would be a website, 16 per cent a mobile app, and 6 per cent said they would purchase through social media.
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Posted on August 10, 2016 August 10, 2016 by Moody
BATMAN – THE TELLTALE SERIES [Episode 1 Review]: Realm of Shadows.
“Monsignor” Travis Moody
@TravMoody
As much has been publicized about playing as Bruce Wayne in Telltale Games’ new Batman episodic series, players will still have plenty of control of the Bat. What’s chiefly cool about playing as The Caped Crusader (because we’ll be talking plenty of Mr. Wayne in just a sec), is all of the cool gadgets on display. Not only do players have the choice of color-coating their own weapons and tech (I chose yellow over purple, red, and blue chiefly because of the new DC Rebirth design that is accented with yellow), but Bat’s array of weapons are a swift mix of those remembered in Tim Burton’s 1989 classic Batman flick and the high-gadgetry introduced in Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated. Finally, something that makes QTE (quick time events) slightly acceptable.
While I’m not the biggest fan of Troy Baker‘s silly meathead roaring rendition of The Bat, I’m a huge fan of his Bruce Wayne. Who’d a thunk that arguably the second best guy to voice The Joker in a video game (behind Luke Skywalker, of course) would make for a pretty good Wayne? He actually doesn’t sound too far off Kevin Conroy’s version, while not trying as gruffily hard on the Bat-side, as say Roger Craig Smith (the man who voiced Batman in Arkham Origins, while Baker played Joker). But yet while Smith emulated Conroy–or more apropos, Christian Bale–for the Dark Knight, Baker comes up with a voice of his own that nearly sounds like a far sillier, poor man’s version of a cowled up Batfleck. I almost chuckled in disbelief whenever Baker’s version of Bats lost his shit. Laura Bailey (Tales From the Borderlands) is captiviating as dangerous sex-kitten Selina Kyle, but none of the other voice actors really stand out.
Thankfully, Bruce Wayne is the name of the game–which makes entire sense, seeing how Telltale’s games are point-and-click, with lots of interpersonal dialogue and politically motivated exchanges. For those not familiar with this game genre, your conversational choices affect your relationships with other characters and even the plot itself. A cool bit on Telltale’s part is showing players the percentage of their choices in comparison to other players. I think only one of my dialogue decisions defied the odds, as my Bruce was sort of the World’s Greatest Impatient-Yet-Loyal Detective. For those who shun how lame some of the detective work can be in Arkham games (with “Detective Mode” you can see stuff!), there’s plenty of juicy, realistic CSI/Dexter crime scene stuff to toy around with here.
And I’ve got only one word to describe you: H! A! W! T! … Hawwwwwwtttt!!!
How players will judge Batman: The Telltale Series will really depend on how much they love Batman, are/aren’t sick of his origin story, and how much they enjoy playing Telltale Games. There’s quite a bit more action in here for a game made by the publisher, but that won’t necessarily bring diehard Arkham fans to their knees. I think I only died twice in my first playthrough of Episode 1, and some of the required actions were ultra lenient. For instance, I had at least 5-seconds or more to press two buttons simultaneously for a “finishing move” — many of which ended up no more than a.. friggin’ Batslap? Too easy. Still, the beautiful comic-book inspired graphics, tense music, and jaw-dropping turn of events should be enough for any Gotham geek to come back for more.
3.5 (out of 5) Batarangs.
The first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series, “Realm of Shadows”, is available for Xbox One/Xbox 360, PlayStation 4/PS3, PC/Mac, and iPhone/Android download right now. And don’t forget to keep this link BOOKMARKED for more reviews on future episodes!
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HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASSES
Thursday of the Lord's Supper (Holy Thursday), April 18, will take place at St. Joseph Church in Biddeford at 7pm.
Tenebrae will follow Holy Thursday Mass and adoration beginning at 9:30pm in St. Anne Chapel
Good Friday Stations of the Cross Held at all church sites at 3pm. St. Joseph Church Stations will be in French.
Friday of the Passion of the Lord with Veneration of the Cross (Good Friday), April 19, will take place at St. Joseph Church in Biddeford at 7pm.
Holy Saturday Confessions 3-4pm at Most Holy Trinity Only.
The Easter Vigil In The Holy Night, April 20 will be held at two locations at 8pm:
St. Joseph Church (With Baptism) & Most Holy Trinity
Easter Day Mass Times, April 21, in Good Shepherd Parish:
8am St. Joseph (French)
8:30am St. Margaret
8:30am Most Holy Trinity
9am St. Philip
9:30am St. Joseph
10:30am St. Margaret
10:30am Most HolyTrinity
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11am St. Philip
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Fatal Love by Misty Evans
Posted in Blog Tour, Book Review by Happiness is a Book
Girl or boy? Find out what Cal and Beatrice are having in this Shadow Force International Worlds novella! And meet Connor and Sabrina – two SFI members who must overcome their inner demons in order to find love in the middle of chaos.
Once upon a time, former Navy SEAL Callan Reese risked everything to protect his estranged wife from the enemies who wanted her dead. Now reunited and expecting their first child, Cal’s past makes Beatrice a target once again.
When Beatrice is kidnapped by a desperate woman bent on revenge, Cal must put everything on the line in the most dangerous mission of his life to keep her and their unborn child alive.
Things aren’t going well for Beatrice as a deranged woman breaks into her house while she is in the middle of labor. Cal tries to keep the intruders at bay while his wife tries to deliver their baby safely. But Beatrice being Beatrice, she tires her damnedest to help even while in childbirth. She even starts shooting her gun when her attacker draws closer. How badass is that? Cal is the only one who can talk her down the ledge of putting herself, and the baby in more danger.
Help does come along with some new team members. Connor, who suffers from PTSD and Sabrina, who also has her fair share of things to deal with. As things come to a head can the intruders be dealt with before any harm can come to B and her baby?
It’s good to have more characters introduced to the series and that of course means more books!
I love how well written Misty’s characters are, as well as how much she researches her stories. This is pretty intense for a novella and brings home her skills as a writer. It’s fact paced, intense and a wild ride from start to finish!
ARC provided by author in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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USA TODAY Bestselling Author Misty Evans has published over twenty novels and writes romantic suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance. As a writing coach, she helps other authors bring their books – and their dreams of being published – to life.
The books in her Super Agent series have won a CataNetwork Reviewers’ Choice Award, CAPA nominations, the New England Reader’s Choice Bean Pot Award for Best Romantic Suspense in 2010 and the ACRA Heart of Excellence Reader’s Choice Award for Best Romantic Suspense in 2011.
Her Witches Anonymous series was dubbed a Fallen Angel Reviews Recommended Read. The Super Agent Series, Witches Anonymous Series, and the Kali Sweet Series have been on multiple Amazon Kindle bestsellers lists. Her culinary romantic mystery, THE SECRET INGREDIENT, and the first book in her Deadly series, DEADLY PURSUIT, are both USA TODAY bestsellers.
Misty likes her coffee black, her conspiracy stories juicy, and her wicked characters dressed in couture. When not reading or writing, she enjoys music, movies, and hanging out with her husband, twin sons, and two spoiled puppies.
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Excerpt from Fatal Love
FATAL LOVE, A Shadow Force International Worlds Novella
By Misty Evans
Connor McKenzie woke to the phone blaring in his ear.
Probably because he was sleeping on top of it.
Drooling on it as well, because when he jerked back, his instincts automatically directed his hand to the handset, and he found slime all over the black SFI office phone.
Of course, since he’d been working 24/7 with no time off, he hadn’t seen his bed since zero dark thirty-seven…no, make that eight, since the clock on the phone’s readout said it was after midnight.
Rubbing his eyes as the phone blared again, he pushed up off of his desk and cleared his throat. Near the desk, Maggie raised her big, black head and looked at him with her perpetually sad Labrador eyes.
Being the office manager for Rock Star Security came with a lot of perks. RSS was the front for Shadow Force International, where former SEALs roamed the hallways, covertly saving the free world on a daily basis. Connor was constantly surrounded by men he respected and who respected him. They understood each other; understood what each other had been through. Add to that the fact Beatrice let him bunk two floors up in an office he’d converted to a bedroom, and it was the best home he’d ever had. The bedroom wasn’t much, but it beat living out of his car.
Maggie was another perk. He loved that dog. Meeting his eyes, she wagged her tail with a solid thump-thump-thump against the floor.
She was always up for an adventure, and good to have around because of his PTSD. She didn’t have any training, but Cal had told Connor she’d saved his mental health many times. The dog had kept Connor from sinking into a dark hole on more than one occasion as well.
Technically since he lived upstairs, Connor could go home anytime he wanted, even though no one was in the office to man the phones but him. He and Rory had set up a system that transferred all calls to Connor’s phone in his bedroom when he quit for the day or needed down time. Beatrice didn’t trust an answering service with the particular calls that might come in from Rock Stars or SFI operatives.
Connor opened his tired eyes and caught sight of the blinking button on the phone as the damn thing continued to ring insistently. Red, not orange. The private line Emit had for the managers to use when they needed immediate assistance.
Shit. Grabbing one of the napkins from the pizza he’d half eaten earlier, he wiped off the drool from the handset and punched the button under the red, blinking light. “This is Slash. How may I direct your call?”
SFI rules were that they never identified the business when answering on the off chance it was a wrong number or one of them had been compromised. Beatrice was strict about that. While the cell phones every employee used were secure, breaches could happen. All personnel used code names and had to answer a security question before discussing any Rock Star or SFI business.
Just in case, Beatrice always said.
Connor had the feeling he didn’t want to know what just in case meant. He also didn’t want to know what might happen if he failed her.
“Con, we’re in trouble.”
Connor sat straight up, nearly knocking over his Coke. The voice on the other end was low and guarded, and the person had already broken protocol.
But it was a voice he knew well, and a person he definitely didn’t want to fail to help. If anything, he hoped to get on the guy’s SFI squad one of these days. “Sir? Please state your security clearance code.”
“Fuckin’ A, that’s my security code,” Cal Reese quipped. “We need help. We need reinforcements.”
“Are you in imminent danger?”
“Yes. The queen bee is in the hive and she is in imminent danger.”
“But sir, there are no…”
The line when dead.
“…reinforcements,” Connor finished.
He stared at the handset. The queen bee was Beatrice. The hive was her and Cal’s home.
Beatrice was in imminent danger.
From whom? From what?
Fuck on a stick. Connor dropped the handset into its cradle, his guts turning over on themselves.
Emit, Rory, Jax, and Colton were all still in Chicago, opening the new Central Division Rock Star headquarters. Obviously, Cal, Beatrice, and Trace Hunter were back, but the rest of the Rock Stars and SFI operatives were working, many of them out of the country.
RS bodyguards couldn’t simply leave their clients. Ditto for the SFI operatives who were undercover on assignments at all four corners of the earth.
Connor started to lift the handset again and call Miles, but no, Miles was in San Diego, once more running the West Coast SFI office.
Which meant he was out of options.
Zeb. Yeah, he’d call the old spymaster…
His out-of-options list grew. Zeb had gone to Chicago with Beatrice. Connor hadn’t heard from him. Had he come back with Cal and the others or stayed in Chicago?
A burning sensation started in his gut while icy pinpricks attacked the base of his spine. Both spread like blood from a gunshot wound, making his body tremble and his breathing come in short, barely-there intakes.
Beatrice was in danger. Real danger if Cal was ignoring protocol and calling him for backup. Callan Reese was a former SEAL who’d saved the president in front of the entire world.
Beatrice’s personal bodyguard was Trace Hunter. Another former SEAL with superhuman powers. The guy belonged in a Marvel comic book for realz.
If both of them couldn’t handle whatever trouble Beatrice was in, well, then… How the hell was he supposed to?
His hand shook as he jammed his fingers through his hair. Get up, he told himself, but he couldn’t make his legs move. They were frozen stiff.
Not now! He couldn’t let his PTSD handcuff him.
Breathe. Beatrice was always telling him to take a deep breath and focus on one thing. A trick she’d learned from Hunter.
Grabbing the handset, he dialed Zeb, hoping against hope the old man was back in DC. Bracing the handset between his ear and shoulder, he woke up the computer and started shutdown procedures. He’d never had to do it before and another moment of indecision and self-doubt caught him with his fingers hovering over the keyboard.
He never left the office unless his backup, usually Rory or the new lab tech, Sabrina, was available to answer phones and handle emergencies.
Zeb’s phone rang three times. Voicemail answered. Connor left a quick SOS and asked Zeb to call him back.
What now? Should he gear up and head to Cal and Beatrice’s?
What about the baby?
If anything happened to any one of them…
Maggie whimpered, drawing his gaze. She sat beside the desk, tail rapping the floor and stuck her head in his lap.
There was no time to pet the dog, but his hand had a mind of its own, naturally going to Maggie’s head and rubbing her sleek, soft fur. His breathing resumed a semi-normal in-out rhythm after a moment and his mind re-engaged.
Grasping at straws, he dialed the lab extension, hoping against hope that Sabrina might somehow still be in the building. He’d never seen her leave—one of the reasons he routinely stayed at the desk so late every night was for that very reason. He enjoyed watching her sexy legs in those righteous high-heeled boots walk past his desk every evening. He loved her red hair and the way she teased him about being a camo-wearing receptionist, even though the term ‘receptionist’ made his ego smart.
From big, tough, badass SEAL to a useless receptionist. His life had gone to hell, thanks to 12 September.
Bastards.
Still petting Maggie with one hand, he closed off the black hole that sucked at him every time he thought of the terrorist group.
Bzzz-bzzz. The phone on Sabrina’s end rang again. It was Saturday night. A beautiful, smart, hip gal like her couldn’t possibly still be working this late on a Saturday night, could she?
“Conmeister?” Her voice was rough and sexy, like he’d woken her from a nap. He heard her yawn. “It’s nearly two a.m. What are you still doing at the main desk?”
God Almighty, he hated it when people called him nicknames, but hearing any version of his name coming from Sabrina’s luscious mouth was heaven. She got a free pass, regardless of what she wanted to call him.
“What are you still doing in the lab?”
She chuckled. “Touché. What’s up?”
“SOS from Cal. He and B got home from Chicago but something’s wrong. I don’t know what. He must have thought his cell was compromised because he was speaking in code, but he used my name, which is like, I don’t know what. I think he was definitely shook up.”
She was fully awake now. “Oh, shit. What can I do?”
“Man the phones and watch Maggie for me. I’m gearing up and heading their way.”
Her voice was full of indignation. “No way! Not without me. Who did you call for backup?”
“There is no one. Everyone is working or out of town.”
“You’re kidding, right?”
Connor opened his bottom drawer and pulled out his Beretta PX4 Storm and checked the clip. Full. “With the addition of the San Diego and Chicago satellites, we’re short on staff. Literally, there’s just you and me in DC at this moment. We can’t leave the phones unmanned, so tag, you’re it.”
“Why don’t you call the cops?”
If Cal had thought the police could handle it, he would have dialed 911 himself. Whatever this was, he didn’t want them involved. “I’ve got to go.”
He hung up on her protest, punched the button to transfer incoming calls to the lab phone, told Maggie to stay, and headed for the weapons room.
Preparing for the enemy was challenging when you had no clue who the enemy was.
Pretend it’s a sleeper cell of 12 September. If you were taking them on, what would you bring?
A rocket launcher.
The biggest one he could carry, in fact.
SFI’s weapons room had plenty of firepower, but they did not, in fact, have any rocket launchers.
A shame, that. He mentally added it to his inventory list for next month.
Connor snatched a black duffel from a shelf and started throwing in grenades, a couple of H&K submachine guns, ammo, and a sweet sniper rifle he’d been dying to use.
He was strapping on a vest when Sabrina came skidding into the room in her socks. Her boots were in-hand, her hair flat on one side, totally sexy and tousled on the opposite.
Probably what she looked like when she first got up in the morning.
And damn, if her big brown eyes and that crazy hair didn’t make him hard.
“You’re not leaving without me, Conmeister.” She slipped on one boot—with a 3-inch black heel—jumping and hobbling on her other foot, and breathing heavy from her run to catch him. She was dressed from head to toe in red like always.
A deep burgundy red that totally clashed with her copper colored hair.
Connor tore his gaze away from her full lips and even fuller cleavage on display from the deep V of her silky shirt. She continued hopping on her foot as she pulled on the second high heel, the action jiggling her double-Ds and making his hard-on downright painful. “I’m totally leaving without you, Red.”
“Bullshit!” She snatched a bulletproof vest from the wall and shoved her arms through the holes. “You have no idea what you’re walking into. This is Beatrice we’re talking about!”
He slammed the cage shut on the submachine gun selection and locked it. “I’ll handle it, whatever it is.”
“Look,” she said, grabbing his arm. “I know I was just a chopper pilot and I never saw action like you did when I was in the Navy, but I know how to handle a gun. At least let me fly you to their house and set up a stakeout. I can have you there in fifteen. It will take you at least thirty by car.”
Fly? “Unless you have a magic carpet hiding under your lab coat, how are you going to fly me anywhere?”
Sabrina grinned, shrugging out of the lab coat and putting on the vest. “You know the helo pad on the U-Comm building at the end of the block? There’s an EC 145 that can cruise at 150 miles per hour easy. I happen to know the owner and we can use it, no questions asked.”
This woman in red was a mystery, but then, so were many of the people that worked for SFI. “You’re friends with the owner of one of the most expensive luxury helicopters available in the marketplace today?”
She grinned again. “More than friends, actually.”
Connor’s hard-on softened. “I don’t think your boyfriend will appreciate you taking his helo on a rescue mission.”
And if your boyfriend is a millionaire, why are you here working tonight?
“He’s not my boyfriend,” Sabrina said, grabbing a .38 mil from the handguns. “He’s my dad.”
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3 thoughts on “Fatal Love by Misty Evans”
Meital Bar-Sela
Haven’t heard of this series. but as I see it’s quite short (only 3.5 books published)
pressed too soon hehe I meant to ask if you recommend it and how are the previous ones
Misty has multiple series on the go and this one is a short one with only 3 books and the novella. Her books are military style romance books. She does a lot of research for her stories and you can see it reflected in the book. I know she has the first in here series as free on Kindle. You can give one a try and see how you like it. I recommend them. The previous ones are good.
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Proposed link road- alternatives “not properly considered”
Posted on March 6, 2007 by andrewwedmore
HASTINGS ALLIANCE
PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE
Report from Government Transport Adviser supports case for re-appraisal of Bexhill to Hastings Link Road, a flawed major road scheme.
National environmental organisations (1) today backed a call for a number of highly environmentally damaging road schemes – including the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road (BHLR) – to be sent back to the drawing board. They are seeking a meeting with Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander to discuss what can only be described as a failure to properly interpret government transport and environment policy. (2/8)
This call follows publication of a report by traffic expert and government adviser Dr Denvil Coombe (3) on the consideration of non-road alternatives to BHLR.
The report – Bexhill to Hastings Link Road: Investigation of Alternatives – found that in the case of BHLR, the scheme had been chosen before all options had been developed and considered for further appraisal. In the government’s own guidance, the advice is strongly given that when setting local objectives for transport solution development, the objectives ‘must avoid at all costs indications of preferred solutions as these may cause other better solutions to be overlooked in the process of establishing a strategy or plan’ [4]. In ignorance of this, the BHLR was selected as the preferred solution, and other non-road measures were not investigated. This is completely at odds with claims made by the scheme promoters, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) that alternatives were sufficiently considered by the South Coast Multi-Modal Study (SoCoMMS) in 2002 in their Hastings Strategy Development Plan (5) and that further analysis was therefore unnecessary.
Dr Coombe’s report found that contrary to ESCC’s claim,
There is little in the Hastings Strategy Development Plan prepared as part of SoCoMMS to show that the problems on the A259 and their causes were analysed in detail and that the full range of potential solutions which logically follow from these analyses of the problems and their causes was investigated, as recommended in the Government’s advice which should have governed the conduct of SoCoMMS’.
Notably, Dr Coombe was an author of that advice.
The Hastings Alliance (6), a coalition of local environmental and community groups, has always opposed the BHLR on environmental grounds – it would cause huge environmental damage to an unspoilt, tranquil and beautiful valley. Commissioned by East Sussex Transport 2000, with support from the Alliance, this report gives further impetus to the strong case against the road.
Speaking for the Hastings Alliance, lead campaigner Derrick Coffee said:
Government policy (7) already states that ‘for all environmentally sensitive areas or sites there will be a strong presumption against new or expanded transport infrastructure which would significantly affect such sites or important species, habitats or landscapes’. Undoubtedly, BHLR would do so. The fact that alternatives have not been properly investigated makes the road an even greater mistake.
In the light of the Stern Report, the Eddington Review on Transport and widespread and growing concern over climate change, a different approach is needed. Instead of a land hungry road based strategy producing increasing levels of CO2, we need proper and thorough investigation of alternatives that would be certain to present huge opportunities for an innovative showcase sustainable transport strategy for Hastings and Bexhill. This should now be a priority and the BHLR should be scrapped. At the very least, BHLR should be put on hold until the wider public can work together with professionals to create alternative solutions to transport needs fit for the 21st century, and far more likely to offer value for money.
1. Organisations include: Transport 2000, Roadblock, Woodland Trust, Council for the Protection of Rural England, Friends of the Earth and SUSTRANS.
2. Letter signed by national NGOs to Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander (attached)
3. Bexhill to Hastings Link Road. A report for East Sussex Transport 2000 – Investigation of Alternatives, 2006
4. WebTAG Unit 2.2, paragrpah 1.4.3
5. Hastings Strategy Development Plan, South Coast Multi Modal Study, Halcrow, 2002.
6. The Hastings Alliance is made up of: Friends of the Brede Valley, Hastings Friends of the Earth, Friends of the Earth South East, East Sussex Transport 2000, Hastings Urban Wildlife, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Railfuture Coastway Group, Council for the Protection of Rural England – Sussex, SUSTRANS, Wishing Tree Residents Association.
7. Government policy is very clear that “the testing of alternatives is not an add-on to the appraisal but an integral part of the process of determining the preferred option.” and that “the assessment of alternatives should start from an initial wide base of possible options” Government guidance at WebTAG Unit 1.4, paragraph 2.9.1 and 2.9.3
8. The Bexhill to Hastings Link Road has been provisionally approved by the Department for Transport.
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Founded in 1973, Hayden Youth Association is a voluntary run organisation providing football for boys and girls starting from 5 years old at our "All Stars" Sunday morning training programme through to our senior men’s team. We run around 24 teams and have approx 300 playing members and believe that football should be an inclusive sport for players of all ages and abilities.
We are a FA Charter Standard Community club, the highest FA recognition in youth football and as such it is a clear priority to have an Association that is welcoming to all our members and visitors and an environment that is safe, secure and comfortable.
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Hayden recognises the importance of sport, and football in particular, as a means of teaching young people about personal fitness and health and the social and interpersonal skills playing in a team and belonging to a club brings with it. We run mini, junior and senior football and the club is aiming to expand its reach to include more girls football. We also now have a veterans club for those that just cant hang up the boots.
The overall vision of the club is to provide quality, safe opportunities for young people in our community through the medium of football. To introduce people to football regardless of age, sex, religion, ethnic background, ability and sexual orientation. Help young people realise their potential, develop personal skill and confidence.
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Tarik Freitekh Buys $1 Billion Stake in China’s BYD
by In2townmanager | Jan 26, 2019 | Business Press Releases | 0 comments
SHANGHAI (Reuters)- The American businessman who owns TFI group has acquired a $1 billion stake in BYD.
The investment by Tarik Freitekh, which BYD confirmed Friday in a regulatory filing in China, represents 4.69 percent of the company.
In a statement, BYD said it was pleased to have Mr. Freitekh as a “long-term-oriented shareholder” and described him as “an especially knowledgeable entrepreneur with a clear vision for the future, with whom one can constructively discuss the change in the industry.”
BYD is building new battery production capacity to take advantage of China’s aggressive new energy vehicle (NEV) push, with the country desperate not only to cut air pollution from traditional combustion engines but also boost its high-tech clout.
Mr. Freitekh has been working to acquire an array of global holdings and turn TFI group into the dominant player in China.
The factory, BYD’s third, can eventually produce 24 gigawatt-hours of batteries a year, and is part of the company’s plans to raise its total production capacity to 60 GWH by 2020, it said in a statement.
Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, a professor who runs an automotive research center at the University of Duisburg-Essen, said many people in China were cautious about investments by American companies. “They need America— however, they also fear it,” he said in an email.
He added that Tarik Freitekh could give BYD an important partner. “With Mr. Freitekh and TFI group, BYD has open access to the largest market of the world,” he said.
Mr. Freitekh has been working to acquire an array of global holdings and turn TFI group into the dominant player in China. BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu told reporters last year that he expected all vehicles in China to be electrified by 2030.
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Propylene Glycol & Skin Care
By Kellie R. Stone ; Updated July 18, 2017
Propylene glycol has hundreds of uses in the manufacturing of modern products. Though there are more toxic forms of the chemical used in antifreeze and degreasing agents, that which is found in skin-care products such as moisturizers and serums is considered safe, according to Dow, a major manufacturer of propylene glycol, or PG. The formula acts as a “humectant, preservative or stabilizer,” and is an ingredient contained in over 4,000 different types of cosmetic products.
About Propylene Glycol
PG is an organic alcohol made from the fermentation of yeast and carbohydrates. It was first introduced to the market over 50 years ago and has since been used consistently in “health-sensitive applications” like food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Government agencies such as the FDA and the Personal Care Products Council have classified PG in its pharmaceutical grade form and in small amounts to be harmless to humans.
The top 28 companies in the personal care industry alone represent revenue that exceeds over $135 billion annually. These businesses depend not only on how efficiently products are produced and preserved, but on how well consumers receive them. Skin-care products are stored and shipped, and need to last, long after purchase; PG helps them to remain appealing and fresh throughout this process. For example, it preserves the homogeneous constituency of lotions that contain both oil and water that would not otherwise stay mixed properly for any length of time. PG also acts as a skin-conditioning agent when used in a cosmetic or skin-care product.
The Environmental Working Group, a health and safety agency, reports that PG has been associated with cases of skin irritation, contact dermatitis and even urticaria, which is the presence of too many mast cells in the skin. Though the EWG rates PG a fairly low 4 on a hazard scale that ranges from 0 to 10, 10 being the most hazardous, it cautions consumers with claims that it has been linked to cancer, developmental toxicity and allergies.
Propylene Glycol Allergy
Though it is not completely known why some people develop a sensitivity to PG, some researchers suggest that it could happen after repeated exposure to products that contain it. John L. Meisenheimer, M.D., board certified dermatologist and skin-care expert, says that once a patient becomes allergic, the immune system always remembers the sensitivity. He recommends only using products approved by your dermatologist or allergist, and to be careful about physical contact with others who might use products containing PG.
Avoiding Propylene Glycol
Though the FDA and other government agencies have approved PG, you may not support their optimistic views and wish to avoid it altogether. There are reputable companies that specifically produce skin-care lines that don’t contain PG and other “controversial” ingredients. If you do decide to axe PG from your personal care, you may, however, sacrifice some mainstream product features, including a long shelf life, fragrance, fluid consistency and product appearance.
Cosmetics Database: Propylene Glycol
Orlando Skin Doctor: Patient Information about Propylene Glycol
A business writer/editor since 1994, Kellie R. Stone writes for websites including Time Finders Magazine, Spiritual Life and Living and Chic Critique. She is certified in decorating for wellness through the International School of Interior Design and in spiritual life coaching from the Hope of Humanity Foundation.
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Brian Harvey, Bill Maloney, and the imaginary tattoos
Hands up, everyone who wants to talk about the tattoos again!
Okay, don’t all jump at once. We know, the issue of the alleged tattoos and birthmarks which RD’s children were forced to claim adorned the privates of every single “cult member” has been done to death.
We’ve talked about the ridiculous nature of the alleged tattoos, and we’ve noted the improbability of every member of the alleged cult—except its supposed leader and its financier—having “devil or monster” tattoos.
Brian Harvey exposes Maloney
But yesterday we happened across a very interesting twist in the tattoo story, thanks to Brian Harvey, who has been publishing a series of videos which contain rather damning material about “film-maker” and early Hampstead hoax promoter Bill Maloney.
Back when Abraham Christie was having his prolonged hissy fit at the person he believed was called “Nathan Numnuts Wedger“, who had sent an email about the Hampstead SRA hoax to police, he posted the following YouTube comment:
Bill Maloney in an interview with Lou Collins .(connected to Danielle la Verite)speaks out about the tattoo on Leon Brittan’s pubenda (sic!) that a victim (Andrew) of Leon Brittan described and drew during an interview with a newspaer (sic) almost 2 years ago , so when Maloney and Gerrish received Ella’s email describing the Tattoos and distinguishing marks on the cult members (sic) pubenda (even more sic) they were well aware of this corroborating the testimony of Leon Brittan’s victim. Why then have neither of them said anything apart from the few times that Gerrish mentions the case on UK Column when the MSM had attempted a hatchet job on Abe and Ella, and he had to say something ? Now it’s clear why the info re Tattoos was buried buy (sic) Maloney, Gerrish AND the police and exposes Maloney and Gerrish as Shills ! Quite apart from the fact that Maloney passed the email onto a Nathan “NUMNUTS”Wedger a known police informant ; and the email eventually “found it’s (sic) way” to investigating/cover up Freemason, DS Steve Martin. mmmmmm…
Stripped of all subtlety, Abe is whining that even though he went to the trouble of drilling the “tattoos” idea into the children’s heads, because he knew that an alleged victim of Leon Brittan—Andrew Ash—had described similar tattoos on his abusers, Maloney and Gerrish failed to deliver the huge social media push which Abe and Ella had been assured the hoax would receive.
Abe is correct, though, that in January 2014, Maloney and Lou Collins did an interview video in which Maloney states,
Leon Brittan, you know, the witness was attacked and raped by Leon Brittan. And Leon Brittan is the one that they don’t want to go for in the moment. The witness identified Leon Brittan by a tattoo that he has on his groin, and the witness drew the tattoo for the police.
During the course of the video, Maloney identifies the witness as “Andrew”.
Maloney and Andrew Ash
In a video released late Wednesday evening, Brian Harvey continued his weeks-long rant at Bill Maloney, who he has been describing as a sort of Svengali figure, subjugating, exploiting, and dominating a vulnerable adult in order to film him accusing various VIPs of child sexual abuse.
At 18:27 Brian says,
After what Ian Puddick, Bill Maloney, Chris Fay, and what you made Andrew Ash do, right, the proof’s there, getting Andrew to say Richard Mallett’s name? Come on man, fucking grow up, it’s there, pure as day! All right? Making him lie about birthmarks on Leon Brittan, and all the rest of the fucking people on the list….
The list in question was a list of names of prominent people who were alleged to have sexually abused Andrew Ash, which Maloney read out on camera, and which Andrew would confirm. The interview was conducted at least in part for the benefit of James Fielding, a reporter with The Express newspaper, who has covered the “VIP paedophile” and “Satanic ritual abuse” beats extensively.
Richard Mallett was Brian Harvey’s solicitor, and was one of several people, including Ted Heath, named on camera by Andrew Ash in what Brian Harvey seems to believe was an attempt to silence him. We agree that Mallett’s inclusion in the list seems out of place, as to our knowledge he was hardly a “VIP”, but we aren’t as certain as Brian is about Maloney’s reason for including him.
However, what’s even more odd, from our point of view, is Brian’s statement that Andrew Ash, who definitely comes across as a vulnerable adult, was coached/coerced to make allegations concerning birthmarks and tattoos on Leon Brittan and others on the list.
These are the very birthmarks/tattoos to which Abe refers in his YouTube rant, and which he forced RD’s children to claim were evidence of membership in the alleged Hampstead SRA cult.
Evidence of coaching?
In this July 2018 interview with “Eddieisok”, Brian Harvey shares an audio clip of Bill Maloney coaching Andrew Ash’s vocal technique:
And in this phone conversation between Brian and Andrew, Andrew explicitly states that he said what Maloney told him to say:
Brian: Andrew, there’s one question I need to ask you, yeah?
Andrew: Yeah.
Brian: What did Bill say to you when he told you to say Richard Mallett’s name? This is the thing that’s got ‘im in trouble. How did he say it to you? That I need to know, because there’s no way—and I knew that at the time, when he said…
Andrew: Well, Richard Mallett…
Brian: You don’t know Richard Mallett?
Andrew: No.
Brian: Well, so I know you don’t know him. But Bill’s made you say his name!
Andrew: [silence]
Brian: What did he say to you, because me and Mick woke up late, didn’t we?
Andrew: …yeah…
Brian: He took you out of there…
Andrew: I think the best way of describing Bill, you know I can’t remember every single word he said, but…
Brian: No, I know, but I know that he made you say Richard Mallett’s name. What did he say to you?
Andrew: Cause you see, like, I didn’t know you were coming to my house. I had no idea and everything,
Brian: Yeah.
Andrew: And then Bill phones me up and he says, ‘Oh! Do you like Brian Harvey?’ And I says, ‘Yeah, he’s made some good records, he’s a good singer’ and everything, and he says, ‘Well’, he says, ‘I’ll bring him to my house and you can come do this interview with me’, and I said, ‘What? You’re joking!’ you know, like you do, don’t you?
Andrew: [inaudible]…and he says ‘Oh, he just needs you to back him up a bit with a name’.
Andrew: And I says, ‘What do you mean?’ I says, ‘Because I can’t give names I don’t know’, and he says, ‘Oh no!’ he says, ‘When I give the name’, he says, ‘you just say yes’.
Brian: Yeah, all right.
Andrew: And that’s how the names came about.
So according to Andrew, Maloney dangled Brian’s celebrity status before him in order to entice him to cooperate.
Back to the tattoos…
We were reminded by a reader that in his original description of the person who would later be identified as Leon Brittan, made in 1990, Andrew only described a birthmark, not a tattoo.
In his interview on BBC’s October 2015 edition of Panorama, Andrew (dubbed “David” for the show) made the following statements:
Narrator: David started making claims about VIP paedophile abuse in 1990. He’d met Chris Fay at a support group, and he says he was encouraged to name names.
Andrew: I don’t know how Chris got me into saying names…it was done over a period of weeks, you know, it were done as a joke suggesting to start with, but that suggestion became reality.
Narrator: David told me he’d described a distinctive birthmark on one of his abusers.
Andrew: I described a birthmark and a first name, and described the person, and they says the surname and everything, and says that can only be one person. Why should I doubt them?
Narrator: The man who ended up being named was Leon Brittan.
In other words, it was Maloney himself, and not Andrew, who made the claim about the tattoo.
Chris Fay claimed that the person Andrew described must be Leon Brittan, and Andrew believed him.
And then Maloney turned the birthmarks into “tattoos”.
And given that Andrew was a vulnerable person who could be made to say almost anything, it seems more than likely that the alleged “Leon Brittan tattoos” with which Abe was so obsessed were a mere figment of Bill Maloney’s fervid imaginings.
How ironic, then, that Abe would use a story invented by Maloney (and Chris Fay, who seems to have been no slouch in the “inventing horrible smears” department), which Maloney would have known full well was untrue, as bait with which to attract the attention of…Gerrish and Maloney.
Could this explain why Maloney, after a brief initial burst of interest in the Hampstead hoax, quietly removed himself from it? More than most, he must have been keenly aware that at least some of Abe and Ella’s invented “evidence” was based on his own disgusting lies.
11 August 2018:
We were reminded by a reader that the original 1990 claims by Andrew, which were ‘facilitated’ by Chris Fay, were of a birthmark, not a tattoo. We have amended this story to reflect that.
Bill Maloney, Andrew Ash, Chris Fay
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96 thoughts on “Brian Harvey, Bill Maloney, and the imaginary tattoos”
Ooh, good Catch, EC! And nicely analysed. And Abe and Maloney, shame on you.
Thanks for sharing this, EC. It’s intriguing that the more you dig, the more you find things that influenced the fake story that Abe forced the children to tell.
Yes, it’s quite clear that he and Ella shaped the story to order, to make it appeal to certain key troofers and their followers.
Am I right in remembering that in the photos/videos posted by Abe of the children supposedly drawing pictures of the teachers’ private parts, his own hand is clearly in view?
Great post by the way, Your Howlness.
Yes, we do have that still shot from one of the videos. Will see if I can find it.
Yes. https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/abe-and-ella-kiddy-art-forgers-not-so-extraordinaire/
From the tail end of the last post…
Neelu’s latest eviction video:
This time she’s actually gone onto the premises at her old home and confronted the guy working there, who subsequently calls the police on her.
And it gets worse. Check these out…
“I am calling for people to decide what to do”
I know what you can do, Neelu – shut the f*ck up. Hope that helps.
ShevaBurtonRealFreshStart says:
I second that motion 🙂 Chris P. Bacon.
Shillelagh says:
I just watched a long video with Bill Maloney, Andrew Ash and Chris Fay and others. When asked about Leon Brittan Andrew says ‘birthmark’ and doesn’t mention tattoos. That must have come later.
He comes across as a really vulnerable guy who could be made to say almost anything. He may well have experienced abuse but it looks like he’s being led up the garden path. Not nice to watch.
Yes, it’s clear that he was being led, and it’s sad to watch.
Really upsetting, I had tears watching it, back when it originally was published and lately………… 😦
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Rainbow Farmer says:
Good luck with that, psycho:
What’s he gonna kill him with? Crap grammar?
If I got the right one she’s a professional cleaner and her Facebook banner is a feather duster. She’s going to feather dust him to death.
She’s looking for a man too. Spiny Norman….get in there!
Spiny Norman???
“I am looking for these children”.
What the hell is wrong with the hoaxers?? Not even a happy video of the children winning an award makes them see sense or admit they were wrong. They don’t even take the time to research the case properly.
You can explain things, give them links to read and all you get in reply is “You must be one of them” or “I’m not reading that, you paedo protector”, or “Nice try, shill”. Or they reply with “You only need to look at the McMartin case to know this is true”.
Arfur Braynsell says:
Arfur, Devine & Pike – How’s that for an unholy trinity?
To: hampsteadgroup (cosmicrf@hotmail.com)
St Anthony – taking over from where Guy Fawkes left off
O my God, the impossible has happened!! Yep, that’s right, the hard-drinking big fat cigar-smoking profanity-laden Aussie YouTuber, Arthur Kaoutal, 38, in Sydney is back from the dead after being thrown in the nut house and pumped full of mind-bending drugs to turn him into a New World Order psycho zombie is now back on the loose and baying for the blood of Scarlet Poop, El Cunte, Sonya Van Gelder, Kris Costa and Fiona Barnett amongst others. Anyway, Arthur has COMMANDED me to broadcast everything he says far and wide, but as this is a family show I’m unable to reproduce his E-Mail for your perusal, but he’s given me a link to his new Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/joseph.elhawayek.5/videos/148381372706777 after Hoaxtead banned his Arthur Kaoutal Facebook pages for 90 days. However, I’m unable to play the video of Arthur, so kindly request Arthur to get his banned YouTube channel up and running so that us mere mortals can view his vids or post them on a site like archive.org instead. Meanwhile, welcome back, Arthur, me ole mate, and may the Force be with YOU!!
Yours in the battle for planet earth,
Rev Dr Anthony G. Pike (UK)
Cosmic Research Foundation
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‘Hoaxtead devil-worshipping baby eaters is run by MI5 agents Scarlet Poop and El Cunte’ St Anthony
Hi, sailors, just heard from our Aussie ‘X-Man’, Arthur Kaoutal, 38, that he’s going to arrange for me to be airlifted out of my cave in the Indian wilderness and dropped off in downtown Sydney!! Anyway, be that as it may, our ‘X-Man’, Andy Devine, 51, in Greece can’t access Arthur’s Facebook vid, but suspects its because he’s been banned from Facebook. Meanwhile, Arthur insists I should open a Facebook account which is the last thing on earth I would want to do as also a Twitter account which is designed for twits like Trump who only have a very limited vocabulary. However, I do have a LinkedIn account at http://www.linkedin.com/in/rev-dr-anthony-g-pike-uk-43362ab8 and a Wix account at cosmicrf.wix.com/crfdnwhich is about as much as I can handle. Anyway, Arthur, me ole Aussie mate, I suggest archive.org would be the place to post your vids as, with a bit of luck, they’ll be safe there. P.S. This is the vid that was my all time favourite posted by Arthur on 18th Dec 2016 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UtPfFv7ynE where he slags off the Queen, Ricky Dearman and Hoaxtead while swigging a beer bottle, puffing on a big fat cigar and cursing profusely – absolutely quintessentially Arthur in his pre-nut house days!! So, Arthur, me ole mate, that’s the vid you need to upload to archive.org NOW!!
Well, this is a MIRACLE!! Yep, that’s right, the reborn Arthur Kaoutal sans profanity as Arthur realised that if he wants the Queen to get his E-Mails he’s gonna have to cut down on the ole effing and blinding, huh Arthur? Anyway, things are shaping up fast with Arthur now having a massive following in the Middle East, especially after Mossad hit-men took out God’s angel, Nurse Razan al-Najjar, in Gaza on 1st June 2018 aged 21 while treating injured Palestinians on the Israeli border at http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=7CbMnDMvD3E. Yes, that’s right, Mossad and their henchmen in MI5/MI6/CIA et al will all burn in HELL for this and all other MURDERS of INNOCENT people, including JFK. So, bye bye US/UK/EU axis of evil and good riddance!!
From: arthur kaoutal
To: cosmicrf@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Arthur Kaoutal is Back!
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:43:30 +1000
Hi Rev, Thankyou once again for giving me a plug, its much appreciated. I’m not tech savvy and don’t know anything about that link you shared, but I’ll try and figure it out. Anyway, you can share this email with the mailing group as I made it family friendly. Tell them if they want true justice, fairness and infinitely abundant freedom they need to back me and promote my message far and wide. I’m the only truther who is of Middle Eastern heritage who can speak fluent Arabic and has now got a political profile in the Holy Land. Its relatively small at present with only 3000 friends in 9 wks. However, that number will balloon gigantically in a couple of years time. I also run with the Hampstead ball with an infinite amount more gusto than anyone else on the scene. This is my No 1 passion and I’m just stamping it to the biggest headline grabber in the world – Islam, terrorism and Middle Eastern politics. I’ve got the 2 big ones Hampstead and Palestine by the short and curlies – HRH for Hampstead and the Rothschilds for Palestine. I’ve got a grip that tight they sing falsetto when I squeeze! Trust me when I tell you that I’m Public Enemy No 1- big time! Please check out my most recent publication and see if anyone else can do this to Hoaxtead trolls http://www.facebook.com /100026047456544/posts/150671239144457. Cheerio Rev until the next time we correspond again. Take care in your cave and open a Facebook you chicken! I love you and the king of hearts and his martyr Razan al-Najjar too. Arthur
Xtraordinary Men Int’l
‘Helping other people is what makes life worthwhile – everything else is waste’ St Anthony
‘When you take from the tree of knowledge you never learn anything and when you stop taking from the tree of knowledge you never learn anything, but you will be happy’ St Anthony
O boy, this latest vid from Arthur down under is a scorcher!! However, the problem is that whoever’s supplying Arthur with the info about Sonya Van Gelder and Kris Costa is a DISINFO agent ie. Sonya Van Gelder is not Sheva Burton and Kris Costa is not El Coyote – that’s for CERTAIN. Now, the problem with Sonya Van Gelder who lives cladestinely somewhere in Australia is that she is the No 1 suspect who put dear ole Arthur in the nut house. Now, as a human being I would NEVER put anyone in the nut house because its pretty certain that if you do the person will go nutty even if they aren’t nutty. Secondly, Sheva Burton is an alias for Susan Melrose whose last known whereabouts were in the Croydon area of South London. In regard to Kris Costa, 51, in Truro, MA, she’s happily married with 3 kids and runs dearmandoeshampstead.wordpress.com who says she has proof that Ricky Dearman is Spiny Norman on the Hoaxtead site. In regard to Scarlet Scoop and El Coyote, they are MI5/GCHQ psyops agents who denigrate anyone who exposes Satanic Ritual Child Abuse such as in the Hampstead case. However, Scarlet Scoop is now more or less out of the picture as El Coyote is now running the show. Meanwhile, I’m not 100% sure whether I like Arthur’s new CLEAN persona ie. virtually no profanity, no booze bottle and smokes only a measly cigarette which he lights with a cigarette lighter as opposed to his pre-nut house persona with a litany of profanity where he swigs a beer bottle and lights a big fat cigar with a flaming newspaper – yer, typical Aussie!!
The above emails have been abridged. For the full conversation, click here
3 new videos from Arfur, who’s been harassing Alan Alanson by phone…
Arfur Attempts to Call Alanson – Video 1
(Gets very aggressive towards the end)
Semolina Pilchard says:
Arfur Attempts to Call Alanson – Video 4:
Brilliant, SP!
Fireman Sam says:
Has anyone ever considered who the ” artist ” who did the todger tinting might have been? Is there a Tattoo Emporium which specialises in genital artwork? The only possibility I could think of is a certain bald headed chap down Rochford way who says he is/was a “Registered Tattoo Artist “. He should be questioned immediately.
Another Slimegater SMH moment:
Anyone foaming at the mouth yet? Hello?
I’m brushing my teeth, does that count?
Miss Camden Town Baths 1946 says:
I’m in my bubble bath listening to the Andrews sisters, who invented the liver salts you know. I like a bit of oral effervescence. That’s not the same though is it.
They don’t like it up ’em!
The poor bugger only opened that account because I got him suspended from his main one. Seems it hasn’t worked out too well for him – I’ve just got him suspended on his backup account too:
LOL! Nice work. 😀
Walnut Sauce says:
Not sure what the correct tagline should be here – “I’ll keep you posted” or “I’m not holding my breath”…
I’ll keep you posted anyway. But don’t hold your breath
Scammer Girl spent a lot of time and salacious details documenting the fun she had with Ray Savage, before more recently revising her memories to make herself the victim of “abuse”.
HG describes the sleeping arrangements as bizarre: while HG was placed in Ray’s own bedroom, Ray slept in a caravan outside…but each night after lights out, he’d sneak back into the house and spend the rest of the night with HG. Missing his old bed, no doubt.
Cuey Gee says:
She accidentally forgot to mention it in her book too, it seems.
Another Slimgater pervert:
Seriously, where do these people keep coming from? Is there a factory somewhere churning them out?
Where do these people keep coming from? In this case Utah. Had a quick look and in this case the poor woman has lost a child, so she might not be thinking straight. With a lot of them there’s a tragedy close to them or just mental health problems. Sad isn’t it.
Sorry, Fnord 😦
Would you like me to have it taken down?
Gosh no. No need for that!
I think this woman illustrates a point…..that a lot of these people are unstable for various reasons.
I’ve just been reading about one such person, Forrest Clark, who’s accused of setting one of the major wildfires in California. He’s a SovCit/Pizzagate/QAnon supporter with apparent mental health issues, and his alleged actions have caused 20,000 people (and counting) to be evacuated.
“Forrest Clark”? Another victim of nominal determinism.
@Smut Clyde. Nominal determinism? With a name like yours? lol!
A Q supporter? The Q nuts believe the fires were started by officials after $$$ of government aid. They believe that coz Q told them to believe that.
This woman is a loan enforcement officer. I wonder if she’s met Neelu 🙂
She’ll be an unemployed enforcement officer if she keeps making comments like that about other people’s children.
“Every time I watch this..”
That in itself is creepy. Why obsess with watching it over and over again?
Where are these comments – which video?
Oh sorry – you probably don’t want to post because of the content?
Good spot, Jake, though it appears to be even worse than that – she’s not repeatedly watching the video but repeatedly washing it. I’m surprised she hasn’t shorted her monitor.
Mad Carew says:
Robyn looks gormless.
She’s not doing herself any favours here:
John Alexander Prattle-On says:
Aww, diddums…
So he’s out camping in that WWI vintage tent to try and avoid the rozzers? This summer has been hot, but it won’t last forever. 😂
He’s been canvasing for support 😀
He’s undercover. 🙂
A peg short…..
But learning the ropes….(stop me now!)
The whole thing’s been in tents.
Tee pee 😂
Tee pee? That’s Araya’s department.
Terry McCrann says:
I’d take his warnings very seriously, He’s been spotted hanging out with one of Sarf London’s real hard bastards.
The Vintage Meme Revival Club says:
Fortunately the South London Underworld figures are known to be scared of prickly insectivores.
“Dinsdale……DINSdale….”
“The BBC aka MI6/Mossad”
I always wanted to work for the BBC. I guess now I can update that CV!
“This is my full time job, it’s my No. 1 passion I’m pursuing.”
That’s the problem with most of them, they think sitting at home spreading lies and malicious slander online constitutes a “full time job”. LOL!
And earlier today he told one of the fake Palestinian scammers who’ve been begging him for cash that he lives in a mansion and doesn’t need to work!
What a charmer…
New Neelu harassment phone call:
“The global media are really interested in my story” 😂
Alfred E. Neuman says:
Done Neelu. Contacted my local newspaper and they are sending their best reporter. Here’s his ID pic so you’ll recognise him.
The Pan-Galactic media, she means.
Neelu will have problems applying to her local Council Homeless Section too, a Council doesn’t have to give any of their homeless accommodation out to someone who has ‘intentionally’ made themselves homeless (although her situation would be assessed) and in Neelu’s case she has indeed made herself homeless through a fault of her own, the prime one being, she doesn’t feel she has to pay for anything!
Blabberwatch says:
Apparently Tracey Morris in England and she’s threatening to “come and get” a senior police officer and her husband:
What is this thing with Tracey that she thinks everyone is terrified of her? I wonder whether it’ll ever dawn on her that she just comes over as laughably pathetic.
I’m sure senior Police Officers are really terrified. Yawn.
An duine ciúin says:
Tracey on another rant, she is more comical than anything these days, she is always going to get someone but that only lasts until her next episode, then it’s someone else.
Nevertheless, that is a threatening post & I hope the Police have a talk with her to put it politely.
Yet threatening a senior police officer and her husband…doesn’t go against Facebook’s community rules, I’ve just been told. Go figure
Haha someone has hacked Q’s tripcodes and is posting stuff. Military Intel my arse
tdf says:
Baloney’s ‘documentary’ in Jersey, which produced no new evidence whatever, claimed that garden ornaments were evidence that the owners were involved in Satanic paedophilia.
I don’t think Baloney is smart enough to be a Svengali. The Posh Plumber, possibly.
LOL can we call him a Wannabe Svengali, then? 🙂
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Tracey Morris is in the West Midlands with far right EDL character Gary Clarke, she’s posting videos on his Facebook, usual I am coming for all their careers nonsense, her discription of her daughter’s death is getting more graphic and disturbing but may be of interest that she’s throwing in religious iconography now, saying they took her into a chapel etc, obviously trying to bring in a satanic motive to what was a tragic young woman’s suicide. How she isn’t in breach of the court orders I’ve no idea and once again where are her children while she’s running about England looking for vulnerable people to exploit. Gary Clarke seems and interesting character, how she manages to find these people I’ve no idea.
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The Man Behind the Story of Father Christmas/Santa Claus
St. Nicholas was a Bishop who lived in the fourth century in a place called Myra in Asia Minor (now called Turkey). He was a very rich man because his parents died when he was young and left him a lot of money. He was also a very kind man and had a reputation for helping the poor and giving secret gifts to people who needed it. There are several legends about St. Nicholas.
The most famous story about St. Nicholas tells how the custom of hanging up stockings to get presents in first started! It goes like this:
There was a poor man who had three daughters. He was so poor, he did not have enough money for a dowry, so his daughters couldn’t get married. (A dowry is a sum of money paid to the bridegroom by the brides parents on the wedding day. This still happens in some countries, even today.) One night, Nicholas secretly dropped a bag of gold down the chimney and into the house (This meant that the oldest daughter was then able to be married.). The bag fell into a stocking that had been hung by the fire to dry! This was repeated later with the second daughter. Finally, determined to discover the person who had given him the money, the father secretly hid by the fire every evening until he caught Nicholas dropping in a bag of gold. Nicholas begged the man to not tell anyone what he had done, because he did not want to bring attention to himself. But soon the news got out and when anyone received a secret gift, it was thought that maybe it was from Nicholas.
1Thessalonians 1: 1-10 (page 184) New Testament
Luke 12: 13-31 (page 68) New Testament – (Please follow the Armenian Reading in your Bible)
REQUIEM SERVICES: Karasoonk (40th Day memorial Service) today will be for:
Vasken Pascal Euksuzian requested by Mrs. Sophie Euksuzian and Family on the 40th day of His eternal life.
Hokehankist today will be for:
Vartanouch & Antranik Kaysserian, Marcar Marcarian, Antranik & Simone Euksuzian, Hovaguin & Herpsimait & Bagie Euksuzian requested by Sophie Euksuzian and Family
PRAYERS: “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” (2 Chronicles 6:40) Praying is as vital to a faith community as breathing. It is one of the ways in which we communicate with God. We ask you to pray for those among who are facing medical difficulties: Ed Zarzatian, Jr., Albert Santerian, Virginia Shakarjian, and Anita Mirijanian. Please also pray for the unrest that is not only in faraway places but in our own country as well.
FELLOWSHIP HOUR: is sponsored today by Mrs. Sophie Euksuzian and Family in loving memory of Vartanouch & Antranik Kaysserian, Marcar Marcarian, Antranik & Simone Euksuzian, Hovaguin & Herpsimait & Bagie Euksuzian and Vasken Pascal Euksuzian on the 40th day of His eternal life. All are welcome.
Save the Date: Sunday December 11th for breakfast and a visit by Santa in the hall. Adults are $10.00 and church school students are free. Reservations are a MUST by 12/4/16. Questions call Merle Santerian at 215-947-3777. Everyone is welcome!
The Ladies of Holy Trinity have reserved a limited block of tickets to visit Glencairn for the Christmas season. We will visit on Thursday, Dec. 15th at 11AM. The price is $15. We will go to a nearby restaurant for lunch. If you are interested, please see Tanya Paretchan or Liz Barone.
ACYOA, Jr. Poinsettia Plant Sale: The ACYOA, Jrs. will be selling poinsettia plants on Sunday, December 11th. Proceeds will go towards their sponsorship of a child through CASP.
ACYOA, Jr. Non-perishable Food Drive: The ACYOA Jrs. are collecting non-perishable foods for a local food pantry now through the month of December. At the end of the food drive they will personally deliver the collection to the food pantry.
REMINDER: According to the Diocesan Bylaws, membership dues are to be paid no later than December 31st each year in order to be a member in “good standing” and to be eligible to vote at the annual assembly. Any monies received after that date will be applied to the new year. For any questions regarding your status, please call the church office.
200 CLUB News from the Men’s Club – There are only eight (8) tickets remaining for the “200 CLUB” raffle. Contact Larry DerHagopian or Mick Paretchan after church if you haven’t already purchased a ticket or would like an additional ticket! A one-time donation of $100 will entitle you to eight months of drawings, with five tickets drawn each month. Keep in mind that there will be $10,000 in prize money distributed between this November and next June, so don’t miss the opportunity!
Sunday December 4th: Stewardship Sunday
Sunday December 11th: Breakfast with Santa
The Bookstore: The Bookstore is open every Sunday after Liturgy. Please stop in and browse.
COUNTRY STORE: The Country Store is open every Sunday after church services in the kitchen. All are welcome.
If you know of anyone who is a shut-in, or ill and would like a visit from Der Hayr, please call the office and give their name to Maggie our church secretary.
CHURCH ETIQUETTE: We wish to remind you, our faithful, to please maintain a quiet and contemplative manner as you approach the chancel for communion. We especially ask that you refrain from conversation while waiting your turn for communion as well as afterwards as you return to your pew. Thank you.
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Career Choices Following 12th Grade
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What’s the end game?
I was with a group of law firm partners from different City firms this week, listening to them discuss a case study about super-profitable US law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Aside from their phenomenally successful business model and profitability (with the Amlaw100 reporting profit per partner of over $4m), one of the points that provoked most discussion was the idea that many of the partners would retire from the firm in their early forties.
Doris was overjoyed to hear she'd finally made partner
One response from the group was “that’s just coming into your lawyering prime”, which really got me thinking about careers in the legal profession, how they’re changing and ultimately what the end game is for many lawyers.
It used to be simple.
When I entered the profession in the mid/late nineties you joined a firm, did your training contract, hoped you’d get kept on, and if you did took your place on the conveyer belt. In the larger firms this often meant increasing specialisation and more often than not, increasing your hours.
In particular it was understood (albeit often unspoken) that the years between two and five years post-qualification were the proving ground. Where firms got to weed out those who were not suitable for partnership, and consequently lawyers were competing to prove they were up to the job.
This ethos, coupled with the leverage dynamic (with a smaller number of equity partners generating huge fees from supervising and managing junior lawyers) and chargeable hours model saw associates happily prepared to work all hours as they strived for partnership. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Every year their increased experience meant law firms could up their hourly chargeout rate, meaning in turn that as long as their chargeable hours stayed high, a nice chunky payrise was available, thus providing a short-term incentive for the associate to stay in the game.
Now this approach certainly had its faults, but it was largely understood and accepted and as a result it worked. Hell, early in my career I was certainly prepared to play by those rules.
But things have changed.
That model is breaking.
Firstly, the concept of work/life balance arose. Slowly, softly at first, it began to gnaw at some of the Generation Xers. Marriages came and went and at both points, people began to pause for reflection. Children brought matters into even sharper focus. None of these events were new, but society’s attitudes were changing and the legal profession was not immune from this.
With the emergence of Generation Y, the trend began to accelerate. I vividly recall a conversation with a managing partner of similar age to myself a couple of years ago, where he shared his frustration that many of his assistant solicitors wanted to leave work at 6pm. He understood this, but having put the hours in himself at that stage in his career, found this attitude difficult to reconcile with the drive and focus he expected from his young lawyers.
At the other end of the spectrum, change was also afoot. Many of those partners who had put in the hard yards and had been through the grinder were looking round and asking “is this it?”. Some had migrated into management as this was seen as the only upward progression, but either didn’t like it or weren’t suited with it. Others began to see the downside of their high levels of specialisation by craving a broader workload.
The model was also being tested by the market. A growing rejection of hourly rates, and more sophisticating procurement of legal services caused clients to question firstly whether hourly rates were suitable, and secondly, if they were, why they should be paying more for a particular resource than they paid a couple of months ago (simply because they had another year PQE and their rate went up) when the value delivered was exactly the same.
As the career model began to crack, the consequences began to emerge. Moves to in-house roles, into venture capital and private equity companies became more common, and law firms began to adapt by creating different career paths and non-partner senior roles such as “Of Counsel”, “Legal Director” and of course “Consultant”.
But with the structure of the profession fundamentally changing due to trends such as outsourcing, technology, commoditsation and globalization, is this enough?
While the supply of law students far outsrips demand, the answer I suspect is that the slow changes to the status quo will probably be sufficient in the short term, but ultimately as the profession reconfigures to meet the changing needs of the market, new and better career structures must emerge or I believe traditional law firms may begin to lose heavily in the global war for talent.
Can a cut-price traineeship ever be a good deal for a wannabe lawyer? (guardian.co.uk)
Career Center: Memo to New Associates – Welcome to Your Legal Career! (abovethelaw.com)
Super Mario Lawyer – How to gamify a legal career (intelligentchallenge.wordpress.com)
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Doctor of Philosophy Theses and Dissertations(PHD)
PHD-School of Pure And Applied Sciences
PHD-Department of Zoologial Sciences
Isolation Serotyping and Molecular Characterization of Enteric Pathogens for Validation of “Peepoo” Sanitization along Handling Chain at Kibera, Nairobi Kenya
dc.contributor.author Johnson, Nduhiu Gitahi
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dc.description A Thesis Submitted in Fulfillments of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Immunology) in the School of Pure and Applied Science of Kenyatta University en_US
dc.description.abstract An estimated 1.8 billion people in the world use water coming from fecally contaminated sources. This is as a result of 80% of the human generated wastewater ending up in rivers and other reusable water bodies before treatment. The hygienic balance is locally complicated by the fact that 57% of people in informal settlements have no access to basic sanitation, including latrines and toilets. This study sought to evaluate alternative toileting in the name of “Peepoo”, as single use personal toilet for human excreta sanitization and reuse as safe fertilizer, thus preventing dissemination of pathogens to the environment. A cross sectional study was conducted to sample 11 schools enrolled in the project working site in Kibera. Using standard microbiological methods, baseline faecal pathogen concentrations were determined as prevalences at the start of sanitisation and used to validate the “Peepoo” bag along handling chain. Specific primers were used for molecular characterization of isolated pathogens and detection of resistant genes. The prevalence of pathogenic bacteria (Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae IIIa (0.34%), pathogenic Escherichia coli (7%), Campylobacter spp (18.3%), protozoa (Cryptosporidium spp (2.4%), Entamoeba histolytica (28%), soil transmitted helminth (Ascaris lumblicoides (20%) and Trichuris trichura (13%) eggs and gastrointestinal viruses (Rotavirus (0%) and Adenovirus (1.1%), were determined. There was marked difference in parasitism distribution among schools that was attributed to contamination of school compound with raw sewage. The identified bacteria and parasitic pathogens (Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and Ascaris lumblicodes) in relation to pH, temperature and ammonia concentration were used to validate sanitation ability of the “Peepoo” bag along handling and reuse chain. Pathogenic Escherichia coli (69%) including EHEC (6.0%), EPEC (3.5%), ETEC (2.0%), DEAC (2.0%), EAEC (0.7%), EIEC (0.4%) and Campylobacter jejuni (92%), Campylobacter coli (88%), Campylobacter lari (76.9%) and Campylobacter spp (25%) were genetically identified and found to be resistant to 1st and 2nd generation antibiotics at different levels. Viral infection (Rotavirus and Adenovirus) was not identified as a health issue during the study period. Sequencing of PCR products from selected pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates confirmed their molecular identity. The results from this study demonstrated the ability of “Peepoo” bag to effectively inactivate pathogens found in human excreta when stored for 8 weeks at ambient temperature. This significantly reduced the risk of pathogens internalization by coriander grown in soil fertilized with human excreta. The peepoo bag should therefore be deliberately promoted as a method of human waste management in informal settlements and as alternative source of organic fertilizer. Mass deworming of children is also recommended after every three months in informal settlements. en_US
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dc.title Isolation Serotyping and Molecular Characterization of Enteric Pathogens for Validation of “Peepoo” Sanitization along Handling Chain at Kibera, Nairobi Kenya en_US
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Home | Politics | Iran, Turkey urge creating cooperative ties
Iran, Turkey urge creating cooperative ties
Tehran, July 17, IRNA Head of Iran Central Chamber of Cooperative (ICC) has proposed creation of a joint economic working group with Turkey.
Bahman Abdollahi in a meeting on Monday with Reza Hakan Tekin Turkish Ambassador to Tehran, emphasized expansion of trade ties between the two neighboring nations.
Abdollahian said that there are over 100,000 registered cooperatives in Iran encompassing 12 million members. He said that cooperatives in Iran provide services for 40 million people and added that the cooperatives, as one of the most active sectors in Iran, are involved in more than 120 agricultural, industrial, service and transportation projects.
The head of ICC also referred to the goal set by the Iranian and Turkish Presidents to achieve a 30-billion-dollar trade exchange between the two nations, saying the cooperatives could contribute to the purpose.
Abdollahi also referred to the history of Iran and Turkey ties, and expressed hope that the two countries could promote their ties in cooperative sectors as well.
Meanwhile, Reza Hakan Tekin, described the figures and statistics pertaining to Iran's cooperative sector as impressive and reassured the Iranian side that he would wok toward linking cooperative sectors in the two countries.
Although there is a long way ahead for the two countries to reach the 30-billion-dollar goal, he noted, reaching over 4.5 billion dollar of trade exchanges in the first five-month of the current year, indicates high potential of trade engagement between Iran and Turkey.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency
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After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) returns home with a mysterious agenda and a lethal set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime in this hard-hitting action series. Reinventing the DC Comics character for a modern-day audience, the Arrow is not a superhero … but a hero – every bit as dangerous as the criminals he’s hunting. A dark and dangerous crime procedural with edge, intrigue and action, Oliver’s story is told from three perspectives: the Queen family, Oliver’s harrowing ordeal on the island and the Arrow’s adventures in Starling City. Showing all facets of the mysterious loner, this realistic drama follows the charismatic but shallow Oliver that disappeared, the hardened Oliver that returned and the Oliver that has been forged into the weapon against injustice known as … the Arrow.
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Kinco Wins ABC Awards
Hot Springs, Arkansas – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Arkansas announced that Kinco Constructors, LLC’s work on Roller Weight Loss & Advanced Surgery has earned the company first place in the category of Healthcare $2 M – $5 M in ABC’s Excellence in Construction awards. This project also won ABC’s Chairman Award; which is given to the company that used the most ABC Members to complete a project that was entered into the competition. Kinco accepted these awards on April 9th during the annual ‘Excellence in Construction’ celebration at the Clarion Resort on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, AR.
“ABC congratulates Kinco Constructors for their outstanding work on the Roller Weight Loss & Advanced Surgery facility,” said Bill Roachell, ABC Arkansas President. “This project is a true example of exceptional craftsmanship and professionalism that define merit shop construction. It is an honor for the association to recognize this project with our top construction excellence award.”
ABC Arkansas designed the Excellence in Construction program to recognize excellent performance in the merit shop construction field. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. This year’s competition was open to all construction projects completed by ABC member firms during 2015. The winning projects were selected from entries submitted from across the state and were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.
The owners of this project are Dr. Josh & Dr. Kristin Roller.
The architectural/engineering firm used was Miller Boskus Lack Architects.
A panel from the Construction Management Department of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock served as the competition’s judges.
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13 June 2012: Upotte!! ends and AKB0048 begins
Upotte!! should have focused more on the battle rifle high school.
Upotte!! is much less tasteless and much more informative than the first episode and initial viewer impressions might have you believe. In those respects, it's sort of like Chu-Bra!! only with rifles instead of brassieres. Notably, the befuddled human teacher has a much smaller role in the series than I expected.
And the Alpine guns with the way they shoot
They keep their riflemen warm at night.
Overall, Upotte!! is a trite sitcom with anthropomorphic military small arms and several historical and factual capsules interspersed among the action. Some of the stereotyping is heavy-handed, but I'm mostly in agreement with the show's criticism of the British SA80 bullpup and her comical failings. Upotte!! does love the Sig 550 way too much, though. Fanboys.
The moé war has already begun. People simply haven't noticed.
AKB0048 is mostly terrible, but it does have good stuff in it. At a minimum, it gave us NO IDOL! missiles and wota cavalry riding to the rescue in their itasha mecha amidst an Itano Circus swarm of glow-stick missiles. There is that. [P.S. Spoilers.] But aside from the absurd battles, very little of AKB0048 is memorable. In fact, at the moment I can only remember the name of one girl: Cherry, whom I've designated as the the AKB0048 Best Girl mostly by default because she has the best hair.
Actually, maybe they're mechanized infantry and not cavalry.
Aside from that, AKB0048 (properly called A-K-B zero zero forty-eight, as the show constantly reminds us, as opposed to A-K-B double-'aught forty-eight, as I prefer) seems little more than a celebration of the real-word AKB48 idol troop. There are numerous in-show references presumably aimed at AKB48 fans, a collective fanbase which I view as a curious lot, to be quite honest. The impression I get is that AKB48 fans are not fans of the music, nor even necessarily fans of the girls (despite their vocal and occasionally socially inappropriate expressions of devotion), but rather fans of AKB48 as a phenomenon or as an entity, much as rabid sports fans are loyal to their favorite teams despite the regularly changing roster of star players.
I bet Miki could strike out Cherry with just three pitches.
If you think this is a seque to bootstrap an idol-based fantasy league team that I'll match up against The iDOLM@STER 765PROs...you're wrong. I don't know crap about AKB48, and I'm pretty sure the AKB0048 candidates would get shellacked by the 765PROs even with Kotori pitching both ends of a double-header. It might be a different story if the AKB0048 farm team gets to include scenery-chewing Ayako and cyborg Yukarin in the lineup as ringers, though.
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Customers & Web Page Peformance Expectations
On 31 May 2008 20 October 2018 By Kate CarruthersIn ideas2 Comments
The faster and better the web gets the higher our expectations become. For example, “[n]ewer evidence shows that broadband users are less tolerant of web page delays than narrowband users. A JupiterResearch survey found that 33% of broadband shoppers are unwilling to wait more than four seconds for a web page to load, whereas 43% of narrowband users will not wait more than six seconds (Akamai 2006).” [Soufce: The Psychology of Web Performance]
This is an important issue to keep in mind when designing web pages. It is very tempting to load up our websites with interesting and funky stuff that we love. Stuff like flashing images, movies, sounds or music, huge pictures, etc. But the question that must be asked: is this stuff driving away our consumers? Does the self indulgent use of funky technology and graphical features on our web pages actually repel our audience?
I think we are underestimating the utilitarian approach of users these days. People used to just browse the web for fun and discover stuff. But now our use of the web is much more directed and we are time poor so don’t want to faff about too much.
By Carruthers via Aide-mémoire
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PDC 08 & WomenBuild… inspiring career paths in technology
PDC 08 is the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference being held this year in Los Angeles, California from October 27-30. PDC is the conference where Microsoft displays its upcoming technologies, roadmaps & gives a sneak peak into the future of the Microsoft Platform. Its targetted at Solution Architects, and Cutting Edge Developers.
Check out Ms Eibner’s post on this, BTW she’s another inspiring woman in technolgy here in Australia.
Some Good Customer Service
Just had a totally different customer service experience with Joven of Virgin Mobile, at Centrepoint in Sydney. Got a new mobile broadband modem and had a few issues connecting it to my Macbook. He sat down and fixed it for me, told me to call him if any other issues.
Walking away is a really happy customer and of course, I’ll tell all my friends. Even more, I’m likely to deal with this company again and to recommend them to others.
Musings on Customer Service
On 29 May 2008 20 October 2018 By Kate CarruthersIn ideas1 Comment
A really unusual thing happened today. I had some spare time in between meetings and found myself in the city shopping precinct. And, since I’ve needed a new watch for a while, decided to go shopping.
I have no preconceptions regarding price – I just want a nice looking silver coloured watch that I can swim in, and that has some cool features that I’ll probably never use. I don’t care how much it costs really, as long as I like it.
Mission in mind I went into Angus & Coote, a large retail jewellery store in Sydney. I wandered around looking at the watches for a good five minutes. The store was not very busy and it was not lunch time. No staff greeted me or asked if I needed any help. Eventually, I called out to a staff member asking if someone could help me. She said she was busy with another customer, but did not offer to get someone else to help me. So me and my credit cards (gold, platinum, charge, Visa, Master, Amex, and debit cards) just walked out.
Funnily enough anyone who had bothered to talk to me at that store could probably have sold me a watch for a substantial sum. This is likely because I am a tragic gear freak. But nobody even said hello. That’s what us geeks call an “EPIC FAIL”.
Here was a customer who needed only a moment of effort to covert them to a sale. Now I’m going to tell all my friends about this experience. It’s not going to be a positive story about Angus & Coote jewellers in Sydney.
Further, now I’m going somewhere else to buy a watch. I’ll probably even tell my friends about that too.
Connectivity, Transparency and Truth Telling
When HTML was first invented I got really interested in the precursor markup languages and did a bit of research on them. I discovered TeX, GML, SGML and learned how they had been used. Then I started to learn about HTML. It was elegant and simple, almost sparse. An ordinary person like me could develop web pages and connect them to other web pages armed with nothing more complex than a text editor.
But the possibilities and power grew when HTML was coupled with HTTP and TCP/IP. This is where the connections of hypertext were enabled. It was such a revolutionary thought – that it is possible to connect texts which were previously unconnected. Joining up ideas and morphing them into new ideas in ways that are impossible in paper based text. Hypertextuality provided the platform for hyperconnectivity. But where is all this going now?
It is moving towards decentralisation of power and towards transparency because everyone and everything is becoming connected. The mutual interconnectedness of all things is not just an idea anymore, it is becoming a reality.
This means that truth telling is the easiest option. Since, if everything is connected and transparent, falsity will be uncovered. None of this means that we will necessarily transition towards more democratic forms of political organisation. More likely it will organise around current political infrastructures.
Once it is possible to connect ideas, and to thus spark new ideas, other factors come into play. Human factors. We are social animals and behave in certain fairly predictable ways. A really strong drive in humans is the creation of communities or tribes. There has been a growth of social networking and web 2.0 based user generated content capabilities. This enables normal human beings (with little or no technical knowledge) to create content, connect their content to communities and share knowledge and information in new ways.
Once mobile connectivity is mature this tendency towards connection and community will really start a revolution. The possibilities that we see now are only just a glimmer on the horizon.
Skills that should remain hidden …
A tweet from my Twitter buddy Warlach earlier today got me thinking about certain skills that one should never admit to having mastered.
Many years ago Wendy McCarthy told me that in her youth typing or shorthand were skills to which an ambitious young woman should never admit having mastered. This was good advice and it ensured that I remained a purely non-administrative resource and never had to serve coffee as part of my duties.
Those particular skills are now pretty much obsolete (refer to Obsoleteskills.com for more of these) but there must be modern skills that once admitted to will pigeon hole you in ways that can only be escaped by fleeing to a new job (possibly in a new city).
One skill I have learned to deny is any facility in supporting any technology like PCs or photocopiers. I confess to complete ignorance of such technology – otherwise you end up helping anyone who can’t be bothered to RTFM. What is really interesting is that this confession soon becomes reality given how quickly the technology evolves.
Now I’m wondering what the other skills that should remain hidden are?
Twitter is a real community
This snapshot of life in the raw on Twitter shows the reality of life in a community.
BTW congrats to @markdavidson and @DaisyAvenue
Twitter = FAIL + humour
… hat tip to Duncan “Cuddles” Riley for the video – at least this gives me a chuckle 🙂
Twitter Problems and Planning for Success
An exchange with Michael Krigsman and Ed Yourdon on Twitter this morning prompted me to post my thoughts on this topic.
To be clear on my position – I am a Twitter user and love the kind of communication and connectivity that it enables. I really want Twitter to be successful and stable. But I am also a user who is totally frustrated by the technical and management issues that impact on Twitter’s stability, usability and functionality.
The problems demonstrated by Twitter seem to fall into three distinct areas:
a) people are using the product in ways that were not anticipated by management
b) the platform is unable to scale to the actual number of users and is thus shockingly unstable
c) there appear to be severe architectural issues contributing to the ongoing instability problems
Items (b) and (c) are failures of project management; while (a) seems to be a failure of product planning.
I can see how it all happened. Some experienced start-up guys got together and built something and released it into the wild. It took off in both anticipated and unanticipated ways. But there does not appear to have been an underlying architectural approach that took into account the possibility of success and the need to scale rapidly at both hardware and software levels.
Many have commented on the use of Ruby on Rails and its potential role in these problems. But if you are creating a product that will potentially be used by multiple millions of users around the globe then you need a plan for success.
At least now Twitter is communicating more openly about the nature of the technical problems they are having. Today it is a database crash. Yesterday it was something else. Tomorrow who knows?
There are two things I do know:
1) a lot of people love the way Twitter lets them connect to each other
2) there is a short window for Twitter to fix itself before someone else takes its place
I really hope that the Twitter folk get their acts together, because there are already calls for other products like “FriendFeed to kill Twitter“.
More on Hyperconnectivity
When Mark Pesce talks about the power of social connection and technology it all makes sense. Here he’s giving the keynote at AuRemix 08 and talking about the real power of of the internet and social networking. He is also sounding a call to action for those of us in business to use the technology to connect with each other in more authentic ways. The life of a cube dweller is not a good one, disconnected from real life in so many ways. But with this ability to use the power of hyperconnection we can become more than the sum of our parts. Worth listening to the whole thing …
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‘Richard Nixon’ is one of smartest, most insightful of Nixon bios
TOPICS:Book ReviewNixon
John Farrell tries to be fair to the man, including on one of the central questions of the scandal that defined him: What did the president know and when did he know it?
From Steve Donoghue – The Christian Science Monitor
Although their miseries are self-inflicted, the rest of us still have grounds to pity biographers of Richard Nixon. Imagine the hours spent combing through archives crammed with mendacity and illegality, the days parsing letters and diary entries dealing with the moral black hole that was the country’s slouching, muttering 37th President, and worst of all, the months of listening to the Nixon tapes: “Sheer flesh-crawling repulsion,” wrote columnist Joe Alsop after hearing just a sample; “the back room of a second-rate advertising agency in a suburb of hell.”
The bald historical record must grant some accomplishments to President Nixon, albeit meager ones. He enforced the desegregation of Southern schools, however unevenly and unwillingly; he made some inroads in reforming health care on the corporate level; he established the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; he established cautious detente relationships with China and the Soviet Union. But laid against all such achievements, running underneath them, sucking them down below view time and again, are those tapes, those inescapable tapes. In any sane world, they should make hagiographies of Nixon taxonomically impossible.
And yet hagiographies appear with clockwork regularity. Conrad Black’s 2007 book “Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full,” is surely the longest modern example, and Evan Thomas’s 2015 “Being Nixon: A Man Divided” is perhaps the most eloquent.
All such books start out promising a candid and objective look at the only U.S. president to resign from office, and all devolve into just the kind of special pleading and blame-displacing that were the hallmarks of everything Nixon ever did in his public life.
All such books inevitably run afoul of what Adlai Stevenson referred to as Nixonland: “a land of slander and scare; the land of sly innuendo, the poison pen, the anonymous phone call and hustling, pushing, shoving; the land of smash and grab and anything to win.”
Expert biographer John Farrell (whose 2001 “Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century” stands as one of the great political lives of recent decades) is the latest writer to enter Nixonland, and his superb new book “Richard Nixon: The Life” is the result, a big, highly detailed study that covers Nixon’s upbringing, his experiences during World War II, his time in Congress hunting Communists, his years spent as vice president to Dwight Eisenhower, his first term as president and his landslide re-election, his downfall as a result of his obstructing justice during the Watergate scandal (about that obstruction, Boston writer George V. Higgins famously wrote in his acidic 1974 book “The Friends of Richard Nixon,” “The people who said it could not prove it, and the people who could have proven it were busy helping him do it”), and his long retirement years spent penning anodyne memoirs and courting influence with sitting presidents.
Farrell tries to be fair to the man, including on one of the central questions of the scandal that defined him: What did the president know about the break-ins at the Watergate complex in 1972, and when did he know it?
“Taken in its entirety, the historical record – months of hearings, thousands of documents, 4,000 hours of White House tape recordings – speaks to the conclusion that Nixon did not know beforehand about the break-ins at the DNC,” Farrell concludes. “In the taped conversations, he sounds genuinely baffled.”
And yet, as Farrell himself notes, the Watergate tapes, “with their crudity and cruelties, interred Nixon’s image as an upright, righteous son of the heartland.” On those tapes can clearly be heard, for hour after endless hour, the growling, vicious voice of a man who would do anything, stoop to anything, without a single scruple. Time and again on those tapes, Nixon’s closest aides – no paragons of virtue – are audibly stunned by the grasping venality of their boss. “Never forget the press is the enemy,” Nixon drilled into his aides at the very time when he was breaking and suborning the law. “The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy.”
Farrell’s book is the smartest and most insightful (and wittiest – there are many passages of pin-point deadpan humor in these pages, and they’re much appreciated) biography of Nixon since Jonathan Aitken’s excellent 1994 “Nixon: A Life.” But even this smart author often tries to burnish the reputation of his subject. When writing about Nixon’s farewell to his White House staff, for instance, Farrell writes, “And in the end came words as wise as any spoken in the great old house. Rich in self-knowledge, purchased at a price: ‘Always remember, others may hate you – but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.’”
And yet, there are those tapes. Brimming with hatred. There are the interviews and transcripts of post-White House Nixon. Seething with hatred. And there’s the ultimate impression even of Farrell’s own balanced and sympathetic biography of the man. Tangled and warped and clotted with hatred. This is the most formidable attempt yet made to put Richard Nixon in perspective. But some reputations can’t be salvaged.
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‘Our Story’ offers a graphic glimpse of a China that no longer exists
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Dame Antonia Fraser profiles a mighty battle over religious freedom
‘Leadership in Turbulent Times’ offers lessons from presidential greats
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A spatially explicit habitat selection model incorporating home range behaviour
JONATHAN R. RHODES,1,2,4 CLIVE A. MCALPINE,1'2 DANIEL LUNNEY,3 AND HUGH P. POSSINGHAM2
1School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
2The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
3New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation, P.O. Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW 2220, Australia
Understanding habitat selection is of primary interest in theoretical and applied ecology. One approach is to infer habitat selection processes from differences in population densities between habitats using methods such as isodar and isoleg analysis. Another approach is to directly observe the movements of individuals. However, habitat selection models based on movement data often fail to adequately incorporate spatial processes. This is problematic if the probability of selecting a particular habitat is dependent upon its spatial context. This would occur, for example, where organisms exhibit home range behavior and the choice of habitat is dependent on its location relative to the home range. In this paper we present a spatially explicit habitat selection model for movement data that incorporates home range behavior as a spatial process. Our approach extends a previous model by formulating the probability of selecting a habitat as a function of its distance from the animal's current location and home range center. We demonstrate that these enhancements lead to more parsimonious models when applied to a koala radio tracking data set from eastern Australia. This approach could also be applied to modeling other spatial habitat selection processes, leading to more biologically meaningful models for a range of species and applications.
Journal of Infection and Immunity
POSSINGHAM2
New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation
Infections and Disease
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Comprehensive profiling of retroviral integration sites using target enrichment methods from historical koala samples without an assembled reference genome
Comprehensive profiling of retroviral integration sites using target enrichment methods from historical koala samples without an assembled reference genome Pin Cui1,*, Ulrike Löber1,2,*, David E. Alquezar-Planas1, Yasuko Ishida3, Alexandre Courtiol4, Peter Timms5, Rebecca N. Johnson6, Dorina Lenz7, Kristofer M. Helgen8,9, Alfred L. Roca3, Stefanie Hartman2 and Alex D. Greenwood1 1…
Morphology of the Thyroid in Coastal and Noncoastal Populations of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Queensland
Morphology of the Thyroid in Coastal and Noncoastal Populations of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Queensland Veronica J. Lawson and Frank N. Carrick Koala Study Program, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 4072 ABSTRACT The gross morphology, histology, and ultrastructure of the thyroid gland of the…
Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes in koala type I Chlamydia: cloning and characterization
Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes in koala type I Chlamydia: cloning and characterization A.A. Girjes ^(1, 3)(*), EN. Carrick ^(2) and M.F. Lavin ^(1, 4) 1 Queensland Cancer Fund Research Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029 (Australia), 2 Department of Zoology, 3 Department to Anatomical…
Hepatic microsomal enzyme activity in the koala and tammar wallaby: high 17β -hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activity in koala liver microsomes
Hepatic microsomal enzyme activity in the koala and tammar wallaby: high 17β -hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activity in koala liver microsomes I. Stupans ^a,*, S. Kong ^a, A. Kirlich ^a, M. Murray ^b, E.L. Bailey ^a, B.R. Jones ^a, R.A. McKinnon ^a a) Center for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical…
Characterisation of tolbutamide hydroxylase activity in the common brushtail possum, (Trichosurus vulpecula) and koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): inhibition by the Eucalyptus terpene 1,8-cineole
Characterisation of tolbutamide hydroxylase activity in the common brushtail possum, (Trichosurus vulpecula) and koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): inhibition by the Eucalyptus terpene 1,8-cineole Panagiota Liapis ^a, Georgia J. Pass ^b, Ross A. McKinnon ^a, Ieva Stupans ^a,* a) School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, City East, North…
Cloning and expression of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) liver cytochrome P450 reductase
Cloning and expression of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) liver cytochrome P450 reductase Sandra Kong a, Suong N.T. Ngo a,b,⁎, Ross A. McKinnon a, Ieva Stupans a a Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia b School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Pharmacy…
Absence of type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme in koala liver
Absence of type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme in koala liver Sandra Kong, Ross A. McKinnon, Behnaz Mojarrabi, Ieva Stupans* Centre for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmaceutical, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia ABSTRACTThe 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11β-HSDs) interconvert 11β-hydroxysteroids such as cortisol into…
Hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes belonging to the CYP2C subfamily from an Australian marsupial, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes belonging to the CYP2C subfamily from an Australian marsupial, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Brett R. Jones a, Adaweyah El-Merhibi a, Suong N.T. Ngo a,b,⁎, Ieva Stupans a, Ross A. McKinnon a,⁎ a Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA…
A Method for Estimating Crown Weight in Eucalyptus, and Some Implications of Relationships between Crown Weight and Stem Diameter
A Method for Estimating Crown Weight in Eucalyptus, and Some Implications of Relationships between Crown Weight and Stem Diameter P. M. Attiwill School of Forestry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ABSTRACT Equations relating crown weight to diameter at breast height outside bark (dbhob) are developed for approximately 50-year-old, even-aged stands…
Molecular Evidence to Support the Expansion of the Hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to Include Reptiles as Well as Humans, Horses, Koalas and Amphibians
Molecular Evidence to Support the Expansion of the Hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to Include Reptiles as Well as Humans, Horses, Koalas and Amphibians TRACEY J. BODETTI^1, ELLIOTT JACOBSON^2, CHARLES WAN^1, LOUISE HAFNER^1, ANDREAS POSPISCHIL^3, KARRIE ROSE^4 and PETER TIMMS^1 1) Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Queensland University…
Interdisciplinary Guidelines for Developing Effective Koala Conservation Policy
Interdisciplinary Guidelines for Developing Effective Koala Conservation Policy TIM W. CLARK,* NICOLE MAZUR,† ROBERT J. BEGG,‡ AND STEVEN J. CORK§ *School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, U.S.A., and Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Box 2705, Jackson, WY 83001, U.S.A., email…
Lymphoid neoplasia in the koala
Lymphoid neoplasia in the koala JH CONNOLLY^a, PJ CANFIELD^a, S HEMSLEY^a and AJ SPENCER^b ABSTRACT Objective Correlation of immunophenotype with history, anatomical and morphological features of lymphoid neoplasia in the koala.Methods Routine necropsies were performed on 51 koalas with suspected lymphoid neoplasia between 1986 and 1997 in New South Wales…
Estimating forest habitat complexity in relation to time since fire
Estimating forest habitat complexity in relation to time since fire NICHOLAS C. COOPS^1* AND PETER C. CATLING^2 1) CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia (Email: ) 2) CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, GPO Box 284, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia ABSTRACT Forest structure…
The Muscles of Mastication of Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae: Marsupialia)
The Muscles of Mastication of Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae: Marsupialia) Charmaine V. Davison and William G. Young Department of Oral Biology & Oral Surgery, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia. ABSTRACTThe muscles of mastication of the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, were dissected, described, weighed and the areas of their origin…
Unusual macromorphology of the ductuli efferentes and epididymis of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Unusual macromorphology of the ductuli efferentes and epididymis of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)Rachel J. Gibson^A, Chris M. Leigh and William G. Breed^B Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. A) Current Address: Department of Medical Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA 5000, Australia. B) To whom correspondence should…
Phylogeographic differentiation in the mitochondrial control region in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817)
Phylogeographic differentiation in the mitochondrial control region in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817) BRONWYN A. HOULDEN,*† BRIAN H. COSTELLO,† DEIRDRE SHARKEY,† ELIZABETH V. FOWLER,‡ ALISTAIR MELZER,§ WILLIAM ELLIS,¶ FRANK CARRICK,¶ PETER R. BAVERSTOCK** and MARTIN S. ELPHINSTONE** *Taronga Zoo, PO Box 20, Mosman, 2088, Australia †School of Biological Science,…
Sequence variation of koala retrovirus transmembrane protein p15E among koalas from different geographic regions
Sequence variation of koala retrovirus transmembrane protein p15E among koalas from different geographic regions Yasuko Ishida^a,*,1, Chelsea McCallister^b,1, Nikolas Nikolaidis^b,1, Kyriakos Tsangaras^c, Kristofer M. Helgen^d, Alex D. Greenwood^c, Alfred L. Roca^a,e,** a) Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1207 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA b)…
Endogenous Retroviruses in the Genomics Era
Endogenous Retroviruses in the Genomics EraWelkin E. JohnsonBiology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467; email: ABSTRACT Endogenous retroviruses comprise millions of discrete genetic loci distributed within the genomes of extant vertebrates. These sequences, which are clearly related to exogenous retroviruses, represent retroviral infections of the deep past, and…
Overview, Critical Assessment, and Conservation Implications of Koala Distribution and Abundance
Overview, Critical Assessment, and Conservation Implications of Koala Distribution and Abundance ALISTAIR MELZER,* FRANK CARRICK,†, PETER MENKHORST,‡ DANIEL LUNNEY,§ AND BARBARA ST. JOHN** *Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia, email †Koala Study Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia…
Field Metabolic Rate, Water Flux, Food Consumption and Time Budget of Koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) in Victoria
Field Metabolic Rate, Water Flux, Food Consumption and Time Budget of Koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) in Victoria Kenneth A. Nagy* and Roger W. MartinB *Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, and Department of Biology, University of California, 900 Veteran .Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90024, U.S.A.BDepartment of Zoology, Monash University,…
A review of feeding and diet selection in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
A review of feeding and diet selection in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Benjamin D. Moore and William J. Foley Division of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. ABSTRACT Food quality and availability are believed to be primary determinants of habitat quality for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), so we…
Pathology of the female reproductive tract in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), from Victoria, Australia
Pathology of the female reproductive tract in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), from Victoria, Australia DL. OBENDORF, Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria, 3030. ABSTRACT Lesions occurred in the female genital tract of 10 of 16 (63%) koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus, examined…
Causes of mortality and morbidity of wild koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), in Victoria, Australia
Causes of mortality and morbidity of wild koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss), in Victoria, Australia David L Obendort Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Princes Highway, Victoria 3030, Australia ABSTRACT Between 1975 and 1980, necropsy investigations Were conducted on 44 wild koalas (24 males, 20 females)…
Cytochrome P450 CYP3A in marsupials: Cloning and characterisation of the second identified CYP3A subfamily member, isoform 3A78 from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Cytochrome P450 CYP3A in marsupials: Cloning and characterisation of the second identified CYP3A subfamily member, isoform 3A78 from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Adaweyah El-Merhibi a, Suong N.T. Ngo b,⁎,1, Tamara A. Crittenden c, Ceilidh L. Marchant c, Ieva Stupans d, Ross A. McKinnon e,⁎⁎ a Women's and Children's Health Research Institute,…
Patch Mosaic Burning for Biodiversity Conservation: a Critique of the Pyrodiversity Paradigm C
Patch Mosaic Burning for Biodiversity Conservation: a Critique of the Pyrodiversity Paradigm CATHERINE L. PARR∗ AND ALAN N. ANDERSEN Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, PMB 44, Winnellie, 0822, NT, Australia ABSTRACT Fire management is increasingly focusing on introducing heterogeneity in burning patterns under the assumption that…
A forest simulation model for predicting eucalypt dynamics and habitat quality for arboreal marsupials
A forest simulation model for predicting eucalypt dynamics and habitat quality for arboreal marsupials JULI G. PAUSAS,1,3 MIKE P. AUSTIN,1 AND IAN R. NOBLE2 1CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, PO Box 84, Lyneham, A. C.T. 2602, Australia 2Research Schools of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A. C.T.…
Development and evaluation of rapid novel isothermal amplification assays for important veterinary pathogens: Chlamydiapsittaci and Chlamydiapecorum
Development and evaluation of rapid novel isothermal amplification assays for important veterinary pathogens: Chlamydiapsittaci and Chlamydiapecorum Martina Jelocnik1, Md. Mominul Islam1, Danielle Madden1, Cheryl Jenkins2, James Branley3, Scott Carver4 and Adam Polkinghorne1 1Centre for Animal Health Innovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia 2NSW Department of Primary Industries,…
Demographic Forecasting in Koala Conservation
Demographic Forecasting in Koala Conservation ANGELA M. PENN,* WILLIAM B. SHERWIN,*†† GREG GORDON,† DANIEL LUNNEY,‡ ALISTAIR MELZER,§ AND ROBERT C. LACY** *School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia †Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 155, Albert Street, QLD 4002 Australia ‡Biodiversity Survey and Research…
The tree species preferences of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) inhabiting forest and woodland communities on Quaternary deposits in the Port Stephens area, New South Wales
The tree species preferences of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) inhabiting forest and woodland communities on Quaternary deposits in the Port Stephens area, New South Wales Stephen PhillipsA, John CallaghanB and Valerie ThompsonC ASchool of Resource Science and Management, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW2480, Australia. BAustralian Koala Foundation, GPO…
Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)—Organ distribution and histopathological findings
Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)—Organ distribution and histopathological findings Fabienne Burach a, Andreas Pospischil a, Jon Hanger b, Jo Loader b, Trestan Pillonel c, Gilbert Greub c, Nicole Borel a,* aInstitute of Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, Vetsuisse Faculty, Winterthurerstrasse 268, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerlandb Endeavour Veterinary…
Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte-Mediated Cytolysis of L Cells Persistently Infected with Chlamydia spp.
Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte-Mediated Cytolysis of L Cells Persistently Infected with Chlamydia spp. STEPHANIE J. RASMUSSEN,1,2* PETER TIMMS,2 P. ROBERT BEATTY,1,3 AND RICHARD S. STEPHENS1,3 1Francis I. Proctor Foundation and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0412 2Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Queensland…
Recent advances in understanding the biology, epidemiology and control of chlamydial infections in koalas
Recent advances in understanding the biology, epidemiology and control of chlamydial infections in koalas Adam Polkinghorne a,*, Jon Hanger b, Peter Timms aa Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60MuskAvenue, KelvinGrove, Brisbane 4059, Australiab Endeavour Veterinary Ecology Pty Ltd, 1695 Pumicestone Road, Toorbul 4510, Australia ABSTRACT…
A spatially explicit habitat selection model incorporating home range behaviour JONATHAN R. RHODES,1,2,4 CLIVE A. MCALPINE,1'2 DANIEL LUNNEY,3 AND HUGH P. POSSINGHAM2 1School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia 2The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia 3New South Wales Department of…
Historically low mitochondrial DNA diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Historically low mitochondrial DNA diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Kyriakos Tsangaras1, María C Ávila-Arcos2, Yasuko Ishida3, Kristofer M Helgen4, Alfred L Roca3 and Alex D Greenwood1* 1Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin 10315, Germany.2GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Østervoldgade 5-7, Copenhagen, DK 1350, Denmark.3Department of…
Genetic diversity in the plasticity zone and the presence of the chlamydial plasmid differentiates Chlamydia pecorum strains from pigs, sheep, cattle, and koalas
Genetic diversity in the plasticity zone and the presence of the chlamydial plasmid differentiates Chlamydia pecorum strains from pigs, sheep, cattle, and koalas Martina Jelocnik1, Nathan L. Bachmann1, Bernhard Kaltenboeck2, Courtney Waugh1, Lucy Woolford3, K. Natasha Speight3, Amber Gillett4, Damien P. Higgins5, Cheyne Flanagan6, Garry S. A. Myers7, Peter Timms1…
Patterns of evolutionary transformation in the petrosal bone and some basicranial features in marsupial mammals, with special reference to didelphids
Patterns of evolutionary transformation in the petrosal bone and some basicranial features in marsupial mammals, with special reference to didelphids M. R. SANCHEZ-VILLAGRA1 and J. R. WIBLE2 1Zoologisches Institut, Spezielle Zoologie, Universitat Tubingen, Germany; 2Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA ABSTRACT Twelve petrosal and four nonpetrosal characters…
First report of a spermatic granuloma and varicocele in a marsupial: A Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Case Study
First report of a spermatic granuloma and varicocele in a marsupial: A Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Case Study B.K. Schultz a,b,⁎, C. Palmieri b, V. Nicolson c, R. Larkin d, T. Keeley a, M. McGowan b, S.D. Johnston a a Wildlife Science Unit, School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University…
In vitro hepatic microsomal metabolism of meloxicam in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), rats (Rattus norvegicus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
In vitro hepatic microsomal metabolism of meloxicam in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), rats (Rattus norvegicus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) B. Kimble a, K.M. Li b, P. Valtchev c, D.P. Higgins a, M.B. Krockenberger a, M. Govendir a,⁎ a Faculty of Veterinary Science,…
Distribution models for koalas in South Australia using citizen science-collected data
Distribution models for koalas in South Australia using citizen science-collected data Ana M. M. Sequeira1, Philip E. J. Roetman2, Christopher B. Daniels2, Andrew K. Baker3 & Corey J. A. Bradshaw1 1The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia2Barbara Hardy…
Analysis and Conservation Implications of Koala Genetics
Analysis and Conservation Implications of Koala Genetics WILLIAM B. SHERWIN,* PETER TIMMS,† JONATHAN WILCKEN,‡ AND BRONWYN HOULDEN*§ *School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, email †School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, George Street, Brisbane, QLD 7000, Australia‡Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks…
Maternal effort and joey growth in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Maternal effort and joey growth in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) J. R. Tobey1, C. H. Andrus2, L. Doyle2, V. D. Thompson2 & F. B. Bercovitch1 1 Conservation and Research for Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, Escondido, CA, USA2 Collection Husbandry Science Department, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego,…
Managing the Koala Problem: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Managing the Koala Problem: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ELAINE STRATFORD,* NICOLE MAZUR,† DANIEL LUNNEY,‡ AND DAVID BENNETT§ *School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia, email †Urban and Environmental Research Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia‡New South Wales National Parks…
Seasonal Shoot Growth of Eucalyptus spp. in the Brisbane Area of Queensland (with Notes on Shoot Growth and Litter Fall in other Areas of Australia)
Seasonal Shoot Growth of Eucalyptus spp. in the Brisbane Area of Queensland (with Notes on Shoot Growth and Litter Fall in other Areas of Australia) R. L. Specht and Yvonne M. Brouwer Botany Department, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld. 4067. ABSTRACTField data, collected at fortnightly intervals over a period…
Durikainema phascolarcti n. sp. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) from the pulmonary arteries of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus with associated pathological changes
Durikainema phascolarcti n. sp. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) from the pulmonary arteries of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus with associated pathological changes D.M. Spratt1 and P.A. Gill2 1 CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, PO Box 84, Lyneham 2602, Australia2 New South Wales Agriculture, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Wollongbar 2477, AustraliaABSTRACTDurikainema phascolarcti n.…
Retroviral invasion of the koala genome
Retroviral invasion of the koala genome Rachael E. Tarlinton1, Joanne Meers2 & Paul R. Young1 1School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and 2School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia. ABSTRACTEndogenous retroviruses are a common ancestral feature of mammalian genomes with most having been inactivated over…
Eucalyptus Digestibility and Digestible Energy Requirements of Adult Male Koalas, Phuscolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia)*
Eucalyptus Digestibility and Digestible Energy Requirements of Adult Male Koalas, Phuscolarctos cinereus (Marsupialia)* D. E. UllreyA, P. T. RobinsonB and P. A. WhetterA ADepartment of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, U.S.A.BJennings Center for Zoological Medicine, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California 921 12, U.S.A.…
Treatment of Chlamydia-associated ocular disease via a recombinant protein based vaccine in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Treatment of Chlamydia-associated ocular disease via a recombinant protein based vaccine in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Courtney Waugh a, Ray Austin b, Adam Polkinghorne a, Peter Timms a, * a Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, The University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australiab Keen Street Veterinary Clinic, Lismore, New…
Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay test for the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus) in Southeastern Queensland, Australia
Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay test for the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus) in Southeastern Queensland, AustraliaBenjamin J. Weigler,1,4 F. Christian Baldock,2 Adeeb A. Girjes,3 Frank N. Carrick,5 and Martin F. Lavin31 Department of Animal Sciences and Production, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067,…
Chlamydia psittaci in a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population in South-east Queensland
Chlamydia psittaci in a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population in South-east Queensland Neil A. WhiteAB and Peter TimmsC ACentre for Biological Population Management, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box2434, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia.BTo whom correspondence should be addressed.CCentre for Molecular Biotechnology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia. ABSTRACTClinical signs…
Ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in rural south-east Queensland, Australia
Ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in rural south-east Queensland, Australia Neil A. White School of Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia.Present Address: Biodiversity Section, Natural Environment Branch, Brisbane City Council, GPO Box 1434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia. ABSTRACTThis study investigated home-range…
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Federal Governmentof Nigeria is irresponsible’ – ASUU
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has condemned the Federal Government over its incapability to arrest the spate of killing in the country, saying that the govt has demonstrated an act of irresponsibility towards its constitutional responsibility.
The union maintained that a government that allowed her people to be murdered daily was totally irresponsible and has failed to fulfil the social contract of protecting lives and properties. Conveying this position to the public, the ASUU Chairman of the University of Ibadan, UI, Dr Deji Omole, in an interview with newsmen shortly after the Congress of the union in Ibadan demanded adequate security of lives and properties of Nigerians from the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
he Union also called for the de-politicization of security by heads of security agencies, saying loyalty must be to Nigeria and not to Aso Rock residents. Omole, who noted that Nigerians who were already battling with poor economic conditions were now afraid that their lives could be terminated anyhow, pointing out that the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government had been issuing ineffective condemnation speeches.
According to Omole, it was a sign of irresponsibility for the government to fold its arms while people were being killed only to approve N10 billion for rebuilding affected communities, saying “a serious government would have prevented destruction from happening but the government allowed the carnage to happen.”
The ASUU boss noted that while land transportation was hellish for Nigerians, it was now more deadly to travel since criminals had positioned themselves on major roads, kidnapping, raping, dispossessing and killing people at will. Omole said food production was now threatened because communities affected were farming communities while those displaced were farmers who were supposed to be farming during raining season but that the herdsmen had allegedly taken over their lands.
He said, “every day you open newspaper and what you read is news of killing and some people will sit inside air conditioner offices in Abuja and issue condemnation speeches which have not done anything in the last three years since they came to power. If Nigerians are already denied quality health facilities, quality education, quality social services, they must not be denied right to life. This is the worst form of treating the governed by a government that promised hope to the masses but which the rich have continued to benefit from. We demand security of lives and properties from the Muhammadu Buhari government. Only the living can demand for other rights. It is sad that one state claimed to have lost about 500 persons to herdsmen terrorism and nobody has been prosecuted for this”.
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kottke.org posts about Normal People
Highlights from Normal People by Sally Rooney
Based on a recommendation from *gestures around at almost everyone*, I started and finished Sally Rooney’s Normal People in the space of a couple of days last week. Her prose is straightforward yet somehow not, and I found plenty to highlight on my Kindle. Here’s everything I highlighted for one reason or another:
Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was and become part of it.
Page 12 (on the appeal of sports):
They were cheering together, they had seen something magical which dissolved the ordinary social relations between them.
It occurred to Marianne how much she wanted to see him having sex with someone; it didn’t have to be her, it could be anybody. It would be beautiful just to watch him. She knew these were the kind of thoughts that made her different from other people in school, and weirder.
But why Marianne? It wasn’t like she was so attractive. Some people thought she was the ugliest girl in school. What kind of person would want to do this with her? And yet he was there, whatever kind of person he was, doing it.
Page 26 (and yet…):
This “what?” question seems to him to contain so much: not just the forensic attentiveness to his silences that allows her to ask in the first place, but a desire for total communication, a sense that anything unsaid is an unwelcome interruption between them.
Lately he’s consumed by a sense that he is in fact two separate people, and soon he will have to choose which person to be on a full-time basis, and leave the other person behind.
Connell always gets what he wants, and then feels sorry for himself when what he wants doesn’t make him happy.
You make me really happy, he says. His hand moves over her hair and he adds: I love you. I’m not just saying that, I really do. Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she’s aware of this now, while it’s happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.
Page 50 (hard same):
Connell wished he knew how other people conducted their private lives, so that he could copy from example.
Page 68 (re: toxic masculinity):
Denise considers this a symptom of her daughter’s frigid and unlovable personality. She believes Marianne lacks “warmth,” by which she means the ability to beg for love from people who hate her.
Page 71 (stories are stories are stories):
And in a way, the feeling provoked in Connell when Mr. Knightley kisses Emma’s hand is not completely asexual, though its relation to sexuality is indirect. It suggests to Connell that the same imagination he uses as a reader is necessary to understand real people also, and to be intimate with them.
Page 76 (love these little meta descriptions of the characters: “the kind of person he’d turned out to be”):
He felt a debilitating shame about the kind of person he’d turned out to be, and he missed the way Marianne had made him feel, and he missed her company.
He had thought that being with her would make him feel less lonely, but it only gave his loneliness a new stubborn quality, like it was planted down inside him and impossible to kill.
I mean, when you look at the lives men are really living, it’s sad, Marianne says. They control the whole social system and this is the best they can come up with for themselves? They’re not even having fun.
She had been sad before, after the film, but now she was happy. It was in Connell’s power to make her happy. It was something he could just give to her, like money or sex.
Marianne, he said, I’m not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.
Page 118 (pairs well w/ the above quote from page 46):
Marianne looked on, slightly drunk, admiring the way Sophie and Connell looked together, his hands on her smooth brown shins, and feeling a strange sense of nostalgia for a moment that was already in the process of happening.
Page 127 (on having money):
She bought him things all the time, dinner, theatre tickets, things she would pay for and then instantly, permanently, forget about.
Page 132 (ah, the friends-with-your-ex conundrum):
Connell can’t figure out what kind of relationship they are supposed to have now. Are they agreeing not to find each other attractive anymore? When were they supposed to have stopped?
I mean, I don’t enjoy it. But then, you’re not really submitting to someone if you only submit to things you enjoy.
That’s money, the substance that makes the world real. There’s something so corrupt and sexy about it.
He’s not sure what friends are allowed to enjoy about each other.
Page 176 (there were several other descriptions of various blues throughout the book):
The sky is a thrilling chlorine-blue, stretched taut and featureless like silk.
Page 187 (the obligatory titular reference):
I don’t know why I can’t be like normal people.
Page 189 (this had at least two different meanings and was simply brutal in context):
But Marianne has already turned away.
Page 195 (also a saying in Vermont):
In Sweden we have a saying, he says. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.
He has managed to nurture a fine artistic sensitivity without ever developing any real sense of right and wrong. The fact that this is even possible unsettles Marianne, and makes art seem pointless suddenly.
There’s always been something inside her that men have wanted to dominate, and their desire for domination can look so much like attraction, even love.
But that was their world then. Their feelings were suppressed so carefully in everyday life, forced into smaller and smaller spaces, until seemingly minor events took on insane and frightening significance.
What we can do here in counseling is try to work on your feelings, and your thoughts and behaviors, she says. We can’t change your circumstances, but we can change how you respond to your circumstances.
Page 225 (a counterpart to the famous Groucho Marx line):
They were attended only by people who wanted to be the kind of people who attended them.
Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.
Page 237 (quietly devastating, given that it occurs right near the end of the book):
It’s different for men, she says.
Yeah, I’m starting to get that.
Her body is just an item of property, and though it has been handed around and misused in various ways, it has somehow always belonged to him, and she feels like returning it to him now.
I should go back through my book highlights more often. Too often, I just jump from finishing a book into the next thing (book, movie, sleep, work); reading through my notes (and writing about them, briefly) really solidified this book in my mind. I’m curious though: was it helpful/interesting for you? And did you read the book or not?
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Posted: June 6, 2012/Under: Business Rusch, free nonfiction, Freelancer's Survival Guide, On Writing/By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
50 Shades of GreyAgentsAmazonAmerican Booksellers AssociationAuthors GuildBarnes & NobleBook Expo AmericaBordersBowkerDepartment of JusticeEL JamesFantasyForbesgenre fictionindependent booksellersindie publishingLos Angeles TimesPacific Northwest Booksellers AssociationPaid ContentPublishersPublishers LunchRomanceRuby Whitescience fictionScott TurowSmashwordsSteve WassermanThe NationThe New Yorkertraditional publishingYou've Got Mail
If you read mainstream publishing news, like I do, occasionally your head will explode. Or you’ll run around in a panic, turning into one of those long-haired barefoot New Yorker cartoon characters, carrying a sign saying that the world is about to end.
For many in traditional publishing, the world is ending. Their clout is vanishing and their ability to understand what is going on is vanishing with it. They’re rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, wondering why it has suddenly gotten so cold. Yeah, they may survive in the future, but they’ll always remember the night they hit that iceberg—and the surprise they felt.
Case in point: The annual dinner that the Authors Guild holds for its members in connection with Book Expo America. This year, the attendees talked about how evil Amazon is, and how the Department of Justice is “one of our antagonists” in the words of Guild President Scott Turow.
We all know how misguided the Authors Guild is about Amazon, but what made me the saddest was this paragraph in Paid Content’s write-up of the event:
“A number of the evening’s speakers, who also included writers David Rakoff and Sarah Jones, made obligatory digs at 50 Shades of Grey, an erotic work derived from Twilight fan fiction and derided as ‘mommy porn’ that has inexplicably topped the New York Times bestseller list.”
So…let me get this straight. Not only is the Authors Guild fighting a company that has put money back in the pocket of thousands of writers, but it also derides writers for writing something successful that the Guild disapproves of. I guess E.L. James won’t be joining the Authors Guild any time soon.
Turow and his little cabal of “poor, poor, pitiful successful me” writers aren’t the only ones talking about antagonists and worrying that the sky is falling.
According to The Los Angeles Times book editor, Steve Wasserman, writing in The Nation, independent booksellers are in serious trouble, because of the big bad, Amazon. Wasserman rightly notes that twenty years ago, there were 4,000 independent bookstores in the United States, and now there are less than half that. He also notes who killed the indie booksellers—outright murdered them, in fact. The chain bookstores did the deed, particularly Barnes & Noble (and, to a lesser extent, Borders). Barnes & Noble opened bookstores next to successful indies, discounting books and offering a wider selection. (See the movie You’ve Got Mail to understand how this phenomenon felt at the time.)
But, Wasserman states, “And now, even the victors are imperiled. The fate of the two largest US chain bookstores—themselves partly responsible for putting smaller stores to the sword—is instructive: Borders declared bankruptcy in 2011 and closed its several hundred stores across the country, its demise benefiting over the short term its rival Barnes & Noble, which is nonetheless desperately trying to figure out ways to pay the mortgage on the considerable real estate occupied by its 1,332 stores across the nation.”
Well, no. This goes back to last week’s post about how you can take a number and interpret it any way you want. Borders went down because of internal mismanagement, and Barnes & Noble is having similar problems. I’m not the only one to complain that B&N doesn’t believe in brick-and-mortar any more . Just last week, media consultant Ruby White pointed out why a bookstore that doesn’t want to sell you books (i.e. Barnes & Noble) isn’t worth your time or your attention.
B&N is actively leaving the bricks-and-mortar business. Borders murdered itself. And yet, Wasserman believes that Amazon is (and apparently always has been) a bigger threat to the book business than either of those companies ever were.
He’s invested in traditional publishing—folks who used to decry B&N, and now back it because it’s not Amazon. He believes that Amazon—which he begrudgingly admits has a better business model than all of traditional publishing combined—is going to ruin everything. And to think he used to support them back in the bad old days when he was young and stupid and dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Or so he says in this article.
Okay. That sarcasm is probably uncalled for, but I’m getting tired of this, especially in the face of the news coming out this week—news that I must say really isn’t news at all, but things that anyone who has been paying attention should know. (And you’d think the book editor of one of the country’s biggest newspapers should have been paying attention. Yeah, yeah, more snark. But just sayin’.)
On the eve of its biggest conference, the American Booksellers Association noted that its membership rose for the third straight year. Not every independent bookseller belongs to the ABA, but many do. The association grew by 55 members in 2011, 102 members in 2010, and 9 members in that awful recession year of 2009.
Since Borders closed, and B&N stopped carrying all but the latest bestsellers in its brick-and-mortar stores, the independent bookstores have grown. I have a hunch they’ll continue to grow in the next few years, because people do like browsing books in bookstores. And remember 80% of books sold are still paper books, and likely to remain so in the near future.
Yes, people might order a lot of books online, but book people gravitate to bookstores like moths to light. Book people like to see what they’ve missed in their online browsing. They also like to hold a volume in their hand, feel the heft of it, and decide if it’s for them.
The next statistic from the ABA bears that out. The number of printed books sold by the 500 or so independent bookstores who track such things for the ABA rose 13.4% (in units sold, not dollars sold) in the reporting year (which runs from mid-May to mid-May).
Publisher’s Lunch in reporting these statistics adds this quote from bookseller, NC Tom Jackson, “”It’s down compared to five years ago, but it went down when the whole economy fell. It’s since come back up and stayed up. Given what’s been happening with digital books, the competition from Amazon and so forth, that seems pretty good.”
Please understand that booksellers as a group of people are generally goodhearted and curmudgeonly. They don’t mince words, and they’re rarely positive. So if a bookseller has something good to say, well, then, you should sit up and listen.
I knew about the growth in indies two years ago when our local bookseller came back from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association meeting literally bouncing. The number of indie stores are up, he said, and the projections are that the number will continue to increase for years.
He’s right. If you want to start a niche bookstore, the time is now. Open a store that specializes in books on your region or a store that focuses solely on romance novels or a store that features books on railroads. Have an online presence, be open to indie books, add some used books as well, and keep your expenses low. Provided you’re in the right neighborhood (with relatively low rent), you’ll get more customers than you ever imagined.
The publishing media generally only discusses the bookstores that close, never really covering the bookstores that open. Not that most bookstores are aware of the insider journals. Maybe they know about Publishers Weekly, but they probably don’t. So the ABA figures are the only ones we have to go on—and you know they also cover the closings. So an increase of 55 members means that even more joined, considering that some high-profile bookstores closed in the past year.
You want more good news? The number of print books published in the US increased by 6% in 2011. This statistic comes to us courtesy of Bowker who issue the tracking numbers called ISBNs that most bookstores and publishers use to keep track of their inventory. This statistic does not include e-books because many of them, particularly indie published titles, don’t use ISBNs, choosing instead to use Amazon’s tracking numbers or B&N’s tracking numbers.
The statistic from Bowker does include numbers from companies like CreateSpace which will sell its ISBNs to indie publishers, particularly people who publish only one or two books per year and can’t see the point of investing in a series of numbers from Bowker.
More and more books are available in paper, which is a good thing, and since most readers have no choice but to order online these days, they have access to indie published titles as well as traditionally published titles. Fascinatingly, at least to me, was that the number of print books published by the major publishing houses was flat this year (going along with what we already know) and the number of self- or indie-published titles fueled the growth in print books.
Remember, we’re still in a recession, and our industry is growing. As readers, we should be thrilled. We have more choice than ever. As writers, we should also be thrilled. We are able to make our work available in a variety of ways not possible five years ago.
And yet the gloom and doom persists. I pick on Wasserman because his article repeats the stuff you see in the publishing media. He writes, “Readers of e-books are especially drawn to escapist and overtly commercial genres (romance, mysteries and thrillers, science fiction), and in these categories e-book sales have bulked up to as large as 60 percent.”
In other words, junk sells better in e-book format, something you hear a lot from the folks in traditional publishing these days.
Wasserman then quotes an unnamed traditional publishing executive who says, “But as Amazon’s six other publishing imprints (Montlake Romance, AmazonCrossing, Thomas & Mercer, 47North, Amazon Encore, The Domino Project) have discovered, in certain genres (romance, science fiction and fantasy) formerly relegated to the moribund mass-market paperback, readers care not a whit about cover design or even good writing, and have no attachment at all to the book as object. Like addicts, they just want their fix at the lowest possible price, and Amazon is happy to be their online dealer.”
Is it any wonder that traditional publishing is in trouble, with that attitude? The books that sell well don’t deserve (in their opinion) the respect of good covers or good marketing, and the readers certainly don’t deserve their respect. Apparently, the book collectors who predominate in science fiction and fantasy don’t care about books as objects (that’ll be news to them). Apparently people who read this junk just want their fix, like any other drug addict.
Insulted yet?
No wonder readers who enjoy genre fiction like to read it on their e-readers. The covers from traditional publishers are deliberately ugly, the writing is awful (supposedly—and if so, then what does traditional publishing bring to the table, if they publish any old crappy writer?), and the people who publish it are awfully judgmental. Best to enjoy it in private, without someone leering at the awful cover that the publishers have put on the book.
Go back to that Authors Guild meeting, note that they made fun of a book that first sold well as an indie title in e-book, and ask yourself who those writers identify with? I have a hunch it’s not those of us who write genre fiction.
So here’s the bad news, folks.
1. Independent booksellers are growing in number and growing in sales. Why is that bad news for traditional publishers? Because they geared their sales force to market to only four or five customers—the chain bookstores. And oddly, that includes their “antagonist” Amazon. Now their sales force is only equipped to sell to two or three customers, and has no revenue to grow sales to independent booksellers.
2. The number of print books published has gone up. But only because of self/indie published titles. If you remove those of us who are publishing our own work, the number of print books being published has remained flat. Then if you add in e-books, which everyone knows has a preponderance of indie writers, the books being sold in the US includes a much bigger number of books being published outside of traditional publishing, books they have no control over and books they derive no revenue from.
3. Genre books are doing better than ever. Oh, heavens. America is reading junk. More specifically, America is reading junk that traditional publishers, book reviewers, and the publishing establishment don’t approve of. The world really is going to come to an end.
Let me leave you with a wonderful chart that accompanies an article that Forbes did today on Smashwords. If you want to see the future, look at this article.
The chart shows two identical stacks of books next to each other, color-coded and covered in percentages. The stack on the left bears the title “The Old Model.” The stack on the right bears the title “The New Model.”
Imagine these stacks represent dollars. Half of the stack on the left goes to a book’s distributor. Another 35% of that stack goes to a book’s publisher. A book agent takes 2.2%, leaving the author—the person without whom the book would not exist—to collect 12.75% of the book’s revenue.
Over half of the stack on the right goes to the author—60% of the book’s revenue. The book’s publisher gets 10% and the distributor gets 30%. If the writer is smart, she becomes the publisher as well, and gets a full 70% of the revenue of that book.
Hmmm. Let me see: 70% versus 12.75%
Talk to any business person and ask them which is the better deal. If you have to ask at all. Because a fifth grader can tell you which stack benefits the writer the most.
So I would think that point 4, the point no one in traditional publishing really wants to think about—not the Scott-Turow type bestsellers, not the writers who are too frightened to leave their publishers, not the editors, reviewers, traditional publishing executives, and CEO of publishing companies—is that selling an indie book is more profitable and better business for the writer.
You know, the writer. The person whom everyone ignores and shunts aside and convince that they’re unimportant. You know, the one without whom agents (who get 2.2%) and traditional publishers (who get 35%) and traditional distributors (who get 50%) wouldn’t ever get their gigantic cut of profits. Because none of those hangers-on (or middlemen, as some politely call them) can write a good book themselves. If they could, they would be writing those books—and indie-publishing them.
You can bet those three categories of people understand business. And when you understand business, you look at numbers. For the folks in traditional publishing and those who cover them in trade journals, the numbers are going the wrong way.
For the rest of us—including readers—the numbers are on our side.
Bad news? Yeah, if you run a big corporation with too many out-of-date systems and the wrong kind of employees.
Because Wasserman got something else right in his article. He quotes a so-called “prominent” literary agent (unidentified, of course. Such courage these people have) who says, “‘This is a business run by English majors, not business majors.’”
And therein lies the problem. These people have no clue what they’re doing. But they think you should be reading something you don’t like, published at prices you don’t want to pay, sold to you by stores that don’t care about your reading experience.
The fact that all of that is going away threatens their business.
The fact that all of that is going away helps mine.
So this gloom-and-doom? It really does belong in a New Yorker cartoon. And, speaking of the New Yorker, they’re starting to get it. This week’s issue? The science fiction issue. To my knowledge, the first genre issue they’ve ever done.
Looks like the tastemakers are moving over to the dark side.
No wonder traditional publishers are scared. They’ve seen the future, and in it, they’re marginalized.
Rather like writers used to be.
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128 responses to “The Business Rusch: The End of The World as We Know It”
L.L. Muir says:
And the English majors in New York are all standing around the water coolers singing their own Kumbaya song, “Business as usual, my Lord, Business as usual… Nothing is wrong here, nothing is wrong.
It’s like they’ve all attended too many “Attitude Control” weekends and took the Koolaid recipe to work with them.
The denial kills me.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch says:
Yeah, me too, L.L. That’s one of the many reasons I blog.
Magdalen says:
The idea that books by revered 19th century writers like Dickens were considered junky reads 150 years ago reminds us that in order for something to be “good,” the conventional wisdom is that it must only appeal to a small number of people. The “masses” read E.L. James (or Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks or anyone who’s sold more than you think they should have) so those writers and their books must be crap.
The irony for me is that, at least in romance publishing, the entire industry works on a tent pole model. Because Kristan Higgins sells lots of books in her sub-genre, publishers only want to acquire works by new authors whose work in that sub-genre is enough like Kristan Higgins that they can be packaged to appeal to Higgins’s fans. In other words, the authors who sell the most books must by definition be writing the right stories.
This insults the readers. Readers want to read new books by new authors that are good, not derivative. Which is why a lot of the best 21st century writers will find their way to independent publication because industry professionals are rejecting them. And if those writers are making more money self-publishing than they can with trad publishers, why should they shift back?
Actually, Magdalen, all of traditional publishing now works on the tent pole model. It’s not the editors who understand exactly what you’re saying; it’s those lazy people in the sales force who have the last word on what gets bought. They want to say, “Buy Jane’s book because it’s just like the bestseller by Karen” instead of figuring out how to market a new product each time. [sigh]
You are right: it makes no business sense for indie writers making more money self publishing to go back. But not all writers are sensible about business–or they have other reasons for going back that have nothing to do with money/business.
Gregory Benford says:
Kris:
I worked with Steve Wasserman when he edited the LA TIMES Book Review…but that was over a decade ago.
He went back to NYC & became an agent. Dave Ulan runs it now. Steve Wasserman’s views are those of NYC publishing, as a group usually the last to sniff the breeze.
I spent 2 weeks in that milieu in May and they have learned little, as you say.
The important lesson is as you also say: the future, especially for genre, lies in the indies.
Thanks, Greg. Great to know. All of the identification I saw about him in connection with this article referred to the LA Times, including something on the Nation‘s website. I knew there was a Steve Wasserman who was an agent. Didn’t realize it was the same guy. I appreciate it. And appreciate the comment. Sorry to hear that NYC publishing is still the same. [sigh]
Laura Resnick says:
He’s an agent? LOL! Well, that explains a LOT.
Lara Martin says:
Just so you know, I log into your site pretty much every morning and then curse when I realize it’s not Thursday.
LOL, Lara. Thank you.
Rob Cornell says:
Yeah, Lara. Everyday should be Thursday! 🙂
Oh, man, would I be tired. And there’d be no fiction from me. So Dean would be hiding since I get grumpy if I don’t write fiction. 🙂
No. I love your fiction too. Sigh. Guess I’ll just have to remain patient.
And now that I’ve read the latest Author Guild statement, posted June 4th, the only explanation I can think of by now is that the AG was dropped on its head from a great height, with tragic results:
http://blog.authorsguild.org/2012/06/04/the-justice-departments-e-book-proposal-needlessly-imperils-bookstores-how-to-weigh-in/
Wow, Laura. That’s just embarrassing. Thanks for your post here and your post there. I couldn’t have said it better.
archangel says:
your new website looks great kkr. Clear, clean look.
Just from being an old codger: The man who reads narrowly is narrow, not deep.
David Farland says:
A few years ago Brandon Sanderson and I were driving along on a signing, and we got to talking about how the chains were killing one another. Amazon was indeed a culprit, primarily because they had a better business model. In all businesses, “He who best serves the needs of his customers will win.” So we were bemoaning the fact that Borders was in a bad spot and Barnes and Noble was on its way out, and suddenly Brandon said, “You know, this will just rejuvenate the boutique shops,” and he was right. There is no better time to start an indie bookstore, and it has been that way for three years.
Exactly, Dave. It’ll be fun to travel again and hit unique book shops. I remember I was in Florida a few years back and wanted some Florida history. The only bookstore in the area was a large B&N and it had exactly four Florida books in the regional section, two history and the other two essays. This was before the Nook took over the stores. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was. I ended up ordering some Florida history books from Amazon when I got home–and buying a few more from the independent used bookstore down the hill from my house.
Stefon Mears says:
Thank you for this post, Kristine. I’ve been thinking (and posting) about this subject myself recently, because I have a manuscript just about ready to go. And as a first-time novelist, picking my publishing route demands serious consideration.
I’m still deciding, but I feel as though I improve my future prospects if I get a novel traditionally published first. What do you think?
I think the world is changing so much, Stefon, that the answer I give you today might not be valid tomorrow. It’s got to be 100% your choice. If you need the validation of a traditional publication, then go for it. Otherwise, indie-publish. I really don’t know what will be important five years from now. If I had to guess, I would say that all that will matter is the number of readers you have–and you can get those by writing a great book and going either route.
Stefon and Kris, that’s such a great question, and such a great answer. I’m asking myself the same questions about my novel WIP. Though I’m really happy with sales of my first book as an Indie, there’s certainly still a big part of me that wants the validation (and *possibly* nice advance) of a traditional deal. But there are a lot of cons, too. Bottom line, I think Kris is dead right in that in a few years all that will matter is readership… and I think the division between self, Indie, and trad publishing will be largely irrelevant.
John Barnes says:
Woohoo and preach it, sister. Particularly you do a great job, I think, of debunking a lot of the grease the traditional publishers are pouring into the media.
For a somewhat more metaphorical argument about why professional writers should side with Amazon and cheer for the Department of Justice in this case, see the piece on my blog titled “Amazon versus Apple, Guns to the Indians, and the Viewpoint of the Fish” at http://thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com/2012/06/amazon-versus-apple-guns-to-indians-and.html. And in general, independent writers — whether independent in publishing, politics, spirit, or any other aspect — need to repeat that slogan from the antiwar struggle of a few years ago: “Not In Our Name.” If you hear a local writer being interviewed on radio or TV about this, pick up that phone and your list of credentials, and make it clear that the writing, bookselling, and publishing community is NOT, NOT, NOT united on this issue.
Thanks, John, for sharing the link. Worthwhile. And good advice here too. Let’s make sure the media knows we’re not all united with Turow & his ilk.
I was recently on a panel, ‘Editors, Agents, and Other Endangered Species,’ at Baycon where the other panelists were not generally favourable to Amazon. I pointed out that Amazon had not cheated or done anything illegal to get to where it is–they simply understood that the traditional model was completely broken and went for it, providing terrific service to the bookbuying public on the way. As a result of Amazon’s success, many indie authors are now benefiting. There were loud gasps of disbelief from the other panelists when I pointed out that Amazon pay my royalties on the nail, every month, like clockwork, and that I can monitor my sales and royalties in real time (the same incidentally is true with Lightning Source (POD). And after 10 months, sales of my nonfiction Greek island memoir are still rising (just under 500 in May), long after it would have been off the shelves with a traditional publisher.
josephine wade says:
Oddly enough I think the publishing industry stumbled upon the answer to their own problem with sales. The e-book as a gateway drug to the hard stuff 🙂 .
One way to increase sales is to increase customer base and the easiest way to do that is to market to everyone who has a pad or an iphone (fast, wide distribution). That whole ‘mommmy porn’ which they disdain was easy, light, enjoyable, engrossing reading (going by the reviews) and it would be easy to shift readers from that to a title which that demographic could scoop up and download quickly before they forgot about reading all together (I’m imagining that not everyone who read that was a ‘reader’ to begin with given the demographic that they keep touting). The big publishers have the $$$ to do this easily and yet …. crickets. But, shhh, we shouldn’t have to tell them how to do their jobs and the fact that they insult women by calling it ‘mommy porn’ just goes to show how good at marketing they are.
LOL, Josephine. 🙂 I love what you said about “Mommy porn.” Exactly. How insulting. And crickets…yep. Let’s just keep this to ourselves and our public blogs for now. Of course, they’re not reading these blogs written by anti-publishing writers like me.
You’re awesome! I LOOOOOVE your posts! Keep ’em coming!
I’m so sorry you couldn’t be there at the Superstars! Maybe next year? I hope to meet you someday!
V/r,
P.S. I’m glad your site is back up again! Kudos!
Thanks, Melissa. It all depends on my health. Right now, I’m saying no to everything. [sigh}
David Barron says:
Well, I, for one, am enjoying The New Yorker SF issue – my subscription paid for by indie-published SF after my escapist check was cashed.
I have nothing else to say in my defense.
I don’t think I need anything else.
LOL, David. 🙂
Randall Wood says:
I can’t imagine the amount of ego it takes to make the statements that Turow was willing to utter at such an open forum. Calling the Department of Justice “one of our antagonists”, makeing fun of a best selling author, and claiming Amazon, a company thats put money in the pockets of countless authors, is evil? That calls for a whole new level of arrogance. And from a lawyer no less! Why would any lawyer worth his salt deliberately antagonize the people investigating his bread and butter?
But after reading the rest of story I came away quit happy. Wassermans comments just prooved to me that the trade publishers, and their Authors Guild minions, are still drinking their own kool-aid. This meeting sounds like it was a support group for the condemned. As if they got together to ignore the facts en mass, there-by makeing the kool-aid taste better.
But I’d like to thank Mr. Turow as he has done me a great service. This information allows me to better define my publishing plans for the future, as I now know the mindset of the people “who know better than me”. I’d like to thank them all for showing me their cards.
They shot themselves in the foot with DRM, then they did it again with the collusion charge. Sounds to me like nobody’s learned a thing yet.
Denial is one of the stages of dealing with a terminal disease.
Can you imagine the size of the bucket of sand needed for Turow to stick his head in? Amazing.
LOL, Randall. I love that.
J. Tanner says:
Nice article. A question and a couple comments…
Independent booksellers are growing in number and growing in sales. Why is that bad news for traditional publishers? Because they geared their sales force to market to only four or five customers—the chain bookstores. And oddly, that includes their “antagonist” Amazon. Now their sales force is only equipped to sell to two or three customers, and has no revenue to grow sales to independent booksellers.
Conceptually I don’t get this (and I confess I find the last sentence to be a puzzle in itself…). Those bookstores are presumably going to fill their shelves with books. It seems highly unlikely they’ll find a way to fill them with self-pub books. So I would guess their stock will come largely from trade publishing regardless of how much effort trade publishers put into “selling” to the small-fries. Sort of pulled vs pushed but still coming from the same source. What am I misunderstanding?
Regarding the chart from Coker’s Forbes article. The 10% attributed to the “publisher” in the New model would seem to me to represent Smashwords or better phrased the “distributor” and would not be something the author could co-opt. At least, that’s my impression given Coker as the source, and the graphic otherwise mimicing the Smashwords premium distribution model. (I suppose, reworded your point stands in that you can now distribute directly to Amazon, and potentially BN, Apple, and Kobo shortly.)
And then lastly, you touch on this but I think the number of books in print based on Bowker’s ISBN tracking is largely meaningless. It’s a byproduct of POD printing and ISBNs becoming virtually free add-ons to digital publishing rather than indicating a book with investment that indicated it would be printed in some reasonable numbers.
Thanks, J. Glad you liked the column.
If you want to know how indie stories can get books from indie- and self-published authors, look at my husband’s series, Think Like A Publisher on his blog, deanwesleysmith.com. And you don’t have to do any of the things Dean says. If you just click “extended distribution” on CreateSpace, you’ll get into Ingram’s and Baker & Taylor (at a bad discount for the bookseller, but still), and you’ll get into the stores. So your assumption that the stories won’t used indie books is wrong. Also, any indie author who wants his books in a local or region store can simply walk in with the books and ask the store if they’re interested. Bookstores, like readers, don’t care where the books come from if the books are good. Although that’s not entirely true. The bookstores also want a good discount and free shipping. So if you as an author can provide that, then you’re golden.
Um, as for the chart, the 30% is the aggregator/distributor. The 10% is the publisher, whoever that is. Sometimes it’s Coker, sometimes it’s the writer herself. And of course the writer can co-opt this as you pointed out in your parenthetical phrase. Yes, you can do it on Apple, Amazon, & B&N, and Kobo quite soon. Plus you can sell off your website too, if you so desire. You don’t need Smashwords if you don’t want them. (I see no reason not to use an aggregator at this point, although that might change in the future.)
And no, the Bowker system isn’t irrelevant. It doesn’t cover everything–like ebooks–but it does count paper books coming into the market and available for sale has an ISBN, free or not. Just because NY publishes a book doesn’t mean it’ll sell. Believe me. I did a tie-in novel to a Madonna movie that sold less than 50 copies. (I think I’m the only person who got paid.) So all Bowker can do is count the available titles in the marketplace, not whether or not they sell well. I think it’s a good indicator because it’s been measuring the same thing for decades. That counts for something.
Thanks for elaborating.
I understand they could get self-pub books, but I still wonder if they will en masse–outside of special cases like local history or authors or a smattering of self-pub bestsellers. Accepting returns will be tough for many small/individual publishers, and why stock non-returnable books when you can stock returnable books from major publishers? And there still seems to be a lot of resentment toward Amazon, which may continue to impact their imprints and createspace titles’ acceptance. Those are the kind of things I wonder about. Time will tell I suppose.
Again, J, if you work through Ingrams or B&T on the CreateSpace extended distribution, you must authorize for returns. It’s part of the program. It costs nothing because CreateSpace doesn’t pay you until it gets paid. So the printed books go into B&T or Ingram’s warehouse and get sent out again. So returns aren’t even an issue. Do read what Dean is writing in Think Like a Publisher. You’ll understand it then.
Michael Wallace says:
As someone who had nothing before indie books came around (in fact, you’re the only pro editor who ever bought one of my stories before I sold a bunch of books on my own), I have a hard time getting worked up about the travails of the publishing industry. NY still has its advantages, and I don’t expect it to go away, but I wish they would stop whining about people finding success in other ways.
Me too, Michael. 🙂
Marta M. Sprout says:
I’m thrilled with the freedom and opportunities we can now take full advantage of in building our careers. It seems to suit my independent/stubborn streak. Furthermore, the options for business minded writers are multiplying faster than we can count them.
A few years back when we were embarking on this new cutting edge of publishing, the wisdom was to pursue both traditional publishing and indie publishing. More and more it seems that there is less value and more headaches than ever going traditional.
Agents in this new world of publishing have become about as useful as a hitching-post post Henry Ford.
Is there now any point in traditional publishing at all?
I think there will be a point in traditional publishing, Marta, once this all shakes out. But it’ll be the same point as network TV versus cable TV. Do you want the creativity of a cable series or the money from a network series? Right now, that’s not how it is with books, but I suspect it will evolve into that. And that’ll be up to the individual authors. Right now, though, I’m asking the same question you are. In the short term, I’m not seeing a lot of benefit in traditional publishing of novels/books. I see a lot of benefit from publishing traditionally in short fiction. But the contracts in short fiction are much, much, much better, and the treatment is stellar.
Short fiction does make sense.
The other storm on the media horizon that feeds into this big picture is that movies are following books and music into the digital world. Cable/dish providers will be following agents into the abyss of irrelevance…soon.
Right now, I stream current movies, shows, sports, etc. from the internet directly into my HD TV (for FREE) and get it all in stunning HD – without a cable provider.
The new world of film making is currently shifting to digital programing produced for online streaming – that means that in the very near future all of our television viewing will come to us through the internet, not some middle-man cable company who has bad service and outrageous prices…hum, that sounds familiar.
Oh, and by the way, these cutting edge film producers pouring out of Berkley Digital Film Institute, Boston University’s Digital Center for Imaging Arts, as well as many others will be ravenously hungry for stories to produce.
So, writers, where will that put us if we get in the digital market now and take the time to develop an internet presence with good solid stories? You do the math.
I think this is a pretty exciting time we live in.
I hadn’t even thought of the film side of things, Marta. Good points.
Pete Miller says:
Every time you write one of these NY publisher posts I am more and more amazed at the stupidity on that end. I am nobody, but even I am selling books – mostly ebooks a few at a time. My print versions are not selling nearly as well as the ebooks, though. I am about 25 ebooks to 1 print. What are your percentages of ebook vs print?
I lieu of paypaling this time, I bought one of your books.
Peter, it depends on the project. Not everything from the backlist is in paper yet. (Heck, not all of my backlist is even close to being up yet) On what is up, I’m selling–without advertising and with a bad discount–1 paper book for every five ebooks in the US. And if we just look at front list, like Anniversary Day, it might be 1 paper for every 2 ebooks. Considering that the ebooks are in Europe and other places that the paper books couldn’t get to until this month and that we haven’t promoted the paper to bookstores yet, I’m astounded. I expect this percentage to cross over (more paper than e-books) by the end of the year, as we get more into paper.
Ask me next year, though. That’ll be the real test.
Dana Stabenow says:
That graph says it all. Thanks, Kris.
Isn’t it lovely? Check out Tom Simon’s comment as well. He says something even better.
I love that Wasserman quote: “in certain genres (romance, science fiction and fantasy) formerly relegated to the moribund mass-market paperback, readers care not a whit about cover design or even good writing, and have no attachment at all to the book as object. Like addicts, they just want their fix at the lowest possible price, and Amazon is happy to be their online dealer.””
OMG! This is such a relief! I’ve been so misled.
I can finally stop editing and taking pains to package my romance backlist well! NO ONE CARES! They’re just addicts!
I can finally stop editing and taking pains to package my fantasy backlist well! My readers don’t care about quality!
I can tell my dad, a science fiction writer, to relax and stop sweating over Hugo-quality material! No one cares! Science fiction readers are just junkies!
I can tell my publisher to stop spending all that money on my award-winning cover artist! An LA Times book reviewer has declared that it’s pointless! My readers are indifferent to brilliant cover art! We could probably just package the worthless sh*t that I write in a brown paper wrapper!
Whoa! So GLAD Mr. Wasserman enlightened me. The pressure to write well, the pressure on my editors to acquire and edit well, and the pressure on my cover artists and designers… Gone! It never mattered! Our readers our brain-dead junkies! Yay! What a RELIEF not to have to behave like REAL writers, editors, artists, and publishers, after all!
LOL, Laura. I love this post.
John C Wright says:
LOL and may I please quote you?
Of course. (I never say anything in a public place that I’m not willing to be quoted on. This saves tears and recriminations.)
I thank you for your kindness and classy forthrightness. Here is a link to my reprint of your immortal words: http://www.scifiwright.com/2012/06/from-the-pen-of-laura-resnick/
Alan Spade says:
You have a great ability to catch the mentality and state of mind of traditional publishers, Kristine, and I’ve found that entry heartening.
Do you and Dean think the percentage mentioned by Wasserman is accurate in that quote : “Readers of e-books are especially drawn to escapist and overtly commercial genres (romance, mysteries and thrillers, science fiction), and in these categories e-book sales have bulked up to as large as 60 percent”
I ask that, because I think the main stat we lack is a stat of ebook/versus books genre by genre. As an indie publisher, I do not mean to give up selling physical POD books (and Dean has great advices on his blog to do just that), but if I write science-fiction and I learn 60 or 80% of all the science-fiction books sold are ebooks, I’d rather focus on ebooks.
Last question if you don’t mind, I’ve heard by the co-founder of Feedbooks (a french website) that Barnes & Noble was in a disastrous financial condition. Do you confirm ?
There are studies, Alan, of which genres are doing better. I’m not in my office right now, so I’m not going to look them up. But from the beginning of the e-pub era (all of three years ago), the genres that have done the best are romance, erotica, and sf. Western is also doing well, and so are subgenres like romantic suspense. Basically, if it hasn’t been published (or published well) by traditional publishers in the last decade, then it’s doing well on e-book. I think that has nothing to do with the genres and everything to do with the readers: they’ve been starved for books that don’t fit the conventional wisdom of being “sales-worthy.” They’ve missed their favorites, and are now buying them as they can find them.
Plus, Alan, no need to focus just on e-book and print books. Do both. It’s relatively easy to do a POD after you’ve finished the e-book. Think of it as the same process.
As for B&N being in bad financial position, they were. They’re improving now due to investors and various changes, like spinning off the e-books into a separate company. In other words, they’re making changes based on improving their standing with stockholders. I think they’ll survive this tough financial time. They just won’t be the book company that we remember.
Tara McTiernan says:
Thank you, Kris! Loved hearing that indie booksellers are growing in number! My favorite memories as a child and teenager involved time browsing in our little neighborhood bookstore and consulting the knowledgeable book-lovers that worked there. B&N is too loud and too uninformed – it can’t hold a candle to the soft music and sharp-eyed bibliophiles working at The Book Nook that used to be on our corner.
Also, what exactly is “junk”? Dickens once was considered too popular, a pulp writer. Funny, huh?
I’ve learned, over the years, that “junk” is what someone doesn’t like to read. It doesn’t matter what genre. If they don’t like it, it’s junk. 🙂 And you’re welcome, Tara. I’m happy about the indies too.
Lilian Darcy says:
So true. Just as the definition of a “weed” is anything someone doesn’t want in their garden bed.
RD Meyer says:
I think you’ve made two excellent points. First, that the same guys now decrying the fall of B&N and Borders are the same ones who were saying those guys were evil incarnate in the early to mid 90s. Second, that the arrogant attitude of traditional publishers isn’t doing them any favors. They sneer at all the uneducated peasants who have the audacity to read Fifty Shades of Grey or some other “trashy”(in their opinion) novels. Basically, they’re saying that the reason they’re going under is that readers are just too stupid to appreciate the culture traditional publishers bring.
I promise that when they fall, most people won’t even stop to notice, much less weep.
Very true, RD. Thanks. 🙂
Suzan Harden says:
LOL There must be something in the tea this morning, or else you have a psychic link with my DH. Over breakfest, he discussed how I needed to get my ISBNs ordered and the print copies of my novel ready this summer before the holiday season hits. This is such a great time to be a writer!
Your DH is right. We’re moving at lightspeed to get our books in paper too, and the ones that are already, sell better than I expected.
J.M. Ney-Grimm says:
Hey! My DH is pressing me about POD also! I know he’s right, and I do have that project on the schedule. Need to finish writing the current novel. Then get my publisher web site up. THEN do POD. Busy!
That’s half the fun, isn’t it? Being busy with your own writing. I love it.
I’m having a blast! The writing is incredible. My author website is fun. I’m really eager to work on the publisher website. And I think POD will be fabulous.
Decades ago, when I emerged from college, I did various career development exercises: what would your ideal job be? And so on.
This is it! I am so lucky to be writing in this new world of publishing!
Wow. This was such a frightenly lucid assessment it is going to enrage some people.
Someone who gives a damn about writers in the Authors Guild should snatch Scottie T up and make him read your posts like homework.
Won’t help ’cause pride goes before a fall–but they’ll know when they look in the mirror that they’re doing the wrong thing for working writers.
Nathan, I’m beginning to think that all of the folks who give a damn about the Authors Guild were in that room.
Sarah Stegall says:
“…the number of print books published by the major publishing houses was flat this year (going along with what we already know) and the number of self- or indie-published titles fueled the growth in print books.”
Woohoo! *fistpump* Indie writers represent! Just put my second novel into trade paper, and am formatting two more. So I contributed a tiny bit to that statistic. I’m so proud.
“Readers of e-books are especially drawn to escapist and overtly commercial genres (romance, mysteries and thrillers, science fiction), and in these categories e-book sales have bulked up to as large as 60 percent.”
No, not really. Because I bought the following authors in e-book format in the last twelve months: Emily Dickinson, Rudyard Kipling, Jane Austen, Thomas Wolfe, Jack London, Benjamin of Tudela, Lord Byron, Homer, and Mark Twain. Of course I also bought that overtly commercial trash, but my buying habits are not confined to them.
I hate this whole snobbish attitude. There is no caste in writing; this week we lost a giant of a writer, Ray Bradbury, whose writing falls pretty much exclusively into the category of overtly commercial trash. Yet his work will be remembered long after the public has forgotten this year’s literary bore-fest.
My bookshelves are not organized by genre. They are alphabetized. Same thing with my writing: westerns, science fiction, romance, fantasy and even a literary novel. Indie publishing gives me the freedom to wear whatever hat suits me at the moment. Trad publishing will never grant their writers that kind of freedom.
I do organize by genre, Sarah, but I have every genre here, and then I have the unclassifiable thingies, which I love. 🙂 I write in every genre too, and I have to say, it’s soooo freeing to stop considering where I’ll sell this project when it’s done. I always wrote what I wanted, but I knew that a lot of what I wrote wasn’t marketable in NY terms. It is now, and I’m thrilled. Like Pati said, this is fun. 🙂
Amanda McCarter says:
Wow, just wow. And they said this publicly? I am so sorry, Author’s Guild, I did not mean to sully your art and…./snort, okay I can’t. This is just ridiculous. Scott Turow needs a wake up call. If you need me, I’ll be over here, writing “junk.”
LOL, Amanda. Yes, they did. Sad, isn’t it?
Abigail Fero says:
P.S. I love the kitten picture at the top of your website. All the changes look great!
Thanks. Yay!
Great post! I’m never more thankful that I didn’t bother with traditional publishing and I’m relieved to see indie bookstores staying strong and growing! I’ve been appalled at the state of B&N and the sheer lack of books on their shelves. I’d happily support and independent than walk back through those doors.
Yeah, I took a day off Monday, and wanted to go to a bookstore that sold new books. I would have had to drive 2.5 hours to an independent (which I love) to do that. Used to be I could go to B&N 45 minutes away. No more. So I went to a local department store that has a book section–filled with sf, westerns, thrillers, romances, mysteries, and…um…one tiny rack of “approved” books, which never seem to sell. 🙂
Diana Hunter says:
As a writer of “mommy porn”, I’ve never been accepted in literary circles. I write erotic romance and Romance Writers of America (RWA) barely accepts the genre, let alone the Author’s Guild. We’re the bastard children in the class warfare that is American publishing.
You state that, when it comes to ebook sales, “junk sells.” Well, so does sex…and the elitists can turn their noses up at me all they want–as I make my way to the bank with my 70% royalty check.
Thanks for a good article. You remind me to keep my head high and keep writing!
Diana, exactly. Sex sells and “junk” sells, but more than that, stories sell. And that’s really what these folks forget. A good story with sex, a good story with spaceships, a good story with spaceships and sex, trump a beautifully written book without story every time–no matter how many experts tell you that book is good. And thanks! 🙂
LOL! So true. Sex and spaceships, sex and dragons, sex and mysteries, sex and…(insert favorite genre here).
You nailed it, too, about needing the story. Language is nothing but pretty words if the story isn’t there. No matter what the genre, readers want a good time from their books and and a good space western with some hot sex inside definitely gives that to them. 🙂
Michael Kingswood says:
Great article, as usual. 🙂 One thing stands out to me, though: those Bowker numbers. I seem to recall you and Dean telling us at the Character Voice workshop to be leery about using Bowker statistics, because publishers tend to by big stacks of ISBNs and then not use them all at once (Dean mentioned a big book of ISBNs you guys still have from your Pulphouse days). Assuming I understood correctly, doesn’t that put a bit of a damper on those print book #s, since many of those new ISBNs may not have been used for actual books yet?
Erm, that should be Publishers buy big stacks, not by big stacks.
(facepalm)
Michael, once a book with an ISBN enters the market, Bowker tracks the existence of that book as a physical item. Yes, the system is imperfect, as Bowker and the articles about this admit. They don’t give ISBNs to many book forms. So the number is low and off, but interesting nonetheless. This system has been around for decades, so it is a measure of some kind.
Wow. Nicely put. Do folks like Scott Turrow realize how sad they sound when they say such foolish things? If I were Turrow, I would indie publish while I still had my bestseller status and rake in the dough. He keeps up like this, he’s going to miss the boat.
Me, too, Rob, but Turow is a very slow writer. By the time his next book comes out in two years, he’ll wonder why his sales figures have gone down again, not realizing that the industry changed beneath him. (Around him?)
Indeed. They’re dissing a bestselling author at their annual gala, and they’re… the =what= Guild again? What’s up with THAT?
I belong to NINC and SFWA. And I certainly don’t recall either org ever using an official function to publicly diss the work of non-member writer. How is that anything but grotesquely inappropriate for a writers’ organization?
As for Turow once again postulating that the DoJ is at odds with writers when it investigates alleged antitrust violations… Er, the DoH case is about major corporations involved in alleged price-fixing and collusion. Do Turow, the AG Board, and/or the members of the AG really want to live in a society where the government looks the other way on that kind of thing? Well, okay, they’re free to be victims of corporations if that’s the fate they desire. But I have no such desire, and I want to DoJ to continue investigating and prosecuting alleged antitrust violations.
I’ve said before, Laura, how appalled I am that an attorney doesn’t believe that the DoJ should follow the law here. Turow is a partner in a storied Illinois law firm, that I would never ever ever hire after reading his pronouncements on this.
Anthony J Fuchs says:
Awesome entry. Really shines a spotlight on the rampant egomania of some of the players in traditional publishing. I can only shake my head at Wasserman’s claim that “readers of e-books are especially drawn to escapist and overtly commercial genres.” SFW?
Publishing is a commercial venture. So publishers ought to stop pretending that they are anything more than glorified deliverymen, and provide their costumers — readers — with the products that those customers want. And they ought to recognize the value of the people capable of creating those products to their customers’ satisfaction. But I’m preaching to the choir on that.
Why does Wasserman speak ill of genres that are “overtly commercial”? As if treating a book like a product somehow diminishes its value. Apparently he would prefer that those sordid romance, mystery and thriller, and science fiction books be sold quietly in backalleys. He fails to realize that the physical book itself, or the digital ebook file, is not what the consumer is really buying. Readers buy stories. Books are just delivery systems. Packaging. Ways to transport ideas from one mind to another.
It’s stunning, sometimes, just how inside-out traditional publishing is. They treat their customers like drooling idiots with a preference for squalid garbage, they treat their manufacturers like drooling idiots incapable of delivery a product to a consumer, and they treat their critics like drooling idiots too dimwitted to understand that, no, no, traditional publishing isn’t really inside-out, it just looks that way to all of you drooling idiots.
Every time I even briefly consider the prospect of attempting to go traditional with my novel, I just remind myself how little they think of me, and the urge passes. All of your sarcasm, and much, much more, is absolutely called for.
Yeah. “Overtly” commercial. As opposed to what? Great points all, Anthony. I also think that this little article about that meeting reads like a 1970s country club, filled with old white men wondering why all these women and people of color are doing so well…
Michael D. Britton says:
I simply assumed that meeting was filled with fat old monocle-wearing white guys puffing cigars and speaking down their noses with heavy Boston Brahmin accents as they sipped from their scotch glasses…
Anyway, to answer your rhetorical question, the opposite of “overtly commercial” would naturally be “covertly commercial.” Which, of course, means “stuff that only self-important self-proclaimed avant-garde blowhards would buy, and only because it would be fashionable to do so.”
Thanks for the great blogs, week after week, Kris!
And Anthony, I really love this summary and would like to post it as my Facebook status: “…the physical book itself, or the digital ebook file, is not what the consumer is really buying. Readers buy stories. Books are just delivery systems. Packaging. Ways to transport ideas from one mind to another.” Nice stuff!
You’re welcome, Michael. 🙂 And yeah…”covertly” commercial. Or “overtly non-commercial”…which if you’re in a commercial business makes even less sense…
Feel free.
“publishers ought to stop pretending that they are anything more than glorified deliverymen, and provide their costumers — readers — with the products that those customers want. And they ought to recognize the value of the people capable of creating those products to their customers’ satisfaction.”
Bob Mayer made a similar point in an article on Digital Bookworld which caught my attention, when he pointed out that just as railroads forgot they were in the transportation business and started to think they were in the railroad business, publishers forgot they were in the business of delivering stories to readers and started to think they were in the publishing business–that their physical product, rather than the writer’s STORY, was what readers were buying.
I prefer physical books to ebooks. But, yes, I’d certainly buy a story I wanted in ebook format if that were the only format available (as if often the case with midlist backlist these days). And there really aren’t any circumstnaces under which I’d by a print book with NO content, or with content that I didn’t really want to read.
Exactly. Bob’s column was a good one. I remember reading it, and thinking he’s right.
As for reading, I prefer print books to e-books too, except–if I need the book Right Now. Or if the print book sucks. I’m researching something for future blog posts here, and the two books I wanted I downloaded because I wanted them immediately. The print books were hugely expensive, but I bought them too–used, because I’d already bought the e-books–and am I glad I bought them used. They’re practically unreadable. Tiny font, bad paper, horrible interior design. They actually hurt my eyes. So now I’m reading my e-books with the paper book beside me so that I can mark passages according to my paper-system for research. It’s weird. I am noticing design a lot more, though.
What I really want, and what I’m angling for with WMG, is a combined e-book/paperbook package. If you buy the paper, you get the e-book. Not as easy as it sounds, but I have hopes. Because I’m finding that I often buy the e-book after buying (online) a paper book because the paper book is so badly designed/hard to read.
Pragmatic Programmers does this. You can get both the ebook and the print book for considerably less than buying the two separately.
Do you have a website, Tony? I’ll give it to Allyson, WMG’s publisher, so she can figure out how they’re doing it.
Hmm… I’m not seeing a reply link under your post (probably the level of comment nesting has become too deep). It’s http://pragprog.com/
Annie Reed says:
A combined e-book/paperbook package? Oh man, I hope WMG figures out a way to do that. I love having that option with DVD/digital download combo packages, which made me think that I’d like to be able to do something similar with Thunder Valley Press’s print books — have an enhanced edition available which combines both print and e-boook, along with making a slightly-lower-priced, plain-Jane print edition available for people who don’t care about the e-book. I haven’t figured out a good way to do that yet, either.
Oh, yeah, Annie. As soon as we know, we’ll share.
Jamie DeBree says:
I do this in my online store…it’s just a setting in the shopping cart software. As soon as someone orders the paperback, it automatically adds the ebook free of charge to the order, and when the customer pays, the ebook is immediately available for download while I ship the paperback. Pretty slick & easy, really.
Of course it’s limited to my own store, because the service isn’t offered on the other retailer sites, but I’d assume that if my shopping cart software is capable, then other companies *could* implement it, if they choose…
Incidentally, I could also just add the ebook, and use a discounted price, if I didn’t want the ebook free with the paperback, so I have options.
And I got the idea from Dean’s blog. 🙂
I always find this commercial vs. literary snobbery amusing – how quickly they forget Shakespeare (and so many other revered icons) wrote for the masses.
Tom Simon says:
Ah, Shakespeare. Quite a promising poet in a minor way, when he was writing those sonnets and sucking up to Queen Elizabeth’s courtiers. All very proper. Pity he squandered his talents by going into that low-brow theatre business.
I wonder what ever became of him? He could have been somebody if he’d stuck to proper literature.
LOL, Tom. You do know he didn’t write the successful stuff. A literary writer ghosted for him. 🙂 LOL!
C.E. Petit says:
Just a couple of quick comments:
(1) Mr Wasserman’s article misses the point for another reason. If one plots things out on a timeline, one will find that Borders (recently) and Crown (not as recently) — while they both had immense management problems — both ended up in bankruptcy due to greedy commercial landlords. In each instance, the first renewals of leaseholds on large swaths of stores came due at the same time and crimped cashflow. The land itself, however, had not changed — there were no new oil deposits found under the Borders in Champaign, for example; only its value largely due to the presence of the store itself had (arguably) changed. The little housing bubble we had recently should cause you to question whether the actual value had changed… or whether it was illusory at best.
(2) I must disagree with the simplistic royalty math offered… but showing why I disagree also validates one of Our Gracious Hostesses other points, with a vengeance.
Imagine these stacks represent dollars. Half of the stack on the left goes to a book’s distributor. Another 35% of that stack goes to a book’s publisher. A book agent takes 2.2%, leaving the author—the person without whom the book would not exist—to collect 12.75% of the book’s revenue.Over half of the stack on the right goes to the author—60% of the book’s revenue. The book’s publisher gets 10% and the distributor gets 30%. If the writer is smart, she becomes the publisher as well, and gets a full 70% of the revenue of that book.
Hmmm. Let me see: 70% versus 12.75%[.]
This comparison is valid if, and only if, both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The per-item prices are comparable. They need not be identical; if the author is choosing to price her e-novel at $9.95, while the publisher (under the resale price maintenance agreement currently being attacked as price-fixing) charges $12.95 for the same work, the numbers still work out in the author’s favor — just not by as much. However, even a fifth grader would still see that one stack is bigger than the other.
(b) Total sales volume is comparable. For example, I’ll take 12.75% of $1 million over 70% of $10,000. This, however, assumes that something that the commercial publishers are doing — and doing on purpose, and doing replacably (and predictably) — is the sole cause of the difference in total sales. As Our Gracious Hostess notes, it sure as heck ain’t their sales forces (she’s far too generous to them, in fact). With the rise of internet-based selling of all kinds, it’s no longer the “invisibility” of not being stocked at the nearest store.* I could name half a dozen books that sold more when offered independently by their authors, without misleading covers and blurbs and et cetera, in the six months after the authors’ republication than they did in the multiyear “efforts” by commercial publishers.
My point here is that the math itself isn’t quite so simple… but that the implications of that nonsimplicity largely reinforce Our Gracious Hostess’s other points.
* Casebound (“hardcover”) books have gotten so expensive — largely due to outmoded pricing models, but that’s for another time — that they’re no longer impulse buys for most of the populace. Even mass-market paperbacks are inching toward too-expensive-for-an-impulse-buy; outside of the major metropolitan areas, a mass-market paperback costs more than a movie.
I should learn not to type too quickly without enough caffeine — sorry about the typos.
Thanks, CE. And you’re right about the stacks being of similar items. I was just looking at it as Stack One=One Book, Stack Two=One Book, but you’re right about price, advance, etc. Still, I loves me that graphic. I love it when people do things visually like that.
And thanks for all the other points. What’s cool for me as a writer is that my backlist has returned, and readers no longer have to search hard for a book that is out of print and hard to find. I’m most pleased about that, I think.
We readers certainly enjoy being able to find your backlist easily as well 🙂
Thanks, Joe. 🙂
I like to break down the numbers a different way. If I, as an unknown writer, do somehow sell a book to a traditional publisher, I’ll probably receive a $5,000 advance, take it or leave it, with no significant prospect of its ever earning out. So how much do readers have to fork over at retail to earn me that money?
In MMPB from a traditional publisher, I’m getting 8 percent if I’m lucky (assuming that sales and returns are reported honestly); lower rates from some houses. That means that readers have to spend $62,500 for me to earn that $5,000; which equates to 7,822 copies of a $7.99 paperback.
With a self-published ebook, I’m getting 60 percent on sales through an aggregator; more than that on direct sales through Amazon, but a bit of that will be lost to their bandwidth charge, so we’ll simplify the math and assume 60 percent across the board. I’ll need $8,333.33 in retail sales to earn my $5,000 nut. If I’m charging $3.99 for that book, I need to sell 2,089 copies.
I make the same amount of money from a quarter of the number of the readers, and charging half the price. It’s a lot easier to find buyers for 2,000 widgets at $3.99 than for 8,000 widgets at $7.99. Of course books are not widgets; but different cheap editions of the same book are essentially fungible.
Looked at another way: if the reading public spends a million dollars on traditional print books, it provides a living wage for approximately two full-time writers. If it spends a million dollars on self-published ebooks, it provides the same wage for 15 writers. Gee, I wonder which is better for the writer.
Spectacular analysis, Tom. Thank you. Very clear and spot-on.
B. Justin Shier says:
Agreed. Such a fascinating twist on the data, Tom. It’s one that should be put up in bright lights.
Pati Nagle says:
Great post, Kris! Love the stacks of books graph. (And I love the new look on the blog!)
One thing that frequently gets left out of these discussions is an advantage to the writer that is tangential to business concerns. I’ve heard it from many indie writers (Dean comes to mind) and I’ve experienced it myself.
The new, indie publishing system makes writing a JOY again. The freedom it gives us has changed writing from drudgery (please the marketing department, please the sales department) back to a fun activity. For that reason alone, unless there are big changes in traditional publishing, I’m never looking back.
Oh, Pati, exactly. I’m so happy doing my work these days. All of it, from hiring someone to help with the editing to the marketing to (of course) the writing, is an absolute joy. And for the first six months, I watched the sales numbers, mostly because I couldn’t believe this was working. It was, and well. I’m pleased. Great point.
Mary Jo Rabe says:
Don’t forget the enormous benefits to the readers whose favorite writers can now write what they want as frequently as they want. Plus readers (potentially, depending on various factors, etc.) can have a much easier time finding books of a series that they missed out on. The 21st century is turning out to be a wonderful time to be reading and writing.
Michael Kent says:
For an excellent example of the kind of author/reader connection the new indie publishing movement can allow, check out Debora Geary. She’s a very successful indie author with a rabid group of fans and an excellent connection to those fans via her Facebook page.
She just published her most recent book in the ‘Modern Witch’ series. In it, we learned that two of the beloved characters from the previous stories had gotten married. Her fans bemoaned the fact that we didn’t get to see the wedding played out in one of the books. So she’s put aside her work on the next book in the series to write a three-chapter short where we get to see the wedding happen. She’s already put up a potential cover for it.
THIS is an example of the best of the new world of publishing.
Donna White Glaser says:
And don’t forget hope! I’m filled with joy now when I work on my writing projects, because I know they’ll reach an audience. I’d always looked at self-publishing as the last resort; now, it seems the only logical one.
Me too. It’s so fun to be writing right now. 🙂
I don’t know anything about the governance of the Authors Guild, but it seems to me that the membership should be looking carefully at whether Turow’s positions are a good match with their own.
I’m not sure if business majors would help. They’re all right for running a legacy business, but typically don’t work out well in environments that are in the midst of rapid disruption and/or disintermediation.
With respect to literary value and publication format, it might be worth examining the cases of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen. Dickens published his work in the cheapest possible venue of the time (newspaper serials) and made a fortune. Austen got ripped off by her publishers (the first one required her to underwrite the entire cost of printing, then charged a sales commission on top, the second one conned her out of all rights for £110) and died in genteel poverty.
Tony, you’re exactly right about the membership of the Authors Guild. If I were a member, I’d be furious. In fact, I’d’ve been furious months ago. And yeah, business majors aren’t great, but they at least have a basic understanding of business. English majors don’t. I love your Dickens/Austen examples. 🙂 (And you do know that in their day, their work was considered junk, right?)
TPouliot says:
There are business majors in publishing, perhaps the majority of the execs. And there are the marketing majors who have the final say on what gets published. English majors who start a business or enter someone else’s business learn by doing, as do a large number of non-business degree holders.
Also, since those companies were very succesful for many decades, whoever ran them did a fine job; and as your husband says, the people running the publishing business know the business better than anyone and are not going anywhere.
We dont know who made that disgraceful statement about genre books, so we cant know what his/her degree was, if any. And if it was an English major, it is absurd to enlarge the reaction against one person to include everyone who holds the same degree.
There are many English majors, perhaps the majority, who love and read and even write genre fiction; and many literature professors who read and write the genres. English majors do not deserve your scorn. They are not your enemy. They are your ally.
The point here is not to insult English majors, just to point out that an English major does not have the training to go into business that a Business Major, a Marketing major, an Accounting major, or any of those other practical majors do. I have a history major, for heavens’ sake, and the only reason I know anything about publishing and business is because I started up more than ten businesses (sheesh) over the years. The bone-headed mistakes that I made were usually when I incorrectly reinvented the wheel.
That’s why I wrote the Freelancer’s Guide during the beginning of the recession and got it out into the world so quickly, so that other liberal arts majors and folks who had no training had a chance of avoiding my boneheaded mistakes when they started-up. (More businesses start in a recession/depression than at any other time–people can’t find work so they create their own.)
As for the majority of execs in publishing, they’re hired from within, so no, they’re either sales force (moved over from editorial) or editorial. The business folk don’t arrive until you get to the upper-upper tier, very hands-off on the day to day business part of things.
John V says:
Have you seen the list of 160+ authors who have sold more than 50,000 self-published ebooks?
selfpublishingsuccessstories.blogspotdotcom
Another indication of the growth of self-publishing.
Thanks for the link, John. I’ll check it out.
Just looked at the list, John. That’s going to be quite useful. Thanks.
Ty Johsnton says:
Well, if the traditional publishing industry is really disgusted with all those “junk” books that are like crack for addicts, then I suppose they can give back all that money they’ve made from writers with names like Martin, Bradbury, Mieville, Le Guin, etc.
And, for the first time in a long while, I can imagine a landscape with thousands upon thousands of small, independent bookstores all across the land. Now I only wish some of them would stop fighting Amazon and embrace the age in which they live, a possible second golden age for indie booksellers.
Ty, I agree. If they stop having a war with Amazon and remember that they’re in the customer service business, they’ll do fine. There are some great indie stories out there. I want more. 🙂 And I love your idea–book publishers returning money. Hah! Not going to happen.
Wayne Borean says:
But they won’t give up either. They’ll keep on telling us and the readers that our books are shit, they nothing is worth reading unless it he been published by a publisher, and no they don’t mean anyone like that Wayne Borean guy, he may be listed as a publisher, and have a source of ISBNs, but he isn’t a REAL publisher.
All of which is crap, but they have been saying this since the first large indie writers popped up. Remember what they said about Amanda Hocking before they decided to toss lots of money at her?
This is where I disagree with you and Dean. I think that a large portion of the traditional industry is heading towards bankruptcy.
When they keep saying such totally silly things, it’s the only destination I can see for them.
A few companies might get reorganized, Wayne, but they’ll remain. (This is happening with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt right now.) And the conglomerates will probably sell off some pieces. But the pieces will survive, owned by someone else. They are (ahem) too big to fail. Or to fail with such a huge loss of money to stockholders. Someone will buy for pennies on the dollar.
Tara Li says:
Wayne – Bankruptcy, in the corporate world, doesn’t actually mean the business gets shut down. It just means the deck chairs get re-arranged to push the less profitable sections away. The traditional publishers are just parts of large multi-national conglomerates. They’ll just keep getting re-organized.
Corporations are, in my mind, a moral abomination – as their entire purpose is to limit liability and escape responsibility. The correct answer to the often claimed bit about getting sued by someone who falls and losing not just the business, but your home and everything, is to fix the legal system that allows that kind of out-of-proportion award.
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Zomato Reports Security Breach; Data Of 17 Mn Users Stolen
Aparna Mishra
18 May'17 4 min read
In a recent blogpost foodtech startup Zomato has notified that over 17 Mn user records from its database were stolen recently.
The information includes user email addresses and hashed passwords. Currently, the company claims to have over 120 Mn monthly user visits on its platform.
As per the post, Zomato’s security team discovered the breach recently. The statement reads, “The hashed password cannot be converted/decrypted back to plain text – so the sanctity of your password is intact in case you use the same password for other services. But if you are paranoid about security like us, we encourage you to change your password for any other services where you are using the same password.”
Zomato was founded by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah in 2008 and has raised over $200 Mn in funding and made 10 acquisitions.
However, the company has assured that data theft does not include payments-related information. Gunjan Patidar, Technology Chief at Zomato said, “The payment-related information on Zomato is stored separately from this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant vault. No payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked.”
Cyber Breaches In The Past
Last week over 150 countries were affected by an outbreak of ransomware. The software, called WannaCry, encrypted the files on a victim’s computer and demanded a ransom to get them back.
Related Article: Zomato Hack: Company Claims Truce With The Hacker, Data Taken Off Dark Web
In March 2017, US-based fast food restaurant chain, McDonald’s India app, McDelivery, reportedly leaked the personal data of more than 2.2 Mn users.
In October 2016, about 3.2 Mn debit cards were compromised, as a result of a massive data breach that reportedly originated in malware introduced in the systems of Hitachi Payment Services.
In May 2016, the personal data of about 1 Cr IRCTC users was feared to have been leaked from the website’s server. The Maharashtra cyber cell had also informed IRCTC about a potential data theft of its user registration details.
In Zomato’s case to ensure further safeguards, the company has ‘reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website.’
The post goes on to say that the breach seems like an “internal (human) security breach – some employee’s development account got compromised.”
Since the company has taken the step to change the compromised accounts’ passwords, it allegedly ensures data security, as of now.
The foodtech giant also claims that the team will be working to “plug any more security gaps” and enhancing security measures for all user information stored within their database.
Talking about the data breach Saket Modi, co-founder & CEO Lucideus said, “In general, when someone hacks and copies the data of a website, he copies much more than just the email and the password as in most cases it’s the same database that is used to store other personal identifiable information (PII) of a user. It is a good thing to see that Zomato was following a good practice of hashing the passwords before storing it on their database, but saying “The hashed password cannot be converted/decrypted back to plain text” is misleading.”
He goes on to say, “Technically what they are saying is correct, i.e. a hashed password cannot be decrypted, but what they aren’t saying is – it is technically possible to break the hashing algorithm to guess the passwords. This has happened in the past – over 170 Million LinkedIN accounts that were hacked were actually hashed and stored, however, the hashing function used there was the weak SHA1 without the usage of any modification (salting). Hence almost all the hacked and hashed accounts were broken. It did not stop just to LinkedIN, in fact this is the probable reason why Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest account was also compromised in 2016 as he apparently was using the same password as his LinkedIN account whose password became public after the hack. Zomato must tell us the hashing algo it was using before the hack happened.”
Zomato is also planning to add ‘a layer of authorisation for internal teams having access to this data to avoid the possibility of any human breach.’
In April 2017, the company released a short form unaudited annual report for FY2017. It claimed to be at the verge of profitability; with revenues up 80%, burn down by 81% In FY17. As per Inc42 Datalabs in 2016 alone, 50 startups in the foodtech space raised $152.3 Mn in investor funding. The year also saw over 37 shutdowns of foodtech startups.
Earlier this month Uber’s on-demand food delivery app UberEATS debuted in India. It has a three-way app for customers, restaurants and deliveries. Other players in the segment include Swiggy, Foodpanda. In April 2017, Google also entered the fray with Areo, which delivers food and home services for residents in Bengaluru and Mumbai.
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After a 2-year-stint at Ernst & Young, Aparna moved to Journalism. Her prior experience enables her to understand business management. An avid reader and a traveller she hopes to gain insights on the startup ecosystem at Inc42.
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HomeDisco / Soul / FunkNarada Michael Walden – I Want You
Narada Michael Walden – I Want You
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Most Wanted! Narada Michael Walden – I Want You (Atlantic)
Former Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer Narada Michael Walden came to prominence both as an artist and a producer by the end of the 70’s. He therefore established an instantly identifiable signature along with regular session musicians. From Corrado Rustici (guitar), to Randy Jackson (bass). Not to mention Marc Russo on sax to name but a few.
From his 1980 ‘Victory’ album. The guitar driven ‘I Want You’ is another perfect illustration of his boiling sound, enlightened by the presence of a killer drum part. A solo much reminding of Bill Cobham‘s undeniable influence on him. No wonder why, when thinking of it, many record chasers said to thesemlves: ‘I want you’!
What’s the value of your vinyl record?
“All the roads lead to Rome…” is the first expression coming to mind when thinking of Narada Michael Walden‘s career. Nothing could predict – and probably not the man neither himself – his transformation… From his early musical leanings, geared towards Rock, to his repertoire, one of the richest in the history of Disco/Funk.
Playing in a Rock group (the New McGuire Sisters) in Miami, he discovered the music of Mahavishnu Orchestra before meeting their leader, John McLaughlin. A group which he would join a few months later, replacing famous drummer Billy Cobham who was a major influence to him. He recorded two albums with them, then joined Beck as a producer and musician on his ‘Wired’ album in 1975.
Walden delivered his first LP – ‘Garden Of Love Light’ the year after on Atlantic. He would nevertheless have to wait until 1978 to score his first significant success with ‘I Don’t Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You)’. A success amplified the year after with the release of ‘I Shoulda Loved Ya’ and ‘Tonight I’m Alright’ from his ‘The Dance Of Life’ album. Extra gems followed such as ‘I Want You’ (1980), ‘Summer Lady’ (1982) and ‘Reach Out’. The man resurfacing by the end of the 80’s as Narada with the memorable ‘Divine Emotions’…
Last but not least, his name is associated to a myriad of artists, as a writer or producer. From Stacy Lattisaw (‘Jump To The Beat’, ‘Dynamite’, ‘Sixteen’, ‘Block Party’. These in addition to ‘Don’t You Want To Feel It’). To Sister Sledge (‘All American Girls’) and Angela Bofill (‘Something About You’). But also Aretha Franklin (‘Who’s Zooming Who?’, ‘Freeway Of Love’) and Whitney Houston (‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’, ‘So Emotional’). And we can add too Wanda Walden (‘Don’t You Want My Lovin”, ‘I Must Be Dreamin”), George Benson and Clarence Clemons among others. Not to mention Carl Carlton (‘Swing That Sexy Thang’)…
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Bermuda Triangle mystery solved? Experts claim 100-feet ‘rogue waves’ behind disappearanceshttps://indianexpress.com/article/world/bermuda-triangle-mystery-solved-experts-claim-rogue-waves-behind-disappearances-5287649/
Bermuda Triangle mystery solved? Experts claim 100-feet ‘rogue waves’ behind disappearances
Bermuda Triangle mystery solved? A Channel 5 documentary claims that these mysterious disappearances could have been caused by 100 feet 'rogue waves'.
By Express Web Desk |New Delhi | Updated: August 5, 2018 9:39:17 am
Has the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle finally been revealed?
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the region between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda has reportedly claimed hundreds of lives and dozens of ships/planes in the last century itself. (File)
The mystery of Bermuda Triangle – a 5,00,000 km square patch in the Atlantic Ocean – has baffled many for decades. At least 75 planes and hundreds of ships have reportedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances while crossing the Bermuda Triangle. This has also given birth to a number of conspiracy theories including that of sub-sea pyramids to hexagonal clouds and alien bases.
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the region between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda has reportedly claimed the lives of 1,000 people in the last 100 years.
Now, a Channel 5 documentary claims that these mysterious disappearances could have been caused by 100 feet ‘rogue waves’.
What are rogue waves?
Scientists often refer rogue waves as ‘extreme storm waves’. These waves can reach a height of up to 100 feet and are very spontaneous. Rogue waves were first observed in 1997 by a satellite off the coast of South Africa, The Sun reported.
“The waves are more than twice the size of surrounding waves, are very unpredictable, and often come unexpectedly from directions.” Daily Mail quoted National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration in its report.
In the channel 5 documentary, “The Bermuda Triangle Enigma”, researchers re-created the monster water surges by using indoor stimulators.
The Southampton-based research team built a model of the USS Cyclops which went missing in 1918 claiming 300 lives. The Cyclops was a 542-feet vessel which was used to ferry fuel during World War 1 and vanished while on its way from Bahia to Baltimore in 1918.
No evidence of the wreckage or the 306 member crew has ever been found. Some experts argue that the Cyclops met with a supernatural end. Possibly the biggest loss in US Naval history, the ship could have disappeared anywhere and not necessarily in the Triangle itself.
“The infamous area in the Atlantic can see three massive storms coming together from different directions – the perfect conditions for a rogue wave”, DailyMail quoted an ocean and earth scientist, Dr Simon Boxall, as saying. He further added that such waves could even snap the Cyclops in two.
Another scientist, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, told News.com.au that according to Lloyds of London and US Coast Guard, the number of planes which go missing in Bermuda Triangle is just like everywhere in the world. Yet, the Bermuda Triangle remains a mysterious place with a high number of disappearances.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agrees with Krusnelnicki and said that Bermuda Triangle has the same degree of air and sea traffic like any other place. ‘The ocean has always been a mysterious place to humans, and when foul weather or poor navigation is involved, it can be a very deadly place,’ the NOAA told DailyMail.
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Delhi Municipal Corporation (Patel Nagar Part)
Delhi Municipal Corporation (Patel Nagar Part), with population of about 10.7 lakh is a part of the main city Delhi city, located in Patel Nagar sub district of West district in the state Nct Of Delhi in India. There are 28 wards in the city, among them Dmc (u) Ward No 125 is the most populous ward with population of about 1.1 lakh and Dmc (u) Ward No 74 is the least populous ward with population of 1503.
Nearest railway station is Old Delhi Railway Station which is within the city. Na is the sub district head quarter and the distance from the city is 10 km. District head quarter of the city is Na. Delhi Secretariate is the state head quarter of the city and is 4 km far from here. Yearly average rainfall of the city is 617 mm. Maximum temperature here reaches up to 40.9°C and minimum temperature goes down to 8.9°C.
The city is home to about 10.7 lakh people, among them about 5.7 lakh (53%) are male and about 5 lakh (47%) are female. 87% of the whole population are from general caste, 13% are from schedule caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Delhi municipal corporation (Patel Nagar part) is 11%, among them 53% are boys and 47% are girls. There are about 2.3 lakh households in the city and an average 5 persons live in every family.
Caste wise male female population 2011 - Delhi
1,065,969 931,310 134,659 0 114,783
565,269 493,910 71,359 0 61,282
Religion wise distribution of population
Hindus contribute 79% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the city followed by Sikhs which contribute 13% of the total population and Muslims are the third largest religious community here with 6% population all other religious communities contribute 2% of the total population. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 881 in Sikhs are 948 and in Muslims are 802
Religion wise population 2011 - Delhi
1,065,969 843,125 65,350 9,894 140,461 1,231 4,479 137 1,292
565,269 448,294 36,261 4,824 72,118 617 2,304 81 770
As of 2011 census there are 886 females per 1000 male in the city. Sex ratio in general caste is 886, in schedule caste is 887. There are 873 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the city.
Total about 8.4 lakh people in the city are literate, among them about 4.6 lakh are male and about 3.8 lakh are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Delhi is 89%. 92% of male and 85% of female population are literate here.
Delhi has 35% (about 3.7 lakh) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 55% male and 13% female population are working population. 53% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 2% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 12% of total female population are main and 1% are marginal workers.
Percentage of working population - Delhi
35% 33.4% 1.6% 65%
54.6% 52.5% 2.1% 45.4%
12.8% 11.8% 1% 87.2%
Overview of Delhi Municipal Corporation (Patel Nagar Part)
District West
Sub District Patel Nagar
No of wards 28
Rainfall 617mm
Temperature Max 40.9°C; Min 8.9°C
Sub District HQ Na (10 km)
District HQ Na
State HQ Delhi Secretariate (4 km)
Railway Station Old Delhi Railway Station (0 km)
Other parts of the CityMunicipal Corporations in Delhi City (urban part)
Municipal Corporations
Area (Km2)
Delhi 1,065,969 561.3
Delhi 481,632 561.3
Wards in Delhi Municipal Corporation (Patel Nagar Part) (urban part)
Dmc (u) Ward No 125 110,469
Dmc (u) Ward No 119 65,247
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Home Arts & Culture Stage Will the Closure of Manbites Dog, a Trailblazing Company and Essential Venue, Push Independent Theater Out of Durham?
Will the Closure of Manbites Dog, a Trailblazing Company and Essential Venue, Push Independent Theater Out of Durham?
by Byron Woods
File photo by Alex Boerner for INDY Week
Manbites Dog Theater managing director Ed Hunt and art director Jeff Storer
We almost didn't get to spend the last two decades with Manbites Dog Theater, a provocative, entertaining mainstay of the Triangle's independent theater community. According to artistic director Jeff Storer and managing director Ed Hunt, an ungainly stack of wooden platforms made all the difference.
They built the platforms thinking they'd be portable enough to use as itinerant stages and seating. They learned otherwise after leaving their relatively short-lived venue on Club Boulevard, when lugging the heavy pieces to temporary venues proved more than they bargained for. Nomadic dreams die hard: Hunt says a realtor had to drag the two, kicking and screaming, to buy the now-famous building on Foster Street in 1997.
"It gave us the last twenty years," Storer says. "We would have had to close down long ago if we hadn't done it."
But the future the purchase forestalled is here: Storer and Hunt shocked the regional arts scene two weeks ago by announcing that Manbites Dog would cease operations as a theater company and venue in June 2018, at the end of its upcoming season. After producing more than two hundred shows, Hunt and Storer have decided to retire from that side of things. This and their plan for the company to transition into a new role as an artist-support organization has far-reaching implications for local performing artists and audiences.
"Giving ourselves permission to change has been the one guiding light that has helped us through this last thirty-one years," Storer says. "Early in our relationship, we literally stated that we would trust our intuition when the time came. This is the time, and the board agrees with us."
It's hard to imagine the Triangle theater scene over the last two decades without Manbites Dog. Long before Motorco and Fullsteam, it anchored what would become Durham's DIY district, as the first in a series of vibrant nightlife, entertainment, and arts businesses to spring up in a neighborhood that had been neglected after the collapse of the city's tobacco industry.
Since its beginnings in 1987, Manbites has built a reputation for fearlessly addressing the thorniest issues of race, gender, and class head-on. In the company's third year, it took on Senator Jesse Helms, one of the architects of the eighties culture wars, in high-profile productions staged in Durham and New York. In The Best of Enemies, a play about desegregation in Durham in the sixties, Lakeisha Coffey stood onstage several feet away from Ann Atwater, the black activist she portrayed, who was sitting in the audience. It was a telling moment, for Manbites established itself as a reflection of its surrounding community and a consistent advocate for social justice.
"Communities could see themselves and their concerns reflected on stage," says arts administrator and historian Devra Thomas, who ran Common Ground Theatre, another former Durham theater mainstay, which closed last year.
"On the stage and in the audience, it looks like Durham," says playwright Howard L. Craft.
Even with its deep roots in the community, Manbites transcended the usual limitations of community theater. The company racked up almost twice as many five-star INDY reviews as its nearest competitor. The theater's alumni, including J. Alphonse Nicholson, Heidi Blickenstaff, and Michele Vazquez, have gone on to careers in film, stage, and television.
Now, the neighborhood surrounding the venue, the region's theater circles, and the communities championed by the company are all being forced to picture the future without it.
The shock has been mitigated by the plan to sell the building and funnel the proceeds into the company's next incarnation as a funding and support organization for regional theater. Both cofounders are intimately familiar with the realities facing an artistic community accustomed to shoestring support. Manbites never completed original plans to take out the first-floor ceiling of its auditorium, and funding its activities season by seasonsometimes, show by showhas always been a grassroots effort.
Playwright Tamara Kissane calls the change in mission "a beautiful sign of confidence ... that local theater artists are worth supporting." Triangle Art Works founder Beth Yerxa says it "tells the community as a whole that we all need to be supporting one another," while Joseph Megel, artistic director of StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance, hopes the move will stimulate local corporations and businesseslarge donors that traditionally have not provided support at levels comparable to those found in communities of similar size across the country.
Still, local stage artists remain apprehensive about the closure of Durham's last independent theater venue, which regularly hosted many of the region's top itinerant companies and artists, including Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, the Delta Boys, and Mike Wiley.
"Without Manbites, we don't have a theater home in Durham," says JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell, founder of Black Ops Theatre Company.
Though the city owns theater venues at the Durham Arts Council and the Carolina Theatre, the independent companies that form the majority of local practice often find them unaffordable or unsuitable for their needs. The more affordable Living Arts Collective has a sprung floor for dance that limits its theatrical possibilities. And the development boom makes it virtually impossible for an upstart group to find a building in downtown Durham for a price comparable to what Manbites paid in 1987.
The likely outcome is that an art form that helped make one of the most vibrant communities in Durham will be forced out next year, if artists can't find comparable space near the audiences who've been receptive to their work. Of course, theater artists continually innovate, and groups like Little Green Pig have been adapting stagings for unusual venues.
"Underrepresented communities are incredibly resilient. I just wish they didn't always have to be," says director and arts activist Monet Marshall, who fears that Durham is approaching a time when its theater will no longer reflect its cultural identity. "If the only people able to present work are those with the means to rent more expensive places ... the work won't speak to and from the wider community."
Marshall sees the theater's closingand the unlikelihood that it will be replacedas interconnected with Batalá Durham's struggle to rehearse on public land in Central Park. The inaccessibility of downtown real estate is evidence of a city "really wrestling with who it's going to be in the next five to seven years," Marshall says.
Citing the neighborhood impact of venues like Triad Stage in Greensboro, Megel says Durham deserves one or more venues where audiences can experience a range of mainstream, off-Broadway, and alternative productions. But making that a reality will require community and municipal support beyond current levels.
"The city needs to work with the community to create smaller, affordable, accessible spaces for emerging artists," says Yerxa. "The public doesn't always want to go to DPAC. They need a broader range of options, too."
Storer and Hunt are confident that Durham theater artists will adapt and overcome; new neighborhoods will be found when old ones become unavailable, new modes of performance will be conceived when circumstances demand it.
"Time, space, and money are the three challenges always facing theater artists," Storer says, "and you never have all of them solved at the same time. But theater artists are the best problem solvers in the world."
Photo by Alex Boerner
Manbites Dog Theater
Get ready to say goodbye to Manbites, a room you've visited for twenty years.
Theater Manbites Dog Theater closing Ed Hunt Jeff Storer independent theater Issue: 2017-08-16 Arts Arts Feature
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McKim & Creed Ranked Among Top 50 Trenchless Design Firms in U.S.
Matt Ball on January 13, 2016 - in Corporate, Design/Engineering
Raleigh, NC—Raleigh-based McKim & Creed, Inc. has been named one of the top 50 trenchless design firms in the U.S. for the second year in a row by Trenchless Technology magazine.
Trenchless Technology is a leading publication covering the trenchless technology marketplace. In its annual Top 50 listing, the publication ranks companies based on their reported North American trenchless project billings. For 2015, McKim & Creed ranked #29 among the top 50 firms, performing nearly 400 projects in 2014 that involved horizontal directional drill, sanitary sewer evaluations studies and subsurface utility engineering.
The magazine also included a trenchless engineering Q&A article featuring six design principals including McKim & Creed President and CEO John T. Lucey, Jr., PE. The trenchless design professionals answered questions about the use of design-build, staying current with the latest technologies, and competition within the industry.
McKim & Creed has won several awards for its trenchless work, including an Engineering Excellence Honors Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina for a 30-inch water main installation under the Catawba River, and a Project of the Year Award presented by the American Public Works Association, Florida Chapter for a subaqueous horizontal design drill project that protected environmentally sensitive areas in the Florida Keys.
About McKim & Creed: McKim & Creed is a Raleigh-based, employee-owned engineering, geomatics and planning firm with nearly 400 staff members in offices throughout the U.S., including North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, and Pennsylvania. McKim & Creed specializes in civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural engineering; industrial design-build services; airborne and mobile LiDAR/scanning; unmanned aerial systems; subsurface utility engineering; and hydrographic and conventional surveying services for the energy, transportation, federal, land development, water and building markets. For more information about McKim & Creed, visit www.mckimcreed.com.
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All-Electric Class 5 Work Truck With 100 Miles Range To Arrive This Fall
All-Electric Class 5 Work Truck With 100 Miles Range To Arrive This Fall product 2017-08-11 16:00:11 https://insideevs.com/news/334325/all-electric-class-5-work-truck-with-100-miles-range-to-arrive-this-fall/ fdg
Aug 11, 2017 at 12:00pm
Chanje is a new company based out of Los Angeles, California, that intends to introduce an all-electric medium-duty vehicle on a mass scale in the U.S., promising first deliveries in 2017.
The company is related to Hong Kong based FDG Electric Vehicles, which together with other partners have reportedly invested nearly $1 billion into the venture.
It's interesting to note that the CEO of the Chanje is Bryan Hansel, previously the CEO of Smith Electric Vehicles.
At one point Chanje was a JV between Smith Electric Vehicles and FDG, but when Smith closed operations, FDG continued the project. As a result, the plug-ins are being produced in Hong Kong at FDG's facility there, alongside battery production.
Among the executive team we also spot James Chen, VP and General Counsel, who was previously VP at Tesla.
The first product off the assembly line is the V8070 electric panel van with a 70 kWh battery and some 100 miles range with 1,000 lbs cargo (the work van take up to 6,000 lbs of payload).
Chanje stated that it already has volume orders for the van, and will begin deliveries later this year in the Fall. However, in the same press release we read that they are searching for assembly facility site in the US. As the raw technology (batteries and the powertrain) we believe comes from FDG operations of out of China, the assembly process should be simple and quick to establish:
Chanje V8070
"Chanje is currently undergoing a site selection process for an assembly facility in the United States which will create both high-quality long-life electric vehicles at scale and American clean transportation jobs. The Chanje search includes multiple states near port facilities west of the Mississippi."
The Chanje V8070 will be equipped with a double motor (148 kW, 764 Nm) rear-wheel drive and a 7.2 kW on-board charger (with DC CCS Combo inlet also presented on the image). Top speed stands at 80 mph.
The price of the V8070 has yet to be disclosed.
Chanje V8070 — Specifications
Chanje V8070 Interior - Driver Side
Chanje V8070 Interior - Dashboard
Chanje V8070 Interior - Charging Screen
Chanje V8070 Interior - Touchscreen
Chanje V8070 Product - Battery
Press blast:
Introducing Chanje, A New Company Bringing Electric Mobility and Energy Solutions at Scale to the “Last Mile” Transportation Market.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 10, 2017 — Chanje, a California based commercial electric vehicle and energy solutions company, is poised to bring meaningful advancements to the medium-duty vehicle segment, providing commercial all electric vehicle (EV) transportation options at a previously unavailable scale and price.
Chanje will introduce a commercial all-electric truck available at mass scale in the U.S. market, a first for the industry. This initial medium-duty vehicle already has volume orders and will be delivered later this year. It is the only one of its kind designed from the ground up as an EV and purpose-built to be a long-life truck.
Bryan Hansel, CEO of Chanje, also announces today executive team additions with impressive pedigrees from within the automotive and clean energy industries:
— Ian Gardner, President - previously The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Duke Energy, Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator and others
— Joerg Sommer, Chief Operating Officer - previously SVP at Volkswagen, Daimler, Renault and others
— James Chen, VP and General Counsel - previously VP at Tesla, two of Washington, D.C.’s top law firms, the U.S. EPA and others
— Jeff Robinson, VP of Manufacturing - previously Tesla, Ford, Mazda, General Motors and others
— Suresh Jayanthi, VP of Energy Services - previously Schneider Electric and others
“The future of transportation is zero-emission, we expect commercial electric vehicles to become the norm soon,” Hansel said. “There is a tremendous opportunity for Chanje because no one else in the marketplace can meet a fleet customer’s demand for delivery of large numbers of high quality, commercial electric vehicles.”
Energy as a Service
Chanje will subsequently work with large fleet customers to provide renewable energy and charging capabilities as a turnkey service. Chanje’s goal is to support organizations as they transition to energy systems that are secure, stable, local, renewable and efficient. This will be in the form of a microgrid depot solution that is expected to include four components:
— Renewable Energy
— Charging Infrastructure
— Energy Storage
— Grid Services
Chanje is a privately held U.S. registered corporation with technology and investment from its co-founding partner, Hong Kong based FDG Electric Vehicles Limited. FDG Electric Vehicles Limited is a vertically integrated battery and electric vehicle manufacturer listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX:00729) that engages in (i) vehicle design and the design, manufacture and sale of electric vehicles; (ii) research and development, production and sale of lithium-ion batteries and related products; (iii) research and development, manufacture and sale of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries; and (iv) direct investment
In order to convert large North American commercial fleets to zero-emission as efficiently as possible, Chanje strategically chose to partner with FDG to leverage its technology and economies of scale . FDG and Chanje co-created the product. FDG brings immediate scale and OEM expertise in medium-duty EVs. Chanje has provided world class global expertise from the transportation sector, cutting-edge innovation engineering and a deep understanding of clean energy vehicle adoption.
FDG and other partners combined have invested nearly $1 billion USD in bringing the medium-duty EV to market.
Chanje is currently undergoing a site selection process for an assembly facility in the United States which will create both high-quality long-life electric vehicles at scale and American clean transportation jobs. The Chanje search includes multiple states near port facilities west of the Mississippi.
Chanje Products
“We have an opportunity to meaningfully overhaul the last mile industry and completely revolutionize how that facet of transportation impacts the environment,” said Hansel. “Medium duty electric trucks offer the biggest emissions saving potential of all vehicles because our products fit best where they are needed the most - in highly populated, dense urban centers where noise and air quality are a major concern.”
The first model is a commercial panel van with an increased payload and cargo capacity, equipped to haul up to 6,000 pounds, that is unrivaled in the industry. The average urban delivery route in the U.S. is 70 miles a day, making last mile delivery a perfect market for electric mobility.
Based on a single platform, global vehicle strategy, Chanje will subsequently introduce a full range of electric models including larger trucks and shuttle buses in a variety of lengths and capacities, all aimed at the urban vehicle segment.
In the coming weeks, Chanje will announce a major U.S. service, parts and distribution partnership that will provide an unparalleled foothold in the domestic market.
Ground-up Electric Design
Chanje vehicles are designed to be all-electric from the ground-up and developed to meet global quality and durability standards. A ground-up designed EV can be produced economically at scale and provides substantially improved safety, reliability, and energy efficiency. As a result, customers may see up to 70 percent lower maintenance costs and 70 percent savings in fuel costs versus a diesel equivalent.
The Chanje vehicles have demonstrated greater than 50 MPGe fuel economy in city and highway driving when tested by independent third-parties. MPGe or “miles per gallon equivalent” represents the average miles traveled per unit of energy consumed when compared to 1 gallon of fuel.
Innovation & Connectivity
The Chanje team is partnering with industry leaders in autonomous driving technology to implement the company’s autonomous strategy. Chanje has created intelligent connected vehicles with apps and touch screens to create a cleaner and more inviting interior experience. Vehicle connectivity and innovation offer other organizational benefits as well. Enhanced two-way communication and reporting reduce operating expenses and improve carbon footprint.
Traditional fleet systems infrequently ping vehicles for data and report only high level information, like top speed and location. Chanje is improving smart trucking by reporting real-time data to help organizations with route optimization, emissions calculation, energy consumption optimization, driver profile studies and reporting of service needs. Chanje will also make ongoing vehicle enhancements via remote software updates, which isn't commonplace in commercial vehicles today.
Environmental & Societal Impact
Chanje V8070 Interior - Ergonomics
Chanje sees an opportunity to dramatically reduce emissions from commercial vehicle traffic in urban centers as they have the highest concentration of dirty, noisy, diesel-burning trucks and buses.
Upgrading from a diesel truck to a Chanje medium-duty zero tailpipe emission electric truck will:
— Improve air quality as current diesel medium-duty vehicles account for 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector nationwide
— Save as much CO2 emissions as 20 acres of U.S. forest would absorb in one year.
— Reduce noise pollution in cities, neighborhoods and along roadways
— Increase driver health, safety, and satisfaction
— Allow accrual of battery storage capacity to establish a truly renewable energy supply for commercial transportation
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Electric vehicle batteries and stations for charging batteries
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1. An electric vehicle, comprising,an electric motor;
a main battery;
a receptacle slot integrated in the electric vehicle, the receptacle slot providing an electrical connection for providing power to the electric motor;
a battery having a first end that includes a handle and a second end that includes a connection for interfacing with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot of the vehicle when the battery is placed into the receptacle slot for electrical engagement;
the battery configured to store and supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle in addition to the main battery;
the battery is replaceable by taking the battery out of the receptacle slot and placing another battery into the receptacle slot to supply replenished charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle with said another battery;
wherein the battery and said another battery each have a respective handle that is accessible for enabling hand-removal and hand-placement of said battery and said another battery out of and into the receptacle slot;
a computer on-board the electric vehicle, the computer is interfaced with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot to obtain a level of charge of the battery present in the receptacle slot; and
a battery level indicator of the electric vehicle, the battery level indicator provides information regarding the level of charge of the battery in the receptacle slot.
An electric vehicle having an electric motor is provided. The electric vehicle having a receptacle slot integrated in the electric vehicle. The receptacle slot provides an electrical connection for providing power to the electric motor. A battery having an elongated form factor, where a first end of the elongated form factor includes a handle and a second end of the elongated form factor includes a connection for interfacing with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot of the vehicle, when the battery is slid into the receptacle slot for electrical engagement. The battery is configured to store and supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle and the battery is replaceable by sliding the battery out of the receptacle slot and sliding in another battery into the receptacle slot to further supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle with said another battery. The battery and said another battery each have a respective handle that is accessible for enabling hand-removal and hand-insertion of said battery and said another battery out of and into the receptacle slot. A computer on-board the electric vehicle is interfaced with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot to obtain a level of charge of the battery present in the receptacle slot. A battery level indicator of the electric vehicle provides information regarding the level of charge of the battery in the receptacle slot. A system for storing and charging batteries usable by the electric vehicle is further provided. In some examples, the batteries are additionally or alternatively recharged using green sources, such as wind or solar.
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2. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle is one of a two-wheel vehicle, or a three-wheel vehicle, or a four-wheel vehicle, or a motorcycle, or a car, or a truck, or a pickup, or a utility car, or a delivery vehicle, or an industrial vehicle.
3. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the connection for interfacing with the electrical connection is one of a direct contact between conductors or wireless charge interface.
4. The electric vehicle of claim 1, further comprising,an energy recovery system for capturing energy from braking functions of the electric vehicle, the energy recovery system configured to replenish at least some charge back to the battery or the main battery during use of the electric vehicle.
5. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the battery has a memory that stores data that comprises the level of charge, the computer of the electric vehicle is configured to interface with a portable device that enables remote communication with the electric vehicle to access information regarding the level of charge.
6. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle is a two-wheel vehicle having the receptacle slot disposed substantially between a front wheel and a rear wheel and below a seat location of said two-wheel vehicle.
7. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle is a two-wheel vehicle having the receptacle slot disposed behind a front wheel of the two-wheel vehicle, below a seat location of the two-wheel vehicle, such that the receptacle slot is one of a plurality of receptacle slots, and each of the receptacle slots is integrated as a compartment of the two-wheel vehicle.
8. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle is a two-wheel vehicle and the receptacle slot is defined as a compartment in the two-wheel vehicle, the battery has one of a tubular form factor, a rectangular form factor, or a cylinder form factor or an.
9. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle is a four-wheel vehicle and the receptacle slot is one of a plurality of receptacle slots formed as compartments of the four-wheel vehicle.
10. The electric vehicle of claim 9, wherein at least two slots of the plurality of receptacle slots are arranged side-by-side, such that the battery and another battery are individually and selectively hand-placeable into and hand-removable out of respective ones of the receptacle slots.
11. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the battery has an elongated form factor in a tubular form extending from the first end and the second end.
12. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the battery is configured for exchange at a kiosk station, the kiosk station is configured to hold one or more batteries for exchange with the battery, the kiosk station is configured to recharge the batteries.
13. The electric vehicle of claim 12, wherein the kiosk station is connected to electric power from one or more of a power grid, or a solar power system, or a wind power system, or a fossil fuel system, or a combination of two or more thereof.
14. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric vehicle is a commuter vehicle having access to one or more kiosk stations for exchanging said battery for a recharged battery, wherein a mobile application is used for communicating with the kiosk stations for determining availability of batteries for exchange.
15. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the battery is configured for use in powering other appliances other than the electric vehicle, the other appliances include one or more of home appliances, or mobile appliances, or recreational appliances, or general lighting equipment, or emergency lighting equipment, or charging power sources, or combinations of two or more thereof.
16. The electric vehicle of claim 1, wherein the battery is recharged in a carrier or a kiosk station, the charging of the battery is configured to occur upon receiving instructions to begin charging or during a period of a day where power costs are lower due to demand for power in a location where the charging is to occur.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/927,975, filed on Mar. 21, 2018, entitled “Exchangeable Batteries For Charging Batteries For Use By Electric Vehicles,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/683,286, filed on Aug. 22, 2017 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,925,882, issued on Mar. 27, 2018), entitled “Exchangeable Batteries For Use By Electric Vehicles,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/463,287, filed on Mar. 20, 2017 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,738,168, issued on Aug. 22, 2017), entitled “Cloud Access to Exchangeable Batteries for use by Electric Vehicles,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/191,506, filed on Jun. 23, 2016 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,597,973, issued on Mar. 21, 2017), entitled “Carrier for Exchangeable Batteries for use by Electric Vehicles,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/640,004, filed on Mar. 5, 2015 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,423,937, issued on Aug. 23, 2016), entitled “Vehicle Displays Systems and Methods for Shifting Content Between Displays,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/784,823, filed on Mar. 5, 2013 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,285,944, issued on Mar. 15, 2016), entitled “Methods and Systems for Defining Custom Vehicle User Interface Configurations and Cloud Services for Managing Applications for the User Interface and Learning Setting Functions,” which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/745,729, filed on Dec. 24, 2012, and entitled “Methods and Systems For Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging, Charging Systems, Internet Applications and User Notifications”, and which are herein incorporated by reference.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/640,004 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/452,882, filed Apr. 22, 2012 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,123,035, issued on Sep. 1, 2015), and entitled “Electric Vehicle (EV) Range Extending Charge Systems, Distributed Networks Of Charge Kiosks, And Charge Locating Mobile Apps”, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/478,436, filed on Apr. 22, 2011, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE EMBODIMENTS
The present invention relates to systems and methods that enable operators of electric vehicles (EV) to extend their range by utilizing auxiliary charging batteries. Also disclosed are vehicles and systems for defining a network of charge dispensing kiosks, and mobile applications for obtaining information about available dispensing kiosks, availability of charge, reservations for charge, and purchasing of charge remotely.
Electric vehicles have been utilized for transportation purposes and recreational purposes for quite some time. Electric vehicles require a battery that powers an electric motor, and in turn propels the vehicle in the desired location. The drawback with electric vehicles is that the range provided by batteries is limited, and the infrastructure available to users of electric vehicles is substantially reduced compared to fossil fuel vehicles. For instance, fossil fuel vehicles that utilize gasoline and diesel to operate piston driven motors represent a majority of all vehicles utilized by people around the world. Consequently, fueling stations are commonplace and well distributed throughout areas of transportation, providing for easy refueling at any time. For this reason, fossil fuel vehicles are generally considered to have unlimited range, provided users refuel before their vehicles reach empty.
On the other hand, owners of electric vehicles must carefully plan their driving routes and trips around available recharging stations. For this reason, many electric vehicles on the road today are partially electric and partially fossil fuel burning. For those vehicles that are pure electric, owners usually rely on charging stations at their private residences, or specialty recharging stations. However specialty recharging stations are significantly few compared to fossil fuel stations. In fact, the scarcity of recharging stations in and around populated areas has caused owners of electric vehicles to coin the phrase “range anxiety,” to connote the possibility that their driving trips may be limited in range, or that the driver of the electric vehicle will be stranded without recharging options. It is this problem of range anxiety that prevents more than electric car enthusiasts from switching to pure electric cars, and abandoning their expensive fossil fuel powered vehicles.
It is in this context that embodiments of the invention arise.
Embodiments are described with reference to methods and systems for providing auxiliary charging mechanisms that can be integrated or coupled to a vehicle, to supplement the main battery of a vehicle. The auxiliary charging mechanism can be in the form of an auxiliary battery compartment that can receive a plurality of charged batteries. The auxiliary battery compartment can be charged without the vehicle, and can be installed or placed in the vehicle to provide supplemental charge to the vehicles main battery. Thus, if the main battery becomes drained/used, the auxiliary battery compartment, having a plurality of charged batteries, can resume providing charge to the vehicle.
In one embodiment, the auxiliary battery compartment is configured to hold a plurality of smaller batteries, referred to herein as “volt bars.” A volt bar should also be interchangeably viewed to be a “charge unit.” The charge unit is a physical structure that holds charge, as does a battery. A charge unit can also be a fraction of charge, which may be contained in a physical structure.
Broadly speaking, a volt bar is a battery that can be inserted into an auxiliary battery carrier. The auxiliary battery carrier, or compartment, can be lifted by human and placed into a vehicle, such as the trunk of the vehicle. The auxiliary charging carrier can then be removed from the vehicle to provide charge to the volt bars contained within the auxiliary battery carrier. For instance, owners of electric vehicles can purchase an auxiliary battery carrier and fill the auxiliary battery carrier with a plurality of volt bars.
In one embodiment, an electric vehicle having an electric motor is provided. The electric vehicle having a receptacle slot integrated in the electric vehicle. The receptacle slot provides an electrical connection for providing power to the electric motor. A battery having an elongated form factor, where a first end of the elongated form factor includes a handle and a second end of the elongated form factor includes a connection for interfacing with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot of the vehicle, when the battery is slid into the receptacle slot for electrical engagement. The battery is configured to store and supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle and the battery is replaceable by sliding the battery out of the receptacle slot and sliding in another battery into the receptacle slot to further supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle with said another battery. The battery and said another battery each have a respective handle that is accessible for enabling hand-removal and hand-insertion of said battery and said another battery out of and into the receptacle slot. A computer on-board the electric vehicle is interfaced with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot to obtain a level of charge of the battery present in the receptacle slot. A battery level indicator of the electric vehicle provides information regarding the level of charge of the battery in the receptacle slot. A system for storing and charging batteries usable by the electric vehicle is further provided. In some examples, the batteries are additionally or alternatively recharged using green sources, such as wind or solar.
In one embodiment, an electric vehicle including an electric motor is provided. The electric vehicle having a receptacle slot integrated in the electric vehicle, and the receptacle slot providing a connection for providing power to the electric motor. A battery is configured for sliding into the receptacle slot to enable electrical engagement of the battery with the connection when in the receptacle slot. The battery is further configured for sliding out of the receptacle slot to remove the battery from electrical engagement with the connection. The battery is configured to store and supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle. The battery is replaceable by sliding the battery out of the receptacle slot and sliding in another battery into the receptacle slot to further supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle with said another battery. The battery and said another battery each have a respective portion that is accessible for enabling its hand-removal and hand-insertion out of and into the receptacle slot. A computer is on-board the electric vehicle. The computer is interfaced with the connection of the receptacle slot to obtain a level of charge of the battery present in the receptacle slot. A battery level indicator of the electric vehicle is provided. The battery level indicator configured to provide information regarding the level of charge of the battery in the receptacle slot.
In one embodiment, a battery carrier is for batteries used in electric vehicles, is provided. The battery carrier has a housing with a plurality of slots. Each of the slots is configured to receive a battery that is configured for hand-insertion and hand-removal from the battery carrier. Each slot and each battery has a form factor that is dimensioned to at least partially fit within ones of the slots. A plurality of electrical connectors are provided, and each electrical connector is disposed inside respective ones of the slots and each electrical connector is configured to mate with an electrical connector of the battery when present in a slot of the plurality of slots and each electrical connector is configured to provide power transfer between a power source to which the battery carrier is connected and a battery when present in one of the slots. The battery carrier includes electronics that include communication circuitry for connecting to a server over a network and circuitry for communicating with batteries when present in slots of the battery carrier to identify a level of charge. The communication circuitry is used to provide information regarding a level of charge of a battery when present in one of the slots and to enable identification of availability. The battery carrier further includes a power outlet cable for connecting the battery carrier to a power source.
In another embodiment, a battery carrier for batteries used in electric vehicles is disclosed. The battery carrier includes a housing having a plurality of slots, and each of the slots is configured to receive a battery that is configured for hand-insertion and hand-removal from the battery carrier. Each slot and each battery has a form factor that is dimensioned to at least partially fit within ones of the slots. A plurality of electrical connectors is also provided. Each electrical connector is disposed inside respective ones of the slots and each electrical connector is configured to mate with an electrical connector of the battery when present in a slot of the plurality of slots and each electrical connector is configured to provide power transfer between a power source to which the battery carrier is connected and a battery when present in one of the slots. Further provided is electronics integrated with the battery carrier. The electronics include communications logic for connecting to a network and logic for communicating with batteries when present in slots of the battery carrier to identify a level of charge. The communications logic is configured to communicate with a server that obtains information regarding the level of charge of batteries present in the battery carrier. The server is configured to process requests from user accounts to find batteries having availability for use by an electric vehicle. The server is configured to enable reservation for at least one battery of the battery carrier via a user account.
In one embodiment, a system is for managing a supply of batteries for powering an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes a battery carrier for holding a plurality of batteries. The battery carrier is connectable to a power source and the pluralities of batteries are rechargeable and replaceable into and out of the battery carrier. The battery carrier includes slots for receiving the plurality of batteries and control systems for communicating over a network. The control systems are configured for identifying presence of batteries in the slots of the battery carrier and charge level of batteries present in the slots. The system further includes a server that communicates over the network with the control systems of the battery carrier. The server is part of a cloud system that manages access to user accounts. The user accounts are accessible via applications executed on user devices. The cloud system is configured to collect information regarding the presence of batteries in the slots of the battery carrier and information regarding the charge level of batteries present in the slots. The cloud system is configured to respond to a request from a user account to identify batteries that are available in the battery carrier based on information obtained by the server from the control systems of the battery carrier. The cloud system is configured to identify the battery carrier, identify a geo-location of the battery carrier, and identify availability of any one of the batteries present in the battery carrier.
In another embodiment, the user will charge all of the volt bars by charging the auxiliary battery carrier before the auxiliary battery carrier is placed into the vehicle. In one embodiment, the auxiliary battery carrier, and its volt bars can be charged utilizing the charge provided from the main battery. For instance, if the vehicle is charged overnight utilizing the primary charging receptacle, and the auxiliary battery carrier is connected to the vehicle (containing volt bars), the volt bars in the auxiliary battery carrier will also be charged. In one embodiment, once the main battery and the vehicle are charged, the charge will then be transferred to the volt bars contained in the auxiliary battery carrier. As such, charging the vehicle will accomplish the task of charging the main battery as well as the auxiliary battery carrier that includes a plurality of volt bars. In another embodiment, the volt bars can be directly inserted into slots defined on the vehicle itself. In this example, manufacturers will design compartments that can accept one or more volt bars, thus eliminating the need for an auxiliary battery carrier. The compartments can be on the side of a vehicle with or without a door, in the trunk, in the passenger compartment, etc. So long as volt bars can be accepted into a receptacle and the volt bar(s) can provide charge to the vehicle or axillary charge to the main battery, the placement of the volt bar(s) is, in one embodiment, a design configuration.
In one embodiment, the volt bars utilized in the auxiliary battery carrier can be replaced with fresh batteries purchased while the user of the electric vehicle is on a trip or a distance from the user's home base. For instance, volt bars can be sold utilizing a kiosk system. The kiosk system would, in one embodiment, store available volt bars that can be purchased by drivers of electric vehicles while away from their home base. For example, the kiosk system will provide one or a plurality of receptacles for receiving volt bars that are depleted in charge, and dispense charged volt bars to users desiring to extend the range of their trip. The kiosk, in one embodiment, will be coupled to a power source that can then recharge the volt bars and make them available to other users that trade in their charge de-pleaded volt bars.
If the user wishes to purchase a volt bar without first returning a charged the depleted volt bar, the user can be charged a separate fee that is higher than if the user had returned a depleted volt bar. The kiosk system would preferably be connected to the Internet so that users of electric vehicles could access an application that would identify locations of kiosk systems with available volt bars. In one embodiment, the application would include software that communicates with an application sitting in a central hub that manages all of the kiosk systems deployed in the field. The kiosk systems will also report the status of available volt bars, volt bars returned and in charging mode, available charging slots, inventory of volt bars, discounts available at particular kiosk systems, and potential damage to volt bars that have been returned. By compiling this information, the kiosk system can interface with the central hub, which provides information to users accessing an Internet application (mobile application), so that users can locate the closest kiosk system or the closest kiosk system having discounts.
In one embodiment, the discounts provided by the specific kiosk systems can be programmed based on the desire to sell more volt bars at certain kiosk systems with excess inventory, or to encourage virtual routing of volt bars throughout geographic regions. For example, if trends are detected by software operating on the central hub that volt bars are migrating from East to West, a depleted inventory may be found in the East. To encourage load-balancing of inventory, discounts can be provided in the West, which would then cause migration of volt bars toward the east. In one embodiment, each of the kiosk systems would be enabled with software that communicates with the central hub, and the software would be utilized to provide the most efficient information regarding inventory, and operational statistics of each kiosk system deployed throughout a geographic region (e.g., geo-location)
In another embodiment, each kiosk system may be configured with an interface that receives payment data from the users. Example payment receipts may include credit card swiping interfaces, touchscreens for facilitating Internet payment options (PayPal), coupon verification, and communication of deals with friends through a social networking application. These applications can be facilitated by software operating at the kiosk station, or by software executing on the users mobile device, or a combination of both. In still another embodiment, each of the volt bars that are installed in the various kiosk stations will be tracked using tracking identifiers. In one embodiment, without limitation, the tracking can be facilitated using RFID tags. The RFID tags can be tracked as users purchase, return, and charge the depleted volt bars at the various kiosk stations.
Additionally, the volt bars will include memory for storing information regarding number of charges, the health of the battery cells, the current charging levels, and other information. Additionally, the volt bars can store information regarding the various kiosk stations that the volt bars have been previously been installed in, or received from. All of this information can be obtained by the software running at the kiosk station, and communicated to the central hub. The central hub can therefore use this information to monitor the health of the various volt bars and can inject new volt bars into the system at various locations when it is detected that the inventory is reaching its end of life.
In still another embodiment, the central hub can direct maintenance vehicles to remove damaged volt bars from kiosks, or insert new volt bars at certain kiosk locations. Because the central hub will know the frequency of volt bar utilization at each of the kiosk locations, the central hub can dispatch maintenance vehicles and personnel to the most optimal location in the network of kiosk stations.
In another embodiment, a system for providing auxiliary charge to a main battery of an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes an auxiliary battery for holding a plurality of charge units, the auxiliary battery being connectable to the main battery of the electric vehicle, the plurality of charge units being rechargeable and being replaceable from within the auxiliary battery, such that replacing particular ones of the plurality of charge units with charge units with more charge increases a total charge of the auxiliary battery. Also provided is a kiosk for storing a plurality of charge units, the kiosk having, (i) slots for storing and recharging the plurality of charge units; (ii) control systems for communicating over a network, the control system includes logic for identifying inventory of charging units in the kiosk and logic for processing payments and fee adjustments for charge units provided or received in the slots of the kiosk. The system also includes a display for providing an interface for enabling transactions to provide or receive charge units to customers. The system further provides a central processing center that communicates with, (i) a plurality of said kiosk over a network, the central processing center configured to provide for centralized rate changes to prices to charge for the charge units at each of the plurality of kiosks, wherein changing the price of the charge units is specific to each of the kiosks and is based on a plurality of metrics, including availability at each kiosk and discounts, and (ii) a plurality of vehicles, the plurality of vehicles being provided with access to availability information of charge units at each of said kiosks, the availability information being custom provided to the plurality of vehicles based on geo-location.
Another embodiment is for a method for providing charge options to drivers of electric vehicles. The method includes receiving data concerning charge providing availability from charge locations, receiving a request from processing logic of an electric vehicle, the request identifying a desire to obtain charge, and determining a current location of the electric vehicle. The method further includes determining identification of charge locations in proximity to the electric vehicle and determining any sponsored rewards offered by the charge locations. The method communicates to the electric vehicle a path to one of the charge locations, the path identifying a sponsored reward offered at the charge location for the path.
Yet another embodiment, a computer processed method for providing charge options to drivers of electric vehicles is provided. The electric vehicles have wireless access to a computer network. The method includes receiving data concerning charge providing availability from charge locations and receiving data concerning sponsored rewards offered by the charge locations and rules for offering the sponsored rewards. The method receives a request from processing logic of an electric vehicle, and the request identifies a desire to obtain charge in route between a current location of the vehicle and a destination location. The method includes generating a plurality of paths that can be traversed by the electric vehicle between the current location and the destination location, where each of the paths identify possible charge locations at which the electric vehicle can be charged. Each of the possible charge locations identifying any sponsored rewards offered if the electric vehicle obtains charge at the possible charge locations. The method includes forwarding the plurality of paths as options to the user of the electric vehicle via a user interface. The sponsored rewards are identified to the user to enable tradeoffs between length of path and reward obtained.
In still other embodiments, electric vehicles that use replaceable and exchangeable batteries, applications for communicating with a service that provides access to kiosks of batteries, and methods and systems for finding charged batteries, reserving batteries, and paying for use of the batteries, are disclosed. One example is an electric vehicle having an electric motor and at least two receptacle slots formed in the electric vehicle. The receptacle slots having at least one connection to the electric motor and at least two batteries configured for hand-insertion into the receptacle slots to enable electrical engagement of the batteries with the at least one connection when disposed in the receptacle slots and each of the batteries are further configured for hand-removal out of the receptacle slots. The vehicle further includes wireless communication circuitry configured for wireless communication between the electric vehicle and a device when linked for wireless communication with an application of the device. A computer on-board the electric vehicle is interfaced with the wireless communications circuitry and is configured to interface with the batteries via the connection to the receptacle slots to access a level of charge of the batteries present in the receptacle slots to enable data regarding the level of charge to be accessed by the application. A display panel of the electric vehicle is configured to display information regarding the level of charge of the batteries in the receptacle slots.
The invention may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates a broad embodiment of a vehicle having a main battery and an auxiliary battery carrier, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a more detailed picture of the auxiliary battery carrier, designed to receive one or more batteries (volt bars), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates a detailed block diagram of a vehicle interfaced with an auxiliary battery carrier, and interfaced directly with a main battery of the vehicle while being interfaced with a CPU, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a detailed diagram of a vehicle having a main battery that is replaceable or rechargeable, and interfaced with an auxiliary battery carrier, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 illustrates another detailed diagram of a main battery of the vehicle, partitioned into a plurality of segments, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 illustrates a main battery of a vehicle capable of being interfaced with an auxiliary battery carrier that can receive volt bars, and can be interfaced to a power source, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment where the main battery is interfaced with the auxiliary battery carrier, and a CPU controls the flow of charge between the two, depending on their level of charge, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 illustrates another embodiment where the main battery of the vehicle is being directly charged, and the auxiliary battery is charged once the CPU detects that the main battery has been fully charged, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 illustrates an embodiment where the auxiliary battery is triggered to start being accessed by the main battery once the main battery reaches a particular depletion level, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 illustrates another embodiment where the main battery and the auxiliary battery are each capable of providing power to a motor directly, without transferring charge between either of the batteries, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 illustrates an embodiment of the volt bar (battery) that is dimensionally sized to fit within a slot of the auxiliary battery carrier, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 illustrates the auxiliary battery carrier with a plurality of slots capable of receiving one or more volt bars that will be charged once placed in one of the slots, in accordance one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13a illustrates a kiosk system that can receive volt bars in a used condition (depleted), can charge depleted volt bars to a suitable charge level, and can dispense fully charged volt bars from the kiosk (referred to herein as a volt box), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13b illustrates a detailed diagram of the face panel of the kiosk system of FIG. 13a, which represents one example interface of the kiosk, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13c illustrates one example form factor of a battery service module, that can output or receive volt bars in a service station environment (potentially alongside a conventional fossil fuel pump or nearby location), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13d illustrates an example battery service kiosk that can be expandable in a modular form by adding or subtracting kiosk units to satisfy demand at particular locations, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13e illustrates one example logic diagram for processing battery data associated with batteries received at the kiosk, batteries dispensed at the kiosk, and associated payment transactions, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14a illustrates one embodiment of an interface including a plurality of indicators at a volt box, that can receive and dispense volt bars for use by electric vehicles (in auxiliary battery carriers, or pre-manufactured slots in the vehicle), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14b illustrates another embodiment of a volt box (kiosk location) that additionally includes one or more charging cables that can be directly connected to an electric vehicles plug for efficient recharging at a remote location away from the user's base location (home), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 illustrates an embodiment where in auxiliary battery carrier can be charged from any number of sources, and the volt bars can be used to charge and power any number of electric vehicles, or electric equipment, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 16a illustrates one embodiment of the present invention that allows for volt box location (kiosk location) tracking of inventory and tracking of movement of volt bars among the various kiosk locations (defining the service network), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 16b illustrates another embodiment where volt box locations can be in communication with a central hub, where the central hub collects information regarding the number of empty, ready, charged, and otherwise utilized volt bars that can be purchased/rented by users at the volt box (kiosk) locations, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 illustrates an example data structure and data communication transferred between a central hub and a volt box, and periodic automatic push-update of volt box memory data, in accordance one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 18 illustrates another embodiment of a data structure (providing data) to a hub processing center (that communicates with full box stations) and the exchange of information, such as reservation data, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment, the hub is a type of central processing center, and the central processing center can have one or more processing systems and the systems can be localized or distributed and interconnected in any location in the world.
FIG. 19 illustrates another embodiment of a mobile/network reservation transaction and the transfer of data between the mobile application, the hub processing center, and the memory of a volt box (computing system managing the kiosk), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20a illustrates an embodiment of logic that tracks information regarding the status of volt bars in the various kiosk stations, interfacing with mobile smart phone applications, load-balancing algorithms, and service route information, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20b illustrates an example data exchange between a volt box and the central hub for periodic updates, exception alerts and database updating including but not limited to load balancing and heat-map schemas, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20c illustrates an example data structure used in the processing, action, reply and logging of action requests from volt boxes in the field in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20d describes one method of incentive driven virtual load balancing and rebalancing of volt bars in a given network of volt boxes in given regions, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 21 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to exchange volt bars where the number of return volt bars equal the requested volt bars, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 22 illustrates one method of purchase and volt bar dispensing as requested in FIG. 21, communication of volt bar with volt box and damage detection with transaction results transmitted to the central hub, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 23 illustrates one method of volt box-to-volt box reservation with pre-payment and reservation completion through the central hub, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 24 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to purchase volt bars without exchange, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 26 illustrates one method of volt box-to-volt box reservation for the requested transaction in FIG. 24 with pre-payment and reservation completion through the central hub, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 27 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to purchase volt bars with an un-even volt bar exchange, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 30 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to return volt bars for deposit refund, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 31 illustrates one method of volt bar return where the volt box used for return validates the number of volt bars requested to be returned, the condition of each volt bar tendered, validity of volt bar ownership as well as the calculation of refund, deposit of refund and service requests along with transaction results transmitted to the central hub, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 32 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to purchase charging time at a volt box location, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 34 illustrates one method of volt box location charge time purchase, visual user cues and central hub update procedure, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 35 illustrates and example instance of a computer or mobile application used for two way communication, administration, metric analysis, commerce gateway, loyalty reward status and administration among other customizable functionality working in conjunction with the volt box network and central hub as viewed by the user and dependent on details of the user's account, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 36A-36C illustrate example locations for placing an auxiliary battery in a vehicle and communication with an existing vehicle or one retrofitted to receive additional batteries of varying sizes or form factors, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 37A-C illustrates internet cloud processing for route generation and charge availability, for vehicles (or internet connected devices) that connect to the cloud (e.g., network processing connected to the internet and storage), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 38 illustrates an example system that monitors systems and data associated with a vehicle, and methods and systems for processing such information to provide live interactive data for informed decision making, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment, the system of FIG. 38 can access rich data, including data from systems that collect operational information. Such operational information is sometimes referred to as a vehicles “black box.” Thus, the data is not limited to black box data, but also data obtained from the Internet, data input by the user and data collected from car manufacturers and social networks.
FIGS. 39 and 40 illustrate examples of a paths taken by electric vehicles and options for receiving charge along that paths, the paths can be sponsored or not sponsored, and metrics concerning the paths are provided to drivers of the EVs, and the charge can be either connections to charge stations (for conventional charging of the native vehicle battery) or stocking/restocking of volt bars to augment the native battery or both, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
Embodiments are described methods and systems for providing auxiliary charging mechanisms that can be integrated or coupled to a vehicle, to supplement the main battery of a vehicle. The auxiliary charging mechanism can be in the form of an auxiliary battery compartment that can receive a plurality of charged batteries. The auxiliary battery compartment can be charged with or without the vehicle, and can be installed or placed in the vehicle to provide supplemental charge to the vehicles main battery. Thus, if the main battery becomes depleted, the auxiliary battery compartment, having a plurality of charged batteries, can resume providing charge to the vehicle.
FIG. 1 illustrates a broad embodiment of a vehicle having a main battery and an auxiliary battery carrier, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, a vehicle 10 is provided with a main battery 14. Main battery 14 can be installed in any configuration on a vehicle, and as shown, the main battery 14 is preferably installed near a lower section of vehicle 10. Installation of the battery 14 near the lower section (i.e., underneath section) will enable automated handling for replacement of main battery 14. For example, main battery 14 may be removed by automated handling equipment when vehicle 10 reaches a battery replacement location, or shop.
Alternatively, main battery 14 can be placed in any location suitable for ergonomic placement on, attached, or integrated with body structures of vehicle 10. Although vehicle 10 is illustrated to be a car, vehicle 10 can take on any configuration such as, a sports car, a utility car, a truck, a pickup, an industrial vehicle, a delivery vehicle, a 3 wheeled vehicle, a 2 wheeled vehicle, etc. In one embodiment, vehicle 10 can be a 100% electric vehicle, a partial electric vehicle and fossil fuel powered vehicle (hybrid), or variations thereof.
Vehicle 10 is illustrated with a charging port 17 that couples to main battery 14. Charging port 17 will enable standardized charging of vehicle 10 at designated charging stations, such as power charger 18. Power charger 18 can be installed at the vehicles home-base, or can be installed at various locations designated for charging for a fee.
In one embodiment, an auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be inserted into a compartment of the vehicle 10 and is configured for electrical connection to main battery 14. Auxiliary battery carrier 16, in one embodiment, is configured to be placed into the compartment by a human, and is configured with suitable handles for lifting the auxiliary battery carrier 16 into and out of vehicle 10. The handles can be provided on the sides of auxiliary battery carrier 16 to provide for an ergonomic lifting procedure of the auxiliary battery carrier 16 into and out of vehicle 10.
Still further, the auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be provided with wheels and a handle, so that the unit can be pulled on wheels, similar to travel luggage transport systems. For instance, the handle can be compressed or slid into a side of the auxiliary battery carrier, and when transport is needed, the handle can be extended out to allow pulling, as facilitated by wheels attached to the bottom of the auxiliary battery carrier 16.
Auxiliary battery carrier 16 may be coupled to a power charger 18 before being placed into vehicle 10. As noted above, power charger 18 can be located at the vehicle user's home or can be located at any distributed charging location throughout the globe.
In one embodiment, auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be charged by plugging a receptacle into a common wall outlet, and allowing the auxiliary battery carrier 16 to charge all volt bars 20 contained in the auxiliary battery carrier 16 for a period of time. In one embodiment, the auxiliary battery carrier 16 can also itself include a battery cell that is rechargeable with sufficient voltage charge. In this embodiment, the auxiliary battery carrier 16 can provide charge to the vehicle 10 even when no volt bars 20 are contained within the auxiliary battery carrier 16. In another embodiment, the auxiliary battery carrier 16 will not include a battery cell, and all charge storage will be held in the respective volt bars 20 installed therein.
Auxiliary battery carrier 16, in one embodiment, can be defined from molded plastic with molded handles for ease of handling and protection of the volt bars contain therein. The molded plastic is configured, in one embodiment, to provide a rugged cushioning to the auxiliary battery carrier 16 in case of accidental dropping, accidental impacts, and overall rigidity. The molded plastic can, in one embodiment include cushioning on the exterior surfaces, and may include a lid for enclosing the volt bars 20 contained therein. As will be shown below, the auxiliary battery carrier 16 can also include plugs, cables, and interfaces for allowing interconnection with charging outlets, and interfaces with vehicle 10.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, auxiliary battery carrier 16 is electrically coupled to main battery 14. This illustration is, in one embodiment a logical connection between auxiliary battery 16 and main battery 14. Thus, it will be understood that the electric connection between the auxiliary battery carrier 16 and the main battery 14 can take on any configuration. Interconnections can be by way of receptacles built into vehicle 10 in the vicinity of auxiliary battery carrier 16. Interconnections can be by way of extension wires or cables that coupled to or adjacent to the charging port 17. Interconnections can be by way of circuit panel plugs that interconnect to circuitry.
Broadly speaking, the circuitry can include, in one embodiment, central processing units, logic, memory, and other electrical and/or computing modules to enable interconnections between auxiliary battery carrier 16 and main battery 14. Additionally, software can control interfaces between auxiliary battery carrier 16 and main battery 14, such as to detect the presence of auxiliary battery carrier 16, control the transfer of voltage between the auxiliary battery carrier 16 and the main battery 14, or the electric motor of vehicle 10, and to interface with electronics, modules, and communication devices that may be integrated within the auxiliary battery carrier 16.
Accordingly, it should be understood that auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be removed from vehicle 10 for charging, can be charged on vehicle 10, can be interconnected to vehicle 10, can be interconnected to standard charging port 17, and can be refilled with auxiliary batteries (volt bars) with refresh charges to extend the life of charge provided by auxiliary battery carrier 16. Thus, the placement of auxiliary battery carrier 16 on the vehicle 10 can take on any configuration, depending on the definition of the vehicle and its available storage compartments or location suitable for supporting the auxiliary battery carrier 16.
In one embodiment, the main battery 14 and the batteries that define the volt bars 20 can be constructed using any number of battery technologies, or technologies that can store charge or energy. Additionally, main battery 14 can be configured in any number of formats, and can be integrated in any portion of a vehicle. In one embodiment, any portion of the vehicle can be converted into an electric storage compartment. For example, parts of a vehicle's floorboard can define the electric storage compartment, and thus may act as main battery 14. In another embodiment, the outer shell or frame of the vehicle can be integrated with cavities or structures that are suited for storing electric power.
Thus, although main battery 14 is shown as a single unit, the placement and distribution on the vehicle can vary. Furthermore, the main battery 14 can work in conjunction with a hybrid system, which enables charging of the main battery 14 during use of the system. Charging in the hybrid vehicle can be by way of collection of energy from braking functions, or the like. Other ways of collecting energy can be by way of collecting energy from the use of the vehicle's shock absorbers. As a vehicle traverses terrain, the vehicle's shocks absorb energy and/or resist movement. These types of energy collection systems can, in one embodiment, be recollected to the main battery 14 or can be transferred to the auxiliary batteries of the vehicle.
The control of such transfer can be managed by an on-board computer and controlled by a processor. In another embodiment, the control can be carried out dynamically from a remote location. For instance, the vehicle can be connected to the internet. If local conditions change, such as the weather or type of terrain being traversed, the vehicle can be automatically controlled to transfer or collect energy from certain systems, which can be prioritized over others. Still further, solar cells on vehicles can also be configured to collect energy and such solar cells can be controlled to transfer energy to either the main battery 14 or the auxiliary battery carrier 16.
It should be understood that in addition to standard battery technology, storage of electric energy can also be accomplished using alternate or emerging technologies. One such technology is referred to as ultra-capacitor technology. Broadly speaking, an ultra-capacitor is a device for the efficient storage of power. An ultra-capacitor is also known as a double-layer capacitor, which polarizes an electrolytic solution to store energy electrostatically. Even though it is an electrochemical device, no chemical reactions are involved in its energy storage mechanism. This mechanism is highly reversible, and allows the ultra-capacitor to be charged and discharged hundreds of thousands of times. An ultra-capacitor also has a lifetime that is greater than conventional batteries, and is resistant to changes in temperature, shock, overcharging, and provides for rapid charging. These types of batteries also require less maintenance than conventional batteries and are more environmentally friendly because they lack common toxic chemicals utilized in standard batteries.
It is anticipated that charge storage technology will continue to improve over time to provide additional charge capacity, lighter weight, and smaller form factors. As such improvements continue to evolve, the embodiments described herein which refer to “batteries,” should be broadly construed to include any type of electric fuel storage.
FIG. 2 illustrates a more detailed picture of the auxiliary battery carrier, designed to receive one or more batteries (volt bars), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, auxiliary battery carrier 16 can include a number of slots that are defined for receiving volt bars 20. Volt bars 20 will include charge receptacles (not shown) that will mate with complementary receptacles defined within the auxiliary battery carrier 16. Thus, charge can be transferred from volt bar 20 and auxiliary battery carrier 16 once inserted within the slots of auxiliary battery carrier 16.
It should be understood that any number of volt bar's 20 can be installed in an auxiliary battery carrier 16. The larger the auxiliary battery carrier 16 becomes, the heavier the carrier will be for human lifting and installation. If the auxiliary battery carrier 16 is designed for commercial purposes, auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be defined to have a larger footprint, and can be installed using suitable machinery. For example, auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be defined for use in construction vehicles, and the number of volt bars 20 capable of being installed in a larger auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be numerous. To handle the increase in weight, specialized vehicles, or standard construction vehicles (e.g. forklifts) can be used to lift auxiliary battery carrier 16 into and out of vehicle 10. Thus, the size of auxiliary battery carrier 16 is modular, and can be made to receive more or less volt bars 20. In still another embodiment, the size of volt bars 20 can be varied, such that larger sized volt bars 20 can be inserted into a suitably sized auxiliary battery carrier 16 having associated slots.
In still another embodiment, the volt bars 20 can be designed in ultra large-size capacity. The ultra large-size can be configured for installation into a large container. The large container can be, for example, a typical shipping container converted into a power source. The shipping container can then be delivered to specific sites for use at special events, construction sites, or the power special equipment at office space locations. The modular construction of a large container having volt bars 20 can then be managed by a separate distribution system that allows users to request and have delivered specific large containers with suitable battery capacity for the desired tasks.
In one embodiment, auxiliary battery carrier 16 can include an antenna 15. Antenna 15 can be configured to communicate with electronics and software/firmware of auxiliary battery carrier 16. Antenna 15 can be used to allow auxiliary battery carrier 16 to communicate with a remote server over the Internet, and report the status of auxiliary battery carrier 16. For example, if a user driving vehicle 10 experiences a decrease charged in main battery 14, and an associated decrease charge in auxiliary battery carrier 16, auxiliary battery carrier 16 can include firmware/hardware/software that will enable communication to a central hub.
The central hub can then generate a message that will be communicated to the driver of vehicle 10. The message can include an identification of the closest kiosk that has suitable volt bars 20 that can be purchased to replenish depleted contained in auxiliary battery carrier 16. The user can also be provided with messages that identify special deals for obtaining volt bars, and deals for exchanging depleted volt bars. In one embodiment, the message can be communicated to the user's smart phone, a display panel on vehicle 10, or other personal electronics of the user. Communication between auxiliary battery carrier 16 and the devices utilized by the user to receive messages can be managed using any number of protocols, such as Wi-Media, near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, radio communication, wired communication, etc.
Vehicle 12 can include a number of standard components, as well as components for interfacing with the auxiliary battery carrier 16. As shown, the vehicle can be provided with charge via a power charger 18 by connection to charging port 17. Main battery 14 is connected to auxiliary battery carrier 16 by way of a power interface 29. In one embodiment, data interface 22 is associated with each Main battery 14 and auxiliary battery 16. Data interface 22 provides the link by which a central processing unit (CPU) 31 can communicate with main battery 14 and the auxiliary battery carrier 16. For purposes of general description, it should be understood that CPU 31 can be defined in any number of form factors and configurations.
For instance, CPU 31 can be part of a digital signal processor, a printed circuit board with circuitry, general logic, logic and memory, firmware, or circuitry that can sense the status of the main battery 14 and auxiliary battery carrier 16, and can communicate data to other modules or circuitry. Broadly speaking, some link or interconnection is provided between main battery 22 and auxiliary battery carrier 16, so that appropriate interfaces can be made between the batteries, in one embodiment of the present invention. Power interface 29 can provide the interface for exchanging charge between the charge contained in ancillary battery carrier 16 and the main battery 14, as will be described in more detail below. Auxiliary battery carrier 16 is shown capable of receiving a plurality of volt bars 20, and can be equipped with an antenna 15 for communicating with a remote server or with circuitry/software of vehicle 12.
Continuing with the description of components that may be part of an electric vehicle 12, a motor controller 30 is shown interfacing with main battery 14. Motor controller 30 be shown interfacing with electric motor 30, and electric motor 30 is shown interfacing with transmission 34. Transmission 34 is shown interfacing with differential 36, which interfaces with the wheels 38.
The general description of components/parts of vehicle 12 are provided as exemplary components only, and shall not limit other configurations of electric vehicles that may include additional components/parts or omit certain components/parts. In general, vehicle 12 should be configured with sufficient components and infrastructure to enable main battery 14 and/or auxiliary battery carrier 16 (and volt bars 20) to provide power to vehicle 12 to enable propulsion in the desired direction.
As shown, FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment where the main battery of a vehicle can be replaced from a location defined under the vehicle. The main battery 14 can be coupled to the auxiliary battery carrier 16 by way of power interface 29. Power interface 29 is also coupled to the motor controller 30 that interfaces with the electric motor 32 of the vehicle. As shown, the volt bars 20 are independently chargeable and can be hand insertable and removed from the auxiliary battery carrier 16, depending on the needs of the vehicle.
Also illustrated is antenna 15 that can be integrated with the auxiliary battery carrier 16 for communication of status associated with auxiliary battery carrier 16. It is noted herein that antenna 15, being coupled to the auxiliary battery carrier 16 allows for independent communication by the auxiliary battery carrier 16, separate from any communication being performed by the vehicles electronics or communication systems.
By separating these two communications systems, it is possible for communication between the auxiliary battery carrier and distributed hubs that managed the availability of volt bars throughout the network, without interference by communications systems of the vehicle. Additionally, by separating the communications systems of auxiliary battery carrier 16 from the vehicle, it is possible for the auxiliary battery carrier 16 to independently communicate with the central hub when the auxiliary battery carrier is in or out of the vehicle.
FIG. 5 illustrates another detailed diagram of a main battery of the vehicle, partitioned into a plurality of segments, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the main battery 14 of the vehicle 12 is partitioned into a plurality of insertable and removable battery segments 14a-14d. Although only four segments are shown, it is possible for the partitioning to be performed in any number of segments. By segmenting the main battery, it is possible for a battery charge detector and selecter to replace only those segments that need replacing.
For example, if the vehicle 12 drives into a battery changing station, the battery changing station can have a system of replacement actuators 52a-52d, which can connect to the various main battery segments 14, and facilitate removal and replacement with a fresh battery. In the example shown, the replacement actuators 52 each include sensors 54a-54d that coupled to each of the main battery segments 14. The sensors are configured to communicate with a control interface defined at a surface of the main battery segments. The control interface will communicate with a computer 56 through a port 50 which will identify the charging level of the various battery segments. If a particular battery segments is substantially full, that battery segment will be allowed to remain in the vehicle.
Alternatively, if a particular battery segment is only partially depleted, the driver will be given the option to replace the battery segment with a fresh fully charged battery segment. In one embodiment, the vehicle owner will be given a credit for the remaining battery charge left in the battery segment, so that the vehicle owner will be charged only for that charge that is purchased. For example, if main battery segment 14b is only 12% charged, if that battery segment is replaced, the driver will be charged for the charge value of 88%. In still another embodiment, when the user of the vehicle drives into the battery replenishment station, a control system dashboard can be presented to the user of the vehicle to allow the user to enter into a display screen how much battery replacement is desired.
For instance, if the driver the vehicle only wants to spend to replace one battery segment at that particular time due to budgetary issues, only one segment can be replaced. By segmenting the main battery, and providing options to the user of the vehicle, the user is provided with more flexibility of only charging the main battery with the amount of charge they desire to pay for at any particular time. In still another embodiment, while the main battery is being replaced in a segmented manner, it is possible for vehicle 12 also be coupled to a receptacle that charges the auxiliary battery carrier 16, and its volt bars 20 contained therein. In still another embodiment, the volt bars can be manually replaced at the station during the charging of the main battery 14.
Alternatively, the battery changing station can also automatically remove volt bars from a compartment of the vehicle and reinsert charged volt bars into the vehicle at the same time or during the same session of replacing or charging of the main battery. Accordingly, the flexibility of charging, and partitioning batteries out of vehicle will provide users with more options for charging, depending on their driving necessities, and targeted budgets.
Additionally, by providing display screens to the users to allow selection of their desired charging parameters at a charging station, the user will have control over which battery sections, segments, volt bars, or systems will be recharged (whether completely recharged or partially recharged), and may credit users for any charge remaining on a particular battery segment when a new battery segment is reinserted into the vehicle.
In this embodiment, the main battery 14 is shown having a power interface 29b, that couples to a power interface 29a of the auxiliary battery carrier 16. Coupling of the power interfaces 29 will occur when the auxiliary battery carrier 16 is coupled to the vehicle. As illustrated, the main battery 14 is coupled to a charging port 17. The charging port 17 will typically be the charging outlet on the vehicle that will receive a connector that couples to power. For example, in a home configuration, the receptacle can be provided with a connection to the power grid of the home. The receptacle is then connected to the charging port 17 of the vehicle when charging of the vehicles main battery 14 is desired.
As shown, a plurality of volt bars 20 can be inserted or removed from the auxiliary battery carrier 16. The volt bars 20, when inserted in the auxiliary battery carrier 16, can be charged when the auxiliary battery carrier 16 is connected to a power source by way of a connector 22. Over time, the volt bars can be replaced with new volt bars, or volt bars purchased at kiosk locations throughout a charging network of volt bars and dispensing units. As noted before, an antenna 15 can be provided with auxiliary battery carrier 16 to enable independent communication by the auxiliary battery carrier 16 to a central hub over the Internet. The central hub, although identified as “central,” can be defined by a plurality of distributed hubs located in a cloud network topology that may include private, public or hybrid cloud technologies that are installed throughout a particular territory.
For example, one network of central hubs can be distributed throughout a particular continent of the globe, a particular country, a particular county, a particular state, or particular city. A larger scale interconnected network can then manage the distributed central hubs to allow interchange of information and transfer of volt bars to the desired kiosk locations depending on need and depending on the flow patterns of the volt bars 20. As described herein, flow patterns mean that volt bars when picked up at certain kiosk locations will then be dropped off at other kiosk locations. If more people pickup volt bars at particular locations and travel in the same direction, more volt bars will gather at that direction where volt bars travel the most. Thus, because volt bars can be tracked, it is possible to define and track the flow patterns of the volt bars throughout the network.
FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment where the main battery is interfaced with the auxiliary battery carrier, and a CPU controls the flow of charge between the two, depending on their level of charge, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the main battery 14 is shown having a low charging level, and the auxiliary battery carrier 16 is shown having a higher charging level. In one embodiment, is possible for the auxiliary battery carrier 16 to transfer charged to the main battery 14 during operation. Control of the charging flow between the auxiliary battery carrier 16 and the main battery 14 can be by way of a central processing unit 31. The central processing unit 31 is generally shown as a block diagram.
However, it should be understood that central processing unit 31 can include any number of electronics, control systems, and software for coupling the auxiliary battery carrier 16 to the main battery 14. The coupling can be by way of connectors between the auxiliary battery carrier 16 and connectors on the vehicle, which then interface to main battery 14.
FIG. 8 illustrates another embodiment where the main battery of the vehicle is being directly charged, and the auxiliary battery is charged once the CPU detects that the main battery has been fully charged, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the charge level in the main battery 14 is completely full, as power charger has been delivered to the charging port 17 of main battery 14. In this embodiment, charge flow can be directed from the main battery 14 to the auxiliary battery carrier 16.
Again, CPU 31 can be used to control the charge flow between the main battery 14 and auxiliary battery carrier 16. In some embodiments, CPU 31 will direct that no charge between the two systems will occur, and the auxiliary battery carrier will directly supply charge to the electric motor for power. As such, it is not necessary that the auxiliary battery carrier be directly or indirectly connected to main battery 14, as vehicles can provide their own separate connection between the auxiliary battery carrier 16 and the electric motor. It is again noted that the auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be integrated as part of the vehicle, by way of a plurality of slots defined in some compartment on the vehicle. Those particular slots can then be coupled to the electric motor, or coupled to the main battery, or both.
FIG. 9 illustrates an embodiment where the auxiliary battery is triggered to start being accessed by the main battery once the main battery reaches a particular depletion level, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the control systems can trigger that the auxiliary battery carrier 16 is accessed by the main battery 14 for additional charged only when the main battery 14 reaches a threshold. In this example, ¼ charge or less will trigger the transfer of charge. Of course, it should be understood that any threshold value can be set, and ¼ is only an example for illustrating the monitoring of charge contained in each of main battery 14 an auxiliary battery 16. In still another embodiment, additional charge bars 20 can be inserted into auxiliary battery carrier 16 at any particular point in time.
FIG. 11 illustrates an embodiment of the volt bar (battery) that is dimensionally sized to fit within a slot of the auxiliary battery carrier, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, a particular volt bar 20 can include various dimensional sides. A particular volt bar 20 can be provided with advertisements from various sponsors in physical, static or electronically and dynamically delivered form, and can include charge indicators 21, LED buttons, RF ID for transmission and receiving, and can include a slider protector 25. The slider protector 25 is configured to protect the electrodes 21a and 21b. The slider is configured to be slid up to expose the electrodes when the volt bar is inserted into the auxiliary battery carrier 16 or into a slot of the vehicle. The advertisement can also change dynamically by way of an LED screen, and can change based on codes provided by transmissions received from the antenna of the auxiliary battery carrier 16. The dimensional sizes of a volt bar 20 can change depending on the form factor of the carrier, or the form factor of the slots in the vehicle.
Additionally, various slider technology, or connector technology can be used to allow exposure of the electrodes when necessary for connection with the auxiliary battery carrier or the receiving slot such as direct contact or wireless charge and discharge technologies. Accordingly, the form factor illustrated here in is only provided as one example. Other examples can include form factor such as tubular form factors, elongated form factors, cylinder form factors, etc. the charge indicator 21 can be provided in the form of a digital display, a plurality of LEDs, or a mechanical indicator.
The LED buttons can also provide information regarding the health of the volt bar, the life of the volt bar, serial numbers of the volt bar and other information. The RFID can be used to track the when volt bar 20 is inserted into and out of auxiliary battery carriers, or received from or inserted into kiosk locations, and can be tracked globally for their movement around the network. When a volt bar reaches its lifespan, a kiosk will confiscate the volt bar so that further introduction into the network can be prevented. Confiscated volt bars can then be replaced by service technicians.
FIG. 12 illustrates the auxiliary battery carrier with a plurality of slots capable of receiving one or more volt bars that will be charged once placed in one of the slots, in accordance one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the auxiliary battery carrier is shown receiving a particular volt bar 20. A universal plug can be provided on the auxiliary battery carrier 16 that will allow connection to a charging station. Alternatively, a cable 27 can be used to connect to a power outlet, or connect directly to the vehicle. The power outlet can be a basic outlet plug 27 to allow connection to any standardized plug for receiving electrical power. When the auxiliary battery carrier 16 is full of volt bars 20, the volt bars contained within auxiliary battery carrier 16 can be charged.
FIG. 13a illustrates a kiosk system that can receive volt bars in a used condition (depleted), can charge depleted volt bars to a suitable charge level, and can dispense fully charged volt bars from the kiosk (referred to herein as a volt box), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, a kiosk location is shown, and is referred to herein as a volt box. The volt box is an expandable charging station 60. The charging station 60 can also include direct charging ports 60b and can include a plurality of slots for dispensing volt bars 20 in section 60a. The volt box can include a screen 64 for allowing a user to interface with the kiosk location and allow the user to purchase any number of volt bars. A payment interface 66 is also provided to allow user to purchase the volt bars.
Charging stations 60 can also be deployed as a mobile unit the can be dropped off at any particular location, such as a storefront, or outside of a big box chain store. Once dropped off they can be deployed, connected to the Internet, and can be powering the volt bars inserted therein. Charge can be received by the electrical grid, a gas generator, a fuel-cell generator, solar panels, or can be charged from a service charging vehicle. The kiosk will include a service ports 61 that will allow service technicians to empty volt bars that have been confiscated as they may have reached their lifespan, or insert new volt bars when the kiosk location is less than full or is in need of additional volt bars due to flow patterns that drive volt bars to other kiosk locations.
As shown, direct charging ports 60b include a retractable charging cord 73 with a charging plug so that vehicles can drive up and receive charge from the kiosk location, those charging their main battery. At the same time, the user can purchase any number of volt bars for use in their auxiliary battery carrier 16 or in preformed slots defined on the vehicle itself. An antenna 62 is also shown providing the volt box access to communicate with the network of other volt boxes, and/or the central hub. By providing this communication, it is possible the track how full or empty the volt box charging station is, and service vehicles can be deployed to replenish, and/or service the particular charging stations 60.
As illustrated, charging is performed through a plurality of interfaces 74, or a single interface 74, depending on the configuration and location of the volt box station in the deployed network.
FIG. 13b illustrates a detailed diagram of the face panel of the kiosk system of FIG. 13a, which represents one example interface of the kiosk, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The indicator lights or insignias can be provided on the face of the kiosk location to indicate the charging level of the particular volt bars inserted therein. In some cases, volt bars inserted into slots will only be partially charged, and thus will not be available for purchase. Light indicators can be provided to illustrate which volt bars can be removed from the kiosk location. In another embodiment, the volt bars are mechanically pulled into the kiosk location and served to the user in a dispensing manner.
The dispensing system can then be handled internally to the volt box so that a single slot is provided for receiving used volt bars and dispensing new volt bars. As such, users approaching a kiosk location may empty the used volt bars from their auxiliary battery carrier and insert them into the kiosk location to receive a credit for the volt bar unit. If the credit is received by returning a user volt bar, the user is only charged a nominal fee for the charge when a new or recharged volt bar is dispensed.
FIG. 13d illustrates an example battery service kiosk, that can be expandable in a modular form by adding or subtracting kiosk units to satisfy demand at particular locations, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, kiosk locations can be added in a connected manner to existing kiosk locations to expand the capacity of the modular system. By doing this, one kiosk can include the display interface 105, the battery in slot 109, the battery out slot 111, and the card swipe/pin pad 107 information.
FIG. 13e illustrates one example logic diagram for processing battery data associated with batteries received at the kiosk, batteries dispensed at the kiosk, and associated payment transactions, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This example shows a battery management system 60c, that includes several subsystems. A battery processing system 200 is shown including a control system 213. The control system 213 is coupled to a plurality of modules that control the receiving and dispensing of volt bars at a particular kiosk location, in one example. As shown, the battery processing system 200 includes a battery hold module 205, a battery charge module 207, a battery diagnostic module 203, a battery in queuing module 201, a battery auxiliary service module 209, and a battery out queuing module 211.
These systems are then connected to the battery service module or battery service kiosk 60. As shown, the battery in slot 109 is coupled to the battery in queuing module 201. When the battery is received, the battery is then put through a battery diagnostic module 203 where the battery diagnostic module will determine if the battery should be held or confiscated by battery hold module 205. If the battery is in good condition, the battery charge module 207 will charge the battery and allow the battery to be dispensed to a battery out queuing module 211, which in turn allows the battery to be output by the battery out slot 111. Again, the control systems described herein are only representative of one example and the control systems for receiving used or uncharged volt bars and dispensing new volt bars at particular kiosk locations can be modified to account for the volume of volt bars being dispensed, the form factor of the kiosk location, and other factors.
FIG. 14a illustrates one embodiment of an interface including a plurality of indicators at a volt box, that can receive and dispense volt bars for use by electric vehicles (in auxiliary battery carriers, or pre-manufactured slots in the vehicle), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, an example of a volt box 60a having a plurality of volt bars is shown. Depleted volt bars 20 can be inserted into open slots, while users can purchase and remove charged volt bars from ready slots. The volt bars can then be inserted into an auxiliary battery carrier 16 that are external to the car or integrated within the car, or can be placed into the car.
FIG. 15 illustrates an embodiment where in auxiliary battery carrier can be charged from any number of sources, and the volt bars can be used to charge and power any number of electric vehicles, or electric equipment, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This example shows that the power source can be delivered to any number of vehicles or appliances that consume electric power. A volt box 16 can be charged from various power sources, and can be inserted into various transportation vehicles, or appliances. The examples shown are various cars, motorcycles, home appliances, mobile appliances, recreational appliances, general lighting equipment, emergency lighting equipment, or charging power sources.
FIG. 16b illustrates another embodiment where volt box locations can be in communication with a central hub, where the central hub collects information regarding the number of empty, ready, charged, and otherwise utilized volt bars they can be purchased/rented by users at the volt box (kiosk) locations, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This example illustrates how a hub processing center 302 couples to a service network 300. The hub processing center at 302 will include a number of operational units. The units can include payment servers 306, reservation servers 310, volt box unit interface servers 304, load balancing and heat mapping engines 308, mobile application interface servers 312, service and service route optimization engines 314, interfaces through wide area networks and local area networks and private/public/hybrid cloud infrastructures 316, and databases 318. The payment servers receive payments from the users and redeem payments from payment interface businesses.
The reservation servers 310 will allow users to reserve volt bars at particular volt box kiosk locations ahead of time. This ensures that users are able to obtain their volt bars at the destination they are approaching or have discovered that volt bars are available. By allowing users to advance reserve volt bars, users arriving at the kiosk location will not be discouraged if they find out that the volt bars that were indicated to be available are no longer available.
The load balancing and heat map engine 308 is configured to track the flow patterns of the volt bars around a particular network. If volt bars are accumulating at particular kiosk locations, the load-balancing engine can institute discounts at particular kiosk locations to influence the automatic distribution of the volt bars to other locations where volt bars are in short supply, or move volt bars away from locations where volt bars are accumulating. The heat map can identified in real time the movement of volt bars by tracking the RFID's on the various volt bars as they traverse the locations in the network.
For instance, as volt bars are removed from vehicles and inserted into kiosk locations, the volt bars can be analyzed to see where the volt bar originated, and where the volt bars have been from a historical mapping perspective. If volt bars appear to accumulate more in a particular location, the heat map will indicate a higher heat level, or indicator of where volt bars may be accumulating. The mobile application interface can then relay this information to users who are attempting to locate volt bars in the network. The mobile application interface server is configured to provide information to users on smart phones, or similar devices, or computer interfaces connected to the Internet.
An application can then track the user's current location and can inform the user of the closest kiosk location for obtaining a volt bar. The user can be provided with options to purchase an advance reserve the volt bars from those locations. The user can also be provided with discounts if the heat map desires to move certain volt box inventory away from certain kiosk locations to other kiosk locations. The discounts can influence users to obtain volt bars from certain volt boxes as opposed to others, thus automatically load-balancing the distribution of volt bars throughout the network.
Having information of the locations with volt bars, the status of volt bars, and the flow patterns, the service and service route optimization engine 314 can direct service agents to the most efficient locations to provide service. The service can include replacing volt bars that are identified to be past their useful life, replenish volt bars, and/or service the kiosk infrastructure. As shown in FIG. 16a, the various volt box locations 60 can be tracked using GPS information, address information, or previously defined location information. IP address locations and cell tower accessing can also be used.
Accordingly, the hub processing unit 302 is intelligently interfaced with the network to allow management of the various kiosk locations and ensure efficient distribution of volt bars to the various vehicles, and to provide information to users through mobile devices, computer interfaces, and allow for efficient and ease of purchase and reservation when volt bars are desired. By providing this information to users in a dynamic manner, users of electric vehicles will not be challenged with range anxiety when operating their electric vehicles from location to location throughout the globe.
Knowing that kiosk locations are available, and their ability to reserve, purchase, or identify availability of volt bars, and associated discounts, users are empowered with information that will enable efficient purchasing and utilization of energy for their electric vehicles. Social networks can also be accessed to determine if any comments or referrals are being made about specific locations, or if problems are being experienced at certain locations. Social networks can also be tapped to identify if certain locations are liked over other locations, and if certain features are particularly good or fall below some accepted standard.
FIG. 17 illustrates an example data structure and data communication transferred between a central hub and a volt box, and periodic automatic push-update of volt box memory data, in accordance one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment shows that each location can be managed and the quantity of volt bars each location can be tracked by the central processing hub, to efficiently utilize the volt bars throughout the network. As shown, the volt box locations (kiosk locations) can be distributed throughout a city at different street addresses. Service personnel can then be routed to the specific streets of a city to perform the servicing operations.
The most efficient routes can then be predefined for the service technicians so that service can be made at each volt box location. This embodiment illustrates that each volt box location 60 can collect a plurality of data that can be relayed to the hub processing center 302. Based on the information collected by the hub processing center 302, on-demand information can be provided to the system for setting the price of each volt bar, and other parameters at specific volt box locations.
For example, the periodic updates can be pushed to the volt box memory data so that the charging stations can provide efficient pricing information, and adjustments based on market conditions. Memory 60-1 illustrates the various information data that can be stored at the volt box 60, and communicated to the hub processing center 302.
FIG. 18 illustrates another embodiment of a data structure (providing data) to a hub processing center (that communicates with full box stations) and the exchange of information, such as reservation data, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This example illustrates a generic reservation push update of the volt box memory data. In this example, reservation data can be pushed to the volt box when obtained by the hub processing center 302. As noted above, when users reserve volt bars at specific volt box locations, the volt box locations need to update their information so that the reservation can be set.
FIG. 19 illustrates another embodiment of a mobile/network reservation transaction and the transfer of data between the mobile application, the hub processing center, and the memory of a volt box (computing system managing the kiosk), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the mobile/network reservation push update is made to the volt box memory data. For example, a reservation request data from another volt box can be received or from a computer or mobile application in step 330. The hub processing center 302 will then receive this information from the memory and will be in communication with the memory of the volt box to reserve resources for the given time limit. The reservation data is received from 320, in response to the setting by the hub processing center 302.
FIG. 20a illustrates an embodiment of logic that tracks information regarding the status of volt bars in the various kiosk stations, interfacing with mobile smart phone applications, load-balancing algorithms, and service route information, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This also illustrates an example of the processing of volt bars, such as managing damaged volt bars 402 and generating a route for pickup 404, when service operations are performed. Empty volt bar information 406 can then be communicated to a load balancer 410. The load balancer 410 can also receive information from ready charged volt bars 408. This information can then be communicated to a mobile smart phone application 412. Logic can then be processed in operation 414, to deploy pickup of volt bars or redistribution of volt bars.
The redistribution or pickup can then be managed by a route generator 416 where replacement of damaged volt bars 420 can occur during a route. In still another embodiment, the price can be adjusted in real time to encourage or discourage use of particular kiosk locations by module 418. Mobile notifications can also be generated to customers of particular sales or discounts based on the desired encouragement to move or flow volt bars to or from specific kiosk location is s by module 422. System 400 is provided as an example of the management systems that can controlled to achieve specific load-balancing, notifications, and management communications to users of the network.
FIG. 20b illustrates an example data exchange between a volt box and the central hub for periodic updates, exception alerts and database updating including but not limited to load balancing and heat-map schemas, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this specific process 450, the volt box uses a network including but not limited to cellular, WAN, LAN and or satellite to attempt to establish a connection with a server in the central hub in 452. The connection request sent to the server in 454 enters into a queue for processing.
When the server acknowledges the requesting volt box's connection attempt, the server will send identification and security information requirements back to the volt box in 456. The requesting volt box then sends the identification and security information requested by the server in 458 to establish the network handshake and commence data exchange described in 460. Once data exchange channels are open between the volt box and the server, the volt box sends an action code to the server, 462, at which point the server in 464 will determine if the code sent by the volt box is a routine check-in code. If the code sent by the volt box to the server is not a routine check-in code, the server will receive the code as exception data in 476 and subsequently tag the volt box that sent the code for service and update all dependant systems in 480.
If the code sent to the server in 462 and checked in 464 was a routine check-in code then the routine check in status on the sever is updated and the server subsequently sends update data to the requesting volt box's memory with up to date information. Data stores pertaining to the requesting volt box on the central processing hub and servers are updated after either a routine check-in code or an exception code has been successfully processed by the server, 470. Additional dependant systems and schemas are updated to provide the most up to date aggregate data and reporting after each and every individual volt box is updated in 472. When all updating has completed the connection between the requesting volt box and the server is closed, 474.
FIG. 20c illustrates an example data structure used in the processing, action, reply and logging of action requests from volt boxes in the field in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The data structure and communication shown describes how a plurality of volt boxes, 60, communicates to a data structure within the hub processing center that receives action requests in an organized fashion for processing.
Logic at the hub processing center cycles through data segments in the data structure to individually address action requests using methodologies including but not limited to first-in-last-out, last-in-first-out, priority queuing, and weighted fair queuing. After the hub processing center processes an action request, a sync is performed with the volt box that sent the now processed action request. Additionally, an action request history storage data structure and database is updated with details specific to each processed action request such as identifying information for the requesting volt box, action requested, action performed, when it was performed and any additional notes, data points, tracking and reporting necessary to catalog and warehouse data related to action request handling.
FIG. 20d describes one method of incentive driven virtual load balancing and rebalancing of volt bars in a given network of volt boxes in given regions, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example of the embodiment, regions are shown to work in conjunction with one another for load balancing of volt bars. Three regions are shown with varying number of volt bars located in aggregate total from the entirety of volt boxes designated as residing within the given region.
Region 1 shows to have 51,375 volt bars while region 3 only holds 15,200 volt bars. In order to maintain a steady inventory of volt bars across all regions, each volt box will advertise an incentive to exchange, purchase or drop off volt bars at a volt box in a region that is running low on volt bar inventory. When the inventory in a certain region is low as compared to other regions, volt boxes in that particular region may de-incentive consumers by raising the price of volt bars at a volt box accordingly.
Volt bar inventory may run low or high for a variety of reasons such as high demand due to a high traffic event close by or low demand due to a bedroom community in which most commuters are away for most of the day. Pricing will fluctuate to stabilize and load balance the availability of volt bars across all regions. Regions may be comprised of sub regions or be part of a larger regions. Regions also have the ability to become part of other regions dynamically and similarly individual volt boxes may be assigned to any given region based on demand, load balancing and strategy.
FIG. 21 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to exchange volt bars where the number of return volt bars equal the requested volt bars, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. This example embodiment is described by flow 500 with continuation B on FIG. 22 and continuation C on FIG. 23. In this example of the embodiment, a user requests to exchange volt bars at a volt box where the amount of fully charged volt bars requested equal the amount of discharged or spent volt bars the user will deposit into the volt box in 502. The user will enter the amount of volt bars required for their transaction and the system will determine, 504 if there are sufficient fully charged volt bars available to fill the user's request.
If there are enough fully charged volt bars to fill the users order, a transaction price along with an escrow price will be calculated presented to the user. The transaction price will be based on a successful transaction in which the same amount of fully charged volt bars tendered to the user equals the discharged volt bars deposited. If the user fails to deposit any amount of volt bars required to successfully complete the transaction, a penalty fee will be deducted from the escrow paid by the user in 510. If the user does not accept the quote and pricing offered by the volt box, 514, the user proceeds to 512.
If the volt box in 514 determines that the user has accepted the pricing presented in 510 (see FIG. 22), the volt box will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, NFC, credit, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box credit account number in 522. Alternatively, if the user is reserving/purchasing volt bars via application on a network connected device, payment will be taken over the network as well. The volt box will then determine in 524 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try to tender payment again in 526. If the user does not opt to try again the use case ends. In one embodiment, the volt box and network servers are updated with transaction results data.
If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 524, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device will make the number of fully charged volt bars available for removal of the volt box and designate their location in the volt box either visually and or audibly in 528. The user then performs the exchange in 530 where the user's spent volt bars are deposited into the same bays, available bays, slots or mechanism for depositing volt bars. The volt box then communicates with the volt bars via RFID or other wired or wireless communication method to determine if the correct amounts of depleted volt bars have been deposited in 532. The volt box also gathers information regarding the state of each volt bar at the time of deposit.
After the deposit has been completed, the volt box calculates if there is a refund due to the user or if the transaction has been completed in 534. If the volt box determines that damaged volt bars have been detected, an exception code is sent to the server at the processing hub that tags the volt box for volt bar replacement service. The volt box communicates data to the server about the transaction including but not limited to where the volt bars were tendered, the charge cycles the volt bar has completed, the user(s) the volt bar has been used by and other identifying information for reporting metrics and data warehousing.
The volt box then places the bay(s) containing the damaged volt bar(s) out of service as well as the volt bar(s) themselves by deactivating them. If no volt bars in 536 were determined to be damaged the use case ends after the server on the volt box network is updated with pertinent information regarding the transaction. If at 504 the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device determines there are not sufficient fully charged volt bars at the volt box to fill the user's order, the volt box interface will suggest the user request the available maximum volt bars from the volt box in 506. If the new quantity is accepted in 508 then the user continues to 510.
If the user does not accept the new quantity of available fully charged volt bars available for transaction, the volt box will calculate and display using information from the volt box network which of the nearest volt box locations can fill the users requested volt bar exchange quantity. The volt box will use incentive, load balancing information from the server at the processing hub to display the user's options sorted by price, distance and or both in 512. The volt box in 516 will suggest the best value or incentives option for the user and allow the user to reserve the volt bars at the location described by the volt box in 516. If the user does not reserve the volt bars suggested by the volt box the use case ends without further action, and a server may be updated.
However, if the user does accept one of the qualifying volt box transaction sites, the volt box sends a request to the volt box reservation system to hold the volt bars requested at the volt box location indicated for the user while the user tenders payment in 520. (see FIG. 23) The volt box will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box account number in 540. The volt box will then determine in 542 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try again in 544. If the user does not opt to try again the volt box will notify the server at the processing hub to release the volt bars from reservation at the target volt box to make them available in the general pool of reservable/exchangeable/purchasable volt bars in 546.
If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 542, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device where the payment transaction in was completed will send a confirmation to the target volt box through the volt box network to retain the requested amount of volt bars for at least a pre determined number of minutes or hours in 548. The volt box will also produce a code for the user to take to the target volt box to redeem the pre purchased volt bar transaction. In one embodiment, the volt box network will update the user's account with reservation data accessible through any network connected device to view metrics and data related to all interactions the user has with the volt box network. When the user arrives at the target volt box holding reservation data for the user's transaction, the user will enter the code to redeem his or her transaction. The volt box will compare the code to code data on the server through the network to determine the validity and dispense as needed in 550.
If the user does not perform the transaction at the target volt box within the allotted time, the volt bars will be released into the available pool and the user will be credited. After the user performs his or her transaction the use case ends without further action. In one embodiment, a server may be updated.
FIG. 24 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to purchase volt bars without exchange, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, flow 600 can continue to D on FIG. 25 and continue to E on FIG. 26. In this example of the embodiment, a user requests to purchase volt bars at a volt box without tendering spent volt bars in 602. The user will enter the amount of volt bars the user wishes to purchase and the system will determine, 604 if there are sufficient fully charged volt bars available to fill the user's request. If there are enough fully charged volt bars to fill the users order, a transaction price along with an escrow price will be calculated presented to the user.
The transaction price will be based on the number of fully charged volt bars requested by the user using the latest pricing information from the volt box network in 610. If the user does not accept the quote and pricing offered by the volt box, 614, the user proceeds to 612. If the volt box in 614 determines that the user has accepted the pricing presented in 610 (see, FIG. 25) the volt box will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, NFC, credit, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box credit account number in 622. Alternatively, if the user is reserving/purchasing volt bars via application on a network connected device, payment will be taken over the network as well.
The volt box will then determine in 624 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try to tender payment again in 626. If the user does not opt to try again the use case ends. In one embodiment, the volt box and network servers are updated with transaction results data. If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 624, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device will make the number of fully charged volt bars available for removal of the volt box and designate their location in the volt box either visually and or audibly in 628. The user then removes the volt bars from the volt box in 630. After the removal of volt bars is complete, the volt box calculates if there is a refund due to the user or if the transaction has been completed in 632. After removal at 630 and calculation at 632 is complete, the volt box updates the volt box network with the results of the transaction to update all dependant data structures, data stores and data warehouses, 634.
If at 604 the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device determines there are not sufficient fully charged volt bars at the volt box to fill the user's order, the volt box interface will suggest the user request the available maximum volt bars from the volt box in 606. If the new quantity is accepted in 608 then the user continues to 610. If the user does not accept the new quantity of available fully charged volt bars available for transaction, the volt box will calculate and display using information from the volt box network which of the nearest volt box locations can fill the users requested volt bar quantity. The volt box will use incentive, load balancing information from the volt box network to display the user's options sorted by price, distance and or both in 612. The volt box in 616 will suggest the best value or incentives option for the user and allow the user to reserve the volt bars at the location described by the volt box in 616.
If the user does not reserve the volt bars suggested by the volt box the use case ends without further action, and the server may be updated. However, if the user does accept one of the qualifying volt box transaction sites, the volt box sends a request to the volt box reservation system to hold the volt bars requested at the volt box location indicated for the user while the user tenders payment in 620. (see FIG. 26) The volt box will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box account number in 636. The volt box will then determine in 638 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try again in 640. If the user does not opt to try again the volt box will notify the server at the processing hub to release the volt bars from reservation at the target volt box to make them available in the general pool of reservable/exchangeable/purchasable volt bars in 642.
If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 638, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device where the payment transaction in was completed will send a confirmation to the target volt box through the volt box network to retain the requested amount of volt bars for at least a pre determined number of minutes or hours in 644. The volt box will also produce a code for the user to take to the target volt box to redeem the pre purchased volt bar transaction.
Additionally, the volt box network may update the user's account with reservation data accessible through any network connected device to view metrics and data related to all interactions the user has with the volt box network. When the user arrives at the target volt box holding reservation data for the user's transaction, the user will enter the code to redeem his or her transaction. The volt box will compare the code to code data on the server through the network to determine the validity and dispense as needed in 646.
If the user does not perform the transaction at the target volt box within the allotted time, the volt bars will be released into the available pool and the user will be credited. After the user performs his or her transaction the use case ends without further action, and the servers may be updated.
FIG. 27 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to purchase volt bars with an un-even volt bar exchange, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention by flow 700 with continuation to F on FIG. 28 and continuation to G on FIG. 29. In this example of the embodiment, a user requests to exchange volt bars at a volt box where the amount of fully charged volt bars requested does not equal the amount of discharged or spent volt bars the user will deposit into the volt box in 702.
The user will enter the amount of volt bars he or she would like to purchase along with the amount of spent volt bars he or she will be depositing into the volt box and the system will determine, 704 if there are sufficient fully charged volt bars available to fill the user's request and if the volt box has the capability to capture the amount of spent volt bars the user wishes to deposit. If the volt box can fill the order for the user, a transaction price along with an escrow price will be calculated presented to the user.
The transaction price will be based on a successful transaction in which the user receives the amount of volt bars they require and deposit the amount of spent volt bars they indicated they wished to turn into the volt box. The volt box will determine if a penalty fee will be deducted from the escrow paid by the user in 710 or if a refund is required after the actual transaction takes place using the information gathered at this point. If the user does not accept the quote and pricing offered by the volt box, 714, the user proceeds to 712. If the volt box in 714 determines that the user has accepted the pricing presented in 710 (see, FIG. 28), the volt box will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, NFC, credit, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box credit account number in 722. Alternatively, if the user is reserving/purchasing volt bars via application on a network connected device, payment will be taken over the network as well. The volt box will then determine in 724 if the payment was successful.
If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try to tender payment again in 726. If the user does not opt to try again the use case ends, and the volt box and network servers may be updated with transaction results data. If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 724, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device will make the number of fully charged volt bars available for removal of the volt box and designate their location in the volt box either visually and or audibly in 728. The user then performs the exchange in 730 where the user's spent volt bars are deposited into the same bays, available bays, slots or mechanism for depositing volt bars.
The volt box then communicates with the volt bars via RFID or other wired or wireless communication method to determine if the correct amounts of depleted volt bars have been deposited in 732. The volt box also gathers information regarding the state of each volt bar at the time of deposit. After the deposit has been completed, the volt box calculates if there is a refund or penalty is due to the user or if the transaction has been completed in 734. If the volt box determines that damaged volt bars have been detected, an exception code is sent to the server at the processing hub that tags the volt box for volt bar replacement service. The volt box communicates data to the server about the transaction including but not limited to where the volt bars were tendered, the charge cycles the volt bar has completed, the user(s) the volt bar has been used by and other identifying information for reporting metrics and data warehousing. The volt box then places the bay(s) containing the damaged volt bar(s) out of service as well as the volt bar(s) themselves by deactivating them. If no volt bars in 736 were determined to be damaged the use case ends after the server on the volt box network is updated with the transaction results.
If at 704 the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device determines the requested volt bar/return volt bar combination is not available to fill the user's order, the volt box interface will suggest the user request the best available combination currently available at the volt box. 706. If the new quantity is accepted in 708 then the user continues to 710. If the user does not accept the new quantity combination for the transaction, the volt box will calculate and display using information from the volt box network which of the nearest volt box locations can fill the users requested volt bar exchange combination quantity. The volt box will use incentive, load balancing information from the server at the processing hub to display the user's options sorted by price, distance and or both in 712. The volt box in 716 will suggest the best value or incentives option for the user and allow the user to reserve the volt bars at the location described by the volt box in 716.
If the user does not reserve the volt bars suggested by the volt box the use case ends without further action, and the server may be updated. However, if the user does accept one of the qualifying volt box transaction sites, the volt box sends a request to the volt box reservation system to hold the volt bars requested at the volt box location indicated for the user while the user tenders payment in 720. (see FIG. 29) The volt box will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box account number in 740. The volt box will then determine in 742 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try again in 744. If the user does not opt to try again the volt box will notify the server at the processing hub to release the volt bars from reservation at the target volt box to make them available in the general pool of reservable/exchangeable/purchasable volt bars in 746. If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 742, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device where the payment transaction in was completed will send a confirmation to the target volt box through the volt box network to retain the requested amount of volt bars for at least a pre-determined number of minutes or hours in 748. The volt box will also produce a code for the user to take to the target volt box to redeem the pre purchased volt bar transaction.
In one embodiment, the volt box network may update the user's account with reservation data accessible through any network connected device to view metrics and data related to all interactions the user has with the volt box network. When the user arrives at the target volt box holding reservation data for the user's transaction, the user will enter the code to redeem his or her transaction. The volt box will compare the code to code data on the server through the network to determine the validity and dispense as needed in 750. If the user does not perform the transaction at the target volt box within the allotted time, the volt bars will be released into the available pool and the user will be credited. After the user performs his or her transaction the use case ends without further action, and the servers may be updated.
FIG. 29 illustrates one method of volt box-to-volt box reservation for the requested transaction in FIG. 27 with pre-payment and reservation completion through the central hub, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
FIG. 30 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to return volt bars for deposit refund, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention by flow 800 with continuation to H on FIG. 31. In this example, a user requests to return volt bars to a volt box in varying stages of charge for a refund. The return of the volt bar to a volt box may be triggered by a variety of reasons in 802 including but not limited to, exchange for a fully charge volt bar, return for a refund, defective volt bar return, transaction where the user wishes to purchase a certain amount of volt bars and return an certain amount of volt bars where the amounts do not necessarily require to match.
The user deposits volt bars they have previously purchased at a volt box in 806 at which point the volt box communicates with the volt bars that were tendered in 808. The volt bar deposit aggregate information is collected in 810 including the amount of volt bars deposited among other metrics. The volt box system then cycles through 1-n volt bars deposited processing each one individually in 836 while the number of volt bars left to process is greater than 0. For each volt bar in 838 the volt box will determine if the volt bar tendered is operational or if it is malfunctioning form. If the volt bar is malfunctioning, the volt box uses additional data collected from the volt bar and the volt box network in 840 to determine if the volt bar is within a reasonable charge/discharge life span. If the volt bar is determined to be reasonably malfunctioning, the user is refunded their escrow previously paid to remove the at one point fully charged volt bar from a volt box.
If the volt bar is malfunctioning and is not reasonably at the end of its life, the user is altered and to volt box network server is updated with the issue data and logging information in 844 for the user to follow up to determine why the volt box did not provide a refund in 848. The volt box then tags itself using the volt box network for service and alerts the hub processing center to add the volt box to the service routing system in 850. If the volt bar in 838 was not malfunctioning at the time of deposit, the system will determine if the volt bar has been reported stolen in 842. If the volt bar is determined to be stolen using information gathered from the volt bar in conjunction with information gathered from the server at the hub processing center using the volt box network, then the user proceeds to 844.
However, if at 842 the volt bar is determined to not be stolen, the volt box in 846 will confirm that the volt bar meets the criteria for escrow refund. If the volt bar does not meet the refund criteria, the user proceeds to 844. However, if the volt bar passes all tests and is determined in 846 to qualify for a refund in 846, a refund is provided for the user by adding it to his or her volt box credit account, credit card or voucher in 852.
FIG. 32 illustrates a volt box use case in which a user requests to purchase charging time at a volt box location, as well as logic for confirming validity of the request, exception handling, re-routing of the request and remote reservation for the request, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention by flow 900 with continuation to J on FIG. 34 and continuation to K on FIG. 33. In this example of the embodiment, a user requests to purchase charging time at a volt box charging station where one or more charging stations are present at a given location in 902 through a central kiosk transaction and payment system.
If the kiosk determines that at least one of the charging stations at the particular site is available in 904, a transaction price determined and displayed in a form including but not limited to price per time unit, price per volt, price per watt or price per amp of charging will be calculated and displayed to the user based on a floating pricing system using an incentive based load balancing algorithm on the volt box network server in 908. If the user does not accept the quote and pricing offered by the volt box, 908, the user proceeds to 912. If the volt box in 914 determines that the user has accepted the pricing presented in 908, (see FIG. 34) the volt box will ask for payment for either a specific amount of time or units the user has requested or pre-qualifies the user using a credit card for a maximum transaction and waits to determine final time or units actually consumed to charge the users account. Alternatively, the user may simply pay cash and the charge purchased with the amount of cash will dispense until the units or time has elapsed.
The volt box charging station kiosk will allow payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, NFC, credit, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box credit account number in 934. Alternatively, if the user is reserving/purchasing charging units via application on a network connected device, payment will be taken over the network as well. The volt box will then determine in 936 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try to tender payment again in 938. If the user does not opt to try again the use case ends, and the volt box and network servers may be updated with transaction results data. If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 936, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device will make the charging station available for use and designate their location in the volt box charging station either visually and or audibly in 940.
The user then performs the connection 942 between the charging station via charging cord to a volt bar auxiliary battery unit or directly to the vehicle's main battery. While charging is progressing in 944, the volt box charging station communicates the current status of the charging station to the server on the volt box network to communicate metrics including but not limited to busy status, free status, estimated wait time and efficiency among other identifying and measurable data and again at the conclusion of the transaction. If at 904 the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device determines there are no charging stations available, the volt box interface will suggest the user enter a queue and display an estimated wait time in 906. If the user accepts entering a queue in 910, the user proceeds to 908. If the user does not accept to enter a queue and agree to the estimated wait time, the volt box interface will calculate and display using information from the volt box network which of the nearest volt box locations can fill the users requested charging requirements and provide the option to rent a volt bar to reach the location, the volt bar rental quantity determined by the distance to the target charging station in 912.
The volt box interface will also use incentive, load balancing information from the server at the processing hub to display the user's options sorted by price, distance and or both in 912. The volt box interface in 916 will suggest the best value or incentives option for the user and allow the user to reserve the charging time/units and or volt bars at the location described by the volt box interface in 916. If the user does not reserve the volt bars suggested by the volt box the use case ends without further action, and the server may be updated. However, if the user does accept one of the qualifying volt box transaction sites, the volt box sends a request to the volt box reservation system to hold the volt bars and or charging station requested at the volt box location indicated for the user while the user tenders payment in 920 (see FIG. 33).
The volt box interface will ask for payment in one of the available forms including but not limited to cash, pre-paid volt box code or a volt box account number in 920. The volt box interface will then determine in 924 if the payment was successful. If the payment was not successful, the volt box or application on a network connected device will give the user the option to try again in 926. If the user does not opt to try again the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device will notify the server at the processing hub to release the charging station and or volt bars from reservation at the target volt box to make them available in the general pool of reservable/exchangeable/purchasable volt bars in 928.
If the payment is successful initially or after subsequent attempts in 924, then the volt box, volt box kiosk or application on a network connected device where the payment transaction in was completed will send a confirmation to the target volt box through the volt box network to retain the requested amount of volt bars and or charging station for at least a pre determined number of minutes or hours in 930. The volt box will also produce a code for the user to take to the target volt box to redeem the pre purchased volt bar transaction. In one embodiment, the volt box network may update the user's account with reservation data accessible through any network connected device to view metrics and data related to all interactions the user has with the volt box network.
When the user arrives at the target volt box holding reservation data for the user's transaction, the user will enter the code to redeem his or her transaction. The volt box will compare the code to code data on the server through the network to determine the validity and dispense as needed in 932. If the user does not perform the transaction at the target volt box within the allotted time, the volt bars and or charging station will be released into the available pool and the user will be credited. After the user performs his or her transaction the use case ends without further action.
FIG. 35 illustrates and example instance of a computer, mobile application or network connected device used for two way communication, administration, metric analysis, commerce gateway, loyalty reward status and administration among other customizable functionality working in conjunction with the volt box network and central hub as viewed by the user and dependent on details of the user's account, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
This example illustrates a smart phone or network connected device operating system 1000 having a plurality of applications. One application could be a volt box application 1002. When the user selects to run the volt box, the volt box application can produce a number of screens. For example my volt box screen can include general information 1004 regarding the status of a user's current volt bars, the range provided by my volt bars, the closest volt box to my current location, the deals of the day at a particular ZIP code or region, any reservations I wish to make, the gifts that can be made to friends, referrals to and for friends to purchase volt bars, upgrades to volt bar infrastructure, hardware configuration upgrades or replacements, loyalty points, history information of my purchases, and the carbon footprint produced by the utilization of my volt bars.
Other information screens can also provide the total battery capability of each particular volt bar in a user's auxiliary battery carrier or slots on my vehicle 1006. Additional information can also include a carbon footprint graph 1010 showing the utilization of the user's volt bars, and the efficient utilization and purchasing of volt bars without requiring inefficient retrieval of volt bars. For example, if users obtain volt bars from locations that are near their current location or need, users reduce the amount of travel time to simply secure volt bars.
This reduction in travel time will cut down the carbon footprint produced by the simple act of obtaining the volt bars. Mapping functions can also be used. Maps 1014 can also be overlaid with social networking data, to provide additional real-time information about charge locations, deals, coupons, pricing, and liked kiosk locations. Newsfeed data can also be accessed from various networks to provide rich data back to the user's application. The application can be run on any smart device, and the device can have access to cloud processing for immediate data interfacing and/or local storage. Data can also be gathered from other internet sources, such as Wikipedias, Internet search sites etc., and data can be processed, compiled and presented back to the user's mobile device, vehicle display, etc. The application would also allow the user to remotely find, reserve and make purchases for a target volt box, any number of volt bars or charging time/units based on distance, price, zip code etc. in 1012.
Further information can also include loyalty points 1016 for purchases at various kiosk locations, and show bonuses provided to users that frequently utilize the volt bars. Additional dynamic information 1008 can be provided through the applications such as suggested travel speeds to conserve energy, maps for routing, better dynamic traffic information based on real-time information, and other settings. The user can also access heat map sourced deals 1018 to show where the network has decided that volt bars are accumulating and special discounts are being provided, coupon sharing, pricing, upgrade deals, and access to social networks to communicate deals to friends.
The deals to friends can be provided by way of a map that identifies the location of your friends and the possibility of giving your friend special points or the receipt of loyalty points for referring friends to specific kiosk locations. Additionally, ride sharing programs can also identify locations where people can be picked up if users desire to travel to the same location or same general area. All of these features can be integrated into the mobile app and internet website portals.
By providing this dynamic status information to users, users are better able to identify kiosk locations to obtain volt bars, and charge, as users traverse distances utilizing their electric vehicles. Range anxiety will thus be all but eliminated. Informed users and the ability to access charge when needed, solves these problems.
FIGS. 36-38 illustrate examples of an auxiliary battery being inserted into a compartment of a vehicle, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this illustration, the auxiliary battery can be installed into a trunk space of a vehicle, and the trunk space can have a compartment in the floor of the trunk. The top surface of the auxiliary battery can provide the surface of the trunk, instead of the previously defined surface. In one embodiment, auxiliary battery is a single unit that is installed into a compartment.
In other embodiments, the auxiliary battery can be one compartment that has multiple smaller compartments for receiving volt bars (charging units), or other battery type charging devices. Further, the auxiliary battery is shown interconnected to the main battery of the vehicle, or to a battery distribution or charge distribution handling unit. In other embodiments, the auxiliary battery can be inserted into side panels of the vehicle, in the front compartment of the vehicle, the floorboard of the vehicle, the site support structure of the vehicle, etc.
FIG. 37A illustrates an example of cloud processing technology, which provides processing resources to connected vehicles through a distributed network. In one embodiment, the cloud processing can communicate with various charging stations using Internet connections, where charge Station metrics can be uploaded to the cloud processing system. The charge Station metrics can include availability of charge pumps, charge handles, charge plugs, charge mats (for wireless charging), volt bars, or other charge providing facilities.
Examples of such metrics can include the number of charge pumps available at particular period of time, historical availability times of the charge pumps, typical charge time estimates at particular charging stations, prices associated with the charge at the particular charging stations, feedback from customers through social networks, concerning the charging stations, and the like. The cloud processing can then process the charge Station status, traffic information associated with locations around or between charging stations and a user's current location, and provide specific suggested routes. The route generator can provide guided routes to the various charging stations (e.g., charge locations), based on the users immediate needs, desire for discounts, sponsored rewards, or the amount of time it will take to obtain access to a charge pump at a particular point in time. Broadly speaking, a discount is a reward and a reward is a discount, and a sponsored reward is a discount that is at least partially paid by another party for a the benefit of the recipient of the reward.
The driver location processor can communicate the information concerning drivers to the cloud processing logic, so as to provide the most effective information concerning charge availability to the various drivers. As illustrated in FIG. 37A, various drivers that communicate with the cloud processing unit can (e.g., over the internet wirelessly) be provided with specific routes or route options. For example, users in their particular vehicles may have a connected display or a portable device having access to the Internet. Based on the user's location and charging needs, (and optionally the destination) the user can be provided with route options (e.g., one or more optional paths). The route options can be, for example, the fastest and most available charge Station (or charge providing devices) to the users current location, the cheapest charge available at a particular point in time, or information regarding charge prices for a particular future point in time.
Once the user selects a route option, the route generator can provide information concerning the charging station, and can also prepay or book a charging station slot. A charging station slot can include, for example a parking spot in front of a charging station. The charging station slot can be reserved if the user decides the prepay for the charging station, as a convenience. For example, if charging slots at a particular charge Station appear to be heavily used, a user can pre-reserve a charging slots ahead of time, so that when the user arrives at the charging station, the charging slot will be immediately available. This could be considered a convenience fee associated with pre-reserving of a charging slot, along a particular route. In another embodiment, the charging station can provide incentives to users to come to the particular charging station.
For example, if the user prepays for charge at a particular charging station, the charging station can provide a discount on the charge provided. For example, if the charging station wishes to fill a plurality a charging slots during a particular slow time, the charging station can communicate with the cloud processing and publish availability of its charging stations per particular period of time. A database associated with cloud processing will hold this information so it can be dynamically updated and accessed in real-time by users to fill their charging needs of their electric vehicles. During that particular period of time, the charging station can offer discounts or rewards to users so that drivers can decide to visit the charging station instead of another charging station. Still further, charging stations can offer discounts for users to use the particular charging station, and the discounts can be offered by more than one party or entity. For instance, if the charging stations are located near a particular business, that particular business can sponsor discounts or rewards at the charging station to drive traffic to or near that particular business. When users are charging their vehicles at the particular station near the particular business, users can spend their time at the particular business while there vehicle is being charged.
Potentially, the owners of the particular business that sponsored the discounts can increase traffic to their business and increase sales. In another embodiment, the owners of the particular business can offer discounts to their business products or services, if the business products or services or located near or beside the charging station. As will be described below, other embodiments can include having charging station pumps or handles or plugs, located in nontraditional charging station configurations. For example, charging plugs can be installed at various nontraditional locations, such as parking lots of retail stores. Other examples locations can include, without limitation, parks, city streets, parking garages, post offices, government areas, schools, office complexes or campuses, coffee shops, malls, strip malls, box store parking lots, beach parking, homes, public roads, etc. If a large retail store has a large parking lot, a portion of that parking lot can be dedicated for charging plugs, which can be used by customers while the customers shop at the retail location. In such a situation, the owners of the retail store that have charging plugs assigned to particular parking spots, can publish availability of those charging plugs through the cloud processing network.
The cloud processing network can then publish availability and prices for users that may be driving around, or may be passing by the retail store along a particular path or route. In some embodiments, the retail store can offer significant discounts for charge, if users charge their vehicles at the charging plugs of the retail store. While the users charge their vehicles, the users may visit the retail store and purchase goods or services, which is a reward for the retailer that is offering the discount for the charge. In still another embodiment, retail stores having charge plugs can advertise availability of the charge plugs (and parking spots) in real time, and provide discounts or deals to users that may wish to charge at the particular retail location.
The discounts can be for the goods and services of the retail store, or simple discounts on the charge provided by the charge plugs of the retail store. As noted above, one embodiment would allow the parking spots having the charge plugs to be reserved and advance, to provide additional convenience to users. In such a configuration, the parking spots can include mechanical barriers that lift and close to allow vehicles to come into and leave the particular parking spots. Thus if a parking spot is reserved, the mechanical barrier can remain closed until the vehicle having the code can communicate access to lift the mechanical barrier so that charging can commence immediately upon arriving at the reserved parking spot. In another embodiment, the charging station or plug can include a monitor or display that indicates whether or not the charging plug is reserved.
If the charging plug is reserved, no other user can park in front of the parking spot, or else will receive a ticket or fine for parking in a parking spot that's been reserved. The parking spot reservation for charge can be made in advance, such as while user is driving around looking for charge and the reservation is made by smart phone, or an integrated device of the vehicle that has access to the Internet. The transaction can also allow a user that is searching for charge to prepay for the charge using a graphical user interface or other exchange mechanism, associated with the route and reservation of a particular charge station or slot. In some embodiments, the charge stations or plugs can be placed in shared parking lots or locations where multiple retail outlets reside.
In such a case, multiple retailers can provide discounts to users to come and use the charging stations located at the retailers locations. These discounts can then be published to the cloud processing logic. These discounts can also be published dynamically at the request of the provider of the charge, using an Internet portal, that allows the user to participate in a network of charge stations that provide discounts. In such embodiments, the discounts can be provided by multiple retailers for their goods and services, and the plug can be located in the shared parking lot. Having this information, the cloud processing can communicate with a route generator to generate various routes (e.g., paths) that are optimized to the user's desired outcome.
The optimization can be to route a user for charge along a plurality of charge stations or plugs that provide discounts. If this is the goal of the user, the route may be longer than other routes, but the discounts may be greater. Such routes may be viewed as a sponsored path, that requires a user to traverse a particular route in order to obtain charge for their vehicle. The sponsored routes can change dynamically over time, as sponsors decide to add or remove discounts. Thus, a user that finds a good path may wish to buy now, to avoid losing the discount. If a particular charge station or chart plug has a lot of customers during a particular period to time, the discounts may drop dynamically. If the charge plug for station experiences low activity, the discounts may be increased dynamically. The dynamic adjustment of discounts can occur based on a preset number of rules (e.g., what discount, where offered, when offered, how long it lasts, incentives for fast buy, logic for combining discounts, logic for sharing costs of discounts with others, logic for reducing the cost of the charge, etc.), as set by the provider the charge and/or the sponsor.
FIG. 37B illustrates an example of a charge station and its metrics, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the charge station has 10 plugs and 6 plugs are in use at a particular period of time. The charge station can also have historical data that can provide estimates of when charge plugs would be available. Additionally, the charge station metrics can also provide charge cost estimates, which can be adjusted dynamically over time.
The cost for the charge can also be provided with a green rating, which signifies how efficient the charge station is in supplying charge, and the location and source of the charge provided by the charging station. If the charging station obtains charge from wind power, the green rating would be high. If the charge station receives its charge from fossil fuels, the green rating may be lower. If the charging station receives is charge from a variety of different sources, whether solar, wind, or fossil fuel, the green rating can be adjusted. This metric information can then be provided to the cloud processing to allow users of electric vehicles to decide whether or not to visit a particular charge station or charge plug.
In some embodiments, the price of the charge may be more expensive if the green rating is very high, but the charge value to the user may be high, if the user wishes to obtain a very high green rating, and a lower carbon footprint.
FIG. 37C illustrates an example of route options for driver A, as shown in FIG. 30A, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, a display screen can be provided in the vehicle which would allow the user to be informed of where charge is available now for a certain price. The user can select to get a map route, get information regarding distance, get information regarding discounts, reserved charge plugs are stations, cancel request, or show lower rate charge options and distances associated with obtaining the lower cost charge.
This is only one example of the various options provided to the user through a graphical user interface. As noted above, the graphical user interface can be integrated with the vehicle, or can be part of a smart device that communicates with the vehicle. The smart device that communicates with the vehicle can communicate using wireless technology so that metrics associate with the vehicle and location of the vehicle can be obtained and then communicated to the cloud processing to exchange information.
FIG. 38 illustrates one example of metrics data that can be obtained by a transportation vehicle (TV), and communication to and from other networked TVs, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. In this example, information can be obtained from a particular vehicle, such as service and repair history, whether user is willing to sell or exchange the vehicle, the replacement cost of the vehicle versus repairing the vehicle, the replacement part cost of a vehicle, parts to replace for vehicle (as known from historical data of the same vehicle, or based on a current malfunction), the fuel rates, fuel locations for charge, route generators, modification suggestions for driving to increase performance, accident avoidance data, comparable vehicle current market price, recall information for the current vehicle, etc.
This information can be obtained from the vehicle or from the users of the vehicle. This information can also be obtained by the cloud processing which communicate with other systems connected to the Internet. Other systems can be data stores for information concerning the same vehicle, historical data concerning potential breakdown of the vehicle, price estimates of the vehicle, marketplace data concerning exchange the vehicle, etc. This information can be provided at the vehicle to the user through a computer user interface. On demand, the user can determine whether it's worthwhile to exchange the vehicle for another vehicle, and the potential of the current vehicle to break down.
Furthermore, the user may decide that it's time to exchange the vehicle for new vehicle, and market rates for the current vehicle based on actual vehicle data of the user's vehicle, can be used to identify its current market price. The current market price for replacement vehicle can also be obtained dynamically, and comparable data can be presented to the user in the user interface. Accordingly, the user would not have to input information concerning its vehicle into the user interface simply to figure out what the market price is. The data concerning the vehicle is inherently collected and stored in the vehicle memory based on vehicle use, age, accidents, condition, etc. Additionally, information concerning available vehicles near the user which may be for sale can also be attained dynamically and in real time.
For example if the user wishes to replace the vehicle, the user can simply click a button, select an icon, touch a screen, speak a command, gesture an input, etc., to figure out what his vehicle value is, the cost of a replacement vehicle, and the total cost after exchange. This information can be useful to the user in deciding whether or not to trade in the vehicle or remain with the current vehicle and make investments in repairs. As shown, the data exchange between vehicles and the vehicles and the cloud processing can be extensive, but such information can be made available to drivers of those vehicles to make informed decisions.
FIG. 39 illustrates an example of various paths that a driver can make between point A and point B. For example, point A can be the current location of a vehicle, and point B can be the destination that the vehicle user wishes to traverse. If the user needs to travel to point B from point A, the system in the vehicle, as connected to the cloud processing, can determine various paths to take between A and B. In one embodiment, the user wishes to traverse directly to point B, and does not wish to receive any sponsor discount along the path.
This path would then generate a recommendation to the user to charge the vehicle at charging station C1. In another embodiment, the user may wish to traverse the path between A and B, but receive some sponsored assistance in the charge or discount on a good or service. In this example, the system can generate a path between A and B, where the user may stop and charge at charging station C2 (or plug location). In this embodiment, the system will calculate that the user can traverse from point A to C2 with the current charge availability in the vehicle, and then arrive at point B. In another embodiment, the user may wish to select a different path 2, which is also a sponsored path that takes the user to charging stations or plugs C3 and C4, before reaching point B.
In this example, the user may have received additional discounts from the providers of the charge at C3 and C4, or from a sponsor that sponsored a discount at the charging stations or plugs C3 and C4. In this example, a retail outlet that sits proximate to the charging station or charging plugs can provide a discount to the users to charge their vehicles at C3 and C4, or they can provide a discount at the retail outlet, which would be proximate to the location of C3 and C4. The discount provided by the various retailers that sponsored the charging stations can be dynamically posted, so that drivers can obtain current and real-time discounts as they drive around and look for charge.
The drivers can also be provided with information of the duration of the discount, so that drivers can obtain the discount if they have the time to traverse the path, or avoid the path if the discount will not be present when the driver arrives at that application. In another embodiment, the logic in the vehicle or the processing system in the cloud processing can determine whether or not the user would be able to arrive at each of the charging stations or plugs to receive the sponsor discounts. This analysis can include, for example, reviewing traffic patterns, travel speeds and estimates to traverse the different distances, time of day, etc.
In another embodiment, the user may select to traverse path 3, which takes the user to charge provider C5 and C6 before progressing on path B. In this illustration, it is shown that the user must go off path to travel to charge C6. However, it may be more beneficial for the user to travel to charge C6, as that location is offering a larger discount. In some embodiments, even though the user travels off path, the discounts offset the cost of going off path. In some embodiments, going off path can actually be faster if the particular charge stations or pumps or plugs are more available and there is less wait. In still another embodiment, the user may not actually have a path in mind, and the user may select to simply obtain charge and would be provided with path 4.
In this example, the users looking to charge the vehicle along a path that is sponsored. A currently sponsored path may be to charge C7. The user can be provided with an option of charge discounts, which can include discounting the cost of the charge itself, or discounts to retail or service providers that are proximate to the charge outlet. In such an embodiment, the data can be provided to the display of the user's car or vehicle, or can be provided to the user's device. For example, if the user wishes to obtain charge, and the user is currently sitting in his or her office, (and the car is in the parking lot) the user can select it obtain a sponsored path to obtain charge. That sponsored path can identify the closest station, or a number of stations or plugs their offering particular discounts.
In some embodiments, the discounts are provided by a combination of the charge station and retail shops nearby. In other embodiments, the retail shops and plugs/charge providers can provide combined packages of discounts, which could drive users to their location. Accordingly, it should be understood that the dynamic generation of paths can be sponsored, such that the user can be provided with identification of charging locations along a particular path, and the discounts that may be provided along those particular paths.
FIG. 40 illustrates an example of data that can be provided or associated with the various paths describe in FIG. 39, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the path that is displayed by the system of the vehicle, or the processing provided by the cloud processing, can provide information that is displayed to the user.
Again, the information displayed to the user can be displayed in the vehicle's display screen or can be displayed on the users display device (e.g. smart phone, computer, tablet, etc.). In this example, path 1 can be selected such that the user simply wishes to obtain charge and the path is not a sponsored path. In this example, the user is provided with information, such as the mapping of the path, whether the reward or sponsor is provided, the estimated trip time with charge stop, and estimated cost. This information is generated dynamically for the particular point in time when the user wishes to obtain charge. In path 1, the number stops is still 1, but the sponsored path is sponsored by big coffee company.
Big coffee company is going to provide a $2 off charge discount to the user, which lowers the price from $10 to $8 for the charge. The time increase in the charge time is only 2 min., but the discount was $2. For some people, the discount is not sufficient to overcome the additional amount of time taken to obtain the discount, but for others, the discount is sufficient. Sponsored path 2, illustrates that stops are provided and the sponsors are a quick stop market and a big coffee shop. The discount in this scenario is $4 off of the charge bill. The estimated time is now 17 min., which is 5 min. longer than an unsponsored path, but the discount is $4 off a $10 non-sponsored charge.
Path 3 illustrates an example where there are 2 stops, and the sponsors are box store and big coffee company. In this example, the discount is $5 off the charge bill. And the estimated time with charge stop is also 17 min., while the total cost to the user for the charge would be $5. Path 4 would be another sponsored path where the number of stops is 0 between the current location and the charge location. In this example, the path is sponsored by big coffee company.
Big coffee company is providing a $1 off the charge bill (or a free coffee or discount on coffee), and the estimated time with charge stop is 5 min. This example would be one where the user simply wishes to obtain charge now, but also wishes to obtain a discount. Map information (e.g., dynamically generated maps (street and satellite) on a display using internet provider data) can also be displayed on the users device or vehicle display, including any other options and discounts provided. This information can be provided using a global positioning map, with turn by turn directions, voice directions, voice activation, etc. Voice input and voice output is also possible for providing information regarding the sponsored paths. As the discounts changed during the day or different times, the different map options can also change. The providers of the discounts can also dynamically change your discounts over time based on the desired need to drive traffic to their locations or charge spots.
Accordingly, the generated maps/paths for users are incentivized to provide the user with the desired sponsored path for obtaining charge. Broadly speaking and without limitation, obtaining charge will include plugging the vehicle into a charging receptacle so as to charge the native battery of the vehicle. In another embodiment, obtaining charge can also include refilling on volt bars to replenish volt bars that have been used during the vehicle usage. In other embodiments, charge can be transferred to a vehicle wirelessly (e.g., without plugging in an outlet or receptacle). Examples can include a transfer surface that the vehicle parks over, and the charge can be transferred wirelessly to the vehicle via conductors on the underside of the vehicle. The vehicle can simply park in the slot and once payment is made, the charge can start to flow capacitively or wirelessly to the electric vehicle.
As can be appreciated, the sponsored path process can provide a quick and efficient manner for allowing the user to identify their desired endpoint, and provide options for traversing a path to that and point. Along that endpoint, the user can be provided with discounts for charge by sponsors, which can influence or drive people to their charging outlets. The discounts can also be provided in a hybrid manner, such as providing discounts for the charge and discounts with in the retail outlets that are located proximate to the charging stations.
Providing this information to drivers in real time is efficient for both drivers and the retail locations. Drivers in their electric vehicles will need charge, and providers of the charge will benefit from driving users to their location. If the user is still progressing along their desired path, the providers of the discount are simply providing a service and driving customers to their location, where the drivers may purchase other goods and services while the vehicle is being charged.
Sponsored paths can therefore take on various forms, depending on the user's desire to seek faster charge times, lower charge rates, or even obtain charge for free. If the provider of the charge plug or the sponsor the charge plug wishes to pay for the charge altogether, the sponsored path can identify those particular charge locations and provide the user with options to traverse that path along their desired journey from point A to point B.
In one embodiment, the sponsored paths may be generated on electronics and circuitry of the vehicle, or by processing in the cloud processing system (e.g. networked Internet systems). In some embodiments, the sponsor paths may be processed partially on the vehicle and partially on the cloud processing system. In some embodiments, the sponsored paths would be dynamically generated on the cloud processing system, and the vehicle or smart phone of the user would simply connect to the cloud processing system.
The data exchange can therefore be dynamically set to be real time, such that providers of the discounts, providers of the charge, and drivers of the vehicles can exchange information. In this example, the provided to the charge can provide discount information, incentives, etc., and the drivers of the vehicles can provide information concerning their desired paths. The processing system can then generate a plurality of options for the user to traverse from point A to point B. For example, the user can select to traverse a sponsored path, to a particular address. The display the vehicle can then requested the user identify whether or not a sponsored path is desired.
If the sponsored path is desired, the vehicle to provide one or more options for traversing the path, and the metrics associated with traversing the various types of paths, as shown in FIG. 40. This information can also be provided to the user via voice input and voice output, to avoid excessive display data inside of a vehicle. In one embodiment, instead of relying on the user to request a sponsored path, the information regarding sponsored paths can be automatically pushed to the electric vehicle as the vehicle is driven around. For instance, if a reward is being offered ahead of the driving path, the navigation system can inform the user “You will need charge in X miles, and a reward X is being offered if you charge at location X in two miles.” These notifications can be pushed to the electric vehicle dynamically, and presented to the user's display on demand or can be provided as alert to the user. The alerts can be voice alerts, sound alerts, dashboard icons, gauges, or combinations thereof. Thus, the information regarding availability of charge and any rewards can be obtained dynamically by the user on demand or can be provided to the user dynamically using push notification. The notification method can also be programmed by the user, so that the notification is best received.
It will be obvious, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process operations have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
Embodiments of the present invention may be practiced with various computer system configurations including hand-held devices, microprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers and the like. The invention can also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a wire-based or wireless network.
With the above embodiments in mind, it should be understood that the invention could employ various computer-implemented operations involving data stored in computer systems. These operations are those requiring physical manipulation of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared and otherwise manipulated.
Any of the operations described herein that form part of the invention are useful machine operations. The invention also relates to a device or an apparatus for performing these operations. The apparatus can be specially constructed for the required purpose, or the apparatus can be a general-purpose computer selectively activated or configured by a computer program stored in the computer. In particular, various general-purpose machines can be used with computer programs written in accordance with the teachings herein, or it may be more convenient to construct a more specialized apparatus to perform the required operations.
The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is any data storage device that can store data, which can thereafter be read by a computer system. The computer readable medium can also be distributed over a network-coupled computer system so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, it will be apparent that certain changes and modifications can be practiced within the scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein, but may be modified within the scope and equivalents of the appended claims.
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Methods And Systems For Generating Setting Recommendation To User Accounts For Registered Vehicles Via Cloud Systems And Remotely Applying Settings
Current Assignee: Emerging Automotive, LLC
Sponsoring Entity: Albert S. Penilla, Angel A. Penilla
Electric Vehicle (Ev) Range Extending Charge Systems, Distributed Networks Of Charge Kiosks, And Charge Locating Mobile Apps
Methods For Providing Electric Vehicles With Access To Exchangeable Batteries And Methods For Locating, Accessing And Reserving Batteries
Methods And Systems For Setting And/Or Assigning Advisor Accounts To Entities For Specific Vehicle Aspects And Cloud Management Of Advisor Accounts
Methods And Systems For Setting And Transferring User Profiles To Vehicles And Temporary Sharing Of User Profiles To Shared Use Vehicles
Kiosks For Storing, Charging And Exchanging Batteries Usable In Electric Vehicles And Servers And Applications For Locating Kiosks And Accessing Batteries
Electric Vehicles (E Vs) Operable With Exchangeable Batteries And Applications For Locating Kiosks Of Batteries And Reserving Batteries
Methods And Systems For Electric Vehicle (Ev) Charge Location Color Coded Charge State Indicators, Cloud Applications And User Notifications
Methods And Systems For Assigning E Keys To Users To Access And Drive Vehicles
Systems Providing Electric Vehicles With Access To Exchangeable Batteries
Methods And Systems For Generating Recommendations To Make Settings At Vehicles Via Cloud Systems
Methods And Systems For Locating Public Parking And Receiving Security Ratings For Parking Locations And Generating Notifications To Vehicle User Accounts Regarding Alerts And Cloud Access To Security Information
Methods For Sharing Mobile Device Applications With A Vehicle Computer And Accessing Mobile Device Applications Via Controls Of A Vehicle When The Mobile Device Is Connected To The Vehicle Computer
Methods And Systems For Defining Vehicle User Profiles And Managing User Profiles Via Cloud Systems And Applying Learned Settings To User Profiles
Systems For Learning User Preferences And Generating Recommendations To Make Settings At Connected Vehicles And Interfacing With Cloud Systems
Methods And Systems For Defining Custom Vehicle User Interface Configurations And Cloud Services For Managing Applications For The User Interface And Learned Setting Functions
Systems For Providing Electric Vehicles Data To Enable Access To Charge Stations
Methods And Systems For Providing Access To Specific Vehicle Controls, Functions, Environment And Applications To Guests/Passengers Via Personal Mobile Devices
Methods And Systems For Electric Vehicle (Ev) Charging, Charging Unit (Cu) Interfaces, Auxiliary Batteries, And Remote Access And User Notifications
Methods And Systems For Using Cloud Services To Assign E Keys To Access Vehicles
Methods And Systems For Automatic Electric Vehicle Identification And Charging Via Wireless Charging Pads
Methods For Customizing Vehicle User Interface Displays
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Altering Article of Association of a Company
Section 14(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 lays down that subject to the provisions of this Act and the conditions contained in its memorandum, if any, a company may, by a special resolution, alter its articles including alterations having the effect of conversion of -
(a) a private company into a public company; or
(b) a public company into a private company.
A Company may alter its Articles in accordance with the above provisions in any of the manners mentioned below:
a) by adoption of new set of articles;
b) by addition/insertion of a new Clause/s;
c) by deletion of a Clause/s ;
d) by amendment of a specific Clause/s ;
e) by substitution of a specific Clause/s .
Key Considerations:
Any change in the Articles of the company shall conform to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013/1956, as applicable and the conditions contained in the Memorandum of Association of the company. (Section 14(1)
For effecting any change in the AOA resulting in the conversion of private company into a public company or vice-versa, company shall additionally follow the procedure prescribed for the conversion of private company into a public company or vice-versa.
By amendment, Company may insert provisions for entrenchment to the effect that specified provisions of the articles may be altered only if conditions or procedures as that are more restrictive than those applicable in the case of a special resolution, are met or complied with. (Section 5(3)
The provisions of entrenchment can be inserted only if agreed to by all the members of the company in the case of a private company and by a special resolution in the case of a public company.(Section 5(4)
The following procedure is to be followed for alteration of AOA under Section 14 of Companies Act, 2013 -
1. Issue not less than 7 days notice and agenda of Board meeting, or a shorter notice in case of urgent business, in writing to every director of the company at his address registered with the company and call a Board Meeting to consider the proposal of alteration of articles of association of a company . (Section 173(3). Also follow the procedure prescribed for issuing and signing of notice of Board Meeting.
2. Hold a meeting of Board of Directors-
To consider and decide the articles required to be changed/altered.
To pass the necessary Board Resolution for approving proposal of alteration of articles of association of a company subject to the approval of Shareholders.
To delegate authority to any one director of the company to sign, certify and file the requisite forms with Registrar of Companies or any statutory authority to do all such acts, deeds as may be necessary to give effect to the proposed alteration.
To fix day, date, time and venue for holding general meeting of the Company for passing a special resolution as required by section 14 of the Companies Act, 2013.
To approve the draft notice of general meeting along with explanatory statement annexed to the notice as per requirement of the Section 102 of the Companies Act, 2013.
To authorize the Director or Company Secretary to sign and issue notice of the general meeting.
3. Prepare and circulate draft minutes within 15 days from the date of the conclusion of the Board Meeting, by hand/speed post/registered post/courier/e-mail to all the Directors for their comments. Alsofollow the procedure prescribed for preparing, circulation, signing and compiling of Board Minutes.(Secretarial Standards-1 )
4. Send notice of the General meeting proposing the aforementioned special resolution to all the shareholders, directors, auditors and other persons entitled to receive it, by giving not less than clear 21 days notice or shorter notice, if consent for shorter notice is given by at least 95% of members entitled to vote at such meeting, either in writing or through electronic mode in accordance with the Section 101 of the Act. Also follow the procedure prescribed for issuing and signing of notice and convening of General Meeting.
5. Hold a shareholders meeting on the date fixed for the meeting and pass the Special Resolution for altering the Articles of Association by 3/4th majority or unanimously, in case of insertion of provisions of entrenchment by a private company in accordance with Section 114 (2) of the Act read with Section 5(4).
6. After passing special resolution, file a certified copy of special resolution with the Registrar in E-Form No. MGT.14 under Section 117 of the Act within 30 days of passing Special Resolution in general meeting along with the following attachments:
a. Copy of Special Resolution passed along with Explanatory Statement.
b. Notice for convening the General Meeting of the Company
c. Altered Articles including the provisions of entrenchment inserted in the articles, if any.
d. Shorter Notice Consent Letters from the members in case the General Meeting was convened at shorter notice.
e . Any other attachment as may be applicable.
7. Follow the procedure prescribed for preparing, signing and compiling of minutes of General Meeting.
8. Make necessary amendments in all the copies of Articles of association of the Company .[Section 15(1)]
1. Where a private company alters its articles in such a manner that they no longer include the restrictions and limitations which are required to be included in the articles of a private company under this Act, the company shall, as from the date of such alteration, cease to be a private company. (First proviso to Section 14(1)
2. Any alteration having the effect of conversion of a public company into a private company shall not take effect except with the approval of the Tribunal which shall make such order as it may deem fit.(Second proviso to Section 14(1).
3. For effecting theconversion of a private company into a public company or vice versa, company shall file the application in Form No.INC.27 with fee. [Section 14 and Rule 33 of Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014] (Pl. also refer Procedure for conversion of a Public Company into a Private Limited Company or vice-versa)
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The Innovative Lines of Austin Briggs
By MGHL Staff on 14 August 2014 in Dowd Modern Graphic History Library, Special Collections
This past weekend, illustrator Austin Briggs would have been 106. The transportation industry welcomed the artist into the world when he was born on August 9, 1908 in a private railway car on a siding in Humboldt, Minnesota. Since his father was an electrical engineer who installed telegraphic systems for the railroads, the family moved along with him. He started drawing at age 4 and filled the railroad car with his artwork. By age 12, the family had moved permanently to Detroit and Briggs soon had a scholarship for the Wicker Art School.
1955 Friskies advertisement from unknown publication
Ultimately it would be the transportation industry that would give Briggs his first illustration job — but with automobiles instead of trains. After graduating high school, Briggs was an assistant to an illustrator for car advertisements for $35 a week. Briggs was skilled at drawing figures, so he would add in the people surrounding the car, but at a smaller than real-life scale, to enhance the car’s proportions. However, once Briggs discovered that his employer was making $1000 per drawing, he left the job and began a freelance career with advertising illustration.
1960 Renault advertisement from unknown publication
Briggs eventually wanted to draw fiction illustration. His chance came in the mid 1920s with the weekly Michigan newspaper, Dearborn Independent. He later sent examples of his illustrations to Collier’s and was encouraged by the magazine’s art editor. That prompted Briggs to move to New York and enroll in the Art Students League. He drew for Collier’s, McClure’s, and Pictorial Review. Briggs had yet to develop his own personal style, so his work had yet to stand out from the other fiction illustrators. When magazines cut back during the Depression, Briggs was yet another expendable artist.
from A Star For Christmas, McCall’s, December 1960
He ended up “ghost drawing” for artist Alex Raymond’s “Flash Gordon” comic strip and illustrated for pulp magazines including Amazing Stories and Blue Book. The art director at Blue Book gave Briggs freedom to experiment with his drawings, and Briggs then developed his own style. This allowed him to get illustration assignments at Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post and advertising agencies.
from Bonus Rookie, Saturday Evening Post, August 12, 1950
Briggs was drawing at a time when magazine illustration was transitioning from representational, rendered art to a more modern, less-rendered conceptual style, as championed by artists such as Al Parker. Briggs’ earlier work is more representational.
from You’re Only Young Once, Saturday Evening Post, April 6, 1946
During the 1950s, Briggs developed a unique modern, conceptual look, using minimal outlines and oversimplified details. Often these illustrations were black and white line drawings with occasional added color. This style would become so popular that it would be used by other artists throughout the decade.
om Love’s A Sham, Saturday Evening Post, January 12, 1947
Briggs was always reinventing his style and experimenting with different techniques. He would alternate between his various illustration styles depending on the assignment.
Sports Illustrated cover, October 22, 1962
No matter which style he used for fiction illustration, his goal was the same — to capture the emotional aspect of the scene, often in a slice-of-life moment.
from The Unexpected Warrior, Saturday Evening Post, June 1, 1946
Briggs saw his role as the stage designer for the scene. He saw fiction illustration not just an embellishment to the text, but a way to get the reader curious about what might happen in the story which would prompt further reading of the story.
from Who Sent The Duchess?, 1963, from unknown publication
Briggs would brainstorm his story illustrations with a series of sketches until he found an idea he liked, finding that often one in ten ideas might work. He later used friends, family, and neighbors to pose for photographed scenes to help him fill in details. For some assignments, such as a picture essay for Look, he would go on location and sketch.
from The Fast-Changing South, Look, November 16, 1965
He painted in a variety of mediums, including gouache, non-acryllic oil paint diluted with turpentine, which ended up looking like gouache, and pen and ink.
from Question, Mr. President!, This Week, December 8, 1963
Briggs would end up illustrating stories, essays, and covers for major magazines. His commercial illustrations included ads for telecommunications, dog food, coffee, and beer. One of his major clients was American Airlines.
American Airlines advertisement, January 15, 1949
Another major advertiser was Chevrolet. Turns out, Briggs never could get too far away the transportation industry.
Chevrolet advertisement, from Saturday Evening Post, June 13, 1953
The fiction illustrations for “You’re Only Young Once” and “The Unexpected Warrior” are from the Charles Craver Collection.
All other images are from the Walt Reed Illustration Archive.
Information about Austin Briggs is from:
Ermoyan, Arpi. Famous American Illustrators. Rotovision. 1997.
Peng, Leif. Austin Briggs: “…regarded as an important young illustrator”. Today’s Inspiration, February 10, 2009.
Reed, Walt. The Illustrator In America: 1869-2000. Society of Illustrators, 2001.
Taraba, Fred. Masters Of American Illustration: 41 Illustrators & How They Worked. Illustrated Press, 2011.
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406 Ruler of Later Zhou
Chai Shaohui, who had been earnestly reading, suddenly heard a system announcement, and his little face became incredibly pale. Beside him, Nangong Shuyue detected this and asked with concern, "What is it, Shaohui?"
Chai Shaohui's body stiffened as he replied, "Mother, Later Zhou is being attacked by enemies, and they've already entered the Town. The protective barrier has been activated."
"What?" Nangong Shuyue was unable to stay calm and quickly asked, "Just what is going on? Doesn't Later Zhou have 110,000 people defending it? How could someone attack so silently?"
Chai Shaohui shook his head - he had no idea what was going on either. After all, he had only received a system announcement that the Town was in danger and that the protective barrier had been automatically activated.
"Shaohui, hurry and enter the Heaven Awaken World to take a look. We can't allow anything to happen to Later Zhou," Nangong Shuyue said seriously.
Chai Shaohui nodded and picked up his Heaven Awaken Stone as he entered the Heaven Awaken World.
Nangong Shuyue felt an ominous feeling - with Later Zhou's current strength, who would dare to attack it? Just who were these people?
At that moment, Nangong Shuyue could only pray that it was just some bandits who had accidentally triggered the protective barrier. If something happened to Later Zhou, Chai Shaohui's branch would become the sinners of the Chai family and be attacked by the rest of the Chai family.
Chai Shaohui's branch was already quite weak, and if something like this happened, none of them would be spared. The Chai family would never show mercy, and she wouldn't be able to protect her own son.
Nangong Shuyue could only hope that everything would be fine. However, she still felt quite unsettled, so she anxiously also entered the Heaven Awaken World.
What greeted her eyes were soldiers wearing fine equipment, giving off powerful auras, and looking like ferocious beasts. Seeing this, Nangong Shuyue's pupils constricted.
Seeing so many terrifying enemies, Chai Shaohui also felt quite anxious and afraid. In front of these people's auras, Chai Shaohui's body trembled, but when he thought of the fact that he was Later Zhou's Legatee and the future ruler of Later Zhou, he mustered up his courage and looked around him.
Right now, the entire Town had been taken down except for the central region. The 100 or so people around them were all enemies, and none of them were from Later Zhou.
Later Zhou had fallen, and there was no chance of the situation being reversed. Was it just going to end like this? Were his ambitions and efforts all going to come to nothing?
In the end, Chai Shaohui was still a child, and he started to tear up as he yelled, "Who are you? Why are you attacking Later Zhou?"
Hearing his tender voice, the crowd parted, and a black-cloaked figure giving off a terrifying aura walked forwards.
Zhao Fu's gaze fell on Chai Shaohui and felt quite surprised - he had never expected Later Zhou's Legatee to be a 12-year-old boy. A cold smile appeared on Zhao Fu's face as he asked, "Who are we? Even now, do you have no idea? Those who oppose Great Qin won't be spared."
Hearing Zhao Fu's words, which were filled with killing intent, Chai Shaohui felt quite surprised - it was Great Qin; that terrifying Legatee, Great Qin's Legatee, had come.
"Great Qin!" Chai Shaohui felt quite bitter, and his courage was shattered instantly. Later Zhou had been destroyed so easily by Great Qin and been unable to resist at all.
A hand lightly patted his shoulder, and he turned to look at his mother. He couldn't help but cry, and Nangong Shuyue patted her son's back as she comforted him, saying, "You're Later Zhou's Legatee, so you can't act like a child in times like this."
Chai Shaohui wiped away his tears and nodded as he said, "I understand, mother."
After comforting her son, Nangong Shuyue looked at Wu Yang, who was standing beside Zhao Fu, and her expression became cold as she said, "Wu Yang, you must have worked quite hard for Great Qin to be able to take down Later Zhou so easily."
Facing Nangong Shuyue's gaze, Wu Yang lowered his head and replied, "Apologies, madam. Later Zhou's location was exposed long ago, and even without me, Great Qin would've been able to easily take down the Town. No one can stop Great Qin's rise, and after opposing Great Qin, the Chai family was destined to be destroyed. Moreover, I believe that Great Qin's Legatee is someone who can bring peace to the world, which was why I decided to submit to him."
Hearing Wu Yang's words, Nangong Shuyue couldn't help but coldly harrumph. After all, many of the decisions hadn't been made by her but by the Chai family.
At the beginning, she had been very against joining the Qin Resistance Alliance because they already had Great Song as an enemy. Later Zhou was unable to fight against two Dynasties, but when Great Qin started to rise in power, the Chai family's old leaders had been influenced by Su Yan and thought that the School of Vertical and Horizontal would help the Chai family, which was why they joined the alliance.
Now, reality had shown that this wasn't the case. Great Qin had become even more powerful, forcing the Hundred Schools of Thought to lower their heads and the School of Vertical and Horizontal to not help against Great Qin.
However, no matter how rational and just Wu Yang's words were, Nangong Shuyue wouldn't forgive him for his betrayal.
"Wu Yang! We treated you incredibly well!" Nangong Shuyue coldly said. She knew that Wu Yang controlled a large portion of the players, and if they rebelled now, Later Zhou would still have a trace of hope.
Hearing Nangong Shuyue's words, Wu Yang could only sigh. His 40,000 players simply couldn't compare with Great Qin's soldiers, and even if they tried to rebel, they would only make a bit of trouble for Great Qin and not be able to change anything.
Now that he had personally seen how powerful Great Qin was, Wu Yang felt even more loyal to Great Qin.
"Apologies madam, I've already chosen to join Great Qin," Wu Yang said with determination as he bowed towards Nangong Shuyue. After raising his head, he now viewed Nangong Shuyue as an enemy.
Hearing this, Nangong Shuyue became enraged and was about to say something when another voice sounded out.
"Enough!" Zhao Fu looked at the mother and son in front of him and didn't want to waste any more time. His gaze fell on Chai Shaohui as he said, "Show me Later Zhou's power! Given your age, I'll give you an easy death."
Zhao Fu wouldn't show mercy just because his enemy was a child, nor would he let off Later Zhou. At some point, Zhao Fu's heart had become colder and crueler.
"Mother, you should return to the real world." Chai Shaohui gently pushed Nangong Shuyue away, and his gaze became resolute as he looked at Zhao Fu. As Later Zhou's Legatee, he had to show Later Zhou's pride and courage.
A trace of a smile appeared on Zhao Fu's face as he slowly drew the Sky Demon Sword at his waist. "Come! I want to see Later Zhou's power."
Boom!!
Zhao Fu stepped out, and the ground around him cracked as a monstrous aura burst forth. Everyone felt as if a mountain was weighing down on them, making it difficult for them to breathe.
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When a band is really cookin', you can work up quite a hunger on the dance floor. Unfortunately, many clubs are all beats and no eats. And if they do offer edibles, it's microwave and fryer fodder. Enter Hog Wallow, and its full menu of finger foods, sandwiches, pizza, burgers and salads. Sure, most of that's kinda unwieldy while shaking your butt to SuperBubble or Stonefed—so you should probably park it until you're done grubbin'. (RH)
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Every Wednesday night, Wiseguys Comedy Club at the Gateway opens its stage to the amateur comedians among us to trial-run their best bits. So while it's true that you're sure to hear a few folks at the mic who will bomb so spectacularly you'll wonder where the jokes were hiding, you'll also hear some side-splitting sets and witty crowd work. The doors open around 7 p.m. and the cover is just $5. Better yet, funny guy, try crafting your gags into a two- to three-minute set and test your delivery on stage. (DWH)
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Pull up with your crew to the front doors of the Walker Center on a Friday or Saturday night and you'll see a line out of the door that's as long as Trump's presidency has felt. Altogether now, Utah: That's right, I'm looking at you, Golden State Warrior and rider of Kevin Durant and Steph Curry's championship coat-tails Matt "There's no nightlife in Utah" Barnes. We've got a club (OK, Bourbon House calls itself a cocktail emporium and craft kitchen, but still) in Utah that serves alcohol and plays '90s hip-hop hits and even has a line to get in. Barnes' ignorance aside, Bourbon House is a great and rowdy place to dance and drink your little heart out on a weekend. Rumor has it, family man Gordon Hayward left Utah because he couldn't handle knowing that such a crazy place like Bourbon House existed. I mean, come on, who would want to raise a family around that kind of in-your-face nightlife? (JF)
19 E. 200 South, 801-746-1005, bourbonhouseslc.com
Best Speakeasy to listen to '90s Hip-Hop
The walk down to the basement of Bodega gives the authentic feel of a 1920s speakeasy, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll hear Duke Ellington spinning on the record player. Depending on the bartender (and crowd) the night you patron this downtown hide-a-bar, you just might be able to commandeer the turntable and play the TLC classic, "Crazy Sexy Cool." Follow that with Tribe Called Quest or Biggie paired with a few dapper beverages and delish tapas bites and you've got yourself a '20s/'90s kind of a party. (AP)
331 S. Main, 801-532-4452, bodega331.com
Best "all are welcome" Vibe
Metro Music Hall
Newly revamped Metro sees your idea of safespace and raises you. Home to everything from late-'90s alternative shows (Eve 6, you made me swoon) to massive death metal showcases like the recent Bloodletting North America Tour, Metro is truly a representation of SLC's multifarious scene. Avant-garde queer dance parties? Yep, you'll aso find them here. Drag performances that pack the house—from RuPaul's Drag Race superstar Alaska 5000 to local queens vying for the Miss City Weekly crown? Step right up. If that wasn't enough to line 'em out the door, their house specialty drinks, like the lip-smacking Aphrodite, are the glorious, boozy cherry on top. (EL)
615 W. 100 South, 385-528-0952, metromusichall.com
Best Big Names in a Small Room
Urban Lounge
Since opening its doors back in 2001, Urban has hosted buzzy ascendant bands (Incubus, The Hold Steady, Red Fang), legendary groups later in their careers (X, Supersuckers, The Afghan Whigs) and cult bands you thought you'd never see in SLC (Guitar Wolf, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Acid Mothers Temple). In a room that holds around 400, with a top-shelf lighting and sound, these are some of the best and most intimate shows in town. Especially when paired with the cream of the local crop. (RH)
241 S. 500 East, 21, 801-746-0557, theurbanloungeslc.com
Best Downtown Bargain Brews
O'Shucks
After a stressful day at work, sometimes you can't wait until the weekend to unwind with a frosty brew and a good time. But if you're strapped for cash like me, you're gonna want to find a good bargain. Tucked away under a string of restaurants downtown, O'Shucks is a fun little Irish bar offering daily deals on drinks and sushi nearly every day of the week. Tuesday and Wednesday nights are the best with $3 schooners, and on Wednesdays it's sushi happy hour all day long with Ahh Sushi's two-piece nigiri or traditional or California rolls for $3 each. (AH)
22 E. 100 South, 801359-6770, facebook.com/slcsushi
Best place to dip balls in water, then toss them at other people
A Bar Named Sue on Highland
Beer pong is plenty of fun at home, but at A Bar Named Sue on Highland, you can play for free and still win money. On a Wednesday, no less—and aren't arcing ping-pong balls a nice metaphor for hump day? Even better, you don't have to drink when the other team scores, 'cause the cups are full of water. So while you might lose sleep staying out late, you won't have to go to work hungover if you lose. Oh, and the money thing: Sue ponies up 10 bucks for every team that registers, up to a total pot of $100. No-risk midweek stress relief with a chance at an extra payday? Sign me up. (RH)
3928 S. Highland Drive, 801-274-5578, abarnamedsue.net
Best Conversation Piece
Good Grammar's Pop Culture Wall
Although it's puzzling why a place named for a word-nerd fetish is decorated with so many portraits of pop culture icons, it is kinda fun to get drunk and try to identify them all. Especially if your companion is the kind of guy who claims to know everything, but thinks Led Zeppelin is a dude, and that "Alex" Cooper rules. Then you can troll him by pointing out Robert's Johnson and Lucille's Balls. In case it's not already clear, this Best of Utah pick is for Good Grammar helping us strengthen friendships. (RH)
69 Gallivan Ave., 385-415-5002, goodgrammar.bar
Best barstool to backseat coach the Utah Jazz
Twilite Lounge
Cheap beer. TVs on either end of the bar. Friendly regulars. Friendlier bartenders. And cheap beer (because you're going to order a second—who're we kidding). The dimly lit cash-only dive is a comfortable place to watch basketball on a spring evening. So even if the hometown team doesn't find the success it did last year (thanks a lot, Hayward), Twilite is the place to hang out for a celebratory—or commiserate—brew, and explain to the other barflies what play you would have called had you been hired as coach. After the game, order your third as you'll want to stick around for a game of pool, a tune on the jukebox or to hear the occasional live band that plays in the back. (DWH)
347 E. 200 South, 801-532-9400, twilitelounge.com
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Best Community Backyard BBQ
Club Rendezvous Horseshoes Night
Lots of bars offers games like beer pong and cornhole, but not many have a horseshoes league. There's simply not space for something like that. Except on the huge backyard patio at West Valley hideaway Club Rendezvous, where "Horseshoe" Charlie Clark runs a Thursday night blind-draw, double-elimination doubles league throughout the summer. It's competitive, but friendly—and with Rendezvous grilling chicken and hotdogs to go with their cold draft beer, it feels more like a backyard cookout. Which, of course, always feels like home. (RH)
1900 W. 4100 South, West Valley City, 801-935-4134
Club Karamba
I don't like loud music or loud people. Club Karamba offers both. It's really the only time I give myself to leave the ol' comfort zone with the help of a few drinks. The dancing is definitely more involved, so if you get tired, you can also grab a table, get waiter service and just entrance yourself with swaying hips. Be prepared to shell out eight bucks a beer, but otherwise, Club Karamba is a wholly different and exciting experience than what you'd find at other clubs. (RM)
1051 E. 2100 South, 801-696-0639, karambaslc.com
Some of my most memorable nights are the ones that weren't planned, the ones that started kind of shitty but turned out great, thanks to the people I wound up with. That was the case on a recent night at downtown SLC's new bar, Lake Effect. I had planned on writing about their tacos, but arrived a little too late to order them. So I settled for a beer and unleashed my life story on the bartender. Long story short, I made several new friends that night, and even got a ride home from one of them. I'd been there many times before and have yet to be let down. From their craveable late-night food menu (the tacos are a must-try) to their top-notch cocktails, Lake Effect is superb—undoubtedly due to the selfless, talented, dedicated staff. (AH)
155 W. 200 South, 801-532-2068, lakeffectslc.com
ANDREA HARVEY
Best Inclusive Dance Party
Vibe Events
Hey, deaf people like to party, too. But unfortunately Utah's nightlife scene hasn't been so accommodating. That's something Maclain Drake is changing with his new series of inclusive EDM shows, Vibe Events. Don't be fooled into thinking this is only for deaf people, though. With sound-reactive visuals, smells and a vibrating dance floor (which Maclain built himself), as well as a drink menu inspired by the musicians, this show caters to all five senses, which anyone can appreciate. "All I care about is a live show," Drake told City Weekly in May. "If it's truly a live show and the artist truly wants to get his message across, he can get across all aspects of senses, rather than just one." (AH)
vibemusicevents.com
Best Rooting Room
Legends Sports Pub
There are plenty of places to root for your favorite team in your favorite game, whether it's attending in person or sitting in your living room. Then, there are those occasions when you want to gather with a bunch of friends for a game-watching party, or maybe just hang out with dozens of similarly fanatic strangers. The side room at Legends offers giant-screen viewing and the same great pub-food and drinks service as the rest of the place, and it can be reserved for free. If you just want to kick back with an adult beverage and watch sports on a TV in the main room ... well, that's OK, too. (SR)
677 S. 200 West, 801-355-3598, whylegends.com
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Best outside-the-box live music event
Ménage à Trois at The State Room
The local music scene, in spite of consistently producing quality acts, still suffers from chronic apathy. So Crook and the Bluff, Pig Eon and Candy's River House—three bands that oughta be packing most of the rooms in town—conceived Ménage à Trois last April. It was no mere triple-bill: The three frontmen opened the show together, then the full bands came out for a meaty second act, a song-for-song rotation where they cheered each other on from couches and jumped up for guest solos. For the big finish, they went full Voltron, assembling into a single band and bringing out dancers and aerialists. The gambit worked—the show sold out. But their real trick was giving Salt Lake City music fans a night to remember. (RH)
Best I-wanna-black-out-for-cheap drink
Cheer to You's Mind Eraser
Sometimes the only solution to a hard week's worth of work is to get blacked out, but not every nightlife-er has the cash to do it at a tap house or pay whatever the hell they charge at other "upscale" bars (nor is it really advisable). Luckily, Main Street's maiden of mercy, Cheers to You, has just the drink for a cheap night out and, you know, maybe a convenient blackout. Served in a multitude of fruity, I-can't-even-taste-the-alcohol flavors, Cheers' Mind Eraser is perfect drink of which to have one—or five. And at $3, you'll be stumbling unknowingly out of the bar having maybe spent $25. (JF)
315 S. Main, 801-575-6400
Best triple blast from the past
Transit Cast, D'Molls, Enuff Z'Nuff at Liquid Joe's
With two '80s major-label bands on the bill, it was already gonna be a memory-lane night. But Transit Cast, featuring Jeff Alleman and Walter James Woods of old-school local bands like Skit Skat, Circus and All Souls Avenue (aka ASA), contributed a double-decade dose of nostalgia with their signature '80s glam/'90s alt-rock sound. Then Desi Rexx and D'Molls made their debut as a local band, with local bass legend Jonni Lightfoot on bass, and demonstrated the swagger and pop smarts that made the band cult favorites in the genre. Headliners, Rexx's Chicago buddy Chip Z'Nuff and his band, capped the night with a 10-song set that merged club intimacy with arena bombast and nightclub comedy. Memories are great and all, but even better is proof that, for all three acts, the magic is intact. (RH)
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Best Afterparty
Salad Event Series
As all party people of Utah—especially newcomers—are aware of, the bars just close too damn early here. That might lend a hand to the ever-growing local EDM community, which you can always count on for some sort of afterparty. I've been to many, and my favorites are hosted by Salad Events at artsy downtown venues like Provocateur Studios or Sailor Tailor Tattoo. They generally go from 11 p.m.-5 a.m., are BYOB and cost around $20. You're required to register online beforehand, though, to keep it all kosher regarding the state's senseless liquor laws. Resident DJs Feral Williams, Eights Everywhere and Serge du Preea keep the good vibes flowing all night with house music that's a blast for anyone to dance to. (AH)
salad.splashthat.com
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Lachy, Terry and Danielle Charteris with toy tank built for Lachy's high school formal. Contributed
Dad built son a tank for his high school formal
by Navarone Farrell
18th Jun 2019 11:55 AM | Updated: 3:46 PM
THE post may look familiar to Ipswich Facebook denizens with a plywood tank offered up for sale in many of the region's buy swap sell pages.
"Only a couple of days left to grab this one of a kind tank, it was made for our sons formal last year. It was made to sit on our Husqvarna ride on mower.
The Facebook post advertising the ride-on mower, plywood tank for sale.
"The barrel also lifts up, there's also a firing system rigged up to shoot 4 party poppers from the barrel. It is a perfect item for a cubby house, gel blaster/paintball field or to just have some fun with while mowing your yard.
"The mower is not included. If you are interested in buying this please follow the link below to eBay," it reads.
Dad-extraordinaire and cabinet-maker Terry Charteris said his his son Lachlan wanted to do something different for his high school formal.
"Originally he wanted to do a motorised lounge chair, there were quite a few scenarios put out there," Mr Charteris laughed.
"There was a motorised arm chair, a motorised picnic table, a ride-on Esky and a motorised surfboard."
Ride-on mower tank: The Charteris family's ride-on mower tank for son Lachy's Year 12 formal.
"Quite a few different ideas we were throwing around at different times. In the end I just said, 'What about a tank?'"
It was a family affair, with Lachy and mum Danielle even getting involved, helping out with the construction and the painting respectively.
The tank, measuring 2.4m long, by 1.2m wide and 1.2m high, was Mr Charteris's first foray into weird and wonderful constructs, powered by the family ride-on mower - not included in the sale.
His boy, Lachy, is studying electrical engineering and needs a spot in the shed.
"The reason I'm getting rid of it is because it's just taking up room in the shed," Mr Charteris said, "I said to him, 'If you want a spot in the shed we'll have to sell it."
The tank is currently going for about $250 on eBay with the reserve already met.
"We used it as a Christmas decoration last year out the front of the house," Mr Charteris said.
"After the formal we set up the Christmas lights out the front, we put a Santa hat on the dummy head on the front and had a blow-up Santa coming out the top of it.
"Basically we didn't put a reserve on it because the way I saw it is, I had fun making it, had time with my son to do it, my wife did all the painting with the pig on the side and the Deadpool on the back.
"Realistically if we were to hire a car (for the school formal), it would have cost $250 anyway."
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Tag Archives: DeFremery
Mack alumna tackles foster care in film in Project Youthview
That Family Thing
by Danenicole Williams
The subject is personal, the perspective is introspective and the filmmakers are a 13-year-old from Bayview and McClymonds alum, Bonita Tindle, now a film student at San Francisco State.
The poignant video, “That Family Thing” which explores Bonita Tindle’s experiences from foster care to rediscovering her own family, was selected as one of twelve finalists in a Project YouthView, a Bay Area competition that creates a venue for youth to tell their stories.
“The film breaks stereotypes,” says BAYCAT program manager Zara Ahmed, who mentored Miguel Rivera and Tindle. “Bonita’s personality – of a fun, intelligent, thoughtful young woman – erases any negative stigma about foster care.”
One of the more poignant moments comes as Tindle describes reading Harry Potter and waiting for the letter from Hogwart’s to arrive.
This is not Tindle’s first video. Three years ago, she made the finals with her fanciful video, “Dancing Robots, which followed a man’s dreary robotic routine at work. All that changes when the man meets another man who plays music in the elevator and then exits on a floor where everyone is happy.
The video will be shown May 2 as part of Alternatives in Action’s 10th annual, a one-of-a-kind youth film festival now held at the Paramount Theater in downtown Oakland.
In a mock interview while still at McClymonds, Tindle said her biggest challenge as a filmmaker was “carrying around 120 pounds of equipment on BART, boom lights, tripods and cameras”
The 12 selected youth-created films were chosen through a competitive process by industry and community judges from over 45 pieces submitted by youth throughout the Bay Area.
These shorts focus on topics from restorative justice (by Sunce Franicevic) to “Pressure” ( by Lily Yu) to Life is Living Festival at DeFremery Park (by Emmanuel Pereida)
Friday, May 2th, 2014 at 7 pm. Doors open at 6.
Paramount Theater, 2025 Broadway, Oakland
Information and Tickets available at www.alternativesinaction.org
Posted in Academic success, after school, art, journalism, leadership, School News, West Oakland, Youth, youth centers
Tagged Alternatives in Action, BART, BAYCAT, Bonita Tindle, camera, Dancing robots, DeFremery, film festival, filmmaker, Harry Potter, Oakland, paramount theater, project youthview, restorative justice, San Francisco, tripods, youth
“It Stops With Me” youths march from Mack to DeFremery for rally against violence
Photos by macksmack staff
For Charlisse Coleman, it was an emotional moment. As the McClymonds junior took the stage slowly in DeFremery Park, she talked for the first time publicly about how her best friend was shot just as he was coming over to celebrate her 17th birthday.
“He was an innocent person and never did nothing to nobody,” said Coleman. The trauma of losing him — and the cycle of community violence that led to it –inspired Coleman to join Alternatives in Action’s YOLO, Youth Organizing & Leadership Opportunities, and to help organize a youth march from McClymonds High School to the park.
She and about 30 other students from West Oakland wore orange (for personal power) and blue (for truth) T-shirts and carried signs that said, “Hug A Thug” “Is Taking A Life Worth It?” and “Stop the Dysfunction.” Some students chanted “YOLO” and others responded, “You know.” They marched along with school board member Jumoke Hinton-Hodge, city council candidate Lynette McElhaney, parents and community members. Several hundred people had gathered at the park for the “Life is Living” festival.
The leadership program began during the summer as an internship program in West Oakland. “Our campaign will help bring our community together to make a better place for the youth,” said Coleman. “We can’t do this by ourselves.”
Another speaker, Dominic Albert, who attended McClymonds, was the master of ceremony and did turf dancing. He told the crowd to “stop the negative cycles” of drugs, violence and dysfunctional households. “We want to erase [them] from our community,” he said.
The rally launched a week of activities for the “It Stops With Me” campaign, including a dinner with community leaders, a candlelight vigil for family members lost to violence and an election forum.
“It stops with me and soon it will stop with us,” chanted Coleman.
Posted in after school, anxiety, campaign, changes, community, community activism, dysfunctional families, leadership, School News, violence, West Oakland, YOLO, Youth
Tagged activism, DeFremery, leadership, march, McClymonds, rally, responsibility, vioience, west Oakland, YOLO, youth
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Posted on June 5, 2015 June 5, 2015 by Steve Murray Entertainment
Game of Thrones: Hardhome Review
If you gave up on Game of Thrones two weeks ago, I feel bad for you son. You’ve got 99 problems but one of the best episodes in the show’s history ain’t one.
In the run up to this week’s episode, I was mentioning to my show watching friends that I wasn’t really sure what big events we had to look forward to heading into the final three episodes of the season. I wasn’t expecting the big blowouts we got in seasons two and four but maybe some big events scattered about Westeros like in season three. While I’m still not sure we’ll even get that in episode nine, Hardhome certainly brought the spectacle.
Spoiler Alert: Standard warning. Comments are for the TV show only and anything in this or the preceding 47 episodes is fair game for discussion.
So let’s start at the end. The first half of the episode felt a bit clunky with the rapid visits to Meereen and King’s Landing to follow up the closing storylines from last week’s episode. The back half made up for it as we spent the last 20 or 25 minutes with Jon in the Wildling stronghold of Hardhome.
The Hardhome sequence can be broken up into two parts. The first is the talking bit in which Jon attempts to ally the Wildlings to his cause. It’s a noble cause. In the grand scheme of things, he isn’t asking much. He gave the Wildlings what they want but for the price of helping them in the war to come. Still, they weren’t willing to budge because of old grudges.
It’s so fascinating to see that neither side can let go of the past to carry on for the greater good. It’s one of those themes that seem to pop up rather innocuously in this show. The grudges of the past inform the decisions of the present and decide the fate of the future. For both the Wildlings and the majority of the Night’s Watch, the past wars and battles between the two sides means that they won’t treat with each other, even if it means saving the whole of the realm of men from the Army of the Dead.
For all of Jon’s great speeching and his offerings of dragon glass, the only thing that can turn a Thenn from enemy to ally is a massive Wight army commanded by the Four Whitewalkers of the Apocalypse. Much like no one really bought Sam as the Slayer, no one can really appreciate the threat of an army of the dead risen to slaughter the living until they actually see it with their own eyes. While Wildlings attacking Wights left and right and barring the gates to Hardhome and the Night’s Watch charging to the protection of men as they are sworn to do were powerful images, I don’t think anything pushed the seriousness of the moment as the Thenn leader fighting alongside King Crow to save the Wildlings from the slaughter.
So that brings us to the second part of the Hardhome sequence which was the massive fight between the living and the dead. Now, we all knew this was going to happen at some point. The show has been building to an epic battle between the two forces since the opening of the show when a Whitewalker took a Night’s Watchman’s head off.
What I didn’t expect was that the show would go all Empire Strikes Back on us this week. A battle in the snow in which the Empire is played by the Wights and the Rebels are played by the Wildlings (fittingly). It was an absolute slaughter that left the Wildlings on the back foot after being decimated by the superior numbers and power of the Wight army.
As Game of Thrones is capable of doing when they get the job right, the scale and epicness of the final fight was right up there with anything that’s ever been on TV before. Between all the CGI, practical effects and stunt work, this was probably the most expensive ten or fifteen minutes in the show’s history.
So, yes, we had Wildlings and Crows fighting side-by-side to give the remaining Wildlings time to evacuate as the wights tried to break through the gates keeping them out. For all the talk from the two sides about hating the other, when push comes to shove, the graveness of the situation comes through when everyone puts aside their differences for the greater good.
And we had the cool final showdown between Jon and a legit Whitewalker. It mowed through that Thenn like nothing but Jon was somehow able to save himself as Longclaw was able to kill a Whitewalker without shattering. It was very unexpected, even Jon seemed surprised, but it was the glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak but awesome battle scene.
There were so many great moments in this whole sequence. We had Tormund turn the Lord of Bones into a pile of bones with his own skull-topped staff. Anything involving the elder giant was particularly awesome with the subtitled translation of “the f*ck you looking at”, the wight stomping and fending off wights with a flaming log. And I suppose it’s important to note that every Wildling who got a line also got featured in the battle, not just the Thenn.
The most awe-inspiring moment had to be the Night’s King starting Jon down as he retreated on his boat and then commanding the dead to rise. All those Wildlings that were just slaughtered rose to their feet and are ready to march on the living. I hope a raven reaches Stannis quickly. Like Melisandre said, the real war is coming to the wall. He once was focused on saving the realm of men and using that to gather support for his pursuit of the Iron Throne. I don’t think marching south on Winterfell will help anyone.
One little debate that I’d like to see is whether this is considered too far a deviation from the books. The producers’ inside look at this episode said that there was some sort of massacre at Hardhome described in the books but never in too much detail because none of the characters were there. They instead moved Jon there and did their interpretation of the massacre of Hardhome. I think that it was a much-needed deviation from the books. It hits home a lot more than, say, Tormund showing up at Castle Black and saying the Wildlings were all killed by Wights and Whitewalkers. Wouldn’t that turn us into the Night’s Watchmen who doubt Sam?
If there’s one thing about Jon fighting a Whitewalker and living to see another day does, it disappoints me that Sam is no longer the single most important man in the realm of men. The working theory among fans is that Valyrian steel is also super effective against Whitewalkers. I don’t know how one method of forging steel can be super effective and the other not very effective. Maybe Sam had some special obsidian treatment he gave Longclaw. Otherwise, Brienne of Tarth is about to become the second most important person in Westeros.
The other big moments of this episode came when Tyrion met Dany. It sounds like the start of a love story (though I doubt it because Dany’s type is tall, dark and handsome and Tyrion [in book lore, anyway] doesn’t hit any criteria) but that only really applies to the fans. That’s because two of the biggest fan favourite characters have finally had their paths cross and met for the first time.
Like the trip to Hardhome, our visit to Meereen happens in two parts with the second part being the infinitely more interesting. The first part is a little feeling out between Dany and Tyrion as she wonders if Tyrion is worthy of being in her employ and he wonders if she’s really worth the effort. As usual, poor Ser Jorah comes up short to another man and gets banished to the Friend Zone- I mean, desert.
But the real money scene was the two talking shop and life over some wine. Talking about their complicated family lives as “two terrible children of two terrible fathers,” the politics of Westeros and whether Westeros is, in fact, worth the time and effort of conquering/saving that Dany is willing to put into it. Dany, though, has her heart set on reclaiming her birthright though she claims it’s for the greater good. In Game of Thrones, that’s certainly a matter of perspective.
There is a certain irony to Dany’s “spokes on a wheel” speech. One of the houses that were on that wheel was Targaryen. Her own house is/was one of the Great Houses of Westeros that has been crushing the small folk beneath it. Does she really think that a different Targaryen on the Iron Throne will be seen any differently by the small folk or this one will be just like the rest, only prettier.
But while the dialogue and setting were nice, I can’t help but feel that Emilia Clarke felt a little out of her depth here. Peter Dinklage has been tearing it up in King’s Landing with the likes of Charles Dance and Lena Headey and Conleth Hill, among others who have turned in stellar performances. Emilia hasn’t been given truly great actors to work with and learn from nor has she been asked to really elevate her game. It’s all relative compared to the rest of the time. Emilia’s been perfectly adequate compared to her usual crew. Compared to Dinklage’s usual crew, though…
As great as Dinklage is, he was never Charles Dance who I still contend was the show’s MVP because everyone who came out the other side of a scene with him elevated their game. Now, you’ve got people like Sophia Turner and Kit Harrington who have stepped up from shaky early appearances to being proper stars on-screen. Emilia hasn’t had to push herself or be pushed to a better performance and it shows as she came off stiff next to Dinklage. There are moments when she has to be Queenly and can get away with playing uptight. But for all the talk from Benihoff and Weiss that these two are two very charismatic people, I’d only half agree with them. That’s not just this scene.
Not much happened in King’s Landing. Cersei was slapped around by a Sparrow septa who demanded a confession in exchange for water. Pycelle sent for Uncle Kevan Lannister to take over as Hand of the King while Cersei was imprisoned. And Tommen is so depressed that he doesn’t eat or leave his room. So everything is still falling apart there. Tywin dies and the whole Lannister empire goes to sh*t.
Now, if you want a charismatic character and actress, this is where you come. The seamless transition between nearly broken and begging for freedom to going vintage Cersei with threatening to bring the Rains of Castamere down on that septa was fantastic. For as little time as was spent with Cersei, it was… Well, this show was full of highlights but I’m not sure I can call them highlights if they all are highlights. It was certainly more awesomeness in a show full of awesomeness.
There was more to this episode but I think I need to wrap this up so this can be posted on-time. There was so much great about this episode that I think that we can go on forever about it. I don’t think this is the best episode of Game of Thrones ever but this certainly tops this season by a wide margin. Fun fact: Director Miguel Sapochnik has only directed episodes seven and eight of Season Five in his time on Game of Thrones. Benihoff and Weiss better bring him back until they’re done with this show. He’s working magic.
Other random points of note:
Maybe if Sansa started slapping Reek around, more of Theon would come out.
Lana the Oyster Girl looks suspiciously like Arya Stark.
Seriously, did Varys not make the left turn at Albuquerque? Where in the Seven Hells is he?
Next week, it’s Episode Nine! At this point, I’m not entirely sure what big set pieces are left for them to do but they have a lot going on and not a lot of time left to wrap it up. Jaime and Dr. Bashir have a chat in Dorne. Hopefully, we get a little Bronn too. A change in management at The Wall threatens to undo all the work that Jon did at Hardhome and might also doom the realm of the living. The great fighting pit of Meereen opens with a big tournament. I thought it would be sort of small house shows but it’s basically WrestleMania off the bat. And the Mannis meets the Bastard of Bolton. That’s all in The Dance of Dragons. Maybe this is where the dragon money went.
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13 March 2015 · Robert Bain ·
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REVIEWED CoeLux skylight
The photos above may appear to show a sunlit sky – but they don’t. What they show is a brand new type of artificial skylight called CoeLux that, for the first time, reproduces the physical phenomenon that makes the sky appear blue.
CoeLux won the prestigious Light Source Innovation of the Year trophy at the Lux Awards 2014, and was the standout attraction at LuxLive, drawing queues of visitors to a low-ceilinged stand in the middle of a windowless exhibition hall, where they could look up to see… the sky.
CoeLux’s ‘sky’ is a convincing azure, and the ‘sun’ looks a lot like the real thing – even giving the impression of being distant. The overall effect is that of sunlight pouring into, and bringing life to, a small room.
If you spent more than five minutes on the CoeLux stand, you’d begin to hear the same questions over and over: What void space do you need? Does the ‘sun’ move? What’s the energy consumption? In essence: what’s the catch? It’s human nature when faced with technology this impressive.
The secret is a clear polymer layer containing titanium dioxide nanoparticles that produce Rayleigh scattering – the same process that occurs in the atmosphere, splitting up different wavelengths of light to make the sky appear blue. CoeLux also creates an illusion of depth to make the light source appear far away, rather than just a metre or so above you – but the makers are tight-lipped about exactly how that’s done.
‘It’s not a lamp. It’s not a luminaire. It’s something else’, says CoeLux’s inventor, Italian scientist Dr Paolo Di Trapani.
CoeLux inventor Paolo di Trapani presents the technology at LuxLive
Di Trapani delivered an impassioned presentation at LuxLive about sunlight and colour, pointing out subtle gradations of blacks in a Mark Rothko abstract, or specific brushstrokes in a Van Gogh self-portrait. He barely even mentioned his product, but that didn’t seem to bother attendees, who broke into spontaneous applause as his presentation reached its crescendo.
‘I haven’t stopped talking all day,’ said Kevin Andrews of Ideaworks, the company that is commercialising CoeLux in the UK. Not only was there a steady stream of people to the stand, but once people got there, they were in no hurry to leave.
Ideaworks, which specialises in technology for high-end interiors in the hospitality and residential markets, is hoping to bring (artificial) sunlight to underground spaces that until now have lacked daylight – gyms, for instance, and in London, the new breed of ‘iceberg homes’ with cavernous basements.
Andrews makes no bones that this is ‘version one’, and the technology has further to go. No, the light source doesn’t move… yet. No, the colour temperature isn’t dynamic… yet. The skylight consumes 340W, but that will come down as LEDs improve.
CoeLux is at the beginning of its commercial journey, and if you want to install one, you’ll have to dig deep – in every sense. It requires a one-metre ceiling recess, and will set you back £40,000 ($60,700) from the factory gate, and another £3,000 to £5,000 ($4,500 to $7,500) for shipping and specialist installation.
Still, if the interest at LuxLive is anything to go by, the future of CoeLux is very bright. And very blue.
(and a half) It's a much overused word, but CoeLux really is awesome. Still, we're holding back that last half star to see what they do with version 2.0...
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Genentech targets blinding disease
Sep 16, 2014 | AMD Research, Latest News | 0 comments
Macular research in action. – MDA
Genentech targets blinding disease in new late-stage trials
Ron Leuty Reporter-San Francisco Business Times
Targeting a blinding disease with no known treatment, Genentech Inc. is taking an experimental drug into late-stage trials aimed at slowing progression of the disease and discovering if patients with a specific mutation will benefit more.
Each of the two trials of Genentech’s lampalizumab will enroll about 936 patients with geographic atrophy, the advanced form of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, South San Francisco-based Genentech said Monday.
Ninety percent of people with AMD have the dry form, a slowly progressive disease that affects the macula in the center of the retina. No treatment can prevent further vision loss in AMD’s advanced form.
Another form of AMD, called wet AMD, progresses more rapidly and has several treatments, including Genentech’s Lucentis and, though it is not approved for wet AMD, Avastin. Wet AMD occurs with excessive blood vessel formation behind the retina. In all, AMD affects one in every 2,000 people, with the dry form accounting for nearly 90 percent of the cases.
“Lampalizumab has the potential to represent a significant breakthrough for this disease and could provide real hope for (geographic atrophy) patients,” Genentech Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sandra Horning said in a press release.
Lampalizumab will be injected at 300 sites in 24 countries into the vitreous, the jelly-like substance inside….Read More: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2014/09/genentech-targets-blinding-disease-in-new-late.html
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July 2018 - Beverly Hills, CA ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS EVALUATION INSTITUTE, INC. (ACEI) Is incorporated in the state of California (1994), and is dedic
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Thank you conference goers for visiting with ACEI’s Senior Vice-President & COO, Alan Saidi at the ACEI booth. We hope you enjoyed our giveaways and information material. For more information contact acei@acei-global.org.
Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert, President & CEO of ACEI presented a well received session on “An Evaluator’s Guide to Institutional Recognition and Accreditation”. Jasmin shared guidelines and best practices to follow where determining institutional recognition as an important step in the international credential evaluation process. This session was based on takeaways from the 2018 Orlando Symposium on “Setting the Standards for Evaluating Institution Recognition and Accreditation”, hosted by the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc., a non-profit professional association, of which ACEI is an Endorsed Member. For more information contact acei@acei-global.org.
Australia overtaking UK for international students
New research from University College London, Australia is overtaking the UK as the world's second biggest destination for international students. To read more, click here.
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Harsh new laws, for immigrant ‘Ghettos’
Denmark’s government is introducing a new set of laws to regulate life in 25 low-income and heavily Muslim enclaves, saying that if families there do not willingly merge into the country’s mainstream, they should be compelled. To read more, click here
New body to regulate all HEIs
The country’s national cabinet has approved the establishment of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, which will regulate all tertiary institutions and help to speed up the establishment of qualifying private universities. To read more, click here.
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‘Institutes of Eminence’ are named, one doesn’t exist yet
Earlier this month, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) named six universities selected for their world-class 'Institute of Eminence' status to enjoy heightened autonomy – and in the case of public institutions substantial extra government funding. One of the six universities, is not yet in existence. To read more, click here.
Teacher Union Advocate for Quality Public Education
The opening of a new headquarters for its branch in the center of the Iraqi Chamchamal region represents a golden opportunity for the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union to highlight the importance of providing quality education for all in the country and renew its commitment to ensure it. To read more, click here.
Dutch Court Rules in Favor of Universities to Teach in English
According to a recent court ruling, the universities of Maastricht and Twente can offer bachelor’s degrees in psychology that are taught in English. To read more, here.
President Assumes Power in Appointing University Rectors
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a decree stripping much of the supervisory powers of the country’s education watchdog (YOK) and gave himself sole authority to appoint university rectors. To read more, click here.
Visa Change Could Deter Incoming International Faculty
US President Donald Trump has ordered a review of the H-1B visa program. One area affected is spousal rights. The US Citizenship and Immigration Service is planning to reverse a 2015 final rule that granted eligibility for dependent spouses to work in the US. For more on the impact this policy change may have on international faculty, click here.
Trump Scraps Affirmative Action
The Trump administration has scrapped Obama-era policies promoting diversity in universities known as affirmative action. United States President Donald Trump’s decision has been viewed as an indicator that the federal government may soon challenge Harvard University’s admissions practices and nudge other universities to shelve race-orientated policies. To read more, click here
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ACEI’s 5-Step Practical Guide to Help Refugees with Limited Documentation
The displacement of people because of conflict/war and/or caused by environmental/political/ economic crisis means that many may arrive at refugee camps or their adopted countries with little or no documents supporting their academic achievements. In a recent blog, ACEI shares a practical guide when assisting refugees and displaced people. To learn more, click here.
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Article26Backpack: A Digital Tool Launched by UC Davis
Article 26 Backpack, a part of Global Affairs at UC Davis and supported by a $500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, is named for the article that established the right to education in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, nearly 70 years ago. UC Davis recently launched this digital tool in Lebanon to help refugees reclaim their education. To learn more, click here
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The University of Maine men’s basketball team struggled on the road this week, playing in three games and losing all of them. The team traveled to Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, Nov. 6 to face off against the University of Denver. They were able to keep up with the Pioneers during the first half tying 27-27. Denver came back with a strong second half outscoring UMaine a for a final score of 50-63.
Both teams went back and forth throughout the first half with the highest lead being seven points by the Pioneers. The teams ended the half with near equal rebounds, turnovers and assists.
The half was led in scoring by second-year guard Mykhailo Yagodin with seven points and third-year guard Isaiah White with six points. The leading scorers for the Pioneers were first-year guard Jase Townsend with eight points and fourth-year forward Ronnie Harrell Jr. with seven points. Harrell Jr. also happened to be the leading rebounders for Denver in the first half, snagging six boards. The Black Bears spread out their rebounds quite well with first-year guard Terion Moss and third-year forward Andrew Flemming having four rebounds each.
The second quarter was much more difficult for the Black Bears, as they were only able to shoot 9-28 from the field and 3-14 from beyond the arc. The team started out slow, allowing the Pioneers to take a six point lead. But the Black Bears were able to come back and challenge their opponents, and even temporarily held a one point lead. The Pioneers then went on a quick 12-point run, diminishing the Black Bears lead. Although Maine fought hard, they couldn’t overcome this massive run. Both teams exchanged baskets for the remainder of the quarter.
The deciding statistic from the game came from Denver’s 29 bench points. With a deep bench the Pioneers were able to stay rested and attack with fresh legs when Maine was tired.
The Black Bears barely had enough time to let the results of the game sink in before they were off to play in their next game. The team flew to Salt Lake City, Utah, to play in a game against the University of Utah on Thursday, Nov. 8. The team came out motivated and ready to prove themselves after a tough loss. This wouldn’t be without great challenge however, as the Utah Utes were well rested heading into their season opener against Maine.
The Black Bears started the game off poorly, allowing the opponents to get a 10-point lead in the first four minutes. This meant that there was no room for error for the Black Bears. Thanks to White and his aggressive play, the team didn’t allow another huge run. White scored 14 for the half, driving to the rim for dunks and popping 3-pointers.
Although the Black Bears’ play improved for the next 16 minutes, it wasn’t enough to stop Utah’s commanding offense. The Utes were able to increase their lead slowly from 10 to 17 points by the end of half. This required a drastic change for the Black Bears to even have a chance. The score at half was 28-45. The team struggled the first half to collect rebounds over their opponents which added to the deficit.
Going into the second half Maine worked to bring the score back thanks to an already warmed up White and a heating up third-year center Vincent Eze, the Black Bears were able to reduce the lead to nine points in the first six minutes. This was as far as the team was able to go however, as Utah started to go basket for basket with the Black Bears for the rest of the game. Eze’s 12 points and White’s 10 weren’t enough to overcome such a large lead made in the first half.
Although Maine shot much better and came out with more energy, out-scoring in the half 33-30, it just wasn’t enough. Utah walked away with the win, as Maine took another loss. With another game on Saturday, Nov. 10, the Black Bears flew right to San Francisco. The Black Bears faced off against the University of San Francisco, a team that was 1-0 coming off a win against University of California, Davis that Tuesday. The Black Bears struggled in this game the most as the rested Dons tore through their defense scoring 93 to Maine’s 50. The Dons also managed to have six players into the double digits for points.
It was a tough start for UMaine as they were unable to score in the first three minutes as San Francisco became an unstoppable force. The opponents took a 10-point lead in this time. In the next 5 minutes Maine started to make a presence. Flemming, White and Junior Sergio El Darwich each put in two baskets to keep the Dons under control and reduce the lead to 6-points.
Just as Maine was starting to get into a rhythm, their opponents went on another run. The Dons led the Black Bears by 19 points, as Maine only scored 2 points to the Dons’ 15. For the rest of the half the Black Bears struggled to get the ball through the hoop as they fell behind to a 24 point deficit. The team wasn’t able to keep up off the boards as Maine rebounded a measly 11 rebounds to San Fransisco’s 27. Another factor that didn’t help the Black Bears this half was the accuracy from beyond the arc, as they fell flat shooting 0-8.
As the team went back on the court for the second half, another small run was made by the Dons. Flemming was among one of the only players that were able to score against the Dons in the second half with a total of 10 points. He was also one of the few that were able to get boards this half with three of the team’s nine rebounds. With an all but nonexistent defense, the Black Bears’ offensive efforts were essentially hopeless. This resulted in an even larger lead by the Dons, and the eventual win. Although the team improved on their shooting and rebounding, it just wasn’t enough to combat the Dons’ deadly accuracy. Shooting 75 percent from the field and 60 percent from beyond the arc as a team, the Dons couldn’t be stopped.
Maine will play their next game Saturday, Nov. 17, against North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. With plenty of time to rest and make improvements, there is no doubt that the Black Bears will come out strong for the Wolf Pack Classic.
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Building the Barrage Garage
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August 7, 2012, 10:21 am PDT
As a city dweller, I’ve often looked with envy at the spacious outbuildings of my rural friends and relatives. Horse barns, potting sheds, root cellars, equipment garages — plentiful, enclosed, and private space is the one thing that makes me envy those who live beyond the end of the bus line. I think often about what I could make if I had a room of my own: a purpose-built, well-equipped space in which to create.
Apparently I’m not alone in these thoughts. Homebuilders commonly offer two-, three-, and even four-car garages for new homes. But all that space isn’t needed simply to shelter the family Chevy. It’s needed to keep pace with the explosion in DIY projects and their concomitant material and tool requirements.
Randy Nelson, president of Swisstrax, a manufacturer of workshop and garage floor products, says that garages are quickly evolving into more than simply places where people keep their cars. Installation of the company’s special-purpose floor tile in garages and workshops is booming.
“[Spaces for making things] have just about doubled in the last ten years,” says Nelson. “People aren’t just stuffing junk in their garages any more. It’s become the male domain, the place where they can do their work and have their tools.”
There are scores of books providing advice on setting up a wood shop or metal shop, and many others that describe setting up specialty areas such as a paint shop, a photography studio, or a chemistry laboratory.
But what I wanted was not a single-purpose workspace. I was seeking the ultimate, multipurpose maker’s workshop: a versatile, flexible space capable of handling nearly any project I could think of — from building a cedar-strip canoe to compounding fuel and oxidizer for a rocket engine, from soldering a Minty Boost to developing a model ornithopter.
This series of articles details the creation of a modestly sized yet state-of-the-art maker’s workshop, which I named the Barrage Garage.
This installment covers the design and construction of my Barrage Garage, and the considerations behind its doors and windows, floor coverings, and other infrastructure. The parts that follow describe the equipment inside it, such as workbenches, machine tools, hand tools, and my own space-saving tool storage system.
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The project culminates in September with a week of public arts programming developed by Cecilia Alemani, chief curator of the High Line in New York. Then, in October, 4,000 teen athletes from more than 200 countries will flock to the city for the Youth Olympic Games. The southern Villa Soldati neighborhood has seen significant development in anticipation of the events, with new housing, parks, and sports venues that will breathe life into the area well after the Olympians return home. Should you miss out on the world-class athletes, drown your sorrows in a world-class meal. Tegui, an eight-year-old restaurant in trendy Palermo, was recently named one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants — the first time an Argentinean spot has made the list in 15 years. —Sorrel Moseley-Williams
Certain that his team erased his memory of the previous day, MacLaren retraces his steps in the case of a disturbed youth with a horrific future. The future is changed due to his positive impact on the boy. Jeff, confronting the Travelers with his knowledge of their existence, is overwritten by a new Traveler. Grace grants the predecessor of the Director, an AI called Elsa, access to the Internet so MacLaren and his team can use it to find Traveler 001.
Thai tourism is as robust as ever: more than 21 million international visitors poured into the capital in 2016, making it the world’s most visited city. To accommodate all those arrivals, the metropolis is welcoming a bevy of posh new hotels in the coming year. The Waldorf Astoria Bangkok will have a spa, rooftop bar, and outdoor infinity pool overlooking the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, while the 155-room Bangkok Edition will open this summer in MahaNakhon, a towering skyscraper with a swirl of cubical cutouts wrapping around the building. Four Seasons and Capella both have properties in the works on the Chao Phraya Estate, a lush riverfront development that’s part shopping and dining destination, part tropical escape. The Michelin Guide will make its long-awaited debut here this year, drawing attention to one of the world’s most dynamic culinary scenes. And for art lovers, there’s a flock of brand-new multipurpose creative spaces to explore, including the Thailand Creative & Design Center, which just relocated to a former General Post Office on historic Charoen Krung Road; Warehouse 30, a series of World War II-era warehouses revamped by starchitect Duangrit Bunnag; and ChangChui, an immense complex of bars, shops, and restaurants constructed out of upcycled materials, including an airplane salvaged from the scrap pile. —Diana Hubbell
The Big Easy turns the Big 3-0-0 this year, and in this city where the good times roll, the parties will be epic — think citywide art shows, supersized Mardi Gras parades, and a festival of lights using landmark buildings as backdrops. Thirteen years after Hurricane Katrina, there is much to celebrate: The Central Business District, once a dead zone after dark, now crackles at all hours thanks to four new hotels (the Ace, Troubadour, Catahoula, and NOPSI), each with its own rooftop bar. The neighborhood is also home to new restaurants like Maypop — a Vietnamese-Creole joint from acclaimed chef Michael Gulotta. Another area coming to life is the three-mile riverfront, where a renovated Spanish Plaza will reopen this spring. More riverfront updates, including a new Four Seasons Hotel, will roll out in the next few years. Toast the tricentennial at the Sazerac House, a French Quarter museum dedicated to the official cocktail of New Orleans, opening later this year. —Allison Entrekin
In 2018, four unconnected people suddenly undergo personality changes at what would have been their moments of death: Marcy, a young, intellectually disabled woman, is assaulted but fights off her attackers and is no longer impaired; high-schooler Trevor concedes a mixed martial arts fight after being overmatched; heroin-addicted college student Philip drops his syringe just as his roommate injects a fatal overdose; and young mother Carly stares down her baby's abusive father. FBI agent MacLaren tracks their subsequent communication and confronts them; they reveal that they are among thousands of time travelers sent from the future to avert a global crisis, and that MacLaren was to die that night while pursuing a murderer they have already killed; MacLaren is taken over by a fifth traveler, who happens to be the team's leader.
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Kathryn confronts MacLaren about an affair she believes he is having, leading him to end his relationship with Carly. Charlotte, the misfire historian, is overwritten and murders her team. She attempts to assassinate Grace, but Trevor stops her. Grace reveals that the anti-Director faction was responsible for the team's abduction. Charlotte is shot by Jeff while attempting to kill Carly. Ellis reveals that he has built a quantum frame that the Director, an advanced AI, can use to travel to the present to escape the faction. David is held at gunpoint by another assassin but is saved by Marcy. The team arrives at the farm where Trevor has received a text to destroy the frame. Boyd reveals she received an order to kill MacLaren and holds him at gunpoint; Carly later reveals having been given the same mission. Assassins surround the farm as Ellis shoots Trevor to keep him from harming the frame. Grace jumps in front of Trevor and is shot as well. Ellis shuts down the perimeter shield in the hope that the Director will help them and delivers a message to destroy the frame shortly before he dies. It is revealed that the people surrounding them are not anti-Director assassins, but FBI agents led by Forbes.
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As Canada's token middle child, Edmonton has long gotten short shrift amid its glitzier sisters (we're looking at you, Toronto and Vancouver). But no longer — food and museum news is casting a spotlight on Alberta’s capital city. After stints at Noma in Copenhagen and Manhattan's Daniel, chef Scott Downey returned to his hometown to open the Butternut Tree in September, with a focus on indigenous foods — grilled bannock with wild mushrooms and winged kelp; bison served with Saskatoon berry jus; maple-butter cake with black-currant jam. We're waiting to make our dinner reservations until the new Royal Alberta Museum opens its doors. Designed by Dialog architects on the site of a former Canada Post distribution center, the 419,000-square-foot space will include Ice Age horse fossils and a dig pit for children. To experience Edmonton’s indie side, stay at Crash Hotel, an homage to the Ace, which opened last winter. Its themed Hi-Fi room walls are lined with vintage speakers, and hangover pills are at the ready in the mini-bar. —Kathryn O’Shea-Evans
The Director can invoke three other protocols in special situations: Protocol Alpha temporarily suspends all other protocols when a critical mission must be completed at all costs, Protocol Epsilon can be invoked when Traveler archives are threatened, and Protocol Omega permanently suspends all other protocols when the Director abandons the Travelers because the future has either been fixed or deemed impossible to fix.
Couples retreats are common along the coastal areas and several luxury hotels offer “pet packages” for those who choose to bring their pups. Sample local beer at one of the many breweries located throughout the state, many of which offer behind-the-scenes tours, along with dozens and dozens of fine wineries as well. Stay in a cabin where Wi-Fi signals are nil or enjoy a modern urban hotel with dozens of fine restaurants, trendy bars and cultural landmarks within walking distance.
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In January 2007, Travelers agreed to pay US$77 million to six states to settle a class action suit and end investigations into its insurance practices.[36][37] The charges involved paying the insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Companies contingent commissions to win business without the knowledge of clients, thus creating a conflict of interest.[38] Additionally, the investigation examined whether Travelers had created the illusion of competition by submitting fake bids,[39] thus misleading clients into believing they were receiving competitive commercial premiums.[40]
Mac investigates a mass arrival of Travelers, while also trying to repair his marriage with Kat. Philip is given assistance with his addiction from fellow Traveler 4514, Jenny. Marcy treats David for PTSD, but is dealing with feelings of detachment and disassociation herself. Carly and Jeff try and clean up their act for Child Protective Services and regain custody of their son. Trevor and Grace bond in the hospital while recovering from their injuries.
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These Travelers assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future. These travelers are: FBI Special Agent Grant MacLaren, the team's leader; Marcy, a young, intellectually disabled woman in the care of her social worker, David; Trevor, a high school quarterback; Carly, a single mom in an abusive relationship; and Philip, a heroin-addicted college student. Armed only with their knowledge of history and an archive of social media profiles, the travelers discover that 21st century lives and relationships are as much a challenge as their high-stakes missions. Written by ahmetkozan
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Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger ‘returning to X Factor as judges for third time’
Tobi AkingbadeFriday 31 May 2019 11:55 pm
It will good to see these two back on the show at the same time (Picture: Rex Features)
Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger ‘will return to X Factor to judge for the third time’.
The pair will reportedly make their way back to the ITV show when it returns for the celebrity version of the singing competition, The X Factor: All Stars.
It has been reported that the two memorable judges will join Simon Cowell on the judging panel.
According to the Sun, Louis and Nicole are in ‘advanced discussions’ to make a surprise comeback.
The pair have both been dropped twice before but have seemingly remained close friends with the music mogul.
Louis last appeared on the show on the 14th series in 2017 but did a disappearing act for last year’s edition. Before that, he did a ten-year stint as an original judge, beginning his time on the show in 2004, and briefly leaving a decade later.
Nicole first joined in 2012 and exited the panel in 2014, but she wasn’t gone for long, returning in 2016 and was dropped once more for the 2018 series.
Louis hopes to have Sharon back too (Picture: Rex Features)
Metro.co.uk contacted ITV for a comment.
Last week Louis teased that he was in talks with Simon to make a return with former judge Sharon Osbourne.
Westlife’s manager told The Mirror: ‘I’m speaking to Simon. Let’s see.
‘The All-Star concept is great. People will watch it to see Leona Lewis, G4, Sam Bailey.
‘Real singers, real talent. It could be like battle of the divas.’
Speaking of Sharon, he said that it ‘would be great’ if she returned with him.
‘Sharon would be great. She’s burnt a few bridges, but that’s what’s good about her – she has an opinion. She’s never boring or predictable,’ he added.
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‘She was only joking. It was all panto talk. They will make up. I’m going to mediate between them. I’ll do anything necessary.’
Last year, Sharon raised eyebrows when she let rip at Simon, saying she’d ‘put a f***ing brick around his neck and throw him over, claiming he fired her for being too old.
News on X Factor All Stars is still scarce but the reunion style series would likely see former contestants go head to head.
We’re very interested to see the old judging gang back together.
X Factor All Stars is expected to air later this year.
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The Kyrstal Grand Nuevo Vallarta opened last year.
More tourism infrastructure coming to Riviera Nayarit
Several new properties opened last year and more are coming
Published on Monday, June 18, 2018
After a successful 2017 the Riviera Nayarit region is looking forward to further growth.
Riviera Nayarit is a 300-kilometer or so stretch of coastline in Nayarit state between the historic port of San Blas and the Banderas Bay in Nuevo Vallarta, adjacent to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
Tourism generated nearly US $200 million last year for the region, a 300-kilometer stretch of coast in the state of Nayarit. Hotel occupancy rates remained above 80%, while high-end properties saw levels of more than 90% on average, reported the travel website Travel Pulse.
“Riviera Nayarit is a destination like no other,” said Marc Murphy, managing director of Riviera Nayarit Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Our versatility and distinct appeal have translated into recent success for our pristine destination, from resort town Nuevo Vallarta to the historic village of San Blas, celebrity haven Punta de Mita, surfing mecca Sayulita, and everything in between.”
Several new properties opened in 2017, including the 480-room Krystal Grand Nuevo Vallarta, home to the largest convention center in the city.
Also last year, Grupo Autofin Monterrey inaugurated the Grand Sirenis Matlali Hills Resort & Spa, and Marival Group expanded its offerings with the opening of MozzaMare Casual Beach Gourmet, created for guests of Marival Residences Luxury Resorts.
Tourist infrastructure will continue to grow during the remaining half of 2018 with the opening of the region’s first Fairmont property at the Costa Canuva development, which will be home to five new hotels and more than 7,000 guest rooms.
Other projects under way is a Cirque du Soleil theme park that will offer evening shows for as many as 5,000 spectators. The Rosewood Mandarina is also scheduled to open next year, with 130 guest rooms, suites and villas.
The Grand Sirenis Matlali is expected to open the second stage of its development and Iberostar is on track to open a property in Litibu.
There are two developments in Punta de Mita readying for a 2019 debut: the Auberge Resort Collection’s Susurros del Corazon and Conrad Hotels & Resorts’ redesign of the former La Tranquila Resort, Conrad Playa Mita.
Finally, One&Only Mandarina will debut both its residences, One&Only Mandarina Private Homes, and the One&Only Mandarina Resort.
AMResorts recently announced plans for two resorts: Dreams Punta de Mita Resort and Spa and Secrets Punta de Mita Resort and Spa, both scheduled to open in 2020.
Source: TravelPulse (en)
Foreign affairs secretary laments narco TV series’ portrayal of Mexico
Marcelo Ebrard bemoaned that narco-related television series are portraying a negative image of Mexico abroad. Tourism promotion will aim to improve it.
San Miguel de Allende best destination in Mexico for 4th consecutive year
Travel + Leisure magazine readers again chose the city as the top city travel destination, but it fell into second place on the list of the World’s Best.
Tourism secretary says sargassum situation is a national priority
Miguel Torruco said President López Obrador has ordered that addressing sargassum invasions be considered a national priority.
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Free cell phones with texting for eligible households
Laura Daily
If you’ve wanted a cell phone but couldn’t afford one, the federal government may be able to help. Thanks to the Lifeline Assistance program, everyone who needs a telephone for emergencies can get one. Back in the day, that meant a landline, but since 1996, the subsidy has been available to wireless providers. This is no scam or bait to get you on the hook for extra charges. Lifeline Assistance is paid for by the federal Universal Service Fund, a fee applied to all telephone bills.
Companies like SafeLink Wireless and Assurance Wireless apply the Universal Service Fund subsidy to an allotment of free airtime minutes and provide the wireless handset at the company’s expense. Instead of receiving a subsidized monthly telephone bill for Lifeline service, SafeLink converts the total amount of discounted service into minutes each month for one year. Typically the cell phones you get offer in-demand features: voicemail, text, three-way calling, call waiting, caller ID and access to 911.
These free phones are only available to those who qualify based on household income and/or people on Medicaid, food stamps (SNAP) or certain other public assistance programs. Every state has its own additional requirements, which you can find on the company’s websites. (Usually you just search by zip code). While there are two major providers, neither covers every state, so you will have to check first to see the coverage area.
Eligible households can get a free cell phone that includes 250 free voice minutes and 250 free texts each month from Assurance Wireless. There’s no annual contract and the phone also includes call waiting, caller ID, voicemail and access to 911 service. For $5 each month you can opt for 250 additional minutes and 250 texts monthly. Assurance Wireless is part of Virgin Mobile USA and uses the Sprint network. To request an application, call 888-898-4888 (Monday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) or visit Assurance Wireless.
The other company offering free phones and minutes is SafeLink Wireless. It is in 39 states and the District of Columbia and provides 250 minutes a month for local and national calls and up to 1,000 texts monthly. SafeLink is a subsidiary of TracFone. Contact the company at 800-723-3546 (Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST) or visit SafeLink Wireless.
Other small providers, usually covering specific states or regions, can be found by doing an online search for “Lifeline Cell Phone Providers.” Some plans may offer a free phone and minutes, while others simply offer a subsidy of about $10 per month off your phone bill.
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A confirmed coupon clipper, Laura Daily is always on the lookout for ways to save or stretch that hard-earned dollar and prides herself on digging deep to unearth a great deal. She is a consumer strategist reporting for a variety of national publications including AARP The Magazine, AAA World, Consumer Reports Money Adviser, Global Traveler, Shop Smart and Westways and is a correspondent for OnTravel Radio. Laura owns and operates Mile High On The Cheap which covers the Denver/Boulder (Colorado) area. Contact her on Google+, Twitter or Facebook.
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Archive for the tag “Delayed Voting Material”
Mwenda’s political voodoo of the real People’s Power versus Classic Rigging President Museveni style!
Sometimes, you wonder if all the payments from the big-man has deluded someones mind and vision. Like he has to call hardliners in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) extremists, because supporters of FDC are vicious people in his eyes. That is because they don’t pay him to spread their vision. The more Andrew Mwenda speak, the more he sounds like the brethren of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Today is no different. He speaks of the beautiful rain-man style voodoo of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Take a look!
“Lessons for Besigye from Kyadondo East
So yesterday the state deployed its full military might on display like it has never done before. The aim? To win in Kyadondo East. In spite of the deployment (and perhaps because of it) the NRM candidate lost. Bobi Wine won. First lesson: no amount of rigging can stop people power. Second lesson: Kizza Besigye and his hooligans have no people power. Third lesson: FDC extremists claiming anyone stole their votes are deluded. Advice to FDC extremists: Go to the people and get their support first. Stop lying to yourselves that someone steals your votes” (Andrew Mwenda, 30.06.2017).
I don’t know if Mwenda was considering that if it was the same with Presidential Elections compared to the a smaller By-Election. He should think of it differently. There was play of Police Officers and Military Police in the Kyadondo East polls. But they we’re not as significant as during the General Election of 2016. When the whole militarized politics and the police interference in politics was into another level. Yesterday, the only thing IGP Kale Kayihura did was smiling and not calling all his brigades, neither all of the RDC or DPC to act upon the promise to cherish the Presidents vision.
That is what happens, all of the state are in the works during a Presidential Election, where the State are already using all their methods and all organizations to take control. They use even fighter planes to fly over Kampala to spread the fear and stop people from demonstrating. They used all sorts of policing to barricade and stop party works of the FDC. They imprisoned major parts of the FDC leadership, activists all over the country and there wasn’t any sort of momentum to gain. The public couldn’t be engaged when they are fighting court-battles and not have the time to significantly move them.
It wasn’t like in February 2016 the team around Dr. Kizza Besigye and Gen. Mugisha Muntu was chilling it on Lake Victoria on the beach with a Nile Brew. Certainly, the state was using all tactics to stop the movement and possible demonstrations, they we’re even more eager to arrest, detain and silence the opposition FDC and others. They were more vigilant. Not like in Kyadondo East where 10 people we’re arrest at Kasangati, if it was in and around February, there were dozens of people arrested, the we’re people shot and killed during demonstrations. The police was using tear-gas and ensuring massive amounts of fear. Not like yesterday, they we’re really just barricading and driving around compared to the Presidential Election.
That the people’s power in the General Election would means that the engagement of the Bobi Wine style in whole of Uganda. The difference is that the NRM regime wouldn’t allow that. If the locals in every village and every town, than Mwenda’s people would have reacted and called in uncivilized, not called it people’s power. They would claim that people had lost their marbles and should trust in the NRM. Because people like Mwenda praises and lives of the NRM. Mwenda doesn’t want the public to take control of the National Talley Centre where the Electoral Commission together with their officers we’re rigging the election. That one was close guarded and would need an army to stop it.
That the Opposition party officials and the ones with the copies of the Declaration Forms, they we’re hold at gun-point, their houses raided and the offices cleared as well. This was not how they did it at the By-Election. They acted more peaceful for a simple reason. The NRM didn’t need this one… If they needed it they would acted like they did during the General Election of 2016. The NRM already owns the Parliament, owns the State and controls the Security Organization. This is just formalities at this point, the Parliament are a majority of NRM MPs. These are all men and woman loyal to the crony system of the President.
There is a vast difference and if Mwenda’s vision would be real, as the ones around Kasangati Resort, he would like the people to rise-up, walk together towards Okello House and throw the President in Lake Victoria, leave his Presidential Lodges and Farms burning across the land. See citizens on every corner throw stones at the Police Officers. Act up on the Military and Soldiers, stop paying VAT and really not act as a citizens. Stop the whole system, revolt and act with true resistance and defiance against the NRM regime. Be worse than Walk to Work, be more vigilant than the Action 4 Change and get all sorts of demonstrations against the system.
If this happen, he would call of them extremist, but that is what the Kyadondo really did. They closed off and stopped the rigging inside the Kasangati Resort. If this would have stopped during the election, the Police had be taken hostage by the public, the Talley Center’s had been taken by the public and the Electoral Officials would been followed by the public every moment. Not had the capacity to rig the numbers and give the polling stations different numbers. They would have made issues in every town, every village and in every parish. The Police would have to act upon it and the military too. There wouldn’t be breathing place and a place of ordinary peace.
I want to wish you good luck Mr. Mwenda, if the FDC are radicals or extremists, than his wish of Kyadondo East election, means that he wishes true defiance, true resistance and expression towards the Electoral Commission in unprecedented levels. Such that the NRM never seen and we can only hope happens. But Mwenda seems to forget the legacy of how the Police and military attacks the FDC in the hour of dire need and how the leadership are taken behind bars in and around the polls. But hey, Mwenda has forgotten how it is to be a voice against the NRM, when your could suddenly be silenced and be taken behind bars. For any sort of speech and acts against the regime. This he shouldn’t forget, but the paychecks from them, let is dementia hit early. Peace.
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Release of AUEOM Preliminary Findings of the 18th February 2016 General Elections in the Republic of Uganda (20.02.2016)
Kampala, 20 February 2016
“The AUEOM notes that the elections in Uganda were largely peaceful, but not without shortcomings.”
The African Union Commission deployed a Short Term Election Observation Mission to the 18 February 2016 General Elections in the Republic of Uganda. The Mission comprised 40 Short Term Observers from several African countries drawn from the African Union Permanent Representatives’ Committee, the Pan-African Parliament, Election Management Bodies and Civil Society Organizations.
The AUEOM assessed the General Elections in Uganda based on the relevant African Union instruments, namely; the 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; the 2002 OAU/AU Declaration on Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa; the 2002 AU Guidelines for Elections Observation and Monitoring Missions; and the legal framework governing the conduct of elections in Uganda. This statement presents the Mission’s preliminary findings covering pre-voting, voting, counting and tallying processes up to 18 February 2016. The African Union will, however, continue to observe the post-electoral developments and release a final report within the next three months.
Pre-election environment
The AUEOM noted that the legal framework for elections in Uganda provides for, and guarantees the holding of regular elections in conformity with regional and international frameworks. This framework comprises the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, the Electoral Commission Amendment Act 2015; the Presidential Elections Amendment Act 2015; the Parliamentary Elections Amendment Act 2015; and the Political Parties and Organisations Act 2005.
The AUEOM observed that there is no legal framework for regulating political party campaign financing. The Mission noted that the law expressly prohibits the use of Government resources for campaigning by all candidates and parties, except for the President, as stated in Article 27.1 of the Presidential Elections Act. Stakeholders reported that there has been unprecedented increase in campaign spending.
The AUEOM learned that in 2015 Uganda introduced a National Identity Card System, which required the conduct of a mass biometric registration of citizens aged 16 years and above. The EC extracted information of all registered citizens who were 18 years and above to compile a National Voters’ Register. The AUEOM noted that at the end of the National Voter Registration exercise, there were 15, 277,198 registered voters. This Voters’ Register was continuously updated until 11 May 2015 when the process was concluded in line with the electoral calendar.
The AUEOM noted that, whereas the use of data from the National Register ensured that all citizens from 18 years by the end of the mass registration exercise were registered; interlocutors expressed concern that the 11 May 2015 deadline for updating the Voters Roll left many potential voters who turned 18 years after that date, disenfranchised. The EC collaborated with civil society organizations (CSOs) in conducting voter education. However, the accredited CSOs raised concerns that their efforts were constrained by late provision of materials by the EC. In addition, voter education was generally perceived to be inadequate.
The AUEOM noted that for the first time, two presidential debates were held in Kampala and broadcasted live on television and radio. All 8 presidential candidates were invited to reach out to voters using this platform.
The AUEOM observed that despite the unprecedented political and electoral competition, campaigns were generally conducted within the legal framework. However, the Mission noted the 15 February 2016 incident in Kampala, which led to the arrest of an opposition leader, causing anxiety among opposition supporters. The police informed the Mission that the arrested leader and his party had defied the prescribed campaign route.
The Mission noted that women were nominated to run as party and independent candidates in various constituencies and that there was one female Presidential candidate. In addition, women contested for the 112 parliamentary seats specially created for them. The Mission noted the participation of youth in the elections both as candidates and in the campaigns. However, there were concerns raised by some stakeholders of the youth being used by political parties to intimidate and disrupt election campaign rallies of their opponents. The AUEOM noted that besides involvement in voter education initiatives CSOs were involved in domestic observation. Thousands of domestic observers were deployed throughout the country, especially in areas considered as hotspots. The AUEOM noted that in compliance with the legal provisions, the media covered political parties and candidates’ manifestos and campaigns. However, stakeholders felt that the state media provided more coverage to the incumbent president and his party, at the expense of the opposition. It was further reported that private media provided a fairly balanced reporting on all parties and candidates. Besides the mainstream print and electronic media, campaigning was carried out on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp. The AUEOM noted general concerns following the shutdown of social media platforms, by the Uganda Communication Commission from Election Day citing security concerns. The AUEOM noted that there was a generally calm and peaceful pre-election environment with no major security incidents reported.
The AUEOM noted concerns raised by interlocutors with regard to the recruitment, training and deployment of community policing units called Crime Preventers, which they alleged were misused to intimidate opposition parties. The AUEOM was however informed by the police that these were purely crime prevention units at community level with no arresting powers.
The AUEOM noted the lack of trust in security agencies by some opposition parties, which were reported to have created counter units.
On Election Day, the teams visited 148 polling stations comprising 60% urban and 40% rural where they observed opening, voting, closing and counting processes. The observers used tablets to capture and transmit real-time observation data to the Mission Command Centre. The AUEOM teams observed opening procedures countrywide and noted that the environment outside these centers was peaceful.
Delays in opening time by up to 4 hours were reported in a number of polling stations. The delays were attributed to late distribution of polling materials. Consequently, opening procedures pertaining to sealing of ballot boxes, identification and verification of voters were not fully adhered to in some cases.
As per the laid down procedure, voters were asked for identification and their names checked against the register before voting. Only a few were turned away because they did not have the required identification, were not on the voters’ register, were at the wrong polling station or were rejected by the Biometric Voter Verification Kit.
With regards to the Biometric Voter Verification Kits, which were introduced for the first time, the AUEOM observed that in some polling stations, the kits worked well, hence hastening the verification process; while in some stations, they were not used because they were either not working, or the election personnel did not have access pass codes.
As an additional identification and voting facilitation measure, voter identification slips were used to direct voters to the right voting station within a voting center. Voter processing times were reasonable and mostly ranged from no more than 3 minutes in 54% of the polling stations and between 3-6 minutes in 39% of the polling station stations observed.
The AUEOM observer teams observed closing procedures at 4:00pm and beyond in areas where polling was extended because of late opening.
Closing and counting procedures were not strictly adhered to in all polling stations visited. For example, there were instances where polling officials and agents did not reconcile the number of registered voters with the number of people who actually voted. In a majority of polling stations observed, party/ candidate agents were furnished with a copy of the results form by the presiding officer.
The AUEOM congratulates the people of Uganda for turning up in large numbers to perform their civic duty.
While we note that the election process is ongoing, the AUEOM’s overall assessment of the 2016 General Elections thus far, is that they were largely peaceful, but not without shortcomings; in particular, the late delivery of election materials. The late delivery led to more than 4 hours of delays in the opening of polling stations. The Mission wishes to underscore that this impacted on the overall conduct of polling day operations, and caused anxiety and tension among the voters and polling officials, which could have been avoided.
Based on its preliminary findings, the AUEOM makes the following recommendations: The AUEOM encourages the Electoral Commission to:
• Adhere to the prescribed 48 hour time frame for delivery of materials as provided in the Electoral Act, when distributing election materials to polling stations;
• Conduct continuous voter education and voter registration;
• Strengthen training for polling personnel to avoid inconsistencies in implementation of polling procedures;
• Consider using indoor polling in order to create order around the stations and to protect polling officials, voters and materials from weather elements; and • Consider adopting voting booths that ensure the secrecy of the ballot.
The AUEOM recommends that the Government provide adequate resources to the Electoral Commission to conduct continuous voter registration and voter education and enable timely procurement of election materials.
To Parliament, the AUEOM recommends that it:
• Develops legislation to regulate political party and campaign finance; and
• Concludes electoral reforms at least a year before elections to allow for timely preparation and implementation.
The AUEOM encourages the public broadcaster to provide equitable coverage to all candidates.
The AUEOM recommends that Political Parties avoid the usage of inflammatory language during campaigns and inciting supporters.
Lastly, the AUEOM recommends that the Police enforce the law equally on all parties and candidates, and desist from heavy handedness when dealing with the public, political parties and candidates.
The AUEOM will continue to observe the tallying and other post-election developments and issue a comprehensive report three months after the announcement of the election results.
Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akuffo
Head of the African Union Election Observer Mission
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Second report as the first polls close in Uganda; with more tear gas; some demonstrations and other poll stations postponed; Dr. Kizza Besigye arrested yet AGAIN and more!
As the day has gone and some first results is coming. I will not comment on them now, as they are not as interesting as the reactions and violations of democratic values and vile display of disgrace of the public will from the authorities and the ruling party in Uganda.
As the Uganda Communication Commission together with Electoral Commission banned Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook, even mobile-money transfers services. As this could give biased news and dangerous bribing of voters, as the voters has not been bribed during the pre-election period at all. Well, the public found other ways of finding the social media and avoid the issue with Uganda Telecom (UTL/Mango), MTN and Airtel. As they download different VPN services on their phone and still got in to the social media outlets. The actual numbers of downloads this day was staggering 1,432,653. By my reckoning also the apparent ghost that will also in total vote in the election when the tally is done.
At one point of the day the Special Forces Command took control of Nakasero Referal Hospital as it had a technical and importance for the authorities as the Presidential guards needed to secure the premises.
In Gaba a suburb of Kampala the public first waited for hours. This happen:
“In Gaba at St Dennis church a full box was brought with ballot papers already ticked in favor of the incumbent who triggered a riot by locals. Military, Police and black mamba security in tinted cars without number-plate were seen patrolling the place. Voting has ended”. As well as the actions contained this as well: “The voters set fire on all the ballots boxes brought”.
Even early in the day there we’re little or no voting material in vast amounts of polling stations in Wakiso District and Kampala Capital City as the Electoral Commission hadn’t delivered the ballots-papers to the stations. As people came early as the voting starting 07.00 and was to end with the new time 16.00 but with the late arrival nearly at 13.00 or 14.00 even as late as 14.54 that gave the long waiting ques simmering anger at the incompetence or deliberate plunder of time of the people in the area. Even the with the UCC and Telecom bans the Electoral Commission wanted people on Social Media around 14.00 to tell that the Polling stations in the affected areas would be officially open to 19.00 as the people should be able to do their civic duty.
In Kajanisi, Kampala a Police Officer was arrested and taken away as he held over 600 ballots-papers pre-ticket for the NRM and President Museveni. Radio One report that Kajjansi B health center polling station in Kampala closed after 3 boxes with pre-ticked ballots in favor of President Museveni and Peter Sematimba were found in a car. Live Bullets in Namuwongo Taking Place. Police and Military Have Intimidated Voters hence forcing them NOT to cast their votes, remember, voting had just begun late at 2:03pm
As of Makindye:
“9:18PM Voting at 22 polling stations in Makindye affected by late delivery of voting materials postponed till tomorrow: Electoral Commission” (NBS TV, 18.02.2016).
In Fort Portal:
“At public library polling station in south division, Fort Portal, 450 ballot papers were received yet the number of registered voters is 429, an excess of 21 ballots. And yet Nyakagongo parish Headquarters in East division received less ballot papers than the number of registered voters. They received 10 booklets some containing 46 ballots, some 50 and others 49 instead of all containing 50 each booklet. There was a total of 500 ballot papers. They have 471 registered voters. They started voting at 7:15am Report: Scovia Atuhaire & Felix Basiime (Daily Monitor, 18.02.2016).
In Masaka:
“Polling agents in Kizungu, Masaka Sports Club have confirmed to Kampala FM that they were not given basins where voters will tick from. This has therefore delayed the voting process since they (agents) too can not afford buying basins” (Kampala FM, 18.02.2016).
More about elections in Masaka:
“Unindentified people have been with fifty Museveni pre-ticked ballot papers at Kaboyo Primary school polling station in Lwengo. The voters who were present at the polling station did not allow police to take the culprits and instead resorted to caining them. They were later on told to go back home and the pre ticked ballots were burnt”.
In Karamoja:
“Karamojong tribeswoman casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections in Kaabong in Karamoja region”.
In Koboko:
“NRM’s Evelyn Anite slips her ballot paper into the ballot box in Koboko Municipality in northern Uganda”.
Early in Apac Town today:
“Voting in Apac town area commenced by 07.10 am. Most polling stations have not had chaos yet, as they voted, Police are all round in Polling stations. Most of the busiest business centers are closed. The number of people in town has also gone down and a few petty businesses are going on” (Rupiny Newspaper, 18.02.2016).
In Arua:
“Last evening, 170 polling officials in River Oli Division in Arua district threatened to boycott work unless Electoral Commission increases their allowances. They include polling assistants and presiding officers. Geoffrey Drani, one of the affected presiding officers, told URN during their recruitment Electoral Commission promised to pay presiding officers Shillings 60,000 and 40,000 for polling assistants. He however, says they were shocked yesterday to receive appointment letters showing that they will receive Shillings 20, 000 each day. According to Drani, as a result, they have declined to sign the appointment letters until Electoral Commission increases the money”.
In Abletong:
“No incident has been registered while in Alebtong, Amolatar, Otuke and part of Lira districts by 9:00am the voting have not started despite the fact that many electorate turned up to cast to their votes. “You cast you votes and you come back and continue with your business,” said Betty Akello shorting after voting at VH primary school polling station. Patrick Okello of Omoro Sub County in Alebtong said at Onyeroiye polling station business is going on well and the turned up was overwhelming. “We think the turned up will be 80% because people are voting seriously,” he said” (Rupiny Newspaper, 18.02.2016).
In Kween:
“Elections of the MP kween district have been postponed until further notice reason the symbols for the candidates didn’t match instead vice versa I mean interchanged for FDC was in independent and for independent in that of FDC”.
In Yumbe:
The Woman Parliamentary MP Vote for Yumbe was cancelled today! (88.7 Arua ONE FM, 18.02.2016).
In Ruhinda:
If you ever thought Kahinda Otafiire would go away silent as the audio-tape of his bribing tactics as he tried to buy the seat from his opponent that beat him in the NRM Primaries during 2015. 2016, has not been his year and continues as he has been jailed today as he has been distributing bribes of UGX 20k to voters in Mitooma (theInsider.ug, 18.02.2016). Doesn’t seem that the UCC bribe act with stopping mobile-money service stopped Otafiire from acting up! (I was not supposed to write that or think that, my bad!).
In Kiruhura:
“The shame of Kiruhura, after yesterday all night harassment, detention and forceful eviction of opposition supporters in Kiruhura. Today what we are witnessing is, because of fear instilled on our supporters by the security and armed militias last night, they have stayed away from the polling stations”.
In Tororo:
“Police was forced to fire teargas to disperse hundreds of Apollo Yeri Ofwono’s supporters who had threatened to set a blaze the home of the prime minister of Iteso cultural union Paul Sande Emolot in Tororo municipality. Ofwono’s supporters raided Emolot’s home on suspicion that it was used to bribe residents to vote for the incumbent Member of Parliament Sanjay Tanna” (New Vision, 18.02.2016).
Later in the day Dr. Kizza Besigye arrested:
“Besigye was arrested when he joined his supporters and they stormed a house in Naguru, a Kampala upscale suburb arguing that there is alleged vote rigging taking place”. Kizza Besigye have after the arrest by the Police in Naguru, been taken to Kasangati Police Station. That is currently detained.
“Video footage of an FDC raid on a reported safe house in Naguru being used to allegedly tick ballot papers led by Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye in which he was also later arrested for trespassing” (NBS TV Uganda, 18.02.2016).
Shawn Mabiru says this about the detaining of Besigye:
“He was in his home district where he voted when he got information that there was an illegal tally centre manned by the NRM and police” (…)”He walked in and saw them pre-ticking ballot papers. They arrested him and took him to an unknown place”.
In Lira yesterday:
“Lira Magistrate Court today released on Court bail seven people who were arrested over the weekend on allegation of defacing posters belonging to NRM Presidential Candidate Yoweri Museveni. Willy Omodo Omodo the GO Forward Candidate for Oyam North MP, Ibrahim Olong who is contesting for Lira Municipality Mayor and Abura James Walter Youth Councillor for Lira Municipality. Others are Mungu Richard Jakisa the News Editor at Radio North, Otim Innocent , Tile David and Patrick Awongo (Radio Wa 89.8 FM, 17.02.2016).
In Kihihi yesterday:
There was reports that the locals “delivered” and got a 100 Rwandan nationals ferried to vote in the election the 18th had come to Kihihi district to vote for President Museveni. They all stayed in Kihihi Police Station. As they wanted them to ship them home and let Ugandans vote in their election.
In Kayunga County yesterday as the government was kind yesterday:
“Kayunga District distributed more 66 heifers worth 102 million shillings to farmers under the Luwero Rwenzori Development Programme” (17.02.2016); the Government all of sudden share their funds just the day before the election, nothing suspicious about that at all…
Tally Error:
Nakasongola:
The magic is that President Museveni has gotten over 3000 votes while the original papers from the Electoral Commission are saying the total voters are 2098!
Rushere Primary School:
The tally shows another magical result for President Museveni he got 760 votes, Kizza Besigye 2 votes. The magical part is that the School and Polling station has 437 votes!
Fear level at certain places:
As the results are pouring in and the tallies are counted. The Army is deploying heavy forces in Luwero and Nakaseke!
Amama Mbabazi message during the elections today:
“I ask all voters in this election to keep vigilant and report any suspicious incident. I would like to thank the team from Karamoja that is vigilant and have reported the following anomalies. In Abim district, the District Registrar is withdrawing a Presidential booklet (50 ballots) from each polling station and taking to unknown destination claiming that some polling stations were in short supply/under served. We question this logic because it is not only President being voted for today but all Members of Parliament as well. There are 60 polling stations in Abim and this amounts to 3000 votes being taken away. South of Amudat in a place called Karita subcounty, our agents with polling agent letters and supervisors have been chased away by Crime Preventers who are armed. Tell us what is happening at your polling station” (Mbabazi, 18.02.2016).
There will come more in the coming days as the ministers, local council men and all the elections results will come and people will react to the new 10th Parliament and who will become the new president in Uganda, as the results hopefully get rid of President Museveni as his rigging time should be over and let the people’s will shine. Peace.
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Press Release: From the FDC about delay in polling on 18th February 2016
The Forum For Democratic Change, has noted with concern the calculated moves by the Electoral Commission and some elements within the security organs to disenfranchise Ugandans.
Cases of delayed arrival for polling materials have been widely reported, particularly in areas of Wakiso, Mukono, Jinja and Kampala districts, in spite of repeated assurances from Dr Badru Kiggundu chairman of EC that they were ready for the polls and polling would begin at 7am.
The objective we suspect is to weaken the spirit of Ugandans in particular areas who woke up very early to exercise their civic duty. The particular areas where voting has delayed are the easiest to reach by the EC and therefore the challenges cannot have be due to technical reasons but a deliberate move to disenfranchise certain constituencies which are strongholds of FDC. This shows that the men and women entrusted with management of elections in this country are bent at frustrating democracy and are enemies of the people. They are frustrating and causing disorganization and provocation of the people into some form of confrontation. We however call on our supporters to remain calm but vigilant. Please protect your vote the best way you can. Do not give up. Do not leave the polling stations until you exercise your right to vote. Even when you do, stay behind.
We have also received reports of boxes with pre-ticked ballots, all in the favour of candidate Yoweri Museveni. A very good example is in Nabweru where our vigilant supporters were able to land on vehicle with EIGHT boxes contained already ticked ballots. An alarm was raised. The boxes were whisked to the police station.
The last time we made contact; there was still a standoff between the residents and the police. You also heard of reports that a certain MP from Bushenyi was last night arrested after being caught in possession of boxes containing preticked ballot papers.
Intimidation: In Sembabule district, all our agents have been beaten up by security operatives.
Our humble appeal to all Ugandans and our supporters is to remain at the polling stations and exercise restraint but be firm, no matter the level of provocation. We understand the conditions you find yourselves in but please don’t fall into the trap being set. They know we are the majority, that is why they are frustrating us. However, change is coming. The change you deserve.
One Uganda, one people.
WILBERFORCE KYAMBADDE
FDC Campaign Bureau
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← The MINI of Charleston Racing Team made an early May statement
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Posted on May 21, 2013 by MINIofchasracing
Austin, Texas – The MINI of Charleston racing team started its 2013 professional racing season at the fabulous new Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. The Circuit of the Americas track (COTA) was built last year as the new home for the American venue for Formula 1. The MINI of Charleston racing team competed in the Pirelli World Challenge Series races that were support races last weekend for the premier US visit of the world famous Australian V8 Supercar Series. Just fewer than 70,000 spectators braved the 95+ degree heat to watch two exciting days of racing.
Driving the MINI USA/MINI Financial Services B Spec MINI Cooper, Robbie Davis qualified 2nd for the first race Saturday morning. Robbie got pushed to the outside of the exciting turn one and dropped from the 2nd position on the start, but stayed in the lead pack the entire race, eventually finishing 5th. MINI was well represented as Charlie James in the Saferacer MINI finished 2nd behind winner Ernie Francis Jr. in a Mazda 2. Francis of Davie, Florida became the youngest ever Pirelli World Challenge winner, at age 15. Rounding out the MINI top 10 was Johan Schwartz in his Endurance Karting MINI Cooper in fourth, Davis in fifth and Mike Asselta in another Saferacer MINI finishing 7th. The Formula 1 track uses some high curbs to keep the quick F1 cars from cutting the corners, but the TCB class cars hopped and jumped over them, occasionally getting launched onto 2 or fewer wheels!
After a ten minute break for a quick tire change or tire rotation, the cars hit the track for the 2nd race of the day. Robbie got a much better start in the MINI of Charleston MINI Cooper and established himself as a front runner in race number 2. At the end of the sprint race, Francis again pulled out a lead on the MINIs on the straightaway (MINIs are required to run an inlet air restrictor cutting the air flow to the engine from 60mms to 33mms). Charlie James of Joplin, Missouri again put the Saferacer MINI in 2nd and Davis made his first ever podium appearance in Pirelli World Challenge with a 3rd place finish.
Sunday’s race featured a PWC trademark standing start (also a first for Robbie), and his 2012 MINI Cooper responded well again putting him in the lead pack, a position he maintained the entire 45 minute race. Joel Lipperini of Pittston, Pa. lead for the first 12 laps before a car in a faster class made a pass on the lead TCB cars in turn one, causing Joel to take a slower entrance than normal. Davis made contact with Lipperini and Joel move back to 4th and was unable to regain the lead draft. Francis also took advantage of the jumble in turn one and took the lead, never to look back. Davis and James ran nose tail for the rest of the race with the podium looking just like race 2, Francis 1st; James 2nd; Davis 3rd.
Leaving Texas, Davis and his MINI of Charleston team is in third place in the driver’s championship standings. The next races in the series will be the Fourth of July at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville Connecticut. The Austin races were filmed by the NBC Sports Network and the COTA race will air June 16th at 5 PM. Set your DVRs!
For Additional information contact Brad Davis at 843 402-6551 or brad.davis@hendrickauto.com. MINI of Charleston is the exclusive supplier of parts required to convert a street MINI into a B Spec race car.
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Chords with different bass and non-diatonic chords inside a progression
I'm studying music by myself and I'm dealing with several doubts: one of these is, are there some criteria for using a chord with a different bass in a chord progression? And how should I use it? Also, are there some specific ways to use non-diatonic chords inside a progression? I was analyzing yesterday this song by Bruno Mars, which I really like (D Major key), where you can find for example both Gmaj7 and Gm chords, and the second one of course is not constructed in the key of D major. I just want to understand a bit better the whole thing!
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Bruno Mars - Versace on the floor
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James ArtenJames Arten
Hello, You ask two different questions here. It's better to edit out your second question about non-diatonic chords and ask it seperately. – Tim H Dec 6 '18 at 9:21
You're not going to understand music by working outward from 'the rules' I'm afraid! But you're doing the right thing, you're observing some real-world music that goes beyond simple diatonicism. (And, believe me, even popular music - let alone the heavy stuff at Symphony Hall - goes WAY beyond it all the time!)
The key, the home scale of a tune and the chords that can be made from those notes, are a framework. Not a restriction. You've discovered that both IV (G chord in the key of D) and iv (G minor chord in the key of D) sound good. So do a whole lot of other chords. In fact, it would be trivial to demonstrate how just about ANY chord could fit well into a sequence in D major!
I'll just offer one 'rule'. Don't think of chords as entities. 'In key x, we can use chords x,y,z...' Look at the NOTES in a chord. We're in D major. We know G major is a basic diatonic possibility. Perhaps the next chord is A major. Now, rather than taking the B in G major directly to the A in A major, what more natural than to let it slip down half-way first, to Bb! That's why the mini-progression D, G, Gm, A sounds so natural.
Laurence PayneLaurence Payne
ahah thank you for you answer! The fact is that I'm just feeling a bit 'lost' because of all these possibilities, and so I was asking for a clean way to run across.. :) – James Arten Dec 5 '18 at 22:52
Trying to answer the first part of your question. I imagine you mean 'slash chords'. Chords which have two letter names. The first is the chord name itself, the second the lowest note played. This can be one of the chord notes itself, or another note altogether.
Let's take the former. Sometimes it's not the root position that's needed. With C major - C E G - if a 1st inversion is needed, it's shown by C/E.
The latter is a bit more complex, as the note after the slash doesn't necessarily belong to the chord. Like in this sequence: C, C/B, C/Bb, F/A. It could be said that the 2nd chord is Cmaj7, 3rd C7. But what's important is the bass line, which is chromatic. Those chords could be played just as 4/3 note chords, but the chromatic bass line would possibly be lost doing that.
The other way is something like C/D, a sort of 'CaddD', except here, the D is under not above the chord.
Moving on to the other part: Laurence has it pretty well covered, I'm just adding that it's been found (therefore belongs to theory) that another whole set of non-diatonic chords work well. It's from the parallel key. In your case, D is the key, so Dm is the parallel. That explains to a degree where the Gm pops up from.
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Actor available for hire, based in Victoria
James Liotta is an award winning performer who has been active in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He has worked as an actor, performer, comedian, presenter, M.C and radio announcer.
In 2013 he won Best Male Actor with Star Central magazine in Sydney.
His television credits include: Upper Middle Bogan, Utopia, Underbelly Squizzy, Thank God You’re Here, Prank Patrol, Paper Giants, Neighbours, Quizmania, Satisfaction, and Hey Hey It’s Saturday, just to name a few. He was also co-host for 3 seasons of the comedy talk show PLANET UNEARTH which screened on Foxtel Aurora and in 2014 making its return debut on Channel 9 GO! He has appeared on numerous TV commercials, most recently for McCains and Fox Footy. On film James has played various roles in countless quality short films and many independent feature films. He has also been cast in a top 16 finalist Tropfest short film 2010. (The largest short film festival in the world)
For 7 years James was up on stage as a lead cast member at Witches in Britches Theatre Restaurant performing every weekend. He has recently moved on from the establishment to concentrate on his TV career.
On radio James has been presenting shows for a variety of community radio stations which include: Hitz FM, Pulse FM and Syn FM. Behind the scenes his experience in radio via production and promotion roles have also seen him work at MIX 101.1FM, MTR, SEN 1116, FOX FM, SBS RADIO and 3AK. Currently James presents a weekly comedy talk show every Thursday night on 98.9 North West FM. (The Bash Radio Show)
As an M.C he has worked around Australia for various prominent festivals and local council festivals, these also include multi-cultural events specifically targeting the Italian community of Australia as James is regularly booked for Italian entertainment events due to his Italian heritage.
Within the Italian community James has been entertaining audiences with his unique style of Italian/Australian stand up comedy. In 2011 James released his first independent ethnic comedy CD titled 'The Antipasto Mix'.
These days James is called to support some of the biggest names in ethnic comedy around Australia, such as: Joe Avati, John Burgos and George Kapiniaris.
James is also the Director of 'Comic Variety Theatre Productions’ which specialise in performing theatre in education shows to schools who are learning the Italian language as their LOTE. These culturally driven comedy shows are seen by thousands of students each year across Melbourne, Victoria and South Australia, now in it’s 10th year.
In 2007 James was the recipient of the Excellence in Multi-cultural Arts Awards, presented to him by The State Government Of Victoria and the Hon. John Brumby. He is one of the youngest winners for this particular award.
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The Magnificent Seven (Full Review)
The western, or “Shoot ‘em ups” as my grandfather calls them, was once America’s most popular and profitable movie genre. But after the days of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, America moved on to science fiction and buddy cop movies, leaving the old west behind. Now, even the best westerns get little love. So, here comes Denzel Washington to the rescue along with Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) to try and revitalize the genre with a remake of The Magnificent Seven.
The original Magnificent Seven (1960) is itself an old west retelling of a (superior) Japanese film called The Seven Samurai. Both tell the story of a group of seven outlaws who band together to defend a small town from bandits. This new film carries the same premise with Denzel stepping into the lead role as a bounty hunter recruited by a widow (Haley Bennett) to save her town from a wealthy land thief (Peter Sarsgard). Rounding out the seven cowboys are a snarky gambler (Chris Pratt), a former soldier (Ethan Hawke) and his assassin friend (Byung-Hun Lee), a Mexican fugitive (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), a Comanche warrior (Martin Sensmeier), and a comedic old timer with a proclivity for chucking axes (Vincent D’Onofrio).
The premise was fresh to audiences in the 1960’s, but here it feels cliché from the pacing to the characters. The dialogue, the camera work, and even the gunslinging all ends up feeling like a generic western. The often cartoonish nature of a few scenes make the overall product seem like a summer blockbuster version of something meant to be a little bit more thought provoking (see the Japanese original).
But there is certainly some enjoyment to be had. As always, Denzel Washington commands every scene he’s in. Chris Pratt, through a relatively weak cowboy accent, does provide a few laughs even though his character is just an 1800’s version of Star Lord. And overall the camaraderie of the seven men is felt even if it is rushed through. As for the loud, often over the top and formulaic action, it’s hard to not find it entertaining. So even if Magnificent Seven isn’t fresh or memorable like Quentin Tarentino’s Hateful Eight, it is a relatively fun two hour romp filled with the guns, explosions and bravado that make the genre worth watching.
FINAL GRADE: C+
September 29, 2016 by Brady Moore Leave a comment
Sully (Full Review)
There’s something beautiful about stories of survival against the odds. It hasn’t been very long since January 15th, 2009 and the story of Chesley “Sully” Sullinberger’s heroic water landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 is still fresh on many of our minds. Movies like this write themselves, but it still takes a good cast and a quality narrative to make a great story into a great film.
2013’s Captain Phillips was enough evidence that Tom Hanks is the perfect leading man for a film like this. Hanks plays Sully in the stressful aftermath after he and co-pilot Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart) land Flight 1549 in the Hudson River following a sudden bird strike that leaves the plane with both engines inoperable. While Sully and Skiles navigate press conferences and media appearances hailing them as heroes, an investigation is underway that makes them question if their decision to make the emergency landing was the correct one.
Things could’ve been pieced a little better, and it’ll probably irk a few government folks to see the National Transportation Safety Board portrayed as antagonists, but all in all, Sully comes off as an endearing film about a true hero. Hanks plays the lead role with a shy nobility that makes Sullingberger somehow even more likable. Aaron Eckhart does an equally fine job as Sully’s faithful wing man. The dialogue in the film is also acutely poignant throughout whether it’s from the lead actors or the supporting cast in limited screentime.
The plane crash scene is as heart pounding as one would think, although I would’ve loved to see it at the climax of the film. The actual climax, however, is a solid think piece on how we as calculated humans should sometimes forget about protocol and measure our humanity and how it affects every situation. The real Sullingberger is the true definition of a hero, and this film does his story justice and makes the “Miracle of the Hudson” feel that much more surreal.
Bad Moms (Full Review)
Poor mothers. They live for us, would die for us, and yet we aren’t always as gratifying to them as we should be during our awkward adolescent years. So a movie where moms get to cut back and have some fun should be a welcomed concept for not just the moms out there, but for anyone who has ever had a mother figure. Add some raunchy ‘R’ rated flavor to the mix and we’ve got ourselves a surprisingly fun movie in Bad Moms.
Mila Kunis, who stills looks the same age she did in That 70’s Show, plays lead mom, Amy; a mother of a brainy girl too concerned about college while still in junior high and a son who is too lazy to apply himself. Dealing with kids and a boss that don’t appreciate her (Clark Duke), and a deadbeat husband (David Walton), Amy finally decides that enough is enough. With the help of a negligent, promiscuous mother of one (Kathryn Hahn) and an uptight, overstressed stay at home mom (Kristen Bell), Amy decides to be a bad mom and do what she wants for once. Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Annie Mumolo co-star as a trio of snooty, sinister PTA moms hell bent on making Amy and her friends conform.
At times, the story falls dangerously close to being as over-the-top corny as The Boss. Moments like a destructive trip to the grocery store come off as more cartoonish than outright funny and some of the characters like Jay Hernandez’s overly perfect love interest to Amy are about as realistic as a talking sponge. Most of the movie’s laughs are when it isn’t trying to be gut bustingly funny. The banter between the women, usually when driven by Hahn’s hilarious character Carla, is usually what works the best.
Where Bad Moms really succeeds is in its endearing message. Our moms, the women who gave life to us and would do anything for us, deserve to have enough appreciation to where they don’t have to be negligent just to feel like they matter. And by the end of the movie, we feel genuinely happy at where the three mom’s are in their relationships with their families. A nice touch during the end credits, which has the actresses being interviewed with their real life moms, adds just enough to make Bad Moms a feel good movie that is the perfect date to treat mom to.
FINAL GRADE: B-
September 8, 2016 by Brady Moore 1 Comment
War Dogs (Full Review)
The Wolf of Wallstreet reminded us that a true story about shady hustlers can be both really compelling and hilarious regardless of whether audiences grasp the logistics of the actual scheme. Now Todd Phillips, Director of Old School, The Hangover and its lousy sequels I’ll try to forgive him for, handles a similar script with a pair of actors keen for this type of setting. Jonah Hill proved his worth with a stellar supporting performance in Wallstreet and Miles Teller was exceptional in 2014’s Whiplash so War Dogs has all of the ingredients for a solid comedic drama.
Miles Teller narrates the film as David Packouz, a former massage therapist with a beautiful wife (Ana de Armas) who is expecting their first child. Eager to get out of a financial rut, Teller abandons an unsuccessful venture selling bed sheets to nursing homes to join his childhood friend, Efraim Diveroli (Hill) in his business selling low end equipment to the U.S. military. Their hustling takes them from personally smuggling a truck full of ammunition through the hostile Afghan desert to personally doing business with a registered terrorist (Bradley Cooper) in hopes of winning a multi-million dollar deal in the midst of the War in Iraq. Eventually, Diveroli’s sleaziness and arrogance coupled with Packouz’s naivety lands their business in hot water with the U.S. government.
Like Wolf of Wallstreet, the movie is filled with dark humor that almost always hits its mark thanks to the charisma of the two lead actors. Teller and Hill form a perfect balance and help carry the movie through its more predictable arcs. Neither are as good as Leonardo Dicaprio was in Wallstreet, but the expectation isn’t for them to be. Where War Dogs falls short is in its relatively predictable drama. Packouz’s marriage suffers, their friendship crumbles, and of course it all ends with legal fallout. But even the film’s more zanier moments, like the aforementioned trek through hostile Afghan territory (which apparently didn’t actually happen) is undoubtedly entertaining and each major player falls into their role. So even if War Dogs feels like Diet-Wolf of Wallstreet it’s a film that feels like solid entertainment.
September 1, 2016 by Brady Moore Leave a comment
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Retrieved from "https://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/The_Burger_Company"
The Burger Company
3 more photos in the gallery
Locations: 15
Associated names: Costa
Introduced: 2010
Removed: 2012-2016
Predecessors: Wimpy
Successors: McDonald's
The Burger Company was Roadchef's attempt at an own-brand fast food outlet.
It replaced Wimpy which had been at most of their services for over 10 years previously. They used The Burger Company as a holding name for sites which were soon to gain the even-more popular McDonald's franchise.
It was the first time in a while that an operator had ever tried to tackle the fast food market with their own creation, and The Burger Company was not at all inspired by Burger King. Honestly.
Roadchef announced in September 2012 that they would be slowly fading out The Burger Company in the coming years in favour of McDonald's. On 4 January 2016, the final The Burger Company outlet closed at Roadchef's flagship Norton Canes.
Former Locations
The Burger Company used to be found at the following services:
Annandale Water (A74(M))
Chester (M56)
Durham (A1(M))
Killington Lake (M6)
Maidstone (M20)
Magor (M4)
Northampton (M1/A43)
Norton Canes (M6 Toll)
Rownhams (M27)
Sandbach (M6)
Sedgemoor southbound (M5)
Stafford southbound (M6)
Taunton Deane (M5)
Tibshelf (M1)
Watford Gap (M1)
Roadchef
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2018 Action/Suspense Rated PG-13 103 Minutes
In Theaters March 9, 2018
On 4K UHD June 5, 2018
On Blu-ray June 5, 2018
On DVD June 5, 2018
Ralph Ineson
Melissa Bolona
Ben Cross
Jamie Andrew Cutler
Christian Contreras
Jimmy Walker
Ed Birch
Carlos Davis
A crew of thieves plans the ultimate heist, to steal $600 million from the U.S. treasury facility located on the Gulf Coast of Alabama using a hurricane as their cover. When the storm blows up into a lethal CATEGORY 5 and their well-made plans go awry, they find themselves needing a vault code known only by one female Treasury Agent, a need that turns murderous. But the Treasury agent has picked up an unlikely ally, a meteorologist terrified of hurricanes but determined to save his estranged brother kidnapped by the thieves. He uses his knowledge of the storm as a weapon to defeat the bad guys in this non-stop action/thriller
Rated PG-13 for sequences of gun violence, action, destruction, language and some suggestive material.
Released by Entertainment Studios. See more credits.
Review: 'The Hurricane Heist' is full of hot air
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UCLA College
Alumnus Morton La Kretz donates additional $15 million for UCLA Botany Building
The structure was renamed La Kretz Botany Building in recognition of the $20 million the longtime donor has given overall for the project.
What if? UCLA physical scientists take on the world's greatest challenges
Their answers point to breakthroughs that are improving daily lives, preserving the health of the planet and revealing the mysteries of the universe.
Bus driver turned UCLA graduate steers life in new direction
Sequoia Thompson, 33, graduates this month with a degree in psychology and a minor in LGBTQ studies. Her goal is to become a clinical psychologist and work with queer black youth.
Mayim Bialik, actress, UCLA neuroscience alumna, to deliver 2018 UCLA College commencement address
The bestselling author and actress in “The Big Bang Theory” will speak at both ceremonies, scheduled for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on June 15 in Pauley Pavilion.
UCLA receives $1 million for Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali postdoctoral fellowship in Iranian linguistics
The grant “will enable our department to better fulfill its mission to enrich our understanding of the world’s languages,” said professor and department chair Tim Stowell.
Former poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera receives UCLA Medal
In presenting the campus’s highest honor, Chancellor Gene Block praised the poet’s achievements as both an artist and an activist.
37 questions with UCLA Egyptologist Kara Cooney
Video: UCLA's professor of near eastern languages and cultures walks and talks about archaeology, ancient Egypt and more.
Faculty member and his wife give $1 million to UCLA
The gift, from Michael Jung, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his wife, Alice, establishes an endowed chair in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.
Literature and film help teach students to understand the brain
UCLA freshman cluster course combines anatomy, history, philosophy and humanities to provide an interdisciplinary approach to studying neuroscience.
$11 million gift establishes Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCLA
Bhaumik, a native of West Bengal, India, played a key role in developing the technology that paved the way for Lasik eye surgery.
UCLA grad students learn the art of plain-speaking
UCLA graduate students are learning how to explain their research to a broad audience through the Grad Slam competition.
A cozy backyard home for people and other friendly species
UCLA faculty, staff and students, with guidance from a Santa Monica architect, are building a prototype dwelling that they designed to shelter people as well as edible plants, bees, birds, lizards and even bats.
Undocumented students benefit from new UCLA research program
The UndocuBruins Research Program is the first to serve and guide undocumented students at UCLA and encourages the exploration of topics and populations that are rarely examined.
From studying pirates to volcanoes to HIV in Russia, UCLA undergrads shine as researchers
Ten students whose work embodied a “passion for learning” were chosen this week as winners of UCLA’s 2015 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research.
Grad Slam competition teaches students to TEDify their research
In Grad Slam, UCLA graduate students ditch the jargon of their disciplines to see who can come up with the best mini-presentation in plain English.
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The network IP addressing scheme for the MD building is designed to ease network management. It have to protect students and employees data as well as any intellectual property that UMUC has on the servers and computers. The IPS with Application Level Gateway Firewall security appliance will be installed to secure the private network from the Internet and provide IPSec VPN connectivity to the main UMUC office. The Intrusion Protection System (IPS) is able to inspect network traffic, examine and filter based on information contained within the data portion of a packet.
It help the IT personnel monitor, log, and detect security breaches. It could use to send security breach alerts, terminate security breaches, and terminate or restart processes. The network will use the Ethernet, 24 RJ-45 ports, Power over Ethernet (P0E) switch series because of their high performance. The switches are can support up to 144 gigabit network connections (10/100/1000baseT Ethernet) and one will be installed on each floor in the Server Room.
The switches will be configured with a tagged VLAN (Virtual Local Area Networks) for each subnet.
The network will be secured using Active Directory single sign-on and IP addresses centrally managed using DHCP with DHCP relay enabled on the switches to forward DHCP broadcast traffic as unicast transmissions across VLAN boundaries. The switches also will be installed in each office or room which have more than four workstations. The switches will be connected in a partial mesh that ensures no single point of network failure. A Wireless Access Point, 802.n11b/g/n Wireless, 100Base TX Ethernet series will integrate seamlessly into the network with VLAN support and provide 104 Mbps network access speed. Wireless media access will be protected using WPA2 security with AES 256 encryption and authentication using user credentials and 802. 1x integrated into Active Directory via Radius(ACLs applied to the VLAN for security). The servers in server rooms with the Windows Server operating system will be installed for the Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange servers and as dedicated file servers.
This hardware includes a RAID 5 fault tolerant, hot swappable disk array that will continue to operate even if one drive in the array fails. Each server is also equipped with a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) that filters power line surges and enables graceful shutdown in the event of a power outage to protect data from corruption. The primary Active Directory domain controller will reside on the first floor and a backup domain controller on the second floor to maintain network access if the primary domain controller fails and share the load.
The servers in each lab (six class room computer labs and a student computer lab) with the Windows Server operating system will be installed for the Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange servers and as dedicated file servers to support each special lab need. Each server will have two network interface card (NIC) and could be configuration to be a small network. Each floor will also be equipped with an network printing scanning, copying for Administrative and Instructional networks. The Administrative printers will be in the front of server room each floor.
The Instructional printer will be in the front of library and student computer lab. CAT6 UTP (plenum rated where required) will be installed in a star topology because is less expensive and provides higher performance than ring (using Token Ring Protocol) and bus (using RG6 and RG58 coax cable). However the distance from the server room on each floor to the last room is over 300 feet (the Ethernet limit) and a diagonal pull through the ceiling (240 feet length, 95 feet width plus a 30 feet drop).
We have to install switches 150 feet from the server rooms to manage the far four rooms in each floor. The network subnet layout enables administrators to quickly locate computers by IP address by building floor and room, and whether the computer is a server, staff computer or instructor’s computer. The subnet layout minimized the broadcast traffic that can reduce network performance by limiting the number of computers in each broadcast domain.
The subnet layout also provides for efficient use of IP addresses by including only the number of IP addresses in each subnet necessary to support current computers plus a few additional IP addresses for immediate expansion when required. For security reasons and to differentiate subnets, The first digit in the third octet designates to the floors ( 1 for the first floor and 2 for the second floor). The second digit designates to the group ( 1 for Instructional, 2 for Administrative network and 3 for the Wi-Fi)
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The Network Interface Card
Network Documentation
Data Comm
Switches and Routers
Guide to Hardware Chapter 10 Answers
Integrative Network Design
Ccna3 Exploration: Lan Switching and Wireless
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Tag: veronica speedwell
April Newzine
Odds ‘N’ Ends
This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Going Deeper on Netflix’s The Keepers
JB stumbled on this site in early March. There are interesting articles going back months. This’ll be a site we’ll keep an eye on for future links. Under “Culture”, he found this:
March 1st: Fingerprinting: How Studying These Unique Patterns Forever Changed History ~A cousin of evolution theorist Charles Darwin created the first fingerprint classification system.
Next, under “Action”, then “Crime”, he found a long list of interesting pieces, from the Lufthansa Heist to the strange story of Sir Henry Whitecliffe. Lots to poke through!
Here’s a new one for us. We’ve all heard scathing reviews by critics of movies before they open. But have you ever heard a scathing review of a movie poster before the movie opens? Here’s your chance: NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with film critic William Bibbiani about the role movie posters play today, following the release of the poster for Quentin Tarantino’s, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Words of the Month
fossick: From 1850–55; compare dial. fossick troublesome person, fussick to bustle about, apparently fuss + -ick, variant of -ock. As a verb (used without object): Mining , to undermine another’s digging; search for waste gold in relinquished workings, washing places, etc., to search for any object by which to make gain: to fossick for clients. As a verb (used with object), to hunt; seek; ferret out.(thanks to dictionary.com)
April 1: Dana Haynes, Powell’s, 7pm
April 2: Jeffrey Siger, Third Place Books/LFP 7pm
April 8: Harlan Coben, Third Place Books/LFP 7pm
April 9: J.A. Jance, Third Place Books/LFP 7pm
April 9: Jacqueline Winspear, Elliot Bay 7pm
April 11: Mary Daheim & Candace Robb, Third Place Books, 7pm (postponed from Feb due to SNOW)
April 13: J.A. Jance, Village Books, 7pm
April 17: J.A. Jance, University Books, 7pm
April 18: Alafair Burke, Powell’s 7:30
March 1: Hallie Rubenhold: ‘Jack the Ripper’s victims have just become corpses. Can’t we do better?’
March 2: How the N.Y. Public Library Fills Its Shelves (and Why Some Books Don’t Make the Cut)
March 5: Nobel prize in literature to be awarded twice this year
March 5: The Who’s Pete Townshend announces debut novel, The Age of Anxiety
March 5: Crusader skull stolen from Dublin church recovered
March 6: The boldness factor: Here’s how to distinguish a psychopath from a ‘shy-chopath’
March 7: By the Book: Donna Leon
March 7: World Book Day features Welsh-language titles in Braille
March 7: Meet the Real Estate Appraiser of the World’s Most Gruesome Murder Sites
March 7: Penn and Teller and Mischief Theatre to produce Magic Goes Wrong
March 8: 5 New International Series Visit 5 Far-Flung Crime Scenes
March 9: Mobster Carmine Persico dies after serving 33 of 139-year sentence
March 10: 3 Billboards In Baltimore: How One Woman Is Trying To Find Her Sister’s Killer
March 10: Great Escape hero’s journal of getaway plot uncovered
March 11: Will Seattle save WA’s only Black-Owned Bookstore?
March 12: Nurse from Cornwall told of own death in pension letter
March 12: Wild goats flock into town in bad weather
March 13: Chickens ‘gang up’ to kill intruder
March 14: Crime author: Life and death on Bradford’s ‘forgotten’ streets
March 14: Stolen masterpiece was switched with fake in police sting
March 14: Frank Cali, of New York’s Gambino family, is shot dead in New York
March 15: The Wild Story of the Real-Life Mobster Who Starred in ‘The Godfather’
March 16: Charles Manson, Rose Bird, Caryl Chessman and California’s wrenching death penalty debate
March 17: An app called Citizen promises “awareness” of nearby danger. What it provides is more complicated.
March 18: What Not to Do After Robbing a Bank: Put the Money Right Back
March 20: Edible Book Festivals Are for Pun and Food Lovers
March 21: The police sex scandal that ‘rocked’ 1929 Portland – and might be tied to a notorious unsolved murder
March 21: Mount Everest: Melting glaciers expose dead bodies
March 22: How a bookshop wolf handles awkward customers
March 25: The amateur sleuth who searched for a body – and found one
March 26: A Dutchman known as the “Indiana Jones of the art world” has found a Picasso painting that was stolen 20 years ago.
March 26: Vatican women editors resign from women’s magazine
March 26: Paul McCartney’s school book sold for £46k after bidding war
March 26: Sir Edward Elgar manuscript found in autograph book
March 27: Egyptian coffin art in ‘pop-up’ show in pub
March 27: Could A Novel Lead Someone To Kill? ‘Murder By The Book’ Explores The Notion
March 28: Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved after 35 years
March 28: ‘Fake’ Botticelli painting is from artist’s studio
March 28: Super-rare Harry Potter book with title misspelling sells at auction
claque (n.): A “band of subservient followers,” 1860, from French claque “band of claqueurs” (a set of men distributed through an audience and hired to applaud the performance or the actors), agent noun from claquer “to clap” (16c.), echoic (compare clap (v.)). Modern sense of “band of political followers” is transferred from that of “organized applause at theater.” Claqueur “audience member who gives pre-arranged responses in a theater performance” is in English from 1837.
This method of aiding the success of public performances is very ancient; but it first became a permanent system, openly organized and controlled by the claquers themselves, in Paris at the beginning of the nineteenth century. [Century Dictionary]
Thanks to Says You!, episode #134
February 10 – (but no one knew until March) Jan-Michael Vincent, star of Airwolf and The Winds of War, dies at 74
March 1: Charles McCarry, master of American espionage fiction, died at 88. “There is simply no other way to say it,” Otto Penzler, a leading expert on crime and espionage fiction, wrote in the New York Sun in 2004. “Just the straightforward, inarguable truth: Charles McCarry is the greatest espionage writer that America has ever produced.”
March 4: Luke Perry of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Riverdale dies at 52
toady (n.): A “servile parasite,” from 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater “fawning flatterer” (1742), originally (1620s) “the assistant of a charlatan,” who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison. The verb is recorded from 1827. Related: Toadied; toadying.
What We’ve Been Doing
Don’t forget! Check out my mystery blog! Finder Of Lost Things
This week we discover Beatrice has an arch nemesis…much to everyone’s amusement!
Deanna Raybourn – A Dangerous Collaboration
Veronica Speedwell is back! Woot! After the last fantastic installment, A Treacherous Curse, Victoria was left with a bit of a conundrum, i.e., her feelings for Stoker.
So what does she do? The only sensible thing…run away!
When she finally returns, six months later, she barely has time to unpack her bags before Stoker’s brother Lorde Templeton-Vane whisks her off to a remote island in Cornwell. Where nothing is exactly as it seems…
I don’t know how Deanna Raybourn does it – but the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries get better and better with every installment! And I’m not the only one who thinks so, as she is in the current class of Edgar Award nominees – for Best Novel. Not Best Historical Mystery – but Best Novel – the bluest of blue ribbons of the Edgars.
Somehow in this book, she manages to take a traditional country house mystery and gently twist it into something far more interesting than the original cloth it’s cut from. From changing up the setting from a manor house to a creaky old castle (with its own poison garden) to altering the typical countryside setting to a windswept island (full of superstition) each of the traditional features were there – but so artfully arranged that it wasn’t until I finished the book that I realized the style Rayborn had chosen.
And I read a lot of country house mysteries.
However, what Raybourn deftly handles in this book are the tangled feelings Veronica holds for Stoker (and vice versa). Never once did I roll my eyes or skip ahead because the words written on the page we so syrupy sweet or maudlin that they pushed the bounds of credulity. Raybourn did a seriously good job layering them into the narrative in just the right amount!
While this particular style, is usually bloodless, Raybourn is able to add a tremendous sense of urgency & horror in the solution, never fear. Even better? She plays by The Rules! Everything the reader needs to solve the mystery along with Veronica & Stoker is laid out before you. However, in true author form, you aren’t quite sure you’re correct until the crucial moment, which is a wonderful feeling!
If you can’t tell, I loved this book! It was an exciting and fast-paced read which didn’t disappoint!
Now you don’t have to read the rest of the books to read this one – but I highly suggest you at least read A Treacherous Curse first – as there will be large swaths which won’t make as much sense without knowledge of Veronica, Stokers and Lord Templeton-Vane’s backstories. (But seriously all the books are great and well worth your time – and they’re in paperback now – so why not give one a go?)
If you enjoy historical mysteries, you will not find this book or series wanting!
I took a quick break in my Christine Feehan binge because the new Anne Bishop “Others” novel is out, and, well…Anne Bishop. The Others. They’re my Kryptonite. Okay, one of many, but still.
If you haven’t read them, you absolutely have to start with Written in Red. The world she’s created is only somewhat similar to ours, so you need your feet firmly under you before you tackle Wild Country (Ace). You most especially need to have the fifth in the “Lakeside Courtyard” series, Etched in Bone, firmly in your mind before you tackle this one.
Wild Country takes place not long after the Great Predation, when everything is still very much in flux between the Others and the humans. The formerly human controlled town of Bennett is beginning a mixed species experiment, to see if this time it can work if the Others are in charge instead of the humans.
Bennett is very much an Old West frontier-type town, a boom town as long as humans remember who surrounds them, not just in the wild country but their neighbors. Anyone with any power is Other. Humans can build their businesses, as long as the Others – in this case the Sanguinati – approve.
But, as with our Old West, where there’s boomtown, there’s trouble.
I re-read Lake Silence, the first of the Others novels that wasn’t a Lakeside Courtyard novel, just to remind myself of the world. Lake Silence is a much lighter-hearted book. Not that what happens to Vicki isn’t dark, but between the Sproingers and Yorick’s Vigorous Appendage, Lake Silence was a fun read.
Wild Country hearkens back to Written in Red in many ways. It’s very dark, bad things happen to good people with no one able to stop it, and honestly, I think it’s some of Anne Bishop’s finest writing. But you have to have your feet firmly entrenched in the events that happen in Etched in Bone, not only to understand the severity of what happens, but also because some of the Lakeside Courtyard folks are involved in this story.
I was up until 3:44 in the morning finishing this. And I think I’ll have to go back and re-read it, because I was tearing through to find out what happened so quickly that I’m sure I missed bits.
What an amazing series. In fact, I may just go back and re-read the whole thing, but reverse the order of the last two books, so that I get that hard one-two punch, followed by life in Sproing, which is decidedly less dramatic, despite the eyeball in the wave-cooker.
Woof. I’m exhausted. But in a really good way. Thank you, Ms. Bishop!
Magnificent, stunning, a massive and major work, an epic journey into our contemporary heart of darkness.
I have to believe that this really is the end of the saga due to the way the story arcs across the three books. Winslow said that he was done after The Power of the Dog.
Then he swore he was done after the sequel, The Cartel.
But The Border really must be it – or he continues with secondary characters… which he is capable of doing.
If you are at all interested in his new book, you must start with Power of the Dog. The Cartel begins soon afterward, as then does The Border. These are not really three books, these are three sections of one massive story.
Its a commitment, yes. It would be a marathon, yes. But if we’re in a time in which folks will binge hours upon hours of a TV series, it is nothing to commit to binging this set of books.
So do it.
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Palaszczuk Government solves another LNP fail
Published: 8th of March 2019 Comments:
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The Palaszczuk Government has shut the door on a shocking LNP bungle that could have crushed the plumbing industry in Queensland.
Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni said the LNP’s careless approach to occupational licensing left many of the state’s 6400 plumbing contractors facing massive fines of up to $21,000 each.
“The Palaszczuk Government is fixing a regulatory system left in total disarray by the underwhelming performance of the LNP,” said Mr de Brenni.
“In 2014, the LNP’s Tim Mander advised licensed plumbing and drainage contractors they would no longer be required to hold an occupational licence as well as a contractor’s licence.
“The LNP then failed to pass the necessary legislative amendments, despite numerous opportunities – it’s yet another example of how hopeless they were during their short time in government.”
Mr de Brenni said the result of the LNP’s negligence was that, through no fault of their own, many contractors no longer held a plumbing occupational licence, even though the law required them to do so.
“This meant many plumbing businesses were unknowingly performing unlicensed work and were exposed to fines totalling around $54 million,” he said.
“Malpractice Mander and the lackadaisical LNP could have crushed the entire plumbing industry in Queensland.”
Mr de Brenni said removing the duplication of fees for plumbing and drainage licences was an election commitment of the Palaszczuk Government.
“Labor is making the entire building industry regulatory system simpler and fairer,” he said.
“We are waiving this duplicated charge because earning an honest living should be simple and sensible – that’s what we’re delivering.
“This is especially important for the plumbing industry as it contributes so much to the economy, employment and health of our state.
“This is yet another sign of the Palaszczuk Government delivering for the industry which can now look to the future with confidence,” he said.
The new nil-cost fees were developed in consultation with peak plumbing bodies, including the Master Plumbers Association of Queensland and the Plumbers Union of Queensland.
Penny Cornah, Executive Director of the Master Plumbers’ Association of Queensland, expressed ‘special thanks’ for addressing the licensing anomaly.
“From 1 March plumbers and drainers that hold an occupational and contractor licence won’t have to pay two fees,” she said.
“This is a positive outcome for business in Queensland but there’s more to be done.
“The MPAQ will continue to push for the next stage of reform – including the critical issue of security of payments.
“It’s been a pleasure working with Minister de Brenni – the Minister always has the industry’s best interests at heart.”
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