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Analysis: Intel, AMD end a bitter business and technical battle
Intel still faces legal issues, but AMD can now move ahead
Patrick Thibodeau (Computerworld (US)) 13 November, 2009 07:56
Impact Systems Technology
Mittoni
The settlement reached today by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel may not simply resolve some of the business issues the two companies have had; it might even encourage them to cooperate on some shared technical issues, say analysts. In fact, Intel's $1.25 billion payment to AMD may, in the end, turn out to be only a small part of what the accord delivers.
Until now, the relations between AMD and Intel have often dripped with hostility as the two chip makers fought on both a business and technical level, at least according to AMD's allegations. AMD had charged that Intel designed its compiler "purposely to degrade" an application's performance when it ran on an AMD platform. Intel denied that charge.
During a conference call earlier today, AMD chief legal counsel Tom McCoy said the settlement covers certain technical practices, and he cited the compilers in particular. McCoy noted that the agreement will keep Intel from artificially impairing its products.
In seeking these technical agreements, AMD wasn't looking for Intel's help, said McCoy. "Intel has no obligation to help us; they have an obligation not to do things that are simply designed to hurt us," he said.
But AMD and Intel may find it advantageous to help each other, said Martin Reynolds, an analyst at Gartner Inc. He believes that the settlement will lead to improved cooperation between Intel and AMD on x86 platform issues and faster advancement of virtualization improvements on this shared architecture.
Virtualization is still relatively inefficient when it comes to I/O, said Reynolds. With that in mind, "a common standard that makes virtualization more efficient at the I/O level would move it forward," Reynolds said.
The two companies have an incentive to make the x86 platform as attractive as possible, particularly as vendors try to convince customers to upgrade as the economy recovers from its deep dive.
"Both companies had incentives to settle," said Shane Rau, an analyst at IDC. The PC and server markets are starting to recover "and getting this lawsuit out of the way now removes that distraction."
AMD gains the most, say analysts, because it can focus on its product line rather than trying to navigate whatever obstacle course it believes Intel set before it.
"It sounds like AMD will now be able to get its products to its customers and they will be free to introduce those products gated only the by ability of AMD and its partners to execute," said Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at Insight64 in Saratoga, Calif.
Intel still faces a new antitrust case filed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and a probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Neither is expected to be affected by the Intel-AMD deal.
Michael Salinger, a former director of the FTC's Bureau of Economics and now a finance professor of Boston University School of Management, said the AMD settlement is unlikely to have any bearing on the FTC investigation.
"Ultimately, what the antitrust authorities care about is consumers, so peace between competitors doesn't necessarily resolve the antitrust issues," said Salinger.
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Metal Industry Kuusakoski Oy
Novi keeps the recycling running
size of maintenance organization
of the collected material goes to recycling
The Kuusakoski recycling plant has been developed to handle huge amounts of metal, plastics, rubber and electrical equipment. The ARROW Novi Maintenance System helps the Kuusakoski maintenance team to keep the machines running.
The Heinola plant became a part of Kuusakoski in the 1970s. Later, it developed into the centre of the company’s operations in Finland. The car crusher, sink and float station, aluminium foundry and electronic scrap processing, amongst others, are located in the Heinola plant. The plant employs nearly 200 people including the contractors working in the area.
There are plenty of devices and machines at the large factory. According to Maintenance Manager Jani Oravala and Purchasing Manager Lasse Leinonen, there are approximately 900 larger sets of machines in use in Heinola. One set of machines includes, for example, the car scrap conveyor which entails the conveyor belts, rollers and gear motor. The daily maintenance and repair is taken care of by the company’s own maintenance organisation of 14 people. The mechanics work in three shifts the same way as the production staff. During larger maintenance breaks the maintenance team is reinforced by external contractors.
Novi enhances maintenance management
Kuusakoski acquired their first proper maintenance system as a tool for the maintenance group at the end of the 1990s. Over the years, the system fell behind and ran its course due to usability issues. Thus, the company started to look for a new maintenance system. After careful comparisons, ARROW Novi proved to be the most suitable system for the company’s needs. The browser-based system and visual properties were the deciding factor.
The data in the old maintenance system needed updating which delayed the work: the log cards had to be updated before transferring them to the new system. Oravala and Leinonen both say that changing systems was rather effortless. The specifications were transferred to the new system in one run and the expenses of the system project stayed within agreed limits.
– We didn’t even try to take all the features in use at once. The most important thing for us was to be able to start utilising the fault signals and so that is what we invested in at the beginning. Now we are currently preparing for the introduction of the maintenance system, Leinonen explains.
The cloud-based Novi system can be used on fixed work stations, laptops and mobile devices. The user-friendly system has been received well at the plant and already during the first operating months its utilisation rate has increased substantially.
– It can be said that almost 100 per cent of the fault signals given by the operators and the production staff come through the system. The change has been significant because before the fault signals were given through any communication channel. The information was scattered and no data about the fault history was recorded, Oravala says.
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POSE: Co-creator Steven Canals and co-executive producer Janet Mock chat Season 2 – Exclusive Interview
In its second season (it’s already been renewed for a third), FX’s Networks’ POSE, on Tuesday nights, moves into the ‘90s. We are still in the New York ballroom scene, where gay and trans people, mostly of color, gather in found family groupings and compete at balls. AIDS activism is now on many people’s minds; two main characters, House of Evangelista mother Blanca (Mj Rodriguez) and ball emcee Pray Tell (Billy Porter), have been diagnosed with HIV. Additionally, the mainstream is starting to co-opt ballroom style and culture without attribution, which makes for a lot of mixed emotions. Executive producer […]Read On »
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Downton Abbey Online Pokies
A Feature-Filled Pokie Based on the Popular British TV Show
Downton Abbey first hit the TV screens back in 2010 and ran for a total of six series. Based in the early 20th century, the show depicted the lives of the aristocratic Crawley Family (making this an Aristocrat pokie about Aristocrats!) and their team of domestic servants. The much-acclaimed show would win both Golden Globe and Emmy awards in its successful run which came to an end on Christmas Day in 2015. Now the much-loved show has made its way onto the casino floor, featuring many of your favourite characters and bonus rounds based on highlights of the series.
Why Venture to Downton Abbey in the Casino?
This TV-based live casino slot is a fine representation of the show, with the following variety of features:
Two distinct reel sets featuring 5×3 and 5×4 set ups in the base game.
Five progressive jackpot prizes.
A central bonus feature which will activate one of five further games.
Feature games include bonus wheels, free spins, added wilds and recipes to make.
PLAY Downton Abbey
Triggering the Downton Abbey Bonus Features
During the base game you’ll be looking out for the bell symbol which will activate the main bonus feature of the game. This bell symbol can appear stacked and three bells on the same reel will turn wild. Additionally, landing a bell on reels 1, 3 and 5 on the same spin will see the bonus feature begin.
You’ll now be taken to a second screen showing a huge selection of bells. You’ll choose one, which will now reveal which of the bonus games you’ll enjoy.
Your Choice of Bonus Games
The ‘Wheels of Wealth’ bonus round is an enjoyable one. You’ll begin with just a single spinning wheel, but from this wheel you can unlock further wheels above the base one by landing on the unlock segment. One spin will see all the wheels spin simultaneously, meaning a big prize could be yours if you unlock all 4. In addition, you can win additional spins and having unlocked all four wheels, even added multipliers.
Another enjoyable bonus feature is Mrs. Patmore’s Kitchen. This is effectively a free spins bonus round, where you’ll now play a 3-reel set up with a whole new selection of kitchen-based symbols. Your aim in this feature is to put together ingredients of a recipe by landing the symbols on the reels. Every time you complete a meal you’ll receive a cash boost, as well as an additional spin. The more recipes you complete, the higher the rewards become.
Downton Romance gives you a choice of 10 ‘servant’ free spins, or 5 ‘noble free spins’, with extended reels. Play with those wilds and you can see a whole streak of wilds appear. Other features include the Christmas Downton Bonus and the Progressive Wheel Bonus, where the jackpot pay outs can be yours.
The Rich List – The Downton Abbey Pokie Base Game
The base game of this Aristocrat designed pokie plays out on a pair of reel sets – a 5×3 set up in the bottom half of the screen and a 5×4 set up in the upper half. While the two are separated, land the bonus symbols on either and you’ll enter the feature.
On the reels are many of the familiar characters from the show including iconic symbols such as a servant’s white gloves or a set of brushes. An image of Downton Abbey acts as the wild symbol and will substitute for any other symbol apart from the bonus.
Life in the Abbey – Downton Abbey Design
For a pokie set over a century ago, Downton Abbey has a modern design, playing out on a huge double curved LCD screen. Throughout the game you’ll see imagery and video clips from the show, while each of the bonus features enjoys fantastic visuals based on the more iconic moments from the series. Throughout the game play you’ll hear the distinctive Downton Abbey soundtrack, which does a fine job of transporting you to the era.
Will Your Bankroll be a Little More ‘Noble’ After Playing Downton Abbey?
While a period drama might not seem the most up-to-date theme for a pokie on the casino floor, this game might surprise you. The base game has an expanded set up and the game then comes to life when you enter the bonus feature. The five different bonus games are all excellent and with such variety, you’ll want to come back and play this gambling machine again and again. Get lucky and win the largest progressive jackpot and you might be able to afford a Downton Abbey of your own.
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BATTLE OF THE JUNK YARD DOGS!
Hammers at 30 paces! Which machine will survive? We will report it here LIVE! and direct from the ABANA conference in Asheville, NC! EC-JYH Supplement
NOW an OFFICIAL ABANA EVENT to be held Saturday, June 20th!
West Coast JYH
Built from a six cylinder engine, RR rail and assorted junk. Designed and built by Grant Sarver. This low budget machine cost less than $200 to build. The guru says its going to trash itself! East Coast JYH
Built from an auto rear axle, RR rail and assorted junk. Designed and built by Jock Dempsey the anvilfire guru. Cost unknown but its going to have to be cheap! The opposition says the shock linkage won't work.
Joshua Greenwood Josh Greenwood to demonstrate the East Coast JYH! One of the top architectural blacksmiths in the U.S. He was the 1984 recipient of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Craftsman's award for "Outstanding Work in Architectural Metal". He has three railings in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC and is a graduate of Stanford University. Currently Josh is developing hydropower projects but still works in his blacksmith shop often. Josh testing the EC-JYH!
What is a JYH? - A Junk Yard Hammer. The idea started during a discussion on another blacksmith's forum about building your own power hammer. Grant Sarver came up with the name and Jim "Paw Paw" Wilson coined the term JYH. Grant Sarver and myself set about defining . . . continued LIVE! From Asheville? Well, as live as we can over the net without a satelite uplink! Several times a day during the ABANA convention we will upload images and text to this page. In the evenings we will host live chat sessions. If you can't be there this will be the next best thing and you won't have to wait months for a newsletter!
May 1st / June 12th, 1998 - Print and distribute. Copyright ©1998 Jock Dempsey
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Making headlines by making an impact.
Anam Partners with Apigate
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 8th 2019
Anam is delighted to announce its partnership with Apigate, a new-breed Application Programming Interface (API) platform that connects a world class ecosystem to enable businesses to scale digitally. The partnership delivers a highly accessible and secured messaging platform for both enterprises and mobile operators.
Anam Asia is hugely excited about the news since both companies are based in Kuala Lumpur and the proximity has facilitated evolution of a partnership with shared ambitious growth plans. “Anam is an ideal match for a fast growing company like Apigate” says Zoran Vasiljev, CEO of Apigate. “They are an independent messaging firewall and monetization partner well positioned to scale at a similar pace. Anam already has a strong global presence, proven technology and services as well as established monetization relationships with leading MNO’s and group carriers”.
Set up in 2017, Apigate is already one of the fastest growing global API platform and connectivity provider driven by recent huge increase in enterprise to subscriber messaging traffic. Originally conceptualized as an in-house business unit supporting the Axiata Group, Apigate has evolved into a global company with a footprint of 3.5 billion customers across 110 operators.
Welcoming the news, Anam Asia CEO Conor Devine sees the partnership as a “very strong endorsement of Anam’s reputation for A2P monetization and the company’s growing foothold in the Asia region. We are a great fit for Apigate, having ready capability in place to deliver on their requirements; the partnership offers huge potential for us both”. Anam established its representative office in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 on the back of a major local contract and set about further business development and providing extended operational support in Asia. Anam Asia Headquarters are in located in Kuala Lumpur, with regional presence points in Vietnam & Pakistan, serving 10+ customers in Cambodia, Macau, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam Pakistan, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Anam Asia’s board of directors includes local Malaysian businessman Tan Sri Razali Executive Chairman of Peremba (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, previously major shareholder in Irish engineering firm Kentz which was acquired for Can$2.1 billion in 2014. Also on the board is Brendan Lyons, who has 25 years of international experience of the Middle East and Asia, having served as Ireland’s Ambassador in Riyadh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hanoi.
News of the partnership was made in Kuala Lumpur where Anam Asia is proudly hosting the prestigious GSMA WAS#9 Mobile Operator Summit from 8-11th April 2019. Over 1200 senior level executive, representing 300 Global Mobile Operators across 150 countries, are attending this global 4-day industry event.
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STRAIGHT ARROWS - ON TOP (LP / CD)
LP - £17.99 CD - £11.99
RELEASE DATE: 2ND NOVEMBER 2018
New album from Sydney’s fuzzed out, psychedelic punk quartet STRAIGHT ARROWS.
Overflowing with unbridled energy, you’d be forgiven for thinking On Top was the band’s debut album, but the third record for the Sydney quartet sounds as vital and as exciting as ever. Having spent years touring their incendiary live show around Australia and the world, Straight Arrows have honed their fresh, reverb-laden, fuzzed out, psychedelic punk sound into pointed perfection with On Top. From the frantic buzzsaw of “Nothing To Me”, to the break-beat groove of “21st Century”, to the tender outsider folk of “Dead Weight”, to the mind-melting psych-out that is “Buried Again”, this is the sound of a band that isn’t short on ideas and isn’t afraid to push the envelope of what people expect a Straight Arrows record to be.
“Nothing's more boring than a bunch of the same guitar bullshit over and over again. We’ve taken the guitar bullshit, made it occasionally a little faster, and sometimes even a little slower too,” says vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter Owen Penglis with a cheeky grin.
Clearly he and his bandmates have cast a wider sonic net this time around, largely influenced by Penglis’ love of crate digging and his vast musical knowledge of the detritus of pop culture’s past. “Over the writing of this thing I was listening to a lot of 60s and 70s private press LPs from the USA, weird bubblegum, private press 45s from Australia, and a whole heap of 60s Jamaican rocksteady singles. Al (Grigg guitar/vocals) reckons 'Gun Man' sounds a little rocksteady-ish, but I think he’s wrong and it’d be embarrassing for a bunch of Australians to attempt these sounds.”
Much like everything else they’ve done, On Top was completely created on their own terms. Produced and mixed by Penglis himself, the album seems to be more direct than the band’s previous efforts, bringing a clarity to their sound without losing any of the ramshackle charm that has earnt Straight Arrows a worldwide cult following. This aural evolution is something that has happened more by chance than by any conscious choice. “As a group of gifted amateurs it sometimes happens that through repetition and long tours we've improved at our craft, despite our best efforts to the contrary,” laughs Penglis.
Released in the Northern Hemisphere by Agitated / Forte Distribution in November, On Top is the riveting next episode in the ongoing Straight Arrows saga.“The first album is It’s Happening, the second is Rising, so it only makes sense by this point that we'd eventually make it On Top!!” says Penglis. “Plus it’s WAY more flattering than 'Peaked'.”
01. Nothing To Me
02. 21st Century
03. Gun Man
04. Bound To Lose
05. Out And Down
06. The One
07. I Don't
08. Headache
09. Buried Again
10. Turpentine
11. Deadweight
'Straight Arrows: the fuzziest, most catchiest, escapist, good-times vending, rapscallion trampoline shiners this side of the Murray River' - John Dwyer (Oh Sees/Damaged Bug)
'A new Straight Arrows record is always something to look forward to. What a great band.' Henry Rollins
Straight Arrows - Another Day in the City 7"
Straight Arrows - 21st Century / Cyber Bully 7"
THE AINTS! - THE CHURCH OF SIMULTANEOUS EXISTENCE (LP / CD)
LAST OF THE EASY RIDERS - UNTO THE EARTH CD / LP
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Chimney House by dekleva gregorič architects
Houses (private)
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Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti
The design of the house is primarily based on the rules of local architecture. It respects the morphology of the traditional built context, referring to the prevailing gabled roof type of the house and respecting its volumetric and material parameters. On the other hand the Chimney house marks typological transformation generated by the users’ specificity.
The kitchen, with a multifunctional wood stove, plays the vital role in the private and social life of a couple living in the countryside. Stove’s centrally positioned chimney determines the concept of the house informing the centrally aligned layout of spaces within the specific cross-section of the house. The ridge of the roof is pushed apart creating a continuous skylight running throughout the house’s linear volume and providing top light for all the crucial spaces.
© Flavio Coddou
Positioned on the borderline of the village it clearly relates to the adjacent wooden barn with the dark wooden materiality, but with the new distinctive volumetric identity moves deliberately away from its vernacular neighbour and curiously associates with the nearby 16th century church creating a dialogue between the two.
Oiled larch boards completely define the materiality of the outside relating to the traditional finish of the vernacular barn. Deliberate secondary wooden roof cladding provides the continuity of the dark wooden materiality of the facade cladding. The building’s envelope is developed as a thick wall integrating multiple storage spaces, secondary kitchen, and small ‘inhabitable’ window niches that carefully curate incoming light and expanding views to the surroundings. Interactive capabilities allow for an array of activities. Material definition of the interior responds to haptic abilities of inhabitants: oiled oak is used for all the surfaces that can be reached and touched by the human body, whereas the structure of the roof is in reinforced concrete showing the imprint of the wooden formwork that provides for the continuity of the texture of interior envelope.
Rising the gaze, starting from the material inner envelope and moving towards the zenith, one can discover and observe ever changing condition of the sky that becomes part of everyday life in the house.
Extract from the essay ‘Transformed Archetype’ by Jure Grohar:
author of the essay: Jure Grohar; published in Home by dekleva gregorič architects – Ljubljana: Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), 2016 // p.134-137
“In The Chimney House, one could easily find references to the Slovene vernacular and critical regionalist modern architecture, local craftsmanship etc. But these references aren’t as essential, as the most interesting question that poses itself is how a single archetypal architectural element became the central theme of the house and how this influenced the spatial concept, perception and the volumetric articulation of the object.
Architecture is often ‘separated’ into architectural and technical components, the technical aspect of which is usually understood as a banal necessity, or even an obstacle in expressing a ‘clean’ architectural idea. In this case the ‘technical’ aspect becomes the challenge and one of the most important bases of the project. Historically, the chimney is one of the first technological elements which appeared in architecture, along with the fireplace – the source of warmth, light and food preparation became the centre of the home. The chimney with its ‘fireplace’ gives meaning, in an archaic way, to the kitchen and dining area – the central dwelling space. … The volume of the house is, in a way, of an archetypal shape, transformed by the outline of the chimney.”
Photos © Flavio Coddou
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Axellium Newsletter – February 2015
Judging by the number of articles published to-date on the topic, 2016 promises to be the year of process improvement. As February comes to a close, much is being written about how to align and improve processes, organizations, technologies and objectives.
We've selected a few samples ranging from personal tips to full scale enterprise perspectives, starting with mastering Excel and dealing with email volume, all the way to implementing continuous improvement and bridging cultural differences.
In any business, a number of improvements can generally be made up and down the value chain, none too big or too small to be considered. One of the challenges is to sort through the opportunities, and pick the ones that will have the most favorable impact when deployed at scale. While there is no "I" in team as the saying goes, Arnold H. Glasow did say that "Improvement begins with "I"." Indeed it has to start somewhere.
Happy readings.
The Axellium Team.
5 Barriers to Continuous Improvement
by Ýr Gunnarsdóttir, Contributor, Process Excellence Network
Continuous improvement is increasingly being touted as a competitive differentiator, but all too often companies are their own worst enemies, writes contributor Ýr Gunnarsdóttir. Here are the main barriers to continuous improvement. Read more…
5 keys to bridging cultural differences
by Patrick Boulard Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Axellium
Having spent many years of my career in global positions, working with and managing multi-cultural teams, I wanted to share some of the lessons I learned about culture, and how you can improve your chances to make cultural differences work for you. Read more...
Economy affecting career confidence for millennials
By Stephanie Overby, CIO.com and CIO magazine contributor
Young people in emerging economies possess a brighter outlook toward their technology prowess and job opportunities than those in developed countries, according to a report by IT outsourcing provider Infosys. Read more…
By Cal Newport, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University
A century ago, the Pullman Company came up with an ingenious solution to help brass workers do their jobs without distraction. How could the same principles apply to challenges and distractions faced by today's office workers when dealing with email overload? Read more...
7 handy Excel tricks to impress your boss
By Carly Stec, Staff Writer, HubSpot Marketing and Agency Blogs
To help you master some impressive Excel tricks, check out the infographic below from Microsoft Training. Whether you're looking to visually summarize data, highlight specific values, or calculate for seasonality, these instructions will help get you ramped up. Read more...
How to win the war for IT talent
By Sharon Florentine, Senior Writer, CIO.com
The battle to hire IT professionals is only going to get more brutal in 2016. Even IT heavyweights are struggling to find IT talent and are exploring unorthodox methods for sourcing and screening. Read more...
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Martin: "A great weekend to be involved in football"
Manager relishing action-packed weekend with two games in three days.
Martin Allen says that this is ‘a great weekend to be involved in football’, as Barnet prepare for two games in three days over the Easter period looking to maintain their position at the top of the Vanarama Conference table.
Speaking ahead of the game, the manager said that it has been a productive week following the disappointment of conceding a late equaliser against Alfreton Town last time out, and that his team are now ready to go again ahead of an important weekend with six points up for grabs in just three days:
“Let’s not hide from the facts – there is no doubt that it was a bitterly disappointing end to the game. After looking at the DVD of the game, they had one shot on our goal.
“But our players are resilient - they have been prepared to expect setbacks. We have trained to have setbacks and how you cope and how you deal with those tricky days and tricky runs – we have practised it and worked on it all season.
“You can’t dwell on it, you have got to try and learn from it and try and make yourself better at it. I would say that last Saturday is gone; we covered all that on Tuesday. Now it is full steam ahead with two games in two days and a local derby on Monday against Dartford.”
With both of their next opponents in Nuneaton Town and Dartford currently finding themselves in the relegation zone Martin is expecting two tough games over the weekend, but after a good week of preparation is adamant that his players only need worry about their own performance:
“We have seen throughout this season and over my years here at Barnet that the teams nearer the bottom sometimes find a bit extra when they are fighting for their lives.
“I went to watch Dartford on Tuesday night so I know all about them.
“At Nuneaton Liam Daish has found a bit extra with those players, brought in some very good loan players and put them into a good unit. They are a different team to what we played earlier in the season and have had some good results recently but let’s not focus on them.
“Everybody has just got to keep giving it their best. Our players train hard, they work hard, they are good professionals and I think all of us are really looking forward to the game on Saturday afternoon. Charlie is fit now, he trained very hard on Tuesday and I think everybody else is fit as well so we are just about ready to go.
“As we speak now on Thursday morning I have picked the team, the training is all sorted out for Thursday and Friday ready for Saturday and everything is in place now for training on Sunday and our preparations straight after the game for Monday.
“Let’s concentrate on us playing well. We have got a good team to play on Saturday, an exciting team, and we have got good players that can get it down and play and play some great stuff - some great football.”
With two of Barnet’s final five games of the season to come over an action-packed weekend, Martin finished by talking of his excitement at this time of year and his belief that the Bee Army can play their part as the Bees look to get off to a winning start at The Hive on Saturday with the creation of a brand new signing section:
“This weekend is always a big weekend in football. I love the two games in three days. Apparently it is Easter this weekend, but that doesn’t interest me one little bit. We will all be in training on Sunday morning and getting ourselves ready to go again on Monday.
“It is a great weekend in the football calendar and exciting for the players and exciting for the supporters and me personally I just absolutely love it, it is a great three days to be involved in football.
“I am sure that all the people within that section will do as they have done all season to be fair. The supporters have all showed great passion, great commitment and great courage when we haven’t played well – because sometimes we have been pants, let’s face it.
“My job is to get the players to play as best as they can and get them to enjoy playing. If the players do their bit and I do my bit then I am sure that Block B will most definitely play their role.”
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Global investments in building the hydrogen economy cost more than $3.4 billion in 2014, and they are expected to approach $4.8 billion in 2015 and $21.8 billion by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.5% from 2015 to 2020.
Report Includes
An overview of the global Hydrogen economy with regard to technology and opportunities.
Analyses of global market trends, with data from 2014, 2015, and projections of CAGRs through 2020.
Comprehensive descriptions of key enabling technologies used in the production, storage, and distribution of hydrogen, its conversion to other forms of energy or direct consumption as a fuel, and miscellaneous other types of hydrogen-related technology such as hydrogen sensors.
A look at challenges that must be overcome to reach commercialization potential.
Evaluations of government programs and policies in support of the hydrogen economy.
Coverage of the market's dynamics, specifically growth drivers, inhibitors, and opportunities.
Relevant patent analysis.
Profiles of major players in the industry.
The report covers the global market for technologies used in the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen; its conversion to other forms of energy or direct consumption as a fuel; and miscellaneous other types of hydrogen-related technology, such as hydrogen sensors.
The study format includes:
Executive summary.
Key enabling technologies for the hydrogen economy, as well as their commercial or developmental status.
Developments that will influence commercial prospects and demand for hydrogen technologies.
Hydrogen technology market projections through 2015.
Key patents.
Government programs and policies in support of the hydrogen economy.
Technology vendor profiles.
Analyst Credentials
Andrew McWilliams spent more than 25 years as a consultant with Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Company and A.T. Kearny focused on manufacturing before segueing into research analysis. He has been covering myriad technology categories for BCC Research for more than 15 years. McWilliams has a BA from Princeton University and an MA from Harvard University. He has worked in more than 40 countries and he resides in the greater Boston area.
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Table Summary : GLOBAL HYDROGEN PLANT AND EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS, THROUGH 2020
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AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC.
ALCHEMIX CORP
AMMINEX A/S
AVALENCE LLC
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG
CERAMATEC
DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CORP
EPRIDA TECHNOLOGIES
ERGENICS
ETUDES CHEMIQUES ET PHYSIQUES SARL
FOSTER WHEELER CORP.
FUEL CELL ENERGY INC.
H2GEN INNOVATIONS INC.
H2SCAN
HALDOR TOPSOE A/S
HCE LLC
HTC PURENERGY
HY9 CORP.
HYDROGENICS CORP.
INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
INNOVATEK INC.
LINDE AG
LUXFER GROUP LTD.
MAGNA STEYR AG & CO. KG
MAKEL ENGINEERING INC.
MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH INC.
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH INC.
MERITOR INC.
MO-SCI CORP.
NANOMIX INC.
PLUG POWER LLC
PROTON ONSITE
QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC.
SECAT INC.
SOTACARBO S.P.A.
TECHNIP SA
UHDE GMBH
WELDSHIP CORP.
XEBEC INC.
ZTEK COR
Published - May-2010| Analyst - Andrew McWilliams| Code - EGY055B
Global investments in building the hydrogen economy cost nearly $2 billion in 2009, and are expected to rise to exceed $2.2 billion in 2010, approaching $5.4 billion by 2015. These figures represent a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.3% over the next 5 years.
Technologies for converting hydrogen to energy, particularly fuel cells, but also hydrogen internal-combustion engines and turbines in the out-years, account for the bulk of the market: $1.1 billion (56.9%) in 2009, increasing to $3.7 billion (69%) in 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.2%.
Hydrogen production technologies, while increasing in value, are expected to lose market share, i.e., from $608 million (30.7%) in 2009 to $1.1 billion (20.7%) in 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5%.
Published - Jun-2007| Analyst - Andrew McWilliams| Code - EGY055A
Global investments in building the hydrogen economy cost over $1.3 billion in 2006 and are expected to rise to nearly $1.7 billion in 2007 and $5.5 billion in 2012. These figures represent a CAGR of 27.0% over the next 5 years.
Technologies for converting hydrogen to energy, particularly fuel cells but also hydrogen internal combustion engines and turbines in the out-years, account for the bulk of the market: 78% in 2006 to 2007, declining somewhat to 76% in 2012.
Hydrogen storage and distribution technologies are also expected to lose market share (i.e., from 5.5% in 2006 to 3.9% in 2012). Hydrogen production technologies should increase their market share from 10.6% in 2006 to 14.3% in 2012, while other technologies' (mainly hydrogen sensors) share should remain steady at 5.9% of the market.
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Materials for Proton Exchange Membranes and Membrane Electrode Assemblies for PEM Fuel Cells
The global market for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) reached $340 million and $460 million in 2010 and 2014, respectively. This market is expected to reach $534 million by 2015 and $1.9 billion by 2020, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.4% from 2015 to 2020.
Donald Saxman | Sep 2015
Merchant Hydrogen: Industrial Gas and Energy Markets
The global production of merchant hydrogen was 6.8 million metric tons in 2014, and is expected to reach 7.1 million metric tons in 2015 and 8.5 million metric tons by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% from 2015 to 2020.
Gerry Runte | Sep 2015
Electric Vehicle and Fuel Cell Power Sources: Technologies and Global Markets
The global electric vehicle power sources market totaled roughly $11.9 billion in 2013 at the manufacturers’ level. This market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1% between 2014 and 2019 under a consensus scenario. This will result in nearly $12.4 billion in 2014 and $20.9 billion global market in 2019.
Donald Saxman | Nov 2014
Energy-Efficient Technologies for Commercial Building Construction
The global revenues for energy–efficient technologies in commercial buildings reached nearly $36.3 billion in 2013 and $41 billion in 2014. This market should reach $60.2 billion in 2019, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% from 2014 to 2019.
Robert Eckard | Sep 2014
Membrane Technology for Liquid and Gas Separations
The combined U.S. market for membranes used in gas and liquid separating applications was worth approximately $2.2 billion in 2013. The market is expected to increase from nearly $2.4 billion in 2014 to about $3.5 billion by 2019, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% during the five-year period from 2014 to 2019.
Susan Hanft | Aug 2014
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Technologies and Global Markets
Global solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) market in 2013 is worth more than $906 million, up from $303 million in 2008. The forecasted revenues will likely reach almost $1.3 billion by 2018, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%.
Donald Saxman | Jan 2014
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» Become The King Of Dungeons On Kickstarter Right Now
Become The King Of Dungeons On Kickstarter Right Now
June 18, 2019 by brennon
Baz Stevens is on Kickstarter right now looking to fund his project to get The King Of Dungeons to the tabletop for roleplayers to enjoy.
Currently, the game is pretty much complete and the funding from the Kickstarter will be used to polish the final version of the rules before they head to backers and beyond thanks to Grand Scheme Publishing and DriveThruRPG.
The theme of The King Of Dungeons is that adventuring isn't just something a choice number of heroes do, it's a profession. You and your friends play as members of a Guild who is vying for control of contracts to go clearing out dungeons, murdering rats in sewers and taking on annoying dragons who threaten the local people.
In this way you're looking to work your way up through the ranks, becoming the famous (or infamous) characters within the mythos of this world. Maybe, once you've slain yourself enough enemies and gathered enough gold you'll even be crowned the King/Queen/Emperor/Regent of Dungeons and be known throughout the land as the premier dungeon delving guild.
The game features a classic range of characters and races as well as mechanics which will serve both the old school dungeon delver and the more modern Fantasy adventurer.
I am really liking the look of this, from the artwork through to the ethos behind the game. I might like a good thinky roleplay but I also enjoy a bit of classic dungeon delving too so this might end up within my vast collection of roleplaying games!
Will you be taking a closer look at this?
"The theme of The King Of Dungeons is that adventuring isn't just something a choice number of heroes do, it's a profession..."
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Looks great. One read through the KS campaign page was enough for me to back it.
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Almost 50% of Northern Ireland's A&E admissions were NOT emergency cases last year
This means that up to 306,000 people turned up to emergency care departments last year when they could have been treated elsewhere
Lisa Smyth
Just under half the people who turned up at Northern Ireland’s A&Es last year were not emergency cases, shock figures have revealed.
Statistics provided by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) also show only 14% of patients arriving at casualty units had suffered major trauma and needed immediate care.
This means that up to 306,000 people turned up to emergency care departments last year when they could have been treated elsewhere, such as at minor injury units or by a pharmacist, GP or physiotherapist - or did not need any medical attention at all.
It is likely many of the patients were brought to hospital by ambulance after ringing 999 for help.
By law, paramedics have to attend a call out and must bring a person to hospital if the patient insists they need medical help.
Doctors and nurses have reported shameful examples of inappropriate attendances in recent years, including a woman who turned up at an A&E asking for help to wash paint from her hands and another patient who wanted a plaster for a minor cut.
Ambulance staff regularly receive ridiculous calls from members of the public.
These have included a woman requesting an ambulance when she ran out of cigarettes, while one man insisted on being taken to hospital by ambulance after he had a nightmare and was too scared to be alone.
According to the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), less than 68% of calls they received in 2013/14 were potentially life threatening, or category A, calls.
The figures have been revealed in response to an Assembly question as the number of people waiting on trolleys in A&Es across Northern Ireland spirals out of control.
In March alone, more than 614 waited longer than 12 hours in A&E to be treated or admitted to a hospital ward.
Backlogs in A&Es have resulted in stroke victims sitting on chairs in the waiting area before a nurse becomes available to triage them and heart attack victims spending hours lying on trolleys waiting to be assessed by a doctor.
Meanwhile, elderly and seriously ill patients can face lengthy waits for an ambulance as overstretched paramedic crews are tied up dealing with people who do not need hospital treatment.
The figures have prompted health officials to make a further appeal to the public to only go to an A&E when required.
“People who visit an emergency care department are understandably anxious about their own health,” said a DHSSPS spokesman.
“However the department would encourage everyone to use urgent and emergency care services appropriately to avoid adding pressure on to an already busy system and using up valuable resources.”
An NIAS spokesman said the service continues to experience increased demand.
“Unfortunately that includes those calls for which an ambulance is not necessary.
“In order to help us ensure that ambulances are kept for real emergencies, we would ask people to stop and consider if an ambulance response best suits their needs.
“If you need to attend the emergency department you should consider self referral but if your need for an ambulance is real, you should phone 999 immediately.”
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But it was a throwback thriller, indeed, the way the talented first-year senior quarterbacks for the Trojans (3-1, 1-0) and Pioneers (3-1, 0-1) took mostly direct snaps while combining to run 40 times and to pass 43 times for combined totals of 231 yards passing, 223 yards rushing and 454 yards total offense.
Meridian’s Dawson Logan ran 12 times for 81 yards, including a game-winning 3-yard rollout with 1 minute and 16 seconds to play for the winning score. Logan completed 11 of 26 passes for 126 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Galiano to produce a 14-all tie early in the final quarter.
Nooksack Valley’s Austin O’Bryan ran 28 times for 142 yards, including touchdowns of 16 and 13 yards to produce a 14-0 lead in the opening quarter, and finished 7 for 17 passing for 105 yards.
Logan was grateful for all the help he got. He praised well-known senior running backs Cole Roberts (16 carries for 92 yards) and Dylan Hickok (seven second-half carries for 42 yards) for vital gains.
“Cole and Dylan are grinders and that’s the way we won with them tonight, grinding away,” Logan said.
That was especially true on the game-winning drive, when Logan, Roberts and Hickok combined for 13 runs for 49 yards, with not a single run longer than nine yards.
Logan — that’s right, the quarterback — set up the winning drive with a 26-yard punt return. He also played on the kickoff return team and at safety, where he made Meridian’s only interception. Meanwhile, O’Bryan played inside linebacker, giving standout Cooper Clawson needed help, and also played on kick returns.
Think those two gritty converted quarterbacks aren’t throwbacks?
O’Bryan wasn’t ready to concede in the last minute. He passed 10 yards to Scout Whittern and ran 13 yards to the Meridian 28-yard line before two unsung juniors provided crucial heroics for the Trojans with 25 seconds to go.
Cameron Webster forced a fumble and Trent Martin, in his first start, alertly jumped on the ball to clinch the win.
Another Meridian junior, 6-foot-2½ Trent Gookstetter, leaped to adroitly grab Logan’s improvised two-point conversion pass in the second quarter following Logan’s 1-yard run for Meridian’s first touchdown.
“I heard ‘fire’ (shouted by Logan when the conversion snap bounced and prevented a kick) and just ran out and did my job,” Gookstetter said, to which Logan confirmed, “Trent did everything perfectly.”
“I’m really proud of him,” Ames said of Gookstetter. “It’s been a tough week for Trent since he lost his grandfather, Chuck Crnich, who was a real friend of Meridian football.”
Logan, who was related to Crnich by marriage, appreciated that quality.
“A lot of us went to his funeral to show our love for him,” Logan said.
O’Bryan looked as though he will help guide Nooksack to its share of wins. He completed passes of 25 and 14 yards to Halston Boersema and 22 yards to Whitttern on the first scoring drive. O’Bryan set up his second scoring dash with a 33-yard pass to Tyler Rawls. Boersema’s end-zone interception near the end of the first half possibly prevented a touchdown.
Galiano led all receivers with six catches for 74 yards.
“I’m proud of the way both teams played,” Ames said. “The fans sure got their money’s worth.”
Friday’s stars
Dawson Logan, Meridian, rushed for 81 yards and scored twice, and passed for 126 yards including an 18-yard scoring pass to Kevin Galiano in a 21-14 win over Nooksack Valley. Brock Heppner, Lynden, moved from receiver to quarterback in the fourth quarter, scored on a 3-yard run and threw a game-winning 15-yard touchdown pass to Kobe Elsner to beat Archbishop Murphy 24-21. Trajan Schouten, Lynden Christian, passed for 179 yards and two touchdowns and led the Lyncs to 20 fourth-quarter points to overcome a 20-8 deficit at Mount Baker. Gader Fox, Ferndale, ran for 144 yards and four touchdowns in a 37-34 loss at Arlington.
In other Friday games
Lynden 24, Archbishop Murphy 21: Brock Heppner threw a 15-yard scoring pass to Kobe Elsner with little more than a minute left, giving the host Lions (4-0, 1-0) an NWC 2A Sky Division opening win over Archbishop (1-2, 0-1), which now trails 4-3 in the decade-long series. Heppner took over for quarterback James Marsh, who sustained a concussion near the goal line, and Heppner then scored on a 3-yard run to pull the Lions within 21-17. Marsh and rushing leader Steven DiLorenzo, who pulled a hamstring early after two rushes for 16 yards, are out indefinitely. Lynden scored in the first half on Marsh’s 66-yard pass to Grant VanderYacht, who caught five for 89 yards, and on Marko Samoukovic’s 32-yard field goal. Samoukovic, who hasn’t missed a kick, made the difference with three conversion kicks, while inside linebackers Preston King and Bodie Human had 13 and 9 tackles, respectively. Marsh completed 5 passes for 108 yards and Heppner was 5 for 7 for 67 yards, while Dakota Baar caught two passes for 40 yards.
Sehome 25, Blaine 3: Sehome coach Kevin Beason was proud to see his defense hold the Borderites (2-2, 0-1) to 18 net yards on 25 rushes and to 96 yards passing on 29 attempts with two interceptions at Civic Stadium. Jacob Kaepernick completed 11 of 22 passes for 165 yards and one interception for the Mariners (2-2, 1-0), including scoring passes of 4 yards to Jay Travier and 23 yards to Michael McLin, who also made a 40-yard catch. Dylan Roberts rushed for 93 yards and a 1-yard touchdown and Dawson Smith added a 4-yard score while Brett Meggysey caught five passes for 36 yards and Melloy Nelson snagged a 50-yard throw.
Lynden Christian 28, Mount Baker 20: The Lyncs (4-0 1-0), who have already surpassed last year’s three wins, scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to rally from a 20-8 deficit against the host Mountaineers (2-2 0-1) in the other NWC 1A opener. LC’s final period scores were a 1-yard pass to Tanner Feenstra from junior quarterback Trajan Schouten; a 1-yard run by Levi Korthuis, giving the Lyncs a 21-20 lead; and a fumble recovery for a score by Jackson Corkill, who also scored LC’s first touchdown on a 50-yard pass from Schouten. Zach Sipma’s end-zone tackle for a safety accounted for LC’s first two points. Scouten finished 14 for 31 for 179 yards, two interceptions and two touchdowns, with four passes to Jalen Apol for 43 yards and three to Corkill for 70 yards, while Korthuis rushed for 48 yards on 22 carries, giving the senior most of LC’s 65 yards on the ground. Baker’s highlights were not available.
Neah Bay 40, Lummi 34: Host Neah Bay snapped a 34-all tie in a Northwest League B-1 eight-man opener with a touchdown with about three minutes left. For Lummi (3-1, 0-1), Caleb Revey ran for more than 100 yards and two scores and threw touchdown passes to Justin Mahle, Jaie Leighton and Nathan Kiely. Leighton gained more than 100 yards receiving. “It was probably our worst game in at least 10 years, although our fourth-quarter defense was pretty good. We made too many mental mistakes. We need some leadership and the guys have to be accountable.”
Arlington 37, Ferndale 34: Gader Fox rushed 34 times for 144 yards and four touchdowns and Bryan Ebe ran 18 times for 133 yards, but Ferndale (1-3, 1-1) suffered a Wesco 3A North loss when host Arlington (3-1, 2-1) overcame a 34-22 deficit with two touchdowns in the final five minutes. Ferndale’s Sequoyah Julius completed 8 of 15 passes for 72 yards and a 14-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Lupo.
Bellingham 30, Cedarcrest 15: Bellingham improved to 2-2, 1-0 in an NWC Lakes Division opener at Cedarcrest. No other information was provided.
Saturday’s game
Squalicum 49, Marysville-Getchell 0: Senior quarterback Spencer Lloyd scored on a career-long 84-yard run on his first carry and five more players added scores in a Wesco 3A North romp. Lloyd ran 18 times for 189 yards and two touchdowns, improving his season total to 659 yards on 90 carries for seven scores. The Storm (3-1, 2-1) intercepted five passes, including pick sixes of 32 yards by Devante Powell and 29 by Branden Powers, while Dedrick Mitchell scored on an 8-yard run, freshman Ben Schlenbaker tallied from 25 yards out, and Mason Lloyd scored on six conversions and a 12-yard run. Sophomore quarterback Mason Binning went 5 for 8 for 72 yards in the second half as the Storm had 400 total yards and limited Getchell to 180, including 32 rushing with linebacker Collin McEachran playing well.
Week 5 Schedule
Naselle at Lummi, 5 p.m.
Squalicum at Meadowdale (at Edmunds Stadium), 5 p.m.
Nooksack at Lynden Christian, 7 p.m.
Mount Baker at Meridian, 7 p.m.
Bellingham at Blaine, 7 p.m.
Mountlake Terrace vs. Sehome at Civic Stadium, 7 p.m.
Ferndale at Oak Harbor, 7 p.m.
Lynden at Lakewood, 7 p.m.
Meridian’s Dylan Kickok (33) attempts to stop Nooksack Valley quarterback Austin OâBryan (15) by grabbing his foot as he crosses the goal line for a touchdown in the first quarter on Friday evening, Sept. 21, 2018, at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson, Wash. Meridian defeated Nooksack Valley 21-14 (Paul Conrad for the Bellingham Herald) Paul Conrad for The Bellingham Herald
Nooksack Valley safety Scout Whittern (21) wraps up Meridian wide receiver Kevin Galiano (89) as he runs toward the goal line during the second quarter on Friday evening, Sept. 21, 2018, at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson, Wash. Meridian defeated Nooksack Valley 21-14. Paul Conrad for The Bellingham Herald
Meridian’s Harlon Stuit (14) attempts to stop Nooksack Valley quarterback Austin O’Bryan (15) from crossing the goal line for a touchdown late in the first quarter on Friday evening, Sept. 21, 2018, at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson, Wash. Meridian defeated Nooksack Valley 21-14. Paul Conrad for The Bellingham Herald
Top 10: Best plays from 2018 high school football state championships
Deer sprints across football field ahead of player’s 90-plus yard touchdown run
WIAA moving state football championships out of Tacoma Dome to multiple sites
By Jon Manley
The WIAA announced the high school state football championships are leaving the Tacoma Dome.
‘This is ... exciting to have a Sehome graduate in a place to be drafted in the NFL’
The News Tribune’s 2019 Western 100: The top high school football recruits in the West
The News Tribune’s 2019 class of Northwest Nuggets – the region’s top football recruits
This Ferndale lineman has more college football offers than any player in school history – including Jake Locker
The Associated Press’ 2018 all-state high school football teams
Record-setting day helps lift Hockinson over Lynden for 2A title
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Question 5 - What's The Difference Between An ABN and an ACN?
An Australian Company Number or ACN is the registration number issued to a new company registered in Australia. Only companies are issued with an ACN by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and they provide a unique identity code for monitoring activities within the structure of the Corporations Law of Australia.
An Australian Business Number or ABN is a unique 11 digit number issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to all entities that are in business including sole traders, companies, trusts and partnerships. All businesses irrespective of size or turnover must apply to the ATO to obtain an ABN and you must display that ABN on all your invoices.
There is often confusion between the two numbers because the ATO uses the Australian Company Number as the basis for a company's ABN. A company's ABN will always be two digits followed by the 9 digits of their ACN. While every business needs an ABN, not every business entity has to register for GST. If your annual turnover (or projected revenue) will not exceed $75,000 per annum you don’t need to register.
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ZZ Top Guitarist Billy Gibbons to Release Cuban-Flavored Solo Album 'Perfectamundo' in October
8/9/2015 by Judy Cantor-Navas
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons will release his first solo album on Concord Records in October. As an annoucement about the album on ZZ Top's website suggests, the fact that it's a bilingual record with "Afro-Cuban flavor" is surprising.
Perhaps more surprising has been Gibbons' enviable revelation that as a teen he took Latin percussion classes from Tito Puente, who was a friend of his bandleader father, Freddie Royal.
Watch ZZ Top's Texas-Sized Riffs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
"Banging away on 'em came back like riding on a lost bicycle," Gibbons says of his re-encounter with the timbales, bongo and congas for the new album.
Gibbons was invited to Havana in 2014 to perform at the Havana Jazz Festival. He didn't end up going but he says Cuban music inspired the album, which was recorded in his Houston studio, and in Los Angeles, Austin and Pontevedra, Spain, by with a group of musicians with diverse backgrounds dubbed the BFGs.
It's a motley but intriguing crew that includes, drummer Greg Morrow, New York-based Cuban singer and bandleader Chino Pons, Argentine-born, Puerto-Rican raised keyboardist Martin Guigi and vocalist/bassist Alex Garza.
"Altogether, the group displays a rare understanding of Cuban music of the pre-revolution 1950s, and is also learned in the rock and metal exemplified by the likes of ZZ Top," the release announcement states.
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Worked With David Guetta on New Music
The album's fantasy Spanish title, Perfectamundo, is taken from a word popularized by Fonzie on the classic Happy Days TV show. But the album includes tracks sung in actual Spanish, and songs that are a mix of Cuban and other Latin styles with music Gibbons' fans would more likely expect.
They include "a Spanglish version of Louisiana swamp blues maestro Slim Harpo's classic 'Got Love If You Want It' and an Afro-Cubanized take on the Lightnin' Hopkins blues staple 'Baby Please Don't Go,' thereby fully merging Gibbons innate Houston blues tradition with Cuban rhythms."
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Body found in search for missing Billericay man Richard Manning
Article by Billericay Gazette: Officers searching for Richard Manning, who went missing from an address in Billericay on Thursday, have this morning found a body.
Although the body has not yet been formally identified, Mr Manning's next of kin have been informed.
Mr Manning was last seen leaving his relatives' home in Meadow Rise at 10am Thursday 2 April to go shopping in the High Street – but he has not been seen since.
Officers began searching Norsey Wood and the Lake Meadows areas of Billericay on Friday 3 April as they hunt for any trace of Mr Manning and are also asking dog walkers and residents out and about on the Bank Holiday to keep an eye out for him.
The search for the 66-year-old, which started yesterday morning, has been suspended.
The discovery was made on farmland close to the village of Chignal Smealy, near Chelmsford.
At present, the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Enquiries continue.
Article and image from Billericay Gazette
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Home Showbiz Bollywood Alia Bhatt defends Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s casting for ‘Inshallah’
Alia Bhatt defends Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s casting for ‘Inshallah’
When ‘Inshallah’ was announced, on social media there was a lot of noise on the negative side regarding Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt sharing screen space. The latter has recently spoken about this.
“I didn’t get any criticism. I think I got a lot of excitement. I think speculation is also a form of excitement in a way and why shouldn’t there be speculation. There should be and at least I am not bothered by that and I don’t think Salman or Bhansali sir are bothered. I think this is a filmmaker who has given us very good films, he is someone who we all are very fond of and I think we should just trust him with his vision,” said Bhatt, talking to DNA.
The actress will be marking her first film with Bhansali with ‘Inshallah’ and will also be seen with Khan for the first time.
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Principal bans red, green and everything Christmas before Liberty Counsel steps in to put her in check | BizPac Review
Principal bans red, green and everything Christmas before Liberty Counsel steps in to put her in check
December 5, 2018 | Tom Tillison | Print Article
And you thought the “War on Christmas” was over — where’s Bill O’Reilly when you need him?
In the name of inclusivity, a Nebraska elementary school principal banned Santa Clause from the classroom. In fact, doing her best Ebenezer Scrooge impersonation, she went so far as to ban Christmas altogether.
In a directive to teachers, Manchester Elementary School Principal Jennifer Sinclair effectively censored all Christmas holiday symbols, according to Liberty Counsel.
“[W]e are not to be doing any Christmas or holiday-specific themed activities with students. Santa and Christmas items are not to be on activities or copies,” Sinclair instructed, saying because of varying religious beliefs, they must be “inclusive.”
Not that the “Unintentional Grinch,” as she referred to herself, was going to get away with stealing Christmas, thanks to Liberty Counsel, a public policy group dedicated to religious liberty issues.
Principal Dr. Jen Sinclair – Elkhorn Public Schools
More on that in a moment, but first let’s explore what Sinclair banned.
Christmas trees were banned in the classroom, as was playing Christmas music and singing Christmas Carols. Showing Christmas movies was out and making Christmas ornaments as a gift was not allowed.
Even Elf on the Shelf didn’t make the cut, nor did Rudolph — yes, she nixed reindeer.
The colors red and green were not allowed, and candy canes were banned — Liberty Counsel explained, “Historically, the shape is a ‘J’ for Jesus. The red is for the blood of Christ, and the white is a symbol of his resurrection.”
Sinclair’s “acceptable” list included “snowmen, snow women, snow people” and even “snowflakes” — not the liberal variety.
Gingerbread people also made the cut, as did polar bears, penguins, and Yetis and Olaf, the snowman from the movie “Frozen.”
Oh, and hot chocolate was allowed, along with “scarves, boots, earmuffs, and hats” — it is Nebraska after all.
Liberty Counsel intervened, sending a letter to Elkhorn Public Schools warning them that the Christmas ban was unconstitutional.
“The ban violates the U.S. Constitution by showing hostility toward Christianity,” LC attorney Robert Mast wrote. “The principal appears to have conflated her own values and preferences with the law.”
The district “investigated” the matter and “determined that Principal Sinclair’s memorandum did not comply with Board Policy.”
“We are pleased that Elkhorn Public Schools promptly reversed Principal Jennifer Sinclair’s unconstitutional directive, and required compliance with the Constitution,” said Mat Staver, Founder, and Chairman of Liberty Counsel.
“The First Amendment does not require the elimination of Christmas,” Staver continued. Nothing prohibits public schools from teaching objectively about Christmas or other holidays with religious significance, from displaying religious and secular Christmas symbols side-by-side or singing sacred and secular Christmas songs together.”
He went on to say that Sinclair’s directive “was not based on ignorance of the law but hatred toward Christianity and Christmas. Principal Sinclair should issue an apology to her teachers and staff.”
The irony here is that when Sinclair became principal at Manchester Elementary this year, she replaced Principle Amy Christ.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov,robert Whitman
Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Body Metaphysics to go on show in Moscow
Published on 30 August 2016
All images © Robert Whitman, courtesy The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow
An exhibition of photographs of acclaimed ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, by American photographer Robert Whitman, is about to go on show in Moscow, Russia.
Around 60 images of a Russian-American dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov, known as one of the greatest ballet dancers in history, will premiere in Moscow this November.
The exhibition features Robert Whitman and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s five artistic encounters from 1990s to 2015. The series include Perfume campaign shoot (1995); rehearsal with a master choreographer Merce Cunningham at American Ballet Theatre (1999); Baryshnikov usual classes (2002) and exercise; and the most recent commissioned shooting for AS IF Magazine.
The exhibition will also reveal contact sheets of each series showing behind-the-scenes shooting process.
Poet Joseph Brodsky was a lifelong friend once said of Baryshnikov’s, and once said of him: “When I see Baryshnikov on stage, it’s a stunning sensation. I even think that’s not really even ballet, what he is doing is pure body metaphysics.”
Photographing people from all over, and for the most part NYC citizens, Robert Whitman’s approach is akin to American school of street photography.
“I always work on my own, just me and my camera. I never have assistants, sets. I always use natural light, and I think Mikhail Baryshnikov liked my style,” Whitman says. ”
Mikhail Baryshnikov: Body Metaphysics is on show from October 12, 2016 – January 22, 2017 at the Lumiere Brothers Centre if Photography, Moscow, Russia.
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Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly donates £5million to Nepal earthquake relief
Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly donated 5 million pounds to the Nepal earthquake relief, as was first reported by the Daily Mail.
Reports are now circulating among European media groups that the Real Madrid has donated the sizable sum to charity group Save The Children.
Ronaldo has been vocal in encouraging people to donate to the disaster-struck zone, using his Twitter and Facebook pages to show fans how they can provide aid to the Nepal cause.
With the death toll now standing at approximately 7,000 in the wake of the earthquake that hit Nepal two weeks ago, the country is in desperate need of financial aid, and this amazing gesture from Ronaldo will undoubtedly go a long way.
Indeed, the 5 million pound figure being mooted is significantly higher than the sum provided by many countries.
This philanthropic side of the 2015 Ballon D’Or winner is often forgotten and overlooked amid all the talk of his egotistical behaviour, but this gesture shows what a big heart he has.
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Glorie: Self-titled
(Makeshift)
By David Tobin
The album from the instrumental group Glorie is a winding trek from one end of the album to the other. The songs blend together in a monotonous tone that rarely gets exciting. Tone and pacing stay relatively the same from the start to the end of the offering. At a few points the music begins to change form, but then just as you think something fresh will develop, the wall of sound swallows up the change in music.
Feeling more like a score to a movie, this CD is background music at best. Considering the influence of metal and even Metallica on bandleader, Jason Paxton, this record should have more range. If you’re looking for something to put on in the background or want something to drift off to, this is your ticket.
Don’t write them off 100 percent yet, at least wait to see what the next album offers. Track to download is “Nightmares Then Sunshine,” but you can also download the whole album for free at glorierocks.com.
Grade: C+
Glorie is currently available.
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Meghan Markle just wore a side bun, proving she won't abide by royal hair rules
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Meghan Markle's casual bun isn't a typical royal move.
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Meghan Markle wore her hair in a casual side bun on a visit to Northern Ireland on Friday.
It's unusual because royals like Kate Middleton usually have every hair in place with a hairnet.
Markle's laid-back hairstyle is just one way she's making royal style rules her own.
Meghan Markle isn't a typical member of the royal family for many reasons. Her unconventional style choices are shattering expectations of royal protocol and appearance, proving that she's making the position her own.
On royal engagements, one of Markle's go-to hairstyles features loose tendrils twisted together in a laid-back bun. She's worn versions of this style a few times before — once while visiting a London radio station and another time while visiting Cardiff Castle in Wales.
On Friday, she visited Northern Ireland sporting a new variation of the look — a low, loose side bun.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit Northern Ireland.
Since she's worn the style multiple times, chances are that the more traditional members of the royal family aren't offended by her low-maintenance look. Still, it's worth noting that Markle's royal style differs from her future sister-in-law Kate Middleton's, who has been known to use hairnets to keep every hair in place when she wears an updo.
It's also not the only way Markle has upended royal protocol— she's worn mismatched earrings, engaged in public displays of affection with Prince Harry, and opted for warm hugs over formal handshakes. It's no wonder why Markle continues to fascinate fans of the royal family around the world.
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A Monumental Ormolu Mirror Exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889 By Henry Dasson of Paris Henry Dasson (1825 - 1896)
H: 105 in / 267 cm | W: 72 in / 183 cm
Constructed in gilt bronze, and signed to reverse by the maker in a marqué au fer and dated 1889; of portrait form, having a domed surmount, flanked by winged sphinxes; the outer frame with stiff leaf castings, and an inner reserve of similar form, with Aeolian harps to the quadrants, issuing fruiting tendrils.
French, signed and dated ‘Henry Dasson et Cie 1889’
An illustration of the mirror with cresting over a fire surround documents this mirror at the Dasson stand at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889, originally published in the Gazzette des Beaux- Arts 1889, Vol. 2.
Reference: Great Exhibitions London-New York-Paris-Philadelphia 1851-1900, Jonathan Meyer, 2006.
Established at 106 Rue Vielle du-Temple, Dasson was one of the most highly celebrated Parisien bronzier ébénistes. His work is renowned for the fine quality of the metalwork, utilising the designs of the ancien régime, and adapting them to conform to the needs of the times. He participated at the Expositions Universelle in 1878, receiving the laudatory critique of Louis Gonse, the Parisian arbiter of bon ton and quality, ‘nouveau venu dans le carrière industrielle Henry Dasson, s’est rapidement créé par la perfection de ces oeuvres une très haute situation a laquelle nous applaudisons chaleureusement’, at which he exhibited a bureau in the Louis XVI manner decorated with Japanese panels; and 1889, he was awarded the ‘Grand Prix Artistique, and examples of his work were purchased by the English Royal Family. Made a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in 1883, he was elevated to an officier in 1889, following his success at the Paris Exposition of the same year.
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A Monumental Ormolu Mirror Exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889 By Henry Dasson of Paris
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By Kumar Alagappan, Janet G. Alteveer, Kim Askew, Paul S. Auerbach, Katherine Bakes, Kip Benko, Paul D. Biddinger, Victoria Brazil, Anthony FT Brown, Andrew K. Chang, Alice Chiao, Wendy C. Coates, Jamie Collings, Gilbert Abou Dagher, Jonathan E. Davis, Peter DeBlieux, Alessandro Dellai, Emily Doelger, Pamela L. Dyne, Gino Farina, Robert Galli, Gus M. Garmel, Daniel Garza, Laleh Gharahbaghian, Gregory H. Gilbert, Michael A. Gisondi, Steven Go, Jeffrey M. Goodloe, Swaminatha V. Gurudevan, Micelle J. Haydel, Stephen R. Hayden, Corey R. Heitz, Gregory W. Hendey, Mel Herbert, Cherri Hobgood, Michelle Huston, Loretta Jackson-Williams, Anja K. Jaehne, Mary Beth Johnson, H. Brendan Kelleher, Peter G Kumasaka, Melissa J. Lamberson, Mary Lanctot-Herbert, Erik Laurin, Brian Lin, Michelle Lin, Douglas Lowery-North, Sharon E. Mace, S. V. Mahadevan, Thomas M. Mailhot, Diku Mandavia, David E. Manthey, Jorge A. Martinez, Amal Mattu, Lynne McCullough, Steve McLaughlin, Timothy Meyers, Gregory J. Moran, Randall T. Myers, Christopher R.H. Newton, Flavia Nobay, Robert L. Norris, Catherine Oliver, Jennifer A. Oman, Rita Oregon, Phillips Perera, Susan B. Promes, Emanuel P. Rivers, John S. Rose, Carolyn J. Sachs, Jairo I. Santanilla, Rawle A. Seupaul, Fred A. Severyn, Ghazala Q. Sharieff, Lee W. Shockley, Stefanie Simmons, Barry C. Simon, Shannon Sovndal, George Sternbach, Matthew Strehlow, Eustacia (Jo) Su, Stuart P. Swadron, Jeffrey A. Tabas, Sophie Terp, R. Jason Thurman, David A. Wald, Sarah R. Williams, Teresa S. Wu, Ken Zafren
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Book: An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine
Print publication: 10 April 2012, pp xi-xvi
45 - Weakness
from Section 2 - Primary Complaints
By R. Jason Thurman, Alessandro Dellai
Print publication: 10 April 2012, pp 607-628
By R. Jason Thurman, Kristy Self Reynolds
Swaminatha V. Mahadevan, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, Gus M. Garmel, Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Print publication: 26 May 2005, pp 581-604
Scope of the problem
On almost a daily basis, emergency physicians encounter at least one patient with the chief complaint of “weakness.” In contrast to most other presentations, the true meaning of the patient's complaint may sometimes be difficult to ascertain. What symptoms are the patient and/or his or her family trying to convey?
On the one hand, the patient may be complaining of a sensation of global lack of energy, extreme fatigue, lightheadedness, or simply feeling “ill.” In this regard, the differential diagnosis extends from fairly benign etiologies (mild dehydration, viral syndrome, hypothyroidism, mild depression) to life-threatening emergencies requiring immediate intervention (acute myocardial infarction (AMI), sepsis, pericardial effusion with tamponade). Other clues may be present to help make the correct diagnosis, but the isolated complaint of “weakness” may be associated with any of these pathologies in isolation or combination, or a myriad of other possible etiologies.
On the other hand, the patient may present complaining of a specific distribution of weakness associated with a true impairment of motor function. Patients with the chief complaint of motor weakness present in a number of different ways. They may present with hemiparesis (weakness of one side of the body without complete paralysis) or hemiplegia (complete paralysis of one side of the body) indicating probable vascular occlusion in a cervicocerebral arterial distribution and ongoing ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
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Agricultural Revolution in England
The Transformation of the Agrarian Economy 1500–1850
Part of Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
Author: Mark Overton, University of Exeter
Date Published: June 1996
This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literature, to argue that the agricultural revolution took place in the century after 1750. Taking a broad view of agrarian change, the author begins with a description of sixteenth-century farming and an analysis of its regional structure. He then argues that the agricultural revolution consisted of two related transformations. The first was a transformation in output and productivity brought about by a complex set of changes in farming practice. The second was a transformation of the agrarian economy and society, including a series of related developments in marketing, landholding, field systems, property rights, enclosure and social relations. Written specifically for students, this book will be invaluable to anyone studying English economic and social history, or the history of agriculture.
A comprehensive and accessible survey of English agrarian history between 1500–1850, written specifically for students
The first book of its kind to cover this subject
A combination of new material and existing literature
Includes a comprehensive bibliography and a guide to further reading
contains: 29 b/w illus.
A note on weights, measures, money and boundaries
1. The agricultural revolution
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3. Agricultural output and productivity, 1500–1850
4. Institutional changes, 1500–1850
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Let’s Ban It: 8 Moratoriums We Can All Get Behind
by Borderstan.com March 26, 2013 at 9:00 am 10 Comments
From Maggie Barron. You can reach her at maggie[AT]borderstan.com and follow her on Twitter @rookerysf.
Pick the moratorium you want to support. (Luis Gomez Photos)
Jeez, what do you have to do to get something banned around here? Bans and moratoria are falling on tough times. There’s the defeat of the large soda ban in New York City. Protests against the nudity ban in San Francisco (yes, public nudity was perfectly legal there until two months ago).
And now, closer to home, the proposed moratorium on U Street liquor licenses meets an icy reception at a recent neighborhood listening session.
People don’t like banning things. It seems so final. So severe. No nudity in public places — not just “let’s reduce the relative amount of nudity.” So harsh. Even a moratorium sounds draconian. Five years? Where will I be in five years? Will alcohol even be legal in five years? No one knows for sure.
That’s why I’ve come up with a list of proposed moratoriums that I think could actually pass with flying colors. Nothing too restrictive, just those things that we’ve had enough of. See what you think:
The following eight things, in three categories, shall be prohibited for a period of no less than five years from today.
Beet and goat cheese salads: Yes, they are delicious. But there’s no other way to make beets taste good? And if there isn’t, can you serve us something else? It’s been on your menu for ten years…
The word “artisanal.” After years of abuse, the privilege of using “artisanal” to describe a food, craft or other noun shall be revoked until further notice. To be honest, the blanket use of the term (artisanal croutons, artisanal gelato) is kind of making us foodies sound like jerks.
Cocktails costing more than $10. A few places that make really nice cocktails have now made it acceptable for everyone to start charging $12+ for a drink. The other night I ordered what appeared to be a Greyhound except the bartender repeatedly slapped a single basil leaf between his palms and then delicately placed it on top. So I basically paid a $2 premium to have my basil spanked. No more!
Wearing Uggs in public. Yes, I know they are warm. So are Snuggies and Russian ushankas, but no one wears those outside. This is DC, not Siberia. (And while we’re talking about comfortable clothing that should be severely curtailed, I second Dafna Steinberg’s piece on yoga pants).
Wearing bicycle helmets without buckling the chin strap. Nothing better conveys the message, “I care about my safety, but in a weirdly ambivalent way,” than not buckling your helmet strap. I see these people way more often than I’d expect. Do they not realize this defeats the purpose of a helmet and yet still gives them helmet hair, so it’s really the worst of every possible option?
The phrase “retweets are not endorsements” on Twitter profiles. Is there anyone who says “You know what? My retweets are endorsements! Every single one!” No. So let’s all agree to ditch the disclaimer. (P.S. we also know that you are tweeting your own views and not those of your employer… but disclaimers don’t actually mean you can’t get in trouble, FYI)
Facebook status updates that tell me how much you have recently exercised. All updates such as “8.5 miler today — feeling great!” shall be immediately banned until further notice.
Complaints about “spoilers” because you haven’t watched a popular show yet. The entire internet does not have to be quiet until you catch up on your DVR. Sorry.
I really think I’m on to something here. Enforcement may be an issue, though…
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Liquor License Moratorium Takes a Beating at Listening Session
From David McAuley. Email him at david[AT]borderstan.com.
Neighbors line up to testify at Wednesday night’s town hall meeting on the proposed liquor license moratorium for the 14th and U corridor. (David McAuley)
Sentiment ran almost 6 to 1 against the proposed 14th and U Streets liquor license moratorium at last night’s town hall style listening session. Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) 1B (U Street), 2B/Dupont and 2F/Logan all sent members to attend the meeting at the basketball court of the Thurgood Marshall Center on 12th Street NW to hear what the public had to say.
About 160 people attended the event, filling every chair, then sitting and standing against the walls. My final count was 47 people testifying against, 8 for and 3 neutral. Of the 47 people testifying against, only two identified themselves as not living in or near the moratorium district. On Twitter, other witnesses put the count at 48 against, 8 for; 46 against, 9 for; and 41 against, 7 for.
ANC chairs in attendance were Tony Norman (1B-10) and Matt Raymond (2F-07). All three commissions sent the chairs of their respective alcohol licensing affairs committees: John Fanning (2F-04), Jeremy Leffler (1B-02) and Kevin O’Connor (2B-02). At least 10 other commissioners from across the three ANCs attended as well.
There are currently five liquor license moratorium zones in DC: Georgetown, Glover Park, Adams Morgan, Dupont West (21st and P NW) and Dupont East (17th Street NW). The 17th Street liquor license moratorium is due to expire in September 2013.
Leffler called the meeting to order at 7 pm and Commissioner Noah Smith (2B-09) explained the meeting guidelines. The original plan was for each speaker to have two minutes to address the listening commissioners, but due to the overwhelming response, the time was cut back to 90 seconds. As a result, the meeting finished at planned 9 pm time.
Before citizen testimony period, the attendees heard remarks by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Berman of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA), Sgt. Iris Beistline of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Joan Sterling, president of the Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance (SDCA), the group petitioning for the liquor license moratorium. SDCA membership is limited to residents living between 12th and 15th Streets and S and U Streets NW.
ABRA had found that SDCA satisfied the minimum requirement for filing the moratorium petition, Berman said. He also said that the other group who signed the petition, the Residential Action Coalition, had not qualified for standing before ABRA, and would no longer be considered a petitioner. However, the SDCA may continue the petitioning process before the ABC Board, which will next consider the matter on May 22.
In answer to audience questions, Berman said that the normal term for moratoriums was five years, but could be renewed. He then said that, once enacted, no liquor license moratorium had ever been dissolved.
Beistline said the MPD could not supply relevant crime statistics because there were none available. A new computer system was being put in place, she explained, and some statistics were still inaccurate.
Sterling then pleaded the SDCA’s case for the moratorium. She noted the difficulty in getting the DC government to enforce the law concerning the percentage of street frontage that can be given to liquor licensees on any block. (The Uptown Arts District Overlay limits the square footage of ground-floor storefronts serving food/drink on each block to 50% of all square footage facing the street on that block. The percentage was increased to 50% from 25% in 2010.)
Sterling also noted that there are now 16,000 combined seats in the establishments of the liquor licensees in the zone. She said that, since the zone had well over 18 liquor licensees, it met ABRA’s definition of an “overconcentration” of licensees. “Moratoriums are temporary,” Sterling added.
Testimony from Attendees
After Sterling’s statement, the floor was turned over to the public. “Let’s keep this civil,” Leffler reminded. People lined up in an orderly manner to speak. Nearly every person stated his or her name and address or ANC district. Here is a selection of comments:
“I oppose the moratorium. I vote and I’ll remember.”
“This process draws in thousands and thousands of man-hours. It’s a complete waste of resources. Six people made us come here. It’s time to reform the system.”
“I have been awakened at all hours of the night by music I can literally sing along to.”
“I’m strongly opposed. I love the vibrancy. It’s just awesome.”
“The moratorium is too blunt an instrument.”
“There’s no actual evidence that the moratorium will lead to prosperity.”
“A lot of people are saying that there are other solutions. What? Will someone pick up my trash?”
“Why stall development in the neighborhood?”
“Remember the Georgetown moratorium. It didn’t fix the noise, the parking, the litter.”
“A moratorium is not right. Hold each bar and restaurant responsible.”
“It’s anti-small business, anti-competition. I’m inalterably opposed.”
“It’s good to see people getting involved.”
“It’s kind of a joke that we’re here tonight.”
“I like vibrancy.”
“My fear is stagnation in the community,” said a man identified on Twitter as the owner of DC9 nightclub. He went on to say that retail space should be encouraged, ways should be found for rents to be lower, there should be tax relief, and ABRA should be convinced to work on “bad apple” liquor licensees.
The only sign of incivility occurred toward the end when one man, a moratorium supporter, decided to take aim at the newly opened Matchox restaurant at 14th and T NW. He disparaged the restaurant and its food, much to the surprise of other attendees.
“That was fantastic,” Jeremy Leffler said after the final testimony. “I’m impressed by the turnout, passion and research.” To conclude the meeting, each ANC briefly outlined their next steps.
Leffler said that ANC1B’s liquor license affairs committee would meet tonight, March 21, at the Thurgood Marshall Center. A vote on the proposed moratorium is on the agenda. The committee’s recommendation would then be considered when ANC1B has its regular monthly meeting on April 4 at the Reeves Center.
Raymond said that ANC2F would have its regular monthly meeting on April 3 and a vote on the moratorium would be on the agenda.
O’Connor said that ANC2B would consider the issue on its May 8 meeting, before which he hoped to have one or two more listening sessions.
Attendees lined up to speak at Wednesday night’s town hall. (David McAuley)
14th and U liquor moratorium, ABRA, ANC 1B, ANC 2B, ANC 2F, David McAuley, liquor license moratoriums, Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance
Dupont ANC 2B Discusses U Street Liquor License Moratorium, Growlers
by Borderstan.com February 14, 2013 at 9:30 am 0
From David McAuley. Email at david[AT]borderstan.com
ANC 2B discussed growler sales the the 14th and U liquor license moratorium. (David McAuley.)
At its meeting last night (February 13), Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2B‘s discussion on the controversial 14th and U Liquor License Moratorium was limited to procedural issues. No public comment, for or against the proposal itself, was solicited or accepted by the committee. No members of the public attempted to speak about the moratorium during the part of the meeting when the Commission addressed it.
“Look for public meetings in late March,” said Kevin O’Connor, commissioner for ANC 2B-02, and chairman of the Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) Policy Committee — referring to a previous proposal to hold a joint committee meeting of the ANCs that fall within the boundaries of the proposed moratorium. This proposal for a joint committee was first passed as a resolution at the meeting of Logan Circle area ANC 2F on February 6. It was discussed and characterized as a “super-committee” at the U Street area ANC 1B meeting on February 7.
“It sends a better message if we coordinate,” O’Connor also said.
Commissioner Noah Smith (ANC 2B-09) said that calling the joint meeting a “super-committee” was inaccurate. He said that the joint meetings should be considered “listening sessions”, in which the commissioners will hear the opinions of the community. No votes would be taken at the joint meetings, Smith said.
Smith also disagreed with an opinion expressed by supporters of the moratorium. Supporters, said Smith, had asserted that local communities would not be effected if it did not fall within the proposed boundaries of the moratorium. Smith said that communities near the proposed moratorium will be effected as well.
Dupont Circle is currently the site of two existing liquor license moratoriums, one at Dupont West (centered at the corner of 21st and P Streets NW), and the other on 17th Street NW. The 17th Street liquor license moratorium is due to expire in September 2013, according to the committee.
Earlier in the same meeting, ANC2B voted unanimously in favor of widening the availability of growlers in the Dupont area. Owing to a gap in DC’s recent omnibus ABRA legislation, local liquor and grocery stores in certain parts of DC were not allowed to sell growlers without local ANC permission. ANC2B’s vote means that all liquor and grocery stores in its jurisdiction that have already received permission to sell single units of alcohol in other forms will now be able to sell growlers as well.
14th and U, ANC 2B, David McAuley, liquor license moratoriums
ANC 1B Discuses Proposed 14th and U Liquor License Moratorium
by Borderstan.com February 11, 2013 at 9:00 am 5 Comments
From David McAuley. Email him at david[AT]borderstan.com
The ANC1B meeting last Thursday night. (David McAuley)
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1B briefly discussed future action on the proposed U Street liquor license moratorium at its regular monthly meeting Thursday night (February 7). It also heard input from one of the leading advocates of the moratorium. ANC 1B includes the large bulk of the U Street area.
1B Alcoholic Beverage Commission Chairman Jeremy Leffler (1B-02)told his ANC1B colleagues Thursday night that he had received a “leaflet” proposing a multi-ANC “super-committee” on or about March 20.
The ensuing discussion seemed to indicate that ANC 1B wished to participate in the super-committee meeting if held. There was no official motion or vote on the meeting or any other aspect of the moratorium.
The proposed super-committee was first proposed and approved by Logan Circle area ANC 2F at its regular monthly meeting, held the previous evening (February 6). In addition to members of ANC 1B, the committee may also consist of ANC Commissioners from districts 2F, 2B, and/or 6E, all of which fall within the area of the proposed ban, a circle 1,800 feet in radius from 1211 U Street NW, the location of Ben’s Next Door.
ANC 2F commissioners have said that, before a meeting can be held, each participating ANC must pass a resolution in favor of a joint ANC meeting.
Shaw-Dupont Citizens Alliance President Joan E. Sterling spoke briefly in favor of the moratorium. Sterling is one of the two signers of the official moratorium petition to the DC Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA). Sterling said that 80% of the moratorium district fell within the bounds of ANC1B. She also said the current number of establishments in the entire proposed moratorium district was well over 100. DC law says that a moratorium can be requested if there are over 18 establishments serving alcohol in a district.
No one at the meeting spoke against the moratorium. The DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) has not set a date for hearings.
ANC1B, David McAuley, liquor license moratoriums, U Street NW
Meet Michael Hamilton, Creator of “In My Back Yard DC”
by Borderstan.com February 6, 2013 at 10:00 am 0
From Rachel Nania. Check out her blog, Sear, Simmer & Stir. Follow Nania on Twitter @rnania, email her at rachel[AT]borderstan.com.
Michael Hamilton. (Courtesy Michael Hamilton)
In January, a group of residents in two small community associations proposed a liquor license moratorium zone for the 14th and U Street NW corridor — an initiative that started a new chapter in an ongoing debate amongst local businesses and those residents in favor of further development.
In the moratorium, the Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance (SDCA) and the Residential Action Coalition (RAC) request a circular zone be established that extends 1,800 feet (about 1/3 of a mile) from 1211 U Street NW — the location of Ben’s Next Door and adjacent to the iconic Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant.
At the end of the January, we published an article about a locally-run website that popped-up in response to the proposed moratorium, called In My Back Yard DC (IMBY). We recently chatted with the man behind the website to hear about his motive for establishing the site, as well as his plans for the future of the platform.
Michael Hamilton moved to DC about two-and-a-half years ago and currently lives in Columbia Heights. He works in an administrative position at a 501(c)(3) downtown, which he assures us is not at all related to the alcohol, restaurant or development industry.
Hamilton officially launched his website on January 24 and currently has 480 members. He says he launched his site after reading the initial moratorium post on Borderstan.
“I bought the domain and created the site that day,” Hamilton said. “I didn’t plan to publicize it very much until I had recruited a hundred members and selected a few people to join me in leadership positions. However, people discovered the site and it started attracting attention from bloggers.”
Hamilton says he established IMBY because he believes that allowing development in the District is important in keeping the city affordable and exciting.
“DC is growing quickly right now, so what gets built and where (it’s built) will affect the city and region for the long term,” Hamilton said. “If the NIMBYs have their way, DC will become increasingly expensive as the population rises faster than the housing stock. If we go down a different route, and allow home builders and entrepreneurs to meet consumer needs, we can have a District that’s both more affordable and more interesting.”
However, Hamilton is sensitive to ideals behind the residents who do not want to see more development in the neighborhood and in the city, in general. He acknowledges that they have a lot at stake as new restaurants, bars and development communities are built around them.
Hamilton says his next move is to select people for the IMBY executive board.
“My goal in the short term is to use the site to coordinate an effort to fight the proposed liquor license moratorium for U Street. In the longer term, I plan to use the site as a place to write about development and land use regulations, and to comment on issues affecting IMBYdc members,” he said. “We will also speak at hearings and file petitions with various government entities involved in the entitlement and licensing processes.”
“I’d like District lawmakers to acknowledge that while the NIMBYs may be vocal, they don’t speak for the entire community. As the overwhelming response to IMBYdc demonstrates, there are a lot of people who are happy when they have more options for to choose from. A good first step would be not approving the liquor license moratorium for U Street.”
According to Hamilton, those who sign-up for the newsletters, offered on his website, can expect to read the latest news on the issue. Hamilton says he will also use the newsletters to coordinate new projects.
“For example, if there’s a new building going up I will recruit members who live in that ANC for their perspective and work with them to file petitions and make statements at hearings,” he said.
Originally, IMBY started as an anonymous site. However, that is no longer the case. Hamilton recently published his full name on the site, and, of course, is now talking to the media.
For the time being, Hamilton is running the site by himself. Once all the leadership positions for the initiative fill-up, he hopes to have some additional help with expanding the site.
In My Back Yard, liquor license moratoriums, Michael Hamilton, Rachel Nania
Wednesday’s ANC 2F Agenda Includes Liquor Moratorium Discussion
by Borderstan.com February 4, 2013 at 2:00 pm 0
ANC 2F covers the Logan Circle area. (DC Board of Elections)
On Wednesday, February 6, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2F will hold its regular monthly meeting. Only this meeting will include a topic that has received a lot of local attention: liquor license moratoriums.
Commissioner John Fanning, chair of ANC 2F’s ABRA Committee, will lead a discussion regarding the proposed liquor license moratorium for 14th and U streets NW. ANC 2F covers the Logan Circle area.
Additionally, the meeting will address the Sunday parking ban in some parts of ANC 2F. A representative from DDOT will be on hand to explain the proposal to consider Sunday parking restrictions and to take questions from the commission and the community.
The ANC meeting is open to the public and will take place Wednesday, February 6, at 7 pm at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Thomas Circle.
ABRA, ANC 2F, DC parking restrictions, liquor license moratoriums, Logan Circle, Rachel Nania
A New Anti-NIMBY Site Pops Up: “In My Backyard”
by Borderstan.com January 30, 2013 at 9:00 am 2 Comments
The proposed liquor license moratorium for 14th and U Streets NW.
The heated debate over liquor licensing between some local residents and neighborhood businesses is nothing new to the Borderstan area. However, a recent push from two neighborhood groups to establish a liquor license moratorium zone for the 14th and U Street NW corridor added fuel to the already lit fire.
The proposed moratorium appears to be the reason behind a new anti-NIMBY website, In My Backyard. This site, whose owner is only given as “Michael,” is “a group designed to counter the small-but-powerful NIMBYs in your neighborhood,” according to a message on the landing page.
“What an amazingly stupid idea,” wrote one commentator, in reference to Borderstan’s piece about the proposed moratorium, posted January 22. “Let’s distort the market and discourage further development. If these people need something better to do with their free time, maybe they could do some volunteer work around the area. I’m sure there are some kids who could use tutors.”
Another commentator wrote, “Harming and estranging local small businesses takes away both their incentive and the financial wherewithal to meet the expense burden of sustaining a business-oriented entity such as a BID.”
One commentator posted a link to an opposing petition on the matter. So far there are 775 supporting signatures. (See New Citizens’ Organization Seeks Different Path for 14th Uand Online Petition Opposing Liquor License Moratorium Draws Support.)
Of the 22 commenters on Borderstan’s story, none spoke in favor of the moratorium.
In My Backyard
In My Backyard says, “It has been too easy for small groups that do not represent most DC residents to derail any kind of new development in DC,” says the website’s homepage. “With just a few signatures and some complaining, these groups successfully stop businesses and homebuilders from serving the needs of DC residents. It’s my opinion that DC will be better off with more options for consumers, not fewer.”
According the website, its primary function is to submit petitions and comments to City Council, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions and the Alcohol Beverage Control Board in support of the new developments that “can provide homes and jobs for our growing community.”
So what say you, Borderstan? Are these comments and is this website representative of the majority of the neighborhood’s feelings? Or is the issue of liquor licensing a divided issue in the neighborhood?
And “Michael,” email me — we’d like to interview you.
14th and U, DC liquor laws, In My Back Yard, liquor license moratoriums
A Liquor License Moratorium for 14th and U Corridor?
by Borderstan.com January 22, 2013 at 8:00 am 25 Comments
Click for a larger image: The proposed 14th and U liquor license moratorium zone.
From Tom Hay. Questions for Tom? Send him an email at tom[AT]borderstan.com. Follow him on Twitter @Tomonswann.
Two citizen groups have filed a petition with the DC Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) to establish a liquor license moratorium zone for the 14th and U Street NW corridor.
The Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance (SDCA) and the Residential Action Coalition (RAC) request that a circular zone be established that extends 1,800 feet (about 1/3 of a mile) from 1211 U Street NW — the location of Ben’s Next Door — and adjacent to the iconic Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant. (See New Citizens’ Organization Seeks Different Path for 14th U and Online Petition Opposing Liquor License Moratorium Draws Support.)
Borderstan was unable to find a website or Facebook page for RAC — only a listing for the organization with a T Street address. The signer for RAC on the petition letter was Kathryn A. Eckles while SDCA President Joan Sterling was the other signatory.
The proposed zone would be a circle, and extend as far as Clifton Street NW to the north, R Street to the south and have 8th and 15th streets as the east and west boundaries, respectively.
The zone includes blocks in Wards 1, 2 and 6 and portions of all four Borderstan area Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) and four Metropolitan Police Service Areas (PSAs). The four ANCs impacted are 2B (Dupont Circle), 2F (Logan Circle), 1B (which includes U Street and Columbia Heights) and a small section of 6E (Shaw).
The filing by SDCA and RAC cites 107 liquor licences in the proposed zone, with another twelve in the regulatory pipeline or planning stages (see the full list submitted with the filing). The petitioners argue that the density of licenses in the area have “imposed extremely stressful conditions” on residents; specifically noise, crime and parking problems. The second factor is that growth of licenses in other areas of the city — where new businesses may be needed — has been stunted. SDCA unanimously voted to endorse a moratorium at their August 2012 meeting.
Once ABRA’s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board determines that the petition meets all the criteria for consideration under DC Law, the Board will hold a public hearing to review the petition. In addition to public testimony for or against the petition, the Board will request comment from affected ANCs and Councilmembers, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of Planning, among others. The DC Council would also have to approve the moratorium.
The ABC Board has several options after hearing testimony and comments. Grant or deny the request in its entirety. Grant in part by enlarging or decreasing the size of the zone, or limiting the moratorium to one class of liquor license. There are currently five liquor license moratorium zones within DC: Georgetown, Glover Park, Adams Morgan, Dupont West and Dupont East.
SDCA was founded in 2012 and includes blocks near the center of the moratorium zone. RAC was founded in 1981 and serves residents in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, which would include about three blocks at the southwestern edge of the proposed moratorium zone.
The filing of the moratorium petition by SDCA and RAC comes just days after Mayor Vincent Gray officially enacted major changes to laws and regulations pertaining to alcohol sales. Among the changes in the law is a provision that would dismiss any liquor license protest by a group of five or more residents if an applicant reaches an agreement with their ANC.
14th & U, DC liquor licenses, liquor license moratoriums, Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance
New Citizens’ Organization Seeks Different Path for 14th and U
by Borderstan.com May 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm 2,283 22 Comments
The intersection of 14th and U Streets NW. What does the future hold for one of the city's most desirable locations? (Luis Gomez Photos)
From Matty Rhoades. You can email him at matty[AT]borderstan.com.
Borderstan first learned earlier this spring that a new neighborhood organization was being formed, one whose mission was to change the course of the rapid pace of development along the 14th and U corridor — including a possible push for a liquor license moratorium. (For another view, see Online Petition Opposing Liquor License Moratorium Draws Support.) Moreover, changes are being considered to DC’s zoning laws as recently noted in the City Paper’s Housing Complex blog.
The new Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance (SDCA) held its first meeting May 21. The boundaries for membership in SDCA are from 12th to 15th Streets and from S to U Streets NW. Joan Sterling is president of the board of directors and some of the other names on the board are familiar to people who follow neighborhood politics and community organizations — Elwyn Ferris (partner of ANC 2B09 Commissioner Ramon Estrada) is secretary, and Doug Johnson and Craig Brownstein of U Street Dirt are on the board of directors.
The entire 14th and U corridor has been undergoing rapid change in the past decade, with numerous residential-retail complexes still under construction, from S Street past Florida Avenue NW; the strip of 14th below S Street saw the first wave of new construction on empty lots earlier in the decade. One such complex just getting underway is the Lous at 14th and U Streets NW (see Plans Unveiled for the Louis at 14th/U; Will Remake Famous Corner.) Another project, spanning 14th from S to Swann Streets is expected to be completed this fall. Demolition work will soon begin on the project at the southeast corner of 14th and Wallach NW. And there are more projects under construction or on the drawing board (13th and U NW, for example).
Not surprisingly, not everyone in the area views the changes — or the trajectory of the development — in quite the same way.
SDCA Organization’s Message Points
The membership application for SDCA is quite blunt in terms of the message points it drives home to potential members, with the following Q&A on the membership applicaton:
Q: Finding it increasingly difficult to park?
A: Local developers are being granted variances from the required parking regulations!
Q: Is late night noise and disturbance increasing?
A: New establishments are requesting operating hours till 4 and 5 AM!
Q: Are you concerned about the drastic increase in street crime?
A: Three stabbings of local restaurant patrons in the past year!
Q: Did you know that new development almost caused us the permanent loss of our Post Office.
A: A vocal group of citizens (our members, and our neighbors, just like you) fought it, and saved it!
Q: Are you aware that new legislation could strip away the legal standing residents have in alcohol licensing?
A: The right to negotiate a reasonable Voluntary Agreement may be permanently eliminated!
Interview with SDCA President
Borderstan asked SDCA President Joan Sterling about the new organization, its priorities — and why its members felt the need to form the organization instead of working through three neighborhood organizations in or near the 14th and U corridor.
Borderstan: What is your organization’s top priority as of now?
Sterling: Shaw-Dupont Citizens Alliance (SDCA) views this neighborhood as a residential community, a historic treasure, an educational center, and a vital component of the District of Columbia’s retail and tourism economy. The association seeks to maintain a unique mix of missions for the community, while seeing that the views and interests of residents and homeowners are well represented in the neighborhood’s continuing evolution. DSCA’s mission is to preserve the historic character, quality of life, and aesthetic values of this area with a particular eye toward protecting the interests of the neighborhood’s residents and homeowners. We all welcome the new businesses and the exciting development. At the same time we also have some concerns about the impact of that growth on the quality of life in the neighborhood.
As a newly incorporated organization we are very busy with membership and organizing our committees in a way that will reflect the varied interests of the members. We have had a lot of feedback regarding things such as parking, new development, new retail, improved daytime activity in the neighborhood, and concerns related to the significant late night activity that borders the residential areas.
Borderstan: Are you actively pushing the DC Government for a liquor license moratorium in the 14th and U area?
Sterling: That is one of the options that the members have discussed as a possibility to get a little ‘breathing space’ while trying to find a way to improve the implementation of the ARTS Overlay and Comprehensive Plan for the neighborhood. We hope to work with both Councilmember Graham [D-Ward 1] and Councilmember Evans [D-Ward 2], along with the Office of Planning, BZA [Board of Zoning Adjustment], ABRA [Alcoholic Beverage Regulatory Administration], DCRA, DDOT and the other agencies that all have a piece of the puzzle. We are interested in having a vibrant and safe community during both the daytime and the evening hours. (Editor’s note: The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) lists five moratorium actions in DC. The neighborhoods with liquor license moratoriums are Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Glover Park, Dupont West and Dupont East (17th Street NW).
Borderstan: How would you respond to Bryan Martin Firvida’s claim that liquor license moratoriums are ineffective?
Sterling: It’s an interesting position to take considering Mr. Firvida provides no data that supports that opinion – the petition language is long on hyperbole, but short on facts. Existing Moratoria have been renewed which would indicate that, in the areas that have them, the residents are happy with the results. Moratorium zones as defined by ABRA can only be in a radius of 600 feet, 1,200 feet or 1,800 feet. Implying that because online petition signatories are in a particular zip code means that they live in a moratorium zone is far from accurate. It does not correctly reflect the very small sizes of ABRA defined zones compared to the much larger areas covered by zip codes.
Signatures of approximately 600 DC residents is just not reflective of those residents that are directly impacted by the current over-concentration of licenses in this particular small area. We are very interested in all ideas that can actually be implemented to help alleviate the problems that residents are experiencing and are eagerly awaiting Mr. Firvida’s alternate suggestions. We are aware that Mr. Firvida has authored other online petitions such as D.C. Council and the D.C. Taxicab Commission: Make “Red” the standard color for Taxicabs in Washington, D.C.
(Editor’s note: Martin Firvida is a past president of the U Street Neighborhood Association (USNA), elected president four times, 2002 to 2004 and again in 2010. He also served as chair of USNA’s Business Development and ABC Committee and served on the USNA Board of Directors. Martin Firvida also spent four years as a Special Assistant in the Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the City Administrator working on neighborhood issues. )
Borderstan: Why did you decided to form a new organization instead of working through existing community associations, such as the U Street Neighborhood Association, the Logan Circle Community Association and the Dupont Circle Citizens Association?
Sterling: We felt that we needed a residents association to address the things that are of interest to our neighborhood. Because the area straddles two different ANCs and two Wards it made sense to start an organization that could represent the neighborhood in a more cohesive way. Both the Dupont Circle Citizens Association and the Logan Circle Community Association represent residents in different areas than SDCA. The residents in those areas are clearly ably represented by their associations and we hope to follow their examples.
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14th & U, DC liquor licenses, DC zoning, liquor license moratoriums, Shaw Dupont Citizens Alliance, U Street NW
Online Petition Opposing Liquor License Moratorium Draws Support
by Borderstan.com May 22, 2012 at 11:00 am 1,559 0
Online petition against moratorium closing in on 700 signatures. (Luis Gomez Photos)
From Rachel Nania. Check out her blog, Sear, Simmer & Stir. Follow Nania on Twitter @rnania, email her at [email protected]
Last month, Borderstan posted an article on a potential Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license moratorium in the 14th and U Street / MidCity neighborhoods. The article highlighted an online petition, started by Bryan Martin Firvida to oppose a moratorium, which would make it more difficult, or impossible, for new businesses to obtain liquor licenses.
More than 660 supporters have signed the petition since its inception. According to Martin Firvida, 66% of the petition’s signatories live in the zip code impacted by the proposed restrictions (20009), and 82% of supporters live in 20009 and surrounding zip codes. In total, 93% of all signatories live in DC.
“An ABC License moratorium is an ineffective way to deal with the many quality of life issues that exist in the neighborhood and unfairly places the burden and responsibility of the many issues of our vibrant neighborhood only on our local businesses that happen to hold alcohol licenses,” states Martin Firvida’s petition. “No one is saying that serving alcohol doesn’t create issues, however blaming alcohol for all of the issues of a neighborhood and targeting only alcohol is short sighted and ineffective.”
Martin Firvida explained to Borderstan that he started the petition as a way for neighbors to proactively express support for our neighborhood and for taking a comprehensive approach to managing the many quality of life issues that face any dynamic neighborhood in the District, something that a moratorium simply does not do.
Martin Firvida is a past president of the U Street Neighborhood Association (USNA), elected president four times, 2002 to 2004 and again in 2010. He also served as chair of USNA’s Business Development and ABC Committee and served on the USNA Board of Directors. Martin Firvida also spent four years as a Special Assistant in the Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the City Administrator working on neighborhood issues.
14th and U, DC liquor licenses, liquor license moratoriums
14th and U: Petition Opposes Possibility of Liquor License Moratorium
by Borderstan.com April 30, 2012 at 12:00 pm 1,494 1 Comment
The 14th and U corridor has become of DC’s most popular destinations for restaurants, music and clubs. (Luis Gomez Photos)
From Tom Hay. Questions for Tom? Send him an email at Tom[AT]borderstan.com and follow him on Twitter @Tomonswann.
Late last week, on April 25 news of an online petition opposing the possibility of an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license moratorium in the 14th and U Street / MidCity neighborhoods landed in Borderstan’s email box. Bryan Martin Firvida created the petition on the site Change.org petition on Wednesday and it is already has almost 400 signatures as of Monday morning.
In their comments, the petition’s signers overwhelmingly expressed their support for the growth, diversity and development of the U street area. Former president of the U Street Neighborhood Association, Martin Firvida, a resident of the U street area, appears to have created the petition as a preemptive measure to the possibility of a moratorium.
Martin Firvida told Borderstan, “I set up the petition as a way for my neighbors to both proactively express their support for our neighborhood, and for addressing the issues we face in a smart and comprehensive way, while also registering their opposition to an ABC license moratorium. Just like any of the vibrant neighborhoods here in the District, we have a complex mix of quality of life issues that can really only be effectively managed through ongoing collaboration — which is accomplished by bringing residents, businesses and government to the table to work together. A moratorium does none of that.”
Another factor at play in the area is a current zoning restriction, which limits the total square footage of restaurant, club and lounge storefronts to 50%. This restriction was raised from 25% in 2010, and is part of an arts overlay district that was put into place a number of years ago.
The 14th and U/MidCity neighborhoods could prove to be a tricky area to navigate for any community group hoping to build support for a moratorium. The area includes blocks in Wards 1 and 2, at least three different ANCs (1B, 2B and 2F) and just as many neighborhood associations.
Five Moratoriums in Effect
The Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) lists five moratorium actions in DC. The neighborhoods with liquor license moratoriums are Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Glover Park, Dupont West and Dupont East (17th Street NW).
The moratorium discussion and process begins at the level of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) or neighborhood association. Martin Firvida’s petition states, “Once again, we’re hearing the idea of a Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License (a/k/a “a liquor license”) Moratorium being discussed for the Greater 14th and U Street Neighborhoods.”
The commercial corridors of 14th and U Streets have seen rapid residential development in the past few years and have, as a result, drawn many new restaurants and bars. New businesses that desire an ABC license must navigate their way through the choppy waters of the public protest process. In most cases, businesses end up signing the now ubiquitous “voluntary agreement” or VA and agree to limited hours in serving alcohol in order to expedite the process.
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ABC Board Says Hank’s Oyster Bar Can Expand
ANC 2B Approves Limited Changes to 17th St. Moratorium
ANC 2B Committee Report on 17th St. Liquor Licenses
14th and U, ABRA, DC liquor licenses, liquor license moratoriums, MidCity Business Association
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Technische Universität Braunschweig (Technical University Braunschweig)
This university received its name 'Carolo-Wilhelmina' from its founders, the Dukes Carl and Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. The foundation was laid with the Collegium Carolinum (college) - a new building institution centererd somewhere between an academic high school and a university. Besides humanities and the 'beautiful arts' mathematics are also taught. This makes the Technische Universität the most established and traditional university in Germany.
In the year 1862 the college is being renamed 'Polytechnische Schule' (poly-technical college) and academic training takes place in 8 technical and natural science subjects. The poly-technical college is then called 'Herzogliche Technische Hochschule Carolo-Wilhelmina' (Ducal Technical College Carolo-Wilhelmina) from 1878 onwards. After a faculty for humanities and social sciences was added its name changed to Technische Universität in 1968.
Home of the Carolo-Wilhelmina is the city of Braunschweig, the historical and traditional 'City of Science' in the centre of Europe's 'hottest' region for research.
The TU Braunschweig with its 120 institutes offers excellent conditions for future orientated research and teachings: engineering and natural sciences are the academic core subjects and are closely linked with economics, humanities and social and educational sciences. Students have the choice between approximately 60 different degree courses and numerous extension courses and options.
The TU Braunschweig is amongst the top-ranking German universities for third-party funding - proof of the university's pronounced strength in research.
The TU Braunschweig is a member of the association of leading technical universities in Germany 'TU9 - German Institutes of Technology' and with the Universities of Hanover and Clausthal forms the organisation of technical universities in Lower Saxony (NTH).
Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Fakultät (mathematics, economics, social studies, life sciences (biology, bio-technology, chemistry, food chemistry, pharmacy and psychology)
Architecture, civil engineering and environmental sciences
Electrical engineering, communication technology and physics
Humanities and educational sciences
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Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU)
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BMW recalls 1.3 million faulty cars worldwide
BMW recalls some of their 1.3 million cars worldwide due to faulty car parts.
The recall affects 5 and 6 Series BMWs built between 2003 and 2010, the manufacturer has said, and concerns a fault with the battery cable cover inside the boot of a small proportion of these models.
BMW recalls 5 and 6 series cars
BMW is concern with the fault found in their 5 and 6 series cars and issued a recall as a precautionary measure. The fault was found in the incorrect mounting of the cable cover could lead to the car's electrical system malfunctioning, the vehicle failing to start and even to charring or fire in some cases, BMW warned.
However, there is no need for motorists to panic as the chances of a car being affected by the fault are minute.
So far, fewer than one per cent of inspected vehicles were found to exhibit the problem, Reuters reports.
Around 109,000 cars are due to be recalled in the UK, with BMW to contact the owners in writing.
They will then be able to bring their car to a BMW-authorised garage for a 30-minute free repair procedure.
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Calling all Marty McFly fans - starting tomorrow, Thursday October 1st, 2015, the blockbuster BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy will be available to stream or download on Prime Video. For the month of October, Prime members in the U.S. will have unlimited access to watch Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III, at no additional charge to their membership.
Back to the Future is one of the Top 50 movies of all time on IMBD and is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its debut this year. October 21, 2015 also marks the exact day Marty McFly, played by Michael J. FOX and his girlfriend Jennifer, played by Elisabeth Shue, time travel to, in the second installment, Back to the Future Part II.
Prime Video will be the exclusive subscription streaming home for the three films-it is also the first time these films are available on a subscription streaming service, for unlimited viewing. Prime members can watch each film via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices, mobile devices or online at www.amazon.com/PrimeVideo.
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'Ali Receives the Paladin 'Adnan, Folio from the Khavarannameh of Muhammad Ibn Husam, ca. 1477. Ink and opaque watercolors on paper, 8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.128 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.128_IMLS_SL2.jpg)
'Ali Receives the Paladin 'Adnan, Folio from the Khavarannameh of Muhammad Ibn Husam, ca. 1477. Ink and opaque watercolors on paper, 8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.128 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.128_acetate_bw.jpg)
'Ali Receives the Paladin 'Adnan, Folio from the Khavarannameh of Muhammad Ibn Husam
These pages belong to a dispersed illustrated manuscript and the first known copy of the Khavarannama by the poet Muhammad ibn Husam (d. circa 1470). Modeled on the Iranian national epic, the Shahnama (Book of Kings), the Khavarannama details the life of cAli, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the most important figure in Shica Islam after Muhammad. The manuscript originally contained 155 miniatures, which appear to have been executed some years after the text and display the vibrant colors and lush vegetation characteristic of the Turkman painting tradition of Shiraz. In one of the paintings shown here, the military leader cAdnan visits cAli, depicted as a enthroned king; the other shows a horseman lassoing a wild donkey as his companions stab a spotted leopard and shoot a wild goat. The text on the hunting scene includes the name of Said ibn Abi Waqqas, a relative of the Prophet and purportedly the first to accept Islam; he may therefore be represented in the illustration.
This text refers to these objects: 86.227.128; 86.227.132
MEDIUM Ink and opaque watercolors on paper
DYNASTY Timurid
PERIOD Turkman
DIMENSIONS 8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in. (show scale)
SIGNATURE Farhad, 1477
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER 86.227.128
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
CAPTION 'Ali Receives the Paladin 'Adnan, Folio from the Khavarannameh of Muhammad Ibn Husam, ca. 1477. Ink and opaque watercolors on paper, 8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.128 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.128_IMLS_SL2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 86.227.128_IMLS_SL2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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Lunar Festival 2018 Announced
Malian music legends Amadou & Mariam, electronic party pioneers Basement Jaxx, acclaimed cinematic pop duo Goldfrapp and legendary punk band The Stranglers headline the four-day event, which runs from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 July 2018.
Tickets for the 5000 capacity Lunar Festival, based near the picturesque Warwickshire village of Tanworth-In-Arden just thirty minutes south of Birmingham, will be released for general sale from 10.00 on Friday 23 February 2018.
For the first time in its five year history, the festival site will open up a day early exclusively to 500 weekend ticket holders on Thursday 26 July.
Committed to staying small whilst thinking big, the 2018 edition of Lunar Festival welcomes the introduction of Lunar’s Seven Elements: Learn, Listen, Taste, Relax, Laugh, Move and Create - placing creativity, community and celebration at the heart of an exciting and diverse programme.
"Lunar Festival offering is all about bringing together like-minded individuals, artists, fans and creatives, to realise a shared vision that inspires, entertains, enlightens and captivates through the Seven Elements. We've worked hard over the past year to make the 2018 programme our best yet, for the adventurous and the family-orientated. Lunar is 100% dedicated to celebrating the wonderful community of music and art lovers that have supported the festival to date, and we look forward to welcoming friends old and new to this year's edition." - John Fell, Lunar Festival
FRIDAY AT LUNAR FESTIVAL 2018
Amadou & Mariam met as children at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind in Bamako. Now celebrating 35 years as successful musicians playing their electric take on Afroblues across the globe, the duo has recorded eight full-length albums (including 2017’s "La Confusion" via Because Music) and count Stevie Wonder, Manu Chao and Simpson's creator Matt Groening amongst their fans.
Double BRIT award winners Basement Jaxx have gone from throwing hush-hush raves in abandoned South London pizza joints to being a go-to name for eclectic and uplifting mixes and productions that embrace house, Latin, Kizomba, hip hop and broken beats amongst a multitude of styles and genres.
Nabihah Iqbal (formerly Throwing Shade) released her debut LP on respected British label Ninja Tune in December 2017. ‘Weighing of the Heart’ melds live instrumentation and moody, propulsive basslines with shimmering synth atmospheres - a storming work realised by a musician, broadcaster (NTS Radio) and multi-disciplinary artist (Tate, ICA, Barbican).
The Go! Team, an act “who still have faith in the power of music to make things better” promise a joyous set for the Lunar Festival faithful, alongside highly-anticipated sets from Heavenly Records artists: the hotly-tipped Cardiff funk, rave and psych-indie outfit Boy Azooga; and 77:78, a brand new project from The Bees’ Aaron Fletcher and Tim Parkin.
Award-winning family folk group The Unthanks will perform the songs and poems of Molly Drake; a fitting tribute, as Lunar Festival, takes place in Tanworth-In-Arden, the spiritual home of Molly’s son, venerated English singer-songwriter Nick Drake.
SATURDAY AT LUNAR FESTIVAL 2018
Goldfrapp's seventh album ‘Silver Eye’ (a reference to the moon) was released in 2017 and marked a new direction towards cinematic pop with a twist - away from previous forays into electronic folk by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Ever-inventive and transformational over 21 years of recording and performing, the duo promises a dramatic and visually striking experience to help top off the festival’s Saturday main stage offer.
Critic Alex Petridis (Guardian Music) awarded Hookworms - rock band gone electronic - a rare five-star review for their February 2018 release ‘Microshift’. Lunar Festival offers genuinely memorable and intimate surroundings in which to see and hear one of the UK’s most exciting acts live.
Fusing slinky underground disco, deep electronic throbs, and shimmering pop moments, Crazy P make dance music with a voice, a heart, and soul - a perfect foil for the psychedelic jazz of Soundway Records collective and perennial festival pleasers The Heliocentrics, as well as Birmingham industrial synth-doom merchants Matters.
Trojan Soundsystem celebrates 50 years of the influential reggae label with a gathering of selectors and singers, promising uplifting and feel-good sounds in intimate surroundings of The Crow Bar.
SUNDAY AT LUNAR FESTIVAL 2018
Seminal punk and new wave band The Stranglers bring the Lunar Festival weekend to a fitting end - 43 years since emerging via the Guildford punk rock scene. The band have gone on to experiment with different styles, resulting in smash hits ‘Golden Brown’, ‘No More Heroes’, ‘Peaches’ and ‘Always The Sun’, and are consistently cited as one of the most influential acts to have come out of the UK in the 20th century.
After being forced to leave their homes in Mali during the civil conflict and imposition of Sharia law, Songhoy Blues formed. Their 2015 debut album, ‘Music In Exile’, was released via Transgressive Records to universal acclaim, being described as “a masterpiece of desert blues; blending American guitar licks with Malian groove” (NME).
Former lead singer of the legendary and seminal German krautrock band Can, Damo Suzuki now performs around with world as Damo Suzuki’s Network, and has created live improvisational music with more than 7000 different musicians across 43 countries to date. He will bring this project to Lunar Festival for a never-before-seen performance with a group of specially-assembled musicians, dubbed the Lunar Ensemble.
Expect a kaleidoscopic world of wild synths and drums from AK/DK, Jane Weaver’s melodic electro-indie channelling new depths of cosmic energy and fresh soundscapes from rising Birmingham collective Dorcha. More highlights come from Blackash with their fusion of acid rock and acid house and BBC 6 Music’s Mark Radcliffe with his band Galleon Blast.
ELSEWHERE AT LUNAR FESTIVAL 2018
Hosting dance classes by day teaching Bhangra, Northern Soul and Swing, The Crow Bar will carry on the party till 3 am once the music on the Lunar stage has finished.
Similarly, new venue Journey To Nutopia will play host to futuristic talks and workshops through the day, broadening minds and changing perspectives. By night, this venue will see high-calibre DJ sets from the likes of dance music icon, A Guy Called Gerald, performing a live acid jam session, and one of Britain’s first house sound systems, DIY Soundsystem, hosting the Friday night. Also making an appearance to bring a Nutopian electronic-meets-spoken-word set to Lunar is Richard Norris.
In the timber-framed Moonshine Barn – a further addition to this year's Lunar offering – comedy is provided by one of the UK’s longest-standing comedy clubs, The Glee Club. This includes their famous Comedy Carousel as well as performances by crowd favourite Paul Foot and local hero Barbara Nice, hosting Celebrity Blind Date.
Lunar Festival will also see live podcasts, such as Reasons To Be Cheerful by Absolute Radio’s Geoff Lloyd and ex-Labour party leader Ed Miliband, recorded on site.
The Misery Saloon, strictly for the morose over 18s, will host whiskey, rum and gin tasting sessions as well as being home to a matinee of “thoroughly depressing film” and employ a strict "No Smiling Rule”.
FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT LUNAR FESTIVAL 2018
Thanks to partnerships with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Space Centre, families can revel in a wealth of theatre and science-themed activities. The Pink Moon Meadow will host plenty of other entertainment and workshops, such as making your own fairy doors, pottery, wand-making, the renowned Big Fish Little Fish family rave, Lunar team sports and a skate ramp, provided by A Third Foot.
Children can also go free to the Umberslade Children’s Farm where they can interact with baby animals, ride a pony, enjoy the two adventure play areas and even ride one of the farm’s John Deere tractors.
For those wanting a more luxurious experience at Lunar Festival, glamping options include luxury bell tents, beautiful vintage tents or quirky and unique Landpods. To escape from the hustle and bustle, attendees can enjoy a soak in wood-fired hot tubs, complete with waiter service and a chill-out tent at the Northern Sky Retreat.
Lunar Festival is produced by the team behind Moseley Folk Festival (in its twelfth year) and Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival (in its eighth year).
During the Lunar Festival year off in 2017, the team produced Beyond The Tracks Festival in Birmingham, which was subsequently nominated for Best New Festival at the Independent Festival Awards.
The team has brought some of the biggest and best shows to Birmingham over the past five years, including Chaka Khan, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, Public Enemy, Chic feat. Nile Rodgers, Laura Marling, Bonobo, Levellers, Ocean Colour Scene, Editors, Orbital, Super Furry Animals and Television.
Applications are currently open for NHS workers to apply for free weekend tickets (one ticket per worker). Applicants must email proof of NHS employment to info@lunarfestival.co.uk by Friday 16 March. 100 workers will be selected at random to receive a free ticket.
Lunar Festival tickets are released for general sale from 10 am Friday 23 February 2018 via the official website.
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Dirk Puehl‘s Today’s Memory
Traditional date of the fall of Troy
Originally shared by Dirk Puehl
24 April 1184 BCE, #onthisday, 3,200 years ago, the city of Troy fell after ten years of siege, at least according to the Greek polymath of the third century BCE, Eratosthenes of Cyrene.
„I fear the Greeks, even those bearing gifts”. The story of Troy’s fall itself, like many other legends of the Trojan War, is not told in Homer’s „Iliad”, though. The epic actually covers only a few weeks of the 10th year of the war during Agamemnon’s and Achilles’ quarrel over the „rosy Briséis” – even though the coming sack of the city is mentioned. Ulysses’ ploy, Laocoön and the snakes, Aeneas and the Palladium and all the primal scenes that took place after Achilles’ son Neoptolemus and his warriors jumped out of the Wooden Horse and put many-towered Ilium and her inhabitants to the sack are stories told in the Epic Circle, especially the Iliupersis, the „Sack of Illium”, probably by one Arctinus who lived in the 8th century BCE while other events of the war were retold first by Ulysses himself in Homer’s “Odyssey”. However, wherever and if ever these events took place, their narrative marks the birth of Western literature and established the cultural identity of classical Greece. Along with a first-rate debate among archaeologists and classical philologists whether the site discovered by Schliemann under Hisarlik Hill in Turkey in 1873 really was the Homeric Troy, what Bronze Age culture or cultures built and inhabited the place, if the events told by Homer and in the Epic Cycle really happened, which of the ten settlement layers under the hill was the one occupied by then and what role the Bronze Age town actually played in the wider context of the Aegean cultural cycle and that of the Ancient Orient. And, naturally, about the identity of Homer himself.
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http://wunderkammertales.blogspot.de/2016/04/troy-is-no-more-and-ilium-was-town-fall.html
Depicted below is Johann Georg Trautmann’s (1713 – 1769) imagination of „The Burning of Troy” from 1762.
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Fractals are math's trippiest concept, and they get even weirder when used to solve a puzzle involving the British coast
Andy Kiersz
Feb. 28, 2019, 10:18 AM
The Mandelbrot set is a particularly famous fractal.
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Fractal geometry is one of the most elegant and beautiful branches of mathematics.
An early analysis of fractals came from a surprising and weird phenomenon that occurs when you try to measure a coastline.
The measured length of the coastline depends on how long of a ruler you use, with shorter rulers resulting in longer measured lengths.
You probably haven't thought of fractals since your high school geometry class, but there's a chance you've crossed paths with the otherworldly patterns recently. From trippy dorm room posters to the special effects in the blockbuster film "Doctor Strange," the endlessly recursive designs have become a cultural shorthand for awe and wonder.
Fractals are mathematical curves that are made up of ever smaller copies of themselves, so that zooming in on one part of the curve results in a very similar shape to the whole.
Many fractals, like the Mandelbrot set above, come from intricate mathematical equations. But some are much simpler and easier to construct.
One straightforward but still fascinating fractal is the Koch snowflake. To build your own, start with a straight line. Then, add a triangular point in the middle of that line. Take that shape and do the same thing with each of the four smaller line segments, adding a triangular point to each. This process then gets repeated over and over again:
Business Insider/Andy Kiersz
The final curve is the result of doing this process an infinite number of times. Zooming in on any part of the snowflake gives a smaller version of the overall figure.
Fractals like the Koch snowflake have lots of weird mathematical properties. For example, each iteration above has a greater total length than the previous step. By replacing each line segment in the figure with four sections, the overall length of the curve keeps increasing. As it turns out, the eventual infinitely iterated curve ends up having an "infinite" length, even though it takes up a finite amount of space in the two-dimensional plane.
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Many shapes in nature have fractal-like properties. Crystals show the kind of repeating "self-similarity" that the Koch snowflake does; tree branches grow out into smaller and smaller versions of themselves; and lightning bolts follow fractal-like paths through the air.
But, as with many things in math, one of the earliest foundational studies of what would be later described as fractals came from a surprisingly difficult question: How long is the coastline of Great Britain?
While most people wouldn't lose sleep over this puzzle, it's the exact sort of problem that interests mathematicians — particularly when the answer turns out more complicated than expected.
It turns out that measuring the length of a coastline depends on the length of the ruler you're using, or the resolution of the map or photo being measured. That is somewhat counterintuitive, since most distances we might measure day to day don't change with the length of the ruler used to find them.
Coastlines can have large amounts of bends and kinks and odd edges, and so a smaller ruler or scale being used can measure a longer overall length of a coastline than a longer ruler, as the smaller ruler can capture more of those weird twists and turns.
As an example, here's a measurement of the coast of Great Britain using two different scales: one with a ruler about 100 miles long, and another using a second ruler half that length.
As your ruler gets smaller and smaller, the measured length of the coastline just keeps getting longer and longer.
In a seminal 1967 paper, mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot explored the relationship between changing the length of a ruler and the measured length of a coastline. Mandelbrot built off of earlier research by the mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson, who first observed the phenomenon of border measurements getting increasingly large as the unit of measurement got smaller.
Mandelbrot argued that the key reason for the increasing measured lengths with smaller rulers is that coastlines have a property he called "self-similarity." Roughly speaking, self-similarity means that zooming in on one part of a curve results in an area that looks somewhat similar to the larger part of the curve. Self-similar shapes are made up of smaller shapes that look like the larger shape.
Coastlines (like the British coast pictured above), tend to be very crinkly, with lots of zig-zagging areas and odd ins and outs. But zooming in closer, one sees a similar degree of crinkliness.
That self-similarity is the essential feature of what Mandelbrot would later name fractals.
Coastlines, of course, are not true fractals. While the self-similarity of a coastline extends pretty far, at the end of the day, coastlines are made up of atoms, and so the infinite levels of recursion that are possible in mathematical abstractions like the Koch snowflake are impossible with actual physical objects.
Some of the most interesting developments in math come out of the interplay between abstract concepts and actual physical things that exist in the real world. Fractals like the Mandelbrot set or the Koch snowflake are artifacts of pure geometry, but it took a strange attribute of coastlines to jump-start the study of this beautiful branch of math.
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Discounts: CASA partners with vendors all around the country to offer tangible financial incentives for individuals and groups to become members of our organization. You can receive discounts on studio album production, web and print design, arranging services, web hosting, and CD duplication. CASA also offers discounted admission to its festivals around the country and two top-notch recording seminars: "Soup To Nuts" and "A cappella Boot Camp". For these reasons, CASA membership will not only make your group better through education resources and privileges but SAVE YOU MONEY on a yearly basis for making your own investments into the offerings of our organization and partners.
For a full list of discounts, please visit our Membership Discounts page.
The pricing structure for CASA membership is as follows:
Individual membership - $35/year
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Full groups who sign up for membership receive additional discounts and resources not available to individuals. CAL groups (http://www.casa.org/league) also receive these benefits, as well as several extra perks for being part of CASA's expanding network of organization-affiliated a cappella groups.
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Learning Technologies, Inc.
To develop a case that would serve as a shipping case and projector and laptop support stand. Learning Technologies, creator of the Digital STARLAB system for portable astronomy education, approached Cases-Cases to develop and manufacture a unique shipping case that needed to:
House and protect a custom projector, a laptop and several peripherals from damage in all possible modes of shipment.
Act as the stand in the planetarium — requiring custom mounting brackets and a custom, folding laptop shelf.
Be sturdy for shipment but light enough to be easily handled by one person.
Cases-Cases developed an ATA-approved shipping case featuring a custom- designed protective foam interior. It was lightweight, UPS-shippable, and included a retractable pull handle. The case was designed to easily convert into a strong, stable projector and laptop stand for use inside the planetarium dome. Cases-Cases manufactured the aluminum mounting brackets for the case and projector along with a laptop shelf that securely attached to the case shell during operation. The Digital STARLAB case and system has been shipped to educators worldwide.
Cases-Cases really came through for us. They were able to come up with an excellent solution to our very unusual and complex case request and to meet a tight deadline. They were a pleasure to work with.
— Jane Sadler, President
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Philippines Bus Hijacking
Members of the SWAT teams prepare to assault the tourist bus seized by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines. Police stormed the bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.
Credit: AP Photo/Pat Roque
Members of the SWAT teams prepare to assault the tourist bus seized by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines. Police stormed the bus after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists and at least four of hte hostages crawled out of the back door. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
Philippine policemen try to open the door of a tourist bus hijacked in Manila on August 23, 2010. An ex-policeman armed with a high-powered assault rifle hijacked a bus carrying more than 20 Hong Kong tourists including children in the Philippine capital on August 23, police said. A person is seen behind the doors but no informations if the person is alive or dead.
Credit: TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images
A hostage grimaces as she is carried into an ambulance following an assault by police and SWAT members to rescue hostages at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.
Credit: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez
Rescue units wheel a body wearing combat boots following an assault by police and SWAT members to rescue hostages in a bus at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.
A bystander lies wounded following an assault by Police and SWAT members to rescue hostages in a tourist bus at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. Mendoza was killed along with an undetermined number of hostages.
A hostage is carried into an ambulance following an assault by police and SWAT members to rescue hostages in a bus at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed a bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.
Paramedics help rescued victims (2nd R-top and centre) from the hijacked bus after a disgruntled ex-policeman took a busload of Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila on August 23, 2010. The dramatic hostage siege in the Philippine capital involving the busload of Hong Kong tourists ended after 12 hours with several captives walking free but at least seven Hong Kong tourists being killed.
Credit: JAY DIRECTO
Police and SWAT members secure the scene following an assault on a tourist bus with foreign tourists taken hostage by a dismissed police officer at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.
A hostage (center) is rushed to a hospital following an assault by Police and SWAT members to rescue hostages at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. Mendoza was killed along with an undetermined number of hostages.
Police and SWAT members assault a tourist bus to rescue hostages at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door.
Police and SWAT members assault a tourist bus to rescue hostages at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. Mendoza was killed along with an undetermined number of hostages.
A body lies by the doorside as Police and SWAT members assault a tourist bus to rescue hostages at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. Mendoza was killed along with an undetermined number of hostages.
Philippine policemen hide as the ex-policeman that hijacked a tourist bus fired them in Manila on August 23, 2010. An ex-policeman armed with a high-powered assault rifle hijacked a bus carrying more than 20 Hong Kong tourists including children in the Philippine capital on August 23, police said.
Credit: NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images
Hostage negotiators talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, in the Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Hostage negotiators, left and right, talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized a bus, background, in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as negotiators talk to him during a standoff at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
A police officer gestures as another hostage was freed by former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, unseen, who took hostage several people in a bus at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
A negotiator, in orange, approaches a tourist bus where former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza has taken hostage foreign tourists at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
A foreign tourist taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, unseen, peers from a window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Credit: AP Photo
Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza talks to a hostage negotiator, in orange, during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza stands by the entrance of a tourist bus as negotiators talk to him during a standoff at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
A hostage peers from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Hostage taker Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza peers from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Hostages peer through the window as negotiators add more fuel into the tourist bus where former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza has taken hostage foreigners at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
A negotiator brings food to the hostages during a standoff at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug.23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists, in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
Hostages peer from the window of a tourist bus during a standoff at Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly foreign tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
A foreign tourist taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, unseen, waves as he peers from a window of a tourist bus while a negotiator prepares to communicate with the hostage-taker at Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Mendoza, a dismissed policeman armed with automatic rifle, seized the bus in Manila Monday with 25 people aboard, mostly Hong Kong tourists in a bid to demand reinstatement, police said.
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Transforming Lives Tour
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(-) Expert Roundup
Assessing the Afghan Surge
In his address to the nation on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama laid out a strategy he says will turn the tides in the faltering Afghan war effort. Five experts analyze his approach.
Expert Roundup by Richard N. Haass, Daniel S. Markey, Candace Rondeaux, and Lt. Gen. David W. Barno
Coming up Short on Pakistan
President Obama says Pakistan is crucial to the success of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. But five Pakistani experts argue the Pakistan part of Obama’s strategy is flawed.
Expert Roundup by Ahmed Rashid, Hassan Abbas, Maleeha Lodhi, Hasan-Askari Rizvi, and Shuja Nawaz
The Tricky Path to U.S. Revival
President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address focused heavily, as expected, on domestic economic recovery and reasserting U.S. competitiveness. Six CFR experts noted different aspects of …
Expert Roundup by Richard N. Haass, Sebastian Mallaby, Michael A. Levi, Edward Alden, Stewart M. Patrick, and James M. Lindsay
Is China a Currency Manipulator?
Six experts debate whether the Obama administration’s approach to China’s currency policy is the right one, and why.
Expert Roundup by Roya Wolverson, Charles A. Kupchan, and Sebastian Mallaby Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Debating the New START Treaty
With the U.S. Senate set to consider ratification of President Obama’s new nuclear nonproliferation strategy, four experts assess the strengths and weaknesses of the New START agreement.
Expert Roundup by Greg Bruno, Ariel Cohen, Lawrence J. Korb, Henry Sokolski, and Morton H. Halperin
Prospects for the Global Economy in 2013
What does 2013 have in store for the global economy? We asked five distinguished experts to identify the most important trends, challenges, and opportunities in the upcoming year.
Expert Roundup by Jeanne Park, Robert Kahn, Mark Thoma, Mark Zandi, Yukon Huang, and A. Michael Spence
Egypt After the Election
Egyptians will vote for president on May 26–27 in an election whose outcome is considered a foregone conclusion. Four experts weigh the state of Egyptian politics more than three years after the upri…
Expert Roundup by Zachary Laub, Steven A. Cook, Charles W. Dunne, Michael Wahid Hanna, and Issandr El Amrani
How Six Days in 1967 Shaped the Modern Middle East
On the war’s fiftieth anniversary, five scholars discuss how Israel, the Palestinian territories, and the Arab world were remade.
Expert Roundup by Nathan Thrall, Steven A. Cook, Elliott Abrams, Sara Yael Hirschhorn, Mouin Rabbani, and Zachary Laub
Visualizing 2018: The Essential Graphics
CFR experts discuss the data worth tracking in the year ahead.
Expert Roundup by Amanda Shendruk, Amy M. Jaffe, Patricia M. Kim, Alyssa Ayres, Edward Alden, Varun Sivaram, Adam Segal, Megan Roberts, Rachel B. Vogelstein, Scott A. Snyder, and Brad W. Setser
Pieter A. Fisher European Studies Roundtable Series
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Istanbul’s Election: What Does Erdogan’s Loss Mean for Turkey?
After his party suffered a humiliating loss in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is down but far from out.
by Steven A. Cook
United States Presidential Election (2020)
Issue Guide: The First 2020 Democratic Presidential Debates
The Democratic field could touch on a number of foreign policy issues, from climate change to Iran, during its first prime-time sparring session.
by CFR.org Editors
Modi’s Thumping Mandate—but for What?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party resoundingly won the general election following a divisive campaign, but it is not yet clear how the results should be interpreted.
by Alyssa Ayres
The Global Trading System: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It
Introduction It has now been more than a quarter century since the United States, the European Union (EU), Japan and more than 100 other countries came together to conclude the Uruguay Round globa…
by Edward Alden Renewing America
Sisi Has His Own Jamal Khashoggi
It’s time to hold Egypt accountable for the U.S. citizens it has unjustly victimized.
The Controversy Over U.S. Strikes in Somalia
The United States has been helping Somalia fight al-Shabab militants for more than a decade, but rights groups say increasing drone strikes are putting civilians at risk.
by Claire Felter
U.S. Military Support for Taiwan: What’s Changed Under Trump?
The Trump administration has made bold gestures in support of Taiwan, including more frequent movement of U.S. ships in the Taiwan Strait. They come at a time of growing anxiety about the U.S.-China …
by Lindsay Maizland
China’s Belt and Road Gets a Win in Italy
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature project, the Belt and Road Initiative, got a boost when Italy became the first major European country to join. What was behind Italy’s decision and what might it mean for allies in the United States and the EU?
by Andrew Chatzky
All This Should Remind You of the Run-Up to the Iraq War
The march to war against Iran is echoing the drumbeats of America's last major Middle Eastern invasion.
Will Khomeini’s Anti-American Vision Endure?
Since the shah’s ouster in February 1979, Iran’s Islamic regime has been propelled by Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionary vision and underpinned by its animus toward the United States.
by Ray Takeyh Middle East Program
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If the U.S. Dollar Plummets
Overview The scale of financing needed to support the U.S. fiscal deficit—together with the Federal Reserve’s policy of keeping U.S. interest rates low to ward off deflation—has revived concerns a…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Brad W. Setser Center for Preventive Action
Reversal in Iraq
Overview Iraq is currently in the early stages of a negotiated end to an intense ethnosectarian war. As such, there are several contingencies in which recent, mostly positive trends in Iraq could …
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Stephen D. Biddle Center for Preventive Action
Political Instability in Egypt
Overview Egypt is now entering a period of political transition with the expectation that President Hosni Mubarak's almost twenty-eight-year tenure will shortly come to an end. The transition will…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Steven A. Cook Center for Preventive Action
An Israeli Strike on Iran
Overview Israel would regard any expansion of nuclear weapons capability within its region as an intolerable threat to its survival. As such, Iran's developing nuclear program has triggered seriou…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Steven Simon Center for Preventive Action
Renewed Conflict in Sudan
Overview Sudan faces the prospect of renewed violence between north and south over the next twelve to eighteen months. Overwhelmingly in favor of independence, the south will either secede peacefu…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Katherine Almquist Knopf Center for Preventive Action
A Third Lebanon War
Overview There is growing concern of renewed war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant Islamist group. Since the last major Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon in the summer of 2006…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Daniel C. Kurtzer Center for Preventive Action
Military Escalation in Korea
Overview Further provocations by North Korea as well as other dangerous military interactions on or around the Korean Peninsula remain a serious risk and carry the danger of unintended escalation…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Paul B. Stares Center for Preventive Action
Electoral Violence in Nigeria
Overview In February 2015, the author wrote an update to this memo to reflect recent developments in Nigeria. Read the update. Elections in Nigeria scheduled for January 2011 may well be the fi…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by John Campbell Center for Preventive Action
Crisis in the Congo
Overview Crisis in the Congo describes the Democratic Republic of the Congo's near-term vulnerability to convulsive electoral violence and renewed rebellion on its periphery. In this Contingency P…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Joshua Marks Center for Preventive Action
Post-Qaddafi Instability in Libya
Overview In June 2015, the author wrote an update to this memo to reflect recent developments in Libya. Read the update. Multiple threats to Libya's stability and public order could emerge if t…
Contingency Planning Memorandum by Daniel P. Serwer Center for Preventive Action
Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Jamille Bigio
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Meighan Stone
Rachel Vogelstein
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Max Boot
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Reuben Earl Brigety
Adjunct Senior Fellow for African Peace and Security Issues
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Police caught a drink-driver after his vehicle was flagged with no insurance
Published: 09:26 Monday 10 September 2018
A drink-driver was caught after police carried out a check on his passing vehicle and stopped him for not having any insurance.
Lukasz Dominik Szymanski, 34, was stopped by police on Portland Drive, in Shirebrook, after he had been drinking with his relatives at their home.
Police who carried out a a registration check arrested a motorist for having no insurance and for being over the drink-drive limit.
Prosecuting solicitor Sarah Haslam told a Chesterfield magistrates’ court hearing on September 6: “The defendant was driving his vehicle in Shirebrook. An officer following the vehicle checked the registration and there was no insurance for the vehicle.
“The defendant was stopped by the officer and he immediately accepted having no insurance to drive the vehicle and the officer could smell alcohol on his breath.”
Szymanski, of Sandhill Street, Worksop, failed a roadside breath test and he was taken to a police station where he registered 67 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes.
The defendant, who is of previous good character, pleaded guilty to having no insurance and to exceeding the alcohol drink-drive limit after the incident on August 14.
Defence solicitor John Cavanagh said Polish-national Szymanski has lived in the UK for eight years and works for Greencore which produces pre-packed sandwiches.
Mr Cavanagh added that Szymanski had bought his car but had not realised how expensive it would be to insure the vehicle.
Szymanski had visited relatives and had consumed alcohol but he did not think he was over the legal drive limit, according to Mr Cavanagh.
Magistrates fined Szymanski £280 and ordered him to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
He was also disqualified from driving for 17 months but if he completes a drink-drive rehabilitation course the ban could be reduced by 18 weeks.
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Why Michael Weatherly Would Be Foolish to Return to ‘NCIS’
Josh Lezmi
Michael Weatherly starred in NCIS as Tony DiNozzo from 2003 until 2016. Playing the quick-tongued agent – often adolescent in disposition – seemed an effortless exercise for the actor. It was as if Weatherly was trying on an old, suitably worn shoe, for size. He quickly found his way to viewers’ hearts and has been intimately tied to the role ever since.
Michael Weatherly | Photo by Timothy Kuratek/CBS via Getty Images
From DiNozzo’s mentor-mentee relationship with Agent Gibbs to the slow-boiling – sometimes passionate, other times lighthearted – romance with David, he was an integral part of the show. Following Michael Weatherly’s departure, 2 million people (on average) stopped watching the primetime procedural.
Now that Cote de Pablo has returned to her career-catalyzing role, fans are hoping Michael Weatherly will do the same; however, given Michael Weatherly’s current state of affairs in the biz, such a decision may not be his wisest move. And, if Weatherly wishes to place the future of his career before his desire for a heartfelt reunion, we likely won’t see him return to NCIS.
Season 4 is on the way…and that’s no #Bull! pic.twitter.com/4aQnjl7R1L
— Bull (@BullCBS) May 9, 2019
Michael Weatherly’s return to ‘NCIS’ would mark his return to “number two”
Michael Weatherly currently leads a successful primetime procedural on CBS, Bull. Bull’s ratings have remained steady across three seasons, and the show was recently renewed for a fourth. Thus, Weatherly likely has a few years left in the leading role. While Weatherly was the secondhand man in NCIS, he’s the guy in charge in Bull; he is the face of the series.
Transitioning back to a role, in which he functions as “number two,” would not be wise for the actor – especially since he has proven he can carry a show by himself. Weatherly used the star power NCIS granted to land Bull, and his celebrity alone was enough to draw in a devout and loyal fanbase (thus far). While some of his co-stars may be recognizable, Weatherly is the household name among them.
When Cote de Pablo left NCIS, she went on to star in The Dovekeepers and The 33; however, both projects were critically panned, and she failed to make a memorable impact in a role outside the former Mossad Agent.
Pablo’s return to NCIS, thus, makes a bit more sense when considering both actors’ career post-departure. Michael Weatherly put his NCIS success to good use – landing another hit show, going on to boast a widespread audience, and proving to the public (and casting directors alike) that his name holds value in the industry.
Returning to ‘NCIS’ could send the wrong message; Weatherly needs to experiment
Returning to NCIS for a brief cameo would most likely be considered thoughtful and sweet. However, returning for anything more could come off as desperate. With a career seemingly on the up and up, going back to a former role is a risk-averse move that could damage the actor’s potential for future TV or film roles. Hollywood favors the brave.
More #NCIS is coming your way September 24! https://t.co/FwgDXffwyf pic.twitter.com/96Kpfl1ZRY
— NCIS (@NCIS_CBS) June 13, 2019
Following Bull – or when the show is not shooting – Michael Weatherly should experiment with characters disparate from the two comedic guys he is most famous for portraying. Many have claimed that Michael Weatherly would make a great James Bond – an older version that would pay homage to the interpretations of yesteryear.
With the crowd he’s capable of drawing, his name may find its way to the credits of a major motion picture soon. That is if he takes the right steps to get to that point. What are the right next actions? He needs to try some new characters on for size in smaller, independent films.
Weatherly should take on roles that frighten or challenge him. And, he may need to prove he’s capable of such roles when less is at risk (when less money is on the table). Going back to NCIS would not be Weatherly’s “right” move, for it shows a hesitance to step outside his comfort zone. Even if Weatherly and Pablo landed a spin-off series, they would return to characters people recognize and adore them for; meaning, they would be walking straight into future typecasting.
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Zukerman vs Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman vs Eugenia Zukerman*
Which Zukerman will it be this week: Pinchas or his ex Eugenia? If you missed the former’s February recital at the Harris, never fear. The violin virtuoso continues his 60th-birthday tour with a week of Bach…
CROSSTOWN CLASSIC: Exes Pinchas and Eugenia play dueling concerts on April 3
Don’t-miss events for Wed 04.01.09 through Tue 04.07.09
classical Pinchas Zukerman vs Eugenia Zukerman*
Which Zukerman will it be this week: Pinchas or his ex Eugenia? If you missed the former’s February recital at the Harris, never fear. The violin virtuoso continues his 60th-birthday tour with a week of Bach mania—although this time he leaves most of the solos to the CSO. Meanwhile, the talented flutist Eugenia (who’s also something of a polymath; perhaps you’ve seen her on CBS’s Sunday Morning) translates pieces written for the musical clock by the likes of Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn.
GO: Pinchas: Apr 1 at 6:30; Apr 2-4 at 8; Apr 3 at 1:30; Apr 5 at 3; Apr 7 at 7:30. $17-$152. Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Ave. cso.org. Eugenia: Apr 3 at 7:30. $6-$14. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern U, 50 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston. pickstaiger.com
theatre Class Dismissed with Bill Ayers
Sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll, and the onetime radical Bill Ayers? We’re intrigued. Ayers gives a talk prior to the April 2nd performance of Jeffrey Sweet’s new coming-of-age play about a 1960s rich kid with revolutionary ideals.
GO: Apr 2 at 6; play continues thru Apr 26. $20-$48. Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N Lincoln Ave. victorygardens.org
theatre Nelson Algren Live*
Not actually featuring Algren, of course—but not short on literati, nonetheless: Don DeLillo and others convene for staged readings of previously unpublished Algren stories in honor of the commensurate Chicagoan’s centenary.
GO: Apr 6 at 7. $20. Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N Halsted St. steppenwolf.org
dance Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Good things come in threes this week, when New York’s Alvin Ailey, Mexico’s Delfos Danza Contemporánea, and our own Hubbard Street Dance Chicago present local programs. But if we have to pick one, we’re going with Ailey, the beloved contemporary company currently touring in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The bill includes Ailey’s eternally crowd-pleasing Revelations, as well as dancer Hope Boykin’s Go in Grace, which, on April 1st, gets live accompaniment from the female a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock.
GO: Apr 1-3 at 7:30; Apr 4 at 2 and 8; Apr 5 at 3. $30-$82. Auditorium Theatre, 50 E Congress Pkwy. ticketmaster.com
concerts Aretha Franklin*
Obama’s inauguration demonstrated that the Queen of Soul remains an icon (loved the hat). Although her voice has lost much of the force that turned “Respect” into a self-empowerment anthem, her way with a song is still remarkable—and there are worse gambles you could take at this location.
GO: Apr 3 at 8. $48-$123. The Venue, Horseshoe Casino, 777 Casino Center Dr, Hammond, IN. ticketmaster.com
farrago Spring 2009 Flower Show at Garfield Park Conservatory
Elsewhere we have to wait for April showers to bring May flowers, but the conservatory blooms early with an array of azaleas, including descendants of those planted for the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
GO: Thru May 10. Grounds open Thu-Tue 9-5; Wed 9-8. 300 N Central Park Ave. garfieldconservatory.org
*ET CETERA
Recall Genie and Pinky’s happier times, circa 1976 … Trace Algren’s footsteps in Chicago … Relive Aretha’s awesome inaugural headgear
PHOTOGRAPH: (Pinchas) Paul Labelle; (Eugenia) Vidal
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ICE raids begin as President Trump sparks controversy over tweet
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US troops to spend a month painting border wall
Wall section located in Calexico, California
By Ryan Browne and Devan Cole, CNN
US-Mexico border wall fence.
(CNN) - Members of the US military will spend roughly a month painting parts of one mile of the wall along the southern border "to improve the aesthetic appearance of the wall," according to an email sent by the Department of Homeland Security to members of Congress.
The section of the wall they will be painting is located in Calexico, California, according to the email from DHS, which said there "may also be an operational benefit" to painting it as "individuals appeared to have greater difficulty" scaling recently painted bollards in Nogales, Arizona. The email was first reported by CBS.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, confirmed the plan in a tweet on Wednesday evening. "DHS informed Congress today that troops are going to spend the next month painting the border wall & "the primary purpose is to improve the aesthetic appearance.
"A disgraceful misuse of taxpayer $$. Our military has more important work to do than making Trump's wall beautiful," the tweet read.
The paint and materials will be paid for by US Customs and Border Protection's fiscal year 2019 budget, according to the email, which said the project will last "approximately 30 days."
On Thursday the Pentagon sent a message to members of Congress informing them that approximately "100 Active Duty Engineer personnel" would "apply an anti-climb coating to about a mile of new bollard barrier near the Calexico West port of entry." This was approved by the Pentagon on March 18, according to the message obtained from a congressional aide.
The "anti-climb coating" application should take about 30 days to apply, according to the message.
Currently, there are 3,000 active duty troops and 2,000 National Guard personnel deployed in support of border security at the southern border. The troops are there due to a shortage of Customs and Border Protection personnel, according to acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who approved in April the deployment of an additional 320 troops to the border.
Shanahan recently said the Pentagon was trying to determine how long troops would be required to support security at the border, saying, "We really need to get back to our primary missions and continue to generate readiness."
The duties that the troops can perform at the border are limited by law, but the Pentagon has previously explained that, among other things, they would be providing engineering support with temporary barriers, barricades and fencing, as well as planning assistance and aviation support to move CBP personnel.
CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report.
Wonderful weather, Sunday evening
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Whitmer and Michigan Department of Agriculture to develop solar panels on Michigan farmland
Administrative decision balances farmland preservation with renewable energy
By Samantha Small - Web Producer
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Early this morning, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell announced a plan to develop commercial solar panels on land allotted to the department's Farmland and Open Space Preservation Program.
The Farmland and Open Space Preservation program distributes tax incentives to landowners who sign PA 116 agreements, stating the designated land will only be used for agricultural purposes. With over 3.4 million acres of farmland enrolled in the program, solar panel developers are struggling to find open areas not bound to the preservation program.
Whitmer stressed the importance of renewable energy, suggesting the panels could be part of a larger farmland preservation effort.
"My administration understands and is committed to helping meet the growing demand for clean, renewable energy sources in our state. By preparing for and investing in renewable energy, we're protecting our environment while diversifying revenue options for Michigan farmers and supporting economic development and job creation in a key Michigan industry," Whitmer said. “We want to ensure that the placement of commercial solar panel arrays is consistent with farming operations and the purposes of PA 116, while also providing opportunities for renewable energy."
Whitmer convened a work group, chaired by McDowell, with agricultural and conservation partners to draft amendments to PA 116 in order to include potential developments regarding commercialized solar panels.
The landowners must sign the amended PA 116 that allows land enrolled the preservation program to be used for commercial solar array. This includes maintaining the PA 116 agreement by deferring its continuation until after the solar energy agreement.
In addition, the new agreement includes conditions assure the preserved land is returned to the owner for agriculture production after the panels, wiring and other mechanisms are removed.
McDowell is optimistic this program will create a balance between farmland preservation and renewable energy demands.
"This administrative decision will not result in a loss of usable farmland,” McDowell said. “The change ensures that Michigan’s farmland is preserved so we can continue to feed our communities while also balancing the need to develop renewable energy sources. This is an exciting new opportunity for Michigan's farmers to diversify while they continue to face challenging circumstances.”
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Red Wings and Andreas Athanasiou Talking The Detroit Red Wings and forward Andreas Athanasiou have resumed talks on a contract extension but things In two previous pieces, THW looked at the Flyers’ captains from their inception through the captainless 1992 season and from the start of the Lindros era until the 2004 lockout.The Predators scored two or fewer goals and shot less than seven percent in all three games.Their average scoring margin is 14 and their shooting percentage is 44% as a team which has them ranked 177th.California turf horses are dominating the roster, turf horses are prohibitive favorites, the weather could again be a factor, the best three-year-old in the country isn’t in the race, and beyond that it’s just like every other race at Churchill Downs.
Since the calendars flipped over the Bulls are 29th in defensive efficiency, second only to the Cavaliers.He averages 3 assists per contest and 6 rebounds per game for Indiana.He is 2 with a 4 ERA in three starts with Baltimore.What can he come up with having this much time to plan and so little to lose?
Tuesday, January 6 at 7 PM ET Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia On Tuesday night, the Ottawa Senators will travel to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center.We just needed to get the script done early so he could have two hours to look at it.Useful Team Statistics Los Angeles averages 108 points per game this year which ranks them 6th in the league.Devin Booker averages 20 points per game in 34 minutes per contest this season.There’s a lot of ways you can evaluate stats and so forth.
Here are six of the more interesting trainers stories in the 2011 Kentucky Derby field: Read more about Kentucky Derby Trainers.His potential remains sky high and certainly could be realized within the confines of this wide receivers room.Roberts also nailed Hamlin at 40 to win at Watkins Glen later that year.The contenders have been separated from the pretenders, and there are now eight teams remaining in the quest for the World Series after the conclusion of the two wild-card games-won by Pittsburgh in the National League and by Tampa Bay in the American League.Now 40-years old, Chara has been the face of the Bruins organization for years: I definitely want to play beyond this season.
Deng has a good shot at playing here but Wade doesn’t.It’s very tough.” Golden Lions star Martaveous McKnight, the SWAC Player of the Year, didn’t score until 9 before halftime.
Speaking of pressure, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has the best completion percentage and best completion percentage on deep passes of any QB with more than 42 dropbacks this season.
Denver ended up will 11 FTA in the first quarter, and ended the period tied with Sacramento at 30.Collison, who scored 10 points in the third, made a 3-pointer before Holiday hit a 3 to put Indiana ahead 68 with 2 left in the quarter, and the Pacers led the rest of the way.
H e’s missed just nine of 134 postseason kicks in his career.He sets a great example for all of our players, and really all of our staff, of how to go about his job.” Quinn also said there were numerous things where he wanted to play through it and our doctors said he could play through it in addition to the back injury that was on the injury report late in the season.All replay reviews will continue to be triggered by the referees on the court.They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9% for the season to this point.
They rank 16th in baseball with 8 hits per contest.Dallas …Had a season-high 5 receptions vs.Buffalo is a bad team, struggles on offense and probably did not spend the hiatus trying to improve.at Mia.: Made two tackles in the win…
How long will Roberto Osuna be out?Bembry collected 16 points , 14 rebounds, three blocks and two assists across 34 minutes in Wednesday’s 131 win over the Timberwolves.Alabama Crimson Tide kickers have made 80% of their extra points, going 12 for 15 this season.
5 – Aaron Gordon scored 18 points Tuesday, going 6 of 11 from the field, as the Orlando Magic fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 132.I think it is always helpful and I think there is a personality he has that I think brings a little energy and I felt it in our kicking game yesterday.He is 0 with an 11 ERA in three career games against the Blue Jays.It’s a little kid, they have a mind of their own.Homeboykris �?This horse hasn’t run in 63 days and doesn’t have a Beyer rating over 90.
Jaylen Fisher and Kevin Samuel each added 14 points for the Horned Frogs, who won their seventh straight game.
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Introduction and Witnesses
1 Nephi
Jarom
Words of Mormon
Mosiah
Helaman
Mormon 1
Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide
Ammaron instructs Mormon concerning the sacred records—War commences between the Nephites and the Lamanites—The Three Nephites are taken away—Wickedness, unbelief, sorceries, and witchcraft prevail. About A.D. 321–26.
1 And now I, Mormon, make a arecord of the things which I have both seen and heard, and call it the bBook of Mormon.
2 And about the time that aAmmaron hid up the records unto the Lord, he came unto me, (I being about ten years of age, and I began to be blearned somewhat after the manner of the learning of my people) and Ammaron said unto me: I perceive that thou art a csober child, and art quick to observe;
3 Therefore, when ye are about twenty and four years old I would that ye should remember the things that ye have observed concerning this people; and when ye are of that age go to the aland Antum, unto a hill which shall be called bShim; and there have I deposited unto the Lord all the sacred engravings concerning this people.
4 And behold, ye shall take the aplates of Nephi unto yourself, and the remainder shall ye leave in the place where they are; and ye shall engrave on the plates of Nephi all the things that ye have observed concerning this people.
5 And I, Mormon, being a descendant of aNephi, (and my father’s name was Mormon) I remembered the things which Ammaron commanded me.
6 And it came to pass that I, being eleven years old, was carried by my father into the land southward, even to the land of Zarahemla.
7 The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea.
8 And it came to pass in this year there began to be a war between the aNephites, who consisted of the Nephites and the Jacobites and the Josephites and the Zoramites; and this war was between the Nephites, and the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites.
9 Now the aLamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites were called Lamanites, and the two parties were Nephites and Lamanites.
10 And it came to pass that the war began to be among them in the borders of Zarahemla, by the waters of Sidon.
11 And it came to pass that the Nephites had gathered together a great number of men, even to exceed the number of thirty thousand. And it came to pass that they did have in this same year a number of abattles, in which the Nephites did beat the Lamanites and did slay many of them.
12 And it came to pass that the Lamanites withdrew their design, and there was peace settled in the land; and peace did remain for the space of about four years, that there was no bloodshed.
13 But wickedness did prevail upon the face of the whole land, insomuch that the Lord did take away his abeloved disciples, and the work of miracles and of healing did cease because of the iniquity of the people.
14 And there were no agifts from the Lord, and the bHoly Ghost did not come upon any, because of their wickedness and cunbelief.
15 And I, being afifteen years of age and being somewhat of a bsober mind, therefore I was cvisited of the Lord, and dtasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus.
16 And I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut, and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they had awilfully rebelled against their God; and the beloved disciples were btaken away out of the land, because of their iniquity.
17 But I did remain among them, but I was forbidden to apreach unto them, because of the hardness of their hearts; and because of the hardness of their hearts the land was bcursed for their sake.
18 And these Gadianton robbers, who were among the Lamanites, did infest the land, insomuch that the inhabitants thereof began to ahide up their btreasures in the earth; and they became slippery, because the Lord had cursed the land, that they could not hold them, nor retain them again.
19 And it came to pass that there were asorceries, and witchcrafts, and magics; and the power of the evil one was wrought upon all the face of the land, even unto the fulfilling of all the words of Abinadi, and also bSamuel the Lamanite.
3 Ne. 5:11 (11–18); Morm. 8:5.
W of M 1:5; Morm. 5:9.
4 Ne. 1:48 (47–49).
Enos 1:1; Mosiah 1:3 (3–5).
TG Sobriety; Trustworthiness.
Morm. 2:17.
Morm. 4:23; Ether 9:3.
W of M 1:1 (1, 11); 3 Ne. 5:10 (9–12); Morm. 2:17 (17–18); 8:5 (1, 4–5, 14).
3 Ne. 5:20 (12, 20).
4 Ne. 1:36.
2 Ne. 1:12; Morm. 4:1 (1–23).
3 Ne. 28:12 (2, 12).
1 Sam. 3:1.
TG Holy Ghost, Loss of.
TG Unbelief.
Morm. 2:1 (1–2).
TG Sobriety.
Ex. 3:16; 2 Ne. 4:26; Alma 9:21.
Ps. 34:8.
4 Ne. 1:38. TG Rebellion.
Micah 3:6 (5–7).
2 Ne. 1:7; Alma 45:16 (10–14, 16); Ether 2:11 (8–12).
Hel. 12:18; Morm. 2:10 (10–14); Ether 14:1 (1–2).
Hel. 13:18–23, 30–37. TG Treasure.
TG Sorcery.
Morm. 2:10 (10–15).
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Zack Snyder Reveals Who Was Going To Play Darkseid In The DCEU
By Mike Reyes
As time goes on, Zack Snyder’s original vision for Justice League seems to get clearer with each passing revelation. There’s been quite a bit of information that’s come out about what was supposed to happen in the film that eventually became the final product released, and a lot of that information was about potential franchise villain Darkseid. We’ve learned so much about this character, from what his function would have been in the Justice League films to what he would have looked like; and now, we know who would have played him - actor Ray Porter.
Best known for supporting roles in shows like ER and Justified, Porter was going to play the Justice League baddie who was supposed to raise hell towards the end of the first planned film, only to come back in the planned Justice League 2 later. Zack Snyder confirmed this casting through social media, as he posted a photo of Ray Porter, along with captions merely stating, “He’s the man. For Darkseid.”
If the DCEU had stuck to its originally intended path, Darkseid was basically the Thanos of the Justice League story run, as he was searching for an equation that would allow him to control all sentient beings. References were baked in throughout the series of films contemporary to Justice League, with lines and renderings of Darkseid’s visage that have been pointed out by Zack Snyder through his official Vero account. Ray Porter being drafted into the Justice League mix as the actor who would be his cinematic avatar only further confirms that not only was the two film structure scrapped pretty quickly, but the Snyder Cut just might be out there. For reference, take a look at this photo of Porter, below:
Though it may surprise people that Porter’s long-locked look would be chosen for a character that typically is seen with a helmet covering a bald head, Justice League probably would have used some sort of motion capture process to bring the character to life. So Ray Porter could have put on the standard bodysuit with ping pong balls or whatever rig that Zack Snyder would have used to get the look right, and that hair could have been secured and eliminated from the film. Though that hasn’t stopped people from joking about the character taking a rather Aquaman-like approach to his looks, despite the fact that Darkseid is some serious business in the DCEU.
A formidable villain in the DC Comics universe, Darkseid was someone that was being talked about quite heavily ever since the initial clues were placed within Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. With Bruce Wayne dreaming of a nightmarish apocalyptic future, and a massive field with the Omega symbol burned into it, the pump was primed for this villain’s eventual usage towards the end of Justice League’s first part and his eventual full-on baddie status in Justice League 2.
With a fandom further calling for the release of the fabled Snyder Cut, further drips and drabs of information towards the original vision for Justice League’s defunct two-parter seem to only stoke those fires. Whether we’ll get that cut and what further information will come out about the original two part structure of the Justice League film in the future is something that’s open ended, but intensely intriguing.
However, as it stands, Justice League’s final cut is on home video at the moment, with Shazam! being the current DC Comics film in theaters. Though for the record, Ray Porter would make a hell of a relative for Jason Momoa’s Aquaman, should the DCEU want to retain him.
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'State-pride' football uniforms to return during Colorado State's 2019 season
Rams will wear the Colorado state-flag-inspired uniforms for one game in 2019.
'State-pride' football uniforms to return during Colorado State's 2019 season Rams will wear the Colorado state-flag-inspired uniforms for one game in 2019. Check out this story on coloradoan.com: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/football/2019/06/19/state-pride-colorado-state-football-uniforms-return-2019/1499587001/
Kevin Lytle, Fort Collins Coloradoan Published 10:04 a.m. MT June 19, 2019 | Updated 1:36 p.m. MT June 19, 2019
A look at Colorado State's 'state-pride' uniforms
The "state-pride" helmets the CSU football team will wear for Saturday's game against Boise State. Kevin Lytle/The Coloradoan
Colorado State's football team will wear special "state-pride" uniforms for Saturday night's home game against Boise State. Kevin Lytle/Coloradoan
CSU defensive lineman Richard King (95) sacks Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien (4) during the second half of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU running back Dalyn Dawkins (1) gets caught by Boise State safety Kekoa Nawahine (10) during the second half of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU quarterback Nick Stevens (7) drives through Boise State safety Kekoa Nawahine (10) for a rushing touchdown during the second half of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU quarterback Nick Stevens (7) jukes Boise State safety Kekoa Nawahine (10) during the second half of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU freshman running back Rashaad Bodie (28) dives into the end zone during the second half of play against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
Boise State cornerback Avery Williams (26) picks off a pass intended for CSU receiver Warren Jackson (9) by quarterback Nick Stevens (7) during the second half of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU's mascot Cam the Ram dances with a cheerleader during the second half of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU football players will have the option of wearing special blue cleats with their "state-pride" uniforms Saturday vs. Boise State. Kevin Lytle/The Coloradoan
CSU head coach Mike Bobo comforts freshman running back Rashaad Boddie (28) after fumbling the ball on the goal line of an overtime game against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU freshman running back Rashaad Bodie (28) leaps into the end zone during the second half of play against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien (4) gets tackled by CSU defensive end Arjay Jean (54) after a first down scramble during the second quarter of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU freshman running back Rashaad Boddie (28) fumbles the ball near the goal line during the overtime of a game against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU head coach Mike Bobo talks to quarterback Nick Stevens (7) during the second quarter of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU receiver Olabisi Johnson (81) turns upfield after a reception from quarterback Nick Stevens (7) during the first quarter of play against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU receiver Michael Gallup (4) gets tackled out of bounds by Boise State safety Kekoa Mawahine (10) during the second quarter of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU freshman running back Rashaad Boddie (28) hoist up receiver Michael Gallup (4) after a touchdown reception from quarterback Nick Stevens (7) during the first quarter of play against Boise State on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU receiver Michael Gallup (4) stiff arms his way past Boise State cornerback Tyler Horton (14) for first down during the first quarter of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
CSU safety Jake Schlager (8) celebrates after forcing a fumble against Boise State during the first quarter of play, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at CSU stadium in Fort Collins, Colo. Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer
The "state-pride" uniforms were worn on Nov. 11, 2017 as part of CSU's contract with Under Armour to have special jersey releases on occasion. Coloradoan library
The "state-pride" uniforms are back.
CSU football coach Mike Bobo hinted during the 2018 season that the Colorado flag-inspired uniforms worn once in 2017 could return.
CSU athletic director Joe Parker dropped a subtle hint about it in Monday's release of a special homecoming helmet.
Now it's official.
The school announced Wednesday that the Rams would wear the "state-pride" uniforms on Nov. 2 against UNLV.
The uniforms were first worn Nov. 11, 2017, against Boise State and were supposed to be a one-time special uniform as part of Colorado State University's contract with Under Armour.
The uniforms and related apparel were widely popular. The white helmets used for the "state-pride" uniforms were then turned into the white-with-green-Ram-horn helmets that have become popular in CSU's gameday rotation.
More: Colorado State football unveils new helmet for 2019 homecoming
On Monday, CSU unveiled a special 150th anniversary homecoming helmet to be worn Oct. 5. In that story on CSURams.com, Parker suggested the helmets could be used for other uniform combos.
Wednesday's announcement was part of CSU's unveiling of the promotional schedule for each home game. Sept. 21 vs. Toledo will be the annual Orange Out, and Oct. 5 vs. San Diego State is homecoming.
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Home Blog Bennet gets boost from Buck in courting key moderate voters
Bennet gets boost from Buck in courting key moderate voters
John Tomasic
Polling now puts the U.S. Senate race in Colorado pitting Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet against GOP Weld County DA Ken Buck as a dead heat, with the momentum swinging toward Bennet. Rasmussen, which has put Buck ahead for months, now labels the race a toss up and Public Policy Polling reports that moderate and women voters may well decide the election, two groups now going for Bennet in big numbers.
How is the Bennet campaign seizing on the reported momentum?
“We’ll get independents and women out the same way we’ll get everyone else out to vote: phone calls, door knocks, on the ground,” Bennet told the Colorado Independent. “We’re not leaving anything to chance.”
Bennet’s ground game may have received a shot of adrenaline this weekend from Buck, when in a joint appearance on national Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press, the GOP Tea Party candidate seemed nervous and less well prepared.
Buck repeated that he had no regrets about how he handled a 2005 rape case from which audio tapes show him pressing the victim in ways that rape victim advocates have decried as callously and stereotypically blaming the victim.
Buck also said he thinks homosexuality is a lifestyle choice, comparing it to alcoholism. He suggested gay people might be genetically predisposed toward same-sex attractions the way alcoholics are predisposed to addiction and that they might similarly fight that predispoition.
Gay groups and rights groups decried Buck’s remarks as bigoted and anti-science and as more evidence that Buck fits with the 2010 crop of radical-right Tea Party candidates out of step with the mainstream, candidates like Sharron Angle in Nevada, Christine O’Donnell in Delaware and Joe Miller in Alaska.
Buck said his wording was not ideal but that voters this year are not placing a priority on social issues. He said fiscal matters are the priority. He added that his views on social matters would not translate to policy changes.
“The social issues that come before the Senate are fairly narrow,” he told Politico. “And if someone asks me a question on Meet the Press, I’m going to answer the question. [The] reality is, there isn’t that much in the United States Senate that is going to influence those kinds of issues.”
Even casual observers of Congress know that’s not the case. Colorado’s senators Bennet and Udall, for example, this past week pushed a letter to the Obama administration signed by 19 members of the Senate asking that the justice department not contest a ruling against the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell gays in the military policy. The Defense of Marriage act outlawing marriage for same-sex couples will also very likely draw review in the coming years, forced by ballot initiative contests waging this election season in states across the nation.
Buck told Politico he didn’t mean to imply that being gay is a disease.
“I certainly didn’t mean it that way. What I meant was that I think there are a variety of factors, and I was trying to explain. Frankly, in 800 interviews, meetings, events, [I’ve] never … been asked that question before. Colorado voters aren’t focused on whether it’s a choice or whatever.”
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Home The Beats Criminal Justice Boulder County refuses to release jail death videotapes
Boulder County refuses to release jail death videotapes
Susan Greene
Boulder County is refusing to release videotape that may shed light on the May 27 death of Stephanie Anderson in the county’s jail.
The mother of three from Denver, who was being jailed on a shoplifting charge and an outstanding warrant, was reportedly found unresponsive in her cell a day after she had complained of feeling ill. Jail officials tried to resuscitate her for about half an hour before she was pronounced dead.
Witnesses housed in the unit with Anderson say sheriff’s deputies ignored her cries for help. One deputy reportedly mocked her in Spanish.
The Colorado Independent on Tuesday filed a freedom of information request for video of Anderson on the day of her death, as well as of the time before, during and after her body was found. The county promptly denied the request.
“We are not able to release any information at this time because it is an open investigation,” wrote Theresa Cavalier, records manager for the sheriff’s department. Cavalier said she would comply with the request once the probe is complete.
There’s no telling how long that process might take.
In 2010, Denver stalled 10 months before releasing videotape of inmate Marvin Booker’s death at the Denver jail. More recently, it took Denver about two months to release footage of inmate Michael Marshall’s November 2015 death at the hands of sheriff’s deputies who were trying to restrain him.
The Independent sued Denver in January for the Marshall videotapes. The city released the footage a day later and the lawsuit has since been dropped.
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So just how long do we suppose the county is going to drag it’s feet on this? And how many more times do we have to read about someone saying they felt ill in the CARE of the prison system only to be ridiculed, laughed at and then have them die?
Maybe it’s time that someone told the SADISTS in the prisons and jails of this country and state that the people in there are under their care, and are there AS punishment, not FOR punishment. The guards and staff do NOT have the right or authority to be this disrespectful of LIFE. We’re supposed to be such a great society, it would be nice if we TRIED to act like it from time to time.
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Guest of honour logs on to Rotary award
July 30th, 2013, 12:00AM Written by Sarah Motherwell, Southern Gazette Southern Gazette
Mary Ridley has put her computer skills to good use at Belmont Senior Citizens Club.
The 78-year-old is the treasurer and secretary for Belmont Senior Citizens Club where she has used her computing expertise to help the centre move from a manual to an automated system.
Ms Ridley learned her computer skills while working as an insurance officer for T&G Insurance after its merger with Colonial Insurance in the early 1980s where she was responsible for transferring data between the companies and across Australia.
‘Once I learned how to use the computer I made personal programs for people,’ Ms Ridley said.
‘I honestly didn’t think I could do it and when they came to me with what they wanted it just grew and grew.’
Rotary recognised Ms Ridley for her 18 years of contribution to the club, during which she has held a number of executive positions and assisted in operating its computer system.
Ms Ridley said she did not consider herself an expert on computers but was proud that her programs had resulted in saving days of work by streamlining arduous tasks.
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Honda Civic Type R review: 4.0/5
Honda >> Civic >> Honda Civic Type R
If you can live with the looks of the Honda Civic Type R, you'll discover one of the most focused front-wheel drive hot hatches around.
Words: Shane O' Donoghue - @Shane_O_D
Model tested Honda Civic Type R with GT Pack
Pricing starts at €48,750; as tested €50,950
Engine 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol
Transmission six-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Body style five-door hatchback
CO2 emissions 170g/km (Band D, €570 per annum)
Combined economy 38.7mpg (7.3 litres/100km)
0-100km/h 5.7 seconds
Power 310hp at 6,500rpm
Torque 400Nm at 2,500rpm
Boot space 477- to 1,378 litres
EuroNCAP rating 5 star; 94% adult; 83% child; 69% pedestrian; 86% safety assist
Good: perfect driving controls, huge grip, good chassis, big noise
Not so good: OTT appearance, too firm for Irish back roads, expensive
It's not unusual for a car maker to slowly turn up the wick of its hot hatch throughout its lifecycle, to keep buyers coming back for more. It works particularly well for models aimed at those that love driving - see the Megane Renaultsport for example. But Honda, it seems, has skipped a few steps with its new Civic Type R and gone straight for the banzai mad-as-a-bag-of-rats edition from the outset.
I mean, just look at it. We're all for body add-ons that enhance the performance and driving experience, but we also feel that Honda could have integrated the aerodynamic package in a more attractive manner than it has. This car screams "HEY YOU. YEAH, YOU WITH THE 'GARDA' SASH; WANNA FIGHT?" Subtle, it is not and it doesn't get much more so if you stay away from the GT Pack (which adds red highlights to the wheels and elsewhere) or go for all black. The growing-old side of me longs for a car using this mechanical package without the garish body kit, though no doubt there are plenty of fan-boys that disagree.
But there is a very good reason for the Civic Type R's appearance, and that's Honda's insistence early on in the model's development that it would be the fastest front-drive car around the Nürburgring. Talk about making a rod for its own back. That claim got up the noses of several rivals, notably SEAT, and the goal posts clearly moved before the Civic was launched. Hence, Honda had to go all out and there's a lot more to talk about than a visual makeover of questionable taste.
A high-revving petrol engine is traditionally at the heart of any Honda Type R model, but moving with the times, this Civic was always going to feature turbocharging. It's a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder unit using direct injection and it has more power, torque and (according to Honda) response than any previous Honda production car engine. Though it uses a single-scroll turbocharger, Honda has employed its VTEC (Variable Timing and Lift Electronic Control) valve control to help with response at low revs without sacrificing top end power. And with 310hp at 6,500rpm, few drivers will hanker after more. Especially as it's backed up by a thumping 400Nm of torque at 2,500rpm. That ensures it feels rapid at any engine speed, yet it's perfectly happy to rev out to its 7,000rpm limiter. It's bonkers quick at all times and while it's not the most melodic of engines, the four large exhaust outlets ensure it makes a suitably loud blare when you're enjoying the full performance. Indeed, dig into the detail of the car and you'll discover that Honda removed silencers from the system and instead came up with an alternative way to meet noise legislation.
Traditionalists may lament the loss of the naturally aspirated VTEC units of old, but the new engine is better in almost every respect while keeping the emissions and fuel economy to 2016-friendly levels. Thankfully, Honda believes that a car such as the Civic Type R should have a manual gearbox and the six-speed item is nigh on perfect, with a short mechanical shift that is incredibly satisfying to use. It features a mechanical limited slip differential that is crucial to this car's ability to deploy all that power to the road through the front wheels only. It allows you to ease back onto the power mid-corner instead of waiting until the exit is in sight, as power is diverted to the outside wheel. This has the effect of pulling the car around the turn, eradicating understeer and increasing cornering speed and stability. It has to be experienced to be believed.
Even on a bumpy and mildly damp mountain road it managed to find masses of forward traction and though it's firmly sprung, it still clung on and was huge fun. The Type R's suspension is very different to that of a regular Civic, even if the rear torsion beam set-up is similar in theory. Up front is a completely new layout designed to eradicate torque steer, while there's an Adaptive Damping System as standard that alters the damping on all four corners depending on the situation. Honda reckons this allows the car comfort and agility, but make no mistake: the balance is firmly tipper towards cornering speed and most will find it hard on the road.
Yet there's also a more extreme '+R' mode, which stiffens up the base damper tuning by a further 30 per cent, reduces power assistance to the steering (itself a direct and relatively communicative system) and alters the throttle map for even more response at lower revs. This, we like the idea of, but sadly, the chassis is too firm in this guise for most roads. Even at Mondello Park race circuit we found the suspension too stiff, leading to bobbing around, reducing stability and grip and actually detracting from enjoyment. Best to keep away from that button unless you're as much of a head case as this car is...
And you need to be a committed fan to justify spending nigh on fifty grand on a Civic. Arguably it's worth it for the engineering that has gone into this car, and we'd be confident in its reliability too, but that's an awful lot of money. Along with the alternatives listed below, there are loads of really satisfying front-drive hot hatches around for considerably less cash. Think Volkswagen Golf GTI, SEAT Leon Cupra, Opel Astra OPC and Peugeot 308 GTi for starters. Few of those are quite as fast or hardcore as the Honda, and while the uncompromised focus of the Type R is to be admired, it will, ultimately, be an acquired taste. We'd love to try a version without the body add-ons and say 20 per cent less stiffness in the dampers and €10,000 less on the price tag. But that's not usually the direction car makers go with these things, is it?
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Volkswagen Golf R vs. Honda Civic Type R: far more subtle, has four-wheel drive traction, costs less to buy and is still brilliant to drive.
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YouTube confirms plans for ad-free subscription service
The price of the service hasn't been revealed
YouTube's mobile app is pictured on October 17, 2013.
Zach Miners (IDG News Service) 09 April, 2015 09:01
YouTube is planning a paid service that will let viewers watch select videos without ads, Google confirmed on Wednesday.
YouTube began laying out the terms of the service in a letter seen by IDG News Service. The letter was sent Wednesday to members of YouTube's Partner program, which lets YouTube video makers earn money from ads and merchandise.
It's not clear when the new service will launch, nor the price or what it will be called.
"While we can't comment on ongoing discussions, giving fans more choice to enjoy the content they love and creators more opportunity to earn revenue are always amongst our top priorities," a YouTube spokeswoman said.
YouTube will pay video creators using the service 55 percent of the total net revenues from subscription fees, according to changes to the terms of the Partner program. That's the same percentage partners collect from advertising. The changes go into effect on June 15.
A YouTube spokeswoman declined to comment on how revenue would be divided.
It's unclear what type of content will be offered through the service, though some of it might be premium or exclusive content that can't be found elsewhere. YouTube might position it as a premium service with its own programming, perhaps akin to Netflix or HBO's new streaming service.
Its success is likely to depend on the number and diversity of video partners YouTube gets.
YouTube will have plenty of competition. In addition to Netflix, there's also Vessel, a new paid video service from the former CEO of Hulu. And on Thursday, Oz, an Icelandic company, will launch its own subscription video service globally.
But it won't be the first subscription service for YouTube. Late last year the company launched its music-focused Music Key paid service in beta.
Zach Miners covers social networking, search and general technology news for IDG News Service. Follow Zach on Twitter at @zachminers. Zach's e-mail address is zach_miners@idg.com
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Cause of Telstra’s mobile outages ‘common to all networks’, telco says
Telstra defends network performance
Stuart Corner (Computerworld) 04 April, 2016 16:27
Telstra this morning defended the performance of its mobile network following outages in February and March.
The telco said that, despite different primary causes for each of its recent outages, the large scale disruptions were the result of multiple devices trying to simultaneously re-establish connection to the network, overloading key components of the end-to-end system and exacerbating the impact of the initial outage.
Telstra’s head of networks, Mike Wright, told a press briefing: “The ability of mobile networks to deal with these mass re-registration events is not unique to us. It is a global issue and something our experts are telling us is being faced by many in the industry.”
Wright said that while each of the outages had had different triggers, “the common characteristic is the ability of a lot of the devices to reregister on the network.”
“That is how cellular works and has worked from day one,” he said.
“Devices log on for voice and log on for data… some of the mechanisms and the way they interwork with each other did not manage the traffic into end.”
For example, the March outage was precipitated by a failure in an international cable link used to support overseas visitors roaming onto the Telstra network.
This fault caused large numbers of overseas mobiles to try and re-register on the network, and the resulting overload impacted local users whose devices also tried to re-register compounding the problem.
Telstra’s chief operations officer, Kate McKenzie, said the basic traffic handling capacity of the network was not the problem and this had been amply demonstrated on its free data day on 3 April when a record 2686 terabytes of data were downloaded, a 46 per cent increase on the volume during Telstra’s previous free data day in February.
Read more Telstra customers smash previous record for mobile data traffic
One user downloaded a massive 994 gigabytes. “That’s as much as the average user would download in 40 years,” McKenzie said.
Wright said Telstra had made a number of changes to fine-tune the system and he believed these combined would reduce the likelihood of a similar occurrence in the future: “There are multiple elements in the traffic management chain.We have made a number of adjustments and we believe the system is far more capable of handling the reregistration mechanism.”
Increasingly, Wright said, Telstra is using data analytics tools to identify issues with its network and to optimise performance.
“Social media is now one of our inputs. Technology can tell you things, but sometimes so too can your customers,” the telco executive said.
Read more Third round of mobile troubles strikes Telstra
Telstra will also increase the processing power of the home location register – the master database that contains details of every subscriber and which is used to authenticate devices and allow them access to the network.
However Wright said this was a precautionary measure, not an indication that limitations in the register had contributed to outages.
He refuted criticisms that Telstra has cut back on internal resources leaving it less able to deal with major network issues: “We have all the capabilities we believe we need and I continue to be very proud of our engineers, but we’re certainly not saying that we cannot get an external review.”
McKenzie said that Telstra had initiated a review of its network using its vendors, and independent experts.
Read more Network congestion issue behind Telstra mobile woes
“We are very keen to bring a fresh set of eyes from someone not connected to the network, so we are working with Ericsson, Cisco and Juniper as well as our own internal engineering experts to give an end-to-end review and while that is underway we are managing any changes in the network carefully,” she said.
“We expect to review to be completed in a month or so, not much longer.”
She added: “We have an independent expert, Dave Williams, an international expert with expertise in this type of network. He’s associated with Tech Mahindra and he is providing us with a resource to do a triple check, to see is there anything we have missed. Are we looking at the right things? Is there some stone left unturned?”
Williams will report to McKenzie.
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Most forms of business writing involve some sort of standard format the industry has agreed on over the years. Press releases are an excellent example. There are fewer than half-a-dozen standard formats accepted by journalism organisations and press release distribution services, though some organisations have developed their own proprietary formats for press releases. Connotations writers utilise the two most often used formats as a framework for press releases. Of course, we are always happy to accommodate clients who are looking for something different. Ultimately, the client decides what the final product will look like. If you are looking for something outside one of the standard formats, please be prepared to explain exactly what you are looking for when you place your order. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Is contact information required for press releases?
There is no legal or industry obligation to include contact information in a press release. However, not including contact information is to defeat the purpose of issuing a press release. A press release is intended to inform the target audience of important company information for the purposes of encouraging follow-up. It’s not possible to follow up if contact information is not available. As a general rule, contact information includes company or organisation name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, and website address. It’s not absolutely necessary to include all of these things, but providing as much contact information as you can only increase the effectiveness of your press release. By the same token, limiting contact information generally encourages readers to question whether to follow up on your announcement. Readers tend to be suspicious of organisations that don’t provide adequate contact information.
We order press releases frequently; how often do you need updated information?
Regular press release customers are aware that we include ‘about’ and ‘contact’ information with every release written. This information is not only required for making a press release conform to standards, but it is also information that readers want to know. Including information in a press release is one of the things that creates authenticity and authority. To leave it out is to minimise the effectiveness of a press release. Having said that, publishing correct information is critical. Whenever you submit an order for a new press release, it would help if you also provided your contact and about information. Even if you don’t think something has changed, it’s still helpful to us just in case something has. Providing us with updated information with every press release guarantees that we get it right. Please bear in mind that rewrites necessitated by incorrect contact or about information may incur an additional fee.
Should my company be producing regular press releases?
While it’s a good idea to regularly produce blog posts and informational articles, press releases are different. They are a unique kind of writing that should only be undertaken when you have appropriate information to share with your customers. For example, press releases are ideal for announcing significant changes to the way you do business. If you make frequent changes, regular press releases might be the norm for you. But consider the effect that might have on your company’s reputation. Frequent changes might cause apprehension in your customers. On the other hand, you may use press releases less frequently in line with fewer changes taking place in your business. In short, use press releases when you have important news to announce. Otherwise, stick with blog posts and informational articles.
How much lead time is required for a press release?
Press releases are, by nature, time sensitive documents that have to hit the internet at just the right time. We understand that sometimes a press release is required within just a couple of hours of contacting Connotations. However, meeting the emergency requirements of clients is not always the easiest thing for us to do. We appreciate having as much lead time as possible. If you know an event is coming up in a couple of weeks, order your press release as soon as you know rather than waiting until the day before. The more lead time you give us, the easier it will be for us to fit your press release into our busy schedule.
If you are looking to give your business, service, or product vital exposure, the press release is the way to do it. This particular method of communication has been the number one public relations tool since media was invented and, when done correctly, can propel your business to a whole new level. Our press release writing service is ideally placed to craft your press releases.
We offer a press release writing service guaranteed to get your newsworthy announcement great exposure - prices starting at just £20!
The press release is the standard way of putting a newsworthy announcement across to targeted members of the media; newspapers, television and radio stations, websites, and influential bloggers thrive on these releases and are all keen to publish stories of new products and services that affect their readers, viewers, and listeners. A high-quality press release from the best press release service has the ability to position your company in the media spotlight, giving you a degree of publicity that cannot be found anywhere else. Our press release writing service delivers on every level, creating awareness for your time-sensitive announcement in a language that appeals to editors, journalists, and your audience, increasing your brand visibility and enhancing your credibility within the media and your field of expertise. And this is because our press release writer standards and expertise are second-to-none.
A Press Release for Your Business
How can a press release help your business? Quite simply, it can provide a platform that enables you to keep your customers up to date on important company business. You can use a press release writing service to create press releases that:
inform customers of a new retail location
announce the hiring of new staff
explain a shift in company strategy
introduce new products or services
release financial performance information.
These are just a few examples of how press releases are used in modern business. If you are unsure if this medium is appropriate for your business, the best press release service offered by Connotations can help. We would be more than happy to discuss your press release creation needs with you for the purposes of determining the most effective content appropriate to your goals.
The Connotations press release writing service employs a staff of experienced writers capable of producing all of the high-quality content you need. Our press releases follow standard formats to ensure the finished product meets all the requirements of press release management services and media outlets. Our press release writing service is an effective and affordable way for you to keep your customers informed of important company business.
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Getting you Heard – Our Press Release Writing Service
In this highly competitive and information-hungry world, you need to be heard. You need to deliver a message that sets you apart from the competition, appealing directly to your target market in a way that informs, enthuses, and benefits – we can provide exactly this with our press release writing service. Through in-depth research of your product, ambitions, and your intended audience, Connotations’ press release writing service will create the best press release, one that sparkles and ensures your business reaps the rewards that this media coverage can bring from:
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If you have something to announce, announce it today in a powerful press release.
When a car repair technician sets about to begin work each day, he first opens his toolbox to make sure everything he needs is available and neatly organised. After all, the technician without his tools is not going to get much done. That technician also needs to be sure he has the right tools on hand for the jobs on the daily schedule. Different tools have different purposes, a truth every repair technician knows all too well. A press release writer is similar to a car technician in many ways. For example, writers have a selection of tools they work with in order to create the content customers are looking for. Each tool has a specific purpose. So a press release is not a blog post or a piece of advertising copy. It is a particular type of content used to achieve a specific goal. When used properly, the press release can be very effective in keeping customers informed. Entrepreneur magazine’s small business encyclopaedia defines the press release as follows:
A public relations announcement issued to the news media and other targeted publications for the purpose of letting the public know of company developments.
The two primary aspects that separate the press release from all other forms of business content are the public relations aspect and the subsequent release to the news media and other publications. Together they clarify the intent of the press release as being one of updating press outlets of important company developments. The press release is not intended for general consumption in the same way a blog post or advertising copy is.
Origins of the Press Release
When putting the press release in proper context, it is helpful to understand the origins of this kind of writing. History suggests that the first press release written with specific intent was produced in the early 1900s by an American public relations expert named Ivy Lee. Lee was working for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1906 when a train operated by his company derailed, fell off a drawbridge and killed 53 people. He and his staff worked together to produce a press release that they hoped would be printed by newspapers before other, unofficial versions of the story broke. The point of this press release was to prevent rumours and suppositions from being printed as fact. To support what was written in his release, Lee invited journalists and photographers to the scene of the accident so they could see for themselves what had happened. The New York Times was so impressed with Lee’s writing that they printed his press release word-for-word, with no revisions. Lee’s decision to prevent speculation and rumour by releasing his company’s official statement set the tone for future press releases. Over the years, standards were developed to ensure that press releases were indeed news rather than advertising propaganda. Today’s press release writers adhere to those standards by relying on one of several different formats developed more than 50 years ago.
Elements of a Proper Press Release
The various elements that make up a proper press release are rather simple, and any press release writing service (should) utilise them. First is the headline. As with any other form of writing, the headline should be such that it catches the attention of potential readers and invites them to engage. For SEO purposes, the headline should also contain a keyword or phrase and be relevant to the body of the press release. Other elements of a proper press release include:
Location and Date – Because the press release is an official company statement issued to the news media, it should include the location of the company’s headquarters or, in the case of an announcement made elsewhere, the location at which the announcement was officially made. The announcement date should also be included.
Body of Information – The main body of the press release is the information the company is choosing to disseminate. It is typical to summarise the announcement in the first paragraph and then follow the summary with further explanations and details.
Company Overview – The text body should be followed by a paragraph or two providing an overview of the company issuing the press release. The overview simply tells the reader the most important aspects of the company, including what it does, how long it has been in business, etc.
Contact Information – Every press release should include appropriate contact information in case media outlets have questions. Although some business owners today are reluctant to provide contact information, it is essential. Nothing ruins credibility quite like providing a press release without contact information.
Official Quotes – Press releases should include at least one official quote from a company officer or representative. Multiple quotes add more credibility.
Some press release formats call for a summary to be printed above the headline in bold and italicised text. The point of this summary is to tell the reader what the press release is about so that he or she can gauge interest prior to engaging. The summary is an optional component; some writers prefer to use it while others do not. When considering press releases, keep in mind that the information contained within them is supposed to be newsworthy company information. Press releases are NOT supposed to be advertisements. Reputable press outlets and press release management organisations will reject any content they feel is nothing more than an advertisement being passed off as a press release. Furthermore, search engine algorithms are very adept at picking up on press releases disguised adverts. Companies that issue such releases risk being penalised by search engines.
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Asus Zen Pro 240IEGT-16 computer
An all-in-one desktop computer with a 23.8-inch touchscreen tested with Windows 10 Home, an Intel Core i7-7700T 2.9GHz processor, 12GB of memory, a 128GB solid state drive, a 1TB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050/Intel HD Graphics 630 graphics, and 6-piece speakers.
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The Asus Zen Pro 240IEGT-16 is an all-in-one desktop computer. It has 12GB of memory and a 128GB hard drive. It has an Intel Core i7-7700T 2.9GHz processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050/Intel HD Graphics 630 video adapter with 4096MB video memory. It is suitable for high-performance gaming. But it lacks an optical drive for burning CDs or DVDs. It comes with Windows 10 Home pre-installed.
The Zen Pro 240IEGT-16 has a built-in memory-card reader for digital photography, a touch screen, and 5 free USB ports. It supports WiFi 802.11ac, so it's compatible with the latest high-speed routers. It also has a webcam for videoconferencing.
The Zen Pro 240IEGT-16 measures 23 inches wide by 17.1 inches high by 7.5 inches deep. It's backed by a 12-month warranty, with 12 months of tech support.
WiFi WiFi The type of built-in 802.11 wireless networking supported. Computers with 802.11n also support 802.11g routers. Some models with 802.11n also support the 5GHz "high band," a standard suitable for apartments and other crowded areas. 802.11ac is the newest, fastest type.
Digital video out Digital video out Has an HDMI, DisplayPort, or Thunderbolt video output for sending a digital video signal to a computer monitor or HDTV.
Thunderbolt port Thunderbolt port Has a Thunderbolt port for connecting peripherals such as an external hard drive. Thunderbolt is a new high-speed port that can connect to DVI, HDMI and VGA through the use of adapters.
Number of free USB ports Number of free USB ports Number of free USB ports for printers, hard drives, flash drives, or other peripherals.
Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Support for 1,000 Mb/s networking.
VGA video out VGA video out A connection for an external display with a VGA input.
DVI video out DVI video out A connection for a digital flat-panel display.
HDMI video out HDMI video out An HDMI out port for sending a digital video/audio signal to a computer monitor or HDTV.
HDMI video in HDMI video in Has an HDMI video input for using your all-in-one computer as a monitor.
DisplayPort video out DisplayPort video out A connection for a digital flat-panel display.
Optical digital-audio out Optical digital-audio out Has an optical digital audio output to connect to speakers or a stereo receiver.
Analog surround sound out Analog surround sound out Has analog rear speaker connectors for surround sound.
Free memory slot Free memory slot A free memory slot inside the PC for upgrades.
Suitable for gaming Suitable for gaming All systems can play casual games such as solitaire and Angry Birds. Systems designated as suitable for gaming are more powerful and can play modern mainstream and intensive 3D video games with a frame rate and visual affects that does not make the game stop or stutter.
Wireless mouse Wireless mouse Comes with a mouse that is wireless.
Wireless keyboard Wireless keyboard Comes with a keyboard that is wireless.
Memory-card reader Memory-card reader At least one flash memory-card slot (CF, SD, XD, MS, etc.).
Blu-ray reader Blu-ray reader Lets you play Blu-ray high definition movies.
Voice command Voice command Voice control allows you to control your computer by speaking to it. Depending on the software you can perform commands such as search the web, play music, check and reply to email, and, update your social media.
Built-in webcam Built-in webcam A built-in webcam for videoconferencing.
xD reader xD reader An xD (extreme Digital) flash memory-card slot.
Number of speakers Number of speakers The number of speakers included with the desktop. Most desktops do not come with speakers. Optionally you can purchase two speakers - a left and a right speaker. Those with three speakers add a subwoofer, which delivers improved bass. Those with five speakers add a rear left and right speaker. Those with six add a front speaker.
MS (Memory Stick) reader MS (Memory Stick) reader A MS (Memory Stick) flash memory-card slot.
Built-in microphone Built-in microphone A built-in microphone.
SD/MMC reader SD/MMC reader An SD (Secure Digital) or MMC (Multimedia Card) flash memory-card slot.
Touchpad Touchpad A touchpad, typically integrated into the keyboard, that lets you move your cursor across the screen without using a mouse.
Display size (in.) Display size For all-in-one desktops, the diagonal measure of the display.
Operating system (as tested) Operating system (as tested) The operating system that was installed on the computer at the time it was tested. The operating system is the software that controls the basic operation of the computer. Common examples are Windows and Mac OS. The operating system determines the "look and feel" of the PC.
Processor Processor Also known as the CPU (Central Processing Unit), the processor is responsible for running commands and handling data. Processors come in different speeds and may have two or more cores (ex. dual-core), which let you more quickly process multiple complex tasks.
Core i7-7700T
Memory (GB) Memory Also known as RAM, memory is a temporary storage area for data. Its size is an important factor for performance. We recommend at least 4GB of memory, or 8GB if you plan to run several large applications at the same time.
Storage (GB) Storage The amount of storage, a permanent area for the operating system, programs and data such as documents, music, and media files. Storage can be a hard drive, an SSD (solid state drive), or hybrid drive.
Optical drive Optical drive The optical drive reads and/or writes to CDs and DVDs. Most PCs come equipped with a DVD-RW, also known as a DVD burner, which lets you read and write to DVDs.Some models come with Blu-Ray drives, which let you play high-definition movies.
LCD resolution LCD resolution The number of picture elements ("pixels") across the horizontal and vertical dimension of the screen. The higher the resolution within a given size screen, the finer the detail can be displayed.
Video adapter Video adapter Also known as the video card, the video adapter processes all the data that you see on your screen. They come in different speeds and may be integrated (most common, but is slower and uses up memory) or discrete (which is faster and has its own dedicated memory). If you will not be playing complex 3D games, any integrated graphics adapter will do. Otherwise, buy a discrete graphics adapter using a video processor from ATI or Nvidia with at least 256 MB of memory.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050/Intel HD Graphics 630
Video memory (MB) Video memory The amount of dedicated memory built into a graphics adapter. Most models have integrated graphics, which have no dedicated memory but are still suitable for most applications, including photo editing and watching movies. Others have discrete graphics adapters, which typically have 256 MB or more video memory, to deliver smoother and more realistic graphics for 3D games.
Height (in.) Height The height of the computer chassis.
Width (in.) Width The width of the computer chassis.
Depth (in.) Depth The depth of the desktop chassis.
Warranty length (mos.) Warranty length The length in months of the manufacturer's standard warranty.
Tech support length (mos.) Tech support length The length in months of the manufacturer's free technical support by telephone.
EPEAT level EPEAT level EPEAT (Electronic Product Environment Assessment Tool) certification, based on environmental attributes such as the types of materials used and power consumption. There are three levels (in increasing order of environmental performance): bronze, silver, and gold. Products without an EPEAT level either do not meet EPEAT's minimum requirements or have not yet been tested by EPEAT.
Energy star Energy star Qualified by the U.S. government's Energy Star program for low power consumption.
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UK equities are expected to open slightly lower this morning, with little direction being provided by Wall Street or markets in Asia as UK investors look ahead to Super Thursday; a raft of economic data released by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Asian stocks rose, led by Japan, as a weaker yen boosted earnings prospects. Stronger earnings in Japan helped boost shares while Australian equities dropped as one of the nation’s biggest banks announced a share sale. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. rose 4.1% after saying it will buy back as much as 100 billion yen of shares.
US stocks rose for the first time in four days, amid better-than-estimated earnings from technology companies and as commodities producers rallied. Apple Inc. climbed for the first time in six sessions, up 2%.
UK stocks gained nearly 1% on Wednesday, with mining shares among the top risers. Shares in miners rebounded as investors looked for bargains following recent falls in the sector. Rio Tinto rose 3.9% and BHP Billiton was 3.6% higher.
Markets are on alert ahead of the UK’s new economic touchstone, a Super Thursday of economic data. From today, the monthly rate decision and the minutes of the Bank’s MPC meeting will be released together, without the normal fortnightly gap. Both are key indicators for the whole economy.
With Zurich Insurance Group AG on the verge of pursuing its biggest acquisition in more than a decade, Europe is poised to add to the consolidation that is sweeping the industry globally. RSA Insurance Group Plc shares surged almost 20% on July 28 after Zurich said it was considering an offer for the London-based provider of property and auto coverage.
Commuters and tourists in London face a day of travel chaos because of a strike which has closed the underground. Tube services ground to a halt on Wednesday evening and will not resume until Friday.
Standard Chartered Plc gave its strongest indication to date that it’ll keep its 153-year-old British base after George Osborne pledged to cut the bank’s taxes. A review of headquarters is “not a top priority for us right now,” Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters told reporters.
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My Favourite Painting: Pierre Lagrange
Country Life November 12, 2018
Self-portrait at 28, 1500, by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), 26½in by 19in, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. Credit: Bridgeman
My Favourite Painting
'A masterpiece of human craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics.'
Self-portrait at 28, 1500, by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), 26½in by 19in, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
Pierre Lagrange on Dürer’s Self-portrait at 28:
‘This is a masterpiece of human craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics. Strangely, I have never seen the painting, but I have a postcard of it in my dressing room and can perfectly visualise three things: the serenity of the visage, framed in a symmetrical, yet not mechanical, perfection by those long, golden curls; the extraordinary modernity of Dürer’s signature – a trapeze A with a D and the date embedded–timeless again, with a touch of Art Deco meets Gothic; and, lastly, the incomparable dark glaze of the oil-painted background, which gives dramatic depth to the composition and enhances those details. You could remove the subject and keep the background and it would be a very powerful modern painting .’
Pierre Lagrange is founder of the hedge fund GLG Partners and chairman of Savile Row tailor Huntsman
John McEwen’s analysis:
Dürer was the greatest Master of the Northern Renaissance. He was the first artist to establish himself, due to his prints, as an international star and the first to create, among other innovations, the genres of landscape and self-portraiture. That this is the first time he has been chosen as a favourite painting demonstrates, perhaps, our English love of the warm south.
He was born and raised in Nuremberg, son of a Hungarian goldsmith who had married, aged 40, his master’s 15-year-old daughter Barbara, thus earning citizenship. Soon after, he, too, became a master – considerable prizes in such an important cultural and trading centre. Barbara bore him 18 children, of whom three survived into adulthood.
After a solid schooling and spell in his father’s workshop, the younger Dürer opted, at 15, for painting and became apprenticed to Michael Wolgemut.
By 28, when he painted this, his third self-portrait, he considered himself at the height of his powers, not least because, in medieval times, 28 was regarded as the zenith of a man’s life – the age when he passed from youth to maturity and possessed his greatest physical and intellectual strength.
For Dürer, European fame had already been won. The inscription reads: ‘Thus I, Albrecht Dürer of Nuremberg, painted myself with indelible colours at the age of 28 years.’
The full-frontal pose and long, symmetric-ally divided hair recall traditional images of Christ in late-medieval art. This was not vainglorious, but a declaration of faith; artistic skills, as are all man’s talents, are God-given. Dürer felt no need to paint another self-portrait in ‘indelible’ paint on panel. He had confirmed the zenith of his powers.
My favourite painting: Amy Meyers
'Stubbs’s portrayal is one of the subtlest and most poignant commentaries on the troubling displacements that were accruing from the
Lulu's favourite painting, Water Lilies (Nymphéas) by Claude Monet.
My Favourite Painting: Lulu
Lulu chooses her favourite painting for Country Life.
My favourite painting: Peter May
'Vividly coloured sailing boats in a harbour, which I gazed at for hours'
My favourite painting: Penelope Lively
'I love William Nicholson’s work. His still-lifes are incomparable.'
My favourite painting: Nicholas Coleridge
Nicholas Coleridge chooses Maharana Jagat Singh attending an elephant fight by Syaji and Sukha as his favourite painting
My favourite painting: Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
The Old Chapel - a converted church in the Cotswolds. Credit: Savills
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Things to do: The Battle Proms Picnic Concerts, this summer’s boat festivals and an NGS open garden with a lake and expansive parkland
The hat may be pink but the fingers are green: HM The Queen at NIAB on July 9. Credit: Chris Jackson / Getty Images
Country Life Today: Planting a tree? Leave that to me, says The Queen, aged 93
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Bedroom fire damages West Hartford home
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Just a day after taking over the top spot with the West Hartford Fire Department, newly appointed Chief Gregory Priest was digging through charred debris at a house fire Sunday that chased a family out of their Clarendon Avenue home.
“It’s been an interesting first 24 hours,” Priest said.
The blaze, which started in a second-floor bedroom at 9 Clarendon Ave., at the corner of South Quaker Lane, was reported at about 4:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived in four minutes, by which time the occupants had evacuated, Priest said. The fire was quickly knocked down and there were no injuries, he said.
Priest said investigators believe the fire was accidental and have traced the origin to a piece of electrical equipment. The flames were contained to the bedroom, but there was smoke and heat damage in other rooms and the house was not habitable Sunday night, Priest said.
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Look, we all have the same dream: building giant spaceships and living out among the stars, playing zero-gravity beer pong until the universe ends. It's not gonna be easy. It's gonna take a bunch of risks and hard work. But once we're out there, drunkenly giggling as our friends try to vomit into a zero-G toilet, we'll know it was worth it. The problem is that we've erected all these barriers between ourselves and new ideas, so anytime someone tosses a ping-pong ball of knowledge at the floating beer-sphere that is our brain, we open our mouths and spit out a bunch of confused chimpanzees, frantically batting the ideas away and squeaking like a bunch of lunatics.
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It ain't no secret: The Internet loves getting angry. Whether it's over human rights violations, bad movie reviews, or people who say video games are racist, the entire Internet loves to get its rage-pistons a-pumpin', except really it's just those last two, isn't it? Movies and video games make people really mad; real-world inequality makes people want to go to rallies and pick up trendy new Facebook profile pictures.
"Global problems are my favorite type of social gathering."
Of course I'm generalizing. A lot of people out there genuinely do care about real issues, and a lot of the "angry" Internet comments about how racist or not-racist The Jungle Book is are just in good fun, but it's weird that I can so easily compare the two types of rage. I have no idea how to objectively measure this (are any of you scientists? Can you science this for me?), but if one is more common than the other, it's not by much.
Why? Because one of those things seems like it's about us. If someone tells me that they don't like my favorite movie, then it's easy to ignore it, but if they tell me that my favorite movie is stupid, I can't help but feel like they're saying I'm stupid for liking it. It's a natural response, because I'm kind of a narcissist. But then it gets even worse if they think my favorite movie is racist, because being racist is even worse than being stupid. Ever hear the term "SJW"? It means "social justice warrior," and it refers specifically to people who point out racism or sexism in movies, video games, and other pop culture. Those people are considered worse than other types of critics because instead of just pointing out that a movie has flaws, they're accusing people who like it of being awful.
Except they're not, of course. If someone points out that the alternator belt in your car is slipping, they're not accusing you of being some kind of mustache-twirling, white cat-stroking supervillain for having car problems. They're not accusing you of anything. They're talking about your f*****g car.
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Looking for a Bad Guy (When There Isn't One)
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OK, if we're not the assholes just for liking something terrible, then who is? The people who made it for us? Yeah, probably! f**k those guys! They're trying to turn us dumb! Let's murder all of them!
See? They're all still smiling. Rallies are just really fun, man.
No. It turns out that just like how something isn't necessarily your fault, it also isn't necessarily anyone's fault -- but even though no one is at fault, it's still a freaking problem. As I've pointed out before, racist video games aren't racist because people who make games are KKK spies who've infiltrated the industry; it's because appealing to racism is a lazy and effective way to make your game work, but even though it's not an evil plot, it's still s****y. Systemic poverty and oppression aren't necessarily the fault of rich people, who were just acting with the combination of skill and luck that their characters rolled in the great tabletop game of life, but it's still s****y. Hell, even climate change, which is f*****g up our planet, isn't the fault of everyone in the past hundred years who polluted or drove a car, because the majority of them either didn't have any concept of what they were doing or didn't have any options.
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"Now that we got our food donations, we can afford a $41,000 hybrid SUV to reduce our carbon footprint!"
Of course there are bad people in the world who put their own well-being ahead of literally everyone else, but they're pretty rare. The even scarier reality is that most of the terrible s**t in this world isn't any one person's fault, it's just a combination of complacency and sheer bad luck. But those things are still s****y, and we still have to work to fix them, or we're all gonna be killed by climate change and racist video games (some of these problems are bigger than others).
Finding One Irrelevant Flaw and Dismissing the Whole Thing
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Think about the last article you read online that made you angry -- if you're anything like me, it was about how terrible the upcoming Power Rangers movie is going to be and incorrectly identified Kimberly the Pink Ranger as having a relationship with Tommy the Green Ranger when Kimberly's heart has always belonged to me. In fact, that lapse in logic was so egregious that I was unable to read further.
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In a fit of rage, I forgot how to use chairs.
That didn't really happen, and that article doesn't really exist, but it illustrates an important point about how our brain works: We are way more picky about ideas we don't like than ideas we do. If the article had been about how the new Power Rangers movie is going to rock (it totally is, you guys), then I would've forgiven the author for not knowing about my relationship with Kimberly because, after all, it only existed in my brain. And even if he could see inside my brain, I was like 8 at the time and my understanding of sex probably wouldn't have been recognizable as anything like sex. Ha! I was so naive.
Not like today. Today, I totally know what sex is.
The Man made me blur it out, but you and I both know what's going on there.
This is pretty irrelevant when applied to stupid movie reboots of stupid '90s TV shows, but think about how creationists talk about evolution, or stupid people talk about climate change: They find a tiny, irrelevant weakness ("Climate change is just a theory!" or "Bananas exist!") and use it as an excuse to ignore the whole idea. This kind of gut reaction non-thinking is having a real impact. And if we don't catch ourselves doing it, we'll end up ...
Arguing on the Internet
It seems like the greatest advantage the Internet age has over the long-lost days of print is that writers can now interact with their readers. Back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, if you read something wrong or that you disagreed with in the newspaper, your only recourse was to either write the editor a letter that they may or may not ever actually see or quietly seethe out your rage in your living room, perhaps while smoking a Sherlock Holmes pipe made out of a velociraptor skull (I am so, so bad at history). But these days, it's easy to just post a comment -- even if the discussion becomes a rage-spittle-filled frolic through the halls of murder-threats, adding more views to a discussion always makes it better, right?
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Just like how playing rock music over an orchestra means even more music.
No, because reading angry comments actually makes you dumber, and as if that wasn't bad enough, listening to people complain also makes you dumb. If you read an article about Power Rangers (I seriously can't believe they're doing that, it's going to be so rad, you guys), it doesn't matter what you believed or what it says. Angry comments, whether you agree with them or not, make your brain get stuck: You become either more stubbornly wrong or more obnoxiously right. It turns out that the worst part of picking a fight online isn't, ya know, the fact that you end up fighting online; it's that you're ruining the conversation for absolutely everyone else.
Am I saying that all comments are terrible? God, no, of course not. Nothing is always terrible, except a bottle of scotch that you paid less than $25 for (depending on what state you live in). But if you flip out in comments and type angry words at the author or other readers, yes, you're actually making the world a worse place, please stop.
We're all counting on you.
Thinking That Human Nature Is Easier to Change Than Anything Else
Whenever you hear people complain about the rise in divorce rates, the assumption is always that it's a problem with "people these days." Typifying the issue (I went to college) is the un-relationshipping of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, who have the gall to call their "divorce" (which is such an ugly word) a "conscious uncoupling" (which sounds like something I'd be told to do during an acid trip). Due in no small part to the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow is, ya know, who she is, the idea of "conscious uncoupling" has become yet another hilarious joke in the punchline of her existence, and another indicator that love is dead, because modern people are a bunch of divorce-happy roustabouts without an ounce of integrity coursing through their drug-addled, whippersnappery veins.
It's another "people these days" problem, which is a helpful phrase because it indicates that the person speaking hasn't put any f*****g thought into what they're saying. The reason people are the way they are is, at least partly, because of the society they grew up in, and marriage itself is a huge part of that. So is marriage the reason for divorce? Ha! Kinda. Or maybe rising divorce rates have less to do with the fact that people these days suck and more to do with the fact that people are outliving their relationships.
"No passing judgment unless you've also spent 40 years f*****g only one person."
Once upon a time, people got married, had kids, and then their bodies died from the exhaustion of getting married and having kids. But these days we have penicillin and Red Bull, so we're living for-goddamn-ever. Some relationships just aren't standing the test of time, not because they're bad relationships, but because the time-test just had a hell of a difficulty spike. That's not a bad thing, it's just a thing. But marriage has been about "till death do you part" for so long that we've decided it would be easier to change unhappy people than it would be to change the institution of marriage -- even though we originally came up with marriage to be a thing that made people happy. So maybe we should start letting people have more than one long-term relationship in their life without labeling all but the last one as "failed."
What's this belabored point I'm getting to? The idea of "conscious uncoupling" is the most insanely fine thing I've ever heard of. I can't even conceive of a perspective that makes it bad, aside from the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow is using it.
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Abstract: The digital copyright and piracy wars, which began with Napster and continue today into the age of streaming, Spotify and Netflix, have engaged in broadly three strategies to defend existing content industries, which can be described as punish, prevent, and provide alternative business models. Both anecdotal experience in the legal system and empirical research carried out by CREATe and others point to the failure and partial abandonment of the punishment strategy, especially in its legislative “graduate response” form. By contrast, prevention, in its latest forms of site blocking and geoblocking, is rising in popularity, at least in the UK which has recently been described as the world leader in web blocking. While it may be argued that prevention tactics are unnecessary given the rise of legal streaming, have unfortunate side consequences and may even impede a more profitable long term shift to alternative business models, it is hard to prove this using empirical evidence, as seen in recent UK court cases. This paper asks what evidence would be convincing here and if empirical evidence, rather than normative claims, can ever successfully inform the copyright wars.
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Exuberant Lamont: It’s time to ‘reinvent Connecticut’
By Mark Pazniokas and Clarice Silber, ctmirror.org
Updated 4:26 pm EST, Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Flanked by daughter Lindsay, left, and wife Annie, newly sworn in Governor Ned Lamont marches in a parade past the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday, January 9, 2019.
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Edward Miner Lamont Jr., an unlikely Democratic standard bearer as a wealthy Greenwich businessman whose family tree includes titans of Wall Street and a left-wing philosopher, took office Wednesday as the 89th governor of Connecticut, a state buoyed by great wealth and burdened by decades of fiscal mismanagement.
Lamont, 65, who once said he looks like a Republican and thinks like a Democrat, faces the challenge of delivering on a campaign that promised a blend of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism to a populace worried by successive years of budget deficits and one of the nation’s biggest unfunded pension liabilities.
His took the oath from his friend, former Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers of the Connecticut Supreme Court, reaching the pinnacle of state politics after losing statewide races for U.S. Senate in 2006 and governor in 2010. At his side was Annie Huntress Lamont, his wife of 35 years and a successful venture capitalist.
On stage were his three children: Emily, 31; Lindsay, 27 and Teddy, 25.
Watching from the front of the vast drill shed in the William A. O’Neill Armory were three of his four living predecessors: Democrat Dannel P. Malloy, Republican M. Jodi Rell and Lowell P. Weicker Jr., an independent who gamely made his way on a walker. Missing was the twice-convicted Republican John G. Rowland.
“I’m happy to join the governors’ club,” Lamont said. To Malloy, he noted, “You’ve only been an ex-governor for about 30 seconds. But we have something in common — that’s we’ve been in the arena, and to paraphrase my favorite president, Teddy Roosevelt, the credit belongs not to the critic on the sidelines, but to the men and women in the arena.”
Lamont had one final delay before taking office. His oath followed those administered to his running mates: Attorney General William Tong, Comptroller Kevin Lembo, Treasurer Shawn Wooden and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz took office in the morning, so she could preside over the Senate.
Ned Lamont is the first Connecticut Democrat in more than a century to succeed another Democratic governor in an open race, an unexpected first given that Malloy left office as one of the most unpopular governors in the U.S.
Lamont struck a light tone in inaugural remarks that lasted less than nine minutes, knowing he would deliver a more substantive State of the State to a joint session of the General Assembly by day’s end.
The Rev. Ralph Ahlberg, his former pastor at Round Hill Community Church in Greenwich and a one-time tennis partner, told the audience of 1,200 that Lamont was a man of integrity, a tennis player who fairly called the lines.
Ahlberg’s presence gave Lamont an opening to note he was a something of a political oddity, the Democrat from Greenwich, long an icon of wealth and the Republican establishment, even if it recently elected local Democrats to the state House and Senate.
Lamont recalled the day Ahlberg presented the Lamonts and another new couple to the congregation, giving a little background on each. One was a Lutheran, another a Greek Orthodox, and Annie was the Episcopalian. “‘Ned, he’s a Democrat!’ The congregation thought that was pretty funny.”
He mentioned recently watching Hamilton with an audience of high school children at the Bushnell in Hartford, then talking to them about the meaning of the song, “My Shot.” Hamilton sings about being an immigrant with great opportunities, just like his new nation, Lamont said
“That’s what I love about America. Every generation, we get a chance to reinvent ourselves, and every election gives us a fresh start,” Lamont said. “This is our chance to reinvent Connecticut — to think big, act boldly.”
Lamont said he and the legislature must strive to move beyond the endless budget fights.
“I will not allow our next four years to be defined by a fiscal crisis. Together we will craft an honestly balanced budget which does not borrow from the future, but invests in the future,” Lamont said. “We owe our kids, our extended family, nothing less.”
Lamont left the Armory to accept a 19-gun salute, then march the Capitol, accompanied by a ceremonial military unit, the Governor’s Foot Guard, and a marching band from Harding High School in Bridgeport, where Lamont was a volunteer teacher.
Pat Ludwig, a 58-year-old Middletown resident, stood outside the state armory waiting for Lamont to emerge after the ceremony. Ludwig, who campaigned for Bysiewicz, Wooden, and state Sens. Mary Daugherty Abrams and Matt Lesser, is hoping that the new general assembly will improve higher education, help residents stuck in the welfare cycle, and get more diversity among legislative aids.
“I think that (Bysiewicz) being lieutenant governor with Ned Lamont is what our state needs right now, especially when our national leadership is so divisive and cruel,” Ludwig said. “I think that here in Connecticut we’re going to have leaders that are going to stand for human rights and an economy that serves the masses rather than the one percent.”
Two freshman lawmakers waiting with the rest of the crowd outside the state armory had caught the excitement of the day.
Will Haskell, the 22-year-old Democrat who unseated state Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, in one of the year’s big upsets, said the opportunity to serve is a tremendous honor
“I was nervous walking into the Senate for the first time — for me it all feels very real today.
State Rep. Anne Hughes, who defeated Adam Dunsby, of Easton, described the day as euphoric.
“I know we have some hard work to do but I also feel like we have some great colleagues with a really bold vision for Connecticut going forward and I think we’ve got an amazing team of leadership,” Hughes said.
Hughes said the state has a real shot at transitioning to a renewable, green economy.
“We are on the front lines of climate change, let’s have some bold initiatives that really say we are taking this urgent crisis seriously and taking steps to address, it not just in words but in serious deeds,” Hughes said. “We can’t afford not to invest in that.”
One of the last to leave the armory was Weicker, a three-term U.S. senator as a Republican, then a one-term governor as an independent who overhauled Connecticut’s tax structure, imposing a tax on wages and cutting taxes on sales, corporate profits and investment investment income.
Weicker, a former Greenwich resident, called Lamont an old friend.
“He’s going to be a great governor — not a good one, a great one,” Weicker said. “He’s got the passion, he’s got brains, and he’s got energy. He truly is for the underclass. By that, I mean the people on the outside for one reason or another. And I like that, just a great guy.”
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Addison Carney, a Cumberland Middle School 6th grade student, was recently recognized in the “Honorable Mention” category from the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project (KSCPP) 12thannual essay contest. KSCPP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of greater awareness and understanding of Korean history and culture. The KSCPP has held a national essay contest every year since 2006. Since that date, more than 3,400 students have participated in the contests.
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Letter: Lantern District Clarifications for the Record’s Sake
By Dana Point Times
On August 10, 2014 August 7, 2014
Mike Killebrew, Dana Point Assistant City Manager
In response to Mr. Herald’s letter entitled “Where’s the Lantern District Outcry Citizens?” (Dana Point Times, July 18-24) I felt compelled to offer a few accurate facts for the record: the Town Center (Lantern District) project remains on schedule and is slightly under budget.
The city issued no bonds to finance the project but rather is using funds accumulated from surpluses generated over the past several years. The City Council’s approval to commit $7.7 million for the Del Prado Avenue phase of the Lantern District project is not being funded from the city’s emergency reserve. The city’s emergency reserve remains fully funded and is not being used to fund the second phase of the project.
A portion of the $7.7 million is being funded from an existing $2.5 million capital improvement projects reserve. Finally, the Town Center Specific Plan’s height limit is 40 feet, not 35 feet, and also allows improvements to be built above the 40-foot height limit for items such as mechanical equipment, screening and guard rails.
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Dave Bartholomew August 10, 2014 at 8:55 pm Reply
1./ Mike Killebrew said, ( in preparation for HUGE APARTMENT MONSTROSITIES!)
“…the Town Center (Lantern District) project remains on schedule.”
Resolve: The Lantern Dist / Town Center project is now uncovered for the disaster and cluster-phyk only special interest, property developers would want for their own investment(1), for their own profit(2), and for City Taxes paying for the infrastructure. Land Barons, ( L.A. Times, past City Council, past O.C. Supervisors and current representatives ) will profit by it(3). HUGE APARTMENT MONSTROSITIES! (ps: Mike! Aren’t you the one who blocked me from laying out some flyers at the 4th Meeting at Senior Center?)
2./ This Town Center/Lantern District Project is a complete waste and does actually hurt the city, the neighborhoods, the county. The win, win, win scenario (1), (2), (3) above demonstrates how Mike Killebrew and Doug, City Lawyers can invest in corrupt practices (eagles clothing covering the vultures undercover who profit by it, in huge windfall schemes.)
3./ The people of Dana Point should demand Monday night for a complete stop to the project. Property can be purchased like corner of PCH and Del Obispo with the ‘coffer reserves’. Example after example is now showing how council, engineers and lawyers manage this very corrupt practice to steal away the people ‘valuable tax savings account’. Yet, council, engineers and lawyers manage to shiphon off this money in contacting, secretive bidding, deceptive, un-transparent practices.
I say, if council does not quickly, Monday night, 11th, in City Hall Meeting to stop everything, then People with any common sense need to act to prosecute to stop them; for participation in illegal management practices. DaveBartholomew at cox dot net is now making protest posters if anyone wants to print out the posters, please email me.
Dana Point Dad August 11, 2014 at 12:23 pm Reply
There is a massive vocal minority in Dana Point – who propagate negativity and criticism which ultimately prohibits progress and leads to a run down, tired and dirty city. It is exhausting to hear that these are always the ones that show up at the town meetings, etc…I’m sure even more so for our city council and elected leaders.
I am a resident of Dana Point and I think the Town Center project is much needed and I’m delighted that it is moving forward and on schedule. Having said that, I do appreciate our vocal minority’s interest in keeping the charm of Dana Point and not selling out to a bunch of condo and apt monstrosities on PCH and Del Prado. While I understand that some of these are inevitable and probably acceptable, keeping them to a minimum and within the “village” theme for the town center is certainly an achievable goal for our leaders to focus on.
Michael H Frost August 13, 2014 at 9:44 am Reply
Dana Point Dad-
thanks sir, well said
Randle McMurphy August 14, 2014 at 7:27 am Reply
Some colorful background on Dave Bartholomew:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/29/entertainment/la-et-rose-logo-20111229
Who is Randle McMurphy?
Dave Bartholomew graduated the top of his class, summa cum laude in Jan ’78, from the world’s toughest curriculum Industrial / Commercial Arts Private College, the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, where also, by no coincidence, the Tournament of Roses / Rose Parade is caught in a illegal TM Royalty Licensing enterprise in 2005 using my rose design created in 1977.
This begins to introduce my MarCom expertise. Five years later, a patsy, a student from 1982 is Susan Karasic, she is published in Art Center’s regional paper, to having now designed and reengineered a ‘look-alike rose’ but her derivative-rework is never actually used. My design is used, and by the Rose Parade secret society, the guys who make $100,000,000 in License Fees each year, starting from summer 1981, before Susan ever starts the Paul Hauge Advanced Graphic Arts class, Jan 1982. (Ask Honda, ask Vizio, others how much they pay these days in TM Royalty License fess.)
I am the first student to start as Art Director hired at Foote, Cone, Belding / L.A. February 1978. Hughes Las Vegas Resorts / Casinos is my first Property Redevelopment / Remodel account, the new Desert Inn campaign. It is during this time, early 1979 that my teacher, John Follis is also secretly, the Art Center College Trustee assigned to TM Royalty License, secretly using student Works, for their own long term TM License Incomes. The first of these projects, works hand and hand with L.A. City Council, to design an image for the spectacular citywide celebration, the L.A. Bicentennial celebration. John Follis wins the citywide, art contest in late 1979, he uses a copy of my prior, 1977 Hollywood Chapter of the Emmy Awards, new sculpted awards concept, the Rainbow Angel concept. This image is seen in Art Center Student Arts catalog, of late 1977. It is not until 2014, that it is discovered, by his son’s own admissions, that his father was supervisor of the Trustees Secret Society; the selling of student Alumni Works, a thieving illegal enterprise, where the image ‘Rainbow Angel’ appears on collectable, TM souvenirs in 1981. It is this year, John Follis, the Art Center begins the second theft of the alumni graduate’s works, the highly stylized Rose-hook Design. It is John Follis who is hired in late 1982 to revise and refurbish a lawn sign at the Pasadena, Tournament of Roses. He may be contracting on his own beheld, but his son Grant Follis doesn’t think so, saying “At no time does the Follis Design Firm contract with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Obviously, by discovery of 2014, the contracting partner is the Art Center College of Design, secretive Trustees TM Group who sell off the student designs years after they had graduated, in my case, it is five years after I had graduated.
It is later found out, late 2013 that Federal Judge Cormac Carney, the one who blocks and bars all discovery in the case 2007 to 2013, is also an employee working directly for both USC, UCLA and the Rose Bowl / L.A. Coliseum, / L.A. Sports Arena TM and Licensing (secretive) organizations.
You quoted a story that tells how the L.A. Times, the world’s top art college and the Federal Courts work together in TM partnerships / incomes, with a specific goal to block an artist’s access to law, ( Claim Service for Discovery) and from my right to earn a living from owning his own copyright, intellectual property. A rose.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/29/entertainment/la-et-rose-logo-20111229 This L.A. Times story is authored by the countries largest Intellectual Property law firms, Allen Matkins, L.A., O.C. and the Sheldon, Mak, Rose, Anderson law firm, Pasadena, ( + four other firms ) with the help of several District and Circuit Judges, and a College Trustee admin group. Pretty tough competition. To Dana Point citizens, just know, the forces that are hidden behind the City Council bench, are invested in “Top Circuit Court confidence to take your Rights away.”
Mr. Bartholomew, you do a much better job describing your colorful state of mind in your writings than any newspaper article could ever hope to accomplish. Well done sir.
Dave Bartholomew August 27, 2014 at 11:58 am Reply
I repeat, “Who is Randle McMurphy?”
The issues before the sleepy romantic citizens of Dana Point are very real, not a ghost-issue columnist-blogger as Randle McMurphy. As in the past, a small (1%-group) of concerned citizens are trying to wake up a (99%-group) apathetic college educated, pretender, (the 99%-We the People).
Thomas Jefferson was speaking to all Americans when he and Thomas Paine wrote these intentions, addressed to the intended owners of the Constitution; the People. Saying, “It is our Right, It is our Duty, To Throw Off Such Government, and to provide new guards for our future security.” ( a new City Council. All new. )
We know now, that these intentions to police our own government included the prosecution of city government (DP, SJC, SC) just as importantly as federal legislators. Recently the City of Bell the People and a Grand Jury process has a dozen elected official and staff prosecuted for breaking the law; that their actions were contradictory to their Oath of office. So too, in Dana Point, San Juan and San Clemente (SONGS) there are special interests like Randle McMurphy; whoever he is.
I say that people like McMurphy are like the vultures, the special interest lobbyists behind the scenes, as identified in the City of Bell prosecutions.
Today, we see a few citizens acting politely to wake up local business and the voting public.
I forecast that their website actions are too little, too late?
Should we start a Grand Jury process like they did with prosecution of City of Bell criminals? How much is enough action, enough effective Patriots’ Duty to throw off such government? I propose to you all, the Chamber of Commerce, Harbor Boater Group … most everyone includes 99% of the public. Who will be the new guards if there is not one strong leader in Dana Point who dares to speak up and be identified! Who is Randle McMurphy? Why should we care?
What will People miss more? A million dollars missing from city staff payroll as in City of Bell. OR Will People miss more, ocean views, OR openness, OR parking availability, OR low density quality of living?
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'Dabangg 3' A Big Responsibility: Arbaaz Khan
Darpan News Desk IANS, 19 Apr, 2019
Arbaaz Khan, who is busy producing "Dabangg 3", says his upcoming action-comedy drama film is a big responsibility for him as an actor and producer.
Arbaaz was interacting with the media at promotional press conference of ZEE5's web series "Poison" here on Thursday.
He is caught up doing multiple things these days. On one hand he is producing Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha-starrer "Dabangg 3", and on another he is juggling between a talk show titled "Quick Heal Pinch by Arbaaz Khan" and "Poison".
Asked how is he manages to do all these things, he said: "I wouldn't say this ('Poison') was easy but, that project ('Dabangg 3') requires more attention from my side because I am working as an actor and a producer in it. I also look at Salman's co-ordination and all that.
"While working in ‘Poison', I just need to focus on my character. Whereas, hosting a talk show is like a breeze. I finish shooting each episode of that show in one or two hours, so it's not such a big thing. But I absolutely agree that ‘Dabangg 3' is a big responsibility."
Directed by Prabhudheva, "Dabangg 3" brings back Salman as Chulbul Pandey. The team recently completed its first leg of shooting in Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh.
On being a part of "Poison", Arbaaz said: "It's an interesting web series. I was always looking for something interesting on the web medium. When this script and character came to me, I found it very interesting and I wanted to portray it. I feel fortunate that I got an opportunity and it has turned out pretty good. I am happy that I have done that, and now I am waiting for the results."
Arbaaz said web series are the next big thing in the world of entertainment.
"I don't know what reservation people have towards web series... If you see, people in the West, that should be taken as example that how big web series are over there and how big stars from cinema have gone in web series and became even bigger stars.
"There are actors like Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and so many other actors who worked in cinema but never got the kind of fame and recognition that they got from web series. They have become even bigger stars and multi-millionaires. So, that will happen sooner or later here (in India).
"Cinema is there and it will always exist, but this will co-exist with cinema. I think actors and creative people will get their due even on the digital platform."
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“Italian” the flavour of the month for Largs children using language learning App
By David Gillespie on Sep 12, 2018 in Achievements, community, delivering, Featured, Media Centre, Media Releases, news, Photos
Preschool children in Largs will again have an exciting opportunity to learn another language this year using play-based mobile tablet apps.
Federal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie visited Kindy Patch Largs to see the new app in action with the attending the Centre learning Italian.
“I’m delighted Kindy Patch Largs been successful in obtaining a place in the Coalition Government’s Early Learning Languages Australia programme which has been expanded,” Dr Gillespie said.
“The Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program has already been very successful in getting local students engaged and interested in learning a language.”
“There are already 13 preschools in our electorate engaging hundreds of young children through a series of interactive applications to introduce them to the basics of learning a second language like Mandarin, French and Spanish.
“I encourage local parents to talk to their preschools and schools about getting involved in the expansion of the ELLA program.
“Learning a second language opens up a whole new world of opportunities in this increasingly global economy and we need more of our local students to develop language skills early in life and then carry that through their later school years and beyond.”
The Federal Coalition Government’s commitment of an additional $11.8 million will see the number of preschools participating double to 5000 and extend the program into 300 primary schools reaching 30,000 school-age students across Australia.
“We’ve already seen some great results from the ELLA program, with more than 80,000 children in about 2,500 preschools across Australia being introduced to a second language through the use of our digital apps.”
“ELLA is about getting kids engaged and interested in learning a language from an early age, expanding their horizons and hopefully getting them to follow through this study as they progress throughout their education.
“Exposure to another language and culture can also have significant developmental benefits on children – for example it has been linked to better English and problem solving skills.
“We’re also expanding the language options to include Korean, Vietnamese, Turkish and German.
“These new languages mean local preschools and schools can pick from 13 of the world’s most common languages to give children a taste of the world and set them up with skills that will set them up for the future.”
Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) uses fun and play-based digital applications to engage children in language learning and is currently available in Hindi, Modern Greek, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, Indonesian, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish.
For more information on ELLA visit: https://www.ella.edu.au
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Mercury Prize winning rock band Elbow to perform outdoor Yorkshire gig
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Mercury Prize Winning rock band Elbow are to take to the stage in Yorkshire this summer.
The band will perform at outside at The Piece Hall, Halifax, on June 30 with a stellar line-up of supporting artists.
2008 saw the band win ‘Best British Group’ at The Brit Awards and ‘One Day Like This’ and ‘Grounds for Divorce’ won Ivor Novello songwriting awards, as did last
year’s hit ‘Magnificent (she says)’. The band also performed at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012.
Last year the group completed a UK and European Arena Tour before going back into the studio to work on album eight due for release in 2019.
Tickets for Elbow plus special guests will go on sale on Friday, January 25, 9am from www.seetickets.com and www.lunatickets.co.uk.
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Apple Mac App Store downloads top 100 million, still far behind mobile apps
By Andrew Couts @andrewcouts — Posted on December 12, 2011 7:01AM PST 12.12.11 - 7:01AM PST
Apple announced today that downloads from its Mac App Store have surpassed the 100 million threshold less than a year after its debut. The makes the Mac App Store “the largest and fastest growing PC software store in the world,” says Apple. Despite this, its popularity still pales in comparison to the iTunes App Store, which saw more than 1 billion downloads only nine months after its launch.
To help boast the importance of the Mac App Store, Apple has included in the press release a number of quotes from developers, all of whom tout the online software store as a great to “reach hundreds of millions of Apple users around the world” thanks to its “unparalleled reach.”
These statements are presumably not for you, the consumer, but are instead Apple’s way of saying, “Hey, developers, please come use the Mac App Store!” Apple also extols the terms of selling app through the Mac App Store, which include giving software makers 70 percent of the revenue, and the lack of marketing and credit card processing fees.
Of course, Apple has had no problem convincing developers to make apps for its mobile devices. According to Apple, the iTunes App Store currently has more than 500,000 apps, and more than 1 billion apps are being downloaded each month. This is, of course, helped by the fact that the iPhone and iPad lines remain the most popular smartphones and tablets in the US and throughout much of the world.
The Mac App Store remains hampered by the fact that you have to have a Mac running OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or later to use any of the 8,500 apps available through the store. Still, the early success of the Mac App Store shows that this type of distribution model — getting software through the Internet, rather than buying it in a box, at a physical retail outlet — is the future of all software distribution. Whether you like Apple and its products or not, that is a good thing.
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Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh Travels 310 Days a Year — Here's What He Packs in His Carry-on
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The artistic director takes 'bleisure' very seriously.
By Siobhan Reid on October 19, 2018
This story originally featured on Travelandleisure.com.
Despite traveling more than 310 days a year, Virgil Abloh, the artistic director of Louis Vuitton and founder of streetwear label Off-White, claims he “doesn't know how to vacation.”
“I travel for pleasure about 1% of the time,” the Chicago-based designer told Travel + Leisure. “Travel informs what I do and inspiration is everywhere, so I’m always working.”
Given his unique perspective on travel and disruptive approach to fashion, it’s no wonder that Abloh was one of five “cultural icons” to be featured in luggage brand Rimowa's 120th-anniversary campaign. Tennis champion Roger Federer, model-activist Adwoa Aboah, chef Nobu Matsushisa, and jewelry designer Yoon Ahn also appeared in the campaign.
“As a designer, I’m very particular about the design of a thing, and Rimowa is a product I’ve used and relied on for 10 years,” said Abloh.
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As to what goes inside his Rimowa carry-on: A hoodie, Pilot Pen, blank pieces of paper, and a fully charged iPhone (“When I’m flying, I’m either sketching or working on my phone.”)
And while the multi-versed designer regularly frequents high-fashion cities like New York City, Milan, Paris and Stockholm, he is most inspired by the fashions he sees at — wait for it — the airport.
“When I’m in a city, I’m in an office, but when I’m at the airport, I’m around real people just doing their thing.”
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Outside the airport, Abloh says he likes hotels that don’t feel like hotels, like Ett Hem in Stockholm and Andre Balazs’s properties, which include the Chiltern Firehouse in London and the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.
But Abloh says he’s most looking forward to exploring beyond the cities on the global fashion circuit.
“I travel so much that I’m generally past the point of wanting to visit specific places — except when it comes to Southeast Asia and New Zealand,” he said. “I’ve seen photos and I really want to go."
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When you use a small sample to test a hypothesis about a population mean, you take the resulting critical value or values from the Student’s t-distribution. For a two-tailed test, the critical value is
and n represents the sample size.
The Student’s t-distribution
t0.10
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6 1.440 1.943 2.447 3.143 3.707
10 1.372 1.812 2.228 2.764 3.169
The number of degrees of freedom used with the t-distribution depends on the particular application. For testing hypotheses about the population mean, the appropriate number of degrees of freedom is one less than the sample size (that is, n – 1).
The critical value or values are used to locate the areas under the curve of a distribution that are too extreme to be consistent with the null hypothesis. For a two-tailed test, the value of the level of significance
is split in half; the area in the right tail equals
and the area in the left tail equals
As an example of a two-tailed test, suppose the level of significance is 0.05 and the sample size is 10; then you get a positive and a negative critical value:
You can get the value of the positive critical value
directly from the Student’s t-distribution table.
In this case, you find the positive critical value t90.025 at the intersection of the row representing 9 degrees in the Degrees of Freedom column and the t0.025 column. The positive critical value is 2.262; therefore, the negative critical value is –2.262. You represent these two values like so:
You represent them graphically as shown here.
Critical value taken from the t-distribution: two-tailed test.
The shaded region in the two tails represents the rejection region; if the test statistic falls in either tail, the null hypothesis will be rejected.
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Man drowns dog in self-defense in German lake
A swimmer at a Bavarian lake pushed a dog under water after it bit his arm and wouldn't let go. The dog's 83-year-old owner may face charges of negligent bodily harm after the victim was treated for serious injuries.
A 49-year-old man attacked by a German shepherd on Monday evening at a lake in Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Bavaria, says he drowned the dog in self-defense.
It is unclear why the dog attacked, but it bit the man in the arm while he was on the beach. Onlookers tried to pry the animal's jaws loose, to no avail. Seeing no other option, the man dragged the dog into the lake, where he drowned him.
"The dog lunged for the man whilst still on a leash and bit him in the arm," said a local police spokesperson. "It was self-defense."
The 83-year-old owner of the dog, which was on a leash, now may face charges of negligent bodily harm.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for serious, but not life-threatening injuries.
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Fáskrúðsfjörður is often called the French town in Iceland.
Fáskrúðsfjörður is in the center of the east fjords, in between peninsulas Vattarnes and Hafnarnes. At the bottom of the fjord, there is a grassy valley with lovely arctic woodlands. The route from Reyðarfjörður along the coast is very scenic and should not be missed. It offers excellent views of the hollow cliff island of Skrúður. The island is home to a colorful birdlife, with the unique wonder the 'Puffin Cave' sheltering thousands of puffins and a great colony of Gannets that can be seen plunging like arrows into the water. The town at the bottom of the fjord goes by the name of Búðir, but everyone calls it Fáskrúðsfjörður.
The town became a trading post in 1880. From the latter part of the 19th century until 1935, the town was the main hub for French fishermen off East of Iceland. The town is famous for its French heritage and has a strong connection to its French counterpart, Gravelines. It is worthwhile to visit the French Museum and learn more about these historical connections. There used to be a French consul, a French hospital and a French chapel. It is also believed that France had a say in the fact that the district doctor was positioned in Búðir. The village road signs are also in French. Don't forget to visit the local Café which is known for great cakes and refreshments that can be enjoyed in cozy surroundings. An eligible place to stay is the farm Tunguholt.
Just outside the town is a graveyard, the burial place of 49 known French sailors. The former French hospital, erected in 1903 and notorious for being haunted, is currently being restored to its former glory.
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A Summer eCommerce Roadtrip with Steve Chou
Andrew Youderian - September 14, 2018 - 1 comment
The boys are back in town! Or rather, in the woods together. Steve Chou and Andrew hit the open road on an epic camping trip through Yellowstone. This is part two of a three part series so if you need to catch up on what they’ve been up to thus far, you can check out the first episode here.
Today’s topics around the campfire include fatherhood, email deliverability and how Andrew prepares for worst case scenarios.
How Andrew and Steve are already raising mini entrepreneurs
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(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Steve Chou of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com)
Andrew: Welcome to “The eCommerceFuel Podcast,” the show dedicated to helping seven-figure-plus store owners build incredible businesses and amazing lives. I’m your host, Andrew Youderian, really good to have you with me on the show today. And I’m bringing you a slightly different episode, a little throwback to summer now that we’re in September, the air is getting a little bit chillier in a lot of places, and if you’re like me, you’re kind of pining back for those pure summer months.
I did a road trip…I lost a bet recently and had to take Steve Chou on a three-day road trip around Montana. I thought I’d bring you some episodes from the road. So, we did two or three episodes from that trip. A couple are over on his podcast, mywifequitherjob.com, and one episode we will be airing here on the show. So if you wanna hear the full arc of the entire story, Episode 1 is on his blog, it aired recently, excuse me, podcast. Episode 2 is here, and then Episode 3 is back on his as well.
You know, we talk about a lot of stuff, or talked about a lot of stuff just driving down the road, and that’s kind of what the catalyst was for content ideas. And this episode, we talked about some email deliverability hacks to be able to improve your deliverability and keep your email list really healthy. We talk about raising kids as entrepreneurs, if that’s a good idea or a bad idea, and a bunch of other stuff. It’s kind of a free ranging episode. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy it.
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All right, let’s go ahead and jump into my road trip episode with Steve Chou.
Andrew Gets Nostalgic
Steve, some of them set the scene for us here. We are on the third floor of the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. And this is a huge log cabin. I mean, this is…from floor to ceiling, it’s probably, would you say I’m exaggerating if I said 110 feet?
Steve: Not at all. It’s very impressive. Very high ceilings.
Andrew: Really cool, and it’s a place that I have a lot of nostalgia for. We came here a lot as kids and ran around as terrorists, getting in trouble all the time but really, really cool place. And yeah, just on a road trip, you’re here in Montana, I guess Wyoming at the moment for three- four road trip, and it’s been really fun so far. We spent the first day hanging out in Bozeman, second day rafting, and here we are in Yellowstone the third day.
Steve: Yeah, for sure.
Andrew: Yeah, it’s been good.
Steve: Yeah, it’s been great.
Andrew: Maybe we can talk about a few of the highs, lows, later on, but one thing we’ve been doing is the second episode, the first one went live on your podcast. So, if you wanna hear like, you know, some of the conversation from the first night, we’re doing this as a daily podcast. So, for the first night, your website is mywifequitherjob.com, and the podcast is of the same name, right?
Steve: Yeah. You can catch part one where I realized that I was gonna be stuck with Andrew for four straight days.
Andrew: Yes, and you can tell. We can email the last. We’ll see how this goes. Tune in to Episode 4 when we were just full on shoving at each other.
Steve: Exactly. Exactly. And this is a lot of time, actually. I don’t even spend this much time with my wife consistently on a regular basis, right?
Andrew: Yeah. Yeah, we’ll see how long it is until you call an Uber 200 miles back to town.
Steve: There’s no Uber here.
Andrew: Yeah, you’re right. You have to hitchhike.
Steve: Although, I do feel home at Yellowstone. There’s a lot more Asians at Yellowstone than there in Bozeman.
Andrew: Yeah, you go from 1% of the population to, what would you say, in Yellowstone?
Steve: Probably 20, right?
Andrew: Probably, yeah.
Steve: Probably.
Email Deliverability Is Going Down
Andrew: For those not those listening and not knowing who you are, Steve is Asian, so he’s allowed to make these kind of comments. But yeah, so a few things we wanna talk about, in the spirit of especially yesterday’s episode, just talk about some of the things we’ve been chatting about in conversation. And email deliverability was one.
We’re talking about, hiking around today, just are emails getting less and less? The reach is getting less. Deliverability is going down, open rate is going down. But you do a couple of cool things that I’m gonna start doing to try to combat that a bit. One is an app called Glock. Can you talk about that?
Steve: Oh, yeah. GlockApps, it’s this app that basically measures the deliverability of your account of your domain. So, what you do is Glock provides you with a bunch of different email addresses, usually around 20 to 25. And they all have different domain suffixes like Gmail, JimX. Yahoo, and what you do is you send a sample broadcast to those list of email addresses, and Glock will tell you which emails are reaching the inbox, the spam folder, or not even getting delivered at all.
And then it actually provides suggestions for your emails so that you can alter them to improve deliverability. So, for example, certain words like “Free” or “Giveaway” are like trigger words in the email that might take your email to the spam folder.
Tactics For Improving Open Rates
Andrew: And so how much does it improve on average broadcast that you’ve sent? Like would say you send it out and your open rates would normally be 25%, you go through this process, you influence some of the suggestions, what kind of improvement do you usually see?
Steve: I mean, you can see upwards of 15% to 20%. I’ll just give you a quick example here.
Andrew: So, when you say…Okay, go ahead, sorry.
Steve: Yeah, so there was one time an email that I had, had a whole bunch of links at the top before the content and then a whole bunch of links below. And I found that the deliverability to certain types of email inboxes was not that good, and then Glock was telling me that you have too many links before the content even starts. And so by eliminating those links, it improved the deliverability.
Another random thing that Glock told me about is that the unsubscribe link should only be one word. For example, I had it as “Unsubscribe here,” and for some reason that is a indication of spam from a lot of ISP. So I changed “Unsubscribe here” to just “Unsubscribe.”
Andrew: That seems really silly.
Steve: It does, doesn’t it?
Andrew: Yeah.
Steve: And there’s a lot of keywords that you gotta watch out for in emails too.
Paying Attention To Links In Proportion to Content
Andrew: Huh, interesting. So, is there a…for deliverability, is the number of links to email, the more links you have, the higher chances it is gonna go to spam or just not get delivered by the provider ISP?
Steve: I think it has to do with the number of links in proportion to the amount of content.
Andrew: Oh, okay.
Steve: And I don’t know all the rules, to be honest with you, with GlockApps, I just do whatever the tool says.
Andrew: Okay, interesting. That’s the tool I’ll be using. Another strategy you use I’ll probably steal as well is you have that email list, of course, that you send out to, but, you know, when you do a broadcast or just send an email to your whole list, you don’t send it to everyone at once, you can have a two-step approach. Can you talk about that?
Steve’s Two-Step Approach to Delivering Emails
Steve: Yeah, that’s correct. And I learned this from Carl Taylor, so I don’t take any credit for this. But basically, I have my list segmented out in terms of people who are more engaging with my emails and people who are less engaging with my emails. So, what I do is I send out a broadcast to my more engaged audience first and then I wait several hours.
And the theory here is that if an ISP like Gmail, for example, sees a whole bunch of opens, well then subsequent emails will tend to have a higher open rate because it’s already seen a whole bunch of people opening that first email. And then by sending to the less engaged audience, the hope is that that less engaged audience will have higher deliverability.
Andrew: Yeah, that’s a cool strategy. All right, so I’m gonna hop topics a little bit. Before we came out, I was joking that I wasn’t gonna let you be on your phone, not let you but that you’d be pretty much stranded without cell service for four days. But in all seriousness, the service has been pretty spotty, pretty terrible.
So, I thought it’d be interesting, you know, you think about running a business, and I feel like a good sign of a well-systematized business is one where you can take off if you don’t have cell service for two or three days and things still run fairly smoothly. It’s just a good gauge to see to identify problems that you should fix.
And so a couple of those that popped up for me, things like, “Oh, I don’t have this systematized, I need to assign someone to do this,” how does it look for you?
How To Cut Yourself Off From Your Business to Hang Out in a Van
Steve: Well, first of all, I have to say that the lack of internet access has forced me to talk to Andrew more often than I’m used to. I had no alternative.
Andrew: You found things about me he never wished to find out.
Steve: No alternative, I’m just stuck in this van with Andrew. So, to answer your question, before I left, I actually had all the blog posts to my podcast queued up, so “My Wife Quit Her Job” is pretty straightforward. Bumblebee, we’ve had some turmoil lately. And my wife is still there, so she’s handling everything, but we’re down to stat numbers right now.
Andrew: To be clear, she’s not the source of the turmoil.
Steve: She’s not, that’s correct. Yeah, she’s not. Yeah. The turmoil is the fact that we had two employees, 50% of our workforce, basically, recently resigned after five years of being with us. And it’s been very hectic. I mean, my wife’s running it. If she were here with me, then I…right now, we’re actually not in good shape.
Andrew: Nice. So, on that point what is the budget for the president you’re gonna be bringing Jen back? Is it in the $800 range, the $2,000 range or the $5,000 range?
Steve: You know, I recall someone has a 10-year wedding anniversary coming up, and I think you need to be more worried about your wife’s present first.
Andrew: Oh, I’ve got everything planned out, man. I mean, I’m not gonna tell you what it is. If you ask me, I’m not gonna…you would spoil it. You would tell Annie. Of course, I’m not gonna…
Steve: What are you talking about? I was helping you brainstorm. Really, you have no idea what you’re gonna do. I hope Annie listens to this episode, by the way.
Andrew: No, I don’t think she listens to it. She’ll probably fall asleep.
How To Define Success For Yourself
Andrew: The other thing you were talking is, or we were talking about yesterday was you were listening to Derek Sivers podcast from him I think with Tim Ferris. And he’s a really interesting entrepreneur, I think a lot of people are probably familiar with him, the topic of like how do you define success came up.
Steve: Yeah, so it made me think, because one thing that Derek said that was really interesting was that you have to judge someone’s success by what they’re intended objective was. So, for example, if your intended objective was to spend more time with family, and let’s say you made $50 million but you never see your family, then technically, that person failed, right? Even though from our perspective, that person might seem to be really successful.
Andrew: Right.
Steve: And so I’ve had to do this with myself a lot, whether I wanna make more revenue or generate more money. I lost track of this I think last year where I was just working harder on my business at the expense of spending more time with family, and then I had to just reset a few things and take the foot off the pedal for a little bit.
Andrew: Yeah, and, you know, I’ve kinda a little bit come up multiple times as we’ve been talking on this trip is you really don’t like the stress of feeling forced to have to make a lot of money…
Steve: That’s right.
Andrew: Because it takes from your autonomy to be able to work on things that interest you and excite you. And we were talking about the venture route and how….maybe to see some interesting aspects there, but you wouldn’t go… you said that you would work for an interesting startup in a tech role in a role you enjoy, but you wouldn’t found a startup for those reasons, because you feel like you wouldn’t wanna just be completely chained to it for multiple years.
Steve: It’s not so much being chained to it, but when VCs give you money, they expect you to spend it and grow really fast. And it’s very stressful. The reason of this team up, by the way, is because my wife wanted to buy another house, and if we do end up buying another house, that means I might have to work harder, and that would stress me out. Because right now, like I can get by the way I am. Even if things don’t grow, it’s still gonna be pretty chill. So, Andrew, do you feel the same way?
Andrew: I do at some point, yeah. You mean in terms of not feeling like you have to make money?
Steve: Yeah, or being pressured to.
Setting Aside Time for Family
Andrew: I do. I don’t think I feel that quite as strong as you. I mean, ideally, long-term yeah, I wanna be able to say like I’m only gonna work at only what I wanna work on and nothing else. But I think there can also be a little bit of I enjoy what I do, like those hard parts of any jobs, but for the most part, I really enjoy it, so that’s nice.
Steve: You got three beautiful children.
Andrew: Yeah, I mean, you’ve gotta…
Steve: Beautiful wife, you wanna spend some time with her.
Andrew: Yeah. I tend to feel like I have a pretty good balance between the two. And I feel like myself, and our family, and Annie, like if we need to, we can live really leanly. So, I feel like if push came to shove, I never would have to work that hard to maintain a, just a regular standard of living for our family, like a non-extravagant, just a baseline, you know?
Steve: All right, you live pretty lean right now. I would call Andrew a minimalist big time.
Andrew: The other thing too is I think about, I tend to be a worst case scenario guy, I don’t know about you. A lot of times you can think…I think all entrepreneurs do this. They go through this idea of my business is gonna fall apart, like what’s gonna happen? Like, you know, is it gonna be…what happens if revenue falls off a cliff?
And yeah, that stuff can happen, but at the end of the day, I feel if I needed to and everything burned up and was gone tomorrow, I could go out and hopefully, convince someone to give me a job for, you know, a living wage, and at the end of the day, like… as long as it’s a company you enjoy working with, things could be a lot worse.
Steve: I remember we also talked about work-life balance, right?
Steve: And I said something like I don’t actually believe that when it’s balanced, like you have to be imbalanced in order to get ahead.
Andrew: Yes, agreed.
Steve: Right?
Andrew: Yeah, that’s true.
Steve: And then you added an important point to that, and I don’t know if you wanna clarify that.
Starting a New Business When You Have a Family
Andrew: Oh, that is just really…what you said, and I think we just step back one second before we move forward is, so for me…and maybe for me, it was like the first two, two and a half years of my business, especially the first year and then to some extent, the next two years. But we worked like crazy to build up that momentum from nothing.
Steve: Yeah.
Andrew: Yeah. But my point was I think it’s a lot harder to do when you have…When you’re single, it’s really…it’s not easy, but you’ve got all the time in the world, right? Like if you work 18 hours a day, it’s not a big deal, right? But it gets increasingly difficult if you get married, and if you have children, it becomes interestingly difficult.
And then if you lay on a business on top of that, like right now I’m trying to launch and do a lot of work on the job boards. Starting to see some progress with them, which is really cool, but at the same time, with a family, you wanna spend time with, and then also with an existing business that probably, you know, already has let’s say 30%, 40% of my bandwidth to try to keep it running well and improve it, you just have so much less time to get something running.
And you’re doing that with “Go Brand Win.”
On Working With A Partner
Steve: Yeah, well okay, so for me, we cranked, my wife and I, for the first year, big time with Bumblebee Linens. And then with my blog, I cranked for that first year. I don’t know if you know this, but I was writing five times per week in the beginning of that blog. And that totally burned me out. But I was cranking in the very beginning, and then, you know, it tapers off once things get going.
You know, with “Go Brand Win,” you know, since we have kids and they have so many activities, I’ve gone the route of choosing a really good partner, an equity partner where we can split the duties. And that’s made things a lot more smooth. And we talked about this and how come you haven’t been on that route yet?
Andrew: With finding a partner?
Steve: Yeah, just in general. Because you have three kids, I mean, you have more kids than I do.
Andrew: Yeah, on the partner specifically, there’s almost no one in the world I would partner with, just because I feel like…not because I think they couldn’t do it better than I do.
Steve: I asked Andrew if I could partner with him, by the way. He totally denied me. It’s cool, though. It’s cool.
Andrew: I know there are so many people that are infinitely smarter and harder working than I am, but it’s more of a…I think it’s a) I’m a bit of a control freak, and b) I think the partnership you have with Tony works really well, but I think from what I have seen…we had a thread in the forums about partnerships, and, you know, multiple times this topic has come up and people have said like, “Hey, should I do this? I’m thinking about partnering with somebody.”
And almost, you know, almost across the board, people said, “Do not do it,” and they listed, oh, 90% of people. I think when partnerships work, they work exquisitely well, and when they don’t, they blow up in just, you know, in a massive nuclear cloud from what I’ve seen. I could be wrong, but that’s what…
Steve: I haven’t seen that. Was it with random partners or people that you know really, really well?
Andrew: It was both.
Steve: It was? That was interesting.
Andrew: Yeah, it was across the board. So, but you mention “Go Brand Win” too, which is a new business you’re running with your partner, Tony Anderson. Can you talk about what that is?
Steve: Yeah, actually, I posted about it on the forum. And it’s basically a group giveaway platform where different brands donate a gift card and we create one gigantic giveaway. And so people enter the giveaway, and all those emails, sorry, everyone sends out a broadcast of that giveaway to their respective lists, and at the end, we share the entire list with all the brands who have participated.
So, it’s basically, a very simple way to grow your email list quickly by kind of leveraging and partnering with other brands that are in your same niche.
Andrew: So, just for example, maybe you’ve got five ecommerce stores that are in the cooking space, and so they all come together and maybe they all donate a bunch of products.
Steve: They’ll donate like a $200 gift card, and then they will blast their list about this gigantic give away. So if it was five companies, $200 gift card, that’s $1,000. They all blast their lists about this $1,000 giveaway, and that will generate a bunch of entries. And then at the very end of the contest, the winner gets to gift cards, and then every single brand gets the entire email list.
Andrew: Yeah, perfect. And so, if people wanna either learn more about it, or if they’re an ecommerce store, or if they wanna potentially get involved, just gobrandwin.com, right?
Steve: Yeah, that’s correct.
Andrew: We’ll link up to the show notes, link up to that site in the show notes as well. So your first contest is coming up like this next week, right?
Steve: We do, yes. As soon as I get back from this place, provided you give me a ride back to civilization.
Teaching Kids To Be Entrepreneurial
Andrew: Okay, final topic here before we maybe wrap things up. We’ve been talking about kids, we’re both dads. You have a couple of kids, I have three kids. Obviously, we’re both entrepreneurs. Are you encouraging your kids to be entrepreneurial? If so, how? And if they’re not entrepreneurial, is that gonna be something that will disappoint you?
Steve: It won’t disappoint me for sure, but we are definitely encouraging it, probably for a different reason than you are. Andrew just gave me this weird look, by the way.
Andrew: …It was the different reasons I get.
Steve: Well, maybe that’s not the right way to say it. But I think going to a good school is important to me.
Andrew: It seems like your children are gonna have to be entrepreneurial if they wanna avoid like just, you know, a life of poverty and filth. My kids will study their way, I mean.
Steve: Anyways, these days to get into a good school you have to stand out somehow. And I think the best way other than like every person practice piano, everyone has a sport, but if you have a business that’s doing pretty well, then that makes you a strong candidate for getting in. And it also provides you with a really good experience.
And I, you know, I don’t wanna have my Asian card revoked, but over the years I’ve come to believe that, you know, a college education is less of an indicator of success, mainly because I went to this whole thing and I worked in industry, I worked a corporate job, and then, you know, I started a business and I instantly made more than what I was making in salary relatively quickly.
Andrew: With your business?
Steve: With my businesses, yeah. So, you know, I strongly believe now that, you know, just going the entrepreneurship route is definitely viable. I don’t wanna say instead of going to college, but college matters less these days.
Andrew: Yeah, you made the comment that, you know, if you get into a really good Ivy League school, maybe it’s worth going to college largely for the network out this.
Steve: For the networking.
Andrew: The resources. Yeah, but you’re less…and I would tend to agree with this, and especially in 10 to 15 years, I think we’re gonna see, I really hope we see a big change in the way education works, especially if you have to go into debt for it. Yeah, I mean how are you encouraging your kids for entrepreneurship?
Steve: So, right now we’re actually having my daughter take part in the marketing for some of our products. So, we’ve created some sales videos with her in it marketing our mother-daughter aprons that are personalized, and she’s really actually embraced that. She loves doing the videos, and so we were thinking at some point we’ll start, you know, her own line of stuff where she’s going on and promote it herself. She’s really good on camera, which helps.
Andrew: She is. She’s really good on camera. You’ve got her selling the cookies, Girl Scout cookies, utilizing Facebook video, which is pretty cutting edge for Girl Scout cookies, so…
Steve: It’s mainly because I don’t wanna go around the neighborhood in a wagon slipping cookies. So, we create these videos, and we selling all of her cookies on Facebook.
Andrew: Did you run ads for those, or did you just do it for the…
Steve: It’s for the house now.
Andrew: Seems to be you spend $200 to sell $500 of cookies.
Steve: Yeah, so somebody doesn’t have to slip in a wagon around the neighborhood.
Andrew: Oh, man. Yeah, I mean, my kids entrepreneurship, I think I wouldn’t be disappointed if they didn’t do it either, especially if they found a job, or a calling, or some kind of career they really enjoyed.
Steve: Like engineering, doctor or lawyer, for example?
Andrew: It would be a little broader than that, but those are three potential options. But, yeah, but I think I’d be great for them to have the choice. I see my two girls right now, and one of them I see could potentially really find something she love to do and do and just thriving and excel in a traditional job.
The other one is like me, and she is very sweet, but she’s also very stubborn. Loves to do things her way, and thinks she knows better than everyone else in the world. And I think entrepreneurship might be a great path for her, because she wants to call her own shots, of that’s one of the, you know…Their earning potential is great, but also the autonomy, I think, is just as important to me for entrepreneurship.
So yeah, we’ve been doing stuff like trying to teach them about, you know, how business works, and they’ve running like trying to sell seashells when we were in Alaska. They try to make cookies and do little cookie stands. All sorts of just little fun stuff to try to sell things.
Chores around the house, they have to earn their money, which is less so about, you know, entrepreneurship, more so about the value of money, things like that. But yeah, I think that’s why I wanna teach them that, so.
So, we should get close to wrapping up here. Maybe we can end on day two here, what’s been your favorite part of the trip so far, and your least favorite part of the trip so far?
Highlights From The Trip (And The Low Points Too)
Steve: My favorite part of the trip actually was the white water rafting.
Andrew: Really? Okay, cool.
Steve: You know, I had forgotten how fun it is to do that. What’s funny here is like Andrew was in the back and I was in the front. So, I don’t know if you were purposely doing this, but you’d steer it so, I take like all the water.
Andrew: I thought you were white water rafting, man. I mean, it’s…if you’re gonna go rafting, you might as well…
Steve: Are you sure? It was completely much dry at the end. We didn’t flip, that was one thing, though.
Andrew: We got very close, many times coming out of some of those rapids.
Steve: Actually, another thing that I really enjoyed was the shower I just took, because we hadn’t showered in a couple of days.
Andrew: We may have poached the showers at the old fifth lane.
Steve: And then Andrew, I remember after the shower, he comes in and he’s like, “Hey, man. I’m used to not showering for six days straight.” And I’m like, “That’s a good fact to know Andrew. I did not need to know that.”
Andrew: When backpacking is what was conveniently left out there. Cool, least favorite part of the trip.
Steve: Least favorite part of the trip?
Andrew: And this is softball where you can insult me…
Steve: No, no. No, I would actually have to say is there’s too many tourists here in Yellowstone, right?
Andrew: There’s a lot.
Steve: The way we got around that is we went off the beaten path, I guess. And it was much nicer once we did that.
Andrew: Until we get the warning from someone about a grizzly sighting close by and turn this around. In any other way. I’d say my favorite part of the trip so far has been…rafting was awesome.
The other probably highlight for me was yesterday we, half an hour before sunset, just took off, climbed up this nearly dirt road to this beautiful lookout for just…
Steve: I forgot about that, that was very romantic.
Andrew: It was.
Andrew: Yeah, it was pretty amazing, where we immediately both called our wives.
Steve: Our spouses, yes.
Andrew: Yeah, we got awkward. But no, that was really cool. Least favorite part of the trip so far?
Steve: I would say mosquitoes, maybe.
Andrew: Yes, that’s a great answer. The hordes of mosquitoes. I forgot, the mosquitoes were the least part. The other favorite part of my trip, two more things, one when you told me I was right when I won that argument, and then secondly, when you were fanning me with the Frisbee while I was cooking. That was wonderful. Thank you for that. To be fair, you’re doing it very kindly to keep the mosquitoes off.
Steve: Yeah. Yeah, that’s what it was. It looked ridiculous, though. I was in a winter jacket actually, so the mosquitoes couldn’t bite me, and I was in here fanning Andrew.
Andrew: Yeah, we’d get some funny looks from people going by. Well, cool man, it’s been fun. Hopefully, we’ll catch up tomorrow maybe with another little podcast episode. Yeah, until next time, thanks for listening.
Steve: We’ve got two more days of this.
Andrew: Two more days, hopefully, until we start fighting.
Steve: Yeah, of course.
Andrew: Hope you enjoyed a slightly unorthodox episode from the road. If you’re interested in checking out pictures from the trip, including a snapshot of the three hitchhikers we picked up and threw in the back of a van, or the snow on a 10,000 thousand foot mountain pass that Steve swore was sand and lost $20 to me in a bet on, you can check those out in the show notes. And no, I’m not kidding about that last. That was Steve. I wish I was. But you can check all these pictures out in the show notes, ecommercefuel.com/summer-ecommerce-roadtrip.
And if you wanna catch part one, or part three where we talk about more adventures involving crazy windy roads, white water rafting and more, you can do that at mywifequitherjob.com, as well as some ecommerce banter and tips as well.
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And you can learn more about that if you’re on either side of the market there at ecommercefuel.com/jobs.
Finally, a huge “Thank you,” again to Liquid Web, who is hands down the best place to host your WooCommerce store online. You can learn more about them at ecommercefuel.com/liquidweb.
And also to Klaviyo, who makes email marketing automation incredibly easy and powerful. If you’re not using them, you can get started for free at ecommercefuel.com/klaviyo. Thanks so much for listening, and I’m looking forward to seeing you again next Friday.
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Wicked, Edinburgh Playhouse, Review
By Justine Blundell - Posted on 10 May 2018
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Gregory Maguire (original novel), Winnie Holzman (book), Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics), Joe Mantello (director), Eugene Lee (settings), Susan Hilferty (costumes), Kenneth Posner (lighting), Tony Meola (sound).
Amy Ross (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda), Aaron Sidwell (Fiyero), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Iddon Jones (Boq), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Stephen Pinder (Dr Dillamond & Wizard of Oz), Jack Harrison-Cooper (Chistery), Howerd Ellis (Witch's Father), Sara Morley (Witch's Mother),Helen Walsh (Midwife), Charli Baptie, Emily Olive Boyd, Georgia Rae Briggs, Jason Broderick, Grace Chapman, James Davies-Williams, Charles Karlsen, Nicole Lupino, Stacey McGuire, James Titchener, Amy Webb, Luke Woollaston, Benjamin Yates (Monkeys, Students, Palace Guards, Denizens of the Emerald City & other Citizens of Oz).
L.Frank Baum’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first published in 1900, is undoubtedly best known in its 1939 cinematic musical guise starring Judy Garland. While Baum himself went on to produce 14 books about Oz, it is Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, that forms the basis of the stage musical which is prequel, ‘equel’ and sequel all rolled into one.
It opens with the Munchkins and Glinda The Good celebrating the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, murdered-by-melting after Dorothy, the little farm girl, has chucked a bucket of water over her. We are then taken back in time to see the events that have led us to this place and, if you’re familiar with the original film version, it is not at all what you might expect.
Inverting the moralities of the classic, this story is told from the viewpoint of the apparent villain, The Wicked Witch of the West, who is here reinvented, given a three-dimensional human character and named as Elphaba. Bullied and marginalised even within her own home due to her green skin-tone, Elphaba first meets Glinda at an Oz university. Glinda is a shallow socialite used to getting her own way, preoccupied only with being beautiful and popular. Elphaba is an aspiring social reformer who, witnessing the barbaric treatment of non-human animals who are rounded up, forbidden to talk, and kept in cages, decides to take a stand despite the risk to herself.
Elphaba’s world is shaken when she discovers that the benevolent, wise and powerful Wizard of Oz in whom she had such faith and hope, is actually a selfish, evil hypocrite who enacts pogroms against minority groups, enforcing his despotic rule with propaganda and armed storm troopers, justified with flippant aphorisms such as ‘to bring people together they need a really good enemy’. Elphaba then becomes a brave freedom fighter against this wicked totalitarian regime.
This dark and twisted tale is an incongruous driver of what is, to all intents and purposes, a glitzy, ditzy, song-and-dance show in the Broadway Musical style. Corny jokes and witty one-liners, eccentric and colourful costumes, special effects and technical wizardry, provide the smoke and mirrors that prop up the somewhat mediocre big show tunes and dance routines that are nevertheless performed with punch and panache.
The packed audience, some dressed for the event in ruby slippers or emerald shades (the latter sold in the foyer as part of the marketing and merchandising machine), respond to the musical numbers with explosive applause and cheering, with most rising to their feet for a final, resounding standing ovation. The verdict has to be that it matters not who is pushing what buttons and pulling which levers behind the curtain, as long as the smoke heralds a dramatic key-change and the mirrors are beautifully polished.
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August is here, which means it's back to school time for many kids and their parents. Something that's sure to present an issue for teachers is Pokémon Go – but did you ever think that a seemingly juvenile app would consume so many working adults? In this month's issue, see what companies are doing to prevent employees from playing on company time. Plus, updates to gun laws in Tennessee, a closer look at discrimination against the LGBT community in private employment and more.
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On July 11, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board released a decision reversing 12 years of established precedent. In Miller & Anderson, Inc., the Board held that a bargaining unit can be comprised of both regular employees and temporary employees on assignment from staffing agencies, provided that the employees in question share a "community of interest." Previously, the rule was that such bargaining units could only exist if both employers consented. Now that consent is no longer necessary, there may be significant consequences for employers who utilize the services of temporary workers. More...
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Bringing calm to chaos – that’s what citizens expect when they dial 911. Yet, what often happens is that the chaos of critical emergency calls can quickly overwhelm and stress first responders. This is a less than ideal scenario, to say the least, but is surprisingly common.
The reason? Many emergency medical service (EMS) providers lack training and awareness about implementing an incident command structure. The fire service has worked for decades to develop and institutionalize a widely used incident command system (ICS) to bring organization to chaos during emergency response. However, EMS organizations have only recently recognized the value and need for such a command structure as part of their response strategy.
The PIC model ensures all crews are able to establish and follow a similar command structure. (Photo/courtesy https://westfordma.gov/)
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Mike Mondor, chief of EMS at the Maplewood (Minnesota) Fire Department, recognized that EMS providers were having difficulty applying fireground incident command practices to EMS calls. He noticed that critical EMS calls often became chaotic and disorganized when more than one provider acted in the role of team lead.
During a response, providers did not establish a formal command structure identifying a single commander, therefore causing further chaos at the scene. Due to a lack of organization and communication, providers’ stress levels spiked during critical calls, which contributed to tunnel vision, freelancing (action independent of command delegation), and ultimately less-than-optimal medical care quality. It became clear to Mondor that both providers and patients would benefit from the implementation of a formal EMS command structure.
Developing a command model for EMS
In 2012, the Maplewood Fire Department began to research various fire and EMS command models that were scalable and practical for all types of critical EMS calls. After researching various structures and combining their best features, they developed the paramedic or provider in command (PIC) model. The PIC model combined the scalability of ICS, the efficiency of a "pit crew" approach, and the structure of Blue Card.
In addition, since the department provided both fire and EMS services, they based the PIC model off the fireground command structure because many firefighters had already been trained on that structure. Doing so ensured that all crews were able to establish and follow a similar command structure, regardless of the nature of the call.
What is the PIC model?
The PIC model emphasizes one person in the command role, while giving the option to assign a later arriving senior medic or chief as an advisor. The objectives of the PIC are to focus on circulation, airway, breathing and family stabilization. The first-arriving unit initiates a working command to achieve these objectives and then assigns later-arriving providers specific roles, either as individuals or within groups to maintain those objectives (i.e., compression group, airway group, etc.).
Once four or more responders (law enforcement, fire, other EMS) arrive on scene, the PIC should be able to take a strategic role and remove themselves from any hands-on tasks. Mondor encourages his providers to position themselves by the patient’s feet, away from distracting screens and a crowded airway.
Along with assigning patient-care roles, the PIC is responsible for, and should delegate when possible, the monitoring, informing and comforting of the patient’s family. “The family will likely not remember whether you successfully performed a certain skill or not, but they will remember how you made them feel during the care of their loved one,” Mondor said.
Addressing skepticism during the adoption of a command structure
Like most changes in the emergency services world, shifting to the PIC model was slow and steady. Mondor recalls a noticeable pushback from his crews upon initial training and implementation of the PIC model. Some providers worried that there weren’t enough responders to justify having someone dedicated to the hands-off PIC and/or advisor roles. However, through training and real-world application, crews discovered that the PIC model could be implemented with as few as three to five responders (often including law enforcement and fire).
Training didn’t end in a classroom setting. According to Mondor, the Maplewood Fire Department leadership took an intentional and actively supportive role once crews had been trained on the PIC model. After initial training, staff were assisted and supervised when applying the command structure in the field. It was through this continued training, supervision and emphasis that crews were able to quickly adopt and embrace the new model.
As a result, once the model was fully implemented and fine-tuned, the department saw a significant improvement in the handling of critical cases. EMS providers are able to remain organized, clearly understand who is in charge, and stabilize a situation faster. Today, the PIC model continues to thrive at the Maplewood Fire Department, giving providers confidence that they are delivering organized, effective, and focused patient care.
Brad Davison is a firefighter/paramedic at the Maplewood Fire Department in Minnesota. In the fall of 2017, Brad completed his Master’s degree in Public Administration, with a concentration in Emergency Management from American Military University. He has been a contributing author to numerous Fire and EMS publications, and enjoys teaching whenever possible. To contact the author, please email IPSauthor@apus.edu. To receive more articles like this in your inbox, please sign up for In Public Safety’s bi-monthly newsletter.
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Humanoids and artificial intelligence are topics widely discussed in sci-fi films as well as the tech community. A myriad of shows explore the innovative possibilities and negative consequences associated with such tools. One of these series, Humans, depicts robots as domestic helpers, crop harvesters and sex workers and poses ethical questions revolving around inhumane treatment and exploitation.
The idea of having human-like robots working alongside people has been around for years, but how close are we to achieving such advancement? Furthermore, how would the presence of these inventions affect the way that people work with and treat each other?
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People have been talking about robots replacing human workers for decades, but if you look at the garment industry, workers are still underpaid and utilized. Yet, factory owners and countries facing labor shortages are increasingly finding that robots may be faster, stronger and cheaper replacements. In China, for example, factories no longer have an endless supply of cheap laborers as wages, worker strikes and education levels increase. To address the labor gap, China purchased 56,000 industrial robots in 2014 and announced that one of its provincial capitals, Guangzhou, plans to have 80% of its factories automated by 2020.
As this work force shift occurs, what will happen to displaced low-skilled workers? There might be jobs created in robot manufacturing and employees might be moved from completing routine to more value-added tasks, but the end result could also be an increase in unemployed poor workers. In addition, as developing countries move toward producing higher-value goods, low-value assembly work will most likely continue – if not move to – less affluent states. It’s in these factories, as well as in industries requiring manual assembly, that labor exploitation could persist.
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A Big Think and io9 study in the Futures journal asserts that by 2050, robots will replace all sex workers in Amsterdam. Inventors anticipate a lower risk of disease since they can make the outer covering out of a bacteria resistant fiber that can be flushed after each use. Proponents say that it’s not a stretch for people to hire robots for sexual purposes since people, to an extent, have already accepted the use human-like dolls and machines in their daily lives. From RealDolls to Siri, people already have relationships with inanimate objects and electronics.
So how far are we from having these red light districts? We’re already getting there. In Japan, Doll No Mori rents sex dolls priced between 13,000-45,000 yen (approximately $105 to $360). South Korean hotels started renting out “doll experience rooms” in the 2000s after the government passed an anti-prostitution law in 2004. In 2010, US Roxxy was revealed at an adult entertainment expo. The fem-bot retails for $7,000 to $9,000 and owners can program it with different personalities. Currently, RealDoll’s CEO, Matt McMullen is attempting to fashion more realistic and responsive dolls.
Critics argue that purchasing sexual services is not about the sex at all but is more about the demonstration and assertion of power and domination over another. The human reaction is needed, and robots cannot interact in the ways that humans can. In addition, at least initially, not everyone can afford these robots. Cheap sex services from people – particularly from those who have been trafficked – will still be more accessible and present fewer limitations. With regards to limits, there’s the question of whether robots should be or can be made to meet every demand. What about those wanting to exploit minors for sex? Researchers are proposing studies on the use of child sex robots by pedophiles and sex offenders, but all implications must be considered.
Ethical Questions
As stakeholders look at the potential profits and other benefits associated with using robots for labor, several questions emerge. Would using humanoids have an effect on social interactions? Is it possible that having the ability to create and direct the actions of such human-like objects would eventually exacerbate racial stereotypes and gender roles? What laws and regulations would need to be implemented? How would the employment of these robots affect work migration patterns and tourism flows? What are other social, political and economic impacts?
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Cazzie Reyes
Cazzie Reyes is a Researcher for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center's Anti-Trafficking Programs. She graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelor's degree in International Studies and a minor in Women's Studies.
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Battelle grants will advance projects focused on kids
Two College of Engineering researchers have received grants from the Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment.
Led by Professors Rachel Louis Kajfez and Kevin Passino, the projects are two of just four selected to receive BETHA funding in 2019. The annual competition supports projects that examine the complex relationship between science and technology on society and cultural issues.
Closing the engineering gender gap
photo courtesy of Girl Scouts of Western OhioDespite years of effort, women have remained significantly underrepresented in engineering. In order to increase the number of women in the field, girls’ interest must be engaged long before they apply to college, said Kajfez, an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education.
Her project, “Inspiring Future Engineers through Girl Scout Leader Training,” will investigate how Girl Scout engineering badges and journeys impact girls’ views of themselves as future engineers. In 2017, the Girl Scouts released new engineering programming, available across the country and at all age levels. However, because troop leaders come from a variety of backgrounds, engineering concepts may be daunting for some leaders to implement, according to Kajfez.
Using information from interviews with and observations of middle school Girl Scout troops, the research team will develop evidence-based training for troop leaders to support girls in their engineering development. Helping young women envision themselves as future engineers will bring more females into the engineering field and assist in closing the gender divide.
Kajfez“This work will complement my research related to motivation and identity, further expanding it to informal K12 learning,” said Kajfez. “By the end of this project, we hope to have directly increased girls’ interest in engineering through our findings and leader training. We’re really excited to get started!”
Collaborators on the project included Engineering Education Graduate Research Associate Abigail Clark, and Education and Human Ecology Associate Professor Karen Irving. The team plans to collect data during the 2019-2020 academic year, with training development to begin the following year.
Reducing stress among children
Passino’s research also aims to support children—specifically preschoolers who have experienced a traumatic event. Approximately one third of children have had an adverse childhood experience (ACE) before their sixth birthday. This is particularly true among children of color and those in lower-income homes, said Passino, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Children who have experienced ACEs enter the classroom on constant alert for threats, which can interfere with their ability to learn and feel safe. Passino’s project, “Adaptive Ambience Technology in the Preschool Classroom for Children Exposed to Trauma” aims to reduce trauma-induced stress in vulnerable children by altering their environment.
The first part of the project will document stress levels of a local preschool classroom by monitoring the children’s heart rate and body movements. The second part will capitalize on research suggesting that sound and light color can impact stress. Researchers will develop an app that will provide teachers with real-time stress data on each child, as well as the overall stress level in the room. The app can be used either manually or automatically to adjust the lighting in the room or play sounds, like those found in nature, to help reduce stress levels.
Passino“Our hypothesis is that the fully automatic mode will provide the greatest overall stress reduction as measured by the classroom’s stress biodata,” said Passino, who plans to continue building on the project. “We are working right now to write a proposal on exactly this approach to the National Institutes of Health. Pilot studies will be conducted this summer and in September to help make our case.”
Collaborators on the project include faculty from the College of Education and Human Ecology and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design.
Along with the potential benefits to young children, Passino said adaptive ambience technology could eventually be implemented in other schools and settings, like homes and offices.
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The discovery of more stable messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) compounds by a group of Polish researchers paves the way for new therapies for cancers and inherited genetic diseases. Jacek Jemielity, Joanna Kowalska, Edward Darżynkiewicz and their team invented the so-called beta-S-ARCA and beta-B-ARCA compounds that are now finding their way into vaccines and anti-cancer medications.
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The therapeutic potential of mRNA opens up the possibility of "programming" the human immune system to produce proteins to help fight specific diseases without directly altering a patient's DNA - so far a relatively risky and difficult endeavour. The team's invention may prove to be a powerful asset as scientists unlock the full potential of human DNA. Currently, more than 1 800 disease genes have been identified and more than 2 000 genetic tests have become available, yet there are a total of 20 000 genes in the human genome.
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The scientists at the University of Warsaw (UW) were ahead of the curve in researching more stable forms of mRNA as a vehicle for therapeutics: their research extends back to the 1980s. After discovering promising mRNA compounds, their findings were confirmed, and the invention refined, by a team at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre, USA, led by Prof Robert E. Rhoads and Dr Ewa M. Grudzian-Nogalska. They filed for key European patents for mRNA technology in 2008 and established a partnership with German biopharma company BioNTech to bring their patented mRNA stabilisation method to market.
Clinical trials began in 2010, and in the following years BioNTech went on to license mRNA technology to major pharmaceutical companies, including French multinational Sanofi and Swiss multinational Roche's US-based Genentech. Joining forces with Genentech, BioNTech is testing the technology as a stand-alone treatment, as well as in combination with Roche's anti-cancer drug Tecentriq.
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Joanna Kowalska, Edward Darżynkiewicz and Jacek Jemielity (from left to right)
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Jacek Jemielity, Joanna Kowalska and Edward Darżynkiewicz (from left to right)
DNA contains the thousands of genes that provide the instructions for producing the many proteins, enzymes and other molecules that make up the human body. These instructions are passed to the cells' protein factories, ribosomes, through a short-lived instructional code, mRNA. Should DNA become altered through inherited or externally caused mutations, it can send out faulty instructions. In the case of a cancer, this leads to abnormal cell grow. For other genetic diseases, it might result in over- or underproduction of specific proteins.
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The senior member of the team, Edward Darżynkiewicz, received his PhD from UW in 1976 and has served as a full professor in physics there since 2009. He heads the university's Gene Expression Laboratory and the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biophysics. In 2015, he was awarded the Leon Marchlewski Medal for outstanding achievements in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics. He has co-authored 208 scientific publications and been named on three European patents and one US patent.
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In this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 27 toilet paper brands.
We also look at deforestation, bleach and toxic chemicals, recycled paper, bamboo paper, FSC labelling and give our recommended buys.
By Alex Crumbie Last updated: Thursday 13th of June 2019
This is a product guide from Ethical Consumer, the UK's leading alternative consumer organisation. Since 1989 we've been researching and recording the social and environmental records of companies, and making the results available to you in a simple format.
What to look for when buying toilet paper:
Is it recycled? Recycled paper is far more sustainable than virgin pulp. Choose this over other options.
Is it made from alternative fibres? Fibres such as bamboo and agricultural waste, if responsibly sourced, are more sustainable than virgin pulp. For bamboo, look for the FSC stamp.
Is its packaging recyclable? The oceans will contain more plastic by weight than fish by 2050. Opt for unpackaged toilet roll (available in local wholefood stores) or one with biodegradable packaging.
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Is it made from virgin wood pulp? If it carries the label ‘FSC Mix’ then it will be made using virgin wood pulp. There is no need to cut down forests to make toilet roll.
Is it made using bleach? Less bleach is used in the production of recycled paper. Ideally, go for brands that do not use chlorine processing at all.
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In 2018, the average consumption of toilet paper in the UK stood at 127 rolls per capita, (or more appropriately, per culus), placing us third in the ranking of most extravagant users of bog roll in the world.
The US, unsurprisingly, topped the chart, whereas our French counterparts used almost half the amount as us Brits, presumably due to the prevalence of the bidet in French lavatory culture.
Flushing away forests
Toilet paper is the throwaway product par excellence, used for a matter of seconds before being disposed of. Despite this, most major tissue brands rely heavily on virgin wood pulp for the production of their toilet tissue. Vast swathes of natural forest are cut down, only to be flushed away after a single use.
A 2017 Greenpeace report, Wiping Away the Boreal, stated that large parts of Sweden’s Great Northern Forest, and the biodiversity contained within it, is under threat from the timber industry’s increasing demand for virgin wood, much of which is used for tissue products.
A 2019 report funded by The Natural Resources Defense Council and Stand.earth ‘The Issue with Tissue’, examined the Canadian boreal, where, between 1996 and 2015, more than 28 million acres of boreal forest was logged.
Over 90% of this logging was done by clear-cutting, a technique also used in the Swedish boreal, which removes nearly all the trees from an area. Clear-cuts can take more than a century to return to pre-logged conditions, while some never do.
Forests play a vital role to life on earth. As well as being home to indigenous communities, and countless species of flora and fauna, forests also help regulate the earth’s greenhouse gases.
Around a quarter of the carbon dioxide contributed by humans to the atmosphere is removed by the world’s forests. Maintaining forests and other natural habitats is, therefore, an essential means of fighting climate change.
The portraits of three hundred people supporting the Greenpeace campaign to protect the Great Northern Forests are placed in a high-value forest in the northern part of Sweden. This forest was threatened by logging from forest giant SCA, one of the suppliers of Essity, the world’s second-largest tissue producer.
Sustainable toilet paper
Nearly all the major brands, such as Andrex, Cushelle and supermarket own-brands, supply toilet tissue that carries the Forest Stewardship Council ‘tree-tick’ stamp, giving assurance, at least in theory, that the timber used to make the product was sustainably sourced.
However, in this guide, Ethical Consumer has taken the line that toilet paper made using virgin wood pulp, even if FSC certified, cannot be considered a sustainable product.
It is hard to justify using virgin wood pulp to make a product that is, by definition, to be immediately disposed of, especially when there are more sustainable options, such as using recycled pulp, which are easily available.
For this reason, products in our score table overleaf were awarded a whole sustainability mark if they used recycled paper, and half a mark if they used sustainably sourced alternatives such as bamboo.
Toilet paper type
Ecoleaf (Suma) 100% Recycled: fibre from UK
Essential 100% Recycled: fibre from UK
Traidcraft 100% Recycled: fibre from UK
100% Recycled: fibre from China
Bamboo: fibre from China
The Cheeky Panda Bamboo: FSC 100% from China
Emerald 70% Tree-Free: Sugarcane bagasse, bamboo & FSC 100%. From USA.
Aldi Saxon FSC Mix
Andrex Classic FSC Mix
Asda FSC Mix
Boots FSC Mix
Co-op* FSC Mix or FSC Recycled
Cushelle/Velvet FSC Mix
Lidl/Floralys FSC Mix
Marks & Spencer FSC Mix
Morrisons* FSC Mix or FSC Recycled
Regina/Nicky FSC Mix
Sainsbury's* FSC Mix or FSC Recycled
Tesco* FSC Mix or FSC Recycled
Waitrose* FSC Mix or FSC Recycled
Superdrug No certification
*Toilet paper type refers to two different products.
The Forest Stewardship Council
Although we did not award sustainability marks for toilet paper using FSC-certified virgin wood pulp in this guide, it is important to understand a little about the organisation as the FSC tree-tick stamp is now ubiquitous on paper products.
The only brand in our guide using virgin pulp that did not carry the FSC stamp was Superdrug, and for this reason we advise you avoid this brand.
The FSC was founded in 1993 with the aim of improving forestry management and ensuring sustainable forestry. Although it has received substantial criticism over the years, it is widely acknowledged to be the most credible forest certification scheme.
However, there are three different FSC logos:
FSC 100% - Wood from fully FSC-certified forests.
FSC Recycled – All wood must be pre- or post-consumer waste.
FSC Mix – This is the one most frequently found on toilet paper. A mix of FSC virgin wood, recycled, and virgin wood from ‘controlled sources.’
Controlled sources are not fully certified FSC forests, but rather forests that are considered low risk. This label is therefore the least stringent of the three labels.
For more on the FSC, see our guide to Furniture Shops or read our feature on the Forest Stewardship Council.
Recycled toilet paper
Recycled wood pulp is a clear alternative to virgin fibre.
Pre-consumer recycled content generally comprises of materials left over from the manufacturing process, such as off-cuts, while post-consumer content is material that, rather than being thrown away after the first use, is used for something else, e.g. office paper.
Often, recycled tissue uses a mix of pre- and post-consumer waste, although the greatest environmental benefits come with the latter.
Toilet paper made from recycled waste has a significantly lesser environmental impact than virgin fibre.
Firstly, it does not increase demand for living trees to be felled, which allows more forest to remain intact and lessens the amount of material finding its way into landfill.
Furthermore, according to the report, The Issue with Tissue, “the production of virgin wood pulp uses almost twice as much water as producing tissue from recycled materials and generates twice as many hazardous air pollutants.” The chemicals used in the production of recycled paper are also far less toxic than those used to bleach virgin pulp.
The decline of recycled fibre
Despite the negative environmental impacts of using virgin tree fibre, only five brands in our guide did not use any virgin pulp at all for their toilet paper: Ecoleaf, Essential, The Cheeky Panda, Who Gives A Crap, and Traidcraft. Of the major brands and supermarkets, only five currently offered a recycled range: Co-op, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Tesco.
It appears that use of recycled fibre has declined over the years. If we take Kimberly-Clark, one of the biggest suppliers of toilet tissue worldwide, we see that the proportion of recycled wood pulp, as opposed to virgin wood pulp, used by the company has fallen over the years. In 2011, just under 30% of total fibre used was from recycled fibre, but by 2017 this figure had fallen to just over 23.5%.
In 2011, Andrex, owned by Kimberly Clark, released its Eco Bath Tissue, made from 90% recycled fibres and 10% bamboo, but this range was discontinued in 2015.
When contacted by Ethical Consumer about the reasons for scrapping their Eco Bath Tissue, Kimberly-Clark essentially stated a lack of demand:
“the number of people buying into Eco was small, and people now expect sustainability credentials as standard.”
However, the recent rise of smaller brands offering eco-alternatives, such as Who Gives A Crap and Cheeky Panda, implies that demand for environmental alternatives does exist.
The rise of luxury toilet paper
It is difficult to pin down exactly why we have seen a decline in recycled fibre used for toilet roll, but it appears that the trend is, at least in part, as a result of the rise of the luxury toilet paper market.
In the struggle for market share, brands attempt to offer ever more luxury.
The race to the bottom, so to speak, is rather a race to the top. You only have to glance at the supermarket shelves to see walls of decadent toilet paper, all promising a lavatory experience fit for the Queen.
Virgin pulp is favoured for its apparently greater softness, despite its harmful effect on the forests.
Bleached toilet paper
Bleach is used to whiten, strengthen and soften toilet paper.
For many years, the paper and pulp industry relied heavily on elemental chlorine for bleaching. However, elemental chlorine produces harmful effluents, most notably dioxins, which are considered among the most harmful of man-made toxins.
Since the 1990s, elemental chlorine processes have been replaced by elemental chlorine-free (ECF) and totally chlorine-free (TCF) processes. Despite the name, ECF processes still use a chlorine compound, usually chlorine dioxide, which releases dioxins, albeit in far smaller amounts.
Recycled paper generally requires less bleach than virgin pulp, and some papers are completely chlorine free, often using hydrogen peroxide as a whitening agent, which generates no chlorinated organic compounds.
The following brands stated that they do not use chlorine processes:
Ecoleaf, Essential, Emerald, Who Gives A Crap (recycled paper only), and The Cheeky Panda. For its bamboo paper, Who Gives A Crap uses a mix of hydrogen peroxide and elemental-free chlorine. Essential lead the way as their tissue is both unbleached and undyed.
It is true that most shoppers want soft paper.
Research by Mintel, from 2016, suggested that consumer demand for softness and the perceived superiority of toilet paper made from virgin fibre trumped concerns about the environment. However, the blame cannot primarily be placed on consumers.
Businesses do not merely react to consumer taste, but also shape it through advertising and marketing. They therefore have the ability to shape consumer demand, and a responsibility to create products sustainably.
Recycled paper & BPA
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical widely used in the production of plastics and in thermal paper, such as receipts. In June 2017, the Member State Committee of the European Chemicals Agency(ECHA) identified BPA as a substance of very high concern due to its endocrine-disrupting properties “for which there is scientific evidence of probable serious effects to human health”.
EU legislation has now banned the chemical in some products, such as infant feeding bottles, and substantially limited its use in others, including thermal paper.
BPA has been found in a number of recycled paper products such as toilet paper. When paper products containing BPA, primarily receipts, are recycled, some of the BPA is removed but a fraction of the chemical remains and finds its way into other products. From these products it can be transferred, through the skin, into the body.
Should you worry about BPA in recycled toilet paper? No. Although some brands, such as Emerald and The Cheeky Panda, promote their products as BPA free and even warn about the BPA in recycled paper, there is no need to worry.
The majority of our exposure to BPA comes from food packaging; the amount of exposure from paper products is relatively low, and from recycled toilet paper even lower. In a study which examined the concentrations of BPA in various paper products, toilet paper represented 0.02% of the total, with thermal receipts accounting for over 98%. So there is no need to stop using recycled toilet paper.
The potential of bamboo and toilet paper
After years of being largely ignored by the West, bamboo is finding its way into more and more products, including toilet paper, offered as a sustainable alternative to using virgin wood fibre. Bamboo is technically a grass, which allows companies who use it to make the claim that their products are ‘tree-free’.
It is more sustainable than virgin fibre for a number of reasons. It is the fastest growing plant on the planet and can grow up to 20 times faster than trees in northern boreal forests.
The plant also is able to thrive in soils that are depleted of nutrients, enriching them in the process. And tissue products created from bamboo release approximately 30% fewer greenhouse gases than those made from virgin wood.
Bamboo toilet roll, when responsibly sourced, is certainly more sustainable than virgin wood pulp. However, for those of us in the UK, it must be shipped thousands of miles across the ocean before it reaches our rear ends. For this reason, and as recycled paper helps reduce landfill, only half a sustainability mark was given to bamboo toilet roll.
Bamboo and the FSC
The main issue with bamboo, as with many alternative fibres is that the supply chains often lack rigorous monitoring and bamboo plantations are sometimes grown in recently deforested lands.
The strongest guarantee that bamboo is sourced sustainably is that it has been certified by the FSC. The FSC not only ensures environmental sustainability, but it also promotes the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation, meaning that vital workers’ rights are upheld.
However, there has been debate over how suitable FSC certification is for bamboo as many of the issues regarding the sustainability of tree forests do not apply. For example, it has been argued that because there has never been a significant problem with illegal bamboo trading, the emphasis on proving that bamboo has been legally sourced is perhaps unwarranted and a potential barrier to trade and commercialisation.
FSC certification can also be prohibitively expensive for small-scale producers.
The Cheeky Panda was the only brand in our list that used FSC-certified bamboo in its products. Who Gives A Crap did not source bamboo through the FSC but stated that it was grown by small-scale farmers on the edge of their farms in order to supplement their income.
This way of sourcing meant that no vast areas of land were cleared, and small-scale farmers were supported. Emerald Brand also used bamboo, but no information could be found regarding how the company sourced its bamboo.
Agricultural residue in toilet paper
Agricultural residues, such as wheat straw, offer another alternative that is more sustainable than virgin wood pulp.
These are substances that are left after the agricultural harvest has taken place.
However, within the EU much of this waste is currently used for biofuel and only a very small proportion (1.5%) is used in industrial production such as being turned into pulp.
The only brand in our guide to use agricultural residues was Emerald, whose toilet paper used sugarcane bagasse and bamboo alongside FSC-certified wood pulp.
Alternatives to toilet paper
While it may seem like a necessity, toilet paper is only used by about 30% of the world’s population. So what other methods are there? In days gone by a range of items were employed for the job. In the early sixteenth century, French monk Francois Rabelais wrote that the best thing for the job was the neck of a well-downed goose, which is certainly not something we can condone.
The bidet is far more sustainable than toilet paper, and generally more hygienic. It does require another valuable resource, water, but it actually requires far less than the amount needed to produce a roll of toilet paper.
The average bidet uses about 0.6 litres of water per visit, whereas the production of one roll of toilet paper is estimated to use about 168 litres.
Family cloth
This euphemistically-named device is essentially just a piece of fabric that is washed and then reused. Judging by the recent proliferation of blogs written on the subject, it appears, to the great surprise of many, to have gained some popularity in recent years. Not for the faint-hearted.
Bum Gun
This is common across Asia and is essentially a hosepipe for your hindquarters. It can be attached to the cistern of your toilet.
Companies behind the brands
Who Gives A Crap is an Australian company that makes recycled and bamboo toilet paper.
According to the company’s website, “around 289,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation.”
In order to help tackle this, the firm, which gained half a company ethos mark on our table by being a certified B Corp, donates 50% of its profits to building toilets for those who lack proper access.
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Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview
By Jerry Bergman
The effect of social Darwinism, eugenics and anti-Semitism, and their relative acceptance in the scientific and medical communities of Germany and many other countries worldwide, opened the dor to mass murder, medical experimentation and military conquest. This title examines the roots of Nazi ideology and unmasks the Darwinian “survival of the fittest” theory behind it.
How Darwinism Corrodes Morality
The ideological impact of Darwinism on such issues as eugenics, abortion, racism, war and social policy since Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published is profound. Overturning the predominantly Judeo-Christian worldview of previous centuries, Darwinism has infiltrated every area of science, philosophy, art, literature, business, anthropology, social policy, and governance. We need to understand the foundational problemin order to propose ways that societal reforms can be addressed in our day.
In this updated version of Joe Boot's popular work, he provides clear and engaging answers to the real questions that people are asking - questions of suffering, morality, guilt, and truth. Beginning with a basic understanding of the world, Boot explains the biblical worldview, giving special attention to the life and claims of Jesus Christ. This new edition includes a chapter-by-chapter study guide, designed for group discussion.
The World is Christ's: A Critique of Two Kingdoms Theology
By Willem J. Ouweneel
At root, the Two Kingdoms controversy is a question of how we ought to live in a world that refuses to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord. In The World is Christ's, Willem J. Ouweneel details a number of historical, logical, and exegetical considerations surrounding this question, and helps readers understand that everything we do is an act of worship - the issue is whether our worship is directed towards God or away from him. Includes study questions for personal or group discussion.
Gospel Witness
How do we faithfully witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ in an age that seems to have abandoned any real notion of truth? Joe Boot demonstrates how to effectively present the gospel without compromising on its essential truths, and examines some of the prevailing worldviews that we must understand and contend with in such a post-truth context.
Power in Service
Willem Ouweneel provides an introduction to Christian political theory in this short work, considering such questions as What is the Kingdom of God? Where is it located, what are the limits of its authority, and how does it relate to human states and governments? In light of the Kingdom of God, what is the Christian’s responsibility to the state?
Por que Todavia Creo (Why I Still Believe)
En Por Que Todavia Creo, el apologista Joe Boot proporciona una introducción legible a la apologética presuposicional para el laico. Este enfoque supone que el cristiano y el no cristiano llegan a la discusión de la fe con cosmovisiones - conjuntos de presuposiciones - que están a kilómetros de distancia, de modo que hay poco terreno común sobre el cual construir un argumento objetivo de la prueba racional. Estas cosmovisiones deben ser examinadas, y Boot muestra cómo la cosmovisión no cristiana no logra hacer sentido del mundo. También invita al no creyente a entrar en la cosmovisión cristiana para ver si tiene sentido o no.
Gospel Culture
How do we understand our present cultural moment, what does Scripture have to say about our relationship to the culture surrounding us? Gospel Culture is the first in our series of Cornerstones monographs, short works designed to help Christians understand the scope and implications of the gospel, and the particular but timeless challenges to that gospel in the twenty-first century.
Political Liberalism: Theological Presuppositions
Andrew Sandlin demonstrates that the bedrock assumptions of the most pernicious political vision of our time are actually religious beliefs: an apostasy from the God of the Bible. Defeating that political vision cannot be accomplished without overturning its apostate religious assumptions and recalling people to biblical faithfulness and our covenant-keeping God.
Mission of God
2016 EZRA PRESS EDITION NOW AVAILABLE The Mission of God is a clarion call for Christians and God's church to awaken and recover a full-orbed gospel and comprehensive faith that recognizes and applies the salvation-victory and lordship of Jesus Christ to all creation: from the family, to education, evangelism, law, church, state and every other sphere.
The Coming Pagan Utopia
By Joe Boot and Peter Jones
In this collection of lectures given at the 2013 truthXchange Think Tank, the authors analyze a variety of current utopian visions that inspire false hopes in today's culture, as well as presenting the true hopes God offers humanity. By showing the emptiness of human utopias and the glorious truth that only God's final "eu-topia" offers, these articles will equip Christians to understand false hopes and to live out the truth of the sure hope Christ offers.
How Then Shall We Answer
Full of biblical and theological insights, and written with an evangelistic heart, this book serves to nourish the faithful, stimulate good arguments for the seeker and build a strong rational basis for the causative relation between faith and reason, the former being the presupposition of the latter. With rigor and relevance, it enables readers to grasp the signs of divine transcendence, and to be apprehended by the beauty of Christ.
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Congregations, Management, Hiring & supervising staff
Dave Odom: Searching for a pastor
Search committees are sometimes in awe of their responsibility to chart the future of a congregation and examine the qualifications of a prospective pastor. This strategic work isn’t just about identifying a skilled leader but about finding one with the right mix of skills and character.
Serving on a pastor search committee can be overwhelming.
You are helping to set the course for an entire congregation. You must balance multiple points of view about what kind of pastor is needed -- and sometimes the advice you get is conflicting.
You find yourself peering into the spiritual life of a clergy member, learning about his or her practices of reading Scripture and praying, as well as making judgments about the candidate’s relationship with God and sense of call. You have to evaluate the candidate’s preaching, teaching, management and pastoral skills.
This discernment process can take weeks of discussion to reach consensus. Most often, committees can’t reach consensus or even fully articulate what they are looking for until they have interviewed a few candidates. Some committees, weighed down by the concentration and commitment, tire before they’ve found the right person.
How can you possibly do all of that faithfully? Will this process, and these lines of questioning, be enough to help you find the person you’re seeking?
In my years of experience working with search committees, denominational leaders and candidates, I’ve learned that it can be helpful to focus a search around these two questions: Can this pastor love us? Is this pastor competent?
These two questions help shape the mindset of the search committee, focusing its members not just on what the pastor can do well but on what the pastor can feel and see. A successful search, in other words, is an art -- not merely a process to be mechanically followed but a heartfelt evaluation of excellence in character and skills.
This approach is grounded in Scripture. The relationship between a pastor and a congregation is intimate. As with all Christian relationships, the quality of our love for each other is a reflection of our relationship to Christ (John 13:35).
As committee members discern whether a pastor can love the congregation, they are making judgments about the pastor’s commitment to God and how that is reflected in his or her capacity to love everyone -- those who are more and less easy to love. Ultimately, the question comes down to the character of the pastor. In what ways has the character of the pastor been formed by God’s love?
Questions about a pastor’s competence include all the basics of preaching, teaching and caregiving, along with how the pastor functions as a leader. Evaluating competence requires discernment about the ability of the pastor as well as the style preferences of the pastor and the congregation.
One way to jump-start the search process that holds these elements together is to interview people who have completed a search process in the past year. Find out the practices or questions that helped other committees discern the gifts that have proven to be most important in the new pastor’s leadership. Ask when they realized the pastor whom they called was the one. What did they observe in that moment? What conditions were present that created the moment?
These stories can spark a conversation in the committee about both the character traits and ministry skills that are critical for the work and the outward signs of those traits and skills.
It is the outward signs -- what the committee can observe, and not just what the committee hears -- that will help the committee discern that mix of character and skills. The search should be shaped around creating opportunities to observe the candidates rather than simply peppering them with questions.
For example, the way a pastor interacts with the waitstaff at a restaurant indicates how the pastor sees the invisible in our society. Sharing personal concerns with the pastor and noting whether and how the pastor follows up in subsequent conversations indicates how the pastor builds relationships over time.
Clues about a pastor’s mindset can be observed by inviting the pastor to take the lead and interview the committee about the church and the community. How does the pastor build rapport with the group? What does the pastor ask about? What does the pastor ignore? How does the pastor make sense of and interpret what is said?
This will also create an opportunity to understand what the pastor sees in the church and the community today and the possibilities he or she envisions for the future. The mindset the pastor brings to the position will be critical to understanding which ministries the pastor will encourage and whether the pastor understands how to envision and execute, cultivate relationships and accomplish tasks.
In “The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else,” author George Anders describes how organizations as diverse as Facebook, the U.S. Army Special Forces and Teach for America discover and develop talent.
In the chapter “Picking the Boss,” Anders describes the importance of asking “the third question.” The first question opens the subject, the second digs a little deeper, and the third presses for a concrete example. By asking three questions, one can press beyond ideas to a candidate’s convictions. When asked to cite an example, the candidate often reveals work habits.
Search committee members feel as if they are on holy ground as they examine the calling and life of prospective pastors -- and that sense of awe can make careful observation and probing questions feel uncomfortable.
Can this pastor love us? Is this pastor competent? Returning to these two questions will help the committee understand a prospective pastor’s character and skills and how well they may match the congregation and its context.
Detail from book cover "The Rare Find: How Great Talent Stands Out."
George Anders: There's a lot more talent out there
Christian Leadership, Management
L. Gregory Jones and Benjamin McNutt: Seeking leaders who persevere
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I just felt like writing a poem so I wrote a love poem. Especially considering tomorrow's Valentine's Day... ɛ Happy early one by the way :)
I love this poem! I guess that's because I can relate to it. My story is kind of same. Though I'm not over him and I know it. Well, actually this guy and I, we were very close, we shared...
© Jennie
Published: February 2013
I don't know what to do
I honestly thought I was over you...
I can't get you out of my head
and wish this thought was dead...
Every time I see you my heart skips its beat
to be honest I wish I could just breathe...
I sit by myself
wishing you were somebody else...
I wish we'd never met
but please don't fret...
I don't hate you
but I'd like to believe I do...
I know you don't care
but in a way that's not fair...
How can I be so blind?
When it's clear that I was never in your mind...
I obviously fell in love with you...
So long, we haven't talked
but why am I still shocked?
and I don't know what to do...
At one time we were friends
but I guess even that ends...
What changed?
Why was our friendship short ranged?
What did I do?
Why do I still love you?
Friends don't quit...
But we were never friends
and that's why we had to end...
You loved me, too?
Didn't you?
The truth is out
and now I'm left with doubt...
Do you still love me?
If not then I'll just leave things be...
but this just won't do...
You're gone
What has happened cannot be redone...
I have to take this
even though it's an audacious risk...
even if you don't want to show...
A gap in time...
A paused rhyme...
I have a chance
but it might not enhance
it'd make things awkward
but they're only three words...
How hard can it be?
Besides you might even confess to me...
I don't know what else to do
so, I'll confess my love to you...
Jennie. "Confession." Family Friend Poems, Feb 2013. https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/i-still-love-you-poem-confession
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I love this poem! I guess that's because I can relate to it. My story is kind of same. Though I'm not over him and I know it. Well, actually this guy and I, we were very close, we shared everything to each other, but he had a girlfriend and I had a big crush on an older guy. But his girlfriend turned out to be a bitch and they broke up, while I had gotten over my crush. Then, one day he just tells me out of the blue that he loves me and I'm completely shocked but I think carefully and tell him to stop joking, but he said he wasn't. I didn't know what to do but then after a while of saying he loved me and me not believing, he said it was a joke. Then after that he tried to make me jealous a number of times, though I didn't know it that time, but when I look back, I totally see it. And now I'm in love. But he's with some other girl, I really want to forget him and move on. I know I've been stupid... And we don't talk to each other anymore. Sucks, I know. All my fault.
by Rey, Texas
Hi, this poem is truly a masterpiece! It really expresses the emotions with such depth. I'm glad I found this poem, I relate to it strongly. I never really could confess to the girl whom I once loved. So thank you for the poem, you did an awesome job :)
by Kaydan Kd
Hi, this was an AWESOME poem! I can relate to this poem a lot, I like this guy but I also don't (cause he's moving away soon) I want to hate him but how can I? Lol... Anyway, thanks for posting this poem! :)
by Bella
Hi, I have to say that this was an awesome poem. I am 15 years old and I broke up with a guy I had completely fallen in love with. He lived about an hour away from me and we met at church camp. When I broke up with him I was devastated I knew I loved him but I also knew that dating him secretly was wrong. He found another girl I know he really cares about, but somehow I cant seem to keep him off my mind. I still love him even though I tell myself I don't. So please keep writing poems like this. This was exactly what I needed to hear. :)
by Courtney, On Earth
I just wanted to let you now this is a GREAT poem. I can honestly relate to this. I just felt that you should know you really touched me with this :) Thanks.
by Kinsvia, Norina
Woo.... Oh my gosh. This was such a great poem. I have never seen anything like it before. You are very skilled indeed. So, I guess everything good is right, then? Well, personally, I would always just tell the person, even if it felt awkward.... but... what do I know? Anyways, good job and keep up the good work!
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Changing Partner
‘Changing Partner’ has enough moments of genuine amusement to help paper over the cracks.
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Father
Unfortunately not enough of the storyline’s potential is realised to be fully satisfying; such an intriguing plot needed a bit more attention to its effects instead of just skimming over the matter.
Heart To Hearts
With consistent pacing, a convincing story and an effortless mixture of comedy and romance, it is no wonder that ‘Heart To Hearts’ was successful enough to spawn two sequels and numerous imitators.
Her Fatal Ways
Widely seen as Carol Cheng’s finest hour, ‘Her Fatal Ways’ manages to combine a number of qualities to create a very satisfying experience.
Her Fatal Ways II
It’s important to remember that this is nothing out of the ordinary though and, if you didn’t enjoy the original, it’s unlikely that you’ll enjoy this weaker sequel.
Love Trilogy
‘Love Trilogy’ is a fine film that flawlessly juggles three stories while also hinting at some exquisite symbolism to cement its point.
Jackie openly admits that this film was intended to answer the critics who saw him as just an action star/director. What an answer it proved to be!
The Case Of The Cold Fish
The term ‘low-key’ was perhaps invented for this enjoyable and slightly off-beat comedy/thriller.
The Eighth Happiness
This is an average comedy film with little to make it stand out and viewers would be better advised watching ‘Diary Of A Big Man’ if they want to see one of Chow Yun-Fat’s comic roles.
The Era Of Vampires
‘The Era Of Vampires’ fails to capitalise on a concept that could have turned out to be a solid film given enough care. It does raise interest from time to time but is unable to sustain that interest.
The Inspector Wears Skirts
Although it’s not a laugh a minute showcase, it does feature some watchable routines and it is certainly good to see stars such as Sandra Ng and Anne Bridgewater in early roles.
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Baseball Drops Big 12 Series Opener to Texas, 4-3
by: David Collier
Texas took advantage of two sixth-inning errors by Texas Tech to take the Big 12 series opener, 4-3, Friday at Disch-Falk Field in Austin.
Third baseman Josh Jung committed his third error of the season when he was unable to field a ground ball off the bat of Ryan Reynolds with two outs in the 6th allowing the tying and go ahead runs to score for the Longhorns.
The Texas Tech bats unable to get anything going against the Texas bullpen after that. Longhorn relievers struck out five of the last nine Red Raiders they faced to close out the win.
Texas Tech jumped in front in the third inning.
Cam Warren started the scoring with a two-run single to right field scoring Jung and Brian Klein. Cody Masters would follow with a RBI single to center. The Red Raiders scored all three runs with two outs.
Starter Erikson Lanning went five innings and allowed just one run on three hits.
Texas Tech (11-4) resumes the series at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
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by David Collier / Jul 16, 2019
HICKORY, NC -- Josh Jung made his debut with the Class-A Hickory Crawdads Tuesday.
In his first at bat, Jung grounded out to shortstop against his former Texas Tech teammate and Kannapolis starter Davis Martin.
Alan Bowman makes Davey O’Brien Award Watch List
by Red Raider Nation Staff / Jul 16, 2019
On Tuesday, Alan Bowman was one of 30 college quarterbacks added to the Davey O'Brien Watch List. The award goes to the nation's best collegiate QB.
This comes after a stellar freshman season for Bowman, who threw for 2,638 yards and 17 touchdowns in just eight games, as his season was cut short by injury.
On Monday, Matt Wells announced that senior defensive back Justus Parker was suspended for his final season by the NCAA, ending his Texas Tech career.
On Tuesday, Parker went to Twitter to address the suspension and thank Red Raider fans for their support during his career.
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Apple iPhone Would Attract 40% of BlackBerry Users, Study Says
By: Nicholas Kolakowski | June 23, 2009
Apple's iPhone would be the smartphone of choice for four out of 10 BlackBerry and other smartphone users, according to a new survey by the research company Crowd Science. Crowd Science also finds that 14 percent of smartphone users would switch to a BlackBerry as their next device, while 82 percent of iPhone users would choose to stick with the iPhone brand.
Four out of 10 smartphone users would switch to Apple's iPhone as their next device, according to a survey conducted by research company Crowd Science. By contrast, only 14 percent of those users would switch to a BlackBerry as their next phone, Crowd Science reported June 23.
The online survey-the sample size was not mentioned in the final report-also found that about 82 percent of iPhone users were loyal to the iPhone brand. About 97 percent of iPhone users interviewed for the survey said they would "probably/definitely" recommend the iPhone to someone else.
"These results reflect the great challenges BlackBerry faces in stemming the iPhone stampede," John Martin, CEO of Crowd Science, said in a statement. "In the days ahead, we'll lean on our research platform and continue to gauge the mind-set of smartphone users and address the changing mobile landscape, including the Palm Pre, the iPhone 3G S and other up-to-the-minute developments."
The survey also found that about 71 percent of smartphone users rely on their devices in both their personal and business lives; a mere 3 percent utilize them strictly for business.
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Data collection for the survey occurred from May 19 to June 8, and utilized random probability sampling; respondents had to be 14 years of age or older.
Apple sold more than 1 million iPhone 3G S smartphones in the device's first three days of availability, adding to the 40 million iPhone OS devices already in circulation. Analysts had predicted sales of 500,000 devices, roughly half of the iPhone 3G's sales in 2008 when it was introduced in 21 countries.
Apple also reported that about 6 million users had downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software within the first five days of release. The iPhone OS 3.0, which includes over 100 new features, also features an updated SDK (software development kit) for developers looking to design the next generation of iPhone Apps.
"Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning," Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, said in a statement released on June 22, and seemingly tailor-made to send executives at Research In Motion and Palm into an irate froth. "With over 50,000 applications available from Apple's revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever."
Having been absent for months on medical leave, Jobs has reportedly been seen in recent days at Apple's Cupertino campus. A Wall Street Journal article on June 20 suggested that Jobs had undergone a liver transplant in Tennessee two months ago, and would be back at work full-time by the end of June.
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America’s 15 Best Small-Town Fourth of July Celebrations
Barbara Noe Kennedy | July 2, 2018
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Small towns, big fireworks!
Boston has its Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular and Washington, D.C., its Capitol Fourth, but you don’t need to go so big for the Fourth. Homespun parades and stunning fireworks await in small towns across the United States, some with quirky traditions all their own (hula hoops, anyone?). Some have a direct link to the original Fourth—and there’s at least one that’s older than the nation itself. Read on to find out.
PHOTO: Gail Holbrook
WHERE: California
Mountain-cradled Truckee, in the heart of the Sierra Nevada, may be all about adventure sports today, but back in the day, it was a wild and wooly frontier town—a fact that comes through loud and clear in its longtime-running Fourth of July parade. Yes, that’s a real-deal horse-drawn Wells Fargo wagon trundling past the little downtown’s 19th-century buildings; you’ll also spy flag-draped horses, vintage cars, and soldiers (who carry skis rather than guns). Locals and visitors alike can run the pre-parade “Firecracker Mile” run, with the day ending at Donner Lake with festivities and fireworks.
INSIDER TIPAccess to the Donner Lake beach for fireworks is restricted to Truckee residents; there are several public piers on the lake, however, that non-Truckee-residents can frequent.
PHOTO: Teresa MerelMan
WHERE: Vermont
Since 1975, parade participants have abided by strict rules in the quirky Stowe suburb of Moscow: Floats must be made the morning of, and $10 max may be spent on decorations. Picture lots of lawn chairs, garden hoses, and whatever else can be scrounged up for props. The party then moves to Stowe Village, where there’s face painting, music, clowns, street performers, another parade, and, come dark, a spectacular fireworks show.
INSIDER TIPA town-wide sale called “Seven Miles of Sales” takes place July 1 to 4.
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WHERE: Florida
St. Augustine may be officially termed a city, but its historic core—founded 1565—is pure small town. With that pedigree, what better place to celebrate? During the day, the All-Star Orchestra plays swing, big band, and patriotic songs at the Plaza de la Constitución, while at dusk, fireworks explode over the ancient Castillo de San Marcos, reflecting dazzling prisms of colored light into the bay. Afterward, don’t fight the crowds; stick around and enjoy local shops, restaurants, and bars, all with extended hours.
INSIDER TIPGreat firework viewing spots include the grounds outside the Castillo, the Bayfront, the Bridge of Lions, and Vilano Beach.
PHOTO: Jess Kraft | Shutterstock
WHERE: Oregon
“It’s for the dogs” is an understatement when it comes to the Fourth in this outdoorsy central Oregon town, as costumed dogs, cats, llamas, perhaps a lizard or two strut their stuff (and ride little carts) in the long-running Pet Parade. Keep an eye out for the flying dog, always a crowd favorite. Old-fashioned fun abounds throughout the day at Drake Park, including artisans, live music, gunny sack and three-legged races, and hula-hoop contests. Fireworks launch off Pilot Butte at 10 pm, synchronized to music on local radio stations; pick a spot in town where you can see the butte and you’ll be guaranteed a dazzling show.
INSIDER TIPLocals claim Bend High School and Pilot Butte Middle School are the best fireworks-watching spots.
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WHERE: Georgia
One of the five original ports of entry for the American colonies, this is one town that’s seen a lot of Fourths. You’ll be wrapped up in old-timey-ness at Mary Ross Waterfront Park, where festivities include sack races, tug of wars, horseshoe tossing, free South Georgia watermelon, and, at dusk, fireworks over the East River and Oglethorpe Bay.
INSIDER TIPBe sure to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and a picnic dinner for the fireworks festivities, which begin at 7 pm.
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WHERE: Rhode Island
Bristolians are fiercely proud that their town’s Fourth of July festivities date back to 1785, making it the nation’s oldest continuous celebration. As such, it’s fair to say they don’t have to follow the rules. First off, they come out in full red-white-and-blue force all month long, kicking off on Flag Day (June 14); events include a concert series, firefighters muster, Miss and Little Miss Fourth of July Pageant, Fourth of July Ball, and the list goes on. And then, take note: Fireworks take place on Fourth of July Eve, exploding over Bristol Harbor. And then, the Big Day is heralded with patriotic exercises, followed by the traditional Military, Civic and Fireman’s Parade, exactly like the first time around. No wonder Bristol is called the Most Patriotic Town.
PHOTO: Jon Bilous | Shutterstock
WHERE: Maine
If you’re yearning for a dose of nostalgia on the Fourth, say hello to this charming New England seaside village. The festivities start with a sand sculpture contest on Fourth of July Eve (at least one kid required), followed the next day with a parade, decorated bike contest, art show and sale, doggie parade (bandanas and balloons provided—or bring your own costume), open-air concert, square and line dancing, and fireworks at dusk from the pier. Oh, and in case that’s not enough to keep you occupied, there are seven fabulous miles of beach as well.
INSIDER TIPIf you miss the Fourth fireworks, don’t despair. Old Orchard Beach puts on a fireworks show every Thursday through the summer.
PHOTO: Colonial Williamsburg
WHERE: Virginia
Imagine having breakfast with Thomas Jefferson himself, right before he reads the Declaration of Independence. That would be one heck of a way to celebrate the Fourth, right? But this experience, along with other Colonial-era happenings, exists at Colonial Williamsburg—the capital of Virginia when the colony said “yes” to independence. Stroll the historic cobbled streets, partaking in the Fife and Drum Corps salute to the original 13 states (with plenty of musket and cannon firing), colonial games at Market House, and, of course, the much-anticipated fireworks display on Palace Green.
INSIDER TIPThe new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown celebrates the Fourth with a special lineup of activities, military drills, artillery demonstrations, and more.
PHOTO: Flagstaff Convention and Visitors Bureau
WHERE: Arizona
This high-altitude town in northern Arizona doesn’t devote just one day to the Fourth. Oh no—they celebrate the nation’s birthday over five action-packed days, with watermelon-eating contests, BBQs, an art show featuring artists from nearby Hopi villages, a classic car show, outdoor movies, and red-white-and-blue everything. On the day itself, watch the Fourth of July Parade then throw down a blanket beneath the Ponderosa pines for a special Independence Day concert at Fort Tuthill Park. After, head to Lights on the Lawn at the Continental Country Club, where an afternoon of food, music, and fun culminates in the region’s most spectacular fireworks show.
INSIDER TIPBring a bag to the parade for all the swag and candy you’ll score.
PHOTO: (c) Sepavo | Dreamstime.com
WHERE: Tennessee
When they say this mountain town hosts the nation’s first Fourth of July parade, they don’t mean historically. No, they mean they host the first one, as in 12:01 am, just after midnight, on July 4, with 80,000 to 100,000 spectating. There’s always a special salute to our service people, notably female war veterans. During the day, partake in the River Raft Regatta, with unmanned rafts bopping down the Little Pigeon River—prizes include the most creative décor. The Army Band kicks off the evening festivities, culminating in downtown fireworks.
PHOTO: Purplexs | Shutterstock
WHERE: Nevada
In this Wild West town about 40 minutes outside of Reno, you wouldn’t think of celebrating the Fourth without a good old-fashioned cowboy shootout. There’s also a festive parade with lots of Victorian costumes (and a bedraggled prospector or two), live saloon music, and BBQ and ice cream galore. The V&T Railroad operates throughout the day, with 35-minute trips to Gold Hill. Museums are open, as are antique shops. The fun day ends with eye-level fireworks—that’s right, eye level. They’re shot from of the canyon below, sending a dazzling display right before your very eyes.
PHOTO: Kent Kanouse / Flickr, [(CC BY-NC 2.0)]
WHERE: Wyoming
Five days of parades and fairs hail the Fourth in this small town, but the biggest news here is the four-day Cody Stampede Rodeo. It all started three years after Buffalo Bill Cody died—in 1919—when local leaders dedicated themselves to preserving Buffalo Bill’s Western ways. And that they did, with what continues to be one of the best rodeos around. There’s also food and craft stalls, live music, even a cute kiddie parade, and, of course, a firework spectacle.
INSIDER TIP If you miss the Cody Stampede Rodeo, rest assured the Cody Nite Rodeo has 90 summer performances between June and August.
PHOTO: Charles Snodgrass
WHERE: North Carolina
Bryson City may be small, but this Smokies town likes to go big on the Fourth, with what they call Freedom Fest. It always takes place on the Fourth—unless it’s a Sunday (you don’t shoot off fireworks on a Sunday in the South). The family-friendly event has arts and crafts vendors, lots of food (shave ice, funnel cakes, pork rinds—and frozen cheesecake on a stick, dipped in chocolate), a “Strutt Your Mutt” contest, a watermelon-eating contest, live music kicking off at 4 p.m., and, finally, the fireworks show.
INSIDER TIPIn the heat of the afternoon, join locals in hopping aboard a kayak or paddleboard on the Tuckasegee River, which floats through town.
PHOTO: Luke.Travel | Shutterstock
Put-in-Bay
WHERE: Ohio
Sitting on an isle on Lake Erie, this cliff-graced town holds a special significance in American history—it’s where Commodore Perry won victory over British forces during the War of 1812. No wonder it goes all out on the nation’s birthday, with fireworks, an al-fresco concert, and plenty of muskets and carronades firing on the grounds of Perry’s International Peace Memorial.
PHOTO: Ari Siegler / Shutterstock
WHERE: New York
Anyone who knows Long Island knows the name Grucci—you know, the family that since 1850 has displayed their pyrotechnic artistry in such illustrious venues as the Olympics, U.S. Presidential Inaugurations, and World’s Fairs. Well, add Glen Cove to the list, because the family puts on a free annual display here over the water. Spend the day watching the local children’s bike parade, swimming in the sound, and kicking back. Come dusk, pull up a beach chair at Morgan Memorial Park, sit back, and enjoy the show.
INSIDER TIPGlen Cove was a Gilded Age getaway for wealthy industrialists, business owners, and bankers. Take a peek at how they lived at Glen Cove Mansion, a 1910 Georgian estate since converted into a hotel and conference center; they’re offering a Fourth of July extravaganza featuring poolside lounging and an evening of dancing.
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You are here: Home News Winner ICTalent Award 2018: RetireMe
Winner ICTalent Award 2018: RetireMe
On Tuesday 29 May, Fontys School of ICT held the sixth edition of the ICTalent Awards. The Rachelsmolen campus was this time been replaced by ‘De Effenaar’ pop stage. A total of 8 participants pitched their best ideas to an enthusiastic (international) audience comprised of various businesses, employees, students and proud family members in a sold-out hall. The “RetireMe” project group ultimately won the main prize of EUR 5000. The 400 attendees chose “CPVR” as their favourite. They are the proud winners of the Audience Award.
RetireMe creates awareness about pensions among millennials
Fontys ICT students Sebastiaan Verdonk (4th-year student of ICT & Cyber Security & Business) and Toon van Stijp (1st-year student of ICT & Software Engineering) and Jordy Vonk (4th-year student of ICT & Business) conceived the idea for RetireMe: an awareness platform to make millennials think about their pensions. The platform utilises blockchain to guarantee scalability and transparency. This is important for, among others, the pension funds which must be able to demonstrate that they actually have the money they are supposed to have.
“By way of micro-transactions, we can multiply the touch points to enhance awareness. We use a simple and evocative use case of deposit money for plastic bottles. With this use case, we can explain in a manner that is easy to comprehend for millennials that EUR 1 in deposit money is worth EUR 15 when you retire 40 years later. In practice, we do this via an app with which you scan the deposit receipts and see what the value is when you retire,” say the winners of the 2018 ICTalent Awards.
What is unique about this winning team is that it consists of a range of talent: from 1st-year students to 4th-year students from different areas of study. A truly unique phenomenon at the ICTalent Awards according to project leader Maartje van Hees.
Not just technology, but also social issues
After a thrilling final, the jury chairman Hank van der Put (CEO Acknowledge) announced the winners. He was joined on the jury by Carlo Korssen (CEO Indicia) and Arien Kingma (CEO Brand Encounters). Hank explains further: “It was immediately apparent that the technical people not only thought about the technology, but they also clearly considered the social issues involved. Various disciplines come together at the ICTalent Awards, both the business world and students. This means multi-disciplinary partnerships occur. Eager young people who tackle new ideas together.”
Sebastiaan Verdonk pitched the idea to the jury and answered their questions during the final. “Awesome! Really fantastic! I was not sure if it would work, but once I had answered the questions from the jury during the final, I though... yes, we going to win! Tieme Goedendorp was also on stage on behalf of CPVR. “I’m really happy! Normally I’m never nervous, but when you stand there it kind of hits you in the face.”
Spotlighting great projects
The organisation is most pleased when they look back at the 6th edition of the ICTalent Awards. Maartje van Hees explains: “In 2013, the first edition was held in the auditorium of R5 on our own campus. In 2018, we are in the spotlights on stage in ‘De Effenaar’. Every single participant was proud and confident while pitching their ideas. They were selected during the preliminary rounds and they were then given a masterclass in giving a pitch. There was a whole preliminary process involved. It’s great to see how they have grown over those weeks. You can only be very proud of that! This way, these great Fontys ICT University projects literally get their moment in the spotlight.”
ICTalent Awards
ICTalent Awards is the premiere competitive showcase of Fontys ICT University. Students from all study areas are given the opportunity to show their best work. The ICTalent Award is a pioneering and innovative award that aims to push the envelope. It offers inspiration and enables students from different study areas to share their knowledge. In the Fontys HBO-ICT programme, innovative projects are realised which we can really be proud of. Sharing that pride is also the main theme of the ICTalent Awards. What’s more, there is much demand in the business world for entrepreneurial students: students who dare to innovate. ICTalent Awards is the ideal way to demonstrate that talent.
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Why Some U.S. Companies Are Giving Up On Outsourcing
Eric Savitz Forbes Staff
CIO Network Contributor Group
Covering the intersection of tech and investing.
Guest post written by Andy Sealock and Christopher Stacy
Andy Sealock is a partner and Christopher Stacy a senior associate at Pace Harmon, a management consulting firm.
Andy Sealock
General Motors created a stir when it announced its intention to insource a majority of its IT operations to delivery centers in the U.S. GM is not the only company to pull back at least a portion of its previously outsourced offshore IT operations. Why are many companies more seriously evaluating in-house solutions?
Outsourcing is the right approach for some companies – particularly those that take the time to properly structure an agreement that drives cost reduction, takes advantage of outsource provider best practices, clearly defines scope and service levels that meet the company’s needs, and allows the company to focus on its core competencies. When well planned and executed, outsourcing relationships provide substantial benefits to an organization.
However, some companies are making the decision to repatriate their outsourced IT services. This is happening for a variety of reasons, including:
Failure to Meet Expectations
This is the most frequently reported reason for outsourcing programs to be perceived as failures. Deals have fallen short of expectations from a financial and/or service delivery perspective. Companies may find that services from an outsource provider cost more than expected due to hidden or unforeseen costs (e.g., increased travel to delivery centers, landed resources in domestic company offices), the need to supplement services with additional in-house staff and/or additional suppliers due to shortfalls of the outsource provider, or that “soft costs” of dealing with a third party and geographic separation are degrading efficiency and quality. Customers may be pushing the outsource provider to assume more responsibility under the current scope, but are not getting the desired response.
Desire for In-House Expertise
A company may set a strategic imperative to establish broader in-house service capabilities, with the expectation that these capabilities will benefit the business in the form of faster go to market product cycles, revenue generation, greater innovation, and protecting the company’s intellectual property. Political pressure may also contribute to a company’s decision to insource operations for public relations purposes. These factors inhibit the use, or continued use, of outsourcing arrangements.
Marketplace Pressures
Dynamics in the outsourcing marketplace are creating challenges for outsourcers to maintain their value propositions. Wage inflation in traditional outsourcing markets is putting pressure on outsource providers to find alternative delivery locations and to adjust their staffing mix in order to remain financially competitive. These changes (particularly replacement of experienced staff in favor of more junior resources) can translate into reduced quality. Furthermore, some companies are contending with “job hopping” within their labor pool, which decreases stability of solution delivery.
When taken together, these factors can lead customers to opt for in-house solutions, decline to renew existing agreements, or in some cases, execute termination rights available in current agreements. Although offshore outsourcing is not going away, companies that do outsource, particularly to offshore locations, need to prepare for this potential.
Key points to address include:
Financial Segmentation
Companies need to establish financial tracking at a sufficiently detailed level to enable a future “tower by tower” comparison of costs. As a buyer of outsourced services, in the event that a company decides to insource or repatriate a portion of its IT services, it will need to have sufficient granularity and segmentation of its costs to compare the outsource provider costs to the in-house alternative on a truly “apples to apples” basis (normalized for scope and service quality). The company should maintain sufficient visibility into all aspects of its delivery solution’s finances, including hardware and software asset costs, monitoring tools in place, and volumes that would be necessary to compare against a future in-house solution.
Contractual Flexibility
A well-structured outsourcing agreement will arm the enterprise with multiple ways to drive improved performance from an outsource provider. Companies should ensure that the full range of options is available within the outsourcing agreement. For example, companies need the ability to leverage formal governance programs to escalate issues, build remediation plans, and hold the outsource provider accountable for performance and remediation actions. Terms should also provide the customer with the ability to execute full termination, partial termination, and the ability to modulate service delivery by adjusting volumes without triggering a termination penalty (assuming that minimum commitments, established only to allow an outsource provider to recover invested costs, are met).
Visible and Modular Service Delivery
Although a “black box” outsourcing arrangement, in which the solution is highly abstracted from the customer’s view can be tempting as a “hands-off” means to obtain IT services, this approach can introduce difficulty when a company is trying to diagnose high level service delivery and relationship problems. Instead, customers should retain visibility into all service towers, understanding their operations and retaining visibility into resource volumes, skill levels and performance, unit volumes (storage usage, server compute resource utilization, network utilization, etc.), and functional requirements. Functional requirements should be drafted in a “modular” way to provider for service towers that could, if necessary, be removed from the scope of an existing outsource provider.
Highly Skilled Retained Organization
The strength of a company’s retained organization (i.e., the leaders and other staff who conduct strategic functions and manage an outsource provider) is a key enabler for potential future insourcing. Companies need to retain talented staff with detailed understanding of the standards, tools, and processes executed by the outsource provider. In the event that insourcing is necessary, these skilled resources are critical to establishing job requirements for internal recruiting and setting up the internal operation. A worst case scenario is to decide to insource a function and then fail to deliver on either service quality or cost requirements – the accountability for such failure will be very clear. One of the decision gates for insourcing should be the company’s capability and commitment to provide the people, processes, and tools needed to perform the insourced function with the required proficiency that was not achievable through outsourcing.
A variety of factors are driving some companies to revisit the outsource / in-house service delivery equation. Whether your company’s outsourcing agreement is well functioning or in a tenuous state, it behooves all customers to retain visibility, understanding, and flexibility in their finances and service delivery solutions.
After a long career at Barron's, I joined Forbes as San Francisco bureau chief in December 2010. I've been writing about technology and investing for more than 25 years....
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Tinder Stings Bumble With A Lawsuit, Bumble Says It Swipes Left
Igor Bosilkovski Contributor
Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe at Ozy Fest 2017 in NYC.
John Nacion /Splash News/ Newscom
Move aside Waymo v. Uber, there’s a new hot copyright infringement showdown in town - and this one involves modern day Cupid arrow providers Tinder and Bumble.
On Friday, Tinder parent company Match Group invited rival app Bumble to court in Texas, alleging that Bumble is “virtually identical to Tinder in its functionality and general look-and-feel.”
On Tuesday, Bumble rented a full page in The New York Times and Dallas Morning News stating that the company is choosing to swipe left on Tinder’s “attempted scare tactics, and on these endless games.”
It is the latest development in the Great American Dating App Saga that began when Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe left the company in 2014, hitting fellow cofounder Justin Mateen with a sexual harassment lawsuit. The matter was settled out of court and Wolfe received a reported $1 million. A few months after leaving Tinder, Wolfe founded the rival Bumble. Since then Match has tried to buy Bumble several times - including an unsuccessful $450 million bid in 2017.
What doesn’t make it easier for dating app behemoth Match Group (which also owns Match.com, OkCupid and Plenty of Fish), is Wolfe’s adamance about not selling to Match, stating in today's ad, “we'll never be yours.”
Match Group seems to have changed gears with this lawsuit that also prominently features ex-Tinder designers Chris Gulczynski and Sarah Mick, who left Tinder to join Wolfe’s venture. Tinder claims IT introduced features at Bumble that were "learned of and developed confidentially while at Tinder." None of the designers work at Bumble anymore, according to their LinkedIn profiles.
Tinder and Bumble are both giants in the field so it’s by no means a David vs. Goliath thing. Bumble claims nearly 30 million users, whereas Tinder, one in the small field of swipe-for love-apps, stands at a reported 50 million plus.
Igor Bosilkovski
I am a contributor for the Forbes Innovation team. Originally from Skopje, Macedonia, I earned a dual BA in film and journalism from Chapman University in California, an...
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