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Bald Point State Park
Some of the most picturesque scenic areas along north Florida's Gulf Coast are found within the park which supports 4,065 upland acres. Bald Point offers access to two Apalachee Bay beaches for swimming, sunbathing, fishing, canoeing, kayaking and windsurfing. Facilities include a fishing dock and picnic pavilions.
146 Box Cut Road
Alligator Point FL 32346
Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park
On a barrier island fronting historic Apalachicola Bay, St. George Island State Park offers visitors a little strip of paradise. Beachside or bayside, the spectacular views of crystal waters, blue skies, and sugary beaches will make you want to stay.
1900 E. Gulf Beach Drive
St. George Island FL 32328
Faver-Dykes State Park
It's a great day to come out to the park and enjoy sitting along the Pellicer Creek, take a walk on the nature trail, have a picnic or stay in our campground. Faver-Dykes is conveniently located on the outskirts of America’s oldest city in St. Augustine and close to the highway.
1000 Faver-Dykes Road
O'Leno State Park
One of Florida's first state parks, O'Leno State Park was first developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. This historic park along a rustic north Florida river and offers the perfect escape into the wilderness.
410 SE O'Leno Park Road
High Springs FL 32643
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Paynes Prairie is an unpredictable Florida treasure, boasting herds of wild horses and bison, nearly 300 species of birds and a unique ecosystem that visitors will enjoy exploring.
100 Savannah Blvd.
Micanopy FL 32667
Rodman Campground
The Rodman Reservoir provides a diverse and extensive habitat for not only trophy fish, but numerous avian species and features a 67-site campground.
108 Rodman Dam Rd.
Palatka FL 32177
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
St. Sebastian River Preserve has vast open grassy forests of Long Leaf Pines with miles of hiking trails to walk, jog, bike or ride on horseback. Come out to enjoy the 22 unique Florida’s natural communities of flatwoods, oak hammock, wet prairies, mixed wetlands, hardwoods and cypress.
1000 Buffer Preserve Dr.
Fellsmere FL 32948
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Situated on the banks of the legendary Suwannee River, this center honors the memory of American composer Stephen Foster, who wrote "Old Folks at Home," the song that made the river famous.
11016 Lillian Saunders Drive/ US HWY 41
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how to be a success at everything
Why You Should Never Wear Orange To An Interview
Why your brown “power suit” could be making you look passive, why you should ditch Navy if you’re in a creative field and never wear orange.
By Stephanie Vozza 4 minute Read
Color has a lot of power. It can calm you, make you hungry, and even put you in the mood for love, color psychologists say. But can it get you a job?
While it won’t make up for lack of experience or qualifications, wearing the right color can start you off on the right foot during an interview, according to a recent study by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder. A survey of hiring managers and human resource professionals revealed that employers associate personality attributes with the colors candidates wear to job interviews.
Black conveys leadership.
Red was a color of power.
Blue gives the impression that the person is a team player.
Gray reads as logical and analytical.
White gives the feeling of being organized.
Green, yellow, orange and purple are associated with creativity.
“In terms of projection, your appearance tells more about you than what you say or how you say it,” says New York image and style expert Carol Davidson. “And out of all of the elements of your wardrobe, color speaks first.”
In addition to polishing your resume and interview skills, selecting the right clothing is an important element of finding a new job. The best color to choose depends on the industry, says Davidson, who teaches a class about wardrobe color planning at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Before you grab a garment from your closet, consult this list of popular clothing colors:
Don’t Wear Navy In An Interview For A Creative Job
Navy sends a message of being enterprising, trustworthy, honest, and credible, says Davidson. It’s a great choice for industries like law or finance. If you’re interviewing for a more creative environment, however, it could be considered too conservative.
Employers from the CareerBuilder survey recommended blue most often, with 23% of hiring professionals identifying it as their most preferred wardrobe color choice.
Wear Black If You Are Interviewing For A Management Job
Black is an extremely strong color and is highest on the authority scale, says Davidson. “Most people figure that’s a good thing, but for a first interview you don’t want to run the risk of overpowering the person in front of you,” she says.
If you are interviewing for position where you would be in charge or if you’re demure in your appearance, however, Davidson says black could be a great choice. Fifteen percent of the employers from the CareerBuilder survey recommended wearing black.
You Probably Should Avoid Brown All Together
Polar opposite to black, Davidson says brown conveys the message that you’re simple and slow to change. In fact, she doesn’t recommend wearing this color to an interview in any industry.
”Like every color, brown does have some positive attributes; it can read comforting and reliable,” she says. “But in an industry that is fast-paced and innovative it may give the impression you’re staid and passive.”
Gray Is Good For Any Industry
A great choice to wear on an interview for any industry is gray, says Davidson. “Gray sends a message of being rock solid, wise and reliable,” she says.
Since gray also reads a bit more understated, Davidson suggests adding a bolder accent color depending on the industry. For example, someone applying for a job at an advertising agency might add a red scarf, yellow shirt or purple tie to add a bit of personality and flair.
Red Might Be A Bit Too Much
Red comes across as bold and assertive, and Davidson advises against wearing it for an interview. In many industries it can come off too strong.
“Red can send less favorable messages about the candidate–that he or she is domineering, rebellious and obstinate, for example,” she says. “There is a fine line between assertive and aggressive, and red is a risky choice for an interview. That said the feisty quality of this color might be well-suited in sales or law.”
Want to Appear That You Have Attention To Detail? Wear White
In contrast to red, white is a reassuring color that can convey a feeling of new beginnings, impartiality, cleanliness and purity.
“It’s ‘immaculate’ quality can suggest an attention to detail and therefore makes it a good choice for an interview,” she says. While you probably don’t want to wear white suite, a crisp white shirt is appropriate for any industry.
Put The Interviewer At Ease With Green, Send The Message That You’re Unique With Purple or Yellow, But Please Don’t Wear Orange
Green is a color often associated with a sense of calm and wellbeing, as well as wealth and prosperity. Davidson says it’s a good choice for an accent color as it will not only put the interviewer at ease, it will send a message of possibility and growth.
For more creative environments, Davidson suggests wearing a color that pops such as purple or yellow: “Purple sends a message of being artistic and unique, while yellow signifies optimism and creativity,” she says.
Orange, however, topped the CareerBuilder list for the worst color, with 25% of employers saying it was the color most likely to be associated with someone who is unprofessional.
No matter which color you choose, Davidson says you should also consider its tone. “All colors can be scaled from authoritative to approachable,” she says.
Dark colors are perceived as formal and authoritative, while light colors make the wearer appear more friendly and approachable. Bright colors convey confidence while muted colors are conservative and less threatening.
And contrasting colors can send a message, too: “The higher degree of contrast–wearing black and white, or navy and white, for example–the more powerful you will appear,” Davidson says. “The lower the degree of contrast, the more approachable and friendly you seem.”
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Sound advice on effective noise masking for...
Sound advice on effective noise masking for open plan offices
By Editor 28 June 2019
For some people, the open plan office is a social paradise while for others, it’s a nightmare. We either find ourselves surrounded by a circus of distractions and at other times, deathly silences, hence the importance of noise masking in offices and facilities.
Dr Nigel Oseland, an environmental psychologist and director at Workplace Unlimited, says creating optimised office environments is increasingly challenging.
“As more companies are adopting open plan design and agile working, the core challenge to the workplace community, designers and suppliers is to resolve office noise distraction and enhance focussed work, while maintaining collaborative and creative environments,” says Oseland.
A survey recently undertaken by the Remark Group and Oseland in the UK has shown that out of 1,000 workers, 65 percent say noise impacts their ability to complete work accurately and 58 percent say that noise has a high impact on their stress levels.
It seems that what sounds good in theory is often different in practice. In theory, reducing literal walls as a way of reducing figurative walls and increasing collaboration sounds ideal. However, as the office becomes a sort of ‘bullpen’, face-to-face interactions tend to diminish. There is a great reduction in the ability to have confidential or private conversations, which often leads to anxiety and difficulty in concentration and performance.
The open-plan is reminiscent of the panopticon – an institutional building designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The purpose behind the design was to allow inmates of an institution to be observed by a single overseer without inmates knowing when they were being watched.
So when employees are all bundled together in a bullpen, everyone hears more than they want or need. This easily leads to a state of hyper vigilance, as the body sits in a constant state of alertness to its surroundings rather than being in deep focus on the task at hand.
Changes in Australia
Polyvox is a Sydney-based sound masking contractor which designs, supplies and installs the LogiSon Acoustic Network across facilities to optimise noise levels. The LogiSon product has been around for 40 years while Polyvox was founded two years ago amid the revisions to the AS2107.
Attila Szabo, engineer at Polyvox, says that demand for sound masking installation has increased significantly in the last two years in Australia, due to the revisions made in the Australian Standard AS2107 in 2016 (Acoustics – Recommended design sound levels and reverberation times for building interiors).
The AS2107 outlines noise levels within an internal environment. In the last edition in 2000, it only listed a maximum noise level, which led to a number of spaces being too quiet. After the revision of the Standard in 2016 to include a minimum and maximum, acoustic engineers use sound masking now to set a limit and reduce variation in noise levels.
“The idea is that the larger the range between the maximum and minimum noise levels, the more people notice the difference. If you’re working in a really quiet space, people start noticing things like tapping on a keyboard, which they otherwise normally wouldn’t. The idea behind sound masking is levelling the background noise to the Australian Standard which helps control privacy and noise within a space,” says Szabo.
A network of customisable speakers are fitted into the ceiling void of a building or across different floors. Ceiling grids with ceiling tiles require installation above the tiles, so the noise refracts off the concrete slab. On a set plasterboard ceiling, the speakers must be fitted into the plasterboard. If there’s no ceiling, then the speakers are placed pointing towards the concrete slab, where they dissipate the general noise.
“Areas that require more masking can be easily adjusted to accommodate. And in spaces which have AV (audio visual) equipment, you might choose to make it a bit quieter to help with the clarity of AV, such as in visual conferences,
“Each environment has its own frequency curve showing which noises are higher and which are lower. So it’s designed for two reasons: one, to cover up speech frequencies to allow for more privacy, and two, so your brain doesn’t receive unwanted noise. The aim is to achieve a frequency that runs on a gentle curve,” says Szabo.
Since the Australian Standard now includes sound masking as fundamental to an internal environment, business for acoustic engineers has significantly increased.
“The main projects that we have worked on include bank branches, because they have limitations on their building construction. For example, the steel mesh above the ceiling, which is installed for security purposes, means their walls cant run all the way up. Their partitions are usually glazed, so there’s not much control for privacy,” says Szabo.
“We’re about five years behind the acoustic industry in the UK, US and Canada, so we can see where it’s heading. All acoustic consultants incorporate sound masking as a part of their facility design now, as more people understand it and know about it.
“We can retrofit applications as well, so facility managers should get in touch with an acoustic consultant to assess the whole space or building. If it’s a large facility then I think it’s definitely an important thing to do,” says Szabo.
Other common facilities that have implemented sound masking systems across the world include call centres, financial institutions and more recently, hotels.
“This is a new space that has really been picking up this year. There is a Canadian product we have recently been distributing called Modio Guestroom Acoustic Control, which is essentially a sound masking system brought from offices into individual hotel guest rooms to help with noise between rooms,” says Szabo.
With growing awareness for sound masking across workplaces and facilities, this technology takes us a step closer towards the optimised workplace environment.
Image credit: Martin Knowles (courtesy of LogiSon)
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Reporters across the nation use Institute data to fuel their investigative reporting on money in politics. Listed here from most recent.
Springfield News-Leader
Cognressional Ties a Powerful Fund-Raising Tool 2004-10-29
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress have a lot to offer family members who decide to run for office. That includes name recognition and something more tangible -- money from congressional colleagues and corporate lobbyists.
Phillips, Warden Race Most Expensive in County 2004-10-24
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The race between Democrat Mike Phillips and Republican Bill Warden for House District 63 could turn out to be the most expensive ever in Gallatin County.
Candidates' Donors Bespeak Differences in Stances 2004-10-24
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- On their way to a record-shattering campaign for governor, Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire have combined to raise more than $10 million for their Nov. 2 election-day showdown. But it is the way that each has raised the money that is startlingly different.
The Daily Sentinel
Bjorklund No. 1 at Raising Money 2004-10-17
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The unprecedented fund-raising efforts by state House hopeful Shari Bjorklund, whose campaign has raised more money than any of the 136 state House candidates in Colorado this year, have allowed her campaign to put a new face on Mesa County politics.
Associated Press, Montana
Complaint Lodged Over Schweitzer Campaign Finances 2004-10-15
HELENA, Mont. -- A Republican legislator has filed a complaint alleging Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brian Schweitzer has accepted campaign contributions over the legal limit.
The 527 Factor: It's Big in State Races, Too 2004-09-23
While groups such as MoveOn.org and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have grabbed national attention with their growing advertising clout in presidential politics, other so-called 527 committees are making their dollars felt in state races across the U.S.
Anniston Star
Supreme Court Candidates in State Breaking the Bank 2004-09-20
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Supreme Court judges are elected to make fair and impartial rulings and hear every case with an open mind. But record-breaking amounts of money that are pouring into Alabama's race this year are casting doubt on that basic duty, judicial observers say.
Great Falls Tribune
Schweitzer, Brown War Chests Shed Light on Their Differences 2004-09-19
HELENA, Mont. -- Nearly 20,000 times in the last 20 months, someone, somewhere has written a check to the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brian Schweitzer, to bring his fundraising total to $1 million-plus so far. But Republican Bob Brown is proving to be an able fund-raiser as well.
San Jose Mercury News
Donors Have a Stake in Bills 2004-09-16
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After pledging to reject money from special-interest groups, Arnold Schwarzenegger has accepted five- and six-figure donations from a wide array of businesses with a stake in some of the hundreds of bills the Republican governor must sign or veto by month's end.
San Mateo County Times
Candidate is Sparing No Expense 2004-09-14
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- TV Advertising: $838,000. Campaign workers: $214,000. A seat in the California Legislature: nearly priceless. At $3.7 million and counting, candidate Steve Poizner is running one of the most expensive campaigns in the history of the California Assembly.
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In 2012, most legislative incumbents won.
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Centre to help food industry reduce costs and environmental footprint
By Laurence Gibbons contact
Commercialising the farming of lobsters is among the projects to receive financial backing
Related tags: Innovate uk, Agriculture
Food and drink manufacturers could reduce costs and improve their environmental footprint by developing new sustainable technologies as a result of the UK’s first big data centre of excellence for Agrimetrics at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire.
That’s according to life sciences minister and chair of the Agri-Tech Leadership Council George Freeman, who also revealed 21 projects would benefit from £17.8M of funding from the government’s Agri-Tech Catalyst Fund at the opening of the centre yesterday (October 26).
The agricultural innovation centre, created by the government through Innovate UK under the UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, would support a revolution in the use of data science and modelling in the agri-food industry and contribute to a more intelligent, productive, efficient, resilient and sustainable food supply system, it claimed.
Agrimetrics would help the UK become a world-leader in setting sustainable standards, Freeman told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
‘Major impact’
“The centre has the potential to make a major impact on the food and farming sector in three key ways,” he claimed.
“Firstly, by pulling together necessary data to support proper science of sustainable technologies to underpin proper food labelling and labelling standards so consumers know when they see a ‘green tractor’ they can have real confidence that it is based on real science.
“Evidence shows by making data available it helps industry drive down its [carbon] footprint.”
The centre would also help businesses develop new smart tools, apps and software to boost sustainable production and make the UK a world-leader in setting sustainability standards, Freeman added.
“This is about helping our food and farming sector lead the world in clean, green farming and feed the world for less,” he said.
“All companies are looking to reduce cost and their environmental impact. It should help provide people and organisations small and large – from the windiest hill farm to food retailers – to improve performance.”
The Agri-tech sector is forecast to grow to £20bn in Europe over the next few years, creating a “real opportunity” for food and drink manufacturers, Freeman claimed.
21 innovative projects funded
Meanwhile, 21 projects received a share of £17.8M competition funding from the government’s Agri-Tech Catalyst Fund.
Projects include one assessing the potential to commercialise the farming of lobsters, a proposal to cultivate scallops on ropes and a way of continuing to make whisky with UK wheat, by using a novel variety.
The technologies are among 21 successful bids that have won a competition run by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to target commercially promising new technologies to provide an economic boost to the UK agriculture sector.
Ian Meikle, head of agriculture and food at Innovate UK, said: “By supporting these project partnerships – many of which include small businesses – Innovate UK is backing British solutions for agricultural challenges. These schemes are helping to create new jobs and will open up new markets and drive productivity.”
Professor Jackie Hunter, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) chief executive, said: “Investing in advances in agriculture is vital, not only for our future food supply but also to help build the UK bioeconomy. These new research projects highlight how UK bioscience is at the forefront of innovative approaches for modern farming.”
The funding was awarded through the Agri-Tech Catalyst Fund, which was set up by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, Innovate UK, Department for International Development and the BBSRC with a £70M investment to help make the UK a world leader in agricultural technology, innovation and sustainability.
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Home > UCL > Man United suffer Injury blow ahead PSG clash
Man United suffer Injury blow ahead PSG clash
Man United is preparing for a crucial Champions League clash against PSG. After losing in the first leg, the English side will have to better that result at Parc des Princes this wednesday if they want to remain in this European competition.
And to make things worse, Solskjaer will be without 7 players for the trip to paris, The united boss disclose his squad ahead of the match and confessed that none of his injured players will return in time.
This means Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and Alexis Sanchez will not feature against PSG. The Chilean was the most recent player to pick up a knock, injuring his knee ligament in 3-2 win over Southhampton. In addition, Pogba has been suspended after been sent off in the first leg.
”I don't think we can risk Martial. He's not been training yet, so I don't think so,” the Norwegian boss said, as per Mirror.
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HomeRiflesBolt Action RiflesM1903 Springfield – Stripped for Air Service
M1903 Springfield – Stripped for Air Service
November 28, 2017 Ian McCollum Bolt Action Rifles, Conversion, Video 32
Edit: For additional information on these, including some unpublished documentation, see the C&Rsenal video on the 1903 Springfield
One of the more interesting and unusual – and rare – variations of the M1903 Springfield is the version that was “Stripped for Air Service”. Contrary to common belief, these were not used as in-flight aircraft armament before the use of machine guns, or as antiaircraft armament for observation balloon crews. Instead, they were developed by Springfield Armory in early 1918 as a pilot’s survival rifle – armament to be used in case one crash landed in enemy territory.
The modifications made include cutting down the stock and hand guard to reduce weight, adding a fixed 25-round box magazine, elimination of the sling swivels, and simplification of the rear sight to a 100-yard notch. The large fixed magazine was chosen because a pilot would not be carrying extra ammunition in a cartridge belt, as would a normal infantryman. All the ammunition he would have if he needed to use the survival rifle would be what was stored in the rifle itself.
A total of 910 of these modified rifles were made, and 908 of them shipped to France in late June, 1918. They were never put into service though, and 680 were still in a French depot at the end of the war. The remainder may have been distributed to some airfields, but they were never actually used. With the end of the war, the rifles were put into storage in the US along with the mass of other war materiel. In the mid 1920s, much of this stock was scrapped, and the surviving Air Service 1903s were either destroyed or converted to standard infantry pattern rifles. Very few survived this process, making them extremely rare today. This particular one came from the collection of Bruce Canfield.
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James Reid was a Catskills gunsmith who emigrated form Ireland by way of Scotland. He made a number of different revolvers, but is best known for his line of “My Friend” knuckleduster pepperboxes (or “knucklers”, […]
Book Review – Smith & Wesson Model 76 SMG by Frank Iannamico
December 16, 2018 Ian McCollum Book review, Video 16
Available from Amazon or direct from the publisher. Frank Iannamico’s new book on the Smith & Wesson Model 76 submachine gun is in fact a book about much more than just the Model 76. It begins […]
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W.A.R. – the Winchester Automatic Rifle
August 1, 2016 Ian McCollum carbine williams, Light MGs, Prototype, Video 30
With the failure of the G30M and G30R to lead to any military orders (American or otherwise), the Winchester company took the advice of the Ordnance Department to scale the design up to an automatic […]
Survival rifles are supposed to be simple, reliable, and powerful enough for foraging. The large capacity magazine seems a bit off, but it’s better than single shot with a separate cartridge pouch which could be lost. Just don’t think of using this for impromptu trench raids should you crash behind enemy lines unless you can acquire a proper weapon by relieving one enemy of his mortal sufferings.
Bruce Evans says:
That looks like a magazine with a rifle attached.
Othais over at C&Rsenal seems to have documented in his recent 1903 Springfield episode that these were, in fact, intended for aerial use, though by the time they were ready it was clear that a semi-auto or machine gun would make more sense so they were never used in that capacity.
As a survival/self-defense rifle, the whole concept just seems silly and cumbersome–no sling, little weight savings, full-length barrel, awkward magazine. Any number of military or commercial carbines already in inventory or readily available (Krag, Winchester 1892/1894/1895, Savage, Remington or Winchester self-loading, etc.) with ammo on the sling or a stock pouch would have made much more sense as a pilot’s self-defense rifle. Given the very limited numbers of rifles and small amount of ammo needed, a non-standard rifle caliber would not have been a big deal, or an existing pistol caliber could have been used.
“Given the very limited numbers of rifles and small amount of ammo needed, a non-standard rifle caliber would not have been a big deal, or an existing pistol caliber could have been used.”
However using standard rifle cartridge might allow salvaging ammo from on-board machine gun, if aeroplane was crash-landed. However I am not sure which cartridges used American aviation during Great War, it was .30-06?
eon says:
Basically they re-created the early M1903 cavalry carbine with a slightly longer barrel and the addition of a high-capacity magazine.
I wouldn’t call it a practical aircrew survival gun, because even with all the “simplicate and add lightness” it was still a pretty heavy item considering the limited engine HP and thus payload of the aircraft of the day.
But with a slightly shorter barrel it would have been an interesting weapon for trench raids.
An overwhelming and overpowered carbine for a raid? Okay, but good luck reloading the magazine. I recommend bringing a good automatic pistol or revolver as your side arm. And don’t forget a knife.
Most of what I’ve read about trench raids, plus what I learned from my great uncle who served in that one, tends to show that reloading wasn’t an issue.
You dropped into a reasonably vacant section of the enemy’s frontline trench, fired a few rounds to either neutralize or just scare off any defenders, secured the traverse (trenches were in zig-zags for obvious reasons), maybe tossed some grenades around corners to dissuade anybody from trying to rush your position, grabbed or wrecked whatever it was you were after, and beat it back across No Man’s land to your own trench line. It was Dieppe on a very small scale.
That was a typical “opportunity” trench raid, done mainly to mess up enemy frontline C3I and also just to keep the enemy from getting a decent night’s sleep.
By comparison, a “deliberate” raid to wreck a section of trench was generally done by units up to company size, usually including combat engineers with demolition equipment. You secured the traverse, the engineers set charges with you covering the ends of your “liberated” area, then when they signaled everybody got their backsides back across NML before the bangs.
In either situation, probably the best choice of weapon would be a pump-action “trench” shotgun. But I wouldn’t feel ill-equipped with a short-barreled Springfield firing 150-grain spitzer leaving the muzzle at 2,700 F/S, that held 20 rounds on one fillup.
If nothing else, any German coming around the corner with a trench shield in front of him would get a surprise he wouldn’t like very much.
A trench shield was sort of like a Roman legionary shield or a modern police riot shield. They started as shields for snipers, like a medieval pavise or mantlet, but soon “cut-down” versions were introduced for dealing with trench incursions. Generally made of mild steel, with a sight port in it to allow the use of a rifle or pistol, a trench shield would stop pistol slugs at close range, but not full-power rifle bullets.
Especially not at an average range of about five to ten feet/em> rather than fifty or sixty yards.
The Canadians came up with a version called the MacAdam Shield Shovel;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacAdam_Shield_Shovel
It was a basic spade made of thicker steel, with a sighting hole. Nobody liked it, as it was too small to make an effective shield, and was next to useless as a shovel, because it had this whacking great hole in it.
And it turned out that it wouldn’t stop even a pistol bullet anyway, let alone a 7.9 Mauser slug.
As a rule, multipurpose gadgets rarely do even one thing well.
Polyphemus says:
I don’t think a downed pilot in occupied Northern France, or Germany, would expect to hunt for food. This would be, rather, a ‘survival and evasion’ rifle. It still seems like a dumb project. A shortened/lightened rifle with a belt of ammunition would do the trick without so much work.
Probably the best weapon of all would have been a compact .22 pistol like a Colt Woodsman, with a Parker-Hale silencer. Compact, lightweight, and you could carry a couple of hundred rounds of ammunition in one pants pocket.
It would suffice for foraging without being noticed, would certainly be able to kill a sentry if necessary, could give you a good chance of ambushing a patrol if push came to shove, and of course it would be just as intimidating as any other pistol.
More so, really. As a rule, when you show people a handgun with a sound suppressor on it, they tend to assume that you are a professional who has no qualms about using it, and also are unlikely to miss.
This is doubly so about .22s, interestingly enough. They assume that if you’re using a .22, it’s because you’re a good enough shot that you don’t need a 9mm or etc. to kill somebody with.
And that you’ve probably already done it, more than a few times.
“As a rule, when you show people a handgun with a sound suppressor on it, they tend to assume that you are a professional who has no qualms about using it, and also are unlikely to miss.”
This might work today, suppressor surely existed in 1918, but were they associated with professionals in 1918?
I would rather suggest .25 Auto rather than .22 rim-fire, mainly because of .22 rim-fire cartridge with lead (jacket-less) bullet might be described as bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body (Hague Convention of 1899), also having automatic pistol easy to hide might be useful in certain situations.
“occupied Northern France, or Germany”
Important question is: where crash-landing occurred? If deep into Germany territory situation is bad (in fact there were strategic bombers deployed during Great War, even if less known that of Second World War, see for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Type_O ), occupied Belgium seems somewhat better, as you have friendly population, near front-line might looks good, but I have doubts about of going to own side.
Well, that’s what Raymond Chandler suggested. I doubt that civilians in Flanders or the Rhineland would have enough gun-savvy to have opinions about firearm selection
George Boatright says:
I also watched Othias’s video. I prefer Ian’s short, to the point presentation compared to Othias”s one plus hour video.
I liked both presentations, appreciating the thoroughness of one and the conciseness of the other.
Othias was doing a video on the M1903 series through World War 1 (and a little beyond), not just a brief bit on the Air Service version. He did cover (or re-cover) a lot of associated material that was better covered elsewhere, but it was relevant to the M1903.
As for the discrepancy, the correspondence Othias mentions is apparently only recently uncovered. Finding stuff in the National Archives can be massively worse than finding a needle in a haystack, and it seems to me quite fortuitous that clarifying documentation has been uncovered.
Ian and Othais took different aproach, and both shows are great.
What is interesting to me Othais’s have gun with “buckhorn sight”, while Ian showing basicaly same sights with U-notch on small plate screwed to “buckhorn”. What was original version? Maibe this plate was screwed on later for more accurate shots by owner or C&R’s video showing gun with missing part?
Robert L. says:
Meh. Apparently even Uncle Sam can “Bubba” a gun now and then.
As far as a E&E weapon, I’d stick a SMLE in the cockpit: 10 rounds in the rifle. Or a few extra magazines for my 1911.
You guys know that WW1 ended a while back. Right?
Speaking of ‘survival… is crash landing after being shot down and still living, not enough of accomplishment? Shooting at locals probably would expedite crowd justice, especially in WWII. (Not sure what conventions stipulated; if for example crashed pilot would not loose his right for fair treatment if continued with hostility.)
What I’d like to think of is that survival in environment such as tundra, when encountering polar bear would make more sense. That kind of survival need is quite legitimate
Just FYI: These were developed around 1918 for WW1. After that war, the “Stripped For Air Service” version were mostly converted back to standard 1918.
In World War 2, aircrew were often provided side-arms or possibly other small arms. The aircrew in question had to evaluate which option (fight, flight, hide, or surrender) was his best option. Depending on the location they were shot down, having a weapon could well be the difference between life, death, capture, or escape. Not being armed reduces those options. Deciding that it is best to leave airmen unarmed because fighting MIGHT not be the best option is certainly not the way I would go when deciding how to equip my country’s aircrew. I feel it would be better to let them decide for themselves when presented with the specific circumstances, rather than pre-decide based on what MIGHT occur.
Mind you, I’m just adding to your post and expanding, not criticizing. You brought up an excellent point that was well worth expanding on. Fighting it out in the European theater was probably not a good choice for the Western Allies. Surrender was probably a more dangerous option in the Pacific or for Eastern Europeans in Europe.
Thank you, also please see my last note which ties to your own. This is what happens to me routinely – start to talk around away from technical subject 🙂
You view is sensible, if carrying with hostility is preferred course of action; war is war after all and this justifies use of violence. Everyone had to decide for themselves.
This makes me to think about case of Gary Powers (not explicitly war status, although cold war was in its peak), how he used means to his disposal (including poisoned needle) after being grounded. Common sense prevailed, I guess.
Powers once stated that the U-2 pilots’ first reaction to the poisoned needle concealed in the coin was “somebody’s been reading too many spy novels”.
The suppressed High Standard HD Military .22 pistol he was issued was actually a leftover from the OSS in WW2.
He also said that he had no chance to dispose of either one before he was taken into custody on landing.
He thought that what he really needed was a Russian phrasebook, starting with “I’m just a pilot,I don’t really know anything”, which pretty much summed it up.
I still remember the affair with Powers from how press presented it. It was tremendous success by Soviet air defense, since U.S. intelligence assumed they have not completed development of new ground to air missiles. Powers himself looked rather sheepish. Czechs call this kind of attitude “it was not me, I am just a musician”. Powers was later swapped for some spy; I bet he wrote book about it and made decent buck.
Jacob Morgan says:
There was no expectation that a U2 pilot would survive being shot down at altitude. That was why Eisenhower agreed to let the missions proceed.
The only case when a survival kit would have realistically been expected to have been used was if there was some sort of engine difficulty and the pilot was able to ditch the plane. Even that would have been hard to walk away from, as the U2 is difficult to land even on a proper runway.
“It was tremendous success by Soviet air defense, since U.S. intelligence assumed they have not completed development of new ground to air missiles.”
This was one example of fact that you might get aeroplane or other flying machine, able to get too-high or too-fast for enemy defense, but not for eternity, as enemy will sooner-or-later get suitable weapons. Also never believe in that your machine is totally beyond enemy capability c.f. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown
when so-called stealth aeroplane was shoot down by ancient S-125 rocket (developed yet into 1950s, introduced to Soviet service in 1961)
@ Daweo: exactly as you say.
Btw. Peoples republic of China was practically since its inception under pressure of surveillance flights originated from Taiwan under CIA leadership; pilots were Chinese nationals. Since PRC at the time had no technical capability to deal with this pesky nuisance, they got Russians on board and success was soon scored. It happened after event with U2 over Sverdlovsk region (I have difficulty to find reference, but I believe I read it on one of Czech pages with military history). Then followed a long pause in similar activities.
It was known that there was a risk of a U2 being shot down, but the belief was that there would be plausible denyiability without a live pilot, and it was worth the risk.
So the surprise was not so much that Soviet missiles were a threat, but was that Powers lived. Which, again, meant that his kit was thought to have be of little use. Sort of like giving submariners survival kits to carry around all day.
Overall, it is always a response to the other side–why the SR-71 was created to fly higher and faster. Created by the same designer who made the U2. Very successful, and expensive. Ironically, the U2 is still used–get enough altitude and useful images can be taken from international air space.
A Rand Institute study, made shortly after WWII, laid out a vision for CCD cameras on satellites transmitting images back to earth. That was well before anyone was trying to launch anything into space at all. Spy planes, and even film ejecting satellites, were supposed to be a stop gap measure. In the mid-1940’s that “think-tank” foresaw about thirty years into the future of airborne surveillance. The track records of seeing thirty years into the future of small arms design have not been as good.
Loosely related subject- personal armament with aircrews during WWII. Among other nationalities conducting air-raids on Germany were also Czechs and Slovaks. As I cannot speak on status of Slovaks (Slovakia was allied with Germany during war), Czech being taken “under protection” would be treated upon shootdown as traitors with only one possible outcome.
Oh yes, those who flew Wellingtons during beginning of war, were armed with compact sixshooter, besides of map and German Marks (they often spoke German fluently). I do not recall reading about actual occurrences related to it.
I know the RAF preferred the Webley MK IV (commercial series) .380in revolver (.38 S&W) because it weighed two ounces less than the Army-issue Enfield .380in revolver issued to tank crews and etc.
My knowledge comes among other sources from novel by Jansky (pseudonym) called “Nebesti Jezdci” (Sky Riders). It was first published at about 1966/67 and I read it in original. It was later made into movie and shown also thru North America. I believe author talked about .38S&W (I thought it was gun).
Although they flew only at night, their chances were pretty bleak as Wellingtons were slow and not very well protected by own MG defense (author himself was tail gunner). Many crews were killed/ burned to death in the air rather than being captured and – executed.
“author himself was tail gunner”
This reminded me about one U.S. song of that era: https://www.historyonthenet.com/authentichistory/1939-1945/3-music/06-Services/19430000c_Guns_In_The_Sky-Sgt_Johnny_Desmond-Vdisc242a.html
Released by “Athletic and Recreational Services”; I love it. This is music from time when America was Great. 🙂
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Slow Motion: VG1-5
December 18, 2014 Ian McCollum Prototype, Semiauto Rifles, Slow motion, Video 40
This particular rifle is a prototype of the reproduction VG1-5 (or more correctly called the Gustloff MP-507) rifles that are available for sale from Chuck at GunLab.net. I will take some slow motion footage of a production example as well, once I have it in hand.
For more details on the gun, check out my full video on it here:
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HK-32 Prototype in 7.62x39mm
February 20, 2019 Ian McCollum Select-fire Rifles, Video 14
Among the large family of roller-delayed rifles produced by Heckler & Koch, one of the rarest and least known is the HK32. This was the select-fire shoulder rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm. These rifles appeared in […]
Prototype Dieckmann P66 Pistol at RIA
September 7, 2014 Ian McCollum Prototype, Semiauto pistol, Video 36
The P66 was a prototype .22LR semiauto pistol designed by a German immigrant to the United States by the name of Rolf Dieckmann. It never went into production, but had a number of interesting features, […]
IMBLITZVT says:
Looks really cool! I am broke at the moment but would consider getting one in the future, M16s just are not cheap! Price I think it a bit high but I would consider it.
What is the trigger group used? How close to the original are these? We need a good video to compare! For $4k I would hope it would be as spot on as possible. I was following it over on another website but the posts died away and I lost track of the project until now.
Ian McCollum says:
The trigger is completely unrelated to the original trigger mechanism (which used a whole bunch of complex cast parts, permanently riveted together). The new trigger mechanism was designed specifically for these rifles, and is basically the same in concept as an M1 or AK trigger.
duchamp says:
that operating handle on the rifle in the slow motion video looks different, is it?
Yes, it is. Like I said, the rifle in the slow motion video is a prototype.
Woff65 says:
You going to take one of these to a 2 gun match? It might be fun to see how it compares to something like an M1 or a G43.
smgguns says:
Hats off to Chuck and crew! That looks like it works very well. Pretty huge accomplishment to go from scratch and stamp it all out and make it work. Cool!
dansquad says:
Ian, it would be nice if you could record in slow motion a prototype with a non-drilled barrel. Willing to see if there is any actual difference between gas delayed and plain blowback VG1-5
That would be interesting! Of course if there is a big difference, you might not want to be sitting anywhere real close when you pull the trigger! I would be very interesting.
There’s a part of me that’s always been enamored with the gas delayed blowback as a concept, and seeing you shooting a successful (in the functional sense) prototype in slow motion makes me wonder a couple things. In a similar vein to dansquad, I wonder how well it would cycle if the slide assembly were substantially lighter (say aluminum?), or if it really does require all that mass and is basically just a blowback. If a lighter slide can still function (possibly with moved gas ports), that might bode well for the system being carried over to other calibers.
I also wonder when a “tactical” one, ala the tactical FG42 will drop into your lap for a 2gun match. If one does, I want one.
Heh…I don’t anticipate there ever being a tactical VG1-5. Once the production run if complete, Chuck will be moving on to a new and different project.
I am a bit surprise by the $4.000 price, but if it is a way to make a pre-serie and finance a further bigger production at good price, why not
I don’t expect there will be any further production once this batch is finished.
Euroweasel says:
How about making one in 7.62x39mm that accepts AK magazines? Granted, it wouldn’t be as authentic, but on the other hand replicas of 19the century pistol caliber lever actions seem to be more popular in “non-authentic” calibers such as .45 LC and even .38 Spl and .357 Magnum, probably because those cartridges are more available and less expensive as factory loads than .44-40 WCF. (And also because many people already own revolvers in those calibers.)
It’s not my decision to make, since I’ not the person making these – but I can tell you that they are only going to be made in 8×33. The problem with adapting it to 7.62×39 is that an entirely new receiver would be needed, and to what end? These guns are in no way better than an AK or SKS from a practical perspective. Chuck doesn’t wish to get into serious mass production of anything, and the cost would not be all that much less than the 8mm version. Even if it could be halved, how many people would really buy a VG1-5 in 7.62×39 for $2000? It would be a pretty pointless gun, IMO, without the utility of a $300 SKS or the historical interest of the original.
Well, it was just a crazy idea. You are probably right that the interest would not be sufficient to make it commercially viable.
In the USSR after WW2 there were rifles made(TBKs?) and tested in 7.62×39 that used this principal. The designer abandoned principal and went with lever delay blow back. An interesting way of making a gun and good for what was in need during WW2, but limited.
Chuck’s price is about what figured it would be and don’t dare spend that amount now. Bad timing for me, but great for some others and it’s very interesting what he did to do it.
Just to be clear the gas delay blow that the USSR copied and worked with after WW2 was the same as the MP-507. The gas port was back by the chamber. The 7.62×39 redesign TKB-454 the USSR did look very similar to the German(Kurt Horn)design.
The German design and write up in Russian:
http://www.kalashnikov.ru/upload/medialibrary/44a/020_026.pdf
The TKB-454:
http://tonnel-ufo.ru/eanglish/weapon/korobov-tkb-454.php
“rifles made(TBKs?) and tested in 7.62×39 that used this principal.”
TKB not TBK, the ТКБ stands for Тульское Конструкторское Бюро – Tula Construction Bureau. You are probably thinking about Korobov (Г. А. Коробов) and ТКБ-517 lever-delayed rifle (link: http://world.guns.ru/assault/rus/korobov-tkb-517-e.html ) and their predecessor ТКБ-454 which initially work on blow-back principle but later was redesigned to delayed blow-back principle.
Pdb says:
Might sell, sort of a Highpoint. You could perhaps use the same alloy for the slides bulk… 7.62x39mm might be more powerful, try and improve the gas delay maybe put the ports nearer the chamber like that Hk P7 pistol is it – Purpose, cheap Ak mag using, cheap self loader.
It was interesting to see how many times the gun closed and reopened a bit when it was fired.
Yup – that’s why H&K designs have that bolt locking lever and spring.
Storm says:
Thanks for the vid !
I too would like to see (or read about) the results of a testing with blocked gas holes, if the gas delay is really a THEORY like you said (and are probably right)
Is there a reason why on prototype there are 2 rows on holes? (on original there are 4 holes but on one spot, not 2, like seen here on video).
Also, slide mass of 6 pounds, is it the same as original vg 1-5, or heavier?
12L14 says:
“Chuck will be moving on to a new and different project”
New project?
How about that one?
http://popgun.ru/files/g/36/orig/695905.jpg
http://lib.rus.ec/i/77/452077/pic_7.jpg
Just kiddin 😉
How is it supposed to function? It looks intriguing 🙂
Maybe gas from a port just forward of the cases mouth is supposed to turn the plug thing via… It’s inside being “screw” shaped, a spiral like. Then the lug on the plug rotates freeing the bolt thing from the barrel piece, the spring thing on the plug assists this rotating action, as it’s compressed by the bolt – when fully forward.
This is Grossfuss sturmgewehr, look it up.
Basicly, much better performance in using the gas delayed blowback, but the factory got overrun by russians before they could start the serial production.
Prototype(s?) are now in their posession.
It doesn’t rotate. Pressure on the piston counteracts bolt movement speed until the pressure force on the bolt overcomes the piston’s force. Then the piston drops down and allows free movement of the bolt rearward. The spring holds the piston down until the bolt returns the piston to it’s original position.
Interesting stuff 🙂
When you fire gas pressure holds the wee piston plug thing into it’s recess within the bolt, when the bullet leaves the barrel said plug thing is only under spring pressure.
Is that it, sort of Hk P7 but instead of a “hydraulic” arrangement – In that the gas can’t be compressed, this uses said gas to sit behind a steel lug so it can’t be depressed because of it. And as it’s sat inside the bolt, the bolt can’t move accordingly until it is removed.
Clever… Probably the product of desperation, last ditch thinking etc… But it’s clever, I see no apparent reason as to why that wouldn’t work… There’s various variables, but still…
That’s definitely the one to make 12L14, I reckon it’s the conclusion of the Vg1-5 “thought” patten. It requires less metal, it’s just better. Really it’s a vg-6 in essence…
It wasn’t designed and made for the Volkssturm. It was designed and built for the Herr. So a VG designation would be incorrect.
For those interested, but have looked no farther into it, the German made one that the USSR tested fired about 1900 rounds without fail. For whatever reasons, the 7.62×39 redesign the USSR made didn’t work that well.
I’m also called Martin, Martin… The technicalities… The principle works.
I wonder if the gas is bleeding back in the chamber due to the chamber flutes? (of course if they are included on this prototype rifle)
Flutes or not, the gas can’t bleed back into the chamber until the pressure has dropped. The pressure in flutes would be the same(equal to) as in the rest the connected pressure areas.
That is the basic principal of pneumatics/hydraulics. Pressure will always be equal in the whole system.
You can find nice article here:
http://popgun.ru/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=16544
ps. I barely read russian, so can’t help with a translation – sorry…
That is the same article in PDF format that I provided a link to a few posts ago. Google translate will do a reasonable job of translating the PDF one, but won’t translate the jpg version.
You can also save the PDF one for future reference.
It might be interesting to carry out the slow motion film using wartime or East German ammo which is higher pressure than current brass cased. However the firearm would have to be cleaned with boiling water.
It would be very interesting – I am planning to do just that with one of the production guns. I’d like to do all 4 available ammo types – FNM, Prvi, German WWII, and post-war East German.
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Target Employees at NY Store Vote on Union
Published June 17, 2011 RetailReuters
Target Corp workers at the discount chain's Valley Stream, New York, store are voting Friday on whether they want to join a union.
If a majority vote yes, the store would become the first unionized Target in the country, a result that has the potential to send waves across the retail sector.
Target employs thousands of workers at 27 stores in the New York City area. None of the Minneapolis-based company's 1,755 or so stores have union-represented employees.
Target has come under less fire than larger rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc for its employment practices. Still, some Target workers express disappointment in online forums that they receive what they believe are poor wages and benefits, and that their shifts have been reduced, thereby cutting their pay.
Employees at the suburban store, located roughly 15 miles east of Manhattan, are voting on whether to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500. The store has about 260 workers eligible to vote in Friday's election.
Target and the union have already filed unfair labor practice charges against each other with the National Labor Relations Board, according to an agency spokesman.
That makes it likely there will be objections to Friday's ''hotly contested'' election, said Donald Schroeder, an employment, labor and benefits attorney with law firm Mintz Levin.
``I suspect ... this will not be decided today,'' Schroeder said. ``There will be a few more rounds of litigation before you'll have some finality on where it ends up.''
Schroeder predicted that the vote will end up with a swing range of about 10 percent. He noted that large stores with hundreds of workers are generally harder to unionize than small stores.
BUSINESS AS USUAL?
Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said it was ``business as usual'' at the Valley Stream store on Friday morning, ``except off in a private conference room'' where employees are voting.
But union representative Aly Waddy told Reuters there was a tense feeling at the store, due in part to the presence of several Target executives and security personnel patrolling the parking lot on Segway scooters.
Union members make up a small percentage of U.S. retail workers, and the percentage fell to 4.7 percent last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Target has said in a statement that it is working to create a workplace environment where employees do not ``want or need union representation.''
``Target works to create an environment of mutual trust between Target and our team members, an environment that promotes listening, responding to concerns of team members and always giving honest feedback.''
Retailers such as Target and Wal-Mart Stores Inc have long resisted having employees represented by unions at their stores.
Grocery chains, such as Kroger Co, Supervalu Inc and Safeway Inc, often have union employees and have dealt with lockouts and other issues in the past when contract agreements could not be easily reached.
Macy's Inc just reached a five-year contract with a union representing 4,000 workers at its New York area stores Thursday, averting what would have been the department store's first strike since 1972.
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Isles seek to stay hot against Flyers
(SportsNetwork.com) - After sweeping a home-and-home set with one of the leaders of the Metropolitan Division, the New York Islanders will try to stay hot against a division rival struggling to move up the standings.
The Isles take aim at a fourth straight victory on Monday night as they play host to the Philadelphia Flyers.
New York extended its winning streak with a pair of victories over Pittsburgh, moving into a tie atop the division with the Pens as the clubs have 28 points each.
The Isles drew first blood with a shootout win in Pittsburgh on Friday, then skated to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Penguins the following night.
John Tavares, Anders Lee and Brock Nelson all scored in the third period, while Tavares added an assist and Jaroslav Halak came up with 27 saves. That closing effort gave New York its eighth victory in nine games.
"We really simplified our game in the third period," said Lee. "The last six or eight games, when we have that lead, we keep it really simple and it limits our mistakes."
Halak picked up his sixth straight winning start and he has allowed just eight goals over that time. He is 4-2-0 lifetime versus the Flyers with a 2.27 goals against average and .929 save percentage.
Philadelphia is 10 points back of New York and snapped a four-game skid with Saturday's 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, getting goals from forwards Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds and defensemen Mark Streit and Braydon Coburn.
Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek added two assists each and Steve Mason got the win with 20 saves.
"Obviously when you lose four in a row, you want to step up, play a good game and get a win," said Giroux. "We took care of the puck. They're a fast team. They have a lot of players that can skate so it was important for us to take care of the puck."
Voracek added to his NHL-leading totals of 22 assists and 29 points, having notched a point in 17 of Philadelphia's 19 games this season.
Mason, who earned his first victory since Nov. 8, is 4-1-1 with a 2.43 GAA and .923 save percentage in his career versus the Islanders.
The Flyers won three of four versus the Isles last season and have won seven of the past 10 meetings overall. They have won eight of their last 10 on Long Island as well.
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Todd Gurley returns as No. 16 Georgia eyes SEC title game; No. 9 Auburn looks to bounce back
ATHENS, Ga. – Todd Gurley ruined his hopes of winning the Heisman Trophy by taking money for autographs.
He could still help his team capture a championship.
After serving a four-game suspension for violating NCAA rules, Gurley returns to the Georgia backfield just in time for No. 16 Georgia's huge Southeastern Conference game against ninth-ranked Auburn.
Georgia (7-2, 5-2 SEC) could clinch a spot in the SEC championship game with a victory Saturday night, if Missouri loses at Texas A&M in a game that kicks off at roughly the same time.
"I want everybody to be excited about Todd being back," coach Mark Richt said. "But let's focus on the game. Let's focus on Georgia."
Missouri has lost only once in the SEC (a 34-0 blowout by Georgia) but still has three conference games remaining, including another road game at Tennessee before closing the regular season at home against Arkansas.
"We know we're still going to need some help," Georgia cornerback Damian Swann said. "But with us playing one (SEC) game and Missouri playing three games, I kind of like the odds."
While Auburn (7-2, 4-2) hasn't given up on its title hopes, the Tigers took a major blow last week when they were stunned at home by 23-point underdog Texas A&M.
Even if Auburn wins out — no small feat with a game at No. 4 Alabama remaining — the Tigers would need top-ranked Mississippi State to lose two of its last three SEC contests to have any chance of defending their conference title.
"We have a lot of veteran guys and a lot of seniors that have been through a lot of good and a lot of bad," coach Gus Malzahn said. "It is their leadership that makes it easier to put that loss behind you."
Georgia certainly did a good job of handling Gurley's suspension. Especially freshman Nick Chubb, who rushed for 671 yards and five touchdowns.
"The guys just really stepped up," quarterback Hutson Mason said. "It seems like the whole team came together after losing a pretty spectacular player."
Here are some other things to watch for when Georgia faces Auburn in the Deep South's oldest rivalry:
DEFENSIVE WOES: Both teams appeared to be improving defensively earlier in the season, but they've stumbled badly the past few weeks. Auburn has given up an average of 487 yards and 36 points over its last four games. Georgia, meanwhile, surrendered a staggering 418 yards rushing in an upset loss to Florida and struggled a week ago to slow Kentucky in the first half, though the offense made that a moot point in a 63-31 victory.
MASON STEPS UP: Mason is coming off his best game of the season, throwing a career-best four touchdown passes in the victory over Kentucky. Gurley and Chubb will surely carry the bulk of the offensive load Saturday, but Mason will be looking for chances to burn the vulnerable Auburn secondary.
SPECIAL TEAMS: In a game that appears evenly matched on offense and defense, special teams could play a deciding role. Auburn has a dynamic weapon with Quan Bray, who has returned two punts for touchdowns and leads the nation with a 20.5-yard average. Georgia's Isaiah McKenzie returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown against Kentucky, while Gurley has a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD.
INJURY REPORT: Auburn will likely be without leading receiver D'haquille Williams, who injured his right knee against Texas A&M. The junior college transfer has 38 receptions for 609 yards and five touchdowns. Georgia freshman running back Sony Michel is slowed by a sore ankle. He was hurt in his first game back from a shoulder injury. Despite missing four games, Michel is Georgia's third-leading rusher (307 yards) and averages 7.9 yards per carry.
CLOSE RIVALRY: These teams first met in 1892 and have played nearly every year since then. Auburn holds the slightest of advantages in wins (55-54-8), while Georgia has outscored the Tigers by an average of just 0.9 points per game. In a strange twist, the home-field advantage doesn't have much bearing on the outcome. Georgia holds a 15-11-2 edge in games played at Auburn, while the Tigers are 18-12 at Sanford Stadium.
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Passengers suing Spirit Airlines over inflight boom box brawl
By | Fox News
Passengers involved in an altercation that went viral are suing the airline. (Reuters)
A group of Spirit Airlines customers are suing the budget carrier over an inflight altercation that made headlines last month.
Three passengers involved in the incident allege that the airline failed to protect them and fueled the fight by continuing to serve them copious amounts of alcohol, Gloria Allred, the superstar attorney representing the women announced Thursday.
In March, two intoxicated women on a Spirit flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles started playing music loudly and, when fellow passengers started to complain, the women started to play the music louder. The fight escalated when another group of women approached the drunk passengers as onlookers began filming the confrontation. Viral videos of the incident show women slapping and grabbing each other over seatbacks.
Passenger and plaintiff Tykisha Diodato says that Spirit staff failed adequately protect those onboard.
"I am upset that the Spirit Airlines failed to protect us, disregarded our safety, and instead continued to serve the women in front of us alcoholic beverages even though they were clearly intoxicated and behaving aggressively," said Diodato in a statement released Thursday to the New York Daily News.
Allred, who is representing Diodato and fellow plaintiffs Danielle Fonda-Thomas and Lisa Zampella, said her clients suffered physical and emotional trauma.
Fonda-Thomas called the experience a "nightmare."
"On that flight we became victims to a very bad situation and negligence of the airline. It was the first time in my life that I felt unsafe on public transportation," she said.
"The flight attendants failed to take control of the situation before it got to the point where we were physically attacked, humiliated, and escorted off the plane as if we were criminals."
A spokesman for the airline has denied the charges and told the Daily News that the flight attendants were following protocol during the altercation.
"The flight had just landed at LAX and the flight attendants were in their jump seats as required by law. When the fight began, our flight attendants immediately moved to break it up. It is not our practice to over-serve alcohol to anyone," Spirit Airline’s Paul Berry said Thursday.
Allred says she intends to take the case to trial and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the airline for her clients.
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"LINGWOOD is a scattered village, 8 miles E. of Norwich. Its parish has 643A. of fertile land, and had 473 inhabitants in 1841, including 102 in the Blofield Union Workhouse . . . . H.N. Burroughes, Esq., M.P., and the Rev. Jeremiah Burroughes, own most of the soil. The latter has a pleasant seat here, and supports a school for 20 poor children; and the former is lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the Church, (St. Peter,) which is a perpetual curacy, certified at £11. 0s. 6d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Thos. Lyon Fellowes. It was valued in 1831 at £50, and augmented, from 1762 to 1824, with £1000 of Queen Anne's Bounty, of which £400 remains at interest, and the rest was laid out in 20A. of land at Martham and Tunstall." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Lingwood Manor: historical notes.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1990]
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See Moulton St Mary.
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After 1834 Lingwood became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.
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Serreau, Audrey
Times and Years: A History of the Blofield Union Workhouse at Lingwood in Norfolk.
[ISBN 0948903937, Bungay, Morrow and Co, 2000]
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
Inhabited
1841 79 -- 473
1911 -- 93 495
There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
"An inclosure of land, and small tenements built thereon, is mentioned, in the Return of Lingwood, as having caused an increase of Population".
"The Return includes 102 persons in 1841, and 135 in 1851, in the Blofield Union Workhouse".
The total included 95 people in the workhouse.
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Gambling in Grand Theft Auto was always a thing
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Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto has been a major success since its inauguration in 1997. The open-world character of the title made it more interesting as the player could deter from the main story missions as long as they wanted. The game promotes a “young, wild and free” lifestyle that depends a lot on the risks that the main characters are willing to take in order to complete the missions. So, it seemed only normal for gambling to be a part of such a world. Let’s take a look at how the GTA series included the gambling element throughout the years.
The first version that introduced gambling was Grand Theft Auto Vice City in 2002. The title featured illegal street racing and if you wanted to participate, you would have to pay entry fee bets from $100 to $5,000. The stakes would get higher if the player drove like a maniac. The aim of the race was focused more on the earnings and lesser on the glory of winning as its motto cynically stated: “Earn cash, not kudos”.
In GTA: San Andreas, the 2004 version, casino gambling was introduced. Who can forget the area of Sin City, north of Los Santos, the virtual Las Vegas of GTA? You could gamble in the Las Venturas casinos, which offer the full experience of a land-based casino with blackjack, roulette, slot machines, video poker and wheel of fortune, all available to the player’s appetite.
In fact, gambling was a skill in GTA: San Andreas, which was improving every time the player spent money on the casinos. If you wanted to become master of the skill, thus reaching the “Whale” level, you had to bet a total of $100,000. Once becoming a “Whale” the player could gamble at a high roller level and even borrow money from the casino owners. But, you had to be careful with these transactions as the casinos were owned by mob members. In case you didn’t return the money on time, they would call you to remind it or even worse, put a death contract over your head.
In GTA Chinatown Wars (2008) we also saw scratch cards. The cards could offer you rewards like health replenishing, money or even ammunition of guns and grenades.
In GTA IV, Rockstar decided to distance itself from gambling but in the expansion of the title, Episodes From Liberty City in 2010, casinos returned. In the next expansion, The Lost and Damned, we saw a new casino game called Hi-Lo in which the player had to guess if the next card dealt would be higher or lower than the previous one.
In The Ballad of Gay Tony expansion pack, it was the first time the player could bet in a “sports” event. Of course, since we talk about GTA, the event couldn’t be anything else rather than unauthorized underground cage fights. You could either take part in as a fighter by placing an entry fee of $100 and try to win the tournament for the prize of $4,000 or wager on any fighter before a match.
In the last GTA version, Grand Theft Auto V, the street racing made its return. The entrance fee could be cashed back 4.5 times if you won the race. In GTA Online the game allowed you to bet both on yourself but also on other players to win the race.
GTA titles couldn’t but involve the gambling feature which added to the risky nature of the main characters of the games. From street racing to more traditional casino gambling, GTA offered an interesting gambling scene during the years but it could have been explored more for sure. For example, can we actually anticipate online gambling the next GTA?
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Rainbow Six: Siege developers confirm 10 year plan for the franchise
Nick McDonald
Rainbow Six: Siege is a team based first person shooter by Ubisoft
Ubisoft have confirmed that they aim to continue support for Rainbow Six: Siege over the next decade. The announcement was made at finals of their annual eSports Invitationals. Ubisoft revealed, due to Rainbow Six: Siege’s growing popularity, they will be continuing long term support for the base game instead of developing a sequel. Rainbow Six: Siege is now following a similar content plan to other first person shooters like Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch. This includes a new Year 3 pass, more content included with the base game, and an emphasis on cosmetic items and competitive eSports play.
Year 3 Pass brings new content
The upcoming schedule for new content
During the press event, Ubisoft revealed more details for their Year 3 Pass. This year they aim to release 8 new operators, two new maps and a map rework. The Season 1 wave of releases is Operation: Chimera on March 6. This includes the new “Finka” and “Lion” operators as well as a new timed co-op event, Outbreak. Outbreak is a zombie survival mode that will freely run for 4 weeks, offering players exclusive skins. Ubisoft is reworking the map “Hereford” for a Season 2 release. The team will be putting more focus into “buffing” maps, specifically for bomb-mode. Their current goal is to “buff” a map every season, with “Clubhouse” releasing in Season 2. These “buffs” include improving objective sites and tweaking the current meta. They also stated they would unlock more content for the base game. Not only will players receive all 20 original operators but also all weapon attachments. It would seem that the Year 3 Pass is just the start of a long roadmap for Ubisoft.
New heights from a rough start
Ubisoft estimate that Rainbow Six: Siege’s player base has grown to 27 million since its release December 2015. While the game struggled initially, the new model suggests a longevity similar to games like CS:GO instead of repeated releases like the Call of Duty franchise. The first iteration of the game received lukewarm reviews, with metascores in the 70s. Critics panned the game for a lack of content, a struggling competitive mode and a greedy lootbox system. However Ubisoft has remained dedicated to the fanbase, adding more content each year.
Due to Ubisoft’s continued support, the game exploded over time
It seems that Ubisoft has poured enough content into the game to completely change the format. The launch version of the game appeared as Ubisoft attempting to create a franchise like Far Cry or Call of Duty, or just another entry in the Tom Clancy franchise. Now that three years have past and the game is still reaching new heights, these comparisons would be unfair. An indication of how far Ubisoft sees the franchise growing is in their ‘operators’. At the Invitationals, Ubisoft stated that they see themselves eventually having 100 operators, from the current 36. This is similar to the development plans for other class or hero based games like Overwatch, Dota 2 or League of Legends. With a goal of 8 operators a year, Ubisoft is confident that they will deliver a growing game for a growing fanbase.
Many of the game’s other criticisms are also slowly being ironed out. As many games are being criticised for the inclusion of unfair lootboxes and shady microtransactions, Ubisoft have made adjustments. With free operators and weapon attachments, players now have more credits to spend exclusively on cosmetic items. This not only means players have to spend less real money, but potential pay-to-win elements are removed. Another big criticism was the game’s poor competitive support. With a growing eSports presence, Ubisoft are focusing on fixing their Pro-League. This included new game formats, improved banning phase and a reworked spectator tool.
Ubisoft’s current plans for the Rainbow Six: Siege franchise is following all the trends of modern FPS games. With cosmetic microtransactions, a budding eSports scene and growing fanbase, the initial launch struggles are in the past. Instead of a sequel or franchise like other shooters, Rainbow Six: Siege has adopted a MOBA like format. Expect Rainbow Six: Siege to deliver more content with each annual iteration of the game.
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CMA predictions: Little Big Town will win three, Kenny Chesney two, but Luke Bryan will take top prize
Daniel Montgomery
Little Big Town will be the big winners at the CMA Awards according to our official racetrack odds, which are based on the combined predictions of our Editors (those of us Gold Derby writers who cover awards year-round), Top 24 Users (those two dozen folks who had the best scores predicting last year’s CMAs) and all Users who have entered our predictions contest. According to our collective input, the country quartet will win three out of their five nominations.
(Click here for our complete predictions by category.)
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Little Big Town will take Vocal Group as well as Single and Music Video of the Year for their hit “Girl Crush.” They compete in two other races as well: Album of the Year (“Pain Killer“) and Musical Event of the Year (“Smokin’ and Drinkin’” with Miranda Lambert). “Girl Crush” also contends for Song of the Year, though that award doesn’t count towards the group’s total because the band members didn’t write it.
Next with two wins will be Kenny Chesney. The veteran is expected to prevail for Album of the Year (“The Big Revival“) and Song of the Year (“American Kids“). He’s also up for Single of the Year for “American Kids,” Musical Event for “Wild Child” with Grace Potter and Entertainer of the Year.
According to our odds, Chesney will lose the Entertainer prize to Luke Bryan, who is the defending champion in that category. But that’s actually the only win we’re forecasting for Bryan, whose only other bid is for Male Vocalist of the Year.
Blake Shelton is the frontrunner for Male Vocalist, having won it for the last five years in a row. His soon-to-be-ex-wife Lambert is also expected to extend her winning streak with a sixth consecutive win for Female Vocalist of the Year.
The rest of this year’s forecast winners are also projected to take just one award apiece. Florida Georgia Line are the heavy favorites for Vocal Duo of the Year, which they’ve won for the last two years. Chris Stapleton will edge out Sam Hunt for the New Artist prize. And Keith Urban and Eric Church will share Musical Event for their collaboration “Raise ‘Em Up.”
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WaterFire Providence Announces WaterFire Rome Lightings
Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:32 PM
Mayor Angel Taveras, WaterFire Artistic Director Barnaby Evans and GTECH Senior Vice President Bob Vincent announced today that WaterFire, Providence's signature event, will expand to Rome, Italy with an inaugural lighting of 30 braziers on the Eternal City's historic Tiber River.
This is the first large-scale lighting of WaterFire in Europe. At the invitation of Rome's Mayor Gianni Alemanno, Mayor Taveras will travel with Barnaby Evans to Rome for the inaugural lighting of WaterFire Rome. Italian Consul General Giuseppe Pastorelle, who recently lit a WaterFire in Providence, joined the Mayor for the press conference.
"WaterFire has established Providence as a global city. Greater Travel has ranked WaterFire, along with Paris at nightfall, among its greatest destinations after dark in the world," said Mayor Taveras. "I am excited to bring our signature event to a global and historic city like Rome and look forward to sharing our comeback story with our friends in Italy's capital city."
WaterFire Rome will be staged with the help of volunteers from Rome and Providence, including students attending the Rhode Island School of Design's Rome program. The WaterFire is sponsored by Lottomatica, GTECH's holding company, and the City of Rome. The WaterFire lighting will include an iteration of Robert Hammonds Chance Encounters installation and a dance performance by Linda Foster.
"I am delighted that after years of working on this we are now sharing WaterFire with Rome-the Eternal City-a city that was founded on the river Tiber nearly three thousand years ago," said Barnaby Evans. "WaterFire deals with our ancient fascination with the interplay of firelight and water. I cannot think of a more magical place to introduce WaterFire to Europe. It is a great testament to the strength of Providence's art and design community. I would like to thank GTECH and Lottomatica and the City of Rome for their support in making this possible. And I owe a huge thank you to the Mayor and City of Providence for all their support and to all the volunteers, staff, board members, sponsors, donors who have helped make WaterFire such an astonishing success. We are dedicating ourselves to building WaterFire's future right here in Providence."
"GTECH and Lottomatica are pleased to be able to bring one of Providence's iconic artistic events, WaterFire, to Rome. It is our hope that by doing so, a bridge will be formed that will help encourage closer cultural and business links between the two cities," said Bob Vincent.
WaterFire has been recognized, alongside Paris at nightfall and the night markets of Taiwan, as one of the world's greatest destinations after dark. More than 15 million people have attended a Providence WaterFire and the showcase was recently one of only 47 organizations across the country to receive an ArtPlace Creative Placemaking grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. According to an independent study conducted by the University of Rhode Island and an EDC report to General Assembly. WaterFire creates over $70 million of economic impact for Providence businesses, generates over $5 million of direct tax revenue for the State of Rhode Island and supports over 500 jobs for local residents.
While in Italy, Mayor Taveras and Providence Economic Development Director Jim Bennett will meet with Italian business leaders and global investors. Mayor Taveras has also scheduled an official meeting with Mayor Alemanno.
Earlier this year, Italian Consul General Giuseppe Pastorelle and his wife lit WaterFire in Providence. Work to bring WaterFire to Rome started years ago and continued during then-Mayor David N. Cicilline's term as part of discussions between the two cities to establish a cultural exchange. Mayor Taveras lauded Mayor Cicilinne's work to strengthen Providence's position as a global destination.
The City delegation's travel is sponsored by Sistema Gioco Italia (Confindustria), an Italian trade association.
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JAY AMBROSE: Trump supporters making sense
You don’t have to think Donald Trump should be elected president to think those having at some of his supporters are sometimes just plain out of it.
JAY AMBROSE: Trump supporters making sense You don’t have to think Donald Trump should be elected president to think those having at some of his supporters are sometimes just plain out of it. Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/07/22/jay-ambrose-trump-supporters-making-sense/92155234/
Standard-Times Published 2:01 a.m. CT July 22, 2016
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You don't have to think Donald Trump should be elected president to think those having at some of his supporters are sometimes just plain out of it.
To be sure, they were right that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich bested Trump at his worst — that's a lot — when he talked on Fox News of deporting American Muslims who believe in Sharia law. Here's a once bright, energetic, knowledgeable and mostly benevolent guy who maybe should himself take a trip to a distant land, returning home after certification of recovery.
But then we get to the Republican National Convention. We get to a fiery speech by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. He covered lots of ground, and the critics excoriated him on every point he made, but let's talk about just one of them — when Giuliani spoke proudly of what his administration achieved through extraordinary police innovations in making the city safer from crime.
The pundit response on the left was that the city started getting safer before he was elected and that other cities started getting safer nationwide at the same time. Well, yes, there were a few other factors in the downturn of criminality that got going before the new police methods jumped in. But then New York went ahead and got safer than any other large city in the nation.
What those methods did was deter crime. What many other city police forces did was get better at catching criminals after crimes were committed. The wrongdoers would then get sent to prison, resulting nationally in mass incarceration. What New York did was send fewer to prison, resulting in better lives for thousands.
Let's next look at a speech by Milwaukee County's African-American sheriff, David A. Clarke Jr., who said 'blue lives matter,' that our safety was crucial and that all Americans should back rule of law, even Hillary Clinton. He also criticized Black Lives Matter as anarchic, getting himself blasted as unfair to people who have had difficult experiences and just want justice.
But some have also chanted about killing policemen. One group leader who teaches at Yale has equated looting with legitimate political speech. The demented sniper who killed five Dallas policemen spoke of sympathy with Black Lives Matter when talking to a police negotiator.
While a few chants by a few people do not size up a movement that has been peaceful even if it has illegally obstructed traffic, it is worth mentioning how some on the left blamed conservative Sarah Palin in the Arizona shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Palin, you see, had put crosshairs on an internet map of Democratic members of Congress she wanted defeated. She was speaking metaphorically, as any fool could plainly see.
What is more, the crazed shooter of Giffords had actually been left-wing at one time and did not pay attention to news. The police murderer obviously did, though maybe that is not crucial. A bigger point is that all the protest has coincided with less proactive police and a rise in crime in major cities.
Now we come to the speech of Melania Trump, the wife of the now official nominee. It was extraordinary — positive, caring, lots of loving praise for her husband and a testament to strong values. It turned out to have a couple of short paragraphs very much the same as a couple of graphs in the speech Michelle Obama gave on behalf of her husband at the 2008 Democratic convention.
This was not a question of critics going after someone, but of a press still interested in interesting stories. The matter could have been solved easily.
Among the many politicians accused of plagiarism, one has been President Barack Obama. He immediately admitted it, attributed it to a carelessness and the story was finished. Trump could have done that on behalf of his wife or a speech writer, but his crew played the game of denial as he has with mistakes he has made almost daily since the start of this campaign.
He needs to start living up to the best of his supporters.
Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Contact him at speaktojay@aol.com.
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Galveston ISD Announces New Athletic Director
The District is excited to announce that Walter Fortune will join the Galveston ISD team as the New Athletic Director. The GISD Board of Trustees approved the hire of Fortune late Tuesday evening with a unanimous vote in his favor.
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The GISD Communications Team Brings Home 18 Awards from the Annual TSPRA Conference
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Together - with our outstanding Community Partners, Ball High School faculty and students, the team from First Lutheran Church who sponsored the FeedGalveston initiative, our in-kind Community Partners and everyone in the community who took the time to "Share Your Holidays" so generously with those in need – we collected 27,000pounds ( and still counting!) of nourishing, non-perishable food items, plus received over $2,000 in monetary contributions – our best year EVER! Last year, we collected over 24,000 pounds – and that was 55% more than in 2016.
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When photos of Taylor Swift filming a music video emerged early last week, most people assumed it was for her second Reputation single, "...Ready for It?" They were right: On Monday (October 23) Swift released on Instagram a teaser for the music video, which drops Thursday night, and you might recognize some of the setups from the photos that leaked last week.
From this brief teaser, it looks like the video is a mix between "Bad Blood" and Blade Runner. It's dark and futuristic-looking; at one point, Swift stares into a neon crystal ball—her eyes also neon—like she's absorbing magic powers. She fights masked bad guys wearing a hooded cape. Oh, and she appears nude in three moments.
OK, we don't know this for sure, but take a look at the teaser, and you'll see what we're talking about. At one point, she lies horizontally, and the only thing covering her body (seems) to be neon lights. This happens again seconds later, only this time she's standing up and walking. In between these moments, there's another part where she's gaining her powers and also looks pretty naked.
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Regardless, this video looks pretty badass, and it's perfectly in line with the edgier aesthetic Swift is going for right now. Somewhere right now, "Old Taylor" is shaking in her boots.
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16 GLIAC Runners Earn Men's USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region
Release courtesy of Tom Lewis, Communications Manager, USTFCCCA
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) recognized nearly 400 athletes that earned All-Region awards for cross country in Division II following this weekend’s NCAA Regional Championships. Athletes of member schools that finished in the top 25 individually at one of the eight regional sites earned the honor.
Click here to see the full release on USTFCCCA website
Chico State led men’s teams with seven athletes earning All-Region honors, followed by Grand Valley State, Alaska Anchorage, Tampa, UMass Lowell, and Colorado Mines, and Adams State which had six each.
Among conferences, the RMAC led with 22 men’s honorees, followed by the PSAC (21) and the Northeast-10 (21).
This was the first year in which the USTFCCCA recognized the top 25 finishers from the NCAA Regional Championships as All-Region honorees. Previously the distinction went to the top 15 among the regions’ top finishers.
The GNAC will host the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, November 19, at the Plantes Ferry Sports Complex in Spokane, Wash.
The USTFCCCA will release the final regular-season national coaches’ poll of the season in Division II on Wednesday. In addition, regional athletes and coaches of the year will be named Wednesday.
Below are the 16 GLIAC men to be named All-Midwest Region by the USTFCCCA.
GLIAC Members of the All-Midwest Region Team
Brock Weaver
Matt Stratman
Shoayb Bascal
Anthony Witt
Tyler Emmorey
Ryan Toth
Nathan Knisely
Brent Showerman
Larry Julson
Jacob Secor
Taylor Heath
Mark List
Tyler Noble
Saginaw Valley State
Alex Townsend
Kevin Debear
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With an overall population of 18,204 and a student population of 0, approximately 0 of Hastings students attend one of Hastings's schools that offer cosmetology programs.
Of the 1 cosmetology schools in Hastings, the largest cosmetology school, by student population, is Hastings Beauty School. In 2010, Hastings Beauty School graduated approximately 14 students from its cosmetology program.
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The intersection of Railway Avenue and Pacific Street where Ashton Michael Lewis’ car rolled over on June 9, 2018, killing Taylor Blomquist. (Trevor Hewitt photo)
Smithers man receives two-year sentence for fatal car crash
Over a year after a fatal crash, a Smithers man has been sentenced to two years plus a day in jail.
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On June 9, 2018 at around 10:45 p.m. Ashton Michael Lewis’ car rolled over at the intersection of Railway Avenue and Pacific Street in Smithers after Lewis failed to successfully complete the turn.
Twenty-year-old Taylor Blomquist of Prince George was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene after being ejected from the vehicle.
Another individual, Keegan Leiterman, was also in the car and did not experience significant injury.
Judge Judith Doulis made the ruling June 11 at Smithers provincial court.
The court heard that before Lewis, 23, fled the scene, he and Leiterman attempted to hide beer cans that were in the car in the surrounding area.
With the help of a police dog, RCMP were able to track down Lewis and test him for impairment.
Those tests showed Lewis had between 145 and 167 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood (in B.C., drivers are subject to punishment for anything above 50 milligrams per 100 millilitres, with “L” or “N” drivers in the graduated licensing program not allowed to have any alcohol in their blood at all).
An expert witness for the RCMP estimated Lewis’ speed at 75 to 86 km/h. The zone he crashed in had a speed limit of 50 km/h. Leiterman testified that he estimated Lewis’ speed at 130 km/h.
Lewis also received two concurrent six-month terms for the charges of fleeing the scene of an accident and driving while prohibited.
In victim impact statements to the court, Blomquist’s mother said the loss of her son has been inconceivable and that she may never be able to fully get over it, describing Blomquist as having a great sense of humour and lots of love for his friends and family.
His uncle, who had brought Blomquist down to Smithers to help him paint an apartment, said he still feels guilty as he had suspicions on the night in question that Lewis was intoxicated, however, still let his nephew get in the car with him.
Lewis’ driving record already included two 90-day prohibitions.
At the time of his arrest he was prohibited from driving because of a previous speeding conviction.
Lewis plead guilty to his charges and apologized to the Blomquist family in court, something Doulis said she took into consideration in handing down the ruling.
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Choi Jin-hyuk considers starring in "Fated to Love You"
Actor Choi Jin-hyuk is revising the script for the new MBC drama "Fated to Love You". "Fated to Love You" is a remake of the original Taiwanese drama. It's a romantic comedy about a woman who has nothing but kindness to offer and a man who is at risk of losing his position of a successor,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Joo Sang-wook and Lee Min-jung spend the night together
Joo Sang-wook and Lee Min-jung spent a drunken night together. On the fifteenth episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) and Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) kissed and went all the way to bed,...More
SBS "Three Days" drops in percentage
SBS drama "Three Days" dropped slightly in percentage. According to Nielsen Korea, SBS "Three Days" rated 11.1%. This is 0.9% lower than the previous episode. With the breaking news on the Sewol ferry disaster, the drama was cancelled last week. Despite the drop, it still came in first place,...More
KBS-MBC-SBS, all dramas and shows cancelled
All ground-wave dramas and shows are being cancelled due to the sinking ship accident in Jindo. KBS "Golden Cross" cancelled the broadcast of its third episode as well as "God At The Table" and "Happy Together". Other cultural shows were cancelled too,...More
Age gap romance, what's the deal?
Dramas about romance between people with a big age gap are in. tvN "Rude Miss Young-Ae Season 13", JTBC "Secret Love Affair" and others have been appearing with different types of age-gap couples. It's becoming a trend for the male characters to be younger than the women these days,...More
Seo Kang-joon joins "My Love, My Bride - 2014"
Actor Seo Kang-joon is starring in the movie "My Love, My Bride - 2014". According to Fantasio, Seo Kang-joon is going to take on the role of Mi-yeong's (Shin Min-ah) co-worker at the art school and popular teacher Joon-soo,...More
The number one form of communication in "Sly and Single Again" is eavesdropping. Most of the important plot points shared between characters this episode were accidentally overheard and observed. It has happened quite a bit before as well, but this episode had an abundance of eavesdroppers. Jung-woo is the primary eavesdropper, which makes sense because he tends to stalk Ae-ra in a fashion that could become creepy,...More
Comedian Go Myung-hwan and actress Im Ji-eun to get married
Comedian Go Myung-hwan and actress Im Ji-eun are getting married. The two of them will be wed in a church in Gangnam, Seoul. Go Myung-hwan's agency stated that details are yet to be released,...More
The episode is reminiscent of the earlier stages in most Korean romcoms even though the drama is in its later stages. The main couple is flirting and growing closer while everyone else and their situations conspire against them. The second leads are become more angst-ridden by the moment. While the angst works for Seung-hyun, it does not work as well for his sister. Seung-hyun was aimless until he met Ae-ra. Now his love for her and his competitive spirit towards Jung-woo have sparked his forward motion,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Joo Sang-wook cries
Joo Sang-wook found out about Lee Min-jung's miscarriage. On the fourteenth episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) found out that Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) had lost a baby while married to him,...More
"Three Days" took over first place. According to Nielsen Korea, SBS drama "Three Days" rated 12.0%. This is 0.7% higher than the previous episode,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Joo Sang-wook becomes affectionate for Lee Min-jung
Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) held Ae-ra's (Lee Min-jung) hand when she got in the elevator on the episode of "Sly and Single Again" on the 9th. He pulled her hand towards him even though Ji-hyeon (Im Ji-eun) was there too. Ae-ra tried to free her hand but he kept holding onto her,...More
"Golden Cross" starts off easy with 5.7%
New KBS 2TV drama "Golden Cross" started off with 5.7%. According to Nielsen Korea, the first episode of "Golden Cross" rated 5.7%. This is 6.6% lower than the final episode of "Inspiring Generation",...More
"Three Days" vs. "Golden Cross"
Now that KBS 2TV drama "Inspiring Generation" is over, where is the rating going to lean towards? "Three Days" or the new "Golden Cross"? The key point is which one of them will take the throne? "Three Days" was a strong competitor of "Inspiring Generation" and seeks the crown. The previous episode was intense, as Lee Dong-hwi (Son Hyun-joo) is put into action himself and opened up the curtains to the second round,...More
This was an episode of repercussions. People begin to see exactly where their choices have landed them, mostly as they suffer the consequences of their actions. While these situations provide a lot of humor, "Sly and Single Again" still has difficulty balancing the serious with the comical. The serious situations seem haphazardly included although the way the characters deal with the situations on an emotional level is quite engaging,...More
"Sly and Single Again" is at its best when it focuses on comedy. It's witty, quick, fun, and transitions well in camera work, dialogue and between scenes. It is the heavier material that bogs it down. This is not the fault of the actors who smoothly portray whatever the scene asks of them,...More
Chae Jung-an joins "A New Leaf"
MBC drama "A New Leaf" cast a new member to play the fiance of Kim Seok-joo (Kim Myung-min). Ace lawyer Kim Seok-joo loses his memory from an accident and looks back on his life until now and decides he's going to live a new one in "A New Leaf". It is written by Choi Hee-ra and directed by Park Jae-beom-II starring Kim Myung-min, Park Min-young and Kim Sang-joong,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Lee Min-jung and Seo Kang-joon get close
Lee Min-jung and Seo Kang-joon got close in just robes. On the twelfth episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) and Gook Seung-hyeon (Seo Kang-joon) were intimate in Cha Jeong-woo's (Joo Sang-wook) dreams,...More
"Inspiring Generation" ends in success
SBS drama "Three Days" rated 11.5% which is 1.5% more than the previous episode. This is the biggest movement "Three Days" has ever experienced since it started airing. KBS 2TV "Inspiring Generation" ended in first place. It preceded "Three Days" with 12.3% and came to the end,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Joo Sang-wook totally into Lee Min-jung
Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) has begun to seduce Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung). On the eleventh episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Cha Jeong-woo realized Gook Seung-hyeon's (Seo Kang-joon) true feelings for Na Ae-ra and started to think hard about it,...More
"Inspiring Generation" ranks 1st place
"Inspiring Generation" came in first. According to Nielsen Korea, KBS 2TV drama "Inspiring Generation" rated 11.1%. This is 1.2% lower than the previous episode,...More
This episode was about the truth and about how knowing the truth changes things. A few of those truths should've been known, and their secrecy was merely a contrivance of the show, but it made the unearthing of the past much more powerful. The male leads have come to understand their feelings for Ae-ra and both are courting her in their own ways,...More
[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Sly and Single Again" Episode 9
"Sly and Single Again" has brought back the humor as the main couple rediscovers their feelings for each other. It makes this show so much fun. It also has a freshness that is mostly due to the comedy and the sincerity of the second male lead, Gook Seung-hyun. Seo Kang-joon is playing Seung-hyun with a finesse that belies his age,...More
[Spoiler] Added episode 9 captures for the Korean drama 'Sly and Single Again'
Added episode 9 captures for the Korean drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Lee Min-jung pushes out Joo Sang-wook
Lee Min-jung told Joo Sang-wook there was no chance of them getting back together again. On the tenth episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) was about to get kicked out of her ex-husband Cha Jeong-woo's (Joo Sang-wook) company because his mother (Byeon Eun-yeong) was opposed to her working there,...More
"Inspiring Generation" stays on top
According to Nielsen Korea, the twenty-second episode of the KBS 2TV drama "Inspiring Generation" rated 12.3%. This is 0.7% higher than the previous episode which rated 11.6%,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Seo Kang-joon hugs Lee Min-jung from behind
Seung-hyeon (Seo Kang-joon) proposed to Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) in the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again". Seung-hyeon said, "I keep looking at someone. I am relieved when she laughs and I'm worried when she's sad. I want to make her laugh and it makes me feel good to see her laugh. I think about her until I go to bed and think about her the moment I open my eyes. You are her, Ae-ra",...More
"Inspiring Generation" edges "Three Days" to take the top spot
According to Nielsen Korea, the twenty-first episode of the KBS 2TV drama "Inspiring Generation" rated 11.6%. This is 0.5% lower than the twentieth episode but it still came back up into the lead,...More
In Gyo-jin in "A New Leaf"
Actor In Gyo-jin is starring in the new MBC drama "A New Leaf". According to his agency, In Gyo-jin takes on the role of Park Sang-tae, a funny character who is Kim Seok-joo's (Kim Myung-min) junior lawyer, full of life and reckless,...More
After that conversation at the end of episode 6, Ae-ra and Jung-woo have slowly begun to see each other more clearly. They continue to bicker and misunderstand, but the resolutions are quicker and the empathy that was lacking before is now clearly felt by both sides. "Sly and Single Again" works very hard to force these two together, and the situations they find themselves in sometimes must be taken with a grain of salt, but those same situations create a lot of comedy and fodder for character growth,...More
When this show focuses on the main couple and their sidekicks, it is much stronger than when it focuses on Ae-ra's family, Yeo-jin or on too much workplace drama. This episode minimized the focus on Ae-ra's family and made the workplace antics effective and not nearly as annoying as they have been. Although some of the reasons the show finds to create tensions in Ae-ra's office are contrived, the results are realistic,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Lee Min-jung has a miscarriage [Edited]
[Edited] Lee Min-jung once had an abortion. On the eighth episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" on the 20th, Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) became the model for D&T Soft Ventures and had to work with Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) but fell and got hurt,...More
"Three Days" comes in first again
"Three Days" is currently in the lead. According to Nielsen Korea, the sixth episode of the SBS drama "Three Days" rated 12.9% which is 0.5% more than the previous,...More
Kim Myung-min in "A New Leaf"
Kim Myung-min is coming back with the new MBC drama "A New Leaf". Shooting starts at the end of this month. "A New Leaf" is written by Choi Hee-ra from "Golden Time". An investigator who lost his memory fights with the law firm he once worked for,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single", Joo Sang-wook's company was Lee Min-jung's idea
It turns out Joo Sang-wook was in debt to Lee Min-jung. On the seventh episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) was an outcast on her team and was ordered to work later than the others by Wang Ji-hyeon (Im Ji-eun),...More
"Three Days" beats "Inspiring Generation"
SBS drama "Three Days" jumped over KBS 2TV drama "Generation of Youth" at last. According to Nielsen Korea, "Three Days" rated 12.2% on the 19th. This is 0.5% more than the previous episode,...More
"Sly and Single Again" became more serious this episode, which helped the plot progress. The somber mood allowed for some real communication between Ae-ra and Jung-woo and for some really sweet flashbacks. The episode starts with the last of Ae-ra's pranks, which backfires and puts her in a sour mood,...More
It's that time, folks. Petty revenge rears it's head and Jung-woo is its target. Ae-ra has creative ways to attack Jung-woo that keep this show funny while allowing it to explore their past and the issues behind their antagonism. After the cruel trick Jung-woo pulled last episode, he suffers through most of this one, which makes for one funny episode. It also establishes the longevity and the quality of his relationship with his sassy Secretary Gil. There was also a meta moment where Secretary Gil (who is played by L from Infinite) turns on Infinite's "Destiny" to soothe Jung-woo's troubles away. There is also a message of " fate " going on with the lyrics of the song, but I won't dig in that far,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again", Kim Gyu-ri loses leg in accident
MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" showed that Gook Yeo-jin (Kim Gyu-ri) had lost a leg in an accident. On the episode of "Sly and Single Again" on the 13th, Yeo-jin got a necklace as a present from Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) for her birthday and had a fun day celebrating it with her friends. He was amazed at the full-body picture of her in her room,...More
"Inspiring Generation" beaten by "Three Days"
"Inspiring Generation" was beat by "Three Days". According to Neilsen Korea, the eighteenth episode of the KBS 2TV "Inspiring Generation" rated 12.6% on the 13th. This is 0.4% more than the previous episode,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Lee Min-jung is not happy with the duet
Lee Min-jung was surprised at Joo Sang-wook's singing. On the fifth episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) was surprised to see Gook Yeo-jin (Kim Gyu-ri) and Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) so friendly with each other,...More
"Inspiring Generation" down and "Three Days" up
"Three Days" and "Inspiring Generation" are fighting over first place. According to Nielsen Korea, the seventeenth episode of KBS 2TV drama "Inspiring Generation" rated 12.2%,...More
One of the cruelest punishments a person can inflict upon another is the perversion of a beautiful memory. The pain that Ae-ra and Jung-woo feel from their divorce spurs them into a pretty vicious cycle of revenge that includes using their loving past as weapons against each other. Both Ae-ra and Jung-woo feel betrayed and like their love and efforts in their relationship went unappreciated,...More
"Sly and Single Again" uses humor as its biggest tool and it does it well. It parodies Korean entertainment to hilarious effect and uses the character's imaginations to create some wonderful gags that would not be otherwise possible. What prevents the humor from excess are the serious issues fueling the comedy: divorce, misunderstanding and the effects of poverty and wealth. That's the best thing about this show: the comedy doesn't belie the issues. Both Ae-ra and Jung-woo have been hurt and the show addresses those hurts through the comedy,...More
"Sly and Single Again" is still in the setup stages, but it has a wonderful levity to it that enhances humor without detracting from the heavier issues. Characters are introduced and fleshed out while Ae-ra and Jung-woo are in the sometimes amusing and sometimes heart breaking process of being forced back together. Both Ae-ra and Jung-woo have valid reasons to be angry and bitter over their marriage (which were revealed this episode,) but neither half of the broken couple truly understands the pain of the other,...More
"Sly and Single Again" bursts from the gate with a fast-paced, funny, and clever first episode. MBC paired writer Lee Ha-na-I with director Ko Dong-seon and the two laid down a very solid start for this romcom about a divorced couple who meet again. This show hasn't brought anything new to the table, but it knows how to play with old material and how to infuse humor to nearly every subject presented in the show. The basic premise centers around a divorced couple who get back together for reasons other than love: she for his newfound wealth; he for revenge,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Lee Min-jung parodies "Temptation of Wife"
Lee Min-jung parodied "Temptation of Wife". On the third episode of the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) decided to take revenge on cold Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook),...More
"Three Days" starts with 11.9%
The new SBS drama "Three Days" started off with a high number. According to Nielsen Korea, "Three Days" on the 5th rated 11.9%,...More
Kim Sung-kyun makes cameo appearance in "Sly and Single Again"
Actor Kim Sung-kyun is starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" as a cameo out of loyalty for Seo Kang-joon. He posted a picture with Seo Kang-joon on his Twitter saying, "It was fun! Good luck, you handsome man!",...More
Added episode 1 captures for the upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
The drama world of women vs. men
It's going to get interesting next week. The actresses will be in the Monday to Tuesday dramas and the actors on Wednesday and Thursdays. Ha Ji-won vs. Han Ji-hye vs. Lee Bo-young,...More
"My Love from the Star" sets record
The final episode of "My Love from the Star" set a record. According to Nielsen Korea, SBS drama "My Love from the Star" rated 28.1%,...More
[Spoiler] "Sly and Single Again" Joo Sang-wook snaps at Lee Min-jung
Joo Sang-wook snapped at Lee Min-jung, his ex-wife. On the first episode of the MBC drama "Sly and Single Again", Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) reunited with her ex-husband Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook). She was surprised to see him become so rich unlike the time when he used to be a loser,...More
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Oh Na-mi seduces Seo Kang-joon in "Sly and Single Again"
Oh Na-mi became a sly and single woman again. She made a cameo appearance in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
[Photos] Added plenty of new images for the Korean drama 'Sly and Single Again'
Added plenty of new images for the upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
Joo Sang-wook countsdown to "Sly and Single Again"
While the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" is about to be released for the first time, and lead actor Joo Sang-wook counted down with a selfie. He posted on Twitter saying, "Not too far away now. D-2 until the first episode!",...More
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Joo Sang-wook (left) and Lee Min-jung pose at a press event for their new TV series "Sly and Single Again" in Seoul on Monday,...More
[Photos] Lee Min-jung reveals her complexion
The new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" press conference was held on the 24th in Seoul. Lee Min-jung drew attention on this day,...More
[Video] Second teaser released for the Korean drama 'Sly and Single Again'
Second teaser released for the upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
Park Yoo-chun vs. Joo Sang-wook vs. Kim Hyun-joong
Don't be upset that you won't be seeing Do Min-joon and Cheon Song-I anymore. There are others for you to feast your eyes on. They don't have the power to stop time and teleport, but they will be able to make your heart beat like no other. Park Yoo-chun and Joo Sang-wook are in the waiting line and there is also Kim Hyun-joong who is already out there. Will Park Yoo-chun break the precedent of political dramas?,...More
The battle of married women
It is now the time for the married. Jun Ji-hyun is also a married woman who doesn't know where the end of her popularity is. The troika of Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Min-jung and Lee Bo-young is now widely open. Jun Ji-hyun was a good example and the other two are highly anticipated. The saying, 'a marriage destroys an actress' career has been long gone. Their age and experience makes for a better act and chemistry. The married women such as Lee Bo-young and Lee Min-jung are experimenting with something new,...More
[Video] Teaser released for the Korean drama 'Sly and Single Again'
Teaser released for the upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
From Kim Nam-joo to Lee Min-jung, Kim Yong-hee becomes the nation's brother
Supporting actor Kim Yong-hee is starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" as Lee Min-jung's brother, Na Soo-cheol. He's a character who failed his business in Vietnam and escaped to Seoul. He is a troublemaker who manages to survive with the help of his sister Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung),...More
Lee Byung-joon and the end of "The Wang Family"
Actor Lee Byung-joon delivered his gratitude to the viewers with the end of the drama coming near. He revealed a picture he took with Jo Sung-ha from the KBS 2TV weekend drama "The Wang Family". They filmed the final scene of the drama on the 11th,...More
Yooyoung in "Sly and Single Again"
Yooyoung has been cast for the movie "Sly and Single Again". The youngest member of the group Hello Venus Yooyoung is starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" as Pi Song-hee,...More
Wang Bit-na to be Joo Sang-wook's blind date
Actress Wang Bit-na is starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again" as Joo Sang-wook's blind date. She will appear as the elegant daughter of the vice-minister,...More
Lee Byung-hun's wife Lee Min-jung poses sexily in front of Joo Sang-wook
MBC "Section TV" visited Lee Min-jung and Joo Sang-wook on the poster making set of "Sly and Single Again". Lee Min-jung didn't seem like the married woman she is as she was smiling as brightly as ever and drew everyone's eyes on her,...More
"Sly and Single Again", Lee Min-jung's persistence
Lee Min-jung takes on the role of Na Ae-ra, a woman working hard after getting divorced with Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again". The first take of the movie starts off with Na Ae-ra picking up a call from Cha Jeong-woo while she's chatting with her friends before the divorce. Lee Min-jung always discusses the scenes and character with producer Seon Dong-seon. If she doesn't like what she did, she volunteers to retake the scene as well,...More
Star couple Lee Byung-hun and Lee Min-jung
Lee Min-jung and Lee Byung-hun must be busy this year. The two of them are going to be busy with new projects,...More
Kim Gyu-ri confirms to star in "Sly and Single Again"
Actress Kim Gyu-ri is starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again". She stars as Gook Yeo-jin, the daughter of Chairman Gook (Lee Jung-gil) of D&T Soft Ventures where Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook) is president of,...More
Seo Kang-joon to star in "Sly and Single Again"
Actor and Surprise member Seo Kang-joon is starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again". According to Fantasio, Seo Kang-joon takes on the role of Gook Seung-hyeon, a perfect guy with the style and height of a model, good looks and caring personality as well as wealth. He forms a love line with cunning girl Na Ae-ra (Lee Min-jung) and play the three-way romance with Cha Jeong-woo (Joo Sang-wook),...More
Updated cast for the Korean drama 'Sly and Single Again'
Updated cast for the upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again",...More
Lee Min-jung to possibly star in "Sly and Single Again"
Lee Min-jung opposed at the news of her starring in the new MBC drama "Sly and Single Again". Lee Min-jung's representative claimed that she is revising the offer for the drama but hasn't confirmed to star in it yet,...More
Upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again"
Added the upcoming Korean drama "Sly and Single Again"'s page to HanCinema database,...More
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What You Need to Know About the Pill, IUDs, Condoms, and Other Birth Control
By Health.com
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"There's no such thing as 'too young for birth control.'"(DOMENICA COMFORT)
Hilda Hutcherson, MD, is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City and author of What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex.
Q: If I have sex without a condom and I'm not on birth control, what's the chance I'll get pregnant?
A: There's about a 20% chance that you'll get pregnant during any given monthly cycle. While that doesn't sound very likely, the percentage goes up if you continue to have sex without a condom.
Q: What can I do to prevent pregnancy if the condom broke during sex and I'm not on birth control?
A: You can take the morning-after pill, also called Plan B, up to five days after an accident like that, but it's most effective if you take it within 72 hours. You can get it over-the-counter at any pharmacy if you're 18 or older. It's essentially a high dose of progesterone. Although we don't know exactly how it works, it's believed to prevent ovulation.
Q: Is it true that there's a birth control pill being developed for men?
A: They've been working on that for many years, but so far there's nothing on the market.
Q: Is hormone-based birth control such as the Pill safer than it used to be?
A: Yes, the dosing is lower and more precise in the newer formulations. But hormone-based birth control carries some risk for blood clots, heart attack, and stroke, and smoking increases that risk.
Q: Is it safe to take those birth control pills that reduce your periods to just four times a year?
A: Having so few periods doesn't seem to cause any problems as far as we know. There haven't been any long-term studies, however, to see whether these pills are any riskier than regular birth control for blood clots, heart attacks, or stroke.
Next Page: Are there benefits of going on the Pill?
[ pagebreak ] Q: Other than its ability to prevent pregnancy, are there benefits of going on the Pill?
A: Yes, studies have shown that women on the Pill have a lower risk of developing ovarian and endometrial cancersÂeven years after they stop their daily doses. The Pill can also help women who have problems with heavy bleeding, PMS, severe menstrual cramps, or endometriosis. And some formulations can reduce acne breakouts.
Q: Which form of birth control is the most effective?
A: Birth control pills are probably the bestÂespecially for young women. Theyre easy to take, and if taken properly, their effectiveness is high. They also have few side effects. I don't think many doctors are prescribing patches these days because they have a higher risk of blood clots and some people have died while using them. Progestin shots are as effective as the Pill, but they have more side effects, such as weight gain, moodiness, water retention, depression, and spotting. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are very safe and effective, especially for women who have carried a child, as they're less likely to experience side effects such as cramping.
Q: Why is it so important to take the Pill on time, every time? What should I do if I miss a dose?
A: If you take it at different times, say one day at noon and the next day at 4 in the afternoon, your body will notice the drop in the hormones and think it's time to bleed or ovulate. If you miss a dose, however, you can double up the next day and you should be OK if you've been taking them regularly. But just to be safe, also use a condom for the rest of that cycle.
Q: If I don't want to have any more childrenÂor any children at allÂwhat are my options?
A: If you are over 35 and sure you don't want children, you may want to be sterilized. You can do it with laparoscopic surgery that burns and cuts the fallopian tubes; you can have your fallopian tubes cut after childbirth; or an implant can be inserted without surgery into your fallopian tubes to cause scar tissue that blocks them. You could also ask your partner to get a vasectomy.
If you're under 35, I don't usually recommend sterilization. I've seen too many women change their minds when their life situations change. And it's not easy to reverse sterilization. For women under 35, I might recommend using an IUD. It's safe, effective, nonpermanent, and can stay in for up to 10 years. If a woman does eventually decide to have a child, she could just remove the IUD.
Q: Is sterilization reversible?
A: It depends. If you have your tubes tied after childbirth, it's easier to reverse than the laparoscopic procedure where your fallopian tubes are burned. Today many doctors don't bother reversing the tubal ligation and go straight to in vitro fertilization (IVF). Even if you've been sterilized, pregnancy is still possible with IVF.
Q: Is there a certain age when a girl should start taking birth control? How young is too young?
A: There's no such thing as "too young for birth control." If a girl is capable of getting pregnant and she is having sex, she is old enough for birth control. Preventing a girl from using birth control won't stop her from having sex.
Q: Which forms of birth control protect against sexually transmitted diseases?
A: Only condoms do that. Diaphragms can prevent gonorrhea and chlamydia infections but they won't protect against other diseases such as HPV, HIV, or herpes.
Q: Why do some birth control pills clear up your skin while others make you break out?
A: It's the progestin. Some have more androgen-like properties that cause acne, and others do not. The ones without these male-hormone-like properties can actually be used to treat acne.
Next Page: Are IUDs still dangerous?
[ pagebreak ] Q: Are IUDs still dangerous?
A: IUDs had a bad rap many years ago when they caused severe infections and infertility, but the newer IUDs work quite well and are very safe. I recommend them to people who have had at least one child and are in monogamous relationships. If a woman hasn't had a child and tries an IUD, she is more likely to experience pain, cramping, and bleeding because the uterus hasn't expanded before and the body tries to kick it out. And if she's not in a monogamous relationship, having multiple partners increases the risk of gonorrhea and chlamydia, which can lead to infections of the pelvis and cause infertility. Having an IUD can make those infections worse.
Q: What is a female condom?
A: The female condom is a great method of birth controlÂespecially if your partner complains that male condoms are uncomfortable. It's a polyurethane condom that is inserted into the vagina, with part of it covering the vulva. It can protect you against bacterial and viral infections, so you have a reduced risk of catching herpes or HPV than when using a regular condom. The only problem with the female condom is that it is different from what people are used to. It's bulky and can make some noise during use.
Q: What can I do if I lose my sex drive while on birth control pills?
A: You can switch to a different pill. Not all pills affect all women the same way. I usually recommend switching to a pill with lower estrogen levels or a different kind of progestin. Or you might decide not to take the Pill at all and use a barrier method, such as a condom or diaphragm.
Q: Can I get pregnant if my boyfriend pulls out before he climaxes?
A: Yes! That is not a dependable method of birth control. Your boyfriend can always release sperm in the pre-ejaculate or pre-cum, so you shouldn't depend on that as your sole form of birth control if you want to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
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1 Introduction to Hindi 2 Introduction to Hindi Pronunciation 3 Introduction to Hindi Grammar 4 Introduction to Hindi Writing 5 Basic Bootcamp
Introduction to Hindi Grammar
Learn about Hindi grammar
Welcome to Introduction to Hindi.
My name is Alisha and I'm joined by...
Hi everyone! I'm Venus.
In this lesson, you'll learn the basics of Hindi grammar.
Articles, Verbs and Genders
Did you know that Hindi doesn't use articles?
Really? That means you don't have to worry about where to put "a" and where to add "an" and where to use "the?"
Yes, doesn't that make things easier?
It definitely does! What about gender? How is it indicated in Hindi?
Firstly, there is no "he" or "she" in Hindi. You can use the same pronoun for both genders.
But the verbs do change depending on the gender of the person speaking and the gender of the person you are speaking to.
Ooh! That is quite complicated.
Not really. It is usually quite simple. If a verb uses ii (ई) at the end, it means it is feminine. But if it uses an aa (आ) at the end, it means it is masculine. We will go through a few examples later in this lesson to find out just how easy it is.
Also, in Hindi, there is no neutral gender. Every object is either masculine or feminine.
Yes, so an "auto rickshaw" is masculine and a "bus" is feminine.
But there isn't a need to worry about getting the gender of all objects correct in the beginning. This is something you will catch on to as you go on learning Hindi. How about we look at an example of verbs and how they change based on gender? Let's begin with the verb "to do".
Sure. In Hindi, "to do" is karaNa (करना). If you are female, you would say karaTii (करती) and if you are a male, you would say karaTaa (करता).
So, the last vowel changes. It is ii (इ) for females and aa (आ) for males.
Yes. The same goes when you address someone. If they are female, use ii (ई) at the end of the verb and if they are male, use aa (आ) at the end.
Okay, so we don't have to worry about articles, we don't have to worry about pronouns being gender-based, but we have to be concerned about verbs being based on gender?
How about we go on and take a look at some personal pronouns now?
Personal Pronouns in Hindi
In Hindi, the first person singular pronoun is maiṅ (मैं).
And it doesn't matter whether you are a female or male, you can use the same pronoun?
Yes. The first person plural pronoun is ham (हम)
While there is only one first person singular pronoun in Hindi, there are three second person singular pronouns. Right?
Yes, they are Tuu (तू), Tum (तुम) and aap (आप)
Tuu (तू) is used in a very informal way, something you will use with a very close friend.
Tum (तुम) is also informal, but not as much as Tuu (तू). It is something you may want to use with a friend, a close colleague, your kids, your siblings, or even your spouse.
But aap (आप) is the formal form of address. It is something that you would like to use at your office, while addressing your parents, or strangers, or your elders.
The interesting thing is that you can use Tum (तुम) and aap (आप) as second person plural too.
But generally a word like "all" or "people" is added to Tum (तुम) and aap (आप) to make second person plural.
So, you could say Tum Log (तुम लोग) or aap Log (आप लोग) where Log (लोग) means "people". Or you could say Tum Sab (तुम सब) or aap Sab (आप सब) where Sab (सब) means "all".
Good, so we learned two more words here: for "people" and "all".
Yes. Log (लोग) means "people" and Sab (सब) means "all".
Let's check the third person singular now. For "he / she/ it / this", we use yah (यह) and for "he / she / it / that", we use vah (वह). The plural will be ye (ये) for "these" and ve (वे) for "those".
So, how about we try and make some sentences now?
The Hindi Verb "To Be".
Sure we can. But before we actually go on to forming sentences, we will need to know a little more about the various forms of the verb "to be".
Of course, "to be" is an important verb not only in Hindi but also in English. Without knowing about how to use it, it is very difficult to form sentences. Imagine having no "am", "are", "were", "was", "have" or "has" in English. There would be no sentences! So, what is "to be" in Hindi?
It is honaa (होना).
How would we say "I am" in Hindi?
For "I am", honaa (होना) changes to huun (हूँ), main huun (मैं हूँ).
"We are" becomes ham hain (हम हैं), where honaa (होना) changes to hain (हैं).
With Tuu (तू), you use hai (है), with Tum (तुम) you use ho (हो), and with aap (आप) you use hain (हैं).
That means the "to be" form is the same for plural and for respectful address.
Yes, it is hain (हैं).
Does it change depending on whether a man speaks or a woman?
No, it doesn't. We have three versions of honaa (होना) and these are:
huun (हूँ), hai (है), and hain (हैं).
Great! So now we can make a sentence.
How to Form Sentences in Hindi
How would you say "I am Alisha"?
That would be main Alisha huun (मैं अलीशा हूँ).
So, the order of words is "I Alisha am", or pronoun-noun-verb.
That means, unlike English, the noun comes before the verb in Hindi.
Yes, indeed.
Let's try out a few more sentences. How about "I am good"? How would we say that in Hindi?
main acchaa huun (मैं अच्छा हूँ) if you are a male.
main acchii huun (मैं अच्छी हूँ) if you are a female.
Did you notice how for males the word "good" becomes acchaa and for females it becomes acchii?
Yes, indeed. What about the plural version of the Hindi word for "good"?
That would be acche (अच्छे). This would also be used if you are using a respectful address for a male.
aap acche hain. (आप अच्छे हैं।)
Generally, the respectful form when addressing males is the same as the plural version.
That makes things quite simple. But "good" is an adjective. Does that mean that all adjectives also change depending on the gender?
Not always, but sometimes they do. You will pick this up as you practice the language more and more.
Okay, but what about past tense?
"Was" becomes THaa (था) or THe (थे) or Thii (थी).
So, how would you say "How are you"?
aap kaiSe hain (आप कैसे हैं) or aap kaiSii hain (आप कैसी हैं).
And how would you answer that?
main acchaa huun (मैं अच्छा हूँ) if you are a male or main acchii huun (मैं अच्छी हूँ) if you are a female.
Wow! We learned a lot about Hindi grammar today! Let's recap what we've learned in this lesson.
In this lesson, we learned that there are no articles in Hindi. The pronouns are not gender-based. But the verbs are never neutral, they are always masculine or feminine. We also learned that you can use three variations of the word "you" depending on whether you want to use a formal or informal and a little more informal version. We also learned how the verb "to be" changes depending on whether the sentence is singular, plural, formal or informal. And of course, we also learned how to say "How are you?" and how to answer this very important question.
We just learned the basics of Hindi Grammar. In the next lesson we will learn the basics of Hindi writing.
See you in the next lesson. Bye~!
DHaNyavaaD and namaSTe!
We've covered only the very *basics* of Hindi grammar. If you have any questions, leave a comment below!
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The eventful voyage of H. M. discovery ship "Resolute" to the Arctic regions, in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H. M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror," 1852, 1853, 1854..
M'Dougall, George Frederick (1825-1871)
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McDougall's narrative of his experiences as master of Kellett's Resolute on the five-ship expedition led by Sir Edward Belcher to continue the Franklin search by way of the Barrow Strait. Eventually the Resolute became icebound and abandoned in 1854.
The author describes the voyage and subsequent months in the Arctic, gives useful description of the ice conditions, the process of wintering the ship and keeping the crew entertained; the sledge journeys, encounters with musk oxen, polar bear, lemmings, ptarmigan and other game, and remarks on the dogs and harness. (Arctic Bibliography)
Eight color-lithographed plates and folding map. Half title. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Rarely encountered in the original cloth.
xi, 530, 24 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 10603. TPL 3452. SABIN 43183. HILL 1124.
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Just a girl from Homer, Alaska
Exxon: 25 Years of Tears in Alaska
A fishing boat is shown Friday, April 30, 2010, returning to the harbor in Cordova, Alaska, from Prince William Sound. Communities along the Gulf Coast wondering about what kind of legacy the monstrous oil slick will leave can look no further than the towns along the Alaska coastline that were ravaged by the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Time has a strange affect on events in our lives. I feel I'm looking through a glass of water when I look back 25 years to this day, March 24, 1989.
I'd left Seattle University and the Ballard Lochs on the M/V Westward heading north through the Inside Passage of British Columbia for the sac roe herring fishery in Sitka. No time in my life is etched as clearly as that spring. There is a certain magic about following Spring to Alaska. Per my not so scientific study, I've determined Spring moves at about 9 nautical miles an hour, about the same as the hundred foot boat I worked on. The inside passage is glorious. The bow of the boat pushes Technicolor into black and white. Winter gives up her fight to the brilliance of the whippersnapper called Spring. The smell is of thawing earth. Porpoises danced in the white froth of the bow wake. Pods of whales traveled with us, heading North with their calves to feed on the sweet herring we competed with them for.
Dull voices are a constant on the marine radio. When I lost a cribbage game I'd sit on wheel watch at night and listen to fishermen call home to see if the baby was walking yet or if their dad's diagnosis had come back. I followed their stories from night to night like the school secretary taped soap operas.
Clearly we were pre-cell phones or Tivo.
The smell was a mix of diesel, salt and cigarette smoke, coffee and Pilot Bread with peanut butter. The roar of Cummings engines wasn't even heard anymore. The Deutz generator just a hum in my ears. You only heard them when they weren't working properly. There was a stack of these new things called "CDs". Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, The Ramones (that one was mine). I had a bootleg tape of a band I'd heard called Nirvana. No one else on the boat liked them but me.
The engineer on the boat had seven identical sets of clothing. I thought he just wore the same thing every day. He told me it was an act of "energy conservation" that he didn't have to decide what to wear. He took "safety naps". We sank targets with pistols off the stern of the boat when all our duties were done. He believed in four food groups -- "Steak, Potatoes, Miller (beer) and Pussy."
He shocked me a lot. Most things don't now.
The deckhand was young and had the energy of a squirrel who'd washed down an Adderall with a double espresso and a Red Bull back. The engineer offered to kill him on a regular basis.
I was on deck as much as possible. My eyes pushed out tears when they got so full of the beauty of the waking up world. When we crossed out of Canadian waters into Alaska, I stood on deck. Yes. That was it. Home. My Alaska.
Looking back through the glass of water, I see myself through time in the way I imagine my mother in the days before President Kennedy's assassination. Pure. Pulling in life and innocent to the blow to come.
The herring fishery in Sitka is like a derby-superbowl-landing on the moon for fishermen. It's fast and frantic and money is made fast and lost quicker. Airplanes accompany the fleet when they flood past the safe harbor walls to spot the thick harvest. The race so fierce planes crash into each other while looking for fish.
That year we waited more than a week to fish. Fish and Game kept testing the herring to see if they were ripe yet. "Standby to standby" became the joke. There's something about waiting for fish to get horny enough to spawn (and you have to catch them before they do that) which makes for a loaded atmosphere.
But did we catch them. Hundreds of thousands of tons. Prices high and spirits higher.
A redheaded fisherman named Rex boarded our boat in the Sitka harbor after midnight. He was undone. We thought he was drunk. When we realized he wasn't -- we wished we all were.
The Exxon Valdez had "fetched up" and was spilling oil in our next herring fishing grounds.
The grassy knoll.
At the time I didn't know that the Raycus Radar hadn't been repaired and that was part of the off coarse problem. I also didn't know that the only emergency clean up crew had been laid off and the barge with all the clean up equipment was iced into dry dock in Valdez and had been sitting there for almost two years. None of us did.
We all crowded in the wheelhouse and listened to the marine radio.
They have to burn it now. They need to ignite it with a bomb -- there are fighters sitting at Elmendorf. What is the hold up? Burn it already!
Then the weather forecast.
A North Eastern storm was blowing in.
"Jesus, it's going to blow it all the way to Kodiak... that's more than three hundred miles."
A not so perfect storm.
The man that said that was a highliner -- one of the top fishermen in the fleet for decades. He put his hands over his face and walked over to look out of the porthole.
He was right. Thirteen hundred miles of coastline was hit by the spill.
It took twenty years in court to get a settlement from Exxon. Did that feel like a win? Opening your mailbox to an Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Settlement check is like getting a royalty payment for the snuff film your kid brother was in. Hey, you're getting paid... but he's still dead... and you got to watch it.
Sorry, I jumped ahead of myself.
An Exxon hack showed up and told us we were lucky that it was his company that had messed up because they did business right and would make us whole.
I think he meant "hole" because we got screwed.
His name is Don Cornett. He stood in the Cordova high school and promised we'd be fine. Don sells real estate in Houston ,Texas and seems to be whole enough.
Bobby Van Brocklin was the mayor of Cordova. Four years later, on a Thursday, May 20th, 1993 he blew his brains out and left a note naming Exxon the reason.
"The stress from Exxon which brought about my financial stress, was too much to deal with alone. The end should be good and maybe my spirit will live. I have a lot of fear right now, but faith is all that is left. I wish I could have done more good for others but I guess my time is up."
That is not "whole." There's a hole. A hole in a head. Because "whole" didn't happen.
You see, being a fisherman isn't what you do; it's who you are. Having that taken away left shells of humans all over Alaska.
A few friends and I made a list of all the suicides that happened as a result of the spill. It didn't happen for about four years. If the same percentage of people in the Gulf who are affected by the BP spill kill themselves as the Exxon Valdez -- you're looking at 45,000 dead bodies. We took it hard.
The average life expectancy of an Exxon Valdez cleanup worker? 51.
Guys would come back to the boat complaining their urine smelled like diesel. No respirators. C-130s spraying the beaches... with what? Corexit.
Exxon still doesn't have marked offices in Alaska. In 25 years, the State and Exxon have not reconciled. The Federal Government and the State of Alaska were complicit in the spill and the cover-up. Precautions, provisions, and preventative measures had all been made law. It seemed that wasn't the issue... the problem was finding a government agency to enforce those laws. Exxon's cost cutting measures insured a disaster; laid off spill responders; not fixing the disabled Raycas radar; the containment boom barge iced into dry-dock. All those profit enhancements were to be expected of a company that answered only to its shareholders. The government agencies that looked away from negligence and their responsibility have never been held accountable.
Our delegation to Washington, D.C. could have introduced a law over the last 25 years to force Exxon to pick up their bar tab and pay for their crime. They were woefully silent. Instead, they debated things like gay marriage, vaginal rights, Bill Clinton's impeachment over extra-presidential activities, steroids in baseball, and Terry Schiavo. Meanwhile, dozens of Alaskans, displaced from their identity, committed suicide while waiting for justice.
You know why? Oil rules. It's bigger than governments. For all the nut-jobs hoarding Mormon food and bullets talking about the "New World Order"? It's here. It's called Big Oil. It's why countries are invaded, wars are waged and media pretends it isn't happening.
When Sarah Palin was asked by Katie Couric what Supreme Court decisions other than Roe v Wade she disagreed with, she couldn't think of one. NOT ONE! She was a moose caught in the headlights. That didn't work out too well for the moose or the vehicle. The Alaska fisherman lost their voice once again. Thanks, but no thanks, Sarah. Her siding with Pebble Mine was enough... the icing on the cake was the wasted chance.... a chance to tell America our story... an Alaskan story... thousands sick from clean up... tens of thousands bankrupt from a dead fishery. Sarah Palin is to Alaska what Velveeta is to cheese; sadly unsatisfying and empty of nutrition. She had the national stage to plead Alaska's case to citizens who had long forgotten the images of a once pristine Prince William Sound turned into a thick, black, rolling sea; the oiled sea otters and birds, unrecognizable seals and whales; an initially deformed and diseased herring run that became extinct -- costing Cordova $100 million a year. Exxon exploited Alaska and turned our pain into their profit.
After the BP spill I was hired by the BBC to go back to Prince William Sound to report on the shape it was in. There were no birds. We skiffed for hours to an outer beach, one pounded by waves for more than two decades. I walked across the salt marsh, shovel in hand. I didn't need a shovel. My boot prints had already filled with oil slick.
It was so close to the surface, and so was all my pain. The lies. The memories of dead birds, otters, seals, deer, bears, fish, and water. Dead Water. Dead Friends.
Oil sheen on Knight Island in Prince William Sound , 2010
Alaska isn't a sovereign state any longer. Once we were the Last Frontier and independent. Hell, you have to drive through a foreign country for days to get here. Right?
We are an oil colony. It wasn't that long ago that 10 percent of our legislature was indicted for taking bribes from oil companies.
A few weeks ago our governor appointed an oil man from California to serve on a board that accesses the tax burden for the Trans Alaska Pipeline. It's a big deal to the municipalities the pipeline runs through. When things got hot the appointee pulled his own name out of the running.
Three days before the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez running aground, Governor Parnell has appointed an executive of said company from Houston, Texas to the board that decides the value of the pipeline for tax purposes. Mr. Richard Rabinow has worked for Exxon for 24 years, doesn't live here, but is sure to give Alaska the best bang for their buck.
Is the governor fresh out of "*#^@ YOU!" cards?
The state's willingness to do business with Exxon was like having your parents rent the basement to the guy who date raped you on prom night. Am I clear? The fact Governor Parnell wants to give them positions of power is like having said rapist adopt you. I suppose there should be no surprise. The governor was lobbyist and lawyer for big oil...I use the term "was" lightly.
Twenty-five years after the fact, Exxon has yet to pay Alaska the $92 million owed for damages. They privatized their profits and socialized the risk.
Last time I went to Prince William Sound I met a deckhand. She was asking me about how many birds there used to be. I looked at her puzzled. She was born after the Spill. Alaska is divided generationally by epic disasters. Fifty years ago was the 1964 Earthquake -- a 9.2 -- the largest recorded for North America. Twenty five years ago a new defining moment for our state. For those of us who had our lives changed forever, we have to remember what we lost, and tell the next gen. We say things like "Never Again", then see drilling in our Arctic permitted. In 1989 I had a Mac Plus computer -- it weighed 15 pounds and had a screen the size of a greeting card. Now I have an iPad that works wonders. The technology for computers has changed, but not for oil spill clean up. Same diapers, booms and chemical sprays. The truth is, they don't clean up oil spills. They pay fines that have already been calculated in as the cost of doing business.
No. Exxon doesn't do business right. They don't make you whole. Exxon loves and takes care of Exxon, as does our governor. Who is going to love and take care of Alaska?
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Scott Lively, American Pastor, Takes Credit For Inspiring Russian Anti-Gay Laws (VIDEO)
By Meredith Bennett-Smith
Did an American pastor with a penchant for anti-gay activism inspire Russia's new anti-gay laws?
Scott Lively, an outspoken Massachusetts-based Christian leader who previously attracted attention for his support of attempts to criminalize homosexuality in Uganda, now claims that he also helped inspire Russia's new anti-gay propaganda legislation.
“Yes, I think I influenced the Russian law,” Lively told NBC News.
Lively cut his teeth working with an anti-gay advocacy group called the Oregon Citizens Alliance in the early 1990s, according to The Oregonian. As communications director for the group, Lively helped craft an initiative that called on Oregon to discourage homosexuality as "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse." Lively then began to shift focus overseas, becoming involved with a group called Watchmen on the Walls and embarking on a Eastern European speaking tour in 2006 and 2007.
According to an article by the Southern Policy Law Center, Lively's tour through Latvia was a colorful one. Lively used a translator outfitted in a "No Pride" shirt and, at one point, told Latvian police officers "the gay movement is the most dangerous political movement on earth," the SPLC reports.
In a February blog post for conservative website World Net Daily, the activist noted that his "pro-family message was warmly welcomed by the people of each of these countries, and to varying degrees the homosexual agenda has been slowed in all of them."
Boris Dittrich, the director of LGBT advocacy for Human Rights Watch, told NBC News that there may be something to Lively's self-congratulatory claims. Indeed, Lively's barnstorming through the Soviet Union was followed -- sometimes closely -- by local prohibitions on homosexual propaganda
And while no Russian official has confirmed Lively's influence, in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin took a page from Lively's playbook and signed a national law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
Lively is currently being sued for his efforts in Uganda, but for the pastor, nothing -- not even the threat of further lawsuits -- will slow his evangelizing.
“I realize I might face future lawsuits on the same logic as the one I’m now facing," Lively told BuzzFeed, referencing the lawsuit pending against him alleging his Uganda activism constitutes crimes against humanity. "That will not stop me from… working to prevent the dismantling of Christian civilization around the world.”
That determination may soon be tested by attorney Pamela Spees, part of the team suing Lively for his alleged influence in Uganda. Spees said she is prepared to file a new lawsuit against Lively if she can find evidence that he was “an architect of the persecutory program," according to NBC.
WATCH: Scott Lively speaks in Russia in 2006 about the dangers of the homosexual agenda.
Meredith Bennett-Smith
Queer Life Gay Voices Scott Lively
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Criminal Finances Act 2017
The Criminal Finances Act makes companies and partnerships criminally liable for failing to prevent tax evasion. This factsheet considers the key aspects of the Act and the implications for your business.
The Criminal Finances Act makes companies and partnerships criminally liable for failing to prevent tax evasion. At Hogg & Thorburn, we can provide guidance on the key aspects of the Act and the implications for your business in the Galashiels area.
Under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) companies and partnerships may be criminally liable for failing to prevent their employees from criminally facilitating tax evasion. A potential defence can be utilised, in cases where the business has put into place a system of reasonable prevention measures. Here, we take a look at the key aspects of the Act and the implications for your business.
Outlining the Act
Under the CFA, two criminal offences were introduced:
Domestic fraud offence
The domestic fraud offence criminalises companies, partnerships and relevant bodies for failing to put into place reasonable prevention measures to stop their employees, agents or associated persons from facilitating tax evasion.
Overseas fraud offence
This offence criminalises corporations trading within the UK who fail to implement reasonable procedures to prevent their employees, agents or representatives from facilitating tax evasion in another jurisdiction.
The rules apply to tax evasion committed both onshore and offshore, and are applicable to all taxes.
Three stages to the facilitation of tax evasion
Under the CFA, there are three stages that apply to both the domestic and the foreign tax evasion facilitation offences. Only the UK offence is considered here, additional requirements apply for the foreign offence.
Stage one
The criminal evasion of tax (including national insurance contributions (NICs) is committed by a taxpayer.
Stage two
The criminal facilitation of tax evasion is committed by an ‘associated person’ of the ‘relevant body’.
Stage three
The relevant body failed to prevent its employee from criminally facilitating tax evasion, or failed to implement reasonable measures to prevent the employee from committing the facilitation of tax evasion.
Under the CFA, only ‘relevant bodies’ and legal entities, such as incorporated bodies and partnerships, can commit the new offences. Natural persons, as opposed to legal persons, cannot commit the offences.
‘Relevant body’ refers to body corporates (including LLPs), and partnerships (whether incorporated or formed). Meanwhile, a person acts in the capacity of an ‘associated person’ if they are:
an employee of a relevant body, acting in the capacity of an employee
an agent of a relevant body, acting in the capacity of an agent
any other person who performs or intends to perform services for or on behalf of a relevant body, who is acting in the capacity of an individual performing such services (for instance, a subcontractor).
Where stages one and two have been committed, the relevant body is deemed to have committed a corporate offence (subject to a reasonable defence being claimed).
Stage three does not essentially alter what is considered to be a criminal act, but focuses on who is held accountable.
Making use of a ‘reasonable defence’
Under the CFA, the onus is on the relevant body in question to demonstrate that it has implemented adequate procedures within the business to protect against the criminal facilitation of tax evasion. If the organisation can prove that it implemented stringent procedures, prosecution will be ‘unlikely’.
A relevant body may utilise a defence whereby they can prove that, when the tax evasion facilitation offence was committed, it had appropriate prevention procedures in place.
‘Prevention procedures’ here refers to procedures designed to prevent persons acting in the capacity of someone associated with a relevant body from committing UK tax evasion facilitation offences. The new Act does not require relevant bodies to have ‘excessively burdensome’ procedures, but it does require more than ‘mere lip service’.
The government advises organisations within ‘high risk’ sectors, such as banks and financial services companies, carry out thorough risk assessments to establish the likelihood of their associated persons committing the criminal act of facilitation of tax evasion. It is recommended that such organisations follow government advice on the matter.
What does my business need to do?
HMRC has published guidance on the procedures that relevant bodies (ie. your organisation) should have in place in order to help prevent their associated persons from committing the criminal offence of the facilitation of tax evasion. This can be accessed here.
The HMRC guidance is designed to help you understand the types of processes available.
The six ‘guiding principles’
The government has outlined six ‘guiding principles’ that can be used to help inform preventative processes. Each of the principles aim to advise organisations in respect of assessing the risk of their associated persons criminally facilitating tax evasion.
As a relevant body, you are advised to assess the nature and the extent to which you are exposed to the risk of their associated persons committing the facilitation of tax evasion. HMRC recommends that you ‘sit at the desk’ of your ‘associated persons’ and consider whether they have a motive, the opportunity and the means to criminally facilitate tax evasion.
You should ask:
Is the work that ‘associated persons’ carry out subject to monitoring or scrutiny?
How likely is the criminal facilitation of tax evasion by an ‘associated person’ to be detected?
Are there any products or services that ‘associated person’ use that could be open to abuse?
How often do those within high risk roles receive fraud training, and how vigorously is this training evaluated?
2. Proportionality of risk-based prevention procedures
Your reasonable procedures must take into account the nature, scale and complexity of its preventative activities. Organisations in sectors such as the banking industry or the accountancy sector may find that they are exposed to more significant risks than others.
3. Top level commitment
Senior management need to be committed to preventing ‘associated persons’ from criminally facilitating tax evasion. A ‘zero tolerance’ attitude may be adopted, and managers should ensure that the consequences of the criminal facilitation of tax evasion are outlined to their associated persons.
Managers are urged to:
Outline the consequences of failing to comply with the relevant body’s facilitation of tax evasion policy
Refrain from utilising the services of those who do not have the appropriate preventative measures in place
Communicate the relevant body’s main preventative procedures.
4. Due diligence
In order to mitigate any potential risks, you must ensure you apply proportionate due diligence procedures in relation to persons who perform or intend to perform services on their behalf.
Ask yourselves:
How well do you know the persons performing tasks on behalf of your organisation? Do you need to carry out any additional checks on them?
Does your organisation require annual certificates to show that you are complying with the CFA?
If you plan to acquire or merge with another business, have you considered the CFA implications?
The associated persons of your organisation must receive thorough and adequate training in regard to the criminal facilitation of tax evasion, and prevention policies must be well-communicated, understood and implemented through the workforce.
Your communication should seek to outline:
The policies and procedures in place to prevent the criminal facilitation of tax evasion
How to seek advice or report any concerns in regard to the criminal facilitation of tax evasion
What is meant by tax evasion and associated fraud
An employee’s duty under the CFA.
6. Monitoring and review
Detailed reviews must be carried out of your preventative measures, and changes must be made to these where necessary. Typically, the nature of the risks you face will evolve over time: as such, senior management must ensure that the organisation adapts in response.
Ways to review your procedures:
Through feedback provided by internal staff members
Through periodic reviews, accompanied by documented findings
By working alongside other organisations facing similar risks.
Non-compliance: what are the penalties?
HMRC states: ‘The legislation aims to tackle crimes committed by those who act for or on behalf of a relevant body.’ Under the CFA, relevant bodies who fail to prevent their associated persons from committing the criminal act of facilitation of tax evasion are subject to unlimited fines and ancillary orders, such as serious crime prevention orders or confiscation orders.
If you are in the Galashiels area please do contact us for guidance on the Criminal Finances Act.
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'Betrothed' Is the Anti-Teen Romance Drama You Didn't Know You Wanted (Exclusive)
December 07, 2017 5:00am by Graeme McMillan
Courtesy of Steve Uy/AfterShock Comics
The sci-fi series from AfterShock Comics launches in March.
Playwright Sean Lewis has the perfect hook for his new AfterShock Comics title, Betrothed. His pitch for the teen drama turned inter-dimensional sci-fi actioneer? “Riverdale meets Star Wars.”
The new series, which launches in March and features artwork from Uncanny X-Men and Avengers: The Initiative veteran Steve Uy, follows two teenagers who discover that they’re not exactly who they thought they were just ahead of their 18th birthdays.
“Kieron and Tamara discover that in a parallel universe they are the heirs of two warring families,” Lewis explained to Heat Vision. “Even better, to ensure peace, the two teens have been betrothed to one another. Problem is, these teenagers want no part of it.” According to the writer, Betrothed combines magic, sci-fi and teen angst for an everyday story about “what it is to save the world during that time in your life when it feels the world is ending.”
Lewis was effusive in his praise for collaborator Uy. “Steve is great. I knew I wanted a slight manga influence on the book — there's a humor and personality that comes in that style, and Steve's work just nailed it while still being in line with the Marvel work he'd done,” he said. “He really can convey humor, bad-ass action and pathos to an impressive degree.”
Betrothed’s debut issue will be available in comic stores and digitally March 14.
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Mostly cloudy skies. High 76F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph..
A few clouds from time to time. Low 54F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
Paul Arrington, IWUA
IWUA executive testifies before Congress on title transfer issues
Title transfer allows for local control of Idaho’s water resources
WASHINGTON, D.C. Paul Arrington, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Idaho Water Users Association (IWUA), testified Jan. 17 before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) title transfer process.
Arrington's comments are available on the IWUA website – www.iwua.org.
Title transfers allow Reclamation to convey ownership -- or title -- to water projects, canals, laterals and other related infrastructure and facilities from government ownership to the organizations that operate and maintain those facilities.
According to an IWUA release, Idaho has a rich history of successful title transfers – including the first successful title transfer in the nation to the Burley Irrigation District, in 1998. Since that time, three other organizations have succeeded in obtaining title to their facilities (Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District (2001), Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (2004) and American Falls Reservoir District #2 (2008). At least four other Idaho organizations are in varying stages of the title transfer process.
Title transfer allows for local control of Idaho’s water resources. It reduces federal costs and liability associated with owning aging infrastructure. It allows operational decisions to be made in a timelier and more cost-effective manner. Financing for maintenance and rehabilitation is more accessible.
Although the benefits of title transfer are clear, it can be improved. “Unfortunately Reclamation’s title transfer process is an onerous, enormously time consuming and highly expensive process for Idaho water users, due primarily to environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. That has been a huge deterrent for many Idaho water users,” Arrington said.
Ultimately, in addition to the costly environmental review, title transfer requires an act of Congress. Further, those seeking a title transfer risk losing access to the reduced-cost power (called “project power”) that allows them to remain competitive in times of declining crop prices.
The IWUA Executive Director cited three specific examples of the time and money involved in the current title transfer process.
• The Burley Irrigation District title transfer took 8-years to accomplish.
• The Fremont-Madison Irrigation District title transfer took nearly 10-years and $300,000.
• The Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District title transfer required nearly 10-years and over $200,000.
“The process must be streamlined to eliminate these unreasonable time demands and at the same time made far less expensive. The Senate is looking for ways that it can do just that,” the IWUA official added. “I would anticipate that some new legislation will be drafted to streamline the title transfer process.”
In his testimony Arrington presented subcommittee members with three specific suggestions on how to improve things:
“I am excited and grateful to have the chance to represent Idaho on this important issue. It is a unique chance for our voice to be heard by the people who have the power to make important changes that can make the improvements so badly needed here at home. I am pleased that the Senate is looking for ways to resolve these issues,” Arrington explained.
The Idaho Water Users Association consists of approximately 300 irrigation districts and canal companies, agri-businesses, public water supply organizations, professional firms and individuals from around the state that manage water supplies for more than 2 million acres of irrigated Idaho farmland.
Idaho Water Users Association
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Material declaration Standard goes global
European, Japanese and US bodies recommend adoption of IEC Standard
By Morand Fachot
Every electrotechnical product has an environmental impact over its entire life cycle, from raw material acquisition, to the manufacture, distribution, use, maintenance, re-use and end of life of its components, and all of this across borders. An IEC International Standard for the material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry, and its associated database have been adopted by European, Japanese and US industries.
Compact fluorescent lights contain small quantities of mercury
Landmark Standard
Electrical and electronic products are manufactured using many substances; some, for instance lead, mercury and cadmium, are regulated and must be reported.
IEC TC (Technical Committee) 111: Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems, published IEC 62474, Material Declaration for Products of and for the Electrotechnical Industry, in March 2012.
This landmark standard was designed to help the industry track and declare specific information about the material composition of its products.
It is aimed at harmonizing requirements across the supply chain and at improving economic efficiencies; it defines requirements for the exchange of material composition data and provides those for material declarations. IEC 62474 benefits the electrotechnical industry by establishing the requirements for reporting substances and materials, standardizing protocols, and facilitating the transfer and processing of data.
Associated database facilitates information exchange
The IEC 62474 "database" accompanies the IEC 62474 standard. This database, which is maintained by a validation team, consists of a list of substances, substance groups and common material classes to declare, with reportable applications and reporting thresholds. The database also includes information for software developers who are working on IT tools for material declaration that conforms to the standard.
IEC 62474 specifies the criteria to add, change or delete a given substance, substance group or material class from the database. There are three basic criteria for inclusion in the IEC 62474 database: "currently regulated", "for information only" and "for assessment".
Simultaneous adoption across continents
On 21 January 2014 three bodies, CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), DIGITALEUROPE and the JGPSSI (Japanese Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative) announced that IEC 62474 was now the recommended electrotechnical industry’s material declaration standard. The existing JIG (Joint Industry Guide) 101 they used previously was “now several years out of date with global regulations and, consequently, should be considered officially obsolete,” a joint press release by the three organizations indicated, adding: "IEC 62474 is now the recommended electrotechnical industry’s material declaration standard."
The US-based CEA brings together 2 000 companies within the consumer technology industry. It “functions as a vital connection between companies, retailers and consumers to develop a unified technology roadmap and tackles any impasses along the way.”
DIGITALEUROPE “the voice of the European digital technology industry” represents more than 10 000 companies all over Europe with more than 2 million employees and over EUR 1 000 billion in revenues.
Japan’s JGPSII is a voluntary organization created with the purpose of standardizing substances contained in parts and materials of equipment in electrical and electronic products through effective survey methods. Back in June 2012 it announced it would be dissolved and its activities transferred to a subcommittee of the Japanese IEC TC 111 committee following publication of IEC 62474.
Adoption of this International Standard and its associated database by these three influential international bodies will help manufacturers track and declare detailed and harmonized information about the material composition of their products and the possible presence of restricted substances they contain. It should also help ensure that these products conform to legal requirements, thereby supporting trade and reducing the possible negative environmental impact of many electrotechnical components and products.
Lead is often used in batteries
Old IT equipment may contain regulated substances
Find out more IEC TC 111
Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems
IEC 62474:2012
Material Declaration for Products of and for the Electrotechnical Industry
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Here’s What Hedge Funds Think About Digi International Inc. (DGII)
Published on June 23, 2019 at 4:43 pm by Asma UL Husna in Hedge Funds,News
The latest 13F reporting period has come and gone, and Insider Monkey is again at the forefront when it comes to making use of this gold mine of data. We have processed the filings of the more than 700 world-class investment firms that we track and now have access to the collective wisdom contained in these filings, which are based on their March 31 holdings, data that is available nowhere else. Should you consider Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII) for your portfolio? We’ll look to this invaluable collective wisdom for the answer.
Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII) has seen an increase in enthusiasm from smart money of late. DGII was in 15 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2019. There were 11 hedge funds in our database with DGII holdings at the end of the previous quarter. Our calculations also showed that DGII isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
If you’d ask most investors, hedge funds are assumed to be slow, outdated financial tools of the past. While there are greater than 8000 funds trading at the moment, Our researchers look at the masters of this club, around 750 funds. These hedge fund managers control the majority of the hedge fund industry’s total capital, and by tracking their best equity investments, Insider Monkey has unearthed various investment strategies that have historically outpaced the market. Insider Monkey’s flagship hedge fund strategy outrun the S&P 500 index by around 5 percentage points annually since its inception in May 2014 through June 18th. We were able to generate large returns even by identifying short candidates. Our portfolio of short stocks lost 28.2% since February 2017 (through June 18th) even though the market was up nearly 30% during the same period. We just shared a list of 5 short targets in our latest quarterly update and they are already down an average of 8.2% in a month whereas our long picks outperformed the market by 2.5 percentage points in this volatile 5 week period (our long picks also beat the market by 15 percentage points so far this year).
We’re going to review the latest hedge fund action surrounding Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII).
How are hedge funds trading Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII)?
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 15 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 36% from the fourth quarter of 2018. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in DGII over the last 15 quarters. With the smart money’s positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists an “upper tier” of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were adding to their stakes significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
More specifically, Royce & Associates was the largest shareholder of Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII), with a stake worth $11.2 million reported as of the end of March. Trailing Royce & Associates was Renaissance Technologies, which amassed a stake valued at $8.5 million. North Run Capital, Arrowstreet Capital, and D E Shaw were also very fond of the stock, giving the stock large weights in their portfolios.
As one would reasonably expect, some big names were leading the bulls’ herd. North Run Capital, managed by Thomas Ellis and Todd Hammer, initiated the most valuable position in Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII). North Run Capital had $7.5 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management also initiated a $1.6 million position during the quarter. The other funds with brand new DGII positions are David Harding’s Winton Capital Management, Peter Algert and Kevin Coldiron’s Algert Coldiron Investors, and Peter Muller’s PDT Partners.
Let’s check out hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII) but similarly valued. We will take a look at Inseego Corp. (NASDAQ:INSG), Armstrong Flooring, Inc. (NYSE:AFI), Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNST), and Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV). This group of stocks’ market values match DGII’s market value.
INSG 15 33006 4
AFI 12 141658 -1
CNST 8 60492 0
CSV 8 33703 -1
Average 10.75 67215 0.5
As you can see these stocks had an average of 10.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $67 million. That figure was $42 million in DGII’s case. Inseego Corp. (NASDAQ:INSG) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNST) is the least popular one with only 8 bullish hedge fund positions. Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal but we’d rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 6.2% in Q2 through June 19th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by nearly 3 percentage points. Unfortunately DGII wasn’t nearly as popular as these 20 stocks and hedge funds that were betting on DGII were disappointed as the stock returned -6.4% during the same period and underperformed the market. If you are interested in investing in large cap stocks with huge upside potential, you should check out the top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds as 13 of these stocks already outperformed the market so far in Q2.
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Pro-Life Charity Banned from Three UK Universities
Date of incident: September 14, 2018
Attack against: Faith / Morals
Area of case: Education
Exclusion (of individuals or ideas) Freedom of Expression
Student Unions in Manchester, Warwick, and Liverpool rejected the Life charity's application to appear at their Freshers' Fairs. The Warwick Students' Union rejected Life because its members "voted to adopt a pro-choice stance." Manchester said the Fair was an inappropriate platform, while Liverpool said the charity would not offer "impartial advice" to students. Life said its displays inform students that help is available if they get pregnant. The charity filed a complaint to the Office for Students (OfS) citing discrimination and restrictions on freedom of speech. It noted that the Chair of OfS had earlier promoted the protection of freedom of speech.
In July 2018, Office for Students Chair Sir Michael Barber commented on the publication "Cracking the code: A practical guide for university free speech policies:
“Those universities and colleges registering with us are required to demonstrate how they uphold freedom of speech. As I have said before, it is not our job to tell universities precisely how to do this. We respect institutional autonomy and are pleased that HEPI has grasped the initiative in publishing this report. We are also keen to encourage further work by the sector in this area. Individual institutions need to develop policies which reflect their own community, values and culture; there will be no single approach that works for all. The Office for Students will work to ensure all registered providers have robust and effective management and governance arrangements in place to protect and promote freedom of speech. Where we have concerns, we will not hesitate to intervene to uphold this fundamental principle.”
Sources: MSN, Life charity complaint to Office for Students; Office for Students Statement on HEPI free speech guide
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A 41-year-old North Carolina woman lost her job and was taken into police custody after allegedly lacing a co-worker’s coffee with methamphetamine. The woman faces felony counts of drug possession and contaminating food and drink. Reports indicate that she has been released from the Catawba County jail, strongly asserts her innocence and plans to mount a vigorous defense.
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U.S. Intervention at the ICC Assembly of States Parties
by Beth Van Schaack
The 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court has been meeting in The Hague this week. The United States sent an inter-agency delegation headed by Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp (disclosure: my former boss). A number of items of relevance to U.S. policy on atrocity prevention and response are on the agenda. I will be focusing in more detail on some of these issues in subsequent posts, but in the meantime, the U.S. intervention in the plenary is below and available online here.
Statement of the U.S. at the Twelfth Session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court
Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Office of Global Criminal Justice
Thank you, Madame President.
I am pleased to return to The Hague and am honored to address the Assembly of States Parties for the fifth time on behalf of the United States observer delegation. Today, I would like to speak about the U.S. Government’s work on the common cause of bringing justice to the victims of the world’s worst crimes. The United States has continued to enhance its efforts on this front, including through robust engagement with the ICC and support for each of the situations in which investigations or prosecutions are underway. In the past year, we have worked with many of you across continents and in different venues to achieve shared goals.
Madame President, since we last gathered here in November 2012, we have seen the ICC face a number of novel developments and issues. Today, I would also like to take the opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments and challenges of the past year. In these early stages of its development, it is important that the Court consolidate work around its core mission, build a solid jurisprudence and a sensible operational framework, and benefit from the lessons learned at the other international tribunals. As we have stated before, the key to winning greater international and U.S. support going forward will be for the ICC to focus on strengthening itself as a fair and legitimate criminal justice institution that acts with prudence in deciding which cases to pursue. Critical to the future success of the ICC, and the views of the United States and others in the international community regarding the ICC, will be its attention to: (1) building institutional legitimacy; (2) promoting a jurisprudence of legality, with detailed reasoning and steeped in precedent; (3) fostering a spirit of international cooperation; and (4) developing an institutional reputation for professionalism and fairness. In this regard, we take note of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s new strategic plan and particularly those strategic goals aimed at improving the cost-effectiveness, productivity, quality, and efficiency of the Office. In the past year we have attempted, though our outreach, diplomacy, and support, to contribute to this work in a manner that furthers our own abiding interest in justice and the rule of law. Let me provide a few examples to be more concrete.
We have continually emphasized that it is essential—for justice and for peace—that the fugitives at large in the ICC’s current cases be apprehended. I am pleased to recount some significant advances that we have made on this front in the past year. This year U.S. military advisors supported militaries from the AU Regional Task Force, who moved closer to apprehending top Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders and ending the LRA threat once and for all. And in January 2013, President Obama signed legislation expanding the War Crimes Rewards Program, enabling the United States to offer rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of ICC fugitives. Under this expanded program, Secretary of State Kerry, who sponsored the legislation as a U.S. Senator, announced reward offers for persons subject to ICC arrest warrants in the Uganda and DRC cases, including Joseph Kony and two other top leaders of the LRA, as well as the leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, Sylvestre Mudacumura. The United States remains steadfast in its commitment to bringing to justice those responsible for terrible atrocities, and as the Rewards expansion demonstrates, we are putting our money where our proverbial mouth is.
The United States also played a key role in the surrender of Bosco Ntaganda to the ICC in March of this year. Ntaganda was a fugitive from justice for nearly seven years. He stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the DRC involving rape, murder, sexual slavery, and the forced recruitment and use as soldiers of thousands of Congolese children. He returned repeatedly to the battlefield in the eastern DRC, including most recently as the leader of an M23 rebel group faction. But ultimately, it seems, the prospect of trial in The Hague proved more appealing than war in the bush. When Ntaganda—who had also been designated under our War Crimes Rewards Program—voluntarily turned himself in at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali in March, we worked hard to facilitate his surrender to the ICC in cooperation with the Rwandan, Dutch, and British governments. At the time, we noted that removing Ntaganda from the battlefield and bringing him to justice was an important step toward ending the cycle of impunity that has fostered violence and instability in the DRC for far too long. And just this month, we saw the end of the M23 rebellion and of its threat to the civilian population of the Eastern DRC. Negotiations between the DRC government and M23 have yielded a political resolution that rejects amnesty for the perpetrators of atrocity crimes. We are hopeful that the final political resolution will be signed immediately. Now we must remain vigilant in ensuring that justice for the victims is prioritized, through the ICC’s prosecution of Ntaganda, reparation efforts for the victims, and the DRC’s proposed establishment of specialized mixed chambers and the reinforcement of other domestic justice institutions to judge the serious offenders who are not charged at the ICC.
This year we have also been confronted with the ongoing importance of witness protection. Any court’s ability to protect a witness’s identity and safety is a key determinant in its ability to provide justice. From assistance from States, to protective measures, to charges for offenses against the administration of justice, the Court can and has employed a range of tools. All concerned must continue to explore all available tools, and to send a clear message that witness interference or intimidation will not be tolerated. As I have stated here before, these are particularly vexing challenges, and the United States is committed to supporting the quest for solutions, including by working with the Court to respond positively to requests for assistance relating to witness protection.
In addition to witnesses, it is crucial to support the victims of atrocities in ICC situation countries, including through their participation and reparation. I am pleased to see the range of sessions and side events at this year’s ASP that are focused on victims’ issues. Victims, of course, play an active role in ICC proceedings and related matters. The Rome Statute also includes novel provisions on reparation for victims, and establishes a Trust Fund for Victims. One area in which support to victims is particularly critical is in crimes of sexual violence in conflict. We know that impunity for perpetrators of these crimes affects not just the immediate survivors, but entire communities, and that it undermines the prospects for lasting peace in conflict-affected societies. But sexual violence is not an inevitable consequence of conflict; we can address it, we can deter it, and we can prevent it. To that end, I would like to commend, in particular, the efforts of the UK in spearheading the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in which we, along with our G8 partners, seek to focus international attention on preventing the scourge of sexual violence through justice and accountability. Survivors of sexual violence, and in particular child victims, must have access to health, psychosocial, legal, and economic support. Among other things, signatories of the G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence committed to work to provide adequate services to victims, including through programs such as the Trust Fund for Victims and its implementing partners. This year, the United States pledged $10 million in support of the UK’s initiative.
Madame President, in any discussion of accountability as a means to prevent and deter mass atrocities, we must always return to the principle of complementarity. The ICC is a court of limited jurisdiction. Even in countries in which the ICC has opened investigations, it cannot and should not take up every case that cries out for justice. States must build the capacity of their own courts to handle atrocity cases and impart justice closer to the victims and affected communities. It is both their right, and their responsibility. Around the globe in ICC situation countries and elsewhere, in domestic and hybrid courts, from DRC’s proposed specialized mixed chambers to Guatemala’s “high risk” courts to the hybrid Extraordinary African Chambers established by the African Union and Senegal to prosecute Hissène Habré, the United States is following the lead of local efforts by devoting our support and resources to strengthening local partners.
Although the Court has now entered its second decade, relatively speaking it is still a young institution. There are myriad challenges and unforeseen situations that it will face as it grows, and the way that the Court and the States Parties address such challenges will affect the Court’s long-term success and its ability to contribute to justice, without which lasting peace is not possible. In this regard, I would like to acknowledge the important work being undertaken at this session of the ASP to engage on issues that have been raised by the African Union and Kenya in recent months. The United States takes these matters seriously and believes that they are best addressed within the framework of the Court and here at the ASP. Among other things, we encourage all States to engage in a constructive manner on these issues, and to consider seriously the proposals related to “presence” of defendants under the Rome Statute. This work, as well as the various sessions and side events devoted to grappling with concerns raised by States over the past year, are all important contributions to the conversation.
Another challenge with which the international community needs to grapple involves the crime of aggression. The United States continues to have many concerns about the amendments adopted in Kampala, including the risk of these amendments working at cross-purposes with efforts to prevent or punish genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes—which provide the very raison d’être for the Court. The States Parties were wise to create breathing space by subjecting the Court’s jurisdiction to a decision to be taken after January 1, 2017. The international community should use that breathing space to ensure that efforts to ensure accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes can be consolidated and that measures regarding the amendments requiring attention can be properly considered; and it is our view that States should not move forward with ratifications pending the resolution of such issues.
The ASP, with its 122 member States hailing from every continent on the globe, is well situated to take up new challenges and forge common solutions. We will continue to follow these discussions with great interest, and to remain steadfast in our efforts to achieve justice for the victims of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
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The couple used the orchard as a vacation home, reported SFGATE.com.
According to the accident report filed by the California Highway Patrol, Clarke made a left turn as he approached the end of the orchard. Bedard, who was holding two wine glasses, was “unable to stabilize herself” and fell out, landing on the broken glasses.
“They would often ride through the orchard just to check things out and enjoy the serenity of the property,” Bedard’s son, Steve Bedard, told the Mercury News.
“Having been on the property many times, I completely understand how this happened. It was not an irresponsible act but just the worst kind of tragedy.”
The accident report said Clarke “was operating a golf cart while intoxicated,” but a preliminary investigation determined his actions “did not cause the collision or fatal injuries,” Rebecca Myers of the Highway Patrol told the newspaper.
“I would never want anyone to think of Richard as an irresponsible man,” Bedard said. “He is one of the most together, responsible men with the strongest of character.”
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King Arthur Flour Brings Its Baking Expertise to the West Coast
Flour Company Partners with Washington State University’s Bread Lab and Opens Baking School
Norwich, Vermont – September 15, 2016 – King Arthur Flour, America's oldest flour company, is taking its baking expertise from New England to the Pacific Northwest, as today it announces the Fall 2016 opening of its Baking School at Washington State University's Bread Lab in Skagit Valley, Washington. The endeavor marks another milestone in the growing relationship with the wheat think tank and baking laboratory.
King Arthur Flour offers unparalleled baking education for home and professional bakers with over 800 hands-on classes every year, free recipes, tips and techniques at www.kingarthurflour.com, access to professional bakers through its toll-free Baker's Hotline, and online classes through Craftsy.com. The Baking School classroom is part of the new 12,000 square-foot Bread Lab facility in Skagit Valley, Washington that also includes bread and milling labs, a professional kitchen, and meeting areas for collaboration and experimentation.
"The work of The Bread Lab is inspirational to King Arthur Flour. Their commitment to rebuilding regional grain economies through breeding wheat varieties for flavor and nutrition gives us a wonderful opportunity for continued growth and discovery in the field of baking," says Susan Miller, Director of Baking Education at King Arthur Flour. "Teaching bakers how to bake with both new and ancient whole grains, and how to adapt recipes to new varieties is really exciting to us. The King Arthur Flour Baking School at The Bread Lab welcomes the added benefits this close collaboration will bring to our instructors and students alike. While we will continue to teach our traditional offerings, we look forward to incorporating what we learn from The Bread Lab's work."
Classes begin on November 5 and registration is open online at www.kingarthurflour.com/baking-school. Topics focus on bread and pastry baking, with instruction from notable guests and King Arthur's own certified master baker Jeffrey Hamelman, Board Chair for The Bread Bakers Guild of America Jeff Yankellow, and several instructors from its Baking School in Norwich, Vermont. All classes during the month of October are free to the public.
Through the scientific study of grain diversity along with the expansion of available regional grains, the Bread Lab researches and breeds whole grains for a healthy diet and introduces innovative applications and techniques for wholegrain milling, baking, cooking, and malting.
"From the start we have partnered with King Arthur Flour. They were the first sponsor of the Bread Lab and Grain Gathering and that connection continues to build through the bakers, the school, and the leadership that they show," notes Bread Lab's founder Dr. Stephen Jones. "As breeders, bakers, scientists, and cooks we look to help develop food systems that are innovative and equitable - providing increasing access to good food to as many people as possible."
Highlights of upcoming classes at King Arthur Flour's Baking School at The Bread Lab:
10/14: FREE CLASS - Pizza Perfected
10/15: FREE CLASS - Biscuits & Scones
10/15: FREE CLASS - Autumn Pies and Tarts
10/16: FREE CLASS - Bake for Good: Breads - Bake two loaves of bread, one to take home and the other donated to Neighbors in Need Food Shelf, Mount Vernon, WA
11/5: American Pie with cookbook author Jim Dodge
11/7-8: Baking Bread with Baking Team USA member Mike Zakowski
11/9-11: Whole Grain Baking with Jeff Yankellow
11/14-17: Bread: Principles & Practice
12/2-3: Chocolate Holiday Confections with master confectioner Ewald Notter
12/5-8: Pastry: Principles & Practice
Classes will range in size from 12-16 participants, with the ability to accommodate up to 32 for special events. The classroom includes the following equipment:
Miwe Electro Deck Oven
Revent Rotary Rack Oven
Revent Proofer/Retarder
Rondo Dough Sheeter
Sancassiano Fixed Bowl Spiral Mixer
KitchenAid Pro Line 7-Quart Stand Mixers
Members of the media who wish to participate in a class and tour the facilities are encouraged to reach out to the media contact at mediarelations@kingarthurflour.com.
About the Bread Lab
The Bread Lab's mission is to breed and develop publicly available varieties of grains and other crops that will benefit farmers, processors, and end-users while enhancing access to affordable and nutritious food for our communities. The lab employs classical plant breeding techniques to improve agronomic performance, flavor, and nutrition and explores applications to advance the use of those grains in wholegrain milling, baking, cooking, and malting. Visiting bakers, chefs, farmers, grain processors, and members of the community work alongside scientists and resident bakers to develop products and formulas that best capture the unique qualities of new or adapted varieties.
King Arthur Flour is America's oldest flour company and premier baking resource, offering ingredients and inspiration to bakers everywhere since 1790. The company's high-quality flour is available in supermarkets nationwide. More than 3,500 tested and trusted baking tools, ingredients, and recipes are available online at kingarthurflour.com. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, King Arthur Flour became 100% employee-owned in 2004, a founding B (Beneficial) Corporation in 2007, and sponsor of 1% for the Planet in 2014.
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Dunkenhalgh Hotel
Lillee is invited to dinner
LEGENDARY Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee is set to appear at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Clayton-Le-Moors at a Sportsmans' Dinner on Friday 5 August.
LEGENDARY Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee is set to appear at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Clayton-Le-Moors at a Sportsmans' Dinner on Friday 5 August.
A much sought after speaker, Lillee is on of the all time greats of the game, having taken 355 Test wickets in a career that spanned 1971-1984.
After making his Test debut in the 1970-71 Ashes Series Down Under, Lillee came to Haslingden as professional in 1971, taking 68 wickets at 16.8.
Further details can be obtained by contacting Nigel Stockley 01254 392923.
Tickets for the event, which is in aid of Gary Yates' Benefit, are priced at £30.
CHURCH CC have their first friendly of the season when they travel to Ormskirk on Sunday.
The team is: P Sykes, A Holt, Bentley, M Gilrane, P Gilrane, J Tomlinson, N Westwell, S Holt, A Greenwood, M Aspin, S Tucker.
They have organised two more friendlies. They travel to Springview in the Manchester Association League on April 10 and Central Lancashire League side Stand on April 16.
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Face tattoos becoming a mainstream trend in North America
Facial ink art is becoming more accepted with pop culture influences
Last updated Nov 28, 2017
Jordie Lunn, who has multiple tattoos which includes two on his face is part of the growing trend of individuals getting face tattoos. Photo Courtesy by Jordie Lunn
Reported by Trevor Nault
Once the last frontier of tattoo counterculture, face tattoos appear to be going mainstream, according to a number of industry insiders.
Pop culture influences
Face tattoos have become more common in the media with rappers like Lil Pump, Lil Xan and Xan Frank, who has an ink portrait of Anne Frank on his face. Fashion magazine Allure declared it a trend in 2015 after makeup artist Tom Pecheux incorporated celestial themed makeup in tattoo-like designs on the model’s faces.
Tattoo artist Dan Cameron. Submitted photo.
Tattoo artist, and owner of Ambassador Tattoo based in Calgary, Dan Cameron said he has seen the trend in Eastern Europe and it’s gaining steam in North America.
“Especially with pop culture and mainstream media exploiting that type of thing,” Cameron said. “You’re seeing it a lot more, so you’re desensitized to it, so more people are doing it.”
Brittany Horne, a tattoo artist who describes herself as ‘the shop mom’ at Funhouse Tattoo in Vancouver said she has seen the interest in face tattoos increase.
“It seems like it’s an everyday thing now, like it’s becoming so much more accepted,” said Horne who also sports a small black heart inked under her right eye.
‘No Regrets’
Jordie Lunn, a professional mountain biker who has an all-seeing eye tattooed on his eyelid and an ancient Viking symbol near his left eye said he has no regrets.
“I have other tattoos elsewhere that I’m not happy with visually, that I will eventually have covered with others, but I like the ones on my face,” Lund said. “Tattoos are so common now, and for the most part, accepted.”
Michael David, manager at Gastown Tattoo Parlour, said although face tattoos have grown popularity not all shops are willing to tattoo faces.
“A lot of shops still go by the old-school rules that your hands and neck and above are the last spots that you get tattooed, only when you’ve ran out of all other real estate,” David said. “We don’t want to be the reason someone can’t get a job or something.”
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Resolution talent agency lands Chinese investor
Jeff Berg heads talent and literary agency Resolution.
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By Daniel Miller
In what is being billed as the first investment by a Chinese firm in a Hollywood talent agency, Beijing-based Bison Capital Holdings has acquired a stake in Century City-based Resolution, the company announced Tuesday.
Resolution, a talent and literary agency, is headed by Jeff Berg, the former chairman and chief executive of International Creative Management, who left that company in October 2012 after a bruising power struggle.
Privately held investment firm Bison is headed by Peixin Xu, who also is an independent director of Bona Film Group Ltd., a China-based film distributor. Among Bison’s media investments is a stake in AirMedia Group Inc., a Chinese advertising company.
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“In addition to the financial opportunity, we now have access to relationships and information that will be critical in enhancing our platform in China,” Xu said in a statement.
Terms of Resolution’s arrangement with Bison were not disclosed. The talent agency, which has 30 agents, already does business in China, representing Chinese actors.
Resolution agent David Unger, who represents Michelle Yeoh, star of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” the most successful Chinese-American co-production of all time, will coordinate Resolution’s business in China.
Berg said in a statement that Unger “played a central role in initiating these negotiations."
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As part of the deal, Jack Gao, chief executive of News Corp. China Investments, is joining Resolution’s board. In 2012, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. acquired a 19.9% stake in Bona.
“This partnership will allow us to fund strategic expansion in the global marketplace,” Berg said.
Berg opened Resolution three months after departing ICM. The initial backer was Jahm Najafi, head of Phoenix-based Najafi Cos. The size of Najafi’s investment is unclear, though a person with knowledge of the matter told The Times last year that Resolution was capitalized at $200 million.
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The main stage at UKFest
I believe that a company’s team is its greatest asset and should be treated as such. That’s why we’ve built a bit of a reputation over the years for throwing some extraordinary events and offering some quite unique rewards.
Today marked the final day of one such event: our weekend-long festival, UKFest. Three days of camping, live music, food and entertainment with the whole UKFast team, friends and family. As an extra surprise, we also invited chart-topper Example to headline the main stage.
There was a prosecco lawn, massive tipis, zorb football, paintballing, fairground rides, a London bus bar and a corner especially for the kids. There is something really special about realising that our team are growing up – we’re getting married, having babies and growing our families. There were groups of little ones, with their faces glittered by The Sparkle Shack and carrying balloons from our favourite balloon artist. There were also parents, grandparents, husbands, wives and even pets. It was wonderful!
Although it is not the first time we’ve thrown a big event to thank our team for all their hard work, this year’s UKFest has without a doubt been the biggest so far. It’s only right that we have the biggest event in the year when we are set to smash our targets and are well on track to reach our turnover goal.
It is absolutely essential to reward a team for their efforts and I believe that the UKFast team is so extraordinary that they warrant extraordinary rewards. Of course, if you want happy customers, you first need a happy team.
Back in the early days, we would invite the team and their friends and family along to our Snowdon base, to walk around the mountains, build rafts on the lake and sit around the camp fire.
Last year, we hired the whole zoo and gave almost 1,000 people a day out at Chester Zoo and the opportunity to explore after hours with the keepers. It was a wonderful day of making memories.
Whilst I am often in the bad books with the accountants for these all-expenses-paid events – it seems the traditionally corporate world can’t get their heads around the way we do things at UKFast – it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money to reward the team. In the very early days, fish and chips with the team on a Friday evening was how we spent time together and said thank you. I made some of my favourite UKFast memories then, with people who still work for the company now.
With my wife and Elliot / Example. Fantastic performance.
UKFest was extra special for us as we introduced ourselves to our new neighbours and got to know the local community, inviting them along to get to know the UKFast team too.
It has been brilliant seeing everyone getting excited about the weekend and coming together to make sure UKFest was the best weekend of the year. So many people and different departments of UKFast have come together to produce this incredible event.
I have to say a huge thanks to Anna and Chris, who have been extraordinary and haven’t sat down for a week! They’ve orchestrated the whole thing with calm, focus and an astonishing attitude. They are absolute UKFast Legends now.
Seeing our apprentices pitching in on Friday moving 600 hay bales around the site in a big chain was real moment for me. We’ve had our apprenticeship scheme for a few years and now have almost 50 apprentices! They’re fantastic young people with so much enthusiasm!
Our construction team has also done an incredible job turning a series of overgrown fields into a stunning site that hosted over a thousand people over the weekend, while the design and events teams have worked hard to ensure everyone has had a polished, perfect festival experience.
It’s extraordinarily important to me that the UKFast team are able to have fun together, both inside and outside of working hours. I don’t want anyone who is part of our team to come to work every day just to earn their wage. Teammates should be friends! Shared experiences help to build these relationships.
Life is all about making memories. As a CEO it would be easy to distance yourself from the team and sit behind an office door, as a mystical entity. But that’s not how I think business should be done.
Time is the most precious thing in life and who you spend it with speaks volumes – you should spend it with your team, they deserve it!
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Read the latest report from Scott Martin, LCU's current Chairman
About our Chairman: Scott Martin
Scott has been Chairman of the Board since 2017
A Director since 2012
And holds BSc Hons PhD GAICD FAIP
On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to present to Members the 2018 Annual Report for Laboratories Credit Union Limited in our 64th year.
Financial and Operating Performance
2018 has been another year of very healthy growth and pleasing financial performance in all areas:
Reflecting another year of careful cost control, LCU achieved a net interest margin (the average difference between lending and borrowing rates) of 1.95%, which compares to 1.97% in 2017, and an industry average of 2.5%
Despite keeping LCU fees and charges at sector-leading low levels, our 64th consecutive pre-tax surplus was both pleasing and on-target at $1,040,704, compared with $1,123,632 in 2017. This surplus grows LCU member total capital to $13.1 million, and generating a healthy Return on Assets of 0.42% (similar to 2017’s 0.47%);
Our critical financial resilience metrics remain within our target comfort zones and well in excess of prudential requirements: Capital Adequacy was 16.2% (cf 16.54% 2017) and Minimum Liquid Holdings 16.16% (cf 18.85% 2017).
After the unusually strong loan growth experienced in 2017, this year we have achieved more normal level of loan growth of 6.1%, which combined with 5.7% deposit growth.
These excellent financial results rest on long-established foundations. Prudent and frugal operations lie at the core of LCU’s ability to offer industry-leading value and still return earnings to boost capital. LCU’s cost base is improved by having a single branch, by having efficient and engaged staff cross-trained over multiple functions and through the effective use of technology. However, the inexorable cost of technology is a factor that LCU will always be exposed to as one of the smallest players in the prudential sector.
In summary, LCU has delivered another excellent result from strong financial fundamentals, which place us well entering the 2019 year.
Member Services and Marketing
2018 has been another year of strong member service performance, reflecting our focus on friendly personalized service, innovation in our service offer, and planning for the future needs of our evolving membership.
Consistent with our CSIRO roots, LCU has aimed to be at the forefront of technological developments for members and has been amongst the first to offer ApplePay, AndroidPay and, more recently, Osko, Australia’s new almost instantaneous payments platform. In 2017 we undertook a project to migrate the hosting of LCU’s core banking system to an alternate supplier – one that offers more longevity (more credit unions are using it) as well as lower costs. The migration placed significant demands on staff for many months (testing and validating) and I commend them for delivering the upgrade without any inconvenience to members.
LCU has also revamped our car loan product offer, which has led to a pleasing uptick in loans.
In line with LCU’s member-centred approach, Your Financial Wellness has been released to members as a powerful aid to help members understand their current and future financial positions.
The team at LCU is committed to spreading the footprint of the credit union and had led and participated in a diverse set of professional, community and member events and initiatives in the 2018 year. A key example was hosting the Riverside Business Chamber networking event in February in addition to several organisation-specific events in the Riverside Corporate Park.
Our connection with CSIRO and NMI was vibrantly supported via sponsorship of events, scholarships and amenities across sites, and as a CSIRO employee, myself, I can attest to how LCU’s local support is appreciated by staff. For example, LCU contributed to the purchase of some new gym equipment at the Lindfield site, which is giving a substantial boost to site vibrancy.
LCU’s campaign to 18-35-year-old members was reinvigorated under a program with Natural Mind Concepts working with staff. We’ve already seen an uptick in membership in this demographic linked to additional deposits more than $800k.
Economic Landscape
Smaller, non-diversified financial institutions historically experience an operational squeeze during times of low interest rates – it’s simply harder to maintain the net interest margin. When interest rates were reducing some years ago, our strategy was to tighten the belt on spending and weather the coming lean time. None of us expected it to last this long! The previous and current senior management of LCU are to be congratulated in not only weathering this transition but having established an operating configuration in which LCU not only survives, but thrives during low interest periods. Our 2018 figures are strong despite not a single official RBA interest rate change in the year.
System-Wide Machinations
I don’t intend to say much about the Royal Commission, suffice to say that thus far it has shone a positive light on the customer-owned banking sector as a real alternative to the large banks. Notwithstanding the disgust of customers of big banks to the public revelations there has yet to be a substantial exodus and is, perhaps, indicative of the populace indifference to banking, which is I believe partially responsible for enabling the poor business practices in the first place.
Compliance and Regulation
Compliance and regulation are aspects of LCU’s operation that should not be apparent to the member, but from a board perspective, they are arguably our highest demands on time and effort. In this context, I would like to acknowledge Joanne O’Donnell for her work establishing the TriLine Risk Management System at LCU, ably supported by management and staff. This marks a significant evolution for LCU from a landscape of manual spreadsheets to an integrated system across the organization, making welcomed efficiencies!
In contrast to the past couple of years, APRA has alleviated some of the investor lending constraints for mutuals. This is a welcome development and one that we interpret as an acknowledgement of the lower actual risks in the system from the mutual sector. However, LCU business-as-usual was not constrained by APRA’s previous limits so, equally, their removal confers no immediate benefit.
It was my great pleasure to present LCU Tertiary Scholarships for 2018 to recipients Dibyendu Roy, Alice Warrington, Annika Rees, Ethan Kalms, Amy Bendixsen, Sabrina Colatosti, Maya Robertson, Alex Wieringa, Brett Whittard, Tafyd Love, Lachlan Sinclair and Jaqueline Albert. LCU's tertiary scholarship scheme was instigated by former director Don Pendergast, who attended the luncheon ceremony, which remains an event central to LCU's bond.
Since the inception of the CSIRO Alumni Scholarship in Physics in 2015, LCU has been the major sponsor, in the memory of Drs Gerry Haddad, Tony Farmer, John Dunlop and Don Price. As an ex-colleague of these fine gentlemen at CSIRO Lindfield I am particularly proud of the support LCU provides to this prestigious award. LCU directors Dr Tony Murphy and Dr Anita Andrew and former director Dr Warren King are members of the selection panel for the scholarship.
This year, the scholarship was awarded to Naomi Paxton from QUT. In a truly invigorating ceremony, Professor Michelle Simmons, Australian of the Year, congratulated Naomi via recorded video[1] and CSIRO’s Dr Martin Cole made the presentation in person. Naomi presented an overview of the research she will undertake in the bio-fabrication for repair and replacement of human tissues.
I would like to thank my fellow Directors, Anita Andrew (Deputy Chair and Chair of the Board Risk Committee), Frank Benito de Valle, Tony Murphy, Allison Smart, Peter Steele, John Stephens (Chair of the Board Audit Committee) and Paul Swan for their valuable contribution to the governance of LCU over the past year. I would also like to thank our Associate Director Amber O’Connell, who attends Board meetings by invitation and provides invaluable service and views to the Board – Amber has made unprecedented contributions to the strategic planning activities of the Board and governance.
This year we farewelled Kieran Greene from LCU’s Board of Directors. Kieran served as director since 2000 and as Chairman between 2006 and 2009. We marked the occasion with a wonderful dinner during which appreciation for Kieran’s attributes as a gentleman and a director resounded around a packed room. On behalf of LCU, I gratefully acknowledge and thank Kieran for his years of service; particular, his dignity, integrity and generous votes of gratitude towards others over the years. His positive influences on board culture and respectful discourse have set a precedent for decades to come.
The Board gratefully acknowledges the friendly service and commitment of our staff Leanne Harris, Eileen Thoms, Lyn Slatter, Kerrie Griffiths, Rhonda Hatton, Susanne Tran-Lowder, Nalini Mannie, Deepthi Satheesan, Matthew Thoms, Joanne O’Donnell and Betty Ho. Personal service and member value are the cornerstones of LCU’s success. We wish a successful and happy future for Dee, who left LCU this year to pursue a career closer to her new home on the central coast. From a personal perspective, it has been a pleasure collaborating in joint events in my role at CSIRO.
Last year, in this section I listed the Risk Management System, the Osko payment system, involvement in SocietyOne, APRA CET1 capital approval and LCU’s participation in the loan sharing scheme and coming developments. It is wonderful to be able to say that all of those exciting initiatives have come to pass and I commend management and staff for their dedication to LCU. It is testament to the able and committed leadership of Leanne Harris that LCU has been able to complete so many challenging projects in addition to business as usual and maintaining LCU’s exemplary hallmark customer service.
Except for the launch of a new mobile banking app, there are no other significant IT projects in 2019. So much has been undertaken and accomplished in this area in the past two to three years that we now find LCU in a position well prepared for years to come.
In its entire 64-year history, LCU has returned a surplus and today LCU has a solid model for sustained business even under low official interest rates. Our banking and operating systems are recently upgraded. I have strong confidence for LCU in coming years. One persisting concern (for the entire sector) is attracting younger members by offering a relevant and appealing proposition – not only in financial services, but being able to capitalise on the resurgence in authenticity and social responsibility. In many ways, that’s where mutuals originated – we are akin to craft-banking or artisan-banking – we (collectively) face the challenge of how to get the message out there! LCU’s sustained strength can be attributed to members’ enthusiasm to promote and recommend LCU to friends and family – it is a powerful channel. On behalf of LCU, I thank all members for advancing our mutual cause and implore you to keep up the great work!
Chairman 19 September 2018
[1] Michelle Simmons video link: https://vimeo.com/274608003 More about Naomi Paxton: https://research.qut.edu.au/biofabrication/team/naomi-paxton/
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$9,000 Reward Offered to Find Person Who Shot Cat With Arrow
Quiver is expected to make a full recovery after being found with an arrow sticking out of her head on Wednesday. Three organizations are offering reward money to catch and convict the person who shot her.
By Karen Harrison Binette / February 7, 2014
Quiver, after the arrow was removed. At Washington Family Veterinary Clinic.
A Washington City, UT cat now named Quiver was found in a park on Wednesday with an arrow shot through her face and coming out her side. One More Chance (C.A.T.S.) volunteer Candice Zook, found Quiver hiding under a bush in Nisson Park in Washington at 9:30 am, with the arrow sticking out of her head.
Quiver was helped at Washington Family Veterinary Clinic, where staff removed the arrow and did some repair work on her mouth. Quiver remains at the clinic recovering from surgery. Staff are optimistic about Quiver making a full recovery but are concerned that scar tissue may form at the site of the wound in her esophagus, in an area they were not able to reach.
“We have high hopes for her,” Washington Family Veterinary Clinic vet tech Shanna Faapuna told The Independent. “She doesn’t look too hot right now” she said on Thursday afternoon following surgery, “but her attitude is amazing.”
Quiver is already able to eat on her own again, a good sign.
Washington Family Veterinary Clinic shared a series of photos of Quiver at Facebook (click the link to see the photos) on Thursday and wrote: “This is Quiver, she came to us yesterday with an arrow through her. The arrow went in next to the nose and came out thorough the shoulder blade. She will be recovering here at the clinic until she is able to return to Kris Neal with One More Chance. If you would like to donate to her cause [for her medical care] you can contact the clinic at (435)627-1300 during normal business hours.”
Quiver is a friendly and affectionate cat who One More Chance volunteers feel was recently abandoned by her family. They hope to adopt her into a loving home when she is healed.
The incident has shocked the community and has gotten the attention of the Humane Society of Utah, Best Friends Animal Society, and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). A reward with a combined total of $9,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot the arrow into Quiver. Veternary staffers say the arrow must have been shot from close range and it was most likely not an accident.
The Humane Society of Utah is offering $3,000, Best Friends is offering $1,000 and HSUs is offering $5,000.
Washington City police are investigating the case.
Watch a KUTV news report on the story HERE.
Quiver greets her friend Kris Neal of One More Chance C.A.T.S. at the veterinary clinic.
News release from best Friends Animal Society:
Best Friends Animal Society offers $ 1,000 reward for information leading to arrest, conviction in animal welfare case where
cat was shot with arrow
WASHINGTON CITY, Utah — Kanab – based national animal welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for shooting a cat in the head with an arrow.
The cat was one of several community cats being cared for near a park in Washington City by volunteers with One More Chance C.A.T.S. and had not been seen for a few days. A volunteer found the cat impaled with an arrow and Washington Family Veterinary Clinic accepted the cat for emergency medical treatment.
Now dubbed “Quiver” the cat successfully survived surgery to remove the arrow and the medical team at the veterinarian clinic report she is improving.
“We were all deeply saddened at seeing what Quiver went through, and shocked to know that someone out there could inflict this kind of cruelty on another living being,” said Janice Dankert, supervisor for Best Friends’ Four Directions Community Cat program
Anyone with information regarding the case is encouraged to call the Washington City Animal Shelter at 435-673-7194.
Donations for Quiver’s medical care are being taken at the Washington Family Vet Clinic, 969 N. 3050 East. Any donations above and beyond her bills will be put toward an emergency medical fund used to treat other animals in emergency conditions.
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A Woman Lived Here
by Allison Vale
‘A pretty awesome present for the feminist in your life’ – Caroline Criado Perez, OBE, author of Do It Like a Woman
At the last count, the Blue Plaque Guide honours 903 Londoners, and a walking tour of these sites brings to life the London of a bygone era. But only 111 of these blue plaques commemorate women.
Over the centuries, London has been home to thousands of truly remarkable women who have made significant and lasting impacts on every aspect of modern life: from politics and social reform, to the Arts, medicine, science, technology and sport. Many of those women went largely unnoticed, even during their own lifetimes, going about their lives quietly but with courage, conviction, skill and compassion. Others were fearless, strident trail-blazers. Many lived in an era when their achievements were given a male name, clouding the capabilities of women in any field outside of the home or field.
A Woman Lived Here shines a spotlight on some of these forgotten women to redress the balance. The stories on these pages commemorate some of the most remarkable of London’s women, who set out to make their world a little richer, and in doing so, left an indelible mark on ours.
Genre: Humanities / History / Regional & National History / European History / British & Irish History
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Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide
March 25, 2018 Angie Low
Have you heard all the buzz about Girls Auto Clinic?
Girls Auto Clinic is a female empowerment company that educates, empowers, and caters to women by offering automotive buying and repair resources, services, and products based on trust, education, inclusion, and empowerment.
It’s no secret most women hate their automotive buying and repair experiences because we feel misunderstood, taken advantage of, and/or mistreated. To make things worse, the automotive industry has not done much to ease concerns, anxiety, and fear despite the fact more than half their customers are women and spend $200 Billion (with a B) a year on buying and repairing their cars.
Patrice Banks was once one of these women. A self-proclaimed “auto airhead,” Patrice created a business model that supports a need in the lives of millions. Girls Auto Clinic.
Now she's written a book: Girls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide
Too many of us women feel powerless when it comes to their cars. Mechanic-speak sounds like a foreign language, and the auto repair bill contains a lot of unnecessary or overpriced repairs. How do you tell if you need new brakes? How often are you supposed to change your air filter? What does that light on your dashboard mean?
THE GIRLS AUTO CLINIC GLOVE BOX GUIDE has all the answers. It’s a one-stop do-it- herself guide to auto maintenance, repairs, and roadside emergencies. Author Patrice Banks, a self-described “auto-airhead,” was like many of us: she didn’t know the first thing about her car, and was accustomed to ignoring the dashboard lights because she felt so uncomfortable taking her car in. She sought out a female mechanic and found that, despite making up the majority of car owners and licensed drivers, women account for less than 2% of auto mechanics. So Patrice took her engineering degree and became a certified automotive technician, giving auto-workshops to women and girls all across the Philadelphia area. Now with THE GIRLS AUTO CLINIC GLOVE BOX GUIDE, Patrice will empower all women to take care of their cars.
"It’s simply written, it’s not condescending or cutesy, and it removes the mystery from something that many of us find a little scary. “Girls Auto Clinic” is not about how we feel about our cars; it’s about what we can learn to do. And that’s some pretty excellent roaring right there."
-The New York Times Book Review
"This comprehensive DIY guide is indispensable for everyone who owns and maintains an automobile."
-The Library Journal
"It’s quite a remarkable feat to make such an extensive automotive manual not only informative but also so relatable and entertaining. Banks’ reassuring voice and vast knowledge jumps off the page, and it feels like you’re learning from a trusted friend."
-The News Wheel
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by jonathan.child@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved an additional £4.05 million from its Strategic Investment Fund, to support the construction of the Shakespeare North Playhouse, in Prescot.
The funding is in addition to £6.5 million announced in May 2018 and takes the total investment in the project from the Combined Authority to £10.55m.
Last May the Combined Authority also approved an £8 million investment in major upgrades to Prescot train station and transport connections in the town centre.
The Shakespeare North Playhouse is an iconic new theatre and education space that will celebrate Knowsley’s links with Elizabethan drama and Shakespeare himself, attracting visitors and students from all over the world.
The improvements to Prescot train station will increase capacity for people travelling to and from the Playhouse and provide a welcoming visitor experience to the town.
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region, said: “We are committed to improving the lives of everyone in the Liverpool City Region and these two projects are strategically important for Knowsley’s ongoing efforts to revive and improve Prescot town centre. We are determined to ensure that the whole of the city region benefits from devolution and backing Knowsley in this way demonstrates that commitment.
“The Shakespeare North Playhouse is a hugely ambitious scheme which will attract jobs and investment, as well as visitors to the city region, and the new rail interchange will make a big difference to people’s lives. We have looked carefully at all of the options available to us and are sure that the best use of public money is to make this additional investment to make sure this exciting project happens.”
Cllr Graham Morgan, Leader of Knowsley Council, said: “This additional funding is another fantastic boost for the construction of the Shakespeare North Playhouse. Once complete, the Playhouse will become a major visitor attraction for the north of England, attracting people from across the UK and indeed the globe with its varied programme of productions and events.
“We are already witnessing the positive effect that the Playhouse is having on Prescot, as new homes are being built and a number of new bars and restaurants are opening in the town, all in preparation for when the new theatre opens. It is a really exciting time for the Prescot and for Knowsley.”
Prescot has fascinating links with Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama. In Elizabethan times it was the only English town outside London to have a purpose-built indoor playhouse, and the support and patronage of the Earls of Derby at Knowsley Hall played a notable part in the development of Shakespearean drama.
At the heart of the Shakespeare North Playhouse will be a reproduction 350-seat Jacobean theatre based on the Inigo Jones’ Cockpit-at-Court, built in 1629, while other parts of the building will include education facilities, studio theatre, exhibition area, café/bar and outdoor spaces.
It is estimated that the Shakespeare North Playhouse will attract more than 100,000 new visitors to the Liverpool City Region each year from across the UK and internationally, and boosting the city region economy by £13 million a year during construction and by £5.3 million each year following opening. The Playhouse is expected to create 20 new permanent full time jobs and around 175 full time jobs across the region and 185 temporary construction jobs.
The investment into Prescot train station will complement the Shakespeare North Playhouse and will include a remodelled car park with increased capacity, two new lifts in the train station providing access to both platforms, a new pedestrian and cyclist path and signage between the station, town centre and Playhouse to help direct visitors.
There are also proposals to illuminate St Mary’s Church, next to the site of the Playhouse, to complement public realm improvements on Eccleston Street, also funded by the Combined Authority, making Prescot town centre an even more attractive environment.
In addition to the Combined Authority funding towards the construction of the Playhouse, Knowsley Council has contributed £12.2m and National Government has contributed £5m. Further funding will be addressed by targeted philanthropic appeals and a capital fundraising charity is also in place, with independent consultants to make bids to trusts, foundations and other grant providers.
Construction work on the Shakespeare North Playhouse and the transport improvements has already started and is expected to be completed by 2021.
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Arrhenoblastoma
Arrhenoblastomas, also known as Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors or androblastomas, are very rare neoplasms of the ovaries, resulting in the overproduction of the male hormone testosterone.
This tumor belongs to the sex cord-stromal tumor group, which is composed of tumors that develop from tissues located in the sex cords of the testis and ovaries. I
n the case of an arrhenoblastoma, the sex cords that are effected are the cortical cords. Arrhenoblastomas are extremely rare, accounting for less than 1% of all ovarian tumors. Although this neoplasm can affect any age group, it is most frequently present in young adults.
Arrhenoblastoma Symptoms and Features
This tumor affects the female body with progressive masculinization, a result of the overproduction of the hormone testosterone. While common in men, this hormone does not promote a healthy female reproductive system and/or feminine appearance.
Elevated levels of testosterone in a woman’s body will result in the deepening of the voice, acne, clitoromegaly (an enlarged clitoris), increased facial and body hair, temporal male-pattern baldness, anovulation (ovular cycles in which the ovaries do not release an oocyte), and even amenorrhoea (no menstrual cycle).
Arrhenoblastoma Diagnosis
Arrhenoblastomas are easily located and diagnosed using a common type of imaging known as ultrasound. This is a very accessible and relatively inexpensive technology that creates an image of structures inside the body using cyclic sound pressure with frequencies that are undetectable to the human ear.
Ultrasound can be loosely compared to radar. Computed tomography (CT scan) is often employed to gage where and to what degree the tumor has spread. Computed tomography, although more expense than ultrasound, provides the physician and patient with a more precise understanding of the tumor’s size and exact location. Blood tests are also administered to determine testosterone levels in the body.
Recent research indicates that a possible diagnostic feature of arrhenoblastomas is the presence of the glycoprotein CD56. More research is needed, though, before the presence of CD56 can be considered a feature of this tumor.
Arrhenoblastoma Treatment
Surgery is the most common way to treat an arrhenoblastoma and is frequently curative. If surgery is not curative, it will almost always reduce symptoms. If the tumor has spread to other parts of the body, which it rarely does, chemotherapy or radiation therapy are often considered to be the best ways to control tumor growth. There are also a variety of drugs available that can reduce the effects of testosterone and masculinization in the body.
Arrhenoblastoma Prognosis
Like all tumors, the prognosis depends on where and to what extent the tumor has spread and whether or not the tumor can be removed. Fortunately, arrhenoblastomas do not typically spread beyond the ovaries. When the growth is detected early, the patient has an extremely high chance of being cured and symptom-free. The median survival rate for patients with arrhenoblastomas is 70 – 90% over a five-year period.
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What Do Sixth Graders Say About Learning With Games? It Works
Etai Kurtzman, 12, center, and his group of Quest to Learn school students arrive at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report)
By Alexandria Neason
This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about technology in the classroom.
NEW YORK — One morning, just before classes at New York City’s Quest to Learn Middle School broke for lunch, Etai Kurtzman found himself transformed into a lemon tree.
It was a warm day in late April, and his chatty sixth-grade class had been corralled from a narrow hallway into a classroom at the end of a short hall. Etai, tall and lanky, lugged a gray backpack to a desk that had been pushed up against a wall.
Each student had been cast for a role-playing game either as a honeybee sent out from the hive or as a plant. In a flurry of organized chaos, the students simulated the pollination process: student honey bees, wearing pipe-cleaner antennae, approached classmates pretending to be plants and received small, colored building blocks. When a plant ran out of blocks, it meant their flowers had been pollinated. But the bees had to be careful: some of the plants randomly gave them white blocks, which represented pesticides and caused the bees to die.
Their teacher, Kate Selkirk, was using this game as a starting point for an eight-week unit on math concepts — data analysis and graphing, proportions, probability and slope. But what does a beehive or a lemon tree have to do with any of that?
The designers behind Quest to Learn believe that student engagement is so significantly enhanced by narrative role-play, analog games and digital games that every subject — from health to math — begins or ends with a game.
A lesson about power and privilege, for example, might begin with a card game in which some players are deliberately and arbitrarily more disadvantaged than others. This type of simulation creates real empathy, which helps to make abstract concepts more concrete — and boosts engagement as a result.
But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare.
“There are a very small number if schools that really try to redesign the school around games-based learning,” said Justin Leites, vice-president of Amplify Learning, a company that makes digital education games. One of the biggest challenges, he says, is bringing games into schools that are bogged down by accountability demands—often ones that rely heavily on standardized testing. Attempts to use games as assessments ruin the playful experiences that make them an effective learning tool, he said. And designing good games is no easy task.
“It’s very hard to design a good game of any sort,” he said. “And a really good learning experience, that’s even harder.” The training teachers need to design strong games for the classroom takes time and money—a hard sell at schools strapped for cash and resources.
But this type of classroom, while unusual, makes perfect sense to Etai and his classmates. At the core of gaming is the concept of a challenge, and a player’s journey to meet it. That makes perfect sense inside a school building, Etai told me.
“It’s not competitive,” he said. “It’s more about ‘let’s figure it out.’”
Etai Kurtzman, 12, at Luna Park in Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report)
Quest to Learn is housed in the Bayard Rustin Educational Complex, a massive brick fortress that is home to six schools on West 18th Street in Chelsea. The overlapping schedules of each school create a steady echo of activity in the hallways: a couple of teens who showed up late for school explaining themselves to a school safety officer, teachers ushering wayward kids into classrooms, the sharp beeping of the heavy service elevators.
On that day in late April, the new unit in Etai’s “Codeworlds” math class was built around a narrative about a restless honey bee named Buzz, who leaves the monotony of the hive in search of real fun. The obvious metaphor for bored kids stuck inside a stuffy school building all day immediately seemed to resonate with the class.
The “roll out,” as it’s known in Quest lingo, was intended to get the class invested in the plight of Buzz. The actual math concepts would be delivered as the class returned again and again to this character.
In Etai’s old school, P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village, these concepts would likely have been taught through daily lessons and note-taking. There were no games or role-playing. There were workbooks and worksheets.
“I definitely learned a lot, but it was not as fun, not as interesting,” he said.
Mor Armony-Kurtzman, Etai’s mother, said he rarely talked about school while at P.S. 41. “I expected that when he got to middle school, we’d start hearing [even] less about school,” she said. “It’s the exact opposite.”
Etai Kurtzman, 12, and Terrell Gantt, 12, on a ride at Luna Park in Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report)
When I visited his class again, during lunch one day early in May, Etai munched on mini bagels slathered in cream cheese while he taught me to play a dice game.
The game, called Skunk, was a primer for a lesson in probability. Students roll dice to earn points. You can roll the dice as many times as you want through each of five rounds, but if you roll a one on either die, you earn no points. And a roll of double ones erases all your points. When I asked Etai what the purpose was, he said that he was supposed to learn about the relationship between choice and chance. These two concepts later helped him understand how calculating probability could help him make a decision about whether or not to take a risk.
For Etai, it is easy to find places in his life outside school where probability matters. In games he plays for fun, like Monopoly and another board game called Settlers of Catan, players make strategic decisions that can be more expertly executed if they understand the probability of rolling a particular combination of numbers on the dice.
In Settlers of Catan, Etai explained, players choose which parts of an imaginary new world to settle. Different types of terrain come paired with different numbers.
“In that game, you strategize where you place pieces based on the likelihood of numbers you’ll roll,” he said. “I never took into account the number of choices, the possibilities when rolling the dice. I thought the numbers were there just because. Now I know.”
And suddenly, the bee role-playing game that he had participated in weeks earlier also made sense. “I realized that the activity actually had something to do with probability, because there were only three white blocks,” he said.
This sort of indirect entry into a Common Core standard — in which students are supposed to realize the usefulness of a concept before they learn how to use it — is at the root of all teaching instruction at Quest, according to Rebecca Rufo-Tepper, the director of professional development for the Institute of Play, which promotes gaming in schools and designed Quest to Learn. The old mantra that demands kids work before they play doesn’t apply. Here, playing enables the learning. But the two cannot exist in isolation. Traditional learning must still happen to help students master standards.
“A game can’t do everything, and that’s a mistake we often see,” said Rufo-Tepper. “The game has a very specific role.”
In Skunk, that role was to get kids thinking about how and when they can use choice to beat chance. Only then were the kids ready — eager, even — to learn how to mathematically calculate the likelihood of rolling any particular combination on the dice.
The games demonstrate to the kids why the skills they’ll soon learn matter beyond tests and grades. Teachers then move on to use more traditional, straightforward teaching practices. Warm-up and group activities and quizzes appear regularly in Etai’s class, sometimes to help settle the kids after a rowdy lunch period.
Students fill out games analysis worksheets at the Roll-A-Ball game during a trip to Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report )
In the sticky May humidity, Selkirk wrote definitions on the whiteboard with a squeaky black marker while the class fidgeted and copied them down. Video lessons, worksheets and group work followed.
These are, after all, sixth-graders. “There is a routine, a regular structure,” Selkirk said. “You can’t abandon traditional teaching practices. It’s not ‘Play a game and you’re never going to have to demonstrate that you’ve learned anything.’”
After playing Skunk, the kids had two days of more straightforward math lessons. They charted all the potential combinations they could roll on two dice to help them visualize how probable it was to roll any particular combination. They practiced expressing probability in fractions, in their notebooks and on worksheets. That learning was then reinforced with yet another game, called Caterpillar.
In Caterpillar, students used their knowledge of how likely it is to roll a specific dice combination to place blocks, called mushrooms, on a plastic game board. Etai’s favorite parts of this game? Doing the math quickly. Strategizing. And winning as a result.
And then it was time for the quiz.
Etai peered at the screen of a silver MacBook laptop, his notebook open on the desk next to him. He moved quickly through the multiple-choice questions, including one very confusing-looking chart full of fractions; he told me that it was a frequency chart. He scanned it, considered his options and paused. Click. Swipe. Remembering the chart he’d completed with his class a few days earlier, he answered all but one of the questions correctly.
But the class average score on the probability quiz was just 76 percent, a reflection of the sometimes-difficult task of getting kids to use game strategies when no games are present.
And yet, middle schoolers at Quest perform well on state standardized tests. For example, in 2013, the school reports, 56 percent of Quest middle school students scored higher than their citywide peers on the statewide English language arts test. Richard Arum, an education researcher based at New York University, is working with the school to study its efficiency by tracking things like student test scores over time. But administrators stress that test scores are not the primary clue that a school is working. The games teach students how to think and how to design their own learning opportunities—skills not easily measured on a test.
By May 20, Buzz, the honeybee who fled the hive, had tried new food at a picnic (a lesson in proportions and bar graphs) and evaded the Queen Bee’s scheme to lure him back. The class had created line graphs and histograms, and had also learned about how bees see color differently from humans.
At the beginning of one lesson, Etai worked on a crossword puzzle filled with algebraic terms like “linear,” “absolute” and “y-axis.” I asked why he thought they were reviewing the terms, and what this had to do with Buzz. “In the beginning of the year, we learned about coordinates, so I think this may eventually get into that,” he said.
For the rest of the period, he sat hunched over a table with his classmates Alex, Sydney and Kevin. Linear equations flashed on a laptop screen. The game, called Get to the Point, required them to solve equations and plot all the possible coordinates on an oversized plastic graph. For example, “If x+y = 6” appears, the players put cubes on all the potential answers. It was a fast-moving game, but Etai seemed less concerned with winning than with getting the problems right.
They used quick mental math, their pens and notebooks banished to the corners of the desk, until one problem stumped them. “The product of x and y is positive or negative 12” flashed across the screen. Etai and Sydney reached for their pencils while the others worked through the math out loud, brows furrowed.
I stood by, the most confused in the bunch, while the boys tentatively placed blocks on the board, looking for validation in one another’s eyes. Kevin and Etai placed their last pieces on the board and peered at each other. “Are we done?” one boy asked.
As it turns out, they weren’t. An answer key on the laptop revealed that they’d forgotten one coordinate — grounds for lost points, according to the rules of the game. The next few minutes were spent arguing over who exactly would lose the point. And then they clicked to the next challenge.
Student Etai Kurtzman, 12, wins a bear at the Roll-A-Ball game at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report )
In two years, Etai will start the high school application rat race in New York City. While Quest does extend to high school (they’ll graduate their first senior class next year), whether Etai will stick around that long remains to be seen.
His parents say the games have made him a risk-taker, unaffected by the frustration he often felt in elementary school if something didn’t work the first time. It was not until he got to Quest that he realized just how good he was at math, said Armony-Kurtzman.
But some parents worry that if their children leave Quest for a more conventional classroom, the absence of games could be detrimental to their learning.
Anita Ramsey, whose daughter Mia is in Etai’s class, said her daughter used to be shy and reluctant to participate in class. Now she raises her hand frequently and comes home energized about her schoolwork. Ramsey worries that a return to rote memorization might push her daughter back into her shell, putting her at a disadvantage.
In 2014, according to Rufo-Tepper, 52 percent of Quest eighth-graders returned for ninth grade, while a sizeable 28 percent went to selective or specialized high schools around the city, a sign that the model is working well so far. Although 20 percent of students left after middle school, that is partly attributable to the fact that Quest to Learn has no track record yet for high school (it will graduate its first senior class next year).
Selkirk said narratives like the one about Buzz the bee teach her students creativity and problem-solving. “Those are skills that will lead them to be successful in any classroom,” she said.
Etai agrees. When I asked him if he thought that growing accustomed to learning with games would make high school harder if he left Quest, the answer was a definitive no. And for high school, he has no doubt he’ll be at least as prepared as anyone else — no matter what kind of school he attends.
At the end of May, the sixth-grade class left the bubble of their school. They’d spent three humid days drudging through lessons about slope — where to find it and how to calculate it. Now Buzz was on the hunt for something fun to do.
A long, noisy subway ride dropped them off at Brooklyn’s Coney Island for a good old-fashioned field trip. Chaperones ran after Etai and crew as they zipped on and off of rides at Luna Park. The students huddled together to answer questions from a handout about how they’d experienced slope in real time on the rides, and about how the games they had played illustrated probability and other terms they’d learned.
Thea Jones, 12, at left, Etai Kurtzman, 12, Seth Samuel, 12 and Terrell Gantt, 12, fill out game analysis worksheets at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report)
After a ride on a bumpy red roller coaster that dipped up and down and spun around sharp corners, Etai crouched near the exit and pulled out a pencil.
“No-slope is more thrilling because you’re going against gravity and it kind of makes you feel weird,” he wrote.
But after waiting in line for another ride, he changed his mind, darting out of his seat and bolting for the exit. That ride — mini-airplanes that spun and flipped their passengers vertically — had no slope, he told me. And no slope was a no-go.
The experience at the park would later help him design his own roller coaster in class — complete with an example of each different type of slope — using Minecraft.
At the park, Etai and his classmates looked like kids from any other middle school: energetic, loud, a little bit hyper. They seemed as concerned with re-riding the Steeplechase roller coaster as many times as possible as they were with finishing their assignment packets. They laughed and ate candy, but they were also talking about math, even while on the rides. When Selkirk rode a roller coaster with a group of students, they shouted out the different kinds of slopes as the ride whipped up and down.
Students Terrell Gantt, left, and Etai Kurtzman, 12, share an Icee during a class trip to Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015. The group of students from Quest to Learn School took the day trip to Coney Island to analyze user experience on games and rides at Luna Park as part of their late-spring school curriculum. (Kevin Hagen for The Hechinger Report )
The larger point of the trip — to see where math happens in real life — didn’t seem lost on the bunch. Playing games, whether at an amusement park or in the classroom, is no gimmick, said Ella Reyl, a classmate who was in Etai’s group for the trip. The games and activities and trips, Ella said, are for the future.
“It’s not to just copy stuff down,” she said. “It’s for next time, when we don’t have a game. We have a way to think about it.”
And learning how to think is arguably the point of it all.
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Istanbul mayoral candidate asks to be confirmed as winner
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An opposition mayoral candidate in Istanbul urged Turkey's election council Wednesday to confirm him as the winner and asked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "cooperate" to stop the election results from "dragging" Turkey into instability.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the main Turkish opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, candidate for Istanbul, right, CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, center, and the new Ankara Mayor from CHP, Mansur Yavas, salute supporters, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is appealing the results of the local elections in Istanbul, where the opposition has a razor-thin lead.
Seagulls follow a boat crossing the Bosporus separating Europe and Asia in Istanbul, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. In a major electoral setback for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, preliminary results show his ruling party lost its decades-old stronghold of Ankara in Sunday's vote in local elections and in the tight race for Istanbul, despite winning a majority of the votes nationwide.The opposition's candidate for mayor of Istanbul on Wednesday urged Turkey's electoral body to confirm his narrow victory.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the main Turkish opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, candidate for Istanbul, salutes supporters, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is appealing the results of the local elections in Istanbul, where the opposition has a razor-thin lead.
Cheering supporters shout slogans at the party headquarters and try to see Ekrem Imamoglu, the main Turkish opposition's candidate for Istanbul, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is appealing the results of the local elections in Istanbul, where the opposition has a razor-thin lead.
Ekrem Imamoglu, seen at the center from the back, the main Turkish opposition's candidate for Istanbul is surrrounded by cheering supporters as he visits the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the secular republic's founder, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is appealing the results of the local elections in Istanbul, where the opposition has a razor-thin lead.
In a major setback for Erdogan, his party won the most votes nationwide but lost its decades-old stronghold of Ankara in Sunday's local elections and ended up in a tight race in Istanbul, where the president once served as mayor.
Erdogan's conservative and Islam-based Justice and Development Party, or AKP, filed appeals Tuesday to contest the results from all of Istanbul's 39 districts, alleging irregularities that needed to be corrected and demanding a recount of votes deemed invalid.
Ali Ihsan Yavuz, an AKP deputy chairman, called the election "one of the most stained in our democratic history." That contrasts with statements from government officials, who insisted Turkey's electoral system is fair.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said recounts were underway Wednesday in 18 districts in Istanbul, a city of 15 million residents that is Turkey's financial and cultural center. Votes were also being recounted in 11 districts in Ankara, Anadolu reported.
Preliminary results showed opposition Istanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu narrowly beating his ruling party rival, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, by some 25,000 votes. At a news conference at his campaign headquarters, Imamoglu called on Erdogan and his nationalist supporters to "contribute to the process to prevent the results in Istanbul, which are being watched by whole world, from dragging (Turkey) into worrisome atmospheres."
Imamoglu held up a photograph from 1994, when Erdogan was elected Istanbul's mayor. The photo showed the opposition's rival candidate at a celebration of Erdogan's win. Imamoglu asked the president to reciprocate now.
"We are asking for justice," he said. Referencing the conflicting remarks of the ruling party's deputy chairman and the government, Imamoglu added: "What has happened that the elections are now all of a sudden the most stained in history?"
The ruling party quickly responded, reproaching Imamoglu for allegedly not respecting the election appeal process. "We have to accept the confirmed results," Yavuz said.
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Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Mail
By Simon Batt – Posted on Nov 24, 2018 Nov 24, 2018 in News, Windows
Attentive Windows users might have seen a recent addition to the Windows 10 Mail app, one that they may wish they didn’t see added at all. Without warning, the Mail app began to display advertisements in line with the emails. Windows would then display a message saying that users can “go ad-free” by getting a copy of Office 365.
Bad news: Mail for #Windows10 is getting ads for non-office 365 subscribers! https://t.co/xDELzAClJq pic.twitter.com/gXkQXab5Wr
— Aggiornamenti Lumia (@ALumia_Italia) November 16, 2018
Users responded very negatively to this change, wanting answers as to why this previously ad-free service had done a turnaround without warning. As quickly as the adverts arrived, however, they were removed once again. Microsoft then claimed the whole thing was an experiment and that it was “never intended to be tested broadly.”
Of course, users aren’t so sure that this was “just an experiment” and assume this excuse is simply a way of backing down after Microsoft added the ads in the first place. After all, Microsoft did have a full-fledged FAQ which has since been deleted off their website. These make it hard to believe it was a simple experiment and make it easier to assume that Microsoft really was gunning for ads in the Mail app.
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Why Would Microsoft Add Ads?
The obvious answer is “because it makes them money,” but some users are disgruntled that they’re receiving advertisements on a paid operating system. Why does Microsoft feel it’s worth selling Windows 10 for quite a high price, only to inundate it with adverts later on down the line?
The truth is, Windows 10 has never been shy to feature ads. You may have even seen them from the moment you booted Windows 10 for the first time! Advertisements for apps appear in the Start menu, and some apps even come pre-installed for users to try out.
The Profit Problem
The problem Microsoft faces right now is finding a way to get users to continue paying after they’ve bought Windows 10. The initial injection of money that a user gives Microsoft when they buy the operating system is nice, but what happens two, three, five, maybe ten years down the line? If the user is totally satisfied and doesn’t buy anything extra, it’s entirely possible for them to use Windows for years without paying Microsoft another penny.
There are multiple ways that Microsoft can keep the revenue flowing; the problem is getting the public to like it. We had a brief scare in 2018 where people thought Windows 10 was becoming a monthly subscription service. It turned out to be a business-related desktop management plan, but the fear of Windows 10 becoming a monthly service was enough to scare people.
Microsoft probably won’t release a new Windows, as they’ve been put on record saying that Windows 10 is likely the final version of the operating system they’ll release. With no new releases on the horizon and people reacting negatively to specific strategies, they’ll have to think of other ways to make more money.
One potentially good source of revenue for Microsoft is Office 365. This is their subscription-based version of Office and what Microsoft would ideally like people to use for word processing and presentations. Unfortunately, there are free and cheaper office suites available (including older Office versions!) which makes Office 365 a relatively hard sell. From the “experiment” explained above, it appears Microsoft is trying to wrangle up some cash by encouraging users to subscribe to Office 365 to get rid of ads.
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Microsoft’s recent “experiment” ruffled the features of Windows 10 users who aren’t so keen on believing that it was just a test. As Windows 10 proliferates around the world and the sales of the operating system slows down, there’s no telling what Microsoft will try in order to brighten their profit margins.
Do you believe that Mail ads were not meant to be seen by the public? Or is it damage control after the outcry? Do you think Microsoft will try to further monetize Windows 10? If so, how? Sound off below!
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dragonmouth
Nov 25, 2018 at 6:24 am | Reply
“Do you believe that Mail ads were not meant to be seen by the public?”
Bovine manure! M$ is the game to make money and will always do anything to maximize profits. I fully expect Windows O/S to become subscription software, along with all other M$ developed software.
“Microsoft probably won’t release a new Windows, as they’ve been put on record saying that Windows 10 is likely the final version of the operating system they’ll release.”
Notice the word “LIKELY’. A loophole if I ever saw one. I would not be surprised if M$ was not working hard to develop the next version of Windows. In a couple of years, M$ will come out with a statement that they “have discovered severe vulnerabilities in Win10 and had to make major changes to it to eliminate them. Unfortunately, the changes will make the new O/S largely incompatible with Winn 10 so users must buy the new version.” Rinse and repeat every 5 years or so.
The Boca Deb
Dragonmouth, I’ll see your ‘bovine manure’ and raise you several tonnes of ‘horse puckey.’ M$FT is being sucked dry by Nadella’s so-called ‘leadership.’
Please — would the EU and FTC stop Nadella before it’s too late? Give us end-users back our technology!
Karma indeed.
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Why You Might Not See Facebook Home on iOS or Windows
By Laura Tucker – Posted on Apr 17, 2013 Aug 18, 2015 in Internet
Facebook is popping out with changes all over the place to all formats. It’s made changes to the online version of the social network seen on browsers and has also made changes to the apps for iOS and Android. Only one of these changes is truly exciting, and that’s the addition of Facebook Home. Yet, it’s only available on Android and not iOS or Windows Phone.
The main reason for Facebook Home to not be offered on the other platforms is that the Android OS is just more accessible, and that’s to both users and developers. This allowed for the development of Facebook Home, a launcher app. Use of the app gives users the ability to have an alternate homescreen and lock screen that allows for access to the Facebook features without having to open up an app or browser.
Apple doesn’t allow developers as much access to the OS. While Android allows developers access to create home or launcher apps, those same developers aren’t allowed to do the same for Apple. While some alternatives are indeed offered, they can’t be designated as permanent replacements, as Apple doesn’t allow for that.
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was announcing Facebook Home, he even made references to this difference, seemingly slamming Apple, at least just a little bit. He noted that it’s not so easy to create apps like that for iOS, and that “ultimately anything that happens with Apple will be in partnership with them.” Not only would they have to have Apple’s consent to work on it, they’d have to work alongside them to have that type of access. Facebook faces similar issues in getting Facebook Home on Microsoft’s Windows Phone.
Despite this knowledge, fans of the iOS system were raised by Bloomberg as it reported that Facebook has been in talks with Apple and Microsoft to hopefully bring Home to those platforms as well. Facebook representatives admit, though, that Home might not be the same version being used on Android. It might just use pieces of Home, such as the lock screen or some of the design. Ultimately, how much of Android’s Home it uses would be up to Apple’s discretion.
Let’s hear what you think of Facebook Home on Android or the possibilities of it coming to iOS or Windows Phone. If you’ve used it, let us know if you think it’s a worthwhile launcher app. Does it “make tech easier” for you? If you have an iOS device or Windows Phone, are you waiting for launcher apps, and specifically Facebook Home, to be available? Speak up in the comments below.
Lukas Vülling
I think Facebook Home is great. I’m using it for 5 days now and it integrates seemless in my everyday-life.
keith r.
As an iPhone owner, I’d have to say, score one for Android on this one. I’ve seen and tried this Facebook Home on a friend’s Android and I liked it.
Laura Tucker
As an iPhone owner myself, I’d like to see it too. We have the Chat Heads now, which is good, but I’d love to see Home on there.
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Canterbury Children's Theatre
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Where is the Malthouse Theatre and where should I park?
We are situated at 71 Colombo Street, beside the Heathcote River, and over the road from the Christchurch South Library. Parking is available right next door in the ABC Childcare carpark. Please note, this car park is available during performances only.
How often is there a cushion theatre?
We showcase three productions per year. These are in the April, July and September school holidays and occur on a Saturday and Sunday at 11AM and 1PM.
How long does the production run for?
Most productions are 40-50 minutes long with no interval and as part of the 60 year tradition of Canterbury Children’s Theatre, the audience is able to meet and greet with the cast after the show.
What age group are the shows suitable for?
The age group most suited to our theatre is 1 – 12 years old. Children under 2 are free.
Where can I book?
Bookings can made on our website www.malthouse.co.nz for any show during the year plus we have a special discounted “Season Ticket” for all three.
Can I buy tickets at the door?
If a show is not sold out prior, we do offer door sales. We accept cash, eftpos, MasterCard and VISA.
Do I need to bring a cushion?
We have a stunning array of colourful cushions for your use however many children have enjoyed the tradition of bringing their own to the show. Please no beanbags though!
What if I can’t sit on the floor?
We have the stunning original Repertory Theatre seats installed for the use of adults and caregivers.
Can I bring food and/or drinks into the theatre?
Deja Brew is situated at our front door and has an awesome range of beverages and snacks available. All drinks are allowed upstairs in the theatre but hot drinks must have a lid. If bringing your own, please be considerate of others.
Is the Malthouse Theatre wheelchair accessible?
Unfortunately, no. Wheelchairs are able to come into the entrance of the theatre however there is no access, other than stairs, up to the theatre stage where the performances are held.
What if I want to be involved?
Canterbury Children’s Theatre holds auditions for every show about 8 weeks before the performance dates. Details are on www.facebook.com/Canterbury.Childrens.Theatre and www.malthouse.co.nz. We are always keen to foster new talent and would love to hear from any budding script writers / directors / actors / backstage crew etc.
The Malthouse
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PO Box 30028, Barrington
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A Taree ballet dancer has accomplished a rare feat, receiving a 100 per cent distinction for her grade five RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) ballet exam. A perfect score is extremely difficult to achieve in ballet exams and 12-year-old Jasinta Birchall said she felt happy and excited when she heard the news. “I started crying. I love dancing and ballet!” She has earned a 90 or higher in her previous ballet exams. A student of the Andrea Rowsell Academy of Dance in Taree, Jasinta has been dancing since she was four and takes classes in ballet, contemporary, jazz and does a demi-solo, character and modern. The grade five exam saw her perform barre work, grade five level centre work and two solos, a classical and a character, which are set solos of the RAD. The criteria under examination included four elements of technique, as well as music, performance, dance – technique, dance – music and performance, character dance and reverence – technique, and character dance and reverence – music and performance. Dance school principal Andrea Rowsell said receiving a perfect score for each element of the criteria was a very special result. “There are four technique sections which are placement, turnout, alignment and musicality and how they respond to the music, so if the performance is suited to the style and if the piece softens they respond to the music and perform appropriately. Then there’s the technique of the dance. It’s the same for the character section.” Andrea said there’s only been three occasions where a student of hers has achieved 100 per cent in an exam. “I once asked an examiner, how do you get 100 per cent? She said, when every element comes together. “I think Jasinta worked really hard and grade five was the grade that everything came together, and for that examiner to sit here in Taree and say that is a 10 out of 10 for everything, for her to witness that and to see someone so exceptional.” Jasinta has always enjoyed dancing. “I love that you can express yourself and I like pushing myself a lot, and it’s really fun to do and you get good corrections to help you.” It’s another big year for Jasinta, who is about to enter her third year as part of The Australian Ballet’s Intrastate/Interstate/International Training Program. Did you know the Manning River Times is now offering breaking news alerts and a weekly email newsletter? Keep up-to-date with all the local news: sign up here.
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Jasinta displays perfection to accomplish rare achievement
Lauren Green
Distinction: Hard work has paid off for Jasinta Birchall, who received a perfect score for her grade five ballet exam. Photo: Scott Calvin.
A Taree ballet dancer has accomplished a rare feat, receiving a 100 per cent distinction for her grade five RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) ballet exam.
A perfect score is extremely difficult to achieve in ballet exams and 12-year-old Jasinta Birchall said she felt happy and excited when she heard the news.
“I started crying. I love dancing and ballet!”
She has earned a 90 or higher in her previous ballet exams.
A student of the Andrea Rowsell Academy of Dance in Taree, Jasinta has been dancing since she was four and takes classes in ballet, contemporary, jazz and does a demi-solo, character and modern.
The grade five exam saw her perform barre work, grade five level centre work and two solos, a classical and a character, which are set solos of the RAD.
Jasinta Birchall
The criteria under examination included four elements of technique, as well as music, performance, dance – technique, dance – music and performance, character dance and reverence – technique, and character dance and reverence – music and performance.
Dance school principal Andrea Rowsell said receiving a perfect score for each element of the criteria was a very special result.
“There are four technique sections which are placement, turnout, alignment and musicality and how they respond to the music, so if the performance is suited to the style and if the piece softens they respond to the music and perform appropriately. Then there’s the technique of the dance. It’s the same for the character section.”
Andrea said there’s only been three occasions where a student of hers has achieved 100 per cent in an exam.
“I once asked an examiner, how do you get 100 per cent? She said, when every element comes together.
“I think Jasinta worked really hard and grade five was the grade that everything came together, and for that examiner to sit here in Taree and say that is a 10 out of 10 for everything, for her to witness that and to see someone so exceptional.”
Jasinta has always enjoyed dancing.
“I love that you can express yourself and I like pushing myself a lot, and it’s really fun to do and you get good corrections to help you.”
It’s another big year for Jasinta, who is about to enter her third year as part of The Australian Ballet’s Intrastate/Interstate/International Training Program.
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Posted by Joseph Keefe May 14, 2015
US Oil Scrambles to Retain Talent
After 20 years in the oil business, Craig Reed, 62, is thinking about winding down his career just as a second downturn in six years rocks the industry.
Reed is part of the baby boomer generation that forms the backbone of the U.S. oil workforce and now weighs retirement as energy firms cut spending and shelve projects. That is a worrying prospect for company executives keen to keep their most experienced workers while they ride out the oil market slump.
"Between the politics and uncertainty and cost cutting, a lot of people of my age are saying that it isn't worth it anymore," says Reed who draws up engineering and construction contracts for major energy projects worldwide.
"Many of us could handle the downturn in 2008, but when the volatility comes back so quickly, and in a different form, it is difficult to take." For him, it is maybe two more projects and then retirement
beckons, with a holiday home in Maine that needs work.
The oil industry has been aware for years of a looming exodus of oil workers who joined in the 1970s in a so-called Great Crew Change.
But a sharp drop in oil prices from June to January that triggered spending cuts and limited opportunities for senior technical staff, threatens to speed up their departures.
That further complicates energy firms' balancing act as they cull thousands of field and office jobs to save cash, but try to retain seasoned scientists and engineers essential for oil exploration when prices rebound and drilling resumes.
Industry data show energy firms have cut at least 125,000 jobs worldwide since crude prices headed south from over $100 a barrel in June 2014 to as low as $40 last February.
Yet they try to keep specialist staff such as technicians and oil reservoir engineers who in the past slumps may have been encouraged to retire, according to recruitment agents, oil workers and consultants.
"Those with more experience are being retained," says Regina Mayor, an energy consultant at KPMG in Houston. "They are trying to defer retirements." For example, employers offer some more
senior workers more flexible work arrangements to make them stay.
BIG VOID
What makes the task even more pressing is a big generational gap that looms once Reed's cohort retires - a legacy of a decade-long hiring slump after an oil market crash in 1986.
Out of 93,000 professional members of the Society of Petroleum Engineers worldwide, over 7,000, or 8 percent, were older than 65, according to its 2014 data. Thirty percent were under 35.
Oil data provider Drillinginfo estimates that half of the oil industry workforce is set to retire in the next five to seven years. Ninety percent of oil and gas executives see talent shortage as an issue, it said.
Moreover, the shale oil technology, which allows drillers to respond to market swings faster than in the past, makes retention of core staff more critical than ever.
Federal data offers no breakdown into specific job types.
But when drillers and service giants such as Baker Hughes, Schlumberger and Halliburton started shedding jobs, field workers were the first to go. Then those in logistics, sales, marketing and human resources followed.
Recruiters say those workers account for most of a fivefold increase in the number of job seekers.
To be sure, some engineers and scientists have lost their jobs as new projects become scarce, and some have retired, says Tobias Read, CEO of Swift Worldwide Resources that recruits contract engineers for oil companies.
Yet it is a step companies try to avoid whenever they can, says Jeff Bush, president at CSI Recruiting in Fort Worth, Texas.
"Oil and gas firms learned from the past that you do not cut yourself off at the knees when things get bad by getting rid of higher level staff that might be hard to get back when you need them."
A recovery in crude prices to around $60 a barrel also strengthens energy firms' resolve to hold on to their key workers.
"Everybody believes that at $70 a barrel companies are going to need 80-90 percent of their technical community to still be intact," said Dennis Cassidy, managing director at consulting firm AlixPartners. "They don't want to do anything to dismantle the system."
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Pierre Pelletier / Melita New Era
Another year and another Under-20 World Juniors. It’s staggering how the Canadian collective has embraced this event. If you think this tournament is solely staged to showcase the best young hockey talent in the world, think again. This is all about how TSN marketed and promoted this holiday hockey tournament, turning it from a nothing event on the international hockey schedule to a must see for all Canadians every year and a cash box for TSN, Hockey Canada and the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation).
It all started back in 1991 when TSN purchased the rights to broadcast the tournament. That first year they televised five games live. At the time, the event was a round robin affair and the stands were filled with family and friends - especially when the tournament was played in Europe, games were being watched in the stands by just a couple of hundred people. Yes, a couple of hundred - and that’s being generous. It was just another tournament on the IIHF annual schedule. Then the power of the media marketing machine began to heat up. Slowly, TSN began to broadcast more and more games live.
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Over the years it morphed into a Canadian cultural phenomenon where the world juniors and Christmas/New Year’s became a holiday marriage. Today all 31 games are broadcast by TSN and they focus much of their resources on this single event. They have become such a juggernaut that 10 years ago they were awarded the rights to be the official broadcaster for all the other countries - they supply the feed to any other country or media company who wishes to broadcast the Under 20 World Juniors. This is regardless of whether the event that year is being played in Canada or any other country.
It can’t be denied that the raw passion from the teenaged players representing their various countries boosted by the marketing machine of TSN has created this hockey behemoth. Every year the world juniors garner viewer numbers that compete against Canada’s biggest sports properties such as the Grey Cup or Stanley Cup playoffs.
However, there is always a saturation point. The Under 20 World Juniors doesn’t draw nearly as well in other countries as it does in Canada. So for the IIHF to maximize the money potential, they decided a few years ago to allow Canada to host the event every second or third year. Add the hosting by the Americans who typically have the event in a northern city and thus attracting Canadians to buy tickets making it almost a pseudo Canadian event - this has resulted in a bit of Under 20 World Junior overkill.
Just look back at the previous two world juniors. In 2017, Toronto and Montreal co-hosted the event. Attendance was dismal, in part because of the high ticket prices and over-saturation. Then last year in Buffalo, organizers were shocked at how poorly the event was attended, especially the Canadian games where they were banking on Canadian fans from southern Ontario to fill the rink. Fortunately, our country is so large that most people on the West Coast wouldn’t fly out east to watch the juniors so this certainly helped with attendance for this year’s tournament in Vancouver and Victoria.
But you can only go to the well so often. As with any entertainment event, you need to create a sense of newness, of something special. It’s similar to when the Edmonton Oilers of the 80s were finishing first and winning all those Stanley Cups. As an Oilers fan at the time living in Edmonton, I can tell you that at first it was all new and exciting. After a few years, it became expected and quite frankly, a bit boring. Eventually, you didn’t get quite as excited as you used to. Hard to believe, but that’s how it felt.
And that’s what TSN, IIHF and Hockey Canada have to worry about, especially for the world juniors held in North America. The more times it’s played here and the more they keep the ticket prices high, the greater the chance you will alienate a part of your audience, both on TV and in the stands.
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By: Nathan Midgley
Here’s what writers really think about your rubbish brief
Okay, that last-minute one-line idea is better than nothing... but only just.
The brief is the single most important thing in the writer-editor relationship. It’s a guide to doing the original idea justice, a quasi-contract that sets out expectations on both sides, and a mutual reference point when disputes crop up further down the line.
But sometimes – and more often than you’d think – briefs go off half-cocked. They arrive late, incomplete or wildly unrealistic; they get changed beyond recognition after the first draft; sometimes they just don’t arrive at all, leaving the writer to muddle through on a hunch or demand payment for a wasted shift.
We asked some working freelancers to share their bugbears and horror stories about briefs. Enjoy – and if you’re guilty of any of these yourself, head to our guide to briefing writers for some practical tips.
I called them at 3pm to be told the client had a terrible hangover and wouldn’t be able to supply any more details that day or the following day. I still invoiced them.
The incomplete brief
As freelancer and Spotdeco boss Louise Downing points out, a lack of detail can hobble interview-dependent pieces:
“The biggest bugbears for me always come down to clarity, especially where work requires interviewing people. You need to be precise about the finer details, such as the rationale, the key messages, the desired response. No writer wants to go back to their interviewees with additional questions if they don’t have to. Getting around this can mean finding and interviewing new people, which is time-consuming. What’s more, it’s never fun having to explain to someone why they haven’t featured in your article!”
The kicker is that writers know the missing detail will usually crop up later, after they’ve put in a considerable amount of work:
“Asking for things that weren’t in the brief when it comes to the first revision.” (David Whitley)
“Keeping to word count, then being asked to add detail, often hundreds more unpaid words.” (Annie Bennett)
The last-minute brief
Timing matters too, particularly for meatier pieces. This one comes from an anonymous travel freelancer:
“The main problem, I find, is with disorganised editors who don’t send a brief until the last moment. I like to receive something at least 24 hours in advance of starting the work, just to give myself some thinking time. I’ve taken on work on a day-rate basis where I’ve been booked for two days, and by the late morning of the first day I still haven’t received the brief. I then get something – clearly put together in a hurry – and have to attempt to do all the work in the remaining time.” (Anon)
The unrealistic brief
This was a popular category…
“Being unrealistic on how many words are needed (i.e. giving 10 words for a priced package).” (David Whitley)
“Saying pics are essential but providing no extra money for the provision or sourcing of them.” (David Whitley)
“Being asked to write ‘a sentence or two’ on a big general subject.” (Annie Bennett)
I recently pitched something. The reply came back: ‘Yeah, ok. Do it how you want.’
The non-brief
Complete freedom is a writer’s dream, right?
“I recently pitched something. The reply came back: ‘Yeah, ok. Do it how you want.'” (Anon)
The reality is that ‘do it your way’ is rarely a genuine tabula rasa. More often than not an open remit dissolves into endless rounds of questions and revisions, as the editor reverse-engineers a proper brief out of the first few drafts.
“My bugbear is editors sending a brief and then pretty much rewriting it (the brief) when you file the first draft. But I don’t think this comes from anything other than someone wanting to make the most of an idea and realising that there’s another angle to cover when they see the copy.” (Anon)
“The client has a hangover”
And finally, the absolute standout story we received. However seat-of-the-pants your briefing is, you’re still doing it better than this editor:
“Last year I had a client who booked me for three days. First day was fine. At the end of the day, I sent over what I’d done, and awaited instructions for the following day. Nothing came. On day two they told me that day’s brief would be over by lunchtime. I called them at 3pm to be told the client had a terrible hangover and wouldn’t be able to supply any more details that day or the following day. I still invoiced them for the full three days – which they paid!”
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The Most Vain Cities in America
We ranked the top cities where people go to great lengths to look good
By Noma Bar
The Sunshine State has a long history of going to great lengths to look good. Five hundred years before Botox, that Ponce de Leon guy scoured Florida for a fountain that could rinse off the wrinkles. Today? Tampa tops our list of America's Vainest Cities, and Miami is eighth.
We added up each city's rates for cosmetic procedures (American Society of Plastic Surgeons), Botox users, folks who go for dye jobs, and people who will spend anything to look younger (Experian Marketing Services). We also tallied sales of at-home hair dyes, teeth whiteners, and shapewear (SimplyMap), as well as per-capita rates of cosmetic dentists, plastic surgeons, and tanning salons (American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, AMA, and SimplyMap). Finally, Foursquare told us where people check into those salons most often. (Want to look and feel your best? Discover the no-diet, no-workout health plan that's better than running 5 miles a day!)
Most vain
1. Tampa, FL
2. Plano, TX
3. Atlanta, GA
4. Las Vegas, NV
5. Dallas, TX
6. Pittsburgh, PA
7. Houston, TX
8. Miami, FL
9. San Francisco, CA
10. Providence, RI
11. St. Petersburg, FL
12. Fort Worth, TX
13. Baton Rouge, LA
14. Jackson, MS
15. Virginia Beach, VA
16. Orlando, FL
17. New York, NY
18. Washington, DC
19. Sacramento, CA
20. Phoenix, AZ
21. San Diego, CA
22. Lubbock, TX
23. Columbia, SC
24. Reno, NV
25. Bakersfield, CA
26. Wilmington, DE
27. Fresno, CA
28. Jacksonville, FL
29. New Orleans, LA
30. Norfolk, VA
31. Charleston, WV
32. Seattle, WA
33. Raleigh, NC
34. Chesapeake, VA
35. Lexington, KY
36. Chicago, IL
37. St. Louis, MO
38. Honolulu, HI
39. Rochester, NY
40. Tucson, AZ
41. Austin, TX
42. Bridgeport, CT
43. Boston, MA
44. Winston-Salem, NC
45. Birmingham, AL
46. Riverside, CA
47. San Jose, CA
48. Charlotte, NC
49. Colorado Springs, CO
50. Manchester, NH
51. Greensboro, NC
52. Portland, ME
53. Little Rock, AR
54. Nashville, TN
55. San Antonio, TX
56. St. Paul, MN
57. Billings, MT
58. Anaheim, CA
59. Louisville, KY
60. Los Angeles, CA
61. Madison, WI
62. Philadelphia, PA
63. Salt Lake City, UT
64. Cincinnati, OH
65. Durham, NC
66. Anchorage, AK
67. Cleveland, OH
68. Oklahoma City, OK
69. El Paso, TX
70. Newark, NJ
71. Boise City, ID
72. Jersey City, NJ
73. Oakland, CA
74. Milwaukee, WI
75. Stockton, CA
76. Baltimore, MD
77. Corpus Christi, TX
78. Tulsa, OK
79. Portland, OR
80. Aurora, CO
81. Indianapolis, IN
82. Minneapolis, MN
83. Columbus, OH
84. Laredo, TX
85. Albuquerque, NM
86. Omaha, NE
87. Cheyenne, WY
88. Wichita, KS
89. Denver, CO
90. Buffalo, NY
Least vain
91. Memphis, TN
92. Toledo, OH
93. Detroit, MI
94. Burlington, VT
95. Fort Wayne, IN
96. Kansas City, MO
97. Fargo, ND
98. Sioux Falls, SD
99. Lincoln, NE
100. Des Moines, IA
SAVE FACE WITH THE KIDS
Not all plastic surgery is a vanity project. Sometimes it's needed by children who have physical deformities due to birth defects or illnesses like cancer, says Whitney Burnett, executive director of the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction. This nonprofit helps 2,000 people a year—mostly children—receive reconstructive surgery, prosthetics, counseling, and other support at minimal or no cost. It's time to obsess less over your own looks and donate at nffr.org.
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Interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in LMICs
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The burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in China and India: a systematic analysis of community representative epidemiological studies
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Twenty-one inmates from MCCC sent to Halawa
Men are identified as ‘aggressively’ participating in Monday disturbance
Lila Fujimoto
lfujimoto@mauinews.com
Twenty-one inmates were identified as “aggressively” participating in a disturbance Monday at the Maui Community Correctional Center and were transported Thursday to Halawa Correctional Facility on Oahu.
“Although these detainees are pretrial status, the circumstances dictate this transfer to a more secure facility,” according to a state Department of Public Safety news release.
The inmates arrived on a charter flight to Oahu at 10:45 a.m. Thursday and were transported to the Halawa facility by 11:25 a.m.
Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda said the department was working with the courts to allow videoconferencing for some hearings to minimize the need to transport inmates back to Maui for court hearings.
The inmates were identified through on-duty staff observations and preliminary investigative questioning of inmates, the news release said.
The disturbance was reported just before 3 p.m. Monday, when 42 inmates from one module refused to leave a common area to return to their cells when recreational time was over, according to the department. Inmates broke fire sprinklers and started a small fire in the common area, with smoke drifting to an adjacent module, where inmates started a lesser disturbance, the department reported.
Significant damage was reported to the two modules housing pretrial inmates before the situation was declared contained by 6:26 p.m. Monday, according to the department.
Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Toni Schwartz said Thursday that the two damaged modules have been secured.
“Although the common areas in those units are still unusable, individual cells that are fully or partially operational are now being occupied by inmates,” she said. “The damage to the common area is still being assessed. In the meantime, inmates in those modules will use the outside recreation field during their out-of-cell time.”
While a facility-wide lockdown was lifted at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, “individual damaged areas remain locked down and will be released from that status once appropriate safety, security and utility repairs are completed,” Schwartz said.
She said that on Wednesday, inmates “were still expectedly agitated and were loudly pounding on the cell doors of the module.”
“At this point, and based on the actions of the participants, the motivation behind the disturbance and subsequent agitation appears to be dissatisfaction with conditions related to the extreme overcrowded conditions at the jail,” Espinda said.
Public Safety officials said the disturbance and later disruptive actions are part of a continuing internal investigation.
Schwartz said jail staff members continue to question inmates to identify all of those involved in the disturbance.
Jail health care staffers have been working extended hours since Monday and providing medical care requested by inmates, according to the news release Thursday. While preliminary information shortly after the disturbance indicated that inmates hadn’t reported injuries, officials later learned that two inmates reported minor injuries.
According to the news release, one person was injured in an inmate-on-inmate altercation and another inmate injured his hand while punching a hole in a divider. Both were treated at a hospital emergency room and returned to the jail within two hours.
* Lila Fujimoto can be reached at lfujimoto@mauinews.com.
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Mayor’s Luncheon set for Friday
The Maui Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Mayor’s Luncheon on Friday at Cafe O’Lei at The Dunes, ...
Man threatened teens with knives
A Kahului man was arrested after he threatened two teenage boys with knives at a Kahului condominium complex last ...
About 770 customers on Lanai experienced a power outage when a generating unit went offline at about 5:15 a.m. on ...
Advisory issued for south shores
The National Weather Service issued a high-surf advisory for south-facing shores of Maui County through 6 p.m. ...
The Maui News Maui County is seeking public input on options for 50 Maui Lani lots that the county acquired ...
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William Boyd reveals his approach to writing the next James Bond novel
11-Jun-2012 • Literary
After Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver in recent years, fans of the literary 007 series are likely to see the pattern of "this week's guest host" continue as writers are signed up on single book deals. The next author up, William Boyd, has revealed a little about the approach he is taking to penning the next James Bond continuation novel due out in autumn 2013.
The novel will be set in 1969 and James Bond will be a 45 years-old.
âHe is a middle-aged man, a middle-aged spy, and thatâs one of the things that interests meâ, Boyd told an audience at Telegraph Hay Festival, as reported by The Telegraph.
âIâm a realistic novelist and what interests me about Bond is the human being. There will be no mountains filled with atom bombs or global plagues, no gadgets, no superpowers or preposterous enemies â there will be an entirely believable psychopath, not a preposterous psychopath. And similarly with love affairs â in my novel they will be entirely believable,â he said.
Boyd said that the literary character interests him, although he thinks the film incarnation has become âa sort of cartoon. The literary Bond is a much more troubled, complex, nuanced figure.â
He also revealed that regular MI6 staffers M and Moneypenny will be back, but maybe not the gadget master Q, further implying that technology will be absent from Bond's repertoire.
âThe wonderful thing about the offer [to write a James Bond novel] is that they give you almost total freedom - thereâs no sense in which you have to channel Ian Fleming. Thatâs not something I would really want to do, I must say. What you will get is a William Boyd novel that has James Bond as a central character. Iâm taking it extremely seriously but Iâm going to have a lot of fun as well.â, divulged William Boyd.
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The 9 Best Ways To Achieve Naturally Glowing Skin In The Dead Of Winter
By Stephanie Eckelkamp Wellness Editor
Image by Leandro Crespi / Stocksy
Skin looking a little ashy and dull lately, even though you haven't changed your skin care routine? Unfortunately, that's par for the course this time of year—and that bright, dewy skin you so crave, well, that's going to take a little work.
"Cold dry weather is not your skin's friend," says Britta Plug, holistic esthetician and mbg Collective member. And that dullness, she says, is mostly due to the fact that your top outer layer of skin is constricting and drying up, which essentially shuts down circulation and causes a buildup of rough dead skin cells.
Things like drinking too little water, eating the wrong foods, being super stressed, and failing to adapt your skin care regimen to the elements can all exacerbate the overall blah factor of your face, too. Thankfully, there's plenty you can do to boost your vibrancy—and we're not talking about slathering on a thicker moisturizer and a little bronzer. Here, learn the holistic strategies skin care experts swear by.
1. Exfoliate regularly.
Yep, you can exfoliate all through winter and it won't dry you out (here are some great exfoliating products for winter). In fact, exfoliating is essential for removing that dead, dry outer layer of skin so your moisturizers can penetrate more effectively and give you that dewy finish you so desire. Exfoliate a minimum of once per week, suggests Plug.
2. Do a tea-infused facial steam.
In cold weather, Plug loves to follow exfoliation with a little DIY facial steam to boost circulation and infuse skin with moisture before sealing it in with a face oil or cream. Simply pour almost-boiling water into a bowl, add a tea bag for a little aromatherapy action (chamomile is soothing and anti-inflammatory), then lean your head over the bowl and make a little tent with a towel to create a steam bath for your face. "Do this no more than five to 10 minutes, though," says Plug. "More than that, and you could actually lose moisture."
3. Run a humidifier every night.
Less labor-intensive than a facial steam, running a humidifier requires basically zero effort but can make a major impact on skin's hydration and overall brightness. Without one, the ultra-dry indoor air from our heating systems will essentially suck moisture from our skin, says Plug. Having a bunch of houseplants has also been shown to boost indoor moisture levels and skin hydration.
4. Slather on the hyaluronic acid.
After washing (or steaming) your face, slather on some hyaluronic acid (which is actually incredibly soothing, despite its name). "Hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the body, so I like using this serum to restore moisture in the skin," says Lisa Airan, M.D., a dermatologist specializing in high-tech, natural skin care. "Your face immediately looks clearer and brighter." Like honey, hyaluronic acid is considered a humectant, making it very effective at drawing moisture into the top layer of skin.
5. Add a drop of geranium oil to your moisturizer.
Not only does geranium essential oil calm skin irritation and inflammation, improve elasticity, and balance out skin whether it's dry or oily, but it also boosts blood circulation for a subtle natural glow, says Mariza Snyder, D.C., functional wellness practitioner, aromatherapist, and author of The Essential Oils Hormone Solution. Add a drop of geranium oil to your go-to moisturizer or any face-friendly carrier oil such as jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, or avocado oil. Never use it undiluted.
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6. Try facial gua sha.
Another brightening method Plug adores, and which she uses on her clients daily, is facial gua sha—a scraping technique originating from traditional Chinese medicine that's performed with a jade gua sha board. The scraping motion drains puffiness, improves circulation and glow, and stimulates collagen and elastin almost immediately. Want to give it a try? Invest in a gua sha tool, watch this facial gua sha tutorial, and try it at home.
7. Drink water (with a pinch of salt).
Because our bodies essentially leach moisture when the air is too dry, it's especially important to stay hydrated. But before you start guzzling, give your water a boost. "So much of this super-filtered water that we drink doesn't have any mineral content, so it tends to flush through us. If you don't have enough electrolytes in your tissues, you're going to pee it out and not retain your hydration," says Plug. "I like adding a pinch of high-quality sea salt, like Celtic sea salt. Nettle tea, which is high in minerals, can also help with hydration levels."
8. Get a dose of good fats and good bugs.
Two go-to supplements Plug swears by for clear, glowing, hydrated skin: "I love supplementing with fish oil, and it has tons of anti-inflammatory benefits for skin conditions like rosacea, eczema, dermatitis, and acne," says Plug. "For people with any surface irritation or an impaired skin barrier, this usually indicates that the gut microbiome needs support, so we definitely want to take a probiotic."
9. Finally, prioritize your sleep.
No, your mom didn't tell us to say this. A sleep-deprived body is a stressed body, and when you're stressed, your body isn't physically able to dedicate the necessary energy for optimal cellular repair or collagen production (along with digestion and other essential functions), which can lead to dull-looking skin. To avoid this, shoot for seven to eight hours a night, and try to infuse some meditation into your daily routine, suggests Dr. Airan.
Stephanie Eckelkamp Wellness Editor
Stephanie is a nutrition writer and health coach who's obsessed with ginger kombucha, chunky peanut butter, and the Oxford comma. She has a passion for natural, toxin-free living,...
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PNP to arrest ‘erring’ impeachment filers vs. President Duterte
Those who would file an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte will be arrested if they commit any violation of the law, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday.
“Well of course, if that’s the order of the President and we see that they violate the law, why not?” PNP chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, told reporters on Monday.
The country’s top cop made the remark when asked for a comment on the statement of Duterte that he would order the arrest of people who would want him impeached over his statements allegedly favoring China instead of defending the Constitution and its provision on sovereignty.
The PNP chief, however, clarified that the arrest would not be immediate.
“There should be an investigation. You cannot just point to anybody and then get them. There will always be an investigation before you can make an arrest,” said Albayalde.
Albayalde said among the violations of the law that may be used to arrest those who would file an impeachment complaint against the President are sedition and libel.
He also clarified that the PNP has yet to receive instructions from the President regarding the matter.
Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo believes a bid to oust President Duterte is unlikely to prosper in Congress as impeachment is a numbers game.
This came after Panelo was asked to comment about interpretations that the Chief Executive’s anger in a recent interview shows fear of impeachment.
Critics, including former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario, earlier warned that allowing the Chinese to fish in the Philippines’ territorial waters violates the 1987 Constitution.
The former top diplomat said the Chief Executive’s failure to defend the country’s territory, including its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), violates the Constitution and is a basis for impeachment. PNA
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2019 Spring Convocation ceremonies a moving celebration
New alumni poised to make a difference in their communities and the world
Friday June/07/2019
How liberal education can help prepare for a technologically disrupted future
Fourth annual MRU conference focuses on thought ‘outside the system’
Tuesday May/28/2019
Symposium discusses Indigenizing education
Distinguished guests, faculty learn from each other
Wednesday May/15/2019
Celebrating lifelong learning and the power of education to transform lives
Mount Royal holds its second-annual teaching and learning event
Friday May/10/2019
Provost provides MRU highlights at Academic Town Hall
Celebrating the hiring of more full-time faculty, Mount Royal University’s recent accolades, and looking forward to the arrival of new president Tim Rahilly, PhD, in just a few weeks were among the highlights of MRU’s second Academic Town Hall on April 17.
Thursday April/25/2019
Lightning Talks illuminate research at Mount Royal
Speaking helps start the healing
Science student recognized for work promoting Indigenous rights
Friday March/15/2019
Spreading the spirit through sport
MRU chemistry professor honoured with 3M National Teaching Fellowship
For students and colleagues who have benefited from his dedication to teaching, it will come as no surprise that Brett McCollum, PhD, professor of chemistry at Mount Royal University, has been named to a prestigious group of university educators in Canada.
Monday February/11/2019
Bringing the wetlands back to life
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Hi! I'm Josie Pepper
A humanoid robot with artificial intelligence
With the start of test operations in mid-February 2018, Munich Airport became Germany's first airport to try out a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence.
In a trial period lasting several weeks, Josie Pepper will welcome travelers to the non-public area of Terminal 2. In her initial deployment, she will speak English and wait at the top of the ramp leading to the shuttle connecting the main terminal to the satellite building. She will welcome passengers and answer their questions about shops, restaurants and flight operations.
The pilot phase will help to identify how passengers feel about Josie Pepper. Josie's "brain" contains a high-performance processor with a WLAN internet access. This creates a connection to a cloud service where speech is processed, interpreted and linked to the airport data. What sets the system apart: When this robot type speaks, it does not just deliver pre-defined texts. With its ability to learn, it answers each question individually.
Josie Pepper undergoes preparations for her role
Close cooperation with IBM
In Japan and other countries, Josie Pepper and her robot colleagues are often seen in stores, airports and similar locations: In shops they welcome customers, answer questions, accept complaints – or even give advice on the best type of coffee. While the robot is speaking, her big round eyes glow a green color and she waves her arms. Her hands and fingers have separate joints, resembling those of people. Instead of legs she gets around on rollers.
IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) cloud-based, artificial intelligence technologies are behind Josie Pepper’s capabilities. The robot itself, which stands 120 cm tall, was developed by SoftBank Robotics.
The lady robot was given the name "Josie Pepper" on arrival in Munich – inspired by the airport's official name "Franz Josef Strauss" – by the Munich Airport and Lufthansa staff.
Young Daniel asks Josie Pepper the way to the nearest play area. The lady robot answers without hesitation
Asked how she is, the robot replies promptly: "I´m fine, thank you. What can I do for you?" The voice sounds a little metallic, but also somehow young and childlike
The robot technology was developed by SoftBank Robotics. Josie Pepper's "brain" is based on Watson (IBM)
Q&A about Josie Pepper
Does Josie Pepper stay at one spot or can she move around?
For now, Josie is only in the "non-public area": Does "non-public area" mean the Lufthansa Business Lounge?
How does Josie Pepper learn? How is the collected data analyzed? Is she getting her AI input only from the Munich data, or is she also learning from the questions people are asking the robots at other locations?
What are the airport's objectives with this project? In other words, which working areas or processes could be optimized with the robot?
What kind of power supply does Josie Pepper have?
What questions is Josie Pepper currently able to answer at Munich Airport?
What reactions are you hearing after Josie's first few days?
What will happen after this pilot phase and how long will it last?
When can all passengers at the airport meet Josie Pepper? Will there be more than one robot?
Where else in the world is the robot at work right now?
Will Josie Pepper be speaking German soon?
A new bridge overnight
Work continues on the new Terminal 1 pier – impressively highlighted by the auxiliary bridge at the building site access point, built in the night of March 12–13, 2019
Winter at Munich Airport
Every day an average of 1,200 aircraft take off and land at Munich Airport, carrying as many as 110,000 passengers on board. When winter weather hits this precisely timed system, it can have a big impact on the closely coordinated processes that keep traffic moving.
Services for business travellers
Convenient parking right at the terminal, getting work done at the departure gate, or a quick haircut or manicure on the way to your next meeting – Munich Airport has a wide range of services to make life easy for business travellers.
A380 – Giant bird approaching
On March 25, Lufthansa will put three Airbus A380 aircraft – the world's biggest passenger plane – into operation in Munich to serve three intercontinental routes. In the future the airline plans to station five of the superjumbos at Terminal 2.
With the start of test operations in mid-February 2018, Munich Airport became Germany's first airport to try out a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence. In a trial period lasting several weeks, Josie Pepper will welcome travelers to the non-public area of Terminal 2
A350 officially christened
On the night of Thursday, February 3, with 2,000 guests in attendance, Lufthansa officially presented its new A350 long-haul aircraft in the Lufthansa hangar. With a dazzling light show, the world's most advanced and environmentally friendly jetliner was christened in the name of the city of Nuremberg. Also addressing the gathering, along with Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, was Dr. Markus Söder, the Bavarian minister of finance and chairman of Munich Airport's supervisory board, Munich Airport CEO Dr. Michael Kerkloh, and Airbus CEO Dr. Thomas Enders. On hand as the "godfather" was Dr. Ulrich Maly, the mayor of Nuremberg.
New intercontinental destination
Condor is expanding its long-haul network with the addition of two weekly non-stop flights to Seattle. The German carrier will operate the new service to the largest city in the north-west of the USA with a Boeing 767-300 widebody jet. Flights will depart every Wednesday and Saturday. Surrounded by rivers, lakes and forests, Seattle is popular with outdoor enthusiasts.
Running on "E"
Munich Airport currently operates a fleet of 280 electric vehicles – mostly specialized equipment such as baggage tractors, lifts and passenger boarding bridges. In the future, however, the airport plans to make electric vehicles part of its fleet of passenger cars, too. Over the coming three years, millions will be invested in e-mobility, with 121 gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles slated for replacement through electric models. By 2030 the airport plans for its fleet to consist almost entirely of electric vehicles. At the same time, efforts are continuing to expand the necessary infrastructure of charging stations.
Bringing the Alps a little closer
The new wing of the Hotel Hilton Munich Airport is complete. The 162 additional rooms feature exclusive decor inspired by the Alpine peaks not far from the airport. "Welcome to our mountain hub!" With these words hotel director Dagmar Mühle opens the door to one of the rooms in the addition. "We chose this motto to highlight the special location of Munich Airport and our hotel." The mountain theme is creatively reflected in many design details, from the carpet pattern to the materials, which include light oak, natural stone and felt.
Alpine-themed sports bar in Terminal 2
A paradise for mountain climbers, nature lovers, ski bums and those who just like to chill in the sun: with an antique chopping block here and an old stone trough there, Sportalm's designers have paid plenty of attention to detail. Tree stumps and quaint decor items like an old barn door and a stone trough capture the rustic feel of a mountain pasture.
Munich Airport's new "digital welcome mat"
Contemporary design, comprehensive information, new features, and with functionality optimized for all devices: that sums up the new face of the redesigned Munich Airport website: www.munich-airport.com. The site is used by approximately 13 million visitors annually. The new website has more than 1,000 pages providing passengers, meeters and greeters and airport visitors with all they need to know about flights, check-in, directions, parking, things to do at the airport, and the wide range of services, shopping and dining options available there. Big images and video clips convey a realistic sense of the exciting world of the airport, enticing shop, visit restaurants, or experience the excitement at the popular events in the Munich Airport Center and the Visitors Park.
10 reasons to love Munich Airport
Did you know that Munich Airport has its own brewery? Or that the European Championship in Stationary Wave Riding takes place at the Munich Airport Center? Find out more about the highlights at the airport on this page.
On the taxiway with the "Polar Bear"
Nadine Adden (27) works as a tug driver and de-icer at Munich Airport. When winter hits, she helps to make sure that aircraft take off safely.
The worldwide only airport brewery
The novelty of an airport brewery is today as innovative as it was in 1999 when the microbrewery "Airbräu" opened at Munich Airport. Travelers from all over the world and locals alike have been enjoying its authentic Bavarian dishes and freshly brewed beer for over 16 years now. Among the enticements are the eight different types of beer brewed at the Airbräu. Three of them are always available: “Fliegerquell”, a fine bitter lager, the more mature wheat beer “Kumulus” and the pils “Jetstream”, the latest addition to the assortment.
Recycling champ
How Munich Airport succeeds in reusing up to 70 percent of aircraft de-icing fluids. The recycling facility at Munich Airport is the biggest in the world.
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Spurs, Hilton Park Lane & Planet Hollywood
Date Fulfilled: May 2010
Tottenham Hotspur welcomed four young Muscle Warriors™ to White Hart Lane on Saturday 1st May as part of a very special Muscle Dream™ experience organised by The Muscle Help Foundation – the packed schedule also included an overnight stay at the London Hilton on Park Lane for the families, a group dinner at Planet Hollywood and personalised goody-bags for the four Muscle Dream™ beneficiaries Adam, Samuel, Tommy and Danny.
Sat 1st May 2010 was a day that will always be remembered not only by The Muscle Help Foundation’s latest Muscle Dream™ recipients but also by their families. The programme kicked-off with the four boys accompanied by one of their parents receiving a warm welcome by the charity’s co-founder Michael McGrath before being escorted to their very own corporate boxes, courtesy of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. All 4 boys have the life-limiting muscle wasting condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
“I would like to pay particular thanks to James Isaac of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation for his tremendous help in knitting the day together and for also hosting our Muscle Warriors™ group so warmly in the two hospitality boxes that the club so generously gifted to the charity on the day,” said Michael McGrath.
After the match against Bolton which saw Spurs win, the group drove in convoy across town to the fashionable London Hilton on Park Lane where there was time to freshen up before heading off for a scrumptious group dinner to the Planet Hollywood restaurant, the world’s one and only dining experience inspired by the glamour of Hollywood and backed by megastars Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Demi Moore!
Some of the comments received from the boys mum’s and dad’s included:
“You have not only made our little boy’s ‘Muscle Dream’ come true but also his entire family! At no point did anyone feel left out – the added surprises and little touches throughout the day were so very special … we felt like royalty”
“Our son’s eyes popped out of his head in our amazing bedrooms at the Hilton Park Lane when he saw the presents you bought him for his own special goody-bag. He completed the Lego in record-time!”
“We met a lot of lovely people … the other families and your family have now become and will always remain our firm friends”
“We will remember your help and generosity for years to come. The visit to Planet Hollywood was quite an experience, and to stay at one of the top hotels in London … the Hilton, was the icing on the cake!”
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I Withdrew $10 Million in Cash Just to See It, Africa's Richest Man Aliko Dangote Says
By John Wanjohi Sun, 04/07/2019 @ 01:46pm 741 views 7 comments
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote says he once withdrew $10 million in cash from a bank "just to look at it."
Addressing a forum in Ivory Coast on Saturday, the Nigerian billionaire says he wanted to get it into his head that this was real cash and not just figures on paper.
"When you're young your first million is important, but after, the numbers don't mean much," Dangote says.
The tycoon, whose vast business empire spans cement to flour, was addressing Mo Ibrahim forum in Abidjan.
"One day, I cashed 10 million; put them in the boot of my car I put it in my room. I looked at them and thought 'now I believe I have money' and took it back to the bank the next day," he reveals.
The 61-year-old industrialist has advised upcoming African entrepreneurs not to get carried away by the first flush of success.
"Often in Africa, we spend our projected incomes. There are ups and downs" in business," he warns.
Dangote also says there is a need to address the customs and administrative problems that hamper business development in Africa.
As an example, the billionaire explained how his cement companies experience difficulties exporting to Benin from Nigerian factories located 40 kilometers from the border.
Instead, Benin imports "more expensive" cement from China, Dangote says.
He is estimated to be worth $10.6 billion and has maintained his title as the continent's wealthiest man for years.
Dr. Koni Hanene
Sun, 04/07/2019 @ 03:03pm
Who cares. All Nigerian money is dirty money!!!. How many people has he killed to get his way. This man is not a Saint
In reply to Who cares. All Nigerian… by Dr. Koni Hanene
Behind every great fortune,there's a sin
The other fool Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jr. was swimming in USA dollars. Dangote does not want to be left behind.
mkenya halisi
Mon, 04/08/2019 @ 05:27am
Bloody money is everywhere starting from british colonials,usa bringing dwn iraq,libya,gavaments dwn killing innocent women n kids so many countries especially we call western nation have continued to survive from bloody money.Mr Dagote is corrupt if u talk to nigerians he will make sure he controls this industry's he has started.He doesn't want any other person to do the same.Anybody who starts will b brot dwn mos mos.
Settled Nomad
Nigerians and showing off! So what, if he just wanted to see it? Why does he have to tell us? This is just Vanity, and someone said it plays lurid tricks with our imagination. It reminds me of those young street thugs in Kenya, who flash money on Social media, shortly before they are gunned down by Police.
xavior
What kind of fetish is this. But you cannot blame the guys. lots of things do not make sense to some of us either
Anonymous UI
This is what happens when you don't know who you are. If these money was acquired rightfully, it would not be displayed or advertised just to show off. It would have been acquired to fulfil a purpose. The measure of a man's wealth is how it was acquired because it you can't hold on to the means it will dissappear. If you acquired it by killing, you must continue killing in order to keep it because that is your foundation. If you stop, the foundation collapses and you loose everything. He must ask himself, how did he acquire it and for what purpose. Fulfill the purpose before the money disappears. If you acquired it rightfully, may the real God's blessings be with you always.
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Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery by Melanie J. Fishbane | Review
April 25, 2017 / 1 Comment / Review
Author: Melanie J. Fishbane
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Publisher: Razorbill Canada, Penguin Teen Canada
Publication date: April 25th 2017
Source: Gifted by Indigo Teen (thank you!), Purchased at Chapters Indigo
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For the first time ever, a young novel about the teen years of L.M. Montgomery, the author who brought us ANNE OF GREEN GABLES.
Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Maud to her friends -- has a dream: to go to college and become a writer, just like her idol, Louisa May Alcott. But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries that this dream will never come true. Her grandfather has strong opinions about a woman's place in the world, and they do not include spending good money on college. Luckily, she has a teacher to believe in her, and good friends to support her, including Nate, the Baptist minister's stepson and the smartest boy in the class. If only he weren't a Baptist; her Presbyterian grandparents would never approve. Then again, Maud isn't sure she wants to settle down with a boy -- her dreams of being a writer are much more important.
But life changes for Maud when she goes out West to live with her father and his new wife and daughter. Her new home offers her another chance at love, as well as attending school, but tensions increase as Maud discovers her stepmother's plans for her, which threaten Maud's future -- and her happiness forever.
Review: Maud by Melanie J. Fishbane
I’ve already told you all about my wild excitement at Maud, as well as my obsession with all things Anne of Green Gables. So let’s dive right into Maud. =p
My first thoughts when reading MAUD: This reads like Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books! There’s something very simple, direct, and 19th century about the prose in Maud, and it instantly brought me back to all my moments learning about pioneer life as a child.
Here’s the thing, though: this is not an idyllic time. Unlike L.M. Montgomery’s whimsical Anne of Green Gables, teen Lucy Maud Montgomery’s life is filled with frustration over unfulfilled ambition, Presbyterian rules, and people who just don’t understand her. In the latter, it’s a typical teenager’s life, but in the former two, it’s a life that’s really restrictive and not really conducive to a creative mind.
Maud (as L.M. Montgomery was called) starts in 1890, when the titular character is 14. While she has wonderful friends, and a budding romance with a schoolmate, Maud’s home life is dominated by her devout and conservative grandparents.
The novel is split into three books documenting three tumultuous years in Maud’s life where we see her develop as a writer and teen. To tell you more about the other two books would be spoiling, though (can you spoil a story about a historical figure that’s hundreds of years old?). Suffice to say, the years are each filled with frustration and doubt, friendship and love, and always, Maud’s feeling that she doesn’t belong.
Fishbane paints Maud as not just ahead of her schoolmates in academics, but also ahead of her time. Throughout the novel, we see Maud continually get placed in situations where she’s the odd one out. She’s almost an orphan, shuffled around from relative to relative, and whispered about because she’s so dreamy and determined.
But as much as she’s placed in that Othering role, Maud also makes choices that set her apart. Even at 14 (and you can tell, even from earlier than that), she is singularly focused on her dream and destiny of becoming a writer. She absorbs vast quantities of literature, makes hard decisions in favour of her calling, and literally uses writing as her escape. Writing is both cathartic and academic for her.
Source: UPenn Digital Library”
It’s this obsession that pushes Maud to become more than just a wife and mother, as so many of her contemporaries are inclined to do. It makes her desperate for more education, understanding the necessity of absorbing more literature in order to better herself. And it makes her desperate for a way to become self-sufficient in a time when women are supposed to rely on men for everything from the vote to the next glass of milk.
What you see in this book is how not just L.M. Montgomery’s real life, but her ideas for her stories get shaped and changed. It’s not the Anne books that everyone knows, but instead, an understanding of how Maud got to a place where Anne became the thing she wrote.
Reading Maud is like getting to have a really long coffee date with your favorite author when she was a teen – spilling her problems and woes. It’s one part documentation, one part reportage, and one part bittersweet sympathy. You’ll ache and be frustrated for Maud, but you’ll cheer her and when she gets a much-needed win.
I couldn’t help but use GIFs from the new Anne series on CBC (and Netflix) for this part!
Maud of Green Gables: While there isn’t actually a real house named “Green Gables” or town named “Avonlea”, there are definitely parallels between Cavendish, where Maud grew up, and the people she meets. If you’re an Anne or Emily fan, I think you’ll see those parallels pretty easily, and it’s kind of delightful when you do.
The new Anne series hasn’t gotten to any letters yet!
Letters & Notes: I have a thing for books where you get to see correspondence between characters, and this one has some really adorable letter writing.
Honest But Swoony Romance: I don’t want to give things away, but one of the most amazing things about this book is that there is more than one love interest without getting cliche. And…that’s all I’m going to say about that. Enjoy the swoons, guys!
Realistic Girl Friendships: While Maud celebrates the romance and friendship that are the trademarks of all of LMM’s work, it also recognizes the difficulty of keeping relationships alive and growing. It’s a really honest and bittersweet take on friendship that I appreciated so much.
Historical Writing: I haven’t read a YA historical that tries to write in the style of the literature of the time, and I think it’s done successfully here. I appreciated that the prose and omniscient narration remained a bit removed from Maud, in the style of the time, but you could actually track Maud’s progression as a teen through the dialogue she uses in each section (she gets a lot more thoughtful, much like Anne, as she grows up!).
The Final Word:
A well-researched novel about the teen life of the iconic Anne of Green Gables author L.M. Montgomery, Maud takes the bones of one of Canada’s most celebrated authors and elevates it into historical fiction that will challenge youth. Readers fond of Anne and Montgomery’s other books will enjoy recognizing characters and moments in Maud’s life that parallel her books, but will also see how much of an escape literature became for Maud.
This isn’t always a happy story, and it’s definitely not one without hardships. What kept me going is Maud’s determination to break out of her situation. This is an unabashedly feminist take on Maud’s life, and on the lives of women in the 1890s. A solid debut.
MAUD by Melanie J. Fishbane is out in bookstores today! Will you be reading it? Are you an Anne of Green Gables or Emily of New Moon fan? Are you interested in reading about your favorite authors’ teen lives? Let me know in the comments!
Want to know more about L.M. Montgomery or Anne of Green Gables? Check out this great article by CBC!
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One response to “Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery by Melanie J. Fishbane | Review”
Briana @ Pages Unbound
I’ve been super excited about this book but also a little wary because sometimes novels about authors are disappointing. I’m glad you liked it so much! Hopefully I’ll get my hands on a copy soon.
April 26, 2017, 12:37 am
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With the introduction of new fines for speeding offences on April 24th 2017, the risks are greater than ever if you are convicted of driving at substantially more than the speed limit for the relevant road.
Under the old rules, fines for speeding offences ranged from a minimum of three penalty points and a £100 fine, up to a maximum fine of £1,000 on a normal road or £2,500 on a motorway, capped at the equivalent of one week of the driver's wage. Now those figures have increased to one and a half week's wages for the worst offences, although the maximum fines are still set at £1,000 and £2,500 as before.
The new system places speeding offences into three bands, with Band A covering the most minor speeding offences, where the car is travelling within 10 mph of the limit on urban roads and up to 20 mph over the limit on dual carriageways and motorways.
Band B includes speeds of 41-50 mph in a 30-mph zone, and 91-100 mph on a motorway, with similar ranges for other speed limits.
The worst speeding offences fall into Band C, for vehicles travelling over 50 mph on a 30-mph road, and over 100 mph on a motorway.
The penalties are proportionate to the crime, so for example, a Band A offence might get three penalty points awarded; a Band B speeding offence earns 4-6 penalty points or 7-28 days' disqualification from driving; and Band C awards six points or 7-56 days' disqualification.
Speeding offence fines are typically 50% of weekly salary for a Band A offence, 100% for Band B, and 150% for Band C - equal to a hefty £720 fine for motorists on annual pay of £25,000.
If you are convicted of a Band C speeding offence with the maximum 56-day disqualification, you will also have to retake your driving test before you will legally be allowed to get back behind the wheel.
In any case, if there were genuine mitigating circumstances for travelling at the speed you were going, or you feel like your vehicle or driver was incorrectly identified, for instance, you may be able to mount a successful defence.
Our speeding offence solicitors are available to offer guidance on whether or not you might have a chance of defending a speeding ticket - and avoiding the fine, penalty points and potential disqualification too.
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Posted on January 15, 2017 by Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Panthers claw past Point Pleasant, 60-46
By Bryan Walters - bwalters@civitasmedia.com
Point Pleasant senior Parker Rairden (11) goes up for a contested shot attempt over Lincoln County defender Jacob Kirkendall during the second half of Friday night’s non-conference boys basketball contest in Point Pleasant, W.Va.
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POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — What a difference a day made.
After hitting 14 trifectas and shooting 56 percent from the field just 24 hours earlier against Hannan, the Point Pleasant boys basketball team connected on only 19 percent of its second half shot attempts Friday night during a 60-46 setback to visiting Lincoln County during a non-conference matchup at The Dungeon in Mason County.
The Big Blacks (8-3) shot 56 percent from the field in the opening half of play, but the hosts led only 2:17 of that 16-minute span as the Panthers (7-4) rallied from a 3-0 deficit to take a 14-10 first quarter advantage.
LCHS — which made half of its 22 first half shot attempts — increased its lead to as many as seven points after a quick 5-2 run made it a 19-12 contest with 7:01 left, but the Red and Black answered with a 7-1 surge over the next two minutes to close back to within a point at 20-19.
The Black and Blue, however, retaliated with a 10-3 run over the next 4:15, which led to their largest lead of the first half at 30-22 with 49 seconds remaining.
Point Pleasant’s Will Harbour tacked on a short jumper with 19 seconds left, allowing the hosts to enter halftime trailing 30-24.
The Big Blacks hit three of their first four shots of the third period as part of a 13-6 surge, with a pair of Parker Rairden free throws giving PPHS its final lead of the game at 37-36 with 3:42 left.
The hosts went on to muster only one field goal and nine total points the rest of the way.
LCHS followed with a basket by Jacob Kirkendall at the 3:21 mark that resulted in a permanent lead while also sparking a 6-1 run to close out the third period with a 42-38 edge.
Douglas Workman drilled a trifecta with 6:28 remaining to pull Point to within 42-41, but the hosts missed their final 11 field goal tries of the contest.
The Panthers made a 14-5 charge over the next six minutes en route to their first double-digit lead at 56-46, then converted four consecutive free throws in the final 40 seconds to wrap up their largest lead of the night with a 14-point triumph.
After playing at such a high level for nearly six-and-a-half quarters over a 24-hour span, Point Pleasant appeared to simply hit the wall over the final 10 minutes of regulation during a 25-10 LCHS charge.
The Big Blacks committed only nine of the 20 turnovers in the contest, but the hosts were outrebounded by a sizable 26-17 overall margin — which included a 7-4 deficit on the offensive glass.
PPHS coach Josh Williams acknowledged that his squad played a solid game from certain aspects, but he never felt that they were the hungrier of the two teams on the floor — and that was one of the big things that came back to bite them.
“The kids gave a good effort, but we never seemed to match that same intensity level that we had the night before against Hannan,” Williams said. “We weren’t diving on the floor after loose balls and we didn’t get many second chances on the boards tonight. Lincoln County certainly had a lot to do with that, but we just didn’t seem to have that same focus that we normally do.
“It’s not easy to play games on back to back nights, especially coming off a big win in county, but part of why we scheduled this was because we thought it would be a good test for our guys. We may not have passed this test at the end of the night, but I think everybody learned something that will help us later on in the season.”
The Big Blacks netted 13-of-37 field goal attempts for 35 percent, including a 6-of-22 effort from three-point range for 27 percent. The hosts also made an impressive 16-of-18 free throw attempts for 89 percent.
Workman led Point Pleasant with five trifectas and a game-high 21 points, followed by Rairden with seven markers. Cason Payne and Will Harbour were next with six points apiece, with Harbour adding a team-best six rebounds.
Camron Long was next with three points and Trace Derenberger chipped in two markers, while Austin Liptrap rounded out the scoring with one point. Workman also hauled in three caroms for the Red and Black, while Payne and Matthew Martin each brought down two boards.
The Panthers had a quintet of players account for all of their scoring, with all five also reaching double digits in the triumph. LCHS netted 22-of-45 shot attempts for 49 percent, which included a 7-of-17 effort from behind the arc for 41 percent.
Corey Rusk led the guests with 16 points, followed by Nate Spencer with 13 points and Kirkendall with 11 markers. Caleb Rusk and Jake Ashley also chipped in 10 points apiece for the victors, who were 9-of-13 at the charity stripe for 69 percent.
Kirkendall led Lincoln County with a game-high eight rebounds, followed by Spencer and Ashley with five caroms apiece.
Point Pleasant returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Meigs in a non-conference tilt at 7 p.m.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2017/01/web1_1.17-PP-Rairden.jpgPoint Pleasant senior Parker Rairden (11) goes up for a contested shot attempt over Lincoln County defender Jacob Kirkendall during the second half of Friday night’s non-conference boys basketball contest in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Bryan Walters/OVP Sports
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After polls in Kerala, Pinarayi-led LDF turns pro-UIDAI; set to make Aadhaar biometric mandatory in offices
The Left manifesto was essentially against the failing Aadhaar system, but the Pinarayi-led LDF govt is turning pro Aadhaar. He has ordered setting up of Aadhaar-based biometric punching system
Photo by Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images
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Updated: 8 May 2019, 3:52 PM
The double-speak of the CPI-M is increasingly becoming clearer with the orders released by the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala. The government has decided to make mandatory biometric punching system in all government departments and schools within six months and in civil stations in three months. This also goes against the Kerala State’s IT policy which said that Aadhaar linking will not be made mandatory.
This, however, goes against the manifesto released by the state which was essentially against the Aadhaar. Knowing fully well that there was opposition to the Aadhaar-based biometric system, the Pinarayi Vijayan government gave the impression that they were against privatisation of the data of the citizens. As soon as the elections were over in the state, General Administration Department (GAD) issued the order.
In the order, GAD stated that the Aadhaar-based biometric punching system will be linked to the SPARK salary software. It is being presented under the cloak of increasing efficiency of the staff and betterment of public delivery mechanism. It will be done through the UIDAI-approved National Informatics Centre. Each department will have to buy their own punching systems and earmark funds for it from their budgets.
Though the process of linking attendance with salary was initiated eight months ago, it could not take off. The Principal Secretary Biswanath Sinha is the officer behind it; he was earlier transferred to parliamentary affairs department in the aftermath of the floods for opposing the salary contribution put forward by the Left government for reviving the state.
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“This order is primarily against the state manifesto which was against Aadhaar linking. Here the government is forcing the linkage of Aadhaar with distribution of the salary. The Supreme Court in its verdict had stated that the Aadhaar is restricted to Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act. Section 7 is for receiving benefits from the state. Salary is the right of an employee, how can they make linking it to Aadhaar mandatory. What if the employee doesn’t want to link their Aadhaar? The state has no other option,” questions Anivar Aravind, an Aadhaar activist and Director of the Indic Project.
“Too much dependence on Central systems destroys the state’s own IT competence. It will kill the state’s own capacity. The Aadhaar authentication costs money. It is ₹20 for each e-KYC and ₹ 0.50 for every Yes/No authentication. Also, these rates are not fixed. UIDAI will fix the pricing. Then there is NIC also in between. There will also be a charge there. It is nothing but a money scam. It will cost too much for the exchequer. Instead the same amount of money or lesser should be used to build own attendance systems,” emphasises Aravind.
It does seem like the state has wilfully forgotten its own fiasco with National Informatics Centre’s vehicle registration plan. Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had blocked issuing of certificate of registration (RC) for all classes of motor vehicles in Kerala for not having integrated the so-called ‘high security registration plate’ (HSRP) with the ‘Vahan’ database, which is a digital national vehicle registry portal. From April 1, no vehicle in Kerala has been given RC. The only states which could issue RC were Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, because all the three were using their own software instead of ‘Vahan’.
“I understand that the government wants to ensure attendance. There are other ways to do it. Create own attendance management systems without Aadhaar-based biometrics being required,” explained Aravind.
Another Kerala-based policy watcher questioned the Vijayan-led Left government’s sudden proximity to certain businessmen with agendas. “Suddenly the Left government has turned pro-businessmen; all of this is without any plan. Why is the Nandan Nilekani-promoted UIDAI suddenly finding favour with the Left at a time when it is increasingly becoming clear that Aadhaar is failing,” he questioned, requesting anonymity.
National Herald contacted the Kerala Government for a response. As and when an official responds, the story will be updated.
Also Read: CPI(M)’s dual face: Supports Aadhaar in Kerala, seeks its scrapping in manifesto
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Day 27 - Last Full Day In Kruger National Park
Jackie and Tony like to spend their last couple of nights in Kruger at the Pretoriouskip Camp because it is the closest to the airport and the accommodations are nice. They say there isn't the concentration of wildlife that exists around the other camps, so they don't spend a lot of time here.
We had breakfast in the restaurant and eventually went out on a game drive. Jackie wasn't feeling well, so we didn't want to go too far. The morning drive was more of a scenic drive around Shabeni Mountain than a game drive.
We didn't see much in the way of wildlife and were soon back in camp. Linda & I walked around the camp where I took photos of the Pretoriouskop pool and some of the bird life.
We found two notable birds to add to our list. The Green Wood Hoopoe (below left) and the Purple-crested Turaco (below right).
But the highlight of our time between drives was watching a Dung Beetle build a ball of dung. That's right, we were fascinated watching it start from the beginning and going all the way to the point of it rolling it off with its hind legs.
Ah, but there was more to this drama. As soon as our hero finished his ball, another Dung Beetle flew in and there was an epic beetle battle. Sadly, the new bully beetle stole the dung ball and rolled it away having done none of the work.
If there was ever a moment we actually felt sorry for an insect, that was it.
In the afternoon, we headed out for our last game drive around 4:00. On the way out there was a "rhino jam" as two large rhinos prevented passage.
We stayed well back as the biggest rhino looked menacingly at any vehicles that tried to pass. We definitely didn't want to get our rental van impaled on our last day.
Eventually, we got around and headed away from camp. However, we saw more closer to camp than we did on most of the drive.
A herd of elephants blocked the road on our return and the youngest in the group were trumpeting and false-charging the nearest cars.
Getting closer to camp, there were four cars parked on the side of the road. As we approached, we could see there was a leopard on a rock not too far off the road. We just couldn't get in position to get photos, which was more disappointing when we got glimpses of two little leopard cubs.
Of all the photos I didn't get, that is probably the one that I regret not having the most.
But it was still a fantastic sighting, and the leopard cubs gave us the "Small Five" - elephant calf, rhino calf, buffalo calf, lion cub, & leopard cub - for the trip. That was quite a wildlife sighting accomplishment, and we were all pretty giddy to finish it on our last day.
Just outside of camp, we got a pretty good look at this Spotted Eagle Owl.
This is the same species of owl that Linda had on her head back at the raptor refuge in Cape Town three weeks ago.
Back at camp, we began to pack. We took an evening break for Happy Hour and dinner as we tried to use up all the food we had left.
It was hard to believe we had to leave tomorrow. As we said at breakfast this morning, we could have stayed another month.
But that was the end of our time and we had a flight to catch. One thing we know for sure is that we will be back in Africa somewhere watching and photographing wildlife in the future. Our time in Kruger National Park was absolutely amazing.
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Viral: When Ranveer Singh Hugged A Pakistani Fan After India's Win
"There's always a next time," Ranveer told the fan
Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: June 18, 2019 19:07 IST
A still from the video (Courtesy: AatifNawaz)
Ranveer embraced a Pakistan fan and told him not be upset
He also made his commentary debut recently
"Indian fans are nice. Thanks Ranveer," tweeted the fan
Ranveer Singh's on-field hug of Indian skipper Virat Kohli is not the only moment that created social media frenzy. The Bollywood star also embraced a Pakistan fan and told him not be upset after his country's team lost to India in an ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match in Manchester. From making his commentary debut alongside cricket stars Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag to joining crowd and cheering for team India and taking selfies with the Indian players, Ranveer's energetic and fun avatar at the Old Trafford stadium made the match even more special for the spectators.
The men in blue defeated Pakistan by 89 runs (by DLS method) on Sunday. After the match, a lot of Pakistani fans started criticising their team for poor performance. One disheartened fan grabbed Ranveer's attention. In a video that is doing the rounds on the Internet, Ranveer is seen hugging the Pakistan fan.
"Put it there man, put it there. There's always a next time! Don't be disheartened. You played well. Boys are dedicated, committed, professionals and they will be back," the actor said in the video.
The man in the video is London-based Aatif Nawaz. He tweeted: "Indian fans are nice. Thanks Ranveer," he tweeted alongside the video. For those, who don't know, Aatif (34) is a London based stand-up comedian. Besides being a comedian, he is an actor, who has featured in the TV series Don't Stop Me Now and The Big Question. He has also made appearances in Mark Austin's Real Crime and Patients among others.
Indian fans are nice. Thanks @RanveerOfficial. pic.twitter.com/kxi1DyDAI1
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) June 16, 2019
On the work front, Ranveer is currently shooting for his film '83-- based on India's iconic win in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Vicky Pattison: ‘I’m a Celeb’ star reveals what really went on behind the scenes
IT’S BEEN a month since Vicky Pattison landed on I’m A Celeb, and now the Geordie Shore star is revealing what really went on behind the scenes.
Andrew Bucklow@ACBucklow
news.com.auApril 14, 20186:00am
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Vicky Pattison was a hit with viewers on I’m A Celeb this year. Picture: Nigel Wright.Source:Channel 10
VICKY Pattison has shared some behind the scenes secrets from her recent stint on I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!
The 30-year-old British star, who rose to fame thanks to her role on Geordie Shore, entered the South African jungle on Day 17 of the Channel 10 show.
Despite initially having a relatively low profile in Australia, Pattison was a hit with viewers and finished the show in fourth place behind Danny Green, Shannon Noll and series winner Fiona O’Loughlin.
News.com.au caught up with the bubbly star who was only too happy to spill about what really went on behind the scenes of the show.
SHE DID HER HOMEWORK
Producers of the reality show stressed that none of the celebrities know which other stars are joining them in the jungle. But Pattison didn’t enter the jungle until Day 17 which gave her a bit of time to do some research.
“All the people in the Australian jungle were known in Australia but they have no crossover in the UK so to be totally honest I had no idea who they were,” she told news.com.au about the other celebs.
“I did my best to kind of do a bit of resarch. I asked around. I was meeting loads of researchers and producers before I went in and I said, ‘who you loving? Who’s doing well?’ And I quickly worked out that I wanted to be friends with Fiona.”
The fial four: Shannon Noll, Vicky Pattison, Fiona O'Loughlin and Danny Green.Source:Channel 10
SHE HAS INTERACTED WITH ANOTHER FORMER I’M A CELEB STAR
Pattison had never met any of her I’m A Celeb co-stars before she went in but she did once have an interaction with an Aussie star who appeared on a previous season.
It was none other than Shane Warne.
“He once sent me a Twitter DM [direct message] just asking how I was and I remember being like, ‘God, he’s really famous’,” Pattison told news.com.au.
“We chatted for a bit but that was it. I’ve never met him. It was all very strictly PG, there was no smut. It was years ago when I was a very single woman.”
THE CELEBS CAN VAPE
According to Pattison, the celebrities who smoke were banned from smoking actual cigarrettes in the jungle but a compromise was offered.
“They could vape,” Pattinson told news.com.au. “The guys every so often would go and have a vape with some of the anti-poaching guys.”
Pattinson named Shannon Noll, Fiona O’Loughlin and Simone Holtznagel as some of the stars who ducked out for a vape and said she was envious of them.
“I almost wished I vaped because it was just this break from mundane jungle life,” she said.
DIVA DEMAND
Pattison considers herself “the biggest mug in reality TV” because she never tests the boundaries with producers to see what luxuries they’ll provide her on the sly.
“I come off these shows and everybody goes like, ‘did you get the secret protein shakes?’ And I’m like, ‘are you f**king joking, mate?’ And they’re like, ‘did you hear about so and so and his massages?’ And I’m like, ‘you’re taking the piss?’”
Pattison thought she was being a diva when she asked producers for some nail glue on I’m A Celeb and the producers couldn’t believe how simple her request was.
“I thought that was me really being a diva but it turns out there are other celebs that were much worse.”
As an example, Pattison recalled what a contestant on the UK version of I’m A Celeb allegedly got away with.
“Someone told me that when David Haye [British boxer] did the British one, that he was coming in daily and asking for a smaller sized vest every day because he had an upcoming fight and he didn’t want his opponenet to watch and think he was losing size,” Pattison said.
Vicky Pattison with her fiance, John Noble.Source:Channel 10
WHAT’S NEXT FOR VICKY?
The reality TV star has one very simple goal for 2018 ... to make it big in Australia.
“I have been slowly building my career in the UK and am so happy and so busy and so fortunate, but there’s always something in the back of the mind that drags me back to Australia,” she told news.com.au.
“It’s been the setting for some of the most amazing things that have happened in my life and when I’ve been my happiest and I can’t ignore that.”
So what would she like to do down under?
“I would like to do radio,” Pattison revealed. “It just feels like it’s the tits. Going to work in your tracksuit pants and just chatting, who doesn’t want to do that?”
And she’s got a soft spot for one radio show in particular.
“I love Kyle and Jackie O, they’re just so amazing. They’re show is so crazy, so manic.
“If there is a real dialogue that starts for me to do radio they’re the first people that I’d ask for advice from. They’re my favourites.”
YOU CAN FOLLOW VICKY ON INSTAGRAM HERE
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Sri Lankan Film ‘Ira Sevaya’ Screened in Kathmandu
“Dhammo Hawe Rakkhathi Dhamma Chari”, this is Lord Buddha's saying that those who are committed to the path of Dhamma [Virtues] are Protected by the Dhamma itself.
A Sri Lankan feature film “Ira Sevaya - Sun Rise”, (a spiritual film) was screened as its premier show on 5th September 2014 at the Russian Centre of Culture and Science, Kathmandu. The film has been directed by Mr. Rodney Widanapathirana, popular drama producer, film maker and travel writer of Sri Lanka.
Dr. Narayan Khadka, Minister of Urban Development of Nepal graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Duminda Dissanyake, Minister of Education Services, Sri Lanka attended the event as a guest of honour.
The programme started with the lighting of the traditional oil lamp. W. M. Senevirathna, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Nepal welcomed the invitees and thanked Rodney Vidanapathirana for taking the initiative to screen the film in Kathmandu.
Prior to screening of the film, two minutes silence was observed in memory of late Mrs. Rebecca Nirmalee who is the main actress of Ira Sevaya-Sun Rise”.
This Film “ Ira Sevaya- Sun Rise” which provides a deep meaning of the reality of the human being and finding of solutions for the various disputes. Finally, the Truth found and will prevail according to the teachings of the Lord Buddha.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Kathmandu, Nepal organized the screening of the film and the event was attended by a distinguished audience consisting of Nepalese and Sri Lankan dignitaries as well as members of the diplomatic corps in Kathmandu.(KH)
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A sign posted ot the door for Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe in Washington, D.C., indicating that the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” is sold out at the bookstore Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais AP
“Fire and Fury” originally was expected to appear in book stores next week. But after online excerpts triggered a political firestorm, the release date was moved up to Friday.
It’s been No. 1 on Amazon since Wednesday, based on pre-orders, flying off the electronic bookshelf onto Kindles and Nooks across the world. At Kramer Books in Washington, D.C., where hardback copies of “Fire and Fury” went on sale at midnight Thursday, reporters covering the event outnumbered buyers. Washington Post reporter Ben Terris live-tweeted the scene. The store sold all 73 copies in stock.
The books can’t be sold yet but they are being handed out to people in line (I can’t believe I am live tweeting this) pic.twitter.com/LkWUBHz1DV
— Ben Terris (@bterris) January 5, 2018
Early on, at least, positive reviews have far outweighed negative ones – although the conservative-leaning National Review brushed it off as “Much Ado about Nothing New.”
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Michael Wolff of The Hollywood Reporter speaks at the Newseum in Washington in April 2017. The author of an explosive book on President Donald Trump’s administration is the target of a cease and desist letter from Trump’s lawyers. And he’s the focus of a campaign by the president’s allies to cast doubt on the book’s claim that Trump is a reluctant and troubled president. Carolyn Kaster AP
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Union scores $650K win against security, cleaning contractors
Updated Sep 3, 2017 ; Posted Sep 3, 2017
By Karen Yi | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
NEWARK -- Two companies accused of firing workers for union organizing have agreed to pay more than $650,000 in back wages.
The settlements come after years of fighting by Local 32BJ.
Eastern Essential Services agreed to give $600,000 in back pay after it allegedly refused to hire 36 workers when it took over the cleaning contracts for three buildings in North Jersey, union officials said.
A company employee declined comment.
Roman Security, a Newark-based security company, contracted by the Newark Housing Authority, settled with Local 32BJ, SEIU to give $50,000 in back pay to five workers, union officials said.
Under the settlement, the company admitted no wrongdoing. A message left with the company was not returned.
"This settlement agreement isn't just about money; it's about workers' rights," said Kevin Brown, vice president of 32BJ and state director for the Service Employees International Union. "No worker should be illegally fired or denied a job because of their union affiliation."
Kariymah Berrian, 30, said she began working for Roman Security in 2015 but immediately began having trouble cashing her checks.
"There was no money in the account," she said. Berrian said she complained to company officials but was repeatedly told to wait a few more hours or days until the money was in the account. "It was just excuse after excuse."
Berrian, a single mother of three, decided to sign a petition to unionize and fight for her pay. She says she was fired right before Thanksgiving in 2015.
"I kinda feel like they were telling me that I can't unionize," she said.
Brown said when Roman Security took over the contract at another housing authority building, it refused to hire three workers who worked there under a previous vendor because they were union members.
The union filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board. Roman Security settled the case out of court last month though none of the workers were rehired.
Roman Security is owned by Sam Siino, a retired Newark Police Sergeant. The company holds a $1.5 million contract with the housing authority, according to the NHA.
The union also filed charges with the NLRB against Eastern Essential Services. Six months ago, an administrative law judge sided with the union.
This week, 36 janitors picked up their first check in back wages issued by Eastern Essential Services. The money will be paid over four years.
"Their tenacity should inspire us all and serve as a reminder to irresponsible employers that we will do whatever is necessary to fight for workers' rights," Brown said.
The 36 janitors were eventually hired by other contractors who took over cleaning services for two of the three buildings in North Jersey, Brown said.
"It is so gratifying to receive this check today because it's a symbol of our solidarity and perseverance," said Luz Orozco, an office cleaner. "We marched, rallied and leafletted for 14 months and never gave up despite the odds."
Karen Yi may be reached at kyi@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter at @karen_yi or on Facebook.
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DeKalb County History Center Opens Saturday With Smithsonian Exhibit
By Jenna Dooley • May 10, 2019
DeKalb County History Center's Michelle Donahoe
Jenna Dooley
The DeKalb County History Center opens this weekend. It's also the unveiling of a traveling Smithsonian exhibit.
The Smithsonian Museum on Main Street exhibit, "Crossroads: Change in Rural America," will be on display May 11-June 22, 2019.
Michelle Donahoe talks about the features of the new DeKalb County History Center, opening May 11
Michelle Donahoe is the Executive Director of the Center. She says it's an opportunity to connect DeKalb County's roots in rural America.
The themes address the identity of rural living. She says the center issued a call for photos, and some of the local photos and artifacts will be on display near the traveling national exhibit.
"One important part of this exhibit is that we want to make history relevant," Donahoe said. "It's not just stuff that happened 200 years ago."
She says localized elements address solar and wind farms, plus the new ordinances that were passed recently in DeKalb County.
She says there are also materials about Native Americans and their connection to the land, and the discussion of the environmental impact study for a proposed casino complex in Shabbona.
Crown from Kirkland's annual Fourth of July parade
Credit Jenna Dooley
"These are current events, and it's a little bit out of our comfort zone," Donahoe said. "But again, we're making history every day and that's certainly part of what we want to do is make this a safe place to have those discussions."
Another theme of "perseverance" highlights community festivals. Artifacts include a crown from the Kirkland Fourth of July parade, a plaque from the Waterman Lions Summerfest, and items from Sycamore's Pumpkin Festival, and DeKalb's Corn Fest.
Once the traveling exhibit is packed up, more local "treasurers," as Donahoe calls them, will take their place, including the high-wheeled bicycle Wally Thurow rode during the Sycamore Pumpkin Festivals.
Donahoe says another new feature will be tours of the history center given in Spanish on Saturdays.
The center is also the new home of the Joiner History Museum, which was formerly housed in the Sycamore Library.
But Donahoe insists the new center is not "one stop shopping." She says it's more like a sampling of all the history found at the various museums and historical societies scattered around DeKalb County.
"This is a fabulous opportunity for lots of collaboration," Donahoe said.
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To mature the Colibri expression (“hummingbird” in Portuguese), we moved the cachaça back and forth over the years between repurposed oak barrels and amburana (Brazilian teak) barrels. The predominant spices of vanilla and toffee (from the oak) and cinnamon and chestnuts (from the teak) come together in a balanced expression that also includes tropical fruit such as banana and passionfruit but finishes playfully with notes of snickerdoodle.
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Our Colibri expression is aged in American oak and Brazilian teak (amburana) barrels. The amburana tree that is used for aging cachaça (Amburana cearensis) is native to northeastern Brazil. Amburana is a fragrant wood that was used for centuries as a traditional medicine to treat a range of illnesses, from arthritis to respiratory maladies, and is still used today in the perfume industry. Unfortunately, today it is threatened due to deforestation; although amburana is growing in popularity for aging cachaça, it is critical for its future that it be acquired from legal sources. We at Novo Fogo own only two barrels of amburana. Before you buy cachaça aged in Brazilian woods, please ask: was this wood sourced legally?
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We are steadily filling the open spaces on our property with native tree seedlings.
Novo Fogo is a carbon-negative company. Calculating the numbers to make this claim took us two years of research and collaboration with multiple individuals and NGOs that have extensive expertise in this field.
NativeEnergy is our primary partner in these calculations. They are a reputable NGO that we selected after doing a lot of research; we think that the Sierra Club made a persuasive case for why NativeEnergy is legit, so you can take it from them. In addition, we sometimes make carbon offset purchases through NativeEnergy to balance out extracurricular things like the flights of distillery visitors who travel from far away. Through them, we support projects like the Seneca Meadows Landfill in upstate New York, which transforms landfill methane gases into electricity.
The calculations for the carbon absorbtions of our existing and developing forests and cane plantation are more complex. According to Dr. Sílvia Ziller’s survey of the forested areas on our property, she states that:
“These forest remnants are secondary growth, which means at some point in the past these areas were cleared, then the forest grew back. The forest structure varies very little and is mostly composed of two tree stories, the highest trees reaching about 18 meters in some areas, and only 10-12 meters in other areas. The mature Atlantic Forest has four stories and reaches up to 35 meters. Despite their young age, these forest remnants are in good condition and are well-developed. The undergrowth is not dense and is easy to walk through, as the shade is dense. There are many palmito juçara plants (Euterpe edulis) and a high diversity of life forms. This is the ideal environment to receive the seedlings the Un-Endangered Forest project is going to produce, as these are the species that will develop into the mature forest. From a carbon offset standpoint, these forests will be capturing carbon for a long time and may contribute to the carbon neutral goal of Novo Fogo.”
We also depend on the calculations done by a local NGO named Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem (Society for Research on Wildlife, or SVPS). The folks at SVPS in Curitiba have calculated that secondary growth Atlantic Forests in our area sequester between 0.2 and 0.64 tons of carbon per acre per year, depending on the plant density and other factors. If we apply that to the 75 acres of forest on our land, we arrive at a conservative estimate of between 15 and 48 tons of carbon per year absorbed by our growing forests.
Our organic sugarcane fields don’t contribute much to offsetting our carbon footprint, but they offer some important considerations for how an agricultural business like ours can reduce its carbon emissions through its farming practices. First, we farm organically, which means that we don’t buy chemical herbicides or pesticides that caused carbon emissions in their manufacture. Second, we don’t burn our sugarcane fields before harvesting. While standard practice in many sugarcane-harvesting operations in order to remove the leaves and underbrush around the cane stalks, burning sugarcane phytomass emits C02 into the atmosphere. Third, we don’t use diesel harvesting machines; we rely on the talent and hard work of our machete-wielding field team.
As our understanding of the diverse and complex botanical science on our property grows, we will continue to refine our calculations. Even in the absence of exact numbers, we nonetheless think that it’s worth calling attention to the fact that landowners can make a positive impact on the environment by preserving forests in addition to reducing emissions.
These aerial photos taken in 2016 show our distillery and sugarcane field properties. Most of the land we own is blanketed by recovering Atlantic Forest that absorbs carbon from the atmosphere.
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Hollywood Jobs Each year, NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles behind-the-scenes pros who help make the movies happen.
Alexander Payne's The Descendants has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editor and Best Actor. Payne co-wrote and directed the film, which stars George Clooney as an indifferent dad struggling to raise two daughters. Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The Extraordinary, Ordinary Life Of Alexander Payne
February 24, 2012 Life is a collection of "extraordinarily ordinary moments," says the Academy Award-winning director, if only people would "wake up and pay attention to how beautiful it all is." Payne's latest film, The Descendants, puts the power of everyday moments to use, and is nominated for five Oscars.
At the Charles Aidikoff Screening Room on Rodeo Drive, filmmakers can screen their works in progress for an invite-only audience in the small, 57-seat theater. The screening room is also rented to show films to members of the Academy and the press. Cindy Carpien/NPR hide caption
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Private Screening: How Hollywood Watches Its Work
February 23, 2012 Filmmakers rely on private screening rooms to show their unfinished films to invite-only audiences. NPR's Susan Stamberg visits one screening room on Rodeo Drive, run by 97-year-old Charles Aidikoff and his grandson Josh. Four generations of Aidikoffs have worked in the projection business.
Rudolph Valentino once entertained girlfriends (and boyfriends) in Room 1202 of L.A.'s Alexandria Hotel. Location manager Doug Dresser scouted the surreal space a decade ago — and recently took NPR's Susan Stamberg back for a visit. Courtesy Doug Dresser hide caption
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February 25, 2011 Among the earliest production crew members hired on a film, they help directors turn words into pictures — and help manage the chaos of a movie set. For the second of this year's Hollywood Jobs stories, NPR's Susan Stamberg tags along to see the sites.
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Objectively Speaking, It's All About The Prop Master
February 24, 2011 When The Social Network needs 60 vintage computers that work — or Steven Spielberg needs live crabs, and needs them in motion — it's prop masters who move heaven and earth to make it happen. In the first of her annual Hollywood Jobs stories, NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles some of the field's best.
When Atlanta burns in Gone with the Wind, what you're actually seeing is leftover sets from King Kong and The Garden of Allah set aflame in a lot in Culver City, Calif. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hide caption
Long Before Computers, How Movies Made Us Believe
January 27, 2011 Once upon a time, scenery and special effects were crafted entirely by human hands. NPR's Susan Stamberg reveals some of the surprising secrets behind Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dr. Zhivago and other classics.
Belief On The Big Screen: Secrets Of Special Effects
March 5, 2010 A spaceship lands. Humans become avatars. A man in a cape can fly. Special effects have made movies magical for decades. NPR's Susan Stamberg goes backstage to learn how moviemakers frighten, fool and thrill the audience.
"A lot of times when parents are in this industry, they really don't get to see their children," says Charlie Scott III (left). "In the morning, you know, Dad's gonna be there. Like death and taxes." Cindy Carpien/NPR hide caption
How Hollywood Gets Fed: A Lesson In Craft Service
March 4, 2010 Gone are the days when actors brought their own lunches to the set in brown paper bags. It's a full-time job feeding the hundreds — sometimes thousands — of men and women working each day on major films. Susan Stamberg spends a day with craft service — the crew responsible for the snacks that keep moviemakers going during long days of filming.
February 20, 2009 The man behind Charlton Heston's sandals in The Ten Commandments is 91-year-old Willie Rivera, who began making shoes at the age of 13 in Mexico City. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and has dressed the feet of legends such as Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Lily Tomlin and Bill Cosby.
A Movie's Look, From Toilet To Villain's Lair
February 19, 2009 Lighting, props, sets and costumes all contribute to the "look" of a movie — and production designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of Marlene Dietrich, makes sure all those elements integrate seamlessly for a film. He has worked on blockbusters such as The Goonies and A Few Good Men.
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February 22, 2008 NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles the crafts and crew members who keep movies rolling. On the Hotel for Dogs set, she meets the trainers responsible for every bark and wag.
When Continuity Counts, Call a Script Girl — Er, Guy
February 21, 2008 Best boy, key grip: Hollywood's full of oddly named jobs. In an Oscar-season tradition, NPR's Susan Stamberg looks for the stories behind those strange credits. Hint: A script supervisor doesn't just copy the screenplay; it may be the hardest job on the set.
Costume Designer Dips into Hollywood's Closet
February 22, 2007 Hollywood costume designer Julie Weiss has clothed celebrities from Marlon Brando to Demi Moore. She shares some favorite stories, including how she earned an Oscar nomination for her designs in the 2002 film Frida.
How Hollywood Makes Noise
February 20, 2007 They've created the sound effects for more than 200 movies, including World Trade Center and Kill Bill. Jeff Wilhoit and Jim Moriana share some of the tricks of the trade.
An Actor's Best Friend? The Casting Director
March 3, 2006 In the final part of a series on the movie industry, we take a look at the Hollywood job on which so many acting jobs depend: the casting director. Casting directors are on the front line for actors, agents and directors. They must be fans and professionals at the same time.
On the Set: Decoding Film Production Jobs
March 2, 2006 Behind every director is an army of men and women, marshaling dozens of cables, wires and lights. They work away from the spotlight so when the call for "Action!" comes, the cameras can roll. Susan Stamberg zooms in on two of these key offscreen players: the sound mixer and key grip.
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Britain's Chris Froome gestures to a teammate (right) after getting up from his third crash in two days. Froome, who hurt his wrist in Tuesday's fall, has abandoned the race that he won in 2013. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption
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The women of the Afghan National Cycling Federation team train outside Kabul, the capital. They face poor road conditions, terrible traffic, lots of gawking and even threats of violence in pursuit of their sport. Peter Breslow/NPR hide caption
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Afghan Female Cyclists: Breaking Away, And Breaking Taboos
May 2, 2014 There's one women's cycling team in Afghanistan. Free-form traffic and open-mouth stares are just a couple of the things they encounter as they pedal the country's mountainous, potholed roads.
Cyclists negotiate rush hour traffic in central London on Nov. 15. Fourteen London cyclists have died so far this year, all in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption
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Londoners Urged To Cycle, But Commute Can Be Treacherous
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The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency calls Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban "done and dusted." Armstrong is seen here riding in an event in Iowa this year. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images hide caption
World Anti-Doping Leader: Armstrong Needs 'Miracle' To Return
November 12, 2013 The cyclist who was stripped of his Tour de France titles after years of cheating were uncovered says he would testify with "100 percent transparency and honesty" if he is treated fairly, the BBC reported Monday.
The incoming president of the International Cycling Union, Brian Cookson (right), shakes hands earlier this month with Pat McQuaid, the incumbent he defeated. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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September 28, 2013 Britain's Brian Cookson says he will focus on helping cycling recover from years of doping scandals. "I felt I owed it to the cycling world to put an end to the misery that we were all going through," he says.
American cyclist Chris Horner celebrates winning Spain's Vuelta bicycle race Sunday. Anti-doping officials say that Horner, who at 41 is the oldest ever to win one of cycling's top events, was not at the hotel drug testers visited. Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Cycling Team Defends American Chris Horner After Win In Spain
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Race leader Chris Froome of Great Britain finishes Stage 20 of the 2013 Tour de France. The penultimate stage of the Tour put Froome ahead by 5 minutes and practically guarantees he finishes Sunday in Paris in the yellow jersey. John Berry/Getty Images hide caption
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The 100th Tour De France Wraps Up With A Win For The British
July 21, 2013 Organizers feared this year's Tour wouldn't generate the excitement of previous years. Not so.
Riders and bicycles were spread across the road after one of the crashes Saturday during Stage 1 of the Tour de France, which began in Corsica. Joel Saget/pool /EPA/LANDOV hide caption
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Crashes, Chaos During Stage 1 Of Tour De France
June 29, 2013 The pileups were predictable. But a bus getting stuck under an arch at the finish line was not. It was moved out of the way just in time for the first stage of the Tour to be completed. Germany's Marcel Kittel was the leader after Day 1.
The 2013 Tour de France is breaking with several traditions, as it starts with a sprint stage on Corsica Saturday. Here, American Tejay van Garderen, 24, second from left, trains with his team on the island. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption
Tour De France: A Fresh Start For 100th Race?
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At 91, Shoemaker To The Stars Is Still In Business The man behind Charlton Heston's sandals in The Ten Commandments is 91-year-old Willie Rivera, who began making shoes at the age of 13 in Mexico City. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and has dressed the feet of legends such as Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Lily Tomlin and Bill Cosby.
< At 91, Shoemaker To The Stars Is Still In Business
February 20, 200912:35 AM ET
ARI SHAPRIO, host:
Oscar night is this Sunday and every year, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg anticipates the evening by going behind the movie screen to see how they make the magic. Today she visits a shoe shop that has dressed actor's feet for five decades.
(Soundbite of music)
SUSAN STAMBERG: In the beginning, there was "The Ten Commandments," the movie Moses facing the Big Red Sea.
(Soundbite of Movie, "The Ten Commandments")
Mr. CHARLTON HESTON (Actor, as Moses): Behold his mighty hand.
STAMBERG: When Moses parted the waters, an unseen fellow named Willie Rivera was in on the miracle.
Mr. RAUL OJEDA (Store Manager of Willie's Shoe Service): He made the sandals for - what's his name?
STAMBERG: For Charlton Heston?
Mr. OJEDA: Charlton Heston, he made sandals for him.
STAMBERG: Raul Ojeda run's Willie's Shoe Service these days. At 91, Willie likes to go back to Mexico whenever possible. He can leave the shop in Raul's hands because he's trained Raul in all the shoemaking arts. Willie's also told Raul the great old Hollywood stories, like this one, from the early days when Willie was working for Western Costume, a big wardrobe house.
Mr. OJEDA: Fred Astaire was dancing and suddenly his shoe - I believe his right shoe - burst opened and they rushed the shoe over to the shoe department and Willie's boss couldn't figure out how to put it back together and Willie said, give me the shoe. Willie fixes the shoe and they send it back to Mr. Astaire, and he was so impressed with the work that he used Willie later to have some of his personal shoes made.
STAMBERG: Willie made them to precise specifications.
Mr. WILLIE RIVERA (Shoemaker): First I used a one 8 1/2 narrow.
STAMBERG: Willie Rivera, sole mate once to Fred Aistaire.
(Soundbite of music, "I'm Stepping Out With My Baby" performed by Fred Astaire)
Mr. FRED ASTAIRE (Singer): (Singing) I'm stepping out, my dear, to breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks with class…"
STAMBERG: Willie learned shoemaking from the bottom up.
Mr. RIVERA: My grandfather and my uncles were shoemakers.
STAMBERG: When he was ten in Mexico City, Willie's parents asked him what he wanted to do in life.
Mr. RIVERA: So I said, I want to be a shoemaker. And so I started to learn to be a shoemaker when I was 13 years old and ever since, I love my trade, and I'm very happy.
STAMBURG: Willie moved to California as a young man and in 1952 landed a job at Western Costume. Raul says much of movie land's custom work was being done there.
Mr. OJEDA: In those days, the movie business was very big and all of the costumes on the movies were made by tailors and so the shoemakers were tailoring the shoes.
STAMBURG: Willie's job at Western was to make sample shoes, prototypes from designer's drawings. If a sample was approved, the shoe went into production for the film. After four years, Willie decided to open his own shop across the street from Paramount Studios.
Mr. OJEDA: He made big, big business.
STAMBERG: Again, shop manager, Raul Ojeda.
Mr. OJEDA: The very first week after he opened up his door, Paramount switched their account from Western Costume to Willie's.
STAMBERG: And his first major commission was that Charlton Heston epic "The Ten Commandments." Then came a tidal wave of orders. After "Ten Commandments," Willie did boots for more westerns that he can count plus shoes for everyone in the first "Star Trek" film. Willie was busy.
(Soundbite of machines)
STAMBERG: So busy that he moved to a bigger space in Hollywood, on Cahuenga Boulevard. The back of Willie's Shoe Service looks like a launch pad for the industrial revolution - ancient, grimy machinery for sanding, hammering, stretching and gluing. And, of course, shoes: five-inch stiletto heels, black-studded leather boots. The front room is lined with framed 8 x 10 glossies of famous customers, all autographed to Willie - from Lily Tomlin, Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Bing Crosby. Behind the counter, Raul takes the orders for shoes and other leather things.
Ms. TRACEY WHITE (Assistant Designer, "The Closer"): I have these two belts, we want to match the medium to the small.
STAMBERG: Tracey White is an assistant designer on TNT's show "The Closer." The belts are for the star Kyra Sedgwick and it's a rush job.
Mr. OJEDA: Okay, so we should have these ready by 5:00 PM
Ms. WHITE: That's great.
Mr. OJEDA: Yeah. No problem.
STAMBERG: These days they do lots of work for television as well as movies, but rather than making shoes from scratch as they did in the old days, Willie's Shoe Service does alterations on ready-made shoes - tailoring them for a particular film. It's cheaper for Hollywood designers that way. They've altered shoes for "Iron Man," "Walk Hard," the title alone could bring more to Willie's, and they just modified some vintage 1930s shoes for the forthcoming film, "Public Enemies," Johnny Depp as gangster John Dillinger. The designer for that one phoned Raul from Chicago. The movie needed a lot of work done as soon possible.
Mr. OJEDA: So they Fed Ex'd 70 pairs of shoes from Chicago. We finished everything the next day in the morning and we Fed Ex'd them back.
STAMBERG: In one day?
Mr. OJEDA: In one day.
STAMBERG: In addition to rush jobs, they still do some time consuming made-to-measure custom work at Willie's. Raul says some of the custom customers are less movie stars and more movie buffs.
Mr. OJEDA: There's some Star-Trekkie people, I don't know how to call them, it's a group of fans.
STAMBERG: Yeah.
Mr. OJEDA: They learned that we made the original shoes for "Star Trek" and they wanted new ones made exactly like them. We charged them $800.00, which was a heck of a deal. I think they were happy.
STAMBERG: Another Willie's customer is neither movie star nor buff. Who's shoes are these?
Mr. SALVADOR AMROCIA(ph) (Employee) : These for Jesse Jackson.
STAMBERG: This is Salvador Amrocia, one of the shop's four employees. Jesse Jackson's shoes?
Mr. AMOROCIA: Yeah, yeah.
STAMBERG: Wow, three pairs.
Mr. AMOROCIA: I made four pair for him.
STAMBERG: The Reverend Jesse Jackson phones in his order. The shop has a wooden model of his foot, size 12 1/2. Raul says they've made more than 20 pairs of shoes for Jackson over the years.
Unidentified Woman: Hi.
Mr. OJEDA: Hi.
Unidentified Woman: I have these…
STAMBERG: But you don't have to be famous to have work done at Willie's. Lots of locals come too. The locals are loyal. Why do you come here?
STAMBERG: Because they're the best. They were on vacation recently and I just didn't get anything done.
STAMBERG: Once upon a time in the golden old days, movies could order a pair of custom made shoes that might withstand 40 years of wondering in the desert with a little touch up repair from decade to decade. Today in Hollywood, the trek is more from studio to the car. But when movies need to put an actor in someone else's shoes, they count on Willie's to do the job.
Mr. CHARLTON HESTON (Actor, as voice of God): Who is this?
Mr. CHARLTON HESTON (Actor, as Moses): I am here.
Mr. CHARLTON HESTON (as voice of God): What are thy shoes amongst thy feet?
STAMBERG: I'm Susan Stamberg, NPR news.
Mr. CHARLTON HESTON (Actor, as Moses): Go, proclaim liberties throughout all the lands onto all the inhabitants there are.
SHAPIRO: Willie's Shoe Service and Raul are awaiting your visit at npr.org. This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Ari Shaprio.
And I'm Steve Inskeep.
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Corruption cases against me are "baseless": Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad, Feb 23: Pakistan's ousted premier Nawaz Sharif said it was slowly becoming clear that the corruption cases filed against him were "baseless" as he appeared before an anti-graft court for 19th time to face trial in the graft cases linked to the Panama Papers scandal.
The 67-year-old Sharif, who was disqualified as PML-N chief by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, appeared before the the Accountability Court here along with his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar, who are co-accused in one of the three cases.
The court recorded evidence of two witnesses including forensic expert Robert Radley and Raja Akhtar of the London-based firm Quist law through video-link. National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had provided their names in the supplementary evidence which the court accepted by rejecting objections of the defence team. Radley's recording of evidence began yesterday and was concluded today after he was cross-examined by Sharifs counsel Khawaja Harris. Akhtar also recorded his statement.
Talking to reporters after the hearing, Sharif said there was nothing in the case and the statement of Radley had strengthened the argument of defence lawyers. "You (journalists) must have a fair idea whether our stance has been strengthened or that of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT)," Sharif said.
JIT, whose lengthy probe last year led the Supreme Court to order start of corruption cases against Sharif and his family, was led by Wajid Zia. "We are getting answers to the JIT's questions that are slowly coming forward, and people are realising now that the cases are baseless," Sharif said. He also lashed out at the courts, saying after removing him as prime minister and president of his party "there will be another decision soon to ban him from taking part in elections for life".
Sharif's daughter took to social media and stated that Radley's statement was a "watershed" moment in the case. "I was waiting for the day. I knew the witness they were banking on would be their watershed. I knew he could not lie. I had faith in Allah," she tweeted. A five-member bench of the Supreme Court on July 28 had disqualified Sharif over his undeclared income.
The apex court also directed the NAB to file cases against him, and his children in the Accountability Court and directed the trial court to decide the cases within six months. The NAB had filed three cases on September 8 against Sharif and his family, and another case against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. The three cases against the Sharifs are related to the Flagship Investment Ltd, the Avenfield (London) properties and Jeddah-based Al-Azizia Company and Hill Metal Establishment.
Maryam and her husband are accused in the Avenfield properties case. The political future of Sharif, who leads the country's most powerful political family, has been hanging in balance since his disqualification. If convicted, Sharif could be jailed. Sharif's family alleges that the cases are politically motivated.
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All eyes were on the skies Sunday evening, when the full lunar eclipse bathed the moon in a reddish-orange glow.
Grace Lee reports.
From Havana to LA, eyes were on the skies Sunday (January 20) evening for a spooky spectacle: A rare, Super Blood Wolf Moon.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ASTRONOMY LECTURER, DR DAVID REITZEL, SAYING: "We have a super moon because it's full and close to the earth.
It's a wolf moon because it's a January full moon and it's a blood moon because it's a total eclipse so we have a super wolf blood moon eclipse according to some folks.
I just like it because it's a lunar eclipse and it's fun to watch." In California, the full lunar eclipse appeared shortly after 9 PM, bathing the moon in a rusty red glow.
More than 1500 people gathered at LA's Griffith Observatory hoping to catch a glimpse.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRAD MORTENSEN FROM PHILADELPHIA, SAYING: "Oh it's very unique it happens very infrequently and to get a great viewing like this is just wonderful." The reddish color is from rays of sunlight passing through Earth's polluted atmosphere, as the moon falls into our planet's shadow.
That why it's a 'blood' moon.
It's super because its hit a point in orbit- that puts it close to earth so it appears bigger.
The wolf part is less obvious.
Americans called a full moon in January a wolf moon, because of wolves that would howl in hunger outside villages in winter.
At least that's according to The Farmers Almanac.
Sunday's eclipse was visible to the naked eye, wherever the skies were clear.
The best viewing of the one-hour show was from North and South America.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ANDREW CREW FROM INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA, SAYING: "Oh it's just wonderful." But in all, about 2.8 billion people were in its path from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, West Africa to northernmost Russia.
The next chance for Americans to see a total lunar eclipse is 2022.
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