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The New McLaren 720S Spider Kicks Off 2019 in Style!
If it’s January, it’s the right time to bring some good news and McLaren did just that when they released their brand new McLaren 720S Spider, which will be ready to take on the roads in the summer of 2019. It took them two years after they’ve officially unveiled the new 720S, but the wait is finally over and we couldn’t be happier.
They’ve already started taking orders and the first cars will be delivered beginning with the month of March this year.
The McLaren 720S Spider brings gorgeous new looks and some very interesting ingredients into play. It’s got a nice retractable roof, built from carbon fibre with an electrochromic glass panel and it takes it only 11 seconds to fully open or close at speeds of up to 31 mph (50 km/h). Take that, Ferrari.
With a dry weight of 1,332 kg, it’s only 49 kg heavier than the Coupe but lighter than the Ferrari 488 Spider (1,420 kg) and the Huracan Spyder at 1,542 kg. That translates into a mere 2.9 seconds to 100 km/h and 7.9 seconds for reaching the 200 km/h mark. The 4.0 litre V8 engine delivers almost the same performance as the Coupe.
Another element that has received a makeover is the aerodynamics, improved through the rear spoiler which raises at lower speeds and deploys to a higher angle. The rear buttress has also been modified to provide better protection in case of accident but what’s new and unique is that McLaren decided to use glass within it, increasing visibility by 12%. Or so they say.
The charming new McLaren 720S Spider comes with some good looking and lightweight new wheel designs. The Performance and Luxury trims are also available options and Belize Blue and Aztec Gold are two new colors added, raising the total options to 23.
Now the part that interests – or hurts – us the most. The price. The 2019 McLaren 720S Spider is available starting at $315,000.
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Food Fantasy Mod APK 1.20.2 [Unlimited Money]
Developer: Elex
Category: Game
Update: April 14, 2019 at 9:07 pm
You like food and cooking, but you are too busy and do not have time for doing this. So why don’t you think of a simpler solution to satisfy your passion? It is a fun cooking game right on your Android smartphone. If you are looking for a game like this, we offer a perfect option that meets your needs named Food Fantasy.
Food Fantasy is the latest product from Eflex, which is the creator of the Last Battleground: Mech – the survival game with Battle Ground style, has received over 5 million downloads from Play Store. Food Fantasy is not only a normal cooking game but also a combination of the elements of the Japanese classical RPG.
Are you ready to become the best chef in Food Fantasy? The answer will be in this article. We bring you the link to download the latest mod version of Food Fantasy. In addition, a detailed instruction will show you how to easily download and install Food Fantasy Mod APK in just a few steps.
Food Fantasy Mod APK [Unlimited Money]
1 Food Fantasy Mod APK [Unlimited Money]
1.1 The story
1.2 Unique gameplay
1.3 Build your restaurant
2 What’s more inFood Fantasy Mod APK?
3 How to download and install Food Fantasy Mod?
4 Final Verdict
Food Fantasy brings players into a fantasy world of thousand years ago in Japan. The world is governed by The God of Beginnings, who is the creator of the souls and brings them to this place to live with humans. Over 1,000 years later, the balance of the two factions opened up a terrible war between humans and the souls, known as the Era War. In this war, people have won, but the price they paid for this is not small.
Terrified and upset with this meaningless war, The God of Beginnings is depressed. He releases the evil energies, which nourish evil and make things worse. Things get worse when the spirits are back. They are called the Fallen Angels with superior strength. Fallen Angels attack humans causing the world to fall into the destruction again.
Common weapons become meaningless with Fallen Angels because they are too powerful and cannot be hurt. In this difficult situation, a hope is lighted up that Magic Academy created a new soul that is in the food named Food Souls. This is the key to destroy Fallen Angels. The balance in the battle between humans and the souls is once again established. Who will be the winner? The answer depends on you!
Unique gameplay
The gameplay is a combination of Cooking, Classic RPG, Turn-based and Card Game. The fighting style in the game is still in the familiar Turn-Base style, in which you will control an army of Food Souls to participate in real-time battles.
Therefore, you need to understand the attributes of Food Souls to combine them into one of the strongest teams, ready to fight any opponent. In addition to fighting in the forest with the monsters, you will have to fight in your own restaurant. There are attackers or guests who do not pay their bills. You need to solve all these problems to turn your restaurant into a paradise for everyone.
Build your restaurant
Food Fantasy is a cuisine game, so a restaurant is something that you have to pay attention to. Starting the game alone, you will receive support from 1 or 2 Soul Food. Your next job is to attract diners with unique dishes, develop it into a food paradise.
Fantasy Food offers hundreds of recipes for you to discover, combining random ingredients to create the most delicious food. Besides, there are many items to decorate. You can customize your restaurant your way. These activities will help you make money and get a lot of valuable items, which are very important to be able to upgrade Soul Food in battle. With your food theme, your heroes certainly have funny and related names such as milk, wine, steak… Making money and upgrading everything is what you need to pay attention to in Food Fantasy and do not miss any quest to earn more bonuses.
What’s more inFood Fantasy Mod APK?
Food Fantasy brings players into the world of Food Souls. You are the Master Attendant, who manages a restaurant here. You are not alone with the help of Food Souls, which can cook and take care of customers on your behalf. The restaurant can bring big income to you. You can use that money to upgrade and expand your business scale or unlock new Souls. In addition to cooking and managing the restaurant, you have to fight against the attack of Evil Fallen Angel. Food Fantasy Mod that we bring in this article offers unlimited money that you can use it to upgrade your restaurant freely.
Food Fantasy is fully dubbed by Japanese actors, which is also a familiar feature in order to satisfy those who love Japanese Manga / Anime. Here is the information about the Food Fantasy Mod that we would like to give you.
How to download and install Food Fantasy Mod?
We bring the latest version of Food Fantasy, which allows you to use the unlimited money and energy. Now, you can buy or upgrade your restaurant without worrying about the lack of finances in the game.
Some mod features: Unlimited stamina, gold, and magic shards, x10 damage, x10 defense, Godmode, 1 hit kill. As promised, a detailed instruction will be brought to you to install this game. Please follow the steps below:
Uninstall the official version of the game that you have already installed from Play Store (if available).
Download the APK file that we provided below.
Install it as normal. Please do not take any action when the installation process is running.
That’s it, you can open the game and enjoy it right away.
Food Fantasy is a great combination of action, adventure and restaurant management. The game is set in the fantasy world, where “Fallen Angels” have risen and plotted to destroy the humanity. However, the warriors of “Food Souls”- the incarnations of famous dishes, have appeared and protected the land from the evil forces. Are you ready for adventure in Food Fantasy now?
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Attorney General Janet Mills Tears Down “Ethical Wall”
AUGUSTA – The Portland Press Herald has reported that Maine Attorney General Janet Mills went to lengths in July 2017 to construct an ‘ethical wall’ in her office so she would not hear about or influence her office’s work on ranked-choice voting.
The Press Herald article goes on to report that Mills now has plans to introduce legislation to change the law around ranked-choice voting–nullifying her ‘ethical wall’ pledge.
“What on earth is she doing? This must be a ‘wall in name only’,” said Maine GOP Communications and Political Director, Garrett Murch. “For Attorney General Mills to say she’s built this ‘ethical wall’ and then do a 180 and ignore it the second there is a political advantage is political opportunism at its worst–certainly not the Maine way.”
“Either Attorney General Mills believes in her ‘ethical wall’ or she doesn’t,” Murch continued. “It’s that simple.”
“The confusion of yesterday is much more clear now,” Murch said. “Maine’s entire election process is about to be plunged into chaos because our Attorney General is running for Governor and playing politics at the same time.”
“This is not right,” Murch continued. “Mills should stand down, leave the ‘ethical wall’ in place, and rely on her team who have been working on this issue for months.”
As the Portland Press Herald reported:
“As the chaos over ranked-choice voting spread Thursday, Mills’ office released a copy of a memo dated July 7, 2017, laying out the process creating an “ethical wall” between Mills and Gardiner in the event that Mills ran for governor. The memo stated that Gardiner would report directly to a deputy attorney general and that Mills would avoid “all informal communication or exchange of information” concerning the 2018 gubernatorial elections with Gardiner or her supervisors…”
WILL IT BE IMPLEMENTED?
Mills said she planned to seek a legislative fix for the situation.
The Press Herald article continued…
“The issue raised by the secretary of state this morning, which I was made aware of for the first time today, needs to be addressed immediately so that the will of the people may be respected,” Mills said in a statement. “The more than 62,000 citizens who signed the Peoples’ Veto petitions deserve to have their voices heard. The will of the people must not be thwarted by some technicality in the law. I will file legislation today to be presented to the Legislative Council to ensure that ranked-choice voting is in full effect for this June’s primary as the people have dictated.”
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‘Shazam’ First Reviews Call It Hilarious and Heartfelt
Is it possible that the best Captain Marvel movie of the year ... will be the one that’s not actually called Captain Marvel?
The actual Captain Marvel movie — the one with Brie Larson and Sam Jackson with his face all de-wrinkled so he looks like he’s back in The Negotiator again — opens this Friday. And it’s gotten good reviews (like an 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes so far). But Shazam, the DC Comics movie based on the character who used to be called Captain Marvel, is getting wildly effusive first reviews on Twitter from critics who were invited to early screenings. They’re calling it an “absolute delight,” an “absolute joy,” and other extremely positive things that don’t involve absolutes.
Here’s a sampling of all the reviews so far. I tried to find a range but honestly ... there’s not much range? Almost everyone likes it so far. And they really like Zachary Levi in the title role.
Following the huge success of Aquaman, Shazam could make two good DC Comics movies in a row. What a welcome change of pace that would be. Shazam opens in theaters on April 5.
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Teacher ‘had sex with two students after plying them with beer and vodka’
Zoe DrewettSunday 23 Sep 2018 8:27 pm
A teacher accused of cheating on her police officer husband with two of her pupils has been jailed.
Sarah Lewis, 29, was handed a suspended sentence after she admitted having sex with one of the two 17-year-olds as part of a plea deal.
But she has now been handed a five year jail sentence by a judge who revoked her probation in Provo, Utah, US, as she faces separate drug charges.
Sarah Lewis was accused of sleeping with two of her students (Picture: Utah Department of Corrections)
Before she was sentenced by Judge Kraig Powell, a previous hearing heard Lewis was a ‘substantial danger to the community’.
She was initially arrested in January 2017 while a dance and social studies tutor at Landmark High School in Spanish Fork, Utah.
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A student had told police she had had intercourse with him at her home after plying him with beer and vodka.
He filmed them kissing on a sofa before they went into a bedroom and he sent footage to his friends, the court heard.
Lewis, a mother, later told police the encounter was a ‘one-time thing’ adding: ‘My husband was gone and I was drunk.
‘I don’t know. It was easy, I guess. I don’t know. It never happened again.’
Lewis was given a five year suspended prison sentence after admitting sexual activity with a pupil (Picture: LinkedIn)
She was arrested two weeks later when another student came forward and said he and Lewis had also hes sex a week before the other student.
He had swapped messages with the teacher over Snapchat, he told police.
Lewis allegedly sent him a photo of herself drinking alongside the words ‘let’s party’, police claim.
She picked the boy up in her car but he tried to leave after getting drunk on whisky and champagne at her hourse, he said.
Instead, Lewis is accused of leading the boy to her bedroom.
Sarah Lewis taught dance and social studies at Landmark High School, Spanish Fork, Utah (Picture: landmark.nebo.edu)
Lewis originally faced two rape charges, one of tampering with a witness and seven counts of giving alcohol to minors.
But in a plea deal in June 2017 she admitted sexual activity with the student who had filmed the encounter and got a suspended prison sentence of five years.
She was given credit for 195 days she had already spent in jail.
She has also been placed on the Utah Sex Offender Registry and has been banned from having contact with current or former students.
Lewis will return to court on October 22 on two counts of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and owning drug paraphernalia, where she could face a further 12 months being added to her sentence.
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Program Schedule: Portfolio programs (art direction, copywriting, digital design, photography & video) start four times a year: January, April, July and October. The program lasts for 8 quarters. Each quarter lasts 10 weeks with a break between each quarter. In the second year students can study and intern in other cities.
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The school poses a challenge to the industry. Make tax-deductible contributions to the minority scholarship program. The first three companies to accept this challenge are being announced at Advertising week. These companies are taking advantage of the full program. In addition to contributing to the minority scholarship fund, they are hosting Miami Ad School Experience Labs and hiring the school’s grads. Everybody wins!
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“Planning is the place where you can be most eclectic—outside of being a professional artist. You’re hired specifically for your point of view in the world.” —Vanessa Toro
Every assignment brings with it a different problem, and when finding ways to get the right message across, two (or three, or seven) heads are better than one. It’s also much better if those heads don’t think in quite the same way.
Learn how the Miami Ad School experience helped three art direction graduates start the advertising agency, Felipa.
See where Miami Ad School’s most recent graduates have been hired. Many of these new hires met their future employers at one of Miami Ad School’s Portfolio Reviews. Some were hired as a result of impressive internship performances. Still others found their opportunities via the Job Leads for Life program that provides graduates with hundreds of job leads every year. We’ll help you find the creative career you dream of.
Helping students develop a valuable network of industry contacts is one of the foundations of Miami Ad School’s placement program.
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All three winning Miami Ad School entires leverage recent advances in technology to create ideas for brands that advance the greater good.
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Learn Patrick’s secrets of the trade, tips and tricks for those starting out and some real life, success-driven advice for your entire career as a creative.
“After looking at a few schools around the country, Miami Ad School naturally became my first choice because of the location (I mean, Miami… come on!) Knowing that there would be tons of models and beautiful weather to shoot in sealed the deal.”
At Miami Ad School you’ll create award-winning work that will get you national and international exposure. Work that will get you noticed and—more importantly—get you interviews so that you can land a job you’ll love. Isn’t that what it’s all about?
“Creativity is messy,” Margaret Johnson, CCO of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, says. “There is nothing linear about it. The way you get to ideas is really complicated and it’s a messy, messy thing, and you find that you end up being this kind of trapeze artist, jumping off a ledge and taking risks in your day-to-day life as an art director or a copywriter.”
Miami Ad School’s next Boot Camp for Social Media Strategy starts July 2nd in Atlanta. 12 weeks of intense hands-on, up-to-the-minute training from working industry professionals. The jobs, 200K+ of them, are out there. What are you waiting for?
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“Miami Ad School is a great environment to learn in because everyone has something different to teach. We all come from different corners of the world!”
“Learning from so many planners gave us exposure to different kinds of agencies and strategic tips, I am very grateful for the experience.”
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Goodby’s Margaret Johnson and 360i’s Menno Kluin are just two of the Miami Ad School grads in top leadership roles in the industry.
By the time they get their first advertising or design job, 96% of Miami Ad School grads will already have real industry experience to bring to the table.
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Companies come to Miami Ad School’s Portfolio Reviews to hire top creative talent, and that’s exactly what they do.
Advertising awards put students on the radar of creative recruiters all over the world. Students get noticed, and then they get interviews. Job offers are soon to follow.
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“Every time I travel, my mind is consumed, wondering what the lives of the people that live at my destination are really like. What do they do for a living? What do they do for fun? Are they happy? Maybe I should’ve been a sociologist, but instead I’m a copywriter. But I guess that sometimes, it’s the same thing.”
At Miami Ad School, you’ll have networking opportunities every single day. These priceless chances to make contacts will enrich your creative career.
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Miami Ad School’s placement program is always hard at work matching grads with career opportunities. Here are a few of the most recent moves our grads have made.
Nailing down a brand image for something as complex and user-driven as Twitter is as tough a challenge as they come. See how grad Jayanta Jenkins is getting it done.
Want to make an impression and be remembered? Create something new for your audience.
In most schools, placement assistance is something that happens after graduation. Miami Ad School is different. Our placement process starts right away.
The Miami Ad School Atlanta Boot Camp for Social Media begins on July 5th. Here are some of the professionals who will be your mentors as your learn the ropes of your new Social Strategy career.
No matter where you start, you can find your way to becoming who you are meant to be. Opera in Ron's class? As a matter of fact, yes. For the aspiring Miami Ad School student, hearing about the success stories of our alumni can be a little intimidating. It’s easy to...
Dr. Derek Parkin, a medical doctor and microbiologist, believed that all of us have the capability to do amazing things. We can transform our world and impact the lives of people outside of our ordinary scope of influence if we only harness the power found in effective collaboration.
Despite what we may think, the victims of police brutality are not statistics but real people who are closer to us than we might imagine.
You’re as ready for that first job interview as you’re ever going to be, right? Well, maybe. Being prepared to answer these questions—from some of the top agencies—may just put you over the top.
215mccann Executive Creative Director, Adam Reeves, on his journey from college to Miami Ad School to becoming one of the most-awarded creatives ever.
Starting salaries for creative careers are booming. In survey of recent Miami Ad School graduates—who receive job leads for life from Miami Ad School’s placement program—our grads reported exciting salary numbers that are clear evidence of the strong demand for our brand of creative thinkers in today’s job market.
In the world of creative careers, competition is intense. There are tons of talented people looking for work or freelancing with amazing portfolios. How do you stack the deck in your favor when looking for that crucial first job?
This Valentine’s Day—Have the Courage to Break Up
Many of us hold on and try to make it work—out of habit or fear—even though we know deep down that the magic is gone.
Business Insider’s yearly list of the 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30 always features some of the most renowned young talent in the industry. This years’ list features nine Miami Ad School alumni, up from five in 2016.
We speak with Miami Ad School alumnus Senior Copywriter Soham Chatterjee and Associate Creative Director Doug Burnett, who provided insight into the background and strategy behind the “Your Life Saves” initiative.
Brig White, Miami Ad School art direction graduate and now a full-time film director on his career path and why he loves his job so much.
38 Thousand Social Media Jobs Are on LinkedIn Right Now
Miami Ad School’s Boot Camp for Social Media starts in Wynwood April 3rd. The application deadline is February 27, 2016.
Miami Ad School Boot Camp for Account Planning mentor Jess Greenwood on what makes a good strategic planner.
Meet Miami Ad School’s first group of Minority Advertising Scholarship winners
Winter Quarter Deadline Is Only 6 Days Away and Counting!
The application deadline for Miami Ad School’s winter quarter is November 28th. Time’s running out, apply now!
The application deadline for Miami Ad School’s winter quarter is November 28th. Best to get the process started now!
“United Not Divided,” a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, brings a plea for unity directly to the streets of America.
“I’m Human,” a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, asks a simple question. The answer reminds us that we have more in common than we often care to admit.
The Strategic Stars of Account Planning are Coming to Miami
The Miami Ad School Boot Camp for Account Planning is back in Wynwood this January. Here are some of teachers that await aspiring planners like you.
#AtThisAge, a social media campaign by a Miami Ad School Team for Street Art for Mankind aims to increase awareness of the child labor problem.
Miami Ad School art direction student Janneth Carolina Rodriguez is a self-taught special effects makeup artist. Learn about her new short film, Tinder.
Join 1 Nation Generation—a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative—and stand against a nation divided by racial lines.
Snickering At Racists, A Finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, Takes the Fight to the Racists on Twitter, One Snarky Tweet At a Time. With the current state of race relations in our country, we need to take action where and when we can. Though we’d all love...
Kick Start Your Career: The Boot Camp for Account Planning Is Back in Miami
The Boot Camp for Account Planning returns to Miami January 3, 2017. Get ready for a career-enhancing, life-changing experience.
In One Word, finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, exposes the truth about the African American experience though individual single-word contributions.
Miami Ad School launches the largest minority advertising scholarship program in the country! There has never been a better time to start your creative career. The industry is in crisis mode when it comes to minority involvement. Clients like Pepsi, General Mills and HP are demanding more diversity in their agencies.
Color Conversations, a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, takes on the misunderstandings and problems behind racial tensions in American society.
Miami Ad School Industry Hero Speaker: Simon Hare
Artist and photographer Simon Hare will speak at Miami Ad School Wynwood Monday, October 3, 2016 @ 5:00 PM.
Miami Ad School announces $200,000 in tuition scholarships annually for minority applicants.
Miami Ad School students in each of our American locations were asked to use their creativity to help heal our divided nation. Vote for your favorite.
Agencies are always on the lookout for new talent. Winning awards—like Miami Ad School students just did at the Clios—is a great way to get noticed. In the world of creative careers, competition is intense. There are tons of talented people looking for work or...
On September 11 a group of Miami Ad School New York Students set out for the crosswalks surrounding Ground Zero to bring the city together.
Wrecked Car Becomes Giant Emoji in Grad Effort for Sprint’s “DN’T TXT & DRIVE” Campaign
Miami Ad School graduates—and Alma team—Suhey Saldarriaga and Sheksa Ocasio make a bold safety statement with the “Last Emoji.”
Miami Ad School alums Katy Moseley, Zoë Lyle and Edward Miller found the perfect jobs for them at R/GA in New York City.
Miami Ad School student interns and Ogilvy & Mather came up with an idea to team Amnesty International with Dubsmash to give supporters a new way to join the human rights organization’s global fight against censorship.
Miami Ad School graduates (and team at Deutsch NY) Erika Kohnen and Lauren Cooper win a Titanium Lion at Cannes for their “First Ever Pinterest Yard Sale” for Krylon.
The application deadline for Miami Ad School’s upcoming fall quarter is August 29th. The new term starts Monday, October 3rd.
Miami Ad School Alum Ryan Kutscher’s agency, Circus Maximus, is recognized with the Small Agency Campaign of the Year honor from Ad Age.
With 84 awards, Rajath Ramamurthy is the Miami Ad School Global Top Dog and the most-awarded student in the world.
Miami Ad School Atlanta @ Portfolio Center Alum Andrew Keller has had a stellar career, rising to become the CEO of Crispin Porter + Bogusky and—late-breaking news—Global Creative Director of Facebook’s Creative Shop.
The Miami Ad School family harnesses the power of collective creativity to foster healing and change.
In 2007 #DontTaseMeBro went viral and entered popular culture when a University of Florida student was tased by police officers at an academic forum. Flash forward to 2016 and the sad truth is we’d all gladly take a taser over a bullet.
Janis Krum’s tweet broke the news of US Airways flight 1549 water landing in New York’s Hudson River and beat the major news media.
A Droga5 team of Miami Ad School graduates bring home a Lion from Cannes for their Solar Forecast work for NRG Energy.
A pair of Swedish BFFs go to Miami Ad School New York to make their Droga5 dreams come true.
Miami Ad School Digital Photography & Video graduate Silvia Mazabel on her development as an artist and a businessperson.
Award-winning creative and Miami Ad School Graduate, Soham Chatterjee, reveals the mysterious, peculiar life of a copywriter.
Graphic designers transform the ordinary into the striking, the boring into the fascinating and make complicated things seem simple.
With a Name Like Fucksicles, It Has to Be Good
Miami Ad School graphic design grad John Tommervik publishes new Swear Word Adult Coloring Book Fucksicles.
Miami Ad School students have done all sorts of jobs before they found that a creative career was the right fit for them.
Miami Ad School is the most awarded institution of its kind. But what’s it like to be a student? Our ongoing Facebook Live broadcasts give you a peek.
Our Next Round of Speakers on Facebook Live
Miami Ad School is the most awarded institution of its kind. But what’s it like to be a student? Our ongoing Facebook Live broadcasts will give an inside view.
Network and Explore Your Creativity!
Miami Ad School Wynwood is hosting Creative G.L.U.E, an engaging networking experience, that demonstrates and celebrates creativity.
Miami Ad School is the most awarded institution of its kind. But what’s it like to be a student? Our new Facebook Live broadcasts will give an inside view.
Miami Ad School graduates can be found working at all levels in the industry. Here are the trajectories of three alumni who’ve gone a long way.
12 Weeks Changed My Life: Three Account Planning Boot Camp Grads on Their Experience
Three alumni of Miami Ad School’s Bootcamp for Account Planning—in Miami, New York and San Francisco—on how their lives were changed in just 12 weeks.
Make Your Vote Count: Miami Ad School Grad Saves Lives With Creativity
Vanessa & Jon’s branding work at gyro: New York for Bennison is helping reduce infant mortality rates in Africa.
“What I like most about Facebook is that everything has a purpose. That’s why I know I’m in the right place for me.”
Be Inspired in Miami! Come See Industry Professionals Grace Our Stage Every Week
Creatives influencers are back at Miami Ad School Wynwood for the spring quarter; a free series of heroes sharing wisdom and connecting with up-and-coming talent.
From Accounting Clerk to Interactive Designer
My career change allowed me to escape a mundane cubicle-dwelling, number-crunching existence and go to a world filled with colorful and diverse experiences.
Art Director Andrés Ordóñez graduated in 2000 with a killer book and some international experience, having been one of the first to spend a quarter away interning in London. He was a talent on the cusp of greatness.
How Miami Ad School Students Used Instagram’s Virtual Change to Make a Real Difference
Students Rajath Ramamurthy, Tanvi Tandon, Liudmila Kulibaba and Shashank Hariharan seized the opportunity to highlight the athleticism of Paralympians, and how they’re every bit as deserving of glory as their able-bodied counterparts.
We were a diverse class of world perspectives and experiences from Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Spain, Puerto Rico, India, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Israel, Japan and the U.S. As we wrapped up week one and quickly kicked off week two, I was amazed at how fast the week flew by and how much we had already experienced, learned and done.
Miami Ad School and Portfolio Center proved the benefits of collaboration with a stellar showing in the 2016 Graphis New Talent Annual, with Portfolio Center students winning over five times as many awards as last year.
Who would have dreamed that the smartphone would become the camera of choice for advertising agencies. (Thank you Steve Jobs for your vision!) The smartphone’s small size, attachable lenses and editing and photo-manipulation apps make it an amazing production tool.
Great News! Advertising Jobs Are at Their Highest Level Since 2001. Here’s Why:
With the boom of social media, brands need content for all the different platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, SnapChat…) The demand for content for social media has created a whole new discipline called content creation. Content creation is the hottest and fastest growing area of the business and one of the reasons advertising jobs are at their highest level since 2001 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Business Insiders’ List of the 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30 has consistently featured young creatives that are on the cusp of becoming huge names in the industry. This years list features five Miami Ad School grads.
On Friday, February 19th, helpkenyanotkanye.com went live. Gabriel, a Miami Ad School grad, tweeted it to media outlets and influencers and, slowly, the buzz began to build.
Awesome Social Media Experts to Teach at Miami Ad School
The April 4, 2016 start of the Boot Camp for Social Media in Miami is just around the corner! The boot camp’s mentors are all social media experts from top agencies and platforms. They will be here for one reason: to prepare you to do the work and get your heart’s desire—a career in the ever-changing field of social media.
“We found a way to get our creativity flowing and had a blast doing it. We were working but also having fun. It actually made the work we were doing for our clients better.” Art direction graduate, Freddy Jana, now Creative Director at Ogilvy shows what he does to warm up his creativity.
From Wall Street to Miami Ad School, Then Jobs at MTV, Yahoo and Now His First Feature Film, Stretch and Bobbito
When he was growing up art had been an important part of Omar Acosta’s life but he never thought he could earn a living in a creative career. Omar felt he needed to be more conventional so he started out as a stockbroker trainee. While the year-long, Wall Street job served as a boot camp in business education, it also made Omar realize how important it is to do something with your life that you love.
Just Kick, Laugh and Hold On
The newest addition to the crazee Miami Ad School Wynwood campus is lots of fun for everyone: seasoned soccer players from Real Madrid pros to hapless grandmothers on walkers. Talent is completely un-necessary; knowledge of the game is also un-necessary. All you do is kick and laugh and hold on.
Miami Ad School is throwing a Super Bowl party and hosting The 3% Conference Tweetup. Real-time feedback from women at the party and across America on their attitudes toward the 2016 Super Bowl commercials will show which spots connect with women. Super Bowl spots that appeal to women have the best return on investment, because women buy products and share on social media in greater numbers than men on Super Bowl Sunday.
At Miami Ad School, from the day you start, you learn by doing. This video, created by three, first-quarter students, is an example of that philosophy. The project, part of their Video Storytelling course, was “Why Miami Ad School?”. The finished two-minute video, a collection of interviews of students and staff and footage of the school, tells the reason “why”. In the process of telling their story the students learned to shoot, light, direct and edit.
All of Miami Ad School’s locations are very dog-friendly places (as are many ad agencies, design firms and companies like Google). Students, instructors and staff are welcome to bring their dogs. The school’s founders bring their dogs, currently three, to school everyday. When the dogs aren’t in class or playing ball they hang out in Ron and Pippa’s offices. Lately the newest school mascot, a Doberwoman, has been very busy redecorating. Read the story of the accidental mascot
My First Impression Was That This Place Would Be My Saving Grace
My first impression was that this place would be my saving grace. You see, I had just been offered a starter job. In insurance. It was about the most horrifyingly bleak and boring prospect you can imagine. Grasping at straws, I asked my parents for the chance to tour Miami Ad School. There it was exactly the opposite. With its murals and fluorescent pink walls, I could tell that this was like no school I’d been to before.
Gift Wrap My Face has solved the problem of boring wrapping paper across the world!
If you can’t decide what career is right for you it’s very likely you’ll thrive, grow, bloom and even flourish in a creative career in advertising, design, social media or content creation because these fields incorporate a little of everything: creativity, business, innovation, story-telling, technology, photography, psychology…
“We remember our “first times” more than any other. In a sense Portfolio Center was my first kiss: I was young, dumb and very lucky but the kiss was sweet and unforgettable. What a gift to my life to be back where it all started.”
– Ron Seichrist, Founder of Portfolio Center & Miami Ad School
Miami Ad School is the Harvard of Brand Creativity
Erik Saelens, Founder of Brandhome, and a large portion of his Antwerp, Belgium based creative team came to work with Miami Ad School’s Innovation Lab. The Brandhome team spent a week coaching the students as they concepted and developed campaigns for 11 briefs. Watch the creative process at work in the Innovation Lab!
He is the Most Awarded Student in the World
This year Soham Chatterjee is the most awarded student in the world. His copywriting skills have won him 79 national and international awards. Here he shares his thoughts on winning, working and advice for future creatives.
“Miami Ad School teaches people how to think creatively. There’s nothing else in the world quite like this school which is why the placement rate for grads is close to 100%. I believe Miami Ad School is a critical part of the educational ecosystem for agencies and I want to contribute.” – Barry Wacksman
The Pick of the Litter Competition recognizes genius account planning strategy. Present your award-winning work at the 4A’s Strategy Festival October 4th!
Yachin has worked with J Crew, MCM, Milo Tricot, Maggie Jeans, WEB Denim and is a regular contributor for Essence Magazine. Find out the one unexpected skill he honed that led to his success.
Are You as Funny as Droga5, Ogilvy and TBWA?
Everyone in the industry has heard of Cannes Lions but have you heard of Dannes Lions? Dannes Lions recognizes the top 100 agencies with this prestigious award for the funniest campaigns. Are you funny enough?
The best advice I received was from Mark D’Arcy, VP, Chief Creative Officer of Facebook Creative Shop. He said, “If you can’t find your perfect role in an agency go and create your own, change the game and make it yours.” Hear more inspiring bits of wisdom from the brightest minds at the Cannes Lion Festival.
That’s not Ron. (He doesn’t look that good in a dress.) That’s Pippa Seichrist, his wife and cofounder of Miami Ad School. She accepted the award on his behalf at the American Advertising Federation award show in Las Vegas. Find out the unlikely person who changed Ron’s life forever and how Ron has paid it forward ever since.
Never eat alone again. Breakin’ Bread, a new app, takes those uncomfortable meals by yourself and turns them into a time of sharing and creativity.
France? Who Has the Time?
Want the scoop on who to follow? Who’s attending? We did too!
Dave Droga is one of the hottest creatives in the world. While he is pretty darn cute, what makes him so hot is his creative mind and the work he and his ad agency, Droga5, creates. Later this month many of the world’s top art directors, copywriters, designers, strategists and developers will be in France for the Cannes Lions’ festival. (It’s like the Cannes Film Festival but instead of the best movies, the Cannes Lions’ festival recognizes the power of creativity and celebrates the people shaping the future of creative brand communications.) Maddy Kramer, Miami Ad School graduate and Interactive Art Director at Latin Works, will be there too as part of See It Be It. Only 12 women creatives from all over the world were selected!
He Made Mattel, 20th Century Fox and Saatchi More Creative. Now It Is Your Turn.
Students at Miami Ad School select their creative careers with advice and coaching from hundreds of brilliant, creative people. They have the jobs you dream of and teach you the skills you need to be hired in their companies. riCardo (That is not a typo, he spells his name that way) has had the coolest jobs. Hear the career advice he gave our students. It’s the kind of career advice Miami Ad School students get everyday.
748 OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ART DIRECTORS, COPYWRITERS, STRATEGISTS AND DESIGNERS AT THIS TOP AGENCY. Last week I was at the New York Festivals award show and hung out with a big group of our graduates. (Twenty-two of them won advertising awards that night.) Seeing...
How Do You Come Up With Extraordinary Ideas?
THE BEST IDEAS DO ONE OF THREE THINGS. In today's innovation economy people are swamped with media, ideas and noise. How do we create ideas that will stand out? Hear Pippa Seichrist, Co-Founder of Miami Ad School and Head of Development and Innovation, in an interview...
Having Miami Ad School as a common link helped me land my first job in the film industry faster than I ever dreamed.
The Creative Recruiters from Saatchi & Saatchi and VML have been big supporters of Miami Ad School for many years. They always attend our New York Portfolio Reviews to meet with our recent graduates. A couple of weeks ago we invited them to the school to give the students advice how to build a better school portfolio. Here are their top 10 portfolio tips.
Miami Ad School is the best way to start a creative career in advertising. You’re trained by industry pros who inspire you to climb higher.
A Grand Clio & Kisses
Creating award-winning ideas is one way to get the attention of potential employers. Miami Ad School students are the most awarded in the world.
Student subletting and housing will never be the same. We’re all too familiar with how difficult it can be to find housing when moving to different campuses or attending internships in other cities. Miami Ad School is excited to introduce The Network.
Ice cream sounds a whole lot better when it involves design and a good spoof.
“Miami Ad School provides an environment where students are constantly challenged to think creatively while FIU provides a analytical backdrop to help students make informed decisions based on the client brief. It’s really the best of both worlds.”
TWO MIAMI AD SCHOOL GRADS CREATE SCORE, A MOBILE DATING APP THAT IS THE ULTIMATE ICEBREAKER. “When we date these days it's not our chances which are keeping us apart, it’s the way that we take those chances. We pick a date with our eyes closed and our fingers crossed....
Join Us for Free Events, Speakers & Workshops
NETWORK, GET INSPIRED & HAVE FUN Miami Ad School locations around the world host tons of events. You’re invited! Hear a talk on creativity, UX, or innovation given by one of our friends from companies including Facebook, Google and UNICEF to agencies like R/GA,...
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Meet two more of the world-famous street artists painting the School during Art Basel.
SHERYO & THE YOK PAINTED THE INSIDE OF MIAMI AD SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. NOW THEIR SIGNATURE RED, WHITE AND BLACK CREATURES ARE COMING TO MIAMI. "In the lobby at Miami Ad School's New York location the pair painted a giant slice of pizza that's wearing a mask...
Advertising students at San Jose State University get a Taste of Miami Ad School.
SESSIONS, BEAMED LIVE FROM MIAMI, OFFER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS A TASTE OF THE PROJECTS STUDENTS AT MIAMI AD SCHOOL'S LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE IMMERSED IN. The Spartan's first Taste of Miami Ad School was a selection from the course, Voice of Type, presented by...
A childhood memory inspired Jim Winters to reinvent the rotosphere. A chance meeting at an art festival gave this rotosphere a home at Miami Ad School in Wynwood.
AN INTERVIEW WITH JIM WINTERS, NEON ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF BULLDOG NEON. PS: What made you want to build a rotosphere? JW: A gentleman named Warren Milks, an outstanding engineer, former Marine and neon-sign guy, built his original version of the rotosphere in 1960....
Street Artist, Kislow, returns with his spray cans to paint Miami Ad School’s Wynwood walls.
COME FOR A TOUR, SEE HIS WORK AND ON DEC. 5 GET A LESSON IN THE ART OF AEROSOL. Almost a year ago, during Art Basel 2013, we hosted a talented street-artist from Crimea who painted on one of our walls, a mural that represents the migration process of creative minds....
Miami Ad School invites a dozen, internationally-famous street artists to use the school’s magenta walls as their canvas.
GET TO KNOW THE ARTISTS WHO ARE COMING TO CREATE WITH US Featured artist: Louis Masai from The United Kingdom “My subject matter focuses on animals. In my series, Last of My Kind, I document critically endangered birds with references to extinct musicians. The idea...
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Miami Ad School’s New Wynwood Location
TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO WE OPENED THE FIRST LOCATION IN MIAMI WITH SIX STUDENTS, TODAY WE HAVE 14 LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. Believing that environment is critical to learning and creativity, Ron and Pippa Seichrist, the founders of Miami Ad School, decided to rethink...
Aleksey Kislow, Ukrainian Street Artist, Is Back In Miami
HE REFLECTS ON THE CONFLICT IN CRIMEA WHILE HE PAINTS A MURAL IN WYNWOOD Aleksey Kislow is a surrealist street artist who was born in Kiev. He now lives in Sevastopol in Crimea and is experiencing the chaos firsthand. A month ago he was Ukrainian, now, he is Russian....
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Prof Andrea A. Cortinois
Institution: University of Toronto
Current Institution Location: Central and North America and the Caribbean, Canada
General Research Focus/Expertise: Climate change, Global health diplomacy, Health promotion/ Health education, Labour migration and health, Maternal and child health, Mental health, Primary health care, Public Health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, Internally displaced persons, Asylum seekers, International migrant workers, Refugees, Seasonal farm workers
Dr Kolitha Wickramage
Institution: International Organization for Migration, UN Migration Agency
Current Institution Location: Asia and the Pacific, Philippines
General Research Focus/Expertise: Bioethics, Community participation in health, Disaster preparedness and response, Epidemiology, Evidence-based reviews, Health and human rights, Health assessment/ medical examination, Health diplomacy/ international relations, Health policy, Health systems research, Humanitarian health interventions, Immigration health examinations, Internal medicine - pediatrics, International health regulations, Labour migration and health, Malaria, Mental health, Non-communicable diseases (NCD), Pandemic, Primary health care, Refugee health, Research ethics, Tuberculosis, Violence and health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Internally displaced persons, Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, Refugees, Asylum seekers, Human smuggling, Human trafficking, Humanitarian entrants/ Refugee resettlement programs, International migrant workers
Dr Irina Kuznetsova
Institution: University of Birmingham
General Research Focus/Expertise: Elderly health, Health and human rights, Labour migration and health, Mental health, Public Health, Refugee health, Return migration
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Internally displaced persons, Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, Asylum seekers, International migrant workers, Refugees
Mr Hassan Imam
Institution: Center for Development Communications DEVCOM Ltd.
Current Institution Location: Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh
General Research Focus/Expertise: Adolescent health, Climate change, Clinical psychology, Community participation in health, Detention, Disease surveillance, Epidemiology, Gender, Health and human rights, Health care financing, Health communication, Health of detainees/ incarceration, Health policy, Health promotion/ Health education, Health systems research, HIV/ AIDS, Immigration health examinations, Infectious diseases, Labour migration and health, Mental health, Pandemic, Primary health care, Psychotherapy/counselling, Public Health, Sexual and reproductive health, Violence and health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, Human smuggling, Human trafficking, International migrant workers
Assoc Prof Chris Lyttleton
Institution: Macquarie University
General Research Focus/Expertise: Community participation in health, Disaster preparedness and response, Disease surveillance, Gender, Health and human rights, Health policy, Health promotion/ Health education, HIV/ AIDS, Infectious diseases, Labour migration and health, Malaria, Medical anthropology, Mental health, Public Health, Sexual and reproductive health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Internally displaced persons, Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, International migrant workers
Mr Uday Narayan Yadav
Institution: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales
General Research Focus/Expertise: Adolescent health, Elderly health, Epidemiology, Gender, Health assessment/ medical examination, Health policy, Health promotion/ Health education, Health systems research, HIV/ AIDS, Labour migration and health, Mental health, Non-communicable diseases (NCD), Physical medicine & rehabilitation, Preventive medicine, Public Health, Sexual and reproductive health, Substance abuse, Tobacco control, Trauma and injury, Tuberculosis, Violence and health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, Students, Asylum seekers, International migrant workers, Patient mobility across borders
Prof Stevan Weine
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
General Research Focus/Expertise: Adolescent health, Disaster preparedness and response, Health of detainees/ incarceration, Health policy, Health promotion/ Health education, HIV/ AIDS, Labour migration and health, Mental health, Psychiatry, Public Health, Refugee health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Internally displaced persons, Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, Students, Refugees, Asylum seekers, Human trafficking, Humanitarian entrants/ Refugee resettlement programs, International migrant workers, International students, Patient mobility across borders
Dr Nirmal Aryal
Institution: Bournemouth University
General Research Focus/Expertise: Disease surveillance, Epidemiology, Evidence-based reviews, Gender, Health and human rights, HIV/ AIDS, Labour migration and health, Mental health, Non-communicable diseases (NCD), Public Health, Research ethics, Sexual and reproductive health, Violence and health
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories: Left-behind migrant families, Migrant Workers, International migrant workers
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Dr Predrag Rakocevic MD
Defence Forces Montenegro
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Primary Health Care in the Armed Forces of Montenegro is organized and carried out by the Ministry of Defence which for that position has one professional military person, Minister of Defence Independent Adviser for Health Care Issues, who works in the MoD, Human Resources Department.
As far as command is concerned, primary health care leans an the Logistic Base of the Armed Forces of Montenegro. lt is head ed by a specialist of the internal medicine with rank of Colonel who is the Chief of Medical Service in the Logistic Base.
The Chief of the Primary Health Care in the Armed Forces is in the rank of Colonel. He manages all the Garrison Clinics which are at the territory of Montenegro. Every Garrison Clinic has its own Chief who is military or civilian.
Ministry of Defence of Montenegro organizes and carries out the health care of the Armed Forces of Montenegro professional members, only at Role 1, by Garrison Clinics located in the units of the armed Forces of Montenegro. Every branch of the Armed Forces of Montenegro has its Garrison CIinics. Medical personnel is integrated into the troops at unit and command level.
Primary Health Protection Clinics are located within:
The Navy in Bar and there are employed 2 doctors and 2 medical technicians, one doctor is specialist of under - water medicine, and small pressure chamber will be placed in that Clinic in the future.
The Army in Danilovgrad with 2 doctors and 2 medical technicians, in Niksic 1 doctor and 1 technician, in Pljevlja 1 doctor and 1 technician and in Podgorica 3 doctors and 3 technicians.
The Air Force Base at the military Airport in Golubovci, in Podgorica 3 doctors specialists of t the air force medicine and 3 technicians.
There are no pharmacists in the Armed Forces of Montenegro but the needed medicaments for professional soldiers can be procured in the civilian pharmacies, Stomatological Health Care in Montenegro is obligatory only for children up to 18 years, and for older than 65, while it is privatized for all other categories of population. All State General Hospitals personnel related are well secured and possess qualitative diagnostics.
Primary Health Care in the Armed Forces of Montenegro is monitored by the Team for Primary Health Care Support, accommodated in Podgorica and which consists of specialists from the following areas: Neuropsychiatry 1, Pneumonic-Phthysiology 1, Radiology 2, Biochemistry 1, Ophthalmology 1, Otolaryngology 1, and one Psychologist. One nurse or technician works with each doctor. This Team for Primary Health Care Support carries out systematic examinations of professional AF of Montenegro members, examinations of people who are accepted in the military service as well as examinations of professional soldiers who work or places hazard for health.
Primary Health Care in the Armed Forces of Montenegro has at its disposal medical vehicles for driving patients in urgent cases to regional hospitals. Armed Forces of Montenegro is small in number Institution and has only about 2000 of uniformed professional members, and for this reason, is does not have a need to develop its own large health capacities in the sense of military hospitals.
Health protection of the Armed Forces of Montenegro is incorporated in the civilian health care system, that is in accordance with the systematic legislation.
Role 2 of health care or specialized health protection which is also used by professional members of the Armed Forces of Montenegro is at the level of public health i.e. regional General Hospitals.
Field Deployments
The Armed Forces of Montenegro has in its possession helicopters of Gazelle type for transport of patients in Montenegro and the procurement of one helicopter of type AirMed-Evac is planned. The Navy of the Armed Forces of Montenegro does not have in its possession medical vessels hospitals aboard. Until now we do not have any experience in common development of the activities with other nation's medical services.
Civil-Military Cooperation
In the case of certain elementary disasters or natural catastrophes the Armed Forces of Montenegro is able to develop field hospital under tents which comprises of Admission Triage Ward, General Medical Care Ward, Internal Ward, Operational Ward, lnfection Ward, Neuropsychiatry Ward. For the needs of all these wards in the case of necessity there would be en - gaged personnel from the regional hospitals since health care within the Armed Forces of Montenegro is not separate, but is incorporated in the System of public health care.
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Déjà Vu’: The Kampala Metropolitan Police doesn’t have common sense when it comes to Besigye!
It’s is a déjà vu’ for Dr. Kizza Besigye today as he must have felt it, yet again entering Makindye Court to answer yet another case in-front of another judge; The Judge must really like Posho, because the charge was soft and gooey. Even ACP Polly Namaye claimed the infamous law Public Order Management Act on the detaining and stopping Besigye from attending the Tuesday Prayer at Najjankumbi Headquarters in Kampala on the 4th April 2016.
As the Police at that time called it a planned procession through Metropolitan Kampala as he was driving from Kasangati through the town. That day he was planning to cross Mulago toward the Central Kampala, but as Police Commanders under orders of Kampala Metropolitan Commander Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Then his car was whisked away as he was taken to Old Kiira Road Police Station. This was as he had disobeyed Police Orders at a Roundabout towards Kalerwe not far from Mulago. So the Police had already decided to detain him!
Now today he entered the Makindye Court together with Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago at his side, to address the court of the unlawful behavior and disobeying police orders in April 2016. Apparently the earlier trial dates are showing that the Government defense of the case was manufactured and wasn’t clear. As the State-Witness on the 22nd May when addressing the court was even contradicting himself and wasn’t really saying anything considerate about the case. For instance at one second he was a higher level officer in the Army before becoming Police, later he countered that statement with saying he never we’re in the Army. If that is the truth than he had a hard time becoming an officer in the army, when he never was there! Therefore the evidence of the crime we’re properly dismissed at Makindye on the 25th July 2016. This proves that the Police Force and Government have wasted lots of time creating issues instead of actually governing.
So the continued aggression from the state came quickly as the word of the dismissal and public walked and greeted Besigye in the Central of Kampala. This was not accepted by the government and Police. The Police still under Andrew Felix Kaweesi, had to silence the brief greeting the public. As the “procession” made-up by random people and supporters shows the popularity of the FDC leader.
Therefore today’s activity from the Metropolitan Police must feel back to the normal as he quickly from leaving the Makindye Court we’re taken to Jinja Road Police Station; while he car we’re towed away from the place in town he we’re picked-up by the Police. So the reality is that the Police is creating a problem; instead of erasing problems. They claimed his car was shoddy and a DMC or a Defect Automobile (Dangerous Mechanical Condition). So the White Toyota Land Cruiser been the criminal passing town and apparently the driver or driven by Besigye. So they couldn’t charge him with procession, I am sure the Police Officer wasn’t sure how to write that; as the Police Officers have written that wrong before.
At the Jinja Road Police Station the detained politician and arch-nemesis of Museveni, Besigye we’re spending time with loyal allies in Lord Mayor Lukwago, Wafula Oguttu, Hon Amuriat, Hon. Geoffrey Ekanya and Ingrid Turinawe. As he we’re also collecting his statement on disobeying police orders, while his car we’re lucky to be claimed to be a DMC, while the footage on NBS and NTV of the matter shows the “damage” is fiction from the Police Officers to find reasons to detain him again and create new possible trial dates to stop him from attending and questioning the rule of law in the Nation.
So the phony and laughable perfect IGP Kayihura has yet another question about the man so-called fighting him. As he under his leadership tormenting Besigye another day at one of his Police Stations in the Central Uganda; one of the Police Stations Besigye knows well. Surely one of the places he should have wall where he could use chalk to imprint how many times he has been detained there. So IGP Kayihura must be proud of Commander Kaweesi for yet another time finding a solution to silence Besigye, with the charge of DMC. The car that the Police have broken before in 2016 to tear-gas the ones sitting in the car! Did you forget that, yes you did; and at one point Kayihura even promised a new car to Besigye, like that would happen?
Well, let’s be clear, this a phony charge, in the levels of impunity of the Calvary, the Kifeesi Police who has respect and want’s to silence the opposition with the detention of vocal opposition and men of defiance against the status quo of those who are dropping funds after NRM Cronies in scam-bailouts. That is the ones that are detained today and the conflict of justice for all is not there; it is only justice for elite and the men kissing Mzee’s ring. The rest can end-up behind bars, beaten by the police or shedding tears after shooting at the public with teargas.
This will continue as the NRM-Regime cannot help them, they are on sail-boat at the middle of sea, far from land without any wind and trying to find oars to row into land; but they are hidden behind deck and the Mzee doesn’t seem to know because his vision doesn’t say so. Therefore the men who are lost at sea are waiting for accurate statement and direction to the oars while the problem of no wind let them left at sea instead of getting into shade at the harbor. Peace.
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FortiNet Interview Questions
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Q: What is your opinion of Fortinet's FortiGate Firewall?
The rising tendency towards all-in-one products sounds a good marketing idea, but when it comes to performance, there is a big gap. It is believed that when it comes to security there should be no negotiation and concession. With all in one box, perfectly synchronized with each other working synergistically, the product is bound to be appreciated. FortiOS released by Fortinet with its range of appliances offers good routing and encryption features by enhancing support for RIP I & II and OSPF.
Q: What is UTM?
Unified threat management (UTM) is a move toward security management that allows a network administrator to monitor and manage a wide variety of security-related applications and infrastructure components through a single management console. UTM appliances not only combines firewall, gateway anti-virus, and intrusion detection and prevention capabilities into a single platform but also works within themselves interdependently just like a piece of fabric.
Q: What is Security fabric?
Security Fabric uses FortiTelemetry to connect different security sensors and tools together to collect, coordinate, and respond to malicious behavior anywhere it occurs on the network in real time. The core of a security fabric is an upstream FortiGate located at the edge of the network, with several FortiGates functioning as Internet Segmentation Firewalls (ISFWs). A security fabric is used to coordinate with the behavior of other Fortinet products in the network, including FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiClient, FortiClient EMS, FortiWeb, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP.
Q: What is Threat Management?
Integrated threat management is a complete approach to network security issues that addresses multiple types of malware, as well as blended threats and spam, and protects from invasion not only at the gateway but also at the endpoint levels.
Q: What is Next Generation Firewall?
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is the part of the third generation in firewall technology, combining a traditional firewall with other network device filtering functionalities, such as application firewall using in-line deep packet inspection system (DPI), an intrusion prevention system (IPS). Other techniques might also be employed, such as TLS/SSL encrypted traffic examination, website filtering, QoS/bandwidth management, antivirus scrutiny, and third-party identity management integration (i.e. LDAP, RADIUS, Active Directory)
Q: What is the difference between Next-Generation Firewall vs. Traditional Firewall?
NGFWs include typical functions of traditional firewalls such as packet filtering, network and port address translation (NAT), stateful monitoring, with virtual private network (VPN) support. The aim of next-generation firewalls is to include more layers of the OSI model, improving filtering of network traffic that is dependent on the packet contents. NGFWs perform deeper inspection compared to stateful inspection executed by the first and second-generation firewalls. NGFWs use a more thorough inspection approach, checking packet payloads and matching the signatures for harmful activities such as exploitable attacks and malware.
Q: Do you know about Fortinet as an Organization?
Fortinet is an American MNC with its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and markets cybersecurity software, appliances, and services, such as firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion prevention, and endpoint security, among others. It is the fourth-largest network security company by revenue.
Q: Tell us something about Fortinet’s history
Ken and Michael Xie, each other’s siblings, founded Fortinet in 2000. Fortinet raised about $93 million in funding by 2004 and introduced ten FortiGate appliances. That same year was the beginning of a recurring patent dispute between Fortinet and Trend Micro. The company went public in 2009, raising $156 million through an initial public offering. Throughout the 2000s, Fortinet expanded its product lines, by adding products for wireless access points, sandboxing, and messaging security, among others.
Q: When inspecting and delivering email messages, what does a FortiMail unit do in a transparent mode?
First inspect viruses, then Inspect content of the message payload, then Inspect for spam, followed by performing a routing lookup to decide the next hop in MTA.
Q: What are the benefits of the Scalable feature in Fortinet Fabric?
Fortinet Security Fabric protects any organization from IoT to the Cloud. A complete security strategy needs both in-depth performances and in deep inspection along with the breadth i.e. end to end. Security not only needs to scale to meet volume and performance demands, it needs to scale itself up laterally, seamlessly tracking and securing data from IoT and endpoints, across the distributed network and data center, and into the cloud. Fortinet Security Fabric provides seamless, protection across the distributed Enterprise, as well as inspection of packet data, application protocols, and deep analysis of unstructured content at wire speeds.
Q: What does Aware mean in Fortinet Security fabric?
Security Fabric behaves as a single entity from a Policy and Logging perspective, enabling end-to-end segmentation in order to lessen the risk from advanced threats. We not only need to see data that flows into and out of the network but how that data pass through the network once it is inside the perimeter. Fortinet Security Fabric enables end-to-end network segmentation for deep visibility and inspection of traffic traveling the network, and controls who and what gets to go where thereby minimising the risk from advanced threats.
Q: What is the method FortiGate unit use to determine the availability of a web cache using wccp? (web cache communication protocol)
The web cache sends an “I see you” message, being fetched by the FortiGate unit.
Q: WAN optimization is, configured in active or passive mode, when will the remote peer accept an attempt to initiate a tunnel?
The attempt will be accepted when there is a matching WAN optimization passive rule.
Q: How does FortiMail Administrator Retrieve Email Account Information from a LDAP server instead of configuring this data manually on the unit?
The Configure of the LDAP profile sections “User query options” and “Authentication” then associates the profile to the domain, which is locally configured.
Q: When using sender reputation on a FortiMail unit, which actions can be taken against a source IP address generating spam or invalid E-mail messages?
1. FortiMail Delays the email messages from that source IP address with a temporary failure.
2. FortiMail Rejects the email messages from that source IP address with a permanent failure.
3. FortiMail Quarantines all the email messages from that source IP address
Q: What does the security feature of Fortinet Security Fabric benefit us?
Global and local risk intelligence and lessening information can be shared across individual products to decrease time to protect. Not only does security need to include powerful security tools for the various places and functions in the network, but true visibility and control needs these distinct elements work together as an integrated security system. Fortinet’s Security Fabric behaves as a single collaborative entity from a policy and logging perspective, allowing individual product elements to share global and local risk intelligence and risk mitigation information.
Q: What do we mean by Actionable in Fortinet Security Fabric?
Big Data cloud systems correlate risk information and network data to deliver into Actionable Threat Intelligence in real time. It is not enough to sense bad traffic or block malware using distinct security devices. Network administrators need a common set of risk intelligence and centralized orchestration that allows the security to dynamically adapt as a risk is revealed anywhere, not just in our network, but also anywhere in the world. Fortinet’s Big Data cloud systems centralize and correlate risk information and network data and provide actionable threat intelligence to each and every single security device in the network’s security fabric in real time.
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Q: What do we understand by Open APIs in Fortinet Security Fabric?
Well defined, open APIs allows leading technology partners to become part of the fabric. Of course, a true security fabric lets us maximize our existing investment in security technologies. That is why Fortinet has developed a series of well defined, open APIs that allows technology partners to become a part of the Fortinet Security Fabric. Combined, the Fortinet Security Fabric is able to quickly adapt to the evolving network architecture as well as the changing the threat landscape.
Q: Why is the idea of a security fabric so important to network security in this current environment?
In this futuristic era, companies have to deal with a growing list of issues that put incredible strain on their security capabilities, including the Internet of Things, virtualization, SDN, a growing portfolio of interactive applications, and transitioning to cloud-based networking. They also have professionals who expect to be able to access work applications and data from anywhere, at any time, and on the same device, they use to manage their professional lives. Networks have evolved to accommodate these new requirements, becoming more complex, flexible, and powerful. At the same time, securing them has become a lot more complex as well.
Q: What distinguishes Fortinet’s security fabric approach from other vendors’ attempts at an integrated platform?
Fortinet distinguishes with other vendors with intentionally designed integration beginning with a unified operating system, highly optimized hardware and software processing with unmatched zero-day discovery, and a detection approach that combines behavioral detection, machine learning, and hardware virtualization. This allows the Fortinet Security Fabric to go beyond what is possible with a traditional signature-based approach to risk protection, or with siloed security technologies that vendors have begun to apparently stitch together using an overlay “platform” method.
Q: How does Fortinet’s Security Fabric benefit Fortinet’s global partner network of distributors and solution providers?
Because of its significant and complex character, security continues to be one of the largest opportunities for the channel. Partners that can plan, design, deploy and optimize an integrated security system are finding a growing demand for their skills. By combining the traditional security devices and emerging technologies together into an integrated security fabric, associates can help their customers collect and respond to intelligence that is more actionable, synchronize risk responses, and centralize the creation, distribution, and orchestration of their security management and further investigation. This wide visibility and open-standards approach offered by the Fortinet Security Fabric allows the solution providers to implement more automation to focus on the alerts, which matters the most in today’s world.
Q: How is Fortinet’s Fabric Ready Partner program different from the partner programs we see other vendors promoting?
Like many other partner programs, Fortinet’s Fabric Ready Partner Program brings together best-in-class technology alliance partners. Unlike other approaches, Fortinet’s approach actually allows the partners to deliver pre-integrated, end-to-end security offerings ready for deployment in any organization.
Q: An e-mail message, received by the FortiMail unit is subject to the bounce verification, Antispam check, under which circumstances?
The envelope MAIL FROM field contains a null reverse-path when a Bounce Verification key is created and activated.
Q: Network Administrator of a FortiMail Unit operating in server mode has been given the requirement to configure disk quotas for all the users of a specific domain. How can the administrator achieve this requirement?
Network Administrator needs to define a disk quota value in a resource profile.
Q: Which operational mode allows the FortiMail unit to operate as a full-featured email server rather than just a mail relay agent?
In Server Mode, FortiMail, operate as a full-featured email server rather than just a mail relay agent
Q: What is the one reason for deploying a FortiMail unit in transparent mode?
If the network administrator deploys FortiMail unit in transparent mode then DNS records do not necessarily have to be modified.
Q: Which SMTP Sessions is defined as incoming?
SMTP sessions for the protected domain are defined as incoming.
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Q: Which back-end servers can be used to provide recipient verification?
LDAP servers, and SMTP servers.
Q: A System Administrator Is Concerned By The Amount Of Disk Space Being Used To Store Quarantine Email Messages For Non-existent Accounts. Which Techniques Can Be Used On A FortiMail Unit To Prevent Email Messages From Being Quarantined For Non-existent Accounts?
Recipient Address Verification should be adopted to prevent E-mail messages from being quarantined for non-existent accounts
Q: In The Local Storage Structure Of The Fortimail Unit, What Does The Flash Memory Contain?
The Flash Memory Contain Firmware Image along with System Configuration and Certificates.
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Tag: The Witch
Cage, Cake and the Orgy
Matchbox Cineclub’s 2018 in pictures
2018 was the year Matchbox Cineclub stopped doing monthly screenings and ended up screening twice as many films. We launched three film festivals (even if one was postponed till 2019) and our online shop, coordinated Scalarama events across Scotland and organised a six-date tour of the UK. We hosted a world premiere, several Scottish premieres and a bunch of lovely guests, while a project we originated continued on to the Scottish Borders and Spain.
It hasn’t always been easy but we’re proud of what we accomplished this year, working with some incredible venues and a lot of our best bright and brilliant pals. We’re hoping 2019 will be our best year yet, but it’ll definitely be hard to beat 2018. The biggest thanks, as always, to everyone who came out for a Matchbox Cineclub event – you’re the ones who make it worthwhile. We always love to hear from you, so if you have any thoughts on the past year, or the next, please let us know. In the meantime, here’s our 2018 in pictures…
Cage-a-rama | After years of standalone pop-ups and our monthly residencies, this was our first time trying a new format, the micro-festival: six films over three days and as much bonus content as we could cram in. Selling it out in the early days of January gave us the encouragement to keep going. Which is a bigger deal than it maybe sounds. We couldn’t have done it without the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Park Circus supporting what we do, and of course all the Cage fans, who came from across the UK and as far afield as Dresden, Germany. We’re very much looking forward to Cage-a-rama 2: Cage Uncaged in January 2019.
Team Matchbox win the Glasgow Film Festival 2018 Quiz | Technically, Team GFF won, but since there were 18 of them and they had the inside scoop on their own programme, they were disqualified. We credit our victory to our ace in the hole, cine-savant Josh Slater-Williams. Also to the Nicolas Cage round. Thanks to the lovely Tony Harris (of Team GFF) for the photo!
Turkish Star Wars 2K world premiere | A while back, our pal Ed Glaser came into possession of the only remaining 35mm print of Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam, AKA Turkish Star Wars. Once it was all cleaned up and newly translated subtitles added, we had the chance to host the world premiere of the 2K restoration (simultaneously with our pals Remakesploitation film club in London). The May 4th screening was sold out but free entry. To cover our technician Pat’s wages, we took donations (and as usual spent way too much time on special graphics for the occasion).
Ela Orleans takes Cowards Bend the Knee to Alchemy | Our musical hero and good pal Ela Orleans took her live score for Guy Maddin’s Cowards Bend The Knee to the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in May. We originally commissioned Ela to write and perform her incredible new score during Scalarama 2017. Of course, 100% of the glory for the performances (Ela also later took Cowards to the Festival Periferia in Huesta, Spain), goes to Ela herself, but we’re very proud of the small part we have to play in the ongoing project. And, if you look very closely, you can see our logo in Alchemy’s Programme Partners on the screen behind Ela!
Weird Weekend | After Cage-a-rama was a success, we wanted to do something similar in the format but with Matchbox’s more typical programming – the outcasts, orphans and outliers of cinema. So, Weird Weekend was born and Scotland’s first festival dedicated to cult cinema took place at CCA in June. Over two days, we mixed cult favourites with lost classics and brand-new films and welcomed guests like The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb cinematographer Frank Passingham, Crime Wave star Eva Kovacs and Top Knot Detective co-directors Dominic Pearce and Aaron McCann. We also programmed a retrospective of our favourite local filmmaker Bryan M Ferguson’s shorts, and Bryan joined us for a post-screening Q&A. See Bryan’s latest work, including his celebrated music video for Ladytron, here: bryanmferguson.co.uk.
Alex Winter Q&A | The one and only Bill of Bill & Ted fame joined us via Skype after we screened his directorial debut Freaked at Weird Weekend. It was a fantastic screening and Q&A, all of it a mildly surreal high point. The whole thing was made totally normal, though, by the coolness of Alex and his team, who were also incredibly gracious in supporting our event with a bunch of press interviews. Of course, Alex is about to make Bill & Ted Face The Music, but these days he’s a pretty deadly documentary maker. See what he’s up to now: alexwinter.com.
Our founder returns | Matchbox Cineclub founder (lately of Paradise and Moriarty Explorers Club and, most recently, Trasho Biblio) Tommy McCormick returned for a cameo at Weird Weekend. Screening Soho Ishii’s The Crazy Family was a long-held ambition for Tommy, so when we managed to confirm a screening for Weird Weekend, he returned to pass on Ishii’s special message for the audience.
The Astrologer | We closed Weird Weekend with the Scottish premiere (and only the second UK screening) of Craig Denney’s The Astrologer (1976), such a deep cut that it can only be seen at screenings – no DVD, no VHS, no streaming, no torrent and very little chance it can ever be released. Bringing the DCP over from the States would have been 100% worth it anyway, before an unexpected onscreen mention for Glasgow melted everyone’s minds. Before all that, though, we got carried away with researching the mysterious and largely unreported story behind it and ending up writing the definitive 4,000-word article on it. Read it here!
CCA Closure | KeanuCon postponed! After Cage-a-rama, we polled the audience to see which icon we might celebrate next – Merylpalooza had a good run but Keanu was the clear winner. We debuted our trailer at a GFT late night classic screening of Speed in March and scheduled KeanuCon for the opening weekend of Scalarama in September. Unfortunately, the GSA fire meant the nearby CCA was forced to remain closed indefinitely and, try as we might, we couldn’t find a suitable alternative venue for the dates. On the bright side, our Keanu Reeves film festival will finally arrive in April 2019. And it was all almost worth it for our Sad KeanuCon image.
The World’s Greatest 3D Film Club | In July, our pals at Nice N Sleazy invited us to programme something there at the last minute. Their only specifications were for it to be something vaguely summery and fun. We had a bunch of red-blue anaglyph 3D glasses left over from when we screened Comin’ At Ya at The Old Hairdressers a couple of years ago, so we decided to screen Jaws 3D. When Sleazies had other free dates to fill, we later showed Friday 13th Part III and 1961 Canadian horror The Mask.
Scalarama | We took a lead role in coordinating Scalarama activity across Scotland again this September. KeanuCon was meant to open activities in Glasgow, but luckily Pity Party Film Club were able to fill the void with an incredible Hedwig and the Angry Inch event. We also hosted a sold-out screening of B-movie documentary Images of Apartheid at Kinning Park Complex, teamed-up with Video Namaste for another Video Bacchanal, this time at The Old Hairdressers, and screened Joe Dante’s epic The Movie Orgy (see below). Before all that, though, we hosted the Scalarama Scotland 2018 programme launch in August at the Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema in Maryhill, with a special Odorama screening of John Waters Polyester. Our pal Puke (pictured) volunteered as a Francine Fishpaw ring girl to cue the scratch and sniff action.
Joe Dante’s The Movie Orgy | We’d wanted to host this for a really long time and it took a lot of leg work, including a last-minute zoom to Edinburgh International Film Festival, to finally make happen. But it did! And, incredibly, Joe Dante himself recorded us an intro (pictured), after EIFF’s iconic Niall Greig Fulton introduced us to him in June and we got the OK to screen it. With CCA still closed, we had the opportunity to return to our old home, The Old Hairdressers, for this five-hour, sold-out screening. The film editor of the Skinny called it “Scotland’s movie event of the year”, which is daft but also we’ll take it.
#WeirdHorror with Kate Dickie | We started off the Halloween season doing a 31 days of #WeirdHorror countdown, then when CCA’s oft-postponed opening was finally confirmed, we offered to do some last-minute screenings. The idea was to celebrate CCA reopening and maybe help spread the word – which, it was super busy anyway but it was a great opportunity to team up with our pals Pity Party Film Club and She’s En Scene for some co-screenings. The four-night pop-up series had an amazing climax with legendary local hero Kate Dickie very graciously joining us for The Witch and an in-depth Q&A afterwards.
Matchbox Birthday Cake | Finally, this was just a very nice birthday surprise. Coming up in 2019, though, we have a LOT of surprises in store. First up, Cage-a-rama 2, Auld Lang Vine and KeanuCon. See you there!
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31 of our favourite wonderfully weird horror films
We’re celebrating the run up to Halloween with some of our favourite odd and awesome horror films. Mostly we’re doing this on our Facebook page here, but we’ll update this post as we go too. We’d love to know your favourite weird horrors too – or what you think of ours…
1/31 | DEAFULA (Peter Wechsberg, 1975)
A theology student finds himself turning into a vampire and hunting other students for their blood, in the first feature film produced in American Sign Language (or “Signscope”). Writer-director-actor Peter Wechsberg lost his hearing during Nazi Germany’s World War II bombing of London and had grown dissatisfied with his work as a videographer for a financial institution. His Deafula inexplicably incorporated a giant rubber nose, of which producer Gary Holstrom explained, “The deaf loved it, the hearing didn’t.” Read Cashiers du Cinemart’s interview with Holstrom here.
2/31 | NEON MANIACS (Joseph Mangine, 1986)
“They’re the Neon Maniacs—an unstoppable, hideous incarnation of evil zombies terrorising the residents of San Francisco. ‘Neon,’ because they can only be seen in the dark; ‘Maniacs,’ because they kill at will!”
The Neon Maniacs include Ape, Archer, Axe, Decapitator, Doc, Juice, Mohawk, Punk Biker, Samurai Warrior, Slash, Soldier, Stringbean and Thing. They each, for some reason, have their own in-film tarot/trading card.
3/31 | INKUBO (Leslie Stevens, 1966)
Marc, a soldier of pure heart, becomes the target of a beautiful demon who wants his soul.
Starring a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, Incubus is one of only two films produced entirely in the constructed language of Esperanto. At the premiere, a group of 50 to 100 Esperanto enthusiasts “screamed and laughed” at the actors’ poor pronunciation of the language. Once thought lost, the only remaining print was discovered in France in 1996. You can read more about Esperanto in cinema here.
4/31 | VLČÍ BOUDA (Věra Chytilová, 1987)
AKA Wolf’s Hole or Wolf’s Lair, this is a science fiction horror hybrid in the vein of The Thing, from the director of Daisies (Sedmikrásky).
In an old mountain cottage called the Wolf’s Lair, 11 carefully selected teenagers participate in a skiing workshop. Tension and suspicion mount as the strange instructors insist that one of the 11 is an intruder…
5/31 | PURA SANGRE (Luis Ospina, 1982)
An old, bedridden sugar tycoon, who communicates with the outside world by CCTV, consumes constant supplies of blood plasma from kidnapped and murdered children.
Pure Blood is a prime example of the Tropical Gothic genre, mainly associated with Colombian cinema of the 1980s. A flurry of productions were based in the country’s third largest city, Cali, where a very intense cinephile culture was flourishing. The most emblematic of these cinephile filmmakers were fans of Roger Corman as well as cinéma vérité documentarists, and part of a politically radical art scene.
6/31 | ŞEYTAN (Metin Erksan, 1974)
A 12-year-old girl living with her mother in cozy Istanbul high society plays with a ouija board and becomes possessed by Satan himself. A troubled psychiatrist and an archaeologist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.
AKA Turkish Exorcist for obvious reasons, Erksan’s film is a classic remakesploitation in the bold shot-for-shot-copy category. William Friedkin’s original was banned in Turkey, so the filmmakers traveled to a London screening and transcribed the script. However, the audacious “theft” – Turkey actually had no copyright laws to speak of – belies the numerous ways Erksan (who won the Golden Bear in 1964) adapted The Exorcist to reflect Turkish culture.
Read more about Şeytan and other Turkish remakes here.
7/31 | 狂った一頁 (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926)
A retired sailor becomes custodian at a mental hospital to be closer to his estranged wife, one of the patients at the facility. Their daughter is soon to be married, but the father’s fear and pain surrounding his wife’s mental state threaten the future happiness of the family.
Completely lost for 45 years, the print of Kurutta Ichipeij (A Page Of Madness) discovered in a rice bin in Kinugasa’s garden shed in 1972 was only 2/3 of the original print, which would also have screened with live narration and musical accompaniment.
8/31 | PARENTS (Bob Balaban, 1989)
Meet the Laemles. Dad, Mom and little Michael…they’re the all-American family of 1954. With one small exception. Michael can’t figure out why they are eating leftovers every night, but he’s got a scary suspicion. Dad’s bringing home the bacon and a whole lot more!
Character actor Bob Balaban (a familiar face for Christopher Guest and Wes Anderson fans) made his directorial debut with this black comedy horror. Too strange and deadpan to go over commercially, its deliberate tone, pace and aesthetic help it linger in the corner of your mind, like a childhood nightmare.
9/31 | A RETURN TO SALEM’S LOT (Larry Cohen, 1987)
“Salem’s Lot. Population: Dwindling. Primary industry: terror.”
A weird horror hiding in plain sight, this is so much more than a straight-to-video Stephen King sequel. For one thing, it has nothing at all to do with Stephen King, or even the original Salem’s Lot. What it does have is the unmistakeable Larry Cohen touch, since the writer-director created this “sequel” basically from scratch. The cast features some of Cohen’s signature players (particularly Michael Moriarty and James Dixon), a young Tara Reid and…Samuel fuckin’ Fuller, the iconic director playing a gun-toting Nazi/vampire hunter. Watch it for the Larry Cohen joint it is, and it’s 10/10.
10/31 | BLOOD AND DONUTS (Holly Dale, 1995)
“There is a place between the living and the dead…and it’s open 24 hours.”
This comedy horror follows a vampire, napping since the Moon landing, who’s woken with a bump into 1990s Toronto. Eschewing human blood, he falls in with a donut shop waitress and a taxi driver needing protection from a Crime Boss (David Cronenberg!). Also his 1969 girlfriend is quickly on his trail…
11/31 | BEGOTTEN (E Elias Merhige, 1990)
“A godlike thing dies giving birth to a quivering messiah thing; then the villager things ravage and bury them, and the earth renews itself on their corpses.”
The debut of writer/director Merhige, better known for directing Shadow of the Vampire (2000), and even better known for directing the music video for Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar (1996).
12/31 | MIRROR MIRROR (Marina Sargenti, 1990)
“Megan (Rainbow Harvest) is experiencing the usual problems of adolescence, magnified by a change of home and school. Stranded and outcast, she retreats into a world of insecurities, craving a means of comfort and escape from the depths of her own fantasies. In her new home, the desolate and eerie Weatherworth House, Megan finds a curious-looking mirror, which entices her into a dream world where her imagination can stray. At first, the mirror seems magical, but once the innocence of her initial fascinations fade, it begins to take on a more sinister and evil dimension. Its power combines with her adolescent mind and sucks her into a nightmare from which she cannot escape!”
13/31 | DUST DEVIL (Richard Stanley, 1992)
“He came from the beginning of time to take your soul.”
Writer-director Richard Stanley followed his debut, the 2000AD inspired Hardware, with this unsettling South Africa-set slasher arthouse folk horror. Dust Devil, described at the time as “Tarkovsky on acid”, spent just a week in cinemas before being released to home video. Stanley’s 2-hour cut had been brutalised by balking financiers down to just 87mins, leaving early audiences confused. Stanley’s Final Cut is now available, best resembling his original vision.
14/31 | HOUSE (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)
“A schoolgirl travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat.”
No weird horror countdown could possibly skip Nobuhiko Obayashi’s psychedelic, phantasmagoric, absurdist masterpiece, quite possibly the weirdest and best film ever made, any more than words could do it justice – just watch it, IMMEDIATELY.
15/31 | SCREAMPLAY (Rufus Butler Seder, 1985)
“Aspiring screenwriter Edgar Allen’s best attribute is his wild imagination. He imagines scenes so vividly for the murder mystery he is writing that they seem to come to life…and they do! As mysterious murders pile up, Edgar Allen must confront ageing actresses, rock stars, and the police in the bleak setting of broken dreams in Hollywood.”
Shot in black and white, this budget weirdo comic-melodrama recollects Forbidden Zone in its expressionistic sets and John Paizs’ Crime Wave in its meta themes. Screamplay was a one-and-done from writer-director-star Seder, who also managed to recruit underground legend George Kuchar for a rare role outside his own productions.
16/31 | THE MASK (Julian Roffman, 1961)
“After the shocking death of a disturbed patient, a psychiatrist comes into possession of the ancient tribal mask that supposedly drove the young man to his doom. When Barnes puts on the mask, he is assailed with nightmarish visions of monsters, occultists, and ritual torture. Believing that the mask has opened a portal to the deepest recesses of his mind, the doctor continues to explore this terrifying new psychic world – even as the mask reveals a latent violence in Barnes’ nature that threatens those closest to him.”
Canada’s first horror feature, a remarkable, surrealist black and white B-movie, that integrates its 3D elements into the narrative – when you heard “put the mask on NOW”, the film erupts into vivid abstraction.
17/31 | MESSIAH OF EVIL (Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck, 1973)
“After receiving a series of chilling letters from her reclusive father, Arletty drives to the remote seaside town of Pointe Dune to discover the reason for her father’s developing madness. Upon her arrival, she encounters a mysterious trio of strangers investigating a local legend known as ‘The Blood Moon’, a curse that has transformed the inhabitants of the town into a terrifying horde of blood-thirsty maniacs!”
From the husband and wife team who wrote Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (and later directed Howard the Duck), this atmospheric showcase for the creeping uncanny was also released under the titles Return of the Living Dead, Revenge of the Screaming Dead, The Second Coming and Dead People.
18/31 | THE KILLER SHREWS (Ray Kellogg, 1959)
“On a remote island Dr Marlowe Craigis has been performing well-meaning research using test animals. The doctor wishes to shrink humans to half their size in order to reduce world hunger, but unfortunately, his experiments have created mutant giant shrews that are now reproducing in the wild, growing larger and more voracious day-by-day.”
The Killer Shrews took fear of large rodents to a level which cinema had never reached before or has since. Limited in budget and ability, but not in imagination, the mutant shrews are simply dogs in costumes – but perhaps that only adds to the terror.
19/31 | THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (Ken Russell, 1988)
“Peak District archaeologist Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) unearths a mysterious skull, believed to be that of the legendary creature knows as the D’Ampton Worm. When a wealthy local recluse, the smouldering and sinister Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe) gets her hands on the skull all hell breaks loose. Soon the Derbyshire locals, including Lord of the Manor James D’Ampton (Hugh Grant) whose ancestors were said to have slain the mythical beast hundreds of years ago, come to realise that the D’Ampton Worm may be more than a legend after all.”
Uproariously funny, boldly experimental and genuinely shocking, The Lair of the White Worm is a bizarre, psychedelic masterpiece that defies categorisation.
20/31| BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (Panos Cosmatos, 2010)
Held captive in a specialised medical facility, a young woman with unique abilities seeks a chance to escape her obsessed captor.
The debut of Mandy director Panos Cosmatos. Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, Beyond The Black Rainbow is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons.
21/31 | THE WITCH (Robert Eggers, 2016)
New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest—within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately—animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft, charges she adamantly denies. As circumstances grow more treacherous, each family member’s faith, loyalty and love become tested in shocking and unforgettable ways.
A slowburn classic of witchcraft, black magic and possession in the New England wilderness.
22/31 | BLOOD DINER (Jackie Kong, 1987)
“First they greet you, then they eat you.”
The Tutman Brothers run the most popular restaurant in town. Popular, that is, if you’re the county coroner. The ‘Head’ chef has a real human touch with this special recipes – a killer line-up of delicacies made from human flesh!
23/31 | ETERNAL EVIL (George Mihalka, 1985)
“Paul, a young television director, feels his life has become too routine – he’s tired of his job, his family and himself. Janice (KAREN BLACK!) will change that forever. As a worshipper of black magic and the occult, Janice teaches the infatuated Paul the art of astral-projection: the ability to travel outside one’s body! A disbelieving Paul begins to experience bizarre nightmares where victims are brutally beaten right before him. But these are not dreams. He is projecting his visions outside of himself and HE is doing the killing! The key is Janice – the link to the murderous mayhem. Will her secret identity cost more innocent lives or will she cast a spell of ETERNAL EVIL?”
24/31 | ARCADE (Albert Pyun, 1993)
“All the kids in town are dying to play the hot new video game ARCADE. Trouble is once you play the game you can kiss reality good-bye. Arcade has seven levels of excitement, adventure and terror for its players. The game transports you to another world with its stunning graphics, thrilling sound effects, and virtual reality simulation. It is the ultimate experience in a video game. But excitement like this doesn’t come cheaply – when you battle with ARCADE you’re putting your life on the line. The kids have accepted the challenge and are absorbed into the game. Only Alex (Megan Ward) realises that their mysterious disappearances are linked to ARCADE. She must battle the game, alone. Too bad she’s never been very good at games…”
Directed by Albert Pyun (Dollman, Radioactive Dreams), written by David Goyer (the Dark Knight trilogy, Blade) and produced by Charles Band, this post-Tron, pre-Lawnmower Man straight-to-video sci-fi horror had to be re-configured before release, either when Disney spied familiar-looking light-cycles in a trailer or when the Pyun and Band weren’t happy with the original CGI.
25/31 | BAD RONALD (Buzz Kulik, 1974)
“When Ronald is locked away by his mother in a secret room to escape the police he has only his world of fantasy in which to escape. His mother’s death leaves Ronald alone still hiding in the house. Fantasy turns to evil when a new family moves in and Ronald falls in love with their daughter, Babs. When the girl is left alone one weekend, he strikes. The terrified girl has nowhere to hide. Bad Ronald has killed once before. Will Babs become his next victim?”
A made-for-TV thriller/horror, Bad Ronald is a rare cut – perhaps the choicest – of the hider-in-the-house/peephole genre, containing an iconic climactic moment that will make sure you never believe “that’s just the house settling” ever again.
26/31 | THE STUFF (Larry Cohen, 1985)
“The Stuff is the new dessert taking supermarket shelves by storm. It’s delicious, low in calories and – better still – doesn’t stain the family carpet… What’s not to like?! Well, for a start it has a life of its own, and we’re not talking friendly live bacteria…
Larry Cohen’s masterpiece was one of our very first screenings and our love for it is undimmed. Truly unpredictable and mad as a spoonful of shaving foam. Features career best turns from Michael Moriarty as industrial saboteur Mo Rutherford and Paul Sorvino as the slathering, jowl-shivering jingoist he was born to play.
27/31 | SUGAR HILL (Paul Maslansky, 1974)
The chief of the underworld sends some of his minions to muscle in on a successful nightclub operation. When the owner pays no heed, he is beaten to death. His beautiful fashion model fiancee, Diana “Sugar” Hill enlists the aid of a retired voodoo mamaloi and Baron Samedi’s army of zombies to get revenge!
28/31 | THERE ARE MONSTERS (Jay Dahl, 2013)
“The world is being taken over – slowly, quietly and efficiently – by creatures that look exactly like us. A graduate-student film crew on a work-related road trip discover evidence of these doppelgangers.”
A Glasgow FrightFest closer, this found footage-y, Body Snatchers riff was arguably stronger in the form of the short it originated from. Nevertheless, its gonzo jump scares par excellence, mixing in an absurdist body horror element, stick in the brain pretty effectively.
29/31 | BLACULA (Paul Maslansky, 1974)
“In 1780, African prince Mamuwalde pays a visit to the castle of Count Dracula in Transylvania, seeking his support in ending the slave trade. Instead, the evil count transforms Mamuwalde into a vampire, imprisoning him in a coffin to suffer the unending thirst of the damned. Released nearly two centuries later by a pair of luckless interior decorators, Mamuwalde emerges as Blacula, to wreak unholy havoc on the mean streets of LA.”
“Dracula’s soul brother” sparked a wave of black-themed horror films – the sequel Scream Blacula Scream, Blackenstein and Abby (AKA “The Black Exorcist“)
30/31 | PATHOGEN (Emily Hagins, 2006)
“Do you know what happens when you drink the water?”
This middle school zombie contagion epic was directed by 12-year-old Emily, who also wrote, produced, shot and edited. The production was documented in the 2009 documentary, Zombie Girl: The Movie.
31/31 | DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE (Michele Soavi, 1994)
“Francesco Dellamorte is a cemetery watchman whose job is to slaughter the living dead when they rise hungry from their graves. But following a tragic tryst with a lusty young widow, Francisco begins to ponder the mysteries of existence. Is there long-term satisfaction in blasting the skulls of ‘returners’? Will his imbecile assistant find happiness with the partial girl-corpse of his dreams? And if death is the ultimate act of love, can a psychotic killing spree send Dellamorte to the brink of enlightenment?”
You may have seen the existential/nihilist comedy zombie horror AKA Cemetery Man recently on blu ray, or you may have first seen it in its wilderness years, broadcast on C4 in the wee hours one random night, but its weird quality endures no matter how or when it first casts its spell.
We’re very fond of Dellamorte Dellamore, though this Halloween list has been in no particular order – see you next year!
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Author SMWPosted on October 3, 2018 November 1, 2018 Format QuoteCategories Matchbox CineclubTags 2018, A Page Of Madness, A Return To Salem's Lot, Albert Pyun, Arcade, Bad Ronald, Begotten, Beyond The Black Rainbow, Blacula, Blood And Donuts, Blood Diner, Bob Balaban, Buzz Kulik, Cemetery Man, Cinema, 狂った一頁, Deafula, Dellamorte Dellamore, Dust Devil, E Elias Merhige, Emily Hagins, Eternal Evil, Film, Gary Holstrom, George Mihalka, Gloria Katz, Halloween, Hausu, Holly Dale, Horror, House, Incubus, Inkubo, Jackie Kong, Jay Dahl, Joseph Mangine, Julian Roffman, Ken Russell, Kurutta Ichipeij, Larry Cohen, Leslie Stevens, Luis Ospina, Marina Sargenti, Matchbox Cineclub, Messiah of Evil, Metin Erksan, Michele Soavi, Mirror Mirror, Movie, Movies, Neon Maniacs, Nobuhiko Obayashi, October, Panos Cosmatos, Parents, Pathogen, Paul Maslansky, Pura Sangre, Pure Blood, Ray Kellog, Richard Stanley, Robert Eggers, Rufus Butler Seder, Screamplay, Sugar Hill, Teinosuke Kinugasa, The Killer Shrews, The Lair of the White Worm, The Mask, The Stuff, The Witch, There Are Monsters, Turkish Exorcist, Vlčí bouda, Věra Chytilová, Weird, Weird Horror, Willard Huyck, Wolf's Hole, Wolf's Lair, ŞeytanLeave a comment on #WeirdHorror Countdown
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Hawaii Gov. Ige says Thirty Meter Telescope ‘has the right to proceed with construction’
May 26, 2015 by Anthony Pignataro 1 Comment
This afternoon, Hawaii Governor David Ige announced at a news conference his “way forward” for the University of Hawaii’s proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island.
“My review found that the TMT project took the appropriate steps and received the approvals needed to move forward,” Ige said on May 26, according to a news release his office sent out on this afternoon. “The project has the right to proceed with construction, and the state will support and enforce its right to do so. We also acknowledge the right to protest this activity. We will protect the right to a peaceful protest and will act to ensure public safety and the right to use our roads for lawful purposes.”
While Ige expressed support for the TMT, he also pointed out where he felt the University of Hawaii had gone wrong.
“The University of Hawaii must do a better job in its stewardship of the mountain,” he said at today’s news conference, according to this Civil Beat article. “From my own personal experience on the mountain, with all the noise and crowding, I could not feel the same feeling that I felt on the summit 20 years ago.”
Ige’s statement on TMT construction also laid out 10 actions he wanted the University of Hawaii to do in regards to the telescope:
1. Accept its responsibility to do a better job in the future.
2. Formally and legally bind itself to the commitment that this is the last area on the mountain where a telescope project will be contemplated or sought.
3. Decommission – beginning this year – as many telescopes as possible with at least 25 percent of all telescopes gone by the time TMT is ready for operation.
4. Restart the EIS process for the university’s lease extension and conduct a full cultural impact assessment as part of that process.
5. Move expeditiously the access rules that significantly limit and put conditions on noncultural access to the mountain.
6. Require training in the cultural aspects of the mountain and how to be respectful to the cultural areas for anyone going on the mountain.
7. Substantially reduce the length of its request for a lease extension from the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
8. Voluntarily return to full DLNR jurisdiction all lands (over 10,000 acres) not specifically needed for astronomy.
9. Ensure full use of its scheduled telescope time.
10. Make a good faith effort to revisit the issue of payments by the existing telescope now as well as requiring it in the new lease.
When construction would resume isn’t known, as the projet has also been challenged in the courts. Ige said he’d abide by the ruling, according to the news release from his office.
You can read the full text of Ige’s comments on the TMT at Governor.hawaii.gov.
Photo: TMT Observatory Corporation/Wikipedia
Filed Under: Science and Environment Tagged With: David Ige, Mauna Kea, Thirty Meter Telescope, TMT, University of Hawaii
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It appears Hawaii has elected a full-on corporitic trojan horse with little to no empathy for sovereignty or cultural issues. First he selects a DEVELOPER OPERATIVE to head the Department of Land & Natural Resources( ! ), then Cliff T on the state agruculture board, a biotech shill who rejected the hemp bill, then a Monsanto man, Bill Balfour, appointed to the Maui Water Board ( ! ) Now using a legalistic opinion to reject and override a passionate matter of Hawaiian sovereignty while contradicting himself:
The logical followup action from that statement is to REJECT the telescope. But No. I call hypocritical BS! Even if in Monsanto’s pocket, Abercrombie would have been far superior already.
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U20s outgunned by Galway
July 10, 2019 July 11, 2019 Willie Joe
Mike Solan’s Mayo U20s came to Tuam Stadium this evening seeking to land the county’s second Connacht title in a row at this level. While Galway went into tonight’s provincial decider as favourites, there were high hopes that our lads might upset those odds and land us another win over the neighbours.
Sadly, however, it wasn’t to be. Galway took control in this game early enough in the first half and, by the break, were already on their way to victory. We never looked like mounting any kind of strong comeback after the break either, as the contest petered out in the drizzling rain, with the home side easing to a six-point win.
Our best period in the first half occurred in the first two minutes. An Evan O’Brien free after a foul on Tommy Conroy opened the evening’s scoring in the first minute and then Tommy Conroy cut in off the left to point soon after.
We had plenty of the ball in that opening spell but we failed to add to our tally, four efforts at the posts all going wide. Galway, meanwhile, steadied themselves and just before the tenth minute had hit back to edge in front for the first time.
We continued to dominate the possession but our failure to hold onto the ball, often in situations where we were under no real pressure, was now starting to hurt us.
By half-time, our profligacy in that department was an open wound. Time and again, we kicked the ball to the opposition or else simply lost control of it as we tried to go forward. An increasingly menacing Galway attack began to make us pay for gifting them so much of the ball.
We had to wait nearly twenty minutes for our third score – a Tommy Conroy point, which cut the gap to two – but they kept tacking on points at the other end. By half-time the Galway lead had stretched to six points, 0-10 to 0-4, and already a win was looking like a tall order for us.
They added another immediately after the restart and added the next two as well as the game slipped further from our grasp. We pulled two back – an Evan O’Brien free and a nice one from play from Tommy Conroy – but they then proceeded to add on two more at the other end.
Points from Paul Towey and Evan O’Brien (a free) cut the gap back to seven with ten minutes to go. But we needed a goal now to have any hope and that, in truth, never looked on for us.
Paul Towey, fed by sub Kuba Callaghan, got our third point on the spin and an Evan O’Brien free brought our tally into double figures. The tide in this contest was finally running in our favour but it was too little, too late.
Galway were content to do a bit of keep-ball in injury-time but then in the dying seconds got a free about thirty yards out. Tierney planted it to close out a six-point win for the young Tribesmen.
So, our hopes of three wins in a row over the neighbours inside a week have been dashed. We’ve no complaints about tonight’s result, Galway were full value for their win. The best of luck to them from here on and hard luck to our lads, it wasn’t to be for them in this one.
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Muireann says:
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Mayomagic says:
Galway good value for their 6 point win. Mayo so error ridden and disorganized tonight the tribesmen the opposite.
County board defo made the right call on James Horan over Mike Solan on the Senior manager job last season, still has alot more to learn I feel before he gets the hot seat ,was poor on the line tonight and in Last years All Ireland final v Kildare.Don’t want to sound to harsh he has brought a serious amount of talent through in the last 4 seasons but his calls on the lines have been poor during the big games.
yew_tree says:
Can have no complaints on this one…better team won. Thought our ball handling skills were atrocious, and most of the time we were punished. Shot selection was poor too. Disappointing because we are not as bad. Thought we were slow to make changes on the line too.
Keeper Sweeper says:
Galway the better team by a mile. Very well coached. Their tackling, intensity, team-work and decision-making was way ahead of ours. Mayo’s attitude was very disappointing in contrast to the never-say-die spirit our Minor and Senior team bring.Very disappointing for the management as they have put a lot of time into these lads. Most of these players will be around next year so maybe a shake up in the coaching/management approach is warrented to keep them motivated.
Mayonaze says:
TH, I don’t think the county board had Horan in mind at all. They effectively ousted Rochford (A very bad mistake in my opinion) and were lining up Solan for the senior job. Horan then threw his hat back in the ring and Solan opted out.
I don’t think you’re being harsh on him. Tonight’s performance was woeful in every capacity and manager had to shoulder some blame. You correctly referred to the dismal strategic decisions in the AIF last year v Kildare and we got an easy run to that final.
In 2016 he inherited an outstanding bunch from the 2013 and 14 minors. I think, with respect, any of us would have managed them to an All Ireland. In 2017 his team with players like Akram, Cunniffe, Ruane, Reape and Carr flopped against Galway in Tuam and tonight was another flop. The worst flop of all.
If Solan has ambition to manage Mayo he should start by managing another county OR a senior club side in Mayo and cut his teeth there.
Coming away from Tuam tonight I felt terribly disappointed. The team really underperformed and unless you were at it you won’t realise the amount of handling errors, poor decision making and plain lack of any system in place.
When we were 9 points down in the 2nd half the obvious thing to do was bring out our half forward line, who were anonymous anyway, and kick long ball into our full forward line. Ciaran Gavin should have been on from the start too. We needed goals and Conroy looked like he had the beating of his man when the ball got to him.
Defensively we have Galway far too much room. It just looked like a poorly coached bunch of players. Granted this isn’t all on Solans shoulders as these players have clubs too!
I feel this team was talked up over the past week. We were lead to believe our forwards were better than Galway! Ha ha.
The only lads tonight who look anywhere near ready to step into a senior development panel would be Tommy Conroy and Oisin Mullen.
Durcan from Castlebar did ok. Gavin from ballintubber when he was introduced looked decent and composed on the ball and Towey showed glimpses but that’s about it.
I can’t see many more featuring for Mayo at senior level unless there’s a sharp improvement. The full back maybe but he certainly didnt beat his man tonight.
Tuamstar says:
I wouldn’t be too despondent if I was a Mayo fan tonight, it was one of those nights where nothing went right for them, its swings and roundabouts for both counties at the moment, the key really is hoping some of these players on both sides make it through to senior in 2 or 3 years time.
I have to say from a Galway point of view there was a very different atmosphere around Tuam today and in the build up and at the stadium tonight, one of hope and slight excitement at this management teams and their style. There was a fine crowd and a healthy Galway contingent and the scene after was a flashback for me of 98 , maybe it was PJ and Divo been involved. They’ll be a big push to get them in at senior now.
Interesting to see Kevin Walsh in attendance.
We needed that win tonight after a tough week.
A lot of the squad underage next year. Mgmt wise I think it is time for a freshen up.
A real off night for us.
Tuamstar – Galway fans around me very vocal and partisan…have not witnessed that before. Definetly a buzz about that Galway setup. Best of luck in the All Ireland series.
I actually think that Galway team didn’t play to their full potential there tonight and Mayo didn’t show anything so it was an unusual game:
.MayoDunphy says:
Handling was atrocious all night. Silly pass’s that weren’t on also cost us big time. Gavin Durcan and Tommy Conroy played well, we just couldn’t get the ball to him enough. That few minute spell before half time killed the game. Galway got 3 handy points in about a minute.
Solan was very poor on the line, changes came far too late. As said above, he needs to manage a Senior County, or at least a senior club before he’s even considered for the top job again.
Crowd was big too, lots of Galway supporters, it brought me back to been a teenager in ‘99. Really hope they pump money into Tuam an redevelop it.
Congrats to Galway though, great team and fully deserved the win. We can’t win em all I suppose, they were due one win this week. Pity no back door. Now all eyes on Killarney.
Number 24 or 22 for Galway very impressive, best player on the field I felt. Disappointed because we’re not that poor but no excuses on the night. Agree a change of management could freshen things up as most of this team are U20 next year. Tommy Conroy has a lot of talent but he needs to learn to pass the ball. Joyce made 2 changes in the first half that seemed to change the momentum of the game. You could tell by the exuberant Galway crowd that the thought of losing 3 in a week to Mayo must have been giving them nightmares.
DiaisMuireLinn says:
Really poor display tonight. It’s a long time since I’ve come away from any Mayo game that disappointed about a performance. There were only a handful of players (ones named by Mayonaze) who showed something but some of their teammates left them to it. The half forward line didn’t play at all. The lack of options for the backs coming out was shocking. The amount of handling errors and bad passing was really poor. Nobody wants those lads to have such an off night. Something wasn’t right. Galway were good and pushed up on us strongly in the first half. They were also much more comfortable on the ball and decisive going forward. We made a marginally better fist of it second half. I actually thought our U17 team from Friday would have beaten this team tonight (apart from maybe physical size)….
Last thing – the ref made some crazy calls tonight against both teams. The second half decisions made no sense. If this was a tight game he’d have been slaughtered!!
Wide Ball says:
Who from the team is overage next year? Evan O’Brien, Gavin Durcan, Stephen McGreal and Tommy Conroy are anyway.
Can’t comment on performances as I wasn’t in Tuam but expected us to be much closer than that. Playing so defensive in the 1st half sends out a bad sign straight away. It naturally invites the opposition on to you which leads to turnovers. If we kept an orthodox shape there would have been more space to work the ball out.
Disappointing.
Revellino says:
It seems that at least everyone is in agreement and that Galway fully deserved their win. It seems the bookies were correct after all about who should be favourites.
Did anyone notice how Cunningham the Galway corner forward played ?
I hope it is just a case that maybe the Galway lads were ahead of our lads skill wise and not a case that the coaching was the big difference.
It would be disheartening if we were doing things right at the U17 level and then slipping backwards at the U20 level due to coaching. The strong building would need to continue from U17 to U20 and then on to the Senior set up.
Yew tree, as known the Galway supporters are quite fickle, and over the last 5 years there has become a terrible divide in the county over styles, management, players etc.
I saw lads at that game tonight that I haven’t seen at a Galway game in years..
That’s right DiaisMuireLinn, there were lads out there tonight who looked disinterested at worst and just lacking in composure and footballing intelligence. Changes needed to be made long before they did. Where we lost tonight was our half back line and half forward line were well and truly beaten by Galway. Extremely disappointed with both lines. The amount of balls spilled and possession lost was mind boggling.
New management is definitely required at u20 for next season. Preferably someone who can at the very least inspire a team to perform to optimum level. If you see your team play to a certain level and lose you can accept that but losing like this and the way we lost in Tuam in 2017 were both pretty awful. You look at Galway tonight…Padraic Joyce, John Divilly, Liam Sammon…3 All Ireland winners. Young lads need guys who they can look up to and while we unfortunately don’t have anyone with this pedigree sureky there are some top former players who can get involved….James Nallen, McDonald.
Somone like Rochford would be an ideal coach. But that’s never gonna happen.
And yes a mention on the ref. Shocking performance. Got so many calls wrong for both teams it got to a point where we were laughing about it with the Galway fans beside us.
@Revellino the Galway lads looked far better coached, unfortunately. I would say that we couldn’t have played much worse. And I hate saying that. I take zero pleasure from being so critical but sometimes it just needs to be said and the shame is this has been a familiar theme at underage for much of the past 6 years bar the odd rare exception.
Galway fully deserved their victory. They were cohesive and had purpose. They were a team
We were disjointed, played as individuals, off the cuff stuff and really didn’t look like we had any plan. Anyway, I’ve said enough!
Think a few need to step away from the keyboard, a lot of anger in some posters. We beat them at U17 and Senior, I’ll give them that one. Like a lot of things we do in Mayo, we’re either at the top or the bottom in most peoples opinions, we rarely seem to be balanced. Let’s focus on the positives the odd time and focus on stuffing Kerry.
Watched alot of Minor football last year and I thought Pat Lambert and Mark Moran were head and shoulders the best 2 underage footballers at minor level last year very surprised not to see them tonight along with Cathal Slattery from Garrymore, James Jennings Mayo Gaels and Ciaran Gavin Ballintubber.
Tommy Conroy has a lot of things going for him but will find it hard make it at Senior level, has no vision tries to do it all himself.
@Mayonaze in fairness that was a very good Galway U21 team that Mayo lost to in 2017, a team that included Sean Andy O Ceallaigh, Kieran Molloy, Cillan McDaid; Peter Cooke, Micheal Daly; A O Laoi etc who went on to beat Kerry and gave a star studded Dublin team a good game in the final. I don’t think tonight can be regarded as a flop as Galway was favourties going into the game and how strong this current Galway U20 team shall be seen in the AI series.
Liam, were you at the game this evening?
I don’t pick up any anger in messages just fair comment and facts on results. I don’t see anyone saying we are at the bottom either.
There has been huge focus on positives in the past week after the minor and senior results. There was little or no positives tonight and it was both disappointing and concerning to see how poor we were. Having been at the match tonight and all of our u20/21 championship games for the past 4 years I think the comments so far on this thread have been balanced, accurate and fair. I accept it’s not positive and doesn’t make for nice reading.
Man of Aran says:
I would say that after the high of last Sat. in Limerick, it was always going to be difficult for young Mayo players to be fully tuned in.
Also, Galway’s confidence was up after beating Cork, Kerry and Dublin in John Kerins cup.
It’s all about gradual progression for this age group. Several players will grow skill/character/tempermentally, once kept in the system.
Like the u-17 game, nice to see football played in a positive manner.
I think it’s back to “love all” again between Darragh Berry and his Tuam girlfriend…lol
Mayomessi says:
Felt that Only a handful of players played to the level required tonight. Not sure what the sideline was up to to be honest we were down by 9 points and we wanted to run the bench of defenders we were getting our arse handed to us in midfield yet Joe Dawson was getting splinters on his arse. Disappointed but Oisin Mullin and Tommy Conroy have bright futures. A lot of individual mistakes bad handling and passes and not clinical enough in front of goal. Costello the late replacement for Galway was a constant torn. Gavin Durcan was the better of our 2 midfielders Evan O Brien had a poor first half got more into it in the second but except for the first 5-10 minutes we lost control badly, Durcan got a three marks o Brien one.
Orme had an off night with a few wides, goldrick was poor but left on. Towey has potential.
@Mayomagic it was a good Galway u21 team in 2017 but I still feel we very much underperformed that day. Remember we had EOD and Akram in the backs, Ruane and Mikey Murray in the middle and 5 of our starting forwards were Fionn Mcd, Ryan OD, Reape, Carr and James Kelly. We still lost by 6 points.
MgarMick says:
TH…..singling one of the players out for criticism is a bit unfair. These young guys are still learning and hopefully a good few of them will make it at senior level. Players develop at different stages, so ease off on the personal criticism of the players please.
Tommy Conroy was the most positive thing tonight from a Mayo perspective in my opinion, even if by his own standards he had a ‘middlin’ game. The ball hardly went near him. I’ve seen enough in him last year and this year to say that if brought into the senior set up next season he will develop further. He is as good as any of the Galway forwards at his level and I predict he will be a future forward on the Mayo senior team provided he works hard enough for it.
AndyD says:
Let’s face it, there was a huge difference in class between Galway and Mayo tonight. Galway could shoot points from distance at their ease, Mayo could not get a smell of a point from distance when it mattered.We even managed to miss three eminently scoreable frees when it mattered in the first half, with three different takers. Mayo’s marking could not be described as marking in any sense, particularly from Galway kickouts. The Galway ‘keeper had his choice of targets.
Ah Now says:
Mayonaze
I wasn’t at the match but if what you said above is true, that the comments on this thread are balanced, accurate and fair, then it must have been truly woeful.
Disappointing, as team on paper looked good to me and was quite excited about our forward line.
Willie Joe says:
All – I need to ask everyone to dial back on the criticism of Mike Solan and his management team. I’ve let some comments up, with others, less fair-minded, ones consigned to the bin. Interesting that these kinds of contributions are coming mainly from people who have either never commented here before or others who only tend turn up when there are rocks to be flung. Last night’s performance by the U20s wasn’t hectic and I’d be surprised if the U20 management team wouldn’t be the first to recognise this.
Fintan G says:
This same group of players got hammered by Galway two years ago at minor level in McHale Park and management was scapegoated for that result.
Solan can only do so much with this bunch as they are out of their depth. Galway didn’t even have Evan Murphy playing, who was there go to man in 2017 and they were still far superior to Mayo. Looking at the names listed in the squad that are underage again next season I am worried about the lack of quality coming through.
On watching Saturdays game, and a couple of people said to me they thought Fionn McDonagh was quite enough. Fionn spent much of his time tracking players and could be seen tackling back on our half back line on several occasions.
I often moaned when I used to see Cillian back working hard in the back lines and used to think that this was not where our ace marksman should be operating.
I have a sneaky feeling, and I hope I’m correct, that we will see Cillian directing our forwards from here on out. I didn’t see him tracking deep on Saturday and I think this added to his threat up front and he had a very good game.
Fionn may be getting the old Cillian tracking role.
I read an article this morning which said Cillian averages 7 points a game.
He has played 51 championship games and has scored in 50. He was black carded early in the game where he failed to score.
He is 4 points off the Gooch (the phenomenal gooch), who racked up his tally having played to the age of 33 and amassed his tally over 84 games.
It’s staggering that Cillian is only 4 points off Gooches total having played 33 games less.
I’m not taking away from the Gooch who could do things no other player could do, and had that perfect balance, but Cillians scoring totals are incredible.
I believe he is only 27 and when long injury lay offs are also penciled in, it makes the overall total even more impressive.
May he play up front exclusively from here on out and may he wear his Mayo jersey for another 10 years.
AxleM says:
Amen Revellino…viva Cillian, viva!! Ar aghaidh go Cíarraí. Maigheo go deo
Justin Morgan says:
Wasn’t there last night either, but none of the players as Man of Aran said should have had last Sat in their minds. None of them played.
Not going criticise anyone because I wasn’t there but going by some of the comments that are allowed, it must have been terrible stuff.
1982 Willie Joe??
Hopefully with the work been done we will get more big games in Tuam so it wont be so long for you to visit again…
corick bridge says:
Well said Revellino about COC,but also about Fionn,I thought that he done a lot of work in defence last week,it used to make me tear my hair out to see COC back in the full back line collecting kick outs and defending and then been our main scoring threat,it is important that he stays in the scoring zone,and that is why I have been in favour of Rob in goal,but with Fionn doing the defendii it helps us a lot ,all the best to the team and management on Sunday
As someone who was at the game last night I agree we need to go a bit easier on Solan and his management team. He can hardly be blamed for some of the most basic handling errors and poor passing. That was down to the players alone.
There were lots of mistakes early on by both teams- poor passing, fumbling etc. There was a big crowd there and I’m sure that contributed to a bit of nerves.
Once Galway got a lead they seemed to settle whereas we didn’t really get going at all. They were able to pick their scores much easier than us.
Overall Galway seemed to be that bit better than us and deserved the win.
is there a back door in the u20 championship or purely knockout?
are we gone?
Hopefully it won’t, Tuamstar! Great to see the work that’s being done at the ground. That long gap was largely due to my living outside the country for several years, following which it took me a while to get re-engaged with the football. By the time I did, Pearse Stadium was your default home venue, though admittedly I should have made the FBD game at Tuam in January …
firstly the connacht u 20 final deserved a weekend time slot. secondly we were outnumbered in tuam last evening ,where were all the mayo supporters. I was in the stand and it was practically all galway supporters.this was a game we could have won .the 3 frees we missed when the game was close in the first half sucked the life from the team also galway 3 points in first half injury time increased their lead from 3 to 6 points at half- time.we needed a good start to second half but galway got it and all of a sudden it was 13pts.to 4 pts and our goose was cooked.I NOTICED galway maor foirne john concannon was all togged out and spent most of the second half running on and off the pitch after every score,wide and break in play .he was sent from the pitch once by the referee.i dont think the wet and slippery conditions suited the mayo forwards especially tommy conroy.I was really disappointed with the whole evening but we have to lift it and now get ready for killarney on sunday.all mayo supporters have to be very vocal on sunday.
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Southpaw says:
Was in Tuam yesterday. It seemed to me we tried to play to much if a running game with a reluctance to get the bal to the full forward lone early allowing Galway to smother us out. Management can be held accountable somewhat but also the players need to look at themselves also. Running ahead of the ball, handpasses going behind the player. I lost count of the amount of interceptions against us. Tommy C was crying out to be giving the ball in space. Fair dues to Galway. An excellent team and will be hard stopped.
to win just once says:
We tend to be very fast to point the fingers at management when results not going our way such as JH after Ross game and Solan after last night and AI Final v Kildare. Its not always down to manager. Sometimes we just come up against a better team. Sometimes players don’t play as well as they can. Sometimes we just don’t get the lucky breaks. For example in the Ross game JH was hardly to blame for last minute free we missed or for the kick out that cost us a goal. I wasn’t in Tuam last night but it appears that Galway were quite a bit better than us. Simple as that.
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Della Young shares a birthday smile with her friend Arlo Funk
For many, the milestone birthday of turning 90 years old may never be, but for Della Young it became a celebration of reality over Labor Day weekend. Born Sept. 8, 1926 in Racine, Minn. and raised as a farm gal, Young calls Hawthorne her true home. After living here for 64 years and raising her son Gary and daughter Linda within the town’s schools, even today she applauds the supportive nature of a small town environment.
“I was raised on a 220 acre farm with animals everywhere. We were poor but didn’t know it. Our cows were milked, our sheep provided wool. We ate the things we grew like corn and oats, while my dad sold alfalfa – but we went through the Depression which caused a lot of hardship on people. Our family was self-sustaining. Somehow my dad made it work for us and we made it through but it wasn’t easy. My parents raised four of us girls, me being the youngest.”
Young shared the loss of her dear husband, Bud Young, who died Dec. 3, 2015 at the Mt. Grant Assisted Living Facility. From the moment he was admitted, she was visiting the facility every day. While her husband remained in the facility, Young found herself venturing out to visit other residents, while encouraging the staff members daily.
Following the death of her husband Young realized she needed to keep the visits going at the assisted living facility. It became a place to give back and make others feel loved and wanted. With a small group of other women, Young continues to assist staff, feed patients, visit with them and add a warm smile to their path every other day.
As her birthday was celebrated at Hawthorne’s Presbyterian Church, five generations joined her at the table. Young played with her two-year-old, great-great grandson named Laumann who adored the pink balloons in the birthday themed decor. But in the style of this honored woman, Young stood up, calling her friends who shared the same birthday month to join her up front. Then she included friends that had also turned 90, as she lead all those in attendance in the Happy Birthday song.
Even in her own special moment, she shared a gift with close friends and family which is just the way she wanted it.
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Dubious Domination – Taki’s Magazine – Taki’s Magazine
Posted by M. C. on July 11, 2019
So rather than ape the NFL and NBA leagues, women’s sports would be better advised to adopt the barnstorming model of tennis and golf in which all the stars come to your city at once, but only a single time per year.
https://www.takimag.com/article/dubious-domination/print
by Steve Sailer
Why has the American national women’s soccer team won its version of the World Cup four times, while our national men’s team hasn’t made it past the quarterfinals since 1930?
It’s not that the American women are better in an absolute sense than the American men. In 2017, for example, the U.S. women’s team was beaten 5–2 by a team of Dallas boys no older than age 15. But Americans aren’t sophisticated enough soccer fans to notice how much worse the quality of play is in women’s soccer than in men’s soccer.
No, America dominates women’s soccer for the same reason South Korea dominates women’s golf: because nobody else has much cared.
Success in women’s golf is largely a Social Construct of how much fathers want their daughters to win at golf. Right now, Korean dads obsess over that much more than do American or Australian dads.
Women’s golf has been hugely fashionable among Koreans for the past 20 years, so at present 12 of the top 20 ranked women in the world are South Koreans or from the Korean diaspora. Korea now has so many professional women golfers and so few surnames to go around that the No. 7 ranked player in the world is officially known as Jeongeun Lee6, because she is the sixth Korean lady golf pro named Jeongeun Lee.
In contrast, the highest-ranked Korean man is American Kevin Na at No. 32.
Why the difference? Because success in women’s sports is extremely socially constructed. After the part-Asian Tiger Woods’ triumph in 1997 and Se Ri Pak’s victory in the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open, Korean tiger parents fell in love with the idea of molding their children into golf prodigies…
Women’s soccer in America is a bit like women’s golf in South Korea, although its rise was less organic and more bureaucratic. The 1972 Title IX legislation mandated equal treatment of male and female college athletes, even though guys are clearly more sports-crazed. It’s hard to come up with sports that coeds care much about, so soccer has prospered by default as perhaps their least unfavorite team sport…
America’s 9,383 Division I soccer scholarships are an enormous financial investment in women’s soccer, especially considering that the rest of the world doesn’t have college women’s soccer scholarships, or college soccer, or, until recently, women’s soccer.
The American system of training soccer players, boys and girls, via playing numerous 11-on-11 games in the hope of winning a college scholarship and then turning pro at age 22 isn’t terribly effective at creating male world-class soccer stars.
Instead, the proven methods for thriving in the men’s World Cup are the Brazilian—let slum youths kick a soccer ball all day as they play hooky—and the Dutch—enroll the best 7- and 8-year-old boys in an intensive academy owned by a major-league team.
The most famous soccer academy is likely Ajax in Amsterdam, where Johan Cruyff, possibly the most influential player ever, was trained. The modern style of “Total Football” was largely perfected by Ajax about 50 years ago.
Handpicked boys go to school in the morning and train at Ajax in the afternoon for free (unlike the pay-for-play model that keeps soccer highly middle-class in the U.S.). If the Dutch lads become professional-quality, Ajax can sell their contracts for tens of millions.
The Dutch apprentices seldom play 11-on-11 games because games don’t provide them with enough touches of the ball. Instead, to maximize touches, they drill one-on-one constantly under scientific coaching.
The Dutch system chews up and spits out countless boys who aren’t quite good enough, but it does produce great players. The Dutch have made three World Cup finals, despite a population of only 17 million.
American soccer kids, in contrast, play huge numbers of 11-on-11 games, which are fun and healthy (but can wear out joints, especially on girls). But the genteel American style of training leaves their skills rudimentary compared with the drilled Europeans. Moreover, our main goal is a college scholarship, which Europeans find bizarre: A true talent would be playing professionally as a late teen…
Sure, America has more popular indigenous sports that absorb much of our huge population’s talent. But most of our homegrown sports are biased toward the tall, while soccer could be a good fit for the half of the population that is below average in height.
On the other hand, the American system of soccer, with its team spirit and college orientation, is probably better preparation for life for the majority of players who won’t become pros.
Yet the much-criticized American system works fine for training World Cup-winning women, simply because the rest of the world hasn’t cared much about women’s soccer.
For instance, the third-best record in the history of the women’s World Cup, after the U.S. and Germany, belongs to tiny Norway (population 5 million) due to the traditional lack of effort made by men’s soccer superpowers like Italy and Argentina, neither of which have ever made it to the women’s final four…
It’s easy to mock the capsule narratives the networks come up with to hook women viewers—“After her heartbreaking loss four years ago, she put her dream of starting a family on hold for four years to rededicate herself to America winning today. But, just last week, her beloved grandmother died and…” Yet that kind of narrative is, objectively, far more compelling than the monotony of a professional league season.
Rather than divvy the national team’s stars out among different cities, keep the U.S. team together and have it tour the country playing every Sunday against a squad of foreign all-stars with some sinister un-American name, such as Team Putin.
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Otto Porter misses final play of Bulls-76ers while doing NBA drug test
By Dan FeldmanMar 7, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Zach LaVine, as shown above, drove for a bucket that put the Bulls up 108-107 on the 76ers last night. That stood as the game-winner.
Eventually.
LaVine drew a foul on the shot and missed the free throw, leaving Philadelphia 0.5 seconds. The 76ers’ inbound pass got deflected by LaVine, and the buzzer sounded.
Fans left. Stephen Noh of The Athletic:
"The fans are gone!" pic.twitter.com/XWBtJdw7UF
— Stephen Noh (@StephNoh) March 7, 2019
A couple players did on-court interviews. The rest went to their locker rooms. NBC Philadelphia went to its postgame show.
Then, officials ruled the clock started too early on the final play. The 76ers got another try, but that also went nowhere:
Did you notice a difference in Chicago personnel during the first and second final plays? Wayne Selden replaced Otto Porter on the court.
Malika Andrews of ESPN:
Otto Porter jr. wasn’t on the floor for the .5 second redo because he was already taking a league-mandated drug test. “I was in mid-stride. I couldn’t stop.” pic.twitter.com/HcFEjazY8X
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) March 7, 2019
Good thing Philadelphia didn’t convert. Missing Porter’s defensive length could have been a real detriment to Chicago.
If the 76ers scored, the Bulls might have even had grounds for a protest.
Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni: ‘If the superstars want to play together, then they will make it work’
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By Dan FeldmanJul 16, 2019, 5:55 PM EDT
James Harden and Chris Paul worked reasonably well together on the court, but they played through a lot of tension.
Now, the Rockets are going to a new star backcourt that invites even more questions.
How will Harden and Russell Westbrook fit?
Houston coach Mike D’Antoni on The Woj Pod:
If the superstars want to play together, then they will make it work.
To be able to win a title now, you have to get superstars together – and whether it’s two or three or how many else you can get. And then it becomes a chemistry. Because everybody’s ball-dominant. When you’re a superstar, you’ve been the main guy for sure. Now, you’ve got to make it work. And sometimes personalities, it doesn’t work. Sometimes, it works for a while. Sometimes, it’s hard to manage, sometimes. Again, if they’re not on the same page totally 100 percent, I think the organization has to look and see what’s best for the organization.
D’Antoni was asked about Harden and Westbrook. (Best I can tell, D’Antoni never named Westbrook on the podcast, which should allow the coach to avoid a fine.) But D’Antoni could have easily been describing Harden and Paul.
It seems Harden and Paul no longer wanted to make it work. Those two played better together than most people realized. The Rockets were one of the NBA’s best teams each of the last two years, and they had an elite offense. But Harden and Paul clearly grated each other.
Now, Harden and Westbrook will get a fresh start together. They sound eager to re-join forces after beginning their careers together with the Thunder.
D’Antoni is correct: Harden’s and Westbrook’s desire to make this work will go a long way.
But Harden and Paul were once enthusiastic about pairing, and that went south. An initial commitment to teaming up is important. It can also wane quickly.
It also can’t overcome every fit issue. Sometimes, stars just don’t match, no matter their intentions.
D’Antoni is also right about super teams generally require ball-dominant stars to sacrifice for the greater good. There are always diminishing returns on grouping stars.
But other situations have included stars with more complementary skills. So much of what Harden and Westbrook provide involves having the ball in their hands. The diminishment of returns will likely be greater in Houston.
Harden’s and Westbrook’s talent give the Rockets a huge leg up. Those two wanting to play together will push each to do his best to make it work.
It’s still far more complicated than that.
Report: Ben Simmons contract extension allows him to hit super-max triggers
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Ben Simmons signed a max contract extension with the 76ers.
It could turn into a super-max contract extension.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN:
Details on Ben Simmons' five-year, $170M contract with the Sixers: No option in final year and a 15 percent trade kicker, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 16, 2019
Simmons also has Designated Rookie Extension language in his contract that would elevate his compensation if he earns a spot on one of the All-NBA teams in 2019-20, per source. https://t.co/OPOyN8IPi8
The exact value of Simmons’ contract extension won’t be determined until the salary cap set next year. That’s when the extension kicks in. The current projection has it worth about $170 million over five years.
If Simmons makes an All-NBA team next season, it could be worth 20% more – bringing the projected total to about $204 million.
Whether Simmons gets the full bump if he makes an All-NBA team was a matter of negotiation between him and Philadelphia. They could have agreed to pay different amounts depending whether he makes the first, second or third team. (Simmons could also trigger the super max by winning Most Valuable Player or Defensive Player of the Year next season, again contingent on the terms of the extension.)
We don’t yet know the specifics of Simmons’ super-max eligibility. But they’re in his contract now.
There will be a lot riding on his performance next season. We’ll eventually learn how much
The 76ers did well to avoid a player option in the deal. That was likely an advantage of signing Simmons to an extension now rather than forcing him to wait until restricted free agency next summer. Simmons is just 22. He should provide positive value to his team six seasons from now.
Simmons’ trade kicker won’t matter now. A trade kicker can’t take a player above his max salary, and Simmons is starting at his max. But if he struggles to fit with franchise player Joel Embiid, Simmons could be in line for a nice bonus if traded in a few years.
Report: Before Paul George trade, Thunder were already preparing to trade Russell Westbrook next year
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The Thunder are starting over in an unprecedented way.
By sending Paul George to the Clippers and Russell Westbrook to the Rockets, Oklahoma City is becoming the first team ever to trade two reigning All-NBA players in the same offseason. The Thunder are the first team in decades to trade even two reigning All-Stars in the same offseason.
The sequence appears clear: George requested a trade. Oklahoma City granted it. With one star gone, the Thunder had less ability to win with Westbrook. So, they dealt him, too.
But if George didn’t request a trade this summer, Westbrook might have been moved soon, anyway.
Howard Beck of Bleacher Report:
The clock was already ticking loudly on the Westbrook era, with team officials quietly preparing to hit the reset button next summer, per sources, after one more run.
George’s trade request was a blessing in disguise for the Thunder. They got a massive haul from the Clippers and clearance to trade Westbrook, a franchise icon. The Westbrook trade netted even more draft strong draft considerations from Houston. Oklahoma City has a great head start on its rebuild.
The Thunder had probably peaked. They’ve been good the last few years, but not good enough to win a playoff series. The supporting cast was expensive, and further upgrades would’ve likely been too costly. Westbrook is too good to tank. The four years and $171,139,920 remaining on his contract are a major liability.
However, Westbrook has meant so much to Oklahoma City. His loyalty after Kevin Durant left was so huge.
It would have been difficult to handle the politics of trading him if George didn’t ask out first. That made it so Westbrook was ready to leave. Thunder fans seem supportive of both Westbrook and the organization.
I believe Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti believes he would’ve traded Westbrook soon, regardless. That was clearly the right move for getting past this era of stagnation.
But it’s another thing to pull the trigger on moving such a beloved player. It wouldn’t have necessarily happened, especially not smoothly.
Tags: Kevin Durant, Paul George, Russell Westbrook
Canada’s FIBA World Cup training camp features 17 NBA players
No Andrew Wiggins, no problem.
The disconnect between Wiggins and Canada Basketball seemed like a big deal when Wiggins looked like a budding star from a country without much basketball pedigree. But Wiggins has stagnated. Canada, on the other hand, looks like a rising international power.
Canada Basketball announced its training-camp invitations for the FIBA World Cup. The list includes a whop 17 NBA players:
Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets)
Tristan Thompson (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
R.J. Barrett (New York Knicks)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker (New Orleans Pelicans)
Brandon Clarke (Memphis Grizzlies)
Kelly Olynyk (Miami Heat)
Cory Joseph (Sacramento Kings)
Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks)
Dillon Brooks (Memphis Grizzlies)
Trey Lyles (San Antonio Spurs)
Khem Birch (Orlando Magic)
Mfiondu Kabengele (Los Angeles Clippers)
Nik Stauskas (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Chris Boucher (Toronto Raptors)
Luguentz Dort (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Marial Shayok (Philadelphia 76ers)
Though the Nuggets clearly expect Murray to reach the next level, this group is short on star power right now. Don’t expect Canada rival Team USA. But this is a deep pool of solid players. They should be competitive in the tournament this fall in China.
This group is also pretty young. Players like Murray, Gilgeous-Alexander, Barrett, Alexander-Walker and Clarke could take Canada to an even higher level in years to come.
And then the generation that’s growing up idolizing the championship Raptors will come through. Expect Canada’s climb to continue.
The other 12 players invited to Canada Basketball’s training camp: Aaron Best, Aaron Doornekamp, Andrew Nembhard, Andy Rautins, Brady Heslip, Kevin Pangos, Kyle Wiltjer, Melvin Ejim, Naz Mitrou-Long, Oshae Brissett, Phil Scrubb, Thomas Scrubb.
Tags: Andrew Nembhard, Andrew Wiggins, Brandon Clarke, Chris Boucher, Cory Joseph, Dillon Brooks, Drew Nembhard, Drew Wiggins, Dwight Powell, Jamal Murray, Kelly Olynyk, Khem Birch, Luguentz Dort, Marial Shayok, Mfiondu Kabengele, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Nik Stauskas, Oshae Brissett, R.J. Barrett, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Trey Lyles, Tristan Thompson
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Assam: Tale of PHC where compounder provides treatment, prescribes drugs!
MUKUT DAS
GUWAHATI , October 30, 2018 9:26 am
Photo: Northeast Now
People of around 22 revenue villages in larger Panikhaiti area under Chandrapur Revenue Circle in Kamrup district of Assam have been receiving treatment from a compounder of Panikhaiti Mini PHC instead of doctor which has raised eyebrows of many.
The PHC is located at Thakurkuchi village in Panikhaiti area.
The only doctor of the PHC, Ajay Mukherjee retired on September 30 last. Thereafter, the PHC has been providing treatment to the patients of the larger area without a permanent doctor.
It may be mentioned that there were three doctors in the PHC in 2017.
Moreover, two quarters constructed for the doctors in the same premises are in deplorable condition.
Filthy surroundings of both the quarters conspicuously demonstrate the condition of the PHC.
This condition of the PHC that too on the outskirt of Guwahati, which falls under Dispur legislative constituency, puts a big question on the saffron party led coalition government’s much hyped slogan of ‘development’ and draws concern of many.
Nripen Chandra Deka, a resident of Panbari village near the PHC, questioned, “How come people residing in remote areas of the State expect proper medical services when people of the Dispur constituency face such problems in the PHC?”
He also demanded appointment of a permanent doctor in the PHC urgently.
A sexagenarian of Thakurkuchi village, who wished not to be named here, told Northeast Now that compounder Hasan Ali has been providing treatment since the medical officer’s post fell vacant.
“Whenever we go to the PHC, we don’t get proper treatment. Though the compounder provides treatment and prescribes medicine, we are afraid to take those medicines,” the sexagenarian said.
Besides, general secretary of Chandrapur regional unit of All Assam Students Union (AASU) Mridul Kumar Das urged the concerned authority and the government to appoint a permanent doctor at the PHC immediately.
Bowing to the public pressure, medical officer Munty Bhattacharya of Hatibogora PHC, located at around four kilometre distance from the Panikhaiti Mini PHC, has been given temporary charge in the PHC on October 22 last.
Interestingly, the watchman, who has been working in the PHC since 1989, informed that Bhattacharya attends the PHC on two to three days in a week which is contradictory to the statement given by the health educator B K Goswami.
Medical officer Munty Bhattacharya, health educator B K Goswami and the compounder Hasan Ali refrained from commenting.
Talking to Northeast Now, another resident Madan Kalita said, “Temporary doctor is not the solution of the problem as it is not easy to rush to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital and Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital.”
The Panikahiti Mini PHC was inaugurated by Atul Bora, the then Assam PWD minister of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) government, on March 27, 1989.
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Hillary Clinton can’t be serious about picking a businessperson for vice president.
Appearing on Meet the Press on Sunday, Clinton told Chuck Todd that she wouldn’t just be looking at regular old politicians when choosing her running mate—she’ll turn over every stone. “I think we should look widely and broadly. It’s not just people in elective office. It is successful businesspeople,” she said. “I am very interested in that.” The businessperson at play here was Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and host of Shark Tank, who told Todd he would absolutely be interested in the gig, if asked. “But the key would be she would have to go more to center,” Cuban told Todd in a pre-taped segment. (For what it’s worth, Cuban also told Todd that he would be willing to serve as Donald Trump’s vice president.)
Picking a businessperson as VP is a terrible idea for Clinton, however, and not just because she’s still running against Bernie Sanders. Recruiting someone like Cuban—who’s probably richer than Trump, and also a loudmouth—would only further normalize Donald Trump’s candidacy, which has already been normalized to a dangerous degree. Just as importantly, Clinton appears to be misinterpreting Trump’s appeal: It’s his toxic policy proposals and naked fearmongering, not just his wealth and outsider status, that draw voters to him. Finally, it would undercut Clinton’s core argument, which is that she has the experience necessary for the highest elected office. Picking Mark Cuban, or a less obnoxious businessperson, for the sake of balancing a political ticket, would make the exact opposite case. The key to defeating Trump is articulating the ways in which she is different than he is, not by making her political ticket resemble his.
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A Jurassic Trail like No Other
Fui Lee Luk
The sauropod trackway discovered in the French village Plagne (France).
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French geologists and paleontologists have uncovered and analyzed the world’s longest sauropod trackway: a trail of prints left by a gigantic dinosaur measuring at least 35 meters and weighing more than 35 tons.
In 2009, when two members of the Oyonnax Naturalists’ Society went hunting for dinosaur remains in a meadow near the French village of Plagne in the Jura Mountains, their find would far exceed their expectations. “It was so big that we wondered if it really came from a dinosaur,”1 says Patrice Landry. He is referring to the first footprint from a set of tracks left by a sauropod. This dinosaur belongs to the suborder of long-necked, long-tailed specimens with four thick legs, like the diplodocus, which are among the most massive land-dwelling creatures of all time.
Nearly a decade after the Plagne discovery, geologists and paleontologists from the LGL,2 the LMV,3 and the Pterosaur Beach Museum have unearthed and probed many other prints along the same trail, found to stretch out over 155 meters to make up the world’s longest currently-known sauropod trackway.4 A colossal find that helps decipher the secrets locked up in the ground of the famed region which spawned the term “Jurassic.”
The 2009 discovery of the world’s largest dinosaur tracks on the Plagne limestone plateau stirred the excitement—and also anticipation—of dinosaur enthusiasts all over the planet. “After the amateur naturalists alerted us of their discovery, we came to evaluate the site,” recalls Jean-Michel Mazin, paleontologist and emeritus CNRS senior researcher formerly attached to the LGL. “Right away, we identified the distinctive marks of a sauropod with very large ovoid or rounded feet. Next, we started prospecting the plateau to see if it would be worth organizing an excavation campaign.”
The sauropod prints, spread over hundreds of meters was a significant find. Digs over the next few years may reveal the Plagne site as one of the largest known dinosaur sites on Earth.
Hubert RAGUET/CNRS Photothèque
Wise decision. Digs overseen by the LGL on the 3-hectare site between 2010 and 2012 uncovered a total of 110 prints that together make up the world’s longest set of sauropod tracks, longer than the previous record-holder, a 147-meter-long trackway in Galinha, Portugal.
Mazin emphasizes that the discovery of prints on this scale is “a matter of conservation and above all, chance. Any animal or human walking around in nature leaves behind prints but wind or rain destroys a majority of them. But sometimes, conditions come together for prints to dry and stay protected for millions of years.”
This was the fortunate case of the Plagne tracks. Study of the site’s sedimentary succession (chronology of rock layers) as well as rare ammonite fossils allowed the team to trace the prints’ formation back 150 or so million years ago during the Tithonian, the last age in the Late Jurassic epoch—a time when the Jura looked very different from the alpine mountain chain we know today. “It was a marine environment with a large inland sea surrounded by land surfaces including chains of sandy islets,” says geoscientist Nicolas Olivier of the LMV. He adds that the land surfaces were probably “fairly substantial as they held enough vegetation to feed big dinosaurs that had huge appetites.”
Not only was the Jurassic sea shallow—“several meters deep at the most,” he says—but climatic changes also imposed periodic low-sea cycles when swampy land bridges linked up the islands, allowing animals to expand their territory or even migrate. This was the scenario when one particular sauropod crossed the tidal flat that became the Plagne site and left its prints in the mud. “After the prints dried, the sea returned and filled them with sediment that hardened into rock and kept them intact against erosion agents until today,” Olivier explains.
If the sauropod of the Plagne site walked in its footprints ...
Dessin A. Bénéteau, photographie Dinojura.
In order to scrutinize the tracks carefully, the researchers combined field study with silicone-rubber casting as well as a range of imaging technologies such as aerial photographic mapping using a helicopter drone, and laserometry for 3D scans of the excavated area. The tracks consist of both arc-shaped handprints with five circular finger marks, and footprints with five elliptical toe marks. While the sauropod's foot length ranged between 94 and 103 centimeters, the print length went up to 3 meters when including the ring of mud formed by the heavy animal’s stomping.
Using biometric analysis of the prints, the team established that the sauropod was at least 35 meters long and weighed between 35 and 40 tons. It also had an average stride length of 2.8 meters as well as a travel speed of roughly 4 km/hour. Noting the similarity of the specimen’s features to the existing ichnogenus5 Brontopodus (literally, “thunderfoot”), the team has attributed the new ichnospecies of Brontopodus plagnensis to the Plagne sauropod.
While the scientists focused their efforts on exploring the single trail left by the “Thunderfoot from Plagne,” they also excavated two nearby trackways, this time left by theropods (a dinosaur suborder characterized by three-toed limbs), namely a 38-meter-long trail left by a 3-meter-high, 9-meter-long carnivore. A discovery that suggests the region had a very rich fauna during the Jurassic.
Footprint and part of the theropod trackway.
Pending decisions by Plagne’s local authorities on how to protect this precious site and present it to the public, the tracks have been reburied to shield them from the elements. “The Jura climate is particularly harsh with snow, rain and storms,” points out Mazin. But the researchers suspect many more dinosaur traces are still sealed up in these mountains which could yield more discoveries in the future. “Only a tiny section of the site was excavated,” concludes Olivier. “Further findings would help improve our knowledge about the diversity of organisms in the area which would help us better understand the ecosystem at the time.”
1. In the documentary: “Sur la piste des dinosaures.” Dir. Marie Mora Chevais, CNRS Images, 2009: https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/videos/sur-la-piste-des-dinosaures.
2. Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon (CNRS / ENS de Lyon / Université Claude Bernard).
3. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (CNRS / Université Clermont Auvergne / Université Jean Monnet / IRD).
4. J.M. Mazin, P. Hantzpergue & N. Olivier, “The dinosaur tracksite of Plagne (early Tithonian, Late Jurassic; Jura Mountains, France): The longest known sauropod trackway,” Geobios, August 2017. 50(4): 279-301.
5. Ichno-: a taxon defined from marks like tracks rather than anatomical remains.
Dinosaur Tracks Sauropod Diplodocus Jura mountains Plagne
As well as contributing to the CNRSNews, Fui Lee Luk is a freelance translator for various publishing houses and websites. She has a PhD in French literature (Paris III / University of Sydney).
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The same nameless foreign buyer snatched up the skeletons of two late Jurassic dinosaurs – a Diplodocus ( back) and an allosaurus (front) in the auction house Drouot in Paris Two dinosaur skeletons sold as hip design objects – one by a Diplodocus, the other by an Allosaurus – auctioned in Paris on Wednesday for more than € 1.4 million. …
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NGAA Members lunch at ALGA, 17 June 2019
Address by NGAA Chair, Mayor Glenn Docherty
Ladies and Gentlemen it is a pleasure to welcome you here to our annual lunch during the ALGA NGA.
I’d like to acknowledge Mayor Tracey Roberts of Wanneroo, Deputy Chair of NGAA, as well other Mayors and Councillors. I’d particularly like to acknowledge our colleagues from the Shire of Mitchell in Melbourne’s north who are joining us as guests today.
Last time many of us saw each other was at the launch of our election campaign ‘Catch Up with the outer suburbs’ in February in Parliament House.
On that day, we broke all NGAA records and were delighted to welcome not only the Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure and the Shadow Minister, but also 17 other Members of Parliament including other Ministers and Shadow Ministers.
The unprecedented interest in our campaign launch was a sign of things to come as we geared up to the May Federal election.
The challenges and opportunities of the outer suburbs influenced policy and funding commitments from both major parties, starting with the release of the Government’s Planning for Australia’s Future Population document in January.
The Plan outlines policy initiatives to manage the future distribution of Australia’s population growth and better plan and build cities that can function well for the people who live and work there.
Importantly, NGAA’s footprint can be seen within that major Government policy document, as we were sought out for advice and input from the minister on issues such as population settlement and congestion.
The 2019-20 Federal Budget in early April also highlighted the outer suburbs, with a range of commitments to improve infrastructure in growth areas, and significant proportion of the expanded Urban Congestion Fund going to the outer suburbs.
Member may recall that this time last year we heard from the Department of Infrastructure about the newly announced $1billion Urban Congestion Fund – and this year it is has been allocated an additional $3 billion.
Whilst that funding is not solely for outer suburban projects, I believe that the fact it even exists is a direct outcome of NGAA’s long-term advocacy for dedicated transport infrastructure funding for growth areas.
In the lead up to the election, our influence on Opposition policy was also evident. Indeed, the ALP’s Cities Policy, released just days before the election, directly reflects NGAA’s policy asks.
The document – for the first time- focusses heavily on the outer suburbs as a distinct category. That is no accident - NGAA was asked to advise the Shadow Minister on the wording of the document.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe the prevalence of the outer suburbs in the policies of both the Government and Opposition is a result of the long-term efforts of our Alliance. Over the last ten years, we have built considerable momentum – and we can all take credit for the advances we have made.
Now is not the moment to slow down. As Bronwen will outline in her presentation, we have plans to maintain the momentum we have built, and make sure that the needs of our member councils and their communities remain on the national political agenda.
We should all be proud of the effort we have put in to building such a strong Alliance, but there is one person I would particularly like to acknowledge today.
Ray Tame, CEO of the City of Armadale is one of the original founders of the NGAA and will be finishing in his role at Armadale at the end of the month.
Ray has been a strong and stable guide for the work of our Alliance, has served on the Executive committee since it was established, and I know our current and previous staff are grateful for the dedication he has shown.
Thanks Ray, and thanks to you all for your continued support. Let’s keep the momentum going!
Mayor Glenn Docherty
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Tricking the public to ‘promote’ health
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New York City Health Department lawyers were in appeals court this month trying to persuade judges to resurrect Mayor Bloomberg’s big-soda ban, which a lower court nixed. But the department faces a far more basic challenge: hanging on to the public’s trust.
Indeed, the ban itself is a symbol of the type of public-health policy-making that is fueling public skepticism. It’s not just the blatant overreach in efforts like the attack on big soda that’s got folks doubting health officials — but a growing range of deceptive stunts in the name of promoting public health.
This month, for example, the city’s Health Department launched another public-education ad campaign. This one warned New Yorkers about the alleged dangers of beverages containing added sugar, including certain iced teas, juices and sports drinks. The ads — which target children, in particular — raise alarms about the alleged risk of amputated limbs caused by sweetened drinks.
Consumers are wise to be skeptical. Fact is, many drinks targeted by the department actually boast less sugar than juices containing no added sugar at all, including orange juice.
And the threat of amputation brings back memories of another deceptive anti-soda ad orchestrated last year by the mayor’s Health Department. That ad used Photoshop to remove a man’s leg from a picture and insert a crutch and claimed soda caused the man to become diabetic and lose his leg. That was untrue. The public soon learned that the man in the ad was actually an actor with two healthy legs.
In 2010, another Health Department ad claimed drinking one can of soda a day “can make you 10 pounds fatter a year.” Yet internal department e-mails showed that the city’s own chief nutritionist called the ad “absurd.” And a department marketing manager said it “would raise a lot of skepticism within the public.” The ad ran anyway after the mayor’s health commissioner overruled his advisers.
Sneaky public-health messaging appears to be on the upswing across the country, particularly when it comes to soda. In California, a taxpayer-funded group, First 5 California, recently used Photoshop to transform a healthy-weight adolescent girl drinking skim milk into an obese girl drinking from a giant sugar packet.
Similar tactics are becoming common in public-health research. In 2011, the author of a widely reported study linking soda consumption and teen violence later admitted there was no reason to think soft drinks cause teens to be violent. In 2012, a Harvard-affiliated hospital was forced to admit it had promoted a “weak” study tying aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in soda, to cancer.
And just last month, the eminent scientific journal Nature took the extraordinary step of criticizing the chairman of the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Willett, for referring to a peer-reviewed study on obesity as “a pile of rubbish” because its results run counter to the prevailing public-health orthodoxy. Willett argued, ironically, that the authors’ exhaustive review of data on millions of people “could undermine people’s trust in science” because the results could be used to oppose policies that restrict “soft-drink and food” choices.
The public-health community in America has an important role to play in making our food safer. It helps shape strategies for reducing the transmission of communicable disease between and among people, animals and food.
But trust is an essential element of successful public-health policy-making. And public-health dishonesty breeds public mistrust.
We’ve seen this erosion of trust in other contexts. Fashion magazines like Teen Vogue have rightly drawn criticism from women’s advocates and the public-health community itself for digitally altering images of celebrities and models to make them appear thinner.
Shouldn’t the medical practitioners and academics who make up the public-health community be held to at least the same standards to which society holds the editors of Teen Vogue?
Baylen J. Linnekin is executive director of the Washington nonprofit Keep Food Legal.
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IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME?
Boy, if managers only knew! Every manager has made a bad transaction or trade. For this blog, I polled some of my friends to name the most memorable, horrible trades made by our beloved gm’s. I will be using their quotes with permission and of course putting my two cents worth at the end.
Jbug
That’s really a no brainer. For me, the worst Vancouver trade ever had to be Neely and Vancouver's first round draft pick in 1987 to Boston for Barry Pederson. Nothing could be worse than that one.
If most of Vancouver's fans had their way, they would turn back time to wave that trade off. Neely was hall of famer 50 goal scorer. The Boston forward is one of the best players ever to wear a Bruin Jersey. Good pick jbug.
Amoroq
Not sure of all the details, but the bottom line is the Leafs traded their first round pick which ended up being the 4th overall pick. That pick ended up being Roberto Luongo.
Luongo is one of the greatest goalies in the NHL in my mind. That ones hurts being a Leaf fan. Roberto carried the Canucks all of last year, should have been the MVP of the season last year. Great choice by Amoroq.
BuffaloMat
Darren Puppa, Dave Anderchuck, and a draft pick for Grant Fuhr. I believe this was in 1993. I think this was the worst trade ever in Buffalo's history due to the fact that Fuhr was not worth this trade at all. Anderchuck was still producing, and of course Darren Puppa was always a favorite and a great goaltender. I thought this trade was the worst because Fuhr actually declined and started to do even worse. Not only did we lose two stellar players, but we lose a draft pick too.
Great pick. Anderchuck is a hall of Famer wining the cup with the Bolts. Anderchuck showed great leadership role in the series - the Bolts beat my beloved Flames. Darren Puppa had a couple of great years in Tampa also. Great pick Matt.
gman_29
My team, the Montreal Canadians' worst trade, in my opinion, was Patrick Roy, and Mike Keen, for Jocelyn Thibault, Andrei Kovalenko, and Martin Rucinsky. This was a terrible trade for the Habs, as we traded away our best player; one of the main reasons for the ’86, and ’93 cups. We also traded a very solid player in Keenan. In return, we received a mediocre goalie to replace an all-star, Andrei Kovalenko who only played 51 games with the team recording 34 points. Martin Rucinsky a very good player, but not enough to compensate for Roy.
I quite agree, that was a horrible trade. The Avs went on of course to win a cup with Roy.
Patrick Roy went on to become a hall of fame goalie won a Cup before the trade, and the incident that caused the trade made it worse. Mike Keene was a clutch player and he would get the key goal at key times. A Great pick by gman.
jprobber (with two picks)
The trade I personally hated most involved Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to Boston for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais. Park was incredible, and Espo was no more a NY Ranger than Ted Williams was a Yankee.
Mr. Ratelle was Mr. Ranger and Brad Park was one of the best dmen in the league, a great pick by JP.
But the single most heart-tugging Ranger move of all time was the team's waiving Eddie Giacomin, who promptly returned to the Garden in a Red Wing sweater and beat the Rangers. The fans were chanting Ed-die! Ed-die! the entire game. Unforgettable.
This was a complete mis-calculation by the Ranger, a terrible pr move. Eddie proved them wrong by his play with the wings. Great choice by jp
Pavol Demitra for Christer Olsson
Chister who? Exactly rpr’s point . Pavol Demitra is still a very talented player for the Wild and is very dangerous with the puck. A great shot and a tremendous passer. Again - who is Christer Olsson? Great pick by RPR
Js (also with two picks)
Philly traded Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Peter Forsberg, Chris Simon, first round picks in the 1993 and 1994 NHL Entry Drafts and $15 million to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for the rights to center Eric Lindros.
Can you say ouch? Horrible deal that led the way for the Avs to win a cup. Peter Foresberg one of the greatest players in the game is bad enough; let alone the other players involved, and $15 million in cash. Great pick by Js .
The other was Dave Poulin for Kenny Linseman who was a well established NHL'er, but Poulin had several good seasons for Boston and Washington following the trade.
As for this trade, I hated this on too. The rat was a pest against the Flames and Linsman was a NHL'er for many years. Another great pick by Js.
Now of course you want my pick. Well, I had two trades in mind, but I think I will only mention the one. Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Ric Natterss, Ken Manderville and Rick Wamsley for Gary Leeman, Alexander Godynuyuk, Jeff Reese, Michael Petit and Craig Berbe .
Do I really need to explain why Gilmour, took the Leafs to the verge of Stanley Cup, and Jamie, Macoun, and Nastress were Rocks in the Blue. This was probably the worst Flame trade we have ever made. About the only good news was the Leafs, my other team, greatly improved that year.
There you have a few of many one-sided Trades which my friends and I could have used. Many General Managers would love a “do-over” for some of the worst trades mentioned. Most of these deals have ruined careers or just tenure with that club. The General Manager job is never easy. One bad move could be with him for many years, but that is the reason they get paid the big bucks. I would like to thank my friends for participation; without them there would be no blog.
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August 23, 2007 10:12 AM ET | Delete
I'm glad you mentioned the Gilmore trade... I talked to Riseborough recently and asked him if Icould convince Sutter to trade Leeman's rights if we could have Gaborik, his response?? "already did that once.". Classic.
August 23, 2007 2:07 PM ET | Delete
another good one!!! Markus naslund for Alex Stojanov is one the Canucks redeemed themselves a bit.!!!
mslepp
How about our trade with New Jersey... I can't remember the exact details, but we moved up in the draft and took Trevor Kidd and the Devils used our selection to grab one Martin Brodeur.
Philly traded Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Peter Forsberg, Chris Simon, first round picks in the 1993 and 1994 NHL Entry Drafts and $15 million to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for the rights to center Eric Lindros.IS the worst trade in NHL history lol...what a bust.Great blog Flame, keep em coming buddy!
duckyjets
Teemu Selanne,Marc Chouinard and a fourth-round draft pick, to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in return for Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, and a third-round pick to Winnipeg. That was one of the worst ever..............
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Kings get Jack Johnson from the Canes....TBD the importance????
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May 31, 2018 Sheikh Nazim 7 Comments
The Story of the sleepers of the cave mentioned in the holy Quran (Sura Al Kahf) is a phenomenal chapter that recounts the amazing feat of endurance done by a group of young friends in an age of awesome deception and seemingly endless turmoil and despair. The chapter connects a timeless message of how the world by its nature (a place of test) will throw everything into chaos at times and the right from the wrong will often get submerged (sometimes times by force) under the sea of evil and vice. People living through these time capsules will feel there is no hope left in the world and the world is only heading in one direction; to the abyss of the dark dominion and demonic takeover of the world. However, in those times Allah has always maintained his promise to provide his servants with extra special help from the unseen to enable them to see through the difficult times and emerge winners at the end: The sleep and the extended lifespan of the people of the cave, the calming effect Allah had sent to them as soon as they entered the cave, the support of for their bodies turning from side to side in their sleep, an entire ecosystem forming around them in the cave, were all support from Allah from the unseen which the young believers felt and experienced.
The Prophetic hadiths are replete with the appointment of heroic leading believers who will stem the flow of the surging torrent of evil that will begin to grab hold of the world as faith beings to dwindle in the hearts of believers. Their outstanding courage and leadership will bring people back to the founding principles of belief in the almighty, this support from the unseen is a testament that there will always be a body of believers who will (despite the odds stacked up against them) be given a belief so profound that it is unshakeable beyond any means and attempts to have it derailed by the ravaging evil that they may be surrounded by.
It will not be a far-fetched idea to suggest that the physiological, mental, physical and ego eccentric problems facing Muslims in our time is reaching fever pitch; with the rise of militant atheism, aggressive far-right movements across the world and the concerted effort to push a progressive liberal agenda on every human living on earth, the conservative narrative of human existence is finding it harder to remain the mainstream belief of people. Many seasoned believers, practitioners of the faith for decades, and even zealots are beginning to have clouds of doubts roll across the horizon understanding they once had. Religion for people has by a large margin become an empty carcass that no longer has the high-spirited soul in it with which they once practised their faith. An existential crisis in faith has led many to have a customary faith and not actually have real conviction in what they believe, simply a Muslim because they have been brought up in Muslim household, then as they go onto university and the world of work then the customary notion of belief they had is also shattered; does paradise, hell, the after life and even Allah himself really exist?
In times of great political and religious turmoil it is a good idea to ask Allah to show a person his signs from the unseen and help him experience scenes from the unseen world. This will then enable him to have a conviction of faith that will help him maintain strong links with the authentic message of Islam and in turn live by them, as we find in the Quran Syyidunya Ibrahim (peace be on him) asking Allah to see his sings from the unseen not because he had doubts of his faith, but to experience a faith of conviction, (Eye’nul Yaquin) as there are no limits to the closeness of Allah azzawajal.
“And[mention] when Abraham[Ibrahim] said: “My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead.” [Allah] said: “Have you not believed?” He said: “Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied.” [Allah] said, “Take four birds and commit them to yourself[train them to come to your command]. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them[after mixing up the meet]; then call them – they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.” — Qur’an chapter 2 verse 260
As we go full steam ahead towards the end of times, people have begun to take on the mantle of liberal and laxed attitudes towards their Islamic faith and matters which only a decade ago were practically unheard of are now common ground for many. For example, the awe and reverence with which Ramadan was held and the month honoured with performing extra special deeds is no longer the accepted view but instead a month seen as burdensome and in many cases neglected altogether; (without sounding self-righteous or pitying people) I have met a number of people at work who no longer have the desire to be part of something great: The month of Ramadan, to fast and feel the sacredness of the month, or live with a higher discipline of self-restraint in Ramadan. Before the beginning of Ramadan some had already mentioned how they would not bother fasting in this month and a few do not abide by divine injunctions anyway in their lives; drinking, going to clubs, having bacon sandwiches, dabbing in the latest trend of drugs, so to fast in Ramadan is a long stretch.
Religious leaders are also confining religious attire only to ones personal space and constructing narratives of what is an accepted approach to society for a Muslim, based on their own logic and rationale moving away centuries old tradition of following the established route of investigations. I recently met a leading Imam who was (to some degree) displeased with the manner of how i was dressed; thowb and hat and had (in a subtle manner) rebuked me for dressing in such a manner. The common argument i often hear and one which he also brought up was “If the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) was here today he would not be dressing like this but instead in the current manner of the western societies (trousers, shirts, suits etc), it was a cultural dress code of that era and therefore is not a relevant mode of dressing now”.
To dress in the sunnah is not a just a “cultural” thing that was only for seventh century Arabia. For instance, the Hadith literature is full with glorifying the one who wear’s a turban will get certain rewards, the one who uses a siwak will get certain rewards. The sunnah is a mode of living that transcends the fashion of any era and is a timeless example of how modesty does not change to accepted notion of modesty of any era. In a crisis of faith to hit people even religious leaders now feeling the pressure to conform to a set of new age morals and rationale. It is therefore not surprising to understand why the common folk are finding it difficult to hold on to traditional values once glorified by the pious predecessors (salaf) of the past. Social media “muftis” and popular Muslim personality are aiding and abetting those in the fringes of the Islamic faith to gain centre ground and have fundamental articles of faith that have guided centuries of Muslims into doubt and oblivion: The descent of Prophet Jesus (peace be on him), the rejection of homosexuality, using one’s own logic above Prophetic reasoning as a guiding principle in matters of faith are all the trending topics of discussion in social media platforms.
Syyiduna Ibrahim (peace be on him) had asked Allah azawajal to enable to him see his signs from the unseen, not because he was facing a crisis in faith but to increase his admiration for the divine, there is a way a believer living now can also see the unseen world should he know how to do this. There is a process by which a person can gain access to the unseen world and have the opportunity to see glimpses into the angelic and heavenly world. This by no means will mean if someone learns the route and gains the ability to see into the unseen world is a successful person who he can now live his life outside the constraints of Sharia but instead these experiences should be used as a means to attaining the conviction of faith as shown by Syyiduna Ibrahim (peace be on him).
(2:260) And recall when Abraham said: “My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead,” Allah said: “Why! Do you have no faith?” Abraham replied: “Yes, but in order that my heart be at rest.”296 He said: “Then take four birds, and tame them to yourself, then put a part of them on every hill, and summon them; they will come to you flying. Know well that Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.”297
296: That is, the rest and inner peace that one attains as a result of direct personal observation.
Often practising believers can themselves (their own logical mind) become the blockage to attaining the higher experience of faith and having vivid religious experiences. The logical mind often clouds any possibility to have a spiritual experience with comments like “how can this happen now”, Or, “the miraculous events of the past friends of Allah only happened then and can no longer occur now” as the mind can not grasp the concepts of religious occurrences. – This thought process by its very nature can be a blockage to experiencing the high realms in the spiritual world.
In other words, when some says “how can this happen now”, Or, “the miraculous unveiling mentioned in the books of friends of Allah only happened then and can no longer occur now”, in effect a person is claiming that Allah azzwajal’s help and support from the unseen world was only for that period of time, is limited and can no longer happen again it has already happened to them. This is wrong! Allah is the same as he was then, as he is now, and will be in the future. This means, all the blessings he had bestowed on believers of the past , all his attributes and his being is still available to be accessed by anyone who wishes to, now. He will bestow the same blessings if not more on anyone who asks and follow his ways mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah. Although the door of prophethood is closed, seeking support and help from Allah from the unseen can be used as an initial route for help in attaining a conviction of faith (Eye’nul Yaquin) like our forefather Syyiduna Ibrahim (peace be on him) had asked.
“Have you not believed?” He said: “Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied.” – Qur’an chapter 2 verse 260
The authentic way of the Salaf in seeking ways to attain the conviction of faith (Eye’nul Yaquin) has been well documented in our hadtih literature. The Quranic ayah above is sufficient enough to prove in times of dire need, times of upheaval, a believer can ask Allah to show him sings from the unseen, to give him a spiritual experience show him glimpses of paradise, have the blessing of meeting the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in the spiritual world for example and Allah will open these doors.
The benefits of such experiences is it enables a person to have real meaningful connection with religious texts, worship, charity, service to others and a meaningful life filled with a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction.
However, to have such spiritual experiences the caveat is one has to be a strict adherent of the injunctions of Sharia and be clear on the articles on faith that grounds a believer to the authentic way. I have met a number of brothers who have, in spiritual world, met the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), seen the scenes of the hereafter and can testify to the authentic nature of their claims.
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever sees me in a dream has indeed seen me, for the Shaytaan cannot imitate me.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6994; Muslim, 2266 – this version narrated by Muslim.
If you would like to know more information on how you too can experience the spiritual world: paradise, barzakh meeting of the greatest being (peace and blessing be on him) see the unseen and like Syyiduna Ibrahim (peace be on him) have a conviction of faith (Eye’nul Yaquin) to your level, (obviously the prophetic level of Iman is incomparable to the common man) then get in contact and i can direct you to a mode of genuine spiritual training under the tutelage of a unique shaykh.
You will not have to leave your life behind, get locked into a masjid and forsake everything you know for the rest of your life to have spiritual experiences. Those who have experienced this can be a testament to the authentic way to learn this, what better way to learn this process than in the last days of Ramadan in Itikhaf.
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Padmini Ekadasi~पद्मिनी एकादशी
Padmini Ekadashi is observed on during the waxing phase of the moon (Shukla Paksha) only in the Adhika Masam or extra month added to the Hindu lunar calendar. Also known as Kamala Ekadashi, this ritual is conducted to wash away the sins and seek a place in the abode of Lord Vishnu, known as Vaikunta. While the rules for observing the Padmini Ekadashi are same as any other Ekadashi, the story behind its observance is associated with Padmini, wife of King Kartavirya.
Legends go around King Kartavirya who was the ruler of the kingdom of Tretayuga. The king had been married to a thousand queens only on the pretext of having a son that could rule his dynasty. Hence in order to get a son, the king had performed several austerities for over ten thousand years but to no avail. Thus, he set out to the forests. Knowingly, Padmini (one of the thousand queens of Kartavirya) followed him and met Anasuya (Maha Pathivrata) on the way. On enquiring about any vrat that could help in conceiving a baby, Anasuya asked her to observe two Ekadashis that fall in the Adhika Masam. As directed, both Kartavirya and Padmini observed the said fasts.
Soon after, Lord Vishnu appeared before the couple and further informed that they would soon be granted their wishes as they had observed vrats in the month that is considered highly auspicious. In due course of time, the couple was blessed with a healthy son, named Kartaviryarjuna, who was not only powerful but also defeated and imprisoned Ravana. The Padmini Ekadashi vrat is observed by following the same routine as that of Ekadashi. Devotees have to restrict themselves from consuming food items, such as rice, urad dal, chickpeas, spinach, honey, and so on.
PadminI EkAdasii - from the Skanda PurANa.
Sri SUta Goswami said, “Yudhishthira MahArAja said, Oh JanArdana, what is the name of the EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight (shukla paksha) of the extra, leap year month? How does one observe it properly? Please narrate all this to me.’
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, replied, ‘Oh PANDava, the meritorious EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight of the extra month of leap-year is called PadminI. It is very auspicious. The fortunate soul who observes it with great determination and faith will return to My personal abode. This extra-month EkAdasii is as powerful as I am in nullifying sins. Even four-headed Lord BrahmA cannot glorify it sufficiently. Long ago Lord BrahmA told Narada about this liberating, sin-removing EkAdasii.’
“Lotus-eyed Lord Krishna became very pleased by the enquiry of Yudhishthira and spoke to him the following pleasing words: ‘Oh king, please listen carefully as I narrate to you the process of fasting on PadminI EkAdasii, which is rarely done even by great sages.
“’One should begin his fast on the Dashami, the day before EkAdasii, by not eating any Urad dAhl, pink dAhl, chickpeas, spinach, honey, or sea salt, and also by not dining in homes of others or off bell-metal plates. These eight things should be avoided. One should eat only once on the Dashami, sleep on the ground, and remain celibate. On EkAdasii the devotee should rise early in the morning but should not brush his teeth. Then he should thoroughly bathe – in a place of pilgrimage, if possible. While chanting sacred hymns from the Vedas, he should smear his body with cow dung mixed with clay, sesame-seed paste, kusha grass, and the powder of AmalakI fruits. Then the devotee should take another thorough bath, after which he should chant the following prayers:
“’”Oh sacred clay, you have been created by Lord BrahmA, purified by Kashyapa Muni, and lifted by Lord Krishna in His form as VarAha, the boar incarnation. Oh clay, please purify my head, eyes, and other limbs. Oh clay, I offer my obeisances unto you. Kindly purify me so I may worship the Supreme Lord, Sri Hari.
“’”Oh cow-dung, you posses medicinal and antiseptic qualities because you have come directly from the stomach of our universal mother, the cow. You can purify the entire planet Earth. Please accept my humble obeisances and purify me.
“’”Oh AmalakI fruits, please accept my humble obeisances. You have taken your birth from the saliva of Lord BrahmA, and thus by your very presence the entire planet is purified. Kindly cleanse and purify my bodily limbs.
“’”Oh Supreme Lord Vishnu, Oh God of the gods, Oh master of the universe, Oh holder of the conch, disc, club, and lotus, please allow me to bathe in all the holy places of pilgrimage.”
“’Reciting these excellent prayers, chanting mantras to Lord VaruNa, and meditating on all the places of pilgrimage located on the banks of the Ganges, one should bathe in whatever body of water is at hand. Then, Oh Yudhishthira, the devotee should rub his body, thus purifying his mouth, back, chest, arms, and waist as a prelude to worshipping the Supreme Lord, who wears brilliant yellow garments and gives pleasure to all creatures. By so doing, the devotee will destroy all his sins. Afterwards, he should chant the sacred Gayatri mantra, offer oblations to his forefathers, and then enter a Vishnu temple to worship Lord NarAyaNa, the husband of the Goddess of Fortune, Laxmi-devi.
“’If possible, the devotee should then fashion Deities of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna or Shiva and Parvati out of gold and offer them nice devotional worship. He should fill a copper or clay pot with pure water mixed with scents, and then he should cover the pot with a cloth lid and a gold or silver lid, in this way preparing an Asana upon which the Radha-Krishna or Shiva-Parvati murthis may sit for worship. According to capacity, the devotee should then worship these murtis with fragrant incense, a bright ghee lamp, and sandalwood paste along with camphor, musk, kumkum, and other scents, as well as selected aromatic flowers like white lotuses and other seasonal blooms, and also very nicely prepared foods. On this special EkAdasii the devotees should dance and sing ecstatically before the Deity. He should avoid prajalpa (talking unnecessarily of ordinary, mundane conversational topics) at all costs and should not talk to or touch low-born persons (untrained persons habituated to low acts) or a woman in her menstrual period, or others so absorbed. On this day he should be especially careful to speak the truth and certainly not criticise anyone before the Deity of Lord Vishnu, the brahmins, or the spiritual master. Rather, with other devotees he should be absorbed in listening to Vaishnavas read the glories of Lord Vishnu from the PurANas. One should not drink or even touch water to his lips on this EkAdasii, and one who is unable to perform this austerity should drink only water or milk. Otherwise, the fast is considered broken. One should remain awake that EkAdasii night, singing and playing musical instruments for the transcendental pleasure of the Supreme Person.
“’During the first quarter of the EkAdasii night the devotee should offer some coconut meat to his worshippable Deity (Isthadeva), during the second part he should offer soothing bel fruit, during the third part an orange, and as the night draws to a close some betel nut. Remaining awake during the first part of the EkAdasii night bestows on the devotee/sadhaka the same merit as that gained by performing the Agnistoma-yajna. Staying awake during the second part of the night bestows the same merit as that gained by performing a VAjapeya-yajna. Stay awake during the third part gives one the same merit as that attained by performing an Ashvamedha-yajna. And one who remains awake throughout the night receives all of the above mentioned merit, as well as the grand merit of having performed a RajasUrya-yajna. Thus there is no better fasting day in the year than PadminI EkAdasii. Nothing can compare to it as a giver of merit, whether it be a fire sacrifice, knowledge, education, or austerity. Indeed, whoever observes this sacred EkAdasii fast receives all the merit attained by bathing in all the places of pilgrimage in the world.
“’After remaining awake throughout the night, the devotee should bathe at sunrise and then worship Me nicely. He should then feed a qualified brahmin and respectfully give him the Deity of Lord Keshava and the pot filled with pure scented water. This gift will guarantee the devotee success in this life and liberation in the hereafter.
“’Oh sinless Yudhishthira, as you have requested, I have described the rules and regulations, as well as the benefits, regarding the EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight of the extra, leap-year month. Fasting on this PadminI day bestows merit equal to that gained by fasting on all other EkAdasiis. The EkAdasii that occurs during the dark part of the extra month, which is known as ParamA EkAdasii, is as powerful at removing sin as this one, PadminI. Now please listen to Me carefully as I narrate to you a fascinating account connected with this sacred day. Pulastya Muni once recited this history to NAradji.
“’Pulastya Muni once had occasion to rescue the ten headed demon RAvana from the prison of KartaviryArjuna, and upon hearing of this event Narada Muni asked his friend, “Oh greatest of sages, since this Ravana defeated all the demigods, including Lord Indradev, how could KartaviryArjuna defeat Ravana, who was so skilled in battle?”
“’Pulastya Muni replied, “Oh great Narada, during the TretAyuga, KArtavirya (KArtaviryArjuna’s father) took birth in the Haihaya dynasty. His capital city was Mahishmati, and he had one thousand Queens, whom he loved very dearly. None of them, however, was able to give him the son he wanted so badly. He performed sacrifices and worshipped the devas (demigods) and forefathers (pitris), but due to the curse of some sage he was unable to beget a son – and without a son, a king cannot enjoy his kingdom, just as a hungry man can never really enjoy his senses.
“’”King KArtavirya carefully considered his plight and then decided to perform severe austerities to achieve his goal. Thus he donned a loincloth made of bark, grew matted locks, and turned over the reins of his kingdom to his ministers. One of his queens, Padmini – who was born in the IkshvAku dynasty, who was the best of all women, and who was the daughter of King Harishchandra – saw the king leaving. She felt that, since she was a chaste wife, her duty was to follow in the footsteps of her beloved husband. Removing all the regal ornaments from her beautiful body and donning but one piece of cloth, she thus followed her husband into the forest.
“’”At last KArtavirya reached the summit of Mount GandhamAdana, where he performed severe austerities and penances for ten thousand years, meditating and praying to Lord GadAdhara, who wields a club. But still he did not get a son. Seeing her dear husband waste away to mere skin and bone, Padmini thought of a solution to the problem. She went to the chaste AnasUya. With great reverence, Padmini said, ‘Oh great lady, my dear husband, KArtavirya, has been performing austerities for the last ten thousand years, but Lord Krishna (Keshava), who alone can remove one’s past sins and present difficulties, has not yet become pleased with him. Oh most fortunate one, please tell me a fast day we can observe and thus please the Supreme Lord with our devotion, so much so that He will bless me with a nice son who will later rule the world as emperor.’
“’”Upon hearing the appealing words of Padmini, who was very chaste and deeply devoted to her husband, the great AnasUya replied to her in a very cheerful mood: ‘Oh beautiful, lotus-eyed lady, usually there are twelve months in a year, but after every thirty-two months an extra month is added, and the two EkAdasiis that occur during this month are called Padmini EkAdasii and ParamA EkAdasii. They fall on the DvAdasiis of the light and dark part of the month, respectively. You should fast on these days and remain awake throughout the night. If you do so, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Hari, will bless you with a son.’
“’”Oh Narada, in this way AnasUya, the daughter of the sage Kardama Muni, explained the potency of these special EkAdasis. Hearing this, Padmini faithfully followed the instructions to fulfill her desire for a son. Padmini fasted completely, even from water, and remained awake all night, chanting the glories of God and dancing in ecstasy. Lord Keshava thus became most pleased with her devotion and appeared before her, riding on the back of the great GaruDa. The Lord said, ‘Oh beautiful one, you have greatly pleased Me by fasting on the special EkAdasii of the extra month of Purushottama. Please ask Me for a benediction.’
“’”Hearing these sublime words from the overseer of the entire universe, Padmini offered the Supreme Lord devotional prayers and asked Him for the boon her husband desired. Lord Keshava (Krishna) was moved to reply, ‘Oh gentle lady, I am very happy with you, for there is no month dearer to Me than this, and the EkAdasiis that occur during this month are the most dear to Me of all EkAdasiis. You have followed My devotee AnasUya’s instructions perfectly, and therefore I shall do what will please you. You and your husband will have the desired son that you wish.’
“’”The Lord, who removes the distress of the world, then spoke to King KArtavirya: ‘Oh King, please ask of Me any boon that will fulfill your heart’s desire, for your dear wife has pleased Me greatly with her devotional fasting.’
“’”The king was very happy to hear this. Naturally he asked for the son he had desired for so long: ‘Oh master of the universe, Oh killer of the Madhu-demon, kindly grant me a son who will never be conquered by the demigods, human beings, snakes, demons, or hobgoblins, but whom only You can defeat.’ The Supreme Lord immediately replied, ‘So be it!’ and disappeared.
“’”The king became so very pleased with his wife and returned to his palace in her company. Padmini soon became pregnant, and the mighty-armed KArtaviryArjuna appeared as her son. He was the mightiest person in all the three worlds, and thus even the ten-headed RAvana could not defeat him in battle. Except for Lord NArAyaNa, who holds a club, a disc, and other symbols in His hands no one could overcome him. By the merit that resulted from his mother’s strict and faithful observance of PadminI EkAdasii, he could defeat even the dreaded RAvana. This is not at all surprising, Oh NAradji, for KArtaviryArjuna was the fulfillment of the benediction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” With these words, Pulastya Muni departed.’
“The Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, concluded, ‘Oh sinless Yudhishthira, as you have enquired from Me, I have explained to you the power of this special EkAdasii. Oh best of kings, whoever observes this fast will surely attain to My personal abode. And similarly, if you want all your desires fulfilled, you should do likewise.’
“Hearing these words from the mouth of his beloved Keshava, DharmarAja (Yudhishthira) became filled with joy, and when the time came he faithfully observed PadminI EkAdasii.”
SUta Goswami concluded, “Oh sage Saunaka, I have explained to you all about this meritorious EkAdasii. Anyone who devotedly fasts on the EkAdasiis that occur during the extra, leap-year months, carefully following all the rules, becomes glorious and happily goes back to Godhead. And one who merely hears or reads about these EkAdasiis will also obtain great merit and ultimately enter the abode of Lord Sri Hari.”.
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Twyla Tharp
I attend dance performances about as frequently as I go to roller derby. Last night I attended the Twyla Tharp performance at Pacific Northwest Ballet with some friends who truly enjoy dance and would attend dance performances as frequently as I go to Mariners games if the opportunity were here.
I was prepared to have a nice evening, but was nearly awestruck by the performance of the three Tharp pieces, two of which were world premiers and the third a familiar favorite to dance buffs. Each piece was a highly evocative fusion of elements, some of which were even discernible by me, seamlessly blended to create in me a sense of anticipation throughout the performance. Elegant balletic movement, folk dance, Chaplinesque near slapstick, ballroom dance, gymnastic athleticism, sweeping Romantic gesture, then the abject collapse of all movement. Not only were all these dance and movement elements merged into the work but the pieces themselves seemed a blend of dance and theater, silent movies, and the images of memory and imagination.
I won’t stray too far into a territory unknown to me. But great art awakens something in the viewer, an awareness of the richness and possibility of life. I had that kind of aesthetic experience last night.
Of the three pieces, I was most drawn to the second, called “Afternoon Ball.” Before I get into that I should say that the first piece was performed to a Brahms quartet, Opus 111. I was struck by the synchrony between the movement and the music, each accenting and complimenting the other. It was easy to imagine the dancers as the imaginary figures you sometimes see when you close your eyes to listen to music. The dark underlayment of Brahms contributed to a sense of profundity.
The music for the second piece, the one that particularly struck me, was composed by a contemporary Russian, Vladimir Martynov, “Autumn Ball of the Elves” (1994). The first movement was the stark minimalist sound that for me might accompany work by Beckett. The music builds to attain in the later stages of the work almost an echo of the Brahms piece.
In a very interesting, but slow starting, interview by an overwhelmed reporter from the Stranger Tharp called the piece “existentialist theater . . . the end of the world.” It conveys a sense of alienation and despair but at its conclusion a brief but strong sense of hope or redemption. I think this piece resonated for me because I’ve recently been preoccupied with King Lear, the utterly nihilistic work that according to Harold Bloom marked the beginning of western consciousness.
That Stranger interview is one in which you vividly feel the interviewer’s pain and discomfort, as Tharp protects her private mental and emotional life from intrusion. The interviewer is not prepared to discuss with her her work, so is forced to ask rather broad questions and virtually begs her to jump in and participate, which she grudgingly does.
Toward the end she comments that the decline of art critics in the published media is a very good thing. She views critics, not as intermediaries promoting quality art to the population, but as obstacles between the artist and the audience.
She then starts interviewing the interviewer and asks him why he does it. He responds by saying that there is something profound in art that makes it the province of philosophers, citing Aristotle, Nietzsche and Heidegger, among others. Tharp then says that she thinks of her work as pre-Socratic. After some brief discussion back and forth she says “turn that thing off so we can have a serious talk” and the tape is instantly over.
Tharp thinking of herself as pre-Socratic fascinates me. (What I would give to have heard the ensuing talk.) She likes to think of herself as coming form a time before Plato had inflicted a sense of rigid and perfect system of ideal “things,” which became the gnostic notion that the ideal, true reality, is someplace else and our lives a spent with shadows within a cave. Aristotle of course was able to lay a rigid system of taxonomy and categorization on this dim world of shadows so that everything had a place. Then he imposed a system of logic to enable us to trudge among the categories. Tharp sees herself as before all that when the world was full of mystery, explained by myth and metaphor.
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Full list of 2019 Golden Globes nominations
#GoldenGlobes Nominations: Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
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— Variety (@Variety) December 6, 2018
The 2019 Golden Globes will be hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg, to be aired live Jan. 6 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on NBC. Full list of nominations below.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close (“The Wife”)
Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”)
Nicole Kidman (“Destroyer”)
Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
Rosamund Pike (“A Private War”)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”)
Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”)
Lucas Hedges (“Boy Erased”)
John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”)
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”)
Charlize Theron (“Tully”)
Constance Wu (“Crazy Rich Asians”)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale (“Vice”)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”)
Robert Redford (“The Old Man & the Gun”)
John C. Reilly (“Stan & Ollie”)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams (“Vice”)
Claire Foy (“First Man”)
Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Emma Stone (“The Favourite”)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Timothee Chalamet (“Beautiful Boy”)
Adam Driver (“BlacKkKlansman”)
Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
Sam Rockwell (“Vice”)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Best Director – Motion Picture
Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”)
Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”)
Adam McKay (“Vice”)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (“The Favourite”)
Barry Jenkins (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (“Green Book”)
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Marco Beltrami (“A Quiet Place”)
Alexandre Desplat (“Isle of Dogs”)
Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther”)
Justin Hurwitz (“First Man”)
Marc Shaiman (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“All the Stars” (“Black Panther”)
“Girl in the Movies” (“Dumplin’”)
“Requiem For a Private War” (“A Private War”)
“Revelation’ (“Boy Erased”)
“Shallow” (“A Star Is Born”)
Best Television Series – Drama
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe (“Outlander”)
Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”)
Julia Roberts (“Homecoming”)
Keri Russell (“The Americans”)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”)
Stephan James (“Homecoming”)
Richard Madden (“Bodyguard”)
Billy Porter (“Pose”)
Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”)
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“Barry” (HBO)
“The Good Place” (NBC)
“Kidding” (Showtime)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell (“The Good Place”)
Candice Bergen (“Murphy Brown”)
Alison Brie (“Glow”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Debra Messing (“Will & Grace”)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sasha Baron Cohen (“Who Is America?”)
Jim Carrey (“Kidding”)
Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
Donald Glover (“Atlanta”)
Bill Hader (“Barry”)
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“The Alienist” (TNT)
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (FX)
“Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime)
“Sharp Objects” (HBO)
“A Very English Scandal” (Amazon)
Amy Adams (“Sharp Objects”)
Patricia Arquette (“Escape at Dannemora”)
Connie Britton (“Dirty John”)
Laura Dern (“The Tale”)
Regina King (“Seven Seconds”)
Antonio Banderas (“Genius: Picasso”)
Daniel Bruhl (“The Alienist”)
Darren Criss (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“Patrick Melrose”)
Hugh Grant (“A Very English Scandal”)
Alex Bornstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Patricia Clarkson (“Sharp Objects”)
Penelope Cruz (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Thandie Newton (“Westworld”)
Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”)
Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)
Edgar Ramirez (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal”)
Henry Winkler (“Barry”)
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Want to Expand Their Family 'As Soon As Possible'
Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Want to Expand Their Family 'As Soon As Possible' https://t.co/xDmgPgasUD
— People (@people) June 12, 2019
A source tells PEOPLE that the newlyweds, are ready to have a baby. Chris Pratt, 39, shares 6-year-old son Jack with ex-wife Anna Faris, and Schwarzenegger, 29, has often been seen bonding with the little guy.
“She can’t believe how much her life has changed since meeting Chris,” said the source. “He was very clear with his intentions from the start, and she has never felt so loved and safe. They both feel so blessed to have found each other, and they can’t wait to expand their family as soon as possible.”
Katherine Schwarzenegger Debuts Her Diamond Wedding Band! See Her New Bling https://t.co/gwRXhqQw9j
Hmm, do you think she's pregnant already? 👶🏻
Tagged: actor / actress, chris pratt, marriage, rumors / gossip
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Yeah, they wont divorce. They will just both be miserable. Or she will be and he will cheat.
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These Oil Majors Just Made Egypt Their Highest Priority
Since 2011, political instability and regional insecurity have plagued Egypt’s economy, and the energy sector has not been spared. Until recently a net gas exporter, Egypt turned into a net importer in 2014 after political turmoil plunged the country into continued energy shortages, with domestic demand outstripping supply. In addition, shattered investor confidence and several devaluations of the local currency deterred foreign companies from investing in Egypt.
But Cairo’s fortunes may have turned in August 2015, when Italy’s oil and gas major Eni SpA discovered Zohr, the largest gas field in the Mediterranean ever to be discovered.
Now Eni, as well as UK’s supermajor BP, are betting big on the Egyptian gas exploration and production, and will be making Egypt their top investment destination in the coming years, pouring billions of dollars in their projects there.
Eni plans to invest US$10 billion in Egypt over the next five years, chief executive Claudio Descalzi said at an industry event in Cairo on Tuesday. Egypt will become Eni’s primary investment target in the next two years, the manager added.
BP, for its part, invested more in Egypt than anywhere else last year, CEO Bob Dudley said at the same industry event.
“In 2016-17 we’re investing more money in Egypt than any country in the world, so this is important for us, we have confidence in the government,” Bloomberg quoted Dudley as saying. Related: Total Going On The Offensive
According to Hesham Mekawi, North Africa Regional President, BP, as posted on the website of the Egypt Petroleum Show, “BP’s plan is to invest US$13 billion in Egypt by 2020”.
While in Egypt, the CEOs of the two oil giants also finalized the deal in which Eni sold 10 percent of the Shorouk concession, where the Zohr field is located, to BP. Eni’s Descalzi confirmed that production would begin this year. Zohr has total potential of 850 billion cubic meters of gas in place, the Italian company says.
Both Eni and BP – with decades of presence in Egypt – are now saying that projects involving Egypt’s gas would be their priorities in the short-to-medium term. While Eni is pinning its hopes on the largest gas discovery in the Mediterranean, BP – apart from partnering with Eni at Zohr – has included two West Nile Delta projects in its major plans for projects set to come on stream this year. The two West Nile Delta projects are “expected to develop 5 trillion cubic feet of gas resources and 55 million barrels of condensates from two BP-operated offshore concession blocks”, BP says.
Apart from Eni and BP, Shell also has operations in Egypt.
In the second quarter this year, Shell will begin drilling in the West Delta Deep Marine phase 9B gas field, according to the chairman of state-run Egyptian Natural Gas Holding, Mohamed El Masry.
Shell had stopped drilling activities in the Nile delta in March last year because of delayed payments. But Egypt expects to soon draft a repayment schedule to pay US$3.5 billion in arrears it owes to foreign oil and gas companies, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla said earlier this week. Related: Are Oil Markets Ignoring Demand?
So while oil majors are still cautious and not splurging on investments following the downturn, Eni and BP are betting on Egyptian gas, and they have financial reasons to do so.
According to Adam Pollard, an upstream analyst at Wood Mackenzie, who spoke to the Financial Times in December last year: “Egypt it is different, because the gas price for newer contracts is relatively high and you are insulated because there is a price floor and a ready market. EGAS [the state gas company] is willing to negotiate the price to encourage investment, meaning that Egypt is bucking the global trend of reduced spending.”
According to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from January this year, the new fields discovered and developed in the Nile delta and in the Mediterranean will help Egypt to increase its gas output from around 4 billion cubic feet per day now to 7.7 billion cubic feet per day over the next three years. This would exceed the country’s domestic needs – currently at 5.2 billion cubic feet per day – and would offer “an excellent opportunity to save excess quantities for future generations and/or export gas to other countries in the region and elsewhere”.
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Lightning Strikes Twice with Dick Van Dyke
When my beloved GreGra, my dad’s mom, asked me if I wanted to go to Disneyland, I shouted, “Yes!”
As a 10-year-old, I had watched episodes about Disneyland on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color on Sunday nights at 6:00 p.m. for years. My dad, a free-lance cartoonist, had visited Disneyland when he went to the yearly convention of editorial cartoonists two years earlier. He had even met Walt Disney!
What’s more, he had met an employee at Disney Studios. Mr. Reddy offered to give GreGra and me a personalized tour of the studios during our stay. Maybe we would catch a glimpse of Walt himself.
In June 1963, we boarded our train at Union Station in Chicago. GreGra, the 68-year-old widow of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad engineer accountant, reassured me that I had “oceans of room” in my cramped blue suitcase. Our family said our goodbyes inside our cozy Pullman compartment. Unfortunately, the train’s sudden jolt frightened my two younger sisters, ages 11 months and four years, into thinking that they would not be able to get off the train before we left the station.
My excitement built as our train left the Midwestern plains. I planned my Disneyland strategy in the Dome Car while marveling at the Rocky Mountains and Nevada’s desert beauty. After arriving in Los Angeles, we headed directly to the Disneyland Hotel where our fantasy would begin.
GreGra and I hopped on the monorail that afternoon and spent the next three days riding virtually every Disneyland ride, including my favorite, the Matterhorn. Disneyland was much bigger than I expected. I was surprised that GreGra kept up with me, ride for ride (except for rides that went around in circles). We even stayed up late enough to watch Tinkerbell and “Fantasy in the Sky” fireworks. I was tired but happy when I left Disneyland for the last time, and I vowed to return with my parents and sisters soon.
GreGra and I saw the new film, Bye Bye Birdie, at the Hawaii Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Both of us were big Dick Van Dyke fans and loved musicals, so we were thrilled to see him sing and dance in the role of Albert Peterson in living color…in Hollywood!
We saved the tour of Disney Studios for the last day of our trip. Mr. Reddy gave us a fascinating tour of sound stages as well as animation and sound studios. We were walking outside between studio buildings when we spotted a tan, lanky man sitting at a table under some trees. I realized that it was Dick Van Dyke. My mind raced. What was he doing here??? I just had seen him on the big screen in Bye Bye Birdie the previous day, and now he was just footsteps away.
Still in shock, I whispered my discovery to GreGra. My bold grandmother opened her pocketbook, whipped out a blank piece of paper and pen, and commanded, “Ask for his autograph!” I asked Mr. Reddy if it was OK. Mr. Reddy quickly explained that Dick Van Dyke was making a film called Mary Poppins and was on a break between takes. He spoke to Dick Van Dyke, who sauntered over to my star-struck grandmother and me. He was much taller than I imagined, his eyes were a deep blue, and he was quite tan which contrasted with his white teeth. He smiled broadly and asked me my first name. Luckily, I remembered it! He proceeded to write three lines, “To Diane, All my best, Dick Van Dyke.” He hoped that we would enjoy the rest of our trip.
With stars in our eyes, GreGra and I didn’t remember much of the rest of the tour.
The two-day train ride home was a happy blur for GreGra and me. Disneyland and Hollywood were expected trip highlights, but getting Dick Van Dyke’s autograph was the nicest surprise of all, thanks to a loving grandmother.
Fast forward 53 years to 2016: my sister (who was 11 months old in 1963) sent a text that Dick Van Dyke would be giving a Q & A session at the historic Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove, IL in June. Did I want to join her and her friend in the audience? Tickets were going fast for this event, which was raising funds for The Center for Early Childhood Creativity and Innovation (CECCI) at the Walt Disney Birthplace in Chicago. I was attending a wedding in Chicagoland a few days later, so I replied, “Yes!”
The entertaining show included a Q & A session moderated by Dick’s much-younger wife, Arlene. Dick not only told stories about his TV show and his many beloved films, but he also gave tips on how to stay fit and young at heart. A bonus was a performance by the Vantastix, Dick’s barbershop quartet. Who knew that 90-year-old Dick could still sing and dance better than many folks half of his age? He even sang the theme song to the Dick Van Dyke Show. My ticket included a pre-autographed copy of Dick’s book, My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.
Who would have guessed that I would get Dick Van Dyke’s autograph not once, but twice?
[Photo source: Wikipedia]
Diane Russell joined OLLI in 2014. She has taken over 70 OLLI courses on leadership, radio, life story writing, Tai Chi, healthy aging, literature, science, politics, sociology, and humanities. Diane volunteers as a proofreader for the OLLI catalog and for OLLI Connects.
4 Replies to “Lightning Strikes Twice with Dick Van Dyke”
Byles Beryl B. says:
Delightful account! Thanks for sharing.
Gina Thurman says:
Great article and great memories of fantastic experience. Thanks for sharing!
Jan Henrikson says:
What a fun read!
How nice to know a star could actually be so nice. Didn’t he just have another child or two? You lucked out for sure.
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Gwyneth Paltrow Reportedly in Talks with Netflix for New Goop Show
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Gwyneth Paltrow. Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Variety/REX/Shutterstock
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop could be heading to Netflix.
The lifestyle brand is heading towards a major expansion. According to multiple outlets, Goop is in preliminary talks with the streaming giant about a possible television deal. While this is major news, Paltrow has talked in the past about her plans for the brand to hit the small screen.
“What we are thinking of doing is a TV show with the working title The Radical Wellness Show,” Paltrow told The Hollywood Reporter in September. “I would be going into the field and talking to any number of doctors, scientists, civilians, people in crisis in Flint, Michigan, where there is something to uncover and confront about wellness. We would want it to feel more Vice-y in its vibe, but we’re just in the brainstorming phase.”
Goop is a controversial brand and has gotten its fair share of heat in the past. It has been criticized for promoting advice deemed ineffective or harmful. Paltrow clapped back at her critics during an interview with Marie Claire UK saying, “You can love it or hate it, but we’re building something that’s changing the world, and it’s irrefutable that the world is coming along with us.”
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Watch Disney’s First “Mulan” Teaser Trailer
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Liu Yifei. Photo by Matteo Prandoni/BFA/REX/Shutterstock (5572542dy)
Disney has dropped its first teaser trailer for its live-action adaptation of Mulan.
The studio’s first-look footage of its Mulan remake starring Chinese-American actress Liu Yifei is finally here.
The trailer of the classic tale about a young woman who risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China has ever known features Yifei’s sword-fighting skills.
“It is my duty to fight,” Mulan says in the trailer.
Also starring are Jimmy Wong as Ling, Chen Tang as Yao, Doua Moua as Po, Jason Scott Lee, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, and Rosalind Chao.
The live-action remake of the 1998 classic animated film is directed by Niki Caro is set to hit theaters on March 27, 2020.
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Justia Patents Patents Examined by Chelcie Daye
Patents Examined by Chelcie Daye
Calculating lists of events in activity streams
Abstract: A method for calculating lists of events in activity streams includes calculating a list of activity events for a user's activity stream based on weights assigned to implicit actions and explicit actions; and prioritizing the list of the activity events in the user's activity stream based on the weights.
Filed: November 11, 2013
Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventors: David A. Brooks, Miguel A. Estrada, Ethan L. Perry, Thomas Schaeck, Michael C. Wanderski
Methods and apparatuses for content preparation and/or selection
Abstract: Method, storage medium and apparatus associated with content preparation and/or selection are disclosed herewith. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a content preparation or selection module to receive, as part of a content preparation or selection, a representation of a concept; and determine, for the content preparation or selection, topical relevance of a content item (N) of a content hierarchy to the concept. The content hierarchy may include a plurality of content items, including N, and determine topical relevance of N to the concept may be based at least in part on interrelationships among at least some of the other content items of the hierarchy other than N, its ancestor content items, and/or its descendant content items. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Inventor: Samuel S. Epstein
Large folder operations in a collaborative cloud-based environment
Abstract: Systems for managing operating on folders that comprise a large number of objects in a cloud-based collaboration platform. A cloud-based environment includes storage devices that store content objects accessible by collaborating users. The content objects are identified by one or more hierarchical path identifiers comprising a folder identifier corresponding to a logical grouping. The hierarchical path identifiers are stored in a relational database. Methods receive an operation command from a user to operate on the content objects associated with the logical grouping, after which a relational database search query is generated. Processing of the query returns a plurality of result sets corresponding to respective portions of the content objects associated with the logical grouping. The operation command is applied iteratively over the plurality of result sets, and the command is finalized after the last iteration.
Filed: March 31, 2016
Assignee: Box, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Cheung
Intra-platform data migration
Abstract: A data migration system and method operate within a database platform system, which includes first and second databases, to provide data migration between databases. The data migration includes automatically generating a globally unique identifier for each record of the first database, such as upon creation of each record. Records in the second database are updated or inserted according to whether or not records in the second database have globally unique identifiers that correspond to globally unique identifiers of records in the first database.
Filed: August 12, 2015
Assignee: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
Inventors: David Ross Baker, Mitul J. Hirpara, Michael Gonzales
Transactional commits with hardware assists in remote memory
Abstract: A method for a transactional commit in a storage unit is provided. The method includes receiving a logical record from a storage node into a transaction engine of a storage unit of the storage node and writing the logical record into a data structure of the transaction engine. The method includes writing, to a command queue of the transaction engine, an indication to perform an atomic update using the logical record and transferring each portion of the logical record from the data structure of the transaction engine to non-persistent memory of the storage unit as a committed transaction. A storage unit for a storage system is also provided.
Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
Inventors: John Hayes, Brian Gold, Shantanu Gupta, Robert Lee, Hari Kannan
Asset storage system and method, and computer readable recording medium thereof
Abstract: An asset storage method includes storing an asset database including a plurality of initial business logical entities and a plurality of initial implementation entities; receiving a to-be-searched business logical entity; and searching the initial implementation entities corresponded to the to-be-searched business logical entity. Each initial business logical entity and at least one of the initial implementation entities are related to each other.
Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
Inventor: Wei-Jen Yang
Mobile social network for sharing media captured recently
Abstract: A mobile social network is provided for sharing media captured recently. The mobile social network includes an application server that receives, from a downloader mobile device, a request for media associated with a geographic location. The application server sends a media inquiry to one or more uploader mobile devices near the geographic location. The media inquiry includes information from the request for media. The application server receives a digital media file in response to the media inquiry. The digital media file includes metadata having an authentic capture time of the media associated with the geographic location. The application server generates a results summary, including a status of the digital media file based on the authentic capture time of the media. The application server sends the results summary to the downloader mobile device.
Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
Inventor: Tobi Carver Clinton
List element query support and processing
Abstract: A fast and efficient technique to query which records within a table include a list that includes a specified element, where the queried database does not directly support queries on list elements. To support an update, the technique maps individual elements in a list with unique operand values, such as prime numbers, and calculates a function value, such as multiplication, for the list using the unique operand values, where the function value is then associated with the list. To support a query, the technique uses a complementary function, such as a modulo operation, applied to a unique operand for a specified element and to a function value associated with a list to determine if the function value for the list was generated using the unique operand for the specified element.
Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Mustafa Ugur Torun
Filed: April 2, 2013
Displaying hierarchical multi-attribute data suitable for visual comparison
Abstract: A computer-implemented method renders hierarchical multi-attribute data in a comparative layout on a display device. The method allocates graphical areas for value partitions of the normalized hierarchy of value partitions within a graphical user interface on the display device. The allocating follows the structure and the order of the normalized hierarchy of value partitions, such that the graphical area for a parent value partition contains the graphical area for its children value partitions in a first dimension. For a proportional layout, lengths of the first dimension of the graphical areas for structurally parallel value partitions are equal, and a ratio of lengths of the first dimension of the graphical areas for comparable value partitions equals a ratio of maximal values among structurally parallel value partitions for each corresponding comparable value partition. The method renders a graphical representation of values within the graphical areas of the value partitions.
Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor: Kent Wittenburg
System for providing information relating to points of interest
Abstract: A digital search system for processing and transmitting data structures comprising information relating to points of interest based on a digital image file containing a photo taken by a device. The digital search system includes a location-based retrieval module and an image matching module for receiving and processing digital image files. The system generates a set of places of interest based on the location and heading of the device and the image-based retrieval module and transmits a final results list to the device.
Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
Assignee: PHIND, INC.
Inventors: Rishi Jhunjhnuwala, Dmitry Semenov
Debugging a graph
Abstract: In certain aspects, a method includes: receiving a first graph that includes components and flows, the components representing operations performed on data records, the flows representing flows of data records between components; receiving a specification that is separate from the first graph, the specification defining one or more insertions, each of the insertions associated with a flow of the first graph; generating one or more components that each corresponds to one of the insertions; and generating a second graph that includes components and flows that correspond to at least some of the components and flows of the first graph and the one or more generated components.
Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
Inventors: Carl Offner, Brond Larson, Paul Bay, Dan Teven, Joel Gould
Optimized placement of data
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments included a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for optimizing the placement of data utilizing cloud-based IT services. The apparatus comprises a processor that executes computer-readable program code embodied on a computer program product. By executing that computer-readable program code, the processor extracts content from data and determines the context in which that data was generated, modified, and/or accessed. The processor also classifies the data based on its content and context, determines the cost of storing the data at each a plurality of locations, and specifies which of those locations the data is to be stored based on the classification of that data and the cost of storing that data at each of the plurality of locations.
Filed: March 7, 2016
Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
Assignee: CA, Inc.
Inventors: Donald Joseph Kleinschnitz, Jr., Debra Jean Danielson
Extracting an excerpt from a media object
Abstract: An excerpt of a media object is extracted by computing, for each bar of an N-bar loop, one or more perceptual quality vectors. For each of the one or more perceptual quality vectors within a search zone (S), one or more distances between bar i and bar i+N is computed and sorted to generate a sorted list of bars.
Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
Inventor: Tristan Jehan
Non-disruptive baseline and resynchronization of a synchronous replication relationship
Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for non-disruptively establishing a synchronous replication relationship between a primary volume and a secondary volume and/or for resynchronizing the primary volume and the secondary volume. For example, a baseline snapshot and one or more incremental snapshots of the primary volume are used to construct and incrementally update the secondary volume with data from the primary volume. A dirty region log is used to track modifications to the primary volume. A splitter object is used to split client write requests to the primary volume and to the secondary volume. A synchronous transfer engine session is initiated to processing incoming client write requests using the dirty region log. A cutover scanner is used to transfer dirty data from the primary volume to the secondary volume. In this way, a synchronous replication relationship is established between the primary volume and the secondary volume.
Assignee: NetApp Inc.
Inventors: Rithin Kumar Shetty, Andrew Eric Dunn, Yi Yang
Storage optimization of pre-allocated units of storage
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and processes to optimize the storage of pre-allocated units of storage during a backup operation. Null units of storage are identified in pre-allocated units of storage prior to the backup operation. Upon being identified, the null units of storage are inhibited from being written to a backup image during the backup operation.
Filed: January 30, 2015
Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
Inventors: Sudhakar Paulzagade, Chiraq Dalal
Mobile device agent for personal deduplication
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with performing personal deduplication on a mobile device are described. One example method includes accessing a personal or context sensitive deduplication repository, where the context is based on a time of use of the mobile device, a purpose of use of the mobile device, a location of the mobile device, or an application in use by the mobile device, selectively de-duplicating data arriving at the mobile device, and selectively de-duplicating data to be transmitted by the mobile device, where the deduplication is performed using the personal or context sensitive deduplication repository. Example methods and apparatus may employ a chunking and hashing deduplication approach, a vector deduplication approach, or a delta deduplication approach.
Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
Assignee: Quantum Corporation
Inventor: Camden Davis
Ranking content items based on preference scores
Abstract: A set of content items, such as web pages, are identified in response to a query generated by a user. The Identified content items are initially ranked using a ranking scheme. User-interaction data that describes preferences that the user may have towards some of the ranked content items is received. In order to personalize the ranking of the content items for the user, the user-interaction data is used to re-rank the ranked content items in a way that favors content items that are preferred by the user, while also preserving the initial broadly applicable ranking with respect to content items that are not preferred or that are equally preferred by the user.
Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventors: Paul Bennett, Milad Shokouhi, Richard A. Caruana
Automated enterprise dynamics system
Abstract: A system includes reception of time-series tuples of a first portion of business data, automatic generation of a weighted graph describing relationships between the time-series tuples, automatic generation of one or more causal loop diagrams based on the relationships and on one or more knowledge models associated with the business data, automatic transformation of each of the one or more causal loop diagrams into a respective state flow diagram, automatic annotation of each of the one or more state flow diagrams with parameters and equations, generation of a simulated system based on the one or more annotated state flow diagrams, and evaluation of the simulated system based on a second portion of the business data.
Assignee: SAP SE
Inventors: Marc Drobek, Wasif Gilani, David Redlich, Thomas Molka
Conflict resolution for a multi-user CAx environment
Abstract: A system for conflict resolution in a multi-user design package includes a host computer having a memory and a processor, wherein the host computer is configured to operate a multi-user CAx environment, and is configured to receive edit commands from a plurality of local computers. A conflict resolution module is configured to be executed by the host computer, and the conflict resolution module is configured to prevent implementation of conflicting edit commands received from the plurality of local computers in the multi-user CAx environment.
Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
Inventor: Joshua Daniel Winn
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Posted on 6 October 2014 7 October 2014
Naomi Klein on climate change and growth
On my commute to work on the 6th October, I happened to listen to a programme on BBC radio 4, which provided some fascinating discussion on climate change, growth, capitalism and the need for co-operation. With more countries emerging as leading economic powers, pollution and emissions continue to grow. Is it time for a green revolution?
The programme considers some ‘typical’ policies and also discusses some radical solutions. There is discussion on developing and developed nations and how these countries should be looked at in terms of compensation, entitlement and aid. Carrots and sticks are analysed as means of saving the planet and how environmental damage can be reduced, without adversely affecting the growth rate of the world economy. I won’t say any more, but it’s certainly worth listening to, for an interesting discussion on one of the biggest problems that governments across the world are facing and it is not going to go away any time soon.
Naomi Klein on climate change and growth BBC Radio 4, Start the Week (6/10/14)
What are the market failures with the environment?
Why is global co-operation so important for tackling the problem of climate change?
Which policies are discussed as potential solutions to the problem of climate change?
What has been the problem with the European carbon trading scheme?
Why may there be a trade-off between capitalism, growth and the problem of carbon emissions?
To what extent do you think that countries such as Bangladesh should be ‘compensated’?
Tags: Tagscapitalism, climate change, environment, game theory, growth, international co-operation, Naomi KleinPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 12, Economics 10e: Ch 13, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 20, 7e Ch 20, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 22, 7e Ch 22, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 09, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 08, 7e Ch 07, Podcasts and WebcastsAuthored by: Elizabeth Jones
Posted on 31 May 2014 31 May 2014
Japan’s CPI: An Update
At the end of January 2014, we looked at the problem of deflation and in particular at the fortunes of Japan, as its CPI was rising. As the blog explained, the Japanese economy, rather than being plagued by high inflation has been plagued by deflation and many suggest this is even worse.
In December 2013, Japan’s core consumer prices were growing faster than expected. The data gave the economy a much needed boost, following increases in government spending aimed at stimulating aggregate demand. This in turn pushed up prices, such that they achieved their fastest rate of growth in 5 years. Now, more recent date from May 2014 shows that the trend has continued. Prices in Japan have now increase at their fastest rate in 23 years, rising 3.2% and beating the forecasts of 3.1%. This means that prices have no risen in Japan for 11 consecutive months. Numerous policies have contributed towards this impressive trend for an economy plagued by deflation for 2 decades. Boosts in the money supply, increases in government spending, a rise in sales tax are just some of the contributing factors.
Although the economy is certainly over the problem of deflation, some are now concerned that such price rises may reduce consumer spending. An ironic twist, given that barely a year ago the concern about low consumer spending was due to deflation. The next 12 months will be a key indicator of how consumers will respond to this unusual inflation data – after all inflation and high prices have been pretty uncommon. The following articles consider the update on the Japanese economy.
Japan inflation rate hits 23 year high (including video) BBC News (30/5/14)
Japan April core CPI rises to 23-year high after sales tax rise Reuters (29/5/14)
Japan inflation accelerates Wall Street Journal, Takashi Nakamichi (30/5/14)
Japan’s consumer inflation set to reach five year high The Guardian (18/4/14)
Japan’s inflation at highest rate for 23 years The Telegraph, Rebecca Clancy (30/5/14)
Japan inflation quickens to fastest since 1991 Bloomberg, Toru Fujioka (30/5/14)
Japaense inflation rises at fastest pace in over five years at 1.3% in December 2013 Independent, Russel Lynch (31/1/14)
Why is deflation a problem?
Using an AD/AS diagram, illustrate the problem of expectations and how this contributes to stagnant growth.
Japanese policies have helped create a rise in the CPI. Which policies have been effective in creating rising prices?
Explain how the sales tax has contributed towards higher prices.
With prices rising, there are now concerned that consumer spending may decline. Using a diagram, explain why this may be the case.
In the previous blog, we analysed the Indian economy and said that high inflation was something that was contributing towards lower growth. How is that low inflation or deflation can also contribute towards low growth?
Tags: TagsAbenomics, aggregate demand, consumer expenditure, CPI, deflation, government expenditure, growth, inflation, Japan, monetary easing, sales taxPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 17, Economics 10e: Ch 20, Economics 10e: Ch 22, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 26, 7e Ch 26, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 29, 7e Ch 29, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 30, 7e Ch 30, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 10, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 11, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 09, 7e Ch 08, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 12, 7e Ch 11, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 13, 7e Ch 12Authored by: Elizabeth Jones
Posted on 3 April 2014 3 April 2014
The decline of luxury
Globalisation has led to an increasingly interdependent world, with companies based in one country often dependent on a market abroad. In recent years, it is the rapid growth of countries like China that has led to growth in the size of the markets for many products. With incomes rising in emerging countries, demand for many products has been growing, but in the past year, the trend for Prada has ended and seems to be reversing.
As the market in China matures and growth of demand in Europe slows, Prada has seen its shares fall by the largest margin since June last year.
Prada is a well-known luxury brand. The products it sells are relatively expensive and hence its products are likely to have an income elasticity of demand well above +1. With changes in China and Europe, Prada expects its growth in sales to January 2015 will be ‘low single-digit’ – less than the 7% figure recorded for the last financial year.
This lower growth in same-store sales is likely to continue the following year as well. Add on to this the lower-than-expected profits, which missed analysts’ forecasts, and you have a prime example of a brand that is suffering because of its customer base and the economic times.
Prada isn’t alone in suffering from economic conditions and, relative to its European counterparts, is expected to have higher growth in sales and profits in the next 12 months – at 11.5% and 14.8% respectively. This is according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.
Prada has exploited high demand by Chinese consumers, but has recently been affected by the strength of the euro. A strong euro means that the Italian-based Prada is struggling with exports, which only adds to its problems. As economic growth picks up in China and as other emerging economies begin to experience more rapid economic growth, the fortunes of this luxury-retailer may change once more. However, with volatile economic times still around in many countries, the future of many retailers selling high-end products to higher income customers will remain uncertain. The following articles consider the fortunes of Prada.
Prada shares fall sharply after China luxury warning BBC News (3/4/14)
Prada falls after forecasting slowing luxury sales growth Bloomberg, Andrew Roberts and Vinicy Chan (3/4/14)
Prada profits squeezed by weakness in Europe and crackdown in China The Guardian (2/4/14)
Prada bets on men to accelerate sales growth Reuters, Isla Binnie (2/4/14)
Prada misses full year profit forecast Independent, Laura Chesters (2/4/14)
How can we define a luxury product?
Explain the main factors which have led to a decline in the demand for Prada products over the past 12 months.
Using a diagram, illustrate what is meant by a strong euro and how this affects export demand.
What business strategies are Prada expected to adopt to reverse their fortunes?
Using a diagram, explain the factors that have caused Prada share prices to decline.
Tags: TagsChina, demand, diversification, euro, Europe, exchange rate, exports, growth, income elasticity of demand, luxury, Prada, profits, sales, share pricesPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 02, Economics 10e: Ch 03, Economics 10e: Ch 20, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 04, 7e Ch 04, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 05, 7e Ch 05, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 14, 7e Ch 13, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 16, 7e Ch 16, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 27, 7e Ch 27, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 02, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 13, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 02, 7e Ch 02, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 03, 7e Ch 03, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 13, 7e Ch 12, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 14, 7e Ch 13Authored by: Elizabeth Jones
Posted on 7 January 2014 7 January 2014
Start your engines
There’s been much talk about the UK’s economic recovery and whether or not it has begun and whether consumer spending is actually the cause. The latest sector to post positive figures is the car industry, which has seen 2013 bring in the highest level of car sales since the onset of the credit crunch.
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), vehicle registrations in 2013 were 2.26 million, which represented a 10.8% increase from 2012. That’s not to say that we have returned to the heights seen pre-crisis levels, as sales still remain some way below their 2007 figure, but the data is certainly moving in the right direction. The key questions are: What’s the cause of this growth and what does it mean for the UK economy?
The economy has certainly turned a corner and perhaps consumer confidence is improving to reflect this. With consumes more optimistic about future economic prospects, more luxury items may well be purchased. During the height of the recession, many families may well have said ‘it will last’ or ‘we’ll make do’, referring to their old cars. However, this improved confidence, together with attractive finance deals may have been instrumental in convincing consumers to splash out. This is reflected in the data, which indicates that some 75% of car sales involve a finance package. One further explanation that has been offered by industry analysts is that the refunds individuals are receiving through mis-sold payment protection insurance are providing a nice contribution towards the deposit.
PPI payments will certainly dry up, but as long as attractive finance packages remain, car sales should continue. A key factor affecting affordability may be interest rates. When they increase, any variable rate loans will become more expensive to service and this may act to deter consumers. However, if the car industry helps to stimulate other sectors and wages begin to increase, the overall effect may be to sustain and even further the growth of this key economic sector. The following articles consider the car industry.
UK car sales hit five-year high The Guardian, Angela Monaghan (7/1/14)
UK new car sales highest since 2007, SMTT says BBC News (7/1/14)
Car sales increased by almost 11% in 2013 Sky News (7/1/14)
UK new car sales rise to highest level since 2007 Reuters, David Milliken (7/1/14)
UK car sales up 11% in 2013, topping pre-crisis levels Wall Street Journal, Matthew Curtin and Ian Walker (7/1/14)
New car sales in UK at highest since before recession Independent, Sean O’Grady (7/1/14)
UK car sales top pre-recession levels Financial Times, Henry Foy (6/1/14)
How important is the car industry in the context of the UK economy?
How is the UK car industry performing relative to its Western rivals?
Would a 30% single rate of income tax be equitable?
Explain the way in which car sales have been affected by consumer confidence.
How have finance packages helped to stimulate car sales?
What are the key macroeconomic variables that are likely to affect the future performance of this key sector?
Tags: Tagscar industry, consumer confidence, finance packages, growth, income, interest rates, PPI, recession, sales, SMMT, UKPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 15, Economics 10e: Ch 18, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 26, 7e Ch 26, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 28, 7e Ch 28, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 10, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 09, 7e Ch 08, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 11, 7e Ch 10Authored by: Elizabeth Jones
Posted on 14 September 2013 15 September 2013
A public Tweet
Valued by private investors at more than $10 billion, the future listing on the stock market of Twitter, is an eagerly anticipated event. The necessary forms have been submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ahead of the initial public offering (IPO). Twitter will be looking to avoid the mistakes made by Facebook when they were first listed in May last year. Twitter has also announced its intentions to purchase MoPub, which is a firm specialising in mobile advert exchanges.
So, what will this listing mean for Twitter? The public will now be able to purchase shares in Twitter, in much the same way as you can buy shares in RBS or Facebook. The financial performance of Twitter will come under much greater scrutiny from its shareholders, who will be interested in short term returns and long term stability. Becoming a public limited company will attract investors and is likely to provide a much larger scope for expansion for Twitter. However, as yet no details have been released on a likely date for the flotation or on the prices we can expect.
One thing Twitter will be trying to avoid is a repeat of the problems that beset Facebook and indeed of the problems that other public listings have created for giants such as Google, Zynga and Groupon. When Facebook moved to public ownership, its share prices initially fell below its IPO and subsequently Facebook lost more than half its value. More recent success in mobile advertising has restored the fortunes of this company, but Goldman Sachs, which is handling Twitter’s transition will be looking to avoid a similar occurrence. As Sam Hamadeh from PrivCo (a firm that gathers data on private companies) said:
Twitter will learn from Facebook’s flawed playbook and do the opposite … Unlike Facebook, which waited too long to IPO (until its growth rate decelerated), Twitter will IPO at just the right inflection point: while revenue grows in triple digits.
Twitter is a rapidly growing business, but still has significant scope for expansion and this move to public ownership may be just the thing. Setting the right IPO and the right date will be crucial, as a multitude of factors can and do affect the price of shares listed on the stock market. Twitter will also need to ‘focus on doing the right stuff’ to make a success of the listing and its purchase of Mopub looks to be a step in the right direction. For now, all we can do is speculate, but if the launch is successful, then the founders of Twitter are likely to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars each.
Twitte files for IPO The Telegraph, Sophie Curtis (13/9/13)
Twitter plans stock market listing (see also) BBC News (13/9/13)
Twitter files for IPO, hopes to avoid Facebook’s mistakes Independent, Nikhil Humar and James Vincent (12/9/13)
Facebook shares close 11% below flotation price BBC News (21/5/12)
Twitter fails to answer key IPO questions Financial Times, Richard Waters and April Dembosky (13/9/13)
Twitter IPO: how much is it worth? The Guardian, Juliette Garside (13/9/13)
Twitter IPO: Tech float successes and disasters The Telegraph, Gabrielle Putter and Szu Ping Chan (13/9/13
Twitter to see ‘strong demand’ for share sale BBC News (13/9/13)
Twitter IPO: Firm in stock market launch bid Sky News (13/9/13)
What are the characteristics of a public limited company? Are there advantages and disadvantages?
Which factors affect (a) the supply of shares and (b) the demand for shares?
What mistakes were made by Facebook when it made the transition to public ownership?
How does advertising generate revenue for Twitter?
How might you go about valuing Twitter or Facebook?
Companies such as Twitter and Facebook have hundreds of millions of subscribers. Are there network externalities of this?
Twitter is purchasing MoPub. What type of takeover would you classify this as?
Tags: Tagsdemand, expansiong, Facebook, growth, IPO, merger, network externalities, price, public ownership, shares, supply, TwitterPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 02, Economics 10e: Ch 03, Economics 10e: Ch 09, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 01, 7e Ch 01, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 04, 7e Ch 04, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 14, 7e Ch 13, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 16, 7e Ch 16, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 01, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 02, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 06, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 02, 7e Ch 02Authored by: Elizabeth Jones
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Golden Globes – My picks for Film~Best Actor/Actress/Director/Supporting/Foreign
My picks for these awards are just that..MY PICKS! 😀 This is my favourite award show as it’s both Film & TV..I mean how can you go wrong with the best of both genres drinking it up at one awards show with Tina Fey & Amy Pohler hosting. Well the answer is you can’t. I’ve seen almost all the films presented this year, even the foreign ones – though yes, I’ve missed a few as there is only so much one human-being can do! ha! You might agree or even better, you might dis-agree ~ it’s all good. I will warn you, I did pretty well last year with my picks and this year I think I’m going to do even better. So with that..I give you #peggyatthemovies 2014 Golden Globe picks! Cheers!
BEST PICTURE (DRAMA):
I loved the premise of this movie.. the movie itself was good..but not great for me.
“Foxcatcher”
I will say I was glad I went into this film not knowing to much about it. Performances were very good, but still not my pick here.
“The Imitation Game” – WINNER
I loved everything about this movie. The story is so good~the much speculated and talked about inaccuracies and all. The acting even better, and alas it was the only movie to make me cry..both times I saw it.
Like it as it’s quite a powerful film with all it’s much talked about inaccuracies also…just didn’t love it.
Really like the film..second viewing the other night was even better.. performance by both actors, especially Eddie Redmayne, is what awards are made for. Still not my top choice for best picture though.
BEST PICTURE (COMEDY/MUSICAL):
“Birdman” – WINNER
From the 1st viewing to my 3rd viewing.. BRILLIANT!!
I enjoyed this movie as it was tons of fun and entertaining..though I might not think it’s best picture material, others might.
Will admit to not having seen it yet..as it just wasn’t on the top of my to-see list. I will eventually get to it though.
This movie never came to a theatre near me as far as I know as it was on my list..if it did, it was in and out so fast I missed it. Too bad because it seems as it would be right up my alley.
This was a fun, sweet film.. I mean how can you not like Bill Murray..and the kid was great..but still not a top film for moi.
BEST DIRECTOR:
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Wes Anderson has done some good films that I’ve really liked..and I did like this a lot, just not enough for it to be my pick in this category.
Ava DuVernay, “Selma”
Good film..love the fact that a woman director got nominated and it was great hearing her speak about the film trials & tribulations after the screening, but alas, it’s not my pick.
David Fincher, “Gone Girl”
I mean who doesn’t love David Fincher..He;s done some brilliant stuff..and I liked this film a lot as it had a good creep/twisty factor but it’s not an award winner.
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman” – WINNER
But there is only one “Birdman” and this film was stunning with it’s long one-shots and imagination. I loved loved loved it…all 3 times to be exact.
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Yes, I was stunned as I watched this film unfold as to the idea of it all..and that idea was Richard Linklater’s – but I just didn’t like the movie enough to make it my #1 .. though if Alejandro doesn’t win, he would be my 2nd choice based on just the fact it was done over a 12yr time period..that’s a huge commitment and undertaking.
BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA):
Jennifer Aniston, “Cake”
I wish I could say I’ve seen this film/performance as a lot of people are raving about it. But I blinked and missed it for the 1 week it was in like 2 theatres here.
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
Loved the film, loved the performance especially for her 1st major leading role and she was wonderful..my 2nd choice for sure.
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” – WINNER
Can we not just give Julianne the damn award already??!!! She needs to finally win it for a lead role in a film dammit!!
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
While I’m not Rosamund Pike’s biggest fan, she was crazy creepy good in this role. But then she also did Simon Pegg’s “The Pursuit of Happyness” this year which was awful. Just for that reason alone she doesn’t deserve this. 🙂
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Yeah..everyone said I would be ‘WOWED’ by this film & her performance..I wasn’t. It was good..not great.
BEST ACTOR (DRAMA):
Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
Funny-man turned oh-so-serious and pulled it off..pretty well I might add.
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
2014 was definitely the year of the Brits. This performance is outstanding..it really is..but it’s also my 2nd choice. I know..I know..ALREADY!
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nighcrawler”
Jake pulled off creepy-shitshow reporter here.. but he didn’t come close to my 2 top picks performance wise.
David Oyelowo, “Selma”
Good performance..fair movie..but like Jake, just didn’t come close to the top 2.
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything” – WINNER
Yes, I am giving my pick to Eddie Redmayne here..why..because simply put he was BRILLIANT BEYOND BELIEF. He embodied Stephen Hawking in every way, shape, form & speech. This performance is why awards are given. period.
BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY/MUSICAL):
Amy Adams, “Big Eyes” – WINNER
Really good performance.. was it the ‘gold standard’ of American Hustle that I loved..no..but then neither was the film and sadly the actress roles were seriously lacking this year across the board. She was however good enough to win this.
Emily Blunt, “Into The Woods”
I’ve come to like Emily Blunt more & more..she was great as an action star with Tom Cruise in ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ pulling this off is harder.
Helen Mirren, “The Hundred Foot Journey”
Didn’t see this film..again, I’ve read the movie itself is mediocre but how can you not love Helen Mirren is just about anything.
Julianne Moore, “Maps To The Stars”
Again, blinked and missed this one, but I hear Julianne did a bang-up job.
Quvenzhane Wallis, “Annie”
Let’s face it..we know the genre was lacking contenders so this is a ‘fill up the category’ nomination.
BEST ACTOR (COMEDY/MUSICAL):
Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
I’m a fan of this film and of the performance, as it was fun. But it’s not a win.
Michael Keaton, “Birdman” – WINNER
Let’s face it..we ALL love a really good comeback. And Michael Keaton gives it to us lock, stock and barrel in this film. He’s a fantastic actor who deserves this big time.
Bill Murray, “St. Vincent”
I j’adore Bill Murray. From ‘Caddyshack’ to ‘Groundhog Day’ to this film. How can you not? But it just wasn’t a better performance than my pick for winner.
Joaquin Phoenix, “Inherent Vice”
Ridiculous film..ridiculous performance..and I love Joaquin. This shouldn’t even be up and I’m guessing was another ‘fill in the category’ nomination
Christoph Waltz, “Big Eyes”
Good performance and while some thought it over the top..I was lucky enough to see a screening with a Q & A afterwards with cast/director where they noted it was actually toned it down. I liked it, not enough for a win though.
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
The part I loved most about this was when I finally realized that they were doing this over a 12yr period and having a giggle over ‘hey, that’s when she was doing “Medium” hair-style etc. She probably did the best work of her career here and stands a good chance of winning.
Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year” – WINNER
Jessica just went against type here and really came out strong in this performance for me. Very different style & film.
Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
For once Keira Knightley did not annoy the bejesus out of me..She was actually decent in this role. Though she also did ‘Begin Again’ – where she was annoying and probably one of the 5 worst movies of the year ‘Laggies’ – so she can not not not possibly deserve this award.
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Was one of my top 3 films of the year, but definitely not a favourite performance here. It grew on me a bit more by the 3rd viewing, but still, nope.
Meryl Streep, “Into The Woods”
It’s Meryl. What else is there to say? she’s always good.
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
This was a fairly good movie, and a nice performance. Though sweetly done, not a winner for me.
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
I remember when the screening started and I thought “how does Ethan look so damn young here” and it took me a good hour to finally realize what they did here. I’ve always liked Ethan, through the good and the bad..this was part of the good.
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
I’m so torn here as until I saw Whiplash, he had my vote. hands down. but now, uuuggghhh torn, torn, torn! But he’s my 2nd choice, and it actually hurts to say that.
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
I thought Ruffalo was out of place in this film. He’s playing someone who is clearly supposed to be so much younger and it didn’t come off for me. I know a lot of people loved him in it. He was just okay for me.
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” – WINNER
Damn this movie was good. Even better the 2nd time with a full screening and J.K. & Dir:Damien Chazelle speaking afterwards to fill it all in. I’ve been a J.K.Simmons fan since “OZ” and he blows you away in this film. He so deserves this award for everything he’s done in his career that has been so good, but most of all for bringing this character to life like no other.
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
“Force Majeure” – WINNER
I was way behind on my foreign films because they were all screening at the same times and their English counterparts and I could only do so much. That being said, I saw this the other day..really good film..loved it.
Wasn’t able to see this yet
Caught this film this week, and while I know it’s the fav. I found my pick to be all-around better film.
This was an okay-good film. I know sometimes maybe a bit gets lost in translation, and while I thought visually it was beautiful, it story was scattered and lost.
Was not able to see it.
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writer, editor & curator
Fabrizio Bellomo, Christto&Andrew, Martina della Valle, Annabel Elgar, Sanna Kannisto, Taisuke Koyama, Alberto Sinigaglia and The Cool Couple
curated by Alessandro Carrer, Sergio Giusti and Paola Paleari
Metronom, Modena
April 12, 2017 – June 3, 2017
www.metronom.it
ANTOLOGIA is a group exhibition curated by Alessandro Carrer, Sergio Giusti and Paola Paleari with a selection of works by Fabrizio Bellomo, Christto&Andrew, Martina della Valle, Annabel Elgar, Sanna Kannisto, Taisuke Koyama, Alberto Sinigaglia and The Cool Couple.
In connection with Generazione critica project, started in 2013, Carrer, Giusti e Paleari were asked to explore the gallery’s archive as a starting point for free associations and new connections between the gallery’s represented artists and their artworks.
The show is the result of a critical re-reading of Metronom’s recent history; by picking into what the gallery has presented through its activity, the curators deepen the work of individual artists, evaluating the evolution of individual researches and at the same time offering an overall vision of the gallery’s identity.
The exhibition Antologia will be the occasion for a series of public conversation between artists and curators and will be connected with the activities of the online platform generazionecritica.it.
Christto & Andrew, The Cool Couple, Annabel Elgar
Word as Object
by Paola Paleari
My reflection for the retrospective exhibition at Metronom takes its premise on the concept of “World as Object” formulated by Roland Barthes in the homonymous essay written in 1953. Here, the philosopher looks at the Dutch painting of the Seventeenth century as a manifestation of the strong social and political changes of that time, characterized by a diminishing status of religion and the rise of the bourgeois class.
The still life technique is widely used in contemporary photography, where it plays a transversal role, putting different genres, scopes and languages in communication. The centrality performed by the object, its composition and representation in present-day photography reflects the impact carried out on our daily lives by the technological and digital innovations, that are leading to an increasing dematerialization and synthesization of the tools in support of our primary functions.
To an extent equal and opposite to this phenomenon, the object is given the responsibility to embody evidence of an intangible process – no matter whether of a conceptual, formal or narrative nature – in the photographic frame. Despite differences in approach, motivation and style, each of the pictures I have chosen for the exhibition is based on the research for a synthetic composition that could condense entire systems of meaning in a single set of elements.
Christto & Andrew, Neo-Bodegon, 2014
The images by Christto & Andrew are a clear demonstration of this process, and represent a visual compendium of external stimuli: social structures, cultural conventions, collective imagery, perception of history, time and progress. The artistic duo is based in Doha, Qatar, and this exerts a strong influence on their production, based on the depiction of the sense of surreality and estrangement typical of a country characterized by a rampant political and economic development.
The photographs by Christto & Andrew are opulent compositions, obtained through a careful study, where every detail contributes to the creation of a universe that is manipulated and exaggerated, but also deeply ironic. In the images on display, still life is the essential tool that takes advantage of the ability of inanimate objects to be analyzed and become raw material for an artistic rendering of the contemporary world.
The Cool Couple, Untitled from the series Approximation to the West, 2016
The project Approximation to the West by The Cool Couple examines the ability of photography to be an investigative tool, in a historical moment where the metaphor on which the Western gaze is founded (the disembodied eye and the rhetoric of detachment) is gone, while contemporary society has paradoxically structured itself around visual data.
In this, still life is of great importance, as it meets the need to bear witness to the process: it represents a moment in which the imagery produced through the use of lanscape and the reworking of archival material is interrupted by a cross-section on the mechanisms in operation behind it. The tension between historical account, objectivity, storytelling and imaginary distortion is a latent theme that connects all the photographs of ATTW, but that unfolds primarly in the type of images chosen for this exhibition.
Annabel Elgar, Office drawer, West Virginia, 2014. A moon rock was discovered in the home of retired dentist, Robert Conner.
The series Cheating the Moon by Annabel Elgar takes as its starting point the investigation about the stolen and missing moon rocks from the Apollo Moon Landings of the 1960s. Of the 270 rocks that were given to the nations of the world by the Nixon administration shortly after the expeditions, approximately 180 are currently unaccounted for. The project presents an archive of lunar rock findings that refers to both factual and fictitious sources, where discerning one from the other becomes a complex proposition.
Within this frame, the object is employed as an evidence of facts, no matter if true or false, and is transformed in an autonomous spectacle by the use of the still life technique. The images chosen for this exhibition, in the contrasting combination of their seeming alienation from any given context and the precision of their captions, work to create a whole set of narrative pointers and references.
Left: Christto&Andrew, Mirror, 2015
Right: The Cool Couple, Untitled from the series Approximation to the West, 2016
Left: Annabel Elgar, Evidence – article 5. A ransom note and typewriter recovered from a furniture warehouse basement, Texas, USA, 2014
Right: Christto & Andrew, An Unusual Request, 2015
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Above the Cloud: Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Aerospace Sector
Florida International University Law Review, 2015, Forthcoming
33 Pages Posted: 23 Oct 2014
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Scott Shackelford
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law; Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs; Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research; Stanford Center for Internet and Society; Stanford Law School
Indiana University Bloomington - Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was under sustained cyber attacks for years, according to Congressional testimony. Yet this incident was only part of a string of some thirteen successful breaches in 2011 alone, prompting an investigation by the NASA Office of Inspector General, which stated: “We found that computer servers on NASA’s Agency-wide mission network had high-risk vulnerabilities that were exploitable from the Internet.” The report goes on to note, “These deficiencies occurred because NASA had not fully assessed and mitigated risks to its Agency-wide mission network and was slow to assign responsibility for IT security oversight to ensure the network was adequately protected.” Yet NASA is far from the only victim in the air and space sector of cyber attacks. Organizations ranging from defense contractors like Lockheed Martin to SpaceX have been targeted, and sometimes penetrated, resulting in the loss of invaluable trade secrets that impact economic competitiveness and national security alike. This Article argues that a polycentric response is needed to manage the cyber threat to the aerospace sector. As part of this approach, aerospace organizations should utilize the recently released National Institute for Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework to better protect their assets by instilling cybersecurity best practices from the bottom up, and engage in more robust information sharing similar to recent efforts in the critical infrastructure and retail sectors.
Keywords: cybersecurity, aerospace, space, aviation, NIST Framework, cyber attack, trade secrets
Shackelford, Scott J. and Russell, Scott, Above the Cloud: Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Aerospace Sector (October 21, 2014). Florida International University Law Review, 2015, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2512905
Scott J. Shackelford (Contact Author)
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law ( email )
Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs ( email )
79 JFK Street
Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research ( email )
Wylie Hall 105
100 South Woodlawn
Stanford Center for Internet and Society ( email )
Stanford Law School ( email )
Stanford, CA 94305
Indiana University Bloomington - Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research ( email )
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Financial Intermediation in Private Equity: How Well Do Funds of Funds Perform?
50 Pages Posted: 24 May 2017
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Robert S. Harris
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
Tim Jenkinson
University of Oxford - Said Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Steven N. Kaplan
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Ruediger Stucke
Warburg Pincus LLC
Darden Business School Working Paper No. 2620582
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 13 May 2017
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 May 2017
Date Written: May 2017
This paper focuses on funds of funds (FOFs) as a form of financial intermediation in private equity (both buyout and venture capital). After accounting for fees, FOFs provide returns equal to or above public market indices for both buyout and venture capital. While FOFs focusing on buyouts outperform public markets, they underperform direct fund investment strategies in buyout. In contrast, the average performance of FOFs in venture capital is on a par with results from direct venture fund investing. This suggests that FOFs in venture capital (but not in buyouts) are able to identify and access superior performing funds.
Harris, Robert S. and Jenkinson, Tim and Kaplan, Steven Neil and Stucke, Ruediger, Financial Intermediation in Private Equity: How Well Do Funds of Funds Perform? (May 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23428. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2971825
Robert S. Harris (Contact Author)
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business ( email )
HOME PAGE: http://www.darden.virginia.edu/faculty/harris.htm
University of Oxford - Said Business School ( email )
Oxford, OX1 1HP
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Steven Neil Kaplan
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business ( email )
5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Warburg Pincus LLC ( email )
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Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Volatility in a Small Open Economy
45 Pages Posted: 18 Apr 2002 Last revised: 7 Jul 2005
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Jordi Galí
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Tommaso Monacelli
Bocconi University - Department of Economics
UPF Economics and Business Working Paper 835
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2005
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Jun 2002
We lay out a small open economy version of the Calvo sticky price model, and show how the equilibrium dynamics can be reduced to a tractable canonical system in domestic inflation and the output gap. We employ this framework to analyze the macroeconomic implications of three alternative monetary policy regimes for the small open economy: domestic inflation targeting, CPI targeting and an exchange rate peg. We show that a key difference among these regimes lies in the relative amount of exchange rate volatility that they entail. We also discuss a special case for which domestic inflation targeting constitutes the optimal policy, and where a simple second order approximation to the utility of the representative consumer can be derived and used to evaluate the welfare losses associated with suboptimal regimes.
Gali, Jordi and Monacelli, Tommaso, Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Volatility in a Small Open Economy (April 2002). NBER Working Paper No. w8905. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=307875
Jordi Gali (Contact Author)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) ( email )
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
+34 93 542 2754 (Phone)
HOME PAGE: http://www.econ.upf.es/~gali
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics ( email )
50 Memorial Drive
Bocconi University - Department of Economics ( email )
Via Gobbi 5
Milan, 20136
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SpongeBob SquarePants Turns 20: The Voices of SpongeBob and Patrick Talk Longevity, Favorite Jokes and More
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Can you believe that this year marks the 20th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants? The series debuted on July 17, 1999 and has been a staple in pop culture ever since.
In honor of the momentous date, Nickeloden is kicking off the celebrations with the premiere of “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” on Friday, July 12 at 7 p.m. ET. The mixed live-action and animation special will feature the voice talent of SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton playing live-action doppelganger versions of the characters they voice. While the residents of Bikini Bottom set up a surprise birthday party for SpongeBob, he and Patrick go on a bus tour of the surface to see how creatures live out of the water.
Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke who voice SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, respectively, sat down with Parade.com to talk about life in Bikini Bottom.
Who’s your favorite voice of all-time?
TK: Mel Blanc.
BF: Foghorn Leghorn – Loved him.
Outside of the characters that you voice, who’s your favorite character on SpongeBob SquarePants?
TK: Squidward’s tragically flawed and also hilarious. Squidward is very funny but there’s also a lot of pain there. He’s my favorite.
BF: SpongeBob is my favorite, hands down.
Did you think the show would still be running after 20 years, and what do you think is the reason for the show’s longevity and continued popularity?
BF: No one ever expects anything to run a long time. I think we were very fortunate to Nickelodeon for allowing Stephen to develop the show in an organic way. At the heart of it, the success of the show is built on the person Stephen Hillenburg was. It is somehow embodied into what we do.
TK: Anything that the show was at the beginning and still is, is all directly traceable back to Stephen Hillenburg’s original pitch and stuff he wrote down on a piece of paper or drew in a sketch book before SpongeBob was ever animated or actors cast to voice them. We’re all just kind of picking up the breadcrumbs he left for us.
How does SpongeBob afford a pineapple house on a fry cook’s salary?
TK: Location, location, location! Gentrification hasn’t hit Bikini Bottom yet.
BF: I wonder how many young people who grew up on the show and at some point are watching a documentary on Easter Island…
TK: Hey, that’s Squidward’s house!
Krusty Krab or Chum Bucket?
BF: I don’t think people ever successfully eat at the Chum Bucket.
TK: If they do, they don’t keep it down for long. I’d have to say Chum Bucket just because my wife is over there. She voices Plankton’s wife, Karen.
Do you have a favorite joke or scene from the series?
BF: There are so many in there. I like the simple things like Squidward saying to Patrick, “Patrick, don’t you have to go be an idiot somewhere else?” and Patrick goes, “Not until four.” I just like those little bits.
TK: There’s so much stuff we do on our show that you could never do in a live-action show. There’s a sequence in an early episode where Patrick comes to work at the Krusty Krab and SpongeBob is just trying to walk Patrick through the process of unscrewing the lid off a jar. Just simple stuff like that—like a guy’s so dumb he doesn’t know where the lid of a jar is when he’s holding a jar. I just love the ridiculousness of it.
Related: Why Kids Want to Stay Here: The Best Themed Hotel Rooms in the U.S.
Do you prefer acting in front of the camera or voiceover work?
TK: For me, voiceover, 110%. That’s always what I wanted to do. I didn’t do much “acting.” I wasn’t in school plays, I wasn’t in Pippin.
BF: You didn’t do Pippin?
TK: No. I did standup comedy since my teenage years. Once I started doing cartoon voiceover, I loved it. It immediately rendered all other entertainment employment secondary.
BF: I’d much rather hear animation work I’ve done than see this [motions to his face]. I came from theater.
TK: Did you do Pippin?
BF: Pippin, no. I did The Robber Bridegroom and A Little Night Music, though. I love musicals, actually. I love doing plays but when I watch myself on camera I’m so horribly critical of what I do.
The celebration will culminate in The SpongeBob Movie: It’s a Wonderful Sponge in summer 2020. “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout” premieres Friday, July 12 at 7 p.m. ET on Nickelodeon.
Related: SpongeBob on Broadway? Meet the Young Actor Bringing the Iconic Character to Life
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Arachis hypogaea - L.
Common Name Peanut
Family Fabaceae or Leguminosae
USDA hardiness 7-10
Known Hazards Of greatest concern is possible contamination of damaged or spoiled seeds with the teratogenic, carcinogenic aflatoxins. Two principal toxins, aflatoxins B, and G, and their less toxic dihydro derivatives, aflatoxins B2 and G2 are formed by the aflatoxin producing moulds (Aspergillus flavus et al). Prevention of mould growth is the mainstay, there being no satisfactory way to remove the toxins from feed and foods (however, peanut oils are free of aflatoxins because of alkaline processing)[269]. Avoid if any suggestion of allergy.
Habitats Not known in a truly wild state.
Range S. America.
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Arachis hypogaea is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft).
It is hardy to zone (UK) 8 and is frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile.
It can fix Nitrogen.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very acid and very alkaline soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.
Arachis nambyquarae. Lathyrus esquirolii.
Cultivated Beds;
Edible Parts: Leaves Oil Oil Seed Seedpod
Edible Uses: Coffee Oil Oil
Seed - raw, cooked or ground into a powder. Peanuts are a staple food in many tropical zones and are widely exported to temperate area of the world. The seeds have a delicious nutty flavour and can be eaten on their own either raw or roasted[K]. The seeds are commonly ground up and used as peanut butter in sandwiches etc[269]. They can also be cooked in a variety of dishes and are also ground into a powder when they can be used with cereals to greatly improve the protein content of breads, cakes etc[K]. The seed is very rich in protein and oil, it is also a good source of minerals and vitamins, especially the B complex[200]. A nutritional analysis is available[218]. A non-drying edible oil is obtained from the seed[200]. This is one of the most commonly used edible oils is the world. It is similar in composition to olive oil and is often used in cooking, making margarines, salad oils etc[200]. The oilseed cake is said to be a good source of arginine and glutamic acid, used in treating mental deficiencies[269]. The roasted seed makes an excellent coffee substitute[7, 269]. Young pods may be consumed as a vegetable[269]. Young leaves and tips are suitable as a cooked green vegetable[269]. Javanese use the tips for lablab, and germinating seeds to make toge[269].
Figures in grams (g) or miligrams (mg) per 100g of food.
Seed (Fresh weight)
500 Calories per 100g
Water : 13%
Protein: 29g; Fat: 45g; Carbohydrate: 15g; Fibre: 2.7g; Ash: 2.5g;
Minerals - Calcium: 49mg; Phosphorus: 409mg; Iron: 3.8mg; Magnesium: 0mg; Sodium: 0mg; Potassium: 0mg; Zinc: 0mg;
Vitamins - A: 15mg; Thiamine (B1): 0.79mg; Riboflavin (B2): 0.14mg; Niacin: 15.5mg; B6: 0mg; C: 1mg;
Reference: [ 218]
Notes: The figures given here are the median figures of those quoted in the report.
Antiseborrheic Aperient Demulcent Emollient Pectoral
The oil from the seed is aperient, demulcent, emollient and pectoral[218]. The seed is used mainly as a nutritive food[268]. The seeds have been used in folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory, aphrodisiac and decoagulant[269]. Peanuts play a small role in various folk pharmacopoeias. In China the nuts are considered demulcent, pectoral, and peptic; the oil aperient and emollient, taken internally in milk for treating gonorrhoea, externally for treating rheumatism[269]. In Zimbabwe the peanut is used in folk remedies for plantar warts. Haemostatic and vasoconstrictor activity are reported. The alcoholic extract is said to affect isolated smooth muscles and frog hearts like acetylcholine. The alcoholic lipoid fraction of the seed is said to prevent haemophiliac tendencies and for the treatment of some blood disorders (mucorrhagia and arthritic haemorrhages) in haemophilia[269].
Biomass Oil Oil
The seeds yield a non-drying oil that has a wide range of uses including the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, soaps, cold creams, pomades and lubricants, paints, emulsions for insect control, and fuel for diesel engines[268, 269]. Peanut hulls are used for furfural, fuel, as a filler for fertilizers or for sweeping compounds[269].
Prefers a light humus-rich well-drained soil in a warm sunny sheltered position, though it will tolerate heavier soils[200, 269]. Plants prefer hot dry conditions when the crop is ripening[200]. Peanuts are quite tolerant of acid soils, and aluminium, requiring a minimum of lime for acceptable yields[269]. Tolerates a pH in the range 4.3 to 8.7[269]. Plants are not frost-hardy and most cultivars require too long a growing season to make them a viable crop in Britain. Some cultivars, however (listed below), have a shorter growing season and are worthy of more research in this country[K]. The peanut is widely cultivated in the tropics and sub-tropics for its edible seed and oil contained in the seed, there are many named varieties[200]. It grows best between latitudes 40° south and 40° north[200]. Yields average about 1 tonne of unshelled nuts per hectare, about 80% of this weight is edible seeds (erect forms) and 60 - 75% (running forms)[200]. Crops can be grown at further distances from the equator but yields are likely to be poor[200]. There are three main groups of cultivars:- 'Virginia' has large seeds, 'Valencia' has four seeds per pod and 'Spanish' has the smallest seeds[200]. There are running and erect forms in each group[200]. The erect forms mature more quickly and are therefore more likely to succeed in colder areas[200]. 'Early Spanish' matures in 105 days and has cropped reliably as far north as Canada[183]. 'Spanish' matures in 110 days and crops in Canada if grown in a light sandy soil with southern exposure[183]. Plants are, in general, self-pollinating, though occasional outcrossing by bees occurs[269]. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[200]. When removing plant remains at the end of the growing season, it is best to only remove the aerial parts of the plant, leaving the roots in the ground to decay and release their nitrogen.
Seed - pre-soak for 12 hours in warm water and sow the seed in mid spring in a warm greenhouse. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots of fairly rich soil and grow them on fast, planting them out after the last expected frosts and giving them some protection (such as a cloche) until they have settled down and are growing well.
Arachis glabrata Perennial peanut 0 0
Arachis pintoi Pinto peanut 0 0
Tue Jun 6 2006
people, you don't know how to plant peanuts!!!! Yo don't soak them and you don't transplant them either... please be better informed about the crop because you mislead people!
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Nominations sought for nonprofit Impact Awards
July 8, 2013 | Sandra Cyr
Blackbaud is accepting nominations for the Impact Awards, a nonprofit awards program honoring organizations that use technology to make a positive impact on their mission, constituents and society.
The 2013 Impact Awards will be presented at bbcon, Blackbaud’s annual conference for nonprofits, being held Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. To qualify, nonprofits must demonstrate that they have achieved results and positive impact through return on investment, meeting (or exceeding) program goals and organizational efficiency.
Open to all nonprofits, the Impact Awards honor organizations in six categories:
Best Interactive Campaign
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Best Use of Peer-to-Peer/Special Events
Best Use of Analytics
Best Use of CRM Technology
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What the Impossible Burger Shortage Can Teach Restaurants About Inventory Management
By: Brian Shultz
It can come without warning.
But, in this case, it came with a clear warning.
Restaurants across the nation were recently shell-shocked when Impossible Foods, makers of the plant-based Impossible Burger, experienced product shortages. They informed distributors and restaurants that they would be unable to fulfill all pending orders for the time being. For many restaurants, the Impossible Burger serves as a plant-based meat alternative menu item. It can help to accommodate vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian diners. Interestingly enough, though, meat-eaters represent the largest group of patrons ordering plant-based meat alternatives.
At the 2019 National Restaurant Association Show, the 'plant-based boom' was the talk of the town. Between summer 2017 and summer 2018, sales in the plant-based alternative category – including both plant-based meat alternatives and plant-based milk alternatives – were up 9% year over year.
Read More: Check Out Toast's Live Coverage of The 2019 National Restaurant Association Show
The demand for plant-based meat substitutes that mimic the real thing in terms of taste and texture has grown exponentially in recent years. This has come in light of increasing societal and political concerns over animal welfare, the meat and dairy industries’ detrimental effects on the environment, an increased demand for heart-healthy menu items, and food surplus management.
Impossible Foods has benefited from the plant-based boom via large-scale deals with quick-service chains and franchises like White Castle, Qdoba, and, most recently, Burger King, who will be rolling out a white-labeled Whopper version of the Impossible Burger nationwide in the coming months.
Obviously, these large-scale deals are great for Impossible Foods, as well as competitors like Beyond Meat (which launched a successful IPO in early May). However, without the proper systems in place to scale and successfully meet this overwhelming demand from their B2B channel, the many smaller, independent restaurants who rely on the Impossible Burger as a customer draw are left to suffer the consequences. Back in April, Impossible Foods sent a memo to its distributors that product shortages were imminent, with the company currently expanding labor force hours and a second production line to meet demand and rectify the situation.
So what can restaurants do when faced with the sudden challenge of managing a product they may not be able to restock anytime soon?
Read More: Meatless Monday Ideas for Restaurants: 5 Reasons Why It's a Cash Cow
1. Talk to Your Distributors Regularly
The Impossible Burger shortage highlights the importance of establishing a strong, communicative relationship with your restaurant’s food distributor. In this particular case, Impossible Foods did tell its distributors that a shortage was imminent, though it's unclear whether these distributors properly communicated this message to their restaurant clients at all. If they did, it's unclear whether they gave their restaurants enough of a heads up to prepare a backup plan. It's worth noting that Impossible Foods also directly informed some of the restaurants that carry their burger about the impending shortage.
Maintaining a great rapport and frequent communication with the actual makers of your specialized food ingredients, though time consuming, can be hugely beneficial.
2. Buy in Bulk
Restaurateurs who knew of the imminent shortage beat their neighbors to the punch and ordered extra product right away. New York City vegan French café Delice & Sarrasin placed an order for three cases and were promptly informed by their distributor that they only had two cases left for all of New York City. Tim Sykes of Ruby’s Café, also located in New York City, contacted an alternate distributor and ordered the last eleven cases they had in stock.
As previously mentioned, sales in all plant-based categories were up 9% between summer 2017 and 2018, and the market is expected to continue to grow exponentially in the next few years. If plant-based meat alternatives are one of the stars on your menu, consider buying in bulk from your distributor so you don't run out. While you're at it, it's worth shopping around to see what smaller players in the booming plant-based meat alternative space have to offer. Given that Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have their sights set on the franchise and quick-service chain market, there may be competitors who specialize in the independent restaurant space and can provide you with a better inventory purchasing experience.
Read More: How to Set Up A Par Inventory Sheet
3. Be Creative
This might be an opportunity for restaurants to explore new menu options and items. Plant-based proteins aren't just attractive to vegetarian or flexitarian diners; omnivores are actually the largest buying group, as well as Millennial and Gen Z diners who are interested in trying the goods.
If you come to find that a particular food ingredient or product won’t be available to reorder for some time (we're not just talking plant-based meat alternatives), it may be wise to suspend the usual menu item that bears it and swap in a seasonal replacement or limited-time offer (LTO) to stretch it out. For example, instead of serving a full plant-based meat alternative patty, half a patty could serve as the base for a plant-based pasta Bolognese or a taco salad. Aroogas Grill House & Sports Bar has incorporated ground plant-based patties into two limited time offers: nachos and chili.
4. Consider an Alternative
A restaurant in need can always consider a substitute ingredient or product; that being said, it may not go according to plan.
The aforementioned Ruby’s Café replaced the Impossible Burger with a similar version from its competitor Beyond Meat, only to have a number of customers turn around and leave after being informed of the switch. Of course, it’s still better to try and offer a comparable menu item than do nothing at all, in hopes of retaining some of that customer base expecting to dine on it that visit. It all depends on the particular tastes and loyalties of your usual guests.
5. Master Your Inventory
This is also an opportunity to stress the importance of looking over your food inventory across the board. Make sure there’s someone on staff specifically tasked with overseeing and fortifying all food and ingredient quantities, as well as handling any challenges when it comes to low quantities or known and impending shortages. A restaurant with the business volume to warrant it might even benefit from a full-time inventory manager, someone with experience navigating such situations.
Learn More: The Inventory Software Powering Successful Restaurants
6. Use The Inventory Shortage As a Marketing Opportunity
When a guest arrives expecting this particular menu option only to be let down, a staff member can engage their future business by promising to let them know when the product will be back in stock. This can be done a few ways:
Mentioning it in a pre-existing email blast or recurring newsletter that the restaurant sends out to a list of subscribers; it’s a valid excuse to add an interested customer to the subscriber list
A “Grand return of the _____!” post on all social media outlets
A specific list of customers to contact personally via phone or email when the product is back in stock
Read More: How to Turn Your Menu into a Marketing Tool
Prepare for The Impossible
Impossible Foods provides a veritable case study for how restaurants can handle inventory shortages. They developed a product and tested it heavily in restaurants, watched it explode in popularity, and then struggled to keep up with demand when they cashed in on it with big distribution deals. They’ll certainly catch up soon, but it’s left smaller restaurants scrambling to figure out how to manage a situation that, for some, draws in a largely specific crowd. Fortunately, there are a number of smart ways to cope and even possibly benefit from the situation, as illustrated above.
Impossible Foods has not yet promised a date for when normal supply would resume. However, some restaurants seem to be taking the current shortage in stride. Christhina Verna, manager at Brooklyn vegan cheese shop and café Riverdel, told Eater calmly, “We’ll survive.” Nonetheless, by applying these strategies and tactics, all restaurants should be well-equipped to weather the next storm when it’s forecasted.
5 Lessons the Impossible Burger Shortage Can Teach Restaurants About Inventory Management
Demand for the Impossible Burger and other plant-based products is outpacing supply. Learn about the Impossible Burger shortage an...
Management | Menu Management
Avoiding Cross-Contamination in Restaurant Kitchens
Cross-contamination can happen in every corner of your restaurant kitchen – learn to prevent it.
By: Dahlia Snaiderman
Restaurant Trend: Savory Breakfast Ideas from Real Restaurants
Incorporating savory breakfast ideas into your menu will give your guests a unique breakfast dining experience.
By: Julie Kendrick
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Video Archive Ears in Motion: Designs for the Sound of Sport - Examination presentation by Daniel St Clair
Ears in Motion: Designs for the Sound of Sport – Examination presentation by Daniel St Clair
Athletes hear many different sounds while playing sport: the sounds of teammates, crowds, equipment, their own body, and their mind. This PhD outlines the design of a new “toolkit” for describing, recording, and representing this richly varied terrain. This toolkit has two components. The first is a notation system for describing the auditory experiences of athletes. The second is a wearable microphone system for capturing the sounds of an athlete’s body and equipment. While existing microphone systems often capture sound from the side-lines, this new system has been designed from the “ground up,” integrating new circuit designs and 3D printed microphone enclosures. Both the creative and diagnostic possibilities of this new “toolkit” have been explored by the author and other athletes, offering new insights into the auditory experience of athletes and a new framework integrating sport, media and sound studies.
Examiners: Dr Andrew Johnston, Dr Johannes Mulder Supervisors: Assoc Professor Lawrence Harvey, Mr Andrew Burrow
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Turkish Grammar
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How Soon Can You Conceive After Terminating a Pregnancy?
By Dr. Vilma Ruddock M.D.
It is possible to get pregnant within two weeks after a pregnancy termination. However, this all depends on when you start ovulating again. It is always a good idea to use contraception right after you have an abortion to avoid an undesired pregnancy so soon after a termination.
Pregnancy Following an Abortion
After terminating a pregnancy, it is possible to get pregnant as soon as you ovulate if you have unprotected sex. This can happen within two weeks, even if you are still bleeding. Based on a 2014 review in the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 83 percent of women ovulate in the first cycle following an abortion, and this can occur as soon as eight days after the procedure. Women concerned about pregnancy immediately after abortion should know that ovulation can vary from woman to woman. The statistics are similar for first trimester surgical abortions and medical abortions.
How Long After Your Period Can You Get Pregnant?
How Long After Ovulation Pain Do You Ovulate?
Medical Termination of Pregnancy via the Abortion Pill
Understanding Ovulation After Abortion
How soon you ovulate and therefore, how soon it is possible for you to conceive depends on:
When your pituitary reproductive hormones recover from suppression by ovarian and pregnancy hormones
How soon your ovarian follicles respond to the pituitary hormones and start growing towards ovulation
How far pregnant you were; after a second trimester abortion, the first ovulation might be a few days longer than after a first trimester procedure
Other factors individual to you, including previous hormonal or menstrual cycle problems, or complications from the abortion will also influence how soon you are likely to get pregnant.
Pregnancy and Pituitary and Ovarian Function
Pregnancy inhibits pituitary reproductive hormone production and secretion. This in turn suspends regular ovarian cycles and ovulation during pregnancy and right after termination of pregnancy.
During a Pregnancy
From the beginning of a conception:
There is an increase in estrogen and progesterone, first from your ovaries and then by seven weeks, from the placenta after implantation of the embryo in the uterine lining.
The sustained increase in these two hormones suppress production and secretion of the two pituitary reproductive hormones that make your ovaries function:
The suppression of the pituitary follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) causes the eggs (follicles) in your ovaries to stop growing.
The suppression of pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) means no ovulation can occur.
After Pregnancy Termination
As long as there were no complications, your body recovers quickly post abortion. According to the book Abortion Care (page 115), soon after a pregnancy termination:
Pregnancy levels of estrogen and progesterone blood levels start to fall rapidly within the first week.
With the lower levels of estrogen and progesterone, pituitary FSH and LH begin to rise and initiate a menstrual cycle.
FSH stimulates your ovarian follicles to start growing and maturing again, and there is an increase in ovarian estrogen to follicular levels.
If there is sufficient rise in FSH and LH, and events in this first post-pregnancy follicular phase of the ovarian cycle are normal, ovulation can occur.
Some women will ovulate within two weeks after a termination of pregnancy, and it is possible to get pregnant in this first cycle.
You cannot predict exactly when you will ovulate. How soon LH, FSH, and your ovaries recover from pregnancy suppression partly depends on the length of your pregnancy, your usual menstrual cycle events, and other individual factors.
Contraception After Pregnancy Termination
Can you get pregnant after an abortion before your period? Because ovulation can occur within one to two weeks after an abortion, pregnancy is possible and is likely to occur if you have unprotected sex up to five days before that ovulation. Given this fact:
Use of effective contraception is key to avoiding getting pregnant so soon after an abortion. Most doctors or family planning counselors will encourage you to consider starting on a birth control method the day of the abortion, such as the birth control pill or insertion of an intrauterine device (IUD).
You should avoid intercourse, at any rate, during the first two weeks after a termination to decrease your chance of a post-abortion infection and a pregnancy if you are not yet on birth control.
Avoid getting pregnant during the first month after an abortion to give your uterine lining time to heal to accept another pregnancy. Your uterine lining begins to heal right after an uncomplicated abortion.
In case you really want to conceive after an abortion, doctors recommend you use contraception and wait until after you have at least one normal period before trying to conceive again.
There is usually a checkup two weeks post-procedure to make sure your uterus is back to normal, and there are no complications.
Avoid an Undesired Pregnancy
You can avoid an unplanned, undesired pregnancy too soon after termination of another by starting on an effective form of birth control right after the procedure. It is possible to get pregnant 2 weeks after an abortion, or even sooner, depending on several factors. If you are considering an abortion, it is best to discuss your contraceptive options before your procedure with you healthcare specialists.
How Long After the Water Breaks Before the Baby Is Born? By Dr. Vilma Ruddock
Earliest Physical and Emotional Signs of Pregnancy By Dominique W. Brooks
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Jazz, Ragtime & Blues
Traditional & Folk
Underlying Work: PD 70 Years
Underlying Work: PD Gov
The False Young Man (1937)
Recording by the legendary musicologist Alan Lomax of Abner Boggs singing a heartrending rendition of this popular murder ballad….more
Abide With Me (1914)
Version from Olive Kline and Elsie Baker of one of the most popular hymn’s of all time….more
Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records
Songs from Shakespeare plays as recorded by Victor in the first two decades of the twentieth century….more
The Laughing Song (1904)
In this novelty recording by the Norwegian actor Henry Klauser, a mournful refrain gradually gives way to laughter….more
First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)
First known recording of the popular African American spiritual performed in 1909 for Victor Studios by the Fisk University Jubilee Quartet….more
On the Banks of the Old Raritan (1915)
Early recording of the alma mater of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, penned in 1873 in just two hours by Howard Newton Fuller, an 1874 graduate of Rutg…more
Autumn: Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing (1912)
Rendition by the Trinity Choir of James Edmeston’s 1820 hymn “Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing”…more
Woodrow Wilson On Democratic Principles (1912)
Recording made by Woodrow Wilson in the run up to the 1912 election, which he would go on to win….more
The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)
Selection of tracks recorded by the Hawaiian Quintette for Victor in 1913, series of recordings which went a long way toward establishing Hawaiian music as a signif…more
Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)
Recording made for Colombia Records in which the legendary actor Joseph Jefferson plays the part of Rip Van Winkle….more
John McCormack – Recordings: 1911-1940
The songs of one of Ireland’s best known tenors, renowned for lending his superior diction and breath control to a whole range of operatic and popular songs….more
Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)
Two years after Verdi’s death and two years before his own, the great Francesco Tamagno sings the death scene of Othello, Niun Mi Tema….more
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AskDocQ: ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy Is Like Trying To Change Your Eye Colour Through Prayer
Dr Fiona Bisshop 7 months ago 222 Views
“Gay conversion” therapy is in the news again, with concerns that the practice is again on the rise.
In the past, this kind of reparative “therapy” was offered as a cure for homosexuality, but the practice fell out of favour after being condemned by the UN, the Australian Medical Association and the Australian Psychological Association.
It now seems that it never really went away, it just went underground, and has reappeared as faith-based “unwanted sexual feelings counselling”, and is also now targeting young trans and gender diverse people.
In fact, there is a lot of evidence that reparative therapies cause much harm, and are tantamount to abuse.
Adult victims of these programs all over the world can attest to the fact that they didn’t work, produced intense mental torment, and caused them to waste huge chunks of their lives being inauthentic.
The harm doesn’t stop with the individuals themselves, but also extends to spouses and children.
Religious conversion is about changing a belief system. But same sex attraction and gender identity is not a belief system or a choice.
It’s an innate part of an individual’s makeup. You can’t change it with therapy or prayers.
You might as well try to change your eye colour through praying. It’s who you are.
People aren’t born believing in Christianity or Islam, it’s something that is handed to them by their immediate environment after birth.
But there is a huge pile of convincing evidence that sexual orientation and gender identity are innate genetically coded elements of the individual, not learnt or chosen.
You may recall that during the awful debate that occurred in the lead-up to the same sex marriage plebiscite, the leader of the Australian Christian Lobby was calling for conversion therapy for gay or trans youth.
Promoting conversion therapy for children does two evil things.
First it causes psychological harm to children by trying to force them to change something they simply cannot change, and second it tells these children and the world that they are abnormal and need fixing.
This activity needs to be shut down, and it is the role of government to ensure that its citizens are not subjected to such harmful practice.
Dr Bisshop and Gold Coast sexual health specialist Dr Stuart Aitken have set up the Gender and Sexuality Conversion Therapy Survey to uncover the extent of “gay conversion” therapies still going in Queensland. They want to hear Queenslanders’ experiences after a recent state government-led roundtable discussion on the issue. To complete the survey, click here.”
Dr Fiona Bisshop specialises in LGBTIQ health and is available by appointment at Holdsworth House Medical Brisbane. Call (07) 3894 0794 or visit the Holdsworth House website. Read more by Dr Bisshop on her website here or contact her on Twitter.
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Bank of England honours Alan Turing on £50 note
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The Chariot Art and Meaning
Visconti B Tarot Deck Fragment
(aka Pierpont Morgan Bergamo Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Pierpont Morgan Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it.
It is estimated to have been produced around 1451 or 1452, possibly for a triumphal event in 1453.
Italy, c. 1452.
The Chariot. This is represented in some extant codices as being drawn by two sphinxes, and the device is in consonance with the symbolism, but it must not be supposed that such was its original form; the variation was invented to support a particular historical hypothesis. In the eighteenth century white horses were yoked to the car. As regards its usual name, the lesser stands for the greater; it is really the King in his triumph, typifying, however, the victory which creates kingship as its natural consequence and not the vested royalty of the fourth card. M. Court de Gebelin said that it was Osiris Triumphing, the conquering sun in spring-time having vanquished the obstacles of winter. We know now that Osiris rising from the dead is not represented by such obvious symbolism. Other animals than horses have also been used to draw the currus triumphalis, as, for example, a lion and a leopard.
Triumph, Victory, Overcoming obstacles
Overthrown, Conquered by Obstacles at the last moment.
Triumph. Providential Protection
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Tag Archives: New Zealand’s Next Top Model
New Zealand’s Next Top Model, Cycle 1: Fug down under?
Posted on September 2, 2010 | 2 comments
Onto the next stop in my English-speaking tour round the world’s Next Top Model franchise – New Zealand, Cycle 1.
Since it was New Zealand’s first ever cycle, we can excuse a few of its teething problems – a panel that hadn’t learnt how to be charismatic yet, some cheap amateur photography, occasional bouts of clunky editing and a fairly rough gang of finalists. But you just can’t keep a good format down.
For each of these negatives, there was a glowing positive. So whilst stern and humourless Sara Tetro was evidently handed hosting duties in some sort of Faustian pact for offering a contract with her agency as the prize, we were also gifted with one of the best ever judges on any NTM show. I have no idea who Colin Mathura-Jeffree is (model slash actor slash all-round heap of fabulousity, since you asked), but he’s a complete natural. His role is somewhat ill-defined – not a stylist but hanging around the girls with the same persistence as any judge with a Jay in their name. And thank God he hangs around, as he’s hilarious. Of course, now I’ve said that, I can’t remember a single hilarious thing he ever said but his one-liners were quick, witty and un-contrived, especially in the face of wooden Sara, who seemed to find his presence an irritant. One of my favourite moments was when a contestant was castigated for referring to a designer’s clothes as ‘comfy’; a week later when she didn’t like her outfit in a shoot, Colin wickedly asked if it had at least been comfy. My hoots of laughter only increased as an oblivious Sara tutted like a grandma seeing a mini-skirt.
It helped that Colin was also prettier than half the girls that cycle and seemed to view his every appearance as an opportunity to raid his dressing-up box. He turned up as a punk, a maharaja, a matador, a dandy, an extra from a Boy George video… a montage of all his looks may have proved more entertaining than the show itself. Screw catwalk practise – he turned up one week just to throw cakes at the girls! And I’ve just found out that his acting debut was as a ‘sword-wielding warrior’ on Xena: Warrior Princess, which is just so utterly perfect. I hope he wears the costume to panel someday. CMJ – we salute you!
As usual, the judges seemed to eliminate the most obviously attractive girls in the semi-finals, leaving a pair of sisters (included to manufacture contrived sibling rivalry stories for as many episodes as possible), an African (who threw out the ‘Is it ‘cos I is black’ line as early as episode three) and a ginger bobble-headed alien on a trip to Earth (I believe that’s what constitutes “high fashion” on Next Top Model shows) who my boyfriend hated with a passion. One contestant missed a photo-shoot because she basically couldn’t be arsed.
And there was gloomy single-mother, Teryl-Leigh, who had never smiled in her life so clearly had lost all function in the corners of her mouth, meaning her every utterance came out as a monotonous misery-soaked drawl. She was such a black pit of woe, a toxic vortex of doom, that I was worried I’d catch depression just from watching and being sucked into her beautiful sad eyes. That being said, I did quite like the cast’s first photoshoot proper, mainly down to the 1930s-aviatrix styling… very Clara Bow in Wings. (From top to bottom throughout article: Christobelle, Victoria, Rebecca Rose and Teryl-Leigh).
The show was eventually won by Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie (I swear half the battle in winning these shows having an extravagant name under your belt), who I want to say looks like a grown-up Dakota Fanning except Dakota Fanning has actually grown-up and Christobelle is only 16 so the comparison doesn’t quite pan out. Best photos above – love the poses, love the styling, there’s something girlish yet mature about her that really works.
Reality show fans may be familiar with the ‘redemption arc’ trope, where a previously dislikeable character becomes endearing – in a coup for editing prowess, Hosanna Horsfall (what a name!) didn’t just do an arc, but managed a full circle! She started a desperate antisocial try-hard, maligned for her much-practised circus freak poses. But somehow, her ability to get up Teryl-Leigh’s nose and demented determination made her oddly appealing, becoming the panel’s go-to figure for demonstrating the right attitude. But then, she started believing her own press, smugly gloated in the face of other people’s eliminations, couldn’t even be bothered to play at being civil to the other girls whilst remaining as utterly demented as ever. Her best photos (above) are the ones that capture the maniacal gleam in her eye – you genuinely believe she might drill a hole in this guy to get at the prize (especially if it was located in his spleen). Scary.
But onto the photos. Yes, the show made it look as if there were all of about 3 working photographers in the whole of New Zealand, one of whom was scrounging for extra money by being on the panel too – Craig Owens, whose first shoot was absolutely awful (cheap, hideous unflattering make-up, hideous dated styling), was somehow invited back another 2 times! It seems a basic of photography to not choose the shot where the model’s face is obscured – Owens managed to do it twice (see above)!
However, I did love his second photo-shoot, where the girls channeled emotions whilst styled like 50s film stars (see banner photo). The styling is just superb and the best shots look like they could have been publicity shots from the golden days of Hollywood. Christobelle, looking like a cross between Veronica Lake and Marlene Dietrich, does anger so perfectly here – an arched eyebrow and icy glare that’s perfect for the sort of controlled fury those stars did so well. Ruby’s photo is just pure joy – possibly my favourite from the whole season. She manages to completely engage with the viewer and looks so radiantly, naturally happy that you can’t help but burst into a smile as well. This is made better by knowing that to achieve this glow, she was thinking about the time a friend fell off her chair and smashed her head on a desk. Victoria doing seductive and eventual finalist Laura doing grief ain’t too shabby either (I love how there’s something stage-y and mannered about Laura’s, which really fits the film star brief well).
[A sidenote on Ruby: despite producers trying to contrive weight issues and attitude problems (because she muttered ‘for real?!’ when the first thing she was told on arriving on-set was that she only had two minutes for a photo), she remained breezily unbothered and utterly charming throughout the series. Her best moment was when a huge bug flew in her eye on one shoot; it separated into three parts, the body and both wings, and unable to get it all out, she had to do the photo with a wing stuck in her eye. Gross.]
It took Nigel Barker, borrowed from ANTM, to produce the most consistent set of the series. My favourite shot is actually of Teryl-Leigh, whose mournful expression works really well with the gloomy atmosphere; it really ‘captures a moment’, which is my favourite type of photography. As ever, the combination of dilapidated surroundings and couture gowns is a winner (above, Teryl-Leigh and Victoria, who was the most classically beautiful of all the finalists yet unfortunately peaked before the contest had even started).
I’ve managed to write more on this than AusNTM Cycles 4 and 5, both of which are actually better television. But with season 2 of NZNTM currently screening now, what better time to catch up on the awesomeness of CMJ? He even has his own acronym, FFS.
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The Last Station (2009)
Posted: May 10, 2010 in Binoy Kampmark
Tags: inheritance, legacy, property, Tolstoy
DVD: The Last Station
Blu-ray: The Last Station
Vague, Passionate and Erratic: The Last Station
by Binoy Kampmark
“Tomorrow, I’ll go to the station and lie down on the track. Tolstoy’s wife becomes Anna Karenina herself. See how the papers will like that!”
Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren) to Leon Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), The Last Station (2009)
In Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station, a portrayal over the last days of Leo Tolstoy’s life and a battle over the disposition of his estate and copyright to his works, politics and personalities clash. The wily aide and pejoratively labelled ‘catamite’ Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), who sees himself as more Tolstoyan than Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), faces off with Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren) over how the great author shall share his legacy. Everyone seems to be scribbling notes in an effort to record the last days of an era. Be it doctor or secretary, the latter played by James McAvoy, there is a furious relaying of all that is said, irrespective of how noteworthy it might actually be. ‘In the beginning, there was the word…’
Parts of this effort by Hoffman are barely believable, though it all comes down to what viewers are expecting. Reviewers have found the scene when Countess Sofya’s desperate attempt to woo Tolstoy with the lines ‘I’m your chicken, you be my big cock!’ desperate and cringe worthy. Tim Roby of The Telegraph (Feb 18), is merely being cranky, though he is right to point out that the carnival, stage element never quite escapes this film. For many, that will be a more than sufficient digestive. Something might have been made about the black and white footage that is shown at the end of the film, featuring a Christ-like Tolstoy engaging in his labours. We are left wondering.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Posted: February 20, 2010 in Binoy Kampmark
Tags: remakes
DVD: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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Review: The Bad Lieutenant
The Very Bad Lieutenant
When asked at a press conference in Rome in June last year on what he thought about Werner Herzog’s The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Abel Ferrara could barely contain himself. ‘I think that if they don’t have any original ideas about what movies to make, they should leave mine alone.’ This, regarding his own film from 1992 featuring Harvey Keitel as the drug addled, corrupt member of the New York Police force with an onerous sense of Catholic guilt.
District 9 & Sci-Fi Politics
Posted: February 6, 2010 in Binoy Kampmark
Tags: District 9, narrative, sci-fi
DVD: District 9 (Two-Disc Edition)
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District 9 (2009) – Sci Fi Action With Brains and Soul
District 9 (2009) – Science Fiction of the Now
A sci-fi B-Film that punches above its weight. So argued Anthony Quinn of The Independent (Sep 4, 2009) on the South African spectacular District 9, directed by Neill Blomkamp. Certainly, it is a refreshing change from such overly done efforts as the Transformers series and Terminator with their tedious super effect twaddle that does little to inspire. Nor will viewers be left wondering about the special effects in this production – Peter Jackson made sure he peppered this work with a fair assortment of them.
Tags: academy awards, fascism, narrative, violence, war
DVD: The White Ribbon
The Vicious Countryside: Haneke’s The White Ribbon
Arthur Conan Doyle found the English countryside seething with potential criminality. His sleuth creation of Sherlock Holmes was never deceived by the tranquil image of the country retreat and escape from the industrialized centre. London, with its bustle, filth and squalor, was a far more decent option. One finds the same theme repeated in such writers as John Mortimer, who only ever lets his famed advocate Rumpole venture out into the country occasionally for a brief. All tend to end badly. Cynicism towards country life, dominated by casual cruelties and sudden death, is ever present.
This case is brilliantly depicted in Michael Haneke’s black and white The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band), a portrait of a north German village in 1913. The narrator (Ernst Jacobi), who is also a teacher (Christian Friedel) resident in that village during the crucial years, speaks of various mysteries that affected its inhabitants. An attempt is seemingly made on the village doctor’s (Rainer Bock) life through tripping his horse by a wire that is mysteriously removed. The wife of the farmer is killed in an accident. Two children, including one with Down syndrome (Eddy Grahl), are found abused in the woods. The estate barn is burned down; and the cabbage crop destroyed. The police are eventually called in, but they are incapable of making sense of it.
Sacred Memories: Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces
Posted: January 11, 2010 in Binoy Kampmark
Pedro Almodóvar is a treasure of the screen, supremely sensitive to surfaces, characters, and the workings of the cinema itself. His devotion to the craft is unmistakable, demonstrated by constant hints, persistent allusions to past greats, and the mechanics of filmmaking.
On Invictus (2009)
Posted: December 16, 2009 in Binoy Kampmark
Tags: Hollywood, racism, South Africa
Invictus: Dreams and Realities
Column: Binoy Kampmark
I am the captain of my soul
William Ernest Henley, ‘Invictus’ (1875)
When the Springboks, South Africa’s famed rugby team, returned to the international fold after decades of isolation, suggestions were made to change the name. Drop the label and jersey, went the cry, those hated symbols and reminders of apartheid. Embrace, instead, the emblem of the floral protea. But the Boks were spared by the sagacious and calculating President Nelson Mandela. A traumatized nation had to be healed, and rugby might well assist in that enterprise. Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, based on John Carlin’s account in Playing the Enemy, is a narration on the subject.
The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
Posted: December 3, 2009 in Binoy Kampmark
Tags: narrative, war
When men do stare at goats
Your wives are back at home having sex with Bart Simpson and Burt Reynolds.”
-Iraqi Propaganda leaflet, to American soldiers in the 1991 Gulf War.
There is a line at the start of Grant Heslov’s The Men Who Stare at Goats: ‘More of this is true than you would believe.’ The line is off putting – what is, or isn’t true? The audience is none the wiser, and the traces to the original book from 2004 by Jon Ronson by that name are left vague.
Military men are as superstitious as any other, hiding behind the veneer of scientific dogma and vast, mechanized schedules for killing and maiming. But when it comes down to it, do these lethal practitioners know any better than the sagacious shaman?
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First Two RC Trainers in Oman Take Lead in Reef Conservation
Ali Saleh Ibrahim (left) and Jenan Anwar Alasfoor
Submitted by Biosphere Expeditions
The very first two Omani Reef Check Trainers have just been certified and can now train their compatriots in Oman and elsewhere. This is the first time in the history of Oman that its citizens have assumed a leading role in reef science and conservation.
The two historic trailblazers, Jenan Anwar Alasfoor and Ali Saleh Ibrahim, are graduates of an international placement program run by global conservation NGO Biosphere Expeditions. Alasfoor and Ibrahim initially took part in expeditions run by Biosphere for the last 10 years to assess the health of Musandam reefs. Their participation was co-funded by the Anglo-Omani Society, and their training was supported by the Marine Conservation Society. They both graduated from the expedition as Reef Check EcoDivers and went on to take a leading role in the first-ever community-based reef survey in Oman in 2017. Alasfoor also became the head of budding NGO Reef Check Oman in the same year. Alasfoor and Ibrahim then expanded their survey experience and remotely completed a marine biology course at the University of Exeter (UK). It is thus only fitting that the next step be the historic achievement of certification as Oman's very first Reef Check Trainers.
"I am so proud to be a Reef Check Trainer now,” said Alasfoor. “I intend to train other Omanis and build a community-based survey program. Anyone interested in joining me should look at the Reef Check Oman websiteReef Check Oman website and contact me. The more Reef Checkers we have, the better! And even if you are not a diver, we need help - and we can also work towards making you a diver with the support of our partners Grand Hyatt Muscat as well as Euro Divers Oman".
Ibrahim thanked "Biosphere Expeditions and all the other partners that have helped to get us to this point. The reefs of our country are a hidden jewel that requires urgent protection. The more Omanis we can get involved, the more civil society will notice, which is crucial if we are to protect our country's beautiful reefs. But they are not only beautiful, they are also vital for livelihoods, traditional ways of life and to protect our shores from damage. Please join Jenan and I in fighting for their survival."
Dr. Matthias Hammer, founder and chief executive of Biosphere Expeditions, concludes that "this is exactly what our placement program is all about -- empowering local people to run their own conservation programs. Congratulations to Jenan and Ali for their historic achievement. We hope it is another stepping stone towards a true community-based reef conservation program in Oman."
The next annual Musandam Reef Check expedition will take place from 25 November - 1 December 2018. Divers from Oman and the rest of the world are encouraged to participate, be trained as citizen scientists and Reef Check Eco Divers, and help with coral reef conservation in Oman. More information about the expedition is available at http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/musandam.
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Brisbane City Council's travel expenses double to record level
Brisbane City Council's overseas travel expenses soared to $185,000 in the past financial year, more than double the previous period's figure and a six-fold increase on 2015-16.
There were 30 overseas trips made by staff and counsellors in 2017-18, which was double the number of trips from the previous year.
Brisbane City Council’s 2017-18 annual report revealed the highest figure for overseas travel dating back to 2007-08, the oldest publicly-available report, as 12 months of travel cost ratepayers $185,821.
The drop in travel expenses in 2015-16 and 2011-12 coincided with the council election period.
The council's finance and economic chairwoman Krista Adams said the council approved travel only where it would deliver benefits to the city.
In 2017-18, almost $32,000 was spent on a trip for three council officers to travel to several destinations in Europe for “Brisbane Metro vehicle and facility inspections”.
More than $37,000 was spent on a trip to Germany for three council officers to attend the IFAT 2018 Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Agent.
More than $14,000 was spent on a council officer’s two trips to China for “site inspections” understood to relate to the construction of the new $7.5 million New Farm ferry terminal.
Opposition leader Peter Cumming said he was astounded the overseas travel bills had gone sky-high under lord mayor Graham Quirk, claiming they should have gone down.
“With the internet making face-to-face contact and research easier than ever before, the overseas travel bill should be decreasing, not hitting record levels,” he said.
“It’s staggering the bill has doubled in a year and residents deserve an explanation.
“Council officers should spend more time behind their computers and less time on planes.”
Quirk administration finance chairwoman Krista Adams said travel for trade missions increased investment in Brisbane and created more local jobs as well as meetings about major infrastructure projects and upcoming contracts.
“Travel will always vary year on year, as it is only undertaken when it offers a benefit," she said.
"Trade missions are not undertaken every year and the biennial Asia Pacific Cities Summit (for which Brisbane is the secretariat) is sometimes hosted in Brisbane.”
In 2017-18, $10,289 was spent on two trips for Cr Quirk, which included a trip to New Zealand for the Lord Mayoral Business Mission, and a trip to South Korea and China for the Lord Mayoral Business Mission to the 2018 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayor’s Forum.
Deputy mayor and transport chairman Adrian Schrinner travelled to Singapore at the cost of $5363 for the South East Queensland Council of Mayors Singapore Business Mission.
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IHSI 2018: Intelligent Human Systems Integration pp 23-28 | Cite as
Designing a Proactive Risk Mitigation Environment for Integrated Autonomous Vehicle and Human Infrastructure
Caitlin Anne Surakitbanharn
Part of the Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 722)
Many safety and implementation issues plague the broad deployment of autonomous vehicles. A viable path to address these issues may include borrowing technology and policy design from the air traffic control (ATC) space. Air traffic is currently operating in a mixed human-automation environment made possible through restrictions. Future plans for air traffic systems include full automation, but the inclusion of proactive risk mitigation will be necessary to manage system and human errors to prevent catastrophic incidents. Autonomous vehicles will likely operate in a mixed environment upon initial implementation, but the same type of forward-facing risk assessment, mitigation, and restrictions will be necessary to provide a safe transportation environment. This paper evaluates the adaptation of “critical pairs” from aviation to autonomous vehicles as a proactive risk mitigation tool. The implementation of critical pairs evaluates each vehicle in relation to the others, and, based on feasible errors, determines speed and position adjustments to avoid a collision in the event of such errors. This type of proactive risk assessment would help prevent collisions or other dangerous events by giving the vehicles enough space and time to preemptively react to otherwise unexpected errors. This information can be used to determine if, how, and when errors may occur that would endanger other vehicles and may be a human monitored function in the face of full autonomous driving. This paper also addresses the type of infrastructure and regulation changes, such as dedicated autonomous vehicle roadways, pedestrian infrastructure, and specialized transition areas, that would be needed to support transition into a transportation system that includes autonomous vehicles, and would eventually support a fully autonomous environment.
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Contemporary Arab-American Literature: Transnational Reconfigurations of Citizenship and Belonging by Carol Fadda-Conrey
Leila Ben-Nasr
LEILA BEN-NASR is a PhD candidate in English at Ohio State University. Contact: ben-nasr.1@osu.edu.
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Leila Ben-Nasr; Contemporary Arab-American Literature: Transnational Reconfigurations of Citizenship and Belonging by Carol Fadda-Conrey. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 1 March 2016; 12 (1): 93–95. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-3422556
Critical scholarship on contemporary Arab American literature has proliferated exponentially in the last decade due to the combined efforts of scholars such as Lisa Suhair Majaj, Steven Salaita, Layla Al Maleh, Waïl Hassan, Syrine Hout, and Therí Pickens. Carol Fadda-Conrey’s scholarship has been at the forefront of this movement, and her debut monograph, Contemporary Arab-American Literature, is a timely, compelling contribution that broadens the critical terrain by emphasizing the dynamic nature of homes and homelands in the United States and the Arab world.
Fadda-Conrey’s meticulous study surveys a rich catalog of Arab American literary and cultural production from the 1990s to the present, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, drama, film, and visual art. She highlights how Arab American literature enacts “transnational modes of . . . belonging,” challenges insular formulations of US citizenship, and ultimately destabilizes the...
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2012 Predictions, Mobile Edition: Dan Rowinski
dan rowinski / 21 Dec 2011 / Mobile
2011 saw the biggest boom in personal computing since the Apple II invaded homes and offices across the world. This time around it was not a desktop computer, or even some fancy new laptop. The smartphone has penetrated society with such speed and to such depth that basic human interaction with information has yet to adapt to the change. Enterprises are scrambling to handle the era of “bring-your-own-device” and it is, at times, a painful process.
There is no possible way that the boom could continue, right? It will. Mobile is on a vertical trajectory through the rest of the decade. What will happen in 2012? We make a stab with our best educated guesses below.
1. Two New iDevices, No New iPhone
Apple has never rolled out more than two iOS devices in one year. The product strategy has been pretty consistent: one iPhone, one iPad. This may be the year that finally changes. The pundits thought that 2011 would be the year we saw more than one smartphone and one tablet come from Apple but the prognosticators were far afield with their predictions for two new iPhones (a 4S and a 5).
This year will be different. Do not expect the iPhone 5 to be breaking down the door any time soon. Apple went 15-months before upgrading the iPhone 4 to the 4S. Expect at least that long before Apple decides to come out with the iPhone 5, which would put it into the first quarter of 2013, maybe even a bit longer. Apple has plenty to keep folks excited with in the meantime.
The iPad 3 is coming. Look for it to debut at the end of Q1, maybe middle of Q2. Do not get too excited though because outside of a specs bump, I do not anticipate the iPad 3 to be a significant upgrade. Better display, better camera, battery life (if that is possible), a newer processor and probably Siri. So, more or less, the iPhone 4S version of an iPad.
The next iOS device will be another iPad. Let’s call it the iPad 3S. It will be somewhere in the range of 7-inches and be almost like an iPad 2 in every single way, except for size, and it will sell for less than $400. Apple will debut it in Q4 and people will go nuts for it during the holidays.
2. One Major Flavor Of Android
In 2011 we saw a minor upgrade to Android (Gingerbread), the debut of the tablet version (Honeycomb) and then the confluence of the two (Ice Cream Sandwich). Google has put in a lot of legwork to get to this point. There will be upgrades to ICS but do not expect Google to unroll anything major. It took so much work to get to Android 4.0 (which is already up to 4.0.3) that it is going to let it spread its wings for a bit before throwing another major upgrade into the works.
Google needs to let the ecosystem catch up with itself. In the early years of Android it was necessary for Google to upgrade the OS every several months because it lagged behind Apple’s iOS in almost every single way. Android caught up with version 2.2 Frozen Yogurt and now it is time to start ironing out some of the specific issues. That is what Gingerbread was for and now the major jump with ICS.
Look for Google to take a much more Apple-like approach to Android updates from now on. A couple little upgrades during the year to add functionality or fix bugs and one major release during the year. Look for the J-flavor (Jelly Bean, most likely) to be announced at Google I/O in May and then rolled out in October/November.
3.The Fall Of Research In Motion
Some companies snap out of funks and become productive middle class citizens of the tech world. As long as a company is surviving, there is a chance it is several good products from being back on top of the heap. Look at what happened to Apple.
I do not see that happening with RIM. The company has one last gasp with its BBX integration and even that has been put off until the end of 2012. That leaves almost an entire year for the decay of RIM to spread. Amazon kicked the tires on RIM. So did Nokia/Microsoft. The Apple App Store is worth more right now than RIM’s entire company.
That sounds like takeover bait if I ever heard it. RIM may not have a choice in the matter if a company with billions to burn just decides that it is going to bully its way into a majority of RIM’s stock. When that happens, RIM’s co-CEOs might as well just sell the whole company. That is when BlackBerry will cease to be BlackBerry and become, for instance, “BlackBerry, brought to you by Microsoft.” The question now: can RIM stave off suitors, takeovers and a caving market share to get to the point where BlackBerry 10 (BBX) can bowl over consumers? RIM is dancing on the edge of the cliff.
4. Windows Phone Hastens RIM’s Demise
Nothing good is being said about RIM, BlackBerry or any smartphones coming out of Waterloo. On the other hand, there are plenty of things to like about Windows Phone and the Nokia Lumia 800. People actually like it! Right now, BlackBerry is clinging to about 12% of the smartphone marketshare (down from 24% at the beginning of the year). Without a major upgrade through most of 2012, RIM is going to lose more market share … straight into the hands of Microsoft.
Look for Windows phone to take a chunk from BlackBerry and some tiny slivers from both Apple and Android. By this time next year, Windows Phone will be about where Windows Mobile CE was at the beginning of 2011, near 10-13%. With Nokia’s help, that percentage will be significantly higher overseas.
5. Less Android Means More Android
Several times this year, we have said that Android is moving toward becoming a more closed operating system. That is probably going to continue, but not in the way many people think. Google is not going to turn Android into a walled garden, the way Apple does with iOS. What Google will do is more or less what it did this year with Honeycomb and ICS: keep the building process closed until it is time to release a completed source code for others to build upon. At the same time, there will be stipulations for building with Android that have not been present before. Google needs to rein in Android for the sake of the patent wars it is fighting and the overall health of the ecosystem.
Look for Google to start taking a greater interest in what is actually going on in the Android Market. That does not mean creating a screening process like the way Apple does, but instead being more proactive regarding what can be found in the store. Piracy is rampant in the Android Market and it hurts the ability for developers to make money off their apps. Google needs to close its approach to the Android ecosystem to assist developers, so they can continue to publish top-quality apps in the Android Market.
6. Apple Will Remain No. 1 With Developers
If it ain’t broke … Many are predicting that Android will become the No. 1 mobile developer priority in 2012. Honestly, I do not see that happening. Developing for Apple is a better way for app publishers to make money. The prerequisite for Android to take over the No. 1 spot for developers will be for Google to institute prediction No. 5 above.
Android begin to close the gap, but there are just too damned many of them. A superior army can hold off a larger one for only so long. Now the larger Android army has some superior weapons with quality tablets and smartphones coming out with Ice Cream Sandwich. If Google can find a way for Android developers to start making more money, developers will then flock to Android first.
7. Niche Apps Stores Will Consolidate
This year we saw an explosion of niche apps stores. Appia, GetJar, Amazon Appstore, Verizon’s app store, etc. Anyone who could dream up a boutique app store, cobbled it together, slapped a sign on it and declared it open for business.
There will continue to be a bit of a balloon effect (not a bubble). The mobile ecosystem has expanded so rapidly that there are bound to be players in the market that are not going to fit in the long run. The boom phase will give way to a contraction of the market where the bigger players consolidate their status and the pretenders fall away or join the bigger players. That means a lot of these boutique or niche app stores will die off, to leave the major third-party players like Amazon and GetJar. GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs predicts that the carrier app stores, like Verizon’s, will eventually fade away. But as long as the carriers are providing the data, they are going to try to maintain their own means of monetization devices with apps. That means that the carrier-specific app stores will not be going anywhere.
8. HTML5 Crowds Out Other Platform Contenders
You think webOS has a chance at a comeback now that it is open sourced? Or that Tizen (MeeGo, Maemo, Moblin of old) has a chance now that it has aligned itself with the Linux Foundation? The answer will be: absolutely not.
Developers are not going to work on another operating system outside of Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry. There is no benefit in it. Increasingly, there is no benefit to developing BlackBerry. Developers are going to go move to HTML5 before going to other platforms. This will hurt Windows Phone as well. The hope though is that webOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry embrace HTML5 Web apps and integrate them into their native offerings. All of those platforms have started to do so, with BlackBerry specifically saying that HTML5 will be its core focus. The third major platform is going to be HTML5.
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Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe. Volume I: Foundations / Richard Southern
After leaving Balliol, Sir Richard Southern had the compensation of daily contact with the early seventeenth- century collection of medieval scholastic writings which William Laud had built up at St. Johns. Presumably Laud was concerned to recover religious and intellectual values with which he felt in sympathy, although he could not he could not wholly share them.
A History of Medieval Political Thought, 300-1450 / Joseph Canning
Joseph Canning's preface acknowledges a debt to his research supervisor Walter Ullmann, whose Penguin History of Political Thought: the Middle Ages, published in 1965 (revised edition 1970) has remained a standard introduction for anglophone readers. A new short guide is timely, and the ex-student's will bid fair to replace the master's.
The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds / Jonathan Spence
Professor Spence is described on the dust-cover of this book as 'perhaps now the leading historian of China in the English-speaking world'. Without doubt he is the most imaginative and the most versatile scholar working in that field. The Gate of Heavenly Peace, first published in 1981, was a history of modern China as seen through the lives of Chinese writers and intellectuals.
Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought / Michael Allan Cook
If one saw a wrong being committed in public, should one intervene? This basic moral question is at the heart of a significant body of Muslim scholarship, and forms the topic of Michael Cook's eminently learned and comprehensive study.
The London Chronicles of the Fifteenth Century. A revolution in English writing, with an annotated edition of Bradford, West Yorkshire Archives MS 32D86/42 / Mary-Rose McLaren
I find this an extremely difficult book to review fairly. McLaren has an enormous and infectious enthusiasm for her texts. And her work is important; she takes the discussion of a widespread form of historical writing well beyond the point at which it was left by a fine scholar, C. L. Kingsford.
Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India through European Eyes 1250-1625 / Joan-Pau Rubiés
This impressively erudite, well researched, and eloquently written book by Joan Pau Rubiés analyses the development of Iberian and Italian travellers' accounts of south India over three hundred years.
Writing by Women in Later Medieval England / Ann Kettle
The two works under review are on broadly the same subject - writing by women in later medieval England - but could not be more different and are therefore difficult to compare directly. One author is an historian, the other a literary scholar.
The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought / Peter Biller
'Noonan did not read polyptychs, and Duby did not read these penitentials.' (p. 185).
History and Memory in the Carolingian World / Rosamond McKitterick
Of the importance of history to the Carolingians there can be no doubt, though they were perhaps less concerned with the events of their own time than with the lessons to be drawn from past events.
The Origins of Freemasonry. Facts and Fictions / Margaret Jacob
Professor Jacob's book is the latest of her several notable contributions to masonic history, which have included The Radical Enlightenment (1981) and Living the Enlightenment (1991). The book's title presumably owes something to my book of the same name (1988), while the subtitle derives from Henry Sadler's remarkable Masonic Facts and Fictions (1887).
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Fourth Critical Finance Studies Conference
February 14, 2012 – 7:13 am
Posted in Call for Papers, Conferences, Crisis, Economic History, Economics, Green Politics, Postmodernism, Radical Economics
Tagged Ann-Christine Frandsen, Banking and Finance, Banking Crisis, Banks, Christian de Cock, Crisis, Critical Finance Studies, Economic Crisis, Economics, Finance capital, Finance Conference, Financial Crisis, Financial Reform, Financialization, Fourth Critical Finance Studies Conference, Green Finance, Jacques Lacan, Jason Glynos, Michel Foucault, Money, Money Capital, Money Menace
Money Menace
Essex Business School, University of Essex
Colchester, UK
‘…In what is broadly called commentary, the hierarchy between primary and secondary text plays two roles which are in solidarity with each other. On the one hand it allows the (endless) construction of new discourses. The dominance of the primary text…..is the basis for an open possibility of speaking. But on the other hand the commentary’s only role, whatever the techniques used, is to say at last what was silently articulated “beyond”, in the text. By a paradox which it always displaces but never escapes, the commentary must say for the first time what had, nonetheless, already been said, and must tirelessly repeat what had, however, never been said.’ (Foucault, 1981: 55-56)
Critical Finance Studies Conference
Studying finance critically is playing with / being played by the normative forces of financial apparatuses; risking one’s self in the course of producing radically novel ways of thinking and comprehending finance and, ultimately, of creating new possibilities of life. With this in mind the Fourth Annual Critical Finance Studies conference will be held this year at the University of Essex, Essex Business School, August 15th -17th. With a conference gap in 2011 and with a financial crisis that is still on the agenda, and perhaps even stronger than ever, even compared with 2008, we have decided to devote this year’s conference to the ongoing financial crisis.
The Financial Crisis– futures and pasts re-interpreted
We strongly encourage papers that contribute to our ongoing collaborative research project that seeks to engage finance in new and critical ways and from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. This is especially important when trying to understand the current ‘financial situation’, e.g. how people in everyday work and life are affected, how the environment is affected, how theories cope and adapt in the face of a protracted crisis, and how politicians, professional bodies and professionals respond to or promote change or not. We encourage papers that tackle these sorts of issues and, with this in mind, the conference is organized around three sub-streams: an open stream on theory, method, and critique; a stream on financial imaginaries/imagining finance; and a stream on sustainability/finance (see below for more details). The conference finale will comprise a semi-public and interdisciplinary panel in order to, we hope, create some interesting debates, and inspire new thoughts and create new possibilities of life.
Papers should be submitted to the allocated convenor for each sub-theme. We encourage and welcome passionate academic work in different stages and forms, but they all need to be developed enough so that the audience can be intellectually challenged and involved in discussions. The deadline for an extended abstract (about 1000 words) is 15th April 2012. A review panel will announce their decision of acceptance within two weeks from the deadline. Accepted papers should be submitted in their final form by 1 July 2012.
The conference is organised by Dr Ann-Christine Frandsen at Essex Business School, Essex University in collaboration with Dr Thomas Bay Stockholm University (Forslund and Bay, 2009). The venue will be at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus. The conference language will be English. Discussants will be appointed – introducing papers, chairing sessions, involving participants.
Open Stream: Theory, Method, and Critique
Convenors: Jason Glynos, Department of Government, University of Essex ljglyn@essex.ac.uk & Ann-Christine Frandsen, Accounting Group, Essex Business School, frandsen@essex.ac.uk
We invite papers in finance studies that provoke critical engagement with current practices, open up pathways for effective political mobilization and socio-economic transformation, or sketch out possible counter-visions entailing alternative practices and forms of governance. The open stream is designed to catch contributions that tackle issues that fit the conference theme but do not necessarily fall neatly into one of the titled streams. For example: How might critical engagements with finance tell us something about the way markets are performed in other areas of economic life? What forms of subjectivity might different finance practices promote? How should we think the connections between finance and other sectors of the economy? What role should key concepts such as merit and remuneration, surplus labour, speculation, technology, and competition play in how we theorize and imagine finance?
The politics of financial reform draws on a range of characterizations, diagnoses, and prognoses of the recent financial crisis. Such ‘problematizations’ matter because they set in train path dependencies that invite us to problematize those problematizations themselves. Some, for example, seek to avoid heaping blame onto a few individual ‘bad apples’, one of the most trenchant narratives repeatedly and insistently articulated in the mass media. Some seek to avoid locating the fault with finance as such. Others argue that the financial crisis should be understood as a hubris-induced elite debacle rather than a systems accident or fiasco (Engelen et al 2011). The tension between explanatory and interpretive dimensions in these problematizations is never far from the surface, but what is clear is that the way finance is characterized, problematized, and contested has consequences for citizens and for policy makers, not least because of the sorts of futures they open up or close down. This raises issues about how different theoretical perspectives and methodological techniques shape the way we characterize, problematize, and contest financial practices and associated policy and media representations at elite and popular levels; or about how different sorts of critique emerge, relate, and interact with one another, for example, normative and ideological forms of critique.
We encourage the submission of papers that draw on poststructuralist, post-marxist, psychoanalytic, Deleuzian, Foucauldian, and other traditions, and that explore a range of theoretical, methodological, and critical issues linked to the analysis of finance. What forms of innovative, progressive, and sustainable banking and finance do such perspectives enable us to imagine? What role should experiment play in these efforts to conjure alternative visions? How should these experiments be financed? What innovative means of critique are available to citizens living in democratic polities with a tightly coupled nexus of elites in politics-finance-media? What role should music, film, television, social networking platforms, and other media play in facilitating both the process of critique and the conjuring of counter-visions of finance practice and governance?
Stream 2: Financial Imaginaries/Imagining Finance
Convenor: Christian de Cock, Management Group, Essex Business School cdc@essex.ac.uk
A key area of concern in this stream is the “imaginary of finance”, the semiotic system that gives meaning and shape to the economic field in which finance is embedded. Empirically we encourage the submission of papers that explore how, despite the convulsions of 2008 and their continuing reverberations, this imaginary has remained pretty much intact anno 2012 (in that we have witnessed over and over again the re-articulation of established themes and genres). Established financial imaginaries have no doubt proved extremely powerful in shaping the thoughts and perceptions of key political and economic decision makers and it would be interesting to learn more about the mechanics of this. Theoretically we encourage papers that can enrich and develop the notion of “imaginary” itself within a financial context. Examples could include Lacan’s (Real-Symbolic-Imaginary) or Iser’s (Real-Fictive-Imaginary) triad. We also encourage the submission of papers that can offer new ways of imagining finance. Following Yusoff and Gabrys (2011), we see imagination as “a way of sensing, thinking, and dreaming the formation of knowledge, which creates the conditions for material interventions in and political sensibilities of the world”. What are the conditions of possibility to change dominant framings of the financial imagination? Can we re-imagine the organization of finance as an ethical, societal, and cultural problem? Can we open up a generative space of unknowing which can create the possibility to take us beyond the seemingly eternal dialectic of economic catastrophe and ‘business as usual’? These are just some of the questions you may help formulate answers to.
Stream 3: Sustainability / Finance
Convenor: Steffen Böhm, Management Group, Essex Business School and interdisciplinary Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, steffen@essex.ac.uk
Finance is arguably at the heart of what might be called the global capitalist economy, which is geared towards ever increasing growth of production and consumption. A whole host of critics and social movements have pointed to the unsustainable nature of this self-referential system, and particularly its negative environmental consequences. Specifically, financial service industries have been repeatedly accused of funding environmentally very damaging extractive industry projects (such an open pit mining, oil tar sands, etc), contributing to the creation of speculative bubbles of commodity markets (e.g. leading to higher basic food prices), and endangering the livelihood of indigenous and other communities (threatened by global industries invading their land, for example), to name but a few of the grievances that have been articulated. We are seeking contributions that map, evaluate and expand such critiques of finance and its problematic relation to sustainability.
On the other hand, however, finance increasingly likes to portray itself as part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. The financial services industry has arguably made some efforts to positively contribute to issues such as climate change (e.g. through carbon disclosure), land grab and livelihoods in developing countries (e.g. through the Equator Principles) and environmental protection in more general terms (e.g. through the UN Global Compact). While some might accuse such initiatives as ‘hot air’ or even ‘greenwash’, which often lack real power and impact, there are more concrete efforts to offer sustainable finance solutions, ranging from microfinance to carbon offsetting, from community finance to payments for environmental services. What should we make of this move of finance ‘going green’ and ‘ethical’? What empirical evidence is there to suggest that such finance approaches to solving environmental and social issues are actually working?
Overall, then, we encourage submissions that problematize the relationship between sustainability and finance in its broadest sense. We are not only interested in critiques of current finance approaches to sustainability, but particularly encourage studies of how groups and communities can use money and finance in novel ways to live more sustainable lives. We are hence keen to explore the ways of how finance can make a contribution to another possible world.
For any general enquiry about the conference please contact Ann-Christine Frandsen. Any specific questions related to one of the streams each please contact relevant convenor
Organising committee: (Alphabetic order)
Professor Steffen Böhm
Professor Christian de Cock
Dr Ann-Christine Frandsen
Dr Jason Glynos
Dr Pik Liew
Dr Sumohon Matilal
Chloe Warren – Marketing Officer, EBS
Organiser: Ann-Christine Frandsen Essex Business School, University of Essex, Colchester Campus, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1206 87 869 809
Email: frandsen@essex.ac.uk
To find out more about Essex Business School visit: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ebs
Thomas Bay, Stockholm University
D. Forslund and T. Bay, (2009). ‘The eve of critical finance studies’. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization. Vol. 9(4), pp. 285-299.
M. Foucault, (1981). ‘The Order of Discourse’ (Inaugural Lecture at the College de France, given 2 December, 1971). In R. Young (ed), Untying the Text: a Post-Structuralist Reader. London: Methuen, 1981, pp. 48-78.
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SportXander Bogaerts says Red Sox are ready to deliver second-half blow
23:47 12 july 2019 Source: sportingnews.com
MLB All-Star Game 2019: Hunter Pence refuses to mope about injury absence
The Rangers DH won't make his first All-Star start because of a groin injury, and he's OK with that on a couple of different levels.
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Chris Sale was mediocre again, Brandon Workman gave up three runs in 1/3 of an inning and the Yankees swept the Red Sox in an early season two-game series.
Boston was 6-13 on April 17 following a championship campaign in which it won 108 games and never faced an elimination game in the playoffs.
It was a gut punch to the Red Sox, their fans and every single pundit who picked Boston to repeat. The players themselves were stunned as this was like nothing they faced in 2018.
"I just think teams were excited to play against us man, and every time they played against us they showed up big time," shortstop Xander Bogaerts told Omnisport in an interview on behalf of Aruba.com this week. "They wanted to beat us extra bad."
Leeds United ready to rival Celtic for midfield target Sawyers
Leeds United have reportedly joined Celtic in the race to land Brentford midfielder Romaine Sawyers. According to the Football Insider, Whites boss Marcelo Bielsa has identified the 27-year-old as a potential summer arrival. Celtic have been desperate to land the powerful midfielder in recent weeks and are thought to be willing to pay the Bees £2.5 million for the Saint Kitts and Nevis international. However, Leeds’ interest could well drive the midfielder’s asking price up, which will come as a major blow to Celtic officials.
Possibly the most difficult part of the first half to deal with was the consistency of the Red Sox lineup.
Through 90 games this season Boston leads MLB in multiple offensive categories including runs, hits, batting average and on-base percentage. The calling card of the 2018 World Champions has remained the same.
The difference has been the pitching rotation which has featured a Chris Sale who has fought to find his form from previous seasons as well as his velocity and injuries to big-name starters David Price and Nathan Eovaldi.
That has resulted in a compromised pitching staff which sits middle of the pack in just about everything. Boston has been forced to play from behind and make up for lack of consistency among its pitchers and that has resulted in plenty of ups and downs.
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It's something 2018 MVP candidate J.D. Martinez says the Red Sox weren't quite ready to deal with.
"We didn't have that adversity (in 2018)," Martinez told MassLive.com at the All-Star Game in Cleveland this week. "We didn't have those ups and downs. Those are the ones that wear you out. Those ups and downs, those are the ones that grind you out mentally.
"When everyone's cruising, like it was last year, that was easy. It was fun. That was just a roll. You knew somebody that night was going to get a big hit. You knew you were going to win the game somehow. Going to the ballpark with that attitude took so much pressure off our shoulders. It was just different."
Boston has had to fight for every single win in 2019. That fighting has paid off with a bounce back from a poor start as it now sits at 49-41 (good for third in the AL East) following that 6-13 start by going 43-28 the rest of the way.
They truly took every team's best shot, just like Bogaerts said, and it appears the Red Sox are starting to learn how to roll with the punches. Bogaerts truly believes the team is starting to adjust and expects a much better second half.
The Red Devils is approaching his first full season at the helm and wants his players to show they can deliver
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"We kind of collectively as a team, we kind of got hot and went on a nice little run," Bogaerts said. "But the second half's going to be big for us, we're going to play with a lot of passion coming off of a few days off and we know we're starting at home so we should have the upper hand."
The Red Sox start off the second half of their season against the Dodgers at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday.
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financial pressure
Short updates November 6-12
In an interview with CNN International’s Christiane Amanpour on Nov. 9, Prime Minister Davutoğlu cited freedom of the press and intellectual freedoms as his personal redlines. “First of all, I was a columnist in the 1990s when I was in the academic life. So freedom of the press and intellectual freedom are redlines for me,” Davutoğlu said, in response to a question over concerns of a crackdown on the press by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and the AKP’s founding leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “If there’s an attack on any intellectual or columnist or a journalist, I will be the advocate for that [issue]. I can assure you this,” he added.
Bianet reporter Beyza Kural was manhandled by the police and almost detained while on duty. The act was captured on video as a cop says: “From Now on Nothing will be Like Before, We will Teach it to You“
“Insulting” Erdoğan: Hürriyet Columnists Ertuğrul Özkök and Cengiz Çandar and t24 columnist Perihan Mağden were the latest additions to the long lists of journalists who “insulted” the president according to the prosecutors. Turkish columnist faces probe for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ – Ertuğrul Özkök’e 4 yıl hapis isteniyor –Perihan Mağden Cumhurbaşkanı’na hakaretten ifade verecek Özkök also had another “insult” investigation presented to court as an indictment regarding two AKP officials Hürriyet columnist faces 1.5 years in prison for ‘insulting’ senior AK Party official
“Insulting” Davutoğlu: Bülent Keneş testified as a result of a criminal complaint from Ahmet Davutoğlu. Journalist Keneş testifies in court over charge of ’insulting’ PM Davutoğlu
Main opposition party CHP’s leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu criticized pro-gov columnist Cem Küçük who threatens his colleagues constantly: “Those words are a blow dealt on democracy. A journalist desiring his colleagues to be fired is an unprecedented incident in history of Republic. It is a proof that a Goebbelian regime has begun” Kılıçdaroğlu Slams Cem Küçük Who Threatens Aydın Doğan
A regional bureau office of the Doğan news agency and the Ankara bureau of the NTV television station were raided on Thursday to protest a days-long curfew that has been in place in a southeastern Turkish province and the G-20 summit which is to be held in Turkey next week. Protesters raid media outlets over Silvan curfew, G-20
Several dissident press organs were banned from watching the G20 Summit in Turkey WAN-IFRA condemns accreditation ban on critical media outlets for G-20
Pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency’s web address is blocked for the 26th time; probably going for a record. Ajansımıza 26’ncı erişim engeli
The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) has fined CNN Türk 225,000 euros for Tahir Elçi saying PKK is not a terror organization on Ahmet Hakan’s “Tarafsız Bölge” (Neutral Zone) program broadcasted on October 15. RTÜK Fines CNN Türk for Tahir Elçi’s Words
Posted in assaulted, censored, financial pressure, fined, investigated, threatened, tried
Tagged assaulted, censored, financial pressure, fined, investigated, threatened, tried
Short updates from Turkey
Pro-Kurdish News Agency JINHA reported that their correspondent Filiz Zeyrek was briefly “kidnapped” by the police in Seyhan District of Adana. The police did not detain the journalist but questioned her in a moving car for half an hour and took her pictures according to the report. The jpurnalist was let go after the intimidation attempt.
Adana’da JİNHA muhabiri polis tarafından kaçırıldı
Journalist Sedef Kabaş was acquitted of “menace” and “targeting public officials involved in counter-terrorism” charges due to her tweet about a Turkey prosecutor at the first hearing today.
Turkish journalist acquitted in case into tweet critical of corruption prosecutor
Suspects in the case into the beating of Hürriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan have confessed that a former police officer offered them 100,000 Turkish Liras to attack the journalist.
Suspects say offered 100,000 liras for attacking Hürriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan
Daily Zaman Chief Editor Ekrem Dumanlı resigned.
Daily Zaman editor-in-chief resigns over ‘pressure on press, personality’
Aydın Doğan, the founder and honorary chairman of Doğan Holding, has said that Turkey’s largest media group “does not have to be pro-government,” amid rising pressure and violence targeting the company and its workers.
I’m an independent publisher, I don’t have to be pro-gov’t: Aydın Doğan
Posted in assaulted, financial pressure, threatened, tried
Tagged assaulted, financial pressure, threatened, tried
Police raids pro-Hizmet media organs, holding
Turkish police raided the Koza İpek Holding buildings in Istanbul and Ankara today in early hours. The holding houses pro-Hizmet media organs such as the daily Millet, KanalTürk TV, Bugün TV and the daily Bugün. The reason for the arrests was “financing terrorism,” “terrorist propaganda” and “embezzlement” as the owner Hamdi Akın İpek is featured as the suspect. Akın İpek is not currently in Turkey according to reports. The search warrant says the alleged terrorist organization is named FETO; named after Hizmet Movement’s spiritual leader cleric Fethullah Gülen. Koza İpek Holding is operating on many fields besides media, including health, food, insurance, tourism and mining sectors. Many of their companies are under investigation. There is a court order for İpek’s detainment.
Turkish police raid offices of critical Koza İpek media group
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Tagged financial pressure, investigated
39 newspapers receive penalty for publishing photos of hostage crisis
The Press Bulletin Authority (BİK) has stopped placing public advertisements for between one and 12 days as punishment to 39 newspapers which published photos related to a hostage crisis on March 31 that resulted in the death of İstanbul public prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz.
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Tagged financial pressure
Turkey government bans Dogan Holding from state bids
Dogan Holding, which includes Dogan Media Group, is banned from state bids. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and several high ranking members of the government have been targeting the media group for the recent weeks.
Turkey Bans Dogan From Tenders Amid Clash With Erdogan on Media
Turkey’s Dogan banned from state tenders amid dispute with Erdogan
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Peter Breitmayer
Actor | Writer
Born in Arcadia, California, and moved to Minnesota at 11 years old, Peter Breitmayer is a hybrid Californian/Minnesotan. He started his professional acting career at Dudley Riggs BraveNew Workshop (... read full biography
Known for A Serious Man (2009), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Fargo (2014), The Middle (2009-2018)
May 29, 1965 (age 54) | 5' 9½" (1.77m) & 14 more performer profile details
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Ben Freeman (II)
Actor | Soundtrack
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Apr 8, 1980 (age 39) | 6' 1" (1.85m)
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Laura Tobin (I)
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Catherine Cox (I)
Known for The Edge of Night (1956), Law & Order (2002-2006), Tenderness (2009), Bunko (2007)
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The 42nd Annual Juno Awards (2013)
TV Special | Talk-Show
The Juno Awards of 2013 honored Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2011 and in most of 2012. The awards were presented in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada during the weekend of 20-21 April 2013.
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Apr 21, 2013 (Canada)
2 wins & 1 nomination
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The USS Louisville whose crew assisted with the rescue operation after Rodney ferry disaster, Sydney. Sixteen passengers drowned when the ferry, Rodney, capsized in Sydney Harbour on 13 February 1938. An inquest later established the vessel had been carrying too many passengers.
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Rodney Ferry Disaster, Sydney Harbour, 1938
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Parting Thoughts (I): Reflections on the US Open–WTA Edition
September 12, 2011 in Player Profiles, Post-Tournament Analysis, Tournament News | Tags: Azarenka, Christina McHale, Grand Slams, Ivanovic, Kerber, Kuznetsova, Kvitova, Li Na, Lisicki, Pavlyuchenkova, Pennetta, Petkovic, Serena, Serena Williams, Sharapova, Sloane Stephens, Stosur, US Open, Venus Williams, Wozniacki, WTA, Zvonareva
Stosur: According to the inverted logic by which the WTA has operated for much of this year, the understated Aussie should have seemed a tournament favorite. Absent from the second week of the season’s first three majors, she had not won a title since Charleston 2010 and shouldered a 2-9 record in finals prior to Sunday. The longest title drought in the top 10 then crashed to an emphatic halt with a stunningly composed performance from a player long known for her mental fragility. As Serena loudly exhorted herself, excoriated the umpire, and ultimately spun out of control, the quiet personality across the net simply went about the business of playing a tennis match. So calm was Stosur amidst the maelstrom of drama across the net that one might not have noticed the tactically superb tennis that she played in attacking Serena’s second serve, capitalizing on every opportunity to approach the net, and constructing rallies around her forehand whenever possible. When the match’s climactic moments arrived, Serena and everyone else in the stadium surely expected her to show a lack of nerve. Instead, she showed a lack of nerves, delivering the most spectacular Slam-ending shot that we can recall. From a nation where tennis lies deeply embedded in the popular consciousness, Stosur will deserve all of the accolades that she will receive when she returns. Not since Sharapova at Wimbledon, seven long years ago, has anyone other than her sister toppled Serena at her own game in a Slam final.
Serena: Through six rounds, the three-time US Open champion had crafted a compelling comeback story, only to lose the plot on the championship Sunday. Before that abrupt collapse, though, Serena captivated audiences with the type of athletic shot-making that she and her sister brought to the WTA over a decade ago. As her victories over a host of younger opponents revealed, many of the sport’s rising stars have emulated that style but cannot quite equal it. Until the final, Serena’s serve catapulted her far above her rivals and created matches in which breaks of serve actually held significance, a rarity in the WTA. Never finding her best form throughout the fortnight, she nevertheless cruised past two top-5 opponents and two seeded foes without losing a set. Moreover, her delirious dances of joy when she won demonstrated just how much each victory meant to her after her comeback. One had begun to believe that her extended absence had awakened a more sympathetic, more mature dimension in Serena’s personality as the final approached. But her harsh, arrogant underside merely lurked in hiding until the first genuine bit of adversity emerged. Once again, her dazzling display of power and dismal display of petulance forced fans to draw lines in their opinions between the player and the person. On the other hand, Serena’s courteous post-match demeanor towards Stosur in the midst of her disappointment hinted that she might have developed some maturity after all.
Wozniacki: An encouraging fortnight on the whole, her third straight semifinal appearance at the US Open erased most of the negativity that had mounted during the spring and summer. Liberated from her father in a coaching sense if not otherwise, the world #1 played smarter tennis than she had since Indian Wells as she returned to her counterpunching roots. In her fourth-round comeback against Kuznetsova, audiences saw the finest traits of Wozniacki on full display: her indefatigable defense, her tenacity, her steady focus for even the least significant points. Two rounds later against Serena, audiences saw the reason why she has become a living refutation of the saying that defense wins titles, at least as applied to tennis. No player yet has won a major while playing not to lose, and her failure to legitimize her #1 ranking looks increasingly inexcusable with every first-time Slam champion who hurtles past her.
Kerber: From the shocking semifinal run of the world #92 emerge two possible narratives, not necessarily mutually exclusive. On the bright side, this lefty German’s five-match winning streak at the year’s final major demonstrated the depth in a WTA populated by increasingly opportunistic journeywomen. Perhaps inspired by Schiavone’s Roland Garros heroics, Kerber slugged her way past Radwanska and Pennetta in draining three-setters when one might have expected her will to falter. On the less bright side, her appearance in the final weekend testified to the feckless fumbles of the top women in her section, especially Kvitova and Sharapova. During the last several years, the Slams seemed an oasis of order from the waves of upsets that swept across the draw of lesser women’s tournaments. One wonders whether the Slams have become no different from the rest of the calendar in this sometimes thrilling, some frustrating era of parity-turned-anarchy, where any Kerber can have her day.
Petkovic / Pavlyuchenkova: When thinking of the cyclone of dances and practical jokes known as “Petkorazzi,” the adjective “steady” rarely springs into one’s mind. But Petkovic became the only woman to reach three Slam quarterfinals in 2011, and she displayed feisty competitive spark in rallying from a first-set breadstick against Wozniacki to nearly steal the second set. Just as promising was the accomplishment of former junior #1 Pavlyuchenkova in reaching her second Slam quarterfinal of the seasons. For a full set, she traded baseline bombs with Serena and seemed to surprise the American with her ball-striking power. While Petkovic’s undisciplined shot selection and rudimentary sense of point construction ultimately undid her, Pavlyuchenkova’s serve requires significant attention.
Zvonareva: Much superior to her Wimbledon form, the defending US Open finalist survived until the quarterfinals and the eighth consecutive edition of Stosur’s odd voodoo spell over her. Her loss to the defending champion looked more justifiable in retrospect, while her victory over Lisicki featured some of the most sparkling tennis on Arthur Ashe in the women’s tournament. Against the type of powerful server who often troubles her, Zvonareva stayed thoroughly in command of her composure despite the magnitude of the stage. Previously prosperous in the fall, she has positioned herself for another run to the year-end championships where she has thrived before. Vera rarely wins a title, but she has acquired a curious knack for losing (at least on hard courts) to the player who does.
Kuznetsova: Through a set and a half against Wozniacki, she displayed flashes of her vintage self that allowed viewers to understand how she won this tournament in 2004. Despite the unforced errors that sprayed from her racket throughout that match, its early stages showed a Kuznetsova whose combination of shot-making and athleticism could hit through the WTA’s leading defender. The second half of that match illustrated why she has fallen from the list of Slam contenders and outside the top 10. In command at 4-1 in the second set, Kuznetsova gagged more appallingly than Pennetta did in the New York heat and dropped 11 of the last 13 games in farcical fashion. Nevertheless, she made Arthur Ashe a livelier place for the three hours that she spent on it, which contrasted pleasingly with the yawn-inducing routs of the first week.
Azarenka: The victim of the USTA’s obstinacy and the imbalanced draw that ensured, Azarenka played with surprising spirit in a virtually unwinnable encounter against Serena in formidable form. In her previous loss to the American this summer, she slumped in dejection during the match’s final phases. At the brink of defeat this time, by contrast, Vika mustered her most penetrating groundstrokes and constructed a series of court-stretching rallies that nearly forced a third set. Within two points of that goal in the tiebreak, she grew tentative again while allowing Serena to step inside the baseline, but the last several games of the second set revealed an Azarenka physically and mentally capable of competing with the best in the sport. At the end of a generally promising Slam season, this gallant defeat bodes well for her future.
Venus: The elder Williams has enjoyed a career filled with glittering moments and classy sportsmanship while plagued with nagging injuries. One hopes that this latest, disquieting illness does not close the door upon a champion who represents a completely different and more appealing side of competition than her younger sister.
Lisicki: On the heels of a Wimbledon semifinal, Lisicki suggested that she could consolidate upon her breakthroughs by reaching the second week of the next major. Her increasingly reliable game should adapt convincingly to any surface, although one expected her to cause Zvonareva more trouble than the 2-and-3 dismissal in the fourth round. When she faces opponents less balanced than the Russian, her nemesis three times this year, Lisicki should earn more free points from her serve than anyone in her generation and accumulate a substantial intimidation factor. If the German can stay healthier than she has so far, a top-10 berth looks nearly certain.
Pennetta: We always appreciate the type of effort that leads a player to spill her guts (literally, almost) on the court as this Fed Cup superstar did in her epic victory over Peng Shuai. Effective against the streaky as well as the steady, Pennetta generally held her nerve through the third set of her upset over Sharapova, one of the more surprising upsets in an upset-riddled women’s draw. In both of those matches, she showed how effective a clean, crisp style can prove under pressure. Falling to Kerber in a three-set quarterfinal, she showed how much better she performs as the underdog rather than as a favorite. Opportunity knocked for this veteran to reach a first Slam semifinal, but Pennetta allowed someone else to walk through the door.
Rising American women: When this tournament began, talk centered around Ryan Harrison, Alex Bogomolov, John Isner, and the multiplying posse of American men poised to brand their imprint upon their home major. As fate decreed, the women stole the show with unexpected victories from Falconi (d. CIbulkova), Stephens (d. Peer), and McHale (d. Bartoli). Eagerly seeking an answer for an unanswerable question, American fans now wonder whether any of these three young women will carve out an accomplished career. To hazard a guess, we will say “no,” “yes,” and “maybe.” A non-entity until this tournament, Falconi became far from the first unfamiliar name to upset Cibulkova and snatched just one game from Lisicki a round later. Despite her modest stature, Stephens not only possesses a promising serve and inside-out forehand but has a crystallizing sense of how to construct points, a skill often underestimated among this nation’s players. Even in her loss to Ivanovic, she displayed a technically solid game that didn’t break down under the pressure of the circumstances. Although McHale scored the most impressive upset from a rankings perspective, the highest-ranked teenager in the sport wilted on Arthur Ashe for the second time in three years, this time against the far from intimidating Kirilenko. Unlike Stephens, she has yet to show more than flickers of the firepower that usually translates into WTA success. Those doubts notwithstanding, the outlook looks far brighter for women’s tennis here than it did a year ago.
Sharapova: Late in the best odd-numbered year of her career, Sharapova arrived at the US Open with momentum from a Wimbledon final and a title in Cincinnati, where she defeated four top-15 opponents. For her fourth straight appearance in New York, however, she fell before the quarterfinals amidst a cascade of unforced errors and double faults, exploited by a steady but not spectacular opponent. Over her last four matches, including the Cincinnati final, Sharapova has struck 205 unforced errors as her movement and footwork lost their crispness. For the first time this year, the 2006 champion failed to extricate herself from a third set despite mounting a characteristically ferocious comeback. After winning so many hard-fought battles in a season that has catapulted her from outside the top 15 to #2 in the world, Sharapova may have exhausted her emotional reserves. One wonders whether she can regroup in time for a fall season that suits her playing style, especially the year-end championships where she has not played since reaching the 2007 final.
Ivanovic: Although she won only two matches here, benefiting from a second-round walkover, the Serb enjoyed her first career exposure under the lights of Arthur Ashe. In a situation that one might have expected to rattle her nerves, she played stylish and generally composed tennis to halt the hopes of Sloane Stephens before an American crowd. One of the Open’s most moving moments came when she dedicated her opening victory to her dead grandfather. Perhaps inspired by his memory, Ivanovic acquitted herself impressively in two competitive sets against a heavily favored Serena Williams. Refusing to wilt against the intimidating champion as she did against Clijsters last year, she pounded more winners than her fabled opponent and attacked the WTA’s most formidable serve with impressive courage on her return. The latest in a procession of abortive coaching experiments, Nigel Sears finally may have given her the stability and reassuring guidance for which she has longed.
Li / Kvitova: As the winds of controversy swirl around Wozniacki’s Slamless #1 status, commentators and spectators have argued that the Slam champions de facto are the best players in the sport. After the ragged performances of these two 2011 titlists, that argument becomes more dubious if not downright unconvincing. To be sure, few expected Kvitova to follow her first major crown with an immediate sequel, nor did Li Na seem likely to suddenly spring from a tepid summer into glory on Super Saturday. But one also expected more than straight-sets losses in the first round to a pair of Romanians, Dulgheru and Halep, whose modest talents played less role in the outcome than did the thoroughly disheveled games of the champions. For Li and Kvitova, their sudden burst into international celebrity status continues to disorient them and probably will linger through the rest of the season.
Mother Nature: Although she arrived a bit late at the season’s final major, the rain goddess wasted no time in imposing her presence upon the second week. Just when the tournament seemed ready to escalate to a thunderous climax, deluge upon deluge enforced an embarrassing ceasefire. Enhancing its own embarrassment, the Open tournament director and the USTA then insisted upon dragging players onto court for 15 minutes of tennis while desperately begging the clouds to desist. They didn’t, and the clamor for a long-overdue roof grew louder as the schedule grew increasingly distorted. If a bastion of tradition like Wimbledon already has bowed to pragmatism, why must the allegedly progressive US Open submit itself to the whims of the elements?
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Category: Reviews 2014
Book Review: “All the Bright Places” by Jennifer Niven (ARC)
Posted at 8:30 am by Laura, on December 18, 2014
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Publishing Date: January 6
Genre: young adult, contemporary
Goodreads: —
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.
Theodore “Freak” Finch fluctuates between Awake and Asleep states, only it’s different from being awake and sleeping. One day he’s fine and energized and full of life; time passes, and later he’s disconnected, his only desire is to crawl into someplace dark and warm. He’ll come out some time later — a long time later — and he does this so often his friends and family think nothing of it. Violet Markey, once a cheerful and popular girl, is also disconnected from the world, blaming herself for her sister’s death in their shared car wreck. Brought together at the top of the school’s bell tower and later in their US Geography class, Finch and Violet’s lives collide. She keeps him Awake, he keeps her Alive; together, they remind one another what it means to live, to wander, to find adventure, and sink into beauty. But as Violet’s world expands, Finch’s shrinks, to the point where she is his only star.
When the publishers market this as The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor & Park, they weren’t kidding. Grab yourself a box of tissues, read up on mental illness, and grab a map of Indiana. You’re in for a very raw, emotional, enlightening, and literal journey.
I want to meet Niven. I want to meet her and hug her and thank her. I want to bow at her feet. I want to buy all the copies ever of this book and give them to all of my friends — my undergraduate peers in the psychology department, the friends and coworkers with mental illnesses, the friends and family who are survivors of death and suicide. I want them to see that it is possible to write and read a book that touches upon these subjects exactly how it’s experienced, and yet treats them with love and respect and dignity.
This is a book about death. It is not glorified nor is it shamed. This is a book about mental illness. It is not treated lightly nor does it sadden the reader — it’s enlightening. It’s refreshing. It’s filled with love and beauty. It’s a roller coaster ride, and Finch and Violet are our guides. Indiana is the back drop — and I’m so thrilled at how beautiful Niven paints this state. For once, Hoosier country isn’t simply defined by TFiOS, but this next great YA novel.
It truly is great. I can’t even give this a proper review without accidentally revealing everything about this book. Just know that this is the book readers of all ages are waiting for.
Thank you, Edelweiss, for providing this copy from Knopf for review!
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Book Review: “Ravencliffe” by Carol Goodman (ARC)
Posted at 7:45 am by Laura, on November 18, 2014
Ravencliffe by Carol Goodman
Publisher: Viking
Publishing Date: December 2
Genre: young adult, fantasy, historical fiction, gothic
Avaline Hall is no ordinary girl.
She’s a student at Blythewood Academy, an elite boarding school that trains young women to defend human society from the shadowy forces that live among us. After the devastating events of her first year at Blythewood, Ava is eager to reunite with her friends—and with Raven, the compelling but elusive winged boy who makes her pulse race. She soon discovers, though, that the sinister Judicus van Drood hasn’t finished wreaking havoc on Blythewood—and wants to use Ava and her classmates to attack a much bigger target.
Ava’s the only one with any hope of stopping van Drood. But to scuttle his plans, she must reveal her deepest secret to everyone at Blythewood. What’s she willing to sacrifice to do what’s right—her school? Her love? Or her life?
Avaline ended her first year at Blythewood with more than just the knowledge that fairies exist in our world — she knows who (or rather what) her father is. A tumultuous summer break leaves Ava nostalgic for the comforts of Blythewood and all it entails: routine, classes, her friends Daisy and Helen, and Raven, the Darkling who works so hard to convince her that not all Fae are evil. But returning to Blythewood actually leaves Ava more haunted than relieved, for Judicus van Drood has a sinister plan in mind, one that will destroy the school and leave any remaining girls exhausted, torn, and ruined. The only solution Ava can see is revealing her true nature, no matter the consequences.
Gosh, if you thought Blythewood was magical and enchanting and touching in a way that only Harry Potter and A Great and Terrible Beauty could be, then you’ll fall head over heels for this. Amp up the gothic melodrama, throw in history of magic, allude to historical disasters to come and connect our world with that of the Fae, and you’ve got yourself Ravencliffe. While the first book met the standard expectations of typical Gothic literature, this one met every single point on target: the adventure, the heightened emotions, coincidences and quick solutions, and an all-encompassing romance.
Do not devour this book all at once. Because of the heightened melodrama, the mix of so many new characters and settings, and one disaster piling on top of another (which leads to an inevitable explosion of an ending), it can feel like too much too soon if read quickly. Savor it. Enjoy it. Live each chapter. The best way to enjoy a book such as this is to take it slowly.
For a concrete portion of a review — rather than my vague, cautionary ramblings and excitement over the fantastical — allow me to praise Goodman’s ability to keep the romance distinctly triangle-less. Ava is torn not between two boys — one human and one Darkling — but between two lifestyles: to accept the portion of herself that is Darkling, and therefore face potential exile from the human and Darkling worlds, or to shun that portion of herself and remain steadfastly human. That being said — and as real and honest and beautiful as her relationship is with Raven — I will not deny Nathan’s affections for her. It’s clear he prefers her company to others girls’ yet every interaction felt incredibly platonic. Thank goodness. The love they share for one another runs like siblings’ love. Also, every encounter Ava has with female Darklings and Raven cracked me up — it’s so typical for a girl, the way her mind jumped to unreasonable jealousy, and then mental slapping for ever thinking such a thing.
This book is so much more than the romance, but I cannot delve too far into it without giving away major plot points. More magical creatures, more magical places, more ominous events tied to actual history, more self-discovery, more characters outside the Order, more alliances, more everything. It’s remarkable. I’m excited to see where Goodman takes us next.
Thank you, Edelweiss, for providing this book from Viking for review!
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Book Review: “Jackaby” by William Ritter
Posted at 8:35 am by Laura, on November 6, 2014
Jackaby by William Ritter
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
Genre: young adult, fantasy, historical fiction, gothic, mystery
Goodreads: 3.79
“Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion–and there are many illusions. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.”
Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary–including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose. The police are convinced it’s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby is certain it’s a nonhuman creature, whose existence the police–with the exception of a handsome young detective named Charlie Cane–deny.
Doctor Who meets Sherlock in William Ritter’s debut novel, which features a detective of the paranormal as seen through the eyes of his adventurous and intelligent assistant in a tale brimming with cheeky humor and a dose of the macabre.
Abigail Rook had dreams of taking adventures around the world, following her father’s footsteps in archeology and unearthing history’s mysteries. But after a series of negative responses from friends and family, she decided to create her own adventure, and ended up in New Fiddleham where she met the extraordinary R.F. Jackaby, an investigator in supernatural occurrences and crimes. From the moment she steps through his door, the town erupts in mayhem: a serial killer is on the loose. Jackaby and Junior Detective Charlie Cane are convinced it’s a supernatural being, and though Abigail cannot see proof of it, neither can she see the villain as a human. Adventure has finally begin.
What an amazing genre-bender! It truly is a blend of Doctor Who and Sherlock, with the incredible supernatural events and beings — what’s even more, so many of these creatures are of various cultural lore — and sole Seer of the beings, and the obnoxiously intelligent and socially inept detective wrecking havoc around the police. Gosh, I loved Jackaby. I loved the way Abigail worked around him, too. Her wit and spunk really helped the two of them bounce ideas off one another, fight off unwanted attention, push aside those who didn’t/couldn’t/wouldn’t believe. Both were incredibly fun.
Reading this was like candy. Not too frightening, not too humorous, just the right amount of fantasy and realism, wit and logic. Any fan of either of those British shows would eat this up. I can’t go into too much detail, else I’ll spoil the book. Let’s just say I’m glad this is the first of a planned series. You can bet I’ll be buying the sequels.
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Book Review: “Voyager” by Diana Gabaldon
Posted at 3:09 pm by Laura, on October 29, 2014
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Dell
Genre: historical fiction, romance, fantasy, adventure
Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her… and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.
Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion and pain awaiting her…the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland… and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can reunite—or forever doom—her timeless love.
Claire’s told her daughter Brianna about her birth father, Jamie, and the unusual circumstances in which he and Claire met. With Roger Wakefield’s help, Claire and Brianna begin a desperate search to find out what happened to Jamie after Culloden, as evidence points to his survival. When they make a discovery that he could still be alive 20 years after the battle — 200 years exactly for Claire — Claire decides to take a chance and return to him. But will he be the same man she left 20 years ago? What sort of life is he leading now? And though Claire clings to the memory of him, does he still hold her in his heart as well?
Events pertaining to Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber are within this review.
While only slightly put off by the 1960s Scotland in Dragonfly, I was not put off at all in this book! I love Roger and Brianna, their personalities and enthusiasm and general goodness. They’re fleshed out much more in this book, and even while Claire was reunited with Jamie I did wonder how they were getting on. Could they follow Jamie and Claire in the history books? How was Brianna dealing with the loss of her mother? How was Roger coping with his newly discovered, time-warped family history? How was Brianna coping with her newly discovered, time-warped family history?! I’m excited to see more of them in future books.
Gabaldon knows just how to answer all the reader questions. I was happy to see the conflict and slow decision Claire encountered when faced with traveling back in time to see Jamie. Of course she’d go back — but that takes preparation. And she did it so well, so thoughtful of her daughter’s well-being, of her career and friendship with Joe (who is also awesome, by the way), her forgiveness for Frank (who frankly (ha ha) doesn’t deserve it, the bastard, but it was well done and very Claire-like). It was fun to see her collect the proper coinage, the right dress, the knowledge of history and culture and politics — so much preparation to blend in for her arrival.
Not to mention the constant insecurities and questioning upon reuniting with Jamie! They love each other, pure and true, but it has been 20 years, and so much can change a person. The book takes place across four months in the 1760s, and while the reader gets snippets of Jamie’s past (his hiding, his imprisonment, his servitude in England), Claire learns of them briefly and at very inopportune moments. It’s as if they know one another so deeply, and suddenly there’s a rift they must work through. It was beautiful (and heartbreaking) to read. I’ve never read of a couple more human than these two.
So much happens in this book. If I thought Dragonfly was filled with several many names and circumstances, I had to think again. New acquaintances, reconnections, pirates and military, nieces and nephews, adventures on land and by sea, Scotland and France and the Caribbean — it was all a jumble of love, adventure, shock, discovery, and brand new beginnings for these two. And I can honestly say that at this point, I don’t care where they end up as long as they’re together.
I also hope Jamie’s no longer an outlaw, poor fellow. But clearly he becomes one again at some point in future books. Sigh. Can’t seem to catch a break.
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Book Review: “Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares” by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Publisher: Ember
Genre: young adult, romance, holiday
“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”
Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a cosmic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
Dash, a snarly word buff who’s done with the whole concept of Christmas, stumbles across a red notebook next to his favorite books at The Strand. The directions inside send him all over the store to solve a riddle and answer a dare. Intrigued, he follows through, and waits his next turn. Lily, the instigator and lover of all things festive, continues with the red notebook dares, thrilled to have something to look forward to while her immediate family is away for Christmas. Soon enough, the daily interactions between Dash and Lily across NYC leave them wondering: do they want to meet in person, or would that destroy their notebook persona?
This is a teen rom-com if I ever read one. There are moments in this book that are outrageously hilarious and entirely implausible, and yet it’s so perfect for who Dash is and for who Lily is that it simply works. It’s like online dating, only a bit more fun, organic, and mysterious. Dash and Lily don’t know one another, yet their interactions through the notebook reveal their strengths and weaknesses, their hopes and dreams, successes and failures. They’re their true selves — albeit somewhat edited (because, heck, sometimes writing/speaking to a perfect stranger is easier than face-to-face confrontations) — are in that notebook. Their fear of shattering it and desire to genuinely meet war within, and it’s exciting!
A short holiday read, perfect with cookies and cocoa. It made me wish to visit NYC again in the winter, and that’s saying something!
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Book Review: “Snow Like Ashes” by Sara Raasch (ARC)
Posted at 7:45 am by Laura, on October 13, 2014
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publishing Date: October 14
Genre: young adult, fantasy
Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since.
Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Training to be a warrior—and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather — she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.
So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter’s magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Finally, she’s scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, and serving her kingdom just as she’s always dreamed she would. But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics – and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own.
Meira is one of the last remaining Winterian refugees and is desperate to prove to the general, Sir, that she’s worthy of warrior status. For sixteen years, the Kingdom of Winter has been without a free home, without a monarch, and without magic. Meira seizes the opportunity to reclaim the Winter conduit from Spring, the destructive Season kingdom that’s slowly but surely taking over the Rhythm kingdoms as well. But her mission doesn’t go smoothly, and Meira is thrust into battles and politics and a destiny she never thought imaginable.
Wow oh wow. For a while I was certain I was finally reading a YA fantasy that could be a stand-alone — it was so epic, and so much was happening all at once — the politics, the passion, the humor and sadness and self-discovery, the world-building, and the major reveal at the end. And though we discover it’s not a stand-alone, that there may be a companion book or trilogy in the future, it’s still worth every second of time, every word.
Meira was a joy, a breath of fresh air. She’s strong-willed, determined to find her place, anxious to prove to the general/adoptive father Sir that she has a purpose for the restoration of Winter, funny, insightful, and emotional. She has moments of weakness, moments of strength, moments of clarity and reasoning and compassion. She’s by no means perfect, but it was so wonderful to read about an independent warrior-lady who’s not all about sacrifice — that she has moments of longing for love like every teenage girl, that she has moments of wishing she could be more than who she is what she believes she’s destined to become. She felt real. And that’s all any reader can ask for in a fantasy novel with high stakes: a character as human as the reader.
The kingdoms are fascinating too. There are eight total, divided into two categories: Seasons and Rhythms. The Seasons are one season throughout the entire year, and the Rhythms experiences all four seasons. This book primarily focuses on two Seasons and one Rhythm, and it’s interesting to see the discrimination and justification for those prejudices pan out. But my biggest moment of awe was the concept behind each Season, specifically the Kingdom of Winter and the Kingdom of Spring. Typically, we view winter as a cold, harsh, dead season, the end of life and the darkest time; spring is full of color and fresh, new beginnings, of life and vitality and awakenings. Oh, so vastly different in this book. Winter may be cold and harsh, but it’s full of life, clean and clear and brilliant and pure. Spring, on the other hand, is dark, controlling, manipulating, filled with death and caution and fear. In a way, I’m glad there will be more to read from Raasch — I’m interested to see the other Rhythms, to meet the other Seasons and watch those stereotypes shatter.
This is a world you’ll never want to leave.
Thank you, Edelweiss, for providing this book from Balzer + Bray for review!
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Book Review: “First Impressions” by Charlie Lovett (ARC)
Posted at 7:45 am by Laura, on October 6, 2014
First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen by Charlie Lovett
Publisher: Viking Adult
Genre: contemporary, historical fiction, mystery
Rating: ★★★.5
Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of Little Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their queries draw Sophie into a mystery that will cast doubt on the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice—and ultimately threaten Sophie’s life.
In a dual narrative that alternates between Sophie’s quest to uncover the truth—while choosing between two suitors—and a young Jane Austen’s touching friendship with the aging cleric Richard Mansfield, Lovett weaves a romantic, suspenseful, and utterly compelling novel about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books.
Sophie Collingwood’s life is dedicated to books. Thanks to her Uncle Bertram’s enthusiasm for literature, she too began collecting and reading books at a young age. When her uncle dies outside his apartment unexpectedly, Sophie is certain it was murder. Upon arriving at his apartment, she finds it completely bare of books — and after acquiring a job at an antiquarian bookshop, she makes it her personal mission to find Bertram’s murderer and his personal library. Soon enough, she becomes entangled in a mystery connecting her family to Jane Austen’s career, and she must decide if it’s a secret worth dying for.
Lush and exquisitely told, Lovett’s dual narrative between present-day Oxford graduate Sophie Collingwood and the young Jane Austen — prior to her publishing career — is a rich, cozy read. I think Austen fans will enjoy this interpretation of the beginnings of Pride and Prejudice, and I certainly enjoyed the mystery and thrill in Sophie’s life. Threatening phone calls to obtain a rare book that may or may not be connected to Austen can definitely make a bookworm’s heart pound. Between Oxford and London, libraries and bookshops, graveyards and old estates, Sophie’s narrative is exciting for the bookish researcher. Jane’s narrative is calmer, revealing a growing friendship with an old cleric who also enjoys literature. His influence on her books is profound, and their connection deep and unyielding.
I cannot pinpoint why exactly I didn’t give this four or five stars. It’s one of those books that, once you begin reading and fall into the rhythm of the narrative, you can’t put it down. Seeing as I had to repeatedly put it down for other responsibilities in my life, I didn’t quite fall into it like I wanted to. The mystery is justifiably intriguing, the hunt for books engaging, and the threat to reveal the truth behind Austen’s most famous work terrifying. I liked it. Bookworms will too!
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Book Review: “Black Ice” by Becca Fitzpatrick (ARC)
Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick
Publishing Date: October 7
Genre: young adult, thriller, mystery
Rating: ★★★.75
Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn’t prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her. Before Britt can explore her feelings for Calvin, an unexpected blizzard forces her to seek shelter in a remote cabin, accepting the hospitality of its two very handsome occupants—but these men are fugitives, and they take her hostage.
In exchange for her life, Britt agrees to guide the men off the mountain. As they set off, Britt knows she must stay alive long enough for Calvin to find her. The task is made even more complicated when Britt finds chilling evidence of a series of murders that have taken place there… and in uncovering this, she may become the killer’s next target.
But nothing is as it seems in the mountains, and everyone is keeping secrets, including Mason, one of her kidnappers. His kindness is confusing Britt. Is he an enemy? Or an ally?
Britt’s trained hard in the past year for her backpacking trip the Teton Range in Wyoming. She knows how to survive the weather, the mountains, and exhaustion. But she’s not prepared to be taken hostage. Britt is positive that one of these men is responsible for the murders of intelligent, beautiful girls whose bodies were discovered in these very mountains. In an effort to save her friend, Britt agrees to help two young men off the mountain during a terrible snow storm — all the while hoping her ex-boyfriend will find her before she becomes the killer’s next target.
I read this thriller in a day and loved every minute of it. It was fresh and exciting. I loved reading about a physically and mentally strong, independent female character who doesn’t have superpowers to get her through tough situations. She’s still very much a heartbroken girl after her ex, Calvin (who is also her best friend’s older brother), unexpectedly ended things with her several months prior to this trip, and I think that’s what drew me to her. The female protagonist doesn’t need to be cold-hearted to be strong and independent. She acknowledges she’s spent her life depending on the men who surround her, and this trip would be a message for them and to herself that she can go out on her own and literally survive. Loved it.
While I was able to piece together the real killer and the connections everyone had to other characters in the story about 75% of the way through, I was still incredibly curious as to the killer’s motives — and that alone was spine-chilling. It’s that charm and hidden misogynistic hatred that all girls fear in men, and it felt so incredibly real. It’s a message to men, as well. I hope boys read this book. It’s the perfect peek into a self-sufficient girl’s mind, and her ongoing calculations about men who are kind as well as severe. It gives the reader an idea of what it’s like to walk in a girl’s shoes, only heightened by the immediacy of a kidnapping.
I’m not sure what else to say other than it’s a great thriller! It’s perfect for YA, too. I’d imagine that, if this book were geared for adults, more suspenseful passages would have been written to heighten the tension. This YA is fast, and I will not be surprised if it’s one day turned into a movie. It really has that cinematic feel to it. Oh, love it!
Thank you, Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster, for providing the digital and BEA print copy for review! And thank you/shout out to my grad pub friends, Hannah and Morgan, for standing in line at BEA to get this!
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Book Review: “My True Love Gave to Me” edited by Stephanie Perkins (ARC)
Posted at 8:15 am by Laura, on September 30, 2014
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins
Stories written by Stephanie Perkins, Holly Black, Ally Carter, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Matt de la Peña, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME: TWELVE HOLIDAY STORIES by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins.
From New Year’s Eve parties to last-minute Hanukkahs, supernatural creatures from dreams to fantastic parallel universes, and down to your usual Christmas holiday story — twelve great YA authors bring wonderful new sets of characters this holiday season for some cozy, warm-feeling cheer that would go perfectly with a soft blanket and hot cocoa.
I’ll admit I read only the short stories written by the authors I already enjoy (Perkins, Forman, Han, Rowell, Taylor) and those I’ve heard praise for but hadn’t read yet (Black, Carter, Levithan). Because I loved those short stories — such variety! — so much, I’m going to go back and read the ones by the authors I haven’t heard anything about.
Rowell and Forman were my favorites, followed closely by Perkins. Rowell’s characters Mags and Noel went to the same New Year’s Eve party across all of high school and freshman year of college. They change with each passing year, grow closer, and their friendship is so beautiful and solid you can’t help but cheer at midnight. Forman’s Sophie is hilarious and witty, extremely sarcastic, and it intensifies when she meets Russell, the first person she views as her equal. Perkins’s story is heartfelt and authentic, Han’s was a surprising twist of her usual writing, Taylor’s was lush as usual, and Black’s was fun and quirky.
This is an adorable winter holiday read, perfect to get you into the spirit!
Thank you, Edelweiss, for providing this book from St. Martin’s Press for review!
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Book Review: “Dragonfly in Amber” by Diana Gabaldon
Posted at 8:33 pm by Laura, on September 28, 2014
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Seal Books
Genre: historical fiction, fantasy, romance, adventure
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones …about a love that transcends the boundaries of time …and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ….
Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire’s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart …in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising …and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves…
Scotland, 1968. Claire brings her daughter Brianna to Scotland to visit the place Frank studied with such depth and devotion. Claire introduces Brianna to Roger Wakefield, the adopted son of the reverend Frank corresponded and shared academic stories with during and after his second honeymoon with Claire. But Roger and Brianna are set in store for more than nostalgia and acquaintance reunions — little do they know they’ll learn of the years Claire spent away from Frank, and what it means for them.
Scotland & France, 1744-1746. Claire and Jamie flee Scotland for France, and work their way into Charles Stuart’s court in Paris in an attempt to thwart his efforts to reclaim the Scottish throne. Leading the life of a double-agent, Jamie’s political leanings and pride in his country war in his heart, and Claire attempts to navigate court life to help in his efforts. Soon enough their work is needed in Scotland once more, and it appears that fate has a different plan set in store for the Frasers, the MacKenzies, and Scotland.
Note: All Outlander books will be filled with spoilers. If you haven’t read Outlander yet, do not read on!
This would’ve received five stars if it weren’t for France. Not that Gabaldon’s writing was poor in France, or that the history wasn’t fascinating — nothing like that. And it’s not that it was the setting that put me off (France versus Scotland…mmm, I’d take Scotland). The slow pacing and political intrigue was just like in Outlander, except that this time we’re set in the opulence of a French court, with too many characters and too much gossip and too much scheming and it not only took a toll on me but also on Jamie and Claire. They love each other deeply and they care about their cause, but it clearly disrupted their life, being double agents and attempting to change the course of history. It created a rift, in a way. I promise you, if you’re reading Dragonfly in Amber right now and you’re not back in Scotland yet, keep reading. It’ll be worth it! Soon our lovers are back on home land and even they admit France was tedious!
At first I was slightly put off by the twenty-years-into-the-future part of the story — including the switching perspectives — but after a while I genuinely liked it. We see how Claire struggled to maintain a secret, read her mind as she flashed back to the difficulty in her marriage with Frank post-return, felt her love for her daughter Brianna and all that she meant. We can sense how heartbreaking it was for her to come back to the twentieth century and have a child. And then to tell the child about her years away from Frank and hope against all hope she’d believe Claire. That’s tough. Although I still find it hilarious that the most logical of men in this series still believe Claire faster than any woman has (first Jamie, then Anselm, then Roger).
I know that everyone is okay. It’s clear, reading the summaries of the other books, that everyone is okay. But that still didn’t stop the feeling of dread once we were back in Scotland, once you realize Claire really did return to the future, once Jamie and Claire have to say goodbye. So many tears. So. Many.
And the cliffhanger? Good Lord.
There’s a reason this series is successful. It’s not a romance about how two people come together and live happily ever after. It’s about a marriage. About following these two people across time and space, about all the hardships they’ve encountered together and apart, how they work with one another and make decisions and still come out loving one another so deeply and fully it makes your own heart shatter. It’s beautiful.
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Lifeboat of S. S. Park Victory to be preserved
Posted on September 14, 2018 by Peggy Reiff Miller
In my last S. S. Park Victory post, I promised to tell the story of the discovery of one of the ship’s lifeboats. The Victory ships were outfitted with four steel lifeboats, each 24 feet long with 27- to 29-person capacity.
Lifeboat #1 on the S. S. Park Victory, January 1946. Photo credit: Harold Hoffman.
According to Park Victory historian Jouko Moisala, when the ship sank [link], only three of the lifeboats were deployed. After the rescue of the sailors using them, these three boats were returned in February 1948 to the Luckenbach shipping company that operated the Park Victory.The fourth went down with the ship. But what became of it?
Two months later, Iivari Suni and Erik Öhman were the first two divers to go down to the wreck. Their mission was to see how the coal the ship was carrying could be retrieved. Moisala believes these two divers must have cut the life boat loose, as it was likely in the way of bringing up the coal. As a result, the boat was lost to Park Victory history. That is, until Moisala received an email this past January from a man who had heard one of Moisala’s Park Victory lectures. The man knew the whereabouts of an old lifesaving boat and attached this picture.
Remains of Park Victory lifeboat. Photo courtesy of Jouko Moisala.
Moisala went to see the boat the next weekend. “There it was in the middle of the bed of reeds and full of trash,” he says. “That man told me the boat had been a property of an old smuggler of spirits from Estonia and Poland. This was quite usual in Finland after the war.” Moisala was told the smuggler had gotten the boat in Utö, the island off which the Park Victory sank, and it had been on land since 1960. From comparing photos Moisala took of the remains of the boat with the one taken by seagoing cowboy Harold Hoffman in 1946 that I had sent him, as well as photos of Victory ship lifeboats from the S. S. Red Oak Victory museum in California, Moisala found identifying marks that made him certain this was, in fact, the missing Park Victory lifeboat. What an exciting discovery!
Moisala and his wife set to work in frigid February weather emptying the boat of its trash. Finally in June, the boat was able to be shored up enough to move it off the spot where it had rested for so long.
Moisala gets help from friends in moving the Park Victory lifeboat. Photo credit: Jouko Moisala.
The boat was later moved into Turku to the grounds of a diving equipment manufacturer where Moisala began work on it in August. Moisala has quite a project on his hands! I’ll be eager to see the finished product! As I’m sure he will be, too.
Rex Miller and Jouko Moisala look over the remains of the S. S. Park Victory lifeboat, July 13, 2018. Photo: Peggy Reiff Miller.
Jouko Moisala and I at his S. S. Park Victory lifeboat project in Turku, Finland, July 13, 2018. Photo: Rex Miller.
This entry was posted in Accidents, Victory ship and tagged Erik Öhman, Finland, Harold Hoffman, Iilvari Suni, Jouko Moisala, Rex Miller, S. S. Park Victory, S. S. Red Oak Victory, Turku by Peggy Reiff Miller. Bookmark the permalink.
2 thoughts on “Lifeboat of S. S. Park Victory to be preserved”
Peggy Reiff Miller on September 14, 2018 at 9:11 am said:
Yes, who knew?! I would never have guessed some 15 years ago when I was sitting in your mom’s kitchen interviewing her.
woodscrone on September 14, 2018 at 8:55 am said:
Your saga with the cowboys keeps taking you to unknown places…..Who knew?
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New Kid in School: I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know
Written by Tom White, Sports Editor
I told someone earlier today that I seem to find something every day that I need or want access to but I can’t.
Almost a month in, I still don’t know what I don’t know. Learning to be a new teacher again is tough. I don’t remember not knowing anything when I started teaching but that may be a result of me truly NOT knowing anything.
I have sat through meetings that reminded me of the time when I managed the hispanic radio stations for a couple of months. Catching every 4th or 5th word and trying to piece together what each word means. It’s funny how schools seems to each have their own language.
I have to say that one of the biggest things I was concerned about was the technology. I left a pretty large school system in the Metro Atlanta area to go to a school that is best described as rural. I mean, I drive 40 minutes AWAY from Atlanta to get there but I was assured that the technology was taken care of. Boy were they right. I sat down a week or so ago to broadcast a volleyball match. I whipped open the laptop, went to speedtest.net and hit “go.” 30 seconds later I was looking at 100MBPS down and over 100MBPS up! I immediately emailed the director of IT for the county and thanked him! I have done a lot of broadcasts in a lot of gyms and never had such great speeds on a wireless connection. I would like to say that the broadcast when off without a hitch but an excited 4th grader celebrating a point late in the deciding set knocked me offline by swinging her arm and unplugging my HDMI connection for my camera….just as the serve for the match point was served.
In the classroom, things are starting to shape up. The video production class is producing a daily 3 to 5 minute newscast. This has been the best yet most stressful thing I have done. As you know, there are students who really care and want to be there and students who would rather be anywhere else (as long as they have access to snapchat). I think I may have found the recipe to keep those who are (or could be) interested involved and excited about the class while we progress. I have split the class in half and these groups alternate days of producing the newscast. On their “non-producing” days, they plan for the show the next day. All students every day have to write a 30 second news script. So the class breaks down with the first 20 minutes or so the students researching and writing scripts, the next 30 or so working to complete the rundown or plan the next day’s show, and finally the remaining time, they actually produce the show. It’s a complex dance and the overachievers need a little more pushing to stay engaged but next week, things will change. Today, all of my students got access to the Adobe Creative Cloud! Bring on the editing and the challenges to make something better every day!
As I mentioned earlier, we have started to produce live sportscasts. This has been extremely rewarding and some days a major motivating factor in my day. The students are starting to warm up to the idea of doing live broadcasts. The first responses where “I don’t know what I’m doing” or “I’m afraid to mess up.” Each week, I send an email with the opportunities for the week. Each week more students sign up. I had my first show with a student working as play by play for the game. It was amazing! He knew the game so I didn’t have to coach much. This was the first time we used the Henry Engineering Sportscaster set up. We were able to communicate offlline as well as on the air. The Sportscaster made the setup extremely easy and worked like a charm.
We are working through football season right now too. We did our first live show last Friday. We have partnered with the Sports Media program at the University of Georgia’s Grady School of Journalism. The students work as the talent for our shows. We set up two cameras on the roof along with our production area. I wrestled with finding a wireless microphone that would get us access to the field reporter that was stable enough to go to throughout the game. I’m still working on it…. I did have a major win this week when I received a Connex Mini from Camera Motion Research. This will allow me to cover the entire stadium area with a wireless camera. I will be using the camera with a wireless microphone set up (when I get one) in order to have a sideline reporter anywhere which will be especially important when we go on the road and need to be on the opposite side of the field from the pressbox.
Between the sportscasts, the newscasts, the normal day to day grind of the classroom, I am ready for the Labor Day 3 day weekend. I know that the month of September is going to be crazy as we ramp up all of the sports and prepare for the move into the new facility. There is an auction company that will be scouring the building and if the correct label isn’t placed on the right boxes, equipment, etc…. We may be buying back some of our stuff in the auction.
Tom White is the digital media instructor at Morgan County High School in Madison, GA. Currently teaching TV production and animation pathways, Tom's programs have received state and national honors including the 2016 NFHS Network School Broadcast Program Of The Year.
Prior to teaching, Tom was a marketing, promotions, and online content director for a major radio corporation in Atlanta. Tom studied exercise science at High Point University prior to his radio career. Despite his winding career path, his mother still thinks he is special.
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Defending Physics Against Cracked.com
By esiegel on January 30, 2012.
"In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms." -Stephen Jay Gould
Those of you who follow me on either google+, facebook or twitter know that I sometimes post interesting articles about science from around the world, including this very good article about myths about outer space, from the often-entertaining cracked.com. So, as you can imagine, I was (at first) very excited when I saw this article last week over there.
Image credit: cracked.com.
Imagine my disappointment when I read this, and realized that the "6 Scientific Discoveries that Laugh in the Face of Physics" turn out to all be things that physics understands and can explain! Looking at it today, you can see that well over 1,000,000 people have read this, so let's see if we can't get the correct information back out there to as many of them as possible. Without further ado, let's take a look at these six scientific discoveries, and do our best to get it right!
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6.) The Sun Can Make Stuff Hotter Than Itself.
Above is the Sun's Corona, visible only during a total solar eclipse, as shown above. And while the surface of the Sun is very hot, at something around 5800 K, the Corona comes in at temperatures over one million Kelvin. Mysterious, mind-boggling and inexplicable by the laws of physics, right?
Except that temperature is not the same thing as heat! The Sun's surface is much, much denser than the incredibly rarified corona, so that even though the Sun's photosphere is less than 1% of the corona's temperature, it emits energy at a rate that's over 40,000 times the amount required to heat the corona up to it's high temperature. We even think we know why: the wave heating theory, where energy can be transferred over long distances from the solar interior to the corona.
Image credits: Robert Krampf; stills taken from MetaCafe.
Remember what temperature is: a measure of the mean speed of the particles. Similar to how two balls -- a tiny one and a very massive one -- dropped one-atop-the-other will lead the tiny ball to rocket upwards at an incredible speed, the problem isn't getting a few particles to have a very large speed. The problem also isn't unique to the Sun; if we take a look at Earth's upper atmosphere, where it gets really rarified (above 80 km), we find that it does the same thing in terms of temperature!
Image credit: Earth's Atmosphere, from kowoma.de.
The problem is that we associate temperature with heat in our minds, but the "very high temperature" corona contains almost no heat! But if we look in terms of heat, the Sun's photosphere contains much more than the corona; the corona merely reaches higher temperatures.
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5.) When You Look Closely, Gravity Stops Making Sense.
The article laments that gravity is so mind-numbingly weak. How dare you, gravity! And it's true; weaker by something like 38 orders of magnitude than the electromagnetic force, even your puny comb can outdo the gravitational pull of the entire Earth when it comes to lifting certain objects. But this isn't a mystery, it's an empirical fact of nature!
Image credit: Joan Adler, Technion, Israel.
The standard model of particles and interactions can do a whole lot, but one of the things it can't do is explain why the fundamental forces are the strength that they are. Neither can general relativity, our theory of gravity. As you can see, gravity is very, mind-numbingly weak, even compared to the weakest other force.
But whether you look close or far, at something as massive as a supermassive black hole or as tiny as a laboratory mass, general relativity still gives the correct answer to everything. The only argument that one could even make that "when you look very close, it stops making sense" would be to go down to the smallest scales we know of.
Image credits: Ultra-Cold Matter Research at William & Mary.
Only, with gravity, we can barely make it below the millimeter-scale before it becomes too difficult to measure. And we can measure the effects of gravitation down to these sub-millimeter scales: it obeys general relativity just fine, thank you. Perhaps someday, we'll reach down to quantum mechanical scales and find that our classical theory of gravity, general relativity, is insufficient. But in theory, general relativity is good all the way down to the quantum limit of the Universe, and we have yet to find an experiment or observation that contradicts it.
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4.) Satellites Speed Up for No Reason.
So, get this. In the 1970s, we launched two probes -- Pioneer 10 and 11 -- into the outer Solar System. As we tracked their positions over many decades, we knew exactly what to expect. After all, we know the laws of gravity, we know the masses and positions of the Sun and all the planets, and we should be able to predict the spacecrafts' motions flawlessly. Except we saw a small -- but definitely non-negligible -- acceleration back towards the Sun!
Immediately, a number of spectacular explanations arose. Gravity is wrong! The solar system is full of dark matter! Spaghetti! Except among most astrophysicists (like me), another explanation arose: maybe the asymmetric spacecraft is being heated (and is radiating) asymmetrically.
Image credit: NASA / Francisco et al., retrieved from Jennifer Ouellette.
For decades, the debate raged, as much as anything where one side doesn't really give the other side much credibility can rage. And then last year, it was definitively measured that the "anomalous acceleration" is not constant, but decreasing, and hence in total agreement with the theory that it's due to the thermal effects that the astrophysicists pointed out. So yes, cracked, satellites speed up for no reason, but only if you ignore the actual reason.
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3.) The Law of Conservation of Energy? More of a Suggestion, Really.
Looking at black holes, there are only a few types of hair they can have: mass, angular momentum, and electric charge. (And, if you believe in it, magnetic charge.) All of that stuff is conserved. But what about information? That's something that needs to be conserved. If I throw the Count of Monte Cristo into a black hole, it contains a different amount of information than an equal-mass book of all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But if energy must truly be conserved, mass, charge, and angular momentum won't take care of it! This conundrum was known as the black hole information paradox.
Image credit: retrieved from Phantastic Physics / Wikispaces.
I said "was known" as that. Because the information isn't lost; we know exactly where it goes! When any object falls into a black hole, from its point of view, it simply passes through the event horizon and falls into the singularity, getting torn apart in spectacular fashion. But to an observer outside the event horizon? The object appears to get stretched out, fainter, and reddened, but you'll never see it cross over onto the inside. What we see, instead, is that information gets imprinted, forever and ever, onto the surface of that black hole's event horizon!
So even though you might have amazing difficulty reading it, that information from the Count of Monte Cristo is still there on the surface, even if its mass is the only thing you know from the black hole's insides.
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2.) The Particle That Knows We're Watching.
Radioactive decay, the process that allows an unstable atomic nucleus to transmute into a different element, is one of the slowest physical processes known to man. Often taking billions of years, radioactivity is built on a foundation of quantum mechanics, where a metastable nucleus must quantum mechanically tunnel into a less energetic, more stable state.
Image credit: retrieved from Aggeli K at BrightHub.com.
It isn't easy, as you can imagine, because there's no good way to get up-and-over the proverbial hill; it isn't like those protons and neutrons just spontaneously align into that less energetic configuration! What you need to remember is that each of these particles that make up the nucleus are quantum mechanical in nature: they're not just particles, but they're waves, too. And waves spread out over time, where they can attempt to tunnel into that more stable (post-decay) state. Every once in a while, after enough time has passed, a nucleus will find its way into that state, and when that happens, you get a decay!
Image credit: Chi LF collaboration, from John von Neumann Institut fur Computing.
But it takes time to get there. If you're too impatient, and you can't wait, you might be tempted to look right away. Only, you know what happens in quantum mechanics when you make an observation: you collapse the wavefunction into one particular state! So if you can't help yourself from making observations, what you're basically doing is resetting the clock every time you look!
Image credit: Peter Byrne / Scientific American.
If you're cracked, you'll lament that this is like the watched teapot that never boils. While if you're a physicist, you know the teapot boils, but the nucleus won't decay unless you stop continually collapsing its wavefunction!
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1.) Einstein's Theory: Relatively Full of Crap (Also? Time Travel!).
And finally, the faster-than-light neutrinos thing, again. For those of you who've been living under a rock, the OPERA experiment in a mine under Gran Sasso detected neutrinos sent from CERN, and they detected them 60 nanoseconds sooner than they would have had they moved "only" at the speed of light.
Like many others, I was skeptical, and believed we were fooling ourselves. I still am, and I still do. We have plenty of evidence indicating otherwise.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, K. France, and P. Challis and R. Kirshner.
For one, we had a supernova in 1987, which raced photons and neutrinos for over 100,000 light years; were the neutrinos moving at the speed OPERA indicated, they'd have arrived four years earlier; instead, they arrived within hours. There are actually a host of other experiments that have constrained the speed of neutrinos, and if you look at all of them -- across a wide variety of energies -- you find that the new experiment, OPERA, is the one outlier, in conflict with everything else.
Image credit: Matt Strassler and me.
The OPERA results are bizarre enough that experiments in the United States and Japan are being set up right now to either verify or refute them. When it comes to this story, I've been doing my best to inform the world, and I'll stay on top of it and keep reporting all the latest developments that come up, too. But for right now, it's going to take some extraordinary evidence before I'm ready to chuck special relativity, even for something as mundane as the neutrino.
And there you have it: six scientific discoveries that might appear to laugh in the face of physics, but only until you learn the physics behind it! Isn't information beautiful?
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"But for right now, it's going to take some extraordinary evidence before I'm ready to chuck special relativity, even for something as mundane as the neutrino."
Mundane as the neutrino, huh? Keep telling yourself that you quack.
By Jon Jones (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Thank you! When I read the Cracked article my first instinct was to come back here and try to search and collect articles explaining those "baffling mysteries" away, but now there's a single article to refer. On to the comments section!
By Leon Vinteri (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Congratulations on your usual clearly written and reliable explanation. Thanks.
By David (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
"For one, we had a supernova in 1987, which raced photons and neutrinos for over 100,000 light years; were the neutrinos moving at the speed OPERA indicated, they'd have arrived four years earlier"
Really? So ALL neutrinos go FTL? Is that what the CERN experiment is saying?
Or are you strawmanning here, Ethan?
Now, if not all go FTL, then please answer me: were we looking for a neutrino burst from a supernova in 1983?
No, we weren't.
By Wow (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Nicely done! I was pretty pissed at Cracked too when I saw this article. Well, you know, they're a comedy site so I guess we shouldn't expect them to be fully informed about these cutting edge science topics (some of these explanations are actually quite new, I remember reading about the unresolved state of the Pioneer anomaly back in 2005). But then again, this is still misinformation.
Anyway, I have a question. In number 2, you are obviously referring to the quantum Zeno effect, which I find absolutely fascinating. Do you know if this has ever been observed experimentally? Could we potentially learn more about what actually counts as a quantum mechanical measurement finding out what causes this effect and what doesn't?
By Michel (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
We have something called "the Lamb shift" which shows that, even if not *real* real, has real effect as though it were.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_shift
Even if not entirely what you were asking, Michael, it's in the sort of direction I believe.
@Wow #4: That's an extraordinary bit of special pleading, there. You're suggesting
(by implication, rather than standing up and saying so clearly), that only the particular neutrinos in the energy range of CNGS happen to be superluminal. That all other neutrinos, both lower and higher in energy, are not. Oh, and you also seem to be implying that only the neutrinos that got detected by OPERA were superluminal -- the other ones from CNGS, which ICARUS detected, weren't superluminal either (see below on Cohen-Glashow radiation).
As you know, Kamiokande-II was not "looking for a neutrino burst from a supernova" in 1987 when it seredipitously observed SN 1987a. It was looking at solar neutrinos in an attempt to solve the then-confusing "solar neutrino problem."
In 1983, there were two neutrino observatories running, the original KamiokaNDE (yes, that's how it was written) and Baksan. So in principle, either of them could have serendipitously seen a burst of superluminal neutrinos from SN 1987a.
Of course, as Cohen and Glashow have pointed out (using entirely well-tested physics of weak interactions), those hypothetical superluminal neutrinos would have radiated away their energy during the 160,000 light-year trip from the LMC.
So in fact, no one would have seen a burst of surperluminal neutrinos, and no one would have seen the non-superluminal events in Kamiokande-II either. But since we did see the latter, we can draw a simple conclusion.
By Michael Kelsey (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
"Except that temperature is not the same thing as heat!"
Additionally, temperature doesn't make a lot of sense when it's rarified. What's the temperature of an atom? You need lots to do that. But then over a light year of space, you can GET lots of atoms. But they don't interact with each other much if it's rarified, though the NUMBERS can be big enough to compare to a glass full of atmosphere from the surface of the earth, where you CAN call it "temperature".
There are plenty of ways in which "OMG! The Corona is millions of degrees hotter than the sun" isn't really a killer blow to physics.
You're suggesting (by implication, rather than standing up and saying so clearly)
I thought it was pretty clear. But if you insist: I'm saying it: only some neutrinos are superluminal.
Happy?
Also note that these were very light forms of neutrino. Extrapolation of macro-scale (and compared to the keV of an electron which ALREADY has problems with such things as "spin" that acts like spin, but can't 'cos the edge would be going faster than light), the eV that the neutrinos they consider to be going FTL is a pretty large extrapolation.
Add that the energies are very high again compared to what we manage to get with larger objects.
But the "the 1987 supernova shows they're wrong" is rather crappy an argument for the questions I asked. Additional problems are that, since the speed of neutrinos should be LESS than lightspeed because they're massive, should we not have seen them in 1991? Shouldn't they have spread out with mass as well as energy?
I suspect something *other* than superluminal travel going on, but this is a "huh, that's weird" moment. And that pish-tosh rebuttal was not even worth the thought of an infant.
@Jon Jones
While I do disagree with the comment "even for something as mundane as the neutrino." ... neutrinos are a piece of the standard model, and maybe not as exciting as exotic particles. They still important to look at them, and see if they conform to all standard model/relativity predictions.
On the other hand, how is the poster a quack? His main thesis makes complete sense ... Just because the OPERA results are weird, doesn't mean it is time to throw out relativity just yet. One still needs confirmation from other neutrino experiments.
Unexpected results come out of HEP all the time, only to fade away with more data, or not be confirmed by other experiments.
By stewartt1982 (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
"So in principle, either of them could have serendipitously seen a burst of superluminal neutrinos from SN 1987a."
And since there was nothing to explain the cause, removed as a random non-neutrino event.
"Just because the OPERA results are weird, doesn't mean it is time to throw out relativity just yet."
When General Relativity proved the better, we didn't throw out Newtonian Gravity. We just realised it wasn't as complete an explanation and found one that explained even more.
No doubt science is good at explaining things, but one still might object to the idea that science already explains everything, as Sean Carroll laughably asserted in Discover magazine a while back. So, #6: OK, it isn't a massive violation of thermodynamics, but "we even think we know why", followed by a plausible but somewhat handwavy explanation. I take it that the implication is that "we" can't actually do the math (not that I could even if somebody can). #5, "one of the things [the standard model] can't do is explain why the fundamental forces are the strength that they are". And so it goes.
So it's a true point that (even aside from problems like three-bodies where we understand what is happening but can't compute an exact solution) a scientist can expect to be confronted with "WTF???" moments. In fact, my understanding is that scientists LIVE for those moments when the null hypothesis is invalidated. And there's still plenty of mystery at the bottom of the barrel.
By Marshall (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
True enough, Newtonian gravity is not thrown out ... god knows I've used it many times myself in calculations when appropriate.
At the same time, I think it is to early to say that the OPERA result actually demonstrates chinks in relativity.
Additionally, temperature doesn't make a lot of sense when it's rarified.
True, most of our everyday intuitions about temperature break down, but that doesn't mean that temperature isn't a useful concept. It means you have to worry about higher order moments, which if you had a Gaussian distribution of velocities (for historical reasons this is known in plasma physics as a Maxwellian distribution) would be identically zero. The reason you get non-Maxwellian distributions is, as you say, because particle collisions are infrequent enough to be negligible, and many particle acceleration processes in plasma astrophysics tend to produce power law distributions. But fluid descriptions of plasmas, such as magnetohydrodynamics, still work in this regime, or at least are good enough approximations to describe many phenomena of interest. You have to make some assumption about a certain higher order moment in order to close the set of equations, but most of the time you can make an assumption that is close enough to reality.
By Eric Lund (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
I feel the need to offend and insult the author of this blog because I read this page religiously and am constantly bombarded with some of the most over dramatic, dogmatic, short sighted garbage that I have ever read. The persistent dismissal of anything that contradicts the commonly accepted view of the universe is almost ironic. I feel like the pope himself will administer a gay marriage ceremony before anyone in the scientific community will accept a model of the universe that does NOT include dark matter, or allows for exceptions or rejections of relativity. At what point does the community of physicists as a whole begin to reflect the same ignorance and intolerance of new ideas that the Catholic church showed to them in the early renaissance?
What specifically about the blog post do you not agree with? Do you disagree with the refutations, or the clarifications, of the physics behind the cracked.com article?
The current physics theories explain a lot of observed phenomena ... the standard model agrees very well with the cross sections I measure in my analysis. That does not mean there isn't a more encompassing theory where the current theories are a special case or approximation.
Claims of turning the world of physics on its head need extraordinary evidence. Hints (such as the OPERA experiment) are nice, and interesting, but not enough.
That's the problem, Stewart, if you compromise your intellectual integrity by studying the physics then you will have been indoctrinated into toeing the same line Ethan has to.
Original thinkers like Jon, however, whose minds are unsullied by study, can invent perpetual motion machines thanks to the genius of ignorance.
By Vince Whirlwind (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
@ Vince
Who says I'm not studying?
No doubt science is good at explaining things, but one still might object to the idea that science already explains everything, as Sean Carroll laughably asserted (Discover magazine blog for 2010/09/29 ... maybe we can't put links in comments here???) a while back. So, #6: OK, it isn't a massive violation of thermodynamics, but "we even think we know why", followed by a plausible but somewhat handwavy explanation. I take the implication to be that "we" can't actually do the math (not that I could even if somebody can). #5, "one of the things [the standard model] can't do is explain why the fundamental forces are the strength that they are". And so it goes.
So it's a true point that (even aside from problems like three-bodies where we understand what is happening but can't compute an exact solution) a scientist can expect to be confronted with "WTF???" moments. In fact, my understanding is that scientists LIVE for those moments when the null hypothesis is invalidated. And there's still plenty of mystery at the bottom of the barrel and I suppose there always will be.
Happy to report a number of my 6th graders could tell you heat and temperature are not the same thing. I guess teaching the layers of the atmosphere was good for something. :-D
By Jane (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Jon Jones, I think the problem that you're having is that everyone is ignoring one very fundamental fact. Namely, you're a fucking loon.
By Ema Nymton (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Thanks ethan! I posted a comment on the article at the time pointing out the innacuracies, but you've explained the issues much better and in more detail. Well done!
By Matt (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Ah, the Pioneer Anomaly. Such a glorious litmus test for looniness. Crackpots just can't resist pointing at Pioneer and saying "See?! This proves modern physics is a bunch of hokum, and the Scientific Clergy just won't admit their Dogma is wrong! But if they had an ounce of brains, they'd see that [my pet theory published on my blog] is obviously true!"
Which just instantly shows you the kind of scientific integrity they (don't) have. They aren't aware of the various proposed solutions, the implications that have and have not been considered, and ultimately the volumes of evidence for the current theory that would make it foolish to take one unexplained happening and say you have to throw everything out. Especially because, like in so many, many cases, ultimately the solution involves not upending all of known physics, but rather better understanding the specifics of the scenario at hand.
Of course none of these revolutionary thinkers ever came up with the idea that maybe the problem with Pioneer was that it couldn't be modeled as a sphere of uniform density. Cus where's the fun in that?
On a completely unrelated topic: Jon Jones, if you'd done the studying you are implying you have, then you'd have come across all the theories the scientific community has come up with as alternatives to DM or GR that are accepted in direct proportion to the relative evidence for them. You'd know that there are scads of scientists trying like heck to explain the universe without the need for DM -- but that they can't yet do as good a job as the explanation that does include it! As soon as that's not the case anymore, you'll start to see DM fall by the wayside and the new theory take over.
And then some time later, someone like you will come by and say "I feel like the pope himself will administer a gay marriage ceremony before anyone in the scientific community will accept a model of the universe that does NOT include [the new theory]". Almost as though they are completely oblivious to how the theory came to be accepted.
By CB (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
I often visit Cracked.com during "slow" days at the office, but many of their science articles are incorrect or misleading....but their hipster articles are great!
By iceclimbr (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Whatever. Call me names, and personally attack me because your facts break down.
Prove to me the OPERA results were flawed.
Prove to me the existence of Dark Matter, beyond implied data.
Prove that neutrinos are irrelevant even if that are faster than light.
I don't think it is fair to say that the faster-than-light-neutrino result is "in conflict with everything else". For one thing, the MINOS/Fermilab result http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0437 from 2007 also pointed towards faster-than-light neutrinos (though not as significant as OPERA, but combining two independent results obviously raises the significance.) And then there are the repeated measurements of imaginary neutrino mass, as summarized in http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.2104
By Axel Boldt (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
Ethan, it shows that you are a believer out to defend science against perceived attacks, and so you slide into naive scientism. No, temperature is not just the velocity of particles, and you know that! Temperature is about equilibrium, and that one of two reservoirs in contact is a million times denser and has more heat as an explanation for a temperature difference is something no undergrad should get away with. How on earth do you let yourself down to such a level? Just a knee jerk reflex to "defend" holy physics? That is not acceptable for a science blog! Then you go on with the pioneer anomaly, which is not all of a sudden fully resolved just because there are two pre-prints that claim to see more of the effect you like to see. Did you even read those papers - did you perhaps not notice how preliminary their conclusions are? And black hole information conservation is proven? That is certainly news to me. Since when, Ethan? Because string theory has black D-branes? Science is about empirical data also in those cases where it does not yet support your pet theories! I have no mood to get into the other mistakes here - except that people, me included, told you several times why the supernova data and OPERA are not necessarily contradictory - no idea why you just keep going with the same lame argument again and again and again. What is it that drove your argumentations here - craving the support of certain people? This is not how you convince doubters, this is how you make sure that those who distrust scientism are confirmed in their fears. Please do not join the many pseudo-skeptics just for the easy clicks and invitations to fashionable circles. You do not need to!
By Sascha Vongehr (not verified) on 30 Jan 2012 #permalink
No one is naming calling or being insulting but you.
1) It is not about proving the OPERA results right or wrong. HEP experiments are complex and rely on precise knowledge of your detector ... so there are many things that can lead to errors. You may have noticed that most modern collider experiments have 2 general purpose detectors to double check results (eg. H1 and ZEUS, D0 and CDF, ATLAS and CMS). The OPERA results would imply something very different is going on, something not allowed in relativity ... that is a BIG thing if true. Hence it needs conformation from other experiments. If they found the same result then "YAY" something really neat has been found. If not, it might be time for the OPERA collaboration to go back and sort out what was wrong.
2) What exactly do you mean by "implied results"? Do you mean from implied data ie) galactic rotation? or from knowledge about dark matter that isn't from data?
Look, assuming our theory of gravity is correct, postulating that some sort of weakly interacting dark matter makes sense. It is not something wild to postulate. Therefore scientists are going to concentrate on looking for candidate particles or work on theory related to this.
But it could be something else, maybe some sort of modified gravity ... and there are people who are studying this.
I'm not sure what you want? Do you have your own theory that you would like every scientist to agree is correct?
3) They aren't irrelevant in my opinion ... if they go faster than light then that is weird and unexpected ... especially since it only appears to happen under very specific conditions.
Why are you so angry?
The beauty of cracked is that no matter how complex the theory at hand, they explain it with the average Joe in mind, I tried to finish this article but it seams to be written for people with at least a degree in physics, Cracked has had over 1000,000 reader because you can bet almost all of the understood the article if this article really intends to educate the masses then at least give the a fighting chance to understand it.
By Aoifec (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
Regarding the OPERA results: Note the figure in the original post where Ethan shows upper bounds on v - c for various neutron experiments. Assuming that's a log scale on the Y axis, OPERA comes in three orders of magnitude higher than the ICARUS experiment in the same energy range. That doesn't prove that OPERA is wrong, but it does prove that OPERA and ICARUS cannot both be correct. Since OPERA is also an outlier compared to what has been measured in other energy ranges, Occam's razor tells me that there is probably some not-yet-identified systematic error in the OPERA results.
Coronal heating is an active research area; I know several people who are working on the problem. There are several proposed mechanisms, all of which operate via classical E&M. We haven't determined which one (or several) is the correct mechanism, but that doesn't mean we can't explain the process.
As I have said before, dark matter is one of only two allowed classes of theory (alternative theories of gravity are the other) that can be invoked to explain galaxy clusters. Dark matter theories have at most two free parameters (average density and effective temperature), and having set those two free parameters to best fit the distribution of galaxies in the universe, we can explain a lot of other phenomena as well. Alternative theories of gravity do not accomplish this, at least for a uniform choice of the free parameters in those models.
Lol U Mad Bro?
By Zaltair (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
I know better than to consider myself an amateur physicist. My knowledge is filled with holes. But, I can safely say that you probably shouldn't call yourself a physicist either. Or at least, not one that should be doing anything outside of research.
You see, I decided, on a whim, to check out some of Cracked's sources. And, interestingly enough, they are closer to correct than you are. Not to say that you are wrong... Simply that you have created strawmen. Especially in regard to number 5. You talk about so many of these problems as if they've been solved, when they simply have not. I'm sure the physicists devoting their time to solving this problem would not take kindly to you dismissing it as solved.
Maybe since we don't know the Higgs mass, we should just disregard all potential problems that come about from knowing it.
Yes, that sounds excellent.
By GalinKinlin (T… (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
"Assuming that's a log scale on the Y axis, OPERA comes in three orders of magnitude higher than the ICARUS experiment in the same energy range."
And still an error of, what was it? 0.000063%?
Now, compare the visible mass of the universe to the mass of the visible part of the universe. There's an order of magnitude difference (near enough) there.
Or Dark Energy vs the vacuum energy. What was it? 120 orders of magnitude difference there?
Were these told they were hogwash, or was a way found to keep the standard theories working with the visible data undertaken?
They did a reworking to remove the valid criticism of error bars including the "no, it's not going FTL".
So it remains.
Rather than whine "it's just plain wrong", have a look yourself and see where they got it wrong. Or how what they saw doesn't mean what they think it does. Or just test your theory again to make sure you ARE right.
"Prove to me the OPERA results were flawed."
This is not science.
Science would be wondering "How could it be right?" and for the members of the team "How could we be misinterpreting this?".
Ask questions of yourself before you demand of others.
"but one still might object to the idea that science already explains everything"
Rather like the denialist meme of "The science is solved", nobody says that science already explains everything.
Unless you're in junior school in the science class. And that for very obvious and accepted reasons.
"At the same time, I think it is to early to say that the OPERA result actually demonstrates chinks in relativity."
But it does hint at it.
Hence the quote from Ethan on my frist post on this thread was completely uncalled for.
For example, if 1eV masses are given their inertial mass via interactions with the Higgs Boson interactions, then they do not readily interact with them. If they also move "fast" in that frame of reference, they do not act weakly for anything other than a very short time.
Maybe there's the occasional breakdown and there is no forbidding if you have a small enough mass, from going faster than light. Maybe the chance of being missed out depends on the mass of the object and the heavier it is, the lower the chance (in just the same way as a particle as massive as me has a chance of quantum tunnelling through a wall, but it's a lot lower than the chance of a smaller mass doing so).
Or maybe the interaction rate is so low that the maths being used to find the speed isn't as precise as it needs to be.
If possible, does someone have a small words explanation of how we can detect the charge of a black hole when the force carrying particle can't get past the event horizon?
By Mike Kelly (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
Something at the chandresakah limit does not have the energy to escape the gravitational attraction (at infinity).
It does have the energy get to something a little closer, mind.
As you fall toward the black hole, that event horizon will recede from you, you'll never actually pass it from your POV (until tidal forces strip your body atom from atom). The event horizon visible from a planet light years away is larger than that visible from a planet orbiting that black hole.
So it isn't that the force particle can't escape.
OK technically that was small words....
So are you saying the EM force is the result of virtual photons emitted from the "kind of image" of the charged particles visible at the event horizon?
I don't know because I don't know what you meant there.
I suspect there are no small answers to that query and the only answers possible require more maths than you wish to see.
Your two choices are:
find out about it and learn all the long words necessary
Actually I am calling Jon Jones names, and him trying to claim the high ground as if this was just further evidence of his correctness is the height of hypocrisy.
Mr. Jones, YOU started off this thread calling people names (specifically you called Ethan a quack, and the entire scientific community as dogmatic as the Pope) because YOU can't accept the implications of the evidence we have. The facts are not behind you, so name-calling and baseless comparisons to religion are all you have.
PROVE Dark Matter exists? Why not just say "I have no understanding or interest in real science"? If you have a philosophical problem with DM, then take a look at the data and provide an explanation that fits that data better than DM. Plenty of scientists have tried exactly that (demonstrating how stupid your "will not accept a universe without DM" lie is) -- but they simply don't explain the data as well. Even some of the theories that were looking pretty good at explaining galactic rotation have now had to adopt something like DM to be compatible with all the evidence.
That's the difference between a real scientist and a dogmatic crackpot. A real scientist goes where the evidence leads, even if they don't like it. Even if it's completely against what they were hoping to prove. This has been demonstrated time and time again when everything you think of as the Dogma of the Scientific Establishment was initially viewed as strange and unacceptable. However, these ideas won out due to evidence. Evidence is why those things are the current mainstream views. Evidence is why those views will be rejected, should it become prudent.
But the crackpot doesn't know or care about the evidence, they cherry pick what they view as weaknesses to say it's obviously bunk, but ignore the strengths and successes. Ignore that no other explanation fits the data as well. Ignore the basic principle of science because they think the universe will eventually prove their beliefs correct despite the evidence. and then in their ignorance accuse everyone else of being dogmatic.
This is called "projecting", and it's pathetic.
Find a better explanation for the data than DM. Make a testable prediction with it. Go down in the history books as DM falls by the wayside and the Jon Jones Theory is taught in every school.
Or, vastly more likely, a member of the scientific community you insult who actually understands the current state of the art will come up with this explanation. As is nearly always the case.
@Jon Jones, @CB
I was wrong, there is some name calling. I withdraw the comment. The rest stands.
@WOW: "Maybe there's the occasional breakdown and there is no forbidding if you have a small enough mass, from going faster than light. Maybe the chance of being missed out depends on the mass of the object and the heavier it is, the lower the chance (in just the same way as a particle as massive as me has a chance of quantum tunnelling through a wall, but it's a lot lower than the chance of a smaller mass doing so)."
Right. But what if the more massive particle "decides" to use some alternative to "normal" quantum tunneling to increase the odds of going FTL under some conditions? My brain thinks in images and metaphors, and came up with a drill there... so maybe bigger/more massive particles could at least sometimes get through that wall with some form of quantum superspeed/high-precision drill (if not a quantum jackhammer for much more massive objects) not yet conceived or discovered, or reinterpreted? (spin?) Or maybe it could move to another platform or state not necessarily quantum but maybe still relativistic to achieve the same ends? Has anyone been doing any work on those kinds of possibilities?
By mindymac (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
@Wow
"People say 'Well, science doesn't know everything.' Science knows it doesn't know everything. Otherwise, it would stop."
- Dara O'Briain
So you don't really 'get' comedy, do you.
By no sense (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
..........Slow Clap.........clap....clap....clap
Ooh, if only that'd been a golf clap, then you'd have really got me. As it is, I think we have to call it a draw.
Ethan, I usually enjoy your blog, but your explanation here of the black hole information paradox is poor.
You didn't even mention Hawking radiation. The "paradox" arises solely due to the facts that black holes evaporate and that models of the evaporation don't explain how the information gets into the outgoing radiation. At the end of the process, there is no black hole and no event horizon - just radiation. There are certainly speculative models that suggest mechanisms that could allow the radiation to get the information, often involving some very limited form of nonlocality, and the consensus (which I agree with) is that some such mechanism would occur, but it's far from settled exactly how it would work.
The 'frozen' appearance of something falling into a black hole to an outside observer was certainly known before Hawking discovered the radiation, so that's not why most physicists who used to believe the "paradox" is a real problem no longer do.
By kinem (not verified) on 31 Jan 2012 #permalink
That was fun. :)
As for OPERA - I'm a bit disappointed that it hasn't all been settled yet (yeah, I'm impatient). I'm still betting it's a timing error; obtaining nanosecond synchronization between 2 systems so far apart is far from trivial. Even the work required to measure all the timing parameters at the detector site is mind numbingly dull and extremely laborious work.
By MadScientist (not verified) on 01 Feb 2012 #permalink
"and that models of the evaporation don't explain how the information gets into the outgoing radiation"
Except there isn't information coming out.
Particles are not information.
By Wow (not verified) on 02 Feb 2012 #permalink
"But what if the more massive particle "decides" to use some alternative to "normal" quantum tunneling to increase the odds of going FTL under some conditions?"
The chances of that happening are so small they (statistically) won't have happened.
But the smaller it is, the bigger the chance it will happen.
Maybe at 1eV we're getting to the stage where the chance of it happening is nearly 100% over the sort of distance being used in OPERA.
Or it could be that the experiment is miscalibrated. Or misunderstood. Or just fluked.
But it would be better for those who don't think it's at all possible to be right to consider how it might be right, and what the most accurate way of showing that the result is NOT FTL travel.
It's accepted that there are more dimensions. The shortest distance between two points on a sphere is a geodesic. Unless you can dig through the sphere.
And if you dug through that sphere, someone who didn't know about that third dimension who recorded you leaving and got a record of when you arrived would see you travel faster than you actually did to get there.
We *know* we saw Neutrinos from SN1987a at around the time we saw them. We ALSO know that they didn't precisely agree with what we expected. Neither does the neutrino flux from the Sun.
So we KNOW we don't know something important about neutrinos and/or suns.
So pointing to SN1987a and going "How do you explain THAT then! Neeer!" really doesn't stand up.
Some of you sound like the kind that mocked and ridiculed Galileo!
Science is a journey...
Airing views and cross pollination of ideas is what makes us great. You can't always be right...
It's highly improbable.
By Simon Templar (not verified) on 02 Feb 2012 #permalink
They also laughed at Coco the Clown.
There has to be somthing there before the big bang!
By techzero (not verified) on 05 Feb 2012 #permalink
There has to be something North of the North Pole!
There has to be something smaller than nothing!
Regarding that top quotation by Stephen Jay Gould: Use single quote-marks when making a quotation inside of double quote-marks. (Other way around if you're in England.)
Yeah, you're going to call me a Grammar Nazi. Do I call you a Science Nazi for insisting that incorrect physics info be addressed?
By RKae (not verified) on 07 Feb 2012 #permalink
Moral Of the Story: Cracked is NOT the source for reliable information.
By jj (not verified) on 08 Feb 2012 #permalink
@ 16 "The persistent dismissal of anything that contradicts the commonly accepted view of the universe is almost ironic."
I guess Jon has never heard of a little thing called skepticism. It's sort of important in science.
By greame (not verified) on 09 Feb 2012 #permalink
Graeme, you need to think clearer.
PERSISTENT dismissal is not skepticism.
It's denial. Or, at best, contrariness.
> I still am, and I still do.
Are there no fighters left here anymore?
By Brian (not verified) on 10 Feb 2012 #permalink
A recent paper in A&A offers the most plausible explanation for the OPERA results I've seen to date (open access article): http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118745
Basically, the hypothesis is that the timing scheme used by the OPERA team is contaminated by non-inertial effects arising from their choice of reference frame. This is allegedly the source of systematic error in the experiment that everyone's been looking for. Using the solar system barycentric point as a reference, the author finds that there are seasonal variations in the relative times between the clocks at Gran Sasso and CERN that are not taken into account in the OPERA experiment. The timing error has to do with the positions of Gran Sasso and CERN in the Sun's gravitational potential. Because both measurements were taken between April/May and November, he calculates that in the reference frame used by the OPERA team, the integrated error would be about -80 ns. The neutrino arrival time was -60 ns, so if he's right, neutrinos arrive 20 ns after light once all timing corrections are made.
Now, where this gets really interesting is here: he thinks that if they make measurements from January to March, the error in their measurement scheme would be +50 ns; i.e., the neutrinos would arrive after light in the timing scheme employed by the OPERA team. This is a testable and falsifiable hypothesis. He argues that the OPERA timing scheme would work properly if they integrated measurements over all times of the year, as the errors in their timing scheme would average out. Alternatively, they could use the "correct" reference frame.
The paper is worth a read. I'm not an expert on relativity, but this is the most convincing explanation I've seen thus far. It will be interesting to see how the scientific community responds.
By Kyle (not verified) on 11 Feb 2012 #permalink
Question about #2.
"If you're cracked, you'll lament that this is like the watched teapot that never boils. While if you're a physicist, you know the teapot boils, but the nucleus won't decay unless you stop continually collapsing its wavefunction!"
Okay, but isn't this a really weird result? Like, if I have two chunks of uranium and the other one is measured for a billion years and the other one isn't, will they have decayed at different rates?
Or to put it more chillingly: What if the Russians are watching their uranium better than we are?
By scarshapedstar (not verified) on 11 Feb 2012 #permalink
Consider it this way (possibly): You can only see that the atom is or isn't decayed by checking its size very carefully.
But this would be like grabbing hold of a sliding pile of blocks to see if it's collapsed: the very act of checking pushes the bits back together.
Same thing here: looking at the atom requires "squeezing" it to see what size it is, which puts then closer together again.
Of course, it could be that the energy put in forces them apart, too.
I guess it depends on how you're looking.
I'll just leave this right here. Scientific burden of evidence
"Note that this method can never absolutely verify (prove the truth of) 2. It can only falsify 2.[13] (This is what Einstein meant when he said, "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."[14])"
In short: It's not up to any of us to prove that Dark Matter exists; it's up to you to prove it doesn't, etc etc.
Meanwhile, the rest of us will wait and see if newer experiments corroborate or refute OPERA's results.
By Commodore (not verified) on 13 Feb 2012 #permalink
Awesome. I've spent the last decade or so minimally scientifically informed, save for the Brian Greene NOVA series. However, I still read the Cracked article thinking it was written by and/or for people who didn't understand the fundamental laws it attempted to refute. This is exactly the educational digest I would have spent who knows how long googling vagueries to learn.
By Vicki (not verified) on 22 Feb 2012 #permalink
"I'll just leave this right here. Scientific burden of evidence"
Commodore: the evidence of their results are there. Those are facts. If you wish to claim them incorrect, then you need to show a hypothesis and supporting evidence where and what form that error is.
"burden of proof" is no magic shield that means you don't have to prove a point. At best it means you only need a hypothesis rather than proof, but you must explain what you mean when you say (if you do) "the OPERA results were flawed".
After all, that is the response to experiments showing evolution theory is correct used by creationists to say that evolution by natural selection is wrong.
It isn't acceptable there, and it isn't acceptable here.
The annoying thing about that cracked.com article's third item is that its title is accurate: the law of conservation of energy really *is* just a suggestion on the largest scales (which is a damn good thing for us or we'd all be fried). Unfortunately they then proceeded to talk about black holes and the conservation of information, which has precisely zilch to do with the conservation of *energy*. It's as if the author of that article thought that all conservation laws were the same.
By Nix (not verified) on 08 Mar 2012 #permalink
In Special Relativity, I don't understand the concept of rest mass. If two objects are moving relatively to each other in uniform motion, either one can be considered at rest. Following on, how is it possible to say which object is moving faster than the other? This has bugged me for thirty years.
By Graham Lyons (not verified) on 03 Mar 2013 #permalink
"how is it possible to say which object is moving faster than the other?"
By defining a frame of reference from which their velocity vector is defined.
By Wow (not verified) on 03 Mar 2013 #permalink
cracked.com is just a scam to get people to flips through pages of ads. It''s as slow as hell and is not a genuine fact based website. It will soon close when they've spent all their investors money. Why do you feel the need to write this entire artucule to defend your scientic facts against such a tacky website?
By Minami Sumi (not verified) on 27 Jul 2013 #permalink
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Permafrost researcher from Yukon College joins international project on Herschel Island
Credit: Louis-Philippe Roy
Louis-Philippe Roy stands at the edge of the Arctic Ocean on the northernmost edge of Yukon, Canada. He stares out across an endless landscape of ice and snow, broken only by a few muskoxen here and there. Right now, this place feels absolutely permanent, frozen in place. Yet, Roy knows the ground below him is unstable–thawing at an alarming rate. Where he stands, Herschel Island, is falling into the sea and taking parts of Canada’s history with it.
Originally a base for Inuvialuit people to hunt and fish, in the 1890s and 1900s Herschel Island, Qikiqtaruk in Inuvialuktun, became a bustling community of around 1,500. A hub in the global whaling industry until whaling suddenly ceased to be profitable in 1908. Today, it has a population of zero.
Wooden houses, a community hall, and whaling company buildings from that brief era still stand today. Those in the best condition have been renovated to house tourists and researchers who visit throughout the year.
This expedition has been organized by Nunataryuk, a five-year project to determine the impacts of thawing coastal and subsea permafrost on the global climate and develop targeted and co-designed adaptation and mitigation strategies for the Arctic coastal population.
Roy is here to assist an international research team as they spend several weeks gathering soil, flora, fauna and permafrost core samples in this vulnerable coastal ecosystem. Everything they will need to do this must be shipped in and out. More than half a tonne in equipment and field gear was shipped a month prior to the team’s arrival and travelled all the way from Potsdam, Germany over the Atlantic Ocean up the Dempster Highway, Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories (NWT).
George Tanski from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Andreas Richter from the University of Vienna, Juliane Wolter, Hugues Lantuit and Jan Kahl from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, and Jöelle Voglimacci-Stéphanopoli and Vincent Sasseville from the Université de Sherbrooke each bring a diverse set of research agendas and field methods to the table to accomplish their task.
As a permafrost researcher with Northern Climate ExChange at Yukon College, Roy’s experience organizing large and complex field research groups, planning for cold climate work, permafrost drilling and core sampling proves invaluable for the Nunataryuk team.
“Doing research in such remote places like Qikiqtaruk and the rest of the north requires massive logistical planning. I have seen it all and am rarely surprised by setbacks anymore. I have had to fix broken down equipment in -30C, been delayed weeks due weather and flying conditions, and had near misses with wildlife encounters. Being a northern researcher, means you must be prepared for anything. Conditions and plans change all the time, one must be adaptable and prepared, this trip was no exception” said Roy.
The thirty-year-old has conducted field work in Alaska, Northwest Territories and Yukon, but this was his first trip to Qikiqtaruk.
“We can learn a lot about past climate conditions studying our frozen ground, and I was looking forward to studying Herschel Island. Permafrost ground temperature it is a good indicator of how climate is changing in different areas. I’ve worked in Yukon since 2012 and seen a lot of changes to the landscape and environment. There are sites we have been visiting for five to six years now and we can see, even in this short period, a lot of changes related to permafrost degradation,” said Roy.
Despite temperatures hovering around -10C (14F) through the day, of -20 (-4F) with the windchill, the increased Arctic spring daylight enables the team to work well into the evening. When not busy drilling boreholes and doing preliminary analysis of samples, they explore the landscape and hang out with park rangers in the shared, no-frills shack.
“It was fantastic to benefit from the experience of Yukon College. We achieved much more than we would have without the presence of Louis-Philippe. We can now start to understand how permafrost changes from the south to the northern tip of the Yukon. This is unique and very promising for the future,” said Dr. Hugues Lantuit, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI).
The team also benefits from the experience of wildlife monitor, Peter Archie from Aklavik, NWT. Archie brings a wealth of traditional knowledge, making the job of a researcher a lot easier, providing support leading up to and during a trip. He knows the area and resident wildlife well and stands watch for potential encounters–very beneficial when the group was charged by a lone wolverine.
“Qikiqtaruk is a truly unique place. It is far away from civilization, and at the edge of the world in some ways but concentrates a wealth of Inuvialuit and recent cultural history. It is a privilege to stay there and contemplate these two dimensions as we work on permafrost,” said Dr. George Tanski, Faculty of Science, Earth and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Permafrost thaw is expected to impact human health through the release of contaminants and infections, through impacts on food and water security of Arctic coastal settlements inducing health and socio- economic repercussions. The cores and samples collected on Hershel will now undergo thorough analysis. The team hopes to quantify thawing permafrost and its impact on storage and vulnerability of organic matter and contaminants on land along with determining the vulnerability of existing infrastructure.
As it becomes Yukon University in May 2020, Canada’s first university north of 60, Yukon College looks forward to continuing to work, collaborate and partner with other international organizations and institutions to understand the impacts of climate change on the global environment, and how we can adapt.
About Northern Climate Exchange at Yukon College:
Established in 2000, Yukon College’s Northern Climate ExChange partners with communities, industry, First Nations, academics and government leaders to explore and respond to climate change impacts on northern communities and their infrastructure. Yukon College conducts leading-edge permafrost research focused on supporting infrastructure maintenance and construction for Arctic development and the well-being of communities who live on the land, while making high-level scientific contributions to permafrost science and engineering.
Find out more about Yukon College’s permafrost research:
https://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/research/our-research/northern-climate-exchange
About Nunataryuk:
Nunataryuk is a project made up of 26 international partners, predominately post-secondary institutions, including Université Laval in Canada and coordinated by Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Potsdam Germany. Nunataryuk is committed to determining the impacts of thawing coastal and subsea permafrost on the global climate and will be developing targeted and co-designed adaptation and mitigation strategies for the Arctic coastal population.
Find out more about Nunataryuk
https://nunataryuk.org
Find out more about Herschel Island
http://www.env.gov.yk.ca/camping-parks/HerschelIslandQikiqtaruk.php
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Rochester Area Art Clubs
John Ciminelli Earns Best in Show in Irondequoit Art Club Exhibit
The Irondequoit Art Club’s 60th annual Spring Show and Sale opened April 12 with a party and awards presentation. Best of Show honors went to John Ciminelli for his mixed media seascape, “Berg.” This mixed media piece depicts an iceberg centered in a foreground of hypnotic-blue sea. The artist’s intent was to show that a surface may be only a portion of what lies deep within. He was inspired by the movie, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, directed by Wes Anderson, in which the focal points were always in the center of the movie frames. For most of the work, Ciminelli used spray paint. The kayak figure was made using a toothpick and credit card. He used a saw-zall blade to create texture on the iceberg. The lines were formed using an old license plate. To achieve the desired outcome, the paints had to be applied in a specific sequence. Other details and negative space were added using self-made stencils.
Award-winners for this show were selected by judges, Mary Coy and Franzie Weldgen, both professional artists and teachers. Coy has 20 years experience in the field of art education. She spent eight years as Contributing Editor for School Arts Magazine and has written over 30 articles on student learning. She also worked in the field of advertising and public relations. Weldgen is a graduate of RIT with a focus in lithography. He received his MFA from the University of Arizona (UA) in painting and printmaking. He taught at UA and MCC where is is an Associate Professor of Art. He serves on the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Project and his work has been exhibited nation-wide at major museums including a permanent collection at the Smithsonian.
Irondequoit Town Supervisor, David Seeley, and Spring Show Co-Chair, Jane Adams, spoke at the opening and presented the awards. Marlene Canavan was the show’s other Co-Chair. Juror’s Awards went to Michele Barnard (Cat of Many Colors); Diane Bosco (oil, Beacon); Jan Ferry-Axman (photograph, Frozen Wonder); Nancy Jo Gambacurta (acrylic, Big Hair #1); Barbara Green (acrylic, Birches); John Lenhard (acrylics, Cat’s Cradle and A Day in Paris); Jeanette Musliner (watercolor, Rain in Lucca, Italy and acrylic, Red,Yellow & Blue Challenge); Mary Emmi Pallone (watercolor, Simplicity); David Pell (Runaway); Jeannette Profeta (Opal Evening on the Bay and Ruby Splendor); Sheila (“S.A.M.”) Shrestha (dyed-silk, Set Free); Judy Travis (oil, Spring Wings).
Merit Awards were presented to Jane Adams (photograph, Pemaquid Point); Michele Barnard (mixed media, Dancing Metallics); John Ciminelli (Bell Rock); Jeanette Ferretti-Wojtas (acrylic, A Cardinal Convention); Jan Ferry-Axman (photograph, Lovely Day); Patrick McCaffery (acrylic, Dark Woods); Barbara Montione (watercolor, Spring); Gwen Ostrom (mixed media, Great Blue Heron Fishing); Terry Patti (acrylic, Spring Trilliums); Irma Pylyshenko (fiber art, Lifespan A); Sally Steinwachs (Hello Sunshine and Cat on Rya).
A special memorial exhibit honoring art club members, Jim Dawson, Lois Lynn and Betty Papaleo, who passed away during the past year, was introduced by Jeanette Ferretti-Wojtas. The show, which has 120 pieces by 40 art club members, remains on view through 5 PM, Saturday, April 21 at the Irondequoit Public Library, 1290 Titus Avenue. It is open during library hours. Admission is free. The site is handicapped accessible. ---Sheila (S.A.M.) Shrestha, Publicity Chair, Irondequoit Art Club, 585-704-5020, www.irondequoitartclub.org
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Book Trade
Today's Issue
Bookstore Edition
Shelf Awareness for Friday, January 25, 2008
Notes: Rescuing Bookstores; Waiting for Dan Brown
Several beleaguered independent bookstores "have been drawing more than pity from devotees," according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported on an intriguing recent trend: "From Chicago to Brooklyn, N.Y., and from Houston to Eugene, Ore., loyal customers have been stepping up and putting down serious cash to save their neighborhood bookstores. These individuals see themselves more as donors than investors, committed to saving the ambiance and personal service of their local store."
Among the booksellers mentioned in the piece were Brent Books and Cards, Chicago, Ill.; Kepler's Books and Magazines, Menlo Park, Calif.; Tsunami Books, Eugene, Ore.; Brazos Bookstore, Houston, Tex.; Community Book Store, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Women and Children First, Chicago, Ill.
"Thanks to the cash injections," the Journal concluded, "many of the stores have been able to advertise and, as a result, have seen double-digit increases in sales percentages. Even better, perhaps, the activists have at long last put their money where their mouths are."
Cracking the Dan Brown code. According to today's WSJ, "no book has been as eagerly awaited as Mr. Brown's next novel, purported to be about freemasonry and the Founding Fathers. The problem is, it is still awaited . . . and awaited . . . and awaited."
The Journal called mega-bestseller The Da Vinci Code "the biggest publishing event in decades," spawning "literary knockoffs," explanatory nonfiction titles and substantial growth in European tourism to sites mentioned in the novel. The article also noted that, "when Bertelsmann AG reports 2007 results in March, it will be the first time since 2002 that it didn't get a boost from The Da Vinci Code."
So, where's the next book? Neither Brown's agent nor the author himself will say, but literary agent Laurence Kirshbaum offered this perspective: "When a major author doesn't deliver, you get down on your knees and pray. You can't threaten, you can't cajole, you wait. . . . When you have that level of success, you feel an obligation. He's climbing Everest times 10. He probably wants to make the next book perfect."
Little Bookworms, Lakewood Ranch, Fla., will expand its inventory to include children's apparel beginning in March, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which noted that "about half of the 1,200 square-foot store will be devoted to children's apparel. Books will continue to occupy the other half."
The Tigard Times asked Portland, Ore., area booksellers Phil Clark and Frank Payne of Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, and Will Peters of Annie Bloom's Books to recommend "thought-provoking winter reads." They did.
"If none of the above titles pique your interest," the article concluded, "stop by your neighborhood bookstore and ask what's new in your favorite section. Or visit www.booksense.com to find the Book Sense Picks, a monthly selection of eclectic new books chosen by independent booksellers."
Stephen King by the numbers is an eerie, interactive feature at USA Today:
37--Number of languages in which his books are published.
5--Number of novels not set at least partially in Maine.
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AAP Sales: Upward Swing Continues for November
Book sales in November increased 8% to $859.1 million, based on sales at 81 publishers as reported to the Association of American Publishers. Sales for the year to date rose 9% to $9.4 billion.
Stronger categories:
E-books rose 36.4% (with sales of $2.5 million).
Professional and scholarly rose 34.9% ($68.3 million).
University press paperbacks increased 34.3% ($6.2 million).
Children's/YA paperbacks were up 24.8% ($45.8 million).
University press hardcovers gained 17.5% ($6.7 million).
Adult mass market increased 14.8% ($84.1 million).
Higher education rose 14.7% ($216.2 million).
Children's/YA hardcovers increased 11.4% ($60.9 million).
Adult paperback sales were up 8.3% ($107.6 million).
Religious books increased 3.6% ($49.8 million).
Weaker categories:
Audiobooks declined 24.1% ($15.4 million).
Adult hardcovers were down 7.4% ($194.3 million).
El-Hi basal and supplemental K-12 decreased 2% ($103.2 million)
Media and Movies
Media Heat: Tasty, Funny, Scary
This morning on the Today Show: Padma Lakshmi, author of Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day (Weinstein Books, $34.95, 9781602860063/1602860068).
Tonight on Charlie Rose: A conversation with actor and comedian Steve Martin, author of Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Scribner, $25, 9781416553649/1416553649).
Tomorrow on the Weekend Today Show: Stephen King, author of Duma Key (Scribner, $28, 9781416552512/1416552510).
Tomorrow on NPR/PRI's Studio 360: Samantha Hunt, author of The Invention of Everything Else (Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618801121/061880112X).
Image of the Day: Tip o' the Hat to Anita Silvey
Known for her chic chapeaux as well as for heading up the Horn Book and Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, Silvey (second from l.) celebrated as winner of the 29th annual Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award at the EPA banquet (with Tom Korman, DK Publishing; Ben Conn, Knowledge Industries; and Margaret Coffee, Scholastic).
Awards: Borders Original Voices
The following were the four book winners of the 2007 Borders Original Voices Awards, with comments from the selection committee:
Fiction: The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Canongate). "Hall created a great read for anyone willing to surrender disbelief and trust him as a storyteller even if the narrator can't be trusted."
Nonfiction: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (Little, Brown). "The story took readers somewhere unfamiliar and taught them something new. For those readers who thought they knew something, the book challenged that knowledge."
Children's picture book: Wolf! Wolf! by John Rocco (Hyperion) "This story has a delightfully clever and different ending than a reader would expect and is a charming read aloud for any child."
Young adult/independent reader: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: A Novel in Cartoons by Jeff Kinney (Abrams). "Nostalgic adults will empathize with Greg's snarky narrative about friends and family, further reminding readers why it's good not to be 12 anymore."
The awards honor "fresh, compelling and ambitious works from new and emerging talents." Winners receive $5,000. Borders store employees and corporate office employees made nominations; winners were selected by a committee of corporate staff members representing each of the four categories.
Book Brahmin: Toby Barlow
Toby Barlow is executive creative director at the advertising agency JWT in Detroit, Mich., and a contributor to the literary magazine n+1 and the Huffington Post. He splits his time between Detroit and New York City. Sharp Teeth, his first book, was just published by Harper in January.
On your nightstand now:
Against the Day. I find a paragraph or two of Pynchon to be the most potent dream generation medication available on the market today.
Favorite book when you were a child:
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome. The heroes of the story are a bunch of loud, drunken louts who overthrow the Tsar. Someone should make a children's movie of it.
Book you most enjoyed reading to your child:
Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd. It has everything a great story needs: betrayal, music, reptiles.
Your top five authors:
Barry Hannah, P.G. Wodehouse, Dostoyevsky, Henry Fielding, Dorothy Sayers
Book you've faked reading:
If you include high school and college assigned reading, then too many to count.
Books you are an evangelist for:
Homeland by Sam Lipsyte, The Keep by Jennifer Egan, Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union. I used to be quite the evangelist for Barry Hannah's Bats Out of Hell but then people started steering clear of me.
Book you've bought for the cover:
Venus on the Half Shell by Kilgore Trout, when I was 14.
Books that changed your life:
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky. I'm not sure how it changed my life, but things were different afterwards. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson had more predictable consequences.
Favorite line from a book:
"Virtue was always one hell of an idea."--From William Kennedy's Roscoe
Book you most want to read again for the first time:
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Book you have re-read most often:
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Book Review: Life Class
Life Class by Pat Barker (Doubleday Books, $23.95 Hardcover, 9780385524353, January 2008)
Pat Barker's new novel is the Booker Prize-winning master at her best. Life Class is her tribute to the art world of pre-War London, following the careers of three young art students encountering the horrors of an unimaginable war, and asking how are should respond to a world erupting into violence and aggression. Turn away and have nothing to do with it? Or plunge into the battlefield and re-create it?
Paul Tarrant is doomed to a life of working in the ironworks but comes to London on his grandmother's legacy to pursue his real dream: painting. Kit Neville is the son of a successful war correspondent and already becoming famous for his aggressive, noisy modern canvases. He's desperately in love with Elinor Brooke, from the landed world of privilege, who has won a scholarship to the Slade, the legendary art school in London where they all meet. There Paul falls in love with Teresa, an art school model with a violent stalker of a husband. And Elinor begins to fall in love with Paul. They all remain true to their own talent in their own way as they're pulled apart and flung together by the war that engulfs them all.
Intermingled with the fictional characters are the real-life womanizing painter Augustus John, the eccentric Lady Ottoline Morrell, the greatest aristocratic hostess of her time, and Dr. Henry Tonks, the Victorian surgeon who became an artist and helped pioneer techniques of plastic surgery on the disfigured young soldiers returning from the horrors of the trenches.
In her usual clear, clean, effortless prose, Pat Barker tells a compelling story that never lets up momentum, avoids sentimentality and predictability and concludes in an extremely satisfying manner while asking powerful questions about the role of war in art, unanswered questions with plenty of ammo for all sides. She creates characters with passions and values you believe in, talented young people you care about in a world where art and war and love converge.-–Nick DiMartino
by Pat Barker
Deeper Understanding
Robert Gray: Baby Boomers Won't Stop Shopping
Cue the theme music from Jaws. Baby boomers are in the retail waters and they're not leaving soon. Will they still be reading in 2018 or 2028 or 2038? Yes. Will they still be buying books in bricks-and-mortar bookstores?
That's the challenge for booksellers. As I mentioned in the first column of this series, BBs can be irritating and fickle. We always have been. A BB backlash already exists. Think Chris Buckley's novel, Boomsday, where a boomer suicide proposal (with financial incentives, of course) falls under the euthanasia euphemism, "Voluntary Transitioning." Think the Baby Boomer Death Counter. Tip of the iceberg.
Cue the shark music again.
Yet somewhere, in the middle of all this controversy and opportunity, the book world will have to find a way to surf boomer-infested waters. One of the questions I initially asked readers was whether tech-savvy BBs will be transferring their book reading and buying habits to an online environment by the year 2018.
Susan Fox, co-owner of Red Fox Books, Glens Falls, N.Y., describes herself as a non-boomer who is also part of the last generation to have grown up without computers. She believes that paper books and bricks-and-mortar stores are safe for now: "I don't see boomers (or my generation, for that matter) reading novels on the computer in the way that younger generations who know nothing but computers will."
Fox added that something "no one mentioned in their comments (denial, perhaps?) is large print. I just sold a copy of The Alchemist large print edition to an aging boomer. Just as we're seeing spa cuisine make its way into retirement homes, we're going to start seeing interesting, diverse titles make their way to large print. Maybe even debut authors!"
Missie Olm of the Reader's Loft, Green Bay, Wis., feels that while some boomers may gravitate to an online reading life, "bricks-and-mortar stores have less likelihood of losing them to the ether than we do the younger generations. They want to talk about what they know about--in person. They want the interaction that the cozy independent bookstore can offer. I think this is the generation that may be doing their research online, but we'll still get the pleasure of their company. Until mobility becomes an issue. Then you start delivering, for those favorite customers that you've worked with for the last 10, 20, 30 years."
"Your 2018 question is harder to answer," admits Pamela Grath of Dog Ears Books, Northport, Mich. "Yes, there are those of us who have gotten over our technophobia, but whether online or bricks-and-mortar sales will be a larger growth area a decade from now is anyone's guess. I've been a bookseller for 15 years, and all I can say for sure about the future is that it will be different. When online skyrocketed, I jumped, and for a couple of years what I was doing worked, but then everything changed, and I had to change again, too. Boomers in general may re-invent themselves over and over out of excitement or new enthusiasms; indie booksellers must re-invent themselves continuously to stay alive. The world is dynamic, and bookselling is a challenging way of life."
Carol White of RLI Press is closely tied to the recreational vehicle industry: "In our travels, representing 'Go RVing' to the boomer market, we talk to hundreds of boomers about their 'retirement' years. As you say, they are fiercely independent and believe their demographic is just themselves.
"I think bookstores will continue to attract boomers, as long as the bookstores continue to change to meet what boomers want. The ones that are most attractive to me are ones that are a combination of a living room and a library. Most boomers, although tech-savvy, would rather actually talk to each other than to text or IM each other. Make it convenient and fun to do that and the bookstores will continue to have their place on our radar."
For added perspective, Susan Fox recommends "an interesting section in Paco Underhill's Why We Buy about the aging population and the need for stores to try to meet their needs. Things like bigger signs, better lighting, books that deal with aging and retirement (and yoga). I agree with him that this is something we'll need to consider since the boomers aren't (thankfully) going to stop shopping."
No need to get out of the water yet. Baby boomer sharks don't bite; they buy.--Robert Gray (column archives available at Fresh Eyes Now)
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Telltale Press: Co-operatives could be the answer. . . .
What does 'strong online presence' mean?
Events and funding
Who buys poetry?
Robin Houghton of Telltale Press explains some of the background
Telltale Press is a new poetry publishing imprint, and it’s a collective. For people who don’t know, could you explain what that means in practical terms?
As it says on the website: We publish primarily short, first poetry pamphlets and help develop and support one another to move forward with our poetry careers. The aim is for all members to be involved in the press, for collective benefit, rather like a co-operative, if that makes more sense.
What was the spur to starting the enterprise? What tipped you into action?
A few things. I was on a masterclass at Ty Newydd with Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, and the question everyone wanted answering was ‘how does one get published in this day and age?’ Carol Ann suggested we formed a self-publishing collective, citing a number of successful poets who had started by doing something similar, or self-publishing a small ‘calling card’ pamphlet. Personally, I really needed to be proactive rather than passively waiting for a press to publish my first pamphlet, which was draining my confidence, creativity and energy. I wanted to get those first few poems out and done with, in order to move on, write more, and have more time and enthusiasm for poetry projects. I also knew it would help get my name and work known, bring more reading opportunities and so on. There are huge numbers of poets getting published in the good magazines and winning the odd prize but struggling to get a first pamphlet published. It made sense to get together with them and do something collectively. I met Peter Kenny through Brighton Poetry Stanza and was delighted when he agreed to come in on the project, so that’s how it started.
On your ‘about’ page, you talk about ‘we’. Who is ‘we’? And how many poets do you hope to involve in the collective in the next couple of years?
At the moment it’s myself and Peter Kenny, and we’re about to sign up our third member. It would be great to increase the total to four or five, but beyond that who knows. We’re not afraid to say we’re learning what works as we go along. A lot of what we do will depend on the make-up of the collective, what members want to get out of it and what they bring to the table.
You say ‘new poets are recruited by invitation’. How does one get an invitation? (I know this is an unfair question but it’s like ‘unsolicited submissions’ – how does one get solicited?)
We’ve asked experienced poet friends and editors to keep an eye out for us. So it’s by recommendation. We also read the magazines and are always on the look out for new voices that stand out for us, and researching them online to see if they might be a fit.
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Huawei Offers to Sign ‘No Backdoor Agreement’ to Allay Concerns of Surveillance in India
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New Delhi (Sputnik): The agreement empowers India with the option to blacklist the company in the case of a security breach. The announcement comes ahead of a crucial visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who on 12 June, stressed that the US is eager to help India establish secure communications networks including 5G networks.
A day before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to India, Chinese technological giant Huawei offered to sign a “no backdoor” agreement with the Indian government. The agreement stipulates a lifetime ban for the Chinese firm, in the case of a security breach on its part. The US has asked India to deny the Chinese firm permission to roll out operations in the country, over fears its telecom equipment could be used for surveillance.
“We are ready and invite all telecom equipment manufacturers such as Nokia and Erricson to sign no backdoor agreements with the government,” Huawei India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jay Chen said.
Chen said that the company would relocate all servers to India as well. Chen further added that India should not take a decision based on “the country of origin but on a standard universal policy” as it cannot afford to limit the number of its potential business partners.
The Indian government has already announced that it will roll out a 5G trial in next three months, Huawei proposed that India test its equipment free of cost, for any alleged breaches on its own or through a third party (Indian or international), without informing the Chinese company.
After raising the issue of Huawei's participation in national 5G networks, India's Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan assured that the country will make a "calibrated decision" on it.
India’s External Affairs Ministry further elaborated that the country will keep national economic and security interests in mind when it makes its decision on Huawei.
The US has repeatedly accused Huawei of installing so-called backdoors on its products to allegedly assist Beijing in espionage efforts, something the company and the Chinese government vehemently deny. Using the accusations as a pretext, Washington has barred all Huawei equipment from the country and banned the sale of its technologies and software by US firms. Huawei is currently challenging that decision by the White House in court.
India Believes West is Not Altruistic About China's Huawei - Official
Huawei India Pledges to Provide Services to its Phones Despite Google's Move
India to Take 'Calibrated Decision' on Huawei - Telecom Secretary
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Venezuelan Opposition Calls for New Presidential Vote After Maduro Drone Attack
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Venezuela’s opposition leader Julio Borges has called on Caracas to hold a new presidential vote to elect a new leader who will, in turn, form a new government that will bring order to the country after the recent assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro.
"There is a clear confusion with what happened over the weekend, but it has been demonstrated, once again, the disconnection and detachment that exists between the Venezuelan people and those who are in power today … The only way to stop the violence, anarchy, and chaos that exists in Venezuela is to allow the people to choose a different government through free elections," Borges said Tuesday in a statement distributed by the Justice First.
He added that the Venezuelan population was confused and did not believe the government’s version of who was responsible for the assassination attempt.
READ MORE: Maduro Hopes Trump Won't Permit Assassination Plots Against Foreign Leaders
On Tuesday, Maduro accused Borges, who is a former president of the country’s National Assembly and co-founder of Venezuela’s main opposition party Justice First, of being linked to the recent drone attack that attempted to kill the Venezuelan president.
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WATCH: Video of Assassination Drone that Targeted Maduro Exploding
On Saturday, a military parade in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas attended by Maduro was interrupted by what the authorities said was an attempt on the life of the president. Venezuela’s Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez has said several drones detonated close to where the president was giving a speech. The president was unharmed, but seven soldiers sustained injuries.
Maduro blamed the attack on Venezuelan right-wing opposition, Colombia, and individuals living in the United States. Both Washington and Bogota have denied any involvement in the incident.
Maduro Accuses Opposition Leader Borges of Involvement in Recent Drone Attack
Venezuelan Opposition Lawmakers May Lose Immunity Over Links to Attack on Maduro
Maduro Hopes Trump Won't Permit Assassination Plots Against Foreign Leaders
Maduro Survives Attack & Blames the US; Dems Try and Regroup as Alt-Right Unites
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Posts Tagged ‘homeschooling’
Obama And Democrat Party Want To Bring Sweden’s War On Parents By Government Takeover On America
Click on the link below to see the video of this terrible story:
http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=29058
Does this sound familiar to you? Read this trying to see how “rights” get turned on their head and perverted. The child has a “right” to daycare so the state forces parents to put their children under the totalitarian control of the state beginning at age ONE. And of course it is a bad thing for parents to “indoctrinate” their own children; they belong to the state and the state as god and as final arbiter of justice decides which indoctrination is proper.
Swedish Home-Schoolers Flee ‘Parental Inquisition’
By Dale Hurd
CBN News Sr. Reporter
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sweden used to be synonymous with freedom and safety. The nation was a haven for political refugees from around the world.
But today, Sweden is creating new political refugees: the home-schooler.
One of the escape routes for home-schoolers from Sweden is by ship, two hours across the Baltic sea to the Åland Islands. It’s a part of Finland where the locals speak Swedish and where parents can home school in freedom.
Sweden’s home-school movement has been crushed by a state apparatus that wants children as young as one year old in daycare, and all children in a classroom with a state-approved curriculum.
“The Swedish government believes that [the] state takes better care of children than parents,” said Jonas Himmelstrand, president of ROHUS, the Swedish Homeschool Association.
“They [the government] are slowly going to more of a police state, where children are more controlled. They have to be in school,” he added.
Freedom in Finland
Himmelstrand and his wife Tamara were threatened with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of fines for home-schooling. The family slipped quietly out of the country and is beginning a new life in Finland.
“We had many friends tell us, ‘Please get out, we’re worried about you,'” Himmselstrand recalled.
Home-schooling parents Magnus and Cina Wallen-Henriksen worked in the music industry in Stockholm before fleeing to Finland.
“We were afraid to stay. Our children were in danger and our family was in danger,” Cina said.
“The choice [to leave] was quite easy to make,” Magnus added.
Most Swedish home-schoolers don’t make the decision for religious reasons, but because they see the educational and social development home schooling provides.
“We noticed our children are enjoying how they learn at home and in other places,” Cina explained. “Our children developed fast and good, both emotionally and social and intellectual.”
Government Takeover?
Before 2010, it was possible to home-school in Sweden. But new laws now ban the practice in almost all cases and forces private schools to teach the state curriculum.
Swedish human rights lawyer Ruby Harrold-Claesson calls what’s happening in Sweden a “parental inquisition.”
“Sweden’s treatment of parents in the area of education is totalitarian, essentially. They want to take children from birth to graduation and control them,” said Michael Donnelly, director of international relations at the Homeschool Legal Defense Association.
Donnelly claims Sweden’s treatment of parents violates established standards of human rights.
“In fact, the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights signed in 1947 actually says … that parents have a ‘prior right’ to decide the kind of education their children should have,” he explained.
But Sweden’s ambassador to the United States said, “The [Swedish] government does not find that home schooling is necessary for religious or philosophical reasons.”
Fear of ‘Indoctrination’
Parents are pressured to put their children in daycare at age one.
“One mother told me when she went with her 18 month son to his medical checkup, and he was not in daycare. They said, ‘Oh, your son is not in daycare? But he has to go to daycare. He needs that and you need to work,'” Himmselstrand told CBN News.
“The argument they give about this is that every child has a ‘right’ to daycare. This is not a right that parents are allowed to interfere with.”
Donnelly said there is a bad historical precedent for Sweden’s control of children and education: the dictatorships of the last century.
“This seems to be what’s happening in Sweden,” he said. “They want to get the kids. They want to socialize them in the way they think is appropriate, and they don’t want the parents involved.”
Texan Lisa Angerstig married a Swede and lives in Uppsala with their four children. The couple is fighting fines levied over the home schooling of their son.
“Sweden does not believe it’s a parent’s right to choose how you raise your children, period,” Angerstig said. “They believe if you’re keeping your children at home, it’s possible you’re indoctrinating them.”
She believes the Swedish government’s actions prove it believes parents are a negative influence on their children.
‘No More Housewives’
A major issue for the Swedish government is gender equality.
The motto for a leading educator in the country states, “Sweden: No more housewives, but higher wages for women.”
Tamara Himmelstrand said she used to experience the daily disapproval of stay-at-home moms in Sweden.
“The incredible disdain Swedish society has for motherhood and the work that I was doing [made me feel like a bad person],” she said.
But Sweden’s experiment with state control of children and families does not seem to be going so well. The Swedish government’s own report shows the psychological health of Swedish youth is declining faster than in 11 comparable European countries.
“And this is being discussed [by experts],” Jonas Himmselstrand said. “Why are Swedish young people so psychologically unhealthy, so full of anxiety, so easily depressed?”
“If you ask any developmental psychologist in Sweden who is into this question, they would say, ‘You know, it has a likely connection to the fact that 93 percent of all 18 month to 5-year-olds are in daycare, often for many hours a day,” he continued.
Educational test scores have dropped as well.
“Sweden is one of the richest countries in the world. Our children should be doing absolutely the best of any country in the world, but they’re not,” Himmselstrand said.
The home-school families who have sacrificed so much by fleeing Sweden say it is a relief to finally be able to teach their children in freedom.
But what about the nation they left behind? One European Union study suggests Swedish family policy is making the nation’s adults worse parents.
Dale Hurd also reported from Uppsala, Sweden and Mariehamn, Finland.
Don’t think for a single nanosecond that this crap isn’t going on in Obama’s God damn America, too.
And in state after state and with politician after politician, wherever homeschooling is most under attack, Democrats are behind it.
None of this is anything new, folks. Socialists ALWAYS target the children.
Some quotes I’ve accumulated on liberal secular humanists wanting to destroy parents’ rights to parent so that THEY get indoctrination power:
Richard Dawkins says, “How much do we regard children as being the property of their parents? It’s one thing to say people should be free to believe whatever they like, but should they be free to impose their beliefs on their children? Is there something to be said for society stepping in? What about bringing up children to believe in manifest falsehoods? Isn’t it always a form of child abuse to label children as possessors of beliefs that they are too young to have thought about” even as he demands the right to do just that with his atheistic evolution.
Richard Rorty argued that secular teachers ought to “arrange things so that students who enter as bigoted, homophobic religious fundamentalists will leave college with views more like our own.” And he claimed that students are fortunate to find themselves “under the benevolent Herrshaft of people like me and to have escaped the frightening, vicious, dangerous parents.” He blatantly and arrogantly warned the parents who were literally paying to send their children to him, “we are going to go right on trying to discredit you before the eyes of your children, trying to strip your fundamentalist religious community of dignity, trying to make your views seem silly rather than discussable.”
Steven Weinberg wrote that “Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion should be done and may in the end be our greatest contribution to civilization”?
Christopher Hitchens wrote that “All religions and all churches are equally demented in their belief in divine intervention, divine intercession, or even the existence of the divine in the first place”? He wrote that, “How can we ever know how many children had their psychological and physical lives irreparably maimed by the compulsory inculcation of faith? He charged that “religion has always hoped to practice upon the unformed and undefended minds of the young.”
Richard Dawkins wrote, “The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism”?
Scott Atran said, “Religious belief requires taking what is materially false to be true and what is materially true to be false” in a warped commitment to “factually impossible worlds.”
Richard Dawkins: “It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).”
Richard Lewontin says of education: “the problem is to get them to reject irrational and supernatural forces of the world, the demons that exist only in their imaginations, and to accept a social and intellectual apparatus, science, as the only begetter of truth.”
Carolyn Porco says, “Let’s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and beauty. It is already so much more glorious and awesome – and even comforting – than anything offered by any scripture or God concept I know.”
Woodrow Wilson – as president of Princeton and as an early progressive fascist – said, “Our problem is not merely to help the students to adjust themselves to world life… but to make them as unlike their fathers as we can.”
We won’t just be Sweden soon. We’ll be the worse of both Sweden AND Greece soon…
It’s all par for the course in Obama’s God damn America.
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Hannah's Barber 4 comments
God I hate the thing whereby when you know that if you want to write about anything properly you know it’s going to take a lot of time and effort to do it justice, and the word count will pretty high too, but here it is, an unlikely-ish story. Ever since Nochexxx played me the Carlton “Killawatt” Valley record that made me splutter in pissed wonder for it’s entire duration I’ve wanted a copy, and initial research into its perceived market value put it just slightly beyond my financial reach, or made me think to bide my time, which I did. Therefore I was chuffed to randomly discover it on eBay, looking at the prices of Dulcitones in the first instance, I think, and win it by being the first and only bidder, with my sniping skills still in the box of Old Things. Must be pretty old things, because the record got sent to my lovely Ex’s cos that’s where the ‘Bay still thinks I live, and it should keep up really. Or I should, because when the record didn’t appear I’m afraid I started making assumptions about people not finding the time to post records that they would have expected to realise more from bidwise at auction, and I sent a bit of a terse enquiry asking whether I should be expecting it anytime soon. I should, said the seller, because he’d swiftly posted it after sale, had proof of postage, was a postman himself and knew the drill, and, ridiculously, had recognised my name as a that bloke out of The Wire, and had therefore included a copy of his own record in the package. I was, of course, comprehensively disarmed. So, after fetching the red card from Sam and having to explain to matey at the PO that Pete Um is not my government name, and once we’ve all sat around listening to Special Request & Truck Inna Garage etc, I put on this weird gift, more than 99% certain to be underwhelmed, but curious nonetheless.
Strangely enough, it’s great! It’s got that neither-one-thing-nor-t’other quality which those with a jones for new kicks ‘n’ weird thrills consider standard in a standardised “surprise me” jaded appetite. But it’s a subtle thing – it’s not knocking you over the head with some gimmicky claim to unusualness. It’s like, uh, well it’s like a lot of things and none, but it’s like a melancholic 4-track Mouse On Mars using some outboard gear, perhaps, and that’s just one thing it’s like, a bit. It’s definitely a strikingly successful mixture of the programmed and the played, although it’s hard to tell what’s being done to what, and in a good way. Actually I think the only thing I don’t like about this record is the font the text on the cover is written in, which brings back bad memories of trying to like trip-hop, and that’s a shamefully weak-ass First World 21st Century reason for being negative about anything. But the music, which might be the main thing after all, that’s pretty solid, all the way through. I’m more into it the less beats there are, I think, but then I didn’t get where I’m not today by being overly concerned with rhythm-programming. In fact the standout track for me is probably the pianoey sketchitude of Piano 4OK, if I’m typing that right Mr. Trip-Hop font. That seems to me a good example of what this lot do best, i.e a kind of judicious execution of textural progression perhaps, or the kind of sound-painting that chooses all the right colours and then puts them all in the right places. There’s a lot going on on this record, but it unfolds beautifully. In fact it kind of hides its light a bit, but then that’s sort of what’s good about it. Looks like Boomkat still got some too.
Oh, 99p at Norman!
Yeah, it’s “organic” man!
Posted March 27, 2012 by peteum2013 in Uncategorized
Tagged with Charles Bukowski, Don't Buy The Sun, Hannah's Barber, Instant Action Object, never send stuff to other writers, Norman Records, pete um
The Internet 2 comments
My niece was round here the other day. They don’t have a TV at home so she just watches the internet. Not unsusual behaviour I suppose but it made me ponder growing up with the web like that.
Here are the four videos I watched yesterday on the nets, for no particular reason.
Tagged with David Willetts, Plan B, the internet, womack and womack
The Chap Leave a comment
Was just reading this thing about The Chap, who play The Citadel Of Dreams tomorrow night, Cambridge night people, and I saw they have included some very old Um in their mix, bless them. I don’t know how serious they are about this blacklist thing but I always think The Chap are the sort of band that should be in the top ten in a better world somewhere, or even this one. I like how they carry on with it too. Like, I don’t have the option of splitting up, but bands who stick it out for its own rewards are righteous.
Tagged with africa is a fridge, lo recordings, pete um, Portland, the chap, we are nobody
Dooze on down the road. Leave a comment
Local performance for yer Doozers and fleet-fingered fifth-Beatle type C Joynes of Histon, conjured up in order for a kicking off of a small-but-worryingly-sexy tour of North Europe! Say hoi to our pals at The Swedish Embassy etc. Here’s the official blarb:
Dearest Friends and Acquaintances,
You may have seen and heard right as THE DOOZER will be hitting a town, hopefully close to you, in the next couple of weeks. That’s right, we’re touring in support of KEEP IT TOGETHER, that record recently released by WOODSIST. Here’s our itinerary:
19 – Romsey Labour Club, Cambridge (w/ C Joynes)
20 – The Drop, London
21 – Espace en Cours, Paris
22 – Hectoliter Galerie, Brussels
23 – OCCII, Amsterdam
24 – Maakhaven, Den Haag (w/ Man From Uranus)
26 – Fox & Newt, Leeds (w/ Herb Diamante & Mick Flower)
27 – The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
28 – Night & Day, Manchester
First outing as a three piece, or TRIOZER if you will, with CB Radio on drums and Ben K on bass as per earlier DUOZER adventures. Bringing the sound of the colloquial to the sophisticates of various urban dwellings.
Come to shows! And please, Cambridge folks, attend the HOMEGROWN affair at the ROMSEY LABOUR CLUB on 19 MARCH with that gent C JOYNES also appearing. It’s DIY style and will be a fine and friendly atmosphere in this most auspicious of venues. WATCH OUT, LUNAR’S ABOUT!
On the MERCH STALL we’ll have the usual, plus KEEP IT TOGETHER LPs & BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS. GOLD, you say?
Join the force and be at one with yourself.
DOOZER HQ
http://www.thedoozer.com
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Home Link 2 comments
Just finished this bit of writing which was started some months ago:
The other day I arrived at work on the residential street where the blind lady lives and as I parked my bike the top window of one of the flats opposite flung open and, somewhat superimposed by loud dancehall reggae a subjectively mildly coarse female voice said urgently “excuse me…have you got the time please?” As I reached for my phone to check she adds “…’ang on.” and disappears to turn the music down so she can hear Pete Um The mildly irritated Speaking Clock can do his thing. Now, even this encounter does little to cure me of a weird sense of deprivation I get when I pull up every Wednesday and Friday and involuntarily find my gaze drawn towards these one-bedroom flats, the reason being because when Syd and I were sharing a bedroom for those almost-three long years places like these seemed like some sort of impossible dream. In the kingdom of the bureaucratically misplaced, the one-bedroom flat is palatial etc.
But yesterday see, I come in from work and it’s only when I’ve done some soul-shaming man-ballet manoevure that involves the fridge, beer, a glass, a packet of peanuts and a jar of chillies before sitting down to check my messages that I realise that I’ve momentarily involved myself in some kind of Hollywood Wanker World that seems to symbolise how far I’ve come from those shitty days of shit. Thus the point of this post is to emphasize a kind of humble but immense gratitude to the non-specific thing that means that I now live, with my son (half the time), in a two-bedroom flat. We have now been here six months, and I tell you what, I still feel hugely, hugely chuffed about the whole thing on a daily basis. In a weird way one of the reasons I feel so jammy is that what I’ve ended up with is fundamentally different and yet measurably better than what I dared to wish for in the first place. Having lived in the housing co-op since a very fucking long time ago I had no desire to aspire to blocks of flats and yearned vainly through the Home-Link miasma for single-floor accomodation on quiet streets. If I ever found myself on this kind of council turf I’d stare with hungry inadequately-housed eyes and then cycle on through the injustice of it all.
Therefore, when, cutting a long story short but thanks mainly to the Citizen’s Advice and the ombudsman Victoria (nicely fitting, I’ve only just noticed) , and perhaps in part to cultural capital plus pathological stubborness, everything suddenly changed. Eligibility was conferred with immediate magical effect. From desperately petitioning people who didn’t have faces or sometimes even names I found myself having a surreally courteous conversation with the woman who was the Head Of The Actual Thing, who was now telling me that I had leapfrogged to the top of the list and had more points (on their points system) than I would ever actually need. Well, she added, she couldn’t promise anything, but she implied she didn’t need to. Then she asked me if I wanted her to manually enter my name into the bidding system for the property in which I am now typing, and, rather carried along with the speed of events, I agreed and was offered the flat a few days later. Now, at this point, and especially after seeing the flat and its beyond-redemption carpets/wallpaper combo and original 60s kitchen with coal scuttle/weird coal/cold cupboards etc (bear in mind that all is grist to me and any kind of period madness or decorative feature can and should be subsumed into that which is Mine, not that I’ve decorated let alone moved anywhere much for the past 15-odd years, ha ha) I began to wonder whether I hadn’t slightly fluffed the last card in a game I had already definitely won. As I said above, years of co-op life had not led me to envisage a future in a block of flats cos I was peopled-out-to-fuck and whilst I stand by communalism, democracy and self-determinacy etc I really did want to find MY HOME (ours) at last, as I’ve never really had one, if you get me. Also this flat is very central, and although it was very important that we’d be based somewhere near my son’s school, his Mum, his mates and blah I didn’t imagine this could be quite so CB1 as to be in spitting distance of Parker’s Piece and all that. Other question marks over the location were concomitant to its urban centrality, shall we say. I didn’t know how gnarly this estate was, it’s right next to busy roads, law courts, kebab shops, pissed people on road etc.
So, given that I was in a very good position to pick and choose where to live, with no little historical irony, I hope you can see why I was wondering whether I should have stayed my hand a little longer, especially since I really, really, really didn’t want to be turning flats down after all that. But once Lewis the Laughing Nigerian Arsenal fan had shown me and the lad round the place I kind of felt the ground moving beneath my feet to some extent. You can’t really show a 10 year old who has been sleeping in his Dad’s room in a shared house for almost 3 years things like his own potential front door/bedroom/living-room/kitchen/blahblahblah and expect him to take the long-view. With some reservations, I said we would take the flat. Just get rid of those fucking carpets.
But, as I say, once we were in, it all fell into place, as it were. They did the kitchen up and it gained floorspace where once weird cupboards stood. Underneath the shitty carpets were clean pine floorboards unseen for forty years, and generally the place started to look like a reasonably large and very blank canvas. They built flats bigger in those days, and it really adds to your quality of life, even if you are drowning in vinyl etc. The fact that the flat is pretty much 15 minutes from everywhere in Cambridge has obvious advantages, especially if you’re on a bike, or ferrying someone small hither and thither, and possibly even giving them a backie on the same bike. And whilst it had not escaped me that Syd’s school was uber-conveniently close, I hadn’t given a moment’s thought that this would mean it was also smack-dab in the middle of it’s catchment area, duh, and so every kid around the parts is someone he knows. This could hardly be better illustrated than by the fact that when we first went to the place together after getting the key, on the day we moved in, he opted to run off and hang out with his mates in the park rather than actually, for instance, check out his bedroom or whatever. But, as a parent, that’s well good to see.
What else, I dunno. It’s quiet. I think the fact that my flat is just a crucial 100 or some meters from the road itself helps a lot too, certainly in terms of noise, but it’s quiet as fuck compared to the co-op. It’s not unusual for drunk teens to wander into the adjacent park just as I’m trying to get my head down but it it makes a hell of a difference knowing that they have homes to go to and almost invariably do so after about half an hour. Everybody else in the area seems to be under the impression that keeping oneself to oneself is obligatory, and in fact I can honestly say I didn’t even meet my next door neighbour, or even hear them or clap eyes on them until I had been here for several months. There’s no loud music, you rarely pass anyone on the stairs, people don’t seem to use the communal bits of greenery much and everything is very fucking quiet. I must be getting old, because I don’t mind.
As for the general living-in-the-city vibe, I’m surprisingly cool with that too. There is actually something kind of funkily urban about being right in the middle of things, and I would never have thought that I’d think of it like that. I’m loath to use a phrase like “handy for the shops”, although it is, but it’s something more than that. I’m reminded of how I always felt somewhat overwhelmed by London until I was happy to be there, and my perception changed. It’s only East Road though, of course.
So yeah, I just wanted to write this as a sort of payoff for anyone who’d forced themselves to read through the blog posts from a year or so ago where I was writing desperate and convoluted letters to officials in an attempt to prove something they were making unprovable (even that awkward sentence takes me right back there!). If I had known what it was going to involve when I started I would have thought twice, not that I was beset by options, but I’m glad I did hang in there, because it did turn out for the best in the end.
Tagged with accommodation woes, Home-Link, pete um, social housing
Norman is selling me. Leave a comment
Can’t Get Started, the new narrowly acclaimed 10″ record on my own Grist label, is now for sale here also! Thanks to the guys at Norman. I buy quite a few records there so they probably figured fuckit, but like the people in the Dr Seuss book they have a useful Mike who writes reviews and they didn’t have to use their Mike for such a purpose so I appreciate it. Here’s what Mike says if you’re not going to visit Norman:
Weird little fella, this. It’s got 17 songs running to a total of 23 minutes 39 seconds. The music contained in those minutes and seconds is frankly bizarre. Our Brian’s saying that this guy has been going a while but this is the first time we’ve met. Basically this is a collection of weird little lo-fi electro acoustic songs with oddball lyrics and even odder backing. It’s so hard to find things to compare this to because it’s just so bizarre. I guess Dan Deacon’s early stuff is a fair reference point but this is much more focused than some of that, so if noises are being made that you don’t like then you don’t really need to worry because they’ll be over in a minute (literally). One of the songs has a weird digital Dan Higgs-esque droney plainsong feel to it too. The closest we’ve got to a pop song here is the surprisingly catchy minute and a half of minimal electro that is ‘My Life Is Hard’. This record is shambling and clattery and disjointed and yet the cumulative effect is far more charming than you’d initially assume from just hearing one song. There’s a beautiful little essay about the pains of modern life that’s well worth reading, too. He certainly has a way with words. This is a weird record, make no mistake, but if you’ve learned anything from us by now then you’ll know that we like weird. And we like this.
Thanks to Mike, Norman.
Tagged with can't get started, Dr Seuss, grist, Mike, Norman Records, pete um
KY debrief Leave a comment
Some reviewage of the Kettle’s Yard thing. I wasn’t ecstatic about how my thing came over and out, to be honest, but KY is a weird jelly to be stuck in, especially at midday on a Sunday morning. Then again, I’d had a nagging feeling that what I was going to say was going to jar in this context, but I think that would have been fine if the music had been transcendentally amazing rather than rough tapey sketches, and I couldn’t escape the feeling that I was obligated to take part in something that was going to be awkward and lacklustre that I was presenting as an example of my own skill and flair, ha ha. Doesn’t help when you’re nervous, of course. I’ve tried this sort of thing several times, most recently in Belgium fucking ages ago, but I think there’s a reason why I don’t do it very often. Mr Doozer said it was unusual to hear someone talk about their thang from an emotional rather than an intellectual point of view, but in a way I wished I’d had the time/balls to elaborate on the philosophical questions my half-assed enquiry was throwing up. But then it would be folly to ask how art gets into a thing in 15 minutes when you want to play four shit tunes on a minidisc player as well. I should have done a handout, as God knows I’ve made a twat of myself passing them round in the dark at “normal” gigs before, and God also knows that it is normal practice with Bad Timing/New Music at Kettle’s Yard, but I started to feel like I was over-egging the pudding or something. So it was a bit of a flat, dry vegan pudding that people had to be nice about.
Anyway, here’s the actual text of niceness, with Rich putting the best possible light on it. Thanks Rich!:
It’s absolutely thrashing it down with rain. Luckily for me, I’m not on my bicycle today but even as I successfully find a parking space at the side of the road just up the road from Kettle’s Yard, my walk down Castle Hill involves stepping on a paving slab that ejaculates a muddy wash over my feet and trousers. Not exactly what I had in mind for a Sunday lunchtime. However, these Sunday concerts, newly re-branded under the title of “Hidden Channels” are celebrating a birthday – 10 years of championing DIY, experimental and electronic music and sound in Cambridge and the surrounding area. I’ve only ever made it to one previously, but their line-up and approach is more than just moving an evening’s worth of entertainment to a more friendly Sunday afternoon. Today is a good example. Whilst Simon Scott was supposed to be airing a new sound piece focusing on the “subterranean sound environment of the waterways of Cambridge”, he’d taken ill and was replaced my Pete Um running a seminar on influence rather than performing.
Prior to that we were treated to an introduction by Local Radio – a haunting piece of strings, broadcast from a tiny FM radio at the back of the venue. The sound then drifted up and into the vacant gallery above, fighting to be heard over the angry deluge of rain. This flowed nicely into Ypsmael’s piece for today entitled ‘Akystret’. An Eno-esque sound collage of shimmering noise through which treated guitar and field recordings were delicately placed. It felt like a soundtrack to human evolution. Beginning with the sound of our primordial beginnings, crawling out from the ocean through washes of sound and breaking, delicate riffs that then morphed into swaying trees and the clipped clicks of feet and swaying vegetation, before ending in the final metallic calls of urban living, the music finally morphed into a growing urban structure, reflecting humankind’s never ending ambition.
Having seen Pete Um perform on numerous occasions recently, it was refreshing to see him take a more personal approach to today’s event. Taking a step back from his music and casting, not quite a critical eye, but appreciating the correlation between events of his life and their subconscious effect on his music. Sitting in front of a desk with just a mini-disc player for company, he proceeded to play four pieces of music. Two were from a period in his life when things weren’t at their best – a long-term relationship was coming to an end and, as he sat in a flat by himself, he watched as a pigeon made a nest, laid eggs and battled to survive against swirling gale force winds. The second two pieces were from a more promising period – a new relationship was in its honeymoon period and he’d moved to Chelsea docks, living on a barge and watching a working river go about its daily business. With this information to hand it became obvious to the listeners the differences between the pieces. The first set were much darker: jarring sounds and heavy, metallic tones combined in a claustrophobic and oppressive noise, whilst alien sounds floated around. Fast forward to the more positive period and the music became a purring drone. The music was still Pete’s usual blend of lo-fi electronics but the texture was much lighter, whilst the tones here were a flowing, more gentle ripple. These points are, perhaps, not surprising. But Pete was trying to convey just how unconscious these influences were – he hadn’t set out to make the “gnarly” noises – they’d just happened. The subconscious playing its part in creating his art. It’s rare to hear an artist discuss these points so candidly, and it made for a revelatory experience.
The final performance in this showcase was a performance of Gavin Bryars’ 1-2-3-4. This “scratch” band of local performers (a drummer, bassist and guitarist), each had a personal cassette player. On that player each performer had a piece of music – something chosen under the theme of a “classic piece of underground music” but was “hidden” from us, the audience. Each of the artists were then to play their corresponding instruments’s piece and play it to completion. Usually, the piece starts in sync then slowly unravels but today, the syncronisation continued almost to the end – the final few minutes might have bee a bit esoteric, but the general sludgy riffs wouldn’t have sounded out of place at other experimental evenings I’ve attended. Listening to this slowly meandering river of noise made me think just how simple music is and how every piece of music is related through its lexicon – four players, all picking their way through a piece of music without practice, but still able to make sense of it, to make music. The players, consciously or not, finding a common groove and pattern. An inspiring listen that ended in the sound of thunderous rain pounding the roof reminding us that we, too, were hidden – albeit just from the elements this Sunday afternoon.
Also another review here by the nice lady from Wysing Arts who’s lost track of the number of times she’s seen me play. Actually that’s a relevant point, as Jo Bad Timing sorta post-verbalised at the show – “not many of you lot come down the Portland” etc, so it’s a lonely Venn section Donna and Rich are in, I’m sure we are grateful to them for writing about it, and I’m sorry I was crap 😉
Tagged with bad timing, cambridge, kettle's yard, Local Radio, New Music Mornings, pete um, rich hughes, Simon Scott, the liminal, ypsmael
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15 Opportunities
France is a post-Christian, post-modern society where only 0.8 percent of the people are evangelical, and the number of Muslims is currently nine million people and growing. Despite this challenging environment, missionaries are making a difference, and the number of evangelical churches has doubled over the last thirty years. TEAM is working together with established French church associations to start new churches, placing a high value on working together in teams that fit into the local culture.
Thomas Jefferson once said that every man has two countries: his own, and France. It is difficult to estimate the influence of French art, philosophy, science, and cuisine on the world. That is to say it is immeasurable.
In the country where, arguably, modern revolutionary principles were born, Jesus’ reign and rule is increasingly visible. More and more people are leaving behind the secular humanism that has led France into an impossible economic, social and spiritual position in order to search for deeper answers to essential questions.
If today’s ills resemble those of the French Revolution (Dickens’ Worst of Times), then the spiritual awakening that is emerging in France tend to indicate the Best of Times.
Sometimes known as the eldest daughter of the church, currently fewer than 4.5% of the French population attends catholic mass.
France created the first universal declaration of human rights in 1789.
France is the most visited country in the world with nearly 80 million tourists yearly.
Opportunites to Serve in France
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Discipler (Paris Hub)
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Church Planting Course Participant (Alps Hub)
Church Ministries, Post-Christian/Post-Modern, University Students, Urban Populations
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Entrepreneurial and Business, Creative Arts, Church Ministries, Hindus
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Sports and Recreation, Social Justice, Creative Arts, Hospitality, Church Ministries, Muslims, Post-Christian/Post-Modern, University Students, Urban Populations, Youth and Children
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June 25, 2018 June 21, 2018 elettraantognetti Sustainability
Bulk Market®: London’s plastic-free shop fighting pollution
Bulk Market®, London’s first plastic-free shop, is to open in Hackney in July 2018.
After starting off as a pop-up shop in mid-2017, the market is now preparing to reopen to the public by the end of July, with a new permanent store to be set up at Bohemia Place.
Following the recent conclusion of a successful crowdfunding campaign, which saw as many as 521 backers extending their support to the fight against plastic pollution, the shop will now further increase its products selection from the initial 200 items to more than 500 locally sourced products. From the initial hygiene & cleaning items and bulk whole foods, a range of new products—such as beer and wine refills—will now be purchasable at the zero plastic store.
Bulk Market®’s aim is to promote a socially responsible attitude towards shopping by enabling customers to go plastic free. “We want to bring a new way of purchasing goods to London,” says Ingrid Caldironi, CEO and co-founder of Bulk Market® with her business partner Bruna Martin. “A brand-new approach to shopping, where there is no surplus food to be binned and no packaging to be landfilled.”
The new space
The new permanent space in Hackney will aim to reflect and incorporate the ‘no waste’ ethos of the shop into the design of the market. The shop will offer a commercial-grade, in-house composting machine and a space for DIY workshops. “Even the building materials for the fit out will be diverted from landfills or upcycled“, says Caldironi.
Architects and entrepreneurs Jan Jongert, one of the founders of Superuse in the Netherlands, and Andreas Lang, co-founder of Public Works, are working to design a space from materials found in unusual places—such as the Royal Opera House. “We will be taking in a lot of theatre fabrics and metal off-cuts to transform into original shop fittings”, says Caldironi.
The choice of Hackney is also not accidental. The borough currently recovers only 24.8% of its recyclable waste, registering one of the worse recycling records across London. The fact that it is now home to a waste-free supermarket, with no plastic packaging on sight, is an encouraging step toward improving waste levels in the area and sensitising people towards a more responsible approach to plastic pollution.
Courtesy: Bulk Market.
The items available at Bulk Market are brandless, sourced locally from social enterprises, cooperatives, community farms or made on site. They are all sold in bulk or in reusable containers. The main aim behind this approach is to enable people to understand where the food they buy comes from and how it is produced—from field to fork, and ultimately, to the bin.
“This idea of setting up a zero plastic shop came from my own needs.
“I wanted to support the right businesses and be able to shop without creating any waste, but there wasn’t anything like that in London. I’ve decided to take the leap.”–Ingrid Caldironi, CEO and founder of Bulk Market®
After working in retail marketing for a few years, Caldironi decided that neither the corporate world nor policy makers were doing enough to tackle the waste problem. “People are so disconnected with food that they don’t even feel guilty when throwing it in the bin. And the same applies to the environment and the amount of disposable packaging we toss into landfills every year.”
The plastic emergency
According to recent data published by the Department for Enviroment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the UK Government, the average recycling rate in Britain is around 45%, still behind the 50% EU target.
To date, a robust 57% of the resources we dispose of on a daily basis are being landfilled, incinerated or find their way to the ocean. It is being reported that the amount of food waste generated by supermarkets and the supply chain network alone could end world hunger many times over.
Based on a the recent report issued by charity Wrap UK, around a fifth of food brought into UK homes ends up as waste, corresponding to 7.3 million tonnes. Out of this, 4.4 million tonnes is defined as avoidable waste, and has a retail value of £13 billion.
“At Bulk Market®, we apply the 5 Rs model—refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot (compost), so we can make the most of the resources available,” comments Caldironi.
“We operate using the principles of the circular economy and we are committed to tackling food and packaging waste, while supporting suppliers who are making a difference to people’s lives and the environment.”
Tagged Andreas Lang, Bohemia Place, Bruna Martin, Bulk Market, Circular Economy, Hackney, Ingrid Caldironi, Jan Jongert, London, plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, plastic-free, Public Works, Superuse, Sustainability, Wrap UK, zero waste
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Tunisians vote in first free municipal elections
May 6, 2018 Admin2 SundiataPost News Comments Off on Tunisians vote in first free municipal elections
TUNIS – Tunisians voted on Sunday in their first free municipal elections, another step in a democratic transition that has become marred by disappointment over a lack of jobs and economic opportunities.
The Islamist Ennahda and secular Nidaa Tounis parties, which form a coalition at national level, are expected to dominate the polls for 350 municipalities.
Tunisia has been hailed as the only democratic success of the Arab Spring because it toppled a long-serving autocrat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in 2011, without triggering major violence or a return to authoritarian rule.
But enthusiasm for democratic change has long given way to anger over stubbornly low living standards, which have driven some Tunisians to make the dangerous sea crossing to Europe in search of work or have prompted a few to turn to militant Islam.
“I intended to boycott (the vote), but I changed my mind at the last moment,” Mohamed Ali Abadi, told Reuters after leaving a polling station. “We are facing a lot of economic problems but will continue our way in a real democracy.”
The turnout in three polling stations visited by Reuters in the capital Tunis in the morning was weak with mostly elderly people voting while young people were sitting in cafes nearby.
“I want a job,” said a young man who gave his name as Ramzi. “No one cared for us in the past years and we suffer from unemployment.”
The main challenge will be to match voters’ expectations with local budgets in a country where the central government makes the main decisions about how and where money gets spent.
A new law envisages some decision-making being gradually devolved to the local level, though it remains unclear how it will work in practice.
Western donors want to provide funds for councils to start projects from day one.
This comes on top of billions of dollars in loans from the International Monetary Fund and various countries to help plug a budget deficit caused by political turmoil and one of the world’s highest public sector bills.
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AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Showrunner Angela Kang Reveals a Lydia Moment Somewhat Similar to Carol’s in the Comics
Raman Sidhu April 21st, 2019 - 12:20 PM
The Walking Dead showrunner, Angela Kang, reveals that Lydia (Cassady McClincy) moment that felt sort of parallel to Carol’s (Melissa McBride) death in the comics. In season nine’s finale, “The Storm,” Lydia is contemplating suicide after her mother, Alpha (Samantha Morton), kills 10 people from the different communities, including her boyfriend, and Carol’s and Ezekiel’s (Khary Payton) adopted son, Henry (Matt Lintz). As Lydia reluctantly holds out her hand to a zombie looking for a bite, she brings it back, unable to go through with it as Carol stands afar watching the whole thing unfold in front of her.
“I just loved seeing all of the frozen zombies, and I love it when Lydia comes upon that frozen walker in the lake. The interesting thing that comic book fans may or may not pick up on, is we’re actually doing an homage to Carol’s death in the comic book,” Kang told EW.
“She basically commits suicide by zombie, and we have Carol from the show — who’s well outlasted Carol from comic books — she’s watching this moment play out between Lydia and the zombie,” continued Kang. “And I just think that the production design of that scene, the way that Greg [Nicotero] directed it, the way the zombie looks, all of that was very evocative. And then of course, Cassady who plays Lydia, and Melissa, they’re so wonderful and emotional. There’s so much rawness that they bring to their performance that I think it ended up being this really special scene that I really love.”
It’s well-known that the show tends to do things differently from the comics whether by involving other characters in the same situation or with an outcome entirely far apart from the original.
With the Whisperers still being a threat, we see the communities finally come together and push forward after the devastating murders of their friends.
The Walking Dead will return this fall with the premiere of season 10.
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HomeFeaturesTemple senior uses second degree to create home cancer test
Temple senior uses second degree to create home cancer test
A senior bioengineering major developed the product after women in her own family were diagnosed with cancer.
07 May 2019 Carlee Cunningham Features, Technology
Senior bioengineering major Emily Kight won a runner-up award at the College of Engineering Design competition on Friday for the at-home ovarian cancer test she began developing in 2017. | CARLEE CUNNINGHAM / THE TEMPLE NEWS
Emily Kight has watched many women in her family be diagnosed with reproductive system cancers.
These experiences prompted her to create an at-home screening test for ovarian cancer.
“I never really met my grandmother,” said Kight, a senior bioengineering major. “…She had so much cancer in her abdomen when she died. And my mom was 38 or 39 when she was having symptoms.”
Kight’s test and store-bought pregnancy tests use lateral flow technology, which absorbs liquids, like urine or blood, to detect proteins that are abundant when cancer is present. The test detects human epididymis protein 4, which increases in women’s blood with ovarian cancer. The prototype is in “proof-of-principle” testing, where drugs or medical devices are tested on a small scale to examine their efficacy, accuracy and safety.
Kight started developing the at-home ovarian cancer test in Fall 2017. She won $20,000 from Fox’s Be Your Own Boss Bowl last year and put it toward developing the test at nanoComposix, a company that manufactures nanoparticles.
Current ovarian cancer tests are invasive and require a doctor. Only 20 percent of ovarian cancers are detected at early stages because symptoms often appear late, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2019, about 22,350 United States women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, according to American Cancer Society estimates.
A standard test can cost around $650. Kight hopes her inexpensive, non-invasive test will allow high-risk women, like those with family histories of breast cancer, to test themselves easily and frequently.
“What are you going to do, take a $650 test every month?” Kight said. “If you’re middle class, or less, that’s not really going to fly.”
Kight is also working with a software developer on an app that could read the test results and give users a score to help determine if further medical testing is needed. Kight aims to gain Food and Drug Administration approval and patent the test and app.
Kight hopes to attend graduate school in the fall to continue studying bioengineering and is considering Jefferson University. She was selected for the National Science Foundation’s competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Program and will receive three years of project funding and tuition.
Kight is a 2011 film and media arts alumna who worked as a freelance photographer before returning to Temple in 2016.
She struggled to find work where she could use her first degree, she said, but her interest in documenting animal behaviors and collecting data through film steered her in a scientific direction.
She also developed a cooling scalp cream that quells compulsive hair-pulling and won scholarships and prizes in several competitions, including the Fox School of Business’ Innovative Idea Competition.
“When I started bioengineering, I was like, ‘I’m going to start a company, I’m going to sell products, I’m not going to be in debt, I’m going to get grants and I’m going to get into a Ph.D. program,’” Kight said.
In Summer 2017, Kight received Temple’s Maximizing Access to Research Careers scholarship. As part of it, she has since worked 15 hours per week in engineering professor Bojana Gligorijevic’s lab, which focuses on metastatic cancer cells.
“She had a bunch of completely insane ideas at first,” Gligorijevic said. “And then, as time progressed, she made them less and less insane as she was learning about the field.”
Jacqueline Tanaka, a biology professor and the director of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program, said Kight was perfect for the scholarship.
“As a woman in bioengineering, we felt she had a lot of potential and was very deserving of support,” Tanaka said. “She definitely fit the criteria.”
Gligorijevic “wasn’t surprised” to learn Kight won the graduate research grant.
“She should be inspiration for all Temple students to see how much you can do when you’re self-motivated,” Gligorijevic said.
While Kight’s first degree didn’t go as planned, the learning experience ultimately helped her accomplish her goals, she said. She now hopes to bring a different perspective to the science and technology field.
“If you want good science, you need everyone’s voice,” Kight said. “It can’t just be privileged kids who had their parents pay to get them into Yale. If that’s the only perspective, it’s not going to be a creative one.”
Carlee Cunningham
can be reached at carlee.cunningham@temple.edu. Follow The Temple News @TheTempleNews.
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If the author of passage A were to read passage B, he or she would be most likely to agree with which one of the foll...
Shiyi on May 25 at 08:38PM
Why is E correct?
Victoria on June 17 at 08:31PM
Hi @Shiyi-Zhang,
Let's start by going through each of the passages.
Passage A:
In the first paragraph, the author presents the writers whom Cather believed wrote high quality fiction: Turgenev and Tolstoy. The author then cites Wilson who claimed that Cather followed the manners of Turgenev by writing the behaviours of her characters rather than directly writing their emotions. Turgenev's method was to describe a character's appearance and actions by writing details that described them rather than trying to explain them directly. Turgenev also suggested that the writer must have complete knowledge of their character so that they could avoid providing unnecessary details and, instead, focus on the characteristic and the typical.
In the second paragraph, the author compares Turgenev and Cather's methods. The author tells us that both writers held selection and simplification in high regard and focused on the connections between setting and actions and the emotions of characters. Turgenev and Cather synthesized these elements by establishing an overall mood.
Passage B:
The author introduces the passage by presenting a quote from Cather regarding one of her novels where she tells us that many reviewers believe it is not a novel and that she believes it is a narrative. By preferring to call her work a narrative, Cather anticipated the body of literary theory "narratology." Narratology asks that narratives solely tell a story and avoid focusing on the characteristics of the "realistic novel," including direct psychological characterization, realistic treatment of time, causal plotting, and logical closure.
In the second paragraph, the author supports Cather's self-identification as a narratologist by sharing that her severest critics questioned her capabilities as a novelist. In doing so, they treated the key features of Cather's technique: unusual treatment of narrative time, unexpected focus, ambiguous conclusions, and a preference for the bold, simple, and stylized in character as failures.
Answer E claims that Cather's goal of representing the "thing not named" explains her preference for the bold, simple, and stylized in the presentation of character.
What Cather referred to as the "thing not named" was depicting her characters' emotions through their behaviours and settings as opposed to through direct description. Her support for the writing of Turgenev also indicates that she preferred fewer details when writing her characters, focusing instead on establishing a prevailing mood as opposed to directly explaining the emotion state of her characters.
These characteristics of Cather's "thing not named" outlined above would explain her preference for the bold, simple, and stylized in the presentation of character, making E the correct answer.
A is incorrect because both passages indicate that Cather was a narratologist as opposed to a novelist, suggesting that she would be likely to view all of her works as narratives as opposed to novels.
B is incorrect because there is nothing presented in passage B to indicate that Cather's critics failed to focus on the entirety of her collection of works.
C is incorrect because a model of criticism that focuses on narrative as opposed to novel would be more likely to correctly interpret Cather's work, as indicated by both passages.
D is incorrect because Cather tended not to focus on the "realistic" novel, preferring the elements of narratology as indicated by passage B.
Hope this is helpful! Please let us know if you have any further questions.
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The Run Up are a 5-piece melodic punk rock band from Bristol (UK) who have carved out a strong reputation in their homeland UK scene, on the basis of their fun, energetic and passionate live shows.
Mixing melodic punk rock and pop punk, The Run Up have a unique and versatile sound which has lead them to play alongside an array bands from hardcore to straight up pop punk.
The band formed in autumn 2014 and set out to have as much fun as possible. Along their travels the band have played / toured with Such Gold, A Wilhelm Scream, Off With Their Heads, The Flatliners, Iron Chic and Red City Radio.
After releasing a demo; an EP (via Paper+Plastick) and single, the band released their debut LP via Real Ghost Records (EU) & Get Party Records (North America) which was very well received. In 2018 The Run Up released 'Good Friends, Bad Luck' EP via Uncle M and Real Ghost records
2018 seen The Run Up complete UK and EU tours, playing with bands such as A Wilhelm Scream, Red City Radio, Iron Chic, No Trigger, Spanish Love Songs, Bad Cop / Bad Cop and Pkew Pkew Pkew. By the end of the calendar year, The Run Up will played around 75 shows in over 10 countries.
With their roots and hearts still firmly in the DIY scene, The Run Up are progressing to become one of the most exciting bands on the punk rock scene.
Artist Name: The Run Up
Hometown: Bristol, UK
Genre: Melodic Punk Rock
No. of Members: 5; vocals, x 2 guitars, bass, drums
No. of Years together: 4
Discography: Demo - 2014 // Scared of Everything via Paper+Plastick - 2015, Sink or Swallow / North - 2017, S/T - 2017 via Real Ghost Records / Get Party Records, Good Friends, Bad Luck - 2018 via Uncle M / Real Ghost Records
The Run Up, Bristol - UK
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Console Challenge Day 19: Top 7 best Nintendo DS games!
By the Well-Red Mage on June 19, 2018 • ( 38 Comments )
The DS represents a critical moment for Nintendo’s success over the next two years. If it succeeds, we rise to the heavens, if it fails, we sink into hell.
-Hiroshi Yamauchi
Time for something completely normal!
Not really. For today’s Day 19, we’ve acquired the immeasurate talent of Normal Happenings to instruct us in miniature. That certainly doesn’t happen every day! I haven’t known Norm (see what I did there?) that long, but I’ve already known him to be a friendly, intelligent, and dedicated writer. He’s a fellow craftsman of long-form publications, so I have to say I’m a fan. You may be too after finishing this excellent piece: Normal’s top 7 best games for the Nintendo DS!
I can’t wait until we wed him into magedom… 😀
-The Well-Red Mage
The Top 7 Nintendo DS Games!
First, I’d like to say how amazed I am at this intriguing series of lists. What an incredible idea from The Well-Red Mage, and seeing all of the different styles on display has been a real joy! For such a diverse group of bloggers, these lists have been nothing short of consistently insightful and fascinating. My hope is that my long-winded philosophical musings will fit right in, but there is no way of knowing for sure.
Challenge Approaching
When the Well-Red Mage approved me to dive into the ocean of Nintendo DS games and surface with the seven best ones, I was honored (if a little intimidated). It was the highest selling handheld of all time by millions of units, only being eked out of highest-selling video game system of all time by the PlayStation 2. It seemed like everyone I knew had a DS, and you don’t have to look hard to find one around for very cheap.
Consequently, the DS is known almost as ubiquitously as mobile devices for what gamers have come to know colloquially as shovelware – low quality games meant to fill out a system’s library. That means I brought with me a fun homework assignment, if you’re interested in getting the definitively average Nintendo DS experience. According to Wikipedia’s list of DS games, there were around 1,837 titles released on the system, so here’s your task:
Open up the list of DS games.
Using a random number generator, set it to give you a random number from 1-26. This will correspond to your letter: A=1 B=2 C=3… Z=26.
Next is the big one. Set your number generator from 1-150. Yes, 150 – you wanted true randomness right, and as gamers we’re no stranger to stat grinding. Then start counting down, beginning with the first game in alphabetical order corresponding to your letter.
Once you reach that number, that’s your game! If it’s not in your language or region, skip up or down until you find one that is accessible to you. From here, you’ve got options:
Buy the game on Amazon or eBay and play on your 3DS. Seriously, most of them are crap and cost less than the shipping itself.
Watch a Let’s Play on YouTube or Twitch.
Write a humorous review on your blog.
Snicker and move on with your life.
An Exercise in Mediocracy
Regardless of what you do, feel free to let us know your game and reaction in the comments below. I did the challenge and got D(4)-95: Dancing with the Stars: We Dance! A shining example of DS shovelware, watching a let’s play of it was enchanting. The game’s mechanics were not bad – a bit similar to Elite Beat Agents — but I was never worried about stumbling into hidden greatness.
The DS is a shrine to mediocracy, and that carries over to its best games as well. If you look on Metacritic, you’ll see the top three games are a weird top-down Grand Theft Auto game also available on PSP and mobile, a free DSiWare game, and a one-to-one remake of the greatest game on the greatest system of all time. It’s only when you get to number four do you arrive at something really good. The DS is like having a sports team of solid players who know the fundamentals of the game, but with no all-star presence to anchor the lineup. My point: even the best DS games are never going to measure up to the great games from other systems. The system is never going to be remembered for having an Ocarina of Time or Chrono Trigger.
#7. Super Mario 64 DS
I am contractually obligated as a Nintendo fan to put this game on the list because I sincerely believe that getting a 3D platformer of this caliber to run on the DS as a launch title is enough to propel it into one of the top slots. I’m a technical achievement nerd when it comes to underpowered hardware, so it’s difficult for me to shake the goosebumps of playing Super Mario 64 on a severely limited little machine. This game took some creative risks that, I feel, paid off immensely. The updated graphics look pretty good on the small screen, the new characters (especially Yoshi) are fun additions, the minigames are a fantastic time-sink, and the additional 30 stars are unique and challenging.
About the only thing that could make me lose the magical feeling is terrible controls. And trust me when I say this game has genuinely bad controls, which is saying something considering the original is no Super Mario Odyssey in the human interface department. Without an analog stick to allow for precise movements, a game needed to be designed in a manner conducive to its limitations. This was the perfect opportunity for a Super Mario 3D World-style demake of SM64, but the designers tried to do a bit too much. Still, sometimes great achievements in video game development can outweigh inherent design flaws, and the cool stuff done with this remake just barely tips the scales into “really good” territory.
#6. Clubhouse Games
If I were stranded on a deserted island with nothing but a DS, a charger, and one game, I would give up everything on this list for this one. If I wanted to truly make a bold statement, I would call this the quintessential Nintendo DS game. Clubhouse Games represents everything the DS strives to be, and does so in style. Yes, it’s shovelware, but it’s shovelware in its most enlightened form. The game’s premise is simple: cram bunches of traditional card and board games – 42 of them, in fact — onto a DS cart. And it does so effortlessly. Easy games, challenging games, complex games, and luck-based games are all here, and it will take you forever to master them. The amount of customization in this game is insane, and you’ll never run out of things to do. Difficulty options appropriately match your skill levels with each game, and it incentivizes by rewarding you with different music and table themes.
The only issue with this game, which I suppose could not be helped, is that some games such as dominoes and Mahjong render too small for comfort if you’re playing on a DS. The larger screens of the XL models of DS tend to help this issue quite a bit, and I recently played it on a 3DS XL with no problems.
#5. Sonic Rush
This game deserves far more praise than it gets. Sonic Rush is the best game released for the blue hedgehog between Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Mania. It is the forerunner to the boost-centric mechanics of Sonic Colors and Generations. It’s the only time where the developers get pure speed boost-style gameplay in 2D right, and it feels so good. It seems like Dimps put special effort into designing a trick system hard-wired to appeal to the player’s desire for speed, therefore the game plays more like a racer than a platformer. The game does rely on memorization to a fault, especially in the later stages, but a great number of quality of life improvements have been introduced. The music doesn’t stop when you fall into a bottomless pit, and the game throws the player back into the action almost immediately. The graphics are also gorgeous, some of the best on the DS in fact. “Crisp” is not an adjective I typically associate with DS graphics, but everything about this game’s visuals is smooth and colorful.
And yet, the absolute best thing about this game is its smoking hot soundtrack. Crafted by the incredible Hideki Naganuma of Jet Set Radio fame, Sonic Rush has the best soundtrack of the entire Sonic library. There, I said it — It’s better than Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic Adventure, and Sonic Colors. With its crazy style and funky beats, this game easily has the best soundtrack on the DS.
#4. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
This is easily the most addictive game on the list. I’m a sucker for turn-based tactical games, which explains my love for the Shining Force, Fire Emblem, and Final Fantasy Tactics franchises. I wasn’t really a fan of any of the releases on the DS from those franchises, but once I got my hands on Advance Wars: Dual Strike, I was hooked.
This game is engaging on a level of depth I’m not used to in a DS game. It is quite hard to describe what makes it so compelling, other than saying that it is ultra-refined tactical gameplay. The game’s combat mechanics are deep, and there are plenty of ways to finish each mission. It is balanced, being very challenging without ever feeling unfair. Also helpful is the game’s length – it seems to go on forever, but not in a manner that drags. More accurate would be to say that it allows you to be addicted in whatever capacity you wish, without it ever feeling repetitive. If this game has one flaw, it is the music. While I got used to it after a bit, the soundtrack never felt like it merited the amount time spent with it.
#3. New Super Mario Bros.
There is a group of people who love to hate this game almost to a comical extent – I’m sure you, dear reader, are not one of them. The more harshly Mario critics bash New Super Mario Bros., the more I think it deserves the same love and respect given to Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. Criticism of its sequels aside, I don’t understand what this original game did wrong.
I realize that each of the previous 2D Mario games are harder, but it’s not like the later levels of this game don’t offer up considerable challenge. Additionally, finding the three big coins hidden inside each course is a fun adventure. Finally, even the most seasoned Mario fan will find themselves flummoxed the first time around attempting to locate the hidden flagpoles. Like with a good Kirby game, the challenge lies in 100% completion, not beating the game by memorization. The controls for this game are also silky smooth, and the wall jump is a dream to control in 2D. I like the art style, as it truly embraces that Mario aesthetic established over the years.
#2. Kirby Canvas Curse
Speaking of good Kirby games, I adore this game so much. There was a time, before Returns and Dreamlands, before Planets and Robobots, where I would have looked you dead in the eye and told you Canvas Curse is the best Kirby game. Sometimes I still feel that way, as Canvas Curse is something truly original and spectacular to behold.
The momentum-based mechanics are addictive, even if they take some time to master. It has all kinds of collectibles, meaning it will be a long journey towards 100% completion. What’s more, the game is actually challenging — I know, right! That’s crazy for a Kirby game. The art style of this game is weirdly abstract and uniquely memorable, filled with geometric shapes on acrylic and a techno facade. It’s so out-there that I doubt we’ll even see another game like it. And it has one of the best soundtracks on the DS to boot, with staticy, techno remixes of tunes from all over the series library. If you play just one game from this list, please let it be this one. Just don’t play Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. That game takes everything about Canvas Curse and makes it worse.
#1. Mario Kart DS
This is it. We all have our favorite version of this game, but this is my Mario Kart. I remember the countless local multiplayer battles with my friends, where anything could happen and no lead was safe. I remember learning to drift around turns in Delfino Square with absolute proficiency. And the steel drums of Cheep Cheep Beach still fill me with unshakable pangs of nostalgia.
Mario Kart DS is the best game the system has to offer, and screams fun above all others. This is the only game in the DS library I would consider definitively great. Copious amounts of polish, solid mechanics, creative courses, and that intangible Nintendo x-factor oozes out of this game’s every pore. It’s no wonder this was the system-seller that got so many hardcore Nintendo fans’ hands on a DS.
It’s a hollow victory, though, because the nature of the series means nobody’s going to want to come back to MKDS after basking in the perfection of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. But I can’t judge a game for future entries in the series – Mario Kart DS is the most impressive accomplishment in the kart racing genre, even if future games in the series did an overwhelmingly good job of perfecting the formula.
Before I go, I wanted to throw out some honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the list. Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven are two rhythm games with quirky fun mechanics that are well worth your time. Kirby Super Star Ultra is one of the best remakes of a video game ever made, flawlessly giving DS owners their own version of an already great original game. The World Ends With You is a JRPG which impresses in presentation, even if there isn’t quite enough interaction for my tastes. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks are respectable, even if they are disappointments when compared to the otherwise consistent quality of my favorite game series. Finally, if you even need an excuse to play Chrono Trigger again, check out the solid port for the DS.
In retrospect, there is a great deal of very good stuff on the DS, and while I feel the games may fade with time, I don’t really want them to. The little clam-shelled system is one of my favorite gaming devices I’ve ever owned, and it got me through a large portion of my childhood. These solid games always ensured I was never bored, even if the adult version of me understands that there are better games elsewhere.
Do you own a DS, or did you in the past? If so, what games were you a fan of playing? Did I miss any amazing games? I’ll be around in the comments if you’d like to discuss.
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I’m such a sucker for card games in video game format. 42 to choose from is an astronomical amount of choice. I put that on my wishlist immediately, and I’m so close to just buying it for the $19.99 it is on Amazon. Not that I don’t have enough games to play, but…I just love little games like that.
I played a bit of the New SMB, but I gave up in World 2. I hath no the skillz. I do like how they revamped it, but it’s a bit hard! And I feel like Mario is wearing really slippery shoes. He tended to slide off of platforms quite a bit. Rubber soles, man, rubber soles!
NekoJonez says:
Wow, this list… Mine would be extremely different. I have actually written an article in the past about my fav DS games.
https://arpegi.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/my-top-25-ds-games-of-all-time-part-13/
That said, this was still a great article.
the Purple Prose Mage says:
My randomly generated game(s) is/are the twin release “Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time” and “Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness”, which collectively received 51/100 on Metacritic.
Daniel Flatt says:
Your random generator apparently loves me. I did 5 different clicks and below were the results:
Advance Wars Days of Ruin – Yes, please.
Animal Crossing Wild World – I played so much of this game.
Bangai-O Spirits – An absolutely amazing shooter.
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat – This is a Japan only Mistwalker game. If only I could play it.
Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery – Although it probably doesn’t hold up today this was a super solid AC 2D game if I recall correctly. I had fun with it back then anyway.
Maybe I should hit up the lottery on the way home?
Oh, and obligatory you forgot this rant: NONE OF THE BEST CASTLEVANIA GAMES THIS SIDE OF SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT?
Krystallina says:
I enjoyed the story in The World Ends With You, but what I really loved is how you can choose when to fight and can scale the battles. It’s something I wish more RPGs did.
Oh, and I also love Mr. Mew. I’m going to have to break down and buy the plushie.
Matthew // Normal Happenings says:
If it makes you feel any better, TWEWY would have been #8, for real. I actually had an entire section written up about it, but then decided I really wanted to put Clubhouse Games in there for some reason. What can I say? My brain is weird.
the Well-Red Mage says:
I find your Clubhouse Games explanation effective. That many classic games in one is hard to argue with! 😛
thedeviot says:
Can’t really argue with this list, as it is filled with some of the most fondly remembered games on the platform. Still, I would have included Giana Sisters DS for giving the Commodore 64 game a true sequel on a modern platform, and its a bit of a collector’s item to boot. But that’s just me. All of these were pretty big hits except for maybe Clubhouse Games, but that was still a pretty good game.
Welp, I know what DS game I’m playing next! I’ve never heard of it, but thanks for the excellent suggestion! 😁
#ShamelessSelfPromotion #IHopeWRMDoesNotMind https://commaeightcommaone.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/giana-sisters-ds-review/
What do you mean I missed an amazing platformer on the DS?? Anyway, your supposed shameless self-promotion netted you a follow. 😁 Looking forward to reading through your stuff!
#itsallgood
Geddy says:
To make your life easier, you can copy & paste this string into your browser address bar and it’ll pop up an alert with the name of the game 🙂 Just gotta drop in the correct letter and the random # between 1-150 in the appropriate spot. The more you know!
Hope this comes through on WordPress without throwing any red flags…
javascript:window.alert($(‘#D’).parent().parent().nextAll().eq(10).children(‘td:first-of-type()’).text());
This way you don’t need to count potentially over a hundred lines!
Eyyy leave it to Geddy to drop some internet wizardry!!!
Geddy! You’re quite the coding sorcerer. You went to a lot of trouble putting this together. Thanks! 😁
mattdoylemedia says:
Ah, the DS. Never played Mario 64 on it. But then, I only played the N64 version for the first time recently and wasn’t impressed, so I doubt i’d get much out of it. Thinking on it, this may be the only Nintendo system I’ve owned that I didn’t play a single Mario game on.
Sonic Rush was a superb game in my eyes. I was also partial to the mainline Pokemon entries and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
I’d like you to do something for me. Listen to the Central City theme again and tell me if Sonic Chronicles is really a good game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o47N-aYd08. 😀 I loved the gameplay, but the soundtrack deserves the fury of a thousand internets.
SM64 is definitely an acquired taste if you didn’t play it back in the day. You have to look really deep into the game to find it’s appeal, but it’s there. Just keep digging!
Heh. It was the gameplay and the way that it expanded the lore that I really liked with it. It’s jsut a shame that the planned sequel was canned after the kick up by one of the Archie comic artists.
I think that what happened for me with SM64 was that it was hyped as one of the greatest games ever, but when I played it, it felt really dated and clunky to me. I tried looking at it in the context of the era too, but found that I still had a lot mroe fun with some others from around the same time like Spyro and Croc (which was originally going to be a Yoshi game). Nostalgia probably plays into that a bit too though, so that may skew my view. I do want to try it again another time, but as it stands, i’m a little jaded by the experience.
I think when it first game out, its simplicity and the novelty of 3D was strong, and it had that magic, but it was in the end early 3D. A good example from its year but playing it now is a bit rough. Odyssey feels like a SM64 sequel.
Odyssey looks like it tidies up the gameplay a lot. From watching it in action, I thought that it may be more what Is hoped for than 64.
Kariyanine says:
So… I’m not spending money to get a game called “The Clique: Diss and Make Up” no matter how funny any post of it may turn out to be.
Nice list though and yes, MK DS is great. I like the DS quite a bit, it’s a solid little machine and if you have an original version, it has the GBA port so even more goodness (and the ability to play the weird and wonderful Guitar Hero games). Anyway here is what would be on my list: Mario Kart DS, Tetris DS, New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Pokemon HeartGold, Sands of Destruction,and Final Fantasy IV.
But… The Clique totally would have been #8. 😀 Just kidding.
Believe it or not, I actually ran into that game while researching this post and was hoping somebody would get it! I too enjoyed the GBA port, and enjoyed loved playing the two GBA Kirby games on the DS. I enjoyed your list — Tetris DS is amazing. 🙂
kmerrill8276 says:
Good list. Here’s mine:
1. Mario Kart DS
2. Contra 4
3. Pokémon Platinum
4. Animal Crossing: Wild World
5. New Super Mario Bros.
6. Final Fantasy IV
7. WarioWare: Touched!
Thank you! Your list is great as well. 😁 Wild World initially made my list, but after doing some soul-searching, I decided it didn’t really innovate enough from the original. For some reason I just didn’t enjoy it as much as other games in the series, especially New Leaf. But I can totally see how WW can be some an absolute favorite for some.
Megan // A Geeky Gal says:
Quite a wonderful list you have here! I’d like to add one more…
Trace Memory was my very first experience with the DS, and it set the bar really, really high… which is probably why I didn’t have many games that I loved after it. It’s $2.99 at GameStop, but if you live in Missouri, I’ll let you borrow my copy.
Trace Memory is a wonderful murder mystery/puzzle game that really puts the DS to work. While its story is short and the title is obscure, it is literally a must-play for the DS if you love puzzles and the paranormal.
^She’s right you know.
I hadn’t heard of it, but watched a long-play (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gysKrH0q8HQ) on the game yesterday after Megan suggested it. It looked amazing, and the amount a text in that game is insane, approaching Animal Crossing levels. If you’re a huge fan of interactive story games (I’m not really, which is why TWEWY didn’t make the list), I highly recommend.
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Pete Davison says:
You have no idea how happy I am to see Clubhouse Games (or 42 All-Time Classics, as it was even less imaginatively called here in Europe) on this list. By far one of my most-played DS games.
Yes!! I’m not the only one! I thought I was the only one in the world who played it. 🙂
Thank you Well-Red Mage for your wonderfully kind words, and for featuring me!
I am curious, did you do the challenge, Well-Red? I’m just wondering what wacky DS experience you were graced with. 😀
I’m very happy to have you! Thanks for agreeing to participate and delivering this great post! I did the challenge just for the SNES, and there are many devices I simply could not do a top 7 for. The DS is certainly one of those, as I never owned one myself. I think I’ve held a DS just once but beyond that I’ve sadly no experience with it 🙂
Of course! Any time! 🙂
Actually, I loved your SNES console challenge, especially your top game! I don’t know how you managed to just pick seven.
I was actually referring to the random DS Wikipedia “homework assignment” in the introduction of this post, but it may not interest you since you’ve never really played the DS.
Haha I noticed the Chrono Trigger nod here and was like “I like this dude”. My top 5 were easy and it was the 6th and 7th spots that were the hardest, deciding which games just barely made the cut and which didn’t out of THAT library.
OH yes I haven’t tried it but maybe I’ll get lucky and land something awesome! 😀
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Corker blocks Paul’s bill to end aid to Palestinian Authority
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Police search for Lincoln man after indecent behaviour
Emily Norton
Police are searching for a man who was seen acting inappropriately towards three women in Lincoln.
The first incident was reported to police on Thursday, March 20 at around 1.25pm.
A woman reported being followed by a man on a pushbike on the riverbank near the bridge at the end of Russell Street.
He allegedly cycled past her a number of times with his hand down his trousers and was moving his hand up and down as if masturbating, before cycling off towards The Plough pub.
A second incident was also reported on Thursday, March 20 just before 1.30pm.
A woman had entered Boultham Park through the Rookery Lane entrance opposite Blackbourn Road with her young daughter and puppy.
She walked towards a wooded area in the direction of the riverbank and was followed by a man on a pushbike. He cycled past her four or five times with his hand down his trousers as in the earlier incident, police said.
In both incidents the man is described as wearing chef-style checked trousers, either blue or black checks, with a black jacket.
He is though to be in his 20s, and is described as between 5ft 9in and 5ft 11in, of average build, with short light brown/blonde hair.
He was riding a pale green coloured mountain bike.
A third incident was reported around 1.30pm on Monday, March 24 in the area of Russell Street.
A woman reported seeing a male urinating on the river footpath near to the bridge at the end of Russell Street.
He is described as wearing a green Adidas hooded top with red stripes, around 5ft 9in, and riding a pale green coloured bike which had a fishing rod attached.
Anyone with any information concerning the incidents or who may have seen a man matching that description or behaving suspiciously, is asked to contact Lincolnshire Police on 101 quoting incidents 208 or 209 of March 2o or incident number 307 of March 24.
Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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