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Press Release August 7, 2012
China Shipyard Delivers Deep-sea Salvage & Rescue Vessel
'Shenqianhao': Photo courtesy of Xinhua
China’s largest submersible-support vessel delivered to Shanghai Salvage by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry shipyard.
China’s largest submersible-support vessel has been delivered and put into service in Qingdao, Shandong province, marking a breakthrough in the development of the country’s deep-water salvage force.
Shenqianhao, China's first ship that carries a saturation diving system allowing divers to work at depths of up to 300 meters, is the nation’s most advanced submersible-support vessel, capable of completing submarine rescue and lifting missions as well as other underwater projects, according to a statement from the rescue and salvage bureau under the Ministry of Transport.
The vessel is equipped with a deep-water saturation diving system, which allows 12 divers to work in turns at a depth of 300 meters — 100 meters deeper than in the past, said Shen Hao, director of Shanghai Salvage Co. The system allows divers to live in an enclosed pressurized environment before they enter the water.
A diving bell then takes three divers at a time into deep waters to carry out underwater operations, and returns them to the living capsule to change shifts.
The divers can be decompressed to surface pressure only once — at the end of their tour of duty. The process, known as saturation diving, enables divers to work uninterrupted in deep waters for long periods without the risk of decompression sickness.
The 13,000-ton ship is 125 meters in length, and is equipped with a helicopter landing platform and a crane with a lifting capacity of 140 tons, capable of pulling sunken ships and cargo from the sea.
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Digital media company BuzzFeed cutting 15 percent of jobs
NEW YORK (AP) — Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 15 percent of its jobs, or about 200 people, to trim expenses and become profitable. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote employees Wednesday that the layoffs will help BuzzFeed avoid having to raise money from investors again.
The BuzzFeed website is displayed on an iPad held by an Associated Press staffer in Los Angeles. Media company BuzzFeed is cutting 15 percent of its jobs, or about 200 people, to trim costs and become profitable. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said in a memo to employees Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, that the layoffs will help BuzzFeed avoid having to raise money from investors again.
The privately held company has not been profitable for several years. It has raised hundreds of millions from such investors as Comcast's NBCUniversal. Based in New York, BuzzFeed is best known for its viral posts and quizzes and has a well-regarded news division.
Many digital media companies have cut jobs or sold off in recent years as Facebook and Google gobble up the bulk of digital advertising dollars. Verizon also said Wednesday that it is cutting about 800 jobs in its media division, which includes Yahoo and HuffPost.
Newspaper companies have also suffered deep cutbacks , with staffs nearly cut in half since 2004. Reports started rolling in Wednesday of Gannett, one of the country's largest newspaper publishers, laying off journalists from USA Today, The Arizona Republic and other newspapers. It's unclear how many jobs were lost. A representative did not respond to requests for comment.
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Milton Keynes Council and Unite team up to protect local construction workers
Cllr Peter Marland signing the agreement
Harry Cheesewright
Published: 16:45 Friday 15 March 2019
Milton Keynes Council and Unite have signed an agreement ensuring working conditions and building standards on construction projects meet the highest standards.
Cllr Peter Marland, leader of Milton Keynes Council and Sarah Carpenter, Unite regional secretary for the South East signed the charter at a ceremony at the St Georges construction project in Milton Keynes at 4pm on Tuesday March 12.
Sarah Carpenter, Unite regional secretary for the South East said: “I’m pleased to join Councillor Peter Marland at St Georges to sign this groundbreaking agreement which will be a big boost for construction workers employed on building projects across Milton Keynes.
“The Unite Construction Charter makes a difference by helping local workers to operate in a safe environment, giving them the rights to raise health and safety issues without fear. The Charter also protects workers from bogus self-employment by ensuring construction workers are directly employed.”
Construction firms planning to work on Milton Keynes Council building projects will now need to adhere to the new Construction Charter.
The charter commits to working with Unite in order to achieve the highest standards in respect of direct employment status, health & safety, standards of work, apprenticeship training and the implementation of appropriate nationally agreed terms and conditions of employment.
Councillor Peter Marland, leader of Milton Keynes Council, said: “Ensuring that people are able to work safely is highly important, but in the building industry it is a matter of life and death.
"The ability of employees to join a trade union, speak out on issues and be paid a fair rate for their labour is vital, and I’m proud that Labour-led Milton Keynes Council is one of the first to incorporate the Unite Construction Charter into our procurement standards.”
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The One Spice I Always Recommend For Better Digestion: An M.D. Explains
By Amy Shah, M.D. Integrative Medicine Doctor
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Amy Shah, M.D., an Ivy League–trained, double-board-certified physician, masterfully integrates mainstream medicine with Eastern thought and a mind-body approach. In this piece, Dr. Shah shares her favorite herb to naturally boost digestion. To learn more, check out her mindbodygreen class: The 7-Day Gut Reset: How to Get Your Digestion Back on Track in Just One Week.
As a traditionally trained physician in the United States, I was quite surprised to learn that Ayurveda and Western integrative medicine actually have a lot in common.
Ayurveda, an ancient system of healing, believes that weak digestive fire (agni) creates digestive imbalance (ama) that is the root of all disease. In fact, the Sanskrit word for disease, amaya, translates to "born out of ama."
As a physician, I see the validity of this philosophy. In Western medicine, we call it "gut imbalance" or "leaky gut." Simply put, when our digestion isn't strong and working efficiently, it can contribute to many diseases and overall poor health.
With this in mind, I started looking into Ayurvedic foods that patients could incorporate into their diet to strengthen agni and heal a leaky gut. In Ayurvedic nutrition, herbs and spices are used not only to add flavor to dishes but also medicinally to ignite digestive fire (agni) and detox the body of metabolic waste (ama).
In my research, I found one star kept coming up over and over again: the spice Asafetida. Even if you've never heard of it before, you've probably eaten it in Indian food many times. It's a staple in most curry dishes.
But be warned: Asafetida, or Hing, is a bitter, pungent spice with a fetid smell. In fact, one of the many names it goes by is "devil's dung"! However, when cooked, it adds a bold flavor reminiscent of onion or leek. It's often used in Indian cooking with turmeric in pickles, fried meat, curries, or as a stand-alone tea.
Bitter and pungent flavors like Asafetida have been used in Ayurveda for centuries to aid digestion and burn away ama. They are known to:
Soothe gas and bloating
Promote circulation
Relieve heartburn and other symptoms of indigestion
Encourage digestive enzymes bile and HCL production
Calm upset stomach and nausea
Maintain healthy blood sugar levels
Balance appetite
Curb sugar cravings
Ease constipation
Kill parasites
Remove phlegm
Support liver function and healthy skin
Not only does Asafoetida have gut benefits, but it's also great for your immune system, demonstrating antiviral properties. In fact, in 2009 researchers reported that the roots of Asafoetida produce natural antiviral drug compounds that demonstrated potency against the H1N1 virus in vitro. Additionally, it has been used to help treat nervousness, bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough and is claimed to be effective as an aphrodisiac.
Asafetida is the secret pungent spice you should incorporate into your diet a few times a week. An easy way to do this is with a curry dish or a simple tea like this one:
Asafetida Tea
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 pinches of Asafoetida
1 squeeze of lime
Mix everything except the lime in a pot and bring to a boil. Let it cool, then squeeze in the lime.
Note: If consumed too frequently Asafoetida may cause diarrhea (since it's known to help with constipation). You can get Asafoetida at Asian grocery stores or at many places online.
#Herbs #digestion #health #nutrition #spices
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Amy Shah, M.D. is a double board certified MD with training from Cornell, Columbia and Harvard...
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Taxis Union has no problem with metro mass buses - Trustee
Ho, Feb. 22, GNA - The Ho Taxi Union and the new Metro Mass Transport buses could operate conveniently from the taxi rank in the Central Market area provided the Ho Municipal Assembly would clear all unauthorized kiosks which have taken over much of the space there, according to union leaders.
Mr Raphael Agbavor, First Trustee of the Ho Taxi Drivers Union, said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, debunking speculations that the Metro buses, which were commissioned in Ho on Tuesday, were being obstructed from operating from the central market terminal.
Mr Agbavor e xplained that because the space at the terminal was inadequate, taxis had to squeeze into the little space available, thereby leaving little room for the much bigger buses to operate from there.
He blamed the Ho Municipal Assembly for turning deaf ears to the Union's appeals on several occasions to clear the terminal of unauthorised kiosks and develop it into a befitting lorry terminal. According to Mr Agbavor, the terminal was originally designated as the main taxi rank in town but because of the limited number of taxis until recently, the place was used by the City Express and similar high capacity bus operators.
He said the Union had been occasionally mobilizing to improve the environment there as the Assembly had failed to act on their grievances and so its members felt peeved when the new buses started operating from that point.
"We should have been consulted so that we could agree on modalities regarding how the place would be used by the metro buses", Mr Agbavor said. Rather than feel threatened, Mr Agbavor said the presence of the Metro Buses in the municipality would be to the mutual benefit of the two transport organizations. "When the Metro buses bring in passengers from the outlying communities to town we would be available to take them to their destinations within the town and vice-versa", he explained. When contacted, Mr Emmanuel K, Defor, Ho Municipal Co-ordinating Director acknowledged the complaints of the Taxi Union regarding the limited space and the difficulty in clearing the place of unauthorized kiosks.
Mr Defor said the kiosk owners did not have permits from the Assembly to operate there adding that, "some unscrupulous workers of the Assembly might have misled them to act wrongly". He said the Assembly had given those operating in the kiosks up to the end of February 2006 to remove their structures but they had petitioned the Assembly to give them one more month to enable them relocate.
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Yahoo and eBay seal online deal
By GTTY
Internet search engine Yahoo and auctioneer eBay have teamed up in an exclusive online alliance.
Under the deal, Yahoo, the largest internet media firm, will be the exclusive provider of branded advertising on eBay's site.
In exchange, Yahoo will use eBay's payment system PayPal, to permit its customers to pay for Yahoo services.
The deal comes as both firms face stiff competition from rival Google, and are seeking new ways to gain market share.
"It's a very positive for both, since eBay gets to monetise its traffic with advertising," said Marianne Wolk, an analyst with Susquehanna.
Monetisation denotes a way to create revenue from a property or an asset, in this case by increasing advertising on an internet page.
"Clearly Google and Microsoft, I assume, would have liked this business, but Yahoo has more assets to leverage in a partnership with eBay," said Mark May, an analyst with Needham & Co.
Together Yahoo and eBay will reach more than 80% of the US internet audience, "so the potential consequences of this alliance are clearly significant," said Peter Daboll, chief executive of Comscore Media Metrix.
The joint initiative will start later this year.
Shares of eBay climbed 12.19% to $33.88 and Yahoo finished 3.55% higher at $32.92, both on Nasdaq.
The news occurred on the same day that computer giant Dell and internet search engine Google announced that a version of Google's software would be installed on Dell computers at the factory level.
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Much of what the Hewitts are attempting on their homestead is to close the gaps that economic separation has created in our health, spirit and skills. They use the term “practiculture” to describe the family’s work with the land—a term that encompasses the many practical life skills and philosophies they embody to create a thriving homestead, including raw-milk production, soil remediation, wildcrafting, Weston A. Price principles, bionutrient-dense farming, permaculture, agroforestry, traditional Vermont hill farming, and more. The Nourishing Homestead also includes information on deep nutrition, the importance of good fats and integrating children into the work of a homestead.
The Hewitts’ story is reminiscent of The Good Life, by Helen and Scott Nearing, and is sure to inspire a new generation of homesteaders, or anyone seeking a simpler way of life and a deeper connection to the world.
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Cybereason, Exabeam Integrate Security Analytics, SIEM for SOC Analysts
Cybereason, Exabeam integrate data analytics & SIEM (security information & event management) to speed SOC (security operations center) analyst activities.
by Dan Kobialka • Nov 21, 2017
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Cybereason, a Boston-based company that provides endpoint detection and response (EDR), next-generation antivirus and managed monitoring services, has integrated its cybersecurity data analytics platform with the Exabeam security information and event management (SIEM) offering.
Together, Cybereason and Exabeam enable security analysts and security operations center (SOC) analysts to speed up cyber threat detection and incident response, according to both companies.
With the integration, the two platforms can share cyber threat data with one another. This ensures security analysts and SOC users can coordinate their cyber threat analysis, Cybereason said, and retrieve deep user and entity behavioral information for improved threat detection and incident response.
The integration also combines Cybereason cyber threat analysis and insights with third-party data that Exabeam collects from data loss prevention (DLP), proxy and other security solutions. That way, the integration helps security analysts and SOC users maximize the value of their security solutions, Cybereason stated.
Furthermore, Exabeam can use Cybereason incident alerts as part of pre-built incident timelines. This can help security analysts and SOC users identify anomalous user and entity behavior, Cybereason said, and trigger an incident response playbook to perform corrective actions to quickly address cyberattacks.
Cybereason and Exabeam: Here’s What You Need to Know
Cybereason is a privately held company that has raised $189 million from venture capitalists. It offers a full-stack, behavior-based threat hunting system that helps organizations analyze and contain all aspects of a cyberattack.
In June, Cybereason launched a Global Partner Program that enables managed service providers (MSPs), systems integrators and value-added resellers (VARs) to offer its products and services. The Global Partner Program already boasts at least 40 partners, Cybereason said, and provides partners with access to cybersecurity expertise, resources and support.
Cybereason also appointed Gregg Henebry as its vice president of channels in June. Henebry possesses 20 years of sales and technology experience and is expected to help Cybereason drive its channel growth, the company said.
Exabeam provides security intelligence and management solutions, including a Security Intelligence Platform that leverages machine learning for advanced analytics and automated incident response. The Security Intelligence Platform collects and analyzes data at any scale, Exabeam noted, to help organizations eliminate cybersecurity blind spots.
In addition to the Cybereason integration, Exabeam recently partnered with software-as-a-service (SaaS) endpoint protection provider Crowdstrike and ThreatConnect, a security operations and analytics platform company.
Exabeam also has appointed former FireEye executive Tony Kolish and Steve Moore, the one-time vice president of cybersecurity analytics at Anthem, to its executive team. With these additions, Exabeam looks poised to enhance and expand its cybersecurity offerings.
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Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor (2015)
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In 2012, icons of evil Marilyn Manson issued their eighth album, Born Villain, a surprisingly strong record that redeemed some of the weaker work that they'd been churning out since they reached their zenith of popularity and artistry in the late '90s. The album got closer to the intensity and showmanship of their most over the top days without simply sounding like a band trying to relive faded glories. With follow-up The Pale Emperor, Manson and his band continue to ride that comeback hot streak, this time working in a decidedly more blues-influenced vein, combining a trademark penchant for lyrical darkness with the most unholy type of biker rock for ten songs that swagger and simmer in unexpected ways. The album kicks off with "Killing Strangers," a slow-burning trudge of stomping percussion and sleazy guitar licks, coming off like a far more sedated if somewhat grizzled counterpart to the band's 1996 hit "The Beautiful People." There's still some of the industrial metal backbone that the band developed throughout its career, but even heavier rockers like "Deep Six" and "Warship My Wreck" roll around in dusty tumbleweeds of blues licks, intense percussion, and depraved synthesizers. Many songs for the album were captured in a single take, giving even more cinematic blues ramblers like "Third Day of a Seven Day Binge" and "Cupid Carries a Gun" a heightened sense of abandon and danger. Production is loose and humid throughout, and above all Manson and company sound like they're stepping away completely from the caricature of themselves that started looming on the band's weakest mid-2000s material. Taking their sound in a new, unforeseen bluesy direction accomplishes the near impossible by making Marilyn Manson sound even more sinister than before
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PTSD Takes a Lasting Toll on Seafarers Held Hostage by Pirates
The maritime industry is full of risk, but piracy is a particularly frightening one. Conor Seyle of the foundation One Earth Future explains why the maritime industry needs to better address the PTSD that seafarers may experience.
Written by Ian Evans Published on Dec. 28, 2017 Read time Approx. 6 minutes
An armed Somali pirate keeping vigil on the coastline at Hobyo. MOHAMED DAHIR/AFP/Getty Images
Working at sea has always been dangerous, but this is especially true for the men and women who experience piracy, often in hot spots near Somalia and, increasingly, West Africa. From 1984 to 2016 there were 7,567 incidents of reported piracy or armed robbery, according to the International Maritime Organization, and 221 incidents in 2016 alone.
Seafarers caught by pirates and especially those taken hostage for an extended period of time may be shot at, threatened and beaten or witness their colleagues being killed – and a growing body of research documents the lasting mental health effects of these experiences.
In a recent paper published in the journal Marine Policy, an international team of researchers investigated how common the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among seafarers who have been taken hostage by pirates compared to those who haven’t been exposed to piracy. After surveying more than 450 seafarers from the Philippines, Ukraine and India – three nations that supply much of the maritime workforce – the team found that more than one-quarter of former hostages had lasting symptoms consistent with PTSD whereas non-hostages had a 4 percent chance of symptoms.
Conor Seyle, a psychologist and the director of research at One Earth Future, a group that runs the program Oceans Beyond Piracy, is the lead author on the paper. Oceans Deeply spoke with Seyle about how PTSD is understood within the maritime industry and what steps can be taken to support seafarers who experience pirate attacks.
Oceans Deeply: In this study, you used a survey. How are you able to determine the rates of PTSD from that?
Conor Seyle of One Earth Future. (Courtesy of One Earth Future)
Conor Seyle: We didn’t diagnose these seafarers, because an actual diagnosis is an individual assessment. That kind of decision can only be made in the context of a clinical relationship and an interview from a medical professional. Because of that, in the paper we talk about “probable PTSD” or “symptoms consistent with PTSD.” The distinction here is that the survey we used is a validated questionnaire that has a lot of research behind it showing that a specific pattern of answers on this question is strongly correlated with an eventual diagnosis of PTSD.
I wouldn’t say that anybody has PTSD on the basis of the answers that they give the survey. I will say that, in the aggregate and at the statistical level that we present, there is going to be a strong association. It may be that one person who comes out as having symptoms of PTSD in our sample doesn’t actually have [PTSD]. But the majority of people – 90 percent of them or so – probably do.
Oceans Deeply: What do these seafarers go through when captured by pirates that causes PTSD symptoms?
Seyle: When pirates attack a vessel, they approach in small boats with a couple of pirates, usually with AK-47s and RPGs, and they open fire on the vessel when they get close enough. If you’re a seafarer, your vessel might undergo evasive maneuvers. You and your crew might break out the fire hose and try to wash these pirates off the side of the vessel. But you’ve got a fire hose and these guys have automatic rifles.
There’s a lot of reports of [pirates] beating folks, sometimes at random. Then, the vessel is taken back to shore and, for a period that may be years long, the seafarers are kept confined to the vessel. They’re usually not given enough food. They’re frequently beaten and abused, often for fun and sometimes for strategy.
It is not uncommon for pirates to try to call the family members, and then beat the seafarers while they are on the phone with the family members, as a way of increasing the distress at home so that pressure can be put on the company to continue to negotiate.
In [a related] study we did that was released in 2016, we surveyed a bunch of former hostages as well as non-hostages about their experiences. What we found was that serious and systemic abuse was nearly 100 percent, and 87 percent of the people that we talked to were threatened with death or execution. Fifty-eight percent were physically beaten, 26 percent saw somebody else killed, and 25 percent were seriously injured themselves. Then, you had more esoteric or serious forms of abuse, like people being hung overboard by their tied hands or arms, which is a very old torture method.
Oceans Deeply: Once these seafarers get back home, what are their typical symptoms of PTSD?
Seyle: Every individual’s experience is going to be a little bit different. Let me draw a distinction – it is very difficult for anybody to go through a traumatic event and it not to have some impact on their life – some kind of cluster of post-traumatic stress symptoms. The thing that makes PTSD different … is that there are usually more of these symptoms and they last longer. PTSD is not technically diagnosable until six months after the event.
For the people who have more serious symptoms, we do see substance abuse. You see challenges controlling anger. You see depression. You see a lot of fear and resignation about going back to sea, and people feeling like, if they go back to sea bad things may happen.
One thing that is important to note, though, is that you also see people who have recovered fully – who just want to get back to their jobs, but are being treated by their coworkers or their community or their industry as if they must have PTSD.
We had a guy tell us that his crew mates weren’t comfortable with him on board the ship because he had been a hostage and they were sure that he was going to snap. This “Rambo” story of PTSD, where people are just waiting to be violent, has been really damaging to a lot of people. Seventy-five percent of the hostages recovered without lasting symptoms. Even if that [Rambo] myth were real – and it’s not – it wouldn’t apply to almost everybody, but a lot of people are being treated as if it does.
Oceans Deeply: How is the industry dealing with the issue of PTSD, given that your study found 25 percent of seafarers who were held hostage do experience symptoms?
Seyle: I feel like most major companies are being thoughtful and proactive in providing support to seafarers who are held hostage. I do think that all of the major seafarers’ welfare organizations – the Seamen’s Church Institute, the Sailors’ Society, the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme at [the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network] – all of these programs are aware of behavioral health issues, and they all have programs in place to support it.
The maritime industry is a really dangerous industry – people know that. But what I don’t think people appreciate is that when you have somebody who has survived something [like] an industrial accident or a grounding or a fire – any of these traumatic events at sea are going to have a lasting impact on some subset of their crews.
I think that the first major ship-owning group that really identifies this and effectively trains their crews to understand the risks and behavioral impacts – I predict that that will show an impact on their bottom line in terms of their efficiency or effectiveness. There is a lot of research which shows that untreated post-traumatic stress leads to poor workplace performance.
Oceans Deeply: In the paper you mention that training on how to deal with a piracy attack can help reduce the risk of PTSD afterward. Why?
Seyle: There is a good body of research in the disaster PTSD community which shows that one of the things that reduces the impact of traumatic events is prior training. Many seafarers are required to take predeparture training. The majority of this is based on practical skills – here is how to use the fire hose to ward off pirates. One of the things that was a good predictor of whether people are going to have lasting problems was the degree to which they felt out-of-control during a traumatic experience. When you give people concrete things to do – even things like hide your valuables, it helps them feel more in control during the event itself.
The problem with this is that we’re asking people afterward what they felt of the effectiveness of something a long time ago. It might be that people who feel OK say, “Hey, that training worked really well.”
Oceans Deeply: Is there anything else that you would like to say?
Seyle: At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if those PTSD symptoms are from piracy or from industrial accidents. There are issues that these seafarers are carrying around and they have to deal with, and I think that the maritime industry should be thinking in a systemic way about how to address this – not just in the context of piracy, but in the broader context as well.
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Toronto makes its only visit to Verizon Center this season on Tuesday, riding a five-game winning streak.
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January 3 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at Verizon Center
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Washington's three-game homestand continues on Tuesday when the Toronto Maple Leafs make their lone visit to Verizon Center this season.
The Caps were the only team in the league scheduled to play on both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and they swept that set of back-to-backs, winning 6-2 over the Devils in New Jersey on Saturday and edging Ottawa 2-1 at Verizon Center on Sunday in the homestand opener.
After falling behind 1-0 in the second period against the Senators on Sunday, the Caps got goals from two unlikely sources to sweep the weekend set. Karl Alzner netted his third of the season with 19.5 seconds left in the second to tie the game at 1-1, and Taylor Chorney tallied his first of the season and just the third of his NHL career early in the third.
Chorney's goal came in just the seventh game he has played for Washington this season, of the 36 the Capitals have played to date.
"You see tonight a lot of commitment, and our [defensemen] don't get a lot of credit sometimes," said Caps coach Barry Trotz afterwards. "And tonight, two guys who don't score a lot of goals were the difference. That's sort of how we think of our team. Everybody is an important piece, even [Chorney] who's not always in the lineup. He comes as a true pro, works his butt off every day, doesn't complain, gets in the lineup and contributes. And that's what you look for. The guys love him, and those are the reasons why sometimes a guy like Taylor Chorney is so valuable to your hockey team, because you don't know who is going to go down, and he comes in and does a real good job. And he's done it all year."
The Capitals are now 6-0-1 in the seven games for which Chorney has dressed this season.
There was much more to Sunday's win than those two goals. Braden Holtby continued his run of excellence in goal, stopping 23 of 24 shots. A dozen different Caps skaters helped him out by blocking at least one shot in the game, and Washington ended the night with a single-game season high of 23 blocked shots.
"We knew that's what we were going to have to do," says Holtby, "especially with our forwards because our [defensemen] were going to have to play a little looser with [Ottawa's] skill in front. You saw some big blocks from our forwards. The commitment has never been an issue for us; it's just the execution. And we're executing really, really good right now."
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The KKK Imperial Wizard and his problem with cheap motel rooms
Road Trips with the Imperial Wizard: booze, buffoonery, and behavior unfit for polite society
(This is part two of a three part series profiling the Loyal White Knights of the KKK, the largest and most extremist Klan group in America. For the first story in this series, please go here www.http:/nate-thayer.com/unmasked-inside-americas-violent-ku-klux-klan/
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By Nate Thayer
During a Loyal White Knights rally and cross burning in Georgia, Imperial Wizard Chris Barker was caught in a cheap motel on the outskirts of town engaged in a sex romp with a Go-Go club stripper other than his wife, seven of Barker’s former loyalists independently detailed to a reporter. They described him assaulting his wife when she objected. Four of them detailed his trashing of that motel room while drunk. Two of them provided photographic documentation.
His wife, Amanda Barker, fled back to North Carolina, alone, in the family car. This was a problem for a few reasons. Barker had no money to pay the motel bill and his poor credit precluded him from possessing a credit card, rendering him unable to rent a vehicle. Even if he did, Barker did not have a valid drivers license due to it having been suspended as a result of nearly two dozen arrests for alcohol related charges while operating a motor vehicle. But even if neither of these things were true, the Loyal White Knights Imperial Wizard had an even bigger problem: He was on strict supervised federal probation with special conditions prohibiting him from engaging in any Ku Klux Klan activity, fraternizing with other Klansmen, or leaving the state of North Carolina without prior permission from his probation officer.
It was far from the only time Mr. Barker, like he has his wife, abused a motel room.
Mr. Barker and motels he stayed in while presiding over Klan events and cross lightings, have a long, sordid, sometimes comical relationship, according to numerous LWK current and former members.
Chris Barker in a motel room in Rome, Georgia in 2015 (photo provided by anonymous LWK member)
Six LWK members detailed Mr. Barker urinating in front of other people’s pre pubescent children at three Klan cross burnings while intoxicated. “You might disagree, but I consider myself a good Christian and family man. That is just not right and I said ‘enough is enough’ and took my family home and left the Klan,” said one former LWK Grand Dragon of a Southern state. “My daughter was six years old. She did not need to see Barker’s penis.”
Another LWK member in charge of another state graphically described Barker showing up drunk at 4:00 AM December 3, 2016 with his California Grand Dragon, William Ernest Hagen, both covered in blood, banging on doors, and demanding alcohol at the Days Inn motel in Yanceyville, North Carolina. The two, according to Caswell County police documents, had just stabbed an Indiana based Klan member, Richard Dillon, in Barker’s dining room moments before and were looking for someplace to hide out until they could come up with a strategy.
Many Loyal White Knights members, who had driven from more than a dozen states to the annual LWK national gathering, got in their vehicles and headed home in disgust while the cops were looking for the two Klansmen.
The stabbing took place only hours before a scheduled KKK “Trump Victory Parade” for which more than 50 Klansmen had driven from around the country to attend. “Barker was covered in blood banging on doors demanding alcohol,” said one former LWK Grand Dragon who was guest at the motel and has since joined another KKK faction. “I was there with my wife and children. I didn’t know what was going on but they are lucky I didn’t shoot them because I was fully strapped up,” said the Klan official who is legally licensed to carry firearms.
Photo mugshot of Loyal White Knights California Grand Dragon William Hagen taken December 3, 2016 by the Caswell County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Department after he was arrested for stabbing another Klansmen hours before a scheduled public “Trump Victory Parade.”
That former Grand Dragon provided a recording of a telephone call from the Days Inn motel made by the two Klan leaders trying to convince him to not leave the Klan group. “Hey brother, this is Billy,” said William Hagen with Barker in the background. “I don’t know who is getting in your ear or who is telling you what, but you guys need to come back because this whole thing with Richard just blew up like a bomb.”
“You know, with my fractured wrist and bruised ribs,” continued Hagen, referring to when he and 5 other Loyal White Knights attempted to demonstrate at a public park in a largely hispanic neighborhood in Anaheim, California earlier in 2016 and were not well received. “I mean my face, I’ve got two black eyes, a slice in my forehead, a broken nose…”
Mr. Barker and the California Grand Dragon William Hagen were both arrested and charged with attempted murder later that day.
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Recording of Chris Barker and his California Grand Dragon pleading with another Klansman to not resign after the former two stabbed another Klansman in December 2016
Barker and his California Grand Dragon, William “Billy” Hagen, are heard begging the very unhappy and, shortly afterwards former, LWK state Klan leader not to resign. He declined.”I took my family and we got in my truck and drove the ten hours back home.”
Another LWK member staying at the Days Inn confirmed the account. “Barker and Hagen showed up at 4:00 o’clock in the morning at the Days Inn where a lot of us were staying. Barker and Hagen were very drunk and covered in blood, and making a ruckus and needed some place to hide. Then they asked for more alcohol. Barker likes rum. Hagen likes whiskey. They kept on drinking until they passed out and woke up at around 9:00 am,” he said in an interview. “There were children and families there. Enough is enough.” He, too, resigned that morning from the Loyal White Knights.
William Hagen after the largely Hispanic residents near a public park in Anaheim, California made clear he was not welcome to visit in February 2016
At a motel in Pensacola, Florida in February 2015, where a KKK cross burning and regional get together was being held “Barker was wearing an ankle bracelet and so drunk he got a tattoo,” said a former Grand Dragon from Georgia who also has since left the LWK. “When he woke up, he didn’t remember getting it.”
“‘Where did that come from?’ he asked looking down and itching his arm. Since he didn’t remember getting the one on his arm, I told him he also got one on his butt. ‘You don’t remember getting the ‘Tramp Stamp’ on your butt, either?’ Barker didn’t have his belt on so the whole time his pants were falling down below his butt crack, but he couldn’t see back there. He kept turning his head trying to see it.”
On the first night of the weekend event Barker’s wife “Amanda kept banging on doors looking for him, so he was hiding out in my room. He was very drunk, as always, and kept coming at me with an unloaded gun and he smacked me on the forehead with it leaving a big lump. I had to lay him out on the floor.”
Chris Barker, who was wearing an ankle bracelet while in Florida so the U.S. federal government could ensure he not leave the state of North Carolina without permission from his probation officer, is not legally allowed to be in possession of any firearm, which was the reason he was wearing the ankle bracelet in the first place after being convicted on federal charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Imperial Wizard Chris Barker’s necked butt without a “Tramp Stamp” tattoo. The red rash is from Barker being dragged by a car he was trying to stop after he stabbed the occupant, a former Klansman, in Barker’s dining room in North Carolina (photo courtesy of a former member of the LWK of the KKK)
Later that weekend, another LWK member “was blowing off fireworks and the cops came and Barker crawled under my bed in the room because he was on federal probation and not allowed to leave North Carolina.”
In another incident at another LWK cross burning and regional get together “he kept urinating in front of the alter at the cross lighting in front of kids. He was drunk the whole time and insulting everyone,” said another former Grand Dragon who later left and formed his own Klan faction. “He trashed the motel room, fought with Amanda the whole time, and left without paying his motel bill. I had to pay it.”
In 2014, the Loyal White Knights held a rally and cross burning ceremony “at a chicken farm near Eljay, Georgia. That was the one where Barker got lit on fire,” said another former member of the Loyal White Knights. “Aubrey decided to use a mixture of racing fuel, diesel, and kerosene to soak the burlap on the cross to be lit. For some reason, we were having a hard time lighting the cross, so this guy climbed up a 12 foot ladder with a can of bug spray to use sort of like a flame thrower to help light the cross,” said the former member of the LWK, who was standing nearby watching the spectacle. “Chris Barker is standing there in his purple robe on top of ground soaked in racing fuel. When they got the cross to light flames went everywhere and Barker almost got burned up.”
Chris Barker (far right) in the white robes at a LWK cross burning
Two other Klan members detailed Barker fleeing another motel in Georgia, also drunk and still wearing an ankle bracelet while on federal probation, without paying his bill. They, too, provided both videos and photographs of Barker’s attendance at that 2016 Klan event which his probation conditions still forbid at the time.
At another event in Rome Georgia in November 2016 “Barker was drunk and there was this homeless Jigaboo and Barker took off his shoe and threw it at the guy,” recalled one former LWK member. “The guy picked up the shoe and just walked away with it, leaving Barker standing in the street with just one shoe. They had to take him to the Dollar Store to buy him a pair of prison slippers.”
At a public rally in Troy, North Carolina in 2015, members of the Loyal White Knights convened from a number of states to extol the superiority of the white race outside the county courthouse. They gathered at a nearby motel where out of town members had rented rooms. “That was when JT pissed on the chair cushion,” recalled one former member, referring to James Seay who uses the false name James “J.T.” Moore and is the national Christian chaplain for the Klan group. “JT was passed out on the bed, drunk, and there was one guy who had a pair of handcuffs. I have no idea why he had handcuffs, but he handcuffed one of JT’s arms to the bedpost. JT had a .40 caliber handgun on the bedside table. I told the guy ‘you better take those off because if JT wakes up he is liable to shoot you’. Then the guy takes the cushion off the chair to make a pillow on the floor where he was going to sleep and JT wakes up, stands up, and pisses all over the chair cushion on the floor next to his bed and then got back in bed and went to sleep again.”
March 30, 2013 – KKK Christian pastor James “JT” Moore, center, rallies fellow members of the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nation, National Socialist Movement, and the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club during a protest outside the Shelby County Courthouse Saturday afternoon to condemn the renaming of three parks in Memphis. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal)
“The next day,” recalled the former Loyal White Knights official, “JT was running around at the event all hungover and holding a bible and reciting Christian passages.”
Another former senior Loyal White Knights imperial officer- the Klan equivalent of a member of the board of directors– said Mr. “Barker would poop in his pants if he had to ever go to war. He hid in the motel room in Charlottesville (Virginia) last year and sent his wife and that Mike and Wendy dressed in Barker’s Imperial Wizard purple robes trimmed in gold so that if the niggers shot at him it would be Mike who was killed.”
That former top LWK official was referring to the former LWK then Grand Dragon for South Carolina. The couple lived at Mr. Barker’s house in Yanceyville, Caswell County North Carolina until recently when they were kicked out of the KKK group. They are now homeless living in a tent in a nearby public park, according to four Klan sources and confirmed by law enforcement agencies.
That former LWK official added “Barker is a coward. If anyone would be the target it would have been the leader and he was too chicken shit. He was his usual self–drunk on his ass at every rally, but he has never put his face in public because he said it would have been a parole violation. There are no excuses now that he is off federal probation.”
Employees of three motels, after being contacted by a reporter, confirmed they called the cops as a result of Barker being a guest.
“Once Barker told me ‘If the cops come you tell them you are Chris Barker’,” said one former Grand Dragon. “He then ran and hid in the woods.”
In Fulton County, Georgia there is one citizen who has been very supportive of the Loyal White Knights.
Douglas Hay purchased a 24-acre parcel of land intending to build 15 expensive homes in the elite, high priced Six Hills Subdivision in Milton, Georgia, but the local zoning board refused to issue a permit to build an access road to the property. Mr Hay has waged a years long battle to annoy his neighbors, the elected county zoning and building permit officials, and the subdivision Homeowners Association, all who blocked his development plans.
First he threatened to have a Christian group bring in prison parolees as agricultural labor and set up a chicken, goat and cattle farm and said he would have to “clear the land to grow organic produce,” according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Loyal White Knights million dollar farm in Milton Georgia (Photo credit: Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New initiates in the Loyal White Knights
Hays then publicly threatened to replace the prisoners and bring in convicted sex offenders from Florida as farm laborers.
His next door neighbor said a logging truck was parked near her window and the driver was instructed to crank it up early each morning. Local officials managed to cite laws that put a halt to these plans.
So property owner Hays employed the First Amendment of the constitution. Hays began flying Confederate, Nazi and Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan flags along the perimeter of his property.
He renamed his Farm the Loyal White Knights Farm and offered it for the use of the Klan group to hold cross burnings and other Klan events in the tony neighborhood.
“My goal is to make peace between the Loyal White Knights and the Six Hills HOA. The Klan just wants to enjoy their new religious retreat,” Hays told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, clearly enjoying his Walter Mittyesque strategy for revenge..
Roy Pemberton, also a now former member of the Loyal White Knights, complained to the Atlanta newspaper in 2016 that people kept stealing the Loyal White Knights flag, saying “every time we put one up, it comes down.”
“We go out there, it’s open for our members to camp out, to target practice, to have our meetings because we’re a religious organization,” Pemberton told the paper. “If we lit a 30-foot cross up there you could see it for miles and miles,” he said. “It’d be a beautiful sight.”
Hays answer to the flag stealing problem is threatened to bring in neo-Nazis next to “set up a mini ‘concentration camp’ style area at our entrance to guarantee the safety of their flags and signs.”
Hay says he understands that his property has brought down values of the homes in the Homeowners Association but added “the good news is your property values will rebound when my land sells and the feud ends.”
He is offering the city the opportunity to buy his land for two million dollars.
See here for official minutes of the city official meeting reacting to Mr. Hays out-of-the-box strategy for dealing with frustrations from City Hall.
This was the second in a three part series on the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The final article “Profiles In Hate” will be published Thursday March 22.
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JB Elmore says
A very informative article on LWK and Chris Barker. I still do not understand why anyone would join such a group. I know why he is not in jail and so dose anyone with half a brain. I just hope that people will not believe that LWK or Chris Barker is representative of the Ku Klux Klan as a whole.
Douglas W Hay says
Good Morning Nate, My Name is Douglas W Hay. You referenced an earlier article about our land. We had over 200 documented crimes against our land by the Six Hills neighbors. As a former federal witness and informant with the FBI, DOJ, HHS, and OIG, I recovered over $400 million for American taxpayers as a whistle blower. I called on two FBI informants and witnesses with the Loyal White Knights to enquire how to stop the crimes against our land since the Milton police said they were powerless. Before the FBI informants were contacted, we received several death threats. I am not a developer. We were harassed with such ferocity by the Six Hills neighbors, after we bought the land, that we decided to sell it. I confirmed the LWK’s FBI status. They monitored our land and surrounding areas for the FBI. When the Trump administration took office, it was my impression governmental agencies no longer needed the LWK’s informant services. The article that was written by the AJC is a fraud. The author never interviewed us, never looked at Barkers FBI witness and informant status, and printed a tremendous amount of hearsay. We plan to litigate the matter with the Six Hills HOA and the neighbor that slandered our families name unless they make a full retraction. The real story is the Trump administration is now longer putting emphasis on hate groups since many voted for him. Most would gladly work as his body guards. The ACJ article is slanderous fake news and no Swastika was ever displayed. The sign and the flags were installed by the LWK informants. I took them down. We never leased the land to the LWK. I gave them the ability to hunt on the land only and Roy did some landscaping and clearing on the land. We did our best to protect our land without the local governments help. I’m sorry the article you wrote is partially false. But, we will correct the record for you soon in court. The Hay Family
Nate Thayer says
Hi Douglas: Thanks much for the most interesting comment and clarifications. I sent you an email with my contacts and would very much like to speak with you further and in more detail. Could you let me know you received my message?
Douglas Hay says
Hey Nate.
Your welcome. The AJC wrote some very tall tails that you took liberties with and reprinted. How can we respect your work when you added fake news to the AJC fake news? No Nazi Flags were ever flown on the perimeter of our property nor would we ever agree to fly such flags. Our family fought in WW2 and the Korean War.
Both you and the AJC were played by the lead neighborhood extortionist, liar and fool. Her name was given to the AjC by the Six Hills Association by design. Her husband came to my home on rainy Sunday morning unannounced and asked for a large bag of cash to support a development. I told him to make his extortion payoff request to a developer who wants to buy my property.
Reverend Pemberton shunned all Nazi affiliation and actually likes African Americans and other races. His cornerstone belief is cultures and races should not be deluted. I don’t agree but, these views are held by many leaders, cultures and races around the world.
You should reach out to the new owners and the previous bankrupted owners. The new owners are getting hammered with neighborhood crimes.. It’s a Pulitzer prizer. The funniest part is that I’m the least racist person you’ll ever meet. I enjoy all of the nuances and differences in all people’s and their affiliations.
The Hay Family
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Nate. I hope you aren’t in the fake news camp.
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Veterinarians Revive Near-Frozen Cat Named Fluffy in Montana
The cat has always lived outdoors, including when the owners adopted her, and the vet who treated her said they didn't do anything wrong
Published Feb 7, 2019 at 12:27 PM
Animal Clinic of Kalispell
A cat in Kalispell, Montana, being revived after it was found buried in snow. Fluffy made a full recovery.
Veterinarians in Montana revived a cat named Fluffy that nearly froze to death after being found in a snowbank covered from head to tail in ice and snow.
Dr. Jevon Clark of the Animal Clinic of Kalispell said Thursday that Fluffy was unresponsive and her body temperature didn't register on the clinic's thermometers when her owners brought her in a week earlier.
Staff warmed the cat using towels, cage warmers and intravenous fluids. Fluffy is normally a little crabby, so when she began growling after about an hour, Clark knew she would be fine, he said.
"These crabby cats are survivors," Clark said.
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Fluffy, covered in snow.
After Clark, Dr. China Corum and their staff picked the ice off Fluffy's coat and she started moving around, they sent her to an emergency clinic to help raise her body temperature. The cat was discharged to her owners the same night, and when Clark checked her on Tuesday, she appeared to be back to normal, he said.
The clinic posted pictures of her recovery on its Facebook page.
The owners came home early last Thursday to find that Fluffy had been crusted onto a hard-packed snowbank, as though she'd been sitting in one spot for a long time while the blowing snow drifted up around her, Clark said.
"She's crouched down looking like she's hunting something or something's in the snow bank," Clark said. "And then they realized, oh my gosh, she's not moving."
It wasn't clear how long the cat had been there. The temperature that afternoon in Kalispell was just below freezing.
Clark said Fluffy is 3 years old and has always lived outdoors. She was living outside the house when new owners moved in within the last couple of years and adopted her.
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The owners don't want to be identified. Clark said they didn't do anything wrong, and that he suspects something happened that caused Fluffy to curl up outside like that.
"I suspect that something traumatic happened," Clark said. "Either something fell on her or she fell or something chased her and she got injured. ... She couldn't get back to her normal little hiding spots that she goes to."
Clark said Fluffy's owners plan to try to keep her inside for now. "Well see if Fluffy likes that or Fluffy doesn't like that," he said.
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Minnesota Duluth Athletics | October 29, 2016
No. 2 Minnesota Duluth routs No. 1 North Dakota
Alex Iafallo (14) recorded a hat trick to help Minnesota Duluth thrash the top-ranked team.
Minnesota Duluth was the last team to defeat North Dakota in 2015-16, and now the Bulldogs are the first to derail the defending NCAA champions in 2016-17.
Alex Iafallo had a lot to do with the latter.
The senior left winger scored three times and assisted on another goal in No. 2 UMD's 5-2 home takedown of top-ranked North Dakota on Friday night in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference opener for both clubs. Iafallo picked up one goal in each of the three periods to become the first Bulldog to record a hat trick since current Tampa Bay Lightning winger J.T. Brown put up a four-spot on Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 3, 2012. The Bulldogs, who never trailed the entire night, improved to 4-1-2 overall while North Dakota, which lost for only the second time in eight lifetime visits to AMSOIL Arena fell to 5-1-0.
The Bulldogs built a 3-0 lead, sandwiching two of Iafallo's goals between sophomore center Adam Johnson's fifth tally of the season, before the Fighting Hawks began chipping away, striking twice within a two-minute span late in the second period. Sophomore defenseman Neal Pionk put UMD up 4-2 at 8:32 of the third period on a power-play bomb from the high slot, and Iafallo then sealed the triumph with an empty netter with 28.6 seconds to go in regulation.
"It's a great feeling, especially — and most importantly — getting the win," said Iafallo, who now has five goals in 2016-17. "It felt good to beat these guys because they are the defending champs."
UMD rookie netminder Hunter Miska, in his fourth collegiate start, made 24 saves to stay unbeaten this season (3-0-0) and played a big part in holding North Dakota to just one goal in six power-play opportunities. His counterpart, Cam Johnson, made 33 stops — including 12 in the first period when the Fighting Hawks were outshot 13-5
Watch a condensed version of the Friday night game between U... https://t.co/MQcYKltkTb
— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDmhockey) October 29, 2016
"We got that first goal then build off it," said UMD head coach Scott Sandelin. "North Dakota got some life with those two quick goals in the second, but our guys came out and played a good third period."
The two teams will meet again on Saturday night at AMSOIL Arena.
Notes: Adam Johnson, who also had an assist Friday, has collected at least one point in all seven games to date ... The Bulldogs have won eight of their last nine home games going back to last March ... Alex Iafallo, who set a career-high with his four-point night, has five goals on the season ... UMD matched a 2016-17 single-game best by blocking 18 shots ... Friday marked the first time in its 73-year history the Bulldogs hosted a No. 1 and No. 2 confronation ... The Bulldogs are 61-1-6 in the last 68 games they've struck for more than three goals ... UMD hasn't swept North Dakota since the 1994-95 season and hasn't done so in Duluth since 1992-93.
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N Engl J Med. 1993 Sep 9;329(11):753-6.
A controlled trial of intravaginal estriol in postmenopausal women with recurrent urinary tract infections.
Raz R1, Stamm WE.
Infectious Disease Unit, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel.
Recurrent urinary tract infections are a problem for many postmenopausal women. Estrogen replacement restores atrophic mucosa, lowers vaginal pH, and may prevent urinary tract infections.
We enrolled 93 postmenopausal women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a topically applied intravaginal estriol cream. Midstream urine cultures were obtained at enrollment, monthly for eight months, and whenever urinary symptoms occurred. Vaginal cultures and pH measurements were obtained at entry and after one and eight months. The women were assigned to receive either estriol (n = 50) or placebo (n = 43), both administered intravaginally; 36 and 24, respectively, completed the eight months of follow-up.
The incidence of urinary tract infection in the group given estriol was significantly reduced as compared with that in the group given placebo (0.5 vs. 5.9 episodes per patient-year, P < 0.001). Survival analysis showed that more of the women in the estriol group than in the placebo group remained free of urinary tract infection (P < 0.001). Lactobacilli were absent in all vaginal cultures before treatment and reappeared after one month in 22 of 36 estriol-treated women (61 percent) but in none of the 24 placebo recipients (P < 0.001). With estriol the mean vaginal pH declined from 5.5 to 3.8 (P < 0.001), whereas there was no significant change with placebo. The rate of vaginal colonization with Enterobacteriaceae fell from 67 percent to 31 percent in estriol recipients but was virtually unchanged (from 67 to 63 percent) in the placebo recipients (P < 0.005). Side effects were minor, but caused 10 estriol recipients (28 percent) and 4 placebo recipients (17 percent) to discontinue treatment.
The intravaginal administration of estriol prevents recurrent urinary tract infection in postmenopausal women, probably by modifying the vaginal flora.
Resistance to urinary tract infection. [N Engl J Med. 1993]
10.1056/NEJM199309093291102
Randomized Controlled Trial
Administration, Intravaginal
Double-Blind Method
Enterobacteriaceae/drug effects
Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification
Estriol/administration & dosage
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Lactobacillus/isolation & purification
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Urinary Tract Infections/etiology
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Urinary Tract Infections/prevention & control*
Vagina/microbiology
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Rob Gronkowski Confirms He'll Attend Patriots' Minicamp
The 29-year-old tight end has skipped the team's voluntary workouts this offseason
By Kaitlin McKinley Becker and Jake Levin
Published Jun 3, 2018 at 8:55 PM | Updated at 9:02 PM EDT on Jun 3, 2018
Rob Gronkowski Says He'll Be at Minicamp
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Patriots' tight end Rob Gronkowski confirmed Sunday that he'll be at the team's mandatory minicamp this week
(Published Sunday, June 3, 2018)
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski confirmed Sunday he'll be rejoining his teammates this week at the team's offseason mandatory minicamp after skipping the team's voluntary workouts this offseason.
Owner Robert Kraft had said several weeks ago that Gronk would be at minicamp, but Gronkowski confirmed that on Sunday at a charity event where he had his head shaved.
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"Oh yes, we got the mandatory minicamp this week, so I'll be there this week, I'll be full go, so looking forward to it. Can't wait to get back, get back to work and uh I'm excited," Gronkowski told NBC10 Boston's Glenn Marshall. "Can't wait to get going again."
The Patriots tweeted the good news Sunday.
"I'll be there this week. I'll be full go. I'm looking forward to it." pic.twitter.com/c58CuE847Y
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) June 3, 2018
Quarterback Tom Brady hasn't been at organized team activity (OTA) sessions, either, but Kraft has said Brady is also expected to be in attendance at this week's minicamp.
The Patriots will be holding their mandatory offseason minicamp from June 5-7.
Rob Gronkowski to Return in 2018
Gronkowski has two years remaining on his contract. His future has come with a touch of uncertainty since immediately following Super Bowl LII, when the 29-year-old said he would take some time to contemplate his future plans. In April, Gronkowski told coach Bill Belichick he was going to play in 2018.
A second-round draft choice by the Patriots in 2010, Gronkowski caught 69 passes for 1,084 yards and eight touchdowns in 2017. He played in 14 of New England’s regular season games, his two absences due to a quick Thursday Night Football turnaround in October and a one-game suspension in December.
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Lutz, FL (County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave)
County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave
About Lutz, FL (County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave)
County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave median real estate price is $234,770, which is more expensive than 54.2% of the neighborhoods in Florida and 55.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave is currently $1,746, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 72.7% of the neighborhoods in Florida.
County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lutz, Florida.
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In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
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Did you know that the County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 1.6% have Slovak ancestry.
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The neighbors in the County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood in Lutz are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
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In the County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood, 45.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 12.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood in Lutz, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.5%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (10.2%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.5%), among others. In addition, 12.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in County Line Rd E / Livingston Ave neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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District Quality Compared to Florida
Better than of FL school districts.
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Health inspectors found worker sleeping among food at restaurant
Mice and cockroach infestations were among other alarming findings at the 11 restaurants in Hounslow to be awarded zero stars in the national Food Hygiene Ratings scheme last year. But all have since cleaned up their act.
Robert Cumber
17:00, 7 FEB 2014
Updated 15:50, 5 MAR 2014
Ocean Grill (formerly King's Fish Bar), in Whitton Road, Hounslow, was one of 11 establishments in the borough to get a food hygiene rating of zero last year. Council inspectors say standards have since improved considerably.
Mice and cockroach infestations and a worker sleeping in a larder were among the health hazards spotted by inspectors at food outlets across Hounslow, the Chronicle can reveal.
They were just some of the filthy sights found at the 11 restaurants and shops in the borough to receive zero out of five last year in the national Food Hygiene Ratings scheme.
The Chronicle has obtained the stomach-churning warning letters sent by the council’s food safety team to each of those businesses, all of which have since cleaned up their act.
Cockroaches were seen crawling over work surfaces and equipment at two restaurants, while a ‘severe’ mouse infestation was found in the cellar and storage area of a Chiswick convenience store.
At a fish and chip shop in Hounslow, a worker was found sleeping on a bed in the food storage room.
Filthy floors, salad sitting at room temperature and bird droppings on the door handle of a downstairs loo were among the other potential breeding grounds for bacteria discovered by horrified inspectors.
However, subsequent visits showed improvements had been made at all 11 outlets – with inspectors awarding one a four star rating and saying at least two others now merited three stars.
Nearly 60 per cent of the 1,420 premises in the borough serving food, including schools and leisure centre cafes, received four or five stars in the rating system. Just under 14 per cent were awarded one or no stars.
Councillor Ed Mayne, Hounslow’s cabinet member for community safety and regulation, said: “The vast majority of our eateries meet the high standards we expect.
“However, there are 11 eateries currently rated as zero – 0.76 per cent of all outlets in Hounslow. All 11 have been inspected and ordered to make improvements by the council.
“Hounslow Council takes its responsibilities for checking food standards in the borough extremely seriously and we will not hesitate to act swiftly to protect consumers and clamp down on those who do not come up to scratch.”
* To see how your local restaurant scores when it comes to hygiene, visit http://ratings.food.gov.uk.
WHAT INSPECTORS FOUND
Best One, Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick
Inspected on May 28, 2013
THEN: A severe mouse infestation was found in the store and cellar, and hand wash basins in toilet were not being used
NOW: At a follow-up visit in June, inspectors found no new pest activity and standards were much improved
Captain Hook’s, St John’s Road, Isleworth
Inspected on June 17, 2013
THEN: Temperatures were not monitored and salad was left unrefrigerated at peak times
NOW: Regular visits have since been carried out and improvements have been made
Faanoos Restauant, Chiswick High Road, Chiswick
Inspected on November 18, 2013
THEN: Despite ‘superficial’ cleaning, much of the premises was in an ‘unacceptable’ condition and kitchen hand wash basins were out of order
NOW: When inspectors returned four days later, they found cleaning standards much improved
What they said: “We have complied with all the regulations the health inspector required and we continue to do so.”
Hussar Bar & Restaurant, in Staines Road, Hounslow, was one of 11 establishments in the borough to get a food hygiene rating of zero last year. Council inspectors have since revisited and awarded it four stars.
The Hussar Bar & Restaurant, Staines Road, Hounslow
Inspected on August 30, 2013
THEN: Live cockroaches seen on food surfaces in the kitchen
NOW: The kitchen was closed and reopened after treatment and a deep clean. Following an inspection last Friday (January 31), it has now been awarded a four star rating.
What they said: “Our standards are significantly higher”
ISO Sushi, Twickenham Road, Isleworth
THEN: Temperatures - including that of cooling sushi rice, which is a potential health hazard - were not properly monitored and the floor was dirty
NOW: Regular visits have since been made and improvements have been observed
Kebabish Original, Bath Road, Hounslow
Inspected on December 3, 2013
THEN: Boiler was out of order, surfaces were not properly disinfected and there was a serious build-up of rubbish
NOW: Improvements were made and the premises re-opened the following day. The takeaway store is still being monitored
What they said: “The council inspector who visited this week was very happy. We have made all the required improvements except for the food safety book, which they are coming in the next week to show us how to fill in correctly.”
King Karahi, in Great West Road, Hounslow, was one of 11 establishments in the borough to get a food hygiene rating of zero last year. Council inspectors say standards have since improved considerably.
King Karahi, Great West Road, Hounslow
Inspected on August 1
THEN: Cockroaches found crawling up the walls and over equipment
NOW: A series of follow-up visits were made, with inspectors finding cleaning much improved and no new cockroach activity
Kings Fish Bar, Whitton Road, Hounslow (now called Ocean Grill)
Inspected on October 25, 2013
THEN: The main food handler was found sleeping in the storage room, salad was stored at 15C and cooking was being done in the lobby area
NOW: Inspectors say standards have improved ‘drastically’ and it could even merit a five-star rating
Mawal Garden, Hanworth Road, Hounslow
Inspected on February 18, 2013
THEN: Mouse activity seen in the basement and dough preparation room, and cream found which was past its use-by date
NOW: Improvements have been made
Punjabi Karahi, Kingsley Road, Hounslow
THEN: Inspectors found filthy floors, bird droppings on the door handle of the basement toilet and rat droppings in the outside caged area
NOW: Improvements mean it would now rate as a three star premises
Rocky’s, Bath Road, Cranford
Inspected on September 10, 2013
THEN: Kitchen basins were not being used and raw meat was stored on and above ready-to-eat food
What they said: “The council inspector came two weeks ago and said it was much better.”
Hounslow London Borough Council
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Comedy offers a Sporting Chance to teen with brain cancer
Tickets are on sale for a comedy night at Twickenham Stadium in aid of Jamie Green, 13, who needs £250,000 for potentially life saving surgery
Zoe Drewett
The godfather of 13-year-old Jamie Green who is fighting brain cancer has organised a comedy and sporting event to raise money for potential life saving proton therapy treatment.
Dan Birchmore works for software company everymessage with Jamie’s dad, Steve Purvey, in Newdigate Road, Harefield.
Since being diagnosed in July, Jamie has been undergoing surgery and chemotherapy in the UK to fight the cancer.
Proton treatment is less harmful than traditional radiotherapy, which could damage bone and tissue development in children, but it costs £250,000 and is only available in America.
To raise that money Mr Birchmore and Rob Dore of the charity Boys Beating Cancer, have organised Jamie’s Sporting Chance black tie dinner, and have invited Bobby Davro to be the evening’s headline act.
BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Rob Nothman will compere the event.
Mr Birchmore said: “We so urgently need to raise money to give Jamie the very best chance of beating this vicious brain tumour.
“We have had a tremendous amount of support from friends, family and strangers but we need more.”
The event takes place at Twickenham Stadium on Wednesday next week at 6pm. Tickets cost £100 or £950 for a table of 10 people.
To book tickets, email tickets@jamiesfund.com or call 0844 264 1234. Go to www.jamiesfund.com to find out more.
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by Jameszoo
The word ‘naive’ comes from the Latin ‘nativus’, meaning native, or natural. Today, to be naive is often seen as pejorative, a lack of experience or judgement, but in the art world the word retained some of its original meaning: a quality acquired through birth, a childlike innocence and wonder that produces spontaneous, unaffected art. For Mitchel Van Dinther, the Dutch producer known as Jameszoo, it is this quality that lies at the heart of his debut album, Fool, which he calls “n...
The word ‘naive’ comes from the Latin ‘nativus’, meaning native, or natural. Today, to be naive is often seen as pejorative, a lack of experience or judgement, but in the art world the word retained some of its original meaning: a quality acquired through birth, a childlike innocence and wonder that produces spontaneous, unaffected art. For Mitchel Van Dinther, the Dutch producer known as Jameszoo, it is this quality that lies at the heart of his debut album, Fool, which he calls “naive, computer jazz.”
Van Dinther emerged from the small town of Den Bosch in the southern Netherlands in the late 2000s. First as a DJ – with wide-ranging crates of avant-garde jazz, prog and kraut rock, electronic experiments, and beat oddities – and then as a producer capable of impressive sonic and rhythmic incongruities. This spring, Van Dinther joins Brainfeeder with an album that fits right into the label’s expanding take on the modern evolution of jazz music.
Fool began life as just a simple debut album, but soon grew into something more audacious. The primary inspiration behind the album was human limitation and our struggles to achieve, which, while depressing on the surface, provided Van Dinther with the necessary burst of inspiration to create work that is both personal and relatable. As he explains, “Fool is a product of coming to terms with myself.” During the recording process Van Dinther became obsessed with classic albums by Steve Kuhn (1971’s Steve Kuhn), Arthur Verocai (1972’s Arthur Verocai), and Robert Wyatt (1974’s Rock Bottom). The melodies, compositions, and idiosyncrasies of these works made the young Dutch producer reconsider his approach, moving him away from the colourful, electronic productions he was known for. “Whereas before electronic music was the foundation of my composing, now it is nothing more than an instrument within the range of many.”
Not only did Van Dinther take inspiration from these works, he eventually contacted the artists he’d been studying and convinced Kuhn and Verocai to lend their inimitable touch to the recordings. Tapping into jazz’s tradition of playing standards and covers, ‘The Zoo’ re-imagines Kuhn’s playful ‘Pearlie’s Swine’ with Rhodes and vocals that the man himself recorded with Van Dinther in New York City. The session with Verocai took place in The Netherlands, an hour-long jam between the Brazilian composer, Van Dinther, and singer Carlos Dafé, who had come along for the ride, taking turns on various instruments. After Van Dinther brought the musicians back to their hotel, he found himself floored by a flu virus that he had been ignoring for a week which eventually gave its name to the track.
With Fool, Van Dinther has created an album that doesn’t follow any direct rules. An album composed and arranged “on purpose” that still retains a wonderful naive quality. “It bothered me at first to not have the same background as most of the musicians I speak highly of, but I realise now it has its own value, it can be interesting.”
Across its 11 tracks, Fool plays out Van Dinther’s journey to find a musical voice he can be proud of and which can also inspire others. Alongside Verocai, Dafé, and Kuhn, the album features a stellar cast of classical and jazz musicians including pianist Niels Broos, drummers Julian Sartorius and Richard Spaven, bass guitarists Raphael Vanoli and Stephen Bruner (aka Thundercat), and saxophonist John Dikeman. All of these different contributions and approaches are weaved together into a whole by Van Dinther, armed with electronics and naivety. At times coherent, at times seemingly haphazard, the album is always joyful. “I tried to create something that is both tradition and me fooling around,” he explains. “There is something to be said for both sides of the spectrum. If we always remain in tradition there will be no evolution.”
LP (BF059)
Heavyweight 180g white vinyl LP in a printed inner jacket housed in a 3mm spined sleeve. Artwork by Dutch artist Philip Akkerman - http://philipakkerman.com/
CD (BFCD059)
Flu (featuring Arthur Verocai)
The Zoo (featuring Steve Kuhn)
Nail (Skit)
Toots
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Flake EP
Jameszoo & Metropole Orkest (conducted by Jules Buckley)
Broken Knowz
Jay Daniel
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FIRE UPDATE: Firefighters will be working in Abington Street throughout the night
Firefighters are expected to remain on the scene of the fire tonight.
Carly Roberts
Published: 15:04 Saturday 16 June 2018
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service have said that firefighters expect to be in Abington Street until tomorrow morning following a building fire earlier on today.
A statement released by the service said: "We are still dealing with a fire at the top of Abington Street, Northampton, and expect to be on scene throughout the evening and into tomorrow morning.
The blaze took place opposite Steffans Jewellers.
"The current road closures are expected to remain in place until further notice and the top of Abington Street will remain closed to pedestrians as well.
"We are working closely with our colleagues at Northamptonshire Police in order to resolve this incident as safely and quickly as possible.
"Many thanks for your patience."
Northamptonshire Police are also still on the scene of the fire opposite BBC Radio Northampton.
Abington Square has been closed both ways and a backlog of traffic is building in York Road and Wellingborough Road, AA Traffic News reports.
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Saints discover cup semi-final opponents
Cobus Reinach scored twice in Saints' 16-14 league defeat to Newcastle Falcons at Franklin's Gardens in December (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)
Tom Vickers
Published: 20:06 Sunday 03 February 2019
Saints will host Newcastle Falcons in the semi-finals of the Premiership Rugby Cup.
Chris Boyd's men confirmed their place in the final four with a bonus-point win against Leicester Tigers last weekend.
But they had to wait until earlier today to discover who they would be facing and whether they would have home advantage.
Newcastle's game at Sale was key because if the Falcons had bagged a bonus-point success and won by 37 points or more they would have hosted Saints.
As it was, Newcastle did get the maximum haul but they could only win by 16 points, earning a 28-12 victory at the AJ Bell Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
That means the Falcons must travel to Saints on Saturday (February 9) for a game that will kick-off at 12.15pm.
It will be shown live on BT Sport.
In the other semi-final, Worcester Warriors will host Saracens on Friday night, having just edged out the Barnet-based club on points difference in the bid to win Pool B.
Saints won Pool C, with Newcastle topping Pool A.
The final will take place on Sunday, March 17.
Friday, February 8, 7.45pm: Worcester Warriors v Saracens
Saturday, February 9, 12.15pm: Saints v Newcastle Falcons
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Sunday, March 17.
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Nordonia 38, Copley 0: Alders brothers lead Knights past Indians
COPLEY TWP.: The Nordonia football team only needed the services of brothers Tyler Alders and Alex Alders for three quarters Friday night at Copley.
The reason why was simple � the Knights secured a victory before the fourth quarter started from the play of the Alders brothers and a cast of others.
The Nordonia offense clicked and its defense limited Copley for most of the game in a convincing 38-0 win between Suburban League foes at Copley Stadium.
�We talked about coming out fast from play one, which we did not do last week [in Green],� Nordonia coach Jeff Fox said. �We really got our passing game going from play one. Tyler and Alex made some nice plays, and we blocked well. The defense played fast, too. It was a total team effort.
�Our defense, they were relentless with the way they pursued the ball. That was fun to watch.�
Nordonia (5-1, 3-0) dispatched Copley (4-2, 1-2) quickly by scoring on its opening three possessions. The Knights will host the Tallmadge Blue Devils (5-1, 3-0) next week.
�We knew it was going to be a big game this week,� senior quarterback-punter Tyler Alders said. �Copley is a great team. We just played fast like we always do. We attacked their secondary like we wanted to and made big plays.�
Tyler Alders completed 13-of-25 passes for 296 yards and three touchdown passes.
Sophomore Alex Alders made an impact as a wide receiver, running back and defensive back. He had nine receptions for 164 yards and three receiving touchdowns, to go along with a rushing touchdown and an interception.
The Alders brothers played pitch and catch in the first quarter as the Knights led 14-0 after two possessions.
Tyler threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Alex with 8:43 remaining in the first. The duo then connected on a 8-yard touchdown with 3:16 left in the first.
�We knew we had to execute our passing game early,� Alex Alders said. �Our blocking downfield after the catches was great and helped make a lot of those plays go for such big gains.�
Nordonia added two more touchdowns in the second quarter to lead 28-0. Junior running back Jordan Nobles sprinted for a 41-yard touchdown with 11:27, and Alex Alders rushed for a 59-yard touchdown with 40.9 seconds to go.
Nordonia was not done scoring though as Copley lost a fumble that Knights junior Victor Hudson recovered with 11.4 seconds left in the quarter.
Two plays later, senior kicker Ryan Bauer converted a 49-yard field goal as time expired to push Nordonia�s advantage to 31-0 at halftime.
The Knights held the Indians to 43 yards of total offense in the first half and gained 282 yards.
Nordonia made it 38-0 with 11:04 to go in the third quarter when the Alders brothers hooked up again, this time for a 58-yard touchdown play.
Nobles rushed for 117 yards on 12 carries with blocking from an offensive line that consists of seniors Mike Walters, Marcus Murray, Kenyon Lee and Ben Helkowski, junior Brandon Rem and sophomore Cameron Bell.
The Knights defense notched a shutout by limiting Indians standout senior running back Aregeros Turner to 63 yards rushing on 24 carries and to four receptions for 25 yards.
Hudson had two sacks. Senior Evan Dalzell, senior Grant Shepherd and sophomore Nick Grayson had one sack. Junior Alex Woicehovich forced a fumble forced that Dalzell recovered, and senior Brandon Hrelja was solid at linebacker.
Michael Beaven can be reached at 330-996-3829 or mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the high school blog at https://ohio.com/preps. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MBeavenABJ and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sports.abj.
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The president of the Cameroon Football Federation Prince Seidou Mbombo Njoya have signed a release terminating the contracts of Dutch duo Clarence Clyde Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert following the Indomitable Lions disappointing display at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations.
This decision comes after the countries minister of Sports and Physical Education announced 24 hours earlier on national Television (CRTV) that the results and style of football practiced by the Cameroon team under the two coaches was unsatisfactory and he had called for the federation to inform the coaches of Cameroon’s intention to discontinue the working relationship between the country and the coaches.
Seedorf took a very talented Cameroon team to THE 2019 AFCON in Egypt but failed to bring out the best in the Team and as defending Champions the team won just one of 4 games before been kicked out of the tournament in the 16th finals by eventual semi finalists Nigeria.
Seedorf’s era as Coach of Cameroon though less than 12 months old have been plagued by controversies ranging from players critizing him publicly to illogical selection fringe players, disagreement with his colleagues and arrogance towards his environment amongst others.
Cameroon will now go out in search of a replacement for the pair and other vacant places in the technical bench that may be created in the days ahead.
Seedorf leaves with a disappointing win rate of 33% in 12 games as Coach of Cameroon.
His departure has been endorsed by the boss of FECAFOOT who should be in Cairo this Thursday for the CAF General Assembly.
Frank Lampard believes Chelsea does not need to sign new players this summer for the team to challenge for the big titles next season.
The Blues are banned from signing players for the next two transfer windows but that will not affect Chelsea’s plan going into the new season according to Lampard.
The former England international who was appointed as the club’s new boss last week on a three-year deal pointed to the feat the team achieved last season as a sign why Chelsea will not suffer from the transfer ban. The Blues won the Europa League and finished in the top three last season with the same current crop of players at Lampard’s disposal bar Hazard and Gonzalo Higuain.
With Pulisic arriving and some of the club’s young players signing long term deals at the club, Lampard believes the team is well equipped to compete on all levels next season.
He also hinted how he wants his team to play ahead of next season. The former Manchester City star said he wants a team that can work hard with and without the ball.
“I know the club very well, I know the players very well. I have my own way on how I want to work with the players”. “I have to say in one week we have been training, I have been very happy with the quality of the players”.
“My job now is to work hard in pre-season with them”. ” I like my team to play with a lot of energy and speed with and without the ball”.
“So if we lose the ball, I want us to win it as quickly as we can”. “And when we have the ball, I want us to create chances to win games and to feel like we playing a football that we enjoy”.
The 40-year-old also revealed he hopes Callum Hudson Odoi and other Chelsea youngsters follow Mason Mount suit by signing a new contract.
He believes Odoi will be an important player for both Chelsea and England in the future. He also revealed he is willing to give young players a chance at the club, but they will have to show they can make the difference.
In a desperate move to sign Brazilian star, Neymar from PSG, Barcelona have decided to offer the Paris club Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele and £35million’ for the player.
Neymar, who has not hidden his desire to return to the Camp Nou after a controversial period with the French club last season.
Keen to bring him back to the Nou Camp, Barca have offered both Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele along with additional cash to tempt the French champions, as report AS.
The Spanish publication say Barca will also add £35million (€40m) into the deal, though any official talks between the two clubs have not yet begun.
PSG’s Qatari hierarchy had made clear they had no intentions of selling Neymar, who they acquired after triggering his £198million release clause in July 2017.
Neymar signed a five-year deal in Paris worth £596,000 a week, and still has three years left to run.
PSG owner Sheikh Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants to at least recover the £198m (€222m) paid for Neymar, and poor relations between the two clubs has left PSG sitting resolute on a £270m (€300m) asking price.
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Boxer Pernell Whitaker Dead at 55, Hit By Car
Boxing legend Pernell Whitaker was killed Sunday night after he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach, TMZ Sports has learned. He was only 55.
We’re told officials received a call around 10:04 PM in response to an accident at the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Baker Road.
When cops arrived, they located the man who had been hit by a vehicle who was in really bad shape — and our sources tell us that man was Pernell Whitaker.
Unfortunately, we’re told Whitaker succumbed to his injuries and died.
Cops are investigating. Unclear if the driver of the car was arrested but he did stay on the scene to speak with police. It’s NOT a hit and run situation.
By the way, we’re told the are where Pernell was hit is NOT a popular nightlife area — in other words, it’s not like he was out partying.
Whitaker (who’s from Virginia) was a BEAST in the ring … winning world titles at 4 different weights — lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight.
Sweet Pea was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006 — and is considered by many to be one of the greatest fighters of ALL TIME.
He fought everyone from Oscar De La Hoya to Julio Cesar Chavez — and even though he lost to Oscar and Julio was a draw … many people believe he was ROBBED in both decisions because he clearly won the fights.
His pro career began in 1984 and spanned all the way through 2001, with an amazing 40-4-1 record including 17 knockouts.
He also won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in L.A.
From 1993 to 1997 he was considered the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Ring Magazine named him the Fight of the Year in 1989.
Whitaker is survived by his 5 children. RIP
Source: TMZ Sports
Official: Antoine Griezmann Joins Barcelona
Barcelona have completed the signing of Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann. The French international had a 120 million euro release which the Camp Nou side are believed to have triggered.
It had been expected to be a straightforward summer switch. Back in May, Griezmann announced he would be seeking a new challenge away from the Wanda Metropolitano.
The La Liga champions had courted his signature the summer prior. Everything appeared set in stone.
Until Neymar became available and Barcelona showed interest in re-signing a player they let go two years ago under controversial clouds.
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All is now settled as the Spanish giants shelve their Neymar plans to complete the Griezmann deal.
Griezmann puts an end to his five-year stay at Atletico – a team he joined from Real Sociedad – to pen another five-year contract with Barcelona.
The France international made 257 appearances for Atletico, winning the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup in 2018.
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PSG to Neymar: You Can Leave if the Offer is Right
Paris St-Germain’s sporting director Leonardo Araujo has revealed that the Brazilian superstar would be allowed to leave should the club receive the right offer for him.
Neymar Jr failed to show up at the club’s pre-season training ground on Monday as planned, fuelling rumours he’s trying to engineer a move back to Spain.
The French League winners quickly issued a scathing statement blasting the former Santos star while promising to take “appropriate actions” against him.
PSG were thought to be unwilling to sell their star striker but in a sharp twist of event, the club’s sporting director has revealed that the Ligue 1 giants are open to offers from serious buyers of the player.
“Neymar can leave PSG, if there is an offer that suits everyone,” Leonardo told Le Parisien. “But to date, we do not know if anyone wants to buy him or at what price. All this is not done in a day, that’s for sure.
“It’s clear to everyone [that Neymar wants to leave], but in football, you say one thing today and tomorrow another. It’s amazing but it’s like that.
“We talked with his entourage too. Everyone knows everything. The position is clear for all participants. But one thing is concrete today: he still has three years of contract with us and since we have not received an offer, we cannot discuss anything.”
He added: “PSG wants to rely on players who want to stay and build something big. We do not need players who would do a favour for the club by staying here.”
Neymar Junior, still recuperating from an injury that ruled him out of Brazil’s victorious campaign at the Copa America, is reportedly unhappy in France and wants to return to Barcelona.
The 27 year-old joined PSG from Barcelona two years ago for 222 million euros and still has three years left on his contract.
AFCON MOMENT: Arsenal Target Wilfried Zaha Fires Ivory Coast Into Semi Finals
Ivory Coast have booked a berth to the quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations after edging Mali 1-0 at the Suez Stadium on Monday.
Crystal Palace forward, Wilfried Zaha netted the vital goal in the 76th minutes to send their vociferous supporters into a frenzy.
The want-away Crystal Palace winger plundered home the match winner in favour of the Elephants after a long pass from the goalkeeper.
The two-time champions join Algeria, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and Benin in the final eight.
The victory means the Elephant of Cote d’Ivoire will meet the Desert Foxes of Algeria in the quarter-final slated for Thursday.
2019 Gold Cup Final Match Report: Mexico 1 USA 0
Mexico defeated the defending champions by the slimmest of margins to become Kings of the Concacaf Region for the eighth time.
Jonathan dos Santos was the hero early Monday morning grabbing the all important winner as El Tri shrugged of the challenge of the US Men’s National Team to claim the Gold Cup crown.
It was an intense, physical match from start to finish.
The pre-match build-up was focused on Chelsea’s new boy Christian Pulisic and he could have put the Americans ahead in the opening minutes but his goal-bound shot from a tight angle was well saved by Guillermo Ochoa in the Mexican goal.
Jozy Altidore also missed a glorious chance to score the opener before the break during a 30-minute spell when the Stars and Stripes were clearly the better side.
Clear chances dwindled for both sides after the break and it was an even, closely contested half before Jonathan dos Santos seized his moment. The midfielder started the move and then kept his cool to finish of a beautiful team goal that gave Mexico the lead.
The victory handed Mexico the bragging rights and the crown as the kings of the Gold Cup.
AFCON MOMENT: Madagascar fairytale continues with shootout win
Madagascar’s maiden African Cup of Nations campaign continues after they beat two-time winners DR Congo 4-2 on penalties, having shared four goals in 120 minutes.
Though strikes from Ibrahim Amada and Faneva Ima Andriatsima were each cancelled out by Cederic Bakambu and Chancel Mbemba, they held their nerve in the shootout to keep their dream alive as Yannick Bolasie cost his side in the end.
While Congo had more quality on paper, Madagascar had form on their side, and they started like a team unbeaten in the tournament so far. Amada’s excellent strike from distance gave them a deserved lead after nine minutes.
Their pressing was frustrating Congo, who couldn’t get going. But out of nothing 11 minutes later, after a pinpoint cross from Ngonda Muzinga, Bakambu snatched an equaliser and his third goal of the tournament.
Ngonda was again heavily involved as Congo missed a golden chance to take the lead; former Newcastle United defender Mbemba couldn’t keep his effort down after he was found by the left-back’s cross at the back post.
The game followed a similar pattern in the second half and Madagascar thought they’d won it with 13 minutes remaining when Andriatsima headed home Romain Metanire’s cross, but third time lucky, Mbemba converted from a corner in the final minute to set up extra time.
He almost scored again early after the restart, but another header was saved by Melvin Adrien. The game ended in penalties, and Madagascar progressed to the quarter finals after Bolasie’s miss from the spot.
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One News Page Australia > Business News > Southern Gold has major epithermal gold targets in South Korea, and the potential for near-term production too
Southern Gold has major epithermal gold targets in South Korea, and the potential for near-term production too
UK investors may shortly have a new way to gain exposure to emerging opportunities in the gold space in South Korea. Southern Gold (ASX:SAU) is considering a standard listing on the main board of the London stock exchange with a view to tapping into a deeper pool of liquidity, and perhaps also of boosting the rating. “We’ll get a better valuation in London,” says managing director Simon Mitchell. He can state this with confidence because Southern Gold’s partner on two South Korean assets is Bluebird Merchant Ventures (LON:BMV), which has been listed in London for a few years now, and which is currently worth nearly £5.5mln. The market capitalisation of Southern Gold, by contrast, rings in at A$8.4mln, or £4.7mln, even though it has a much broader portfolio of assets. “Bluebird has earned into our Gubong project, and at Kochang they’re earning in,” explains Mitchell. “And based on these two assets they have a market capitalisation somewhat higher than ours, even though we have more assets in Korea, and we have near-term production in Australia.” So what’s up with the Australian market, that seems to discount the valuation of Southern Gold so much? After all, Bluebird’s rating isn’t overly punchy itself. One explanation Mitchell offers is size. With the gold price roaring away in Aussie dollar terms, some gold mining companies are much in demand, but investors are still being very selective. “In the Australian gold space the mid-cap producers are hot,” says Mitchell, “but the juniors are still struggling.” To some extent too, South Korea is a bit of an unknown quantity to the mining investment community, although there is a strong history of mining there. In London, the ratings are currently more generous and Bluebird has blazed a story-telling trail in terms of getting South Korea understood in the investment community. The crucial message, both from Southern Gold and from Bluebird, is that there will be cash flow from the South Korean assets within two years. Initially, says Mitchell, this will be “modest in scale and in build.” But, he adds, there are some first class epithermal gold targets in South-West Korea, many of which were looked over by Ivanhoe, before all Ivanhoe eyes were irresistibly drawn to Mongolia. Under the expert guidance of Doug Kirwin, Southern Gold’s senior geologist, Mitchell believes the company has the capacity to deliver some major new discoveries. “Doug’s found several world-class deposits,” says Mitchell. He was with the Ivanhoe team in South Korea. Now, the thinking is that the geology of the south west of Korea shows considerable parallels to the geology in the south west of Japan, where there are some world class epithermal deposits. In particular, says Mitchell, the South Korean targets are analogous to the ultra high grade Hishikari mine, which has showed an average grade of over 40 grams per tonne over the life of the mine. Of particular interest to Southern Gold are the 3.8 kilometre Beopseongpo target, the multiple vein system at Deokon, and the Weolyu gold silver and germanium project, all in the south west or central part of the country, and all 100%-owned by Southern Gold. In support of exploration on these major targets will be upcoming cashflow from the joint ventured mines of Gubong and Kochang to the north and north-east respectively, with feasibility studies on both due out shortly. In addition, there should soon be a contribution too from Southern Gold’s Cannon mine in Western Australia. This project already has a track record of small-scale production and cash generation, although it’s currently on hiatus as it transitions to underground mining. At the moment the underground resource is still fairly small, but it’s not been drilled extensively and Mitchell says he expects mineralisation to keep on going down as the company mines towards it. “We’re quietly confident, subject to drilling that this thing will keep going,” he says. As it stands the mining costs are reckoned likely to ring in at around US$800 per ounce, so the margins on offer ought to be substantial. Clearly, Southern Gold will need to undergo a substantial capital raising exercise if it ever wants to develop one of its major South Korean epithermal projects. But for the time being, it looks attractive enough as a play on South Korean exploration and small-scale development, supported by upcoming cash flow to keep the lights on from Australia. That’s just the sort of model that London investors have traditionally appreciated, so expect the UK welcome to be warm.
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After graduating from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a degree in English, Paul Frumkin attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., graduating with honors in 1980. That year he moved to New York City where he worked for several foodservice and hotel publications. In 1984 he co-wrote “The Norman Table, The Traditional Cooking of Normandy,” with chef-restaurateur Claude Guermont. The cookbook, which was published by Charles Scribners Sons, won the “Best European Cookbook” award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals in 1985. He joined Nation’s Restaurant News in 1990 and has held a number of editorial positions there. He currently covers legislative policy and the Northeast for NRN.
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Finance>Sales Trends
Buffalo Wild Wings same-store sales fall
Company to launch new menu and is working on delivery, loyalty
Jonathan Maze | Oct 26, 2016
Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. said on Wednesday that it hopes delivery, a focus on lunch and a new menu will help reverse a sales slide that is now in its third straight quarter.
Same-store sales at the Minneapolis-based chicken wing chain fell 1.8 percent at company-owned locations and 1.6 percent at franchise locations in the quarter ended Sept. 25.
“Our focus is to return to industry leading same-store sales,” CEO Sally Smith said in a statement. She said the chain’s FastBreak lunch, with a 15-minute guarantee, and its half-price Wing Tuesdays “are seeing initial success.”
Smith said the company will launch a new menu next week, including a new burger. The chain is implementing its Blazin’ Rewards loyalty program and has third-party delivery in 90 company-owned locations.
Buffalo Wild Wings stock is down 14 percent this year amid sales concerns, and is down by more than a third since September, when the chain’s stock last breached $200 per share.
The company’s weak stock price has led an activist investor, Marcato Capital Management, to put pressure on the chain to stop buying franchisees and instead sell company stores to operators.
Revenues at the company increased 8.5 percent to $494.2 million from $455.5 million. Net income increased 17.8 percent to $22.7 million, or $1.23 per share, from $19.2 million, or $1 per share.
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Blind man who fell on subway tracks says dog 'saved my life,' but insurance stopped covering, so guide must go
By Pete Donohue , Erik Badia and Rocco Parascandola
Dec 18, 2013 | 8:26 AM
Cecil Williams pets his guide dog Orlando in his hospital bed after he fainted and fell onto the subway tracks Tuesday in at the 125th St. station in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)
It was the miracle under 125th St.
A blind man and his loyal service dog fell from a subway platform in Harlem Tuesday morning and together ducked beneath an arriving train without a second to spare — suffering little more than a laceration between them.
Orlando, a black Lab, stood by Cecil Williams in the railbed after the 60-year-old Brooklynite fainted and tumbled off of a northbound A train platform at the 125th St. station.
Williams was dazed. The train was quickly rounding the corner into the station and transit flagman Larmont Smith was screaming for him to lie down in the trough between the rails.
"I only had seconds," Smith told the Daily News. "I yelled, 'Put your head down! Put your head down!' I don't think he heard me the first two times, but after the third time, he put his head down."
Williams suffered bruises and a cut to his head during the fall but was otherwise unhurt: ‘I feel that God, the powers that be, have something in store for me,’ he said. (John Minchillo/AP)
Then, and only then, did Orlando do the same — just in time to dip under the lead car, Smith said.
"One more second, he would have been dead," Smith said, still amazed by Orlando's instincts and devotion.
Orlando had tried to prevent Williams from falling when the blind man grew faint while waiting on the platform at about 9:30 a.m. He was en route to the dentist.
When Williams fell, Orlando went with him onto the tracks. Williams was laying in the railbed with his head up. Straphangers screamed and yelled and summoned help. The train was coming — fast. Orlando wouldn't leave Williams' side.
MTA workers shouted for Williams and Orlando to lie down in the subway track bed, sparing them from being hit by the train. (David Torres)
"The dog was sitting right in front of him, kind of like he was guarding him," said Smith, a 15-year Metropolitan Transportation Authority veteran who happened to be working at the station on Tuesday morning and was alerted to Williams' plight by a straphanger.
"I give that dog a lot of credit," added Smith, 54. "It was incredible. Normally an animal, or another human being, would run. That dog stayed right there."
Williams suffered mere bruises and a cut to his head during the fall and was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for treatment, authorities said.
"The dog saved my life," he told The Associated Press from his hospital bed.
Orlando, who is being hailed a hero, did exactly what he was supposed to, a veteran trainer told The News. (John Minchillo/AP)
"I'm feeling amazed," he said, stopping at times as he spoke with a reporter, clearly overcome by emotion.
"I feel that God, the powers that be, have something in store for me. They didn't take me away this time. I'm here for a reason."
Orlando was unhurt and still by his master's side at the hospital.
"It's a miracle!" Williams' girlfriend, Cynthia, told The News as she took Orlando for a walk outside St. Luke's late Tuesday afternoon.
Emergency workers respond to the A train platform at the 125th St. station. (David Torres for New York Daily News)
"He's doing great. He's feeling fine," Cynthia, who would only give her first name, said of Williams. "He's resting. He's under observation right now."
Williams said the Labrador retriever, who will turn 11 on Jan. 5, will have to be put up for adoption soon because his insurance will no longer cover the cost of caring for the dog. Williams said that if he could afford it, "I would definitely keep him."
Williams remembers little about the remarkable drama that unfolded after he fell from the platform, but told the AP he does remember Orlando trying to pull him back from the platform edge.
"He just remembers falling and somebody calling him and that's basically it; he doesn't remember much else," Cynthia said.
Williams and Orlando managed to put their heads down just seconds before the A train arrived. (John Minchillo/AP)
Williams said he does not know why he lost consciousness, but added that he takes insulin and other medications.
Witness Danya Gutierrez, 19, who was on the opposite platform, told The News: "I heard him say, 'Oh, no!' and I saw him fall into the train tracks with his dog . . . Everyone was screaming and running around to find an MTA employee."
As the train bore down on Williams and Orlando, some straphangers turned their heads, unable to bear what seemed like a tragedy in the making. "I was in horror," Gutierrez said. "I screamed. Everyone in the station screamed."
But after a few moments, someone yelled in amazement.
FDNY rescuer Danny O’Sullivan called it a 'miracle.' (Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News)
"He's fine! He's alive," the person cried out, said Gutierrez.
Straphangers signaled to the motorman with their hands as the train rounded the corner, and the motorman pulled the emergency brake, but it was not enough to stop the train before it reached Williams and Orlando.
Williams said that his first memory after the fall is of emergency responders reaching him underneath the train, after cutting off power to the third rail.
FDNY Capt. Danny O'Sullivan, a 17-year department veteran who was among the rescuers, said that when emergency officials arrived, Orlando was already back on the platform.
Orlando, a black Labrador retriever, would not leave Williams’ side after he fainted. (John Minchillo/AP)
"We checked out under the train and found that he was not trapped; he was just in between the rails," said O'Sullivan, who is assigned to Engine Co. 37. "It must have been a lucky day for him. This definitely is a miracle."
Williams was placed on a backboard and in a neck brace. "We lifted him up onto the platform, we treated him for a laceration to his head, and we turned him over to EMS," O'Sullivan said, amazed.
Orlando's feat showed the pooch is the Wesley Autrey of the canine world. Six years ago, Autrey made international headlines by jumping down onto the railbed and lying on top of teen Cameron Hollopter as a No. 1 train passed over them in Manhattan. Hollopter had had a seizure and fell onto the tracks at the 137th St./City College station.
So far this year, 144 riders have been hit by subway trains, and 52 have died, according to the MTA. Since 2001, an average of 134 people a year have been hit by subway trains, and 49 people on average have died, records show.
Hero MTA worker Larmont Smith yelled for victim to get down. (David Torres)
The News reported exclusively on Thursday that the MTA is about to start testing "intrusion detection" systems which would alert train operators when someone is on the tracks. The four technologies being tested involve motion-detection sensors, radio frequencies, thermal-image cameras and an "intelligent video" computer program designed to recognize when someone has left the platform.
Transport Workers Union Local 100 contends the MTA could save lives immediately by telling motormen to reduce speeds when entering stations.
"The ability to stop is an important factor in saving people's lives, and that should be a priority for the MTA," said Local 100 Vice President Kevin Harrington.
With Simone Weichselbaum
Williams is recovering in hospital after his near-miss. (John Minchillo/AP)
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Orlando's Job
He's a dog that did exactly what he was trained to do, a veteran trainer told the Daily News.
Orlando, a black Lab, is being hailed a hero for sticking by Cecil Williams' side when the 60-year-old Brooklyn man fainted Tuesday and tumbled on the subway tracks in Harlem.
"It sounds like it was an attempt on the dog's part to help him in any way he could. That's what they're trained to do, to protect the owner from what the dog perceives as a danger," said Beth Hollier, who trains guide dogs for Guiding Eyes for the Blind.
Guide dogs go through up to three years of training, starting as pups, before being put to work. "They learn to cross streets, not walking off the edge of anything, negotiate sidewalks," said Hollier.
— Bill Hutchinson
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Shark in the Park - Lamb to the Slaughter (Series One, Episode Three)
Television, 1989 (Full Length Episode)
The role of women in a traditionally male dominated profession is highlighted in this episode of Wellington police drama Shark in the Park. The episode was penned by Norelle Scott and directed by Ginette McDonald. New arrival 'Wally' (Joanna Briant) faces a baptism of fire from her colleagues — and a rough ride on the streets as a drunken couple's antics escalate into major problems for the thin blue line. The third episode of season one features Robyn Malcolm in her first screen role, while Mark Wright provides some late 80s colour as an inebriated yuppie.
Nuclear-free New Zealand
Curated by NZ On Screen team
On 8 June 1987 Nuclear-free New Zealand became law. This collection honours the principles and people behind the policy. Prime Minister Norman Kirk put it like this: "I don't think New Zealand's a doormat. I think we've got rights — we're a small country but we've got equal rights, and we're going to assert them." In the backgrounder, journalist Tim Watkin explores the twists and turns of Aotearoa's nuclear history.
More Legendary NZ TV Moments
This collection celebrates more of the legendary TV moments that Kiwis gawked at, chortled with, and choked on our tea over. In the collection primer Paul (Eating Media Lunch) Casserly chews on rapper Redhead Kingpin’s equine advice to 3:45 LIVE! and mo’ memorable moments: from a NSFW Angela D'Audney to screen folk heroes Colin McKenzie and the Ingham twins.
Great War Stories 1 - Leonard Hart
This edition of Great War Stories series revisits “a candidate for the darkest day in New Zealand war history” — 12 October 1917. The Passchendaele disaster in Belgium is explored via a letter smuggled home from 23-year-old private Leonard Hart. The front was a quagmire of mud and blood where, in a catastrophic blunder, Kiwi soldiers were shelled by their own artillery fire before being caught in barbed wire, and slaughtered by enemy machine guns. Hart called it “the most appalling slaughter I’ve ever seen.” Presenter Hilary Barry also sings the opening hymn, 'Abide with Me'.
Meathead
Short Film, 2011 (Full Length)
In this award-winning short film Michael is a 17-year-old who gets the abattoir blues during his first day at 'the works'. Fitting in turns out to be the least of Michael’s worries as young blood is welcomed on the line in the old fashioned way, and rite of passage is interpreted literally to meaty effect. Meathead was filmed at the Wallace Meat plant in Waitoa. Based on the true story of a mate of his, director Sam Holst’s debut short was selected for Cannes and won the Crystal Bear in the Generation (14plus) section of the 2012 Berlin Film Festival.
Deer Wars
Television, 2007 (Full Length)
This documentary tells the epic story of helicopter deer culling in the Southern Alps. Introduced deer had become destructive environmental pests; in the 60s entrepreneurs shifted culling from ‘man alone’ to machine-driven hunting, as deer were shot then later captured alive from helicopters. Deer Wars — Top Gun in choppers, over the beech forest — revisits the heady ‘gold rush’ days, when heli-cowboys calculated often fatal pay-offs between risk and reward. It features interviews with survivors and fearsome footage of men hanging from helicopters and leaping onto deer.
Chunuk Bair
Film, 1991 (Excerpts)
This feature dramatises an ill-fated offensive that Kiwi soldiers undertook during World War I’s Gallipoli campaign. On 8 August 1915 the Wellington Battalion briefly seized Chunuk Bair, a pivotal peak overlooking the Dardanelles; they suffered huge losses. The film pitches the attack as a formative New Zealand nationhood moment, with Kiwi guts and resilience countered by inept, careless British generals, as much as their Turkish foes. Filmed on an Avalon set and the Wainuiomata coast, the story was based on Maurice Shadbolt’s classic play Once On Chunuk Bair.
DLT featuring Che Fu, Music Video, 1996
Amidst a tale of despair in the city, a staunch 'no nukes' message is delivered with aplomb by Che Fu in this performance-based promo for his collaboration with hip hop legend DLT. "Come test me like a bomb straight from Murda-roa / How comes I got cyclops fish in my water / A Nation of Pacific lambs to the slaughter / Three eyes for my son and an extra foot for my daughter". Acclaimed music video director Kerry Brown uses bold urban Pacific imagery to accompany this chart-topping track with its deceptively catchy chorus: "Living in the city ain't so bad ..."
This award-winning National Film Unit production soars on thermals with the world's largest seabird, the toroa or royal albatross. Director Grant Foster captures the majesty of the flyer with a three metre-plus wingspan (“as wide as two volkswagen cars parked side by side”); laments historic slaughter; celebrates conservation efforts (hat tipping legendary toroa custodian Dr Lance Richdale); and surveys the albatross's life cycle at its only mainland breeding colony on Otago Peninsula, from courtship and nesting to taking off on an epic oceanic OE.
Shipwreck - The Tragedy of the Boyd
This episode of Greenstone Pictures' documentary series about maritime misfortune recounts the fate of the Boyd — a shipwreck created by a bloody act of revenge. Presenter Paul Gittins travels to Whangaroa Harbour in the Far North where, in 1809, local Maori slaughtered more than 60 passengers and crew. This savagery — and the cannibalism that followed — severely strained early Maori-Pakeha relations for decades. Gittins carefully examines the lead-up to the attack and former Race Relations Conciliator, and local resident, Hiwi Tauroa provides further context.
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Merrie England
Edward German
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee
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By Edward German
Libretto by Basil Hood
Fully staged, Sung in English
The Queen is foiled in romance, as her beloved Sir Walter Raleigh courts the beautiful Bessie Throckmorton. Our season ends with a satirical take on the love and rivalries at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. The success of Merrie England established Edward German’s position as heir apparent to Arthur Sullivan at the Savoy Theater in English comic opera. This engaging and colorful score combined with a witty libretto has been performed more often than any other British operetta written in the 20th century.
“This is proof that…opera can certainly flourish in Boston.”
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Claudia Waite
Good Queen Bess
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15 Smart Study Tactics Based on the Latest Brain Research
May 2nd, 2016 14 Comments Features
Think you know everything there is to know about smart studying? You may be surprised by some of the past year’s research. Below are 15 new insights on how to prep for exams and boost your academic achievements in general.
1. Learn slightly differently each time.
When acquiring a new skill, make slight changes during each practice session to expedite the learning process:
In a Johns Hopkins University study that required 86 healthy volunteers to learn a computer-based motor skill, those who quickly adjusted to a slightly different task the second time around performed better than when repeating their original task:
“What we found is if you practise a slightly modified version of a task you want to master, you actually learn more and faster than if you just keep practising the exact same thing multiple times in a row,” said senior study author Pablo A. Celnik, M.D., professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
But Celnik says the modifications in training have to be small, “something akin to slightly adjusting the size or weight of a baseball bat, tennis racket, or soccer ball in between practice sessions.” Some of Celnik’s ongoing research suggests that changing a practice session too much (e.g. playing badminton in between tennis bouts) does not significantly improve learning.
“If you make the altered task too different, people do not get the gain we observed during reconsolidation,” he says. “The modification between sessions needs to be subtle.”
2. Don’t Text at Night.
A Rutgers University study found that night time instant messaging habits of American teenagers can reduce academic performance.
Distributing surveys to three New Jersey high schools, the researchers found that students who turned off their devices or messaged for less than 30 minutes after lights out performed significantly better academically than those who messaged for more than 30 minutes after lights out.
“Students who texted longer in the dark also slept fewer hours and were sleepier during the day than those who stopped messaging when they went to bed. Texting before lights out did not affect academic performance, the study found.”
3. Study with a view.
New research from the University of Illinois says students perform better on tests if they are “in a room with a view of a green landscape, rather than a windowless room or a room with a view of built space.” Specifically, students with a green view performed better on tests requiring focused attention and recovered better from stress.
“It is the first study to establish a causal relationship between exposure to a green view and students’ performance,” said William Sullivan, head of the landscape architecture department.
Dongying Li, a doctoral student who conducted the research with Sullivan, added: “It’s a significant finding, that if you have a green view outside your window, you’ll do better on tests.” The study found that students’ capacity to pay attention increased 13 percent if they had a green view outside their classroom window.”
4. Use standing desks.
Research from Texas A&M points to the neurocognitive benefits of stand-height desks for students. Ranjana Mehta, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Texas A&M School of Public Health, investigated standing desks’ effect on freshman high school students at the beginning and end of their freshman year.
“Through using an experimental design, Mehta explored the neurocognitive benefits using four computerised tests to assess executive functions. Executive functions are cognitive skills we all use to analyse tasks, break them into steps, and keep them in mind until we get them done. These skills are directly related to the development of many academic skills that allow students to manage their time effectively, memorise facts, understand what they read, solve multi-step problems, and organise their thoughts in writing. Because these functions are largely regulated in the frontal brain regions, a portable brain-imaging device (functional near infrared spectroscopy) was used to examine associated changes in the frontal brain function by placing biosensors on students’ foreheads during testing.
“Test results indicated that continued use of standing desks was associated with significant improvements in executive function and working memory capabilities. Changes in corresponding brain activation patterns were also observed.”
5. Study in groups to improve your decision-making skills.
Young students who participate in group learning “develop better decision-making skills than [students] who study the same curriculum via teacher-led discussions,” according to new research. More than 760 fifth-grade students were involved in a study that “compared the efficacy of collaborative group work with conventional direct instruction at promoting students’ ability to make reasoned decisions and apply those skills in a novel task.”
Students who worked in groups developed better decision-making skills than students who did not.
6. Surround yourself with high performers.
The National Research University Higher School of Economics has found that students tend to perform better when there are high performers among their friends and study groups, as “some people are capable of inspiring others to try harder.”
In choosing friends, the authors write, students do not usually consider academic performance, but over time—often in the middle of the academic year—all members in a peer group tend to perform at about the same level. While they found that most students who surrounded themselves with high-achievers improved their performance over time, the opposite was also true: those who befriended underachievers eventually experienced a drop in grades.
The authors explain it this way: “While underachievers have a stronger influence on their networks, high performers tend to gain popularity and expand their influence over time, particularly by helping other students with their studies.”
7. Don’t skip breakfast.
A Cardiff University study of 5,000 students from the ages of 9 to 11 “demonstrates significant positive associations between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes.” According to the research findings, the odds of an above-average Teacher Assessment score were nearly twice as high for pupils who ate breakfast compared to those who did not.
8. Repeat new information aloud to others.
Researchers out of the University of Montreal found that repeating aloud boosts verbal memory, especially when you do it while addressing another person.
Lead scientists Boucher and Lafleur asked 44 French-speaking university students to read a series of lexemes on a screen. During the task, the participants wore headphones that emitted “white noise” to mask their own voices and eliminate auditory feedback. The subjects were submitted to four experimental conditions: repeating in their head, repeating silently while moving their lips, repeating aloud while looking at the screen, and finally, repeating aloud while addressing someone. After a distraction task, they were asked to identify the lexemes they recalled having said from a list that included lexemes not used in the test.
The researchers found a significant difference when the exercise was performed aloud in the presence of someone else, even though the participants had heard nothing. Repeating in one’s head without gesturing was the least effective way to recall information. “The simple fact of articulating without making a sound creates a sensorimotor link that increases our ability to remember, but if it is related to the functionality of speech, we remember even more,” Boucher said. “The results of our research confirm the importance of motor sensory experiences in memory retention and help to better define sensory episodes associated with verbal expression.”
9. Aim for mastery, not relative performance.
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have found that mastery-approached goals (i.e. developing your own competence) enhance memory for newly learned material, whereas performance-approach goals (i.e. comparing yourself to others) only create tenuous connections in memory.
Three experiments were conducted “using a retrieval-practice paradigm with different stimuli, where participants’ achievement goals were manipulated through brief written instructions.” The results showed that retrieval-induced forgetting was “not statistically significant in the mastery-approach goal condition, whereas it was statistically significant in the performance-approach goal condition.”
The authors conclude: “These results suggest that mastery-approach goals eliminate retrieval-induced forgetting, but performance-approach goals do not, demonstrating that motivation factors can influence inhibition and forgetting.”
10. Learn by doing, as often as possible.
Students who “physically experience” scientific concepts grasp them more deeply and perform better on science tests, according to a new UChicago-led study. Brain scans showed that students who learned by doing had activation in sensory and motor-related parts of the brain when they later recalled concepts such as angular momentum and torque. The researchers noted that “activation of these brain areas was associated with better quiz performance by college physics students who participated in the research.”
11. Take naps when you can.
Research from the University of Geneva shows that memories associated with a reward are “preferentially reinforced by sleep.” Even a short nap after a period of learning makes a difference.
“Rewards may act as a kind of tag, sealing information in the brain during learning,” says lead researcher Dr Kinga Igloi. “During sleep, that information is favourably consolidated over information associated with a low reward and is transferred to areas of the brain associated with long-term memory.”
For the study, thirty-one healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to either a sleep group or a “wake” group and participants’ brains were scanned while they were trained to remember pairs of pictures. Eight series of pictures were shown and volunteers were told that remembering pairs in four of them would elicit a higher reward. Following a 90-minute break of either sleep or rest, they were tested on their memory for the pairs and asked to rate how confident they were about giving a correct answer. Participants were also asked to take part in a surprise test of exactly the same nature three months later.
The findings were as follows: “Both groups’ performance was better for highly rewarded picture pairs, but the sleep group performed better overall. Strikingly, during the surprise test three months later participants who had slept after learning were selectively better for the highly rewarded pairs. The people who slept were also more confident of achieving a correct answer during the memory tests, even after three months.”
The MRI scans revealed that the sleep group experienced greater activity of the hippocampus, a small area of the brain critical for forming memories.
“We already knew that sleep helps strengthens memories, but we now also know that it helps us select and retain those that have a rewarding value,” says Igloi. “It makes adaptive sense that the consolidation of memory should work to prioritise information that is critical to our success and survival.”
12. Ask for more autonomy.
University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers have found that students perform better when they are expected to forge their own learning experiences.
In the context of a science course, using a framework that asks students to compare their experimental data to other students’ data or to simplified models, think critically, and then rework the science—on their own—results in more learning.
“In a traditional lab, a student conducts an experiment as instructed and writes it up, often chalking up discrepancies or issues to human error or lousy equipment—then they move on to the next concept,” says researcher Natasha Holmes, who oversaw the revamped lab at UBC and is lead author of a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study measuring its impact.
“Our framework designs the class more like a research program where scientists have to make decisions about data and uncertainty. It’s more about ingraining the iterative scientific process than any single result.”
According to the study, students using this “iterative” approach to experimentation were 12 times more likely to propose or carry out improvements to their data or methods than a control-group in a traditional version of the lab. They were also four times more likely to identify and explain a limitation of an underlying scientific model using their data.
“The exciting thing is that giving the students the guided autonomy to decide how to follow up on a result ingrains critical thinking long term,” says UBC physicist Doug Bonn. “The improvements persisted when the students were no longer prompted to take the iterative approach, and even as they moved into a more traditional lab course the following year.”
13. Hold “learning celebrations.”
A Baylor sociologist who reshaped “test day” in his class—transforming it with balloons, streamers, treats, and music—found that students in “learning celebrations” scored higher than students who took standard-style exams in previous semesters.
“Assessment is too important for students to dread,” said Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, in the essay “Reframing Test Day,” published in Teaching/Learning Matters. “My goal is to create an ambience for assessment that enhances learning and joy.”
Students are initially skeptical, he said, and “often slip into the familiar language of quizzes and tests.” But “members of our teaching team, myself, and two graduate teaching assistants gently remind them that no such activities occur in our course.”
In previous research, Dougherty found that students who used a Facebook group as part of a large sociology class did better on course assignments and felt a stronger sense of belonging. Both studies have implications for the challenge of teaching large classes, a matter of growing concern for higher education.
With Learning Celebrations, Dougherty noted that the mean percentage on exams in three previous semesters, with standard tests, was 84.65; the mean percentage on three semesters of the celebrations was 86.48.
Students consistently did better on Learning Celebrations, with statistically significant differences, Dougherty said.
“Learning Celebrations shift the emphasis of assessment from grading to learning,” Dougherty said. “When students care about a subject and care about classmates, the potential for deep, lasting learning increases.”
14. Pretend you’re going to teach someone else what you’re learning.
John Nestojko, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in psychology in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL, found that, compared to learners expecting a test, learners expecting to teach “recalled more material correctly, they organised their recall more effectively and they had better memory for especially important information.”
His study, published recently in the journal Memory & Cognition, is based on a series of reading-and-recall experiments in which one group of students is told they will be tested on a selection of written material, and another group is led to believe they are preparing to teach the passage to another student. In actuality, all participants were tested, and no one actually engaged in teaching.
The point is that simply telling learners that they will later teach another student changes their mindset enough so that they engage in more effective approaches to learning than do their peers who simply expect a test.
“The immediate implication is that the mindset of the student before and during learning can have a significant impact on learning, and that positively altering a student’s mindset can be effectively achieved through rather simple instructions,” Nestojko said.
Study participants who expected to teach produced more complete and better-organised free recall of the passage and, in general, correctly answered more questions about the passage than did participants expecting a test, particularly questions covering main points.
“When teachers prepare to teach, they tend to seek out key points and organise information into a coherent structure,” Nestojko said. “Our results suggest that students also turn to these types of effective learning strategies when they expect to teach.”
15. Resist the midnight munchies.
Researchers from the Semel Institute in the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have provided the first evidence that taking regular meals at the wrong time of day has far-reaching effects for learning and memory.
“Since many people find themselves working or playing during times when they’d normally be asleep, it is important to know that this could dull some of the functions of the brain,” says first author Dawn Loh from the UCLA Laboratory of Circadian and Sleep Medicine.
The current study shows that some learned behaviours are more affected than others. For example, the team tested the ability of mice to recognise a novel object. The researchers found that “mice regularly fed during their sleep-time were significantly less able to recall the object” and that “long-term memory was also dramatically reduced, demonstrated during a fear conditioning experiment.”
May 3 2016 at 1:09 am
Great ideas…Some are true blues (don’t skip breakfast or learning by doing.) But I loved the one about texting and resisting the munches!
Thanks for reading, James!
Fay Nielsen says:
I will share this with my students!
May 17 2016 at 11:18 am
Thank you for reading, Fay, I hope they find it useful!
Muhammad Saeed Shafi says:
May 7 2016 at 4:04 pm
Excellent analysis & advice to learners! Well done Saga.
Thank you for reading, Muhammad
Minna says:
Thanks for this article! I’d like to learn more about the research under #8, “Repeat new information aloud to others,” but the link isn’t working. Can you direct me to the study? Thanks!
Thanks for reading, Minna! Here is a link to the study: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810015001518.
Irwin says:
Hi Saga
Thank you for another eye opening article. Love the one on pretending to teach. By the way what do you mean by pretending?
Tefl teacher
Hi Irwin, thank you for reading! “Imagine” might be a better word than “pretend.” When you approach learning with the expectation of relaying the information to another person—whether or not you actually end up doing so—you force your mind to sort of step back and frame that information in clearer way. I’ve noticed this myself when it comes to events as well: if you’re aware of the “story” (beginning, middle, end) of an experience as it’s happening, that makes it easier to tell to someone else later.
May 27 2016 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for the sharing! But where is No. 9?
Dan Schroeder says:
May 27 2016 at 11:40 pm
Thank you for the very helpful information. Tactic number 9 seems to be missing. Is there one more tactic that should be included? Right now there are only 14. Just thought you’d want to know. Thanks again!
Thanks, Sarah and Dan, number 9 has been added!
Andoni says:
I’ve been doing some research about educational neuroscience (http://www.slideshare.net/andonisanz/educational-neuroscience-by-andonisanz), and reading your article’s been refreshing and inspiring.
Andoni.
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8 Ways to Effectively Communicate with Clients
Press release – September 28, 2015
By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff, CIO.com
It used to be (back before the Internet, smartphones and social media) that if you wanted or needed to speak to a client, you picked up the phone – or you sent her a letter. Today, however, there are many ways to communicate with clients. However, not every method is right for every situation or for every client. Indeed, choose the wrong communication strategy and you could wind up alienating valuable clients.
To help you navigate the various options, we’ve compiled a list of the most popular, and effective, communication methods (listed alphabetically) and included advice from client communication experts regarding when and how to use each one.
Top 8 client communication methods
1. Email. Email allows you to “communicate in a way that respects the client’s time and attention, as both are scarce resources,” says Anne Janzer, an author and marketing consultant. “That means sending short email messages, with the most important content in the first sentence and a clear subject line [as] some people never read past the first line of any email.”
Email is particularly good “where multiple parties need to be kept in the loop on something,” adds Adam Weissman, account supervisor, Max Borges Agency, a communications and digital strategy firm. “Plus, with email, there is always a record that is easily searchable.”
2. Newsletters. “It seems rather counterintuitive but we actually send a paper copy of a newsletter to our clients,” says Nick Espinosa, CIO, BSSi2, an IT services company. “I thought this was a bad move when we first tried it, but I was amazed at how many responded asking questions about articles. And I have actually spotted our newsletter on the desks of our clients!”
3. Phone. “When one needs to work with a client in detail and manage the nuances of the conversation, a phone call is still the best communication channel,” says John Kinskey, founder and president, AccessDirect, which provides virtual PBX phone systems. “At times a staff member will forward to me an email chain from a client and ask me how to respond. I say ‘pick up the phone!’”
Indeed, while good for certain types of communication, “email responses at certain points can become counterproductive,” he says, and can lead to misunderstandings. “With a phone call (using a VoIP desk phone) we have a chance to show that we care about solving a client issue quickly, along with apologizing for any misunderstanding,” he explains.
“We use email to keep a recorded history of client requests, but all of our client follow-up and engagement is done by phone,” says Espinosa. “As an IT service corporation we are following up with clients roughly 24 to 48 hours after work is completed. Our phone communication is constant and we consistently receive excellent reviews from clients,” he reports. “I personally use between 3,000 to 4,000 minutes a month on the phone, and it really pays off.”
4. Skype (or Google Hangouts). “For regular communications, we try to maintain a weekly or bi-weekly Skype call with clients, with or without video (based on need and bandwidth),” says Weissman. “These weekly ‘calls’ can typically last 30 to 45 minutes and offer a great way to connect multiple people in different locations.”
“Skype is great for conference calls and international clients, as it’s free,” says Michelle Garrett, owner, Garrett Public Relations. “It’s [particularly] useful when you have people in multiple countries coming together for a meeting.”
5. Slack. “Slack, one of my favorite team messaging applications, allows me to stay in touch with clients on a day-to-day basis when launching a new campaign, or updating [them] on current project developments,” says Nina Tomaro, a content strategist. “It takes away from the clutter of email and keeps all communications in one location, where the client can choose to check and respond at their convenience.”
“We use Slack to get clients out of email and into a chat room format,” says Kate Finley, CEO, Belle Communications. “We can make communication much more personal [using Slack] and decrease the need for lengthy meetings or the trap of multiple correspondence channels like text, email, phone and social media.”
6. Snail mail. “Don’t dismiss ‘snail mail,’” cautions Deborah Dumaine, CEO, Better Communications Writing Workshops. “Today almost all of our communication is delivered through our phones or computers. To stand out to new prospects [and even existing clients], a mailed letter can make a far bigger impression than yet another email in an overflowing inbox,” she says. “Letters are so rare that people can be intrigued and will open them. Try it.”
7. Social media (LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter messaging). “One of the most significant upsides of staying in touch with clients over social media is that you’re meeting consumers where they’re already spending their time,” says Bruce Milne, executive vice president, Socialware, which helps clients manage social media across the enterprise. “Use social media networks to regularly share content, updates and your own tips with clients, thus establishing yourself as a credible expert in your field and a top-of-mind choice when your type of services are required. In situations where discretion is necessary, [use] Facebook Messenger, Twitter direct messages (DMs) [or] LinkedIn InMail.”
Another advantage to using social media is “communications can be attended to at a client’s leisure,” he adds. “That means you [don’t have to worry about] interrupting [an important meeting or] dinner [or messages] getting buried in their email inbox.”
8. Texting. “I always give my clients my cell number and let them know it’s OK to text me about urgent matters,” says Tomaro. “This not only helps me stay on top of things that need my immediate attention, but shows my clients I truly care about their business.”
“Some of my service providers (doctors, salons) have moved to text messaging, which is really effective as a way to remind clients of their appointments and of special deals they may have going on,” notes Garrett. “It gets my attention much more so than an email that just sits in the inbox with dozens of other messages.”
“As businesses look to woo the critical millennial market and break through today’s cluttered communication channels, SMS/text-based messaging is one of the fastest and most efficient ways to accomplish this goal,” explains Tim Fujita-Yuhas, director Product Management & New Product Strategy, OpenMarket, a mobile engagement solution provider. “Businesses should also look to text-enable customer service phone numbers to streamline requests internally and to allow clientele to reach out and interact when it’s convenient for them.”
How to choose the client communication strategy that’s right for your clients
“The best way for businesses to stay in contact with clients is to discuss with them the best means of communication,” says Kyle Brigham, director of Accounts, Marcel Digital, a boutique digital marketing and web development agency. “Give them the opportunity to tell you how to reach them best. [And] never assume one [method] of communication works for everyone.”
“Once you have [ascertained] their communication preferences, record that information in a customer relationship management program,” says Zach Schaefer, president, Spark the Discussion. “Then follow the preferences that they [have] given you. The worst thing a service provider can do is ask their clients about their communication preferences and then ignore that information.”
Remember to be respectful of clients’ time (and patience)
Whichever method of communication you use, “make sure you are delivering value in your communications and ensure the method and frequency of communications is welcome,” says Erika Goldwater, vice president of Marketing, ANNUITAS, a demand generation company. “Contact or notify customers with useless information or a few too many promotional emails and you may lose them as customers.”
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AI in retail: Survey finds most UK retailers investing in AI customer service
Pamela Kokoszka 17 December 2018
81% of retailers are hiring more call centre operators this season compared to last, as AI drives better-targeted customer offerings
As the high streets continue to struggle, with store sales dropping to the lowest levels for a decade, UK retailers are investing in AI technology to attract customers this Christmas.
In November UK high street footfall fell to the lowest level since the 2008 recession, with store sales predicted to get worse in December.
A new study from managed cloud communications provider Olive Communications, found that 71% of UK retailers are investing in AI to offer more intelligent online customer service driven by customer demand.
Olive Communications questioned 1,000 UK consumers, 500 UK contact centre operators and 500 UK retail and e-commerce organisations for the study. It found that 59% of the 500 retailers questioned have invested in Virtual Call Centre Agents, including chatbots, to improve their service and productivity.
Another 42% use ‘virtual agent led live chat’, a live chat managed by a chatbot, and 22% utilise agent assist technology, which transfers unresolved enquiries to a human agent.
The study found that by using natural language processing, the virtual gent can understand customers without requiring specific phrasing and responds in real-time.
According to a quarter of retailers interviewed in the study, Ai will add another level of intelligence, data and insight that online customer service agents can use for more personalised interactions, with 56% believing AI allows customer queries to be resolved quicker.
Consumers driving the demand
According to 82% of customers speed is most important when dealing with virtual customer service agents, however, 38% prefer the convenience.
Busy parents (80%) and students (88%) highlighted how speaking to a virtual agent is ‘much quicker’. Baby boomers (87%) and Gen Z’s (85%) also commented on the steep of using chatbots in call centres.
Olive Communications CEO Martin Flick said: “With customer experience predicted to overtake price and product by 2020, retailers must be prepared to evolve to offer a more personalised experience, which our research has proved must be quick and convenient for the customer across all channels.
“Customers get frustrated if they need to repeat their issues to multiple representatives. The latest advanced AI powered contact centre technology removes this frustration, empowers the agent and the retailer while delivering a seamless customer experience.
“AI empowered technology, delivered through a secure, cloud based platform is taking the customer experience to a whole new level of intelligence and transforming the ‘traditional’ contact centre as we know it. Everyone benefits, the customer, the operator and the retailer. It’s a great example of how bots and humans are working side by side to improve the role of the live agent, to transform the customer experience and ultimately boost the retailers’ bottom line.”
Dr Tim Denison, Director of Retail Intelligence at Ipsos Retail Performance added, “We’re all part of a ‘now’ society, in which consumers expect a personalised, instant and frictionless experience in which we buy on demand at our convenience. Retail is constantly pursuing new initiatives to push the envelope, from grocery deliveries within the hour to chatbot technology opening up a smarter, rapid-response communication channel between consumer and retailer. We cannot underestimate the future importance of AI to improving customer service and experience, particularly for fielding online shopping queries.
“Ipsos MORI’s recent Captains of Industry survey highlighted that right across UK boardrooms the customer experience is gaining importance,” continued Dr Denison.
“To deliver service excellence, business processes need to be aligned with the customer journey and any structural constraints that diminish the customer experience removed. It’s not solely about technology though. Valuing and empowering staff is key to getting this right.”
Remote call centres benefit retailers
AI allows customer service operators to work remotely, with 60% of operators now working from their homes, and a quarter of operators working from other locations such as cafés, hotels and student accommodation.
Retailers said that allowing their operators to work remotely saves them over £100,000 a year.
Currently, only 39% of retailers allow their customer service operators to work remotely, however, 44% of retailers are planning on introducing a remote working policy this Christmas.
More than half of operators said working from home makes them feel more empowered, with 42% enjoying the freedom and flexibility it offers.
As a result of working remotely, 51% of operators have said they are more motivated and engaged, with 22% feeling a greater job satisfaction.
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The Good News/Bad News Of 'Iron Fist' Season Two: Daughters Of The Dragon, Typhoid Mary ... And More Danny
By Tori Preston | Streaming | July 23, 2018 |
I’ve been largely offline for the past week, which is weird for me in general — but ESPECIALLY weird given that San Diego Comic-Con was afoot! The upshot is that I’m sitting here catching up on all the hot nerd news like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet and I’ve been fasting. Or something. Look, I’ve been offline AND I haven’t been writing so I’m rusty. Sue me.
One thing that came out of San Diego was an update on the return of Netflix’s Iron Fist — and this is where we have a bit of a good news/bad news scenario. Bad news? It’s happening. I dunno WHY it’s happening. I mean, I didn’t know why the first season happened, but it did, and now the second season is arriving on September 7th. That’s a month and a half from now, and about 3 months after Luke Cage Season 2 dropped (a series that definitely received more advanced hype). The cynic in me wants to say that Iron Fist is getting buried, but then again shows that are getting swept under the rug usually don’t get a platform at SDCC. After all, it’s Marvel and it’s Netflix and even if Season 2 is 13 episodes of Danny Rand meditating, that’s enough for a panel in Ballroom 20. The likelier answer is that Iron Fist has become such a fucking punchline that Netflix/Marvel chose to keep things quiet until now, to lessen the amount of time jerks like me can go “BUT WHY THO” on the internet. Which… OK, fair enough.
When it comes to the follow-up seasons of Marvel shows on Netflix, it’s always been hit or miss. Daredevil went big (Elektra! The Punisher! Clancy motherfuckin’ Brown!) but ultimately lacked the impact of the first season. Jessica Jones, perhaps suffering from a TOO good first season, lost the thread entirely in the second. Luke Cage unexpectedly returned stronger than ever with a second season full of thoughtful explorations of masculinity, race, and legacy — one that perhaps never reached the heights of the season one (how do you top Mahershala Ali?), but remained consistent throughout.
So perhaps the first piece of good news is that Iron Fist has nowhere to go but up as it returns. If the first season has become a punchline, then there is nothing to tarnish — and in fact, seeing Danny Rand’s interactions with Luke in The Defenders and Luke Cage season two went a long way toward redeeming the character. I’m still not convinced that he’s interesting enough to hold down his own solo series, but I see where he fits into the larger Netflix/Marvel framework — and hopefully the second season will redeem Danny even more.
But the rest of the good news has nothing to do with Danny Rand, and everything to do with the Daughters of the Dragon (naturally!). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Comic-Con panel also showed footage of Misty and Colleen:
But the biggest cheer of the panel came when another sneak-peek fight scene played, this time with Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick) taking out four skilled fighters on her own. “You don’t want to make her mad,” Henwick says with a laugh. “But the most exciting thing for Colleen is the Daughters of the Dragon. Seeing these two badasses fighting together I think the fans are going to love.” Set to a punk rock song, fans got to see Misty Knight (Simone Missick) and Colleen take out a girl gang in an exciting and upbeat fight scene that hinted at even more Marvel female team-ups in the future…and perhaps their very own spinoff series.
JESUS FUCK STOP TEASING US AND GIVE US THAT MISTY/COLLEEN TEAM-UP SERIES ALREADY. Remember that bar brawl scene from Luke Cage season two, when Colleen and Misty just WRECKED a bunch of assholes together? I’d watch 13 more episodes of that, no question.
On the baddies front, THR reports that Rand will be facing Davos, his villainous sorta-bro (Sacha Dhawan) who will be going full Steel Serpent this time around (complete with his own fist-glow!). But that’s not all! Also joining the new season is Typhoid Mary (portrayed by Alice Eve), an assassin with multiple personalities. Fans have been waiting for this popular Daredevil villain to pop up in the Marvel Netflix New York City landscape for a while now, so that may help drum up some more interest.
Tori Preston is deputy editor of Pajiba. She rarely tweets here but she promises she reads all the submissions for the "Ask Pajiba (Almost) Anything" column at [email protected].
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About MPs & Lords
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Grand Committees give MPs the opportunity to debate issues affecting their region. The Committees function in a similar way to the Commons Chamber, with ministerial statements and an opportunity to question the Ministers. Every MP representing a constituency in the region is entitled to attend Grand Committee meetings.
Welsh Grand Committee
The Welsh Grand Committee consists of the 40 Welsh MPs, and currently up to 5 others. It debates issues relevant to Wales, such as the draft Wales Bill which was debated in the previous Parliament.
Scottish Grand Committee
The Scottish Grand Committee includes all 59 MPs representing Scottish constituencies. It may meet anywhere in Scotland as well as Westminster. Traditionally it considered the principles of Scottish Bills which were referred to it at second reading. However, UK Parliament Bills relating only to Scotland are rare since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament. It also takes questions and statements and debates other matters concerning Scotland. However, there have been no meetings of the Committee in the last few years.
Northern Ireland Grand Committee
The Northern Ireland Grand Committee includes each of the 18 MPs in Northern Ireland, together with up to 25 other MPs. It debates matters relating specifically to Northern Ireland.
Grand Committees: House of Lords
Most Bills which are not committed to a Committee of the Whole House in the Lords are instead sent to a Grand Committee. The proceedings are identical to those in a Committee of the Whole House except that voting is not allowed. This means that all decisions must be made unanimously. Any Member of the House of Lords may attend a Grand Committee.
Regional Grand Committees
Regional Grand Committees were established in November 2008 but Standing Orders that set up these committees expired in April 2010. Regions of the UK that were covered by a Regional Grand Committee included:
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The Moses Room
Grand Committees in the House of Lords take place in a room known as the Moses Room as there is a large fresco called 'Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law from Mount Sinai' in the room.
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SSDs win: Seagate to cease production of performance 2.5-inch HDDs
By Dave James 2013-03-15T15:24:33.73Z
In the age old battle of mechanical vs. digital it seems that SSDs have finally won. Or at least that's what it looks like on the surface.
Seagate, it was recently reported , will be stopping production of the performance end of its 2.5-inch HDD range at the end of the year. The 7,200RPM drives were once the pinnacle of notebook storage and were the drives of choice for most gaming laptops of the last few years - but no more.
Declining prices on decent capacity SSDs has meant more and more solid state drives are being dropped into gaming machines, as well as even standard mid-range laptops. That means the pricier 7,200RPM spinning platter drives have become an unnecessary extravagance for mechanical storage, with the cheaper 5,400RPM HDDs taken up the slower/higher-capacity mobile storage slack.
Seagate, purveyors of hard drives, don't have any consumer-class solid state drives at the moment, so they've been suffering right at the top of the performance stack. What Seagate do have, however, is the Momentus XT hybrid drive technology, a mixture of spinning mechanical platters and a healthy chunk of Flash memory used as cache within the drive itself. The benefit of these SSHDs is the fact they can have close to the same sort of performance as a traditional SSD, but with the higher storage capacity of spinning platters. Seagate is set to launch the third generation of this SSHD technology later this year and it is thought that the removal of its highest performing 2.5-inch mechanical hard drives will act as a stimulus to move their customers towards the hybrid storage instead.
But will even this manoeuvre leave Seagate behind the curve? We've quickly moved to a point where the price/performance sweetspot of the SSD market is the 256GB arena, and those drives are only going to get cheaper as we go forward. Surely it won't be too long before the 512GB SSDs are suddenly within the price range of our more modest wallets, and that sort of capacity and performance is going to be tough for even the hybrid drives to match.
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Sheriff Gangbanger
Stephen Lemons | January 18, 2007 | 4:00am
This ornery oriole gags over the way most of the P-town press plays cocker spaniel to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Take, for example, the myth that he's the roughest, toughest lawman since Wyatt Earp, despite Arpaio's dismal record handling the two main jobs of his office process server and jailer.
For example, the other day, Arpaio posted details online of 70,000 arrest warrants outstanding in the county, demanding that fugitives turn themselves in or that citizens report 'em. Um, 70,000 unserved warrants? Guess the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's a bigger joke than the faux cops of Reno 911!. But the media here including the Arizona Repugnant reported the item like it was some great crime-fightin' deal, rather than what it was: an admission of professional impotence.
There's also this popular notion promulgated by much of AZ's fourth estate that Arpaio's jails deter crime and dispense just punishment. But in reality, Tent City's a breeding ground for violent, race-based gangs, mobs that control the desert gulag 'cause of the ineptitude of Joe and his underlings.
One cat this parakeet's known since first flappin' its way into the PHX did a monthlong stint in Tent City recently, and was forced to join the Aryan Brotherhood, known in the pen as The Woods. Tent City's run by four major gangs: The Woods, encompassing the joint's whiteys; The Kinfolk, black inmates; The Pisces, Mexican prisoners from Mexico; and The Cholos, or Mexican-Americans in Joe's stir.
Local Media Outlets Regurgitate Arpaio's Press Releases
The Bird's bud told this bug-eater that on his first trip to chow, he unthinkingly sat at a Kinfolk table, and was advised to sit "with his own kind." Post-chow, he was visited by six big white doods who told him he had to report to The Woods council, made up of Aryan Brotherhood members whose seniority derived from previous stints inside.
"They told me, 'You disobeyed the first rule; you sat down with The Kinfolk,'" related The Bird's pal, a slight guy who's far from the most intimidating fella on the planet. "'You have any contact with The Kinfolk, and we beat you down.'"
Being that he was a newbie, they let him slide on his initial Kinfolk contact. And eventually, he was given a job within The Woods guarding a stash of tobacco. The punishment if his stash was discovered? First time, you skate. Second time, The Woods clobber you.
(Note: My pal's description of life in the tents goes for the regular stripe-wearin' Tent City population, not for those on "work furlough," who maintain their civilian garb, and are segregated from the regular population. Those on work furlough spend days on the outside, and nights sleeping in the canvas concentration camp.)
Opting out of a gang assignment is not an option. If you're white and you get forced to join, you're in the Aryan Brotherhood for the duration. You have to live by The Woods' code, or get your ass kicked daily. While he was there, he was in three fights, two with Mexicans, one with a black guy. Each time, he was made to mix it up.
"I was in the chow line, and this big Mexican dude cut in front of me," peeped the former prisoner. "The white guy behind me said, 'What're you gonna do about that?' I said, 'Nothing.' He said, 'You're gonna let that fuckin' beaner get in front of you? You better do something or when we get back in the tent . . .' So I had to shove the Mexican dude and be this fucking tough guy I didn't want to be. Three or four punches, and the fight was over. And no, I didn't win."
The Woods operate with ruthlessness, bringing in all kinds of contraband, from cocaine and marijuana to cigarettes and coffee, mainly by "keistering it in" via a "mule" who has a daytime job on the chain gang, or elsewhere. The mule sticks the stuff far up his anus, at which the Tent City staff only gives a cursory glance. Contraband's hidden and sold with the assistance of the guards, who generally steer clear of Tent City's yards.
Gangs "sell" contraband such as coffee and cigarettes by bartering them for commissary items, like chips and candy bars, which they purchase with the $100 each prisoner's allowed to keep on his commissary account per week. They keep excess items in lockers, for which they can buy combination locks.
The Aryans and other gangs have a complex distribution system. More expensive goods like crystal meth or coke are bought through intermediaries outside Tent City, and transferred to prisoners who work outside jail walls. These inmates then mule in the contraband under direction of the gangs.
Woe be it to the jailbird who doesn't follow The Woods' rules.
"The Woods'd put those locks in socks to beat someone with," my pal explained. "One day, I saw them rush this guy, whale him in the head. They beat the fucking shit out of him. It was the middle of the fucking day. There were no guards anywhere."
This ex-Tenter's tale is echoed in parts by a variety of sources. There's attorney Mike Manning, who's won multimillion-dollar settlements against Arpaio and Maricopa County for wrongful deaths. Manning currently has a lawsuit pending for the beating death of Phillip Wilson, a sheriff's office snitch who was informing on the Aryan Brotherhood. The Woods found him out and pummeled him to a pulp in his tent on July 22, 2003. The lawsuit alleges that officers assigned to the yard were outside in the parking lot at the time of the murder. Thus, according to the Wilson suit, the MCSO's so lax, it's let its own informants be killed by Tent City brutes.
A year before Wilson's demise, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed jury verdicts in a lawsuit brought by former Tent City inmate Jeremy Flanders. The appeals decision states, "Half Anglo and half Hispanic, Flanders was pressured to join competing jail gangs. Flanders instead chose to be 'by himself.'" As a result, six men attacked Flanders as he slept, bludgeoning him with steel spikes, leaving Flanders in a coma. When he emerged, he'd suffered permanent brain damage. The decision further reads:
"At the time of the attack, no guards were present in the yard or at the tents. No alarm sounded. No guard heard or saw the beating."
Lastly, a former Tent City guard recently contacted The Bird over her disgust with the way Joe's jails are run. She confirmed nearly everything this winged wonder's amigo said about his tent time, including the laziness of her fellow officers who preferred dawdling their days away in the cozy confines of the "control room."
She told this thrush, "Most of the guards would sit in there where it was nice and safe. You'd have 12 or 13 in there at one time, with only maybe two people out walking the yards.
"It'd break my heart, basically kids going in [Tent City], 19, 20, or 21," the former officer squawked. "They're in there for a DUI or something like that, and they're scared shitless. They don't want to be with any gang, but they have no choice."
Not surprisingly, Arpaio flack Lisa Allen MacPherson didn't respond to The Bird's calls for comment on who really runs the jails. The MCSO routinely violates the First Amendment rights of this paper and, by extension, the citizens of this county by refusing to answer routine inquiries. It denies New Times reporters access to press conferences, and blocks public records requests concerning the sheriff.
Such issues are at the heart of New Times' ongoing lawsuit against the MCSO seeking public documents detailing Arpaio's commercial real estate investments. As payback, the sheriff wants Pinal County to criminally prosecute this publication for mentioning his home address online, even though anyone with Internet access could always get this info in scads of other places. Read more about this contretemps in The Bird's Xmas card column to Joe ("Joe Strikes Back," December 21, 2006).
Bottom line is, Tent City's a lawless place controlled by organized criminal enterprises. Jeez, Sheriff Joke's the best friend gangbangers've ever had! The Woods should make the top screw an honorary skinhead. The Bird's sure the sheriff would enjoy wearing the steel-toed boots the Aryans favor on the outside.
Ahr on Ice
Speaking of DUIers and Maricopa County jails, this taloned tweeter's recently learned that Russell "Pete" Ahr, the former Phoenix public information officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (a.k.a. "ICE"), did a lil' time behind Arpaio's bars for (presumably) hitting the bars.
Seems Ahr was popped June 1, 2006, by Scottsdale po-po and found to have a sky-high blood-alcohol content of .166. State law sets an extreme DUI at .15 percent. The offense garners a mandatory 10-day stay in the slammer.
That means Ahr, 54, got to rub elbows with some of the very illegal Mexican immigrants ICE's charged with capturing, seeing that Maricopa County Attorney Candy Thomas and Sheriff Joke have made it a priority to nab illegals and try them on conspiracy charges of smuggling themselves into the country. Ahr did his time shortly after retiring from ICE on October 13, with 30 years of service under his chapeau. (ICE says Ahr's departure had nothing to do with his DUI conviction, BTW.)
No word on whether Ahr was forced to join the Aryan Brotherhood.
Certainly this sharp-tongued stork can sympathize with Ahr's need to get hammered. It's tough working for ICE in this town. Your bosses change as fast as the diapers on a diarrheic newborn. Your co-workers are demoralized. Liberals hate you 'cause you bust illegal immigrants. Conservatives hate you 'cause you're not busting enough.
And when you're nabbed for drinking and driving, ICE critic Candy Thomas makes sure your morose mug shot is front and center on the County Attorney-sponsored Web site www.stopduiaz.com. (Sometimes it sucks having a last name that begins with "A.") Then, the ultimate insult, some chirping PHX columnist scribbles it all down for posterity, revealing that you were still past due on $751.93 of your $2,483.93 fine.
Ahr's now living in San Antonio, Texas, leaving ICE on the hunt to fill his job, listed at $90,000 a year. The position must have been pretty easy since ICE does very little! Don't believe this arrogant avian? Read New Times writer Ray Stern's cover story on the troubled agency ("Meltdown," November 16, 2006). Hmm, $90K to bullshit reporters at a do-nothing agency? Where does this brazen buzzard sign up?
Wrong-Way Wagner
So when AZ's paper of record isn't reprinting Sheriff Arpaio's press releases and licking the loafers of PHX power brokers, the Repugnant's flubbing the news with its team of crack reporters. Enter Dennis "The Menace" Wagner, who's been shuffling along at the daily for many a year now, probably daydreaming of cashing in his chips and living out his days in a Yuma double-wide.
Wagner recently blew the dust off a profile of former AZ attorney general Grant Woods, which jumped from the front page to a full page in the daily's Sunday, January 7, edition. The story had the far-from-stirring header: "Defined by principles, paradox." Nothing much of note in the takeout, 'cept for a line high up in the story stating that Woods is "prosecuting the 'Baseline Killer' case."
Flip Fantasia, talk about a scoop!
But hold on there, Portnoy. We know from New Times éminence grise Paul Rubin's exposé about James Mullins, the Kentucky inmate who falsely confessed to murdering 19-year-old Georgia Thompson in September 2005, that Woods was going to prosecute Mullins ("I Dunnit," September 21, 2006). But that case wilted under the solar rays of further scrutiny. Tempe's police investigation was revealed to be shoddier than warped balsa wood, and Mullins' confession turned out more fake than some hottie's bolt-ons at the Hi-Liter.
For a while, it appeared Woods might win a role in the ongoing case against accused BLK Mark Goudeau. But, no, Woods' good buddy Candy Thomas backed off his initial desire to have Woods onboard the BLK prosecution team. (Politics sure do make for wacky mattress-mates, what with Woods being an outgoing and open-minded sort, and Candy being a nerdy, wing-nutty Mexican basher from way back.)
Instead, the prosecutin' will be handled by two of Candy's veteran homicide attorneys. Not to be denied, Woods accepted an assignment as lead prosecutor on another murder case for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, though not a high-profile one. Woods says he's doing it gratis, just to keep his hand in.
Hey, maybe Wagner read Rubin's piece and never followed up to see if stuff had changed. Or maybe the Rep scribe's copy had been sitting around the office gathering cobwebs and no editor thought to recheck the facts. Either way, someone's getting paid too much at the snoozy fishwrap.
Stephen is a former staff writer and columnist at Phoenix New Times.
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Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, is pleased to announce new enhancements to their highly successful Nebula IoT Development Kit.
Pointe Claire, Canada, August 11, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, is pleased to announce new enhancements to their highly successful Nebula IoT Development Kit.
The Nebula™ board has been designed to enable novices and expert developers alike to explore the vast opportunities in IoT applications, including asset tracking, energy management, fitness, lighting controls, HVAC, portable controls, security and building automation. This IoT cloud ready board allows developers to quickly prototype and deploy their IoT ecosystems.
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Today, Games Workshop and Eko Software have announced that their next console and PC game relating to the Warhammer license will be called Warhammer: Chaosbane. The game, which is currently in development by Eko Software, is the first action-RPG to take place in the Warhammer fantasy world. Chaosbane will take place in the Old World, a dark and bloody continent that’s been devastated by wars throughout its history.
In Warhammer: Chaosbane, players will be able to play as a human, a high elf, a wood elf, or a dwarf as they travel through and experience various iconic locations known to the Warhammer world, including the cursed city of Praag, Nuln, and the old capital of the Empire. No other information about the game has been announced just yet, but E3 could bring more information, so make sure to stay tuned for any updates.
In other Warhammer video game news, the latest game to feature the iconic world, Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, has been delayed just a bit from its June 5 release to a vaguer, “later this summer” date. For more on that, check out below:
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr is an ambitious action-RPG, with vast and complex mechanics. With such an immense gameplay experience – entirely redesigned for console players – the development studio, Neocore, will need additional time to perfect the game’s unique functionalities, such as local multiplayer and procedural map generation. In order to ensure the best possible quality of the game, the development team is taking this extra time to refine the final details of the game.
We’ll have more information on Warhammer: Chaosbane as its released.
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Coun. Zac de Vries rejects suggestions that the process behind a proposed housing forum has been secretive. Saanich’s current path has not been able to deliver affordable housing, and the forum turns towards the community for solutions. (Submitted).
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Coun. Zac de Vries also rejects suggestions that the process behind proposed forum is secretive
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A Saanich councillor said he expects that a housing forum initially scheduled for early May will now happen in June, if not the end of May.
“Taking some extra time to plan the housing forum isn’t a big deal,” said Coun. Zac de Vries. “It is a minor delay in the grand scheme of things and I expect we will hold the forum in June, if not the end of May.”
He made these comments after council asked staff to prepare a report into the proposed forum after staff told council that they would not have time to procure a facilitator in time for May 4 — the tentatively scheduled date for the proposed forum. Council will consider the report May 6.
The process leading up to the forum has been the subject of controversy after Coun. Nathalie Chambers earlier this week made comments that questioned the events leading up to it.
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“This item [the housing forum] was not a resolution by council,” said Chambers. “It was an initiative formed outside of council. It was not in the public eye. We did not debate it. I did not approve the housing forum.”
De Vries, who is part of an informal working group on housing that includes Mayor Fred Haynes, as well as Couns. Susan Brice and Rebecca Mersereau, questioned the suggestion that the process was secretive.
“Secretive?” he asked. “It is not secretive as a councillor to develop an idea, in this case a vision for a housing forum, and bring it in a report to a public meeting for open discussion. If we are going to address the pressing issues facing our community councillors need to exercise agency, develop ideas and bring them to the council chambers,” he said. “[That] is the process.”
Saanich, he said, would not be in a housing crisis, if current “policies, understandings, and practices” were sufficient to address the housing crisis.
“This forum is about the first of many dialogues about housing, and was designed to generate new ideas and understandings about how we can address the housing crisis from community and industry expertise,” he said.
He added that the forum would not be decision-making body, but rather a place for news ideas to emerge.
“[If] they met the test, they would be acted on in addition to existing documents,” he said. The [Urban Containment Boundary], [Official Community Plan], [Local Area Plans], and action plans are part of our policy framework. The forum would be the first discussion about potential additions to that framework.”
He also noted that the forum is bringing together all the key stakeholders in housing, including 32 community association members, dozens of representatives from relevant government agencies and non-profits, and maybe five developers, those who do the most volume in Saanich.
“It does not make sense to exclude developers from the discussion, that is not pragmatic,” he said.
Saanich’s current path has not been able to deliver affordability, he said.
“So I am turning to the community to look for solutions.”
wolfgang.depner@saanichnews.com
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In 1978, there was a song, and, a movie by the same name. The movie was actually produced and came out in 1965, but wasn't able to claim fame until 1978. Here's the question. Who was the bass player of the band that made the song famous? Here's the real kicker, was he or wasn't he related to the man that made the movie famous? What I want to know is the name of the bass player, and if he was or was not related to the man that made the movie famous.
I'll leave this one up to you guys to figure out.
I'll forward a BoB to the person who figures it out first.
I guess, I should say, whom truly figures it out. Were they or weren't they related to the man that made the movie famous. The bass players name has to be included and posted here, and if they were or weren't related and how?
Since the bass players name is well known, they said they're ok with it.
Last edited: Apr 5, 2019
Dalecamino
Indianapolis, In.
I have no clue!
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EBorraga
I'm thinking it has to be The Beatles. Sgt Pepper or something like that. But you're info is very vague!
It's not quite as vague as it seems. Now, don't get me wrong, i wanted to make it a little vague, but not so much that it couldn't be figured out. Remember, it's 1978 and as far as I know, there was only one song and one movie of the same name, that were charted that year. I'll give you this, the movie and the song itself had no relation to each other, other than the name. The movie which was made in 1965, and released in 1966, was a popular movie, but never got it's full recognition until 1978. The song, of the same name, was pretty much an immediate hit by a band that was already popular, but not associated with the movie itself, yet the song name remains the same of the movie. I'll let you simmer on that for a while longer before any more hints are given out. Remember, I want to know the name of the bass player in the band and whether or not he has any association with the man that made the movie famous. The answers to both of these, are easily found nowadays, provided that you figure out the question. If you do figure it out, not only will I send you a BOB, I'll include a bass pick from the person that this answer is about.
Sly Dog
I can’t get past Grease, but it doesn’t fit the other criteria. I’m stumped. :bulgy-eyes amn, I wanted that pick, too!
RangeRat
Ok, I spent waaaaay too much time trying to find this online.....and still haven’t a clue to any of the answers.
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This is Bogus man.....Bogus:biggrin:
Well, I didn't want to make it too easy and yet still wanted to give just enough information to get one curious and thinking about it. I'll admit, If the same question was posed to me, I don't think I would have a clue either. With that being said, I'm going to think about what a good clue would be to give you guys, without actually giving away the answer just yet. Maybe I'll ask Alice, she's been around for a while.
Sting!!
Oh, trust me Chuck, you really do know this and you're probably going to want to beat me more than you do right now when you find this out. What would be the fun for me if I made it too easy?
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Scissortail Pens said:
Glad you're having fun! :biggrin: I want to say "Blue Jean Blues" just because it's one of my favorite songs :biggrin: But I'll look more today. But when the race starts.... that's it. :wink:
wolf creek knives
Wolf Creek Montana
The only movie I can come up with is Alice's Restaurant. Arlo Guthrie didn't play the bass that I'm aware of but I know he played many instruments. Arlo would have made the movie famous for sure and I know Woodie Guthrie was already gone by then and Arlo's kids were too young to play bass. UM?
I've got one other idea but I'll wait if this one's not even close.
I feel like a dog chasing his tail. Bogus!!
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Blue Jean Blues! Bassist Dusty Hill :biggrin:
Oh....that's not a movie....but I like the song :biggrin:
Long Island, N.Y., ETA Southeast Florida !
Ask Alice, hmm ? A clue, perhaps ????
Jack Cassady, White Rabbit ????
2018 film, not 1966 !
$%^%%$^^&
wolf creek knives said:
The bass player on Alice 's Restaurant is listed as unknown !
I keep thinking Summer Nights. But have no clue
EdM said:
That was my second guess, Alice in Wonderland, but the dates threw me off. The song, yep, right around 1966
Sorry guys, I woke up this morning sicker than a dog. At the moment it's hard for me to even sit up straight and type this, much less think straight. All good guesses, but no winners yet. I thought I might be able to do this but I've been logged on for what feels like an hour and just now got this much typed. Forgive me and bear with me, again, sorry. As soon as I stop talking to empty chairs, I'll hop back on and continue running you through the gauntlet.
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Is it Help?
I went down the ‘White Rabbit’ hole last night, but the info from the clues didn’t match up! Had that song stuck in my head for at least an hour before I finally went to sleep!
mmdf704
I'm pretty sure its not Heaven Can Wait... but its got me listening to some pretty awesome music from my high school days.
Someone figure it out so I can quit hurting my brain.
thebillofwrites
The closest I can come is Fran Sheehan from Boston. The 1978 hit was "Don't look back"
There was a Dylan documentary film with the same name released in 67. Close, but no cigar with the date, and I can find no reference to that movie reaching popularity in 78.
Also can't find any connection between Sheehan and Dylan.
My brain hurts!
Get well soon Red!
Man David! How sick are you anyway? Been a week. Hope you are well.
sbwertz
I guess, I should say, whom truly figures it out.
Actually "who" is correct here. It is the subject of the verb "figures" in the objective clause.
Sorry....English teacher gets out every once in a while when I'm not looking.
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An English professor is soliciting from her students new slang terms and the daily contributions are showing language’s innovation rather than its corruption or languor. They’re mostly pet-words but immediately intelligible and some even gaining currency.
The professor was also introduced to something more novel, perhaps driven by the short-hand of the keyboard (or by languages that have such established moods), of a new type of punctuation—a conjunction in addition to if, and, or, then, not, xor but slash, either spelled out or rendered as a virgule. Interestingly, it was revealed that slash in the traditional sense has become something spelt out, as in “my lover slash best friend.” This new usage does not represent/suggest two inclusive properties, rather can show intention verses outcome: “I was at the library all after researching my thesis slash trolling classmates’ summer vacation photos.” In order words, admitting what one should have been doing versus what was actually accomplished. There are even examples expressing “following on” and “in summary,” which should not be dismissed as a lazy way to organize one’s thoughts, but rather a development to study.
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An intrepid roving reporter with The Atlantic magazine, after seeing bar-tenders in a trendy, stylo-milo joint in Vancouver, neither shook, nor stirred nor scuttled their signature martinis but rather tuned them with a tuning-fork of a certain pitch, is now experimenting with the method himself, with various cocktails and applications. Results so far seem inconclusive, but I rather like the idea that a particular harmonic vibration could be the proper and professional way to mix a good drink and really bring out the flavour and subtler notes. What do you think—is it just gimmicky and like water drawn during a full moon or magnetic insoles (which ought not to be dismissed out-of-hand either maybe) or might the right combination be struck?
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This past Saturday, Iceland held parliamentary elections, which proved a great disturbance for the establishment, already sorely reduced by the popular backlash to incumbents over their wrecking of the national economy. Observers are calling the rebel scum that roundly stole the vote, minority and independent parties, euroskeptics and threaten to derail further Icelandic integration. Well, the nerve—I suppose we ought not to pay any more attention to them and their shenanigans.
Here is a picture of the mayor of Reykjavik, Jón Gnarr Kristinsson—an actor, bassist and comedian besides, casting his ballot. It’s his business of course whom he voted for, but I’ll wager as a free-agent himself and founder of the Best Party (Besti flokkurinn) whose platform promised listening more to women and old people since those groups tend to be marginalised, he’s not in lock-step with the old guard.
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vom bamberg bis zum grabfeldgau
There is a saying that there can be no nation without an anthem (keine Nationen ohne Hymne), and while poet and novelist and Auslander, hailing from Karlsruhe in the Duchy of Hessen and by Rhine, Joseph Viktor von Scheffel intended no overtones of political secessionism or dangerous patriotism when he composed the lyrical anthem of the Franconia region (das Frankenlied). I think it was pure exultation and inspiration that he found while on retreat for the summer in 1859, in the midst of a march-writing craze, as a guest of Cloister Banz and explored Little Switzerland (die fränkische Schweiz), which the people later adopted as a regional symbol. Apparently, school children learn the song, rife with references to Franconia’s cities, landmarks and lore, and there’s even the robust refrain “Valeri, Valera.”
Valer-rah-ha-ha-ha-ha! Much of the matter of the lyrics touch on what von Scheffel could take in from his terrace, the peaks each with their own myths, the remainders of Celts, Mongols, the French and the Americans that also passed through. The words are wonderful and genuine, and who wouldn’t just visiting want to break into song with praise for this area. There is a priceless element of pomp to it too, which I suppose resides in all anthems and similar state-songs, like Rule Britannia! (von Scheffel also composed that summer rhymes about dinosaurs when a scientist who was also in residence showed him his fossil discoveries), which I won’t identify, not wanting (nor willing) to take away from this enduring double-rainbow moment and enduring pride.
catagories: Bavaria, Germany, music, Rhön, travel
wahrzeichnen oder main-kinzig-kreis
Along the Autobahn as I drive back and forth on my weekend commute, there are a lot of those brown and white illustrated signs denoting tourists’ attractions and there’s quite a few I pass regularly that I want H and I to explore together.
There are few, however, as recursive as the one indicating that at the next exit, one can find the medieval Altstadt of the town of Steinheim by Hanau—seeing the same ensemble of towers and turrets from the road just behind the sign itself. I stopped to for a quick walk around the place with a nice selection of half-timbered buildings. The castle and tower were built towards the end of the 1300s by the Lords of Eppstein to oversee trade and importantly taxation of traffic along the river Main where it joins the river Kinzig.
Later used as a residence by the Archbishop of Mainz when travelling through the region and as a head-quarters of the occupying Swedish army during the Thirty Years War. Steinheim is also the gateway of the renown Hessen Apple-Wine Route (hessischen Apfelweinstraβe)—which I have yet to sample.
catagories: Germany, travel
tomate or catsup/ketchup
Friends at my forgotten favourite, the Laughing Squid, showcases a very interesting trend in hair-styles (Friseur) from Osaka. This whole website features an off-beat cavalcade of neat finds worthy of exploration, besides, in culture and the arts. I do wonder, however, if this particular hair-do shows some vintage roots, inspired by this Crosse & Blackwell’s advertisement for tomato sauce.
catagories: Japan, networking and blogging
core values or everything counts in large amounts
There was an interesting pairing of news items this week under the category of very hot and extremely dense. Geophysics researchers concluded that the temperatures at the centre of the Earth are greater than those on the surface of the sun, and subjecting samples of iron to this higher threshold, learned more about how the internal churnings of liquid and crystal iron might regulate the Earth’s magnetic field. Previously scientists had discovered a curious property of these extreme conditions down in the underground, where molten iron took on new characteristics, insulating or conducting electro-magnetism, but without also undergoing the expected structural changes—think the phenomenon of super-conductivity attained when some materials are super-cooled but without being obliged to rearrange their configuration.
With more accurate soundings, we have a better understanding of the transition zones that may hide within uniformity as we burrow deeper to an inner realm that is re-frozen somehow.
The other milestone comes from an enormous international effort, that had its origins in the glasnost of the mid-eighties, when the Soviet Union offered to share its secret technology called the tokamak—think containment field, a magnet to suspend the plasma components of the fusion reaction since no physical substance could handle such heat—and proposed international cooperation on a project to find peaceful uses for nuclear fusion. Decades later, with construction plans finalised in 2007, the programme ITER, Latin for “the way forward” but a backronym of the original French designation for the facility that had the dreaded “thermo-nucléaire” as part of its name, the research is moving at a good clip with the fist plasma injections to take place in six years or so. Allowing the plasma to be heated basically without an upward limit will eventually coax over-excited atoms into fusing, producing a surplus of energy to capture in the process. The fuel in the case of fusion, proven feasible by many university reactors throughout the world (there’s even one in Greifswald on the Baltic Sea and a veritable Fusion Valley in the area in south France that hosts the ITER labs—who knew? Maybe in the not too distant future, if this demonstration project is successful, generators will be miniaturised for domestic-use, like Mister Fusion from Back to the Future II), is hydrogen with the by-product helium, but could happen with any element up to the iron, making up the nucleus of our planet and revealing unexpected lines of force. I wonder when the studies will coincide.
catagories: America, education, environment, Europe, France, Japan, nuclear policy, Russia, space science, technology and innovation, Wikipedia
stauseen
From Der Spiegel’s International Desk comes a report about how run-away melting of glaciers is transforming the alpine landscape of Switzerland with catchments of hundreds of new bodies of that come into being as marauding lakes—not something creeping at a glacial pace. It’s rather difficult to deny the sudden appearance of a quite large pond where there was not one before but the region is negotiating the change, beyond trying to just cope to the threats of flooding (having already bored emergency drains in a land noted for its geological infrastructure), whose lakes are proving very popular with vacationers and can be harnessed as sources of hydro-electric power. I imagine, however, that it is little comfort to see enduring and iconic inundated and feel helpless to do much about it.
catagories: environment, natural disaster, Switzerland
dye-pot or diy
There is a forgotten but well- documented art and craft to producing colours naturally, from plants and minerals, practised and perfected from time- immemorial. It may be something taken for granted with all the industrial hacks and short-cuts we’ve achieved in just this last century with synthetic materials and chemical colours. A German entrepreneur, botanist and chemist, by the name of Hermann Fischer, founded a small company, a niche interest but growing, to explore this dismissed method, realising that supported by one chemical backbone—namely petroleum, the way were accustomed to decorating our living spaces will soon become unsustainable as well.
Not only do the factories damage the ecology, it stands to reason that the output is not such a healthful thing to immerse ourselves in, coating the walls and every surface. Material science will need to revert but not in an atavistic way. With natural bases like beeswax or vegetable oils and dyes derived from plants, Fischer’s laboratories are conducting research and experimentation to bring non-petroleum paints and finishes more on par with the industry-standard. They are doing a brisk business as well, with a line of alternative, natural paints, available in larger hardware stores and boutique shops at comparable prices, which count as some of their strongest, closeted patrons employees of the chemical concerns who know what goes into their products.
catagories: environment, Germany, health and medicine, plants, technology and innovation
hunter-gatherer
Supermarkets are from a design perspective, which belies a lot of marketing and psychological cues and pandering that goes unseen, are a veritable vision quest of encouragement and reinforcement. Having some the tricks of the trade revealed and realizing that there is little departure from the established layout—although I am one to generally be overwhelmed and bewildered by an over-abundant selection—makes me think of those theories that ethnologists sometimes apply to mysterious ruins, suggesting that worn trails and monolithic configurations were ritual paths to entitlement and re-birth. That’s quite possible but we can’t access the intentions of the ancients, and it’s strange that we know grocers big and small have planned their sites not as a larder or granary but as sort of cake-walk, an anti-obstacle-course.
The tactics are not limited to the obvious ploy of putting top-shelf items at eye level, with the less profitable products require stooping, and impulse buys at the checkout, but even the industry-standard, modern shopping buggy has evolved over the years, precise and finely balanced so shoppers don’t feel added resistance as they fill their cart and the wagons are dipped slightly (not so the carts can be stacked) but rather so groceries will roll to the front and spark the acquisitive instinct, into over-drive. Entryways are regaled with fresh produce, not for ease of daily deliveries since most loading bays are in the back, but in order to rather lull shoppers into the mood for scavenging—lasting even into the depths of the freezer-section. Butcheries and fromageries framing their prepackaged and processed counterparts are not there to generate money but rather add ease for the array of less-labour intensive articles the demonstration booths surround. Finally, when next at the supermarket, take note of the times you bear left—that’s an intentional comfort too, intended to placate our self-defense mechanisms in an environment of albeit subdued and civilised safaris: most people better able to snatch and grab or attack from their rights, having to glance to the left might become a shopping distraction. These methods are not necessarily dirty tricks nor are they irresistibly effective, but immunity to the gimmicks is something only slowly acquired.
catagories: food and drink, psychology
secessionist or moderne
Often when walking into to town, I pass by the stately shadows thrown by the Lutherkirche of Wiesbaden, but I had not seen the inside until the other day. Other times that I thought about visiting, there seemed to be a gaggle of people there or choir practice and I didn’t want to disturb.
Last time I walked by, a friendly and informative church lady caught me snooping around and poking my head in. She insisted that I have a proper look around. I was not expecting the gorgeous Jugendstil pastiche of the enormous nave that can accommodate twelve-hundred guests. The church-lady treated me to a tour, and in the sunny afternoon, she showed me different perspectives of structure from the upper balcony, tower and equally art nouveau font and chapel. Construction and design began in 1908 as part of the so-called Wiesbadener Programme, an initiative to build protestant churches in the area—which produced several gems.
I suppose that these were the mega-churches of the day, with nothing derogatory intended, but also provided parishioners with a unique entertainment experience. In addition to the tradition of the Bach choir I overheard practicing, there are two celebrated and dueling organs, one at the front and one at the back, to produce a wall of sound. I’ll have to snoop around the other three architectural ensembles of the programme’s commissions.
catagories: antiques, architecture, Germany, religion
pyrrhic victory or the hundred years’ war
Though characterized and distilled mostly as the proprietary authority for businesses to demand applicants, supplicants and current employees surrender their social-network profile upon request, which while good for garnering glancing concern and attentions, is sadly short-lived and is not engaging public dialogue in CISPA is again positioned for passage in the US Congress, despite conflating opposition.
Just as there are champions for keeping us over-safe, we have our tireless advocates, but the issue and the real, long-term stakes remain something that is easily placated or dismissed.
eroding privacy. Victorious skirmishes, sometimes ceded over inflated (at least, in the here-and-now) fears, overshadow—by design, I think, the larger struggle, since these assaults are becoming perennial continuing-resolutions politically.
catagories: America, networking and blogging, privacy, psychology
solidarity or putting words into your mouth
Amid the backdrops of a book launch and the notable scope of the tax-avoidance affair of one of the major charm-offense. Cooperation tends to rule the days of crisis, but quickly becomes unraveled once a fix, however temporary, and parties repair to former, incompatible ways. Stimmt. But does this frank posture really suggest its sinister antithesis? Surrendering sovereignty and enslavement through predatory-lending are glosses neither said nor implied but that seems to be the take-away. What do you think? Are politics beholden to the past and the suspicion of double-speak exclusively or is there cause to default to what’s honest and bona-fided?
soccer league presidents (not to mention the entire thrust of re-election), Germany’s chancellor is presenting a rather stilted and baiting
catagories: economic policy, Europe, Germany
taxi-dancing or stank
Maybe this is not such a novel idea elsewhere, but Germany hosted its first Pheromone Party over this weekend.
It’s curious how the husbandry and hopefulness of match-making, inured for quite some time to the facility of the internet, is returning to the scientific promise that number-crunching seemed to offer. The arena, I’m sure, is still governed by similar computations, like the nurseries of role-playing and the community, the up-keep of adventure-games, but the approach is taking on certain airs. Optimistic participants (mostly young males) slept in the same tee-shirts over several nights, then froze it in an especially designed freezer bags for later presentation. A few, featured potential pairs were pleased when their assessment of their mates’ scent correlated with their looks and personalities. I wonder what credence a certain smell that becomes familiar over time lends to longevity when put before the horse.
catagories: Germany, lifestyle, psychology
cultivar or arctic blast
The latest tipping of the apple-cart is coming in the form, with already untold reach, of a genetic masterwork in the form of an apple that does not brown when bitten into or sliced up, and incorporating the hardiest traits of all natural apple varieties, can fall quite far from the tree, suited to grow in any climate from the orchards of New England to California to the Russian Far-East.
Fast-food chains, school cafeteria and workplace canteens, not to mention grocery store aisles without much in the way of mandatory disclosure or labeling-requirements, have eagerly adopted these shiny, perfect fruits with an extended shelf-life, constituted in such a way as to avoid independent testing and vetting for safety. The apple’s base genetic material is not altered, its DNA, but rather messenger RNA, the component cleaved from DNA that communicates to the powerhouses of cells what proteins to produce and when, has been modified to turn off the browning function, which I suppose is like clotting to fruit. It sounds rather dangerous to switch something like that off. Arctic is the registered name for the engineered produce, I suppose because it stays white. I wonder what they’ll call the run-away “the royal disease.”
catagories: America, environment, food and drink, health and medicine, plants
graffiato
Sadly, the artwork adorning the formerly longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall, at a location known as the East-Side Gallery is being dismantled and relocated to make room for luxury apartments along the Spree, despite massive protests and celebrity support. Seeing an exhibit posted to Atlas Obscura about the mysterious Minoan artefact, discovered in 1908, known as the Phaistos Disc, I saw some resemblance to this graffiti in Berlin. I wonder if the disc was the inspiration. Although its provenance is debated, some archeologists think that the disc of raised hieroglyphs may be an ancient press for making moveable type. Some statements are not, I think, meant to be moved.
catagories: Germany, graphic design, Greece, Italy, technology and innovation
# baker-zebra
Chess and its associated stratagems has pretty interesting etymological, if not instantly recognizable rather shallow and bursting through languages’ foundations, roots. The game, as it is known in English, comes from the French term eschequier, after the Latin name for a the table of a counting-house that bore a signature checked pattern, whose contrast may it easier not to miss a coin strayed from the pile.
Such parquet is reduplicated in the gracious marble lobbies of financial institutions and in officers of the Exchequer. A checkmate, of course, refers to a move that keeps the opponent’s king in check, helpless and few alternatives, and the German name of the game and term, Schach and Schachmatt, reveal more about the Persian origins—sheik, shah and such—for ruler or king paired with an even older association than matched or müde (tired, a Yiddish derived folk-etymology but not something without meaning) for the second part, maat, meaning bedded or retiring. For players physically separated from one another, the pound-sign became telegraph notation for a checkmate situation whose shorthand was an important precursor for code later developed, the hash-marks of programming language. Baker-Zebra, or rather Bravo-Zulu in modern parlance, is an old naval semaphore designation, arbitrary, but filed under B housekeeping and the last register to signify a job well-done.
catagories: Africa, Britain, Germany, language, lifestyle, Turkey, Wikipedia
poor-mouthing and paradigm-shift
The rather myopic policies adopted and expressed in various ways throughout the European Union threaten to reintroduce much longer-lasting consequences from internal and external pressures across the economic landscape. Once lauded as the most ambitious and effective ways to curb climate change and promote good stewardship for the environment, the cap-and-trade scheme and carbon-emission is failing and a united-front is reverting to nationalistic policies.
Allowances for polluting have become affordable to the point of investing in further innovation no longer makes good business-sense. Much of the decline is due, of course, to a slow-down in demand and production and the relationship is not without reciprocation but in the longer term, such splintering and attitudes represent a very big set-back in terms of solidarity. What do you think? Is reform something negotiable in the face of immediate perceptions—or is it something to sacrifice, to recalibrate? Environmental policy should not be driven solely by the dictates of the markets, but consumers also have a choice to make.
catagories: environment, Europe, nuclear policy
stirring the cauldron or strongly-worded letter
The a reporter on the International Desk of Der Spiegel spied a curiously counter-productive example of outreach on the public website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Demonstrating the work that the FBI’s Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records Unit does, the website depicts an image of hieroglyphs that make up a simple substitution cipher, which when cracked, gives instructions for preparing the toxin ricin—a protein of the castor bean (Rizinussamen, the German word does not hide its source very well either), which can be decoded without much bother. The example image is even captioned “Enciphered instructions for making ricin poison found in the notebook of a lone bomber in Virginia.” The methodology set forth is apparently basic but complete and an interested party could produce, with some easy kitchen-witchery, a deadly concoction.
catagories: America, Germany, graphic design
smart suzy-sunset and i are on the case
Demonstrating that hindsight is sometimes the sharpest lens, the Washington Post has a curious article about an Iranian factory with strangely potemkin qualities in a town called Dinslaken in the Ruhrgebiet, an industrial area near Essen.
Although the quiet day-to-day operations may have been completely innocent and above-board (as Iran says of its nuclear ambitions, perhaps unfairly sullen), since being month-balled just late last month, the closing inventory and performance record has again caught the notice of inspectors and authorities, believing that the factory may have been a front for developing the nuclear programme of their home-country. Iran has been quite forthcoming with concessions and transparency, it seems and more so than is expected of other members of the nuclear club—to whatever purpose. Everyone is entitled to whatever threshold of scepticism that suits them but a coalition of preconceptions do not establish nefarious behaviour nor the strictures of imagination that may have contributed to past oversights—sins of omission. What do you think? Is the suspicion justified or should every do-nothing Döner stand or under-patronized enterprise stand be subject to the same kind of scrutiny?
catagories: Africa, Germany, nuclear policy, psychology
real and present oder perspektiv
One major news service, incidental to the reporting on the Boston Marathon finish-line bomb attacks, raised an interesting, if not back-handed, sociological question by entertaining one report’s questions concerning the whether the event and terrible carnage were staged as a false-flag operation.
Conspiracy theories pander to the lower denominator, in accordance with the theme of the article and citing terrible school-shootings that seem to proceed at their own accord and without the prompting of policy and agendas, and as historical precedent, the sabotage of the Reichstag in Berlin during Nazi times—overlooking Hawaii or the Gulf of Tonkin Invasion that were too close for comfort. What do you think—are such suggestions (since they’re begging the answer) out-of-line and too raw for the present or does a sort of fearful patriotism and solidarity dismiss questioning?
catagories: America, education, psychology
honey-comb hideout continued or pesticides versus pollinators
Correspondence leaked to Corporate Europe Observatory suggests the furious extent of the lobbying campaign on the part of at least two major chemical and pharmacological concerns against a proposed ban of substances that may be responsible for the widespread decline in the bee population.
Although might be several other likely culprits behind colony-collapse, from parasites, cellular masts to genetically modified crops, and the verdict is not final, British and French field research seems very conclusive that even trace amounts of the pervasive pesticide have devastating effects on beneficial insects. There is currently a moratorium on such treated crops, introduced ab ovo, as seeds, and lingering in the mature plant with the same deleterious effects. The leaked litany of contraindications from the business-sector try at various angles, blaming the farmers for overdosing, badly skewed studies that insist agriculture cannot survive otherwise, and even that the EU is being held ransom by a lobby of hobby apiarists hell-bent on protecting their past-time. Industry pressure may convince European Union member states to rescind the ban and ignore stern warnings and grave consequences.
catagories: environment, Europe, food and drink, health and medicine, plants
p.s.a. or ribbon-awareness month
America has a penchant for proclamations and especially tends to cram a lot of education and spangled reflection into those months without federal holidays not already identified with some other cultural or health moment and movement. April is over-burdened as it is, what with the distinctions of being national Domestic Abuse-, Child Welfare-, Alcohol Addiction-, and Stress-Awareness month and all tied together as Autism Awareness Month. That’s already quite a spectrum, and added to it, per a presidential executive order, April is also Distracted-Driving Awareness Month. How is one exactly supposed to honour and be mindful of distractions? What other random virtues and vices would you include in this cavalcade?
catagories: America, health and medicine, holidays and observances
broadside, broadsheet
While diplomatic niceties, the biting of tongues continue mostly unabated, and the esteem is unfortunately mutual, relations between Germany and Russia have grown increasingly frosty (EN/DE), as reported by Der Spiegel. The introspection is worth visiting, for more than the nonce, because the tenor is distinct from the usual protests and criticisms that the balance of Europe holds for the Teutonic nation and is unlike the dangerously divorced indifference that those governments geographically further away (although I suppose that America is geographically closer) have adopted. It’s these postures and acts that typify expectations and strain relations.
Germany has expressed, reservedly, on several occasions displeasure with Russia’s political and social standings, while trying to preserve whatever civilities are possible under such strain. What do you think? What currency do old prejudice and distrust carry and what sort of relevance is exercised through elevated and formalized disbelief? I do not think the whole matter is solely locked-up in the personalities of leadership and by-gone proclivities treated like broader stereotypes, but such considerations are hardly irrelevant. Is it the same sort of secure distain that comforts the further West for the near-east?
catagories: Europe, foreign policy, Germany, Russia
durch die kurzen hessen und durch die langen hessen
For my weekend commutes, I had found a convenient place to stop midway between home and work to tank-up, which also usually boasts a bonus flea-market on Sunday afternoons.
I took the opportunity to linger a while in the towns, separated by the river Kinzig, of Bad Soden-Salmünster and walk around the historic districts. The towns are located on the Via Regia, a protected road that during medieval times extended from Paris to Krakow, with the high road, the trade route of the Holy Roman Empire, stretching from Frankfurt am Main to Leipzig.
Each town, in exchange for policing their section for the sake of public safety and deterring highway men, was able to exact a toll on travelers, and I thought the way that the churches and the venerable homes that framed the narrow thoroughfare could excite imaginings of ancient merchants making their ways from one extreme of Europe to another. Inspecting the secular buildings, which were all sided with these distinctive and meticulous wooden shingles, I also learned that the armies tended to beat the path of least resistance along these roads too—as the Autobahnen and national highways tend to mirror them as well.
A defeated Napoleon and some of his entourage encamped at a hostel on the main street, I learned, in flight from Leipzig in 1813. It was ironic, I thought, that the armies marched through this same spot once on the way to battle as part of the domain of the bishopric of Fulda, and even though not victorious effected major reorganization and break-up of ancient holdings, retreated (while it was at Waterloo where Napoleon did surrender) through the same spot as what was soon to become part of the Grand Duchy of Hessen and by Rhein. I am never eager to go back to work but there is a lot of interesting things to discover and learn along the way.
catagories: Europe, Germany, travel
who moved my cheese?
Doubtless the governments of Cyprus, Portugal and Spain will accept the extra funds and for the latter the extended repayment periods offered coming out of the summit in Dublin, but in a rare moment of clarity—though mostly ignored I think as disingenuous, there was a lament by the recipients that more money is not what the beneficiaries need in this crisis. It is possible to throw good money after bad, but no one is going to turn down generosities, even when they might lead to greater sorrows later. The plaintive alternative requested was instead for more administrative flexibilities in managing the assets they have, reforming leadership, regulation and enforcement with but not around those initial life-lines before being presented with overtures of more—with new terms and conditions.
This preposterous suggestion, dismissed, made me think of this scholarly interview from Der Spiegel’s International desk examining the rise of anti-German sentiment across Europe over the euro and re-packaged austerity. It is a difficult and probing question, but I think, from these latest rounds of renegotiation, the public protests are a reflection in part at least of frustration that little flexibility—the structural might that Germany appears to have and seems to influence the body politic, that’s not accorded to the people equitably. Unfortunately, more credit does not equal a measure of determined reform, despite similarly deferred wishes for greater alignment.
catagories: Britain, economic policy, Europe, foreign policy, Germany, Greece, Ireland, labour
first instance or operation hummingbird
There is an embarrassment of expert and thorough articles on every subject to be found in the annals and Neulichkeit of Wikipedia, so much sometimes the depth is taken for granted, even if it is repaired to a source of first- and last-resort.
My mother referred me to such an in depth article about the decisive, inter-bellum episode of the horrific coordinated wave of political assassinations, the Night of the Long Knives, that cemented Nazi control in Germany. Also called Operation Hummingbird after its code-word to commence the awful retaliation, I had seen piece-meal the counter-coup, the silencing through documentaries but had not read a full account with all its nuances. It struck me as especially relevant, with opposition and outrage hardly cresting above unshared rumour or outright support, considering the organized network, recently uncovered, of Neo-Nazi prisoners to communicate with one another and figureheads currently on trial. Missives are hidden in otherwise mundane letters in microscopic printing and cryptograms and can turn jails into incubators for extremists.
catagories: Czech Republic, Germany, Wikipedia
tanks for the memories
I am usually not a follower of such reporting, but in this present environment of transitions and retreat, the milestone of the last couple dozen or so Abrams battle tanks, after 69 years, are en route back to America seems important. As the Cold War sublimated into bigger tensions, some six thousand were stationed in Germany alone. Repatriating the last few combat vehicles does represent a significant change in posture. I wonder if the removal of these relics, bulwarks is a political signal, overdue, or a change in strategy to reflect newer tactics and a technological high-ground that’s a pretty smug assumption. Such fleets should not stay front and forward and this is not the last hallmark of partnership and outreach, but neither should all customs of cooperation be seen pared back.
catagories: America, Britain, Europe, foreign policy, Germany, Wikipedia
hertzian photography
BLDGBLOG shares and expands on an interesting proposal by the London Economist that suggests that the extant array of antennae and satellite dishes and other shadow-casting receivers and transmitters could be used as a passive, supplemental radar to track aircraft and light up the run-way.
Such auroral imaging is like earlier snap-shots focused by WiFi signals or radio-telescopes, augmenting and translating what is visible to the human-eye. The discussion makes me think of another development, which although less of a technical challenge for the pilots, is nonetheless representative of a bigger technical divide: a number of systems, on a common platform, are coming into place to alleviate a very democratic and local problem, that of finding a parking-space. Some very creative and clever solutions are on offer, but I am wary over another common and unaccommodating layer of haves and have-nots, not redressed by leveraging the conditions that created it.
catagories: Britain, technology and innovation, transportation
by hades’ handbag
Of all the gifts—pandora—of the gods of mythology, all the humanizing deifications, it strikes me as strange that the only “professional” endowment that has not be stricken from common-parlance is a plutocrat—though, unlike for the aristocracy, probably not a badge proudly proclaimed.
Prometheus who gave mankind the gift of foresight and the patron of the healing arts Asclepius were basically condemned with extreme prejudice for elevating mortals and challenging supremacy and only their names remain as cautionary tales, however, the acquisitiveness of Pluto, or earlier Hades, remains. The connotation is not an infernal one, necessarily, and is connected with buried mineral wealth. The association developed over the centuries, tending towards greed and inequity, combining the god of the Underworld with the attributes of a minor demi-god, son of the Demeter (Ceres) the goddess of the harvest and more broadly cycles of creation and destruction and Iasion (wiled and then also destroyed with extreme prejudice), called Plutus, whose name carries all the root-meanings. His mother saw to it that Plutus was amazingly wealthy but that left no riches for his twin brother, another figure that seems to not have a contemporary cult-following, Philomelus. Without an inheritance, the brother turned to industry and invented the plough, out of necessity. Very impressed, Demeter made him into a constellation, Boötes, the Plowman and a celestial cue for tilling the fields. I think that there are some more admirable qualities to incorporate into our vocabularies.
catagories: economic policy, education, Greece, labour
moog or ham-and-eggs, hammond organs
The other day, I ventured to a flea-market advertized beyond the former border dividing East and West Germany, which turned out to be more like a party held at a abandoned aircraft hangar crammed full of personal Ostalogie, random items from DDR times.
It was neat to wonder around aisles of piles, but after hearing a radio retrospective of East Germany’s part not only in electronic music, like Kraftwerk who were early-adopters, but in electronic instruments, as well, I wish I had been paying more attention. It turns out that the electronic keyboard, the organ with the basso-nova beat, had its origins (building on some earlier, native discoveries) in the factories of the VEB Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke, by Plauen, in 1972 as the VERMONA, the ET-6. Of course, these factories made other iconic and traditional instruments, like Weltmeister accordions, juke-boxes, and pianos, but the VERMONA and later incarnations really spiked a revolution in sound and how music was made. I am sure there was such an innovative electric organ warehoused there, and although I don’t believe we have the immediate talent to contribute to the retro-legacy musically, I would like to be able to tickle the ivories that oversaw so much change.
catagories: Germany, lifestyle, music, revolution, technology and innovation
Preparing for vacation season, H was looking where we might take the Silver Lady this summer.
We’ve traveled through the Mecklenburg Lake District (Die Mecklen- burgische Seenplatten) with the Lady I. on our way to the Baltic, but H discovered a clever and fun-looking experience on offer for that holiday region, putting one’s camper on a barge and navigating through this land of a thousand lakes. I suppose the waterways where such a private ferry service would be possible are restricted, for the sake of not clogging them with vacationers, but it certainly seems like an idea that could grow and expand crowded camp grounds. We are looking seriously, however, about investing in a collapsible canoe to explore narrower straits on our own.
catagories: camping, Germany, lifestyle, transportation, travel
hari kuyo or last honours
Via the emporium of curiosities, Oddity Central, I learnt that the Japanese reserve the last day of the Lunar New Year’s celebration with a sweetly touching ceremony that’s a final tattoo for lives of long and dedicated service for pins and other such small and disposable things.
Broken and dulled pins and thrust for a final time into a block of tofu or jelly and them buried with honours—pens, staples. This ritual, in place in one form or another for at least four centuries, is an expression of gratitude for utility, perhaps the idea that all things have or can at least earn a soul, and reflects the Japanese virtue of mottainai, not being wasteful with small things, but attendance is waning some, as many young people have no connection with traditional clothes-making. I have a very soft spot for stuff like this, and won’t relinquish something broken, busted or blighted without a fight and then a silent memorial. Perhaps that’s why I get flea market fever and even a disappointing sale is not really disappointing. The spirit of the ceremony, however, is a universal one, with kimono makers whispering secrets and sorrows to their needles that they could not share with anyone else, and laying their confidants to rest was a cathartic act.
catagories: holidays and observances, Japan, philosophy, religion
smarch und mapril
I like how the trappings of Easter, unlike with other holidays, are compelled to be taken down and stowed away for next year—or replaced by the commercial creep and anticipation of the next batch of observances around the corner, right away. I guess that’s partially owing to the fact that the customs associated with Easter, partially, are a mixed-metaphor, with all notions of promise, renewal and rebirth celebrated and borrowing from one another, and something to be savoured.
Although the coming season it heralds is having a little bit of difficulty with its launch. Nature is nonplussed with the delay, with migration and germination hitting obstacles, and I think people, considering what a tumultuous past month we’ve had—whereas March is generally sanguine: the cold-wave and drought-conditions maybe exacerbating the ongoing recession, the sequestration stand-off in the States, the banking crisis in Cyprus, adulterated meat on the store-shelves, sabre-rattling all around, massive hack-attacks, litigiousness, yet a few good things came about despite all the chaos. I think that’s why the Eierschau remains until Spring and Summer are fully established.
Most decorations are such eggs hanging from willow switches or displayed on a village well, but I also appreciated this last interpretation, which seems a custom in itself, exchanging the Christmas lights for plastic edges on these sculpted hedges. It feels like a weird, inverted interlude, barreling towards Winter rather than Summer. I hope keeping these charms on exhibit do us a better turn.
catagories: environment, Europe, food and drink, foreign policy, Germany, holidays and observances, plants, religion
diorama or microcosmos
Bremen Public Radio features a collection of photographs from local artist Nikolai Keller posing tee-tiny people in the greatly magnified details of everyday surroundings. The article (the link does not seem to work) includes a video segment documenting his technique and patience with these model train scale figures and a link to the gallery of the artist.
catagories: Germany, graphic design
predator or hyper-color
British fashions designer Adam Harvey, not to put too fine a point on it, has released a line of over garments to make the statement that the rigours of surveillance is not entirely unavoidable, even through one’s wardrobe. Although I knew otherwise, I thought that drones were mostly extended video games with remote, disconnected but human operators, maybe relying on facial-recognition but not thermal ranging, which these stylized battle-garbs intend to deflect. These hoodies are certainly rough-and-ready armour, meant to be expressive and perhaps intimidating, but maybe one could cobble the same stealth affect with those gold rescue blankets included in standard automobile first aid kits (save those and do not toss them out when your kit expires). What tin-foil pith helmets would you devise for protecting your safety and anonymity?
catagories: Europe, lifestyle, privacy
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It escapes me how so many of us missed the twenty-first night of and are now rushing to remember the eponymous 1978 hit on the last day thereof but here is a medley (of two) of homages for your enjoyment. First listen to the musical styling, courtesy of Laughing Squid, of Leonid and Friends perform a fantastic cover of the song with the accompaniment of a string and horn section. Afterward, while the tune is stuck in your head, mediate on these couplets of rejected lyrics from McSweeney’s contributor Gary M Almeter. “Ba de ya—Chrissie Hynde is a Pretender.”
catagories: music, Russia
rent gap and rehabilitation
Via the always brilliant Nag on the Lake, we are invited to play an unauthorised edition of the board game Monopoly whose rules and scoring invoke the spirit of the original version of “The Landlord’s Game” far better than the Parker Brothers’ interpretation or regional variants.
The art collective Chinatown Soup’s Chinatown edition features anchoring shops and local businesses rather than more or less desirable properties for development and poses challenges to players to save neighbourhoods from the blight of gentrification rather than be rewarded for it as a virtue and promotes socially responsible growth. One has to rehouse, for example, displaced residents priced-out of their homes—another reason that the board is not given addresses owing to the amorphous nature of gentrification that’s not bounded by certain streets or districts and people are moved to the margins. Learn more about the collective’s activities and activism at the link above.
catagories: labour, sport and games
w1a 1aa
On this day in 1967, the BBC rebranded its Home Service as Radio 4, differentiated the Light Programme into popular music and entertainment, becoming Radio 1 and Radio 2 and made its Third Programme, an arts and culture show, Radio 3. The reorganisation was prompted by increasing competition from continental broadcasts and offered a broader array of programming throughout the day within its constellation of stations.
catagories: Britain, music, television
mycoremediation
Yesterday H prepared a fantastic mushroom and pasta dish with what’s called Kräterseitlingen (Pleurotus eryngii, le trumpet royale—elevate your minds!) as the main ingredient—the one in the background, not the psychotropic fly agaric in the foreground—and it turned out to be uniquely flavourful and relatively simple to make.
To serve four, one needs:
250 grams (9 ounces) of band noodles (fresh or dry)
250 grams (9 ounces, three large mushrooms) of King Trumpet mushrooms or substitute button mushrooms or chanterelles (Pfifferlinge)
2 teaspoons of butter
1 container of Crème Chantilly (unsweetened whipped cream, Schlagsahne) for texture
1 tablespoon of vegetable broth
A sprig of parsley
A clove of garlic
A large leek (Lauch) or onion
Begin preparing the pasta according to the instructions, boiling it in slightly salted water. Meanwhile dice the leek, garlic and mushroom, finely chopping the parsley. Braise the garlic and leek slices in a frying pan in the butter until the leeks turn glassy. Introduce the mushrooms and turn until lightly brown. Mix in the crème and broth and top with parsley over the pasta.
catagories: food and drink, mushrooms and fungi
visual vernacular
Thanks to Present /&/ Correct, we can now correctly name an art movement known as Suprematism (Супремати́зм) through the careful temporary arrangement and proper disposal of trash that washes ashore by Hungarian photographer Balázs Csizik as a homage to the style.
Founded by painter Kazimir Severinovich Malevich in 1913, his work garnered international attention and a following after being exhibited in a 1915 show in Saint Petersburg (Petrograd), provocatively called the Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0,10 (like saying version zero point one, having erased the past and inching forward fresh).
Departing from Cubism and Russian Constructivism, Malevich’s art is distinctively anti-material and employed sparse compositions of simple geometric shapes and basic colours and are more akin representationally to a sort of visual grammar rather than a depiction of things. Though not allowed to be displayed per Stalinist cultural policy, Malevich’s work was quite resonant and influential, inspiring among others architect Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid to create purely abstract buildings.
catagories: art, photography, Wikipedia
das münchner abkommen
On this day—with negotiations continuing through the night and on to the next morning—in 1938 Italian il Duce Benito Mussolini, France’s Prime Minister Édouard Daladier and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler at a conference in Munich to lend a façade of legitimacy to Nazi Germany’s long-standing goal of annexing the newly-coined territory of the Sudetenland, lands with an ethnic Germany majority along the borders with the also freshly minted Czechoslovakia.
Despite the conspicuous absence of any representation of the Soviet Union or the Czech government or outlandish claims including Czechoslovakia being accused of plotting to exterminate the Sudeten Germans and being characterised as a vassal state of France created for the express purpose of being a base of operations for the French armed forces to overrun and finally vanquish Germany, afterward Chamberlain praised the summit as heralding “peace in our time,” though many others (including president Edvard Beneš and the Czech people) saw it as a dangerous and precedential tactic of appeasement. German diaspora who had mostly set up trading operations in Hapsburg lands suddenly found themselves in foreign lands after World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, bereft of much of the freedoms and privilege (reportedly) accorded to Prussian subjects prior. Because of the nature of their import/export business, these Germans living abroad were more affected than the native populations by the economic downturn of the Great Depression and their demands for autonomy—with the backing of the German government—became more and more shrill.
catagories: Britain, Czech Republic, foreign policy, France, Germany, Italy
social confirmation
An important and timely instalment of Hidden Brain explores how a movement, a reckoning erupts as a cultural moment and the insufferable becomes no longer tolerated through overcoming or redirecting the discouraging mechanism of social or behavioural confirmation bias that reinforces grudgingly accepted norms by making us blind to the brittleness of custom and to the fortitude of our own convictions and has an interesting post-script, an unsung hero in the figure of Tarana Burke. After interviewing young survivors of sexual violence, Burke found herself without words but gathered resources over the next decade, founded an outreach network and gave her movement a name: Me Too. Another decade later, solidarity reached critical mass and the slogan championed behind a hash tag became a unifying message that the future is not going to look like the past.
catagories: psychology, revolution
tituli picti or norman consequence
On this in 1066, the forces of William, Duke of Normandy (previously) crossed the English Channel (la Manche) and established a beachhead at Pevensey, East Sussex, in order to dispute the claim to the Anglo-Saxon throne by King Harold Godwinson, precipitated by the extinction the Wessex line with the death of Edward the Confessor, who died without issue.
Harold’s elevation was challenged on three separate from by the Norwegian sovereign Harald Hardrada and Harold’s own brother Tostig—whom were repelled divisively (but at a great cost of men and materiel) under the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on the twenty-fifth of September, but eventually fell to William’s armies at the Battle of Hastings on the fourteenth of October. Norman troop frustrated when their advances were stopped at first and were unable to penetrate English front lines adopted a tactic of pretending to retreat and then—more agile—turn back on their pursuers.
catagories: Britain, France, Norway
horizontal transaction or gini coeffienct
Building on the central tenets of chartalism, the belief that legal tender was created out of a ruler’s or government’s desire to direct economic activity through currency manipulation and trade rather than as a solution to make barter and exchange more portable and imperishable, Planet Money introduces us to a school of thought styled Modern Monetary Theory, an macroeconomic idea that one’s pocket change is very different than fiat money and that a country that produces and controls its own currency can fully fund all the goods and services it wishes. Provided it is not indebted with loans in a foreign currency or is not able to create more money (like individual member states of the European Union), it cannot go bankrupt. Rather than to generate revenue for the government, taxation is an effective means to regulate inflation and unemployment. It’s a provocative argument surely and some would call it naïve to diminish the role of inflation but it seems that economies are doing this all the time. Do give he episode a listen and let us know what you make of the compelling question and answers.
yokohama-e: early depictions of Westerns (previously) by Japanese illustrators—via the Everlasting Blört
uncanny valley: the secret (related) and sometimes glamourous life of fashion mannequins
periodicals: the Avocado has a regular column on reading vintage and antique magazines—via Things Magazine
spriting: fun and informative pixel-art animation tutorials
millinery: curating the illustrations of Joanna Spicer to celebrate the hatmaking industry of Stockport
reading room: Massimo Listri’s amazing photography of European libraries
what-ifs: illustrator Tom Stults envisions films created in another time and place
catagories: antiques, design, film, graphic design, Japan, photography
s. s. minnow
On this day in 1964, as our faithful chronicler Doctor Caligari informs, that among many other events the series Gilligan’s Island has its original release on CBS. Probably most memorable for its theme song, “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle,” written by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle, was performed to network executives as the pitch for the show, as was sort standard practise in those days as evinced by many programmes (like the Brady Bunch which also first aired on the same date five years later) with expository openings.
The version for the pilot (filmed on the same day as the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the whole project was put on hold until the following fall, with “Marooned” unaired until 1992) had a distinctive calypso theme courtesy future film score composer John Williams who also provided other incidental music for the show. The eponymous vessel was not named for the small bait fish but rather for the Federal Communication Commission chairman Newton Norman “Newt” Minow, that producer Schwartz held in contempt and accused of ruining the US television by characterising it as a “vast wasteland.” Reforms that Minow helped engineering resulted in the creation of the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio.
catagories: education, music, television
Though there’s not yet a projected date for the inaugural journey yet, plans are well underway for the first Hyperloop route (previously) in Europe, linking Amsterdam’s Schipol with Frankfurt am Main airport with commissions already being tendered for the design of hub city stations for the movement of people as well as goods.
Moving at nearly the speed of sound, the carriages will be able to cross the four hundred-fifty kilometre distance in under one hour with intervening stops in Bonn, Köln, Düsseldorf, Eindhoven, den Bosch and Utrecht not only offsetting a significant amount of pollution but also revolutionising business and leisure travel and our approach to commuting as the network expands across the continent.
catagories: architecture, Germany, the Netherlands, transportation
Hyperallergic introduces us to the utopian, Afrofuturist architecture of artist and political observer Bodys Isek Kingelez (*1948 - †2015) with an retrospective exhibition of his model buildings and urban miniatures, which are conversation pieces to prompt audiences to think about infrastructure, globalisation and the character of the megacity, socioeconomic realities that were maturing at pace with Kingelez himself and his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. On display at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art through the new year, one is also afforded the opportunity to explore the elaborate environments in an immersive fashion in a virtual reality helmet. Learn more and see a whole gallery of Kingelez’ visions at the link up top.
catagories: Africa, architecture, art
petard hoist much?
Howling for years how America had become the laughing-stock of the world, Donald Trump got his comeuppance in the first few lines of his ignorant and arrogant speech to the UN general assembly (previously) when his boasts of having accomplished more than any administration in history drew derisive laughter from the audience of heads of state and the diplomatic corps.
Though pretending to shrug off the response, it seemed to come as a shock to him—outside his usual insulated, self-affirming bubble of supporters who hang on his every lie at his campaign rallies—we suspect that Trump will remain determined to wipe the smiles from their faces and further isolate the US from the international community. “We reject the ideology of globalism,” Trump said, “and we brace the doctrine of patriotism,” adding that the US will withhold aid from countries that challenge America’s agenda and fail to show respect—having only kind words for NATO partner Poland, who last week curried favour by suggesting that the proposed US permanent military installation in the country could be called Fort Trump.
catagories: economic policy, foreign policy
how about a nice game of chess?
Undisclosed until well after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and at a time of severely deteriorated relations seeded with deep distrust and suspicion that a first-strike on the part of the United States was eminent, on this day in 1983 duty officer Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (*1939 - †2017) correctly assessed that reports from the early warning satellite network were a false alarm and thus averted an accidental counter-attack.
Despite heightened tensions and hair-trigger attitudes, Petrov appreciated the gravity of his decision and questioned the reliability of the new system and judged that the five missile signatures detected not to be of the calibre of an offensive, which likely would have been comprised of hundreds of warheads launched simultaneously, in accordance with the policy of mutually assured destruction. Subsequent investigations showed that the system was detecting glints of sunlight reflected on high-altitude clouds.
catagories: foreign policy, nuclear policy
panda, cyborg, jesus
Though the libretto to the leitmotif “Duel of the Fates” (the recurring theme from the Star Wars prequels) is reportedly a fragment of an ancient, fourteenth century Welsh poem Cad Goddeu (Battle of the Trees) about the legendary enchanter, Gwydion fab Dôn, who animates the trees of the forest to do his bidding translated and then performed in Sanskrit (unlikely), our thanks to Miss Cellania for revealing to us the true lyrics. Follow the bouncing ball.
catagories: language, music, Star Wars, Wales
Like when learning there was an algorithm, a certain method to solve for Sudoku, I lost interest in it without really having given a try—dismissing it as an unworthy challenge, I think I was guilty of adopting the same attitude towards Ernő Rubik’s ingeniously engineered, elegant puzzle and could appreciate the correspondent’s initial outlook attending an educational outreach workshop ran under the auspices of the toy.
The brute numbers gave me my dénouement: there are forty three quintillion possible positions, which at a rate of trying each every second (as a computer would do) would take over a trillion years to arrive at the single solution out of those seemingly infinite possibilities. Unsure whether it could even be solved, Rubik played with his prototype for a whole month before arriving at a solution. Some of us are virtuosi while many of us just plod along but with persistence and a willingness to step outside of one’s self we can all be the cube.
catagories: education, mathematics, philosophy, sport and games
i am elmer j. fudd, millionaire, i own a mansion and a yacht
During what could be characterised as the height of the Red Scare in post-war America, fearful over the brittle state of the capitalist model—executives with General Motors commissioned a trio of propaganda cartoons from the creative cast behind Looney Tunes, which marked quite a departure from the usual antics and took a decidedly classroom tone to inculcate impressionable minds.
It’s hard to say how seriously they took their assignment and perhaps only did so as to not draw undue attention to their studios. “By Word of Mouse” (1954) told the tale of a German country mouse, Hans, visiting an American city mouse cousin who lived in a fashionable department store called “Stacy’s” and mostly features Hans being dazzled by the abundance and selection of inventory available to the common worker, with a professor mouse explaining that free market competition of “Rival Department Store” drives prices down to the benefit of both producers and consumers. “Heir Conditioning” (1955) features Elmer Fudd acting as a financial advisor to Sylvester the Cat after inheriting a large sum of money, encouraging him to invest it rather than sharing it with his fellow alley cats. Learn more and watch all the cartoons on Dangerous Minds at the link above.
catagories: economic policy, foreign policy, television
in order to form a more perfect album
Via Coudal Partners’ Fresh Signals, we discover the quite brilliant civics project from WNYC (the call-sign of New York’s Public Radio station) studios that curates twenty-seven songs that do a pretty spot-on job of representing each of the amendments to the long-lived and fungible constitution of the United States of America.
Yes—there are songs even about the more obscure ones (perhaps outside of the manumission and franchise clauses and the gun one, most of them are pretty obscure for most) like the Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1903 which provides for the direct election of senators. This working document is testament to a law of the land that can withstand the whims of the moment, yet admit growth and change and this anthology has lessons and footnote that accompany the score and make the objectives and historical milieu and legacy clear and accessible. Many talented artists have lent their voices to this collection, which is a playlist that I certainly would not object to having in my regular circulation.
catagories: America, law, music
kinoplex: the dazzling interiors of Berlin’s Delphi Lux cinema
signal corps: over one hundred thousand homing pigeons served in World War I—a tradition dating back to the campaigns of Julius Caesar, via Everlasting Blört
behind the curtains: Mister Rogers dedicated programming to helping children distinguish between fact and fantasy, calling out the television industry for manipulative practises—via Kottke’s Quick Links
music concrète: pianist Glenn Gould to be resurrected as a hologram and put on tour we did not know that this was a thing
monopsony: participants in the gig-economy have seen average monthly-earning halved in the past five years
telepresence: in order to fight social isolation, Ory Laboratories has opened a café staffed by robotic waiters operated remotely by people with disabilities that would otherwise physically impinge on their chance to interact and hold a job
my word is my bond: an artificial intelligence application that will analyse and profile any Twitter handle—via Motherboard and Digg
catagories: artificial intelligence, design, labour, music, networking and blogging, technology and innovation, television
penumbra of mainstream legitimacy
It’s during those times when there’s not an obvious best choice that having the courage and the insight to take a stand really become the measure of a person, as one thinker, journalist and activist is committing to by coming to terms with the fact that discourse cannot always trump theatrics in the politics of the present. The forces of regression, masterful in their ability to manipulate and enlist, exploit the norms that are the hallmarks of a free and liberal society by forcing one to either concede a loss on principles—to refute the value of what’s in our quiver—empathy for the other and open-mindedness—or to dignify fascism and xenophobia with a response and elevate that outlook as something valid and equal.
Bending the true tools of identification and compassion to the form of a public debate is of course the stuff of sophistry, since true change happens at the margins and far from the madding crowd when one’s afforded a moment of reflection—again, the sort of meditation of tough choices. Watching the establishment agonise over such decisions (being drawn into the position to do so publicly) has become some sort of pastime for the right-wing, a jeering bit of muscle-memory common to all bad-faith, low-stakes arguments. Those stakes are deflated—at least for the interlocutor who lacks standing and is a dishonest advocate—because the rhetorical tactic invoked, invariably it seems and still with enough appeal to marshal a following, is a deflection along the lines of the justification-suppression model of prejudice, whereby bigots try to resolve their own dissonance with repressed chauvinism and desire to maintain a self-image that’s above it and violently avoid having to face that internal conflict by defending not their own catchment of stereotypes but the rights of others to hold and express those same views or worse—abstracting the conversation away from the context and subtext and yoking it to arguments governing free speech and censorship, often not in question but ever in the quiver of despots.
catagories: philosophy
atlas der abgelegenen inseln
We are enjoying Things Magazine’s series of appreciations for Judith Schalansky’s award-winning Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will.
These are pretty remote, far-flung places and I think to a degree ought to remain inaccessible or at least more of a challenge than we’re accustomed to (distant in every sense and although mostly out of range and out of mind, all have unique stories and qualities that tie them to the known world) but one should have aspirations and for now some vicarious adventures are on order. We were surprised, however, of the number of the places mentioned on the atlas that we’d visited (though perhaps not in the strictly geographical sense) already by dint of blogging: Campbell Island, Easter Island, Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena to recall a few. Explore more at the link up top which expands on the fantasy travelogue.
catagories: cartography, Oceania, Russia, travel, Wikipedia
Named after a dragon king’s underwater palace in Japanese folklore, the target diamond-shaped asteroid 162173 Ryugu was visited by two small probes bounding over its low-gravity surface, deployed this weekend by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) space mission Hayabusa2, launched nearly four years ago.
The two small landers will study and survey the surface in preparation for the arrival a third joint French and German engineered unit which will drill into the surface of the asteroid and collect a sample to return to Earth for study by 2020. The castle, according to legend was sought out by fisherman Urashima Tarō on the back of a sea turtle and returns (away for much longer than he expected or perceived) to shore with a mysterious box, much like the goals of Hayabusa2.
catagories: Japan, myth and monsters, space science
The Republican politician and dentist representing the rural west of the state of Arizona in Congress since 2011 whose seat will be contested in the upcoming election, we learn via Cynical-C, does not enjoy the support of his siblings, who believe that their brother has not only seriously compromised the values that were part of their upbringing but is also no faithful servant of his constituency.
The opposition campaign has attracted their support and endorsement in this rather (but justifiably) scathing political advertisement, where the identity of the critics is not revealed until the end. In rebuttal, the congress member said, “My siblings who chose to film ads against me are all liberal Democrats who hate President [sic] Trump. These disgruntled Hillary supporters are related by blood to me but like leftists everywhere, they put ideology before family. Stalin would be proud,” punctuating his statement with some appropriately repulsive but unsurprising hashtags.
catagories: America, environment, labour
Our thanks to Things Magazine for reintroducing us to an old obsession with a keen, juried resource that makes becoming wholly and irretrievably enticed too easy with an overview of number stations and the accompanying service Priyom (прием, reception) monitoring on all channels.
These high-frequency shortwave signals bounce off the Earth’s ionosphere (relatedly, here’s a secret Cold War undertaking to maintain vital communications in case of sabotage of undersea cables) of strings of formatted numbers are presumably for (since no one knows for sure aside from some anecdotal admissions) intelligence agencies to communicate with field operatives. I can remember turning the dial on an old multiband unit and coming across voices reciting random numbers and finding it a quite unaccountable let down (one mostly got static) until learning it might be an artefact of spycraft. I certainly didn’t have the luxury of an online directory and simulcast. Decoded at the receiving end with a single-use key, the messages relayed are pretty resistant to cryptological scrutiny (should one practise good housekeeping and not reuse codes) and this low technology way of passing information and instructions maintains a low profile. Check out the schedule of regularly reoccurring broadcasts at Priyom at the link above to “eavesdrop” on matters of world security or perhaps barge in on an ad hoc conversation.
catagories: foreign policy, privacy
welcoming autumn
catagories: Germany, holidays and observances
minshara class
Subject to confirmation when the patch of sky occupied by the star system undergoes detailed inspection by the TESS programme later in November, exoplanet hunting astronomers believe that they have found a rocky, terrestrial world (M-Class, spelled out from the Vulcan term above, in Star Trek parlance but not a scientific designation) approximately seventeen light years away from Earth orbiting a triennial star called 40 Eridani (in the Southern constellation Eridanus—a river in Hades that is thought to correspond with the Po or the Rhône) or properly Keid (from the Arabic qayd for eggshells) that matches the canonical location of the Vulcan home world.
There’s quite some range of possibilities for the planet and surely reality will prove more fantastic than fiction but it is within reason to believe that 40 Eridani A β (there was already one other planet found there before this suspected Super Earth) might have similar conditions to those imaged for Vulcan, arid and higher gravity. Long before Star Trek, Vulcan was the designation for the planet that astronomy needed to be subaltern of Mercury to explain its anomalous orbit, until Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity dispensed with that hypothetical world.
catagories: myth and monsters, physics, space science, Star Trek
saffir-simpson
At the same time as Hurricane Florence was bearing down on the North American eastern seaboard, the deadly Typhoon Mangkhut was roiling in the Pacific with both areas still dealing with the consequences. The latter refers to the Thai form of the purple citrus-like exotic fruit the mangosteen—as we learn from Oxford Words blog, native to the Malaysia and anticyclones do not share the naming conventions that the World Meteorological Organisation has established for storms in the Atlantic, alternating alphabetically between boys’ and girls’ names, like Irma, Katrina, Maria and Harvey.
This tradition started in the US in September 1950 when three hurricanes made landfall simultaneously and there was confusion within the public and weather centres, using exclusively female names at first (male names were added in 1979) derived from the Air Force’s phonetic alphabet. And while member nations are not required in the context of local reporting and coverage to keep to the assigned designation (the WMO is the final arbiter one whether particular names should be retired after a particularly disastrous event, ninety so far so I guess by necessity we’ll have to start including more non-traditional ones soon), in the West where personal names are employed, we are generally at a consensus and use the one standard. In Asia, however, different jurisdictions modify the storms’ designation to fit local language and customs. Quite sensibly, in the Philippines, they taunted it with the name Omlong (the toothless, the feckless one) in hopes it would crumple from the insult—rather than giving a common name that might potentially stigmatise later on.
catagories: Asia, natural disaster
survivery 101
Over at the labs of AI Weirdness (previously) with the academic year just beginning, researcher and handler Janelle Shane wondered how a neutral network might interpret a college course catalogue and the major and minor courses of study that this virtual institution might have on offer.
While I am not sure I’d take any of these electives (though many sound pretty metaphysical and part of the core-curriculum) many of the titles have my curiosity piqued. We especially liked:
Language of Circus Processing
Werestory
Marine Writing
The Sun Programpineerstance and Development
It’s well worth reviewing the whole list and see if you can figure out what human conventions the artificial intelligence is drawing from and check out Shane’s past experiments.
catagories: artificial intelligence, education
Though on first reading it struck me as a little bit like those gimmicky techniques touted to cure male-pattern baldness or maybe Frankenstein’s Monster jolted back to life apparently, via Slashdot, it’s sound and proven that one can accelerate coral growth and hasten the rebuilding of the ecosystems that they support by stimulating them with electricity.
The matrices of surviving coral in areas that have been ravaged by cyclones, heat-waves and other destructive acts are scaffolded with galvanised steel frame in order to rehabilitate the colonies, having previously shown that re-growth occurs at a rate three to four times faster than normal due to the current attracting free floating minerals which the coral incorporate. Even with this rapid growth, however, it will take decades for the reefs to fully heal. Visit the links above to learn more and for a video demonstration of divers constructing the underwater frames.
catagories: environment, Oceania, technology and innovation
no hypnosis like a mass hypnosis because a mass hypnosis isn’t happening
Part of their growing Dial-a-Song repertoire, “Lake Monsters” by They Might be Giants is set to a cute music video crafted by artist Hiné Mizushima with stop-motion needlepoint and embroidery. The song reminded me of MST3K’s Kaiju Rap. Learn more about the band’s projects and the artist at Laughing Squid and at the links above
catagories: graphic design, music, myth and monsters
offred
More tone-deaf than the spec-script for an all female version of Lord of the Flies, this predictably sexist Sexy Handmaiden Brave Red Maiden Costume really does project the message “I am aware of popular culture, but I don’t understand it” (as one commented) or worse doesn’t care. I’m a bit nauseated and I think it’s in awfully bad taste. What do you think? I recall reading that a cosmetic company pulled its witchcraft starter kits after backlash from the Wiccan community. Maybe together we rally for more refinement from businesses that peddle crudeness.
catagories: holidays and observances, literature, television
deuterocanonical: ranking depictions of Judith beheading Holofernes, via Things Magazine
miami vice: a look inside the Mutiny Hotel where Scarface was filmed
stylite: an investigation into the doctored photograph of an ancient ruin reveals an ascetic tradition
knight industries two thousand: a banjo version of the Knight Rider theme
second skin: special membrane that transforms inanimate objects into multifunctional robots
plosive fricative: in English, counting from zero upwards, one’s lips won’t touch before one million, via Kottke’s Quick Links
biggs is right, i’m never getting out of here: animator Dmitry Grozov creates a brilliant anime trailer for Star Wars: A New Hope
pigpen: researchers isolate the chemical, microbial shadow that accompanies all of us
catagories: art, design, film, Greece, health and medicine, language, religion, Star Wars, television
game of optional goals
Had I not learned otherwise, I would have thought that this alternative reality version, meritocratic of the board game Monopoly was some sort of commission from some No Such Agency to communicate with its field agents but Careers from Parker Brothers was introduced in 1955. In addition to the outer track, there are several internal loops, career paths to try and many more regular opportunities to draw cards of chance and a rather involved scoring system (recorded on a Magic Slate Paper Saver pad) to monitor progress and achieve a sort of work-life balance with a Success Formula of money, fame and happiness. Designed by sociologist, ethnographer and author James Cooke Brown (*1921 - †2000), players could aspire to be an astronaut, farmer or a uranium prospector among other things and landing on the same square as another knocked the first player to “the park bench”—intimating that they were out of work and fallen on hard times. Later versions of the game were adapted to better reflect the cultural milieu.
catagories: antiques, labour, sport and games
ye butcher, ye baker, ye candlestick-maker
Public Domain Review features a slim, quirky volume that at first glance seems like eighteenth century pulp fiction but is actually a 1908 light-hearted lament over the modern state of everyday occupations (to wit), satirising a host of old professions with ballads that address contemporary and resonant scourges—like over-regulation, quackery, fake news and copyfight, some perhaps landing a bit too close to home.
Click on the image to enlarge plus a word on the anachronistic use of “ye olde:” it should be and was always properly pronounced with the th sound, Early Modern English employing the now obsolete Old English letter thorn (þ), which in handwritten form could look like a y, especially when used in the scribal abbreviation of the article, the e a sort of superscript. Be sure to visit the link up top for more discoveries from the world’s print archives.
catagories: antiques, labour, language
I regret not encountering this sooner—plus anything I might have done to make International Talk like a Pirate Day more significant than taking a moment to acknowledge the hard and ongoing struggles of women to achieve political parity with Suffrage Day, which is observed on 19 September to mark the passage of the Electoral Bill in 1893 granting women franchise.
Women were not eligible to stand for Parliament until 1919 but saw significant advances in the meantime and during the ensuing decades. To commemorate this one-hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary, female members of the nation’s legislature plus the prime minister (New Zealand’s third woman to hold the position) plus her infant daughter posed to recreate a photograph from 1905 to illustrate how democracies can evolve and be a force of enlightenment. Seeing the juxtaposition made me happy and relieved to know that there are still places and constituencies that value and cherish progress and diversity.
catagories: holidays and observances, law, Oceania, revolution
tomorrow is coming together
Via Boing Boing, we are acquainted with the brilliant and inspired handiwork of artist Future Punk who has imagined a suite of retro intros, outros and logos for internet companies had they existed in the late 1970s to early 1980s. The undertaking was inspired by the original promotional films produced by computer pioneers which can be found at the link above.
catagories: graphic design, networking and blogging
greeks bearing gifts or self-consistency principle
Cassandra, daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, was awarded the gift of prophesy by Apollo but when she ultimately rebuffed his advances, the god cursed her so that no one would believe her portents of doom.
Poor thing even had a twin brother called Helenus that she managed to teach the art of seeing into the future, and like his sister was burdened to always be right—except that people believed Helenus. We can all relate to being the wet blanket sometimes. We thought we knew the story and understood the frustration until listening to this conversation and series of interviews on Hidden Brain that look a close look at Cassandra’s arch dialogue, spoken in metaphor and abstractions like any good prophet, and come to understand that there was no curse and that people ignored her dire warnings because of the way they were presented. It was not a credibility issue but Cassandra’s omen could not draw the people she warned outside of the frame of reference that they were comfortable and familiar with, and the episode uses Cassandra’s curse as a heuristic tool to explore why we sometimes fail to heed good counsel.
catagories: myth and monsters, psychology
lawnmower man
By way of their latest experiment, an open-world virtual environment mobbed with anonymous, autonomous characters that interact with one playable character called Emergence to really shift one’s perceptions of leader and follower or crowd versus individual, we are introduced to stunning portfolio of projects and digital demonstrations from the cosmopolitan global design collective Universal Everything. There’s not yet an interactive version available to the public but keep checking back at the links above for updates and to explore the studio’s other work.
catagories: graphic design, sport and games
Though there are quite a few antecedents and parallel traditions, on this day in 1982 Carnegie-Mellon computer scientist Scott Fahlman first proposed the use of the emoticons :-) and :-( to mark tone in electronic communications, posting his recommendation to the university’s bulletin board.
Quite a separate species from emoji—another convention popularised by derived from Japanese culture called kaomoji (顔文字, literally a “face character,” something whose meaning becomes clear when one tilts one’s head), the first use of an emoticon in Western media (though some argue that it is a typographical error) is a 1862 transcript of a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in the New York Times, “Fellow citizens: I believe there is no precedent for my appearing before you on this occasion, [applause] but it is also true that there is no precedent for your being here yourselves, (applause and laughter ;)” Whether or not this was intentional, by the next appearance of emoticons in print in an 1881 edition of Puck magazine—suggesting that the type-setting department could do fine on its own and manage without cartoonists.
catagories: fonts and typefaces, Japan, language, Wikipedia
sans-culottes
Our thanks to the ever brilliant Nag on the Lake for showing us this rather macabre pair of earrings whose cachet would have been quite pervasive in fashion and culture during the French Revolution. A Phrygian or liberty cap, the head gear of manumitted enslaved individuals of ancient Greece and Rome, is perched a top a guillotine, a symbol of the “Reign of Terror” that took place between June 1793 and July 1794, with the decapitated but still crowned heads of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI dangling below—executed “democratically” along with over sixteen thousand others.
Protocol for capital crimes in the Ancien Régime dictated that method of execution was determined by the social status of the guilty, with beheadings reserved for nobility. On 9 October 1789, member of the Assemblée Nationale Constituante, the revolutionary government, Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin commissioned a form of execution that was both brutally efficient and egalitarian—upholding the invention of one surgeon named Antoine Louis. Louis in turn engaged a sub-contractor, a Prussian piano maker named Tobias Schmidt, to build the device. Afterwards, Schmidt and Louis tried to patent their invention that they referred to as a Petite Louison but their application was denied because to grant a monopoly on something lethal would be forfeiting all humanity. I wonder what sort of keepsakes will be popular the next time they come with pitchforks.
catagories: France, revolution
binnenluik
A clever artisan in Brooklyn by the name of Rae Swon, as Hyperalleric reports, has successfully buzz-marketed one of her latest creations by modeling it in the subway.
Inspired by a detail from early fourteenth century work by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (previously here and here) who depicted the trope of the mental and spiritual torments suffered by Saint Anthony in triptych form. The visions that Anthony, hailed as the father of monasticism and the champion of facing one’s own demons experienced visited him during his pilgrimage in the desert and included encounters with a centaur and satyr but to my knowledge there is no lore (that is remembered anyway, as I am sure it was some sort of timely reference) tied to the ice-skating beastly bird with a sealed letter in its beak.
catagories: art, design
sonderfahrt
Produced by French manufacturer Alstom, the rail route between the towns of Cuxhaven and Buxtehude is now being serviced by the world’s first pair of hydrogen (Wasserstoff) powered commercial locomotives.
Capable of travelling upwards of one thousand kilometres per fuelling at speeds comparable to the old diesel trains they are replacing, this demonstration project—a particularly practical one for numerous commuters (Pendler) that travel between these cities—emits only steam and water in its exhaust and represents just the first stage of a planned, extended network across Europe.
catagories: Germany, technology and innovation, transportation
critically endangered: Mona Chalabi illustrates species on the brink of extinction by placing them in subway cars, via Nag on the Lake
secret of the selenites: we have the technology and surplus wealth to build a Moon base right now
wallflower: an artist installs a Putin portrait in a Trump hotel suite for a month and no one batted an eye
ballot measures: a consortium of artists create state-by-state voting guides in comics form for upcoming US elections—via Waxy
i preferred the sequel—also sprach Zarathustra: taking a fresh look at the worldview of Friedrich Nietzsche, who suffered no palliatives, in the age of self-help and search for consolation
aurum potable: anti-aging trends and questionable tonics are nothing new
drosophilia titanus: a selective breeding-program to create fruit-flies that could theoretically survive the harsh conditions on Saturn’s largest satellite, prodding some serious ethical and epistemological questions—via Boing Boing
catagories: America, art, environment, genetics, health and medicine, philosophy, space science
ansible oder zum gedanken an
Moving house and home a few months ago and by sheer dint of having too many things, we had to cull some of our stuff—including a telephone that belonged to H’s grandmother (it’s funny how landlines in general are referred too as granny phones), which I took with the instructions to dispose of it.
Of course, I didn’t do as I was told—mostly because the dial, enigmatically and I still haven’t figured out why, only went up to eight—though there’s slots for the zero and nine. Now that H’s grandmother has recently passed away, I’m glad we held on to her telephone—especially in keeping with this special telephone booth installed in a town ravaged by the tsunami and Fukushima disaster of 2011 to let people commune with those they’ve lost, and perhaps with those that they never got to say goodbye to. I know I’m conflating metaphors and confusing two histories with their own canons but having grown up in the shadow of Colditz castle and having worked there, I associated her story with the series Hogan’s Heroes—which by coincidence premiered in 1965 on the same day as we lost her.
catagories: Saxony
orbiter vehicle designation 101
On this day (Constitution Day in the United States of America to mark its ratification in 1787) in 1976 President Gerald Ford christened the Space Shuttle Enterprise, named in response to an overwhelming Trekkie (“one of the most dedicated constituencies in the country”) letter campaign and the event was attended by the creators and cast of Star Trek.
Like the NCC-1701, it was not originally designed for spaceflight with no heat-shield for atmospheric re-entry (absent the expository device of a teleporter), the test vehicle was an important stepping stone to improve next generation vehicle engineering, famously piggy-backing aloft on a Boeing 747 to bring it to attitude and speed and testing its gliding maneuvers. The Enterprise was later retrofitted and flew missions in support of Skylab.
catagories: holidays and observances, space science, Star Trek, Wikipedia
bella ciao
After more than a two year hiatus, prompted by the disturbing tilt towards fascism that’s captivated many unexpected many lately to include the separation and incarceration of young children from their families, Tom Waits has contributed his voice to the compilation of Songs of Resistance—spanning from World War II until the present—collected and arranged by composer and guitarist Marc Ribot with the Italian lament “Bella Ciao,” Farewell Beautiful, a ballad of much older and universal pedigree. Listen to the song (follow the bouncing ball with the lyrics below) and visit the link above to learn more about the anthology of protest.
One fine morning
I woke up early
o bella ciao, bella ciao
bella ciao, ciao, ciao
to find the fascists at my door
Oh partigiano
take me with you
bella ciao, bella ciao
goodbye, beautiful
please take me with you
I’m not afraid anymore
And if I die
a partigiano
Bury me
up on that mountain
beneath the shadow of the flower
So all the people
the people passing
will say: “What a beautiful flower”
This is the flower
of the partisan
who died for freedom
catagories: music, revolution
Though quite the committed walker myself, I’ve never quite mustered the occasion for the sort of point to point travel on foot from terminal to downtown that Ian Rose has developed into a rather intriguing pastime, sharing his routes and results—as we learn from Nag on the Lake and Things Magazine.
Ages ago I recall out of obstinance walking from Marco Polo airport to Pisa but that was only about an hour’s walk under relatively pedestrian friend conditions, and ages before that being told by a cab driver that he wasn’t licensed to take passengers to the airport servicing Havana and stopped on a parallel road and was told to dash through the intervening field of sugar cane to reach the airport. We don’t fly very often but do pass Frankfurt Flughafen on a pretty regular basis and I’ve wondered about those seemingly hard-to-access areas and industrial estates not meant for human perambulation. I think that this bears some further investigation.
catagories: lifestyle, transportation, travel
interscholastic
Due to limited hours per semester, a sub-committee of the Texas Board of Education (that was the nickname of the paddle when I was in school) convenes regularly to cull figures from its social studies curriculum that no longer retain the relevance to devote a portion of a lesson to studying.
Among those nominated to be consigned to a memory hole include father of modern political philosophy Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Republican elder statesman and five term Arizona senator that urged Richard Nixon to resign Barry Morris Goldwater, author and activist that overcame her disabilities to flourish Helen Adams Keller (her inspirational story has become problematic for her support for socialism and civil rights), and First Lady, senator of New York, Secretary of State and presidential contender Hilary Rodham Clinton—to name a few victims of damnatio memoriae. What do you think? The space vacated by Hobbes and Clinton is to be filled with the prophet and lawgiver Moses and the late televangelist Billy Graham respectively, if the recommendations of the committee are enacted. These decisions have far-reaching implications beyond Texas public schools since the state is a large market for textbook publishers and their will be pressure to adapt national standards to the prevailing ones.
catagories: America, education, philosophy, religion
buzzkill
After legalising marijuana throughout the country back in June, it gave its provinces some time to prepare for cultivation and sales when the law goes into effect one month from now on 17 October.
US border control authorities, however, do not recognise the legitimacy of the lifestyle and trade options that this change in the law heralds and reserves its right to bar any individual entry who uses or trafficks in the substance (actual possession or intent to distribute is immaterial), which is illegal on the federal level in America. What if Canada were to retort that they didn’t recognise America’s attitude on firearms as a legitimate and banned visitors accordingly? Though there are no plans presently to interrogate every Canadian visitor about his or her cannabis use at the border, those figures who already have public ties to the emerging markets have received a lifetime ban on entering the US. Despite consternation and at a time when diplomatic relations between America and Canada are under significant strain, Trudeau offers he is in no position to telegraph to another nation how to patrol its borders.
catagories: Canada, foreign policy, health and medicine, law, lifestyle
times are bum and getting bummer, still we have fun
Our thanks to Boing Boing for the timely and annotated reminder of how only a few journalists really were prepared to ask the tough and probing questions in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, precipitated by one bank’s declaration of bankruptcy that revealed the fantastic nature of six hundred billion dollar portfolio, and most were to believe hard-scrabble legends to keep up the charade. As one of those exceptional reporters, Matt Taibbi, prefaces “history is written by the victors” in his reflection on the lost decade—not hyperbole, especially when one considers the regressive caution and pessimism and the generation caught in risk adverse times—and a legacy we are still very much heir to. An overly elaborate narrative, deflecting and assigning blame, was offered as sort of an allegory to explain something as immediate as a greedy and fraudulent practises, which the public could have easily digested and understood and not find themselves in an even more compromised position later.
It was a truth that one couldn’t squeal to the proletariat since their confidence and complicity in the system—contributing to pension-schemes and the dream of home-ownership—not only generated wealth for those barons of industry that can spin straw into gold but was also already entrenched as a matter of national security and a question of macroeconomics eschatology. As big and over-leveraged as US debt is, supply exceeds demand for foreign countries who would like to park its cash in government-backed bonds, considered as safe an investment as anything and with a guaranteed rate of return but with retirement-funds and pension-schemes competing for a safe bet, foreign governments resort to the next best thing: real estate in the form of home loans and mortgages. In order to keep the faith that internal and external backers have in all bonds, the financial system’s junk bonds have to be buoyed up as well by shielding dishonest brokers from the wages of capitalism. This calculated behaviour on the part of economists was the disdain that fostered the attitude that allowed some to be turned away from experts—lumping in those not worthy of their trust in with legitimate and helpful institutions—and by extension the establishment. And now we are all living with the effects of that misplaced anger.
catagories: economic policy, holidays and observances
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Destinations: Adventure
Six Great Hunting Trips New Hunters Will Enjoy
Brad Fitzpatrick - September 06, 2016
I'm fortunate to live in a part of the country where hunting is a widely accepted and popular pastime. It's not uncommon to see hunters decked out in camo from head-to-toe in the local diner.
Vehicles with gun racks and dead deer don't turn heads (unless, of course, it's a big deer) and blood on the tailgate of your pickup usually won't lead to a visit from local homicide investigators. Virtually everyone I know hunts — or at least tried to — at some point in their lives.
First impressions can have a lasting impact. I started my hunting career chasing squirrels, which was a high-success, low-output activity, and I quickly wanted to move on to larger game.
Unfortunately, not everyone I grew up with enjoyed the same success early on in their hunting career. I have one buddy who started out duck hunting at the age of eight and after two hours in a frigid blind seeing nothing but red-winged blackbirds and hearing nothing but the same three-note call his dad issued every fifteen seconds he had had enough.
His hunting career was over. I know another young lady who, at the request of her boyfriend, accompanied him on the quest for a big buck at the beginning of deer season that resulted in nothing more than several long, mosquito-riddled hours in a cramped blind. As you might imagine that was her last attempt at deer hunting.
I'm not advocating avoiding challenging hunts, but when it comes to hunting you're far better off to ease new hunters into the sport.
Sure, I don't mind sitting in a cold stand for hours on end knowing that it may be days or weeks before I see the deer I'm after, but at eight years old I'd have been ready to pack it in and head for home.
If you're bringing someone new to the sport there are some great hunting trips that they could really enjoy — and some that stand to turn them against the sport forever.
We all need future generations of hunters to take up the mantle of conservation, and that means they'll need to be passionate about our sport. Here are six hunts for rookies that will offer them a good chance at success — and will kindle that fire for the future.
Black Bear Over Bait
Black bear over bait is a great hunt for those who are new to the sport because there's a good chance of tagging out (provided you've set and routinely tended baits).
In addition, having the opportunity to observe bears feeding and interacting up-close is a thrill for new and seasoned hunters alike. At first many new hunters are scared of being so close to a bear, but if they can remain calm long enough to realize that the risk is very minimal and the rewards are great this is an exciting and economical adventure.
Pigs are huge problems throughout the country and that means lots of opportunities and low cost hunts. In many states there are no tags required to take pigs and no bag limits, and in areas where hogs are plentiful there's usually a chance for plenty of shooting.
Wild hog meat, if prepared properly, can be delicious, and new hunters experience a great deal of satisfaction eating something that they helped harvest. In addition, it's a great way to start the discussion of how hunting helps control populations and protect native wildlife.
Cottontails and Bushytails
This is where many hunters start, and both squirrels and rabbits offer lots of excitement and the odds of going home with something is high.
There are no tags or permits to draw, hunting opportunities abound, and a light-recoiling .22 or .410 shotgun is sufficient for either species. Plus, both rabbit and squirrel are excellent table fare and they are ideal species to teach new hunters to care for meat in the field.
Having a dog along for the hunt makes the experience even better, and that's why my favorite way to introduce new hunters is chasing cottontails behind beagles. The jovial dogs lighten the mood, there's no need to sit still or remain absolutely silent and it's a great opportunity to further discuss topics like gun handling, learning to spot game, and so forth. Most importantly, it's great fun for everyone involved.
Preserve Quail and Pheasant
Hunting wild birds in big country can be a real challenge, but preserve hunting offers that same experience with higher odds of success and less walking.
Just as with rabbit and squirrel hunting, this is a great time to reemphasize the safety procedures discussed prior to the hunt.
Most preserves allow for hunting along mowed rows on fairly level ground and when hunting behind pointing dogs you can, to some degree, set up the shot. I enjoy hunting wild birds almost as much as anything, chasing chukars through desert hills and walking through pines in search of grouse. And, like so many other bird hunters, all that started by shooting on preserves as a rookie. In addition, quail and pheasant taste excellent.
Prairie Dogs and Woodchucks
In the east woodchucks are a common pest for farmers and most landowners are more than happy to have you rid their fields of these rodents.
In the west, ground squirrels and prairie dogs are a nuisance and there is an equally good chance that you will find landowner permission. If I were taking a new hunter on a guided trip this would be one that I would recommend, too; being setup on a prairie dog town can mean hundreds of rounds and a .17 or .22 rimfire or centerfire is plenty of gun depending upon the circumstances.
This is also a great way to introduce new shooters to shot placement, trigger control, and other principles of good field shooting.
Doves By The Bucket
Dove hunting is a tradition in many parts of the country, and since most seasons start in September this is a shirt-sleeves hunt. You'll need a shotgun — a 28 gauge is my favorite for newbies — and some shells.
You'll also want to take along a seat, hearing and eye protection and maybe a few cool drinks, but that's about the extent of the equipment required for dove hunting.
Try to choose a setup that works to the new shooter's favor, minimizing hard crossers and instead providing a lot of slow, low, incoming shots. Bring plenty of extra shells and have a laid-back attitude; there's going to be a lot of missing, but there are usually a lot of doves on a well-maintained field. Also, be sure to pack the bacon, jalapeno and cream cheese for grilled dove breast — a meal that would make anyone want to hunt.
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Students should cast their vote carefully
Some mayoral candidates have voted in favour of a realignment of electoral district boundaries that would discount student votes
Sergio Sismondo, Jamie Swift
The proposed district realignment would have Sydenham district dissolved into Williamsville district.
Sergio Sismondo and Jamie Swift
Gerrymandering means rearranging electoral boundaries so that your team gains an advantage.
It’s a time-honoured electoral tactic that came to Kingston last year when seven local politicians tried to redraw electoral district boundaries.
It’s this attempt that students should be wary of when determining who to vote for in the upcoming mayoral election on Oct. 27. Two candidates – Dorothy Hector and Bryan Paterson – voted in favour of rearranging electoral boundaries and discounting students from population tallies.
Students should be looking to other candidates when deciding whom to give their vote. Certain City Hall politicians were consolidating what Sydenham District councilor Bill Glover has called City Hall’s “Development Party,” or what we prefer to call the “Landlords, Developers and Real Estate Coalition” (LDREC).
Glover was observing that Mayor Mark Gerretsen — a property manager by trade — and six councilors, who received substantial campaign donations from landlords, developers and real estate interest group, “have a track record of voting as a bloc”, as Whig-Standard columnist Paul Schliesmann wrote in June 2012.
In April 2013, that bloc – Paterson, Hector, Gerretsen, Sandy Berg, Kevin George, Brian Reitzel and Jeff Scott – voted to not count post-secondary students as residents for electoral purposes.
The new electoral district boundaries made it look as if almost nobody lived downtown.
This would have gutted downtown representation by eliminating the downtown Sydenham District, which would have been amalgamated into Williamsville District. Suburban districts would have gained influence. And that was the point.
Gerretsen and the councilors imagined this area around Queen’s as an unpopulated wasteland. In other words, the LDREC decided that Queen’s students didn’t deserve representation on City Council.
The LDREC seven were playing politics with fundamental rights, choosing to cut student representation to gain more power. Two members of the coalition – Paterson and Hector – are now running for mayor. They both voted against student representation.
In response to Council’s blatant gerrymandering, the AMS and the Sydenham District Association appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Last November, the OMB ruled against the Mayor and the six councilors, who were intent on manipulating our electoral districts.
It was a victory for democracy.
When Council voted to remove student representation, it chose to go against its previous instructions to City staff, and chose to ignore staff’s clear ranking of the options.
With more than 20,000 students living downtown, to ignore them not only counts student interests as worth less than other people’s – it also makes no sense.
The vast majority of students are considered “tenants” under the Municipal Elections Act, and thus have the right to vote.
Students also use Kingston’s services, and both draw on and contribute to community resources. As tenants in the ordinary sense, students indirectly pay a significant share of the Kingston’s property taxes.
It’s part of Council’s responsibility to represent students, because students are part of the population of Kingston, living here for most of the year.
Moreover, councilors need to represent student interests for the sake of the rest of the city, because the University District, other student-dominated neighbourhoods and student rentals are part of the city. If the proposed boundaries had been left to stand, councilors in the more urban parts of Kingston would have been representing many more people than councilors in the suburban and rural areas.
To the surprise of few, Sylvia Sutherland, a former Peterborough mayor and member of the OMB, found that “the council, in a 7-6 vote, acted unreasonably in adopting an option that does not count more than 20 per cent of the city’s population when determining electoral districts.”
When pressed at an all-candidates meeting earlier this month, both Paterson and Hector apologized – not for voting against the rights of students, but only for the perception that they are anti-student.
Last year’s effort to curb democracy failed. Oct. 27 is election day; it’s time for students to vote, and to make sure student interests are represented in Kingston.
Sergio Sismondo is a professor in the department of philosophy. Jamie Swift is an adjunct professor at the Queen’s School of Business.
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100 E. Faunce Landing Road, Pangoras, William, Pangoras, Eileen to Piccari, Christina; 7/2/2013. $190,000
216 N. Arizona Ave., Yip, Wing Chi, Yip, Choy Yin Ho to Flores, Ausdberto; 7/1/2013. $52,500
219 Grammercy Place, Dandridge, Beverly A., Boatswain, Adele K. to String, Elizabeth; 7/1/2013. $120,000
644 Green St., US Bank, RMAC Pass Through Trust, Rushmore Loan Management LLC to Redding Homes LLC; 7/1/2013. $52,500
16 N. Iowa Ave., Carfagno, Marie to Haye, Desmond; 7/1/2013. $150,000
721 Harris Place, David, Elvira to Martinez Real Estate LLC; 7/2/2013. $22,000
3501 Boardwalk, Hellinger, Ashley, Hellinger, Diana to Massey, Deborah A, Massey, Thomas I.; 7/2/2013. $75,000
713 Wabash Ave., Bhulyan, Siraj, Bhulyan, Siraj to Sanjida, Mir Irin; 7/3/2013. $63,000
460 N. Delaware Ave., Auble, Edward M., Auble, Alison M. to Jekofsky, Melvin, Jekofsky. Marc; 7/3/2013. $50,000
323 44th St. Unit 11, Volpe, Kathryn L. Bell to Cantor, Philip, Cantor, Joanne; 7/1/2013. $260,000
16 Ross Drive E., Torcomian, Thomas D., McLeod, John, Miller, Michael A. to Shillin, Beth I.; 7/2/2013. $254,000
331 41st St. S. Unit 2, Wolf, Michael B. to Sabara, Eric, Sabara, Jodi; 7/3/2013. $215,000
102 19th St. S., Hemphill, Kathleen, Silverman, Claudia, Hemphill, William V. to Fulmer, Kevin, Fulmer, Donna; 7/5/2013. $210,000
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP
131 19th Ave., Krokos, John M., Krokos, Erika B. to Krokos, John F., Krokos, Mary Jane; 7/1/2013. $85,000
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
15 Ravenwood Drive, Solano, Edilberta, Solano, Eduardo to Chowdhury, Babu; 7/1/2013. $165,000
264 Asbury Road, Shutz, John H., Shutz, Lorraine E. to Harmon, George H., Harmon, Barbara A.; 7/1/2013. $220,000
19 Covered Bridge Road, Paparone Homes to Sublinsky, Jeffrey A.; 7/1/2013. $286,235
4 Hartford Drive, McClelland, Krisha L. to Khan, Waqas; 7/2/2013. $425,000
109 New Bridge Road, Nguyen ,My, Nguyen, Tom H to Hyman, Juanita J.; 7/2/2013. $355,000
36 Deidre Drive, Gutierrez, Armando, Gutierrez, Carolyn to Craven, Donna M.; 7/2/2013. $175,000
301 Island Lane, Buschoff, Patricia K., Buschoff, Michael J. to Sanborn, David J.; 7/2/2013. $430,000
1118 Berry Drive, Pitman, Stephen A., Pitman, Ericka to Dix, Matthew J.; 7/2/2013. $160,000
144 Snowdrop Road, Mawson, Marie E., Mawson, Lewis J. to Rose, Monte; 7/2/2013. $225,900
215 E. Kennedy Drive, Warda, Izabella A., Warda, Tomasz to Pappas, Stephen; 7/2/2013. $265,000
7 Balsam Lane, Max Gurwicz & Son Inc. to Karelin, Eugeny, Karelin, Charlene; 7/2/2013. $219,900
431 Aurora Drive, Goodwin, Thomas B., Goodwin, Robin L. to Kratzer, John; 7/3/2013. $440,000
10 Devone Drive, Rose, Monte A. to Kaplan, Janice M.; 7/3/2013. $360,000
7020 Ridge Ave., Castle Peak 2010 1 Reo LLC, Green River Capital LLC to Griffin, Kathryn L., Griffin, Michael J.; 7/3/2013. $348,000
ESTELL MANOR
3419 Bargaintown Road, Musicaro, Peter J., Musicaro, Edelgard to Held, David, Held, Sam L.; 7/5/2013. $180,000
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP
16 Mockingbird Way, Santiago Lopez, Guido, Santiago, Silma to Porch, Edith; 7/1/2013. $170,000
514 Holly Brook Road, Gaughan, Garry, Gaughan, Rosalie Petrunis to Ohare, Michelle, Ohare, Michael T.; 7/1/2013. $223,000
27 Crowndale Place, Beatty, Lydia E. to Bryson, Catherine, Bryson, Boyd G.; 7/1/2013. $330,000
520 Cornwall Drive, Murphy, Barbara A., Murphy, George W. to Tillett, Alicia A., Staats, Jeremy D.; 7/2/2013. $212,000
40 Northampton Road, Feiertag, Sheila, Feder, Saul to Dwan, Regina, Dwan, Arthur P.; 7/2/2013. $287,500
410 S. Fourth Ave., Cox, James T. to Mathis, Kevin; 7/2/2013. $325,000
82 Cheshire Drive, Shu, Bai, Shu, Soe to Tan, Zhi Ping; 7/2/2013. $73,800
604 S. New York Ave., Conover, Raymond Leslie, Conover, Wilma Ann to Sweet, Charles B.; 7/3/2013. $125,000
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP
8 Mattisse Drive, Ryan Homes to Levy, Stacy; 7/1/2013. $271,330
5909 Mulberry Drive, Milhan, Lawrence A., Milhan, Emmy Jane to Bastholm, Robert A.; 7/2/2013. $155,000
12 Westover Circle, Knocke, Jason M., Knocke, Samantha, Denke, Carol to Dalonzo, Joseph; 7/5/2013. $192,000
5924 Maple Drive, Sugden, Chris L. to Denton, Thomas, Denton, Michaila; 7/5/2013. $155,000
127 N. Egg Harbor Road, Scordo, Phyllis A., Scordo, Carmen J., Scordo, William, Scordo, Sebastian J. to J&M Autorx LLC; 7/2/2013. $125,000
43 Samuel Drive, Juliano, James R. to Barrett, Michael Lawrence; 7/2/2013. $329,000
763 Valley Ave., Rodio, Anthony P. to Winneberger, Katie, Winneberger, Andrew C.; 7/2/2013. $325,000
47d Michael Road, Lucescu, Karmyn, Toothman, John C. to Cavuto, Marie A.; 7/3/2013. $122,000
412 W. Vernon Ave., Singer, Adrian, Singer, Susan L., Singer, Larry to Forum Properties LLC; 7/1/2013. $80,000
10 Crestwood Ave., Reses, Julie A., Reses, Jeffrey A. to Feliz, Ulices A. Perez, Salas, Aixell J. Mercedes; 7/2/2013. $385,000
423 N. Exeter Ave., Gardner, Paula Bechtel, Gardner, David M. to Norcross, Richard H., Norcross, Karen; 7/3/2013. $590,000
10 Bayside Court, Deutsche Bank, American Home Mtg, Homeward Residential Inc. to Vespertino, Dante A., Vespertino, Eleonora G.; 7/3/2013. $510,799
204 N. Adams Ave., Cella, Joseph J., Cella, Nancy M. to Evansgrove NJ LLC; 7/3/2013. $217,000
9510 Amherst Ave., Anastasi, Salvatore, Anastasi, Carol to Luccia, Frank, Luccia, Sheila; 7/5/2013. $175,000
430 Tilton Road, Solomon 430 Prop LLC, Solomon, Howard, Solomon, Phyllis to Four Mix LLC; 7/2/2013. $887,500
2134 Steven Drive, Abbamondi, Raymond, Abbamondi, Lisa to Slotkin, Lisa; 7/3/2013. $230,000
700 N. Franklin Blvd. Unit 807, Garrett, Kaytisha to Grim, Rachel; 7/1/2013. $32,000
20 Magnolia Place, Kinsell, Thomas Alfred, Hangstorfer, Victoria A., Kinsell, Janet M., Kinsell, Helen J. to Watts, Khalil; 7/2/2013. $120,000
108 S. Franklin Ave., Terrones, Sergio, Terrones, Maria to Shah, Syed; 7/5/2013. $59,000
PORT REPUBLIC
64 Clarks Landing Road, Turner, Michael J., Turner, Susan R. to Stevenson, Eric, Stevenson, Christina M.; 7/3/2013. $180,000
SOMERS POINT
30 W. Pierson Ave., Brotsker, Elizabeth Hunt to Bassler, Terri L., Bassler, Keith A.; 7/1/2013. $175,500
304 Harbour Cove, Thomas, Keith A. to Mawson, Marie E., Mawson, Lewis J.; 7/2/2013. $229,500
117 Pleasant Ave., Wallace, Andrew, Wallace, Roberta, Wnek, Gary, Wnek, Vincenza to Hibbs, Joseph, Hibbs, Maureen; 7/5/2013. $380,000
811a Dudley Court, Haupt, Gail, Perrone, Salvatore, Perrone, Ruth to Harding, William E., Harding, Teresa E.; 7/1/2013. $62,000
18c N. Newport Ave., Rose, Ava, Tuono, Tracy to Pinninti, Srinivasan, Pinninti, Mary; 7/1/2013. $143,000
29-31 S. Weymouth Ave. and 5201 Atlantic Ave., Polmonari, Victor, Polmonari, Arlene to Lin & Ong LLC; 7/2/2013. $500,000
7900 Dune Drive Unit 212, Joseph Conway, Judith Conway to Arthur Buck, Kristen Katya Buck; 6/24/2013. $155,000
1341 C Ohio Ave., Harry Handlin, Beth Handlin to John O'Donnell, Leslie O'Donnell; 7/1/2013. $272,000
2326 Route 9, Scott Smith to Lee Parry, Dawn Parry ; 6/28/2013. $300,000
130 Strathmere Ave., Robert Vuocolo, Kathy Vuocolo to Alan Muro, Stephanie Muro; 7/2/2013. $80,000
19 Cheshire Drive, David Lewis, Linda Lewis to Robert Mallen, Karen Mallen ; 7/2/2013. $315,000
450 Hagen Road, Mary Joan Coll to Elizabeth Robinson, St Mary Joan Coll Irrevocable Trust ; 7/3/2013. $89,532
1715 Lake Drive, William Hadley, Virginia Lesher, Mary Hadley to David Lowry; 6/25/2013. $103,000
212 Oak Ave., Andrew Smith, Rebecca Smith to Kyle Grossman, Tiffany Grossman; 6/25/2013. $300,000
310 Haverford Ave., John Jacobus, Andreanna Jacobus to Mamie Jacobus, Michael Guadagno; 6/25/2013. $135,000
43 E. Greenwood Ave., Delbert Brown, Delores Brown to Jeffrey Bitting, Stacie Bitting; 6/26/2013. $234,000
32 W. New Jersey Ave., Gary Truehart, Patricia Truehart to William Lessig, Joan Lessig; 6/28/2013. $107,500
13 Bentz Ave., Patricia Ackroyd, Matthew Gray, Margaret Stephens, Patricia Ackroyd to Kenneth Hill; 7/1/2013. $119,000
408 Del-View Road, Edward Quiring, Bonnie Quiring to Joseph Leone, Carolyn Anna Leone; 7/1/2013. $220,000
275 Arbor Road, David Deifer, Annette Earling to Erik Dorsett, Sara Dorsett; 7/5/2013. $171,000
500 Teal Ave., Fredericka King to George Camizzi, Eileen Camizzi; 7/5/2013. $150,000
20 Oak Ave., Carl James Roth to Dillon Vanaman, Chelsea Girard; 7/5/2013. $170,000
404 Springdal Court, John Binder, Alexis Batten Binder to James Van Horn, Mary Van Horn; 6/26/2013. $269,500
1501 Tidewater Ave. Unit 57, Ryan Homes to Robert Jenco, Ellen English; 6/28/2013. $301,737
6 Eagles Way, NAAK Inc. to Richard Coscia; 6/28/2013. $118,500
205 Lee Lane Unit 205, James Grant, Eleanor Grant to James Warf, Patricia Warf; 6/28/2013. $134,000
500 Route 47 S., Kimberly Vona, Donna Reid to Triple Tuition LLC ; 6/28/2013. $300,000
22 Marlyn Drive, Bartleson/Snyder Modular Homes LLC to AB Heavenly Homes LLC ; 7/2/2013. $50,000
779 Stone Harbor Blvd., George Campanile, Billie Campanile to Anthony Flynn, Gail Fynn; 7/3/2013. $125,000
1800 Ocean Ave. Unit 423, Surf Song of North Wildwood LLC to Scott Foody, Regina Foody; 6/24/2013. $107,000
1800 Ocean Ave. Unit 212, Surf Song of North Wildwood LLC to Bruce Devine, Cornelia Devine; 6/24/2013. $147,000
1800 Ocean Ave. Unit 320, Surf Song of North Wildwood LLC to John Badey, Patricia Badey; 7/2/2013. $147,000
421-429 W. Spruce Ave., Vicki, Dilmore A. to 421 W. Spruce LLC; 6/25/2013. $300,000
211 E. Third Ave., Jeri McDaniel, Carl Hoffman, Adelaide Hoffman to Edward Anstotz, Theresa Anstotz; 7/1/2013. $320,000
113 E. Seventh St. Unit 3, John King, Louanne King to WSL Ventures LLC; 6/25/2013. $165,000
403 E. Ninth Ave., Mario Zaccaria, Josephine Zaccaria to Edward Hladczuk, Doreen Hladczuk; 7/3/2013. $340,000
431 E. 19th Ave. Unit 17, Thomas Braun, Kathleen Braun to Frederick Ewer, Shene Ewer; 6/28/2013. $115,000
1804 Surf Ave. Unit A, Ronald D’Angeli, Dorothy D’Angeli to Geoge Ropars, Theresa Ropars, George Ropars; 7/3/2013. $322,500
831-835 Atlantic Ave., John Pacell, Patricia Pacell to Elizabeth Thomas; 6/24/2013. $250,000
70-72 W. Stantion Road, Joyce Johnson to George Koch, Mary Koch; 6/25/2013. $301,000
1320 Ocean Ave. #210, Christopher De Lawrence, Elizabeth De Lawrence to John Mulhern, Theresa Mulhern; 6/26/2013. $184,000
108 Roosevelt Blvd., Lana Nugent, William Nugent to Matthew Molnar, Jaime Lee Molnar; 6/27/2013. $240,000
458 West Ave., Myron Davis to Vincent Viney, Kimberly Viney; 6/28/2013. $170,000
633-47 Wayne Ave., 871 E. Seventh St., William Gaynor, Oonagh Gaynor to Raymond Frazier; 7/1/2013. $215,000
823 Ocean Ave. Unit E, Wayne Walkwitz to Andrew Seabrook, Kimberly Seabrook; 7/1/2013. $125,900
1621 Bay Ave., Sheraz Sheikh Ahmed, Shahzad Sheikh Ahmed to Robert Kilgore, Kimberly Kilgore; 7/1/2013. $260,000
845 Stenton Place Unit 7, Maryanne Momorella to Karen Anne Lachenmayer; 7/2/2013. $307,000
60-62 Asbury Ave. Rear Unit, Lauren Young Lapin, George Lapin to Barbara Murphy; 7/3/2013. $260,000
3514 Landis Ave. Unit 101, JF Builders Inc. to Carmine Freda; 7/5/2013. $250,000
1731 Shore Road Unit 135, Craig Robinson to Donald Mullen, Helen Mullen; 6/24/2013. $270,000
1731 Route 9 S. #74, Margaret Gibson, Robert Gibson to Joseph Pietras, Nancy Pietras; 6/28/2013. $275,000
660 Stagecoach Road, Ronald Burgin, Mary Jean Burgin to John Francis Caccia, Jill Caccia; 7/3/2013. $282,000
1600 Woodbine Road, James De Feo, Gail De Feo to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; 7/5/2013. $66,786
743 W. Glenwood Ave., Andrew Rotman, Deborah Rotman to Ryan Sachs, Michelle Sachs; 7/1/2013. $100,000
611 W. Montgomery Ave., Stephen Zuzulock to Anthony Frasco, Tess Morgan; 6/24/2013. $247,400
222 E. Baker Ave. Unit D, Mark Pasquariello, Julia Allan to Michael Depoder, Martine Depoder; 6/24/2013. $140,000
181 W. Schellenger Ave., William Mahoney to Michael Nolan, Margaret Nolan; 6/26/2013. $281,000
5201 Ocean Ave. Unit 8007, Anthony Iacono, Barbara Iacono to James Pearce, Brenda Pearce; 6/28/2013. $190,000
119 E. Cresse Ave. Unit A, Patrick Herron, Josephine Herron to Michael Clancy; 6/28/2013. $152,000
2601 Hudson Ave., Ronald Jackson, Sonja Jackson, Sean McMullan to Joseph Annocki, Eileen Annocki, Michael Annocki; 6/28/2013. $130,000
2601 Atlantic Ave., Ginsberg Gingras & Associates Inc., Gilles Boucher, Pierrette Boucher to Anthony Capecci, Lisa Capecci; 7/2/2013. $65,000
315 E. Poplar Ave. Unit 200, William Santala, Barbara Trabulsi, Tara Trabulsi to Daniel Lauler, Shane Lauler; 7/3/2013. $252,000
223 E. Baker Ave. Unit A, Philip Lerner, Roslyn Lerner to David Hartner, Teresa Hartner; 7/3/2013. $175,000
401 E. Stockton Road Unit 101, Bradley Vogdes to Hong Xu; 6/24/2013. $170,625
305 E. Farragut Road, Joseph Montello, Carol Montello to Scott Peter; 6/25/2013. $300,000
401 E. Stockton Road Unit 302, Gregory Biggiani, Robert Grimley to Matthew Ferraro, Leigh Ferraro; 6/27/2013. $285,000
105 E. Richmond Ave., Kenneth Wayne McGaha to Alicia Clark, Alan Clark; 7/3/2013. $343,000
1175 Route 47, Scott Babbitt, William Walters to Scott Babbitt; 7/1/2013. $84,017
Vacant Land, Woodbine Port Authority to G N G Land Co. LLC ; 7/2/2013. $50,000
288 Colfax St., Brown, Louise to Ridgway, Adam K.; 07/02/2013. $45,675
98 Dare St., Pulman, Darrin to Damiani, Vincent; 07/02/2013. $85,000
201 East Ave., Bisch, Allen E. Sr. to Munyon, Elber B.; 07/03/2013. $14,500
10 S. Elm St., Deutsche Bank to Flowers, Swayne; 07/05/2013. $35,005
48 Hitchner Ave., Vanderslice, Donna J. to Keen, Virginia A.; 07/05/2013. $100,000
COMMERCIAL TOWNSHIP
330 Beach Road, Martellio, Sylvia to Wells, Susan O; 07/01/2013. $13,003
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP
355 East Ave., Gossiaux, Shirley by exec. to Zehr, Luke A.; 07/02/2013. $225,000
64 Pindale Drive, Heisroth, Barbara I. exec. to Bracaliello, Gary; 07/02/2013. $65,000
DOWNE TOWNSHIP
163 Cove Road, Mullica, Judith L. to Novak, Kerri; 07/02/2013. $25,000
272 New Jersey Ave., Kalkstein, David to Archibald, Stephen R.; 07/02/2013. $25,000
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP
4 Westcott Station, Cline, John H. to Dillon, Brian K.; 06/24/2013. $249,900
Back Neck Road, McKenna, Elizabeth J. to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; 06/27/2013. $172,021
18 Kings Drive, Mayerfeld Farms & Supply Co. Inc. to McLeod, Annette; 07/05/2013. $55,000
13 Nestler Road, Melchiorre, Nicole exec. to Westog, Tracy L.; 07/02/2013. $130,000
MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP
274 Carlisle Place, Sharpless, Mary Jane to Kelsey, Deborah Roesler; 06/27/2013. $90,000
479 Val Lane, Chopek, George Jr. to McCloskey, John; 06/24/2013. $205,000
1112 Surrey Ave., Sittineri, Nicholas A. to Chopek, George; 06/24/2013. $231,000
137 Carmel Road, Ney, Shirley E. to Schuster, Elizabeth Freeman; 06/28/2013. $135,000
3 Cardinal Road, Watson, Robert S. to Sadler, Alisa; 07/02/2013. $120,000
106 Smith St. #108, Burgos, Omar to St. Aubyn, Wayne; 07/02/2013. $38,800
20 Cedar St., Ferus, Martha to Eigenmann, Frank A.; 07/03/2013. $33,000
3 Emily Drive, Cortis, Chad D. to Vazquez, Michael P.; 07/03/2013. $178,500
22 Westwood Terrace, Little, Lisa D. to Knott, William W.; 07/03/2013. $168,900
STOW CREEK TOWNSHIP
47 Chestnut Road, Greco, Beverly exec. to Slade, Ronald J.; 07/03/2013. $126,000
UPPER DEERFIELD
1 Concord Court, Reilly, Devin W. to Timmons, Jayme; 07/03/2013. $248,000
331 Old Burlington, Hitchner, Mary B. Trust to Garrison, Donald C.; 07/03/2013. $500,000
1116 Linda Lane, Destefano, Debra Ann P. rep to Alvarado, Wilfredo; 06/24/2013. $135,000
2703 Medina St., Matusow, Gary Alan to Singh, Gurpreet; 06/25/2013. $305,000
1578 Wallace St., Welch, Robert E. Sr. exec. to Oglesby, Mary; 06/28/2013. $120,000
1302 N. East Ave., Richardson, Eric D. to Vasquez, Mayobanex Fernandez; 07/01/2013. $128,000
1768 Jackson Drive, Valdez, Reina to Newgas, Raymond; 07/02/2013. $48,000
1425 Roosevelt Blvd., Frutsche, Michael S. to Edelstein, Scott J.; 07/02/2013. $130,000
903 S. Main Road, Decesare, Maria by exec to Decrescenzo, Robert; 07/03/2013. $90,000
2550 Edna Drive, Whitelock, Teresa exec. to Davis, Donna M.; 07/03/2013. $158,000
1861 E. Sherman Ave., Perna, Robert R. Sr. to Casiano, Pedro Jr.; 07/03/2013. $221,250
1802 Fiocchi Drive, Ennis, Ross Edward to Pimonenko, Sergii; 07/03/2013. $169,500
BARNEGAT LIGHT
1010 Central Ave., Finkle, Carol to Dellmuth, Carl S., Dellmuth, Constance M., Finkle, Harvey; 7/1/2013. $80,750
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP
22 Hannah Lee Road, Warwick, James, Warwick, Kelly to Brennan, Donna L., Brennan, Kenneth J.; 7/3/2013. $318,000
34 Pine Oak Blvd., Hagerman, Loretta, Hagerman, James P. to Stockley, Katherine; 7/1/2013. $135,000
7 Tall Hedge Court, Grannis, John A., Grannis, Evelyn to Meyer, Walter; 7/1/2013. $135,000
203 Bay Shore Drive, Ross, Lloyd, Ross, Susan to Lombardo, Jacqueline L., Lombardo, Richard; 7/2/2013. $107,500
3 Poplar Court, McCarthy, Dorothy, Smokowski, Dorothy, McCarthy, Robert to Disalvio, Marion, Disalvio, Vincent; 7/2/2013. $144,000
7 Edgewater Path, Van Der Bas, John, Van Der Bas, Ann M. to Hemmerle, Deborah R., Hemmerle, Leonard J.; 7/3/2013. $262,500
4 Sturgeon St., Heritage Point Inc. to Petino, Cathy I., Petino, Anthony J.; 7/3/2013. $337,000
120 Village Drive, E’Orio, Daniel, E’Orio, Denise to Babilonia, Esteban; 7/3/2013. $150,000
6 Millcreek Terrace, Cimmino, Mario, Cimmino, Mary to Edwards, Larisa, Edwards, Eduard; 7/3/2013. $76,323
10 Dove Tree Court, Harrison, Alice, Harrison, Richard to Schiller, Sue E.; 7/5/2013. $161,000
508 Engleside Ave., Lodge, Wendy J., Lodge, James J. to Rappo, Kathleen M., Rappo, James R. Jr.; 7/3/2013. $135,000
LACEY TOWNSHIP
57 Haines St., Vecchio, Jill M., Vecchio, Michael J. to Vecchio, Robert, Vecchio, Frances; 7/5/2013. $73,000
1317 Molokai Drive, Schlegel, Janet T., Schlegel, William B. to Martin, Anna, Martin, Steven; 7/1/2013. $450,000
2523 Hurry Road, Ratajczak, Margaret, Vollmann, Barbara to Marzarella, Frank, Marzarella, Alicia; 7/1/2013. $200,000
602 Jennifer Lane, Etc 35 LLP, Kohlhepp, William J. Jr. to Anderson, Donna, Anderson, Christopher; 7/3/2013. $345,000
2205 Longwood Drive, Stockley, Katherine F. to Gumbaz, Lucinda J., Zelna, Gary; 7/5/2013. $250,000
19 Renee Court, McPherson, James, McPherson, Elizabeth to Publicover, Jacqueline M., Coup, Laureen; 7/5/2013. $371,000
606 Alan Way, Craft, Margaret Mary, Craft, Thomas F. to Craft Cynthia, Craft, Philip T.; 7/5/2013. $525,000
506 Holmes Ave. N., Hopkins, Mary A., Mulqueen, Philip to Gullotta, Staci M.; 7/5/2013. $252,000
243 Lower Lake Drive, Verdi, Donald W, Verdi Frances C to Thompson Cyndi; 7/5/2013. $284,000
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
117 Lake Winnipesaukee Drive, Jacobsen, Rosella, Tyrrell, Diane M., Jacobsen, Donald to Mingis, Tina M.; 6/24/2013. $110,000
55 Country Club Blvd., McCabe Weisberg & Conway PC, Fannie Mae to Rodriquez, Dominic; 6/24/2013. $98,500
23 Toms Court, Barry, Alison C. to McDermott, Kathleen, McDermott, Thomas; 6/24/2013. $119,500
449 Stage Road, Hulse, Patrick H., Hulse, Patrick M., Hulse, Alice E. to Hulse, Joseph; 6/24/2013. $220,000
51 W. Anchor Drive, Pasterchick, Daniel J. to Seabridge, David; 6/26/2013. $175,000
291 Great Bear Blvd., Clark, Frank W. , Clark, Donna A. to Worrell, Robert J., Worrell, Carolyn M.; 6/27/2013. $150,000
130 Zelus St., Dubeck, John A., Dubeck, Charlotte to Knapp, Steven J.; 7/1/2013. $80,000
9 Cambridge Court, Weiss, Jonathan A. to Cramer, Frederick T., Cummings, Sherry G.; 7/3/2013. $220,000
42 Lake Michigan Drive, Franke, George, Franke-Furlong, Renee, Furlong, James, McCarthy, Florence, Franke, Florence, McCarthy, John to Sabalski, Joan, Greening, Barry K.; 7/5/2013. $74,000
13 Calabreeze Way E., Kingsbury, Robert W., Kingsbury, Christine to Bittel, John R. Jr. Entrust; 7/1/2013. $40,000
108 National Union Blvd., Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance Inc. to Favara, Michael; 7/1/2013. $127,500
110 Polonia Way, Baron, Carol L. to Defeo, Melissa; 7/2/2013. $58,191
47 Marigold Lane, Ousta, James Jr., Delabar, Mary Jo Ousta to Cranmer, Wendy; 7/3/2013. $165,000
Vacant land at Block 327 Lot 3 Great Bay Blvd., Abene, June S., Scrudato Family LLC, Scrudato, Steven P., Scrudato, Paul Jr., Scrudato, Ronald J., Ostow, Paula S. to New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection; 7/3/2013. $10,725
203 Mathis Drive, Keasler, Helen L., Keasler, David J., Keasler, Jackie D. to Keasler, Michelle R.; 7/5/2013. $105,000
129 Chestnut St., Dunkley, Corinn, Kolakowski, Corinn, Kolakowski, Edward B. to Kolakowski, Corinn; 7/5/2013. $31,777
5 Bear Hollow Lane, Biscardi, Melanie S., Biscardi, John A. to White, Joseph A., White, Toni M.; 7/5/2013. $265,000
1 Cambridge Court, Chowske, Glenn, Chowske, Christine to Jackson, Constance, Jackson, Charles; 7/5/2013. $237,601
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP
Block 1.53 Lot 56 and Block 1.55 Lot 29 W. Judith Ave., Shapiro, Mark L. to Mancini, Joseph H.; 6/17/2013. $253,333
11 E. North Carolina Ave., Citrullo, Peter F. Jr., Citrullo, Margaret E. to Our Beach House LLC; 6/17/2013. $575,000
107 E. Mac Evoy Lane, Greenman, Lyle E., Greenman, Barbara C. to McMullan, Noreen, McMullan, Brenden; 6/17/2013. $757,000
119 E. Ramapo Lane, Downes, Terry M. to Johnston, Glenn P., Johnston, Leslie A.; 6/18/2013. $857,750
7 W. Stanton Ave., Foley, Mary Nancy to Marshall, Allen; 6/18/2013. $400,000
293 C Tidal Drive, Parlin, Daniel, Parlin, Audrey to Goldberg, Tyler; 6/20/2013. $840,000
35 Sunset Blvd., Vanderveer, Deborah to Eramo, Gerard, Eramo, Jean; 6/21/2013. $38,000
12714 Beach Ave., Biggio, Louis Anthony, Biggio, Mary Hanley to Crawford, Bernard K., Arismendy-Crawford, Angela; 6/21/2013. $520,000
1003D Long Beach Blvd., Tatarian, Araxy to North Beach 1003 LLC; 6/25/2013. $2,250,000
4708 Ocean Blvd., Sweeney, Kelly, Sweeney, Charles to 4708 Ocean Boulevard LLC; 6/25/2013. $1,649,000
11 E. Connecticut Ave., Fryzel, Edward R. to Romanella, Joseph, Feudo, Donna; 6/26/2013. $589,000
23 W. 29th St., Seidor, Susan, Seidor, Steven to Murphy, Andrea L., Murphy, Wayne P.; 6/28/2013. $650,000
5 W. McKinley Ave., Meyer, Walter W. to Miller, Ellen M., Miller-Brooks, Holly Jean; 6/28/2013. $440,000
207 W. 18th St., Tidswell, Susan Ann, Tidswell, Wayne Robert to Walkley, Bryan T., Walkley, Bridget; 7/1/2013. $650,000
12 E. Hobart Ave., Veres, Barnabas J., Veres, Leona H. to Griffin, Timothy, Griffin, Juliann; 7/1/2013. $450,000
14 E. Sigsbee Ave., Black, George D., Kempter, Joseph M., Black, Geraldine W. to Krautheim, Deborah R.; 7/1/2013. $650,000
9 W 13th St., Kuna, Stephan E., Schuck, Nadine to Schuck, Richard, Schuck, Nadine, Stewart ,Jodi, Stewart, Keith; 7/3/2013. $200,000
OCEAN TOWNSHIP (WARETOWN)
119 Marine Road, Fisher, Roger A., Fisher, Nanette F. to 119 Marine LLC; 6/10/2013. $200,000
437 Seventh St., Nash, Sharyn, Bidetti, Donny to Ritchie, Elizabeth G.; 6/10/2013. $162,835
39 Bay Parkway, Ekelmann, Sheri J., Ekelmann, Michael R. to Mackenzie, Christine E.; 6/10/2013. $190,000
115 Morey Place Road, Garofalo, Michael, Avon Waterview Estates LLC to Atkinson, John C. Jr.; 6/20/2013. $367,000
57 Brigantine Blvd., Johnson, Judith L. to Leale, Judith, Leale, Andrew; 6/18/2013. $315,000
86 Poplar St., Farley, Vicki Lynn, Gillam, Joseph Richardson Jr., Gillam, Joseph R. to Olivero, Lisa Marie; 6/18/2013. $68,000
24 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Turitz, Stanley, Turitz, Sheryl R.; 6/18/2013. $380,000
25 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Cinquina, Constance, Cinquina, Alfred; 6/25/2013. $413,700
33 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Maurin, Gerald, Maurin, Janice; 6/11/2013. $380,000
47 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Fromholz, Kathleen F.; 6/18/2013. $375,000
55 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Muskat, Richard, Giordano, Gloria; 6/18/2013. $359,000
87 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Wagner, Leon A. Jr.; 6/20/2013. $399,580
119 Bayville Way, Lennar Corp. to Malosh, Barbara V., Malosh, George J.; 6/28/2013. $384,000
26 Seabright Way, Lennar Corp. to Delano, Joseph Jr., Delano, Cynthia; 7/5/2013. $316,850
24 Avalon Way, Umstead, James W. Sr., Umstead, Betty L. to Ricigliano, Karen L., Ricigliano, John M.; 6/19/2013. $295,000
3 Bradley Beach Way, Bornstein Living Trust, Bornstein, Joel, Bornstein, Elaine to Kopp, James P., Kopp, Vicki; 6/19/2013. $330,000
12 Ocean Grove Lane, Czarnecki, Marlene, Czarnecki, Thomas to Mazzei, Richard, Mazzei, Ann; 6/27/2013. $380,000
3 Strathmere St., Manzo-Defalco, Elizabeth A., Defalco, Patrick J. to Goodwin, John, Goodwin, Carol; 7/5/2013. $375,000
15 Rumson Court, McGroarty, Charles D., McGroarty, Kathleen A. to Pozhidaev, Naum, Braz, Elena; 7/1/2013. $280,000
117 Adriatic Ave., Morgan, Robert W. to 119 Marine LLC; 7/2/2013. $325,000
16 Oak St., Corbin, Erin, Henderson, Katie to Fetch, Marisa; 7/5/2013. $150,000
SHIP BOTTOM
604 Central Ave. and 607 Drexel Road, Tramontano, John, Jet Realty LLC to Stephens, Arthur William; 6/11/2013. $450,000
1310 Central Ave., Devivo, Jerry, Brzuskiewicz, Judith, Devivo, Helen to Luongo, John F.; 6/10/2013. $305,000
1304 Boulevard, Lappas, Alexandra, Kurcia, Corinne L., Kurcia, Carlton G., Kurica, Nancy S., Kurica, Charles, Kurica, Corinne C., Masino, Caren, Kurica, Corey to 1302 Real Estate Co. LLC; 6/19/2013. $550,000
1314 Boulevard, Lappas, Alexandra, Kurica, Corey, Kurica, Corinne C, Kurica, Charles, Masino, Caren, Kurica, Corinne to 1302 Real Estate Co. LLC; 6/19/2013. $100,000
221 W. 13th St., Sipos, Tibor, Sipos, Elaine to Buccino, Mary Ann, Buccino, Robert; 6/18/2013. $475,000
218 W. 13th St., Leemon, Theresa B., Leemon, James H. to Sipos, Tibor, Sipos, Elaine; 6/21/2013. $695,000
254 W. 13th St., Benevento, Doreen, Benevento, John to Wallace, Gary S., Wallace, Margaret S.; 6/21/2013. $590,000
302 W. 18th St., Kunka, Mary E., Kunka, Matthew G. to Wnoroski, Mark, Wnoroski, Denise; 6/20/2013. $372,500
97 E. 27th St., Priskie, Ronald, Priskie, Anna to Heffelfinger, Brenda G., Heffelfinger, Phillip W.; 6/11/2013. $705,000
159 Wells Mills Road, Malloy, Diane, Malloy, Patrick to Zimmerman, Neal Jr.; 6/25/2013. $60,000
142 E. 22nd St., Malatino, Carmela Living Trust, Malatino, Guy, Karoly, Janine to Malatino, Carolyn Living Trust, Malatino, Gerald J.; 6/25/2013. $300,000
1223 Barnegat Ave., Settle, Charles, Settle, Dianne to Mancino, Patricia A., Mancino, Frank J.; 6/25/2013. $700,000
2219 Central Ave., Gotwals, Beth Ann, Gotwals, Gary to Long, Joanne, Long, William P. Jr.; 7/1/2013. $224,000
204 W. 13th St., Kinch, William C., Clark, Bonnie A. to Van Vliet, Shaun, Van Vliet, Jean A.; 7/3/2013. $325,000
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP
49 Summerhill Drive, Wilkos, Harriet, Wilkos, Walter to Scheffer, Jacqueline, Scheffer, William J.; 6/4/2013. $159,000
113 Flotsom Road, Silagyi, Rita A., Silagyi, Peter P. Jr. to Boulware, Cindy Ann, Boulware, Nicholas Lloyd Jr.; 6/4/2013. $250,000
64 Linda Road, Fitzpatrick, Raymond A., Fitzpatrick, Martha A. to Rehus, Mary T., Rehus, Joseph T.; 6/4/2013. $162,000
288 Compass Road, Principe, Sharon, Principe, John to Ortiz, Michelle K.; 6/4/2013. $159,900
900 Barnegat Blvd. N. Unit 907, Behn, Jacqueline H., Kulesavage, Stanley E., Behn, Dolores K. to Arias, Orlando; 6/7/2013. $210,000
42 Honeysuckle Drive, Paramount Homes at Forest Hills LLC, BHL US Inc., Castellar Properties Inc. to Palmaro, Christopher J.; 6/7/2013. $319,900
523 Shark Lane, Fannie Mae to Puskas, Matthew, Puskas, Cheryl; 6/11/2013. $100,000
1302 Avenue A, Osenenko, Cynthia A., Osenenko, James to Buzby, Richard J. Jr., Darragh, Nancy A.; 6/11/2013. $300,000
106 Longwood Drive, Caronia, Angela, Caronia, John to Licata, Marie, Montanti, Peter Eugene; 6/13/2013. $141,000
147 Riptide Ave., Steenburgh, Gregory to Cintron, Pricilla, Cortez, Joseph; 6/10/2013. $155,000
59 Oak Ave., Wenrich, Desiree E., Cranmer, Mary Louise to Reynolds, Mark, Reynolds, Margaret; 6/10/2013. $149,800
21 Sylvia Lane, Calabrese, Renard C. to Get Mizzi Livin LLC; 6/11/2013. $135,000
252 Float Ave., Terpay, Robert J., Terpay, Jacqueline, Stanton, Jacqueline to Barrett, Cheryl; 6/12/2013. $190,000
140 Timberlake Drive, Devisser, Gerald, Devisser, Ann to Harth, Jocelyn, Bognatz, Randal; 6/12/2013. $242,500
68 Gregg Drive, Adams, Marie T., Adams, Edmund J. to Devaney, Robert W.; 6/13/2013. $150,500
35 Farrah Drive, Figurelli, Victoria E. to Mostel-Estrada, Tobree; 6/13/2013. $242,000
61 Deerfield Drive, Armstrong, Anne, Armstrong, Wallace to Ragusa, Joan; 6/14/2013. $162,000
23 Melanie Way, Landings at Manahawkin LLC, Maplewood Homebuilders LLC to Roberts, Linda, Roberts, Francis J.; 6/17/2013. $207,900
44 Highland Drive, Keller, Agnes to Compton, James R., Compton, Kathy; 6/18/2013. $197,500
240 Matey Ave., Wiersig, Gregory, Wiersig, Karen to Nichols, Barbara, Nichols U. G.; 6/20/2013. $255,000
35 Nancy Drive, Louise L. Woscek Revocable Living Trust, Woscek, Steven J. to 961 N. Main LLC; 6/20/2013. $158,500
116 Captain Road, Wells Fargo Bank NA, Riverview Mortgage Loan Trust to Vrabel, Allen; 6/21/2013. $163,000
31 Phyllis Lane, Kindergan, John J., Kindergan, Lillian J. to Bar-Dell Real Estate Enterprise LLC; 6/21/2013. $139,000
75 Charles Blvd., Carretta, Diane, Denecke, Helen B. to Kolvites, Raymond, Kolvites, Victor; 6/21/2013. $117,500
105 Patty Lane, Kunzweiler, Linda A., Kunzweiler, Richard to O’Brien, Elizabeth, Hibbs, Patricia; 6/21/2013. $105,000
164 Barracuda Road, Hughe,s Karen L., Hughes, Robert W. Jr. to Petrizzi, Rocklyn, Petrizzi, Michael; 6/27/2013. $280,000
216 Sextant Road, Angiono, Susan C., Angiono, William G. to BBS Real Estate Investments LLC; 6/24/2013. $144,500
1103 Mill Creek Road, Suser, Thea, Suser, William to Katie’s Concepts LLC; 6/24/2013. $125,000
1022 Barnacle Drive, Friend, Benjamin to Bezpalko, Victoria; 6/25/2013. $37,500
29 Myrtle Drive, Pucci, Robert, Pucci, Rose, Pucci, Dominick to Mackrides, William G.; 6/25/2013. $165,000
228 Tackle Ave., Murphy, Kathleen, Nielsen, Kathleen, Nielsen, Earl R. to Villinger, Lora, Villinger, Mark; 6/25/2013. $210,000
181 Timberlake Drive, Gelnaw, Donald F., Gelnaw, Maureen E. to Kulin, Helen E., Fallon, John F.; 6/25/2013. $365,000
1206 Canal Ave., Greco, Dolores C., Greco-Buta, Karen L. to Deblois, Judith A.; 6/25/2013. $229,250
3 Manor Drive, Turi, Richard to Segal, Nicole; 6/26/2013. $134,500
145 Anita Drive, Shell, Isabel, Shell, Paul to Marano, Jayne, Marano, Michael; 6/26/2013. $275,000
274 Dock Ave., NJ Home Solutions LLC, Bittel, John to Nutt, Jeffrey D. Jr.; 6/26/2013. $175,000
13 Pond Hollow Lane, Maurer, Pamela A., Maurer, John R., Driscoll, Pamela A. to Fischer, Jessica N., Fischer, Kevin M.; 6/28/2013. $274,000
7 Acorn Road, Bertolini Kimberly, Fasciano, Patrick J. to Bertolini, Anna Marie, Bertolini, Thomas; 6/28/2013. $40,000
15 Jarmy Lane, Herder, Arthur, Herder, Sandra to Danjul South LLC; 7/2/2013. $305,317
1171 Walter Blvd., Heaton, Edward, Heaton, Anne, Beaton, Anne to Affordable Building Systems LLC; 7/1/2013. $126,000
82 Joshua Drive, Kryzanekas, Daniel A., Kryzanekas, Elaine P. to Martin, Luisa, Martin, Antero; 7/1/2013. $187,500
322 Pine Drive, Household Finance Corp. to Bevilaque, Donna, Bevilaque, Vincent; 7/1/2013. $112,500
48 Jeffrey Drive, Donahue, James F. Jr., Donahue, Margaret P. to Percetti, Kathleen P., Percetti, Thomas A.; 7/1/2013. $195,000
114 Mary Bell Road, Tekriwal, Mahesh, Lipper, Jeffrey, Stafford Medical Pa. Comparability Money Purchase Pension Plan Tr, Hong, William to Pineno, Joseph A.; 7/2/2013. $150,000
301 Mermaid Drive, Campanile, Richard L., Campanile, Susan to Krill, Jonathan; 7/2/2013. $265,000
51 Bryce Lane, Tholen, Robert, Tholen, Carolyn to Robinson, Daniel P., Bond, Kathleen E.; 7/3/2013. $237,500
195 Melanie Way, Maplewood Homebuilders LLC, Landings at Manahawkin LLC to D’Andrea, Claudia; 7/3/2013. $189,500
48 Mary Jeanne Lane, Hornig, Raymond H., Hornig, Christine to Brnic, Christopher, Pellicone, Evelyn; 7/3/2013. $210,000
333 Bayberry Court, Savianeso, Richard, Savianeso, Mary Claire to High, William, High, Shannon; 7/3/2013. $300,000
125 Gunwale Road, Ebert, Evelyn Mary, Ebert Living Trust to Roy Jablonski LLC; 7/5/2013. $55,000
120 Compass Road, McClung, Robert, McClung, Hope to Wyckoff, Lisa, Wyckoff, Christopher; 7/5/2013. $266,500
285 N. 13th St., Farmore Realty Inc. to FHW Land Acquisition LLC; 6/7/2013. $370,000
251 N. 10th St., Hodgson, William D., FHW Land Acquisition Co. LLC to Campbell, Edward, Campbell, Rosemarie; 6/28/2013. $699,000
237 N. 17th St., Ippolito, Maryann, Ippolito, Mary Ann, Ippolito, Michael A. to Milazzo, Alassandra, Milazzo, Gregory; 6/28/2013. $527,000
TUCKERTON
207 Osprey Court, Hnatyschak, John, Kryczkowski, Walter, Kryczkowski, Mary to Collum, Brian; 6/3/2013. $92,900
221 Western Ave., Jacobs, Karen to Fernos, Emily; 6/6/2013. $110,000
272 Heron Road, DiStefano, Rosalie, DiStefano, George to Elskamp, Linda A., Elskamp, Charles P.; 6/6/2013. $98,000
195 Little Egg Harbor Blvd., Ryan, Maureen, Skibicki, Cathy, Skibicki, Anthony to Schneider, Thomas W. Jr., Schneider, Amee; 6/12/2013. $102,000
511 May Pink Court, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Cohen, Dina, Cohen, Brett; 6/25/2013. $61,000
412 Absecon Terrace, Fackler, Freda B., Fackler, William to Barr, Scott J., Barr, Kathleen M.; 7/2/2013. $107,500
131 Clay S., Seng, William J. Jr., Seng, Colleen C. to Wood, Jaclyn A. Stewart, Wood, Nicholas J.; 7/2/2013. $155,000
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Adspace Networks Relaunches As Lightbox
May 01, 2019, 13:10 ET
NEW YORK, May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Adspace,® America's premier on-site digital video network, announced today that it is relaunching as Lightbox OOH Video Network to better suit the shifting demands of the advertising industry and its market-leading ability to serve location-based, brand-safe digital video at scale.
"Today's marketers increasingly demand trusted environments and contextually relevant channels," said Lightbox CEO Greg Glenday. "Lightbox offers something exciting and effective that couldn't be more of the moment. It only seemed right to rebrand ourselves in way that reflects the growing power of our incredibly unique platform."
Mr. Glenday, the former Chief Revenue Officer of Shazam, which was acquired by Apple in 2018, is a media and marketing industry veteran, having served senior positions at iHeart Media and other organizations. Adspace appointed Glenday in 2018 to reposition the twenty one year-old company in keeping with previous evolutions he helped oversee at Clear Channel and Undertone, and Shazam among others.
"Some people still think of us as traditional out-of-home, but Lightbox today is so much more," said Glenday. "We believe that our national digital-video footprint makes us a must-have on every plan. I'm delighted to now have a name that signals that energy."
"Adspace sounded like a pure inventory play. Lightbox is more about what they truly offer: a targeted channel with genuine scale," said Billy Long, EVP, OOH Practice at Publicis Media. He also sees the rebrand as a differentiator in the market. "Lightbox signals a more specific point-of-view, with the 'light' evoking a sense of brand safety that's such an important consideration for our clients. The fact that it conjures up an image of a magnet for consumers makes it even more fitting for the digital out-of-home space."
About Lightbox
Established in 1998 as Adspace Networks, Lightbox OOH Video Network is headquartered in New York, New York. A pioneer of digital on-location media, Lightbox currently serves 650M monthly impressions to 80 million consumers across 4500 screens in more than 300 premier locations. For more information, visit lightboxooh.com.
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Written by Michael J. Matt | Editor
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Rome – For more than a thousand years the Vulgate was the ‘authorized version’ of Western Christianity. Not anymore.Vatican II initiated a silent revolution which has now replaced the ancient Vulgate with a new translation. This new official Bible is no longer based on Latin manuscripts and lacks any historic worship tradition in the Church. This Nova Vulgata, as it is presented on the Vatican’s website, is a verse by verse reconstruction of what modernist scholars think the original Hebrew and Greek texts must have looked like.
The Pope was Catholic and the Vulgate was the Bible of the Western Church. For centuries these were truths that were considered too ridiculous to question. In today’s context, rightly or wrongly, ‘Is the Pope Catholic?’ has taken on a new meaning, but for the Vulgate the situation is worse.
Jerome’s monumental translation has officially lost its status and has been replaced by a product of critical scholarship. When one searches for the ‘Vulgate’ on the Vatican’s website, the only results that come up are links to this new translation Nova Vulgata. Even Google directs it clients, also those who specifically look for the ‘Clementine Vulgate’ to the Vatican’s new Bible.
While the name suggests continuity, this Nova Vulgata is not a new or improved Vulgate edition. It is not even based on Vulgate manuscripts. Instead, the Nova Vulgata is a new translation into Latin. It is only presented as ‘New Vulgate’ because the Vatican has adopted it as the new authorized standard for Church and academia alike. As will be addressed later, both Catholics and scholars have reasons to revolt. In matters of sacred liturgy, secular reason and faith traditions often prove incompatible. READ MORE HERE
REMNANT COMMENT: Of course, scripture tampering has been going on for a long time in the post-conciliar Church, revising Scripture being sort of the classic plaything of Modernists everywhere. Nevertheless, I'd encourage scripture scholars to examine the latest versions of the Catholic Bible being quietly posted over at Vatican.va
The thing seems to have been "evolving" steadily since the Second Vatican Council, which put forth the mandate for a revision of the Latin Psalter in order to bring it in line with “modern text-critical research”. In 1965, Pope Paul VI established a commission to expand the revision to cover the entire Bible. The revised Psalter was completed and published in 1969, followed by the New Testament in 1971, and the entire Vulgate was completed in 1979. A second edition was then published several years later in 1986. What’s been happening since? Well, let’s find out.
This new & improved Bible has long been under fire by those who see it as a new translation rather than a revision of St. Jerome's work. So perhaps monitoring what’s going on lately might be a good idea. It’s not that we don’t trust the Vatican to do the right thing when it comes to the inspired written word of God, of course. Perish the thought, in fact! It’s just that we’re rather fond of the old Russian proverb (which became Ronald Reagan’s motto): “Trust, but verify”—especially when it comes to our Modernist friends in the Eternal City.
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Taylor Mill to Revisit Patio Project at Knuk N Futz
Fri, 06/16/2017 - 17:28 RCN Newsdesk
Three years after a city board denied it, the City of Taylor Mill may reconsider a proposed patio project at Knuk N Futz restaurant on Taylor Mill Road. Neighbors opposed the project - which had proceeded without a proper permit - because they feared that live music would be too loud.
City Commissioner Phil Peace brought a proposal to this week's commission meeting.
"It was turned down because the patio was constructed without a permit, and it is a non-conforming use for the zone," said Mayor Dan Bell. "But I want to survey the people on Janet Drive. If they are okay with it, then I am okay with it. But until I know if they are good with it, I don't want to proceed."
Peace's proposal would bar live music from the patio.
Commissioner Sarah Frietch said that the project could make the restaurant more like Barleycorn's in Lakeside Park where live music is played on a patio. Commissioner Mark Kreimborg argued that the City of Lakeside Park consistently fields complaints about that music.
Peace's proposal bans music, though, and would also place restrictions on the times in which it could be used.
Commissioner Dan Murray said having City Attorney Frank Wichmann should look the proposal over and schedule the matter for the Kenton County Planning Commission meeting in August as a first step.
Mayor Bell said that he still wanted a survey of residents surrounding the restaurant. A resident in the audience commented that it was being rushed through, and that sparked an angry response from Peace.
In the end, the commissioners voted to have Wichmann look at it, and upon his review, the application would be filed to be put on the August meeting of the Kenton County Planning Commission. The city commission included a stipulation that neighbors would be notified.
The city may also host a special meeting to discuss the patio further. If the public responds in large numbers, the special meeting could be moved to the firehouse behind the city building to accommodate, but that space isn't air conditioned, which is a concern.
Knuk N Futz owner Kevin Novesl said that he more than willing to compromise.
He also brought up the handicapped-accessible swings that he donated to Pride Park, asking if progess had been made on their installation. One swing has been put in, but the city is dealing with a new ground cover for the playground since the safety surface is nearly 20 years old. The city ha sa lso purchased a handicapped-accessible merry-go-round. The area must be reconfigured to accommodate the new equipment.
Downtown zone review proposed
Peace also requested a review of Downtown Taylor Mill (DTM) zones, including parts one, three, and four. Those reviews could also be considered at the August planning meeting, he said.
Mayor Bell agreed that some of the regulations might be old and he had no problem with reviewing them. The commission voted to apply to put it on the August meeting agenda pending approval by Wichmann.
Former commissioner Ed Kuehne came to the meeting to applaud the city's first responders, especially Paramedics Doug Rolf and Bryan Lynch, and everyone who responded when his wife had an ATV accident at their home. He said that he was out of town, but his wife was driving the ATV when it went out of control and she slammed her head into a post then into a wall. The paramedics responded quickly and recognized that she had serious head trauma and transferred her to University of Cincinnati Medical Center where she spent three days. In addition to her head injuries she had trauma to both knees. Kuehne said she is recovering slowly but surely.
"I just wanted to say thanks," he said gratefully. "They did a great job."
It was announced that the city received $40,000 out of the $98,000 it had requested from the state to help fix the slippage on Mason Road, and commissioners had to decide whether to go with the concrete piering repair, which would cost a lot more than the $40,000, or to go with the railroad timbers, which is a less permanent fix. Commissioner Dan Murray thought the railroad timber fix could last 15 to 20 years, but City Administrator Jill Bailey said it always depends on the amount of water in the area, and how much it was eroded, among other factors.
Commissioners voted to allow the fire chief to hire Kyle Bockermann as a full time firefighter, and Johnny Williams was introduced to the commission as the newest firefighter/paramedic. Williams came most recently from the airport, and has experience as a bomb technician.
The police department is accepting applications for police clerk, since Sandy Meyer is retiring. Chief Steve Knauf said that people can apply online through Friday June 23.
Written by Patricia A. Scheyer, RCN contributor
Photo: Kevin Novesl speaks to Taylor Mill city commission (RCN)
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MSS receives patent for PrecisionFlow Eject Hood Design
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Hood for optical sorters works in combination with air-assist systems for precise material handling
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“Because of the optimized shape of the hood we have much better control of the trajectories inside the PrecisionFlow eject hood," says Felix Hottenstein, MSS Sales Director.
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MSS, Inc., the optical sorting division of CP Group, has received a patent for their PrecisionFlow eject hood for optical sorters.
According to CP Group, when processing lightweight materials such as flexible plastic packaging or single sheets of paper, controlling the trajectory of those types of materials inside the eject hood is challenging.
Building on years of experience from previous designs, MSS' newly patented PrecisionFlow eject hood uses a curved design that eliminates back pressure and smoothly guides the materials by using air flows along the outline of the wall. This is especially important in optical sorters that operate at higher than conventional speeds, such as the MSS FiberMax which processes material at 1,000 feet per minute (5m/sec).
"Because of the optimized shape of the hood we have much better control of the trajectories inside the PrecisionFlow eject hood," said Felix Hottenstein, MSS Sales Director. "This provides our customers with better separation efficiency, increasing the removal of flexible plastic packaging from contaminated paper streams. It also enhances positive sorting of fiber such as sorted office paper."
According to independent third party testing, the PrecisionFlow eject hood is capable of 97 percent recovery rates for flexible plastic packaging from contaminated paper streams. To date, MSS Inc. has installed the PrecisionFlow eject hood on over 60 CIRRUS FiberMax and PlasticMax optical sorters.
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It’s a secret, you have to promise not to tell... Remember that from first grade? Secrets were a big deal.
Apparently, from the fuss over Hillary Clinton and her private email account during her time as Secretary of State, most Republicans and some Democrats think they still are. But all this brouhaha about Hillary and State Department secrets...forgive me if I don’t think it’s the biggest scandal since...well...choose your own personal favorite.
No doubt Hillary discovered during Bill’s administration how unimportant and silly most so-called Secret Information actually is, so who gives a shit which server or email account the stuff ends up on?
What important information political, cultural, scientific isn’t viral these days seconds after it happens? There’s nothing we don’t know that’s important enough to be kept secret, because if there was, we would know about it. Think about it the important stuff is common knowledge: We and the Russians and a bunch of other countries have enough nuclear missiles
aimed at each other to make the earth glow in the dark bright enough to be seen from Pluto. The Middle East is full of psychotic religious fanatics. Almost as many as in this country’s Christian Right. U.S. military industrialists instigate trouble between the U.S. and China, the U.S. andRussia, the U.S. and everybody else. We clone aborted fetus cells... Or maybe we abort fetal clones (I haven’t followed this one too closely). The Defense Department has a room full of disease cultures that make Stephen King’ssuperflu in The Stand look like your common head cold. The ocean is full of plastic bags. California is on fire. Scientists use the Supercollider to make mini black holes. Huddled masses yearning to breathe free swarm Europe. They are Muslims and unwanted. Including by us, and we caused most of the problem. With help from the Versailles Treaty, back in the day.
Surveillance is ubiquitous. We don’t need a guy named Snowden telling us that if you’re breathing, somebody’s listening... Or videotaping... Or drone spying. Etc. and etc.
I ask you: what’s left to be classified Top Secret?
Of course, just because we don’t need to give a rat’s ass about State Department Secrets on her private server doesn’t mean we should elect Hillary Clinton president. Her public career is a history of amoral selfinterest, narcissism, and straightfaced lies. That’s not much of a secret, either.
-George Goner
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IRS Targets Conservatives with No Consequence
Posted by Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) 0sc on July 27, 2015
New documents confirmed that the IRS targeted individual donors giving to those causes who aligned with lists of conservative tax-exempt organizations. Not only did the IRS use the donor lists of tax-exempt organizations for audits, but also the documents highlight that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce may have come under “high scrutiny.” The IRS would not produce the documents until required by a Freedom of Information lawsuit, Judicial Watch v. Internal Revenue Service (No. 1:15-cv-00220).
July 22nd, Judicial Watch announced,
The documents show that the IRS had not enforced the gift tax since 1982. But then, in February 2011, at least five donors of an unnamed organization were audited.
The press release further explained,
Crossroads GPS, associated with Republican Karl Rove, was specifically referenced by IRS officials in the context of applying the gift tax. Seemingly in response to the Crossroads focus, on April 20, IRS attorney Lorraine Gardner emails a 501(c)(4) donor list to former Branch Chief in the IRS’ Office of the Chief Counsel James Hogan. Later, this information is apparently shared with IRS Estate Gift and Policy Manager Lisa Piehl while Gardner seeks “information about any of the donors.”
And House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz stated,
You have political targeting that is factual at this point. There are no ifs, ands or buts. You had groups within the IRS who were politically targeting conservatives and impeding their First Amendment rights.
In 2013, IRS official Lois Lerner pled the Fifth before the House Oversight Committee regarding the IRS targeting scandal. Although Lerner met with the Department of Justice to determine how to prosecute conservative groups, she met no consequences for turning this agency into a political weapon. No one was fired as a result of the targeting and former Oversight Committee Chairman Darrel Issa says the IRS is still engaging in the same bad behavior.
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March 16, 2011 12:26PM ET
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As the New Directions struggle with song, Kurt is struggling with the death of his warbler, Pavarotti. He interrupts an otherwise serious Warblers debate about regionals attire to sing an impromptu song for his dead bird — starting a new trend in which Kurt sings Beatles ballads in times of personal grief (see also: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” from “Grilled Cheesus”). Kurt’s rendition of “Blackbird” is simple and sweet and thankfully didn’t attempt anything flashy. As the Warblers joined in, Blaine looks at Kurt tenderly. Later, he explains: “Kurt, there is a moment when you say to yourself, ‘Oh, there you are. I’ve been looking for you forever.'” It’s a big moment, a moment that fans have been clamoring for ever since Kurt and Blaine first met last fall: the kiss. It’s an important moment, too — not just for Kurt, but for Glee as a series — and it was thrilling to see the show handle it with the same natural grace as it has the rest of Kurt’s storylines.
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“Hell to the No”
Mercedes’ attempt at songwriting fares much better than that of her counterparts. Her infectious tune about self-acceptance is straight from the school of Amy Winehouse. It’s nice to get a reminder that our resident diva can wail. And the song has a hook that will be stuck in our head for days.
Regionals time: the Sue Sylvester-led Aural Intensity does a campy Jesus number to appeal to the judges (slimy local anchor Rod; stripper-turned-nun Mary Constance, played by Loretta Devine; and the Christine O’Donnell-inspired “Twitterer and former Tea Party candidate” Tammy Jean Albertson, played by Kathy Grifffin). It ends in a Star of David formation. Then the Warblers take the stage, with everyone but Blaine and Kurt blending into the background as they launch into the pop ballad by Hey Monday. As Kurt pointed out, it’s a welcome departure from the Warblers’ Top 40 songbook — but both Kurt and Blaine sound strained and unnatural in what’s supposed to be a touching moment. After last week’s “Animal,” we have to wonder: Is it that hard to find a fitting duet for them?
Pink’s song is a good choice for regionals, and the Warblers handle it well, striking a balance between a polished arrangement and a fun, loose performance. But it would have been a home run as a New Directions’ post-regionals celebration.
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Rachel finally writes the song she’d been hoping for after Quinn brashly admits that she and Finn are together and tells Rachel to get out of her schoolgirl fantasy. The only problem is, the song (co-written by Glee music producer Adam Anders, his writing partner and his wife) sounds exactly like every song she’s ever covered on the show in a moment of reflection (see also: “Firework”, “Take a Bow,” “The Only Exception”). She nails it, but it’s relatively boring and repetetive in the context of the show. It’d fit right in on Top 40 radio, though.
“Loser Like Me”
Pop hitmaker Max Martin — er, the New Directions — wrote the unofficial Glee anthem, celebrating all of the things that everyone, especially Sue Sylvester, picks on them for. It’s a true anthem, and it ends triumphantly, with the New Directions tossing confetti-filled Slushie cups into the crowd — and then going on to win regionals.
Listen to ‘Loser Like Me’
Bottom Line: “Original Song” was better than last fall’s sectionals, but not as good as 2009’s competition (will anything top “Don’t Rain on My Parade?”). The payoff was finally seeing Kurt and Blaine’s friendship grow into something more.
Next Up: When Glee returns in April, we find out the answers to important questions, like “Is Will and Holly’s romance rockin’? “Has Mercedes gone diva?” (maybe “Hell to the No” was foreshadowing of things to come) and “What has Sue Sylvester up to now?”
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Answers to Kids' Questions About Butterflies
The following questions were answered by zoo biologist Ellen Dierenfeld and entomologists John VanDyk and Steve Kutcher.
Q: How many different kinds of moths and butterflies are there in the world?
A: There are about 115,000 species of moths and butterflies.
Q: Why are butterflies so colorful?
A: Color is important in many ways. It functions as camouflage, to absorb heat, aids in finding a mate, serves as warning, and in many more ways.
Q: Which butterfly is bigger, the male or female?
A: Though it depends on the species, the female butterfly is often larger.
Q: What do butterflies eat?
A: The majority of butterflies feed on flower nectar and pollen.
Q: What are some of the differences between moths and butterflies?
A: Moths fly mostly at night, have thick bodies, antennae without enlargements on the end, and they spin a cocoon.
Q: How can you tell male or female butterflies apart?
A: The females are usually larger, but an entomologist will look for an ovipositer, which is an egg-laying device only found in females. The males have a clasping device in their reproductive area.
Q: How did the butterfly get its name?
A: There are a number of stories about this. The story I like comes from Europe. During the spring, cows would have their calves. The cows would produce milk that would be turned into butter. Springtime is also when butterflies start to come out. These flying bugs were named butterflies because they would fly around while milk was churned to butter.
Q: Why do butterflies taste with their feet?
A: When you think about it, it's pretty handy. When a butterfly lands on a plant, it can instantly "taste" whether it is the kind of plant it is looking for! Aren't you glad YOU don't taste with your feet? I would get pretty tired of the taste of socks.
Q: What are butterflies' enemies?
A: Butterflies have many enemies. Insects may eat their eggs, birds like to eat the caterpillars and lots of things like to eat the adults. A butterfly may land on a flower only to find itself in the clutches of a hungry crab spider or being attacked by a praying mantis or damsel bug. Some butterflies, like the monarch, taste awful and advertise this fact by being bright orange. They taste awful because as caterpillars they feed on milkweeds, which contain a special chemical.
Q: Why do butterflies fly? Why don't they walk?
A: Well, since butterflies feed on nectar from flowers, compare how hard it would be for the butterfly to walk from one plant to another versus flying. It would have to walk all the way down one plant and climb all the way up the next. I'm getting tired just thinking about it! By flying they can get there in just a few wing beats. Flying also comes in handy to get away from enemies who might be waiting for them on the flowers.
Q: How do they lay eggs, turn into caterpillars, get energy to make a chrysalis, and turn into butterflies?
A: The adults lay eggs on the plants that the caterpillars like to eat, so that when the caterpillars hatch they are right there surrounded by food. In fact, a lot of caterpillars even start out by eating their own eggshell! The caterpillar spends most of its time eating, storing up energy to turn into a butterfly or moth. Caterpillars are basically eating machines!
Q: How long do butterflies live? How long do they stay in their cocoons?
A: Butterfly life span varies greatly. Opler and Krizek in Butterflies East of the Great Plains, state that the "expected life span" (which is usually much shorter than the "maximum life span" because of predators, weather, etc.) ranges from about 2 to 14 days after they emerge from the chrysalis. Maximum life span ranges from about 4 days (spring azure) to 10 to 11 months (mourning cloak). Females generally live longer than males.
Q: If you touch a butterfly's wing, does it die?
A: Not unless you rub too many of the protective scales off. When you touch the wing of a butterfly or moth, some dust seems to rub off on your fingers. This "dust" is made up of tiny scales take a close look at a butterfly wing to see them. These scales help the butterfly to fly and are responsible for the colors we see on their wings. It is generally not a good idea to touch a butterfly's wings.
Q: How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?
A: It's an amazing process and we don't understand how it all works yet. We do know that some things that the adult needs (like wings) are already starting to develop while it is still a caterpillar. Some people have checked out the progress of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly by taking a lot of caterpillars and, after they have pupated, opening a new chrysalis each day to see how it changes.
Q: Why are butterflies symmetrical?
A: Symmetry is something that's very common throughout biology. There are two common kinds: radial symmetry (like a starfish or anemone) or bilateral symmetry (like humans, cats, butterflies and frogs). Perhaps a better question is, "why are humans symmetrical?" Probably because that's the most efficient way to build a human being!
Q: If insects have six legs, why do painted lady butterflies have four?
A: The painted lady is in the family Nymphalidae, which are known as the brush-footed butterflies because their front legs are much reduced and lack claws. Thus it can appear that the butterflies actually have only four legs.
Q: How long is a butterfly's tongue?
A: Some butterflies have tongues almost as long as their body. One moth actually has a mouthpart that is three times as long as its body.
Q: Do you have any clues why the monarch butterflies group together and travel to Mexico?
A: Monarchs have probably been migrating for a very long time. They are a strong butterfly. With the aid of wind currents, they can fly a long way. They are able to survive for months in cold temperatures if there is enough water present.
Q: How big is a caterpillar when it's born?
A: Maybe twice as long as the diameter of the egg. Find an egg. They are small. The caterpillars grow fast.
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Liverpool vs Leicester City: Match preview, predicted line-ups & key battles
Scott Groom
Liverpool return to Premier League action tonight as they host Leicester City at Anfield in what has become a crucial game in the Reds’ title challenge.
After Manchester City fell to an unexpected 2-1 defeat at the hands of Rafael Benitez’s Newcastle side, Jürgen Klopp’s men now have the chance to restore their seven point advantage over City should they claim all three points against Leicester.
All indications show that Liverpool are, as expected, favourites on paper going into the game – especially considering their incredible home record. The Reds are unbeaten at fortress Anfield since April 2017 when they lost to Crystal Palace.
Although Palace once again threatened that record last week, Liverpool came through with real character to secure a 4-3 victory, ensuring their only loss in the league to date this season is against City.
Leicester, on the other hand, remain inconsistent at best under Claude Puel. The Foxes have lost three of their last five in the league and sit tenth in the table. Grumbles continue to grow louder from the fan base about the future of Puel as manager, but the Frenchman remains at the helm at the King Power.
Leicester have also lost five of their away games this season so far, but did pick up three points at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season and when the two sides met in the East Midlands, the Foxes pushed Liverpool hard and made them work for their 1-2 victory.
On current form, however, Liverpool will be looking to make this another pragmatic victory and keep their bid for the Premier League title on track and punish Manchester City for their poor result at St James’ Park last night.
Liverpool are still in the midst of what can only be described as an injury crisis at the back, with Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold both still out with a broken leg and knee ligament injuries respectively.
Fabinho deputised well at centre back alongside Virgil van Dijk in Liverpool’s last outing, but the big Dutchman remains a slight doubt ahead of the Leicester game due to illness – and Fabinho has also been struggling with a hamstring problem but is expected to be fit.
James Milner, who filled in at right back against Crystal Palace, will serve a one match suspension after picking up two yellows against the Eagles.
This will likely mean that Fabinho, if fit, will be brought in at right back where he plays for Brazil fairly regularly, with Joel Matip partnering van Dijk in the middle despite Dejan Lovren’s return to fitness, with Andy Robertson playing on the left.
Gini Wijnaldum is expected to return in the midfield and will likely start alongside captain Jordan Henderson. The third midfield space will be a toss-up between Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri, both of whom have struggled for form in the past few weeks. The front three, as ever, picks itself.
Harry Macguire returns for Leicester after a leg injury, with no further injury concerns for Claude Puel.
Predicted Liverpool XI: Alisson, Robertson, Matip, van Dijk, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Shaqiri, Mané, Salah, Firmino
Predicted Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Morgan, Maguire, Simpson, Mendy, Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Gray, Maddison, Vardy
Fabinho vs Gray
Although the big Brazilian is not a right back by trade, he has played there on a number of occasions for his country, so he is no stranger to the position.
He will be put to the test by Gray, though, who is a fast, skilfull individual who poses a similar threat to Wilfried Zaha did against Palace last time out.
Hopefully, Fabinho’s familiarity with the position will see him fare better than James Milner did against Roy Hodgson’s men, though.
Salah vs Maguire
Mohamed Salah is on fire once more this season and he is scoring at will at the moment. He comes up against Harry Maguire this time out and he did do a very good job on him at Anfield last season – until Salah turned the style up to 11 and ripped the Foxes’ defence in two.
Maguire will have to be on his toes all night to keep Salah quiet, but the Egyptian King’s pace and skill will hopefully see him get the better of ‘Slabhead’.
Van Dijk vs Vardy
Arguably the most in-form defender in world football, there’s little that can ruffle Virgil’s feathers. He’s put forwards like Lukaku, Neymar and Insigne in his pocket already this season – but Vardy provides a different challenge.
The former England international is a wise old fox and knows all of the tricks in the book from his days in the lower leagues of English football – but he’s a seasoned top-flight pro who knows where the back of the net is.
Van Dijk will have to ensure he’s at his best, as well as being sure that the rest of his defence is well marshalled to keep Vardy at bay.
Tags: Leicester City, Liverpool Fc, Manchester City, Rousing The Kop
Scott Groom Journalist
Scott is an experienced writer and passionate fan of the Reds, so is right at home writing for Rousing The Kop. He's a Life-long LFC fan living in England.
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HOSSA - MAGNIFICENT NEW NATIONAL PARK
Hossa - the 40th national park in Finland
Hossa became the 40th Finnish National Park in the middle of June 2017. Part of Hossa National Park is located in Kuusamo in Julma Ölkky canyon lake area. Hossa is a paradise for anyone keen to go fishing or canoeing in natural waters surrounded by wild green forests. Hossa has a wide variety of trails: you can walk in the footsteps of Finland's Stone Age settlers, who made mysterious shamanistic paintings on the cliffs at Värikallio thousands of years ago.
More about Hossa
It takes about an hour to drive from Kuusamo to Hossa and about 1,5 hours from Ruka. HossaBus will take you for daytrips from Ruka or Kuusamo city centre to Hossa - available 3.6.-7.8.2019. There's also a bus connection to Oulu from Hossa Bus, as well as to Kuusamo Airport from Hossa.
Bus connection to Hossa
Julma Ölkky
Julma Ölkky is a ruggedly magnificent canyon lake with shore cliffs that have sheer drops in excess of 50 metres in places. The lake is around 3 kilometres long, 20 – 100 metres wide, and has a depth of 42 metres.
On the eastern shores of the lake close to the northern section of the lake is an arched cavity in the rock called Pirunkirkko, the Devil’s Church, which according to legend was home of the Devil. There are a number of streams that fall from the cliffs on the eastern side of the lake, some of which are named “Rainbow Springs” due to the play on colour the falling water produces.
More about Julma Ölkky
BOAT CRUISE ON CANYON LAKE
Mon-Sun at 10-19 (15.6.-15.8.) or at 11-16 (16.-30.8.), 15 €/adults and 9 €/kids.
Ölkky amazing stone paintings
The rock formation on the eastern shore of the lake has the Ölkky Stone Age rock paintings. Guided boat trips are arranged on the lake in summer. There are several daytrip trails in Hossa and julma Ölkky area. For instance the Ölökynähkäsy route runs around the lake and covers a distance of 10 kilometres.
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Home » Axis Communications to be Honored at SIA Advance 2019 at ISC West
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Axis Communications to be Honored at SIA Advance 2019 at ISC West
KEYWORDS Security industry awards / video surveillance
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced Axis Communications as the recipient of the inaugural Member of the Year Award, which honors SIA member companies that have shown noteworthy involvement in SIA committees and working groups, SIA events and the SIA Education@ISC conference program; leadership activity; recruitment of SIA members; and contributions to SIA thought leadership and the industry overall. SIA will present Axis with the award at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, during ISC West.
Axis takes an active role in SIA’s committees, working groups and interest groups, with its representatives serving as chairs of the SIA Education and Training Committee, Transportation Policy Working Group, Health Care Security Interest Group and RISE Committee. The company is also highly involved with SIA’s education and training programs. Additionally, Axis has helped to recruit speakers for SIA events and invited SIA to participate in its corporate events.
“In large part due to the invaluable efforts of members like Axis Communications, SIA was able to expand its robust selection of resources, develop new education and training offerings and build on its accomplishments and offerings in 2018,” said Scott Schafer, chairman of the SIA Board of Directors. “We applaud Axis for its impressive engagement, thought leadership and contributions to SIA, our members and the security industry overall.”
In 2018, Axis directly contributed to specific SIA member benefits — including the Cyber Onboarding Guide for Employees, which shares cyber security guidelines for employers and staff and helps companies reduce cyber vulnerability; and the Security Cornerstones Learning Series, an e-learning resource designed primarily for novice security professionals that provides a fundamental overview of the business practices and technologies used within today’s physical security industry — and fostered collaboration with vertical market organizations such as the National Center for Spectator Sport Safety and Security.
“Axis Communications is honored to receive the inaugural SIA member of the year award. I personally first got involved with SIA in 2007, discovering a plethora of opportunities to support the industry and drive positive change,” said Fredrik Nilsson, vice president of the Americas at Axis Communications, a former member of the SIA Board of Directors and SIA Executive Committee and the 2016 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award. “I also quickly realized that the more you give, the more you get. Getting many Axis team members involved over the years has helped further SIA and the industry, as well as their careers. Our hope is that this award can inspire other companies to get involved.”
The Advance 2019 will take place during ISC West on Tuesday, April 9, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. All SIA members are invited to attend. In addition to the presentation of the SIA Member of the Year Award, attendees will enjoy a high-impact presentation from Sal Mani, security systems manager for Google, on the workforce imperative of developing cross-functional skill sets to stay competitive in the security industry. SIA will also submit five nominations to the SIA Board of Directors for ratification and present the SIA Milestone Awards, Chairman’s Award, Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award and Committee Chair of the Year Award. Attendees of The Advance will also receive complimentary lunch and enjoy top-quality networking with industry colleagues.
Learn more and register to attend.
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Home » Modernizing Fire Detection Devices
SDM TopicsLife Safety & Fire AlarmProduct Manufacturing/DistributionTrends & Industry Issues
Modernizing Fire Detection Devices
Sensors and alerting devices are gaining new capabilities.
IMAGE COURTESY OF VIKING ELECTRONICS
The Viking IP paging system has a multi-tone generator that can make the sounds required for evacuation alerts when fire is detected.
IMAGE COURTESY OF RESIDEO
For an extra level of security, Resideo's SiX combination smoke/CO detector and other SiX devices use encrypted communications.
IMAGE COURTESY OF PARKS ASSOCIATES
Please see sidebar “Residential Users See Strong Value in Monitored Fire Systems”
Joan Engebretson
KEYWORDS fire alarm / fire detection / security industry
One area of life safety protection that is typically slow to change is fire protection. The area is heavily code driven and any change is carefully considered, typically over a period of years, before it is incorporated into fire codes. Nevertheless, technology enhancements are coming to fire protection devices, including sensing and alerting devices. Here we look at several of those enhancements.
Part 1: Sensors
Fire protection sensors include devices such as smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors. Here are some recent trends and advancements.
Making Sensors More Attractive. Although fire codes create a certain level of sameness in fire protection devices, Honeywell uncovered an opportunity to differentiate its offerings through talks with dealers, architects and engineers, notes Samir Jain, global offering leader for the Honeywell Fire unit of Atlanta-based Honeywell Building Technologies.
“Architects, especially, hate smoke detectors,” Jain observes. “They’re thought of as warts on the ceiling.”
In response, he notes, “We’ve spent a lot of time looking at aesthetics.” Honeywell enlisted industrial designers to work on smoke detector housings that would be less obtrusive but still effective, he says.
“The line we launched last year looks more pleasing in color, shape and size” and has been well received by architects, Jain observes.
Products Just Waiting to be Built?
Several of the most recent versions of the NFPA 72 commercial fire code give dealers the option of using IP communications between the customer premises and the central monitoring station via digital cellular or a wireline internet connection. As SDM contributor and NFPA technical committee member Roy Pollack explains, the very latest version of the code, which carries the 2019 designation, takes that a step further and allows the use of IP communications within the customer premises between fire protection devices and the fire control panel using an Ethernet local area network. The 2019 version of the NFPA code refers to this as “Class N” communications and the code describes detailed requirements for Class N equipment.
As Pollack observes, manufacturers have not offered devices designed to use this type of communications because previous versions of the NFPA code didn’t include that option. Conversely, “it wasn’t in the code because nobody was building it,” he explains.
Those responsible for developing the code recognized this and made the decision that “we need to have [Class N communications] in the code to have a starting point to get these things built,” he notes.
Pollack sees some issues that still must be addressed, however. For example, today’s routers, modems and hubs are tested by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for networking functions and are certified by the FCC for communications, but are not tested as fire system devices.
UL is the entity responsible for testing products to make sure they meet NPFA requirements; but according to Pollack, UL has not yet determined how to test Class N equipment.
Amy Liedman at Potter Electric Signal Company LLC, notes that Potter is working on a Class N fire panel and working with UL on how to test such equipment — and other manufacturers are likely doing the same. Liedman cautions, though, that it could be several years before Class N equipment appears on the market.
Making Sensors More Secure. Life safety manufacturers typically use proprietary protocols for their wireless products, an approach that helps protect devices from hackers. Nevertheless, as concerns about the security of Internet of Things devices increase, some manufacturers are upping their game on device security.
For example, Resideo uses encryption to enhance the security of the two-way wireless technology that underlies the company’s SiX line of devices, including smoke detectors and a recently launched combination smoke/heat and CO detector.
Alice DeBiasio, vice president and general manager of professional security for Austin, Texas-based Resideo, sees encryption as an important talking point for dealers today as they find themselves selling their professionally installed system against do-it-yourself systems.
Technology Advances in CO Detectors. More and more states are adopting requirements for CO detectors, and the latest version of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 72 commercial fire protection code includes CO detector requirements for businesses such as hotels and nursing homes that have sleeping areas. Previously CO detector requirements were in a separate document known as NFPA 720.
As SDM contributor and NFPA technical committee member Roy Pollack explains, those responsible for the codes made the decision to combine the two technologies (smoke and CO) to make requirements easier to read by having them all in one place.
In a similar vein, some manufacturers are combining the two technologies into dual-purpose CO/smoke detectors — an approach that can save on installation time.
Amy Liedman, director of product management for the fire and security division at Potter Electric Signal Company LLC of St. Louis, sees a continued need for single-purpose devices, however. She notes that stand-alone CO detectors are well suited for installations that already have smoke detection but to which the customer wants to add CO detection.
One of the limitations of CO detectors is that they contain chemical elements that degrade over time, requiring the detectors to be replaced after several years. But here, too, manufacturers are making advances. Potter’s CO detector is addressable and is designed to send an email when the sensing element is close to reaching end of life. The device also has an algorithm that can be used for the annual test typically required for installations requiring CO detection, Liedman explains.
Some manufacturers also are improving on the lifespan of CO detectors. As Jain explains, advances on that front have increased the lifespan of Honeywell devices from six to 10 years.
Part 2: Sounding and Alerting Devices
Manufacturers also are making advances in the sounding and alerting devices used in fire protection systems. Here are some of the latest.
IP Paging System Can Support Fire Alerts. Paging systems are getting more sophisticated and can play a key role in fire systems. “A new Viking paging system uses internet protocol (IP) for communications and has the ability to receive multicast audio such as tones or alarm sounds required for evacuation alerts,” says Mike Busby, marketing and sales manager for Viking Electronics Inc., Hudson, Wis. Since the system uses IP for communications, dealers may be able to avoid running new wiring, as would have been required with earlier analog paging systems.
Residential Users See Strong Value in Monitored Fire Systems
Residential users generally are not required to have a central station monitor the smoke detectors in their homes. But recent research from Parks Associates shows that monitored smoke, fire and carbon monoxide detectors have strong appeal in U.S. broadband households. Such devices were the third most appealing of eight potential smart home capabilities in a recent Parks Associates survey, coming in just slightly behind burglar alerts and “smoke, fire or carbon monoxide detectors that send alerts to the end user.”
Wireless Audio/Visual Devices. Designing a wireless audio/video device to meet code requirements traditionally has been a non-starter. Batteries just couldn’t provide enough power to keep lights and sounders working for the amount of time required. But that’s changing.
Jain notes, for example, that Honeywell’s latest A/V devices were developed to use less power. He sees these as a real value proposition because dealers can avoid the labor and wiring required to install traditional wired devices.
Improving Residential Alerts. Commercial fire codes have stringent requirements about alerting devices, with the goal of enabling people to get an alert throughout a building. Those strict requirements don’t exist on the residential side, however, which means that it can be difficult for residents to hear fire alarms throughout the house.
When Resideo developed its SiX two-way wireless system, designers saw a way to help address that issue. The system has a feature the company calls “One-Go-All-Go” that triggers multiple sounding devices throughout the home when smoke is detected.
DeBiasio notes that this could have been a big benefit when an ember from her fireplace set her downstairs couch on fire. She happened to be downstairs at the time, but just as easily might have left the fire to burn out and gone upstairs where she wouldn’t have heard a traditional smoke alert.
Clearly, manufacturers aren’t sitting still when it comes to fire protection equipment, but continue to make advances in sensors, alerting and other devices. (See “Products Just Waiting to Be Built?” on page XX.) The latest version of the NFPA code is expected to pave the way for even more advances.
More Online
For more on this topic visit SDM’s website where you will find the following articles: coverage at these links:
“New Year, New Code”
www.SDMmag.com/new-year-new-code
“Parks Associates Releases New Paper on Fire Prevention Solutions”
www.SDMmag.com/parks-associates-releases-white-paper-on-fire-prevention-solutions
“Thinking Outside the Box About CO & Smoke Detectors”
www.SDMmag.com/thinking-outside-the-box-about-co-smoke-detectors
“NFPA Members Vote Overwhelmingly to Accept Updated Language on Fire Alarm Monitoring”
www.SDMmag.com/nfpa-members-accept-updated-language-on-fire-alarm-monitoring
“State of the Market: Fire Alarms”
www.SDMmag.com/state-of-the-market-fire-alarms-2018
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Geelong CEO confirms "great interest" in Dogs midfielder
Geelong CEO Brian Cook has confirmed his side’s interest in Western Bulldogs midfielder Luke Dahlhaus.
The Cats, who were eliminated from the finals over the weekend, are looking to bolster their forward line pressure.
“If you looked at our game on the weekend, we had one tackle in our 50 in the first half,” Cook told SEN Breakfast.
“So a player like Luke Dahlhaus is of great interest to us because he applies pressure that we need and we just don’t have that.”
Cook also said he’s confident Gary Ablett will go around again in 2019.
“I hope so. Yeah, I’m pretty sure he will. He’s got one year to go and based on his form I think he should,” Cook said.
“I think (the recruitment of Ablett) has been a success. It depends what the expectations of people were.
“I think some people felt Gary Ablett coming was going to mean the difference between us making the Grand Final or not and I don’t think that was ever the case from our point of view.
“Gary’s 34, he’s not 25 anymore and I think we rely so much on people like Gary Ablett and Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield and the reality is the success of our club depends on us making sure the bottom 12 players improve.”
Dahlhaus has officially told the Bulldogs he will be leaving the club via free agency.
LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN COOK ON SEN BREAKFAST HERE
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The five coaches under the most pressure in 2019
By Kane Cornes 2018-12-24T11:15+11:00
The AFL industry has shut up shop for a record 21 days over Christmas.
As per AFL orders, players, coaches and staff will be off the grid until well into the new year.
Despite the respite from official duties, some of the AFL coaches will find it impossible to switch off as they wolf down their turkey and pudding on Christmas day.
Unfortunately, as is the case in the cut-throat industry of the AFL, it is highly doubtful that all of the current 18 AFL coaches will be employed by their current club this time next year.
That’s the reality of it; it’s a brutal business.
The next five coaches must try and enjoy the Christmas break the most, as they will enter 2019 under a media storm of scrutiny and pressure from frustrated and fed up supporters.
The coaching pressure list:
5. John Worsfold – Essendon
It is a ‘no-excuse’ year for the man they call Woosha.
A-grade recruit Dylan Shiel comes in to fill what from the outside looks to be the only weakness in a playing squad jam-packed with stars.
Joe Daniher will return after a disastrous 2018 and the Bombers big-man department is as strong as any. Essendon’s season was over before the halfway mark of 2018 as they recorded only two wins from the first eight games.
Expectations are high amongst Bombers fans.
The bookies have them fifth favourite for the flag. A finals win next year is an absolute must.
4. Ken Hinkley – Port Adelaide
Kenny is contracted to the club until the end of 2021 so his job is in no way threatened.
He’s got a long-term deal, he’s got security.
However, he is without a finals win in over four years and you feel the pressure is coming from the board - led by outspoken president David Koch.
Hinkley must figure out a way to rejuvenate the midfield, fix the diabolical skill level and become more potent in attack.
3. Ross Lyon – Fremantle
Lyon has won only 20 out of a possible 66 games since the Dockers finished minor premiers in 2015. From the outside the club looked in need of a complete rebuild but Lyon has appeared reluctant to fully embrace the idea.
His reputation took a hit last season with some off-field drama and his relationship with the Perth and Victorian media appears strained.
In the off-season he finally recruited the much-needed key forward he has craved in Jesse Hogan, who is returning home to Perth to play for the Dockers
He also has arguably the game’s best player in Nat Fyfe, who is entering his prime along with some high draft picks and serious talent at his disposal.
As one of the games highest paid coaches Lyon will need to record 12 wins or more next season to get the brutal Perth media off his back in 2019.
2. Brendon Bolton – Carlton
Not many coaches in this league survive a coaching record that boasts just 15 wins from three seasons.
Coming off a shocking two-win season in 2018, the Carlton board has backed in Bolton as their man.
Their faith will be truly tested if the Blues don’t show significant improvement next season and return a win column that shows at least 7-8 wins in 2019.
1. Alan Richardson – St Kilda
Richo is one of the great guys of football, but unfortunately being a great bloke doesn’t guarantee you a job for life.
He enters his sixth season at the helm of the St Kilda footy club and has yet to qualify the team for finals.
His best return was 12 wins and ninth position on the ladder in 2016. It’s a massive first half of the season for Richo with Brett Ratten now on the coaching staff and waiting in the wings to take over.
It’s going to take a Christmas miracle for the Saints to make the eight next year and guarantee Richo a job beyond 2019.
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A Scientist Probes Nature's Frozen Secrets
REVIEWED BY, CHARLES PETIT
Published 4:00 am PDT, Sunday, July 9, 1995
WATER, ICE AND STONE
Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes
By Bill Green
Harmony; 287 pages; $23
The perennially ice-covered lakes of Antarctica's dry valleys are among the strangest, loneliest places on Earth.
Their haunting otherworldliness might seem to make them poor sites for learning the universal rules that govern the rest of our planet's oceans and lakes. But for nearly 30 years, geochemist Bill Green has gone to these remote bodies of water, lowered instruments through holes cut in their thick frozen surfaces and accumulated not only unique data but a remarkable and at times ecstatically spiritual understanding of the profound connectedness of our world.
"Water, Ice and Stone" is nature writing of a very high order. Readers who do not enjoy sharing a scientist's communion with natural creation, complete with little insights and major soul- shaking epiphanies, should stay away. What one gets is a long meditation on wonder, discovery and doubt. It is thick with a sincerity that may put off some readers, but it will be a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature.
Green strings a straightforward narrative through the book. At the start, he is at home at Miami University in Ohio, saying good-by to his wife, family and colleagues. He explains how, on the south polar continent, there are lakes of a startling simplicity. They have few streams trickling in, hardly any life except blue- green algae matting their bottoms, are protected from glaciers by the shielding Asgard Range in the TransAntarctic Mountains and possess utter clarity of water due to their lids of thick ice.
So, he reasons, the cycles of sedimentation and reactions that control the chemistry of oceans and lakes in more complicated places -- basically everywhere else on Earth -- might be laid bare at these few lakes in southern Victoria Land.
Off Green goes with National Science Foundation grants, flying on Air Force and Navy planes to McMurdo Station, thence via helicopter to the valleys. He and colleagues set out instruments, endure howling winds and temperatures to 40 below zero and overcome glitches and frustrations.
A colleague gets a bad case of the willies. Disoriented and terrified by Antarctica's uncaring emptiness, he nearly flees. But, emotionally ambushed by a letter from home, he stays and provides vital data from a creek, named Dana after Green's daughter, that warms enough for a few weeks each year to flow into Hoare Lake.
But the soul of the book is not in its narrative. It is in the asides and ruminations on life, science, fate and the nature of discovery.
Mostly, Green is impressed that the study of small things can reveal greater things. "And who are we that we should know these things?" he muses. "That out of the mingling of water and stone, out of the touch of sunlight, out of the carbon drawn in long chains, out of the mats of heme, the iron and manganese, the calcium and magnesium of ancient seas, the seas of our life's blood; that out of the helices and rings of matter, we should dream these dreams . . . which link us irretrievably to all that is."
Green is a chemist. It is not surprising that he empathizes with molecules and reactions. His descriptions, however, are like no textbook's.
Telling how an antarctic lake's cycles tie into the larger space of the whole world, he vividly imagines the arrival in the lake of fresh minerals from a tiny stream: It was "sound, and it was light, but it was also the head over heels tumbling of each water molecule, the combined energies of those molecules, their separated charges like torchfires, burning at the tips. What sound did the loosening of cobalt make, the adsorbed ion wavering a little like a minnow at the surface of a rock, then heading off downstream? . . . The cobalt all the while clinging, being basketed and woven in like Moses by the manganese."
He concludes, "If these journeys and cycles were not science, we would call them myth."
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SFMTA looking for people willing to smile about Muni for public outreach campaign
By Alyssa Pereira, SFGATE
Updated 5:07 pm PDT, Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle
A Muni 14R rapid bus travels northbound on Mission Street in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. The Municipal Transportation Agency will be starting work soon on significant changes to the corridor between 11th and Randall streets to improve transit travel time and safety for pedestrians.
A Muni 14R rapid bus travels northbound on Mission Street in San...
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is looking for a few "Faces of Muni" willing to put in a couple hours of smiling for a "public outreach campaign."
The gig, which requires those interested to appear for a two hour time slot on Wednesday, March 23, is open to those 18 years of age or older who can head into work or class later than usual. Finding an excuse for your employer should be easy, though. After all, you could just tell them Muni made you late — you wouldn't be lying, and no one would be surprised.
In all fairness, Muni does seem to have improved with its service in recent months. Frequently crowded lines have been given more vehicles, and punctuality has been slowly trudging upwards, just like a new bus that swears it can make it up that steep incline.
We’re looking for Muni riders to model for a public outreach campaign for #MuniForward: https://t.co/zF3ATXGvoU pic.twitter.com/a4TatvYWLi
— SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) March 15, 2016
There is compensation for the job — it pays $30 for two hours, which means this pays more than minimum wage — but should you have any qualms about slapping on a smile to "increase awareness about recent Muni improvements," this might not be the model breakout opportunity for you.
If you're still onboard, email info@circlepoint.com with your name, phone number, and a photo.
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Raiders: NFL investigating Cable-Hanson altercation
RAIDERS-49ERS COMBINED PRACTICE Raiders: NFL investigating coaches' alleged altercation
David White, Chronicle Staff Writer
Published 4:00 am PDT, Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The National Football League is investigating a training-camp incident that landed Raiders assistant coach Randy Hanson in a hospital with a jaw injury, a league spokesman said Tuesday.
Hanson told Napa police he was assaulted by a member of the Raiders' staff Aug. 5 but declined to name his attacker. When the story leaked Monday, multiple team and league sources identified Raiders head coach Tom Cable as the person involved in the altercation with Hanson.
There is no police investigation because Hanson declined to cooperate. That won't stop the NFL from deciding if anyone violated its personal conduct policy, and acting accordingly with a potential fine and/or suspension.
"We're looking into it so we can understand the facts," league spokesman Greg Aiello said.
Cable said little Tuesday when asked if anyone from the league office had contacted him.
Oakland Raiders new quarterback Jeff Garcia passes to Todd Watkins during practice, Tuesday August 18, 2009, in Napa, Calif.
Photo: Lacy Atkins, The Chronicle
"Listen, you want to talk about this football team and the players on this football team, I'll talk about it with you all day," Cable said. "Otherwise, I'm not going into it."
When reminded he gave an interview to ESPN on Monday after telling reporters he wouldn't discuss the "internal matter," Cable yielded some ground.
"Nothing happened," Cable said without explaining how one Raiders employee was put in a hospital by another Raiders employee, as reported by Napa police.
According to the personal conduct policy, violations include "violent or threatening behavior among employees, whether in or outside the workplace" and "conduct that imposes inherent danger to the safety and well being of another person."
Players continued to take the incident in stride after the Raiders and the 49ers had a joint practice in Napa. If nothing else, the story explained why they hadn't seen Hanson in at least a week.
"It's definitely been interesting," defensive end Jay Richardson said. "It's never a dull moment out here. You gotta love it. It keeps you on your toes."
Schilens out: Second-year wide receiver Chaz Schilens emerged as the clear No. 1 receiver in training camp. Now, he is likely out four to six weeks with a broken foot.
Schilens fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot while planting it wrong on a cutting route in the morning practice. He hopped to the locker room, had an X-ray and left on crutches.
He did not give a timetable to return but said it would take a "miracle" to be ready for the Sept. 14 season opener.
"Whatever they say it is, I'll try to push the limits and heal up as fast as I can," Schilens said.
Cable expects wide receiver Javon Walker to start practicing Monday, which could help the depth chart. Walker is on the physically unable to perform list as he recovers from offseason knee surgery.
Briefly: Center Jeremy Newberry visited practice to see two of the three NFL teams for which he played before retiring this season. "Not being in pads is weird," the Bay Area native said. ... Former Raiders coach John Madden was also a guest. ... The Raiders and 49ers have another two-a-day today in Napa. ... Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell led the Raiders on a two-minute drill for a "winning" field goal to end the morning practice, capped by a deep throw to rookie receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey. ... Rookie defensive end Matt Shaughnessy missed the afternoon practice with an undisclosed injury.
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The Falconer Read Along (Chapters 12-22)
By Gollancz
Related Categories: Elizabeth May, Fantasy, Read Along, Young Adult
We are delighted to welcome Daphne of Winged Reviews back to the blog for the third of our The Falconer Read Along posts. In today’s blog post Daphne recaps Chapters 12-22 The Falconer.
Welcome back to The Falconer readalong! I’m thrilled to be recapping this week, as this is probably my favourite section of the book (you’ll see why down below).
We last left Aileana in an awkward place as she was approached by Kiaran while taking a walk with Catherine and her maid Dora. After Catherine gets a dose of fae sickness and gropes Kiaran, he glamours them away and Aileana gets an earful.
We finally find out what a Falconer is! They are women designed to fight fae—stronger, faster healing, and more attuned to detecting them. The ability is matrilineal, and why Aileana’s mother was brutally murdered. I would have liked a falcon companion for Aileana, but maybe later in the series. Kiaran also asks Aileana keep Derrick with her, as Derrick is able to shield her from other fae.
As Aileana is trying to process this, she is interrupted by her Father, who gives her an ultimatum – she must be married before the season is over. It’s very sad that her father still hasn’t got over what happened to her mother and partially blames Aileana for it. It’s a very chilly relationship between these two.
In an attempt to make good, Aileana attends another ball at Catherine’s (with Derrick in tow). I would also be bored by all these mundane, older aristocrats, but luckily she is saved by my favourite character in the book, Gavin. Catherine’s brother has been studying at Oxford for the last two years, but they were childhood friends and she’s missed having him around.
Gavin steals a dance with Aileana and notices Derrick on her shoulder. Turns out that Gavin is a Seer, who can see fae and get visions of fae attacking humans. Derrick lopes off to steal honey from the kitchen while they go chat in Gavin’s study about his brush with death, and the visions that have been haunting him.
Then they get attacked. I love the fight sequences in this book, which always get my heart racing. May is really adept at writing engaging, scrappy, brutal fights. This entire sequence is the best, as after they manage to kill the first creature, a pack comes after them. There are guns, seilgflur bombs, an ornithopter chase, glorious banter and it all ends with Aileana dropping into the Forth. Somewhere in between, Aileana finally opens up about her and her mother and Gavin takes it all with the grace and deadpan humour of a true gentleman. He’s so awesome.
The next morning, Aileana is even more disgraced as she was spotted coming home in her dishevelled state. Her father is very disappointed in her, so he has accepted an offer for her hand in marriage from the Earl of Galloway—Gavin as we have come to know and love him. Aileana is shocked and angry (hopefully not because she doesn’t like Gavin, but because she’s got murder as a number one priority), but rages in private.
I’m just going to declare it – I know it’s a sinking ship, but I love these two so much together that I’m firmly in the Team Gavin camp. Their abilities are conveniently in sync and Aileana doesn’t have to hide who she is from him. Plus there is genuine chemistry and affection between them. I’m already a fan of the arranged marriage trope, but this is by far my favourite use of it.
Kiaran shows up at her house to give her another earful, when Aileana starts bleeding. Then Gavin arrives and says ‘Get the hell away from my fiancee, you bastard.’ CHILLS!
These chapters are my favourite because of all the Gavin goodness. Also that escaping the ball sequence is the best.
What did you think of these chapters? What’s going to happen when Gavin and Kiaran finally meet? Tune in next week for a recap and my thoughts on Chapters 23-29!
Are you reading The Falconer? Join our readalong group on Goodreads.
The Falconer is out now in paperback and eBook. The Vanishing Throne is now out in bookshops and online.
You can find out more about our guest blogger Daphne her blog and Illumicrate by visiting her website, or following her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
The Vanishing Throne
by Elizabeth May
Giveaway ends November 30, 2015.
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Home Conservation Field Reports Doting Dads And Marauding Males – The Story Of Parental Care Behaviour In Raorchestes Chalazodes
Doting Dads And Marauding Males – The Story Of Parental Care Behaviour In Raorchestes Chalazodes
Dr. Seshadri K.S. writes of the white-spotted bush frogs’ parental care behaviour, which he observed in Tamil Nadu’s Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR).
Photo: Dr. Seshadri K.S.
That cold September night in 2011, we had driven all day to reach a point where an old rickety wooden bridge lay across the headwaters of the Manimuthar river. The rains from the southwest monsoon had nearly ceased. I got off the field vehicle and walked into the Ochlandra bamboo clump along the river bank. The trail was narrow and a slip posed the risk of serious injury. Moreover, elephants used the trail frequently and the chances of running into them were high. In the darkness, I was attracted to a feeble call from a bamboo clump. Shining the light in that direction, I found a small frog perched on a bamboo stalk and calling. I gestured to my colleagues Dr. Ganesh T. and Prashanth M. B. to take a look. All of a sudden, the frog stopped calling and began to squeeze into a narrow cavity on the bamboo stalk. I quickly recorded it, only to realise later that this was the first time such behaviour was being witnessed or filmed. This incident triggered several thoughts in our minds. Why should a frog struggle to get into the bamboo? Did it spot a predator and seek shelter inside?
In the jungle, deep and dark
Over the next seven years, my urge to find answers took me to the remote forests of the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Tamil Nadu. The lush forests of KMTR are resplendent with life, ranging from orchids such as Eria pauciflora and the uncommon Kalakad gliding frog Rhacophorus calcadensis in the canopy to the diminutive plant paradise, Balanophora and the tiny Beddome’s night frog Nyctibatrachus beddomii on the ground. The landscape is serene with large tracts of undisturbed forests fragmented by tea plantations. Large mammals such as elephants, sambar, tigers, leopards and, wild dogs continue to be seen through this landscape, including in the tea plantations. The region receives nearly 3,000 mm. of rainfall in two distinct phases, the southwest and northeast monsoons. At night, the forest comes alive with a myriad life forms including creatures such as the flying squirrel, Malabar spiny dormouse, brown palm civet, leopard cat, small-clawed otter, Brown Fish Owl and the Oriental Scops Owl. On a lucky night, all might be encountered, including the 25-odd species of frogs known from the region!
A quest for the elusive
The frog in question is Raorchestes chalazodes, commonly known as the white-spotted bush frog. It is a small, arboreal amphibian measuring up to 26 mm. belonging to the tree frog family Rhacophoridae. The Western Ghats is home to over 50 species of frogs belonging to the genus Raorchestes. The white-spotted bush frog was lost to science for over a century as no reliable sightings were reported since its description way back in 1874. It was subsequently ‘re-discovered’ in 2011 from a remote corner of KMTR. This green coloured frog has a bright yellow (adorable) star-burst pattern in the eye. Virtually nothing was known about it when I first set my eyes on it; with new species of frogs being described every year, it was hardly a surprise.
The next morning, I returned to the bamboo clump and carefully split the stalk to find the frog sitting inside the hollow with a cluster of white-coloured eggs. This was a surprise. In school, we are all taught that frogs lay eggs, from which hatch tadpoles, which then transform into frogs as we know them. But there was something else going on here – there were eggs, but no water! After taking pictures, I carefully joined the stalk with some tape and left to read more about this interesting find.
Stumbling blocks and stepping stones
I had stumbled upon behaviour known as direct development – where frogs have evolved a strategy to reduce their dependence on water by laying eggs that hatch into tiny froglets in terrestrial habitats, away from water. Frogs evolved from fish-like animals nearly 360 million years ago and it would be impossible to cut off the connection with water. Therefore, frogs lay eggs where humidity is high with enough moisture for the eggs to develop. I went back to the bamboo patch over consecutive monsoons to find many more such cavities on bamboo stalks and frogs with eggs. Each time, it was the male frog. In most species, female frogs do not call and because the frogs were calling from both inside and outside of the stalks, clearly they were all males. The frogs were entering the stalks of a reed bamboo called Ochlandra travancorica, found only in the Western Ghats. About 2.6 cm. in length and 1.5 cm. in width, the frogs occupied bamboo that was roughly 2.8 cm. in diameter, a tight squeeze! All these observations gave rise to another question – why was it the male that we inevitably found with the eggs?
A few years later, I pulled out my field note book and began discussing these observations with my PhD advisor, Dr. David Bickford, at the National University of Singapore. I came to realise that just like we humans take care of our children, many animals care for their young ones and thereby enhance their chances of survival. The frogs were exhibiting parental care behaviour. Infact, their reproductive behaviours are diverse and researchers have classified them into ‘reproductive modes’ depending upon where the eggs are laid (in water, or on leaves), what kind of eggs (direct vs. non-direct developing) and whether or not parental care was involved. Comparing my notes with published behaviours – we realised that we had discovered something new. Individuals of R. chalazodes lay eggs that hatch into froglets inside hollow bamboo internodes, devoid of any water… and males appear to care for the eggs. Similar behaviour was reported in a charismatic frog of the Western Ghats with a star-burst pattern in the eye, aptly named Raorchestes ochlandrae after the Ochlandra setigera bamboo stalks, from within which the frog was found. We, therefore, reported it as a new behaviour for all the frogs known so far.
Evolutionary significance of parental care
Parental care behaviour is costly as the caring individual is often unable to go in search of food and must spend additional energy defending off-spring. Why then do male frogs sit with the eggs? Such behaviour must have evolved for a reason and by definition parental care should enhance offspring survival. I found males inside the bamboo reeds but observing them without cutting open the bamboo was a challenge. A bit of searching in a hardware store resulted in a solution – pipe inspection cameras or endoscopes where a small camera is attached to a wire and a display screen. Every night, my colleagues and I would carefully inspect hollow bamboo cavities to see what was going on inside and document the behaviour of the male, making nearly 1,200 observations in the process. We measured aspects such as number of eggs, activity of the male frog and behaviour.
Science can sometimes seem callous, but it is most certainly not. What we discover at the cost of a handful of specimens, often quite literally helps us to save thousands of members of our study-species. We noticed, for instance that male frogs (often next to or on eggs) would sometimes attack the endoscope, calling aggressively. To understand why, I carefully nudged the males out to see what happens. I did this while retaining the male in another bamboo stalk as a ‘control’. Soon, the eggs without any care started to die. We observed ants eating eggs and some infected by fungus. On one night I saw a frog in the manipulated stalk from which I had removed an amphibian. When I nudged the male out, I discovered four eggs missing. It took me little time to understand what had taken place. The missing eggs were in the stomach of the intruder male as evidenced by its distended abdomen! As it turned out, parental care by males is also key to protecting eggs from cannibalistic males of the same species.
This was a new discovery among frogs in India.
Studying frogs in their natural habitat turned out to be both incredibly challenging and rewarding. Although my research was back-breaking, I was richly rewarded with unique insights. Why do frogs cannibalise eggs? Perhaps because frog’s eggs are a good source of nutrition. Or because males that ate others’ eggs were starving males guarding their own eggs. Or perhaps they were just looking for bamboo stalks to call home and so woo a female. But can frogs recognise their own eggs? Again, I was left with more questions than answers. Over the years, more parental care behaviours have been observed among frogs in India. For example, the male frogs of Nyctibatrachus kumbara stand on two legs and cover the eggs with mud. This is probably to protect them from predation. It’s all conjecture. We just do not know yet.
A unique system in threat
All the while, there was another, larger, question rattling around in my mind. Who was responsible for the holes on the bamboo which the frogs used to enter? Dr. Ganesh had suggested a likely suspect based on the bite marks on the bamboo – the dusky-striped squirrel Funambulus sublineatus. On many mornings, we saw them nibbling on the bamboo stalks, eventually making a hole. The frogs were somehow keeping track of these holes and using them to breed. The squirrel, the frog and the bamboo are only found in the Western Ghats. All three face extinction and are listed as threatened in the IUCN Red List. The bamboo is cut for paper and pulp industries and for local consumption. If the bamboo is extracted during the breeding season of the frogs, their population will be drastically impacted. If for some reason, the squirrel populations decline, the cavities will no longer exist and neither would the frogs, which exclusively breed in bamboo. In fact, a few years ago, researchers even discovered a new species of frog, Raorchestes manohari inside bamboo that was being transported on a truck to a paper factory! There is clearly an urgent need to understand to what extent bamboo is threatened from harvesting, especially because ‘bamboo products’ are being promoted as eco-friendly as it grows profusely.
In November 2017, bamboo was removed from protection under the Indian Forest Act (1927) on the ground that, technically, it is a grass. This opens up the possibility of unregulated bamboo harvesting. This could be disastrous for these frogs whose entire existence depends on the bamboo. We must understand the dynamics of this unique interaction to ensure that the bamboo habitats, squirrels and frogs survive. The future of all three species is inter-twined and protecting wild bamboo is the very least we can do for the doting dads sitting on vigils inside the bamboo, guarding their eggs night after night!
Author: Dr. Seshadri K.S. First published in: Sanctuary Asia, Vol. XXXVIII No. 12, December 2018.
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3-day probe ends at Valencia Park home where explosion injured man Friday
An explosives ordinance technician works Saturday outside a Valencia Park home where an explosion injured a man Friday afternoon.
By Alex Riggins
SAN DIEGO —
A San Diego bomb squad and arson investigators spent the weekend safely disposing of potentially hazardous materials at a Valencia Park home where a man was injured Friday afternoon in an explosion, authorities said.
Police were notified of the small explosion around 4:30 p.m. Friday in the backyard of a house on Valencia Parkway just north of Cervantes Avenue, San Diego police Officer Tony Martinez said Saturday.
A 38-year-old was found with injuries to his face and hands, and taken to UC San Diego Medical Center’s burn unit for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. They were told initially that the man had been playing with gunpowder when it exploded in his lap.
As emergency crews were treating the man Friday, they noticed suspicious chemicals in the house that appeared consistent with a possible methamphetamine lab, San Diego Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Steve Salaz said. The next morning, during a more thorough search of the home, investigators found what appeared to be bomb-making materials.
“A lot of materials that are used in a meth lab are the same that are used in this type of explosive making, so we have a lot of the same chemicals that we’re seeing,” Salaz told OnScene TV on Saturday. “(We’re) trying to put the puzzle together still if we have a meth lab and some bomb-making materials… There (are) obvious signs of both.”
Salaz also said Saturday that weapons were found in the home, but he was unsure if any drugs were found.
San Diego’s Metro Arson Strike Team led the investigation, which continued throughout the weekend and into Monday, according to San Diego police Sgt. Rick Pechin, who said many local and federal agencies had been involved with the investigation since the initial call Friday.
“There were many chemicals found at the scene, including many that could be purchased over-the-counter from any type of hardware store,” Pechin wrote in an email. “Due to the explosion and the amount of unknown chemicals, it required a (hazardous materials) response to test all the items and dispose of them properly.”
Pechin said he could not release information about the chemicals found “because there is a potential for charges to be filed.”
The chemicals and other items “were either taken as evidence or for disposal by an environmental cleanup crew,” Pechin said. The investigation at the home wrapped up late Monday.
According to a report from NBC7, the injured man denied there was a drug lab in his house.
“I am into experiments, making masonry tools that drill through concrete,” the injured homeowner reportedly told NBC7 from his hospital room. “That’s what I was doing when the incident happened. I can’t believe they are saying it’s a meth lab. That’s really mind blowing.”
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The One Fingered Salute: It’s Rude, But It’s Not Probable Cause To Arrest
Cullen D. Seltzer
Published March 15, 2019 @ 10:30 am
Officer Matthew Minard of the Taylor, Michigan Police Department pulled over Debra Cruise-Gulyas for speeding. He cut her a break and cited her only for a non-moving violation. A lot of people would’ve been grateful, but those people are not Ms. Cruise-Gulyas. What happened in the next few moments is a short course on First and Fourth Amendment law and the less glamorous side of police work.
As Cruise-Gulyas pulled away from the stop, after receiving her ticket, she extended her arm out the window. As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit delicately described it, “she made an all-too-familiar gesture at Minard with her hand and without four of her fingers showing.” (To be clear, she was not giving Minard an encouraging “thumbs up” and she wasn’t expressing her view that the University of Michigan was “number one.” Her meaning was less charitable.)
Officer Minard, no doubt offended that Ms. Cruise-Gulyas was so demonstrably unappreciative, took umbrage. He pulled her over a second time, just a hundred yards from the first stop, and, during the second stop, wrote her a new ticket for the more serious speeding charge he’d earlier determined to forego.
Cruise-Gulyas took umbrage of her own. She sued Minard. She claimed he violated both her First Amendment right to speech and her Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. She won in a unanimous ruling in the the Sixth Circuit.
The Court readily concluded that when Cruise-Gulyas gave Minard the finger, that was speech and Constitutionally protected speech. The Court also concluded that when Minard stopped Cruise-Gulyas after she gave him the finger, the stop was in retaliation for the offensive gesture. Finally, the Court held that what motivated Minard to stop Cruise-Gulyas the second time was her “middle salute.”
Those facts together made out claims that Minard violated Cruise-Gulyas’s First and Fourth Amendment rights. As for Minard’s claim that he should enjoy qualified immunity in the case because previous cases hadn’t explicitly ruled on this fact pattern, the Sixth Circuit dispensed with that argument quickly: “Minard should have known better.”
In fairness, Cruise-Gulyas should have known better, too. Telling anyone, including the police, what flipping the bird explicitly tells them is corrosive and inappropriate. But it isn’t illegal. Officials charged with upholding the Constitution, as Officer Minard was, have the important obligation to honor its protections even when people are disrespectful and rude, even when they’re ungrateful, and even when they’re foolish.
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What is the best alternative to Nara?
Top Pro
Some of the best-quality sushi in Japan
The local fish market has affordable, fresh sushi shops. There are also dozens of high-end sushi restaurants that people from all around Japan travel to Kanazawa to eat at. See More
Top Con
Less English-friendly
Since Kanazawa is a popular destination for Japanese people, and foreigners tend to go to Kyoto, many of the attractions in Kanazawa are less language-friendly to English-speakers. That being side, most signs are in English, and many of the main attractions still offer pamphlets and directions in English. See More
Beautiful gardens and Edo-period architecture
Comparable, if not more beautiful than Kyoto's famous shrines, temples, and gardens. Since there are less people, the scenery if more peaceful. See More
Is a tourist town, but for locals and not foreigners
Onomichi has lots of locals living in it, but it's definitely a popular place for Japanese locals to visit. From that perspective, it's still interesting for a foreigner, but has some of the same drawbacks as the standard touristy cities. See More
Nice walking paths
There are several walking paths that take you through the hills, past many interesting sites and nice views of the city. See More
Very little English communication
Most signs are Japanese-only, and very few locals speak any English at all. See More
Friendly street cats
Easily accessible by train
Maple leaf cakes
MIyajima is famous for freshly made maple leaf-shaped cake. See More
Crowded during the daytime
Miyajima is a popular day-trip location from tourists in Hiroshima, so there's quite a few people walking around town during the day. However, the last boat back to Hiroshima leaves prior to sunset, so watching the famous tori gate during the sunset will be far less crowded. See More
Wild deer
There are several locations in Japan populated by wild deer. Although Nara is most famous for them, Miyajima is a lesser-known deer city. See More
Requires a boat ride to get to
Since Miyajima is an island, you have to take a boat from Hiroshima to get to it. See More
Only floating shrine in all of Japan
Seeing the waves splash against the shrine is considered one of the Three Views of Japan. The location is also considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See More
Home of the highest ranking Shinto shrine
The Ise Grand Shrine is unique in Japan as being the top of the hierarchy of Shinto shrines connecting to Japan's imperial house. It is taken down and completely rebuilt every 20 years. See More
Not a lot to do after a few days
Ise is a small town, so there's a fairly finite number of attractions in Ise. Ise is best for 2-day-1-night trips. See More
Ise lobster
Despite being a small town, Ise is home to the Ise lobster, which is well-known throughout Japan for its culinary applications. There are entire traditional course meals using the Ise lobster at Ise's traditional inns. See More
No direct bullet train to Ise
If traveling from Tokyo, travelers must transfer from Nagoya onto the local rail system to get to Ise. See More
Ishigaki Island
Unique culture and history
Since Okinawa was originally a separate country from Japan, Ishigaki is one of the best ways to explore Okinawan culture. There are unique food, phrases, and styles of dress visible all over the island. See More
Need a car to get around
While there is a bus and some taxis, the more efficient way to get around is by car. Renting a car will mean added costs, but it offers the most freedom to fully explore the island. See More
'Hawaii' of Japan
The second-largest island in Okinawa, there are long strips of beaches all around the island. See More
Capital of nothern-style, miso-based ramen
There are two main styles of ramen in Japan, Hakata and Sapporo. For ramen-lovers, a visit to Sapporo for the northern-style ramen would go hand-in-hand with a visit to Hakata. See More
Can be very cold
Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido, which is known for its snowy season. There are months where the sidewalks are on-and-off covered with snow. See More
Annual Snow Festival
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Trends: Russell Westbrook finally has Thunder in postseason driver's seat
After a turbulent season, the Thunder now have the inside track to the West's final playoff spot.
By Ben Golliver
Their MVP will miss roughly two-thirds of the season due to injury. Their defensive lynchpin is expected to miss the stretch run due to injury. A third starter and another key rotation player are both sidelined at the moment. Five other members of their opening night roster have been traded or released this season, requiring critical contributions from multiple newcomers. They also started their season 3-12 in a conference featuring 10 capable teams fighting for eight postseason spots.
Given all of that, what’s the best way to describe the Thunder’s position in the standings now, as they prepare for the final three weeks of the season? How about: “Sitting pretty.”
To be clear, the epic three-team race between the Thunder (41-30), Pelicans (37-33) and Suns (38-33) for the West’s final playoff spot isn’t over, but Oklahoma City moved firmly into the driver’s seat this weekend. A trio of wins over the Hawks, Heat and Lakers, coupled with the Pelicans’ losses to the Warriors and Clippers, moved the Thunder three games clear of the Suns and 3 1/2 games clear of the Pelicans for the No. 8 seed.
That’s still too tight for comfort, what with 11 games remaining on Oklahoma City’s schedule and so many missing bodies, but achieving any level of breathing room has been a tough task indeed.
A top-down look at the three teams’ winning percentages reveals both the massive early-season hole that Oklahoma City fell into when both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were sidelined with injuries and the persistent closeness of the three challengers since mid-December.
If Oklahoma City does emerge from this group, it will come only after a nip-and-tuck slog that lasted for four solid months. The Thunder clearly aren’t alone with their midseason adversity here: the Suns blew up their roster at the trade deadline by trading away Goran Dragic, Isaiah Thomas and Miles Plumlee and lost Brandon Knight to an ankle injury, while the Pelicans have dealt with various injuries to Anthony Davis, Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon.
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(Mandatory gripe: all three teams would be at least the No. 6 seed and jogging care-free through all of this if they were in the East.)
Both popular projection models – ESPN.com’s and Basketball-Reference.com’s – now strongly favor the Thunder to secure the final playoff spot. The chart below compares the three teams by their season-long offensive rating, defensive rating, strength of schedule to date, and point differential (MOV). It also lists their playoff odds from both models, with Oklahoma City approaching 90 percent certainty according to both.
The snap take conclusion from glancing at the major indicators would be that Oklahoma City is in line for the No. 8 seed because it’s had better balance than its two competitors. That’s a little misleading, though, because there have been at least three major phases of the Thunder’s season: 1) Apocalypse (No Durant and Westbrook), 2) Normalcy (Durant and Westbrook are both back), and 3) Brave New World (Westbrook goes it alone without Durant after the break).
To no one’s great surprise, Oklahoma City was flat-out atrocious in phase one and fantastic in phase two (the Thunder were 18-9 with Durant in the lineup). The most interesting story comes in phase three, though, as Westbrook has taken his game to new heights, strung together a boatload of triple doubles and guided the Thunder to a 12-5 record since the All-Star break with Durant on the shelf due to a foot injury.
Westbrook’s individual production during that time deserves its own paragraph:
Westbrook (post-All-Star): 31.6 PPG, 11.3 APG, 9.7 RPG, 2.3 SPG, 110.6 Offensive Rating
Lost a bit in the gushing (and deserved) individual statistical comparisons to Michael Jordan and others is how Westbrook’s everywhere-at-once brilliance has powered the Thunder’s team attack. Since the All-Star break, only the Cavaliers, Spurs and Warriors have posted higher offensive ratings than the Thunder’s 108 mark. The midseason arrivals of Enes Kanter and Kyle Singler and the recent torrid shooting of Anthony Morrow have provided boosts, and Westbrook has done the rest—remaking Oklahoma City as an all-offense, no-defense outfit along the way.
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Comparing the Thunder, Pelicans and Suns based on point differential – for both the full season and since the All-Star break – shows a meaningful separation has taken place.
Although Oklahoma City’s numbers include Ibaka’s post All-Star contributions, the relative quality of play between the Thunder and the other two teams is large enough to feel confident that this is indeed the Thunder’s race to lose.
That sentiment is reinforced by a glance ahead at the remaining schedules for all three teams. All three have it tough, the Suns most of all, and that parity in difficulty obviously favors the current front-runner. Here's a look at how the three schedules play out, including games against teams that are currently in the playoffs or the lottery and games that will be at home or on the road.
If Oklahoma City continues winning at its post All-Star pace, it would finish with 48 wins, requiring New Orleans to finish 11-1 and Phoenix to finish at least 10-1 to move back into the playoff picture.
That’s asking way too much of either team: The Pelicans still have games left against the Rockets (twice), Blazers, Warriors, Grizzlies and Spurs, while the Suns face a murderer’s row that includes the Warriors, Hawks, Spurs, Clippers, Blazers (twice), and the Mavericks. What’s more, New Orleans and Phoenix will play each other on April 10, guaranteeing a loss for one of the two teams.
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Even if the Thunder simply finish 6-6, that will require a 9-3 close from the Pelicans (who own the tiebreaker thanks to a 3-1 head-to-head record) and/or at least an 8-3 closing from the Suns. Those hypothetical records are way more achievable than the ones mentioned above, especially if some of the West’s locked-in playoff teams rest their stars over the last week or two of the season, but it would still be asking both New Orleans and Phoenix to generate a level of momentum that neither team has displayed since the All-Star break.
Long story short: The Thunder, thanks largely to Westbrook, are flying higher than their competition and they now must simply hang on, rather than run uphill, for the final three weeks. Perhaps something positive can be taken from this nightmare season after all, at least until they look ahead to see which team they will face in the first round of the playoffs.
by Chris Mannix
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Flamengo Starlet Vinicius Junior Reveals Real Madrid's Marcelo Messages Him After Good Performances
Flamengo forward Vinicius Junior admits that Real Madrid and Brazil full-back Marcelo sends him messages of praise for good performances, ahead of his future transfer to the Santiago Bernabau.
Following an interview with Globoesporte, Vinicius Junior claims to have spoken with fellow compatriots Casemiro and Danilo about life in Madrid in anticipation of his £38m transfer.
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Vinicius Junior said: "I have not spoken with Zidane, but I did with Marcelo, Casemiro and Danilo, about what it is like living in Madrid.
"Whenever I play a good game, Marcelo sends me a message. I'm always waiting for that message."
Vinicius Junior will complete his transfer from Flamengo to Real Madrid in July of next year, when he turns 18.
Labelled as one of the brightest prospects in world football, Vinicius Junior made his professional debut for the Brazilian side aged 16 and has gone on to make 18 appearances for Flamengo.
DONE DEAL: Real Madrid confirm that they have reached an agreement with Flamengo for the transfer of Vinicius Junior on July 2018. pic.twitter.com/5Va496taJK
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) May 23, 2017
Despite the intense expectation resting on his young shoulders, he remains calm and wants to utilise the time he has left with Flamengo.
He continued, stating: "I'm calm, I still do not think about the time to leave. I still have one more year until I know I'm leaving.
"I'm enjoying this moment living in Flamengo. I know my potential and I know how far I can go. I am going to work a lot at Flamengo, so as to not only remain at Flamengo as a promise."
Vinicius Junior on Flamengo: "It was always a dream to play professionally for Flamengo and I didn't think that moment would arrive at 16." pic.twitter.com/TDNfwtORte
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) August 24, 2017
Vinicius Junior's has proven his talent for Brazil's U17 side, firing them to South America U17 Football Championship glory this summer.
He was named the player of the tournament and was crowned the competition's top scorer with an impressive seven goals.
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Barton Health nurses to vote on joining union
Ryan Hoffman
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Nurses at Barton Health will vote on possible union membership.
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For only the second time in the organization’s history, a group of employees at Barton Health will vote on whether or not they want to unionize.
If the approximately 150 registered nurses who are eligible to vote in the upcoming election this week decide to unionize, they will become the only union-represented employees within the health care system, which is one of the South Shore’s largest employers.
It would mark a change in how Barton’s administration and some of its most crucial employees interact. The basis and perceived need — or lack thereof — for that potential change depends on who you ask.
“Barton’s board of directors and Barton’s administration is against union representation in the organization,” Dr. Clint Purvance, president and CEO of Barton Health, told the Tribune. “We strongly encourage a direct, open communication and working relationship with our nurses and with all of our employees without an outside third party being involved in that.”
The outside third party, the California Nurses Association, sees things differently.
“Right now the work environment is not great,” said Jennifer Lemmon, assistant director of organizing. “The hospital is trying to create a real divisiveness among the nurses.”
Purvance disagrees with that characterization.
This week’s election is slated for Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a notice of election filing with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board. The vote will be by secret ballot.
Nearly 30 years ago, a similar election took place, according to Elizabeth Stork, Barton’s human resources administrative director. More than 50 percent of nurses voted against unionizing, opting instead to remain independent.
“Since then, management and staff have been able to work through concerns and problems internally to resolve issues and come to mutually beneficial agreements,” Stork said in an email. “It is Barton Health’s intention to continue open dialogue resulting in a positive and open environment benefiting patients, nurses, physicians, and staff.”
However, the upcoming vote could call all of that into question. Barton’s leadership and CNA are in disagreement as to how all parties involved reached this point.
There are a few variables at play, according to Purvance.
On a big-picture level, there is a great deal of uncertainty in the health care field in general, he said, pointing to recent attempts at the federal level to reform health care. Locally, many of the younger nurses have some experience with unions, lending to a preference to unionize.
Additionally, Barton has seen turnover in the past year that muddied internal communication.
“And so we had a breakdown in some of our communication from nursing up into administration and that since has been resolved,” Purvance said. “And now we have very good open, direct dialogue daily with our nurses and that’s going very well …”
The Tribune attempted to coordinate an interview with a Barton nurse through CNA. However, Lemmon said several nurse she reached out to feared speaking to the media on the record prior to the vote.
“There’s some concern about potential retaliation ahead of the vote,” Lemmon said, adding that Barton has been meeting with nurses in groups and on an individual basis in an attempt to sow divisions ahead of the vote. Some nurses have said they felt “harassed,” Lemmon added.
Barton’s Stork says there are no reports of nurses being harassed by management. If so, they would thoroughly investigate.
“Both Barton and CNA are providing nurses with information,” Stork said in response to CNA. “Barton is providing accurate and factual information through print as well as education sessions ensuring nurses feel educated and supported to make the best decision at the time of the vote. All information being distributed by Barton to our nurses is in compliance with the National Labor Relations Act. Barton has a strict anti-harassment policy, which we take seriously.”
At the end of the day, the upcoming vote is about making sure Barton’s nurses have the necessary tools to provide the best possible patient care, Lemmon says.
Best possible patient care is one of the few points iterated by both sides.
“The nurses have a right to unionize and administration is fully supportive of that right and for their right to vote,” Purvance said. “And whether the nurses decide to have a union or not, administration will continue to work with them with our core values of respectful communication and safety and efficiency … that working relationship and that commitment to our nurses will not change. We are 100 percent pro nursing here.”
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Britain's Got Talent: Who are The Ratpackers and all you need to know about Dennis DeMille and Marvin Muoneke
The Weston-super-Mare duo are bringing a swing to the ITV talent show
James BrinsfordWeekend Editor
If you are going to go far on ITV's flagship talent show, Britain's Got Talent, then bringing the roof down with an audition that gets the judges on their feet, is always going to help.
Every year, the good, the bad and the shouldn't be seen on TV spend hours queuing to have their chance to perform in front of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, with the hope of performing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance.
One act that could go a long way is The Ratpackers from Weston-super-Mare, who did it their way with a swinging number that wowed the audience and judges alike.
But who are The Ratpackers? Here is everything we know about the golden duo;
Dennis DeMille
Dennis has been singing since the age of eight and after a life of singing, decided to bring his voice to BGT as a 51-year-old.
He has a diverse taste in music but found strength in R&B, Soul and Swing Jazz. In November 2016, he took the big step of giving up the day job and become a session singer.
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Sports fans may already recognise his vocal talents, as Dennis had one of his tracks used by Sky Sports as the music bed for the race montage after the British Grand Prix Silverstone and and as part of the Sky Premier League coverage.
Teaming up with Marvin Muoneke, he is now hoping The Ratpackers brings him national recognition and to take his singing talents to the next level.
Marvin Muoneke
Marvin the Jazzman, as he likes to bill himself, is a 22-year-old that has been making a name for himself in Weston-super-Mare, as he keeps the spirit of the rat pack alive.
He may have relied on his vocal prowess at his Britain's Got Talent but in the clubs and pubs of North Somerset, he is often accompanied by his trusty trumpet.
It hasn't all been singing for Marvin though because when he was a 10-year-old, her became a published author.
Britain's Got Talent: Former I'm A Celebrity 'King of the Jungle' Carl Fogarty slams Ant McPartlin for not 'manning up'
Living in Beckton, east London, he was inspired by Dr Suess and penned a book called 'There Are No Such Things As Dragons'.
He had been writing since the age of four and it took a year to write.
Now Marvin is hoping that is love of jazz will be what propels him into the nations conscience.
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4th Grade Curriculum
All-Subjects Package D+E
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Title: Intro to American History (One Year Condensed)
Age Range: 9-12
Grade Range: 4
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History, Geography, Bible reading and memorization, Read-Alouds and Readers
Experience the story of our nation from before Columbus to the present day. Embrace the innovative spirit that has characterized American history. American history comes to life as your children meet heroes who blazed new trails, overcame the ravages of war and risked their lives to be the first to fly.
Build a strong spiritual foundation through daily Bible reading and weekly Scripture memory. Enjoy heartwarming Read-Aloud classics like Little Britches and Johnny Tremain. Give your children a deeper understanding of history (and love of reading) through the thoroughly gripping Readers they read on their own.
Includes History / Bible / Literature D+E: Intro to American History, One Year Condensed. Click here for the Sonlight E option if you used 3rd Grade with D last year.
This complete Language Arts program with daily lesson plans helps your children develop excellent written communication skills. Includes Language Arts D+E.
Hands-on Science with everything you need to teach successfully. Your children will study electricity, magnetism, light, color and lenses as well as space, stars and the planets. They'll make amazing discoveries as they perform over 90 hands-on experiments with the help of our exclusive Discover and Do DVD. Includes Science E: Electricity, Magnetism, and Astronomy.
Math-U-See is carefully structured with step-by-step procedures: Introduce. Practice. Master. Review. Your student will actually teach the concept back to you before you move on. Use the included small colored, Lego-like pieces to help your student visualize the concepts. Short videos help teach. Division is presented as the inverse of multiplication. Single-digit division facts are learned and the concepts of division and place value are applied when solving long division problems. Includes Math-U-See Delta. Take a placement test to ensure you get the right level.
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Daily Time Requirements: Child: 3.5 - 5 hrs; Parent: 2 - 3 hrs
Highlight Previously Purchased Items Downloadable Book Descriptions
Instructor's Guides
History / Bible / Literature D+E Instructor's Guide (DECG)
Teach with confidence. This Instructor's Guide shows you how!
Language Arts D+E (DELG)
Language Arts D+E is linked to History / Bible / Literature D+E
Covers key skills of the D and E programs. Students are exposed to compound sentences, parts of speech, verb tenses and more. Research reports, free verse poetry and a host of other activities offer an outlet for ever-expanding writing skills.
Science E Instructor's Guide (ESG)
Includes the following resources for teaching all Science E subjects: full Schedule; Teaching Helps; student Activity Sheets; separate parent Instructions and full Answers and Definitions; and much more. Ready for your binder.
American Indian Prayer Guide (DB01)
36 weeks' worth of daily prayer for the indigenous peoples of North, South, and Central America.
Starting Strong (EB01)
Consumable. The perfect tool for teaching preteens how to study the Bible on their own. Includes stories, stickers, questions and activities.
Sing the Word: The Heavens Declare (EB02)
12 songs based on verses from both the New and Old Testaments. In Bible package only for Levels 4 and D+E.
Timeline Figures D+E (DEH01)
Over 90 Timeline Figures for Sonlight D+E on self-adhesive heavy card stock. Just cut them out, color and stick them in your Timeline Book.
Pedro's Journal (DH08)
A fictional account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage.
The Landmark History of the American People: From Plymouth to the West, Volume I (DH10)
A fascinating introduction to American culture as it has shaped and been shaped by events from the Pilgrims to the mid-1800s. Written by the former Librarian of Congress. NEW full-color edition, completely revised for readability. Now includes timelines, maps and more than twice the illustrations. Oversized.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition (DH14)
A highly readable account of the quintessentially American adventure of discovery and hardship as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led their men on an exploration of "the interior parts of North America."
Children's Encyclopedia of American History (DH21)
A groundbreaking guide to American history, this reference book explains events, moments, trends, patterns and people in concise articles designed to appeal to children ages 8 and up. Features more than 750 photos and artworks, plus extensive maps, charts, a state-by-state review, the complete texts of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, and much more.
In Search of the Source (EA13)
A translator struggles to help a tribal people understand what the Bible says.
Wee Sing America - CD (EH04)
A diverse collection of great American speeches and patriotic and folk songs . . . from the Revolutionary War to the present.
The Landmark History of the American People: From Charleston to the Moon, Volume II (EH12)
A fascinating introduction to American culture as it has shaped and been shaped by events from the Civil War to the late 20th century. Written by the former Librarian of Congress. NEW full-color edition, completed revised for readability. Now includes timelines, maps and more than twice the illustrations. Oversized.
Hero Over Here (ER19)
Theodore learns that heroism requires more--and less--than he imagined in this story set during the deadly flu epidemic at the end of World War I. Moving.
Math-U-See Delta Instruction Manual/DVD (4M15)
The Delta Instruction Pack contains the Instruction Manual with lesson-by-lesson instructions and full solutions, and the DVD with lesson-by-lesson video instruction.
Math-U-See Delta Student Workbook/Tests (4M16)
The Delta Student Pack contains the Student Workbook with lesson-by-lesson worksheets, systematic review pages, and Application & Enrichment pages as well as Delta Tests.
MathTacular® 3 (RM37)
Discover more secrets to make learning math easy and fun—with Justin and friends...
Read Alouds
The Sign of the Beaver (DA02)
A white boy in the Maine wilderness is rescued by an Indian chief.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (DA03)
A girl raised in luxury in the Caribbean struggles to adjust to Puritan New England.
Johnny Tremain (DA04)
A young apprentice silversmith is caught up in the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution.
Toliver's Secret (DA05)
Ten-year old Ellen Toliver must conquer her timidity to take a secret message through enemy lines during the Revolutionary War.
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (DA06)
Fascinating true story of the poor apprentice who, shortly after the American Revolution, transformed navigation from an art to a precise science.
Walk the World's Rim (DA08)
A 14-year old Indian joins Cabeza de Vaca's 16th-century expedition through the Southwest.
Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma (DH20)
The thrilling story of America's first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson. In the face of incredible obstacles, Adoniram and his first wife Ann were the spark that spread the fire of the Gospel into Burma. Their evident love for the Burmese people is a compelling story of unswerving dedication and sacrifice.
Across Five Aprils (EA03)
The powerful story of a young man for whom the Civil War spans five Aprils.
Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems (EA04)
One of those "Wow!" books: a collection of delightful poems for young people arranged according to the birth dates of the authors -- beginning with anonymous native Americans and continuing to the present day.
Caddie Woodlawn (EA05)
The adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters in the Wild West frontiers of Wisconsin in the late 1800s.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (EA06)
Award winner set in the post-Civil War South.
Miracles on Maple Hill (EA07)
A heartwarming Newbery Medal winner. Dad has returned from World War II a changed man: withdrawn, touchy, unable to work. The family moves back to the family farm where dad gets the healing he needs.
Little Britches (EA08)
Ralph is barely 8 years old when his family moves to Colorado for the sake of Dad's health, and the family tries to make a go of it on the ranch. Classic true story of ranching in Colorado in the early 1900's.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (ER10)
In 1947, a Chinese girl comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friends.
Readers / Literature
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (DH01)
Breezy biography by award-winning author gives insights into Franklin's intriguing life and personality.
Pocahontas and the Strangers (DR01)
Familiar story of a young Indian girl who saved the life of John Smith, an early American frontiersman.
Phoebe the Spy (DR04)
Dramatic true story of a little black girl who foiled a plan to kill George Washington.
Sarah, Plain and Tall (DR07)
Award-winning story of a frontier American widower who advertises for a wife . . . and gets Sarah.
Om-kas-toe (DR16)
Om-kas-toe is a member of the Blackfeet Indian tribe in the early 1700s – before horses.
The Great Turkey Walk (EA02)
"Git along, little . . . turkeys"? Yep! In 1860, a fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit.
The Great Wheel (EA10)
Engrossing story about the first—and largest—Ferris Wheel ever built. Told by one of the workers who built it.
A Summer of Sundays (EA21)
Eland. Middle child Sunday Fowler is too young for her sisters and too old for her brothers. How can she stand out in such a large family? Her opportunity comes when the family moves to a small town so her father can renovate the town library, and she discovers a mysterious manuscript in the basement. Charming.
By the Great Horn Spoon (ER02)
To save his aunt's home, young Jack and his butler rush off to California to join the '49ers in their hunt for gold. Fun!
Freedom Train (ER03)
Fascinating biography of Harriet Tubman, a black woman who risked her life helping other slaves reach freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Shades of Gray (ER04)
Thought-provoking story of a boy who was orphaned by the Civil War as he struggles to forgive "the enemy" and discover what true courage is all about.
Turn Homeward, Hannalee (ER05)
Two thousand Georgia textile workers were shipped North against their will to work in Yankee mills. Twelve-year old Hannalee was one of them. This is the true story of how she fulfilled her promise to return home.
Old Yeller (ER06)
The touching Newbery Honor story about a boy and the dog he loves. Set during frontier days in the Texas hill country.
Thimble Summer (ER09)
Newbery Medal winner about a mid-American farm family in the early 20th century. Charming.
The Seventeenth Swap (ER13)
Eric wants to buy his young crippled friend Jimmy a pair of red cowboy boots.
The Wright Brothers (ER15)
A delightful account of the exploits, the family life, and the character of the two bike builders who are generally credited with having been the first to engage in powered flight.
3" Binder with Tabs (B050)
Organize all your homeschool papers in one sturdy and convenient binder. With tabs that match your Sonlight® History, Language Arts, and Science Instructor's Guides, you'll always know where to find each week's schedule, notes and study guides.
High School All-Subjects Packages include two binders.
Usborne Science Encyclopedia (DS03)
A wonderful introduction to energy, gravity, friction, light, sound, molecules, electricity, magnetism and much more.
Book of Astronomy and Space (ES01)
An exciting look into the wonders of the galaxy for young readers. Each page is filled with facts about heavenly bodies, spectacular full-color illustrations, and thematically appropriate website addresses that offer more about the objects and mysteries of the cosmos.
Discover & Do Level 4 DVD (ES06)
In Discover & Do, Level 4, you'll observe science experiments that are part of the Science E curriculum.
Mysteries and Marvels of Science (ES07)
Where do colors come from? Which metal catches fire when it gets wet? Compelling text helps you unravel scientific mysteries like these.
Electricity and Magnetism (ES09)
Simple but thorough, full-color, illustrated introduction to the principles of electricity and its practical applications.
TOPS 32--Electricity (ES10)
Learn about electricity and circuits using paper clips, rubber bands, clothespins, aluminum foil and pennies. Students build bulb holders, battery holders and switches that are virtually failure-proof.
TOPS 33--Magnetism (ES11)
Using small magnets, thread, paper clips and pins, learn about magnetic fields. . . and how magnets are used in modern technology.
Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope (Internet-Linked Version) (ES12)
Let this stunning Internet-linked volume show you the basics of how optical and electron microscopes work!
Light & Color (ES13)
From how light travels to how lenses affect light to how and why we perceive colors, your student will have fun with this experiment-filled book.
Science Supplies Kit E (ESK)
Science experiments can easily get passed over in homeschooling homes. A Sonlight Science Supplies Kit helps you fit the experiments into your life. You won't ever need to skip an experiment because you're missing a cork, a marble, a magnet, a thumbtack, a tiny lightbulb. No need to make a run to the hardware store to buy a galvanized nail (and then realize that you actually have to buy a box of 100, when you really need just one).
The Sonlight Science Supplies Kit has the items you need, in the quantities required.
American Spirit Instructor's Handbook (RL209)
The Instructor's Handbook contains an introduction to the philosophy behind Spelling You See and the five development stages of spelling. The Handbook also contains a "Getting Started" guide with an overview of the organization of the 36 lessons and information about the important skills and concepts that will be learned in this level as well as information about the three core activities. At the back of the Handbook there is more information about guided reading, chunking, copywork, dictation, answers to frequently asked questions, and a collection of helpful resources including passages for dictation.
American Spirit Student Pack (RL210)
The Student Pack includes two student workbooks and a pack of erasable colored pencils. Each of the 36 lessons is divided into five parts, A through E, and includes two facing pages. Each day the instructor reads the passage together with the student, as it is important for students to hear the words while looking at them. Students will also "chunk" the appropriate letter patterns indicated for that day's lesson and have opportunities for copywork and writing from dictation throughout the week.
History Bible Literature D+E Sample.pdf | 9.44 MB
Science E 5-Day Sample.pdf | 9.65 MB
Language Arts D+E Sample.pdf | 2.82 MB
RequiredRecommendedConsumableOptional Language Arts
Markable Map and Markers (MAP)
Includes two big full-color maps in one plus a four-color set of fine-tip water-based markers!
A geography Required Resource in every Sonlight History / Bible / Literature program from A—W.
Math-U-See Integer Block Kit
Required Resource for All-Subjects Packages with Math-U-See.
The Timeline Book (RR120)
A blank timeline from 5,000 B.C. to the Present!
Pre-printed timeline in a spiral-bound book—for use throughout your homeschooling adventure. Required Resource for Sonlight A-J and useful in 100 through 500.
Early American Crafts and Occupations Coloring Book (RE38)
Travel back in time over 300 years for an authentic glimpse of typical occupations practiced in colonial America from 1650 to 1800. Artist Peter Copeland makes it possible in this carefully researched and meticulously rendered coloring book. Forty lively scenes—five of them double-page—depict a variety of tradespeople and crafters: the watercart driver, who supplied townspeople with fresh water daily for a small fee; the town crier, a colonial version of today's TV newscaster; the tinker, a traveling repairman; and many more.
Early American Trades Coloring Book (RE39)
Early American craftsmen made a vital contribution to the development of this country, and they are still a very important part of our heritage. This book provides illustrations, rendered for coloring, of 22 crafts that were once widespread in America but are now rarely seen.
Life in Ancient Mexico Coloring Book (RE34)
Customs, traditions, and activities of daily life in ancient Mexico—revealed in 41 authentically detailed drawings. This education coloring book features dramatic scenes of mysterious religious rites, warriors in battle, depictions of Mayan sculptors at work, astronomers taking sightings, an Aztec wedding, panoramic views of cities, and much more accompanied by descriptive captions. Learn about pre-Columbian cultures with the Life in Ancient Mexico coloring book. Be sure to check out the Life In Old Japan coloring book if you would like to learn about another civilization.
Great Inventors and Inventions Coloring Book (RE40)
From Johannes Gutenberg's fifteenth-century printing press to Charles Hard Townes' relatively recent development of the laser, this fascinating coloring book encompasses five centuries of technology. Forty-five finely detailed drawings depict inventors and their historically important devices, comprising an inspiring survey of advances in science and industry.
Sheet of Book Labels D+E (DECGL)
Designed to help you color-coordinate your classroom binders and books, this sheet of stickers corresponds with your Sonlight D+E program.
American Heritage Student Dictionary (RL01)
Recommended Resource for Levels D-H & W. This volume includes more than 65,000 concise, easy-to-understand entries.
The Grammar Ace Package with DVD (RL6)
The grammar your students need — in one self-paced program!
Writers INC (RL04)
A book no writer should do without
Recommended Resource for Language Arts Levels D-530. Includes all the "how-to" information that every writer ever wished s/he had. A complete—I mean complete—guide to the writing process . . .
Miniature Magnifier/Microscope (ES08)
Recommended Resource for Science E. Palm-size, 30-power magnifier with self-contained, AA-battery-powered light source.
Extra Language Arts D+E Student Activity Sheets (DELG1)
Consumable. One set of these consumable sheets is included in Language Arts D+E (DELG). You need one set per student.
Extra Science E Student Activity Sheets (ESG1)
Consumable. One set of these consumable sheets is included in Science E. You need one set per student.
Optional Language Arts Items
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 4 & Answer Key (4L10)
Add this for additional 4th Grade vocabulary practice.
Optional. Wordly Wise 3000 Book 4 introduces students to 300 vocabulary words. Students learn the meaning and application of the words through literary pieces and fascinating historical tales. Each lesson includes a series of five exercises that require thinking yet are fun to do.
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Toyin Saraki on her Wellbeing Foundation: 'With all my privileges, I still lost a child' - Spear's Magazine
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19th April 2019 by Emelia Hamilton Russell
Toyin Saraki, the founder-president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa tells Emelia Hamilton-Russell how it all began, and how the charity has revolutionised natal healthcare in Nigeria
The word ‘philanthropist’, to me, simply means someone who loves other people. When I was growing up, I always wanted to make sure other people were all right. Nigeria is a very philanthropic nation, and the instinct to help people grew in me as a child.
My mother was a very caring person and taught us to care for people around us as well as caring for the family. My wedding was the biggest wedding of the year – if not the decade – in Nigeria. I was expecting twins at the time, and I went into labour early.
I actually went into labour on the eve of my wedding, which was rather disastrous. Four thousand people were waiting for the bride to appear, but I was in hospital undergoing an emergency caesarean. The babies were only 28 weeks, so they were very early, very premature, and my daughter had quite a fight for life. I had quite a fight for life myself.
The Nigerian hospital simply didn’t have the resources to deal with such a premature, complicated birth. I gave birth to my daughter naturally, but the other twin was stuck and we had to wait 45 minutes for the anaesthetist to come before they could perform the caesarean.
They just couldn’t get the other baby out in time. I was too ill to comprehend and was never formally told, but later I worked out for myself that the second twin must have died. Culturally, we don’t acknowledge a still-birth as the death of a child, so I was never able to see the child, to properly grieve or say goodbye.
I had originally been registered to give birth in the UK – at the Portland – but because I went into labour so early I had to give birth in Nigeria. As soon as I came round from the anaesthetic I was frantically phoning the Portland, asking what I should be doing to maximise the chances of my baby surviving.
They’d tell me what to do and then I’d ask the Nigerian doctors: ‘Please, have you given me steroid injections to help mature the baby’s lungs? Have you cleared her airways?’
I was under anaesthetic when the second twin – the one that died – was born, and I have a feeling my daughter survived because I was awake and I knew what to ask for.
I had lived such a carefree life up until that moment, but after that I thought: ‘With all my privileges, with all the resources that I have at my disposal… I still lost a child.’
I think that’s when my own sense of social justice was truly awakened. Even something as simple as breastfeeding. We all know that premature babies really need breast milk, and in London they would just bring you a breast pump. In Nigeria they brought me a bowl.
If God has helped you to survive something, I think it would be very selfish to keep that knowledge to yourself. During the time I was in hospital another premature baby, who had been born at home, was brought in by the father.
It was a very expensive hospital so I told the staff to add the bill for the baby’s treatment to my own bill. I had bought two of everything, and had paid for the care of two babies.
Winning formula
The Portland were sending me things like formula milk specially designed for premature babies, and I just thought: ‘There are five other children in intensive care. Don’t all these premature babies deserve a chance at survival too?’
So I started ordering triple what I needed, and the doctors all remarked on what a difference it was making. The Wellbeing Foundation started from there.
It was because of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa that Nigeria started keeping proper records of infant mortality. I raised the alarm in 2006, and met with the minister for health, and together our two organisations started to investigate why infant mortality was so high.
We discovered the main causes of death for women were post-partum haemorrhage, malaria in pregnancy, and sepsis. Newborns were dying because their airways weren’t being cleared properly.
What really came out of that study was that the things that are killing women in pregnancy in Nigeria are all preventable, and it doesn’t even cost that much money – it costs knowledge.
Our programmes train doctors and midwives in things like how to prevent sepsis through sanitation, how to clear a newborn’s airways, how to recognise the signs of haemorrhage early and prevent it.
Rates of progress
In 2006 when I started the foundation, the death rate for newborns was one in six; now it’s one in 12. What was really interesting, though, was that in the hospitals where we were running our MamaCare programmes for expectant mothers, the death rate is zero.
Our hospitals are confounding a national average that has improved but still has a long way to go: Finland’s infant mortality is one in 4,000, not one in 12!
At the beginning it was just about saving lives, but now it’s about getting those key innovations that save lives to the mothers themselves.
Midwives are at the heart of the work of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa. Our ‘MamaCare midwives’ deliver antenatal and postnatal classes and visits to women in Abuja, Lagos and Ilorin.
The classes take place in primary healthcare centres, hospitals and even prisons. I’m trying to teach expectant mothers to be an equal partner in the quality of the care they receive.
For example, we’ll show them the amount of blood that is normal to lose after birth, and give them a mat to lie on. We tell them that if the mat is overflowing or leaking they must ask to be taken back to the labour ward because they’re in post-partum haemorrhage.
A lot of people’s foundations are about how much they’re giving – mine is more about what we’re giving. A lot of my programmes are very simple. It’s all about knowledge.
Emelia Hamilton-Russell writes for Spear’s
Photographed for Spear’s by David Harrison
This was first published in issue 67 of Spear’s magazine, available on newstands now. Click here to subscribe
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Neymar faced injury but Richarlison presented a gift
Posted on November 21, 2018, 1:12 am
Most of the teams are playing international friendly matches in recent time and South American giant Brazil is not so behind. Two weeks are a gap for the international schedule and later, the regular league season will resume again. So, team Brazil is using their full power to beat their opponent. Just like before, in an international friendly match, Brazil faced Cameroon where Brazil won by 1 – 0 goal. The only goal was scored by Richarlison. The top star and most valuable player Neymar was also in the squad but in 7th minutes of the game, he suffered from injury and replaced by the player Richarlison. So, it seemed that Neymar faced injury but Richarlison presented a gift to him as well as the Brazil national team.
At the Stadium MK in England in the friendly match, there was a record audience and the number of them was 39,669. They went to the stadium to enjoy the game of Brazilian poster boy Neymar but their hearts were broken as well as like the fans of Brazil. In Tuesday night at the beginning of the game, in 7th minutes Neymar left the ground with an injury. Finally, the PSG star Neymar was replaced by Richarlison and the player did not wait to repay his debt to the coach Tite. He presented an expensive gift to the national team as well as his national teammate. Richarlison is the most expensive player in English club Everton and with his only goal, the apprentices of Tite left the ground with 1 – 0 victory. Including the match, Brazil tested the victories consecutive six times so far.
By losing the most valuable player Neymar, Brazil stumbled at the beginning of the match. But, they did not want to make the rest of the team suffer so much. They got used to it within a short time. They dominated the whole match with ball possession, attack and so on. But the lackings of Neymar was felt by all of the team like Firmino, Willian and others. Team Brazil took total 23 shots to the opponent goal post but only nine of them was in the target and so, it was clear that the team missed Neymar all the time.
Cameroon is one of the most strong teams in Africa and they had a talented goalkeeper and most of the time, he saved the team against Brazil. Besides, the random attacking division of Brazil was one of the main reason that the South American team continuously missed the chance.
In 21st minutes of the game, the first shot of Paulinho was stopped by the goalkeeper Onana. 44th minutes of the game, Brazilian midfielder Allan took a shot but in exchange for a corner, it was stopped. In 45th minutes of the game, from the corner Willian took an amazing shot and touched by Richarlison, it found the net. Finally, the game ended with 1 – 0 goal and team Brazil took their 6th consecutive victories so far.
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Gestetner subsidiary to distribute Sharp products in SL
Fintek Managed Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, a fully incorporated subsidiary of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC, has been appointed the authorized distributor for Sharp Office Automation products and solutions in Sri Lanka.
Fintek complements Gestetner’s role as a market leader in Sri Lanka’s office automation space, and will introduce other business lines in the near future.
Sharp is a household name, a company known worldwide for leading the market with its unique electronic products and solutions designed and manufactured by a team of experts. The Japanese brand has been a trusted name when it comes to quality and reliability for over a 100 years. Sharp utilizes advanced technology to meet its commitment to innovation, quality, value and design, with original products that carry the unique SHARP stamp improving the daily lives of people across the world.
Fintek’s product line-up includes Sharp branded colour and monochrome photocopy machines, Multimedia Projectors, Interactive White Boards, Cash Registers and Software Solutions. This versatile line-up of secure, high-quality and environment friendly document solutions are designed to help businesses keep up with the pace of modern work. The Fintek team’s knowledge of these Sharp products has been supplemented by intensive training overseas and via a continued learning programme.
Industry veteran Anton Senadhipathy is Fintek’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr Senadhipathy is widely experienced both locally and internationally in the industry, and says “The user-friendly design, outstanding reliability, security and capacity of Sharp digital products are testament to the company’s commitment to quality and excellence. These products are the best in the market, and they are matched by the unparalleled customer experience we provide in our showrooms.”
Mr Senadhipathy also added, “Our portfolio and service experience is strengthened by the industry expertise of our parent company Gestetner. We are looking forward to expanding our market share substantially over the next two years.”
Gestetner is a leading total document solutions provider in Sri Lanka and has serviced a wide client portfolio since it was listed as a publicly quoted company in 1964.
Please visit Fintek showroom at No 2, St. Benedict Mawatha, Colombo 13 for obligation free product demonstration on the Sharp office automation product line up and solutions.
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Opening Address By Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister For Education (Higher Education And Skills) At The Lifelong Learning Festival 2016, 12 November 2016, Lifelong Learning Institute, 11.00 Am
Mr Tan Kay Yong
Chairman, Lifelong Learning Council
Distinguished Guests
1 It is my pleasure to join you at the Lifelong Learning Festival 2016. The Lifelong Learning Festival has been around for many years. I remember when I was a much younger civil servant; the Lifelong Learning Festival was really a festival. We were teaching all kinds of leisure and recreational skills and then somebody said that the Lifelong Learning Festival should really be about vocational skills, skills that one can use to earn a living and so the concept changed.
2 Years later, I can see that the concept has changed again. Today because we have defined vocational skills a lot wider, not just the physical, technical skills but a whole host of social and soft skills. So we see the pendulum swinging as we redefine what skills upgrading means for all of us. The Festival this year has been extended from two days to a two-week-long festival. Activities will be held all over the island so that the message of lifelong learning and the need to constantly upgrade oneself will seep into the community.
3 An occasion like this is always a good opportunity to take stock of all the initiatives under SkillsFuture and introduce a few new initiatives. Before that let me talk about how ordinary Singaporeans perceive SkillsFuture.
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4 SkillsFuture is sometimes seen like an iceberg, you see the tip but there’s a lot more underneath. Today, people only see the top of SkillsFuture which is the SkillsFuture Credit but the iceberg has a lot more underneath. The $500 SkillsFuture Credit is really like a voucher, it is what we call demand-side funding. The rest of the iceberg is funding and support on the supply-side and there is so much that we are doing on the supply-side. Our education system is all funded on the supply-side, funding goes into the schools, polytechnics, ITEs, universities, likewise under SSG, it goes into CET centres, it goes into specific courses that can lead you to a better job.
5 Having said that, there have been many people, writing in to me and other Members of Parliament to request for more funding on the demand-side, in other words to get a bigger voucher so that they can attend more courses of their choosing. Hence, we introduced the SkillsFuture Study Awards. In July, I gave out the first batch of SkillsFuture Study Awards to recipients who are committed to deepening their skills in their respective vocations. One of the recipients is Glory Janessa Puvaneswari Kumaran. She started out as a pre-school teacher at PAP Community Foundation in 2001 and is now a senior teacher overseeing the induction and mentoring programme in her school. Her ambition is to become a Centre Principal and she intends to use the Study Award to pursue an Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Leadership.
6 But let us go one step further, to working people who are more senior, who have already developed deep expertise in their profession but wants to go further. For example, someone who is already a Centre Principal or even a Cluster Lead, but learning to be even better, acquiring latest knowhow and techniques in teaching children. These individuals can become mentors to others like Janessa.
7 In the case of a chef, learning beyond culinary skills in the kitchen to designing menus. An experienced HR professional learning business side of things, so he or she can truly be partner of the CEO in shaping the direction of the company. An engineer learning to be a master trainer, so that knowledge and skills are better captured and transmitted throughout his organization.
8 To recognise Singaporeans with deep skills in their areas of work and who champion lifelong learning in their work communities as mentors and role models to others, we will be giving out the SkillsFuture Fellowship starting from next year. It is a cash award of $10,000 that they can use to continue their pursuit of skills mastery, in a course of their choosing. For a start, we will give out up to 30 SkillsFuture Fellowships in 2017, and will increase the number over time. At steady state, we expect to award up to 100 Fellowships per year.
Employer Awards
9 Apart from the community and lifelong learning champions, employers also play a key role in supporting a lifelong learning culture. A conducive learning environment at work is vital to employees keeping up with the skills needs of the industry.
10 For companies that are exemplary in their investments in their employees’ skills development, we want to recognise them with the SkillsFuture Employer Awards. In 2017, we plan to give out up to 10 awards, and up to 30 awards annually at steady state.
11 Applications for both the SkillsFuture Fellowships and Employer Awards will open in mid-December. These awards were jointly conceptualised by tripartite partners, who would also form a tripartite judging panel and drive the outreach of both awards. SSG will provide more details when ready.
More Options in Education
12 Lifelong learning is a continuum, from our education system to adult learning. On the education front, we continue to expand the choices and offer more options for learners.
13 Earlier this week, NUS has announced that it will be introducing co-operative programmes, where students spend extended amount of time during third and fourth year working in companies and studying in campus. NUS will start information security, business analytics, and data science. NUS and SIT will be the two universities offering co-operative programmes and I welcome the other universities to offer them too. Co-operative programs will give students a stronger grounding in real life work experience, and moving ahead, we will see more varied forms of course delivery in universities.
14 Last month, I announced MOE’s proposal to restructure UniSIM into our 6th Autonomous University (AU). The next steps will include legal and legislative amendment to confer AU status to UniSIM, and to rebrand the University.
15 With this change, it will receive more support from MOE to run its courses. We have two comprehensive universities – NUS and NTU. The others occupy important niches, providing upgrading pathways for different sectors, trades and crafts. SMU focuses on the business sector, SUTD blends technology with strong design thinking discipline, and SIT offers applied learning in technical fields.
16 UniSIM too will have its special place. It will courses in applied learning in the area of social sciences. It will offer both full time degrees for young students, but more important, it will continue its current focus which is to offer part-time degrees to adult learners who chose to start their career first, and obtain their degrees later on in life. This is a pathway that is quite under-developed today, and with UniSIM as an Autonomous University, the pathway will be given a much needed booster.
LearnSG Seed Fund
17 Last year at the Festival, I announced the LearnSG Seed Fund to encourage Singaporeans, organisations and schools to drive learning projects and foster a spirit of learning within the community. Since its launch in January 2016, 64 projects have been supported under this fund.
18 One recipient of the Seed Fund is the One Maker Group which runs a 10-week Maker Apprentice Programme. The programme imparts skills in areas such as engineering, welding and woodwork as well as the use of tools like 3D-printers to create their own projects. Shaun Poon is a participant of this programme. He started prop-making as a hobby and after joining the Maker Apprentice Programme, he has incorporated electronics and fabrication skills he learnt into this work. I am glad to hear that what started out as a community-driven learning project has helped to deepen Shaun’s skills and perhaps eventually turn his hobby into an enterprise.
19 The LearnSG Seed Fund is currently open for applications and I hope more will step forward to apply. But a Seed Fund is really not enough. We need to stronger push on the ground, to individuals and to businesses.
20 Hence, last month, I announced SkillsFuture Engage, an outreach effort supported by CDCs, NTUC e2i and other community groups to bring resources and advisory services to Singaporeans. These intermediaries will engage and guide the public to navigate the training and education landscape.
a. First, organizes ground initiatives, such as workshops, seminars to engage Singaporeans.
b. Second, conduct self-assessments to help Singaporeans find out which training and career choices best fit them.
c. Third, provide advice on what training is suitable and how to use SkillsFuture Credit wisely to help bridge the skills gap.
21 We will pilot this with CDCs and hope to extend this effort throughout the island with the help of more union and community groups. The support available to Singaporeans extends beyond helping individuals make informed choices on training and job-matching.
22 It has taken many years to reach where we are. I hope that over time we will look at SkillsFuture as less of an iceberg but as a building, where we can see the whole structure, and I think this building is gradually taking shape. This building will have many pillars. An education system with more options, new pathways, different modalities of delivery; polytechnics, ITE and even Universities running adult learning centres. All these providing different choices for our young learners.
23 On the supply side, we have a lot of support starting with a broad base of subsidised courses for all Singaporeans. Last year, we introduced the SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy, of which Singaporeans aged 40 and above can benefit from higher course fee subsidies. We also provide support to CET centres to build up their capabilities to offer quality training. On the demand side, we have at a broad base again with the SkillsFuture Credit. Beyond that a more generous monetary award which we call the SkillsFuture Study Awards and above that, an even more generous award for the masters - the SkillsFuture Fellowships. Putting all this together, the SkillsFuture Engage, where we go out and engage companies and engage Singaporeans so that we all understand the system and can make use of that system.
24 Let’s continue to work on this. It will have a tremendous impact on Singapore, and the lives of Singaporeans.
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What is a With Love Session?
Stacy Carosa Photography is founded on celebrating transitions in people's lives. Most of the time this might be in the form of transitions that are pretty obvious like graduations, starting a new job, or becoming engaged. However, everyone goes through transitions in their lives that are not so obvious. These not so obvious transitions are the ones that we should celebrate more because they are often times the transitions that showcase our courage, strength, and perseverance. These are the moments in life that we may or may not share with many people but we are proud of our accomplishment and the ways it has shaped us.
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“Ivory Tower” explores the future of liberal arts education
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“Ivory Tower” is a documentary about the rising cost of college in the United States — a high-stakes and intensely personal topic for many members of the Stanford community.
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“You and your fellow students…are therefore to be congratulated for your involvement in the excellent work of bringing back the Middle Ages,” Yale professor Stephen Carter ‘76 wrote last Thursday. In his acidly penned “Dear Class of 2014: Thanks for Not Disinviting Me,” Carter responded to controversies at Rutgers University and Smith College over the selections of Condoleezza Rice and Christine Lagarde as their commencement speakers. (Ditto for Haverford College and Robert Birgenau.) A former managing editor of The Stanford Daily, one imagines that Carter would be amused to see that this piece has relevance to Stanford as well.
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Plans for a Stanford program in New York City have continued to take shape in recent weeks, punctuated by the University’s submission of a 115-page proposal to the New York State Board of Education.
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The New York City Board of Health will vote September 13 on whether to implement Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary soda in containers larger than 16 ounces. Rather than having a pragmatic, detail-oriented, empirically-based discussion about the merits of Bloomberg’s proposal, however, New Yorkers have, in true American style, elevated the debate into nothing less than a blood-and-tears struggle for freedom against the oppressive forces of tyrannical statism.
NYC mayor awards NYU public land
by Billy Gallagher — April 24, 2012 April 24, 2012 4 Comments
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg awarded New York University (NYU) public land in downtown Brooklyn Monday to build an applied sciences campus. NYU is the second winner, following Cornell in December, in the mayor’s competition granting city money to boost the New York’s technology sector.
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Person killed in head-on crash on FM 812 identified
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Feb 22, 2013 at 12:01 AM Sep 26, 2018 at 5:28 PM
Update 2:35 p.m.: Department of Public Safety officials have identified the man killed in a crash with a garbage truck in southeastern Travis County early Friday as Larry Allen Overall, 49.
Overall was driving west on FM 812 toward the tollway in a blue pickup shortly before 7 a.m. when he hit a garbage truck waiting to turn left onto Texas 130, department spokeswoman Robbie Barrera said.
Troopers said they received 911 calls before the crash about a pickup driving recklessly and later tied the reports to Overall’s vehicle, Barrera said.
Overall lived in Del Valle, worked in fire suppression and was a photographer, Barrera said. As a freelance photographer, Overall’s work often appeared in the Bastrop Advertiser newspaper.
8:15 update: One person has died following a head-on crash in Southeast Travis County near the Texas 130 tollway, an official said.
The crash involving a large commercial truck and a small passenger vehicle occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on eastbound FM 812 near the tollway, said Travis County sheriff’s spokesman Roger Wade.
At least one person involved in the crash was killed, Wade said.
Wade did not have immediate details regarding how the crash occurred or which person involved in the crash died.
The fatal crash is being turned over to the Texas Department of Public Safety to investigate, he said.
The eastbound lanes of FM 812 will be closed for some time as police remain on the scene, he said.
The crash caps a deadly night on Central Texas roadways, claiming three lives in three separate incidents.
Earlier overnight, two died in separate crashes near South Austin, Austin police said.
One incident came following police response to a burglary in progress near Manchaca Road and another was a hit-and-run pedestrian fatality near Interstate 35 and William Cannon.
Earlier: A morning crash in Southeast Travis County has several lanes blocked near the Texas 130 tollway and reporting injuries, an official said.
The crash occurred on FM 812 near Texas 130 shortly before 7 a.m., an official said.
The crash was reported to be head-on, involving two vehicles and emergency responders have been called to the scene, the official said.
Correction: The headline on this story has been updated to correct the location of the wreck.
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Nancy Pelosi Approves Striking ‘So Help Me God’ From Oath, Instantly Regrets It
Nancy Pelosi is wasting no time turning the country into an anti-God nation. The 78-year-old House Speaker was just caught eliminating “So Help Me God” from the witness oath. House Republican Liz Cheney said, “They really have become the party of Karl Marx.” But that’s not all. Don’t miss how the so-called Catholic Pelosi instantly regretted this move. You’ll love this.
Nancy Pelosi is wielding her power as the House Speaker to satisfy the anti-God faction of radical Democrats by eliminating the key phrase from the oath that witnesses take when they testify. Like a Communist state, saying “So Help Me God” must be banned.
According to a draft obtained exclusively by Fox News, The draft shows that the House Committee on Natural Resources would ask witnesses to recite only, “Do you solemnly swear or affirm, under penalty of law, that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?”
Well, the question is who are you swearing to? The rules proposal places the words “So Help You God” in red brackets, indicating they are slated to be cut. The words “under penalty of law” are in red text, indicating that Democrats propose to add that phrasing to the oath.
And keeping with the brave new world these radicals in the House are proposing, they also are changing the phrase “his or her” throughout the document, changing those two pronouns to “their.” So no longer are we to be recognized by our God-given gender. If you are like me, this makes your blood boil.
Reacting to the news of the removal of the reference to God, House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming said, “It is incredible, but not surprising, that the Democrats would try to remove God from committee proceedings in one of their first acts in the majority.”
“They really have become the party of Karl Marx,” she added. And this is coming from Nancy Pelosi who is the Speaker of the House, who professes to be a practicing Catholic.
Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who was imprisoned by the Communist regime, was asked why communism swept into Russia. “More than half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened’,” Solzhenitsyn said.
There is a real war going on in America for the very soul of our country. It’s as plain as day for those who have eyes to see. Just last week, Virginia Democrat Delegate Kathy Tran proposed a measure that will allow for a woman to abort her baby even if she was fully dilated and about to give birth.
Virginia Republican Delegate Todd Gilbert questioned Tran, asking, “Where it’s obvious a woman is about to give birth, that she has physical signs that she is about to give birth. Would that be a point at which she could still request an abortion if she was so certified? She’s dilating.”
Tran responded, “Mr. Chairman, that would be a decision that the doctor, the physician, and the woman would make at that point.” After the chairman pressed her, she answered, “My bill would allow that, yes.”
Is this the kind of anti-God country we want? Anyone who has a moral bone in their body must reject Nancy Pelosi’s vision for America. Pelosi is the one in charge of the House majority, and she is setting the tone that is allowing for these sickos to inject their rabid hatred for Almighty God into our country.
Well, Americans were not on board with reject God. Twitter user “J” responded by tweeting, “No. ‘So help me God’ should always be there. Without God we would have nothing. God helped America and has been here for us all, taking it away and America will be no more. If you don’t believe in God that is your choice, but God is there and will help if we ask.”
“Chris Madness” followed that up with posting, “This country was founded on Christianity thats why its in our oath these scumbags show their evil when they try to change things with God in it because they are worshippers of Satan.”
And Nancy Pelosi was called out by a woman who spotted her attending Catholic mass on Christmas Eve in Hawaii. “Nancy was here in Kona this past Christmas and went to Christmas eve mass. She received Communion at my church, St. Michael’s, then she flew back to Washington D.C. gave planned parenthood more money and then this [removing So Help Me God]. The priest was nervous about getting complaints from people,” said “GateKeeper.”
Nancy Pelosi cannot profess to be a practicing Catholic and then do Satan’s dirty work. In fact, Nancy should be nervous, and she has no right going to Communion when she is advocating for Planned Parenthood and allowing the anti-God radicals to run amok slaughtering newborn babies and striking God from our oath. The priest should have rejected her attempt to receive Communion.
Nancy has been in trouble before. Back in 2009, Pope Benedict refused to take a photo with her and then warned her he would ex-communicate her if she persisted in sin by supporting abortion. Sadly, she continues in her anti-God ways and is dragging America right with her.
This is why it is so vitally important for all Americans to reject the Democrats. The coming up election in 2020 is so important. We cannot allow these radical anti-God Democrats to gain any more power, in fact, we must retake the House. If this country turns its back on God we can’t expect to remain under His divine protection. Make sure all your family and friends are aware of what these snakes are doing before it’s too late.
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Model shows effects of giant meteorite strike
Ever wondered exactly what would happen if a massive meteorite hit the Earth? Princeton University scientists can show you.
They’ve created a new model that, they say, can more accurately simulate the seismic fallout of such an impact by taking into account Earth’s elliptical shape, surface features and ocean depths. Current models use a featureless sphere.
The model simulates how seismic waves generated by a meteorite collision would spread across and within the planet.
“After a meteorite impact, seismic waves travel outward across the Earth’s surface like after a stone is thrown in water. These waves travel all the way around the globe and meet in a single point on the opposite side from the impact known as the antipode,” says lead author Matthias Meschede of the University of Munich.
Our model shows that because the Earth is elliptical and its surface is heterogeneous those waves travel with different speeds in different areas, changing where the waves end up on the other side of the world and the waves’ amplitude when they get there. These waves also are influenced by the interior.”
The researchers started by simulating the meteorite strike that caused the Chicxulub crater in Mexico 65 million years ago, an impact two million times more powerful than a hydrogen bomb that’s believed to have triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs.
They found that the impact’s seismic waves would be scattered and unfocused, resulting in less severe ground displacement, tsunamis, and seismic and volcanic activity than previously theorized.
There’s a prominent theory that the meteorite triggered huge volcanic eruptions that changed the climate, originating in the Deccan Traps in India – roughly on the opposite side of the Earth from the Chicxulub crater at the time. But the new model implies this is unlikely.
“Regarding the mass extinction, we saw from our measurements that a Chicxulub-sized impact alone would be too small to cause such a large volcanic eruption as what occurred at the Deccan Traps,” says Meschede.
“Our model shows that the antipodal focusing of the seismic wave from such an impact was hugely overestimated in previous calculations, which used a spherical-Earth model.”
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Happy Birthday Behaviour
One of my favourite bands, Pet Shop Boys is celebrating 25 years of the release of their album Behaviour.
I've been listening to Pet Shop Boys since I was a teen and Being Boring from this album is one of my favourite songs by them. Actually, my number one favourite song by them.
Here's an article from The Guradian from 2010 about Why Pet Shop Boys' Being Boring is the perfect pop song.
Being Boring has followed me through my own teenage parties, student days, fumbled relationships and drunken evenings. In the summer it feels nostalgic, rose-tinted; in the winter it's a sun-beam, a cause for celebration.
"I remember dancing to this," says one of the hundreds of comments on YouTube, "and I'd get tears in my eyes thinking of all the friends and lovers I've lost, where my life has gone and where it ended up."
In short, does another song evoke, so perfectly, the sigh of experience with the hope of living?
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EPF: AirAsia-MAHB spat reflects badly on Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said today it is very concerned about the AirAsia-Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) airport tax dispute, which has became very public because the disagreement reflects badly not only on both companies but also on Malaysia.
EPF chief executive officer Tunku Alizakri Alias said while EPF has sent letters to AirAsia and MAHB to express the fund's concern over the matter, the EPF is not in a position to arbitrate in the dispute and instead is acting as a typical concerned investor.
"Just like any investor, we are actually very concerned that the spat has become very public. This is not only bad for the two organisations. It's also bad for Malaysia as a whole.
"The two companies are representing Malaysia. AirAsia brings in tourists and business people into the country and MAHB operates KLIA, the first point of contact for foreigners, who come to Malaysia," Alizakri said here today at a press briefing on the EPF's 2018 financial performance.
Alizakri said the EPF is looking forward to seeing the issue resolved. He said AirAsia, which has responded to the EPF's letter, will meet the fund to explain its situation. Alizakri, however, said the EPF is still waiting for MAHB's response.
The airport tax, or passenger service charge (PSC), has been a point of contention between MAHB and budget airline AirAsia group for many years, defined by the occasional war of words in the press and on social media.
The Edge Malaysia Weekly, in its Jan 28, 2019-Feb 3, 2019 issue, reported that AirAsia had in January 2019 filed its counterclaim, seeking RM400 million in damages in response to a lawsuit brought against it by MAHB on Dec 11, 2018.
It was reported that MAHB is suing the low-cost carrier group for a combined RM36.11 million in outstanding PSC collection via two parallel civil suits in the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
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News Electronics & communications Energy & environment Renewables
Novel solar cell could break conversion efficiency barrier
By Jason Ford 15th January 2013 11:03 am 16th December 2015 12:05 pm
Scientists from the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 per cent conversion efficiency barrier.
‘This research has produced a novel, realistically achievable, lattice-matched, multi-junction solar cell design with the potential to break the 50 per cent power conversion efficiency mark under concentrated illumination,’ said Robert Walters, PhD, NRL research physicist. ‘At present, the world record triple-junction solar cell efficiency is 44 per cent under concentration and it is generally accepted that a major technology breakthrough will be required for the efficiency of these cells to increase much further.’
The work was carried out in collaboration with Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices.
According to NRL, each junction in multi-junction (MJ) solar cells is tuned to different wavelength bands in the solar spectrum to increase efficiency.
High-band-gap semiconductor material is used to absorb the short-wavelength radiation with longer-wavelength parts transmitted to subsequent semiconductors.
In theory, an infinite-junction cell could obtain a maximum power conversion percentage of nearly 87 per cent. The challenge is to develop a semiconductor material system that can attain a wide range of band gaps and be grown with high crystalline quality.
By exploring novel semiconductor materials and applying band structure engineering, via strain-balanced quantum wells, the NRL research team has produced a design for a MJ solar cell that can achieve direct band gaps from 0.7eV to 1.8eV with materials that are lattice-matched to an indium phosphide (InP) substrate.
‘Having all lattice-matched materials with this wide range of band gaps is the key to breaking the current world record’ said Walters in a statement. ‘It is well known that materials lattice-matched to InP can achieve band gaps of about 1.4eV and below, but no ternary alloy semiconductors exist with a higher direct band-gap.’
The primary innovation enabling this new path to high efficiency is claimed to be the identification of InAlAsSb quaternary alloys as a high-band-gap material layer that can be grown lattice-matched to InP.
Drawing from their experience with Sb-based compounds for detector and laser applications, NRL scientists modelled the band structure of InAlAsSb and showed that this material could potentially achieve a direct band gap as high as 1.8eV.
With this result, and using a model that includes radiative and non-radiative recombination, the NRL scientists created a solar cell design that is a potential route to more than 50 per cent power conversion efficiency under concentrated solar illumination.
Recently awarded a US Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) project, NRL scientists, working with Niles, Illinois-based MicroLink and Rochester Institute of Technology, will execute a three-year materials and device development programme to realise this new solar cell technology.
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Ben Pelchat – Serious and Magnetic
Ben Pelchat is always doing something new. When he first started in music, it was not a skin-deep desire to emulate the latest or greatest craze. Pelchat is about the music and the pursuit of creating sound that connects on a deep and lasting level. I know, it sounds alien by today’s standards, since that which dominates today’s commercial music culture is, with every transitory ad sync, rarely a rallying call for ‘deep’ or ‘lasting’. And yet Pelchat the Torontonian polymath from Quebec, has, of his own volition, made the decision to move away from the safety net of Instagram crowd pleasing impermanence to make music that is actually an extension of his own personality (without the tired social media rehearsed posturing). Delightfully, without fear of making his brand of pop into something dark. He writes, sings, plays and arranges everything himself, engineers and produces every note and lyric of that personality. He does so while simultaneously writing, producing and mentoring some of Canada’s most exciting home-grown talents in Toronto’s legendary studio, Kensington Sound, where he has nurtured the careers of Wes Mason, Jade Mya, Vaxxo, Jordan John and many more musical shakers on the Canadian music scene. He is indispensable to all the singer songwriters and bands who have all grown creatively under his tutelage, encouragement and guidance, and he has been the secret weapon in the musical arsenal of countless albums, including my own.
Yes, Pelchat is the true definition of an artist. He studies, he teaches and he shares his craft. However, artist is kind of a dirty word in 2018 isn’t it? It’s become a common word for something that used to represent the extra-ordinary, not the ordinary. When Pelchat is perpetually leading by example as a modern hybrid of Daniel Lanois, Bryan Adams and George Martin, (with A-list Hollywood cheekbones thrown in for good measure), can we really compare his one-man entourage to an artist like Justin Timberlake or The Weeknd who, both remain unchallenged in their very oversized entourages? If JT and The Weeknd are bona fide artists, then Ben Pelchat is a creative warrior. That’s the name of the five-card trick that is trumping every hand the weekend gamblers are playing today.
Excellent entertainers they may be, but how many electricians does it take to change a light bulb? A lot less than the songwriters and producers you need to make a Justin Timberlake record. Pelchat is the kind of artist we used to wait for, the kind that now only usually exist in our dreams. Similar to Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Prince and a handful of creators known for having complete autonomy over what they create with the talent and skill to execute it, Pelchat is, like them, a creative warrior.
‘Gravity’, the second track to be released from his forthcoming album deals esoterically with sex and obsession. Sounds like a stalker on Tinder right? But then, everyone on Tinder is a closet stalker of sorts. Gravity is balls to the wall and heart on sleeve deep and dark pop. This is something spiritual – a genuine hymn to the universal yearning we all have for human contact, and the gut wrenching pain that goes with it. It screams Depeche Mode synthetics and rawk vocal attitude, Gravity is an urgent and base chakra moodscape triggered by the single word refrain of the song title. The production could be a reboot of the kind of audio sensibilities that Peter Gabriel explored on his 3rd album (melt). Such is the rich yet bold bravura of the instrumentation. Even though Pelchat can do everything in the studio, like any great artist with a vision, he commands respect and love from the musicians that collaborate on his music, on this outing, “Trillionaire” Earl Powell and Alexy Guerer take the production reins, Toronto’s Michael Ruberu on backing vocals and The Godfather of Kensington Sound, Vezi Tayyeb on lead guitar. It’s an inspired ensemble, curated and directed by Pelchat with an audible devotion.
The video is beautifully directed by Paul Taborovsky and features exotic dancer/ pole dancer Olly Taborovsky (also art director and video editor on Gravity) with emerging director Vira Solovyova as 1st AD and producer. Having worked with nude dancers and Burlesque artists myself in the past, I know it’s all to easy for pundits to criticise male artists who feature female dancers as some sort of sexploitative move. But Olly Taborovsky is an artist and connoisseur of her craft. Pelchat shares the platform almost as a supporting role to her performance and plays the kind of rock star who you would expect to know nothing about the technology plug-in planet of pro-audio recording. He acts beautifully, and leaves the many other hats that he wears off camera.
Olly Tarborovsky
Olly Taborovsky not only art directs the video, but is chief editor it as well. So it’s probably fair to assume this free thinking vegan creative warrior is also a big supporter of women’s rights and gender parity in the work place. Pelchat and Taborovsky create a magical duet of sublime visual tapestry that never strays from the canvas of the song itself. The sexual tension is electric and leaves you wanting to know what happens next in the story.
I hazard a guess that we will have to wait until Pelchat’s album is released to find out how that story unfolds. I for one, am being pulled towards that anticipation by what can only be…Gravity. In both senses of the word, which are of course synonymous with Ben Pelchat himself – serious and magnetic. Gravity is out now
Tim Arnold, 6th August 2018
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How not to enhance a presentation
What could be easier than adding audio-visuals to your conference paper? John Corner on waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Source: Nate Kitch
We’ve all been there: sitting in a stuffy conference room as a speaker is introduced and prepares to present a paper. Then – here we go again – some part of the audio-visual system won’t cooperate. Minutes pass as attempts are made to fix things. But it could be worse – the speaker could be us.
The audience response to such incidents, which are too frequent to be really surprising, generally moves through phases. First of all, there is continued hopeful expectation. Then, after a few minutes, there is a clear move to “time out”: conversational levels increase and people resort to the ever-present possibilities afforded by their mobile devices.
If no resolution seems in sight, some at the back may choose to creep away, perhaps to another session. The event may be rescheduled, or someone will suggest a short break. All the while the unfortunate speaker, just a few minutes ago eagerly anticipating that moment in the spotlight, continues to run through possible remedies – including, perhaps, those shouted out from the floor.
They might also be aided by a diffident member of the host department (“I’m afraid I never use this room myself”) or even a technician (“This has never happened before”). Speakers subjected for too long to this kind of intensifying pressure may finally feel that a possible loss of enthusiasm by the audience is of less significance than their own complete loss of interest in delivering their paper.
The inclusion of audio-visual material has become a routine part of academic speaking in lectures and conference sessions. Although it remains open to the risk of the “show” taking over from the talk, it has brought increased clarity and helpful illustration. For some speakers, it also presents the opportunity to use image, sound and video extracts to provide examples around which their exposition and analysis can be developed. However, the price to be paid for these advantages is a degree of dependence upon technology that is reliably unreliable.
Problems with audio-visual technology have always existed. Even with simple VHS tapes, the appearance of decent sound and vision when you pressed “play” was not something that could be assumed so readily that it didn’t bring a flood of relief when it happened. And the matter of whether the sound and vision that you got was the particular bit that you wanted, warranted some care. I remember an incident before a public lecture in Norway when, after carefully setting up my tape for the precise three minutes of the film I wanted for the opening of my talk, I went to the toilets. When I returned, a technician had arrived, who told me that he had checked the player and had rewound my tape to the start so that it was now ready when needed.
At one conference, I was reduced to providing a roughly remembered commentary and interview exchange for about four minutes of what had been turned by the equipment into a silent documentary on nuclear energy. Appreciation was duly shown, but I would have rather it had been for the interest of my analysis than for my excursion into performance art. At another event, I recall a humble slide carousel turning treacherous, repeatedly popping the speaker’s slides into the air like tiny pieces of toast as the drum was rotated. At first, he reacted with good humour, passing it off like the comic mishap in a Tommy Cooper trick, but as the malfunction continued and a smell of burning became apparent, he got increasingly angry at the sight of his presentation almost literally going up in smoke.
These days, the sheer complexity of some lecture room consoles, rivalling air traffic control desks, is an even greater source of anxiety. Those who have grown up with digital technology are certainly likely to be less worried by it than those who have come to it late. But while I know that younger researchers produce far more ambitious and engaging audio-visual materials than I do, my sense is that, on the day, their vulnerability to mishaps is not much different from anyone else’s.
Perhaps the ongoing development of kit and software will reduce the frequency of glitches – although “upgrading” has been the cause of some of them. But, for the foreseeable future, conference organisers will need to ensure that thorough pre-testing of equipment is carried out if the currently rather ridiculous rate of disruption is to be reduced.
Quite a few presentations can convert to “talk only” without too much loss – even a bit of gain. But when planning to show examples, I shall certainly continue to have a plan B on standby – which goes beyond unhappily describing to the audience what they have missed.
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The Bahrain meeting: A chance for Israel-Gulf rapprochement?
Analysts say improved ties between Israel and Arab countries cannot take place in the absence of tangible progress to defuse the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict
By Shatha YAISH 24 June 2019, 8:04 am 0 Edit
A view of the Manama skyline, Bahrain. (CC-BY Jayson De Leon/Wikimedia Commons)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — A US-led peace conference on the Palestinian economy could present Washington with a new opportunity to push Gulf allies and Israel closer together as tensions with common foe Iran rise.
The Palestinian Authority is boycotting the Peace to Prosperity conference that opens Tuesday in Bahrain, charging that it is seeking to buy off the Palestinians and deprive them of an independent state.
Gulf powerhouses Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are taking part in the two-day meeting but it is not clear if other US allies — Kuwait, Oman and Qatar — will attend.
Israel — which Bahrain does not officially recognize — will send business leaders but the White House has said officials and ministers will not attend the conference.
Palestinian female supporters of the Islamic Jihad terror group carry posters of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against the Bahrain economic workshop in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on June 18, 2019 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Gulf countries are “well aware a Palestinian investment conference without Palestinians and even without official Israeli participation is ridiculous,” said Hussein Ibish of the Arab Gulf States Institute.
“I think the Gulf countries are simply trying to win brownie points with the Trump administration, particularly at a time of heightened confrontation with Iran,” he said.
US President Donald Trump (C) and Saudi’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R) pose for a picture with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
The administration of US President Donald Trump is keen to use the conference to push for closer ties between the oil-rich Gulf Arabs states and Israel to bolster an anti-Iran coalition.
“I don’t think the… absence of Palestinian political leaders… makes any difference to the US administration’s desire to deepen the nascent but undeclared alliance between itself, Israel and some Gulf Arab states against Iran,” said Middle East analyst Neil Partrick.
“In terms of the individual national security priorities of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, Iran has long been of greater importance to them than the almost extinct ideological pressure that Palestine once placed on the policies and behavior of all Arab state leaders,” he added.
Israel courts Arab world
The workshop — led by Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner — will focus on the economic aspects of the US president’s long-delayed plan to resolve the decades-old Middle East conflict.
White House adviser Jared Kushner in Washington on Aug. 29, 2018. (AP /Jacquelyn Martin)
On Saturday the US unveiled details of the plan, saying it aims to raise more than $50 billion for the Palestinians and create one million jobs for them within a decade.
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi rejected the plan, saying the United States should instead press Israel to withdraw from occupied land and allow the Palestinians to thrive.
Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas said it was not possible to discuss the economic aspects before finalizing a political solution.
Egypt and Jordan — the only two Arab countries to have peace treaties with Israel — will be represented in Bahrain by senior finance ministry officials.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
In recent years Israel has been courting Arab nations which do not recognize the Jewish state, and in October last year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held surprise talks in Muscat with the ruler of Oman.
These efforts at rapprochement came as Iran — the arch-foe of Israel and regional rival of Gulf kingpin Saudi Arabia — was bolstering its influence in several Arab countries.
Analysts say improved ties between Israel and Arab countries cannot take place in the absence of a tangible progress to defuse the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
“If you want to unite everyone against Iran, you need to do something in the (Mideast) peace process,” Yoel Guzansky, a former head of the Gulf department at Israel’s National Security Council, told AFP.
Ibish agreed. “A real, open and meaningful rapprochement in not on the cards,” he said, pointing to the dispute over the city of Jerusalem — which both Palestinians and Israeli claim as their own.
The Palestinians have boycotted the US administration since Trump broke with decades of consensus by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017 and moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city last year.
Arab countries participating in the Bahrain workshop are under pressure from Palestinians who consider the US peace plan will only liquidate their cause.
US officials have hinted that the political part of the plan — which could come out later this year — will not mention the creation of an independent Palestinian state, a goal of decades of US diplomacy.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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Release Day Blitz: Worship by Jennifer Domenico
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Lost and broken, I turned to the one place that promised wholeness. In the years since, I've become an expert at handling grief, loss, and longing, and I help others find the redemption and peace I so desperately need.
In the most unlikely place, she appears like an angel. In her eyes, my soul is healed. In her arms, the belonging I chased for years is finally mine. The emotions I thought long dead, are reborn by her touch.
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What we've done, what we will do, is wrong, but when she's near, the rules are redefined. I’m not free to love her, but my heart says otherwise. I lost her once, but this time, I'll do anything to keep her.
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When Gina Scott kicks the town bully out of her bar, Nate Grayson glimpses the fragile woman under her tough façade. Though he wants her, she’s twelve years his senior. She’ll never take him seriously, right? Wrong. That night after closing, he loses his virginity—and his heart—to her. Since they live in a small town and tongues wag, Gina insists they keep their relationship a secret. He agrees…for a spell. But six months later, Nate is ready to tie the knot. After an abusive marriage, Gina Scott diligently protected her jaded heart for a decade. But after just one night, Nate burrows under her defenses. He might be inexperienced, but he’s all Alpha and more than capable of turning her inside out. She aches to surrender her heart and say yes to their future…but she’s keeping a dark secret—one that would destroy the happily ever after Nate deserves. She resolves to enjoy their shared pleasure for as long as it lasts while bracing for the day he walks away. But before he can convince Gi…
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Premier League secures FirstRow piracy block
Online pirates to face ten-year jail terms under UK proposal
IP police team plead for campaign support
The English Premier League (PL) has won a blocking order against streaming website FirstRow, the first UK injunction applied to a sports website.
Mr Justice Arnold at the England & Wales High Court ordered BSkyB, BT, Everything Everywhere, Talk Talk, O2 and Virgin – the UK’s biggest Internet service providers (ISPs) – to cut off access to the site on Tuesday.
WIPR reported last month that the PL, which owns the copyright in TV recordings of all recorded matches in England’s senior football competition, moved to block the site under section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA).
The provision has been used before to block access to music and movie downloading services such as Fenopy, Kicksass Torrents and The Pirate Bay.
In the PL case, Arnold said the application was unusual as it covers football rights instead of musical or movie rights, and was seeking to block a streaming site rather than a peer-to-peer network.
Swedish-based FirstRow is widely-used, according to Arnold, transmitting football matches as well as other sporting events. Experts testifying in court said it may be earning between £5.3 and £9.5 million in annual advertising revenues.
The judge found that the website does communicate copyrighted works to the public and infringes the PL’s rights in those works, therefore satisfying the requirements for an injunction.
Reacting to the decision, a PL spokesman said: “We are extremely pleased that the order blocking this website has been granted and we will be enforcing it, in conjunction with the ISPs, ahead of the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League season.”
Arnold also made it clear that any publicans using the site to screen PL matches in their premises are communicating copyright works to the public and therefore breaching section 20 of the CDPA.
The PL spokesman added: “The PL will be significantly upping its enforcement activity in this area in the coming months, so any publican who is being offered a service that is not either BSkyB or BT Vision [which broadcast PL matches] should be aware that these are illegal and they open themselves up to the possibility of prosecution.”
Tuesday’s judgement was much shorter than many other recent blocking cases, said Gareth Dickson, associate at Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.
“This might seem insignificant but in fact it suggests that we now have a pretty well established body of law when it comes to injunctions against ISPs.”
He added: “Two other aspects are noteworthy. The first is that Arnold had no problem with the CJEU’s comments in ITV v TVCatchup on the relevant ‘public’ [which said re-transmissions of TV broadcasts online to an indeterminate number of recipients matches the ‘public’ definition].
“Some people were concerned that the CJEU might have changed the test or muddied the waters, but Arnold clearly doesn’t see it that way. The other is that Arnold found that the posting of links to infringing content was a communication of that content to the public. There is currently a reference pending before the CJEU on this point, so it will be interesting to see what additional information that court might provide, and even whether they agree.”
Both Virgin and Sky told WIPR that they haven’t yet received a blocking order for FirstRow, but both companies said they obey court orders when they receive them. The remaining ISPs did not respond to a request for comment.
This article was first published on 17 July 2013 in World IP Review
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Viator talks ULM staff at Bayou DeSiard event
ULM is still looking to fill two positions on Viator’s inaugural staff
Viator talks ULM staff at Bayou DeSiard event ULM is still looking to fill two positions on Viator’s inaugural staff Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://tnsne.ws/1UUq9uL
Adam Hunsucker, ahunsucker@thenewsstar.com Published 8:03 a.m. CT Jan. 15, 2016 | Updated 9:15 a.m. CT Jan. 15, 2016
Viator introduced the four newest additions to his staff and both coordinators to a packed room at Bayou DeSiard Country Club on Thursday night.(Photo: Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star)Buy Photo
Matt Viator was hoping his coaching staff would get the same reception he did when he was hired as ULM football coach last month.
There wasn’t much to worry about in that regard after Viator saw that crowd of ULM supporters assembled inside Bayou DeSiard Country Club in Monroe on Thursday night to meet them.
“From the day we got here the people have been nothing but fantastic to (Viator’s wife) Schantel and I and it’s good to see this staff get the same treatment,” Viator said. “It was great to see so many people here tonight and at the same team meet so many people that are important to ULM.”
Offensive line coach Rob Sale, defensive backs coach Chris Hampton, wide receivers coach Tim Leger and defensive line coach Manny Michel were present alongside Viator, offensive coordinator Matt Kubik, defensive coordinator Mike Collins and tight ends coach Steve Farmer at the well-attended event.
Other notable attendees included Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo, hall of fame coaches Pat Collins and Mike Vining and several ULM boosters.
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Viator adds four to ULM coaching staff
ULM remains in the market for a cornerbacks coach and running backs coach following the departures of Nate Brown to North Texas and Slade Nagle to Tulane. Viator said he wants to take his time filling the two vacancies.
“The approach I’m taking now is we have enough guys right now to recruit, so we’re going to take our time and let the smoke clear on the coaching carousel,” Viator said.
“I know I look at it differently but I’m excited about it because there are a lot of guys who have an interest in coming here.”
One of the names Viator was able to lure to ULM was Sale. A Monroe-native and graduate of Neville High School, Sale spent three seasons on Viator’s staff at McNeese State before coaching the offensive line at Georgia in 2015.
“It’s great to be back home and see some faces I haven’t seen in a long time. There aren’t many guys that I’d come back and work for, but I called coach Viator after he got the job and told him I wanted to come with him,” Sale said.
“My family’s here obviously and I’m ready to get my wife and kids up here and get to work.”
Viator said he was going to take his time filling the two vacancies left on his coaching staff. Adam Hunsucker/The News-Star
Viator said losing Nagle to Tulane was disappointing, but it’s not a situation he hasn’t been through before.
Sale, San Francisco 49ers wide receivers coach Adam Henry and Grambling head coach Broderick Fobbs were a few of the assistant coaches that left Viator’s staff for jobs in the NFL, FBS and power-five conferences over his decade run at McNeese.
“Once people start coming after your coaches, it tells you that you’re hiring the right ones. Hopefully we can get guys that want to be here but are also the kind of coaches that are going to be appealing to other staffs,” Viator said.
“That’s what you want and those are the people I’ve always tried to hire.”
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Police Hunt for Microfinance Kingpin
BUSINESSTOP STORIES
By Cephas Larbi On Apr 13, 2018
BoG Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison
The police are on a manhunt for the owner of Wyselink Microfinance Limited, Reverend Eric Nhyira Baafi, for being in possession of a fake Bank of Ghana (BOG) licence and operating an unlicensed microfinance institution.
Other key officers of the company, Mr Isaac Fiifi Morgan, Mr Eugene Amankwah Asante and Mr Michael Annan, the Director, Operations Manager and Head of Accounts respectively, have already been arrested to assist police investigations.
During interrogation, the police were able to retrieve GH¢20,000 from one of the officials of the company and were poised to retrieve several thousands of depositors’ funds.
Bank sources
Sources at the central bank told the Daily Graphic that officials of the unlicensed company were not able to provide the police with records of their operations, including deposits collected and depositor list.
The unlicensed microfinance company which had been closed down had offices in Takoradi, Assin Fosu, Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region and Drobo in the Brong Ahafo Region.
BoG notice
The central bank issued a statement last week warning that, “Anyone who does business with Wyselink Microfinance Limited does so at their own risk and the Bank of Ghana will not be liable for refund any deposit lost by a depositor.”
The directors of 30 microfinance companies were in March this year dragged to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to be investigated and if found culpable, prosecuted for alleged embezzlement and fraud.
Among other things, the anti-graft agency is to investigate how more than GH¢90 million belonging to depositors was used by the microfinance companies.
A highly placed source at EOCO told the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity that more than 4,500 customers risked losing their lifetime savings to the struggling microfinance companies.
Many microfinance companies have in the last few months shut down their operations because of their inability to raise money to fund withdrawals.
The fate of thousands of customers whose lifetime savings are locked up remains uncertain as some directors of the distressed companies are said to have gone into hiding.
Checks by the Daily Graphic into the operations of some microfinance companies showed that out of the 347 licensed companies, only 319 were in good standing and had complied fully with BoG regulations.
There are currently about 50 microfinance companies that are struggling to meet their liabilities to depositors.
Again, checks by the Daily Graphic show a huge gap between deposits and assets, meaning that large sums of funds had been diverted into some other businesses in which the microfinance companies had a stake.
The checks confirmed that several assets management and insurance companies had invested heavily in the distressed microfinance companies, a situation which had triggered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to initiate investigations.
Meanwhile, the BoG has ordered some microfinance companies to shut down, while others have been asked to cease taking deposits from customers.
There are yet others who have been asked by the BOG to reduce the number of offices they have, while the highly distressed ones have been referred to EOCO for further investigations and possible prosecution.
At a news conference of the Monetary Policy Committee held in Accra last week, the Governor of the central bank, Dr Ernest Addison, said: “Microfinance institutions are doing everything that they are not supposed to do and are behaving like they are banks and that’s the core part of the problem.”
The governor said the Financial Institutions Supervision Department of the BOG had given the microfinance sector new guidelines on business practices.
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Red Hat RHEV 3.0 to launch this Wednesday?
We're virtually sure...
By Timothy Prickett Morgan 16 Jan 2012 at 21:57
Commercial Linux and Java development tool distributor Red Hat has big aspirations in the server virtualization and cloud computing arenas, and it looks like the company is getting ready to bust out the 3.0 version of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization hypervisor – RHEV for short.
Red Hat has cooked up an all-day event for this Wednesday, January 18, that it calls the "Virtual Experience", and that's dedicated mostly to the RHEV hypervisor and its surrounding tools and ecosystem partners. (You can see the agenda here.) Paul Cormier, president and executive vice president of products and technology, and Navin Thadani, senior director of the company's virtualization business, will kick off the event – and that almost certainly means RHEV 3.0 is ready for launch.
The RHEV 3.0 hypervisor is the latest commercial-grade version of the open source KVM hypervisor that is controlled by Red Hat, and that came to the company by virtue of its acquisition of Qumranet for $107m back in September 2008. KVM has become the alternative to the open source Xen hypervisor controlled by Citrix Systems, and is now the default hypervisor in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (of course) and Canonical's Ubuntu Server.
Several years ago, when KVM was less mature than Xen, it was Xen that Red Hat and Linux rival Novell – with what used to be its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server – supported as their preferred server-slicer-upper. While Xen still has its strong adherents in Citrix, Oracle, and the Amazon EC2 compute cloud, KVM is the up-and-comer and is not only giving Xen a run for the money, but is also taking a bite out of VMware's ESXi hypervisor and related vSphere stack, as well as Microsoft's Hyper-V and related Systems Center management tools.
RHEV 3.0 is the standalone version of Red Hat's commercial-grade KVM hypervisor, which means it installs on x86-based bare metal, and can then be used to create virtual machines on top of that iron. RHEV 3.0 went into beta testing back in August 2011, and is based on the KVM hypervisor that Red Hat packaged up and embedded within its Enterprise Linux 6.1 distribution back in May 2011.
Unless Red Hat's engineers have stretched RHEV even further than expected, the RHEV 3.0 hypervisor will span up to 128 cores (256 threads if the machines are based on Intel's Xeon processors that have HyperThreading turned on) and up to 2TB of physical main memory. That's a third more cores and twice as much memory as RHEV 2.2 (which was based on RHEL 5.5) could handle. And the guest partitions running atop RHEV 3.0 are expected to top out at 64 virtual cores or threads and address up to 2TB of virtual memory. That's four times the virtual cores and eight times the virtual memory of a guest partition on RHEV 2.2.
RHEV 3.0 also has a number of other new features, such as support for transparent huge pages and asynchronous I/O, block alignment of storage, and the moving of the networking stack from the user space down into the Linux kernel. Significantly, RHEV 3 will be able to be deployed onto servers with their own internal disk arrays, not requiring Fibre Channel or iSCSI SAN storage arrays.
Whatever Red Hat is up to, we'll keep you posted. ®
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