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The Effect of Mating System Differences on Nucleotide Diversity at the Phosphoglucose Isomerase Locus in the Plant Genus Leavenworthia
F. Liu, D. Charlesworth and M. Kreitman
Genetics January 1, 1999 vol. 151 no. 1 343-357
F. Liu
D. Charlesworth
M. Kreitman
To test the theoretical prediction that highly inbreeding populations should have low neutral genetic diversity relative to closely related outcrossing populations, we sequenced portions of the cytosolic phosphoglucose isomerase (PgiC) gene in the plant genus Leavenworthia, which includes both self-incompatible and inbreeding taxa. On the basis of sequences of intron 12 of this gene, the expected low diversity was seen in both populations of the selfers Leavenworthia uniflora and L. torulosa and in three highly inbreeding populations of L. crassa, while high diversity was found in self-incompatible L. stylosa, and moderate diversity in L. crassa populations with partial or complete self-incompatibility. In L. stylosa, the nucleotide diversity was strongly structured into three haplotypic classes, differing by several insertion/deletion sequences, with linkage disequilibrium between sequences of the three types in intron 12, but not in the adjacent regions. Differences between the three kinds of haplotypes are larger than between sequences of this gene region from different species. The haplotype divergence suggests the presence of a balanced polymorphism at this locus, possibly predating the split between L. stylosa and its two inbreeding sister taxa, L. uniflora and L. torulosa. It is therefore difficult to distinguish between different potential causes of the much lower sequence diversity at this locus in inbreeding than outcrossing populations. Selective sweeps during the evolution of these populations are possible, or background selection, or merely loss of a balanced polymorphism maintained by overdominance in the populations that evolved high selfing rates.
Received May 13, 1998.
Volume 151 Issue 1, January 1999
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Regional News of Saturday, 15 April 2017
Yendi Municipal fails to elect Presiding Member
The Yendi Municipal Assembly has failed to elect its Presiding Member after two rounds of elections where 43 Assembly Members voted.
Mr Ibrahim Abu Zolge, a staff of the National Disaster Management Organisation at the Yendi Municipality who stood unopposed, could not secure two-thirds of the votes cast by the 43 Assembly Members to enable to take the mantle.
Mr Zolge secured 29 votes during each round of voting making him fall short of the two-thirds majority required to emerge as the Presiding Member of the Municipality.
Another person, who filed to challenge Mr Zolge, was disqualified for not securing the required number of people to endorse his nomination form.
Mr Serfo Agyepong Kantanka, Yendi Municipal Coordinating Director said Management of the Assembly would meet to fix a new date to conduct the election to elect its Presiding Member.
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Zac Posen Is MAC's Next Designer Collaborator
MAC has been a busy bee with collaborations lately — Mariah Carey, Guo Pei, Charlotte Olympia and a collection honoring Selena. The list is growing larger, with the announcement on Tuesday that Zac Posen co-created the brand’s next designer collection, which is appropriate, given MAC supported his very first presentation back in 2001.
The red-carpet-favorite designer — everyone from Katie Holmes and Juliette Lewis to Naomi Watts and Glenn Close has worn his gowns — will present his debut line of color cosmetics in February 2016. But the beauty juggernaut released a teaser of what to expect, including the reveal of chic black-and-gold packaging and elegant yet unexpected hues.
Said Posen in a release, "Over the past 15 years, I have learned a great deal from MAC about beauty. Fashion and beauty go hand-in-hand, and I have always wanted to create a makeup collection to complement my designs and brand." For this inaugural outing in the beauty world, he said that he "wanted to keep it luxurious, a little mysterious and clean with a large dose of star wattage."
On MAC’s part, Senior VP/group creative director James Gager said, "Zac’s classic designs and deft hand in draping, textures and overall femininity evoke a kind of throwback glamour that still feels modern. This collection is the perfect encapsulation of both of our worlds, with something sophisticated and sexy for every woman out there." Just a few months to go.
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Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) Vs. Wood-Frame Construction
Insulated concrete forms (ICF) create a more energy-efficient, quiet, and healthy building than one built with wood-frame construction. ICF buildings are also more resistant to disaster, fire, insect, and moisture intrusion than wood-frame structures.
Furthermore, builders and architects can avoid the volatility and increasing costs of lumber by utilizing an easy to install ICF wall system, like Fox Block, as an excellent alternative to wood-frame construction.
Wood-Framed Construction
For over 100 years, wood-frame construction has been common in the United States because it is quick, light, renewable, and easily customizable. Wood construction also does not require heavy equipment or tools.
However, architects, contractors, and building owners must contend with several challenges with wood-frame construction: disaster-, fire- and termite-resistance, moisture intrusion, compromised indoor air quality (IAQ), noise control, low thermal mass, and rising timber costs.
7 Problems with Wood-Frame Construction
1. Added Expenses
A disaster-resistant, wood-frame building must achieve a continuous load path to the ground and be missile resistant. Building a disaster-resilient wood-framed structure is doable, but it is expensive and labor intensive. In fact, constructing a disaster-resistant wood-framed building can cost 25–30 percent more than standard wood-frame construction.
2. Increased Fire Risk
Building a wood-frame structure that is fire-resistant is challenging because wood is combustible and it is difficult to reduce the spread of flames. Wood-frame buildings are particularly vulnerable to fire damage during construction before placement of fire protection over the frame.
3. Attractive to Termites
Wood-frame construction is subject to termite problems. Termites can damage a building’s durability and cost thousands of dollars in repairs. In fact, the annual estimated expense for termite damage and control measures in the U.S. is $5 billion. Termite protection for wood-frame construction is challenging and requires a qualified professional and specialized equipment.
4. Moisture Accumulation
Wood-frame structures are prone to moisture accumulation in their wall cavities. Controlling moisture in the wall system of a wood-framed building is difficult because effective methods that stop moisture from entering a wall cavity may also stop the moisture from leaving the wall cavity.
5. Volatile Organic Compounds
Wood-frame buildings may contain adhesives, chemicals, and volatile organic compounds (VOC) that compromise IAQ. VOCs emissions may cause eye, nose, and throat irritations, headaches, nausea, and damage to the kidney, liver, and central nervous system.
6. Harder to Soundproof
For wood-frame wall construction, soundproofing features are required to ensure a quiet and peaceful home. Reducing noise in a wood-frame building is accomplished by limiting sound vibrations with insulation, stud placement, or extra mass within the wall cavity.
7. Low Thermal Mass
Wood has low thermal mass. Therefore, wood-framed structures are not as innately energy-efficient as buildings constructed with high thermal mass products like stone, adobe, and Fox Blocks insulated concrete forms.
ICFs Vs. Wood-Frame Construction
The Fox Block ICF wall system is easier to install and more energy-efficient and noise-reducing than wood-frame construction. The Fox Block system is also healthier and more disaster-, fire-, termites-, and moisture-resistant than wood wall systems. Finally, ICF construction gives builders a way to avoid the volatility and rising lumber costs.
10 Reasons to Choose Fox Blocks ICF over Wood-Frame Wall Systems
1. Minimizing Unnecessary Steps
Fox Block is an all-in-one wall assembly that combines five construction steps into one, including structure, insulation, air barrier, vapor retarder, and interior-exterior finish attachment. This feature greatly accelerates project delivery by eliminating the need to coordinate multiple trades, while achieving all of the wall system’s objectives.
2. Increased Energy Efficiency
Fox Blocks, with an R-value of 23, are energy-efficient and exceed ASHRAE/ANSI 90.1 energy code requirements. In fact, houses built with ICF exterior walls typically require 32 percent less energy to cool and 44 percent less energy to heat than comparable wood-framed homes.
3. High Thermal Mass
The high thermal mass of Fox Blocks contributes towards a high-performing, energy-efficient structure. High thermal mass materials absorb and store heat energy and help stabilize temperature shifts within the structure by slowing the rate of heat transfer.
4. Reduction of Noise Transfer
Sound transmission tests concluded that less than a third of sound passes through ICF walls than wood-frame walls filled with fiberglass insulation. Fox Blocks achieve a Sound Transmission Classification (ASTM E90) of 4-inch=STC 46, 6- and 8-inch = STC 50+.
5. Better Air Quality
Fox Blocks contain little to no VOC, keeping the air quality at a higher level.
6. Exceptional Strength
Fox Blocks are disaster-resistant: Fox Blocks, with steel reinforced concrete, are disaster-resistant and can withstand tornado and hurricane winds of over 200 MPH, and projectile debris traveling over 100 MPH.
7. Reduced Fire Risk
Fox Blocks are fire-resistant. Fox Blocks have a fire-resistance rating (ASTM E119) of 4 hours for the 6-inch blocks and 2 hours for the 4-inch blocks.
8. Deters Termites and Pests
Fox Blocks are less prone to termite damage because they because they lack organic material, which pests like termites eat.
9. Controls Moisture Intrusion
Fox Blocks provide a solid continuous monolithic concrete wall with a perm rating of less than 1.0, which controls moisture intrusion and prohibits the growth of mold, mildew, and rot.
10. Less Volatility in Material Prices
Builders and architects can avoid the volatility and increasing costs of lumber by selecting an alternative to wood-framed walls like the Fox Blocks insulated concrete forms.
Choosing an Alternative to Wood-Frame Construction
An excellent alternative to wood-frame construction is Fox Block ICF wall assembly.
Fox Block ICF structures are more resistant to disaster, fire, insect, and moisture intrusion than wood-frame buildings.
Additionally, Fox Blocks create a more efficient-efficient, noise reducing, and healthy building than wood structures. Moreover, Fox Blocks are also easy to install and provide an alternative product to combat increasing lumber prices.
Please visit Fox Blocks for more information on ICF vs. wood-frame construction.
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CURRENCIES: Dollar Jumps To 8-week High Week Against Yen As North Korea Fears Fade
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch, Anneken Tappe Published September 18, 2017 FeaturesDow Jones Newswires
Pound gives back some of last week's Bank of England-spurred rebound
The U.S. dollar advanced on Monday, rallying against the Japanese yen in particular as concerns over North Korea abated and traders looked ahead to the meeting this week of Federal Reserve policy makers.
The dollar rose the most against the yen , fetching Yen111.47, compared with Yen110.83 late Friday in New York. That was the highest yen level for the greenback since late July, according to FactSet data.
Meanwhile, the ICE Dollar Index , that measures the greenback against six of its rivals, rose 0.1% to 92.926, on track to break a two-session losing run.
The move out of the Japanese currency--considered a haven asset--came as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea were seen as easing over the weekend with no new aggressions from the isolated regime.
Still, the tensions with Pyongyang could easily make headlines again as the week goes on, as the United Nations General Assembly is set to meet today.
Over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is seeking "a peaceful solution" to the conflict with North Korea as a military option is the only one left if diplomatic efforts fail. Tillerson made the remarks on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rex-tillerson-north-korea-military-option-will-be-only-one-left-if-diplomacy-fails/).
Pyongyang on Friday fired a ballistic missile (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/un-security-council-to-hold-emergency-meeting-after-latest-north-korean-missile-test-2017-09-14) over Japanese territory for the second time in a month, rekindling worries of a military standoff. However, U.S. stocks ended at record highs on Friday (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-futures-steady-paring-losses-that-came-after-latest-north-korean-missile-2017-09-15), while gold ended lower and continued to decline on Monday.
"In our view, this suggests that as long as the situation does not escalate into military conflict, market participants may continue to place less and less emphasis on North Korean developments," said Charalambos Pissouros, senior analyst at IronFX, in a note.
Pissouros also said the yen was pressured by media reports over the weekend that suggested Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering calling a snap election as early as next month in a bid to gain a bigger majority for his party.
"If early elections are confirmed in the next days, the increased domestic political uncertainty could be another factor weighing on the yen, besides the latest risk-on environment," Pissouros said.
Later this week, market participants will focus their attention on the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee meeting and rate decision on Wednesday. Chairwoman Janet Yellen & Co. are widely expected to keep interest rates on hold, but to begin shrinking the Fed's balance sheet. Also in focus this week will be political developments in Germany and New Zealand, both of which are going to the polls for their general elections on the coming weekend.
See:Fed to take historic leap into the unknown (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-to-take-historic-leap-into-the-unknown-2017-09-14)
Also read:Why the bond market isnt freaking out about the Fed's shift to quantitative tightening (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-bond-market-isnt-freaking-out-from-the-feds-shift-to-quantitative-tightening-2017-09-14)
The euro traded at $1.1952 on Monday, little changed from $1.1947 on Friday. The New Zealand dollar weakened against the buck, buying $0.7285 versus $0.7292 late Friday in New York.
Read:New Zealand election likely to weaken its dollar (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-zealand-election-likely-to-weaken-its-dollar-2017-09-01)
In other currencies, the British pound eased back after its rally last week. Sterling bought $1.3562, down from $1.3592 late Friday in New York. The currency hit its highest level since the U.K.'s Brexit vote in June 2016 during the Friday session, after Bank of England super-dove Gertjan Vlieghe said interest rates may need to go up in "coming months." (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ballistic-pound-shoots-up-to-highest-level-since-brexit-vote-2017-09-15)
That fueled expectations the BOE will raise interest rates before the end of the year, instead of sometime in 2018 as previously expected.
"However, with markets pricing in a 80% probability of a hike in November, it may be time to discuss the evolution of the U.K. economic growth potential in light of Brexit again. Increasing tensions within the Conservative Party have become visible over the weekend when Foreign Secretary [Boris] Johnson laid out his Brexit vision which seems to differ from the position of Prime Minister Theresa May," analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note.
BOE Gov. Mark Carney will speak later on Monday at the International Monetary Fund in Washington.
Bank of Canada Deputy Gov. Timothy Lane will also speak later on Monday, addressing the topic of Canadian international trade and how it changes over time.
"That topic would allow the possibility of warning the market about taking the Canadian dollar too high too fast," FX strategists Greg Anderson and Stephen Gallo of BMO wrote in a note on Monday. On the other hand, "if Lane acknowledges that Canada's exports have become less exchange-rate sensitive, then the talk could wave on further Canadian dollar upside like the BOC's statement did two weeks ago," they continued.
The Canadian dollar was little changed against the dollar, at C$1.2197 per buck versus C$1.2195 late Friday.
September 18, 2017 10:08 ET (14:08 GMT)
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Xi Jinping in Pyongyang to meet Kim Jong Un, reboot alliance
KCNA via KNS, AFP | This January 8 picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and China's President Xi Jinping.
Video by: Alexander AUCOTT
President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday on a historic trip to reboot a troubled alliance, as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face their own challenges with US President Donald Trump.
Xi is the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years, after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated over Pyongyang's nuclear provocations and Beijing's subsequent backing of UN sanctions.
Xi and Kim have been working to repair ties, with the young North Korean leader visiting his older ally four times in China in the past year and Beijing calling for sanctions to be relaxed.
But the Chinese leader waited to reciprocate the visit, biding his time to see how nuclear talks between Kim and Trump would play out before deciding to travel to Pyongyang, according to analysts.
Trump says North Korea could learn from Vietnam
Xi, who will pay a two-day state visit, arrived in North Korea late Thursday morning, China's CCTV said.
He is visiting with his wife Peng Liyuan, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and other officials, according to Chinese state media.
In Pyongyang, Chinese flags hung throughout the city and residents were lined the streets to welcome Xi.
The Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the mouthpiece of the ruling party, devoted the top half of its front page to Xi's visit, with a colour picture of him accompanying a profile.
In an editorial, it said his trip will "engrave a new, enduring page in the history of DPRK-China friendship".
"The visit to our country that comes despite the emergence of urgent and important tasks due to complex international relations clearly shows that the Chinese party and government are putting high importance on the DPRK-China friendship," it went on.
"Our people are proud of having a trustworthy and close friend like the Chinese people."
Symbolic visit
Authorities have imposed tight control on coverage of the visit. International journalists in Pyongyang were told they would not be able to cover it, while foreign media organisations that were initially invited to attend were unable to obtain visas.
Sources say the Chinese media delegation accompanying Xi was also reduced in size from initial plans.
The visit will be largely symbolic, with no formal joint communique expected -- as was the case with Kim's April summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia.
Kim, Putin's May 2019 meeting
Analysts say the trip is a chance for China to showcase its influence in the region.
"For North Korea, the coming meeting will serve to show the US that China has its back and to send a message to Washington it should stop its maximum pressure posture," said Lim Eul-chul, professor of North Korean studies at Kyungnam University.
Negotiations between Trump and Kim soured after a second summit in February broke up without a deal, with the two men failing to agree on what Pyongyang would be willing to give up in exchange for sanctions relief.
But Chinese state news agency Xinhua in a commentary published Thursday said "hope remains alive and kicking" on resolving the nuclear standoff.
G20 next week
In a rare opinion piece published in Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday, Xi hailed the "irreplaceable" friendship between North Korea and China and offered a "grand plan" to bring permanent stability to East Asia.
He also vowed that Beijing would play an active role in "strengthening communication and coordination with North Korea and other relevant parties" to push forward negotiations on the Korean Peninsula.
Timing of Xi visit to North Korea 'crucial' amid US-China trade tensions
After Beijing's own trade negotiations with Washington hit a wall last month, some analysts believe Xi could come back from Pyongyang with leverage for his meeting with Trump at the G20 summit in Japan next week.
But Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang has dismissed the suggestion that Beijing's close ties with Pyongyang could be used to pressure the US, saying "people with such an idea are just over-thinking".
China sees the North as a strategic buffer from South Korea, keeping the 28,500 US troops in South Korea far from its borders, and Xi's trip will include a visit to pay homage at Pyongyang's Friendship Tower, a monument to the Chinese troops who saved the North from defeat during the Korean War.
In recent days, soldiers and workers have been sprucing it up before the visit.
Beijing has fretted over being side-lined after the North Korean leader agreed to meet Trump last year, with the US leader going as far as declaring he had fallen "in love" with Kim.
And experts said Xi's editorial was a not-so-subtle reminder that Beijing remains Pyongyang's closest ally.
Zhao Tong, North Korea expert at the Carnegie Tsinghua Centre think tank in Beijing, said he does not expect any "substantive discussions" on denuclearisation during the meeting, because "China and North Korea do not have enough mutual trust".
Xi hails 'irreplaceable' friendship with North Korea ahead of Pyongyang visit
North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report
US seizes North Korean cargo ship for violating sanctions
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Zippy Shell :
First South Carolina Franchise Location Opens for Business!
By: Zippy Shell | 0 Shares 26 Reads
November 21, 2014 // Franchising.com // Washington, D.C. – Zippy Shell USA, LLC is excited to announce the company's first franchise location in the state of South Carolina is officially open for business! The newest location is under the ownership of Bart and Robin Duncan and will serve the greater Greenville area.
Both originally from Greenville, Bart and his wife, Robin, have spent most of their careers working in the aerospace and telecommunications industries. The Duncan's previous experiences will be invaluable resources for their Zippy Shell® operation because they understand the benefits of providing excellent customer service.
"We are of course very excited to get started," said Trey Smart, Business Development specialist at Zippy Shell of Greenville. "We are the first of the nationwide Zippy Shell franchises to open in South Carolina and we see a bright future for not only our territory but also Zippy Shell as a whole."
The team behind Zippy Shell of Greenville will initially focus on building relationships with apartment complex management companies as well as real estate agents across the greater Greenville area. They are looking to participate in numerous community events throughout 2015 like the Susan G. Komen walk for cancer research, The March for Dimes, as well as volunteering a Zippy Shell to transport donations to a local food bank.
"CNN Money, ranked Greenville as one of the "Top 10 Fastest Growing Cities in the U.S.," said Rick Del Sontro, CEO of Zippy Shell USA, LLC. "Obviously, we are excited to have our brand represented in the market. With this growth comes the need for storage and moving services and a customer base that will find our services ones that simplifies their lives."
Zippy Shell's expansion into South Carolina is a great opportunity to continue to spread the Zippy Shell brand and portable storage and moving solutions to a fresh new market. With the hard work and dedication from the Duncan's and their team, Zippy Shell of Greenville is expected to become a leader in South Carolina market.
"We know that we have the best value solution not only for consumers looking for mobile storage and moving customers, but believe our offer will resonate with traditional storage customers as well," said Smart. "We will dominate the market in value and our focus on customer care will be paramount."
With the continued growth of the Zippy Shell® Brand, 2014 saw Zippy Shell named to Franchise Time's Top 500 list, the Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 500 franchises, Entrepreneur's Top New Franchise list for 2014 and Franchise Business Review named Zippy Shell as a recipient of the 2014 Franchise Satisfaction Award. 2014 also marked the largest year of growth for the franchise system expected to continue into 2015.
About Zippy Shell
Zippy Shell USA, LLC is a domestic franchisor of a patent pending and unique mobile self-storage system. The Zippy Shell system currently has 49 independently owned operators of the Zippy Shell Brand in 87 different markets. Zippy Shell USA, LLC is headquartered in Washington D.C. Entrepreneurs interested in learning more about Zippy Shell franchise opportunities should visit http://www.zippyshell.com. Each Zippy Shell location is independently owned and operated. Zippy Shell ® is an exclusively licensed trademark of Zippy Shell USA, LLC.
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Sliding along on water
Environmentally friendly slide bearings with water lubrication
Machine bearings are usually lubricated with various oils. But today large quantities of these oils still end up in the environment. The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM has developed a method which will in the future make it possible to lubricate slide bearings using water, a much more environmentally friendly approach.
© Fraunhofer IWM
The new in situ tribometer can measure wear and friction values directly on the slide bearing during operation.
A new slide bearing design with water lubrication and galvanic coupling prevents tribocorrosion without additional electricity.
In the galvanically controlled frictional contact, the ionic liquids collect on the metal surface and improve the tribological friction and wear.
Bearings are usually lubricated with mineral oil-based lubricants, preventing wear on the bearing from metal on metal contact. In Germany, approximately one million tons of lubricant are used every year. The manufacture, application and disposal of oil is a burden on the environment.
Introducing water-based lubricants would greatly benefit environmental protection. But until now, the fact that metal parts corrode when they come into contact with water has been a major obstacle. A working group at the Fraunhofer IWM in Freiburg has succeeded in using additives to change water in such a way that it could be used as a lubricant at some point in the future. This meant a double success for Dr. Tobias Amann and his colleagues at the Fraunhofer IWM: first, the lubrication achieved is much better, since water is not as viscous as oil. Second, corrosion is prevented.
The researchers developed the details of their process using a slide bearing, a bearing which resembles a ring that surrounds a rotating steel shaft. The ring is made of several layers structured from the outside to the inside as follows: a sleeve surrounding the bearing, a layer of aluminum and a layer of sintered metal that surrounds the shaft itself. The trick is that the inner sintered layer is traversed by a small channel which lets water flow between the rotating shaft and the outer aluminum layer. This direct connection is decisive in the electro-chemical process, based on the fact that an electric voltage arises between a base metal such as aluminum and a more precious metal such as iron, even without having to apply any kind of external electric field.
Turning water into lubricant
The researchers use this electric voltage arising between the aluminum in the slide bearing and the iron in the shaft to turn the water into a lubricant. “We mix what are called ionic liquids into the water,” explains Dr. Tobias Amann. “The ionic liquids are fluid salts which contain anions and cations.” These ions are rearranged in the electric field and then collect on the interior side of the sintered metal ring in such a way that their ends are pointing upward, toward the rotating shaft. This forms a kind of galvanically generated protective layer on which the shaft can glide.
The research team has already demonstrated the viability of the process. Amann and his team are currently looking for partners in industry with whom they plan to further optimize the ionic liquids. “One challenge is that the movement of the shaft generates heat which causes the water to evaporate,” the scientist says. “Now we’re looking for ionic liquid mixtures which inhibit the evaporation.”
More efficient electric motors
The ion-water mixture is better for the environment than oil, and it also helps to make slide bearings even more efficient. Amann continues, “The shaft glides better when it is wetted with water. This reduces energy consumption compared to operations using considerably more viscous oil.” In addition, corrosion is avoided. Normally the oxygen in the water reacts with steels containing iron, ultimately resulting in rust. The electric field prevents this from happening.
In two projects together with their colleagues at the University of Freiburg, both publicly funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing, the experts at Fraunhofer IWM developed even more than the slide bearing with its electro-chemical internal workings. They also designed a new measuring device, referred to as an in situ tribometer, capable of monitoring metallic wear and friction values directly on the slide bearing during operation. Until now it has only been possible to measure the wear on a bearing by disassembling the bearing before assessing and measuring the surfaces. This is highly time-consuming: “Our new tribometer now makes it possible to measure wear in situ, not only making it easier to develop feasible water-based lubricants, but also to continuously monitor bearings,” Amann points out.
New application of a familiar principle in cathodic corrosion protection
The water lubricant in galvanically coupled slide bearings developed by Fraunhofer IWM is a new application of a long-known principle: active cathodic corrosion protection, which works without additional electricity. This trick prevents rust and corrosion of metals which come into contact with water. What is referred to as a sacrificial anode, a less precious metal, is inserted into the aqueous environment. This anode slowly dissolves, emitting ions into the liquid in the process and creating a small flow of electrons toward the metal to be protected, functioning as a cathode. A negatively charged protective layer then develops on the metal’s surface, preventing rust as well as tribocorrosion. This is because positively charged cations from the ionic liquid or water lubricant collect on this negatively charged surface.
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Research News July 2019 - Sliding along on water [ PDF 0.45 MB ]
The water lubricant in galvanically coupled slide bearings developed by Fraunhofer IWM is a new application of a long-known principle: active cathodic corrosion protection, which works without additional electricity. This trick prevents rust and corrosion of metals which come into contact with water. What is referred to as a sacrificial anode, a less precious metal, is inserted into the aqueous environment. This anode slowly dissolves, emitting ions into the liquid in the process and creating a small flow of electrons toward the metal to be protected, functioning as a cathode.
A negatively charged protective layer then develops on the metal’s surface, preventing rust as well as tribocorrosion. This is because positively charged cations from the ionic liquid or water lubricant collect on this negatively charged surface.
Katharina Hien
PR officer
Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials
Wöhlerstr. 11
79108 Freiburg, Germany
Fax +49 761 5142-510
Online in Internet; URL: https://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2019/july/sliding-along-on-water.html
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by Jena Wilson
I went to a Narconon center and spoke to three recovering drug users. These stories inspired me to believe there is a solution to addiction.
At a certain point, I could smell the mornings again,” says Derrick. “I set my alarm for 7 in the morning now, just so I can smell the dew come off the ground. I love it.” That’s something Derrick was never able to do when he was addicted to heroin.
Fifteen minutes after the sun slips above the east horizon, at 7 a.m., the first impression I comprehend is green. A pervading, calming, refreshing, life-giving green, the color of new life, enveloping everyone and everything from the spacious tree-covered pasture stretching as far as the eye can see to the rambling residential outpost building with its cozy green interiors.
Welcome to Narconon Suncoast, part of a worldwide network of centers delivering the Narconon program. Narconon—a clever morph which translates into “no narcotics”—is a unique, highly effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation program that, for over 50 years, has been helping individuals live drug-free.
Narconon is not a 12-step program. Narconon does not consider the individual is an addict for life, and it does not regard addiction as a disease. Narconon substitutes the word “student” for addict.
NARCONON WORKS Over 84 percent of participants remain drug-free after completing the program.
BY COMPARISON The success rate of normal 12-step programs is 5 to 10 percent.
The program is, instead, a precise, strictly organized regimen addressing all aspects of addiction and its students: discovering the real motive, the reason drugs were embraced in the first place and, then, shining a flashlight through the fog of why the student can’t stop, eventually transforming the pain of progress into the deep happiness of real rehabilitation.
This is a place where miracles are said to happen every day. This was just one day in the life of Narconon, impressions from a tour of one of the state-of-the-art facilities and a chance to hear stories from interesting people from all walks of life and countries of the world.
The entry road travels into a horseshoe drive fronting the open reception. There, at 9 a.m., a smiling face welcomes me. A sign-in book and my guide wait. A nearby nook to the right features comfortable chairs facing an audiovisual display where guests are taken through a documentary on the distinctive components of Narconon, a smart walk through the precise phases: 1) Drug-free Withdrawal; 2) New Life Detoxification; 3) Objectives; and 4) Life Skills.
Angela required an intervention to make it from her life in Michigan all in shambles to the peace and seclusion of Narconon. “I walked into the house that day and everyone was there,” she recalls. “My whole family, my kids, all the staff from the dental office I worked at—and there was one guy I didn’t know.” Angela’s first thought was, “Oh, hell no,” and she made a feeble attempt to get something from her car. Luckily she was persuaded to sit down with the group of her closest supporters to have a talk.
“We want the old mommy back,” said one of her three kids, aged 9, 10 and 13, “the mommy that we can play with, that’s not mad at us all the time.”
Angela was no street junkie; standing before me as if she were the all-American bright, happy young mother, clean makeup and shoulder-length chestnut hair, it would be impossible to see her as an addict. One would expect her to be pushing a shopping cart with three kids trailing along begging for sweets. She could be a dentist’s assistant—not a 36-year-old drug addict with a 10-25 pain-pills-a-day habit, whose store was the street and whose life was disappearing way ahead of her time.
Running Free Running drives the circulation deep into the body’s tissues loosening trapped drug residues—part of Narconon New Life Detoxification.
Her problem started in her teens with legally prescribed opioid painkillers. An athlete, she sustained a major back injury during a taekwondo match. Shockingly, she found herself almost immediately abusing her Vicodin and it soon no longer numbed her pain. No matter, she was prescribed Adderall, too. Soon she says, “I was buying pills to chase that first high” and her life sank into a desperate daily fight to stop the pain.
“If I didn’t take them I would be sick,” she says now. “They turned me into this aggressive, angry person.” When she added alcohol to the equation, her family became alarmed.
Still, she fought against help, expressing disdain for friend and family pleas to help end their pain. “I wouldn’t have any of it,” she said, “until Kirk spoke. He had been through the Narconon program himself and he told me, ‘Do this for you. Do this for you first, and then for everyone else.’”
“Before that, everyone had been saying I should change for them, I should do this for them, but I realized that this is for me, and I should do it for my own well-being.” Denial gone, commitment honed, Angela was on a plane from Michigan to Narconon Suncoast in Clearwater, Florida, that same evening.
Walking down a few hallways, out into the open-air deck, we turned to a dedicated withdrawal space. Here students receive one-on-one expert care to make it through withdrawal. Within 48 hours of arriving, all students are visited by a physician who assesses medical needs and delivers direction. A registered nurse is on duty, 24 hours a day.
Years of Service Founded in 1966, the Narconon program has been helping people live drug-free for over half a century.
Commitment Program delivery hours logged by Narconon Suncoast staff in 2017.
Successful completions Life Skills courses completed by Narconon Suncoast students last year.
Green Grounds Acres of green space are provided for needed rest and rehabilitation at Narconon Suncoast.
Withdrawal Specialist Tyler Davis explains how specifically tailored vitamin regimens are used to ease the process: “While vitamins take a bit longer than using replacement drugs, the difference is that vitamins actually repair the damage drugs have done to the body—drugs mask it.”
Special techniques used during the withdrawal step—called assists—ease the painful symptoms. Davis explained that a person loses touch with his own body with the use of opiates: “It pretty much numbs everything. Assists help,” says Davis, “ease the transition from being numb to feeling your body again.”
Davis, himself, was an opioid addict before completing the Narconon program two years ago; now he’s certified to assist others. I would have never thought he was a user. His face was clean-shaven, hair close-cropped, skin fair, blue eyes clear, no stereotypical tattoos in sight. Perhaps, the only telltale clue was the passion in his voice: “Helping someone through withdrawal is all about actually communicating with the person—showing them that someone cares about them; that their life matters.”
Sauna Time Immediately after running, profuse sweating in the sauna will dislodge and send drug residues out of the body through its pores.
Off to the next location, I followed my guide through a midmorning sun-spattered patio featuring relaxing wood and canvas furniture, past the ping-pong table (“a favorite” among the residents) and into the New Life Detoxification (NLD) area.
Recovery Time Narconon students progress through the program at their own pace—most taking 12 weeks—time to rebuild strong foundations for new lives back in the outside world.
There is room to breathe here, lots of room. The area is huge. A reception to the right was manned by a friendly fellow who greeted us immediately. We sat at another cozy mini-theater. Here, everyone starting the New Life Detox views a presentation which shows that the NLD is based on L. Ron Hubbard’s breakthrough discovery that LSD residues apparently remain trapped in the body, mainly in the fatty tissues, long after a person has stopped taking the drug. This explains why someone who had used LSD in the past could suddenly reactivate a “trip” even years later. Further research revealed that many other toxic substances could also remain in the body, producing negative effects for years to come.
This step is a combination of exercise, sweating in a dry-heat sauna and a carefully monitored regimen of hydration and nutrition. These procedures break up and flush out the toxic residues that can still remain in the body long after the person has stopped taking drugs.
As I looked around, I could feel my personal stereotype of a “drug addict” was changing. There was nothing unusual about these students. They were people you might see anywhere. A row of treadmills lined the wall all the way to the end beyond the reception and two huge saunas, able to accommodate 20 people at once, filled the other. As I peered inside the sauna windows, smiling, sweaty faces waved back—clearly entertained by the visitors squinting through the steamy glass.
“The drug addiction just took everything apart. I have five friends who went to Narconon in Italy 10 years ago, and they’re still clean. So, of course, I came to Narconon here in the U.S.”
This is where I meet Alessio. Alessio’s Italian accent and manner are unmistakable. He was a chef and co-owner of a well-known stateside Italian restaurant serving “pizza, pasta—all of it,” and he fits the part perfectly. Married and a father of three, he says it all went down the drain when he sought the wrong crowd to handle his low self-esteem.
“The drug addiction just took everything apart.” But, lucky for Alessio, he had a place to go: “I have five friends who went to Narconon in Italy 10 years ago, and they’re still clean. So, of course, I came to Narconon here in the U.S.”
Alessio, who used a wide range of drugs from cocaine and heroin to marijuana and Suboxone during his downward slide, says the sauna helps you to “stay clean.”
“With the sauna, I experienced an amazing effect. You do feel the drugs coming out. You sense your body becoming clean, your skin becomes better, more clear. It gives you a heightened sense of awareness too. For me [the sauna] is the most important part.”
All this talk of Italian cooking started my stomach rumbling, and surprisingly it is already noon, time for the whole Narconon campus to enter the dining room. We pass through the enormous rec room (sporting a pool table, bookshelves, several couches and a giant plasma TV). It is hard not to be a little jealous of the facilities available for those going through rehab here. On the floor in front of the plasma TV, spread out on the comfortable-looking carpet with a few pillows and a blanket, a carmel-skinned man in a fresh white T-shirt and jeans is resting with his 10-year-old son curled up next to him. They were watching an action movie together.
Looking Ahead The Objectives step of Narconon brings students back in touch with present environments, away from disturbing memories of the past.
“It really truly saves your life. Not only yours but your family’s. It’s a total 180.”
Noting my slightly perplexed expression, our guide explained the father was in the program, but family visits are encouraged to “help create bonds and relationships that may not have been possible while the family member was on drugs.” I thought to myself the father I had just seen did not look like an addict—but I guess he wasn’t one. He was a student.
Coming into the dining room we caught the last few strains of “Happy Birthday” before staffers and students alike broke out into hoots and applause for one who had turned another year older. Eight round tables in two neat rows held staffers and students all together as they dug into a delicious meal. The chef who prepares all the meals came from the Sandpearl Resort, a Clearwater Beach five-star hotel. Now, with his own kitchen, he provides everyone with three delicious and nutritious meals a day, plus snacks.
24/7 Narconon staff are on hand, around the clock, to support all students.
One-on-one Each student receives dedicated one-on-one assistance from a Narconon Withdrawal Specialist.
7.5 acres Narconon Suncoast provides a bit of rural serenity in the midst of Clearwater, Florida’s urban area.
Today’s meal, Crawfish Étouffée. A Cajun dish of seafood and buttery spicy sauce, it was complemented nicely by steamed white rice and crisp green broccoli. I cleaned my plate and enjoyed a side of salad from the buffet to boot. Delicious. If only I could have a five-star chef cook for me every day.
Much too soon, lunch was over, and I brought my plate to the busing station. “I can take that,” says Alessio with his Italian accent. “It’s hard to keep him out of there,” said our guide, noting that while Alessio was doing the program, he still helped in the kitchen.
Classes start again and will go to 9 p.m. tonight, save a break for dinner. We won’t be able to go inside, but we look through the tall windows of the objectives classroom.
[LIFE SKILLS] is where a person can address the reasons they turned to drugs in the first place.
People in teams of two walk around the room pointing out objects. Objectives are procedures to direct attention away from past memories and onto present and immediate surroundings. Being stable and in the present is considered a vital step to helping students remain drug-free.
To the right there’s a balding older man with a potbelly and a small pair of spectacles perched on his nose, working with a shorter middle-aged woman, whose graying hair is pulled away from her gently lined face into a ponytail. There are a couple of jocks in the corner, ripped arms bulging in their Narconon outfits as they walk around the room, one clearly tattooed, the other not. A young kid, maybe in his late teens, with sandy blond hair, walks past the window and waves happily at us. Could they all really be addicts? No, they are students.
Derrick, who told us he had been up since 7 a.m. just to smell the morning dew, was on a break at the moment, giving Freedom a chance to discuss his experience with objectives.
Survival Skills Life Skills Courses honed by effective practice and sustainable learning will lead to stable, successful lives for students—long after their program is completed.
A former Marine who left the service just three years ago, Derrick still bears the straight stance and square shoulders of a trained fighter. After several tours in Afghanistan, he found assimilating back to civilian life challenging. He turned to heroin as a solution: “That stuff is a beast,” he says. “It grabs hold of you and won’t let go.”
Soon the solution became the problem, “I couldn’t do my own laundry and dishes without getting high. I couldn’t get groceries without being high.” Derrick said he started to think “something was wrong with me” because he couldn’t do normal everyday functions “without being high.” Thankfully, the love of his wife and sister brought him to Narconon to get help.
Objectives are “cool” he says. “As humans, we can have thoughts about thoughts. Objectives helped me to become aware of my emotions.” He says objectives “give you a chance to explore the real you and who you really are.” While doing objectives daily, Derrick says the process opened up his mind “enough to get my creative juices flowing. I wrote a book, just a short one, while I was on them,” and he mailed it to his mom and sister to show off his newfound artistic talent—previously buried by a drug-induced haze.
Now well on his way to recovery, Derrick has a message for his fellow veterans: “I know we’re all pretty ‘crazy’—but you got to channel that into something positive. If you put all your effort into something positive, then the sky is the limit!”
Out the window, afternoon shadows fall across the green countryside as we walk down long hallways past manicured rooms. Next stop, Life Skills.
This is where the polish work is done. Once the drug cravings have been eliminated and the physical side of addiction is gone, this is where Narconon students can address the reasons they turned to drugs in the first place.
As we walk in, the room is quiet despite the diverse crowd. Each student is doing self-study while a Narconon staff member answers questions. One of the courses, explains the guide, helps you to spot factors that have a positive influence in your life and those that do not.
Derrick mentioned he had worked one-on-one with a Narconon staff member on this and learned to recognize the situations that got him into drugs in the first place and those that had badly influenced his life. Likewise, through Life Skills classes, Angela learned to address the horrible fact that her biological mother had not been a good influence when she literally sold Angela methadone pills to “pay for her own crack.” The practical coursework is set to instill the life skills needed to succeed after a student leaves this rehabilitation paradise and returns to the real world.
The sun doesn’t set until about 8 p.m. this time of year, but it was nearing the far horizon as we all advanced to dinner. Talk and laughter wafted out of the dining room; the gentle clicks of tableware kept rhythm as the Narconon team dug into their barbecued ribs. The ambience was that of a big mismatched family, which had come together through “a common history and a common goal,” as Davis put it.
Wrapping up our tour, we stepped into the auditorium. Walking in, I could almost feel myself expanding. There was so much space provided by the double ceiling and faraway walls. Able to fit 281 people at once, the cream paint, warm dark wood and green accents create a beautiful space to hold gatherings and graduations.
About once a month students and staff converge in this spot, joined by visitors and proud families to hear their loved ones speak at their Narconon graduation. It’s a very emotional experience: “I’ve never seen my dad cry before. But he cried at my graduation,” said a former student. “He told me the best things that happened to him this life was when I was born, and when I graduated Narconon.”
By 9 p.m. the sun’s light was gone, the fresh greens outside had turned dark, mixing with the purple hues of nighttime. Lit by small lanterns along its length, a running path twists through the grounds. Groups of students gather on the lighted patio to watch the moon rise or hang out in their rooms, curled up with a book. Being in bed with lights out isn’t until 11:30 p.m. so there’s a bit of time to relax.
How should I sum this all up?
“It really truly saves your life. Not only yours but your family’s. It’s a total 180. If you are struggling or hurting, it will help you physically and mentally for sure. Narconon helps you live a happy, healthy life,” says Angela.
“The solution is to come here,” says Alessio. “There are no words for that. Only, come and see for yourself.”
(Editor’s note: The names of Narconon students have been changed to protect their privacy.)
Learning Life Skills
Ending life’s roller coaster The Overcoming Ups & Downs in Life Course helps students isolate the factors that cause someone to “roller coaster,” emotionally and physically.
Finding Values In the Personal Values Course students learn how their own individual values are lost and how to restore them.
Taking Control Former addicts learn constructive problem-solving skills in the Changing Conditions in Life Course that assist in attaining their goal of drug-free lives.
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Jen Jones Donatelli | Tuesday, April 23, 2019
We Tried It: Magic wand-making at Larchmere Fire Works
Ken Schneck
Jen Jones Donatelli, Tina Haldiman, Ken Schneck, and Cassidy Anderson (l to r)
I’ll admit it: I’ve never cracked open a Harry Potter book, but I’m definitely a huge fan of the old-school, rabbit-and-hat variety of magic. So when our writer Ken Schneck invited me to test out the new glass wand-making class at Larchmere Fire Works with him, I was in faster than you could say, “Presto!” (After all, we can all use a little more magic in our lives.)
One of my favorite things about the Larchmere neighborhood is that many of the homes on Larchmere Blvd. double as businesses, and Larchmere Fire Works is no different. Owners Cassidy Anderson and Tina Haldiman stay, work, and play in the charming 1910-built home that also houses their glassblowing and blacksmithing workshop. The pair have been in the space since 2016.
We want to be Tina and Cassidy when we grow up.“Art isn’t a big moneymaker, but because we live and work here, we can afford to have it,” shares Haldiman.
And what a cool space it is—from their groovy loft atop the storefront showcasing various glass-blown items like vases and tiny cats to the backyard workshop that houses a 2,200-degree glassblowing furnace, “glory hole,” kiln, and other equipment (much of which Anderson built from scratch). The space also houses Anderson’s blacksmithing equipment, which he inherited from his late mentor and master blacksmith Art Wolfe.
“We acquired a lot of [Wolfe’s] equipment from his widow, so we’re kind of carrying on what he started,” says Haldiman. Adds Anderson, “People ask, ‘What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever made?’ and I reply, ‘You’re standing in it.’ This whole shop was just an empty cube of nothingness before.”
Tina shows Ken how to gather the glass from the crucible.Now it’s home to Larchmere Fire Works, where Haldiman and Anderson make their works of art and teach others how to do the same. And, on this day, Ken and I were there to learn how to make...a magic wand! The process started by gathering molten glass out of the crucible, and then adding color via various bowls of powder. (For my wand, I mixed and matched yellow, red, and orange, while Ken went for an amber-colored serpent-inspired look.)
The rest of the process involved a back-and-forth circuit of reheating the molten glass and rotating it in the “glory hole” (which sparked a lively debate about the appropriateness of the term), and using various tricks and techniques to shape the glass into a wand. One such technique involved swinging the scalding-hot glass mass from side to side pendulum-style, which looked intimidating but was actually super-easy. (Right, Ken?)
While we worked on our wands, I got to learn a bit about Haldiman’s and Anderson’s love story. They first met in 2012 at the Glass Bubble Project, owned by Anderson’s father Chris Topher. Anderson had moved to Cleveland from Rhode Island that year to forge a relationship with his father, while Haldiman worked at Glass Bubble Project to support her five children.
“I had worked at the Glass Bubble Project for years before Cassidy ever met his dad,” shares Haldiman. “We worked together at the ‘Bubble’ before we even started dating.”
Now they’re loving life as a committed couple pursuing their art and running a business together in Larchmere. Anderson handles “the technical stuff,” while Haldiman manages the store, class lineup, and marketing and social media efforts. “Our biggest strength is the fact that we’re so passionate about this,” says Haldiman. “We can’t help but get excited when people want to learn and try it.”
Our wands cool down to form the finished product.And now that I’ve gotten a chance to try my hand at glassblowing—with a shiny new magic wand to show for it—I’m pretty excited about it myself.
If you're interested in making your own glass wand, you're in luck: Larchmere Fire Works is hosting two upcoming events for doing just that. On Sunday, April 28, the studio will be hosting a Harry Potter Glassblowing Party from 12 to 6 p.m with a candy buffet from All City Candy, photo booth, themed cake pops, goodie bags, and of course, a wand of your very own to take home. The cost is $60, and registration is required. (Buy tickets here.) On Saturday, May 4, a glass wand-making class will be held from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. with four different time slots. The cost is $40, and registration is required. (Buy tickets here.)
Read more articles by Jen Jones Donatelli.
As a Cleveland native and enthusiast, Jen Jones Donatelli is thrilled to take on the managing editor role at FreshWater. As a full-time freelance writer and editor for more than a decade, Jen has contributed to publications including Redbook, Budget Travel, GOOD, Playboy, Thrillist, Cleveland Magazine, Los Angeles Confidential, San Francisco, Ohio Today, and many more. She is also a contributing editor for Destination Cleveland and a proud graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
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There once was a princess named Layna in a magical kingdom. Unable to take the throne before coming of age, her advisors first held the reigns while she spent her days in worry-free bliss. Layna was looking forward to her coronation more than anything. When it finally came, she knew her dream had come true. But suddenly, the celebration was cut short by an old witch. The uninvited guest announced that the kingdom hadn't waited all those years for an heir like her, and with the flick of her wrist a bright light blinded the royal hall. Layna closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she found herself in a haystack on a run-down farm. What happened that day in the throne room, and why can't anyone remember the princess? Will Layna succeed in breaking the cruel spell, or be forever forgotten?
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After Less Than 3 Months, $15 Gets You Battleborn and More in a Humble Bundle [Update]
$15 also gets you copies of Civilization V, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and more.
By Chris Pereira | @TheSmokingManX on July 26, 2016 at 2:48PM PDT
Update: New games have been added to the bundle. In addition to everything else, beating the average sale price gets you four more games: Freedom Force, Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, and Railroad Tycoon 3. The original story follows below with a complete version of what's available.
If the discounts on Battleborn weren't steep enough around the time Overwatch launched, you can now get it for way less: The latest Humble Bundle has it--and a bunch of other 2K games--for only $15.
To be clear, that's not $15 for each of these games; that price gets you Battleborn and a handful of others. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Civilization V, Mafia II, and more are included, while you can also opt to pay less to get only certain games.
The full lineup follows below.
Pay $1 or more:
Beat the average (currently $8.92):
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
Mafia II: Digital Deluxe Edition
Railroad Tycoon 3
Battleborn Summer Skins Pack
Everything from the previous tier
Pay $15 or more:
Battleborn - 230 Platinum Currency
Everything from the previous tiers
That Battleborn is already discounted to this degree--and thrown into a Humble Bundle, no less--doesn't speak well for the game's performance, at least on PC.
Shortly after its launch, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said it was too soon to tell if it would reach Borderlands-levels of success, though he did claim the "initial results are very encouraging." It saw a peak player count of only 12,000 on Steam in its launch month of May according to third-party site Steam Charts, and that figure has dropped to just over 1,300 in the last month.
Battleborn was released just weeks prior to Blizzard's Overwatch. While the games are fairly different (Battleborn has a campaign and its multiplayer more strongly resembles a MOBA), they're similar enough to draw comparisons that aren't kind to Gearbox's game.
For just $15, though, it is worth a look, particularly with how much else you get with it. For more on Battleborn, check out GameSpot's review.
Some links to supporting retailers are automatically made into affiliate links, and GameSpot may receive a small share of those sales.
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New Supergirl teaser brings the action
By George Wales 2015-07-09T10:15:05.189Z News
CBS has unveiled a new teaser trailer for Supergirl and it goes big on action, with Kara Zor-El stopping bullets, absorbing explosions and generally getting her badass on.
If the first full trailer came in for a good deal of stick thanks to its unfortunate similarities to the Black Widow SNL spoof, this latest teaser goes all out to establish Kara as a hero to be reckoned with. Kicking a bad guy into an exploding truck? All in a day's work for Supergirl.
Check it out, below…
A brand-new #Supergirl preview to save your day. https://t.co/xWBD72HVqnJuly 8, 2015
We can't help but root for Supergirl, even if that first trailer was a little misjudged. In a world where female superheroes are a distinct rarity, we'll be keeping our fingers crossed that CBS gives Kara every opportunity to find her audience. We'll be able to see how she gets on when the show premieres on 26 October 2015.
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A Thanos teddy bear might have ruined Avengers: Endgame for everyone because, sure, why not?
By Bradley Russell 2019-04-03T10:44:08Z News
Is this Avengers: Endgame toy the cuddliest spoiler ever?
Image credit: Marvel/Build-A-Bear
Now, this is a sentence I never thought I’d have to type: One of the biggest twists in Avengers: Endgame has potentially been spoiled by the cutest, most-huggable Thanos teddy bear. No, I’m not making this up. I absolutely wish I was but, trust me, it’s not April 1. Of course, possible spoilers are below but, come on, you can’t say no to the Cute Titan now, can you? Look at his face!
So, if you head on over to the Build-A-Bear website, you’ll come across this exclusive Thanos bear (H/T r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers), complete with adorable little Infinity Gauntlet mitten. Wiping out half the universe has never been so darned adorable, let me tell you. But it’s the teddy’s voice clips that might stop you in your tracks more than anything.
There are five main quotes, which range from the menacingly generic (“I don’t care for your petty politics”) to the possible spoilerrific: “I had all the power in my grasp” and “How are you doing this? You do not have the power to wield the Infinity Stones” which sure sound like big ol’ plot points from the upcoming Endgame to me. There’s even official art from Endgame on the bear’s boot, just in case you weren’t sure about its authenticity.
We have so many questions. So. Many. Questions. Thanos had a crispy Gauntlet the last time we saw him in Avengers: Infinity War, which partly explains away how he lost his power, but who’s making a grab for the Infinity Stones? This could be all part of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ grand plan to undo the snap and put things back as they were – and it’s been spoiled by a bloody teddy bear.
If we’re keen to get our tinfoil hats on, it might even confirm time travel as a means of swiping the first Gauntlet or grabbing a second one somehow through time-wimey madcap methods. Teddy Thanos sure sounds angry over having something (i.e. the Infinity Gauntlet) in his hands only for it to slip away out of nowhere. If someone else is controlling the Infinity Stones, or a duplicate of them, then that spells trouble for the Mad Titan.
Of course, we could be looking way too much into a teddy bear. Or it could be everything. Either way, it goes to show the lengths that people are taking just to find out a little bit extra about the most hotly-anticipated movie ever.
…And that’s the last time we’ll ever analyse a stuffed toy’s voice clips. Promise.
Want to look beyond Endgame? Check out the best new Marvel movies or watch our round-up of some of the best flicks coming your way in 2019 below.
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Glasgow group asks for help putting together gifts for 9,000 disadvantaged kids in the city
The Glasgow Spirit of Christmas appeal is aiming to make sure every Glaswegian child receives a personal gift this Christmas
Isaac Callan
A child stands next to a range of presents (Image: Glasgow Spirit of Christmas / Facebook)
A group of Glasgow volunteers have launched an appeal to provide Christmas presents to thousands of local children who would otherwise be left empty handed on Christmas day.
Glasgow Spirit of Christmas aims to connect generous Glaswegians with children across the city who, without the appeal, would receive nothing for Christmas.
Last year the group, which has been running since 2014, organised gifts for nearly 7,500 children and this year they’re aiming to increase that generosity by 25 percent to more than 9,000 children.
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Speaking to Glasgow Live, organiser, Julie Griffin, explained the concept and just how much work goes into the project which kicks off every year in the summer.
She said: “I started working on Spirit of Christmas in July. We start early on in July by writing to all the charities to make contact and to ask if help there a need. Sadly, yes, there is a need for another appeal.
“And this year there's a greater need than ever for supporting our local kids.
“Last year we made 7,348 of what we call ‘gifts made with love.’ They’re not just single gifts as some people think, it’s not a wish list - they're a bit more than that.
“We try to create deeply personal gifts for kids who social services have identified as the neediest and most deprived in Glasgow.
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Two children hold up present bags (Image: Glasgow Spirit of Christmas / Facebook)
“What we try to do is create a gift as if it was their own family that had put it together. We try to do more than just buy a gift token, we want to give the children who might not have parents some meaning - something with a little bit of love and care.
“So you don’t just get one gift wrapped up, you get a whole arrangement of things which are really relevant to your age. There’s more of a homely feel to that, the love and the care come through from that gift rather than a single gift randomly assigned from somebody.”
Often with appeals and projects of this nature, there’s a suggestion for those donating gifts to include a card or a message of support for the recipient, but not with Spirit of Christmas, for one magic reason. A large number of the children the project helps still believe in Father Christmas and well-wishing cards could ruin that dream.
Julie explained: “We don’t write cards because the children think it’s come from Santa. In the past, we’ve had social workers tell us that children say that Santa doesn’t go to their house, that he goes to other people’s houses, but not to theirs.
“These are kids that are living in hardship year on year and believe that Santa just isn’t there for them or that they’re not worthy. Hence we say don’t put cards because the child believes in Santa and we don’t want to ruin that.”
Working to match children with those looking to donate gifts more than nine thousand times is a demanding task taken on by 15 diligent volunteers. Julie explained to Glasgow Live just how they pull off this miracle every year.
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A car filled with presents to donate (Image: Glasgow Spirit of Christmas / Facebook)
She said: “I think the reason we’ve lasted for so long is as a successful middle man. We’re fully volunteer run, we have no budget, we’re not a registered charity and yet, every year it comes together.
“Behind the scenes there are fifteen of us working. However, it’s not all the time because we all hold down full time jobs as well, so it depends on who is free.
“The volunteers are an admin team. They approve new members to the group, post, reply to comments and answer queries about how to get involved or to make up a gift.
“At the peak of our appeal around mid-November, we have around 12,000 - 13,000 people on that page in one day. That’s a huge number of likes, comments and queries to reply to, but we love it, it’s become what Christmas is about for us - there’s so much goodwill.”
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It’s impressive every year that this project is able to bring so much joy to so many people, the success of which Julie attributes to the feeling of community the whole thing brings.
She said: “I think what happens with Glasgow Spirit of Christmas - something I’ve come to understand - is that people love being part of something that really is just lovely to be a part of. It’s inspiring.
"You can see the kindness and compassion from people. In the fairly negative world we’re in at the moment, I think people find that so refreshing and so lovely to generate that good feeling and that good will for Christmas. It genuinely gets people into the spirit of Christmas.
“People giving for the sake of giving, helping those less fortunate and the community."
To donate a gift through Glasgow Spirit of Christmas Appeal, join their Facebook group to view the list of gifts required or to learn more about how to help out.
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By David Brand
Children and a vaccinator washing hands during 2013 oral cholera vaccination campaign. Photo Credit: Benjamin Dahl
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7 Years After a Cholera Epidemic, Haitians Are Fighting for Accountability
Community activists want restitution from the UN and international community.
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Juliana Belgarde was selling goods at a local market in Haiti when she first contracted cholera and had to be rushed to a hospital with no time to gather her wares.
Though Belgarde and her six children survived the disease, her business — and thus, her livelihood — did not. It turned out cholera was just the beginning of her problems.
“The money I invested in the business was a loan [and] I have not been able to pay it back,” Belgarde said. “Cholera broke me. I have six children and I can’t send them to school.”
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When cholera killed Cliford Alsimé, his mother Mireille didn’t just lose a loved one, she lost her main source of support.
“My son was all I had,” Alsimé said. “He was the one who paid my rent, gave me money to do business, and he died. Now I am walking the streets with nothing. I don’t even have a place to sleep. I no longer have a business.”
More than seven years have passed since the cholera outbreak began in October of 2010, but for thousands of Haitians like Alsimé and Belgarde, the consequences persist. The lasting effects of the epidemic have galvanized a grassroots campaign by poor Haitians who demand accountability from an unlikely source — the United Nations.
In 2010, UN peacekeepers from Nepal first exposed Haiti to cholera when sewage from their camp spilled into a river that was used as a source of drinking water. The disease quickly spread due to a lack of safe sanitation and access to clean water — problems exacerbated by a devastating earthquake months earlier.
Since the initial outbreak, cholera has killed about 10,000 people and sickened 800,000 more.
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The disease infects people who ingest contaminated water or food and causes severe diarrhea that can be fatal. “Cholera is an easily treatable disease,” the World Health Organization reports, but only if infected individuals have access to antibiotics and clean water to rehydrate themselves.
In Haiti, they often did not.
“Poverty makes people vulnerable and it’s not like people don’t know to drink clean water and wash their hands,” said Nicole Phillips, an attorney for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH). “But they don’t have soap and they don’t have access to clean water.”
Though public health workers and local communities have largely contained the spread of the disease, vulnerable sanitation systems mean cholera can can return at any time, as it did after Hurricane Matthew struck the country in 2016.
Global Citizen campaigns on ensuring all people, including the 2.3 billion people without toilets, have access to clean water and safe sanitation. You can take action on this issue here.
Compiling Experiences
Over the past several years, the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), a Haitian human rights group, has recorded testimony of thousands of Haitians, organized poor cholera survivors, and led empowerment trainings to help victims understand their rights.
BAI and their partner IJDH have used the testimony as part of a campaign to compel an apology and receive financial restitution from the UN, Phillips said. IJDH has also represented thousands of Haitians in lawsuits demanding money for individual victims as well as investment in community water and sanitation infrastructure.
Meanwhile, the campaign has tapped into the power of art to raise awareness.
In 2015, various organizations helped cholera survivors erect large portraits of victims outside the UN offices in New York City, US and Geneva, Switzerland as part of a project called Face Justice. That same year, BAI delivered 2,000 handwritten letters from cholera victims to the UN’s peacekeeping headquarters in Port-Au-Prince, the Haitian capital.
Victims of cholera in #Haiti are calling for justice. Will the @UN face them? #FaceJustice | http://t.co/si2fghpSoJpic.twitter.com/8s0IESKkjk
— MCC Washington Ofc. (@mccwashington) October 14, 2015
Finally, after years of pressure by Haitians and their international advocates, the UN acknowledged the organization’s responsibility for the epidemic in 2016.
“On behalf of the United Nations, I want to say very clearly: we apologize to the Haitian people,” former UN General Secretary Ban-Ki Moon said. “We simply did not do enough with regard to the cholera outbreak and its spread in Haiti. We are profoundly sorry for our role.”
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Haitian victims welcomed the public apology because it fulfilled the first of their major demands, said IJDH attorney Beatrice Lindstrom, who watched the announcement with dozens of Haitians.
The UN’s pledge to raise $400 million for communities affected by cholera and the construction of large-scale sanitation projects seemed to be an important step toward restitution, their other demand.
But more than a year later, the fund has raised less than $6.3 million. That money goes toward funding immediate response programs to stop the spread of cholera as well as municipal water and sanitation projects. So far, the fund has allocated about $2.5 million to organizations working on these goals in Haiti.
.@UN can find millions of dollars to fund a new mission in Haiti, but can’t raise $400M to eliminate its cholera & remedy its victims. #NoMoreDoubleStandards It’s #Time2Deliverhttps://t.co/W10s5kpbTgpic.twitter.com/bBuxW3LbUn
— IJDH (@ijdh) December 4, 2017
‘Haitians Helping Haitians’
The way cholera victims have persisted through adversity reflects the theme of the film “Ayiti Mon Amour” (Haiti My Love), an Oscar candidate directed by Guetty Felin. Felin said her movie, which focuses on four individuals rebuilding after disaster, reverses the narrative of Haitians as helpless victims.
“It’s about time that the world get to know us differently,” Felin told Global Citizen. “Not just the moniker, the ‘poorest country in the Western Hemisphere,’ the ‘impoverished island.’”
Image: Guetty Felin
The film draws on lived experiences like those of the individuals involved in grassroots advocacy and community-led initiatives. They demonstrate how even the most marginalized individuals wield power when they understand their rights and organize, said Lindstrom, the IJDH attorney.
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“Cholera affects some of poorest and most vulnerable people in the world who are struggling to meet basic needs and yet they’re coming out month after month to advocate to remind the UN of its obligations,” Lindstrom said.
Where the international community failed, local communities stepped up to support their neighbors.
“What went well was Haitians helping Haitians,” Phillips said. “Local organizations sprung up, organizations that protected against loss of life, kept people safe, and gave them food to eat.”
With limited support from a Haitian government, local groups have partnered with NGOs on water and sanitation projects throughout the country. Community-led total sanitation projects empower Haitians to educate their neighbors about open defecation and safe sanitation. In addition, local leaders have linked up with various organization to develop clean water systems.
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The epidemic had affected virtually everyone, even those who didn’t get sick but supported family members or neighbors with extra rice or help getting medicine, Phillips said.
“Everybody has a family member affected by cholera,” Phillips said. “So everybody is a victim.”
Phillips said the survivors want individual payments — not just funding for municipal sanitation projects — because the consequences of cholera penetrated deep into their lives and affected their earning potential.
The inability to work while recovering from the illness left many people financially ruined, while malnourishment and a lack of clean water contributed to long-term health problems that multiplied, she said.
“Victims had to borrow money [in order] to take a moto [vehicle] to drive four hours for their son or themselves to get medical treatment. So they’re now in debt and have to pay the money back,” she said. “But interest accrued on their debt so they had to sell a goat and now they have no baby goats.”
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Since Haiti lacks a strong, government-funded social safety net for providing emergency income or insurance to its poor residents, families often rely on other resources for money and support in emergencies, said Human Rights Watch researcher Amanda Klasing. Livestock serve as a financial asset and family members function as the only means of support in times of crisis, Klasing said.
In many cases, the cholera epidemic decimated some of these traditional resources, she said. And the rapid spread of the disease unraveled community networks.
“If there’s one death in a family the community can come together and help you in the short-term,” she said. “But if you have eight to twelve deaths, plus illnesses that require people to travel, you’ve depleted the entire social fabric.”
Faced with these hardships, individuals in Haiti continue to challenge obstacles from the international community.
As the United Nations Stabilization Mission — known as MINUSTAH — prepared to pull out of Haiti in November, the UN suggested that countries direct more than $40 millionleft over in a MINUSTAH fund to the cholera trust fund the UN created in 2016.
Individual nations could also elect to keep the money, which would be allocated to countries proportionally based on the percentage of the total fund that they had contributed. So far, the US, UK, China, France and Russia — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the biggest donors — have all opposed reallocating the money to the cholera fund.
Despite this delay, the grassroots campaign organized by BAI has influenced some US lawmakers to continue advocating for cholera funding.
In September, US Sen. Patrick Leahy from Vermont called on the US to uphold its commitment to Haiti by contributing the $11.7 million it would receive back from the MINUSTAH fund to the cholera fund.
“If we believe in accountability for the UN we should join other nations in providing our share of these funds to address this tragedy,” Leahy said. “When the United States responds to natural or man-made disasters [we] don’t debate whose responsibility it should be to care for the victims.”
“We respond because we are able to and that is what global leaders do when tragedy strikes.”
Statement of @SenatorLeahy On Funding to Address #Cholera in #Haiti. https://t.co/8X0Kgymbbdpic.twitter.com/2t6cDjvY7h
— IJDH (@ijdh) September 20, 2017
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Providing financial aid does not give funders the power to dictate how Haitians develop projects, however. Outside donors have to keep in mind that “anyone hoping to assist Haitians must build on what is already there,” the international development company Devex explains.
For example, the Mouvman Peyizan Bayonnais (Farmers’ Movement of Bayonnais, or MPB), a community-led health center and farm school, was well equipped to contend with the cholera outbreak because they directed the use of funding they received and fostered access to clean water, Devex reported.
Communities throughout Haiti are working to achieve a similar level of sustainability that will enable them to eradicate cholera — often with the UN’s support.
“Our water needs are crystal clear,” said Lehon Johasse, a local sanitation development leader who has worked with the UN to help communities access clean drinking water. “And with the implementation of every successful new project, one can really see the change and improvement in the people’s living conditions.”
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This is when Gloucester's HMV is closing
HMV in King’s Walk Shopping Centre will be closing its doors
Ed StilliardChief Gloucester Reporter
HMV Retail faces going into administration for the second time in six years (Image: Getty Images)
Music and film fans in Gloucester will have to find somewhere else to get their albums and DVDs after an entertainment store announced it was closing.
HMV in King’s Walk Shopping Centre will be closing its doors for the final time on Saturday, January 19.
Signs up in the store show that “everything must go” in a sale.
It comes after the chain – which opened its first store in 1921 – went into administration over the Christmas period for the second time in six years.
HMV in Gloucester's Kings Walk Shopping Centre will close on Saturday January 19
The Gloucester branch is one of 60 stores that was due to close when the management made the decision to close stores was made.
Mirror Online has previously reported that the Cheltenham branch, in Regent Arcade, is at risk of closure too.
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When the store was last in trouble in 2013, investment firm Hilco stepped in saving 141 stores across the country and about 2,500 jobs.
At the end of last month, Paul McGowan, executive chairman of HMV and Hilco, said: “During the key Christmas trading period the market for DVD fell by over 30 per cent compared to the previous year and, while HMV performed considerably better than that, such a deterioration in a key sector of the market is unsustainable."
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He pointed to high taxes, the "general malaise" of the UK high street and a move by the public to stream music, films and TV box sets - while the likes of Steam mean games are now also bought online with no physical component.
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Home » Security » Malware » Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls
Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls
May 5th, 2018 Waqas Malware, Security 0 comments
Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting Android users via Telegram chat app and infected websites while watering holes is the preferred attack vector. Watering holes is a technique in which famous websites are infected with malware so that visitors unknowingly get their devices infected.
The main targets of this campaign are users in the Middle East and North Africa (primarily Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iran). Researchers claim that there are four different versions of the malware, dubbed as “ZooPark,” that have been identified so far. It is believed that the malware was developed between June 2015 and 2017 and each version was advanced than the previous one.
“From the technical point of view, the evolution of ZooPark has shown notable progress: from the very basic first and second versions, the commercial spyware fork in its third version and then to the complex spyware that is version 4,” wrote Kaspersky Lab researchers.
The most recent version that has been identified by Kaspersky Lab can exfiltrate vast reserves of data including contacts information, text messages, keylogs, call audio, GPS location and other important data from the device.
It can also capture images, screenshots and record audio/video conversations, which researchers are claiming to be an “interesting” capability as it shows the extent to which malware developers have improved the code functionality over the years. They have managed to transform it into a very sophisticated malware so it is evident that this version might have been created using “specialist surveillance tools.”
Evolution of ZooPark malware features (Credit: Kaspersky Lab)
A number of news websites are identified to be infected by the hackers so as to redirect visitors to downloading link that infects the device with malicious APKs.
After the infection process is successfully completed, ZooPark starts stealing private and confidential data from the device, for which it not only scans system memory but also the data stored on SD card. It obtains details about installed applications, clipboard data, and browser data too.
Malware developers are using Telegram channels to spread the malware. Kaspersky report describes that one of the channels used for this malicious purpose was active between 2015 and 2016 and the infected links that it distributed were of an illegitimate app for Iranian province Kurdistan. Consequently, Telegram chat app has been blocked in Iran.
Also mentioned in the report are examples of various famous Arabic news websites that also were used as watering holes for the cyber-espionage campaign.
Nearly 100 targets have so far been detected by Kaspersky, claims malware analyst at the firm Alexey Firsh, and there is also an indication that the targets are specially selected. There are also hints on the involvement of a nation-state in this campaign, states Firsh.
“More and more people use their mobile devices as a primary – or sometimes even only – communication device. That is certainly being spotted by nation-state sponsored actors, who are building their toolsets so they will be efficient enough to track mobile users.”
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INSPRU
INSPRU 1
INSPRU 1.3 With-profits insurance capital componen...
INSPRU 1.3 With-profits insurance capital component
INSPRU 1.3.1R 31/12/2006
INSPRU 1.3 applies to a realistic basis life firm.
INSPRU 1.3.2G 31/12/2006
A realistic basis life firm means a firm to which GENPRU 2.1.18 R applies. The application of GENPRU 2.1.18 R is set out in GENPRU 2.1.19 R and GENPRU 2.1.20 R. GENPRU 2.1.13 R requires that a firm must maintain at all times capital resources equal to or in excess of its capital resources requirement. The enhanced capital requirement forms part of the capital resources requirement for a realistic basis life firm. The with-profits insurance capital component forms part of the enhanced capital requirement which a realistic basis life firm is required to calculate in accordance with GENPRU 2.1.38 R.
Main requirements
SUP 4 (Actuaries) sets out the role and responsibilities of the actuarial function and of the with-profits actuary.
As part of his duties under SUP 4.3.13 R, the actuary appointed by the firm to perform the actuarial function must calculate the firm's mathematical reserves and, in the context of the calculation of the with-profits insurance capital component, must also:
advise the firm's governing body on the methods and assumptions to be used in the calculation of the firm's with-profits insurance capital component;
perform that calculation in accordance with the methods and assumptions determined by the firm's governing body; and
report to the firm's governing body on the results of that calculation.
As part of his duties under SUP 4.3.16G, the with-profits actuary must advise the firm's governing body on the discretion exercised by the firm. In the context of the calculation of the with-profits insurance capital component, the with-profits actuary must also advise the firm's governing body as to whether the methods and assumptions (including the allowance for management actions) used for that calculation are consistent with the firm's Principles and Practices of Financial Management (PPFM - seeCOBS 20.33) and with its regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly.
INSPRU 1.3.13R 31/12/2006
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references (however expressed) in this section to realistic liabilities, or to liabilities which are included in the calculation of realistic liabilities, include discretionary benefits payable by the firm in accordance with the firm's regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly.
INSPRU 1.3.14G 01/04/2013
In this section, any reference to a firm's regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly is a reference to the duty of a firm regulated by the FCA7 under FCA's7 Principle 6 (Customers' interests). This states that a firm must pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly.
In this section, any reference to the Principles and Practices of Financial Management (PPFM) is a reference to the requirements in the FCA's rules at7 COBS 20.33 (Principles and Practices of Financial Management) for firms to establish, maintain and record the principles and practices of financial management according to which the business of its with-profits funds is conducted.
The extent to which a firm requires a separate PPFM for each of its with-profits funds will depend on the firm's circumstances and any relevant representations made by the firm to its with-profits policyholders. In this section, any reference to a firm's PPFM refers to the PPFM which relate to the with-profits fund or the with-profits insurance contracts in question.
A firm must make, and retain for an appropriate period of time, a record of:
the methods and assumptions used in making any calculation required for the purposes of this section (and any subsequent changes) and the reasons for their use; and
any change in practice and the nature of, reasons for, and effect of, any change in approach with respect to those methods and assumptions.
SYSC 14.1.53 R requires firms to maintain accounting and other records for a minimum of three years, or longer as appropriate. For the purposes of INSPRU 1.3.17 R, a period of longer than three years will be appropriate for a firm's long-term insurance business. In determining an appropriate time period, a firm should have regard to:
the detailed guidance on record keeping in SYSC 14.1.51 G to SYSC 14.1.64 G;
the nature and term of the firm's long-term insurance contracts; and
any additional provisions or statutory requirements applicable to the firm or its records.
A firm must also identify in the record required to be kept by INSPRU 1.3.17 R changes in practice, in particular changes in those items which will or may be significant in relation to the eventual claim values.
Some of the changes identified in accordance with INSPRU 1.3.19 R may have to be notified to the firm's policyholders in accordance with the firm's PPFM.
Regulatory value of assets
INSPRU 1.3.27 31/12/2006
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Management actions
In calculating the risk capital margin for a with-profits fund, a firm may reflect, in its projections of the value of assets and liabilities under the scenarios in INSPRU 1.3.44 R, the firm's prospective management actions (INSPRU 1.3.53 R).
Prospective management actions refer to the foreseeable actions that would be taken by the firm's management, taking into account:
an appropriately realistic period of time for the management actions to take effect; and
the firm's PPFM and its regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly.
The management actions in INSPRU 1.3.53 R may include, but are not limited to, changes in future bonus rates, reductions in surrender values, changes in asset dispositions (taking into account the associated selling costs) and changes in the amount of charges deducted from asset shares for with-profits insurance contracts.
A firm should use reasonable assumptions in incorporating management actions into its projections of claims such that the mitigating effects of the management actions are not overstated. In modelling management actions, a firm should ensure consistency with its PPFM and take into account its regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly.
In accordance with INSPRU 1.3.17 R, a firm should make and retain a record of the approach used, in particular the nature and effect of anticipated management actions (including, where practicable, the amount by which the actions would serve to reduce the projected values of assets and liabilities).
A firm which deducts charges in respect of any adverse experience or cost of capital to with-profits insurance contracts should keep a record under INSPRU 1.3.17 R of the amount of any such charges to its customers and of how it has ensured their fair treatment.
Policyholder actions
In calculating the risk capital margin for a with-profits fund, a firm must reflect, in its projections of the value of assets and liabilities under the scenarios in INSPRU 1.3.44 R, a realistic assessment of the actions of its policyholders (see INSPRU 1.3.59 R).
Policyholder actions refer to the foreseeable actions that would be taken by the firm's policyholders, taking into account:
the experience of the firm in the past; and
the changes that may occur in the future if options and guarantees become more valuable to policyholders than in the past.
A firm should use realistic assumptions in incorporating policyholder actions into its projections of claims such that any mitigating effects of policyholder actions are not overstated and any exacerbating effects of policyholder actions are not understated. In modelling policyholder actions, a firm should ensure consistency with its PPFM and take into account its regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly in determining the options and information that would be available to policyholders.
In calculating the persistency scenario in INSPRU 1.3.100 R, a firm needs to make assumptions regarding the future termination rates exhibited by policies, at points described in particular in INSPRU 1.3.101 R. Such assumptions should be realistic. However, the firm must have regard to the economic scenarios being projected. For example, if the value of an option became significantly greater in a future scenario than in the recent past, then the behaviour of policyholders in taking up the option is likely to differ in this future scenario compared with the recent past.
Market risk scenario
Credit risk scenarios
Methods and assumptions: general
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Future costs of non-contractual commitments
INSPRU 1.3.154R 31/12/2006
A firm must make provision for future costs in addition to those in INSPRU 1.3.148 R where the firm expects to pay further amounts to meet non-contractual commitments to customers or pay other benefits that need to be provided to fulfil a firm's regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly.
INSPRU 1.3.155G 31/12/2006
Some examples of these non-contractual commitments are:
statements by the firm regarding the ability of policies to cover defined amounts, such as the repayment of a mortgage;
statements by the firm regarding regular withdrawals from a policy being without penalty;
guaranteed annuity and cash option rates being provided beyond the strict interpretation of the policy; and
the costs of any promises to customers or other benefits that need to be provided to fulfil a firm's regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly.
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Related provisions for BIPRU 9.3.12
1 - 20 of 43 items.
Group companies (20)
Supervision (17)
Financial Conduct Authority Handbook (11)
Non United Kingdom (11)
Firms structure and internal systems (10)
Senior management (10)
Firm permissions (10)
Insurance activities (8)
SUP 8.3.1G 01/04/2013 RP
Under section 138A(4) of the Act, the appropriate regulator7 may not give a waiver unless it is satisfied that:77(1) compliance by the firm with the rules, or with the rules as unmodified, would be unduly burdensome, or would not achieve the purpose for which the rules were made; and(2) the waiver would not adversely affect the advancement of, in the case of the PRA, any of its objectives and, in the case of the FCA, any of its operational objectives.77
SUP 8.3.1AG 01/04/2013 RP
Even if the conditions in section 138A(4)7 of the Act are satisfied, the appropriate regulator7will consider other relevant factors before giving a waiver, such as whether the waiver would be compatible with European law, including relevant EC Directives.277
The appropriate regulator7 is required by section 138B7 of the Act to publish a waiver unless it is satisfied that it is inappropriate or unnecessary to do so (see SUP 8.6).77
7The FCA must consult the PRA before publishing or deciding not to publish a waiver which relates to:(1) a PRA-authorised person; or(2) an authorised person who has as a member of its immediate group a PRA-authorised person;unless the waiver relates to rules made by the FCA under sections 247 or 248 of the Act.
SUP 8.3.10G 01/04/2013 RP
Under section 138A(1) of the Act the appropriate regulator7 may give a waiver with the consent of a firm. This power may be used by the appropriate regulator7 in exceptional circumstances where the appropriate regulator7 considers that a waiver should apply to a number of firms (for example, where a rule unmodified may not meet the particular circumstances of a particular category of firm). In such cases the appropriate regulator7 will inform the firms concerned that the waiver
An application for a waiver of an evidential provision will normally be granted only if a breach of the underlying binding rule is actionable under section 138D7 of the Act. Individual guidance would normally be a more appropriate response (see SUP 9 (Individual Guidance)) if there is no right of action.27
For an application for a waiver of the presumption of contravention of a binding rule, which is actionable under section 138D7 of the Act, the appropriate regulator7 would normally wish to be satisfied that the evidential rule is itself unduly burdensome or does not achieve the purpose of the rule.277
REC 3.3.1G 01/04/2013 RP
Under section 294 of the Act (Modification or waiver of rules), the FCA1 may, on the application or with the consent of a recognised body (including an ROIE),1 direct that any notification rule is not to apply to the body or is to apply with such modifications as may be specified in the waiver.11
A waiver given under section 294 of the Act may be made subject to conditions.
Under section 294(4) of the Act, before the FCA1 may give a waiver of notification rules, it must be satisfied that:1(1) compliance by the recognised body with those notification rules, or with those rules as unmodified, would be unduly burdensome or would not achieve the purpose for which those rules were made; and(2) the waiver would not result in undue risk to persons whose interests those rules are designed to protect.
There is no application form, but applicants should make their application formally and in writing and in accordance with any direction the FCA1 may make under section 294(2) of the Act. Each application should set out at least:1(1) full particulars of the waiver which is requested; (2) the reason why the recognised body believes that the criteria set out in section 294(4) (and described in REC 3.3.3 G) would be met, if this waiver were granted; and (3) where the recognised body
The FCA1 may request further information from the applicant, before deciding whether to give a waiver under section 294 of the Act.1
Any waiver given by the FCA1 under section 294 of the Act will be made in writing, stating: 1(1) the name of the recognised body in respect of which the waiver is made;(2) the notification rules which are to be waived or modified in respect of that body;(3) where relevant, the manner in which any rule is to be modified;(4) any condition or time limit to which the waiver is subject; and(5) the date from which the waiver is to take effect.
Where the FCA1 wishes to give a waiver under section 294 of the Act with the consent of a recognised body (rather than on the application of a recognised body), the FCA1 will correspond or discuss this with that body in order to agree an appropriate waiver.11
REC 3.3.10G 01/04/2013 RP
The FCA1 will periodically review any waiver it has given. The FCA1 has the right to revoke a waiver under section 294(6) of the Act. This right is likely to be exercised in the event of a material change in the circumstances of the recognised body or in any fact on the basis of which the waiver was given.11
The appropriate regulator3 is required by sections 138B(1) and (2)3 of the Act to publish a waiver unless it is satisfied that it is inappropriate or unnecessary to do so. If the appropriate regulator3 publishes a waiver, it will not publish details of why a waiver was required or any of the supporting information given in a waiver application.333
When considering whether it is satisfied under section 138B(2)3, the appropriate regulator3 is required by section 138B(3)3 of the Act:333(1) to take into account whether the waiver relates to a rule contravention of which is actionable under section 138D3 of the Act (Actions for damages); Schedule 5 identifies such rules;3(2) to consider whether its publication would prejudice, to an unreasonable degree, the commercial interests of the firm concerned, or any other member of its
Waivers can affect the legal rights of third parties, including consumers. In the appropriate regulator's3 view it is important that the fact and effect of such waivers should be transparent. So the fact that a waiver relates to a rule that is actionable under section 138D3 of the Act (see SUP 8.6.2 G (1)) will tend to argue in favour of publication.33
In making waiver applications under section 250 of the Act or regulation 7 of the OEIC Regulations, SUP 8.6.2 G (2) should be read in application to rules in COLL as if the word "commercial" were omitted.12
In considering whether commercial interests would be prejudiced to an unreasonable degree (see SUP 8.6.2 G (2)), the appropriate regulator3 will weigh the prejudice to firms' commercial interests against the interests of consumers, markets and other third parties in disclosure. In doing so the appropriate regulator3 will consider factors such as the extent to which publication of the waiver would involve the premature release of proprietary information to commercial rivals, for
BIPRU 1.3.10G 04/10/2013 RP
As explained in SUP 8, under section 138A3 of the Act, the appropriate regulator may not grant a waiver to a firm unless it is satisfied that:3(1) compliance by the firm with the rules, or with the rules as modified, would be unduly burdensome or would not achieve the purpose for which the rules were made; and(2) the waiver would not adversely affect the advancement of any of the appropriate regulator's objectives.33
The conditions relating to the use of an approach listed in BIPRU 1.3.2 G referred to in the relevant chapter of BIPRU are minimum standards. Satisfaction of those conditions does not automatically mean the appropriate regulator will grant a waiver referred to in those paragraphs. The appropriate regulator will in addition also apply the tests in section 138A of the Act.
Under section 138A12of the Act (Modification or waiver of rules), the appropriate regulator12 may, on the application or with the consent of a firm, direct that its 9rules:121299(1) are not to apply to the firm; or(2) are to apply to the firm with such modifications as may be specified.
Sections 250 and 261L11 of the Act and regulation 7 of the OEIC Regulations allow the FCA12 to waive the application of certain rules in COLL to:111210(1) a person, as respects a particular AUT, ACS11 or ICVC, on the application or with the consent of that person; and(2) an AUT, ACS11 or ICVC on the application or with the consent of the manager and trustee (in the case of an AUT), the authorised contractual scheme manager and depositary (in the case of an ACS)11 or the ICVC and
Sections 250 and 261L11 of the Act and regulation 7 of the OEIC Regulations work by giving effect to section 138A12of the Act in respect of waivers given under section 250(2) and (3), section 261L(2) and (3)11 and regulation 7(1) and (2) of the OEIC Regulations.1112
SUP 21.1.1G 01/04/2013 RP
1SUP 21 Annex 1 sets out a form of waiver that the FCA will be minded to give to energy market participants in the exercise of its statutory discretion under sections 138A and 138B of the Act to grant a waiver of its2rules.2
Energy market participants should bear in mind that3sections 138A and 138B of the Act requires that in order to give a waiver of particular rules, the FCA4 must be satisfied that:4344(1) compliance with the rules, or with the rules as unmodified, would be unduly burdensome or would not achieve the purpose for which the rules were made; and(2) the waiver would not adversely affect the advancement of any of the FCA's operational objectives.44
BIPRU 8.4.5G 01/04/2013 RP
The standards in BIPRU 8.4.4 G are minimum standards. Satisfaction of these conditions does not automatically mean the FCA will give an investment firm consolidation waiver. The FCA will in addition also apply the tests in Section 138A of the Act (Modification or waiver of rules).
The waivers regime is overseen by a staff committee. Its responsibility is to ensure that the giving of waivers is in accordance with the requirements of the Act, of the guidance in SUP 8 and of other relevant guidance. Decisions on individual applications are made under arrangements designed to result in rapid, responsive and well-informed decision making. The arrangements include arrangements for collective decision making to set general policies, and, as necessary, determine
1If the appropriate regulator2, in the course of carrying on supplementary supervision of a financial conglomerate, is considering exercising its powers under section 138A2 of the Act (Modification or waiver of rules), regulation 4 of the Financial Groups Directive Regulations contains special provisions. The appropriate regulator2 must, in broad terms, do two things. Where required by those regulations, it must obtain the consent of the relevant competent authorities of the group.
2BIPRU 1.3.10 G sets out the appropriate regulator's approach to the granting of waivers. The conditions in BIPRU 9.4.15D are minimum requirements. Satisfaction of those does not automatically mean the appropriate regulator will grant the relevant waiver. The appropriate regulator will in addition also apply the tests in section 138A (Modification or waiver of rules) of the Act.
BIPRU 9.5.1CG 01/04/2013 RP
1BIPRU 1.3.10 G sets out the appropriate regulator approach to the granting of waivers. The conditions in BIPRU 9.5.1BD are minimum requirements. Satisfaction of those does not automatically mean the appropriate regulator will grant the relevant waiver. The appropriate regulator will in addition also apply the tests in section 138A (Modification or waiver of rules) of the Act.
A recognised body should see REC 3.3 for information on waivers of rules in REC under section 294 of the Act.
GENPRU 2.2.79BG 01/01/2014 RP
8In exceptional circumstances a BIPRU firm may apply for a waiver of GENPRU 2.2.79AR (4) under section 138A (Modification or waiver of rules) of the Act.10
BIPRU 12.8.2G 01/04/2013 RP
However, the appropriate regulator recognises that there may be circumstances in which it would be appropriate for a firm to rely on liquidity resources which can be made available to it by other members of its group, or for a firm to rely on liquidity resources elsewhere in the firm for the purposes of ensuring that its UKbranch has adequate liquidity resources in respect of the activities carried on from the branch. Where the appropriate regulator is satisfied that the statutory
The appropriate regulator1 may revoke a waiver at any time. In deciding whether to revoke a waiver, the appropriate regulator1 will consider whether the conditions in section 138A(4)1 of the Act are no longer satisfied (see SUP 8.3.1 G), and whether the waiver is otherwise no longer appropriate.1111
If the appropriate regulator1 gives a firm a waiver, then the relevant rule no longer applies to the firm. But:1(1) if a waiver directs that a rule is to apply to a firm with modifications, then contravention of the modified rule could lead to appropriate regulator1 enforcement action and (if applicable) a right of action under section 138D1 of the Act (Actions for damages); and11(2) if a waiver is given subject to a condition, it will not apply to activities conducted in breach
By waiving or modifying the requirements of a rule or imposing an additional requirement or limitation, the FCA2 can ensure that the rules, and any other requirements or limitations imposed on a firm, take full account of the firm's individual circumstances, and so assist the FCA2 in meeting its2statutory objectives under the Act.2221
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Die Welt im Bewegtbild
Hölig, S.; Hasebrink, U. (2015): Die Welt im Bewegtbild - oder doch lieber schriftlich?! Präferenzen der Nachrichtennutzung im internationalen Vergleich [The World in a Moving Image - or Rather in Writing?! Preferences of News Usage in an International Comparison]. In: die medienanstalten (eds.): Programmbericht 2014. Fernsehen in Deutschland. Programmforschung und Programmdiskurs [Programme Report 2014. Television in Germany. Programme Research and Discourse]. Berlin: Vistas, pp. 129-146.
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How does each individual establish a connection to the public through media and, thus, change the communicative figuration of the public? The project “Public Connection”, financed by the German Research Foundation, seeks to answer these questions as part of the research association &ldqu...
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JAVA Tutorials: Educating yourself in programming
[Sep, 09, 2012] |
If you are interested in using java tutorials to educate yourself from home, you are probably interested in learning how to tell the difference between valuable resource materials, and those which are outdated or incorrect. Learning to evaluate the quality of available tutorials is both an art and a science, and is best accomplished by paying attention to some of the individual components which make up a quality tutorial. We will take a look at four of the most important:
· Good organization – The tutorial needs to have a well-developed structure, which comprehensively details the content it will deliver, and is very easy for users to navigate. A good organizational structure is indicative of a polished educational thought process, and is more important than you may think in the development of a good tutorial.
· Valuable content – For good java tutorials, the content should be structured around accomplishing individual tasks. It should do so by providing clear instruction to the reader, and be concise and to the point as well. The delivery of quality content is the primary purpose of any tutorial.
· Attractive appearance – Attention needs to be paid to the manner in which the tutorial is presented. They should always strive to be visually appealing and not overly busy, so as to distract from communicating the message. A clean and simple presentation also helps to emphasize the content.
Top 10 Software Skills for 2014 and Beyond
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Before we go to the list do you know what makes software skills most sought-after and hence more valuable than most of the other job skills? It is simply because unlike any other skill, software skills are global and are not at all location specific! With the evolution and penetration of internet technologies, the physical distance between the client and service provider hardly matters. So, with more advancement in technology, it is indeed going to rain opportunities on the right skilled developer. I’ll take the liberty to reproduce the following quotes here to prove my claims statistically:
Demand for “cloud-ready” IT workers will grow by 26 percent annually through 2015, with as many as 7 million cloud-related jobs available worldwide.
---IDC White Paper (November 2012).
In the United States, the IT sector is experiencing modest growth of IT jobs in general, with the average growth in IT employment between 1.1 and 2.7 percent per year through 2020.
---U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What Are The Responsibilities Of an IT Project Manager vs. an IT Manager?
[Feb, 19, 2014] |
When businesses are trying to expand and require professionals to lead teams, terminology may get in the way of who performs what roles. When it comes to information technology (IT), new and vital professionals may seem hard to differentiate between one another. However, there are key differences between specific professionals needed with IT departments. Here are the responsibilities that differentiate between an IT manager and an IT project manager.
IT managers are the leaders of the entire IT infrastructure a business has to function properly. The IT manager must lead the entire IT department to regulate and maintain the IT network for the business. As a manager, this IT professional corresponds with other departments in the business about how the IT department is implementing the goals the business is aiming toward. In addition, the manager must be fiscally responsible and answer to executives and financial officers in the business the reasons behind certain costs and investments. Because of the dual computer technology and business acumen this profession requires, many IT managers have a Master of Business Administration (MBA) related to information technology.
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How to Keep a Start Up Team Motivated?
[May, 12, 2014] |
When it comes to running a start up, leaders need to make sure that their key players are motivated. This has been seen with many companies. Back in the 1970's it was found with the inspiration and diligence of the late Daniel Nigro when he formed Kleer-Fax. More recently it was seen in David Khasidy, the founder and recently retired president of SunRay Power Management, the most dynamic green energy leader in the US today.
The question is, what is it that great leaders like David Khasidy and Daniel Nigro do that make the difference? How do the most vulnerable companies (start ups) break the mold and become a part of our everyday lives?
It starts with their mission and vision.
Create a Strong Mission and Vision
There are many reasons why start ups fail. For one, they usually lack the capital to last through the lean times. Secondly, they often don't have the tolerance for setbacks that occur. Lastly, they do not have a long-term plan, also called a mission.
When a business has a strong mission, the team knows it and their focus toward their work and service to others within and without the company reflects that. To complement that, the shorter term vision of the company needs to be present as well.
This can even be seen in sole proprietorships with no employees, such as when Brian Pascale started his law practice. His vision was to find justice for his clients while his mission was to build upon a career that had already set precedents in the area of tort law.
As his practice has grown, new staff members can sense the vision and mission he exudes.
Encourage Ownership of Projects and Processes
Start ups need to inspire and motivate their employees because they need to know that they are not only a part of something important, but that their contributions mean something.
What won't happen if they are not there? What contribution do they make, and what are the consequences of them not fulfilling their part of the work?
By encouraging ownership in projects, team members can find that the work they are doing is not only important for the organization, but that they are going to be a big part of what makes it happen. The alternative is that they feel replaceable.
Offer Incentives That Keep the Company Competitive
When team members embrace the mission and vision of the company, and then take ownership for the company's success, they are going to need to be justly rewarded.
This could include flexible schedules (for those who don't need a stringent one), use of an account at a nearby takeout place, or even the potential for ownership as a result of a vesting program.
The incentive everyone is looking for more immediately, though, is cash. When the company takes in more revenue as a result of the efforts of those on the team, rewarding them can go a long way not only in making them feel appreciated, but in encouraging them to bring in more business.
Members of a start up team are usually very talented, and commonly underpaid. However, if they believe they are going somewhere, it will make a big difference.
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Tech Life in Missouri
Missouri, known as the ?Show Me State?, has a growing science and biotechnology field. One of the largest gene companies, in the U.S. Monsanto, is based in St. Louis. The higher education system is governed by the Missouri Department of Education and includes 13 four-year universities and 20 two-year colleges.
If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius. ~ Larry Leissner
Software developers near Kansas City have ample opportunities to meet like minded techie individuals, collaborate and expend their career choices by participating in Meet-Up Groups. The following is a list of Technology Groups in the area.
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(The Chronicles of Prydain #2)
Lloyd Alexander
4.14 · Rating details · 54,762 ratings · 1,416 reviews
Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, and his friends are led into a mortal struggle with Arawn and his deathless warriors. Taran must wrest the black cauldron from them, for it is the cauldron that gives them their evil strength. But can he withstand the three enchantresses, who are determined to turn him and his companions into toads? Taran has not foreseen the awful price he Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, and his friends are led into a mortal struggle with Arawn and his deathless warriors. Taran must wrest the black cauldron from them, for it is the cauldron that gives them their evil strength. But can he withstand the three enchantresses, who are determined to turn him and his companions into toads? Taran has not foreseen the awful price he will have to pay in his defence of Prydain... ...more
Published May 16th 2006 by Square Fish (first published 1965)
080508049X (ISBN13: 9780805080490)
The Chronicles of Prydain #2
Taran, Fflewddur Fflam, Princess Eilonwy, Gurgi
Newbery Medal Nominee (1966)
Other Editions (78)
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Melissa The Disney movie takes elements from both this book and the first in the series, "The Book of Three", though this is the book it takes it's name from.…moreThe Disney movie takes elements from both this book and the first in the series, "The Book of Three", though this is the book it takes it's name from. If you're looking to read the book the movie is based on, you're best starting off with The Book of Three.(less)
I read this book as a preteen. For anyone who's reread it (or the series) as an adult: does it hold up?
Melissa I first read this book when I was around 16. I'm rereading it now at 24 and I think it does! Though, at 16, I could obviously see that it's…moreI first read this book when I was around 16. I'm rereading it now at 24 and I think it does! Though, at 16, I could obviously see that it's technically way below my reading level, and it's even more obvious at 24, that hasn't affected my enjoyment of it then or now. (less)
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Feb 23, 2018 Paul Christensen rated it really liked it
Much better than ‘The Book of Three’;
Deepening the mystery
With shades of lore and history
And urgent electricity
(And sometimes added duplicity
When characters dabble in trickery),
As three Crones with their witchery
Complete the synchronicity.
Nov 22, 2009 Mike (the Paladin) rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
Heavier than the first novel (The Book of Three) with a lot more on the ball teaching wise and lesson wise. This includes lessons on everything up to self sacrifice.
Jun 02, 2014 Ashley rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: audiobooks, award-winners, fantasy, kid-lit, books-i-missed-during-childhood, heroes-and-villains, treasure-and-adventure
This book is the one that gave the Disney film from the 80s its name--you know, the one nobody saw that was a complete box office disaster--right before The Little Mermaid came out and ushered in Disney's Golden Age. I saw the film once and wasn't impressed with it. It bears almost no resemblance, aside from its characters sharing the same names and a few select characteristics, to the books.
As stated in my review for The Book of Three, I was not very impressed with this series to start off with This book is the one that gave the Disney film from the 80s its name--you know, the one nobody saw that was a complete box office disaster--right before The Little Mermaid came out and ushered in Disney's Golden Age. I saw the film once and wasn't impressed with it. It bears almost no resemblance, aside from its characters sharing the same names and a few select characteristics, to the books.
As stated in my review for The Book of Three, I was not very impressed with this series to start off with, but about a third of the way in to The Black Cauldron, it became clear that Alexander had turned his storytelling around a little. Instead of focusing on plot movement and having things happen to the characters all the time, The Black Cauldron is instead a very character-motivated story. Most of the conflict doesn't come from fighting bad guys, but instead from the difficult choices the characters must make.
Although, yes, there is a plot. Taran and his friends join the massive effort to retake the titular Black Cauldron from Arawn, Death Lord of Annuven, so that he may not make any more of his Cauldron Born warriors (basically magical deathless zombies). Only one problem: when they get to Annuven, the Cauldron has already been stolen, so the companions set off again in search of it, to prevent Arawn from making more Cauldron Born, so that when the final inevitable confrontation that is sure to come does occur, they may at least have a chance in defeating him. This search leads Taran to the the three enchantresses in the Marshes of Morva, Orddu, Orgach, and Orwen. They are honestly delightful (a great example of Alexander's skill at combining humor and actual pathos) and more importantly, they pose Taran his greatest challenge yet. Taran, who wants to be a hero, but doesn't actually know what that means.
This was probably my favorite of the five books, mostly because the enchantresses were so sassy, but also probably because it was such an unexpected improvement over its predecessor. ...more
Feb 28, 2008 Bryce Wilson rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, ya
Old Shit I'm Revisiting: The Prequel: Part 2
Aw this is more like it. As I said I was a bit disappointed reading The Book Of Three this is more like The Prydain I remember. There are still flaws, writing at times can be a bit flat, and the exposition a bit heavy. But the moral universe of the characters has grown nicely adding shades of grey to what was starkly black and white before, there's room for some apt and surprisingly lovely metaphor (The broach that causes everything to look different i Old Shit I'm Revisiting: The Prequel: Part 2
Aw this is more like it. As I said I was a bit disappointed reading The Book Of Three this is more like The Prydain I remember. There are still flaws, writing at times can be a bit flat, and the exposition a bit heavy. But the moral universe of the characters has grown nicely adding shades of grey to what was starkly black and white before, there's room for some apt and surprisingly lovely metaphor (The broach that causes everything to look different is as good a metaphor for loss of innocence as I can think of) and the characters have deepened, though I can still see a bit of the stockness. (blah blah blah classic archetypes yada yada yada collective unconscious, what I can I say I calls them like I see them).
Once again though the heart of the book comes from Alexander's fertile and surprisingly dark imagination. He plays for keeps and he can play mean, the Cauldron Born themselves are a skin crawlingly creepy concept (It's always bothered me how they don't even bleed), The Huntsmen blew my God Damned mind when I was twelve, and the Cauldron itself is creepy as hell. It's a clever idea really, Tolkien always did the thing with the ring where it would purposely hinder transportation or put itself in someone's hand. Well that all well and good, but Alexander does the same thing here with a several hundred pound cauldron, which believe me can do some damage when it doesn't want to be moved. Even the allies are creepy as hell, the three sisters who control the cauldron have the same strange elliptical menace as Gaiman's Kindly Ones from Sandman. In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that this was a major influence on Gaiman's portrayal. (blah blah blah classic archetypes yada yada yada collective unconscious, what I can I say I calls them like I see them).
Anyway it was a significant step up from The Book Of Three. I might see some cracks a bit more clearly now, but I can still appreciate a ripping good yarn. ...more
Aug 08, 2008 Maggie Stiefvater rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: susan cooper fans, diana wynne jones fans
Shelves: middle-grade, recommended
On of my all time favorites as a kid. Recommended for those who like Diana Wynne Jones and Susan Cooper.
***wondering why all my reviews are five stars? Because I'm only reviewing my favorite books -- not every book I read. Consider a novel's presence on my Goodreads bookshelf as a hearty endorsement. I can't believe I just said "hearty." It sounds like a stew.****
Jul 12, 2014 Meg Cabot rated it it was amazing
In 4th grade all I wanted to be was Princess Eilonwy from The Black Cauldron.
Jul 12, 2009 Madeline rated it it was amazing
Shelves: kids-and-young-adult, fantasy, all-time-favorites
Book 2 of the Chronicles of Prydain series, which I sort of worshipped as a kid. I really wish that my copy of the book features the cover pictured with this review, as it seems to ignore Taran completely and just features Eilonwy doing something badass, which is pretty cool.
Also, I will repeat a warning I made in my review of The Book of Three: The Walt Disney Corporation, in a well-intended but disasterous move, decided to make an animated movie called The Black Cauldron several years ago. Th Book 2 of the Chronicles of Prydain series, which I sort of worshipped as a kid. I really wish that my copy of the book features the cover pictured with this review, as it seems to ignore Taran completely and just features Eilonwy doing something badass, which is pretty cool.
Also, I will repeat a warning I made in my review of The Book of Three: The Walt Disney Corporation, in a well-intended but disasterous move, decided to make an animated movie called The Black Cauldron several years ago. The plot is a bastardization of the first two books in the series, and under no circumstances should anyone watch it, ever. Everything is wrong, but what I remember most of all was that they made Eilonwy a fucking blonde. NO. She gets called "Eilonwy of the red-gold hair" at least once in every single book, and the fact that Disney decided to ignore this made me furious when I saw the movie.
It may not seem like a big deal, but even as a kid I was always painfully aware of how rare redhaired heroines are. I wanted us to be represented, dammit. ...more
Mar 27, 2007 Scott rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: decent people
The first book in the Prydain series didn't exactly impress me. I was afraid the whole lot of them would be stories where this motley crew of adventurers makes one mistake after another because they're silly and self-righteous but somehow manages to magically win in the end.
The Black Cauldron changed my mind. While the characters didn't get too much smarter, they matured quite a bit. Their bumbling isn't quite as tiresome, and they seem to learn a lot quicker and think less about themselves. So The first book in the Prydain series didn't exactly impress me. I was afraid the whole lot of them would be stories where this motley crew of adventurers makes one mistake after another because they're silly and self-righteous but somehow manages to magically win in the end.
The Black Cauldron changed my mind. While the characters didn't get too much smarter, they matured quite a bit. Their bumbling isn't quite as tiresome, and they seem to learn a lot quicker and think less about themselves. So there go all the problems I had with the first book. I finally felt as though these characters deserved to get to the end of their story.
But don't worry, Eilonwy is just as snarky, but not quite so obnoxious.
Some of Alexander's propensity for coincidences and Deus ex machina remains, but it's not really a fault. It's a style. What he's created in The Black Cauldron is an elegant story about trust, honor, and sacrifice. It's 1,000 times better than The Book of Three, so give it a try. It's easy and light and will take you like 20 seconds to read. ...more
Feb 13, 2016 imyril rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Still one of the best childhood reads. Damn I liked hardcore books as a kid.
Aspiration, pride, loyalty, self-knowledge and sacrifice - this takes on growing pains with a vengeance as Taran continues to try to Do Good in the face of a bewildering line-up of the evil, the self-interested ...and powers he may never understand.
Mar 21, 2012 David rated it it was amazing
I loved this book as a child, and now that I’ve read it again as an adult, I found a great degree of humor I may not have caught as a child. The storytelling is excellent and has aged well.
Dec 28, 2017 Sotiris Karaiskos rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
In the second part of this series, the heroes we met in the first are back in action, taking on with the help of a few more warriors a very difficult mission, particularly crucial for the outcome of the fight against evil. As part of this mission, they are confronting great dangers but also themselves and are connected even more through all these difficulties. In the end, however, they find that evil can have many more forms, as well as good, which makes things much more complicated.
These devel In the second part of this series, the heroes we met in the first are back in action, taking on with the help of a few more warriors a very difficult mission, particularly crucial for the outcome of the fight against evil. As part of this mission, they are confronting great dangers but also themselves and are connected even more through all these difficulties. In the end, however, they find that evil can have many more forms, as well as good, which makes things much more complicated.
These developments give the author the opportunity to offer us another fascinating adventure that allows also several very emotional moments. There is, of course, again an intense element of humour, as the genre imposes, but the narrative, however, gets a darker mood. Also, there are some clichés in the plot, but I have the impression that the author handles them in a very meaningful way.
So the conclusion is that this book is an ideal continuation of the series, another book that is very difficult to leave it of hands before the last page.
Στο δεύτερο μέρος αυτής της σειράς οι ήρωες που γνωρίσαμε στο πρώτο επιστρέφουν στη δράση αναλαμβάνοντας με τη βοήθεια μερικών ακόμα πολεμιστών μία πολύ δύσκολη αποστολή και ιδιαίτερα κρίσιμη για την έκβαση του αγώνα ενάντια στο κακό. Στα πλαίσια αυτής της αποστολής γνωρίζουν πολύ μεγάλους κινδύνους, έρχονται αντιμέτωποι με τους εαυτούς τους και δένονται ακόμα περισσότερο μέσα από όλες αυτές τις δυσκολίες. Στο τέλος, όμως, διαπιστώνουν ότι το κακό μπορεί να έχει πολύ περισσότερες μορφές, όπως αντιστοίχως και το καλό, κάτι που κάνει τα πράγματα πολύ πιο περίπλοκα.
Αυτές οι εξελίξεις δίνουν στο συγγραφέα τη δυνατότητα να μας προσφέρει άλλη μία συναρπαστική περιπέτεια που η μορφή της επιτρέπει και αρκετές ιδιαίτερα συναισθηματικές στιγμές. Υπάρχει, φυσικά, και πάλι έντονο στοιχείο του χιούμορ, όπως επιβάλλει το είδος, η αφήγηση, όμως, έχει μία πιο σκοτεινή διάθεση. Επίσης δεν λείπουν και κάποια κλισέ στην πλοκή αλλά έχω την εντύπωση ότι ο συγγραφέας ακόμα και αυτά τα χειρίζεται με έναν πολύ ουσιαστικό τρόπο.
Οπότε το συμπέρασμα είναι ότι αυτό το βιβλίο είναι μία ιδανική συνέχεια της σειράς, άλλο ένα βιβλίο το οποίο πολύ δύσκολα αφήνεις από τα χέρια σου πριν την τελευταία σελίδα. ...more
May 28, 2018 Jim rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: 3classics, 1audio, ya-and-kids, 2fiction, 3series, fantasy
This is the second of 5 books & I liked it better than the first. It was more focused in large part because the characters & world needed no introduction. Most were well known from the first. Fun characters, although there's a continuous moral behind each that's obvious. It's great for kids, a little much to take as an adult at times. Still, I enjoyed the simple story immensely & am looking forward to the next. Well narrated, too.
May 24, 2008 X rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Recommends it for: fantasy fans, especially kids and young adults
Recommended to X by: Q
Yet another fast moving, easy reading book. I wish I had read it sooner, as I was confused in the beginning trying to remember who all the characters were. However, after the first chapter or two it was quite good. A few parts were disturbingly LOTR reminiscent, but not enough to make it a cheap rip-off. Most of the characters were good and the mythological influences were nice. I'll think I won't wait so long to read the rest of the series.
Mar 21, 2010 Bill Tillman rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: dragons, druid, gods, folklore, young-adult, historical-fiction, magic, celtic-lore, fantasy, otherworlds
Oh yes, after a long time away I am back again reading and listening (Audible) to Black Cauldron.
So finished again, must admit that I've forgotten parts of it, but all the better to enjoy again.
Just finished The Black Calderon wonderful balance of themes. Faith, friendship, courage, self worth and the balance of good and evil. Above all I think the lessons of discernment are done will.
Sep 21, 2011 Laura rated it it was amazing
Re-read as audiobook.
Jun 14, 2019 Juho Pohjalainen rated it really liked it
I liked this a little better than the first in the series, I think. The somewhat bland and bog-standard beginning of the Book of Three no longer applies at all: the story has been untethered and allowed to be its own thing, and continues along its own way in this story. It has the same characters I like from the first, along with a passive-aggressive fairy and a particularly mean-spirited ponce. Pretty much every hero is thrown through the wringer, they all learn and grow as they learned and gre I liked this a little better than the first in the series, I think. The somewhat bland and bog-standard beginning of the Book of Three no longer applies at all: the story has been untethered and allowed to be its own thing, and continues along its own way in this story. It has the same characters I like from the first, along with a passive-aggressive fairy and a particularly mean-spirited ponce. Pretty much every hero is thrown through the wringer, they all learn and grow as they learned and grew in the previous, and unlike the last installment, this one also had more than one good twist to it.
The prose still quite doesn't catch me, though. ...more
Nov 24, 2014 Dusty rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: personal-canon, read-before-2007, carly-dusty-book-club, read-in-2014
My parents bought me the Prydain book series as a bundle, at my insistence, from the Scholastic Book Fair. I was in eighth grade and riding high after a long-awaited family trip to Disneyland. I was also fairly convinced that I wanted to become an animator and had read about Disney's The Black Cauldron (1985) in Bob Thomas's Art of Animation. Since the movie wasn't available on VHS, I figured reading the books upon which it was based was an acceptable alternative. Of course, I did not expect the My parents bought me the Prydain book series as a bundle, at my insistence, from the Scholastic Book Fair. I was in eighth grade and riding high after a long-awaited family trip to Disneyland. I was also fairly convinced that I wanted to become an animator and had read about Disney's The Black Cauldron (1985) in Bob Thomas's Art of Animation. Since the movie wasn't available on VHS, I figured reading the books upon which it was based was an acceptable alternative. Of course, I did not expect then to fall in love with Taran, Eilonwy, Gurgi, and the other characters populating Lloyd Alexander's Prydain. I certainly never predicted that I would eventually be able to write -- as I am now writing -- that I have read the series more times (2, going on 3) than I have seen the movie. That although my career dreams have shifted remarkably I remain as attached to the books as I ever was.
In The Black Cauldron, Assistant Pig-Keeper Taran follows his thirst for adventure into a dangerous quest against the evil lord Arawn. The book's plot is similar to that of The Book of Three, the first book in the series, in that Taran quickly gets separated from the group, runs into a handful of delightful companions (some new, some old), is saved a time or two by the "fair folk" who live underground, and has to grow up a little along the way. As I stated in my review of The Book of Three, I think my reading of the series is enhanced by the fact that I have read it before and know where it all is headed. Eilonwy's ring, the brooch Taran inherits, the three sorceresses living in the forest -- all these shall return in the books to follow, bringing texture and deeper significance to the relatively small roles they play here. While the books stand alone as decent stories of adventure, I really do think what makes them special is how they join together as a series.
A final word about the movie: It is called The Black Cauldron, but it blends events from both The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron. Thus the movie poster, which is on the cover of my edition of the book, includes the Horned King, who actually doesn't appear in the second book at all. There are other differences between the book and movie, including Fflewddue Flam's age and general competence and, of course, the manner by which the titular cauldron is ultimately destroyed. The movie probably deserves its reputation as the worst of Disney's animated movies, and unfortunately the lack of critical and commercial acclaim seems to have led Hollywood to think the series as a whole won't transfer into film. This, I believe, is a terrible misconception. I don't know that I want Prydain on the big screen because that would mean sharing something I have loved having mostly to myself for so many years with the rest of the world, but golly. Such a thoughtful and entertaining series deserves better than Disney gave it back in '85. ...more
Jan 03, 2016 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I first read all five of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain in my early teens, and frankly, it's hard for me to remember much about them beyond general emotional impressions: the first two were adventurous, the third a bit odd, the fourth dry and philosophical, and the fifth - well, it all went to hell in the fifth book. The announcement of these new yearly 50th Anniversary editions, therefore, are a great excuse not just to revisit the series but to separate them out and consider them some I first read all five of Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain in my early teens, and frankly, it's hard for me to remember much about them beyond general emotional impressions: the first two were adventurous, the third a bit odd, the fourth dry and philosophical, and the fifth - well, it all went to hell in the fifth book. The announcement of these new yearly 50th Anniversary editions, therefore, are a great excuse not just to revisit the series but to separate them out and consider them somewhat more...individually.
The big surprise for me is that in many ways, The Black Cauldron does not feel like its own story. It feels something like an extended coda to The Book of Three. I kept having to think back to the events and characters of the first book, and it seems obvious that Alexander (or his editor) assumed that the eager child reader of 1965 would have read and probably reread that earlier adventure shortly before starting the new one. The first third or so of The Black Cauldron drags a little as we bridge from what happened before, reintroduce familiar friends, and set up an "easy" goal that pretty clearly won't go easily at all.
Fortunately, once things start to go wrong for the characters, things start to go very right for the book. The eponymous cauldron (or "Black Crochan") is a golden goose, a total MacGuffin - what it does is ultimately far less important than what it drives people to do. Alexander is examining classical, heroic concepts of pride and honor, along with a more modern treatment of the fine line between light and dark. In Prydain, the greatest heroes still have flaws, and traitors were once good men who should still be remembered for their former, braver deeds. Most intriguing of all are Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch, supernatural figures (implied to be the Three Fates) who are also totally amoral. Their interactions with Taran and his friends are both funny and unsettling in turn. Although Alexander's prose is both straightforward and spare, his gentle contemplations on the complexity of morality are surprisingly effective.
The Black Cauldron ends definitively, but the reader is left with the unspoken impression that this is only one small battle in a much bigger war. (Again, it feels like Alexander was writing installments of a series from the outset.) I'm going to be very interested to return next year for The Castle of Llyr; already, we're moving away from simple adventure stories and more into a philosophical examination of Taran's growth. As a child, I found the progression of the series confusing because it defied my "fantasy lit" expectations. As an adult, however, I'm finding it both intriguing and surprisingly rewarding. ...more
Nov 14, 2016 Lara Mi rated it it was amazing
Shelves: royalty, magic-witches-wizards, favourites, fictional-worlds, journeys-adventures, fantasy, novel-owned
“For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
Taran’s home of Caer Dallben serves as a venue for a great council - Prince Gwydion intends on invading the evil kingdom of Annuvin to seize and destroy their source of power; the black cauldron which spawns deathly warriors. Taran feels honoured to march alongside Gwydion but soon finds himself separated from the company. Luckily, his former companions, the Princess Eilonwy and Gurgi, have followed him in secrecy and are now
Taran’s home of Caer Dallben serves as a venue for a great council - Prince Gwydion intends on invading the evil kingdom of Annuvin to seize and destroy their source of power; the black cauldron which spawns deathly warriors. Taran feels honoured to march alongside Gwydion but soon finds himself separated from the company. Luckily, his former companions, the Princess Eilonwy and Gurgi, have followed him in secrecy and are now ready to help him once again.
The Black Cauldron takes a much darker turn compared to its predecessor. Many new characters are introduced but also several lost. The new characters are all very interesting and I would be glad to see them in later volumes. I still think that this series provides characters who are all quite different from one another despite the short length of the books.
Taran is still a very likeable main character who is continuously growing. When he acquires a magical brooch that sharpens his senses, his perspective on the world is written in a beautiful manner and generally adds a magical touch to this world.
Although most things appear very bleak in this second volume, the chapter where the three old crones are introduced is hilarious; they also made an appearance in the Disney adaptation in which I cared little for them. In this original format, however, I find them very likeable and just simply fun to read about – I loved Orgoch’s lip smacking!
As already mentioned, there is also quite a loss of characters. I was surprised to see quite a few deaths so early in the series and I was rather sad about them as they counted among my favoured characters. Somehow, it’s always my favoured characters that die! ...more
Aug 22, 2015 Becky rated it really liked it
Me: Okay boys, today we're starting chapter three of the Black Cauldron and-
Student: I FINISHED THE ENTIRE THING AND THE LIBRARY DOESN'T HAVE THE REST SO MY MUM IS GOING TO BUY THEM ALL FOR ME.
I love it when I find things that my reluctant readers get hooked on, and this exchange happened during the second class I've ever had with this kid. I'm all like:
Stand back, Mrs. Student'smom, let me work.
So anyway, I read this book when I was a kid and I had basically forgotten how it ended, I just reme Me: Okay boys, today we're starting chapter three of the Black Cauldron and-
So anyway, I read this book when I was a kid and I had basically forgotten how it ended, I just remember loving it. So I decided to do it with a couple of students and it's going well. When my one kids read it so fast I figured I'd better finish it again quick so I knew what he was talking about when he brought stuff up.
So far I love using this book to discuss heroism. I think it's also a great book for discussing wisdom; who is wise here? Who would you follow and why? There is a grand total of one female character but damn does she know what she's doing. And after the initial leaving her behind and "we should send her back" argument, there's no question about her not helping. She's a woman in a man's world, and she is helpful and wise while always still being a woman.
It's a great book, my kids love it, and there's a lot to work with. ...more
Aug 22, 2015 Benjamin Thomas rated it it was amazing
Shelves: childrens-books-middle-grade, fantasy-epic
While I enjoyed the first book in this series, I think part of my enjoyment was due to finally diving into such a classic series that had eluded me for so many years. I did enjoy that first book, The Book of Three, but it did seem to meander a little too much for my taste. This time around, I felt the plot was much tighter and focused on just a handful of characters, allowing me to get to know them much better.
I also liked how Taran, the main character, grew through the novel. He is still an ass While I enjoyed the first book in this series, I think part of my enjoyment was due to finally diving into such a classic series that had eluded me for so many years. I did enjoy that first book, The Book of Three, but it did seem to meander a little too much for my taste. This time around, I felt the plot was much tighter and focused on just a handful of characters, allowing me to get to know them much better.
I also liked how Taran, the main character, grew through the novel. He is still an assistant pig-keeper but he really grows into his leadership role this time around as evidenced by the high impact moral decisions he must make. Not all of the good guys turn out to be so good and the concepts of honor and leadership are paramount. The scenes with the three enchantresses are especially fun to read as they mix humor with danger.
Looking forward to the next one, The Castle of Llyr. ...more
Mar 06, 2010 Travis rated it it was amazing
Shelves: sf-fantasy, classics
One of the best books in this series, as our heroes join the mission to steal the magic cauldron the the Dark King uses to create his zombie soldiers.
They find the Cauldron, get separated from the main army and have to deal with witches, a treacherous swamp and the forces of evil.
Great fantasy adventure novel, full of strong characters and a clever sense of humor.
May 15, 2014 Aj the Ravenous Reader rated it liked it
Shelves: physically-owned-books, fantasy
This was an enjoyable read. I love the adventures and the pureness of the characters.
Jun 12, 2019 James rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: james, lloyd-alexander, amelie, hardcover
Second one down. These are really quick reads, but rewarding all the same. The Black Cauldron definitely kicks the series up a notch, with darker themes, beautiful prose but with the same quirky humor. I was completely expecting it to end the way the Disney movie did and was caught off guard. I think I like this ending better. Going to keep going with book 3!
Apr 08, 2019 Michael Sorbello rated it really liked it
Better than the first book in every way. Darker subject matter, nastier villains, stronger plot and character development and so on. The pacing is much more smooth while still maintaining its fast, action-packed style.
The stakes felt higher, the scope of the world felt bigger and the humor felt more natural. Taran and his crew grew on me in this book, I see a lot of potential in the misfit leader and his comrades. I think he’ll grow into a fine hero.
Nov 12, 2012 Moira Fogarty rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: audiobook, sci-fi-fantasy, young-adult
Oh, James Langton, you silver-tongued devil. Your audiobook recordings are so unbelievably good, so lively and full of unique characters, I could listen to you read for days (and I have).
'The Black Cauldron' is the second book in the Prydain chronicles - a classic quest, full of Princes and crones, evil undead and courageous warriors. We begin in Caer Dallben, where Taran works as Assistant Pig-Keeper, dreaming of greatness and glory.
If you are lucky enough to have the audio version of this bo Oh, James Langton, you silver-tongued devil. Your audiobook recordings are so unbelievably good, so lively and full of unique characters, I could listen to you read for days (and I have).
If you are lucky enough to have the audio version of this book, you will delight in the melodious Welsh accents of the narrator as he voices the vexed and practical voice of Princess Eilonwy, whose comparisons I adore. She says things like, "That's worse than putting a necklace on an owl and letting it fly away!" or, "That's like wondering whether to scratch your head when a boulder's about to fall on it." LOVE HER.
Then there are the gravelly "crunchings and munchings" of loyal and ever-hungry Gurgey, and the colourful embroiderings of Fflewddur Fflam, absentee King, regular fibber and harp enthusiast. These are old friends, familiar from 'The Book of Three', first in the Prydain series, but we get to hear some new voices as well.
This book introduces the soft-spoken and wise bard Adaon, son of Taliesin; arrogant, prideful Ellidyr "Prince of Pen-Llarcau"; the mournful Gwystyl (who could give Eeyore and Marvin the Paranoid Android a run for the money in the "most manically depressed character ever" category); and the three witches Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch, whose voices are extremely creepy.
Being high fantasy, it is easy to dismiss the plot as merely derivative. Of course there are shades of Tolkien, but if the story is good, who cares? There's sacrifice and battle, invisible dwarves and magic cauldrons, and it is a good tale, beautifully told.
The descriptions of the setting are so clear and fine that you can feel the mists rising around you as you read of the Marshes of Morva. There is heartbreak and anger and friendship and betrayal and I had to hold back tears at a few points in the reading.
Warmly recommended, although scary at points and it does deal with death, pain, struggle and loss, so read it when you are in a philosophical mood. ...more
Feb 02, 2010 Mr. Graham rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: childrens, fantasy, adventure, saw-the-movie
Great book. This is a fantasy with a human element in the hero that is rare. Taran, a lowly "Assistant Pig-Keeper," is humble, though often hot-headed. To this hero honor matters, but integrity rules. His decisions are always selfless and courageous, though often youthfully unwise. His companions and superiors are often the more wise and honorable, yet Taran's leadership takes them where they must go. The self sacrifice and humility he shows makes him a great hero for young people, most of whom Great book. This is a fantasy with a human element in the hero that is rare. Taran, a lowly "Assistant Pig-Keeper," is humble, though often hot-headed. To this hero honor matters, but integrity rules. His decisions are always selfless and courageous, though often youthfully unwise. His companions and superiors are often the more wise and honorable, yet Taran's leadership takes them where they must go. The self sacrifice and humility he shows makes him a great hero for young people, most of whom struggle with the same youthful foolishness.
Adaon: "I have learned that there is greater honor in a field well plowed, than in a field steeped with blood." Great advice to Taran (and his readers). Hard work is more admirable than heroism.
Adaon: "There is a destiny laid on us to do what we must do, though it is not always given to us to see it."
Gwydion: "It is easy to judge evil unmixed. But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging." In an ingenius way, the author uses the most revered and heroic figure in the story to enlighten us of this human struggle.
Taran: "It is strange. I had longed to enter the world of men. Now I see it filled with sorrow, with cruelty and treachery, with those who would destroy all around them." In this we see the growth of our hero, during which he hearkens back to Adaon's wisdom from the beginning. ...more
Apr 29, 2012 Courtney H. rated it really liked it
I liked The Black Cauldron better than I liked The Book of Three. The characters we knew grew a bit, but not so much that they were unrecognizable. As irritating as Taran can be, too much change wouldn't quite be believable. The Black Cauldron also introduced a number of new characters, as quirky as the last batch. I particularly liked Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch -- they might be my favorite characters of the series (I'm writing this review after having finished the Chronicles). They were multi-face I liked The Black Cauldron better than I liked The Book of Three. The characters we knew grew a bit, but not so much that they were unrecognizable. As irritating as Taran can be, too much change wouldn't quite be believable. The Black Cauldron also introduced a number of new characters, as quirky as the last batch. I particularly liked Orddu, Orwen and Orgoch -- they might be my favorite characters of the series (I'm writing this review after having finished the Chronicles). They were multi-faceted and nuanced, tricky, dangerous, complex; they were quirky and funny, like all Alexander's characters, but the quirks didn't bowl over their deeper shades.
Ellidyr was also an interesting addition, though as soon as we got the story about the Cauldron it seemed obvious how that story was going to play out. Still, Alexander played out the storyline fairly well.
The Cauldron itself is a fascinating piece of fictitious magic, and extremely creepy to boot.
Like most of the books in the Chronicles, the book paces well but left something to be desired. It was too funny, too quirky, and moved too quickly; something was lacking a bit depth. Alexander does a lot of telling instead of showing. A fun read, and a great plot, but not enough to vault the Chronicles up on my list of YA fantasy greats. ...more
Oct 21, 2018 Thomas rated it it was amazing
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The adventures of Taran the assistant pig keeper continue in this wonderful second instalment of the Chronicles of Prydain. The second novel is everything I hoped it would be, albeit, somewhat darker than The Book of Three.
The Horned King has been defeated, but the dark lord Arawn is far from being so. In order to stop Arawn’s plans, Taran and his companions must find and destroy The Black Cauldron, the means by which his Cauldron Born are created.
Like The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron is a The adventures of Taran the assistant pig keeper continue in this wonderful second instalment of the Chronicles of Prydain. The second novel is everything I hoped it would be, albeit, somewhat darker than The Book of Three.
Like The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron is a relatively short novel, but I was never bored for a moment. The writing is entertaining throughout, especially in the gripping build up to the finale.
Most of the cast introduced to us in book 1 return, with a couple of notable additions including Adaon, Ellidyr, Gwystyl and the kings Smoit and Morgant. I took a liking to Adaon most of all. I also thought that Taran grew significantly as a person because of some of the choices he made throughout. I was a little disappointed there were no new female characters added to the cast however.
Another very enjoyable read fully deserving 5 stars. Such a shame Disney failed to succeed with the movie. Never mind though, onto The Castle of Llyr.
Dec 19, 2007 Jim rated it really liked it
Shelves: 3series, 2fiction, sword-sorcery, 1paper, fantasy
I really loved this series when I was younger, but when I went back to read it around Y2K, it wasn't as good. Something about the writing style didn't sit well, which is why I only gave it 4 stars - it really is a Young Adult classic. Some writers, like John Christopher & L'Engle, are a bit better at writing - FOR ME - over the years. I read all their books as a kid & again as I grew older. Some stories are still re-readable, some aren't.
It's a fantasy with magic & such. Nothing ter I really loved this series when I was younger, but when I went back to read it around Y2K, it wasn't as good. Something about the writing style didn't sit well, which is why I only gave it 4 stars - it really is a Young Adult classic. Some writers, like John Christopher & L'Engle, are a bit better at writing - FOR ME - over the years. I read all their books as a kid & again as I grew older. Some stories are still re-readable, some aren't.
It's a fantasy with magic & such. Nothing terribly remarkable about it, but it was originally a neat new world. There are 5 books in the series. ...more
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About Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain. The concluding book of the series, The High King , was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969. Alexander's other books Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain. The concluding book of the series, The High King , was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969. Alexander's other books have also won the National Book Award and the American Book Award. He was also one of the creators of Cricket Magazine. ...more
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11th annual HFM Night of Excellence banquet held
Several Manitowoc County athletes and coaches were honored Wednesday night at Fox Hills
11th annual HFM Night of Excellence banquet held Several Manitowoc County athletes and coaches were honored Wednesday night at Fox Hills Check out this story on htrnews.com: http://htrne.ws/1J1tPrM
HTR Media Published 8:31 p.m. CT July 15, 2015
Drew Dixon accepts the Integrity in Coaching award for his late father and former Manitowoc Lincoln football coach John Dixon at Wednesday’s Holy Family Memorial Night of Excellence awards banquet at Fox Hills in Mishicot.(Photo: Tom Dombeck/HTR Media)Buy Photo
Awards celebrating local athletes were handed out Wednesday night at the 11th annual Night of Excellence banquet, held at Fox Hills Resort in Mishicot.
The following county athletes earned the awards, or were nominated for them.
Breakthrough Athlete of the Year — Chandler Donati of Two Rivers. The award is given to the athlete who has shown the largest impact with their performance compared to any of the previous season's efforts. Other nominees were Weston Paplham (Mishicot) and Jack Meunier (Kiel).
Coach of the Year — Manitowoc Lincoln volleyball coach Mary Beth Dixon. The award goes to the coach who shows leadership, demonstrates discipline and guidance while maintaining a high level of success in their sport.
Comeback Athlete of the Year — Alyssa DeZeeuw of Manitowoc Lincoln. The award is for the athlete who has returned from an injury or fought adversity to excel in their sport. Other nominees were Grant Wedepohl (Reedsville), Margaret Wolowicz (Manitowoc Lincoln), Jordan Blattler (Manitowoc Lutheran) and Arianna Neumeyer (Manitowoc Lutheran).
Female Athlete of the Year — Margaret Wolowicz of Manitowoc Lincoln. It is presented the athlete who displays desire, determination, and self-discipline required for success in the athletic arena. Other nominees included Alyssa DeZeeuw (Manitowoc Lincoln), Tallie Piaskowski (Roncalli) and Bailey Budnik (Manitowoc Lincoln).
Female Commitment to Excellence — Alyssa Fischer of Manitowoc Lincoln. The award is given to a senior athlete who demonstrates a commitment to the sport they participate in while excelling in the classroom.
Integrity in Leadership for Coaching — John Dixon, Manitowoc Lincoln football. The award goes to the coach that shows character, integrity and leadership in and out of the sporting realm.
Male Athlete of the Year — Eric Fogltanz of Manitowoc Lincoln. The award is presented to the athlete who displays the desire, determination and self-discipline required for success in the athletic arena. Other nominees included Elliot Ebert (Reedsville), Cody Olson (Manitowoc Lincoln), Weston Cracraft (Mishicot) and Chris Yauch (Two Rivers).
Male Commitment to Excellence — Kyle Curry of Mishicot. It is awarded to a senior athlete who demonstrates a commitment to the sport while excelling in the classroom.
Team of the Year — Manitowoc Lincoln Volleyball. It is awarded to the team that best exemplifies the high standards a team must embrace in order to achieve success. The other nominee was the Two Rivers wrestling team.
Special Olympian of the Year— Sportsmanship — Jordyn Culbertson. The award goes to the male or female athlete from Manitowoc County Special Olympics who has shown good sportsmanship and cooperation with coaches and fellow athletes.
Special Olympian of the Year — Leadership — Samantha Schmidt. The award goes to the male or female from Manitowoc County Special Olympics who has shown exceptional leadership and cooperation with coaches and fellow athletes.
Special Olympian of the Year — Teamwork — Dan Grunwald. The award goes to the male or female from Manitowoc County Special Olympics who has demonstrated exceptional teamwork and cooperation with coaches and fellow athletes.
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French Open 2019, Rafael Nadal vs Kei Nishikori in quarterfinal: Live streaming, preview and TV listings
The 11-time champion would face his Japanese rival en route to a possible semis clash against his famous rival Roger Federer.
By : Akshay Saraswat
Nadal is three wins away from his 12th French Open titleCameron Spencer/Getty Images
In his campaign to win the French Open title for an incredible 12th time, Rafael Nadal would face Kei Nishikori of Japan in the quarterfinal of the clay-court Grand Slam. Interestingly, the Spanish legend would be in action at approximately the same time as his great rival Roger Federer but it's the former who will feature at the famous Phillipe Chatrier court. A victory for the spaniard would take him into a contest with Federer, if the latter wins his match also.
When and where to watch
This quarterfinal would begin at 3:15 PM local time, 1:15 PM GMT and 6:45 PM IST. The live telecast would be available on Star Sports Select 1 and Star Sports Select 1 HD for Indian viewers. Online streaming would be provided on Hotstar platform.
Nadal came into this tournament on the back of an uplifting win over the top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the Italian Open final after losing in the last-four stage of the previous three tournaments he played. That win suggested that the Spaniard is getting back to his top form. His campaign so far in the event has proved that surmise correct as he has coasted into the quarters while losing just one set so far in the tournament.
His win in the last-16 stage was the 90th that the 'King of Clay' has recorded in his entire career at the clay court Grand Slam. Against that, he has lost here on only two occasions, stats that prove his unmatched dominance on his favourite surface.
Kei Nishikori would cause a major upset if he defeats NadalReuters
Nadal's opponent, Nishikori, is the seventh seed and won his last two matches in five sets, that too after being a break down in the final set on both occasions. But the unfancied Japanese has the benefit of having Michael Chang, the 1989 champion of this event, as his coach. Despite the heavy odds against his ward, Chang believes the 29-year old can cause a major upset.
"With Kei, you take advantage of the strengths that you have, which is his ability to hit great shots. Kei is probably one of the most talented players out here. He knows how to play and he's beaten the best players in the world," the retired American explained.
But Nadal always seems to have his A-game up when he features at the Phillipe Chatrier court. With the crowd and legions of his fans egging him on, the Spaniard is going to come all guns blazing in his quest for the 18th Grand Slam title of his career. But if his opponent has to look for inspiration, all he needs to do is learn about the memorable triumph of his coach in 1989 against Ivan Lendl in the final. That famous match gave Chang his only Grand Slam title. Will his protégé get his first this year?
Global TV listings
France: France TV Sport
USA: NBC
United Kingdom: iTV
Australia: Fox Sports
Canada: TSN
Spain: Eurosport
Japan: Wowow
China: CCTV
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 vs Oppo A37: Which smartphone is a better choice under Rs. 12,000?
Both smartphones in this comparison are priced similarly, but the specifications tell a different story all together.
By : Sami Khan
Jun 25, 2016 16:15 IST
Xiaomi smartphones get attractive discounts on PaytmXiaomi China (Screen-shot)
The Indian smartphone market has become extremely competitive, with consumers getting spoilt with plenty of choices, especially in the budget price range. Companies like Xiaomi, LeEco, Meizu, Micromax and YU have disrupted the market in such a way that consumers are looking for premium features at affordable prices. Some of the popular choices in the budget space right now are Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Meizu M3 Note, LeEco Le 2, Moto G4 Plus, Lenovo ZUK Z1 and YU Yunicorn.
As these devices rise to power, popular smartphone maker Oppo has launched its latest A37 smartphone to take advantage of the popular demand. Oppo A37 is priced at Rs. 11,990, which is in line with most of the aforementioned premium smartphones. The company has a strong offline presence, which gives it an edge over its online rivals, but it remains to be seen how well it can compete against these high-performing devices.
In order to see how the A37 smartphone compares against the popular premium devices in the market, we picked one of the best selling smartphones, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, for comparison.
Design and display
Xiaomi features a metallic finish and a unibody design. The speakers are placed at the back of the device along with the fingerprint sensor and the primary camera. The handset sports a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 178-degree viewing angle with Sunlight display tech and a special night mode.
Comparatively, Oppo A37 looks much like the other Oppo smartphones, which is a good thing as the company is lauded for its premium design. The ultra slim body measures just 7.7mm and weights136 grams, which offers a comfortable grip. The A37 smartphone features a compact 5-inch display with HD IPS screen, a 2.5D curved glass and Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
In terms of resolution, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 has a better chance, but Oppo A37 offers better design.
Camera is one of the strongest suits for Oppo and the A37 is built to impress. The handset comes with an 8MP main camera with f/2.2 aperture and 1/3.2" sensor, and a 5MP front-snapper with 1/4" sensor and f/2.4 aperture. The individual pixel size of 1.4μm gives Oppo A37 the capability to shoot good quality images in low light. There are additional camera modes, such as beautification feature, screen flash for selfies and an Ultra HD mode that can create 24-megapixel images from its rear camera.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is not a bummer in terms of camera. It features a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera with PDAF, dual-tone LED flash, dual ISP and HDR and a 5MP front-snapper with 36 smart beauty profiles.
We haven't had the chance to review the Oppo A37 yet, but the Redmi Note 3 offered impressive results during our review. However, Oppo's camera capabilities are well known, so we are guessing the A37 delivers equally impressive results with its camera.
Read: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 CPU, which is backed by 3GB RAM and 32GB storage. Oppo A37 is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM and comes with 16GB onboard storage along with microSD card support up to 128GB.
Both smartphones run Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, but the Redmi Note 3 features MIUI 7 and the A37 has Oppo's proprietary ColorOS 3.0 on top.
In comparison, the Redmi Note 3 seems to handle multiple tasks better than A37, but Oppo's smartphone will do just fine for daily operations.
Battery and add-ons
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 has a bigger 4,050mAh battery, which the company claims lasts 14 hours with GPS navigation. Oppo's A37 is equipped with a 2,630mAh battery. There is no mention of the fast charging technology in the A37 smartphone, which would be a great USP for Oppo against its rivals in the same price range.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 overtakes the Oppo smartphone with additional features such as a fingerprint scanner, which works like a charm. Except for that, Oppo A37 has all the specs, including dual SIM card support, 4G LTE support, Wi-Fi and microUSB.
Correction at 1:20 pm on June 29: An earlier version of this article had reported that Oppo A37 is powered by 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 and features NFC, but the Indian version of the handset uses a 1.2GHz quad-core CPU and lacks NFC support.
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Foreign goods: Ad blitz
Adorning the pages of the daily papers, particularly English language national morningers, are a dazzling array of foreign goods ranging from Toyota and Datsun cars to Agfa cameras and Parker pens.
India: Smugglers' supermarket
In recent years the all-India contraband seizures have jumped dramatically hitting new heights every year. Although these seizures only provide a glimpse into this sordid world through customs or revenue intelligence, there is evidence that the flow of contraband goods into the country via strategically located coastal and border areas is increasing. Bringing in the latest in electronic gizmos, India is proving to be one of the top smuggling paradises on the world map.
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"I am the chief minister only legally; morally I am not the chief minister. How can I be when the governor has my resignation?" - Maharashtra Chief Minister A.R. Antulay.
Bhaskara-II: Reaching for the sky
India's nascent space programme will add another feather to its cap on November 19 when Bhaskara-II - named after the famous 12th century astronomer - takes off from its launch pad in the Soviet Union.
Astrology: Computerscope
At last crystal-ball gazing has come of age. This fortnight, an Indian firm launches a computer service that will predict birth, death and marriages, job opportunities and investment prospects, individual life analyses and general characteristics in digital signs and fast printouts.
Scholarship: Political compulsions
Investigation shows, however, that India is not fully utilising the number of scholarships and fellowships abroad it can avail of. Of a total of 278 scholarships offered by 30 countries, only 141 were 'availed of during 1980-81 - because, says the Ministry of Education, 'approvals' were not received from the host nations.
Rastogi case: Death at noon
Power invariably attracts controversy. The family of former Union minister Kamlapati Tripathi proved this once again late last month when Vimla Rastogi, 45, mother of a son, fell ill in the Tripathi household and died soon after under mysterious circumstances.
A victim of jealousy
The murder of Majeendran, 32, a popular businessman of Ernakulam, who rose from rags to riches, amassed through a transport company and film production, caused a flash flood of public outrage in Kerala.
The markets: Willi swing
The share market is a strange animal - in fact it is two animals rolled into one and contrary to popular impression, they are not always at each other's throats. They seem to be taking it in turns, the bulls stalking the market when the bears are looking the other way, and vice versa.
The state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has quietly gone ahead and concluded over a dozen product-wise agreements for technical collaboration with Siemens AG of West Germany.
The poverty syndrome
What is the level of self-sufficiency that India is aiming at? Unless this question is answered the country will continue to be mired in poverty, like a mouse going round and round in a cage feeding on tit-bits flung from time to time by the equivalent of the IMF and other large-hearted donors.
Tea: Testing time
The recent decision of the Finance Ministry to allow Indian producer-exporters a tax rebate on the export of tea has left the Soviet Union, a major buyer of the commodity, and its socialist bloc friends somewhat sore as the decision has left out their commercial agents.
Chemists: Demanding a higher dose
All but taking their fight to the streets, members of the All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) and its affiliate associations in the states were threatening the drug industry with dire consequences if their demand for increased trade margins to the wholesalers and retailers of pharmaceutical products was denied.
Silk: Cocoon of discontent
Last fortnight, when the price of raw silk soared to Rs 575 a kg, rising by almost 30 per cent since October, the 'queen of textiles' was at her costliest ever.
The dog may be the man's best friend, but not apparently in Soviet Russia where the Government is planning to impose a heavy tax on dogs and cats in a bid to conserve dwindling supplies of meat, save gas and bath water and - here is the bottom line - bolster state revenues.
Society & The Arts
Puppetry: Verve and vivacity
From toddlers under the tutelage of parents to gauche teenagers all on their own, the tribe that descends into the Centre's basement is about to watch one of the liveliest entertainments in the capital.
Transition point
The Jehangir Art Gallery in Bombay recently hosted a show - 'Place For People' - by six of the better-known young artists in India, which offers yet another transition point along the route from the abstractionism of the early '70s towards the figurative image.
J. Krishnamurti: The incorrigible idealist
Jiddu Krishnamurti, the 86-year-old cult figure in the world of religion, has propagated teachings which have remained undimmed by his advancing age. A compulsive traveller - he's on the move all the year round - he has transmitted theories not always religious in the accepted sense of the word. Returning home approximately once a year, he holds meetings and public debates chiefly centering on the human condition.
Prakash Padukone: The come-back champion
Prakash Ramesh Padukone, the 26-year-old badminton whiz-kid of India, has risen from the ashes of defeat and climbed again in dizzy heights.
Testing Gavaskar
As the fog of controversy over the MCC's tour of India clears, cricket enthusiasts can look forward to a season of excitement. Exclusive interviews with Indian and MCC captains Sunil Gavaskar and Keith Fletcher, and an analysis of Gavaskar's captaincy.
Sunil Gavaskar: Getting ready
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, 32, captain of the Indian cricket team which will take on the MCC this winter, needs no introduction. India's run machine has so far played in 69 Tests and scored 6,218 runs far an average of 53.15. He has crossed the 100-run milestone 23 times. He has led his country in 24 Tests, in five separate rubbers.
Keith Fletcher: Cool captain
Indian crowds will see a lot of this phlegm this winter. Fletcher's Test batting average of 40.20 in 85 innings, though not spectacular, would be the envy of any middle order batsman.
Tennis: An event to remember
The two-day US $100,000 tennis spectacle organised by the All-India Lawn Tennis Association at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Calcutta, ended with 21-year-old Czech superstar Ivan Lendl winning in a 'common canter'.
Some of India Today's most interesting stories have been about people, and it explains why the magazine gives so much importance to writing about individuals, from politicians and artists to sportsmen and authors.
Capital punishments: Cheating the hangman
Convicted killers Billa and Ranga were expected to make headlines last fortnight. Make news, they certainly did, but not the way everybody anticipated.
C. Rajagopal receives the 1981 Master, Federation Internationale d'la Art Photographique award, the highest distinction of photography in the world. Rajagopal is the founder member of the Bangalore Photographic Society.
Wildlife: Pushed out by people
The coastal slate of Kerala is the scene of constant tussles between environmentalists and the local people. Now that the Silent Valley controversy has receded into the background other problems are surfacing.
Yaarana: Formulas galore
Yaarana is a film centred around two standard routines played by formula king Amitabh Bachchan in innumerable other films, but done to perfection in this one.
36 Chowringhee Lane: Flawless miniature
Nothing you have heard or read about 36 Chowringhee Lane so far could be nearer to the truth, and the truth is that here is a movie - a first feature by a woman director - that is close to being a masterpiece on a small scale.
Dacoits: Crime does not pay
The Kataburs of Chinchakandi village in Bijapur district have a criminal history rivalling that of the Chambal dacoits. Their speciality was house-breaking and no house in the surrounding districts was safe from their depredations. But during the past year a silent reformation has taken place in Chinchakhandi.
Child prodigies
Bijjaragi village in Bijapur district of Karnataka is just a cluster of stone huts which blend with the rugged terrain. Its 6,000 residents cultivate the famous Bijjaragi grapes, considered to be one of the sweetest varieties in the country.
Indiascope
Migration: Whipping up a fury
Bangladeshi infiltrators quit India - the slogan of the Assam agitation has travelled to Purnea and Katihar districts in Bihar. The ABVP, the youth wing of the RSS, is mossing its forces for a stir to oust Muslims who they claim have infiltrated from across the Bangladesh border.
Triumphant tour
Mrs Gandhi came to Paris after charming the Bulgarians, the Italians, and the Pope. The striking impression she made on the Parisians pleased her hosts immensely.
Legislators: The wild bunch
Latoori Singh cannot eat a gargantuan meal of 25 chapatis any more. The doctors at All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi have provided nine inches of shunt - made of rubber tubings - for the extent of the alimentary tract which he lost when the hitmen pumped those two leads into his abdomen from a double-barrel gun.
Steel: Sailing out
The only dramatic thing about Kanhaia Charan Khanna, 57, the ousted chairman of the mammoth Steel Authority of India Limited was his exit.
West Bengal: Rancour in the ranks
The ruling Left Front in West Bengal is a house divided against itself. Last fortnight, the Forward Bloc, a constituent of the Front, held its state conference and many speakers indulged in bitter criticism of the state Government's performance.
Presidential powers
President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy has now joined the illustrious ranks of two of his predecessors. Nine months away from relinquishing his charge as head of state, he has taken a grievous swipe at the prime minister and her philosophy of centralised government.
Karnataka: Precarious peace
Nipani, the scene of the bloody tobacco growers' agitation led by Sharad Joshi's Shetkari Sangathana in April last, is simmering again.
Kerala: Political jigsaw
The Congress(S) in Kerala is on the verge of a split that may well deprive it of its clout. The party has been pushed to this point by the fall of the Left Front government and the debate raging in its ranks on whether it should support the Congress(I) in its efforts to form a government.
Andhra Pradesh: Medak stumbles
The people of Medak, Andhra Pradesh, have a lot going for them. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi represents the constituency in the Lok Sabha, Chief Minister T. Anjiah was elected to the state Assembly from the district, and three state cabinet ministers also hail from Medak district.
Indianotes
The purity of Punjab is at stake, feel the members of a spiritual group who carried out the first phase of a campaign to bring Punjabi girls back to the straight and narrow.
India had a very secret visitor last month. Soviet Deputy Minister Balkov arrived accompanied by a big military delegation and toured a number of defence establishments in the country.
Uttar Pradesh: Guarding the guardians
The jailers became the jailed last fortnight when over 1,700 striking jail employees in Uttar Pradesh were nabbed under the draconian Essential Services Maintenance Act and put behind bars.
Jammu and Kashmir: Expensive move
Last week once again the Government of Jammu & Kashmir went through their annual ritual known as the "Darbar Move".
Tax evasion: Diamonds are forever
Everyone involved seemed to be relieved when the venue for a legal tussle was shifted from Jaipur, Rajasthan, to Geneva, the picturesque town in Switzerland.
Tamil Nadu: Courting the Congress(I)
Under normal circumstances, the Tirupattur by-election scheduled for November 29 should have been a run of the mill by-election, of no great significance.
Refugees: Afghan agony
In a matter of days, two batches of Afghans numbering 96 have been turned back from New Delhi's Palam Airport supposedly because they possessed forged documents.
Nigeria: The ugly Indian
Indian businessmen in Nigeria, predominantly Sindhis, appear to be heading towards the same unpopularity and contempt that Gujarati businessmen have experienced in Kenya and Uganda, and still face in Tanzania and Zambia.
Islam: Oil fuels the faith
The hue and cry in India over conversions to Islam and the heated debate on whether Gulf money was involved are watched with surprise and not a little amusement in the Gulf countries.
International intelligence
The pressure on US President Ronald Reagan to appoint a special envoy for the Middle East in a bid to break the stalemate over the peace talks has increased dramatically following the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
I'm an agent of Guru Nanak: Ganga Singh Dhillon
To the Indian Government and the press, Ganga Singh Dhillon, one of the prime movers of the Khalistan movement, is a shadowy and raving megalomaniac and separatist, bent upon pushing India into a second partition. But, Dhillon is a far cry from his media image. He demands neither a separate Khalistan nor does he advocate secession. A profile of Dhillon.
Canada: End of a privilege
Immigration officials in Canada who had been literally pushed to the wall in recent months by zealous Indians, mostly Sikhs, wanting entry into this country, have finally struck back.
The government that wrecks
The Uttar Pradesh Government, like some others in the country, is adrift. The October-end dacoity on the main line Lucknow-Delhi Mail, alarming though it is, should occasion little surprise.
Arms: Racing toward Armageddon
The century's most expensive, most frenzied arms race is on - both at the superpower level and in conflict-prone regions of the developing world.
A call to disarm
In one country after the other, hitherto stable as well as traditionally unstable polities seem set to go through intensifying electoral upheavals, as the political pendulum swings back and forth in the search for economic revival.
"There is no mistaking the hand of Mrs Gandhi in the crisis that has overtaken the people of Kerala. She has done a good job of sizing up her adversary - A. K. Antony - who has obviously risen to her bait."
Eyecatchers
"I must be the only English woman to have been the guest of nearly 30 princes ever," declared the vibrant 37-year-old Virginia Fass, the British travel photographer, who clicked "madly" in India for a book written by the Maharaja of Baroda, titled The Palaces of India.
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Russia ships out high-pressure heaters for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu
Russia has shipped out to India high-pressure heaters for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu.
UPDATED: March 14, 2018 18:37 IST
Image for representaion (Reuters)
Two high-pressure heaters for turbine hall of 3rd unit of KNPP shipped to India
Kudankulam project is envisaged to have six reactors of 1,000 MW capacity each
Other units are in various stages of implementation or planning
Two high-pressure heaters for the turbine hall of the third unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) have been shipped to India as part of the first batch of equipment for the under-construction Unit 3, KNPP's Russian equipment suppliers and technical consultants Rosatom said on Wednesday.
According to Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom), which is building the KNPP in Tamil Nadu in collaboration with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), a total of four high-pressure heaters are required for each nuclear unit.
The welded vertical apparatus is intended to feed water heating through condensation of steam.
- Rosatom South Asia said in a release
The company said the equipment will reach India using multi-modal transport.
From Podolsk by railroad to Saint-Petersburg port, then by water transport through Baltic and Mediterranean seas, Suez Canal, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. The cargo is planned to be landed at the nuclear power plant in April.
- Rosatom South Asia
Kudankulam project is envisaged to have six reactors of 1,000 MW capacity each, the first two of which have already been commissioned. Four other units are in various stages of implementation or planning.
(With inputs from IANS)
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M69 double decker bus fire: vehicle evacuated as fire broke out
Fire crews from Hinckley, Southern and Nuneaton battled the blaze which destroyed the top deck of the vehicle
Karen HambridgeReporter
Updated 13:32, 10 NOV 2015
A double decker bus caught fire on the M69
Passengers on a double decker bus were evacuated after a fire broke out while it was travelling along the M69.
Fire crews from Hinckley, Southern and Nuneaton battled the blaze which destroyed the top deck of the vehicle.
Numerous calls were received by both Leicestershire and Warwickshire fire control as motorists raised the alarm just after 2.15pm yesterday.
Among the callers was the bus driver who explained all passengers had left the vehicle and were safe. He had driven the bus onto the hard shoulder a short stretch from the M69 Burbage junction.
The westbound carriageway was completely closed off causing severe delays while firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and using hose reels brought the flames under control.
The opposite carriageway also experienced a short closure due to the heavy smoke.
By 3.05pm firefighters had put out the blaze and made the vehicle safe. Passengers were picked up by another bus sent from the travel firm.
It is thought the blaze stemmed from an electrical fault.
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary (available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html). These definitions are posted on the Naval History & Heritage Command website with the permission of Merriam Webster.
abscess -- a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
adenitis -- inflammation of a gland
agglutination -- a reaction in which particles (as red blood cells or bacteria) suspended in a liquid collect into clumps and which occurs especially as a serological response to a specific antibody
amaurosis -- partial or complete loss of sight occurring especially without an externally perceptible change in the eye
anorexia -- loss of appetite especially when prolonged
antipyretic -- preventing, removing, or allaying fever
antipyrine -- an analgesic and antipyretic C11H12N2O formerly widely used but now largely replaced in oral use by less toxic drugs (as aspirin) -- called also phenazone
aphonia -- loss of voice and of all but whispered speech
asthenia -- lack or loss of strength
bacterin -- a suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine
bradycardia -- relatively slow heart action whether physiological or pathological
bronchiectasis -- a chronic inflammatory or degenerative condition of one or more bronchi or bronchioles marked by dilatation and loss of elasticity of the walls
bronchitis -- acute or chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes; also : a disease marked by this
bulla -- a large vesicle or blister
catarrh -- inflammation of a mucous membrane in humans or animals; especially : one chronically affecting the human nose and air passages
cellulitis -- diffuse and especially subcutaneous inflammation of connective tissue
cephalgia -- headache
cholangitis -- inflammation of one or more bile ducts -- called also angiocholitis
cholecystitis -- inflammation of the gallbladder
choledochitis -- inflammation of the common bile duct
conjunctivitis -- inflammation of the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids and is continued over the forepart of the eyeball)
coryza -- an acute inflammatory contagious disease involving the upper respiratory tract ("common cold")
crepitant -- having or making a crackling sound
cyanosis -- a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of skin) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood
cystitis -- inflammation of the urinary bladder
defervescence -- the subsidence of a fever
desquamate -- to peel off in the form of scale
duodenitis -- inflammation of the duodenum
dyspnea -- difficult or labored respiration
edema -- an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissue or in a serous cavity
emphysema -- a condition characterized by air-filled expansions in interstitial or subcutaneous tissues; specifically : a condition of the lung that is marked by distension and eventual rupture of the alveoli with progressive loss of pulmonary elasticity, that is accompanied by shortness of breath with or without cough, and that may lead to impairment of heart action
empyema -- the presence of pus in a bodily cavity (as the pleural cavity) -- called also pyothorax
encephalitis -- inflammation of the brain
endocarditis -- inflammation of the lining of the heart and its valves
enteritis -- inflammation of the intestines and especially of the human ileum
enterocolitis -- enteritis affecting both the large and small intestine
epidemic -- affecting or tending to affect an atypically large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time [typhoid was epidemic]
epididymitis -- inflammation of the epididymis
epididymis -- a system of ductules that emerges posteriorly from the testis, holds sperm during maturation, and forms a tangled mass before uniting into a single coiled duct which comprises the highly convoluted body and tail of the system and is continuous with the vas deferens
epistaxis -- nosebleed
erysipelas -- an acute febrile disease that is associated with intense often vesicular and edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues and that is caused by a hemolytic streptococcus
erythema -- abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary congestion (as in inflammation)
fistula -- an abnormal passage that leads from an abscess or hollow organ or part to the body surface or from one hollow organ or part to another and that may be surgically created to permit passage of fluids or secretions
fremitus -- a sensation felt by a hand placed on a part of the body (as the chest) that vibrates during speech
fulminant -- coming on suddenly with great severity
furuncle -- boil: a localized swelling and inflammation of the skin resulting from usually bacterial infection of a hair follicle and adjacent tissue, having a hard central core, and forming pus
glottis -- the space between one of the true vocal cords and the arytenoid cartilage on one side of the larynx and those of the other side; also : the structures that surround this space
hematemesis -- the vomiting of blood
hemiplegia -- total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
hemolysis -- lysis of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin
hemoptysis -- expectoration of blood from some part of the respiratory tract
hepatitis -- inflammation of the liver
hilum -- (pl: hilus) the depression in the medial surface of a lung that forms the opening through which the bronchus, blood vessels, and nerves pass
hyalin -- a nitrogenous substance closely related to chitin that forms the main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts and yields a sugar on decomposition
hyaline -- transparent or nearly transparent and usually homogeneous
hydronephrosis -- cystic distension of the kidney caused by the accumulation of urine in the renal pelvis as a result of obstruction to outflow and accompanied by atrophy of the kidney structure and cyst formation
hydropneumothorax -- the presence of gas and serous fluid in the pleural cavity
hyperaesthesia -- unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense to stimulation
influenza -- any of several acute highly contagious respiratory diseases caused by strains of three major orthomyxoviruses now considered to comprise three species assigned to three separate genera: (1) : influenza A (2) : influenza B (3) : influenza C
infundibula -- any of various conical or dilated organs or parts: a : the hollow conical process of gray matter that is borne on the tuber cinereum and constitutes the stalk of the neurohypophysis by which the pituitary gland is continuous with the brain -- called also neural stalk b : any of the small spaces having walls beset with air sacs in which the bronchial tubes terminate in the lungs
iritis -- inflammation of the iris of the eye
Kernig -- an indication usually present in meningitis that consists of pain and resistance on attempting to extend the leg at the knee with the thigh flexed at the hip
leukopenia -- a condition in which the number of white blood cells circulating in the blood is abnormally low and which is most commonly due to a decreased production of new cells in conjunction with various infectious diseases, as a reaction to various drugs or other chemicals, or in response to irradiation
lobar pneumonia -- acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung characterized by sudden onset, chill, fever, difficulty in breathing, cough, and blood-stained sputum, marked by consolidation, and normally followed by resolution and return to normal of the lung tissue
lymphocytosis -- an increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood usually associated with chronic infections or inflammations
lysis -- the gradual decline of a disease process (as fever)
mastoid process -- the process of the temporal bone behind the ear that is well developed and of somewhat conical form in adults but inconspicuous in children
mastoiditis -- inflammation of the mastoid and especially of the mastoid cells
mediastinum -- the space in the chest between the pleural sacs of the lungs that contains all the viscera of the chest except the lungs and pleurae
meningitis -- a disease that may be either a mild illness caused by any of numerous viruses (as various coxsackieviruses) or a more severe usually life-threatening illness caused by a bacterium (especially the meningococcus or the serotype designated B of Hemophilus influenzae), that may be associated with fever, headache, vomiting, malaise, and stiff neck, and that if untreated in bacterial forms may progress to confusion, stupor, convulsions, coma, and death
myocarditis -- inflammation of the myocardium
myocardium -- the middle muscular layer of the heart wall
nephritis -- acute or chronic inflammation of the kidney affecting the structure (as of the glomerulus or parenchyma) and caused by infection, a degenerative process, or vascular disease
neuralgia -- acute paroxysmal pain radiating along the course of one or more nerves usually without demonstrable changes in the nerve structure
neurasthenia -- a condition that is characterized especially by physical and mental exhaustion usually with accompanying symptoms (as headaches, insomnia, and irritability), is believed to result from psychological factors (as depression or emotional stress or conflict), and is sometimes considered similar to or identical with chronic fatigue syndrome
neuritis -- an inflammatory or degenerative lesion of a nerve marked especially by pain, sensory disturbances, and impaired or lost reflexes
otitis externa -- inflammation of the external auditory canal
otitis media -- acute or chronic inflammation of the middle ear; especially : an acute inflammation especially in infants or young children that is caused by a virus or bacterium, usually occurs as a complication of an upper respiratory infection, and is marked by earache, fever, hearing loss, and sometimes rupture of the tympanic membrane
pandemic -- occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population
parenchyma -- the essential and distinctive tissue of an organ or an abnormal growth as distinguished from its supportive framework
pathognomonic -- distinctively characteristic of a particular disease or condition
pericarditis -- inflammation of the pericardium
pericardium -- the conical sac of serous membrane that encloses the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels of vertebrates and consists of an outer fibrous coat that loosely invests the heart and is prolonged on the outer surface of the great vessels except the inferior vena cava and a double inner serous coat of which one layer is closely adherent to the heart while the other lines the inner surface of the outer coat with the intervening space being filled with pericardial fluid
periosteum -- the membrane of connective tissue that closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces
periostitis -- inflammation of the periosteum
peritonitis -- inflammation of the peritoneum
Pfeiffer's bacillus -- the bacillus of the genus Haemophilus (H. Influenzae) which was once thought to be the causative agent of influenza
pharyngeal -- relating to or located in the region of the pharynx
pharyngitis -- inflammation of the pharynx
phlebitis -- inflammation of a vein
phthisis -- a progressively wasting or consumptive condition; especially : pulmonary tuberculosis
pleura -- either of a pair of two-walled sacs of serous membrane each of which lines one lateral half of the thorax, has an inner visceral layer closely adherent to the corresponding lung, is reflected at the root of the lung to form a parietal layer that adheres to the walls of the thorax, the pericardium, the upper surface of the diaphragm, and adjacent parts, and contains a small amount of serous fluid that minimizes the friction of respiratory movements
pleurisy -- inflammation of the pleura that is typically characterized by sudden onset, painful and difficult respiration, and exudation of fluid or fibrinous material into the pleural cavity -- called also pleuritis
pneumonia -- a disease of the lungs that is characterized especially by inflammation and consolidation of lung tissue followed by resolution, is accompanied by fever, chills, cough, and difficulty in breathing, and is caused chiefly by infection
pneumococci -- bacteria of the genus Streptococcus (S. pneumoniae) that causes an acute pneumonia involving one or more lobes of the lung
pneumothorax -- a condition in which air or other gas is present in the pleural cavity and which occurs spontaneously as a result of disease or injury of lung tissue, rupture of air-filled pulmonary cysts, or puncture of the chest wall or is induced as a therapeutic measure to collapse the lung
polymorphonuclear -- of a leukocyte : having the nucleus complexly lobed; specifically : being a mature neutrophil with a characteristic distinctly lobed nucleus
psychasthenia -- a neurotic state characterized especially by phobias, obsessions, or compulsions that one knows are irrational
ptosis -- a sagging or prolapse of an organ or part ; especially : a drooping of the upper eyelid (as from paralysis of the oculomotor nerve)
purpura -- any of several hemorrhagic states characterized by patches of purplish discoloration resulting from extravasation of blood into the skin and mucous membranes
purulent -- containing, consisting of, or being pus
pyelitis -- inflammation of the lining of the renal pelvis of a kidney
quinine -- a bitter crystalline alkaloid C20H24N2O2 obtained from cinchona bark that is used as a flavoring agent, has antipyretic and analgesic properties, and is administered orally in the form of its salts (as the hydrated sulfate (C20H24N2O2)2·H2SO4·2H2O) as an antimalarial
rale -- an abnormal sound heard accompanying the normal respiratory sounds on auscultation of the chest
registration State -- the collection of vital statistics on a national basis, began on a state-by-state basis in 1915 and was not complete (nation-wide) until 1933. "Registration States" were those that were included in the program at the time the statistics were compiled.
septicemia -- invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms (as bacteria viruses, or fungi) from a focus of infection that is accompanied by acute systemic illness -- called also blood poisoning
serofibrinous -- composed of or characterized by serum and fibrin
strabismus -- inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball
streptococci -- any bacterium of the genus Streptococcus; broadly : a coccus occurring in chains
streptococcus -- a genus of spherical or ovoid chiefly nonmotile and parasitic gram-positive bacteria (family Streptococcaceae) that divide only in one plane, occur in pairs or chains, and include important pathogens of humans and domestic animals
suppuration -- the formation of, conversion into, or process of discharging pus
tachycardia -- relatively rapid heart action whether physiological (as after exercise) or pathological
thoracentesis -- aspiration of fluid from the chest (as in empyema)
urticaria -- hives
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Pressure From Summit to Sell Early
When we first began to have problems in 1990 Larry Lapard was the partner responsible for Future Domain at Summit Partners in Boston. I had a good relationship with Larry, and often discussed business challenges with him. Larry was the first to tell me I needed to get rid of Tom and Al, and regain control of the company. Larry was very helpful, and in mid-1991 when I felt we needed Summit to exercise their options to get more capital into Future Domain Larry went to bat for us and got it done.
Unfortunately Larry left Summit in August of 1991. By then things had begun to look up for Future Domain, but our company was transferred to Greg Avis at the new Summit office in Menlo Park, CA. Greg’s team was mostly doing mezzanine financings. They would buy into companies in the bay area just before they were going public so most investments were a year or less. Our company was much earlier stage. Summit had been in Future Domain for close to two years. Greg called me and told me that he was a seller. He would like to get out of Future Domain as soon as possible. I explained to him that I was turning the company around and the results proved it, but he was not interested. He assigned one of his junior people to be on our board, Phil Black, with instructions to ask only one question, when were we going to sell or go public.
After 1991 Summit was more of a distraction than a help. Phil Black was actually not a bad board member. He would deliver Greg’s message every board meeting he attended but then not be disruptive, he actually tried to contribute. The problem was that Phil was very new and had little experience to bring to the table.
In mid 1992 Greg asked if I would mind if one of their investment bankers worked on finding a buyer. I said fine. I had a one year contract with Summit’s investment banker, and I felt that would keep Greg Avis off my back for the year, which it did not. We did end up talking to Intel and a few other companies, but they really were not interested and I questioned why Summit’s investment banker was wasting my time. In early 1994 Summit’s investment banker brought us a buyer, a company called Unitrode. They were serious, but the CEO of Unitrode was insistent that I continue with the company under an employment contract for a minimum of five years. I had made it clear to Summit that my goal was to retire from active management after a sale as soon as possible due to my health. I called Greg and reminded him of this. His only reaction was to inform me that if I worked for Unitrode then Summit was going to insist that they get 30% of my compensation package! I angrily informed him that he was not listening to me, and not to bother me with deals like this.
After the Unitrode fiasco Greg called and said they had a wonderful opportunity. Summit had invested in a company in San Diego named Systech Inc. and it had gone south. They had replaced the management team with an experienced turn around team led by Mark Fowler, and thought a merger between them and Future Domain would be a good idea. Patty and I went down to San Diego and meet Greg Avis and Phil Black there. We spent the day. Summit had put in about $5 million to keep this company afloat. The “turn around” artist was not having luck turning anything around. They were burning close to half a million dollars a month in cash. Sales of the company were heading only one way, lower. They proposed a merger where we would get nothing, and they would get everything. After the presentation Patty and I met privately with Greg. I asked him what he was thinking. By now we were very profitable and increasing sales by about 50% a year. Systech was a joke. Greg just kept saying he was a seller. I told him that I was not interested in anything less than a home run, and this deal would not even be a single. Our contract with his investment banker would be up in the middle of 1994, and I told him I was going to retain Greg Presson again. I never spoke with Greg again after that.
What eventually happened to Systech? Well as of 2015 it is still in business, still headed by Mark Fowler. It is not listed in Summit’s roster of successful investments (Future Domain is listed however). Systech became what is known in the Venture Capital business as “the walking dead” or “Zombie” companies. These are companies that do not fail, but also do not go public or merge. These are companies that continue to ask for more capital or support from the VC. The Venture firm gets nothing for the investment, it is worse than the company failing. That is what would have happened to Future Domain if Summit had its way. Instead, Future Domain was a Summit success, no thanks to the unwise console given me by Greg Avis.
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Switzerland’s capital is Bern, but there are plenty of other regions to head for, such as the city of Lucerne. Located on the stunning Lake Lucerne, the region is a great base for those who wish to explore the nearby mountains of Rigi, Pilatus and Stanserhorn.
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The third largest city in Switzerland, Basel is located on the Rhine and is the perfect destination for anyone who wants to find out more about the country’s rich past.
Basel is home to some 40 museums, as well as the symphony orchestra and the chamber orchestra.
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Romance | Q&A Cathy Bussey | Summer at Hollyhock House
September 6, 2018 / No Comments
Feeling nostalgic for the days when daylight reigned until after 10pm and the excitement that comes from the anticipation of trips with family and friends? Cathy Bussey’s debut, Summer at Hollyhock House, might just be what you need to bring back the sparkle.
On tour today Cathy Bussey is chatting to us about her inspiration, scenes she enjoyed writing the most and found the hardest and much more. I also have three digital copies to giveaway thanks to publishers Sapere Books. Don’t miss this one!
Publisher: Sapere Books (2 Aug. 2018)
ASIN: B07D16HKL5
Available to purchase in digital and paperback formats.
One long summer changed Faith forever…
Faith Coombes should have been over the moon when her long-term boyfriend proposed to her. But instead, she broke up with him. Rob was safe, reliable, nice and … boring. Nothing like the only person who had ever broken her heart…
Unable to afford the rent on another flat and desperate for a new start, Faith takes the plunge and moves back to the village she grew up in, returning to the house that holds so many memories for her.
Hollyhock House, the family home of her best-friend Minel, also belongs to the boy who meant so much to her all those years ago…
As Faith falls back in love with the sprawling surroundings at Hollyhock she also finds herself falling all over again for the only person who has truly hurt her.
Can Faith come to terms with her past? Did she make the wrong decision in breaking up with Rob?
Or does her heart really lie at Hollyhock House?
An uplifting romantic comedy from a new voice in women’s fiction! Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Debbie Johnson, Jenny Colgan and Holly Martin.
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Please summarise Summer At Hollyhock House in 20 words or less.
A funny, whimsical and romantic coming-of-age meets happily-ever-after, set in the gorgeous English countryside, with added bikes and dogs.
What was the idea/inspiration for your novel?
I wanted to write a modern, charming and uplifting love story that had all the things I love the very most in it. And those things are, in no particular order, animals, nature, the countryside, when past and future collide, intense soul-searching stomach-flipping heart-pounding knee-weakening first kisses, secret trysts, firm friendships, poignant and bittersweet nostalgia, what ifs, happily ever after, and that particular kind of magic that lingers on a hot summer’s day.
What scene did you enjoy writing the most Cathy?
There’s a scene about two-thirds of the way through the book where Faith, my main character, has had a terrible shock. She and my other main character Rik are together in a place that means a lot to both of them and she has a huge revelation about their relationship.
I wrote it in one take and despite repeated rounds of editing, that scene was barely touched. It flows exactly as it should, in my opinion, and everything about it just felt completely right.
It was the scene I felt best reflected my characters’ mutual conflict, and it saw clarity come from extreme confusion.
It gave me a chance to flex several writing muscles – nature writing, character development, reflecting emotional turmoil, and arriving at a resolution. My heart still skips a beat when I read it now.
… and the hardest?
I rewrote, and rewrote, and rewrote, the first scene of the final chapter. This is basically the resolution of the entire book and everything has been building up to this particular scene, so it had to be fireworks.
It took me so long to get it quite right. It had to be romantic but not too saccharine, sexy but not cringeworthy, funny but not slapstick – there were a lot of requirements! Both characters needed to be on top of their game.
I had the basic premise from the get-go, I knew what would happen and where, but how it happened was the crucial point and that scene was still being heavily edited and restructured right up to publication.
Does Summer at Hollyhock House tackle a social barrier?
Two of my characters are mixed-race. Horrifyingly, this in itself counts as tackling a social barrier.
The race of the characters is not a plot device. I don’t make a big deal of their racial heritage, and I don’t expose them to ridicule and racial hatred because that is not a Point Of View I could in any way confidently reflect.
This is just my tiny, minute attempt at reflecting diversity.
I am a white woman who has grown up in a white supremacist world and been gifted infinite volumes of white privilege by pure accident of birth. I therefore do not know what I am talking about, when I talk about race. I want to amplify the voices of others who do know, not attempt to wade in and lead those conversations myself. I want to learn. I start by recognising my unconscious bias and my white privilege and working to raise the voices of those my privilege has oppressed and quashed. I am not trying to start a conversation or tackle racism with my book. I simply put on the page the characters that entered my consciousness, faithfully, and I hope they exist on the page as they should, as a reflection of our diverse world, not as a personal statement from Cathy the woke author who is now going to tell you all about racism. Please do follow @nerdabouttown on Twitter and @rachel.cargle on Instagram to learn more.
Do you have a most creative time of day?
I’m at my most creative in the evenings. I can hit a flow and go all night – and I frequently have to force myself to stop and go to bed.
Sometimes I wish I could be the much more virtuous and lauded morning person, rising at 5am and hammering out 2,000 words before breakfast, but that is not and never will be the way I am made.
I do wonder however if I’m at my best in the evenings out of necessity. I suppose in an ideal world I’d write from about 8-9am until such a time as my brain has decided that’s enough, but children, work and general life usually get in the way. I stayed at home with my children for more than six years, without childcare or any family round the corner. So for many years the only time I had the freedom to think, let alone write, was after I’d put them to bed.
Any tips you could share with new writers?
For a start I’d advise taking writing tips with a pinch of salt! I think it’s more helpful to share what I’ve found works for me, than to issue dictats like Thou Shalt Write 1,000 Words Per Day – But Don’t Forget To Rest And Relax. Writing tips generally just lead to confusion and truly great writers, in my opinion, can rarely sum up their craft in a succinct listicle.
So we will go with the basics, which is to be a writer you need to write.
For me that meant writing the words that felt uncomfortable, and the scenes that made me feel exposed.
I have happily and easily written scenes and characters before to which I feel no affinity, and just as happily and easily stopped writing their stories.
For Summer At Hollyhock House I was so emotionally invested in the characters and the story I wanted to tell I literally forced myself, sometimes spending hours staring at a blank scene only to type one word and then delete it, but I still forced myself to write what I thought was the unwriteable. This was mainly sex scenes, that mainly got edited and deleted! Nonetheless it was vital I got comfortable with that level of exposure, in order to truly give the book everything I had. I put so much into it that a lot got cut, edited and pared back. I prefer that infinitely to having to dial up the investment.
Finally Cathy, what has been the best part of your writing journey so far?
Everything. The good and the bad, the five-star reviews and the two-star trashing. The fear and anxiety, the joy and pride. The horrendous self-doubt, the moments of true belief. I have loved every single second of the journey, even the bits I hated.
I’m an actual real live published novelist. What could be more amazing than that?
Thank you for being my guest today.
Wishing you success with all your writing projects.
Cathy Bussey is an author, journalist and hopeless romantic who wrote her first book at the tender age of six. Entitled Tarka the Otter, it was a shameless rip-off of the Henry Williamson classic of the same name, and the manuscript was lost after she sent it to her pen-pal and never heard a jot from her since.
Fortunately reception to her writing became more favourable and she spent ten years working for a range of newspapers and magazines covering everything from general elections and celebrity scandals to cats stuck up trees and village fetes. She has been freelance since 2011 and written for The Telegraph, Red Online, Total Women’s Cycling and other lifestyle and cycling publications and websites.
She is the author of three non-fiction books and her debut and thankfully non-plagiarised novel Summer at Hollyhock House has been published by Sapere Books.
Cathy lives on the leafy London/Surrey border with her husband, two children and a dog with only two facial expressions, hungry and guilty. Her hobbies include mountain biking, photography, wandering around outside getting lost, fantasising about getting her garden under control, reading, looking at pretty things on Instagram and drinking tea.
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Obama Backs Plan to Stop Price-Gouging for Cable Boxes by Opening Up the Market
#unlockthebox gains a famous friend.
By Adam Toobin
President Barack Obama announced today he wants to open cable boxes to third-party manufacturers.
In an unusual public statement to an executive agency, the president is encouraging the Federal Communications Commission to proceed with its plan to free cable boxes from the grasp of cable companies that demand pricey annual leases for set-tops yet offer only rudimentary service.
The president does not typically weigh in during the public comment period on new regulations, but in this instance, as he did for the FCC rules safe-guarding net neutrality, Obama is hoping to force the issue.
If approved, the new regulations would require cable companies to provide third-party services with access to their content. So services like Roku or Apple TV that currently focus on online streaming may soon be able to deliver content currently only available through cable services like Time Warner.
The FCC has already approved regulations that would #unlockthebox, but with cable companies calling the move a giveaway to Silicon Valley, the issue has remained divisive. The president wants the effort to open cable set-top boxes to serve as a “mascot” for his work to expand competition across a series of moribund industries, according to a blog post from Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and Jeffrey D. Zients, director of the National Economic Council.
“Instead of spending nearly $1,000 over four years to lease a set of behind-the-times boxes, American families will have options to own a device for much less money that will integrate everything they want including their cable or satellite content, as well as online streaming apps in one, easier-to-use gadget,” the post reads.
The president’s advisors liken the current situation with cable box set-tops to the monopoly that the phone companies maintained: “not just on the wire to your house but, in many cases, on the phone you plugged into that wire.”
But once the government took steps to expand competition, new phone models hit the market and prices dropped, saving customers money while expanding the quality of the service. They argue that the same benefits are long overdue in the cable industry.
“The average household pays $231 per year to rent these often clunky boxes. And, while the cost of making these boxes is going down, their price to consumers has been rising,” the post continues.
The effort generated waves of enthusiasm before the FCC vote in February, and the 3-2 victory paved the way for the president’s vow of support. With regulatory and executive support, it seems unlikely that anything could now derail the regulations entering into law. At this point, it would require legislative action to reverse course, but that would also entail pissing off a lot of people who oppose the cable monopoly. In other words, don’t expect #relockthebox to catch on anytime soon.
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PS5 Leaks: The Latest Alleged PS5 Specs List Leaves Out a Major Component
Sony's next console sounds like a powerhouse.
Filed Under Leaks, PC Gaming, PS4 & Reddit
The PlayStation 5 is angling to be the world’s most cutting-edge console once it’s eventually released in mid-to-late 2020. Sony has already confirmed that it will come packed with never-before-seen hardware, and a massive list of leaks shed further light on the future console’s capabilities. Now, yet another list of leaked specs has emerged online that corroborates even more rumors, with one notable exception.
The gold mine of new information comes from a Reddit post published on April 26 that went largely unnoticed, garnering only 38 upvotes. The anonymous author (who told Inverse in a Reddit DM he was using a burner account and declined to be interviewed) claimed that his friend had attended an internal Sony meeting a day after Wired published its exclusive interview with Mark Cerny. The interview with Cerny, the lead system architect for the PS4, is what ultimately revealed most of the official details about the PS5 we have so far. Under the throwaway account /u/17791, the leaker rattled off a series of specs that they claimed Sony revealed to their friend.
An alleged photo of the room that the internal Sony PS5 meeting was hosted at, posted by /u/17791.
“He’s sent me some details about what was mentioned at this meeting and has given me the greenlight to say some things that were mentioned,” wrote /u/17791.
The leaks primarily shed light on the PS5’s graphical and computational capabilities. But they’re arguably most notable for what went unmentioned. According to this leaker, Sony didn’t say a word about the rumored successor to the PlayStation VR headset that has been hinted at in various patent filings, and which was rumored to be part of the PS5 bundle.
Here’s everything to know about the latest leak, and what it portends for Sony’s next-generation console.
PS5 Leaks: Specs
The Reddit post seems relatively credible. It lines up with most of the details confirmed by Cerny, and it also aligns with the rumored specs put forth by a previous list of leaks posted to Pastebin, much of which Cerny subsequently confirmed. It also supports a claim made by Kotaku news editor Jason Schreier that the PS5 would pack more than 10.7 teraflops of power.
Given that the PS5 is more than a year away, there’s still room for some of these details to change. But the fact that we’ve heard mention of most of this hardware before suggests there’s a good chance it will be included. Some of the claims in this latest Reddit leak seem a little dicey, mainly the exact speed and computing metrics mentioned. It’s not clear how the leader could know this, as these figures can’t be official until Sony runs a test on the final console, which is likely still in development.
The PS5 could bring console gaming much closer to PC-gaming standards.
Central Processing Unit: 7-nanometer, 8-core AMD’s Zen 2 CPU, clocked at 3.2 gigahertz. These processors work according to a clock that beats billions of times a second (measured in GhZ). Currently, the PS4 Pro clocks 2.13GHz, so this would be a big step up.
Graphical Processing Unit: Custom AMD Navi GPU with 56 compute units, 1.8 GHz, 12.9 teraflops of power, meaning it can complete 12 trillion operations per second. This is identical to the GPU details listed in a separate set of leaks, other than the teraflops, which we won’t know for sure until the PS5 is finalized.
Ray Tracing Support: Cerny confirmed that the PS5 would make use of a rendering technique that can create a very high degree of visual realism, called ray tracing. They also alleged this would be possible due to the custom GPU AMD is cooking up for Sony.
Memory: 24 gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), which line up with previous leaks perfectly.
Solid-State Drive: Cerny also said Sony was working on putting a solid-state drive (SSD) into the PS5, which is much faster than the traditional hard disk drive (HDDs). However, the Reddit leaks said the PS5 would use both SSD and HDD. This could be a way to bring down PS5’s price, as SSDs are many orders of magnitude more expensive than the HDDs. A fully SSD-powered PS5 would be lightning fast but extremely pricy.
PS5 Leaks: Features
The two features mentioned by /u/17791 will be great news for long-time PlayStation fans and graphics buffs.
PS4 Backwards Compatibility: The PS5 will allegedly be able to run all PS4 games. Simply pop in the disks and play. This feature will be crucial for attracting legacy Sony fans who are still fond of older games.
Frame-Rate Boost Mode: Just like the current PS4 Pro, the PS5 will come with a Boost Mode feature to increase games’ frame rates. There’s no mention of what it will be capable of, but keeping games at a steady 60 frames-per-second would bring the PS5 closer to PC gaming than any console before it.
A patent blueprint of a wireless PSVR headset Sony is developing.
PS5 Leaks: No PSVR Headset Mentioned
The PS5 hype has been supplemented by the possibility that Sony will drop a completely wireless VR headset to complement its next-generation console. This may be the big disappointment about the PS5, as /u/17791 said the company failed to bring it up at all.
Previous leaks have alleged that the “PSVR 2” would cost $250, support 2,560 x 1,440 resolution, a 120-hertz refresh rate, provide a 220-degree field of view, eye-tracking, come with up to five hours of battery life, and include integrated headphones. These rumors seem increasingly likely to have been wishful thinking.
Tom Wijman — a senior market analyst at the gaming market analytics firm Newzoo — told Inverse that a headset with specs like that would probably cost as much, if not, more than the console itself. He also said that Sony will likely prioritize affordable VR hardware over elite specs. If there is a headset that launches alongside the PS5, it would likely be a lot less swanky.
The release date for the headset remains a mystery, and the fact that Sony didn’t mention it in this meeting casts doubt that it will be released in tandem with the PS5. That said, Cerny did confirm that the current PSVR hardware will be compatible with the PS5, so it also seems unlikely the releases will be too spaced apart.
The original PS4 was launched in 2013 and the PSVR headset launched three years later, in 2016. Sony could try to recreate the same strategy with its boosted headset in the coming years.
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Device Cloud Networks appoints wireless industry veteran Dave Williams as Chief Executive Officer
Posted by Sue Pakenham-WalshNovember 28, 2013
Washington D.C., USA – Device Cloud Networks (DCN) has named wireless industry veteran Dave Williams as chief executive officer (CEO). Mr Williams will lead the company’s day-to-day operations and team development. Founder and former CEO Blake Swensrud will continue his role as executive chairman of DCN.
Mr Williams will also be responsible for the company’s technology strategy as it embarks on the next phase of growth of its leading M2M service enablement platform. Having spent his entire career developing wireless telecommunications networks around the globe, he has vast experience building world class networks for tier-one service providers in Europe and the US. He will work towards expanding DCN’s global connectivity and device management solutions in the M2M ecosystem of OEMs, carriers and enterprises.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dave Williams to the team. We have started commercialisation of our next-generation M2M platform and embarking on the next growth phase in this transformative industry,” said Mr. Swensrud. “Vital for our success is our close cooperation with OEMs, service providers and enterprises and Dave brings a tremendous amount of technology and business expertise to our team. I am confident Dave’s extensive industry experience makes him the right leader for DCN at this time of enormous opportunity and growth for the company.”
Mr Williams joins DCN as former CTO for Telefónica Europe and has experience working with major wireless telecommunications companies. At Cingular Wireless, he headed up Technology Strategy and was responsible for uniting the company in developing one of the most profitable wireless networks in the world – currently the AT&T network. Mr Williams was also Head of Wireless Technology at Comcast, where he helped create one of the largest Wi-Fi network deployments in the world. Most recently he has been helping numerous Silicon Valley venture companies develop their investment portfolios.
“I am honoured to join the DCN team and look forward to working with the company’s board and employees to deliver world-class wireless M2M solutions to our enterprise customers, as the need for M2M connectivity increases rapidly throughout the world,” said Mr Williams. “It is a privilege to join DCN during such an important time.”
The M2M platform by DCN is a next-generation set of capabilities that combines service provisioning and device management with application enablement tools to simplify the process of bringing wireless connectivity to products of any type.
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Fireside Romance Book 2: Burning Brighter
GENRE: Gay Romance
After declaring their love for each other on Christmas Day, Simon Peters and Mark Smith settle down to a cosy life of domestic togetherness.
A new year brings new joys and challenges. Sam, a neighbour boy comes to stay for a few days and adopts Simon and Mark as honorary dads.
A promotion at work gives Simon more responsibility. Mark finds employment at the local café. The purchase of a car allows the couple to get out and about to explore the Yorkshire countryside.
Snuggle up in an easy chair and toast your toes in front of the fire as you read Simon and Mark’s continuing romantic adventures.
We’d just finished eating when there was a knock at the front door. I went to answer it.
It was Paul Bates and his fourteen-year-old son, Sam.
“Sorry to bother you,” Paul said in a rush, “but Helen’s waters have broken, and --”
“She’s early,” I said, then realised Paul didn’t have time to debate such things. “Sorry. How can we help?”
“Would you mind looking after Sam? My parents are on holiday and --”
“No problem.” I interrupted.
“Thanks.” Paul dashed back down the street, leaving Sam standing on the doorstep, not looking terribly happy.
I gave Sam an encouraging smile, then stuck my head out of the door and called, “Paul! If you need to stay with Helen overnight, Sam can bunk on the sofa.”
“Thanks.” He waved before disappearing into his house.
Turning around, I saw that Mark had come into the living room. “This is Mark ... a friend of mine.” I told Sam, beckoning for him to come inside. “Are you excited about having a baby brother or sister?”
“No, not really,” came the meek reply. Sam’s eyes were hiding behind long lashes, which I suspected many girls would be envious of.
“Why’s that?” Mark asked.
“He or she will probably cry all night.”
“But it’ll be nice to watch the baby as he or she grows up, starts crawling, walking and talking.”
“Suppose,” Sam said with little enthusiasm. “What happened to your hands?” he asked Mark.
“Someone I knew was playing around with chemicals, and things went wrong. I should be okay in a week or so though.”
“That’s good.” Sam smiled; he seemed to be warming up to Mark.
“Would you like anything to eat?” I asked Sam.
“No thanks. We just ate when Mum decided she needed to go to hospital.”
“What about watching some television, or maybe a video?” I asked, pointing at the shelves of tapes. I felt out of my depth, never having had to keep a teenager entertained before.
He shrugged and walked over to the shelves.
“So, Sam, what are you studying at school?” Mark asked.
He shrugged again. “Oh, you know, the usual boring stuff.”
I sighed. This wasn’t going to be easy.
“There must be something you’ve done that you’ve enjoyed.” Mark wasn’t giving up.
“We’ve just finished a project on 1930's Britain. The differences between those who had a job, and those who didn’t.”
“My grandfather went on the Jarrow March,” Mark said.
“Really?” Sam turned from examining the rows of video tapes. “Did you know the march was fifty years ago this year?”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yeah, 1936,” Sam said. “Did your granddad say much about the march?” he asked Mark.
“He said he felt betrayed.”
“Is your grandfather still alive?” I asked.
Mark shook his head. “He died a couple of years ago.”
“Sorry,” Sam said.
The subject moved back to the Jarrow March and Mark told us more about how it had affected the area where he’d grown up. “Basically the government couldn’t have cared less about conditions in the traditional industries.”
I had no idea Mark was so political.
“Things were a lot better for the newer industries like car making and electronics,” Sam said.
“But most of that was in the Midlands and the South,” Mark pointed out.
“That’s true.” Sam nodded.
The room grew quiet. Then Sam, who had gone back to choosing a film, said, “Can I watch this one?” He’d pulled out an action movie I’d bought for Mark but we’d never gotten around to watching.
“Of course,” I said. “Put it in the machine and come and sit on the sofa.”
Sam sat in the chair looking at first Mark then me.
“Is there anything wrong?” I asked.
“Erm ... I, are you ... I mean, do you mind me asking, is Mark your boyfriend?”
I looked at Mark. He gave a slight nod.
“Would it bother you if we were?”
“God, no. My uncle Steve is gay, he’s cool!”
“Do you get to see him much?” Mark asked.
“No, he lives in the north of Scotland. He doesn’t have a boyfriend though. How long have you and Simon known each other?”
“A few months, but we only became boyfriends yesterday.”
“Really? Wow, that’s great!”
“I think so, too,” Mark said.
I smiled, touched that Mark would say such a thing. But thinking we should change the subject, I said, “Shall we watch this film?”
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Powerful Modern Art As A Weapon The Heartfield Powerful Art Museum Reveal Art Artists
Powerful Modern Art By “Reveal Art” Artists
Art As A Weapon Against Alternate Facts, Ignorance, & Bigotry
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Winston Smith became famous for his album covers and graphics for San Francisco punk legends Dead Kennedys. A self-described Punk Art Surrealist, Winston is a master of "hand-carved" collage. He was astonished after returning to America after years abroad to see how corporate domination had become the accepted norm. So he began combining "safe" magazine images into politically charged works of art.
John J Heartfield is a composer, author, & the curator of his grandfather’s exhibition. He jokes his inability to draw a straight line has saved him from a life of having to find more hours in a day. He is currently working on a new musical revolving around his grandfather’s cinematic life entitled One Hand!
Pocket Satire Cutting-Edge Collage. Oliver Dunne & Siobhán McCooey are collage-artists and writers from Dublin, Ireland. All their work is handmade, with scissors and glue, using old magazines and promotional material. They do not use Photoshop. Oliver & Siobhán see their work as continuing in the tradition of John Heartfield and the artists of the Weimar Republic. Their work has been featured in many publications including Punch, Hot Press.
Antifa Artists on the The Art Of War. Photo Illustrations by Michael Tunk, Cara Adams, Hope Kroll, Human Wreckage, Mark Jason Weston, Thomas Young, Kieran Madden, Johanna Goodman, Jilly Ballistic, Winston Smith, Frank Morison and Anthony Gerace. Twelve collage artists respond to an American state of emergency, with inspiration from master political artist John Heartfield.
David King is a San Francisco based artist who designed the symbol for the British punk bank Crass. David prefers working in the medium of stencil art. David’s layered colorful satiric graphics are perfect for political posters and t-shirts.
FaMoUs EmpTy Sky is a multi-talented Vancouver based artist whose life and art were forever changed when she discovered the German Dada & Political Collage Master John Heartfield. FaMoUs EmpTy Sky made complex collage her obsession. Recently, she’s developed an entirely original art technique that produces stunning images. These works of art are the Nnots.
Andrea Hofmann is a brilliant German scholar and a great friend of The John Heartfield Exhibition. Her insightful commentaries on Heartfield’s work already appear on several pages in the Art As A Weapon section. The analyses she’s written for some of the most topical Heartfield pieces such as women’s issues and money in politics merit their own exhibit in Reveal Art.
IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT INFO: All art, images, and work in the Reveal Art Exhibit are courtesy of and copyrighted by the credited artist. Such art, images, and work may not be reproduced in any form without the specific written consent of the credited artist. Please write directly to the credited artist on their associated websites to learn more about copyright permission. If a website is not shown, please contact this exhibition’s curator. He will pass on your request to the credited artist.
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The artist John Heartfield wanted his artwork to be easily available to as many people as possible. He would have loved the Internet. His art was much more than masterpieces of imagination and technique. They were warnings. The consistent message that runs through his work is authoritarians and war can never be solutions to issues that face humanity. That accepting dictators who claim they alone have the answers is madness.
We must resist. Heartfield proved one of the most powerful forms of resistance is to use “art as a weapon” to reveal the true goals of dictators and profiteers without conscience.
Art in the Reveal Art exhibit is not only political. Reveal Art artists find inspiration in the life and work of John Heartfield. They want to expose the alternate facts of the Trump era to reveal the con game being played on America. Some, like the German Dadaists, want to play on modern culture. Others reveal art with techniques that take full advantage of our ever-evolving technology. In a real sense, these artists need to express the fact that social conditions and the out-of-control greed that led to the rise of fascism in the twentieth century still remain very much with us today.
The Reveal Art exhibit is about humor and revelation. The same kind of humor and revelations found in the majority of John Heartfield’s work.
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Reds reliever Amir Garrett reacts after striking out the side against the Brewers on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
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The Cincinnati Reds placed the pitcher who has turned into their best reliever this season on the 10-day injured list Thursday.
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Amir Garrett will be sidelined with a left lat strain. The move is retroactive to Wednesday.
Garrett leads the Reds with 42 appearances. His 1.70 ERA is the best in the bullpen by more than a run. Among relievers with at least 40 appearances, he’s tied for the best ERA in baseball.
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Garrett had a 7.39 ERA as a rookie in 2017, when he was a starter, and a 4.29 ERA last season in 66 relief appearances.
The Reds promoted infielder/outfielder Josh VanMeter to take Garrett’s place on the roster before the final game of a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Beauty queen gives up crown over tattoos
Updated: 11:36 AM PDT Aug 4, 2018
A young beauty queen in California has given up her crown over her newly inked arms.Sierra Leyde was crowned Miss Phelan last year. She got a few tattoos on her 18th birthday."I did it mostly for myself. I, all my tattoos have very special meanings to me," she said.
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Sierra Leyde was crowned Miss Phelan last year. She got a few tattoos on her 18th birthday.
"I did it mostly for myself. I, all my tattoos have very special meanings to me," she said.
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PUBLISHED: 12:54 12 April 2011 | UPDATED: 19:10 20 February 2013
Your letters and feedback are warmly welcomed at Kent Life.
A time for vigilance
While the government seems to have abandoned its plans to sell off 258,000 hectares of woodland run by the Forestry Commission, we must still make our voices heard and keep the pressure on our legislators. This may appear unnecessary after the governmental volte face, however there are still plans on the table to sell the nations woodland, albeit stealthily.
The government is still allowed to sell 15 per cent of Englands woodlands in each four-year public spending period, and this sets a dangerous precedent for our diminishing woodland.
This 15 per cent sale (40k ha, or 100k acres) will likely begin in April, once the criteria for selection and protection are established and it could have terrible repercussions for public access and biodiversity.
At a time when many young families are seeking cheaper ways to entertain the children, and the public are in need of tranquil places to rest, relax and remove themselves from their busy urban lifestyles, one wonders why the government thinks the sale of huge chunks of our woodland can be a good idea?
While we appear to have won the initial battle, it is critical that we continue our pressure on the government in order to ensure that we help shape policy rather than simply reacting to it.
We must keep our vigilance if we are to keep our woodland and protect some of our most iconic landscapes here in Kent.
Jamie Weir, CPRE Protect Kent, Ashford
I, like Dr Rodney Pell, am of the older generation and also from a military family and while in no way denigrating the individual bravery of the men and women who serve in our armed forces and make the ultimate sacrifice, would wish to redress the balance of Dr Pells comments (February Kent Life, page 10).
Firstly I suspect, like me, that Dr Pell is of an age to have been the beneficiary of grant aided free higher education but perhaps has not seen three of his children leave university and law school with debts in tens of thousands of pounds, even with our parental support. They have worked hard, gained good degrees and like their many contemporaries, seek a reasonable job, a place of their own and the ability if they wish to have a family.
As for our disastrous overseas military adventures, perhaps it is time for the likes of Dr Pell to realise that occupying foreign countries is not the way to win hearts and minds. If students and others who protested in the Million March against the war in Iraq had been listened to we would not be in the mess we are in now and our young soldiers, sailors and airmen would not need to be maimed, killed and left with lifelong mental health issues.
Listen to those who seek good outcomes in more peaceful ways.
Joe Whittaker, NW Kent
Missing Kent
Until four years ago I had lived in Kent for all but three years of my life, we moved to Lancashire for family reasons but are hoping to move back to Kent as soon as possible.
The road I have written about is my favourite place in Kent. I used to drive down it when taking my boys to Graveney Primary School and every day we saw something new, it never became boring and it is a road I miss on a daily basis; it truly does offer everything Kent has and is, and we cant wait to be home in Kent.
Faversham Road from Seasalter to Graveney is an amazing drive, no matter what time of day or time of year you drive along it. On the left hand side you have fields, and on the right is the coast with the oyster barges anchored just offshore. This three-mile stretch of road gives you everything Kent has to offer: new life, crops and fruit, the coast, which brings the holiday makers and an array of birds, from oyster catchers to grebes and majestic swans.
There are hares in the fields and hedgehogs. The sun is hot, the sunsets are amazing and the hops growing in one field will make the beer for the Sportsman Pub. Fruit and crops that will be enjoyed by so many around the country.
Kim Rafferty, Leigh, Lancashire
Eds note: Many thanks for sharing your favourite place in Kent and we look forward to welcoming you back very soon! If other readers have favourite places or drives theyd like to share, please email: editor@kent-life.co.uk.
Reel Britain
Im contacting you from the Reel History of Britain team at BBC Manchester the show will be hosted by Melvyn Bragg and will air on BBC2 in the Autumn.
We are keen to encourage readers of Kent Life to come forward and contribute to our programme.
The Reel History of Britain is a 20-part series for BBC2. The programme will focus on different aspects of British life in the 20th century, told through the rare and unseen film archive of the British Film Institute and regional film archives.
Each episode will focus on a different aspect of social history and will be filmed at a different location. We will be asking people with memories and stories to come along and watch our historical film footage and share their stories. We are filming at the Museum of Kent life on 21 April.
Our programmes cover a variety of historical themes such as evacuation in the 1940s, UK seaside holidays in the 1950s and in one episode we are looking at the changes agriculture went through in the 1930s and would be very keen for anyone with great stories about this to come forward.
We are using a fantastic film called Opping, which shows large numbers of people who went hop picking to Kent from Bermondsey. We would like great stories about farming and agriculture during the 1930s.
We arent expecting people to have vast knowledge on their subjects, just short stories which will contribute to the overall picture. It is important to mention that these memories do not have to be first hand, passed-down memories are just as good.
Gordon Hart, Reel History of Britain,
BBC Manchester
Eds note: I am sure many readers will have family memories they would like to share of hop picking in Kent. Please email: editor@kent-life.co.uk and I will forward all your responses to the BBC.
Your letters and feedback are warmly welcomed at Kent Life, however, we reserve the right to edit if necessary. Please email: editor@kent-life.co.uk
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Democrats Push Trump Administration on Immigration Oversight
CAPITOL HILL - Congressional Democrats hope to put last month's scuffle over the $4.6 billion emergency border bill behind them with renewed oversight of the Trump administration's immigration policies and legislation to strengthen protections for families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The push comes amid reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin nationwide immigration raids Sunday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday, "It's never too late to do the right thing for the children, and when it comes to children, again, I'm the lioness, I'm just going to protect our cubs. And so we're going to use every legislative tactic at our disposal."
House legislation
House Democrats introduced a series of measures earlier this week intended to address the gap between a House-passed bill restricting the Trump administration's operations on the border and the Senate version of the bill that ended up passing both chambers in June.
Democratic leadership had to quell a rebellion from House progressives who objected to voting for the Senate version of the bill, which provided emergency funding to address the humanitarian crisis at the border. A handful of Democrats refused to vote for that bill on the ground it enabled the Trump administration's treatment of asylum-seekers.
Pelosi declined to answer if she would attach this week's measures to must-pass legislation, a move that would avoid a repeat of the embarrassing scenario the leadership encountered last month.
Republican leadership pointed to the new legislation as proof Democrats were finally acknowledging problems on the border.
"I'm just excited that now the Democrats realize there's a crisis," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California said. "The problem is their lack of action made the crisis worse, or lack of action when it comes to the supplemental."
Republicans argue Democrats have failed to address increases in undocumented immigration, harming the children and families they want to help.
"By refusing to address our border crisis, we invite child smuggling and child abuse," Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said on the Senate floor Thursday. "Nobody who is compassionate, nobody who wants to be virtuous, nobody who cares about other human beings would want to perpetuate what is happening at the border for even a single day."
But Democrats argue the Trump administration is creating the crisis. Senate Democrats Thursday introduced legislation addressing the administration's family detention policy, while recognizing it has no chance of passing the Republican-controlled chamber.
"If Democrats were in the majority, we'd move this legislation immediately," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said. "We're not. And the question looms: Will [Majority] Leader [Mitch] McConnell stand up for the children and work with us to pass these new standards into law?"
The bill would seek a legislative end to the policy of separating migrant parents from children, along with mandating congressional oversight of children in custody.
"This is a conscious policy decision by this administration to create what they call a deterrent, to make the mistreatment of people at the border a signal and message to people across the world that the door is closed in the United States for asylum and for refuge. And they're doing this in a conscious manner," Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said.
The effort in both chambers provides Democratic lawmakers with political cover with constituents concerned about Trump administration policies. But lawmakers are likely to gain more traction with oversight efforts in committees.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Friday will examine claims of inhumane conditions by members of Congress who visited border detention facilities, as well as hear testimony from officials charged with oversight of the government agencies overseeing detention facilities. In a hearing next week, the committee will hear testimony from acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan.
Additionally, the House Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas Thursday that would assist an investigation into administration policies at the border.
The investigation would require administration officials to answer questions about reports President Donald Trump offered then-Customs and Border Protection Commissioner McAleenan a pardon if he was jailed for obeying a presidential order denying asylum seekers entry into the United States.
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Posted: Fri 8:40 PM, Jun 21, 2019 |
Updated: Fri 9:41 PM, Jun 21, 2019
BISMARCK, N.D. - Many college students may take the summer off, but there's no break when it comes to finding money for school.
According to the New York Fed, there is $1.5 trillion of student debt in America, and some states are expanding their role in relieving that pressure.
According to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, North Dakota led the country in increased spending per student from 2008 to 2017; increasing more than 37 percent. While other states were cutting higher education during the recession, North Dakota was one of five states to increase funding.
"Our legislature has been very good about continuing to fund education to the point to where we are ahead of all other states in that regard, and that's enabled us to move from 41st on how much we're funded to the 9th," said Jennifer Weber, North Dakota University System Institutional Research director.
In the following years, the University System would see a budget cuts of nearly 20 percent; affecting students and their costs. And some students are more unprepared for those costs than others.
"I visited with a family this the spring and I said, 'I imagine your son has the FAFSA all lined up,' and they said, 'What's FAFSA?'. So I knew that they didn't. So that was kind of a teaching lesson, or a teaching moment, right then to educate the family on what FAFSA is," said Sen. Joan Heckaman, D-New Rockford.
Some states are taking the extra step in protecting students from debt. Yahoo! Finance reported that Maine passed a Student Loan Bill of Rights to protect students from malpractice by loan collectors.
When asked about a Student Loan Bill of Rights in North Dakota, Heckaman didn't say there was a need for that nor that one was being considered.
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Trip Idea: Cliff Coast
Untamed beauty on the Wild Atlantic Way
Home Trip Ideas Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
Driving Driving
Introducing the Cliff Coast – it's nothing short of epic as you meander between Galway Bay and Tralee
Be wowed with panoramic views from dramatic cliff edges. Feel blasts of fresh sea air with lighthouse walks. Get up close to dolphins, grab a fireside seat at a traditional music session and walk along some of Ireland's most exhilarating coastal scenery. Here come the cliffs between Galway and Tralee...
Galway to Tralee
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From the cobbled streets of Galway to the cool grey rock of the Burren, journey through beautiful landscapes, past fairytale castles and into the heart of Ireland's neolithic past.
A driving 41 mins
Galway city
Medieval lives and delicious seafood
Famous for its culture, "craic" and laidback bohemian vibes, Galway city is perfectly suited for exploring on foot, and a walking tour is a great way to enjoy it. Get a history fix at the Galway City Museum, soak up the medieval atmosphere of the Spanish Arch overlooking the sea, or grab a bite to eat in Ard Bia, Kai or McDonagh’s – a top spot for fish and chips.
Come at festival time
Join the fun at the Galway International Arts Festival (July) when the City of Tribes becomes a festival of surprises.
B driving 25 mins
Dunguaire Castle
See a fairytale castle
Perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking Galway Bay, Dunguaire Castle is the star of a million photos. This craggy, romantic 16th century tower sits just outside the pretty village of Kinvara, and in the early 20th century was a meeting place for some of Ireland’s greatest writers, including WB Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and JM Synge.
If you have more time
Book ahead and make a night of it with dinner and literary readings at the Dunguaire Castle Banquet (seasonal).
Traditional Ballyvaughan and the moon-like Burren
The picturesque little village of Ballyvaughan is the perfect place to start exploring one of Ireland’s most incredible landscapes – the Burren, part of the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark. Stark grey rock tumbles over the land here right down to the Atlantic Ocean, and following a walking trail from the village is a great way to experience this karst limestone region up close. In the village, stop off for a cake at the Alice in Wonderland-style An Fear Gorta Tea and Garden Rooms – it’s a delight.
If you're visiting on a Saturday between May and October, the Ballyvaughan Farmers' Market has everything you'll need for a picnic!
Journey to the centre of the earth – almost – then emerge to roar at the impeccably stunning Cliffs of Moher.
D driving 29 mins
Ailwee Cave
Venture into a magical underworld
You can't visit this part of the world without going underground – at least for a little while. Deep down in the Aillwee Cave, nestled into a limestone terraced mountainside, you can seek out fossils, explore beautiful caverns and wander through the chasms and bridges carved through the limestone over millions of years. Don't want to go below ground? Talk a Hawk Walk with a feathered friend at the Burren Birds of Prey Centre.
E driving 14 mins
Feel the vibes of a trad music pub in Doolin
Passing through the lively village of Lisdoonvarna, the road winds around until you get to Doolin – one of the best places in Ireland to catch some traditional music. Stop for a bite to eat at the Wild Honey Inn, just outside Lisdoonvarna, then step into McGann's or Gus O'Connor's in the evening, and you'll find a toe-tapping music session taking place, with a great warm atmosphere that keeps things going late into the night.
Make a date – literally – at the brilliant Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival (September).
Roar at the Cliffs of Moher
Stretching out into the mist along the Irish coastline, the Cliffs of Moher are jaw-droppingly beautiful. Waves crash below, seabirds whirl above and paths wind along the cliff-edge with photo opportunities all the way. Unmissable. If you want to get a closer look, book online for the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience where you'll get the best rates, best times and guaranteed entry. Or take a walk along the incredible Cliff Path (8km) from Doolin – all that exercise is well worth it for the views.
Take a cruise and marvel at the scale of the cliffs from sea level – you may even spot the sea cave that featured in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! A number of ferry companies operate cruises from Doolin Pier.
Loop Head
Watch the aqua acrobatics from this fine surfing hub, before journeying to a place called Lover's Leap.
G driving 45 mins
Lahinch
Laidback vibes in Lahinch
Boasting a scenic location at the tip of Liscannor Bay, Lahinch is a small and buzzy coastal village that’s a big hit with surfers. Surfing makes for a fascinating spectator sport, so pick your vantage point and watch the thrills on the waves – any time of year. Or perhaps you'd prefer to be on the greens at Lahinch Golf Club, a world-renowned links course that's challenged many a great since opening in the 1890s.
Drop into the very friendly Barrtrá Seafood restaurant just outside Lahinch for deliciously fresh fish and shellfish.
H driving 31 mins
Kilkee Cliff Trail
Walk on the wild side in Kilkee
A favourite holiday haunt since Victorian times, Kilkee – the gateway to Loop Head – has seen Lord Alfred Tennyson, Charlotte Brontë, Che Guevara, Richard Harris and Russell Crowe all head here to refresh the soul and the spirit. Protected from the full force of the Atlantic by a reef called Duggerna Rock, take a walk on the wild side along the Kilkee Cliff Walk – an exhilarating 8km loop that takes you past natural swimming spots called the Pollock Holes, incredible blow holes along the cliff edges. Stunning.
Pop into Murphy Blacks in Kilkee for a great selection of seafood dishes – and to hear the secret of Kilstiffin – a hidden city that appears just once every 100 years!
Feel the power of nature at Loop Head
Follow the one main road, criss-crossed by quiet boreens (narrow country roads), and you're at the place where the sheltered Shannon Estuary meets the Atlantic Ocean. This is Loop Head, where the views stretch out to the Blasket Islands in Kerry, and spotting dolphins, whales, seals and seabirds is commonplace. This is another spot with a World War II relic: large white letters spelling ÉIRE were placed on the peninsula to let pilots know they were entering neutral airspace. Climb to the top of the lighthouse and look down on Ross Beach, where sea urchins, barnacles, limpets, and the beautiful strawberry anemone rest. Nature at its finest.
Just past the lighthouse you'll find Lover's Leap – a giant sea stack with an intriguing legend, aptly called Diarmuid and Gráinne’s Rock.
Let the Atlantic winds heighten your senses while out at sea with the dolphins, before taking a sip at the home of the Irish Coffee.
J driving 1 hr 56 mins
Say hello to the dolphins
At the very place where the Shannon River opens into the Atlantic Ocean is Europe's largest group of bottlenose dolphins. A beautiful sight! Take a boat trip with Dolphinwatch at Carrigaholt, and see these wonderful creatures (and perhaps a few grey seals) in their natural habitat. Back on land, you might catch a glimpse of a herd of wild goats or even nesting seabirds. No surprise then that this place is one of the BBC Wildlife Magazine's Top Ten Attractions in Ireland!
The Killimer-Tarbert car ferry not only cuts down travelling time, it straddles the counties of Clare and Kerry, taking in some terrific scenery all the way!
K driving 42 mins
Aviation history and an Irish Coffee
“Is this Brazilian coffee?”, someone asked. “No," replied Joe, "that's Irish Coffee." It's one of the many tales you'll hear at the Flying Boat and Maritime Museum in Foynes, County Limerick. Invented in 1942 by chef Joe Sheridan at Foynes Port, where planes en route from Europe to America would stop to refuel, he whipped it up one cold winter’s night for passengers who were delayed due to bad weather! Of course, the museum is also a haven for those enthralled with the brave stories from aviation history.
King John's Castle
Festivals, food and fun for all the family – Limerick City is a vibrant hub sitting on the edge of the River Shannon. There is a real sense of history to this ancient city with its unique antique stores and artisan café’s not to mention the array of museums and galleries housed here. After a busy day exploring the Georgian Quarter you can take a load off in one of the bustling bars and chat to locals about their beloved sport – rugby!
Escape the city and head for the coast again to tee off at Ballybunion Golf Club. Once visited by Tiger Woods, the renowned Ballybunion Golf Club can be your last stop before making your way to Tralee.
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Foster claims Sinn Féin voters ready to vote DUP over abortion
‘I have had emails from people in the Republic of Ireland feeling disenfranchised’
Sun, Jun 3, 2018, 11:58
DUP leader Arlene Foster claims she has received emails from Nationalists and Republicans in Northern Ireland after the abortion referendum not quite believing what is going on. Photograph: PA
Sinn Féin voters are prepared to vote for the rival Democratic Unionist Party because of its uncompromising stance against abortion, DUP leader Arlene Foster has claimed.
Mrs Foster said her party had been contacted by nationalists and republicans in the wake of the Republic’s landslide referendum to remove the Eighth Amendment.
Speaking to Sky News she said they recognised the DUP was “the only party that supports the unborn”, after calls for Northern Ireland strict laws to be eased in the wake of the Irish vote.
Abortion is illegal in all but the most exceptional of circumstances in Northern Ireland and Mrs Foster has already insisted any change should be a matter for the assembly in Belfast - which has been suspended for months.
Sinn Féin campaigned for a Yes vote in the referendum although one of its TDs, Meath West’s Peadar Tóibín was prominent in opposing the referendum.
Sinn Féin is due to discuss the issue of abortion at its ard fheis (party conference) later this month.
In an interview on Sunday, Mrs Foster told Sky there were people across Northern Ireland who “who feel so very strongly about this issue that they will cast their vote on that basis”.
She said: “I have had emails from people in the Republic of Ireland feeling very disenfranchised about what has happened in the Republic of Ireland.
“I have had emails from Nationalists and Republicans in Northern Ireland not quite believing what is going on and saying they will be voting for the DUP because they believe we are the only party that supports the unborn,” she claimed.
Some 66.4 per cent of Irish voters backed repeal in the referendum.
Mrs Foster criticised some of the celebrations by those who supported the repeal, telling Sky: “It certainly does not deserve some of the antics that we’ve seen recently frankly and I did find it, I have to say, quite distasteful to see people dancing about on the streets in relation to the referendum results. This is a serious subject.”
British prime minister Theresa May faces a political headache over calls to act because her fragile administration depends on the support of the ten DUP MPs.
Westminster politicians in favour of a change have suggested the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill promised by ministers could be used as a vehicle for MPs hoping to change the law in Northern Ireland.
The devolved Stormont Assembly has not sat for months following a row between former coalition partners the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin over a botched green energy scheme.
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Super Junior’s Heechul Is Now An Official YouTube Streamer
He’ll be gaming, talking, and more!
Super Junior‘s Kim Heechul joins the many idols who have turned into streaming not only as a hobby but as part of their many talented careers.
He recently announced his plans of becoming a streamer through his personal Instagram account. Also revealing his personal Youtube account, Heetube.
A post shared by Kim Hee Chul (@kimheenim) on Dec 6, 2018 at 1:19am PST
He started his first stream a few hours ago and it was a big hit for his many fans and followers.
Heechul has always voiced out his love for gaming in various interviews in the past and it seems like he has managed to merge his two favorites together!
Truly living his “Game-Dol” title. Will be you catching Heechul’s stream soon?
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Homestories on progressLongevity gene that makes Hydra immortal also controls human aging
Longevity gene that makes Hydra immortal also controls human aging
The Hydra polyp reproduces by budding rather than mating. It is about 1 cm in size. Credit: CAU/Fraune)
Why is the polyp Hydra immortal? Researchers from Kiel University decided to study it — and unexpectedly discovered a link to aging in humans.
The study carried out by together with the Keil University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)
The tiny freshwater polyp Hydra does not show any signs of aging and is potentially immortal. There is a rather simple biological explanation for this: these animals exclusively reproduce by budding rather than by mating.
A prerequisite for such vegetative-only reproduction is that each polyp contains stem cells capable of continuous proliferation. Due to its immortality, Hydra has been the subject of many studies regarding aging processes for several years.
When people get older, more and more of their stem cells lose the ability to proliferate and thus to form new cells. Aging tissue cannot regenerate any more, which is why for example muscles decline. Elderly people tend to feel weaker because their heart muscles are affected by this aging process as well.
If it were possible to influence these aging processes, humans could feel physically better for much longer. Studying animal tissue such as those of Hydra — an animal full of active stem cells during all its life — could deliver valuable insight into stem cell aging.
Human longevity gene discovered in Hydra
“Surprisingly, our search for the gene that causes Hydra to be immortal led us to the FoxO gene,“ says Anna-Marei Böhm, PhD student and first author of the study. The FoxO gene exists in all animals and humans and has been known for years. However, until now it was not known why human stem cells become fewer and inactive with increasing age, or which biochemical mechanisms are involved, and whether or not FoxO played a role in aging.
So the research group isolated Hydra’s stem cells and then screened all of their genes. They examined FoxO in several genetically modified polyps: Hydra with normal FoxO, with inactive FoxO, and with enhanced FoxO. The scientists were able to show that animals without FoxO possess significantly fewer stem cells.
Interestingly, the immune system in animals with inactive FoxO also changes drastically. Drastic changes of the immune system similar to those observed in Hydra are also known from elderly humans,“ explains Philip Rosenstiel of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology at UKSH, whose research group contributed to the study.
“Our research group demonstrated for the first time that there is a direct link between the FoxO gene and aging,“ says Thomas Bosch from the Zoological Institute of Kiel University, who led the Hydra study. “FoxO has been found to be particularly active in centenarians — people older than one hundred years — which is why we believe that FoxO plays a key role in aging — not only in Hydra but also in humans.“
However, the hypothesis cannot be verified on humans, as this would require a genetic manipulation of humans. Bosch stresses however that the current results are still a big step forward in explaining how humans age. The next step will be to study how the longevity gene FoxO works in Hydra, and how environmental factors influence FoxO activity.
The study has two major conclusions: It confirms that the FoxO gene plays a decisive role in the maintenance of stem cells, and thus determines the life span of animals; and it shows that aging and longevity of organisms depend on two factors: the maintenance of stem cells and the maintenance of a functioning immune system.
The study was funded by the German Research Foundation DFG.
Anna-Marei Boehm, Konstantin Khalturin, Friederike Anton- Erxleben, Georg Hemmrich, Javier A. Lopez-Quintero et al., FoxO is a critical regulator of stem cell maintenance in immortal Hydra, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209714109
Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech
FoxO gene plays a decisive role in the maintenance of stem cells, and thus determines the life span of animals
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December 31, 2014 |China, Civil Society, First Amendment, North Korea, The Interview
People Against the American Way
by Richard Samuelson|Leave a Comment
We have only begun to digest the full implication of the assault on Sony pictures. Assuming it indeed was perpetrated by North Korea, (and evidence is building that it may have been, at least partly, an inside job) in order to block a movie it does not like, the hack, and the extortion of a private corporation is an assault on the very idea of civil society that we Americans cherish.
December 26, 2014 |The Interview
by Mike Rappaport|Leave a Comment
I saw the movie over the Christmas holiday. While it is not the type of movie I normally watch, it is the type that my son often enjoys. He purchased it – to show support for the movie—and we watched it at home. The movie is similar to the other Seth Rogen/James Franco movie I had seen—“This Is the End” (to which my son had previously taken me). The movies are zany and juvenile, but do have their funny moments. One might wonder why The Interview occasioned such opposition from North Korea. Spoilers follow: I read somewhere that Kim Jong Un opposed…
December 18, 2014 |Book of Mormon, North Korea, Salman Rushdie, Team America, The Interview
The Meaning of Decadence
by Lauren Weiner|1 Comment
[Update: According to the Washington Post, yesterday Paramount Pictures, the maker of Team America, pulled that film—a 2004 puppet animation satirizing Kim Jong Il, among other targets—from all theaters. Alamo Drafthouse’s defiant showing of it will apparently not take place.]
Last month, when hackers invaded the personal and medical information of every employee of Sony Pictures, and then threatened to bomb any theater that screened the studio’s new movie, The Interview, the reaction was clueless.
It was a Seth Rogen comedy about the assassination of Kim Jong Un, and the hackers were presumed to be the North Koreans or their proxies. Here was a private American company being punished by sophisticated cyber-attackers from abroad who menaced life and limb. But so what—Rogen and other Hollywood figures like Aaron Sorkin did nothing but complain about the disclosure of their private emails in the massive cyber attack. The entertainment press that covers them (such as the website The Wrap) was similarly preoccupied, hyping the gossipy highlights of those emails.
That this was shaping up as a much bigger event became inescapable yesterday, though.
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Cigar Smoker's Rights Hub
Cigars smokers are an easy crowd to pick on. We are low in numbers, the least vocal, and most of us are just too damn busy. The whole reason that we smoke cigars is to relax, reflect, and sip a premium single malt with other like minded people. To make matters worse our hobby has been co-opted by visions of mobsters, corporate imagery, and the opulence of the super rich. So when you add up our vulnerabilities and liabilities the only thing left is our awareness. The more of us that are aware of the threats to our culture the more we can rally behind those that are fighting in our favor. Furthermore, awareness facilitates our ability act locally, evangelize our cause in everyday conversations, and contribute to individuals and/or groups on our side. We can no longer wait idly while government forces plot against us unjustly.
To that end, I am glad to present the Cigar Smoker’s Rights Hub. Consider this a one stop shop for all things related to legislation that threatens cigar culture in America. Famous Smoke has done all the heavy lifting to amass the legal data and news in one central repository but it's up to all of us to put our shoulder to the wheel of progress.
Visit this URL to stay abreast of all things related to the FDA and its crusade against cigar culture
http://fda.famous-smoke.com/
From the press release
EASTON, PA--(Marketwired - March 30, 2017) - Famous Smoke Shop, the leading online distributor of discounted premium cigars, has debuted their new interactive Cigar Smokers' Rights Hub. Crafted in response to the US Food & Drug Administration's 2016 Final Deeming Rule regarding premium cigars and other tobacco products, the Famous Smoke guide presents cigar enthusiasts with a history of legal actions affecting the tobacco industry. The Smokers' Rights Hub also offers cigar smokers a detailed understanding of how FDA's new regulations will negatively impact the premium cigar industry, and the legal challenges that have been mounted against the agency's sweeping new rules.
"The rights of adult cigar enthusiasts to purchase and enjoy a completely legal product are quickly going up in flames." Arthur Zaretsky is the president and owner of Famous Smoke Shop, who has launched a Cigar Smokers' Rights Hub -- a website devoted to educating consumers about the Food & Drug Administration's Final Deeming Rule concerning premium cigars. FDA released 499 pages of new and strict cigar regulations in August of 2016, filled with measures, rulings, definitions and fees that "completely overstepped the authority FDA was given by Congress to regulate tobacco," says Zaretsky. His company's goal is to inform customers -- and cigar enthusiasts at large -- about how these rules are shortchanging consumers, unfair to business and in violation of US law. "The agency is going at this regulation, and the costs associated with compliance, blindly. FDA has failed to perform an adequate, legitimate cost-benefit analysis of the Final Rule's economic impact on small businesses, as is required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act," says Zaretsky, who adds, "the FDA is defying the law."
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Peanut immunotherapy may be increasing allergic reactions
Despite effectively inducing desensitisation in the clinic, oral immunotherapy for peanut allergies appears to considerably increase allergic and anaphylactic reactions, compared with avoidance or placebo.
That’s according to a systematic review including 12 studies and more than 1000 patients, published in The Lancet. The findings of the review thus highlight the gap between outcomes measured in the clinic and the allergy relief outcomes that patients desire.
Food allergy is a growing global problem, with peanut allergies affecting 2% of children and 1% of adults in high-income countries. There is no treatment for allergies, other than avoidance and medication to treat allergic reactions or anaphylaxis.
Immunotherapy is an investigational therapy for allergies that involves repeated exposure over time to gradually increasing doses of the allergen, with the aim of reducing allergic reactions. Studies of oral immunotherapy currently measure treatment success by whether a treated patient can pass a supervised food challenge, but this cannot predict a patient’s future risk and frequency of allergic reactions in the real world.
“Numerous studies of varying quality have been published on oral immunotherapy, but its effectiveness and reliability remains unclear,” said lead author Dr Derek Chu, from McMaster University.
Dr Chu and his co-authors combined results from 12 randomised controlled trials from the USA, UK, Europe and Australia (including three unpublished trials) including 1041 patients to compare outcomes after oral immunotherapy with those after no oral immunotherapy. The trials compared oral immunotherapy against placebo, avoidance or other types of immunotherapy, and used different peanut products and doses.
The average age of participants in the studies was around nine years of age, and participants were followed for a year on average. The study measured anaphylaxis (data for this was available in nine trials), allergic or adverse reactions (10 trials), epinephrine use (nine trials) and quality of life (three trials).
The results suggest that, compared with no oral immunotherapy, peanut oral immunotherapy increases the risk and frequency of anaphylaxis (by around three times, from 7.1% without oral immunotherapy to 22.2% with oral immunotherapy), epinephrine use (by around two times, from 3.7% without to 8.2% with) and serious adverse events (by around two times, from 6.2% without to 11.9% with) to a similar extent during build-up and maintenance. Allergic reactions involving the gastrointestinal tract (vomiting, abdominal pain, mouth itching), skin and mucous membranes (hives or urticaria and swelling or angioedema), nose (congestion or rhinitis) and lungs (wheeze or asthma) also increased.
“Our study … shows that current peanut oral immunotherapy regimens can achieve the immunological goal of desensitisation, but that this outcome does not translate into achieving the clinical and patient-desired aim of less allergic reactions and anaphylaxis over time,” said Dr Chu. “Instead, the opposite outcome occurs, with more allergic and adverse reactions with oral immunotherapy compared with avoidance or placebo.”
The researchers did find that quality of life was no better in people receiving oral immunotherapy compared to those that did not. The authors note that this is in contrast to observational studies, and this may be due to those studies not being controlled for confounding and bias. They note that large, well-done randomised controlled trials are required to clarify the effect, if any, of peanut oral immunotherapy on quality of life.
The authors conclude that their findings favour avoidance over current forms of oral immunotherapy if a patient wishes to avoid peanut-induced anaphylaxis and allergic reactions, and that the increased risk of reactions associated with these regimens might be a substantial barrier to widespread adoption by patients with peanut allergies. They say that in future research, it will be important to clarify patient values and preferences regarding food allergy therapies in general — understanding what patients expect from treatment, and what outcomes are desirable and undesirable.
“Our results do not denounce current research in oral immunotherapy, but the method needs to be more carefully considered, improvements in safety made and measures of success need to be aligned with patients’ wishes,” said Dr Chu.
Writing in a linked Comment, Graham Roberts and Elizabeth Angier from the University of Southampton noted that it might be useful to compare oral with epicutaneous immunotherapy.
“Although epicutaneous immunotherapy is less effective, it has a better safety profile than oral immunotherapy, which some patients might find more acceptable,” they wrote. “Finally, we should not forget that we now know that the early introduction of peanut products into the infant diet can prevent most cases of peanut allergy. Moving forward we need to develop implementation strategies to reduce the number of patients with peanut allergy.”
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The Villages of Naxos, Part II: Secrets Revealed. Beauty Unveiled!
Naxos Villages
Following our previous post with the nearby to the Lagos Mare Boutique Hotel and Agios Prokopios villages of Naxos, today we are going a few kilometres further. Keep in mind that Naxos is a big island so the hinterland thrills do stop so quickly.
Apiranthos village, Naxos. You will have to drive approximately 28 km. from Lagos Mare Hotel to reach one of the most beautiful and famous Naxos villages. You will come to Apiranthos primarily for the views to the valleys, the 3 museums (Archaelogical, Folklore & Geological), to have lunch at the taverns or a coffee with a traditional dessert at the cafes, to visit the churches and to wonder around the alleys of this village to feel the allure and the heartbeat of Naxos’s centre!
Chalki village, Naxos. If you don’t want to “climp” up to Apiranthos, then go to Chalki village. After 18 km. from Lagos Mare, you will be in the heart of agricultural Naxos. The former capital of the island is now a charming village with impressive architecture, many Towers, like the Gratsia Tower, and of course a lot of important churches. Finish your visit to Chalki village with a stop at Valindra Distilery to taste and buy the Naxos’s most famous taste; the Citrus liquor.
Filoti village, Naxos. We stay in the area where after 2 km. from Chalki, we find the village of Filoti. We make a stop here for a stroll to this amphitheatrically built village with the beautiful views and the neighbours with the traditional whitewashed houses.
Kinidaros village, Naxos. We are now starting moving towards the north side of Naxos Island to reach up to the village of Apolonas. Before that and after 20 km. from Lagos Mare, we make stop to the village of Kinidaros for the lavish scenery and to see the marble mines where the famous Naxian marble was extracted during the ancient times.
Moni Village, Naxos. Next stop is the village of Moni for a stroll in the village’s alleys and to buy some traditionally made textiles by the women of the village who are famous for their craftsmanship in making beautiful pieces of textile. Also we make a stop to the church of Panagia Drosani, one of the oldest on the island.
Keramoti village, Naxos. We are now as far as 25 km from Agios Prokopios and the village of Keramoti. The village is untouched by tourism and here you will witness an authentic piece of genuine Naxos. Search her for some locally made honey.
Koronos village, Naxos. The mountainous village of Koronos is our next stop. Built at an altitude of 500 meters, enjoy there the views and some of Naxos’s best wines. Look for the Cave of Pan to enhance you stop with some points of history.
Skados village, Naxos. After Koronos and at the small village of Skados, you will take more glimpses to the greenery of Naxos.
Apollonas village, Naxos. Leave behind the mountains of Naxos and we are now in the village of Apollonas. This is a picturesque fishing village where the other Kouros, an even bigger one, of Naxos lies. Enjoy a stroll to the little port, have lunch with fresh fish at the taverns and swim at the crystal clear waters taking beautiful memories back to the Lagos Mare Boutique Hotel where you will relax.
Extra: Moutsouna village, Naxos: We saved for the last a beautiful village on the east side of the island of Naxos. After 40 km you will reach the coastline of the island. The once main port for the marble export is a beautiful fishing village with many little beaches to swim and enjoy a real Naxian and Cycladic experience!
We have now completed our journey to Naxos villages. Hope you enjoyed reading and now you feel like discovering the secrets and the beauties of Naxos. The people of Lagos Mare Boutique Hotel will be at your disposal for further information!
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How the Cloud Can Secure the Internet of Things
Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading
Over the next five to ten years, the Internet of Things (IoT) will become integral to the enterprise, with businesses deploying myriad sensors and connected devices to collect and analyze data.
A recent report by IDC finds that by 2025, there will be more than 80 billion connected IoT devices generating more than 162 zettabytes of data throughout the globe.
With all that data flowing to and from these different devices comes concerns about security.
However, there's a solution to this problem that enterprises already know a lot about: the cloud. The world's biggest and best-known cloud providers -- Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and IBM -- already provide a substantial amount of security for the applications running in their public clouds.
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It's one reason why when enterprises and their IT departments are considering an IoT project, keeping all that data in the cloud makes sense, from both a financial and security standpoint.
In a new, special feature from Enterprise Cloud News, Cloud Computing: The Secret Security Protector for IoT, the authors explore the role cloud and IoT play in how enterprises are developing their digital strategies and how businesses can protect their data.
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In addition, the report looks at how Las Vegas is developing a smart city plan that emphasizes security and privacy of the data the city collects.
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kq4ym,
11/6/2017 | 9:54:30 AM
Re: From 2020 to 2025
And 80 billion potential "messes" at that. By the time 2025 rolls around we probably can expect that security and interoperability issues of all those devices will be solved. But then again what if it isn't? Whoops.
Susan Fourtané,
10/31/2017 | 5:24:59 PM
That’s why the cloud comes to the rescue.
A mess with many pings if you actually connect it all to the same network. I can't imagine how difficult it will be for network admins to monitor all the devices. There will be plenty of automation to check for common issues, but all the alerts will be messy (probably).
danielcawrey,
Security is the biggest issue I see with IoT. It's going to be hard to secure all of these devices. You've got hardware, software and firmware all working with these protocols and standards - the whole thing just sounds like a mess to me.
Some of the technologies predicted for 2020 are moving to 2025. At least in the figures expected.
Re: Secure now, not later
I didn't really think of the data in context with prevailing attitude about Las Vegas. I think you're probably right about the coming wave of IoT data. Maybe the motto will be updated to something like "whatever happens in Vegas is stored on a Vegas-only cloud"...probably not
That should be interesting indeed. And how Las Vegas gets along with it's plan to collect data might be worth noting, while thinking one might wonder if they manage so well the cloud "that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." Security is going to be a big big concern as "80 billion connected IoT devices generating more than 162 zettabytes of data," go bigtime by 2025. And what comes after zettabytes anyway?
Secure now, not later
This sounds like an excellent series. I can't wait to dig in!
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Pay what you decide this Spring
As I am sure many of our eagle-eyed followers are already aware, our Spring Brochure has just sprung. There are so many awesome shows coming along to get everyone excited (Perhaps a few Christmas gifts in the making??). I have listed a few of the ‘pay what you decide’ favourites that are coming very very soon.
Just remember: all you need to do is book the show online or from our box office (for free), and you can pay whatever you think it is worth at the end of the show. So there is genuinely no pressure to spend anything! Pay what you decide is that simple. We’ll see you there.
Luca Rutherford’s Political Party
Friday 8th February
Luca reached a point where thinking about politics made her want to lie down on the pavement and not get up. Instead of doing this she is throwing a party. A political party. There will be music, dancing and eggs! No know-it-alls. No big words. You are invited!
This is a show about how we do politics instead of talking about it.
We Are What We Overcome
Fresh from a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, uplifting anthemic tunes punctuate stories and conversation, shedding light on Mental Health with self-depreciating honesty and dark humour.
‘Moments of bright energy shine through’ – Storge
‘Songs with substance, somewhere between Folk, Gospel & pure Rock n Roll’ – Liveamp.com
Sonia Sabri Company: Virago
Virago means ‘female warrior’ in Latin and Vira is ‘the brave one’ in Hindi. A Virago is a woman of great stature, strength, and courage. The show explores the choices and decisions we must make as we go through life regardless of gender: there is no clear path to do the right thing, only options, and not all of them are easy.
‘Virago’ is vibrant, compelling, brave and dynamic. It explores the light vs dark and the real vs fairytale versions of female existence, teasing the audience with perceptions and misconceptions of the woman and gender.
Beyond The Horizon: Metamorphosis
Wednesday 6th March
‘As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.’
The critically-acclaimed Beyond The Horizon present their haunting, twisted reimagining of Franz Kafka’s absurd tale.
One morning, Gregor wakes up and doesn’t feel quite right. He soon realises that – seemingly for no reason whatsoever – he has been cursed with an affliction unlike any other. Before long the metamorphosis takes hold of his mind and his loved ones, transforming their love for him into disgust and his love for them into torment.
Bess- The Commoner Queen
Thursday 14th March
A unique insight into the political intrigues of Elizabethan England, as witnessed first-hand by “Bess of Hardwick”. Bess was the closest female friend and Lady-in-Waiting to Elizabeth I and, at the same time, confidante to Mary Queen of Scots, whom Bess and her 4th husband (the Earl of Shrewsbury) kept under “house-arrest” for over 15 years until Mary’s execution.
This is a female story of survival and astonishing business success in the brutal world of Elizabethan politics.
Lost in Translation Circus: Hotel Paradiso
Spectacle, comedy, drama and delight – Lost in Translation Circus present a brilliantly funny new circus/theatre show for all the family.
Meet Madame and the charming staff of the quirkily ineffective Hotel Paradiso – and their arch enemy the dastardly Banker, who schemes to repossess the hotel. As the tenants introduce us to their beloved home we witness their battle with the Banker. Will they manage to stay open, or will they be forced to move on?
The cast of 6 highly skilled acrobats, clowns and jugglers tell the story of how the tenants battle to save their home and livelihood.
Vamos Theatre: A Brave Face
Wednesday 24th April
Ryan is there to see the world, learn a trade, get a life. Training is complete, combat is a buzz; he’s part of a team, and knows his job. But on one particular hot and desperate tour of duty, Ryan sees things he can’t talk about, to anyone. And then, when he returns home, the trouble really begins.
A Brave Face explores Post-Traumatic Stress, an unseen and often unrecognised injury of war, and the impact it can have on even the closest of families. With compassion and fearlessness, Vamos brings its trademark, wordless, full mask style to a story that needs to be told.
A Brave Face is suitable for audiences aged 12 years and upwards, and is accessible to hearing and d/Deaf audiences alike.
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The investment will help True Balance expand to the 15 telecom circles in India.
Softbank Ventures Korea invests in True Balance
1 min read . Updated: 29 Mar 2016, 08:00 PM IST Priyanka Sahay
True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, is currently working in seven telecom circles
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New Delhi: Softbank Ventures Korea, the venture capital arm of Japan’s SoftBank, has invested an undisclosed amount in True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, the company said in a statement.
It will use the fund for product enhancement and expansion.
Gurgaon-based Balance Hero Co. Ltd, which runs True Balance was founded in September 2014 by Korean origin entrepreneur Charlie (Cheolwon) Lee, who has been in India for almost a decade.
The company provides services such as balance check, call log, data pack assessment, and recharge service for prepaid android smartphone users. It uses big data to give real-time information on plans and offers and helps users earn and recharge balance as well.
The app is currently working in seven telecom circles with more than 40% monthly active users. The investment will help the company expand to the 15 telecom circles in India.
“The finger-swiping app to check balance is built in an intelligent, fault-tolerant way. What attracted us to True Balance is that it is purpose-built for centralizing and analyzing balance log data, enabling it to be the most valuable, as a potential mobile wallet, for the future," said JP Lee, director of SoftBank Ventures Korea.
It has previously raised seed funding from a Korean VC, Bon Angels partners among others.
The company claims to have crossed 2 million downloads and has targeted 10 million downloads in the next nine months. SoftBank Ventures Korea was established in 2000 as a subsidiary of SoftBank Group. It has been investing in various digital technology companies along with its major communications business.
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This Superyacht Cruise Will Take You From Antarctica to the Arctic Circle
With 110 suites and amenities like three marinas you can sail to the ends of the Earth in the lap of luxury.
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Antarctica isn’t generally associated with luxury, but yacht and cruise company SeaDream Yacht Club is here to change that with a massive new ship that will set sail to the literal ends of the earth—from the South Pole all the way to the North Pole—and everywhere in between.
The new 508-foot megayacht is called the SeaDream Innovation, and offers 110 suites and a one-to-one guest to crew ratio for boutique luxury no matter where you are on the seven seas.
Nine decks aboard the ship put commercial cruise lines to shame, with roomy elegant suites ranging from 502 to 1,008 square feet offering walk-in closets, a dining space, seating area, and tasteful decor with clean, neutral colors.
Other amenities on board include indoor and outdoor dining for amazing views of the ocean or port, three marinas, water sports once the ship docks, and—perhaps most importantly—incredible itineraries to some of the most beautiful places in the world, both arctic and tropical.
Innovation’s first voyage will be a 70-day cruise in September 2021 from London to Argentina, with stops in Spain, the Bahamas, Chile, and Antarctica.
Other itineraries include an 88-day cruise from Argentina to Antarctica to see emperor penguins and then to Longyearbyen, Norway, to see polar bears—with stops in other, milder ports like Spain along the way.
After it sets sail in 2021 the ship will sail to 200 ports in 49 countries on all seven continents.
You can check out all of SeaDream's voyages on the Innovation or the company's other two ships right here.
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COOLROOMS Atocha is a new concept of luxury hotel with 35 spacious rooms in a 19th-century palace in the heart of Madrid. Its privileged location in the Barrio de las Letras is unbeatable — close to the Prado Museum, the majestic Plaza Mayor and the bustling thoroughfare of Gran Vía, COOLROOMS Atocha is also just a stone’s throw from the Sociedad Cervantina, where the first edition of Don Quijote was printed.
The art of giving visitors a warm welcome, and the exceptional level of service offered, are implicit in the culture of COOLROOMS Atocha, where guests can expect perfection at every turn.
Palatial, but still fresh and cosmopolitan, COOLROOMS Atocha is full of details, including a spectacular entrance guarded by the figure of Hermes. It’s a nod to the success and triumph of the building’s former owner, the High official of the Overseas Ministry and Knight of the Order of Carlos III. The old carriage pass, with spectacularly high ceilings, leads directly to a secret garden with a small pool, and the grand staircase is also considered an Asset of Cultural Interest.
Its elegant rooms are unusually spacious for Madrid and are bathed in natural light. Designed to straddle the boundary between the classic and the contemporary, rooms include two Coolsuites, which come with their own private rooftop terrace and outdoor Jacuzzi.
Food is overseen by Joseba Guijarro, an acclaimed chef with a Michelin star to his name, who offers a contemporary take on much-loved home-style cooking. El 34 pinchos bar evokes the concept of its famous sister restaurant, Casa Lita, in Santander, and serves a varied collection of small bites using the best fresh produce.
The lounge bar is also the perfect spot for an evening tipple before heading out to soak up the atmosphere of the Spanish capital.
What’s more is that COOLROOMS Atocha offers a variety of unforgettable experiences for its guests, such as Harley Davidson tours around Madrid, photography courses in the city’s most photogenic spots, yoga sessions and mindfulness in the hotel garden, even VIP programmes for the Madrid Open or Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
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HARRISBURG, PA - The Board of Game Commissioners today took preliminary action to update the state’s list of threatened and endangered species, which includes downgrading three protected cave bat species and reclassifying them as state endangered species.
The three bat species, all of which have been decimated by white-nose syndrome since it appeared in Pennsylvania in 2008, are the northern long-eared bat, tri-colored bat and little brown bat.
Additionally, the board voted preliminarily to upgrade the peregrine falcon’s status from endangered to threatened; upgrade the piping plover from extirpated to endangered, and list the red knot – a federally threatened species – as a threatened species within Pennsylvania, as well.
The northern long-eared bat was listed as a federal threatened species in April 2015. In addition, tri-colored bats and little brown bats currently are being considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
A state listing allows for the Game Commission to work with industry that might have projects affected by the presence of endangered or threatened species. While projects will continue to be reviewed by the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI), regarding bats, the proposal would affect projects only if they’re within 300 meters of a recent maternity roost, hibernacula or capture location for threatened or endangered bats. Sites that held these bats prior to the arrival of white-nose syndrome, but not since, won’t affect projects.
If the preliminarily approved measure is adopted, only 34 new hibernation sites and 112 maternity sites statewide would be added into the PNDI.
Through a state-endangered listing, the Game Commission will coordinate with developers to resolve conflicts, pointed out Dan Brauning, Game Commission Wildlife Diversity Division Chief. For little brown and tri-colored bats, the Game Commission will be the lead agency in determining potential impacts. However, for northern long-eared bats, coordination by both the Game Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be necessary.
“These cave bats teeter on the brink of state extirpation; extinction is not yet out of the question,” Brauning noted. “Their need for additional protections is obvious and overdue. For the Game Commission to do anything less would be recklessly irresponsible.”
The Game Commission had moved to list these bats in 2012, but concerns about unnecessary oversight and job loss heard from representatives of timber, oil, coal and gas industries and legislators prompted additional discussion.
“The Game Commission strives to work whenever possible with industry, to save jobs, and be a part of sound state government,” emphasized agency Executive Director Bryan Burhans. “But we cannot look the other way as bats tumble toward extinction. This agency has statutory and state constitutional commitments to represent and conserve all wildlife for today and tomorrow.”
Because bats have lost upward of 97 percent of their historic populations in Pennsylvania, every remaining bat matters, Brauning said.
What works against these cave bats is their annual reproduction provides limited replacement. Most female cave bats have one pup per year, a rate that would place their potential recovery more than a century away.
There’s no doubt a state-endangered listing of these cave bat species will require the implementation of additional protective measures. But given the mammoth collapse of these winged mammals, there’s no doubt they need more help; the sooner, the better.
But some of the proposals for status change represent better news.
The peregrine falcon has seen a steady statewide recovery, which qualifies its status to be upgraded to threatened under the agency’s Peregrine Falcon Management Plan.
Upgrading the piping plover’s status to endangered recognizes its return to breeding in Pennsylvania. After more than 60 years of absence, piping plover pairs successfully nested at Presque Isle State Park in 2017 and 2018.
And changing the status of the red knot – a rare migrant bird found in Pennsylvania mostly at Presque Isle State Park – recognizes its vulnerability to further declines.
The status changes will be brought back to the January meeting for a final vote.
MENTORED HUNTING PROGRAMS COULD OPEN TO ALL AGES
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave preliminary approval to a measure that will bridge the mentored youth and mentored adult hunting programs.
The mentored hunting programs are designed to increase hunter recruitment by providing an opportunity to experience hunting without the requirement to obtain a license.
Hunters and furtakers in Pennsylvania can purchase their first licenses at age 12, after successful completion of a Hunter-Trapper Education course. The mentored youth program enables those younger than 12 to participate in hunting, while the mentored adult program allows those 18 or older to participate, simply by obtaining a permit and following program requirements.
Under their current framework, the mentored programs leave out those ages 12 to 17. The only way hunters ages 12 to 17 can experience hunting is to become certified and buy a license.
The measure preliminarily approved by commissioners allows unlicensed individuals under the age of 17 to participate in the mentored youth program, and allows those 17 or older to participate in the mentored adult program.
The measure is scheduled for a final vote in January.
Mentored hunters may hunt only certain game species and must follow other requirements.
Mentored youth may hunt only squirrels, rabbits, doves, woodchucks, coyotes, deer and turkeys. Mentored youth under the age of 7 do not receive their own big-game harvest tags; their adult mentors must possess a valid harvest tag when hunting deer or turkeys, and the mentor must transfer the tag to the mentored youth upon harvest by the mentored youth. Additionally, the mentor and mentored youth may possess only one sporting arm between them, and it must be carried by the mentor at all times while moving.
Meanwhile, mentored adults may hunt only squirrels, ruffed grouse, rabbits, pheasants (pheasant permit required), bobwhite quail, hares, porcupines, woodchucks, crows, coyotes, antlerless deer and turkeys. Mentored adults receive only a spring turkey tag with their permits. To harvest a fall turkey, their mentor must possess a valid fall-turkey harvest tag; and to harvest an antlerless deer, their mentor must possess a valid antlerless license or Deer Management Assistance Program permit; then transfer the applicable harvest tag to the mentored adult at the time of harvest. A mentored adult must hunt within eyesight of the mentor, and a mentored adult can only participate in the program for a total of three, unbroken license years.
Under the proposal, that three-year maximum would apply to all mentored hunters ages 12 or older. After three years in the program, they’d be required to get a license.
Mentored youth hunters under 12 would continue to be able to take part in the program each year until they turn 12. However, youngsters who participated in the mentored youth program for at least three years before turning 12 would be required to get a license at 12, rather than continuing as a mentored hunter.
If the measure moved forward by commissioners is adopted, mentored youth hunters under 12 would continue to pay $2.90 for their permits, resident mentored youth hunters ages 12 to 17 would pay $6.90 for their permits, nonresident mentored youth hunter ages 12 to 17 would pay $41.90 for their permits, and mentored adult hunters would continue to pay $20.90 for residents and $101.90 for nonresidents.
Purchase of a hunting license by any mentored hunting program participant automatically would invalidate any mentored permit and associated harvest tags held by the same.
EXPANDED GUIDE PERMIT PROGRAM TABLED
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today tabled a final vote to expand the agency’s guide permit program, citing a need to revisit language on how the proposal would apply to family members who tag along on elk hunts, as well as guides who work for a permitted outfitter.
The proposal could be reconsidered for adoption in January.
The expansion of the guide permit program to cover all commercial guiding activities on state game lands and all commercial and noncommercial elk guiding is intended to provide greater legitimacy to guide permit holders by establishing minimum standards for a required knowledge base to be a guide.
An examination measuring an applicant’s knowledge of basic biology and identification of applicable game and wildlife; safe and ethical use of firearms, traps and other devices; federal and state laws pertaining to hunting and trapping; basic land navigation; and basic first aid and CPR skills would be part of the application process.
Commercial guiding would be considered any guiding activity provided by any person to another person for a fee, remuneration, or other economic gain, including bartered goods or services. There would be an exemption for leashed-tracking dog services to recover elk, black bear and white-tailed deer.
Eligible categories for guide permits are big game, small game and furbearers.
Application for guiding permits would be made through the Game Commission’s Special Permit Enforcement Division. Applicants would need to possess a hunting or furtaking license and have no record of Game and Wildlife Code violations or license revocation for at least 10 years.
The guide application and testing fee would be $50. The commercial guide permit fee would be $100 for each applicable category for which certification is required, noncommercial elk guide permits, $25. Permits must be renewed annually.
PROPOSAL ADDRESSES DISABLED VETERAN GOOSE HUNT ELIGIBILITY
A minor change preliminarily approved today by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners would ensure resident disabled-veteran hunters would continue to be eligible for special disabled-veteran goose hunts at Middle Creek and Pymatuning Wildlife Management Areas, even after they gave up their disabled-veteran licenses for senior lifetime licenses.
As it is now, only resident disabled-veteran license holders are eligible to apply for the special hunts. The proposed change would extend the ability to apply to anyone holding a senior lifetime hunting or senior lifetime combination license who can provide documentation evidencing their eligibility for a resident disabled-veteran license or reduced fee disabled-veteran license.
PUBLIC-HUNTING FOCUS SPECIFIED IN DEER-CONTROL PERMITS
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a measure that strengthens the “public hunting” component for deer-control permits the Game Commission issues for deer problems on private and public properties, often within suburban and urban areas.
Permit criteria always has stipulated that lawful hunting be allowed on public lands seeking deer-control permits, unless waived by the agency’s executive director. Applicants often have established organized controlled hunts or invited hunting clubs to help reduce deer numbers. Still others have invited only local government employees to engage in hunting on the permitted properties.
The revision adopted by the board further defines public hunting as hunting available to the general public that “shall not include hunting opportunity that is afforded to an individual, or class of individuals, solely by virtue of their public employment.”
By calling for public hunting to play a greater role in alleviating excessive deer populations, Pennsylvania deer hunters have been given more opportunity in places with sizeable deer problems.
HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES CLASSIFIED AS WILD BIRDS
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a measure that classifies Hungarian partridges as wild birds.
With the reclassification, Hungarian partridges will be treated in a similar manner to chukar partridges.
The measure also specifies that Hungarian partridges lawfully may be released on public and private lands for dog-training or hunting purposes without first securing a permit.
TWO ENERGY AGREEMENTS APPROVED
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today approved two five-year, non-surface-use agreements with Range Resources Appalachia LLC to develop natural gas on separate tracts beneath State Game Lands 117 in Washington County.
The tracts total about 961 acres, but the agreements will result in no surface disturbance to the game lands.
The agreements are expected to result in bonus payments of more than $3.3 million that will be added to the agency’s Game Fund, or into an interest-bearing escrow account to be used for the future purchase of wildlife habitat.
Oil and gas development under the agreement will be regulated by the Commonwealth’s oil and gas regulations and the agency’s Standard Non-Surface Use Oil and Gas Cooperative Agreement.
RIGHT-OF-WAY, PARCEL TO BE ACQUIRED THROUGH DONATION
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today approved two donation agreements that will benefit state game lands.
James F. Swope and Carol P. Shoemaker have offered to donate a 300-foot-long, 40-foot-wide right-of-way across their property to allow access into State Game Lands 261 in Broad Township, Bedford County. The Game Commission will use the right-of-way for administrative purposes only.
Meanwhile, Ladnar Inc. has offered to donate about 0.36 acres of land in Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, which is completely surrounded by State Game Lands 264. The tract is forested with mixed northern hardwoods.
UPDATED WILD TURKEY MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROVED
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today approved the agency’s updated 2018-2027 Wild Turkey Management Plan.
A draft of the plan had been made available for public view in July, and public comments received on the plan were considered in the approved draft, which will guide the agency’s turkey management for the next decade.
The finalized plan soon will be available to view at www.pgc.pa.gov.
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Response to Islamophobia at the Times
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A report published today calls for an independent investigation into the Times’ coverage of stories involving Muslims.
The report examines three “scandals” covered by Andrew Norfolk, who is one of Britain’s leading journalists for one of Britain’s most respected newspapers.
The authors discovered that:
These “scandals” did not happen as reported,
Some of the allegations were simply untrue,
The author sacrificed “basic journalistic standards” in creating the stories.
The report concludes that the evidence indicating a potential Islamophobic editorial process within the Times necessitates an independent investigation.
MEND CEO, Dr Shazad Amin commented:
“This is an excellent, well-researched report by two experienced journalists that highlights worrying Islamophobic themes across several articles published by The Times, one of the bastions of British publishing. We need an urgent independent inquiry to ascertain whether this is part of a wider problem of systematic anti-Muslim bias at this paper and whether journalistic standards are being compromised in the pursuit of sensationalist and negative stories about Muslims.”
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How best to describe Forge to an audience of programmers
By kwpugh, June 22 in Modder Support
kwpugh 0
I'm looking for some guidance on how best to describe what Forge is and its relationship to Minecraft. I have been asked to give a "Ted Talk" style presentation at work about how I ( a non-programmer by profession, I work in HR) learned to program (still learning) in Java. The angle of the talk will be "How I learned Java by playing Minecraft" or something like that. The point of the talk is to encourage non-programmers in the audience that anyone can get into programming, if you find the right motivation.
There will also be people from our technology divisions in the audience, so when I describe Forge, I don't what to be talking out my "behind" and look uninformed. I'm looking for simple and technically accurate.
I also expect to get the question: "How does Forge do that, isn't that illegal? Aren't they hacking Minecraft?" So a straightforward answer to that would be help.
Thank you in advance and regards.
Oscarita25 8
1 hour ago, kwpugh said:
This is 100% allowed by Minecraft as in the eula described:
If you've bought the Game, you may play around with it and modify it. We'd appreciate it if you didn't use this for griefing, though, and remember not to distribute the changed versions of our software. Basically, mods (or plugins, or tools) are cool (you can distribute those), hacked versions of the Game client or server are not (you can't distribute those).
Cadiboo 271
Forge was initially a jar mod (you would directly drop it into the minecraft jar) which is legally questionable.
It was quickly converted to load by wrapping the minecraft launch and modifying specific class as they were loaded (with binary patches that were applied to the raw bytes of the classes as they were loaded from disk). This method is a lot less questionable.
Since 1.13.2 it applies it’s patches once (at install time) to a copy of the minecraft jar which it then launches. This removes the time it took to patch the files each launch making loading faster.
Forge is “the unofficial modding API for minecraft”.
It provides an abstraction layer on top of Minecraft and many useful API features. It allows many mods to load at the same time in a highly compatible manner.
If you’re interested in how Forge applies it’s patches google “delta patching” and “java ASM”/“bytecode modification”.
2 hours ago, Cadiboo said:
“java ASM”/“bytecode modification”
Do be careful though, this is a dark abyss that looks back at you.
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Walmart Reimagines Big Boxes as town Centers
Walmart has made a lot of upgrades in recent years that appear to reach beyond its traditional shopper base including a spate of Millenial-targeted acquisitions and a focus on augmented reality and technology incubation. Now, the chain has plans to revamp how some of its physical stores fit within their local shopping ecosystem. Walmart has begun to reimagine some of its stores and their surrounding real estate as “town centers.”
Walmarts of the Future
The Walmart of the future could be more entertaining, as retailers and developers aim to create multi-use facilities that bring shoppers in stores and retain them for hours of entertainment.
Long Beach Reimagined
Get ready Long Beach because Walmart is reimagining select stores nationwide to experiment with a new concept—one that aims to transform the vast parking lots outside its box stores into fitness, entertainment and dining experiences.
Bayonne Towers
The iconic waterway trail that starts from the Atlantic Ocean, under the Verrazano Bridge and through the narrows and into the New York Bay is a breathtaking journey that moves your eyes from start to finish.
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Tunisian from Canada traveled to Flint, Michigan for terrorism
Why did he do this? Why Flint? Was anyone helping him?
Agents fanned out across the country and reviewed surveillance footage from locations Ftouhi had visited in the U.S.
FBI linguists spent months translating the information Canadian authorities found
FLINT, Michigan - When a Canadian man stabbed an airport police officer in the neck at the airport in Flint, Michigan, investigators worked quickly to find out all they could. Why did he do this? Why Flint? Was anyone helping him?
The victim was saved by other officers and a Bishop International Airport employee on the scene. The attacker, later identified as Amor M. Ftouhi, a 51-year-old Tunisian native who had lived for years in Canada, was immediately arrested.
Working closely with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the FBI's Detroit Field Office and its Joint Terrorism Task Force pieced together information about Ftouhi's life and the days leading up to the June 21, 2017 attack. Agents fanned out across the country and reviewed surveillance footage from locations Ftouhi had visited in the U.S. The RCMP searched Ftouhi's home and computer. FBI linguists spent months translating the information Canadian authorities found.
Investigators learned that Ftouhi had financial and family struggles back in Canada, and he had viewed anti-Western videos online.
"Things were not going well for him in his life, and he decided to take his jihad to a different level," said FBI Special Agent Todd Reineck, who worked the case out of the FBI's Detroit Field Office.
Investigators found that Ftouhi had looked into how to purchase a gun in the United States and thought Michigan would be the best place for him to buy one. Ftouhi had also carefully researched how to use a gun, and he specifically had an interest in targeting police.
A few days before the attack, Ftouhi left his wife and children behind in his home in Montreal, in Quebec, Canada and traveled to the United States, crossing the border in New York before driving to Michigan. Once he arrived in Michigan, Ftouhi repeatedly tried to buy an assault rifle, but he was turned down each time because he was not a U.S. citizen.
Instead, Ftouhi bought a knife and searched his phone's GPS for the nearest international airport-which happened to be Bishop International in Flint. He canvassed the airport, learning where the police officers were stationed. The next day, Ftouhi went back to the airport and carried out the attack. He approached the police officer, dropped his backpack, pulled out a knife, and repeatedly stabbed the victim.
"His goal was to kill law enforcement or the military, and he told us even if he killed innocent people, Ftouhi thought that was okay," Reineck said.
Coincidentally there was a meeting of local law enforcement happening in an airport conference room, just a few feet from where the officer had been stabbed. Ftouhi had no opportunity to get away.
Ftouhi told police he worked alone, and investigators found no evidence of anyone helping him. He was convicted of terrorism charges in November 2018 and sentenced to life in prison 7 weeks ago, in April 2019.
Reineck and the investigative team got to know the victim officer over the course of the investigation. They credit the officer himself, as well as an airport maintenance worker who rushed to save him, as the true heroes.
"A lot of guys here in the office now consider him a friend," Reineck said, noting many in the FBI office already knew the officer from the local law enforcement community. "We've gone through this process with him, and we know he's relieved that it's over. There's a sense of relief and that justice was served."
(Photo credit: FBI).
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Why Alicia Keys' "no makeup look" might not deserve the near-unanimous praise its getting
By Hayley Wilbur
Ever since Alicia Keys declared in a Lenny Letter that she was no longer going to cover herself up, she has been spotted sans makeup on multiple red carpets, in her upcoming album's promo images and while judging the new season of The Voice. She's even inspired fellow celebrities like Gabrielle Union and Today anchor Tamron Hall to join the bare-faced bandwagon.
But, as it turns out, the 15-time Grammy-winning musician doesn't simply roll out of bed and go. In fact, she uses over $400 worth of products to acquire her glowing "no makeup" complexion.
In an interview with W, her makeup artist Dotti revealed Keys' step-by-step regimen — one that includes facials and acupuncture on top of the hundreds of dollars worth of serums.
"She knows you have to invest internally for your skin to look great externally," Dotti told the publication. "It's about the choices she's making and the products she's using. It's the work of a good team."
Before the products are applied, Dotti often rolls a jade roller over Keys' skin and sometimes enlists the help of cucumbers. She then uses a cleansing tonic, jojoba oil and a probiotic skin and treatment mask. In terms of makeup, she uses a brow definer, self-tanning serum or a pore-minimizer.
"Compared to the world of makeup, there is minimal," Dotti said to W. "She's already powerful to look at, with those amazing Cleopatra-shaped eyes, and now we get to see them."
As Mic reported in June, although there has been significant praise and support for Keys' no makeup pledge, some have acknowledged that not everyone can look as flawless as the celebrity does without any makeup, or, well, even with the $400 dollars worth of products.
"I love Alicia Keys' no makeup wave but I also wish I looked like Alicia Keys without makeup," one person wrote on Twitter. Said another: "As much as I love Alicia Keys' movement, must be pretty easy for her as she does have FLAWLESS skin anyway."
For some, not wearing makeup is another nearly impossible beauty standard to have to live up to. And now, according to Keys' makeup artist, something that also takes a lot of time, effort and cash.
There might be mixed messages of what is "beautiful," "acceptable" and what even constitutes the "no-makeup makeup," but choosing to wear makeup or not is a personal decision, one that no one should be or feel shamed about.
As Keys herself tweeted a few weeks back, "Y'all, me choosing to be makeup free doesn't mean I'm anti-makeup. Do you," whether that means ditching beauty products completely, opting for a fully painted face or going for a "Alicia Keys no-makeup makeup" look. Just know whatever option you go for might not be as easy to replicate as it seems.
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Content Best Practices: How HP Created a Successful Digital Magazine
By NativeAI / September 25, 2015
Digital magazines are a bit of a strange beast.
The term itself conveys the core issue: there’s a tension between the established medium of magazines and the quickly changing world of digital.
Yet, when done well, a digital magazine can be a truly unique thing that blends the depth of long-form pieces with the engaging tools of modern storytelling.
An excellent example of this is HP Matter, an offering from the technology and services company that tackles big ideas with clear intelligence and lush presentation. The range of topics covered by the well-versed experts is broad – from drones to cyber criminals – and the formats used vary impressively, from long-form text articles to short infographics and videos.
Recently we chatted with Paula Berg, Digital Media Manager at HP, to learn why the company launched the online magazine last year, how it built an audience for the publication, and what other brands can learn from the experience.
Q: Can you share the background of HP Matter? How did it start?
A: HP Matter launched in June of 2014. We describe it as a digital magazine where some of the brightest minds in business share their perspective on our technology-driven world.
The reason behind developing it is that technology has become a driving force in business strategies more than ever been before. We’re trying to illustrate what is possible with technology right now in business.
Q: Where does the content come from?
A: The content is a mix right now, primarily high-quality media partners such as the Fast Company, Quartz, The Atlantic, and The New York Times, as well as few staff members.
Q: What are the goals?
A: We’re trying to showcase ideas that inspire; that’s what drives us. We’re trying primarily
to inspire business leaders to try and get them excited about the technology that can drive their businesses forward.
Of course, we also want to demonstrate that HP should be part of that conversation. People often think of printers or PCs when they think of HP, but we also have an important presence in areas like infrastructure, security, Big Data, and mobility.
Q: How do you get the content in front of the audiences you’re targeting?
A: We have a combination paid/unpaid distribution model. HP has a strong presence on social channels, as well as online, so we use those, as well a pretty robust advertising program.
I think one of the things that makes us unique is how we approach paid. We use half of our budget and apply it to bread-and-butter tactics, but with the rest we have a mandate to take chances; to find fresh ways to reach the people we want to.
Q: The video series by Alison Klayman (Welcome to the Idea Economy) which features companies disrupting a range of industries, is excellent. How’d it come about?
A: It’s never just one moment in time that these things happen. We’d kicked around the idea of a documentary for a while, we were thinking maybe a 15- or 30-minute piece, but we then took a step back and started thinking about our content, and thinking about the idea of technology making things possible.
Out of that came the idea of featuring businesses sharing what their core idea was, and how technology brought that idea to life. We reached out to Alison, and it all came together.
It’s a nice teaser for what our new company – Hewlett-Packard Enterprise – is going to be about; we have these tools to bring your ideas to life.
That series has around 2 million views right now in its various locations, so we’re happy with its performance. The coolest part, though, is that these videos are the highest converting content on our site; if people watch them they’re far more likely to register to receive more content.
Q: Do you have a favorite piece of content from HP Matter?
A: Yes, it’s called Content Barons, Smart Dust & SkyNet: 6 Telecommunications Disruptions for 2020.
There are a few reasons why I love it: 1) It’s written by one of our employees, Christopher Surdak, who’s a Big Data expert and futurist; 2) It breaks every rule of content marketing, yet it’s one of our best performing pieces. It’s not “scannable” or “snackable” – it’s a 3,000 word-long, hulking piece of content; and 3) The image at the top of the page, which is basically a cloud of smoke, sparks more emails than almost any other piece of content on our site.
The whole HP Matter breaks a lot of rules from a few years ago – about things needing to be short or light or whatever – it shows you can experiment and still succeed.
Q: Any advice for brands looking to develop their own digital magazine?
A: I have three things that have been on my mind a lot since we launched last year:
1) Have a crystal-clear view of what your goals are. It’s really easy to lose sight of them. What are you trying to do? Are you trying to get a lead, drive traffic, drive conversion? Those are different things.
2) A little bit of paid can really go a long way. Obviously organic is essential, but to get a program off the ground you can see excellent results with a spend, even if you have a tiny budget.
3)Finally, and I’m still processing this myself: know your weaknesses. Each company has different internal issues and different hurdles you have to work around. Build a program that’s realistic about what you can accomplish well.
Written by NativeAI / September 25, 2015
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Home Free MMO Games Battle Royale
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Don’t Even Think
MMOBomb - July 10, 2019
Play as a human or a werewolf and strive to survive in Don't Even Think, a free-to-play asymmetrical battle royale game for PlayStation 4.
notmycar
MMOBomb - April 9, 2019
Drop into a battleground filled with unknown players and wreak some serious car-nage in notmycar, a free-to-play vehicular battle royale game from NMC Studios. Pick the best landing spot for your airdrop, snatch up weapons and abilities as you zoom around the huge play space...
The Ark of Horizon
Take to the sea and the skies in The Ark of Horizon, a futuristic, free-to-play battle royale from MaioXi Studio.
Battlerite Royale
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Battlerite Royale is a free-to-play battle royale game based on the popular gameplay from Stunlock Studios' Battlerite.
Mount up and fight for the glory of the realm in Realm Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game from Hi-Rez Studios based on its hit shooter Paladins.
H1Z1 was one of the first battle royale games on the market, and now it's come back to its roots and gone free-to-play!
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Apex Legends is a free-to-play battle royale set in the Titanfall universe and taking place after the events of Titanfall 2.
Mortal Royale
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Take no prisoners in Mortal Royale, a brutal free-to-play battle royale from the makers of sandbox MMORPG, Mortal Online!
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a worldwide phenomenon, and now Valve's hit team-based shooter is free-to-play!
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Build, destroy, and take on all comers in Creative Destruction a free-to-play survival/battle royale game that lets you both create and dismantle everything on the map!
Cuisine Royale
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Grab your frying pan and wear a pot on your head in Cuisine Royale, the silliest "realistic" free-to-play battle royale out there!
Zeus’ Battlegrounds
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Fight amongst the immortals in Zeus' Battlegrounds, a free-to-play battle royale where you compete in the pantheon of the immortals to claim your place in history!
The Culling
Billed as the first standalone battle royale game, The Culling is now free-to-play and offers a tight, game-show-like battle royale experience!
Ring of Elysium
Battle against the elements and other bloodthirsty players in Ring of Elysium, a free-to-play battle royale game from Tencent.
SOS Battle Royale
SOS is a free-to-play battle royale game that pits 32 players against each other in a no-holds-barred fight to the finish on a tropical island.
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Experience a fresh perspective on the battle royale experience with Darwin Project, a free-to-play game that takes the "game show" concept to a whole new level.
Play Fortnite in a totally new way, in Fortnite: Battle Royale, the free-to-play spinoff of Epic Games' builder/shooter.
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A direct line to the electronics suppliers industry – the Procurement Center at MES Expo 2019
Finding out about innovations, comparing suppliers and negotiating prices – with the Procurement Center, MES Expo, which is debuting from 5 to 7 November 2019 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, will specifically target buyers from large companies. ”Electro-mobility has been a rail transport topic for over 100 years. The aim now is to move forward in such areas as fully automated vehicles and digitalised rail transport and to take rail system technology to the next level. As an event that covers a wide range of transport, MES Expo’s arrival in the marketplace has been long overdue. It is also the ideal platform for exploring markets“, said Uwe Günther, chief procurement officer of Deutsche Bahn AG.
Special tours for buyers will give procurement managers an opportunity to acquire an overview of products and services from suppliers, with an emphasis on cars, utility vehicles and rail transport. At individual meetings at the Procurement Center they will be able to make contact with suppliers, negotiate prices and prepare contract talks.
The future of mobility at MES Expo
As the trade fair catering for suppliers of electronics for the mobility sector, MES Expo is a platform for exchanging views, obtaining information, observing the market and naturally for building and cultivating business relations. The biennial event is organised by Messe Berlin with the support of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI). ”The electronics suppliers industry is where digitalising and interconnecting transportation systems begins“, said Lisa Höfer, the project manager of MES Expo. ”This is a key industry that paves the way for concepts such as driverless vehicles, electrification and connectivity in the entire mobility sector. This is where MES Expo, which covers a wide range of transport systems, comes into play.”
Olaf Zinne, managing director of the Electric Traction Systems and Vehicles Division and the Contact and Overhead Line Construction Division of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI), added: ”Huge challenges await the mobility sector. With hardware such as petrol engines now almost 100 per cent efficient, software components in particular will play a significant role in the future. Efficiency will be achieved mainly by using intelligent solutions such as interconnecting transport systems, smart traffic light management or driverless vehicles. That is where future potential lies, and the electronics industry will provide the necessary expertise.”
MES supporting programme: a dialogue on equal terms
Dialogue and networking formats will accompany MES Expo. At the Dialogue Forum for instance, which is being coordinated by the ZVEI and German Railway Industry Association (VDB), topics will include driverless vehicles, electro-mobility, electrified powertrains, digitalisation and vehicle connectivity. Be it at a panel discussion or lecture, at Speaker’s Corner exhibitors will be able to present products in the format of their choice, while the Networking Area will provide trade visitors and exhibitors with the perfect setting to establish contacts and cultivate business relations.
More information is available online at www.mobility-electronics.de.
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19.01.2006 NDC News
NDC Women Organiser appeals to colleague to forget the past
Koforidua, Jan. 19, GNA- The Eastern Regional Women Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ms Evelyn Korang, has appealed to the former National Women's Organiser of the party, Ms Frances Asiam, to "forgive and forget the past" and return to the fold of the party as the party plans towards victory in 2008.
She made the appeal at a meeting of the Regional Executive of the party with constituency chairmen of the party at Koforidua on Wednesday .. Ms Korang cautioned Ms Asiam that if she maintained her stand of leaving the NDC, "where she is very much aware of the terrain", she could not predict what awaits her in any new groupings that she might wish to join. The Eastern Regional Chairman of the party, Mr Julius Debrah, commended the constituency executives for their support and co-operation which ensured a successful national delegates congress.
He appealed to any member of the party who might had been wronged "in any way" during the organization of the NDC 6th National Delegates Congress last December at Koforidua, to forgive and forget what occurred, saying, "almost all of the unexpected happenings were not intentional but did happened for various reasons which could not be anticipated by the organizers."
Mr Debrah appealed to the constituency chairmen to appeal to their members to stay focused and gave the assurance that there was hope for the party.
The Regional Secretary of the party, Mr Anthony Gyampoh called for unity within the party and assured the constituency chairmen of hard work and good leadership by the new regional executive. He reminded the constituency chairmen that they have the power because the elections take place at the constituencies and the branches. The Regional Organiser of the party, Mr Tawiah Boateng, advised the constituency executives of the party to stop issuing press statements that could divide the party but rather do things that could unite the party.
He assured them that the year 2006 was the "year for organization" to ensure that come 2008, the party wins the national elections. Jan. 19, 06
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FOXFAM supports farmers to increase food production
Bolgatanga, Feb. 16, GNA - Farmers in 28 communities of six districts in the Northern Sector have been given farm inputs worth four billion cedis to boost their farming activities and to increase food production.
The Ghana Programme Office of OXFAM GB, a British NGO engaged in works of charity, on Thursday presented the farmers with bullocks, donkeys, ploughs, carts, Wellington boots, cutlasses, water tanks and watering cans, rain coats and plastic bags for nursing seedlings at a ceremony in Bolgatanga.
Mr Samson Salifu Danse, Country Programme Manager, who presented the items to the farmers through the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Boniface Gambila, explained that even though the inputs were given free of charge to the communities, the beneficiary farmers were supposed to make payments in instalments that would enable other farmers to benefit. He said each community formed a group that played the role of an intermediary between the Programme and the rest of the farmers who were also being trained to use some of the inputs efficiently. Mr Danse said the programme was also helping farmers with improved varieties of rice, tree growing and dry season farming.
Mr Danse noted that farmers in the northern sector had always remained at the subsistence level due to the high cost of farm inputs and building material and appealed to district assemblies to help the farmers to perform better. He also urged the government to give special attention to rice and tomato cultivation, which was the main occupation of more than 40 per cent of the populace.
Mr Gambila urged OXFAM not to relent on its efforts at helping to increase food production but to continue to assist the farmers to eventually be able to go into large scale farming. He advised the beneficiary farmers to maintain the equipment regularly so that it would last to serve them for long. The Integrated Livelihood Programme of OXFAM seeks to address food and income insecurity of poor women and men through increased crop and livestock production, promote agro forestry and negotiate for fair prices.
The districts that are benefiting from the programme are: East Mamprusi, Zabzugu-Tatale, Bawku East, Bolgatanga, Bulisa, Jirapa/Lambussie and Lawra/Nandom.
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ABA Offers Resources to Help Banks Recover From Hurricane Michael
As banks in Florida begin the recovery from Hurricane Michael, ABA’s dedicated hurricane preparedness and response webpage offers bankers useful tools and resources to assist with the process. The page provides links to announcements and alerts from public and private agencies, situational reports and analyses, state evacuation, re-entry and road status updates, links to state associations’ hurricane resources and other industry recovery resources for banks and consumers. (ABA Banking Journal)
BankThink: Why Regulators Need to Take Another Look at Bank Capital
In this op-ed, ABA EVP Wayne Abernathy and VP Hugh Carney explain why it’s time for regulators to assess and calibrate capital requirements for banks of all sizes. (American Banker)
Banks Should Cash In On Cybersecurity
Banks have been at the forefront of cybersecurity for years, and their heavy investment in cybersecurity is increasingly the cost of doing business in financial services. It also presents an opportunity for banks to generate a return on that investment by earning revenue from the cybersecurity solutions they develop. (Bank Innovation)
Credit Card Interest Rates Are Rising
A new report from Creditcards.com shows that credit card interest rates are on the rise. The average rate is just over 17 percent, up from about 16.15 percent this time last year and 15.22 percent in 2016. The creeping rates are due to the Fed's interest rates hikes since 2015. (Marketplace)
Podcast: Reversing the De Novo Flatline
In the more than eight years since the Dodd-Frank Act passed, just 13 new U.S. banks have been chartered. In this edition of the ABA Banking Journal podcast, ABA Chairman Ken Burgess, who co-founded FirstCapital Bank of Texas as a de novo two decades ago, talks about how he is concerned about these numbers. (ABA Banking Journal)
Down Payment Assistance: Making Sustainable Homeownership More Achievable
The ability to own a home has long been a cornerstone of American life. Yet, the path to homeownership continues to be a challenge for many. Woodforest National Bank in the Woodlands, Texas, believes increasing access to homeownership is critical to building thriving communities and helping low- and moderate-income families build wealth. (ABA Banking Journal)
ABA: Federal Data Privacy Law Must Recognize Banks’ Existing High Standards
Ahead of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on consumer data privacy, ABA submitted a statement for the record calling on lawmakers to consider the existing set of privacy laws banks adhere to when drafting new federal privacy legislation. (ABA Banking Journal)
Senators Urge Agencies to Make Volcker Rule Changes
Seven Republican senators have endorsed efforts to revisit the Volcker Rule and urged the agencies to go beyond their proposed policy changes in making fixes to the complex rule. Specifically, the senators noted that the agencies’ July proposal suggested "few changes" to the rule’s provisions on "covered funds." (ABA Banking Journal)
Banks Back Democrats in Bid to Rebuild Bipartisan Support
Banks are going to bat for Democrats in the U.S. November midterm congressional elections as part of an ambitious strategy to rebuild the bipartisan support they enjoyed before the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Commercial banks have so far donated a total of $2.5 million to U.S. Senate Democrats in the 2018 election cycle, the largest sum since 2008, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. (Reuters)
ABA, Trade Associations Urge Bureau to Support Companies that Test New Disclosures
ABA joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Consumer Bankers Association in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to support banks and other businesses seeking to test new disclosures that may be clearer and more understandable than existing, legally required ones. (ABA Banking Journal)
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Agent Thinks Agent’s Life Would Make Awesome HBO Show
By Drew Magary
Published Jul 19, 2010 at 3:07 PM | Updated at 2:40 PM EDT on May 30, 2012
HBO has a long-standing tradition of making shows about show business: “Larry Sanders,” “Entourage,” “The Comeback.” Heck, they’re even developing a show about a show business blogger. So it’s not surprising, and yet bizarre, that they would greenlight a show about real-life agent Brandt Joel and his “wacky” wife, Nikki. Would you be shocked to learn that the idea to do a show about Joel came from Joel himself? No, you would not. Nikki Finke of Deadline reports:
HBO has just bought a comedy pitch based on the modern day Lucy-&-Ricky 10-year marriage of Brandt and Nikki Joel…
The genesis for the show is Nikki Joel's tell-all blog about her marriage -- LifestyleLemonaid.com -- where she regularly shares with the Internet her husband's most intimate details.
I have clicked over and sampled this blog so that you, fair reader, don’t have to. Suffice it to say, it’s pretty much exactly what you would expect the blog of an agent’s wife, who is herself a former agent, to be like. Here’s a sample of the site:
“Husbands love concerts!”
Yes, that’s really all you need to read. That pretty much gives you the gist of it. Thankfully, Brandt herself won’t be writing the show. That task, according to Finke, will fall to “Gilmore Girls” and “Desperate Housewives” writer Jordon Nardino. I know “Entourage” has been a success for HBO. But plenty of people out there hate that show with the white-hot fury of a thousand death row inmates. I don’t see how a vanity project like this one, one that screams WE’RE SO KRAYZEEEE!, will offer much of an improvement.
As I said before, HBO is also developing a show called “Tilda” which is loosely inspired the very blogger who reported the news about Brandt. Does the network really need two super-inside Hollywood comedies when they’ve already plowed this field a few times over? Also, from reading the blog, I hate both these people already.
But hey, there’s always “Boardwalk Empire.” No agents in that upcoming show. I think.
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How About Some Superman Villain Rumors for a Change?
By Eric Alt
Published Mar 25, 2011 at 9:26 AM | Updated at 2:44 PM EDT on May 30, 2012
Between Superman and Batman, the rumor mill has sucked in pretty much everyone except, at least at the time of this post, the PopcornBiz writers and you.
So naturally we all need to take a deep breath and wait for some real news.
Good...'cause now we're hearing word that "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael Shannon may be up for a prime villain role in Zack Snyder's "Superman" reboot.
According to Deadline, the actor has caught the eye of the Superman casting department, but since Snyder has not confirmed or denied any potential villains, we're left to speculate. Which we're clearly more than happy to do.
A lot of people seem to think Shannon is a natural for General Zod (played by Terrence Stamp in the original "Superman" movies), but we disagree. Take a look at Shannon. Now take a look at Superman Henry Cavill. Now look back at us. We're on a horse.
Doesn't Shannon kinda, sorta, look like a funhouse mirror version of Cavill? Say...a "Bizarro" version?
This rumor has a least a tenuous connection to reality - while doing press for "Sucker Punch," Snyder revealed that "There could be a character in the movie that other people might refer to as Superman."
Makes sense to us....
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Five Easy Ways to Maintain a Bike
All you need is a set of Allen wrenches and a screwdriver.
By Nina Lin
Published Apr 20, 2018 at 12:47 PM | Updated at 1:20 PM EDT on Apr 20, 2018
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Don't skip these easy checks when you buy your first bike or pull it out for a ride after the winter. (Published Friday, April 20, 2018)
As any community cycling shop mechanic will tell you, there are plenty of advantages to traveling a city by bike: it's cheaper and greener than taking the car or train, and a lot easier to maintain.
Those gallons of gas and the coal burned to power trains adds up — transportation was the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in 2016, according to Environmental Protection Agency statistics. Most transportation-related emissions come from cars, pickup trucks, minivans and SUVs.
Bike rental programs in America’s cities are starting to make the option of short-term green alternatives readily available to environmentally conscious commuters, but they usually only afford commuters a trip measured in minutes.
Karen Overton, director of educational nonprofit Recycle-a-Bicycle, itself a part of Bike New York, stressed that owning and maintaing a bicycle is one way to lessen overall air pollution and overreliance on gasoline and coal.
“We can change that level of [air] pollution by changing your transportation patterns,” Overton said. “You don’t have to radically change your whole life — just one individual behavior, and sustain that change.”
Below, David Heslop of Recycle-a-Bicycle explains five ways anyone can maintain their own bicycle without going to a repair shop, making the sustainable commuting method even cheaper.
How to Patch an Inner Tube
What do you do when your bike gets a flat on the road? David Heslop of Recycle-a-Bicycle walks us through the steps to patch an inner tube using just a tire lever and a patch kit.
How to Change an Inner Tube
Recycle-a-Bicycle's David Heslop shows us how easy it is to change an inner tube on your own bike.
Fixing Your Bike: How to Adjust Brakes and Brakepads
All you need to adjust brake tension and brake pads on a bicycle are some Allen keys and a screwdriver.
Fixing Your Bike: How to Adjust a Derailleur
If you're having problems shifting gears on your bike, it may be time to take a look at your derailleur. Recycle-a-Bicycle's David Heslop shows us how.
Fixing Your Bike: How to Adjust a Seat Post
Believe it or not, there actually are right and wrong ways of sitting on your bike.
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Business Phone System and UC Provider Celebrates
Partner, Customer and Profitability Growth
Fonality, an innovator in unified communications as a service (UCaaS) and cloud VoIP phone systems, reported record revenue growth and profitability for the year ending December 31, 2015. The $45 million business phone system provider continues to see its growth accelerating into 2016 and beyond.
The 11-year-old company has successfully harnessed the power of cloud-hosted services, transforming its business model in recent years. Once rooted in more traditional PBX systems – large, capital-intensive transactions that might come around every few years – more than 85 percent of the company’s 2015 revenue came from subscriptions. It also sold more than 22,000 new seats.
Growth isn’t the only story, however. The company also reported 99.6 percent customer retention (0.4 percent net churn) for the fourth quarter of 2015. Fonality attributes much of its 2015 success to its ability to attract new customers, delight them with world-class service resulting in best-in-class retention rates, and generate repeat purchases.
“Fonality really showed what we can do in 2015. We achieved profitability while driving record revenue and subscription growth,” said David Scult, Fonality chief executive officer. “Perhaps as telling as new bookings, more than half of our customers bought additional services from us last year as they added staff, upgraded equipment, or enhanced productivity with products like Voicemail Transcription. Our customers continue to invest in us and demonstrate their loyalty.”
In 2015, Fonality also focused on refining its marketing, sales, and support as well as enhancing its infrastructure and product portfolio – the centerpiece of which is its award-winning Heads Up DisplayTM (HUD) UC suite for web and mobile.
“Few companies in our space achieve profitability. Even fewer successfully transition from one-time to recurring revenue or can claim such high customer retention,” said Dan Rosenthal, Fonality chief financial officer and one of its first employees. “Last year’s milestones and successes are a strong testament to our products, our customers, and our people. They set the stage for continued acceleration of our growth and profitability in 2016.”
Other 2015 milestones include:
Growing the company’s Channel and Referral Partner Programs to more than 650 organizations, representing nearly 70 percent of seats sold
Surpassing 2,000 customers in the insurance sector, the company’s largest vertical
Attracting and growing relationships with customers across industries, including Borrego Community Health Foundation, National Staffing Solutions and Solano Family & Children’s Services.
Receiving recognition from PCMag as Editors’ Choice for business VoIP 2015
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Pride and Prejudice: Stage Proves a Better Home for the Classic Satire Than Film
Pride and Prejudice, based on the novel by Jane Austen, adapted by Elizabeth Hunter, Theatre@First, Somerville Theatre, 3/22/12-3/31/12, http://www.theatreatfirst.org/shows/pride_prejudice/pride_prejudice.shtml.
Reviewed by Gillian Daniels
(Somerville, MA) Elizabeth Hunter adapts, directs, and brings an enormously funny Pride and Prejudice to the stage. Longtime Austen-fans should rejoice at their good fortune. The thorough play is probably closest to my own imagining of the classic 1813 novel.
The book is a smart satire of the husband-hunting rat race that young women engaged in during the Georgian Era when inheritances were more likely to pass to sons. In the midst of nosy relatives, gambling cads looking for enormous dowries, and parents trying to marry off daughters before the destitution of spinsterhood, Elizabeth Bennet (Brigid Battell) finds herself resisting the advances of the proud Mr Darcy (Keais Pope).
For those unfamiliar with Jane Austen’s book, the play is perfectly accessible alone. I would, in fact, encourage people who have not yet been exposed to the Austen film and television adaptations to see a play version, first. The original text of Pride and Prejudice has amusing, quippy dialogue and ironic observations that lend itself well to the energy of the stage. Joe Wright’s 2005 film adaptation, meanwhile, failed to capture this lightness and humor, turning the story into a moody, Gothic narrative that focuses on the dire consequences of husband-hunting rather than the ridiculousness of it.
The talent of the cast, fortunately and unfortunately, is across the board. Some actors feel very polished while others have some trouble easing into the material.
Excellent stand-outs include Leslie Drescher’s crisp, catty performance as Caroline Bingley and the hilariously hysterical Mrs Bennet (Dayenne Walters). Mr Bennet (Doug Miller), as the family patriarch, delivers all the good lines, usually sitting in his study to the far end of the stage, oblivious to the action going on around him.
Also memorable is J. Deschene as the proud Lady Catherine de Bourgh, the foe of Elizabeth Bennet. She’s a joy to watch and revile. True to the French roots of her name, de Bourgh dresses and carries herself like a member of the long dead stuffy French aristocracy, complete with a powdered face and a painted mole or two.
Anglophile audience members who are perturbed by uneven or completely absent British accents on the part of the actors may have trouble getting into the story. In all other aspects, however, the show stays true to the book and remains a solid story in its own right.
The historically-correct music and dance sometimes swallows up the dialogue, especially during the beginning, so I caution viewers to sit close to the stage.
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Excited tourists arriving in Nashville for the NFL Draft
by: CB Cotton
Posted: Apr 22, 2019 / 10:26 AM UTC / Updated: Apr 22, 2019 / 10:26 AM UTC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There are three days left till the official start of the NFL Draft and excited tourists are beginning to arrive in Nashville.
Meanwhile, crews are continuing their work on the Draft stage. At 460 feet long, the stage is thought to possibly be the biggest one ever built in Tennessee, according to the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp.
“I’m very excited. I’m originally from Pittsburgh so Steeler nation. So hopefully, we can get somebody to help the team out.” said Dante Jamison, a Pittsburgh native planning to attend the NFL Draft.
On Sunday, crews spent time adjusting lighting and testing screen fixtures. Organizers told News 2 that crews will be working around the clock, to get the stages done on time.
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Officials: 500,000 fans attend NFL Draft in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The City of Nashville estimates more than a half million fans attended NFL Draft festivities over the last three days. As you might imagine, that smashes any previous draft attendance records.
The third and final day of an NFL draft was memorable for the scene, the music and the passion of the folks in Music City. It began Saturday with Arizona selecting Iowa State wide receiver Hakeem Butler.
NFL Draft Ends: Let’s talk quarterbacks
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Let's talk quarterbacks. As in potential backup quarterbacks in the NFL, and maybe starters down the road.
Eleven quarterbacks were chosen in the three rounds of the draft. The trio that went in the opening round — No. 1 overall Kyler Murray to Arizona, No. 6 Daniel Jones to the Giants, and No. 15 Dwayne Haskins to Washington — figure to be starters someday, perhaps soon.
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LA Lakers pull Anthony Davis talks over ‘outrageous’ Pelicans demands
The Los Angeles Lakers have withdrawn from negotiations with the New Orleans Pelicans over Anthony Davis after complaining of “outrageous” trade requests.
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Looks like Anthony Davis won’t be teaming up with LeBron James at the Lakers. Picture: APSource:AP
The Los Angeles Lakers have withdrawn from negotiations with the New Orleans Pelicans over Anthony Davis after complaining of “outrageous” trade requests, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The Times said the Lakers had “pulled out” of talks with the Pelicans aimed at acquiring Davis after offering multiple players and draft picks for the All-Star.
Davis, who announced his desire to leave New Orleans earlier this month, is reportedly keen to join the Lakers and form a partnership with LeBron James.
However, the Times, citing a person with knowledge of the negotiations, reported Tuesday that the Lakers had now ended discussions after growing increasingly frustrated with the Pelicans.
The report said that Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson informed Pelicans general manager Dell Demps that the organisation had made its best and final offer and would not add anything else.
That offer is reported to have included Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, Ivica Zubac and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as well as two first round draft picks.
However the Pelicans had requested between six and eight draft picks. “They wanted more and more and more,” the Times quoted one source familiar with the negotiations as saying.
“There was no more to give ... the more they wanted the more it because outrageous and unrealistic.” Davis, a 25-year-old forward who helped the United States capture 2012 London Olympic gold is the most prized player up for grabs as Thursday’s NBA trade deadline approaches.
Rich Paul, Davis’s agent and James’s agent, revealed the Davis trade demand a week ago, leading to a $50,000 fine for Davis from the NBA but forcing the Pelicans’ hand, lest he play out his contract next year and leave without any compensation.
ESPN reported Monday that Davis has given the Pelicans a list with a “handful” of clubs where he would sign a long-term deal after a trade, saying it includes Milwaukee and does not include Boston.
The Lakers, Milwaukee, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers are on the list, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Bringing Davis to the Lakers to play alongside James would give the team another major two-man combination in their history of success with such duos as Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson and Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West.
Originally published asLakers end Davis talks over ‘outrageous’ demands
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Dow continues to fall as investors worry about the economy
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<p>NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 25: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 20,000 mark for the first time on January 25, 2017 in New York City. Solid earnings from major companies, including Boeing, led the morning rally. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</p>
The US stock market sank deeper into the red following sluggish economic reports on Monday and bad news from a couple of blue-chip giants.
The Dow fell 600 points by late afternoon, or 2.6%. The S&P 500 lost 2.6% and retreated to its lowest level of the year. And the Nasdaq joined the Dow & S&P 500 in negative territory for 2018. All three indexes have plunged about 7% so far this December.
The Dow closed down 507 points for the day.
And the Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks tumbled into a bear market, marking a 20% decline from the record highs notched in late August.
A weaker reading from the New York Federal Reserve about manufacturing in the Empire State and a drop in confidence from the nation's homebuilders weighed on the markets.
"Investors are zeroing in on this idea of slower growth for 2019," said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors. "More people are worried about a recession in late 2019 or 2020."
The political noise in Washington isn't helping either. President Trump, in a tweet Monday morning, repeated his criticism of the Federal Reserve for its recent rate hikes. The Fed meets Wednesday and is widely expected to raise rates again.
But Trump tweeted that "it is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation, the outside world blowing up around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike. Take the Victory!"
The Fed is supposed to be politically independent. Any evidence that it might be swayed by attacks from Trump could unnerve the markets.
"If the Fed doesn't raise rates it will look like it's succumbing to the bullying of Trump's tweets," Arone said.
But Nancy Perez, managing director at Boston Private, said the Fed is likely to slow down its pace of rate hikes in 2019 simply because the economy is slowing, not because of pressure from Trump.
Perez added that the recent market turmoil is justified because investors are readjusting to this fact.
"We have been getting a bump in profit margins due to lower taxes but the earnings growth itself is not sustainable," Perez said. "Projections will come down and volatility will continue."
J&J, UnitedHealth and Goldman Sachs were the day's big movers
Investors had more to worry about than the economy and politics though.
The Dow's losses were led by a continued drop in healthcare and consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson.
J&J ( JNJ ) plunged 10% Friday following a bombshell report by Reuters alleging that J&J was aware its trademark baby powder contained asbestos . J&J has said the Reuters report is factually incorrect. But the stock still fell another 3% Monday.
Dow component UnitedHealth ( UNH ) fell nearly 2% after a federal judge in Texas ruled late Friday that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, was unconstitutional.
This is unlikely to affect health coverage for Americans for quite some time, but it does lead to further uncertainty about the ultimate fate of the landmark law.
Shares of rival insurer Cigna ( CI ) -- which is in the process of merging with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts ( ESRX ) -- and drugstore giant CVS ( CVS ), which recently acquired insurer Aetna -- were lower Monday as well.
And Dow component Goldman Sachs ( GS ) was weighing on the broader market too. The Wall Street investment banking giant is in the middle of a scandal in Malaysia.
The Malaysian government filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs Monday due to its involvement with investment fund 1MDB.
Malaysia has accused Goldman Sachs of misleading investors about bond sales for the fund that were underwritten by Goldman Sachs. The Fed is said to be looking into Goldman Sachs' ties to 1MDB as well.
Shares of Goldman Sachs fell 3% Monday for the ninth day in a row. They are now down nearly 35% this year, making the stock the Dow's worst performer of 2018.
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Quality statement 2: Consistent support
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Quality statement 4: Communication
Quality statement 5: Therapeutic interventions
About this quality standard
Everything NICE has said on child abuse and neglect in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published October 2017 Last updated July 2019
Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management (NG54)
This guideline covers preventing, assessing and managing mental health problems in people with learning disabilities in all settings (including health, social care, education, and forensic and criminal justice). It aims to improve assessment and support for mental health conditions, and help people with learning disabilities and their families and carers to be involved in their care.
Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community (NG67)
This guideline covers medicines support for adults (aged 18 and over) who are receiving social care in the community. It aims to ensure that people who receive social care are supported to take and look after their medicines effectively and safely at home. It gives advice on assessing if people need help with managing their medicines, who should provide medicines support and how health and social care staff should work together.
NICE guideline Published March 2017
Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NG93)
This guideline covers services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or autism and a learning disability) and behaviour that challenges. It aims to promote a lifelong approach to supporting people and their families and carers, focusing on prevention and early intervention and minimising inpatient admissions.
Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis
Everything NICE has said on infective endocarditis antimicrobial prophylaxis for people having interventional procedures in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published January 2013 Last updated October 2017
Colonoscopic surveillance
Everything NICE has said on colonoscopic surveillance for people with inflammatory bowel disease or adenomas in an interactive flowchart.
NICE Pathway Published November 2011 Last updated May 2019
Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures (CG64)
This guideline covers preventing infective endocarditis (IE) in children, young people and adults. It focuses on people at increased risk of infective endocarditis undergoing dental, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary and respiratory tract procedures.
Clinical guideline Published March 2008 Last updated July 2016
Major trauma: assessment and initial management (NG39)
This guideline covers the rapid identification and early management of major trauma in pre-hospital and hospital settings, including ambulance services, emergency departments, major trauma centres and trauma units. It aims to reduce deaths and disabilities in people with serious injuries by improving the quality of their immediate care. It does not cover care for people with burns.
Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system (NG66)
This guideline covers assessing, diagnosing and managing mental health problems in adults (aged 18 and over) who are in contact with the criminal justice system. It aims to improve mental health and wellbeing in this population by establishing principles for assessment and management, and promoting more coordinated care planning and service organisation across the criminal justice system.
Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (NG27)
This guideline covers the transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care homes for adults with social care needs. It aims to improve people's experience of admission to, and discharge from, hospital by better coordination of health and social care services.
NICE guideline Published December 2015
Hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease
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NICE Pathway Published March 2013 Last updated July 2017
People's experience in adult social care services: improving the experience of care and support for people using adult social care services (NG86)
This guideline covers the care and support of adults receiving social care in their own homes, residential care and community settings. It aims to help people understand what care they can expect and to improve their experience by supporting them to make decisions about their care.
Opioids for pain relief in palliative care
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Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse: community health and social care services (NG58)
This guideline covers how to improve services for people aged 14 and above who have been diagnosed as having coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse. The aim is to provide a range of coordinated services that address people’s wider health and social care needs, as well as other issues such as employment and housing.
NICE guideline Published November 2016
Pregnancy and complex social factors: a model for service provision for pregnant women with complex social factors (CG110)
This guideline covers antenatal care for all pregnant women with complex social factors (particularly alcohol or drug misuse, recent migrant or asylum seeker status, difficulty reading or speaking English, aged under 20, domestic abuse). It offers advice on improving access to care, maintaining contact with antenatal carers, and additional information and support for these women.
Clinical guideline Published September 2010
Woman-centred care
Spinal injury: assessment and initial management (NG41)
This guideline covers the assessment and early management of spinal column and spinal cord injury in pre-hospital settings (including ambulance services), emergency departments and major trauma centres. It covers traumatic injuries to the spine but does not cover spinal injury caused by a disease.It aims to reduce death and disability by improving the quality of emergency and urgent care.
Social and emotional wellbeing: early years (PH40)
This guideline covers supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children under 5 through home visiting, childcare and early education. It aims to optimise care for young children who need extra support because they have or are at risk of social or emotional problems.
Public health guideline Published October 2012
Introduction: scope and purpose of this guidance
2 Public health need and practice
6 Glossary
Cardiovascular disease: identifying and supporting people most at risk of dying early
Everything NICE has said on identifying and supporting people most at risk of dying early due to cardiovascular disease in an interactive flowchart
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Everything NICE has said on screening and managing cervical cancer in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published March 2014 Last updated April 2018
Prostate cancer (QS91)
This quality standard covers managing prostate cancer in people referred to secondary care or having follow-up for prostate cancer in primary care. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
Quality standard Published June 2015 Last updated May 2019
Quality statement 1: Discussion with a named nurse specialist
Quality statement 2: Treatment options
Quality statement 3: Combination therapy
Quality statement 4: Managing adverse effects of treatment
Quality statement 5: Hormone‑relapsed metastatic prostate cancer
Child abuse and neglect (NG76)
This guideline covers recognising and responding to abuse and neglect in children and young people aged under 18. It covers physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect. The guideline aims to help anyone whose work brings them into contact with children and young people to spot signs of abuse and neglect and to know how to respond. It also supports practitioners who carry out assessments and provide early help and interventions to children, young people, parents and carers.
NICE guideline Published October 2017
About this guideline
Terms used in this guideline
Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges
Everything NICE has said on services, prevention and interventions for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published May 2015 Last updated June 2018
Anaemia management in people with chronic kidney disease
Everything NICE has said on managing anaemia in people with chronic kidney disease in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published May 2011 Last updated July 2017
Learning disabilities: challenging behaviour (QS101)
This quality standard covers care and support for adults, young people and children with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges. It also includes support for families and carers. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
Quality standard Published October 2015
Quality statement 1: Comprehensive health assessment
Quality statement 2: Initial assessment of behaviour that challenges
Quality statement 3: Designated coordinator
Quality statement 4: Personalised daily activities
Quality statement 5: Review of restrictive interventions
Metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin
Everything NICE has said on diagnosing and managing metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published January 2013 Last updated July 2018
Everything NICE has said on gastrointestinal cancers in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published November 2013 Last updated February 2018
Barrett's oesophagus
Everything NICE has said on treating adults with Barrett's oesophagus who have high-grade dysplasia or early intramucosal cancer in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published October 2012 Last updated April 2019
Everything NICE has said on pancreatitis in an interactive flowchart
NICE Pathway Published September 2018
Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
Everything NICE has said on the care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
NICE Pathway Published April 2018 Last updated June 2018
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DHCP for Windows 2000 by Neall Alcott
This chapter covered monitoring and troubleshooting DHCP.
DHCP monitoring in Windows 2000 offers many different counters that an administrator can use to help evaluate the state of the DHCP environment. Windows 2000 also includes enhanced audit logging, allowing an administrator to determine many things, including who owned an IP address and when.
DHCP is a very elegant protocol that operates transparently on the network. But when it does break, an administrator needs to jump into action before the network comes to a screeching halt. By using IPCONFIG and WINIPCFG, most DHCP problems can be solved, but there are times when more intuition and skills are required to hunt down and alleviate the problem.
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Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007 Bible by Simeon Cathey, Wayne Tynes, Wynne Leon
Integrating with Office Applications
Personal computer users still spend a great deal of time working with Microsoft Office applications. By integrating SharePoint into the menus and in the context of what users are doing, Microsoft has made it much easier for users to share their content with anyone that has access to a Web browser.
Integration points between Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and SharePoint 2007 surface in the following locations depending on the context of the activity:
Save and Save As: Documents can be saved directly to SharePoint document libraries via Network Places.
Edit in Microsoft (Application name): This option is available from a document saved to a SharePoint library and allows the user to edit the document directly on a SharePoint server. Any Save actions are saved on the server directly.
Publish: Blogs (Word only), Document Locations, Excel Services (Excel only), Publish Slides (PowerPoint only), and Document Workspaces can be accessed from the publish action under the Office button menu.
Server: The server option is available from the Office button when a document is opened from the server, providing access to server-based options.
Workflow and Metatagging: From the Ribbon, you can enter SharePoint metadata and edit workflows.
Saving files to MOSS and WSS 2007
Since the first version of SharePoint, Microsoft has provided the ability to treat document libraries as Microsoft Windows folders using a technology called WebDAV. The abbreviation stands for ...
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Manifested Errors
The major economic proposals of Congress manifesto appear to have been drafted by a well-meaning bard with fanciful notions of ‘El Dorado’ than by a hard-nosed, number-savvy economist with a penchant for matching ideas with execution, in what is essentially an imperfect world with scarce resources
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Before analysing the Congress manifesto, there is a need to understand how the economy works. A simplified example has been used to explain the same, with the goal of ease of comprehension triumphing exhaustiveness of exposition. Hopefully, the abstraction is adequate to enable the reader to broadly appreciate the impact of the major proposals contained in the Congress manifesto and to conclude about their feasibility.
Primer on Macro Economics
Sustained increase in per capita income (PCI) is the economic goal that all elected governments aspire for. PCI is basically the National income divided by the Population. Sustained net growth in National income (overgrowth in population) leads to an Increase in PCI. Since National income is a Derivative of GDP (gross domestic product) which is easier to compute, a secular increase in GDP is used as an apt surrogate for determining the material prosperity of a nation. One of the three ways of measuring/representing GDP is the expenditure method. The expenditure method decomposes the GDP into four categories namely Consumption expenditure (C), Investment Exp (I), Govt expenditure (G) and net exports (NE).
Smt Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi releasing their party manifesto for Elections 2019
Let us try to understand the above through a simple example.
Assume a village called UTOPIA wherein live four individuals namely ‘K’ the Kisan (farmer), ‘W’ the weaver, ‘M’ the mason/realtor and ‘R’ the Raja. K, the farmer, produces food. W, the weaver, makes clothes. M, the mason, builds and leases out dwellings and R is the King of the village (who ensures protection for the village from attacks from neighbouring villages, enforces law and order, offers banking services and performs other sovereign functions). The Raja levies taxes for his services and uses the same to fund the aforesaid activities. Let us also assume that the Raja’s Expenditure (called Government expenditure or ‘G’ for short) is equal to the Taxes collected by him, implying a balanced budget.
The villagers pay taxes at the rate of 20 per cent of their production to the Raja. To facilitate exchange and also for having a single measure of values, the Raja prints and circulates currency authorised under his seal, ensuring their due legal acceptance. Presently, he has printed currency (Called Raja’s Shasan or Rs for short) worth say, Rs 300.
Let us try to understand the economic contribution each of the citizens in UTOPIA makes, by taking the farmer as an example.
While the country has vast tracts of land, most of them are either wild forest lands or are un-irrigated. It may take at least five years to transform un-irrigated lands into irrigated and cultivable lands (since dams and canals need be built across the seasonal rivers to store water flowing through them and also since land also has to be developed for nutrient adequacy).
The land, which is already irrigated, is say about one acre in size and the farmer gets a total harvest of say 100 kg of foodgrains, pulses, vegetables and fruits every year. Of this, he keeps 40 kg for his own consumption (‘Consumption’ part of GDP), keeps 20 kg of foodgrains as seeds, manure and to swap for other inputs for the next harvest. (‘Investment’ part of GDP). The seed (investment) to harvest (output) ratio is 1:5 in this case. The farmer also gives 20 kg worth food to Raja as Tax (the ‘G’ part of GDP since taxes equal Government expenditure).
The NYAY proposal is fundamentally flawed due to conspicuous silence of the manifesto about supply-side challenges. The proposals on education and health too appear not to have been thought through fully The farmer trades the balance 20 kg of foodgrains with the weaver for clothes and the realtor for renting the house he is staying in and also with neighbouring villages for some other items of consumption. (This is the ‘NE’ portion of GDP. An aside here: The purist may like to distinguish here between trade within the village and with outsiders calling the latter as NE. Since such academic hairsplitting does not detract from the macro points being made in this write-up, let us ignore the same for now). Also, assume that each unit (kg) of foodgrain costs Re 1. Thus, the farmer produces Rs 100 worth of output for the economy.
Let us suppose a similar output paradigm exists for the weaver and the mason. (40 units for self-consumption, 20 for investment, 20 for taxes and 20 for NE). Thus, the weaver contributes 100 units towards GDP and so does the mason/realtor another 100 more.
Thus, the total GDP of UTOPIA is worth Rs 300. So, the Raja has printed notes worth Rs 300 (again the purist here would like to argue that due to the velocity of circulation—the same note changing hands like a ball in a passing-the-ball contest—the actual currency demanded may be less than 300. Yet, we may ignore the same for the limited purpose of the conclusions we seek to draw from this example). Since the GDP is 300 units and the notes in circulation are Rs 300, the price of each unit of GDP is Re 1 now.
The components of the GDP of UTOPIA are (i) Total Consumption of 120 (3*40 each): (ii) Total Investments of Rs 60 (3*20) (iii) Govt exp of Rs 60 (3* 20) and (iv) Exports (NE) of Rs 60 (3*20). The Raja uses the Rs 60 received as taxes towards services rendered by him (viz; defence, maintenance of law/order and others, including banking).
The village enjoys perfect bliss since all the 4 residents get what they need. The existing capacities are fully engaged. New capacities can be created if needed, given a few years of time.
But now comes the twist
Let us suppose one more person by name 'Needy’ comes to settle down in the village and Raja so permits him. Needy does not have any skill. So, the Raja has decided to take care of him, till he is able to contribute to Utopia’s economy. The Raja thinks (wrongly) that printing additional currency of Rs 100 and transferring the same to Needy will solve all the problems. In Raja’s opinion, money with Needy will create additional demand for Rs 100 worth of new goods and thus automatically increase supply to meet the demand. Alas, things aren’t as simple.
The farmer, the weaver and the mason, however, sound the alarm bells (mind you, these are the only three who produce tangible goods as of now. Raja only delivers service and Needy is too raw and unskilled to produce anything).
The farmer says that existing irrigated land can only give 100 kg of foodgrains, which is sufficient only for the four of them. For needy, a 25 per cent increase in production of food is needed, but the same can’t be organised immediately since cultivable lands are not readily available. The same opinion is shared by the weaver and the mason with respect to their respective areas of production since all existing capacities are fully used and new capacities need be created for the additional demand by ‘Needy’ but the supply can’t be increased overnight. And as mentioned elsewhere, additional capacity in any area may take about five years to come to fruition.
Disregarding the above sane advice, the Raja goes ahead with the printing of Rs 100 worth of additional notes and gives the same to Needy. Needy, who is desperate simply uses the currency to bid up the prices of all products (food, clothing, shelter etc). At the end of the year, the production is still 300 units (100 units of food, 100 units of clothes and 100 units of dwelling. As mentioned earlier, these are the only three who produce tangible goods as of now. Raja only delivers service and Needy is too raw and unskilled to produce anything). Since 400 units of currency are chasing 300 units of total production, the price of each unit of GDP is increased to Rs 1.25 from Rs 1.00 earlier and the farmer, the weaver and the mason have seen their standard of living fall, due to having to share their GDP with a 5th person now. Thus, the Raja realises that mere printing of notes will not enhance GDP but will only stoke inflation.
But the Raja still does not want to give up. Hence, he now proposes higher taxes and offers to part with the additional taxes to Needy. The new tax rate proposed is 30% from the current year.
The farmer, weaver and mason are disturbed. Where will the additional tax of Rs 10 each come from? For the farmer (as for the others) consumption of Rs 40, tax of Rs 30, and (NE) trade of Rs 20 are non-negotiable for his very existence, leaving just Rs 10 for Investment. Remember, his investment was Rs 20 earlier. Ditto for the weaver and the mason. Thus, private investment loses out due to sovereign action. (This is called in Macroeconomic parlance as ‘Crowding out of Investment’). Now the total investment is Rs 30 (3*10 each) down from the earlier level of Rs 60.
Consequently, in the following year, the GDP shrinks to Rs 150 (from Rs. 300 earlier) since the ratio of investment to GDP is 1:5 and since the investment has shrunk to Rs 30 (Previous year: Rs 60). Thus by hiking the tax, all that the Raja has managed to do is to effectively crowd out investment and bring down the GDP significantly making the country poorer.
All the above is due to the wrong view of the Raja that giving money to Needy—either by printing additional money or by hiking taxes—can help increase the demand and thus automatically increase GDP. Unfortunately, supply augmentation (critical for meeting additional demand for GDP) is a long term process and assuming its automatic increase along with an increase in demand was faulty. The short to medium term consequence of money transfer schemes is either hyperinflation or paring of growth (recession) or worse still a depression, the magnitude of each of which will be proportional to the volume of money being transferred. The above example is to be kept in mind while understanding the NYAY scheme announced by Congress.
NYAY to Nation’s Economy
Congress manifesto talks about a guaranteed yearly income of Rs 72,000 for five crore households. The cost is Rs 3.6 lakh crore every year. Let us examine the above in the light of other relevant economic parameters. The GDP of our country (equal to Rs 300 in the UTOPIA example) in FY 2019 was nearly 188.41 lakh crore. The size of the Government Budget (equal to Rs 60 in the Utopia example) is Rs 24.57 lakh crore.
Funds needed for the NYAY scheme can be found only in three ways. One, use of outlays from existing schemes. This means many existing subsidies will vanish. Then Congress’s ‘NYAY’ is nothing more than a mere renaming of existing schemes. Or NYAY outlay can be funded by (ii) printing notes or (iii) by raising taxes, both of which are fiscally imprudent given the example of the UTOPIA village. One is inflationary and another stunts growth. Congress manifesto by presuming that the additional demand created by NYAY transfers will automatically translate into additional GDP seems to reflect an opinion that is popular amongst a few consumption/demand-side economists and is seductively appealing too, but is fundamentally flawed, since supply—to meet the new demand for additional GDP—can’t grow magically.
Supply-side augmentation is a long run phenomenon. Else, if a mere demand increase can increase GDP ‘Ipso facto’, then why stop with transferring Rs 72,000 per family per year. Why not transfer Rs 72 lakh or even 72 crore family per year. After all, transferred money increases demand and increase in demand automatically enhances GDP, supply-side constraints be dashed! Thus, the NYAY proposal is fundamentally flawed due to conspicuous silence of the manifesto about supply-side challenges.
Thoughtless Proposals on Education and Healthcare
Congress manifesto has also proposed an increase in the outlay on education and healthcare as: “Congress promises to double the allocation for Education to 6 per cent of GDP in the five years ending 2023-24.”
The above 6 per cent in the manifesto represents the total expenditure by both the Centre and the states. Since we are here dealing with what the centre can do, we need to extricate the relevant information from the budget documents of the GOI. Union Budget outlay reveals that presently all governments (Centre and states put together) contribute 2.7% of the GDP towards education and about 1.4% of the GDP towards health. Identifying the Centre’s share of the above from the Budget documents of 2019 and extrapolating the same for 2024 based on equitable distribution of the hikes (in %) between the states and the Centre one notices that the outlay on education by the Centre needs to rise from Rs 0.99 lakh crore (BE 19-20) to Rs 3.67 lakh crore (in FY 2024—in line with the manifesto proposal) under education and from Rs 0.87 (BE 19-20) to Rs 2.97 lakh crore under health (in FY 2024 in line with Manifesto proposal). This implies that the union budget outlay for education/health has to grow by more than 37% year-on-year for the next few years upto FY 23-24. This is highly unrealistic, to say the least.
Together these three outlays on NYAY, education and healthcare will need an expenditure of Rs 10.54 lakh crores out of a total budget expenditure of Rs 45.91 lakh crore in 2023-24 (Table C). The discomfort stems from the fact that these three proposals alone will swallow 23% of the budget in 2023-24, while presently these 3 (DBT, education and health) account for only 7.6% of the budget outlay in 2019-20. Hence, the proposals on education and health also appear not to have been thought through fully.
‘Manufactured’ Economics of Indian Industry
Congress also promises to increase the share of India’s manufacturing sector from the current level of 16 per cent of GDP to 25 per cent within a period of five years.
The above implies that manufacturing, which accounts for Rs 31.71 lakh crore out of Rs 188.41 lakh crore of nominal GDP in 2019 will have to move to Rs 89.25 lakh crore out of Rs 355.69 lakh crore of Nominal GDP by 2024 i.e., industry has to grow at the rate of 23% YOY for the next five years! This hasn't happened in India even in three successive years in the past, let alone for five consecutive years. Thus, the proposal to enhance the contribution of manufacturing in the country's GDP also appears not to have been comprehensively thought through.
There is also a fifth proposal to fill up all the central Government vacancies (4 lakh positions) in a year’s time and also to persuade the state governments to fill in all the pending vacancies with them (20 lakh more). Additionally, there is a proposal to create ‘Seva Mitra Positions’ (estimated at 10 lakh nos) for local bodies. This will also be inflationary till the time supply side rises sufficiently enough to buffer the same which may not happen anytime too soon.
In summary, it can be said that the major economic proposals of the manifesto appear to have been drafted by a well-meaning bard with fanciful notions of ‘El Dorado’ than by a hard-nosed, number-savvy economist with a penchant for matching ideas with execution, in what is essentially an imperfect world with scarce resources.
(The writer is a financial consultant with over 30 years of experience. He held senior positions in illustrious corporate houses like Eicher Group, ING Vysya, Reliance Group, etc. He is also a visiting faculty in business schools of repute like Symbiosis, Bangalore and IIM Bangalore)
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Canter Levin & Berg Solicitors
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Canter Levin & Berg is a large regional firm of solicitors based on Merseyside, with offices in Liverpool City Centre and Kirkby. Our 9 partners and our support staff of around 80, including many solicitors, offer a wide range of legal services to both commercial clients and private individuals.
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Here at Canter Levin & Berg Solicitors, a number of our solicitors and legal executives have been awarded individual accreditations by the Law Society for their work in Personal Injury law, Child Law, Family Law and Advanced Family Law.
As a firm we have also achieved the Law Society's Lexcel practice management standard, and we are proud of our status as a Lexcel-accredited firm.
In addition to our individual and overall accreditations, a number of our departments hold membership of relevant professional bodies. These memberships include the Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS), the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), the Credit Hire Organisation (CHO), the Headway Head Injury Solicitors Directory, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers (ACAL), Neurosupport, Resolution, the Employment Lawyers Association and the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA).
As a firm we offer legal services to both commercial clients and private individuals. The areas of law in which Solicitors are able to offer legal advice are:
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Home / Pixtory / Photo Feature / Lego bricks go green | JUL 14 , 2015
Lego bricks go green
The colourful Lego plastic bricks are set to get an eco-friendly makeover
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As kids, we’ve all played around with colourful Lego bricks that click and stick so perfectly. The good ‘clutch’ power as Lego calls it, is attributed to the use of a petroleum-based plastic — Acrylonitrile Butadine Styrene (ABS) that has been used since 1963. Now, the Danish toymaker is seeking to replace ABS with a bio-based alternative for which it plans to invest $1 billion and assemble a team of 100 researchers.
The toymaker reported a 15% increase in profit in 2014 and given the fall in the crude price, cost is not a driving motivator. So, what’s behind the shift to eco-friendly products? Reducing its carbon footprint is the main driver. The company consumes 77,000 tonnes of petroleum to produce around 60 billion bricks every year. Around 90% of its carbon emission is produced from the extraction, refinement of raw materials and distribution from factories to stores. In addition to the plan of phasing out ABS bricks by 2030, the toymaker has also invested in a wind farm and reduced its packaging size.
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Making Sense of Echocardiography: A Hands-On Guide
Authors/Editor: Houghton, Andrew R.
Publisher: CRC Press
Provides a timely, accessible overview for those learning echocardiography for the first time as well as an accessible handbook that experienced sonographers can refer to throughout their careers.
The strong clinical focus and concentration on real-life scenarios make this book especially relevant in day-to-day practice. New chapters in this edition discuss myocardial mechanics and speckle tracking and 3D echo. The book also contains significantly expanded and updated material on:
- Contrast echocardiography
- Tissue Doppler imaging
- Intravascular ultrasound and epicardial echocardiography
- The left ventricle and its systolic function
- Left ventricular diastolic function
- The left atrium
Supplying the latest guidelines and evidence-based clinical advice, this edition is also supplemented with new illustrations and an updated website. Fully updated key references for further reading are provided for each chapter. This accessible yet comprehensive text will ensure readers are up to date on the essentials in the field and can confidently integrate new procedures into their everyday practice.
Author/Editor: Houghton, Andrew R.
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Ethics in Mental Healt...
Ethics in Mental Health Care: A Public Health Perspective
Richard J. Bonnie and Heather Zelle
The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics
Edited by Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Nancy E. Kass
Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy
Epidemiology of Mental Illness
Compounded Disparities
A Brief History of Mental Health Policy in the United States
Emergence of the Psychiatric Hospital as the Model of Care
Individuals’ Rights versus Treatment Needs
Ethical Principles for Contemporary Mental Health Policy
Three Ethical Challenges
Justice, Access, and Utilization of Services and Supports
Preventing Harm
Privacy and Relational Autonomy
An Overview of Conceptual Foundations, Ethical Tensions, and Ethical Frameworks in Public Health
Distinctive Challenges of Public Health Ethics
Public Health Programs and Policies: Ethical Justifications
Justice and Public Health
Human Rights and Public Health Ethics
An Overview of Ethics and How Public Health Does Its Work
The US Public Health System and Ethics
Public Health Interventions: Ethical Implications
The Intersection of Law, Ethics, and Public Health in the United States
An Overview of the Ethics of Health Systems
Health Systems Stewardship, Governance, and Accountability: Issues of Public Health Ethics
Global Human Resources for Health: Ethical Aspects
Health Systems Research Ethics: Public Health Perspectives
The Learning Health Care System and Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities
An Overview of Ethics Issues for Public Health in Particular Populations
Aging Populations and Public Health Ethics
Children, Adolescents, and Public Health: Ethical Considerations
Persons with Disabilities and Public Health Ethics
Sexual and Gender Minorities, Public Health, and Ethics
Public Health in the Context of Migration: Ethics Issues Related to Immigrants and Refugees
An Overview of Health Diversity and Disparity in the Context of Public Health Ethics
Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health: Ethical and Social Justice Issues
Racial and Ethnic Disparities as a Public Health Ethics Issue
Reconciling Two Ethics Goals of Public Health: Reducing Health Disparities and Improving Population Health
Measuring Health Inequity: A Public Health Ethics Inquiry
An Overview of Ethics and Public Health Data Collection
Public Health Surveillance: Ethical Considerations
Framing Public Health Research Ethics
Community-Based Participatory Research: Ethical Considerations
Navigating the Ethics of Big Data in Public Health
An Overview of the Ethics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Sexually Transmitted Infections and Public Health Ethics
Contraception and Public Health Ethics
Abortion and Public Health Ethics
Access to Pregnancy-Related Health Services: Public Health Ethics Issues
An Overview of Ethics, Public Health, and Communicable Diseases
Immunization and Ethics: Beneficence, Coercion, Public Health, and the State
Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Ethical Challenges
Control of Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: A Challenge to Public Health Ethics
Global HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment: Public Health Ethics Considerations
An Overview of Ethics, Public Health, and Noncommunicable Diseases
Tobacco as a Matter of Public Health: Ethical Issues
Alcohol and Other Drugs: Public Health Ethics Issues
Global Public Health, Noncommunicable Diseases, and Ethics
Treating Cancer as a Public Health Ethics Issue
An Overview of Ethical Issues in Food, Water, and Nutrition in Public Health
Water, Justice, and Public Health
Malnutrition, Public Health, and Ethics
Obesity Prevention and Promotion of Good Nutrition: Public Health Ethics Issues
An Overview of the Ethics of Injury in Public Health
Preventing Unintentional Injuries: Ethical Considerations in Public Health
Violence and Public Health Ethics
An Overview of Ethics and Public Health Genetics
Eugenics and Public Health: Historical Connections and Ethical Implications
Newborn Screening in the United States: Ethical Issues
Public Health Genomics, Biobanking, and Ethics
Genetic Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Ethics
An Overview of Ethics and Environmental Health
Industrial Chemicals, Pesticides, Public Health, and Ethics
Occupational Health and the Built Environment: Ethical Issues
Environmental Justice, Ethics, and Public Health
Energy, Emissions, and Public Health Ethics
Environmental Health Research and Ethics
An Overview of Public Health Ethics in Emergency Preparedness and Response
Biosecurity and Public Health Ethics Issues Raised by Biological Threats
Natural and Industrial Disaster Events, Public Health, and Ethics
Pandemic Disease, Public Health, and Ethics
An Overview of Ethics, Public Health Policy, and Politics
Global Development, Global Public Health, and Ethics
Responsible Resource Allocation, Public Health Stewardship, and Ethics
The Political Economy of Public Health: Challenges for Ethics
Incorporating Ethics in Policy Change and Health Reform
This chapter explores ethical issues in mental health policy from a public health perspective, with a focus on the United States. Ethical discourse about mental health treatment has typically focused on paradigmatic concepts of individual autonomy, competence, paternalism, and appropriate justifications for overriding individual decision-making and restricting individual liberty. This chapter focuses on overarching ethical challenges in mental health policy at the population level—enhancing access of persons with mental illness to preventive services and community supports, and facilitating their successful community integration. Achieving these goals can reduce the need for coercion and ameliorate the social burden and stigma of mental illness. Shifting ethical discourse to the population level is an important step in the continuing transformation of mental health care and policy in the twenty-first century.
Keywords: mental illness, access to services, autonomy, paternalism, stigma, coercion, public health ethics
Richard J. Bonnie
Richard J Bonnie, LLB, Harrison Foundation Professor of Law and Medicine, School of Law, and Professor of Public Policy, Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Heather Zelle
Heather Zelle, PhD, JD, MS, Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Health Sciences, University of Virginia
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Contemporary Iran: Economy, Society, Politics
Ali Gheissari
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011
Part I Economy
1 Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Iran
2 The Urban Provincial Periphery in Iran: Revolution and War in Ramhormoz
3 Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran
Part II Society
4 Women, Religion, and Political Agency in Iran
5 Who Will Catch Me If I Fall? Health and the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young Iranians
6 From Punishment to Harm Reduction: Resecularization of Addiction in Contemporary Iran
7 Iran's New Scientific Community
Part III Politics
8 Constitutional Implications of Current Political Debates in Iran
9 New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran
10 Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran
11 Iran's Regional Policies Since the End of the Cold War
12 Iran's Persian Gulf Policy in the Post-Saddam Era
Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran
(p.299) 10 Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran
Contemporary Iran
Nayereh Tohidi
This chapter discusses the status and rights of ethnic and religious minorities, emphasizing the perils of both secular ultra-nationalist homogenization and religious (Shi’i Islamist) segmentation in contemporary Iran. It argues that an uneven and overcentralized strategy of development has resulted in a wide socioeconomic gap between the center and peripheries. A great part of the grievances of ethnic minorities, who mostly inhabit provincial peripheries of Iran, has its roots in the uneven distribution of power and socioeconomic resources rather than in any interethnic tension. The chapter discusses the significance of the recent rise in politicization of ethnic issues, manifested during the presidential elections of 2005 and also in the 2006 clashes in Khuzestan and Kurdestan, from national, regional, and international perspectives. In spite of being treated as a minority, and in spite of the discriminatory attitudes and traditional cultural constraints, ethnic and religious minorities in contemporary Iran have succeeded in improving their social conditions, as well as in articulating their democratic demands and presenting themselves as a significant political constituency.
Keywords: ethnic minorities, religious minorities, religious segmentation, socioeconomic gap, discrimination
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Tom Jones, owner of Certified Firearms Solutions, dismantles a .22 pistol for destruction Thursday at the Lake County Sheriff's Department. Whoever owned the pistol enclosed it in cheap, plastic gun parts "to make it look more intimidating" and like an assault weapon, Jones said.
Lauren Cross, The Times
Lt. Ryan Remenius and Officer Jill Baumgardner, with the Lake County Sheriff's Department, read out firearm serial numbers to each other, checking that each number matches the evidence sheets and court destruction orders. About 150 guns were destroyed at the Lake County Sheriff's Department on Thursday.
Lt. Ryan Remenius pulls evidence bags of weapons from a trash can labeled "To Be Destroyed" on Thursday. A company hired by the Lake County Sheriff's Department was on hand to dismantle and destroy the weapons so they don't end up back on the streets in the hands of criminals.
Tom Jones, with Certified Firearms Solutions, sets up two high-definition cameras at the Lake County sheriff's gun range Thursday. Before feeding dismantled firearms through a saw machine for destruction, they announce each firearm and its serial number before showing it to the camera in a high-definition, tight shot.
Dan Hayes, with Certified Firearms Solutions, feeds a dismantled firearm through a saw machine for destruction as his boss, Tom Jones, announces each firearm and its serial number. They record the entire destruction process and provide police departments with a copy.
Once disassembled, firearms are fed through a slow-speed saw machine so that the functional parts of the weapon cannot be pieced back together.
Tom Jones, owner of Certified Firearms Solutions, uses a hammer and screwdriver to dismantle weapons at the Lake County Sheriff's Department on Thursday.
Dan Hayes, with Certified Firearms Solutions, uses a hammer and screwdriver to dismantle weapons at the Lake County Sheriff's Department on Thursday.
About 150 guns were dismantled, scrapped for metal parts and destroyed Thursday at the Lake County Sheriff's Department by the Lafayette, Indiana-based company, Certified Firearms Solutions.
Tom Jones, owner of Certified Firearms Solutions, uses a hammer to dismantle weapons at the Lake County Sheriff's Department on Thursday.
Pictured above are bullets discarded in a yellow, plastic container. About 150 guns were dismantled, scrapped for metal parts and destroyed Thursday at the Lake County Sheriff's Department by Lafeyette, Indiana-based Certified Firearms Solutions.
Pictured above is dismantled weaponry in bags, prepped for destruction. About 150 guns were dismantled, scrapped for metal parts and destroyed Thursday at the Lake County Sheriff's Department by the Lafeyette, Indiana-based company, Certified Firearms Solutions.
'Gun coroners' destroy seized weapons to get them off the streets for good
Lauren Cross lauren.cross@nwi.com, 219-933-3206
Lauren Leone-Cross
Northlake County Reporter
CROWN POINT — “I’m the gun coroner,” Dan Hayes said, with a chuckle. “At least, that’s what we call ourselves.”
The title couldn’t be more fitting for Hayes and his boss, Tom Jones, owner of Certified Firearms Solutions.
Late Thursday morning, Hayes and Jones sat at two tables in the Lake County Sheriff’s Department gun range, prying apart firearm after firearm — armed with a hammer and screwdriver — before tossing them into clear plastic bags.
The Sheriff’s Department recently contracted with the Lafayette, Indiana-based company to destroy about 150 firearms in the department’s possession.
Many of the guns had been seized off the streets by officers during traffic stops, from crime scenes, or once served as critical evidence at trials.
The goal is to dismantle and destroy the weapons so they don't end up back on the streets in the hands of criminals.
Lake County Police Chief Bill Paterson said Thursday’s gun destruction event is likely the first of many needed to address the backlog of weapons currently stored in evidence. Thousands more remain in storage.
“Some of (these guns) are from court cases. Some of them are seized. Some of them are just found property,” he said.
“And what we’re doing is after these weapons have been through the court system, and we have court orders for destruction, we’re having them dismantled, and they’re being cut up and scrapped so they can’t find their way back out onto the streets.”
Pam Jones, spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Department, said that while gun destruction is not unusual, Jones’ company provides video documentation of the process so law enforcement can feel satisfied the weapons will not return to the streets and potentially cause harm.
Once disassembled, the firearms were fed through a slow-speed saw machine Thursday so that the functional parts of the weapon could not be pieced back together.
The cut is about ⅜-inch thick, Jones said.
“That effectively destroys the firearm,” he said.
Jones and Hayes hammered away at the piles of weaponry as Lt. Ryan Remenius and Officer Jill Baumgardner called out serial numbers to check that each number matched the evidence sheets and court destruction orders.
For added security, Jones and Hayes set up two high-definition cameras and pressed record, announcing each firearm and its serial number before showing it to the camera in a high-definition, tight shot, and then running it through the saw.
They also provide the police departments a handwritten list and an SD card containing the video of the entire process.
Once the functional part of the gun is broken down and sawed in half, Jones pays the department for scrap metal and spare parts, such as screws, nuts, bolts, grips and springs.
Years ago, Jones said police departments often would default to auctioning off seized weapons, but destruction is the way to go.
“And you don’t want to do that anymore. They could end up in the wrong hands back in the streets,” he said.
Jones started Certified Firearms Solutions about 15 years ago, admittedly as an amateur.
Its clientele has grown since then, and it now works with police departments statewide, including places like Gary, South Bend and St. Joseph County.
When Jones and his crew first started, they would take gun manuals with them for reference, he said. Now, they rely on YouTube if they get in a rare jam.
“For our first job, we had, like, what? Forty-seven guns? And it took us seven hours,” Hayes said.
On Thursday, a job of 150 guns took a little more than four hours.
Jones admired a 100-year-old Mauser pistol Thursday, turning it over in his hand before dismantling it.
Any gun enthusiast witnessing the work of Hayes and Jones likely would cringe at the thought of destroying this volume of weaponry in a matter of hours.
“I’m not sad to see them go. Clearly, they ended up here for a reason,” Jones said.
Baumgardner said she and Remenius were newly assigned to get a handle of inventory on the backlogged weapons so more can be properly destroyed.
“I’m excited to see the process here," she said. "We’re starting to clean house."
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Christmas Day in NYC
Kate Canary
Christmas is widely known as the day most of the outside world shutters, leaving anyone with a case of cabin fever to seek respite in movie theaters and Chinese restaurants. As usual New York City is a notable outlier, preserving its always-open reputation with countless ways to celebrate the holiday—or avoid it altogether. If you’re lucky enough to find yourself within the five boroughs this December 25, here’s how to make the most of it.
Tavern on the Green. Photo: Mitchell Frye
1. Eat, Drink and Be Merry
The Tradition: NYC chefs often feature prix-fixe menus and lavish buffets on Christmas Day at restaurants like the elegant Tavern on the Green and comfort-food mainstay Red Rooster Harlem. Many eateries have designated seating times or modified holiday hours, so book ahead of time. Others, like Bushwick’s beloved pizza spot Roberta’s, are business as usual with holiday specials sprinkled in.
Katz's Delicatessen. Photo: Matthew Penrod
The Twist: You can count on a classic Jewish deli to be open on Christmas, and NYC has some of the best. Tuck into a towering pastrami sandwich at Katz’s Delicatessen or “The Classic” smoked salmon board at Russ & Daughters Cafe. If your Christmas isn’t complete without lo mein, head to one of the City’s three Chinatowns—in Sunset Park, Flushing or downtown Manhattan—for authentic Chinese fare.
Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockets. Courtesy, MSG
2. Catch a Show
The Tradition: An annual Radio City institution that’s been running since 1933, the Christmas SpectacularStarring the Radio City Rockettes lives up to its name with legendary choreography, elaborate costumes, charming vignettes and venue-transforming special effects. The high-kicking headliners (and company) do an impressive four performances on Christmas Day.
School of Rock. Photo: Andrew Eccles
The Twist: The show goes on for many Broadway productions this Christmas, including hit musicals like School of Rock andMy Fair Ladyand critically acclaimed plays like The Ferryman. TheBig Apple Circus is also in full swing, with two shows on Christmas Day.
Rockefeller Christmas Center Tree. Courtesy, Diane Bondareff/Invision for Tishman Speyer/AP Images
3. Take in the Views
The Tradition: New York City’s ever-changing landscape is especially photogenic during the holidays. You could spend the day admiring dramatic window displays along Fifth Avenue or marveling at the giant Christmas trees in Rockefeller Center and Washington Square Park.
Empire State Building Observatory. Photo: Julienne Schaer
The Twist: A bird’s-eye view of the five boroughs is as transcendent as any holiday display. Need proof? The Empire State Building Observatory, One World Observatory and the Top of the Rock Observation Deck are all open on Christmas Day.
Bryant Park Holiday Shops. Photo: Brittany Petronella
4. Do Some Last-Minute Shopping
The Tradition: After an eventful season, most NYC retailers take Christmas Day off. For down-to-the-wire gifts, try the Holiday Shops at Winter Village at Bryant Park, where many of the 170 participating vendors opt to stay open on December 25.
The Twist:Zabar’s, an Upper West Side institution offering gourmet groceries, prepared foods and impressive selection of housewares, is open all day. (You can’t go wrong with a gift card for NYC-based relatives.) Down in Manhattan’s Chinatown, some shops are likely to be open as well—and you’re sure to stumble upon some excellent dim sum either way.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Photo: Christopher Postlewaite
5. Get in the Spirit
The Tradition: Catch a Christmas morning service or afternoon concert at the majestic Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, the world’s largest Anglican cathedral. Or head to St. Patrick’s Cathedral—a pristine landmark amid the Fifth Avenue bustle—for any of the six traditional Catholic masses held that day.
Also Tradition: Whatever you celebrate, the holiday season is a reminder to give back. Lend a helping hand to New Yorkers in need this Christmas by volunteering at a soup kitchen, food pantry or hospital through nyc.gov.
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Schedule 2 Standard Terms and Conditions v Nov 2015
1. Length of contract
1.1. This Contract starts on the Start Date, and unless terminated earlier or extended in accordance with Schedule 1, continues until the End Date.
2. The services
Both Parties' obligations
2.1 Both Parties agree to:
(a) act in good faith and demonstrate honesty, integrity, openness, and accountability in their dealings with each other;
(b) discuss matters affecting this Contract or the delivery of the Services, whenever necessary;
(c) notify each other immediately of any actual or anticipated issues that could:
(i) significantly impact on the Services or the cost of the Services;
(ii) receive media attention; and
(d) comply with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of conduct.
NZTE's obligations
2.2 NZTE must:
(a) provide the Service Provider with any information it has reasonably requested to enable the delivery of the Services;
(b) make decisions and give approvals reasonably required by the Service Provider to enable the delivery of the Services. All decisions and approvals must be given within reasonable timeframes; and
(c) pay the Service Provider the Charges for the Services as long as the Service Provider has delivered the Services and invoiced NZTE in accordance with this Contract.
Service provider's obligations
2.3 The Service Provider must deliver the Services:
(a) on time and to the required standards or quality;
(b) within the amounts agreed as Charges; and
(c) diligently, effectively and to a high professional standard.
2.4 The Service Provider must:
(a) ensure that its Personnel have the necessary skills, experience, training and resources to successfully deliver the Services; and
(b) provide all equipment and resources necessary to deliver the Services.
2.5 The Service Provider must use any Approved Personnel identified in Schedule 1 in delivering the Services. The Service Provider must obtain NZTE's prior written approval if it wishes to change or replace any Approved Personnel.
2.6 In delivering the Services the Service Provider agrees to be bound by the Standards of Integrity and Conduct issued by the State Services Commission (see www.ssc.govt.nz).
2.7 The Service Provider must comply with NZTE's policies and procedures including those relating to health and safety, and security requirements if any Services are provided at NZTE premises.
NZTE must tell the Service Provider what the relevant policies and procedures are, and either give the Service Provider a copy of them, or provide an internet link.
The Service Provider must have adequate health and safety policies for any Services provided outside NZTE premises and report to NZTE on compliance with all applicable health and safety laws and regulations as necessary to allow NZTE officers to discharge its due diligence obligations.
2.8 If the nature of the Services requires it, the Service Provider will deliver the Services:
(a) in a manner that is culturally appropriate for Māori, Pacific and other ethnic or indigenous groups; and
(b) that respect the personal privacy and dignity of all participants and stakeholders.
Charges & invoices
3.1 The Charges are the total maximum amount payable by NZTE to the Service Provider for delivery of the Services. Charges include Fees, and where specified in Schedule 1, Expenses and Daily Allowances.
3.2 The Service Provider must provide valid Tax Invoices for all Charges on the dates or at the times specified in Schedule 1.
3.3 If NZTE receives a valid tax invoice on or before the 5th Business Day of the month, NZTE must pay that tax invoice by the 20th calendar day of that month. Any valid tax invoice received after the 5th Business Day of the month will be paid by NZTE on the 20th calendar day of the month following the month it is received. NZTE’s obligation to pay is subject to clauses 3.4 and 11.7.
3.4 If NZTE disputes an invoice, or any part of an invoice, that complies with clause 3.2, NZTE will pay the portion of the invoice that is not in dispute. NZTE may withhold payment of the disputed portion until the dispute is resolved.
4. Contract management
Changing the Contract Manager
4.1 If a Party changes their Contract Manager they must tell the other Party, in writing, the name and contact details of the replacement within 5 Business Days of the change.
5. Records, reports and information
5.1 Both Parties must keep and maintain full and accurate Records relating to this Contract and delivery of the Services. The Records must be easy to access and kept safe.
5.2 The Records must be accessible to NZTE during the length of the Contract and for 7 years after the End Date.
5.3 The Service Provider will prepare and give to NZTE relevant reports relating to the Services as reasonably requested by NZTE.
5.4 The Service Provider must give to NZTE any Records or other information reasonably requested by NZTE.
5.5 All information provided by the Service Provider must be in a format that is usable by NZTE, and delivered within a reasonable time of the request.
5.6 The Service Provider must co-operate with NZTE to provide information immediately if the information is required by NZTE to comply with an enquiry, or its statutory, parliamentary or other reporting obligations.
6. The contractual relationship
Permission to transfer rights or obligations
6.1 The Service Provider may transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Contract only if it has NZTE’s prior written approval. NZTE will not unreasonably withhold its approval.
No partnership, agency or employment
6.2 Nothing in this Contract constitutes a legal relationship between the Parties of partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment. The Service Provider is responsible for the liability of its own, and its Personnel’s salary, wages, holiday or redundancy payments and any GST, corporate, personal and withholding taxes, ACC premiums or other levies attributable to the Service Provider’s business or the engagement of its Personnel.
Neither Party can represent the other
6.3 Neither Party has authority to bind or represent the other Party in any way or for any purpose.
Non-exclusive appointment
6.4 The Parties agree that:
(a) the Service Provider’s appointment under this Contract is non-exclusive; and
(b) NZTE may appoint third parties to provide services or deliverables similar to, or identical with, the Services or Deliverables at any time, or may provide them itself.
Rules about subcontracting
7.1 The Service Provider must not enter into a contract with someone else to deliver any part of the Services without NZTE's prior written approval. The Service Provider must use good procurement practice in letting any subcontract. Good procurement practice means acting with integrity, being open, fair and accountable and achieving value for money.
The Service Provider's responsibilities
7.2 The Service Provider is responsible for ensuring the suitability of any Subcontractor and the Subcontractor's capability and capacity to deliver that aspect of the Services being subcontracted.
7.3 The Service Provider must ensure that:
(a) each Subcontractor is fully aware of the Service Provider's obligations under this Contract; and
(b) any subcontract it enters into is on terms that are consistent with this Contract.
7.4 The Service Provider continues to be responsible for delivering the Services under this Contract even if any aspects of the Services are subcontracted.
Service Provider to cover own risks
8.1 It is the Service Provider's responsibility to take out and maintain insurance coverage for the length of this Contract, and for a period of three years after the End Date, in amounts and against risks that are normal for businesses similar to that of the Service Provider, including insurance against public liability and property damage and, where professional advice is provided, professional indemnity insurance.
8.2 Within 10 Business Days of a request from NZTE the Service Provider must provide a copy of the insurance policy and a certificate proving that it is current.
9. Conflicts of interest
Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
9.1 The Service Provider warrants that as at the Start Date, it has no Conflict of Interest in providing the Services or entering into this Contract.
9.2 The Service Provider must do its best to avoid situations that may lead to a Conflict of Interest arising.
Obligation to tell NZTE
9.3 The Service Provider must tell NZTE immediately, and in writing, if any Conflict of Interest arises in relation to the Services or this Contract. If a Conflict of Interest does arise the Parties must discuss, agree and record in writing how it will be managed. Each Party must pay their own costs in relation to managing a Conflict of Interest.
10. Resolving disputes
Steps to resolving disputes
10.1 The Parties agree to use their best endeavours to resolve any dispute or difference that may arise under or in connection with this Contract. The following process will apply to disputes:
(a) a Party must notify the other if it considers a matter is in dispute.
(b) the Contract Managers will attempt to resolve the dispute through direct negotiation.
(c) if the Contract Managers have not resolved the dispute within 10 Business Days of notification, they will refer it to the Parties' senior managers, or equivalent, for resolution.
(d) if the senior managers, or equivalent, have not resolved the dispute within 10 Business Days of it being referred to them, the Parties shall refer the dispute to mediation under clause 10.2 or some other form of alternative dispute resolution.
10.2 If a dispute is referred to mediation under this clause 10.2, the mediation will be conducted:
(a) by a single mediator agreed by the Parties, or if they cannot agree, appointed by the Chair of LEADR New Zealand Inc (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution);
(b) on the terms of the LEADR New Zealand In(c) standard mediation agreement; and
(c) at a fee to be agreed by the Parties, or if they cannot agree, at a fee determined by the Chair of LEADR New Zealand Inc.
10.3 Each Party will pay its own costs of mediation under clause 10.2.
Obligations during a dispute
10.4 If there is a dispute, each Party will continue to perform its obligations under this Contract as far as practical given the nature of the dispute.
Taking court action
10.5 Each Party agrees not to start any court action in relation to a dispute until they have complied with the process described in clause 10.1, unless court action is necessary to preserve a Party's rights.
10.6 Each Party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand in relation to any dispute or difference arising out of or in connection with this Contract, or any question about its existence, breach, termination or invalidity.
11. Ending this contract
No fault termination
11.1 NZTE may terminate this Contract:
(a) at any time by giving 20 Business Days' Notice to the Service Provider; or
(b) immediately by giving Notice to the Service Provider if the termination is due to a change in government policy or a change in appropriation
Immediate termination
11.2 NZTE may terminate this Contract immediately, by giving Notice, if the Service Provider:
(a) becomes bankrupt or insolvent;
(b) has an administrator, receiver, liquidator, statutory manager, mortgagee's or chargee's agent appointed;
(c) becomes subject to any form of external administration;
(d) ceases for any reason to continue in business or to deliver the Services;
(e) is unable to deliver the Services for a period of 20 Business Days or more due to an Extraordinary Event;
(f) is in breach of any of its obligations under this Contract and the breach cannot be remedied;
(g) repeatedly fails to perform or comply with its obligations under this Contract whether those obligations are minor or significant;
(h) does something, or fails to do something, that, in NZTE's opinion, results in damage to NZTE's reputation or business, or the reputation or business of the New Zealand government;
(i) has a Conflict of Interest that in NZTE's opinion is so material as to impact adversely on the delivery of the Services, NZTE or the New Zealand government; or
(j) provides information to NZTE that is misleading or inaccurate in any material respect.
If a breach has not been remedied
11.3 If a Party fails to meet the requirements of this Contract (Defaulting Party) and the other Party (Non-defaulting Party) reasonably believes that the failure can be remedied, the Non-defaulting Party must give a Notice (Default Notice) to the Defaulting Party.
11.4 A Default Notice must state:
(a) the nature of the failure;
(b) what is required to remedy it; and
(c) the time and date by which it must be remedied.
11.5 The period allowed to remedy the failure must be reasonable given the nature of the failure.
11.6 If the Defaulting Party does not remedy the failure as requiredby the Default Notice, the Non-defaulting Party may terminate this Contract immediately by giving a further Notice.
11.7 If NZTE gives a Default Notice to the Service Provider NZTE may also do one or both of the following things:
(a) withhold any payment of Fees due until the failure is remedied as required by the Default Notice; and/or
(b) if the failure is not remedied as required by the Default Notice, deduct a reasonable amount from any Fees due to reflect the reduced value of the Services to NZTE.
11.8 On giving or receiving a Notice of termination, the Service Provider must:
(a) stop providing the Services;
(b) comply with any conditions contained in the Notice; and
(c) immediately do everything reasonably possible to reduce its losses, costs and expenses arising from the termination of this Contract.
11.9 On termination or expiry of this Contract, the Service Provider must, if requested by NZTE, immediately return or securely destroy all Confidential Information and other material or property belonging to NZTE.
Consequences of termination or expiry of this contract
11.10 The termination or expiry of this Contract does not affect those rights of each Party which:
(a) accrued prior to the time of termination or End Date; or
(b) relate to any breach or failure to perform an obligation under this Contract that arose prior to the time of termination or End Date.
11.11 If this Contract is terminated NZTE will only be liable to pay Charges that were due for Services delivered before the effective date of termination.
Handing over the services
11.12 The Service Provider will, within 10 Business Days of receiving Notice of termination, provide all reasonable assistance and cooperation necessary to facilitate a smooth handover of the Services to NZTE, or any person appointed by NZTE.
11.13 If the Parties agree the Service Provider will provide additional assistance to support any replacement service provider to deliver the Services. This support may be for a period of up to 3 months from the date of termination and at a reasonable fee to be agreed between the Parties, based on the fees and expenses stated in this Contract.
Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights
12.1 Pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights remain the property of their current owner.
12.2 New Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables become the property of NZTE when they are created.
12.3 The Service Provider grants to NZTE a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free licence to use, for any purpose, all Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables that are not owned by NZTE. This licence includes the right to use, copy, modify and distribute the Deliverables.
Service provider indemnity
12.4 The Service Provider warrants that it is legally entitled to do the things stated in clause 12 with the Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables.
12.5 The Service Provider indemnifies NZTE and all other public service agencies in respect of any expenses, damage or liability incurred by NZTE in connection with any third party claim that the delivery of the Services or Deliverables to NZTE, or NZTE's use of them, infringes a third party's rights. This indemnity is not subject to any limitation or cap on liability that may be stated elsewhere in this Contract.
13. Confidential information
Permission to release Confidential Information
13.1 Each Party undertakes not to use or disclose the other Party's Confidential Information to any person or organisation other than:
(a) to the extent that use or disclosure is necessary for the purposes of providing the Services;
(b) if the other Party gives prior written approval to the use or disclosure;
(c) if the use or disclosure is required by law (including under the Official Information Act 1982) or parliamentary convention; or
(d) if the information has already become public, other than through a breach of the obligation of confidentiality by one of the Parties.
The Service Provider agrees to regard NZTE customer’s Confidential Information provided to the Service Provider for the purposes of providing the Services under this Contract as NZTE’s Confidential Information as set out in this clause.
Obligation to inform staff
13.2 Each Party will ensure that their Personnel:
(a) are aware of the confidentiality obligations in this Contract; and
(b) do not use or disclose any of the other Party's Confidential Information except as allowed by this Contract.
Delivery of Notices
14.1 All Notices to a Party must be delivered by hand or sent by post, courier or facsimile to that Party's address for Notices stated in Schedule 1.
14.2 Notices must be signed by the appropriate manager or person having authority to do so.
Receipt of Notices
14.3 A Notice will be considered to be received:
(a) if it is delivered by hand, on the date it is delivered;
(b) if it is sent by post within New Zealand, on the 3rd Business Day after the date it was sent;
(c) if it is sent by post internationally, on the 7th Business Day after the date it was sent;
(d) if it is sent by courier, on the date it is delivered; or
(e) if it is sent by fax, on the sender receiving a fax machine report that it has been successfully sent.
14.4 A Notice received after 5pm on a Business Day, or on a day that is not a Business Day, will be considered to be received on the next Business Day.
15. Extraordinary events
No fault if failure to deliver
15.1 Neither Party will be liable to the other for any failure to perform its obligations under this Contract where the failure is due to an Extraordinary Event.
Obligations of the affected Party
15.2 A Party who wishes to claim suspension of its obligations due to an Extraordinary Event must notify the other Party as soon as reasonably possible. The Notice must state:
(a) the nature of the circumstances giving rise to the Extraordinary Event;
(b) the extent of that Party's inability to perform under this Contract;
(c) the likely duration of that non-performance; and
(d) what steps are being taken to remedy, or reduce the impact of the Extraordinary Event on the delivery of Services.
Alternative arrangements
15.3 NZTE may, after consulting with the Service Provider, make alternative arrangements to ensure performance of the Services during the period affected by the Extraordinary Event, including engaging alternative service providers. If NZTE makes alternative arrangements, it does so at its own cost.
Termination of Contract
15.4 If a Party is unable to perform any of its obligations under this Contract for 20 Business Days or more due to an Extraordinary Event, the other Party may terminate this Contract immediately by giving Notice.
Changes to this Contract
16.1 Any change to this Contract, including an extension of length of time of this Contract, or a change to the scope of the Services, must be in writing and signed by both Parties. A change can be made at any time after this Contract has been signed by both Parties.
This is the entire Contract
16.2 This Contract, including any Variation, records everything agreed between the Parties relating to the Services. It replaces any previous communications, negotiations, arrangements or agreements that the Parties had with each other relating to the Services before this Contract was signed, whether they were verbal or in writing.79 - 119327791
16.3 If a Party breaches this Contract and the other Party delays enforcing its rights resulting from the breach that:
(a) does not mean that the Party in breach is released or excused from its obligation to perform the obligation at the time or in the future; and
(b) does not prevent the other Party from exercising its rights resulting from the breach at a later time.
New Zealand law, currency and time
16.4 Except where Schedule 1 states otherwise, this Contract will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. All money is in New Zealand dollars. Dates and times are New Zealand time.
Publication of information about this Contract
16.5 The Service Provider may disclose the existence of this Contract but must obtain NZTE's prior written approval before making reference to NZTE or this Contract in its publications, public statements, promotional material or promotional activities about this Contract.
16.6 Each Party undertakes not to post on websites, social networking sites or publicly display objectionable or derogatory comments about the Services, this Contract, each other, or any of their Personnel and to ensure that their Personnel do not do so.
Clauses that remain in force
16.7 The clauses that by their nature should remain in force on expiry or termination of this Contract do so, including clauses 5 (Records, reports and information), 8 (Insurance), 10 (Resolving disputes), 11 (Ending this Contract), 12 (Intellectual Property Rights), 13 (Confidential Information), 16 (General) and 17 (Definitions).
17.1 When used in this Contract the following words in bold have the meaning beside them.
Approved Personnel A person who is engaged by the Service Provider to deliver the Services and is named in Schedule1. The Service Provider must use this person in the delivery of the Services and cannot change them without first obtaining NZTE's written approval.
Business Day A day when most businesses are open for business in New Zealand. It excludes Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. A Business Day starts at 8.30am and ends at 5pm.
Charges The total amount payable by NZTE to the Service Provider as stated in Schedule 1. The Service Provider Charges include Fees and any Expenses and Daily Allowances stated in Schedule 1. Charges are payable on successful delivery of the Services provided a valid Tax Invoice has been submitted.
Confidential Information Information that:
(a) is by its nature confidential;
(b) is marked by either Party as 'confidential', 'in confidence', 'restricted' or 'commercial in confidence';
(c) is provided by either Party, or a third party 'in confidence';
(d) either Party knows or ought to know is confidential; or
(e) is commercially sensitive to either Party.
Conflict of Interest A conflict of interest happens if a person's personal interests or obligations conflict with the responsibilities of their job or position. It means that their independence, objectivity or impartiality can be called into question. While conflicts of interest should be avoided wherever possible, conflicts often happen without anyone being at fault. It is not the emergence of a conflict of interest which is an issue, it is how it is managed that counts. A conflict of interest may be:
(a) actual: where the conflict currently exists;
(b) potential: where the conflict is about to happen, or could happen; or
(c) perceived: where other people may reasonably think that a person is compromised.
Contract The legal agreement between NZTE and the Service Provider that comprises this document and includes all Schedules, Variations and attachments.
Contract Manager The person named in Schedule 1 as the Contract Manager who is responsible for managing this Contract on behalf of one of the Parties. The Contract Managers are the day to day contacts for routine communications regarding this Contract and the Services. They are responsible for:
(a) managing the relationship between the Parties;
(b) overseeing the effective implementation of this Contract; and
(c) acting as a first point of contact for any issues that arise.
Daily Allowance An allowance to cover accommodation, meals and incidentals for the Service Provider's Personnel if they are required, in order to deliver the Services, to travel overnight away from their normal place of business.
The amount of any Daily Allowance must be agreed to in Schedule 1. A Daily Allowance is similar to a per diem.
Daily Rate If the Service Provider's fee rate is expressed as a daily rate this is the fee payable for each day spent in the delivery of Services. A day is a minimum of 8 working hours. The Service Provider will be paid for travel time, other than normal commuting time.
Deliverables A tangible output resulting from the delivery of the Services. Specific deliverables are stated in Schedule 1. A deliverable may be a document, a piece of equipment, goods, information, or data stored by any means including all copies and extracts of the same.
End Date The date this Contract is due to end as stated in Schedule 1.
Extraordinary Event An event that is beyond the reasonable control of the Party immediately affected by the event. An Extraordinary Event does not include any risk or event that the Party claiming could have prevented or overcome by taking reasonable care. Examples include:
(a) acts of God, lightning strikes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, storms, explosions, fires, pandemics and any natural disaster;
(b) acts of war (whether declared or not), invasion, actions of foreign enemies, military mobilisation, requisition or embargo;
(c) acts of public enemies, terrorism, riots, civil commotion, malicious damage, sabotage, rebellion, insurrection, revolution or military usurped power or civil war; and
(d) contamination by radio-activity from nuclear substances or germ warfare or any other such hazardous properties.
Expenses Any actual and reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Service Provider in the delivery of the Services and agreed to in Schedule 1.
Fees The amount payable to the Service Provider for the time spent in delivery of the Services calculated on the basis stated in Schedule 1, excluding any expenses and allowances.
GST The goods and services tax payable in accordance with the New Zealand Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.
Hourly Rate If the Service Provider's fee rate is expressed as an hourly rate this is the fee payable for each hour spent in the delivery of the Services.
Intellectual Property Rights An intangible asset that consists of human knowledge or ideas. Some examples are patents, copyrights, trademarks, design, software and similar industrial, commercial or artistic property. It can include modifications, upgrades and versions.
Milestone A phase or stage in the delivery of Services resulting in a measurable output. Payment of fees is usually due on the satisfactory delivery of a milestone.
Notice A formal or legal communication from one Party to the other. It must be in writing and meet the requirements of clause 14 (Notices).
NZTE means New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and includes NZTE customer(s) where the Services are being provided to or for the benefit of NZTE customer(s), as expressed or intended by the Contract.
Although the definition of NZTE includes NZTE customer(s), unless specified otherwise, there is no privity of contract between the Service Provider and NZTE customer(s). NZTE may enforce any obligations owed to NZTE customer(s) under this Contract, but no direct action will be brought by NZTE customer(s).
Personnel All individuals engaged by either Party in relation to this Contract, or the delivery of the Services, including the Approved Personnel. Examples include: the owner of the business, its directors, employees, Subcontractors, agents, external consultants, specialists, technical support and co-opted or seconded staff.
Pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights Intellectual Property Rights developed before the date of this Contract or outside the scope of this Contract. It does not cover later modifications, adaptations or additions.
Records All information and data necessary for the management of this Contract and the delivery of Services. It includes reports, invoices, letters, e-mails, notes of meetings, photographs and other media recordings. Records can be hard copies or soft copies stored electronically.
Services All work, tasks and Deliverables stated in Schedule 1 that the Service Provider must perform and deliver under this Contract.
Schedule An attachment to this Contract with the title 'Schedule'. All Schedules are part of this Contract.
Start Date The date when this Contract starts. Services must not be delivered before the Start Date.
Subcontractor A person, business, company or organisation contracted by the Service Provider to deliver or perform part of the Service Provider's obligations under this Contract.
Service Provider The person, business, company or organisation named as the Service Provider in page 1. It includes its Personnel, successors, and permitted assignees.
Tax Invoice The Service Provider must invoice NZTE for the Services. The invoice must be a valid Tax Invoice which means it must:
(a) clearly show all GST due;
(b) be in New Zealand currency;
(c) be clearly marked 'Tax Invoice';
(d) include the Service Provider's name and GST number, if the Service Provider has one;
(e) include NZTE’s name and address and marked for the attention of NZTE's Contract Manager, or such other person stated in Schedule 1;
(f) record the date the invoice was issued; and
(g) name this Contract and a description of the Services supplied including the amount of time spent in the delivery of the Services if payment is based on an Hourly or Daily Rate.
The invoice must also include the following details:
(a) include NZTE's purchase order number if there is one;
(b) correctly calculate the Charges due; and
(c) be supported by GST receipts if Expenses are claimed and any other verifying documentation reasonably requested by NZTE.
Variation A written agreement signed by both Parties that changes any aspect of this Contract.
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Grill candidates on specifics
There is no proof whatsoever that filming left any net benefit to Oak Bay,
Sep. 24, 2014 1:00 p.m.
Perhaps the most telling comment on the Official Community Plan in your report OCP review inspires passion from residents (News Sept. 12) was this from a resident: “A plan is only as good as the people carrying it out.”
Recently we saw an instance of this over the doubtless well-intentioned plan to place pianos around Oak Bay, and allow them to interrupt residents’ sleep by exempting the pianos from the noise bylaw.
Earlier this year, on a much larger scale, Oak Bay council decided to turn part of South Oak Bay into a temporary industrial zone, by allowing a well-heeled U.S. film network to violate numerous bylaws, including those governing home businesses, parking and other legal restrictions that apply to mere residents and taxpayers of Oak Bay.
Young families were kept awake till after 1 a.m. with the noise from generators, klieg lights lit up the inside of homes brighter than daylight till the small hours, and endless rows of trucks and their guardians occupied our streets through the night.
The paid flacks for the U.S. network claimed millions were spent here. But city staff readily admit that no cost-benefit analysis was ever done. So there is no proof whatsoever that there was any net benefit to Oak Bay, after taking into account the businesses that lost revenue or the significant social cost of such disruption to residents’ lives. It is just spin.
As if to add insult to injury, while all this was going on, on March 24, Oak Bay council awarded $10,000 of those same residents’ supposedly precious tax dollars to the Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission, an organization that lobbies to inflict these activities on residents. All of this was done without the consent of those most affected.
Taxpayers might want to ask candidates in the forthcoming Oak Bay elections about these ill-advised decisions.
Russ Francis
Bring back heritage boathouse
Journey toward a cancer cure
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1. Introduction (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
2. Don't Do It (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
4. Caledonia Mission (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
5. Get Up, Jake (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
6. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (Live-Academy Of Music) (2005 Digital Remaster)
7. Stage Fright (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
9. Across The Great Divide (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
10. This Wheel's On Fire (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
11. Rag Mama Rag (Live) (2001 - Remaster)
12. The Weight (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
13. The Shape I'm In (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
14. The Unfaithful Servant (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
15. Life Is A Carnival (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
16. The Genetic Method (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
17. Chest Fever (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
19. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
20. I Shall Be Released (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
21. Up On Cripple Creek (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
22. The Rumor (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
23. Rockin' Chair (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
24. Time To Kill (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
25. Down In The Flood (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
26. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
27. Don't Ya Tell Henry (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
28. Like A Rolling Stone (Live) (2001 Digital Remaster)
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