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N Korea Strengthens Surveillance Over Diplomats, Business Staff After Defection
© Sputnik / Andrei Ivanov
North Korean authorities reportedly tightened surveillance measures in regard to the country's diplomats and business personnel working abroad, following a recent defection of a senior diplomat.
TOKYO (Sputnik) — Earlier in August, Thae Yong Ho, a high-ranking diplomat from the North Korean embassy to the United Kingdom, defected to South Korea with his wife and children.
© AFP 2019 / JUNG YEON-JE
North Korea Floats Propaganda Leaflets Down Han River for First Time
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent security agents abroad to tighten control over the representatives of the diplomatic corps and economic community, the Yonhap news agency reported citing a source familiar with the state of affairs in Pyongyang.
The media outlet added that Kim ordered to root out any possibility of people working in the diplomatic missions and restaurants to leave their posts without a permit.
In April, more than 10 North Korean workers employed in a restaurant in the Chinese city of Ningbo escaped to South Korea.
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Trump's Sexual Skills ‘Textbook Generic,' Porn Star Stormy Daniels Claims
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Was Marla Maples lying?
Maples, who was US President Donald Trump's second wife, was quoted in a 1990 article in the New York Post as saying 45 was "the best sex I've ever had."
This, however, doesn't seem to match up with new a report from Slate's Jacob Weisberg or a resurfaced interview that gossip magazine InTouch managed to get with Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the center of the latest presidential sex scandal.
As the story goes, after Daniels met with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in July 2006, the two hit it off and ultimately spent a night together. In January 2018, the Wall Street Journal published a report alleging that Daniels was paid $130,000 to keep mum on the affair when Trump was out on the campaign trail.
Journalist: Bannon’s ‘Treason’ Allegation Against Trump Jr ‘Is Ridiculous’
But Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, says this never happened. Responding to the allegations, Cohen stated, "President Trump once again vehemently denies any such occurrence, as has Ms. Daniels."
"This is now the second time that you are raising outlandish allegations against my client," Cohen continued. "You have attempted to perpetuate this false narrative for over a year; a narrative that has been consistently denied by all parties since at least 2011."
But this seems a little shaky, folks.
In the InTouch interview, which was conducted in 2011, Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, gave explicit details to the celebrity magazine about her time with Trump all those years ago. In fact, Daniels told the outlet that "[the sex] was textbook generic." Ouch.
"I actually don't even know why I did it," the star added. "But I do remember while we were having sex, I was like, ‘Please don't try to pay me.'"
And that wasn't the only time that Daniels told the story. When speaking with Weisberg between August and October 2016, she recalled how she and Trump engaged in a affair and how he would later try to reportedly buy her silence as the 2016 election day was getting closer.
In the exchange of emails and text messages with Weisberg, the 38-year-old Baton Rouge native once again circled back to Trump's abilities in the bedroom.
© REUTERS / Carlos Barria/File Photo
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"In our conversations, Daniels said she was holding back on the juiciest details, such as her ability to describe things about Trump that only someone who had seen him naked would know," Weisberg wrote. "She intimated her view of his sexual skill was at odds with the remark attributed to Marla Maples."
Although Daniels was willing to spill the beans initially, contact between Weisberg and the Louisianian later ceased, giving the writer the indication that Daniels by this time had indeed come to an agreement on keeping silent about their relationship.
"About a week before the election, Daniels stopped responding to calls and text messages," the writer noted. "A friend of hers told me Daniels had said she'd taken the money from Trump after all."
Aside from talking to Weisberg about their affair and the alleged payoff, Daniels also expressed her outrage at POTUS' stance against same-sex marriage and abortion.
Since the Journal reported the story, all accusations have been repeatedly denied.
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2015-08-15 07:52 pm (UTC) (Link)
This entire post is about fictional representations of trans people as narrative twists--vomit-inducing ones, at that. If you're so dismissive of fiction, why are you even discussing it?
Hello? It's about fiction as a representation of the real world. Where fiction ceases to represent the real world, it ceases to represent it.
Fiction doesn't always represent mimetically, as you know, being a fantasy scholar. Fictional puke doesn't need to correspond to real-world puke to have a meaning applicable to the real world.
ethelmay
In any case, plenty of people at the time found the puking scene in The Crying Game extremely believable. (I think throwing up due to stress, like fainting, is more common in fiction than in real life anyway, but it's certainly a thing that actually happens.) I heard a lot of conversations about it that year.
You're being more reasonable than vschanoes, who's been taking the position that it's the puke specifically than makes the revulsion unacceptable.
Huh? Where have I disagreed with vschanoes? I think she and I agree that if the revulsion is to the point of puking, that makes the phobia Really Hella Obvious. (Not that you have to have puke to show transphobia, nor that people never puke for other reasons, but in that circumstance, that is what THAT puke means.)
I thought I was replying to [Unknown LJ tag]
I did misread the threading, sorry.
That's quite the misrepresentation. I certainly agree with ethelmay when she says "if the revulsion is to the point of puking, that makes the phobia Really Hella Obvious. (Not that you have to have puke to show transphobia, nor that people never puke for other reasons, but in that circumstance, that is what THAT puke means.)"
I didn't say "puke". I said "the puke". What you meant by "THAT puke". So, no, I don't think I'm misrepresenting you.
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You are at:Home»Businesses & Verticals»Mobility-as-a-service to replace private car trips
Mobility-as-a-service to replace private car trips
By Heather McLean on September 4, 2018 Businesses & Verticals, Smart News
Helsinki ranked as top city for mobility-as-a-service implementation
Adoption of mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platforms will replace over 2.3 billion urban private car journeys annually by 2023, compared with just 17.6 million globally in 2018. This is equivalent to 18 times the number of taxi journeys across New York in 2016, showed a new study from Juniper Research.
MaaS integrates multi-modal transport services, including buses, taxis, rail and metro, offering compelling on demand services, resulting in transportation modal shifts.
The new research found that West Europe will lead MaaS adoption, accounting for 83% of global MaaS trips in 2023.
It found that the success of public-private partnerships, the high quality of transport service provision and positive trial outcomes are major factors for traction in Europe. Conversely, Juniper forecast that the growth of MaaS in the US will be slower, given the highly fragmented nature of the state and federal system, coupled with lukewarm legislative support for regulating a ‘free market’.
Juniper ranked 15 world cities based on their readiness for large scale MaaS service deployment. Metrics considered included the existing/planned stage of deployment, cohesion of public transport services and infrastructure development. The top five ranked cities were: Helsinki; Stockholm; Vienna; Amsterdam; and Austin.
Research author Nick Maynard explained: “Helsinki has achieved its winning position in MaaS driven by collaboration between government and MaaS vendors. Stakeholder partnerships are fundamental to MaaS in order to develop a viable multi-modal system delivering significant cost and time savings to the user.”
The research also forecasted that MaaS introduction will lead to annual time savings of over 500 million hours by 2023, equivalent to 90 hours per annum per MaaS user. The responsive, on demand service, enabled by MaaS will lead to more efficient use of road vehicles. Consequently, peak traffic levels will be reduced, lowering both congestion and air pollution.
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Dozens of firefighters battle blaze at former hospital
Emergency services were called to Strathmartine Hospital in Angus at around 3.15pm on Tuesday.
Dundee: Strathmartine Hospital has gone up in flames. STV / @Strathmartine on Twitter
Crews are tackling a major blaze at the site of a former hospital on the outskirts of Dundee.
Emergency: Fire crews were called to the scene. STV
A Scottish Fire & Rescue Service spokeswoman said around 30 firefighters and seven appliances were at the scene working to extinguish the flames.
Police Scotland said roads had been shut off around the site and urged motorists to seek alternative routes.
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Osinbajo Suspends Trader Moni Tour
March 21, 2019 ojonugwa ugboja News Comments Off on Osinbajo Suspends Trader Moni Tour
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has halted his visits to markets nationwide to promote the Trader Moni scheme.
Osinbajo, it was learnt, has not toured any state to promote Trader Moni in the last one month.
However, checks showed that the programme was still on.
Trader Moni is an initiative of the Federal Government, through Bank of Industry and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme.
The programme is part of the Federal Government social intervention aimed at funding micro business in the country through soft loans beginning from N10, 000.
The programme was launched in August while the Vice-President began his tour in Osun State on September 3, 2018, barely three weeks to the Osun State governorship election.
At the first tour, Osinbajo was accompanied to Iwo Market by the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola; Dep. Governor of Osun State, Mrs Titilayo Laoye-Tomori; Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi; and other government officials.
The exercise was immediately branded as voter inducement because of its timing.
The Vice-President further took the tour to Lagos markets in company with the then All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, and other APC stalwarts.
He visited over 20 states thereafter during the countdown to the polls.
Osinbajo on some occasions combined his tour of markets with door-to-door campaigns where he met with people and asked them to vote for the APC.
Members of the opposition, as well as Transparency International, described the exercise as voter inducement.
The chairman of the anti-corruption organisation, Awwal Rafsanjani, noted that the initiative was an “official use of public funds in the name of TraderMoni to actually induce voters.”
He added, “It was not done three years ago. It was only started close to election time. So, the allegation by many Nigerians that this is clearly a case of vote buying using public funds goes contrary to our constitution and to have a free and fair election.
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According to a new Gallup Poll, 79 percent of Americans think we should put more emphasis on solar power as a source of domestic energy. When you include those who think we should continue the current emphasis, that’s 91 percent of Americans who back solar as the number one priority for domestic power.
Given that level of enthusiasm, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the residential solar market has seen impressive growth in recent years. In the summer of 2015, GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released the latest edition of the U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, which found that the first quarter of the year was the best ever for residential solar system installations.
Solar represented 51 percent of all new electric generating capacity brought on-line in the first quarter of 2015, which outpaced natural gas. For six consecutive quarters, there have been more than a gigawatt (GW) of PV installations in the U.S., with 1,306 megawatts (MW) installed in Q1 of this year.
Residential solar saw the greatest gains, growing 76 percent over the first quarter of 2014, an 11 percent increase over the previous quarter.
However, the largest share of the market is the utility segment, which installed 644 MW, or 49 percent of new PV capacity in Q1 2015. While it was the smallest quarter for the utility segment since 2013, installations have been above 500 MW for eight consecutive quarters.
“Q1 2015 provided a clear glimpse into the role that residential sector will play as a primary driver of not only solar market growth, but the overall electricity generation mix,” said Shayle Kann, senior vice president at GTM Research. “We expect more than 3 million residential solar installations over the next five years, marked by a broader trend toward customer engagement in energy usage, generation and management.”
To emphasize how explosive the growth is in solar installations, just consider this statistic: two-thirds of all worldwide solar PV capacity has been installed from January 2011 to 2013. It gets better. That number is expected to double by the end of this year, and then again in another four years.
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Cybersecurity data-sharing bill passes US House
It's not CISPA, but Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Baltimore) stills likes it. Privacy advocates, however, remain unconvinced.
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It’s not CISPA, but the U.S. House of Representatives passed cybersecurity legislation on Wednesday that allows information sharing between federal intelligence agencies and private companies. And this time, the bill appears to have the backing of President Obama.
The Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA) passed the House by a vote of 307-116. The bill sets up a network of information sharing that lets government and companies warn each other about potential hacks. Companies are offered a measure of legal immunity to keep them from being sued for sharing data.
Passing a cybersecurity information-sharing bill is nothing new in the House. Baltimore-area Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has introduced his Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) three times. Two versions passed, but were ultimately held up.
A third version was introduced just before the first of the year. It didn’t pass, but Ruppersberger backed it, taking to the House floor to voice support.
“Target, Home Depot and CareFirst are only the beginning,” Ruppersberger said, referencing three of the biggest hacks of 2014. “With Sony, we saw the first destructive attack in our country.”
The biggest change with the new bill might be the President’s stance. According to Wired, the White House signaled support for this bill, while CISPA was met with veto threats. The fallout from the Sony hack led the president to make cybersecurity a new priority, and his support for such a bill is one of the results.
Civil liberties groups, however, are holding firm in their opposition.
Groups like the ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Human Rights Watch issued a letter opposing the bill on Tuesday. The groups argue that the bill is another way for the government to get more access to data. A corresponding Senate bill, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) still needs to pass the Senate before any bill would go to the President’s desk.
The PCNA bill “fails to provide strong privacy protections or adequate clarity about what actions can be taken, what information can be shared and how that information may be used by the government,” the letter states.
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OnePlus 7 Leaks in a Almond Color, Checkout more Color Options of the Phone
By Pranay Patel On May 7, 2019 11:13 AM
The Chinese Premium Smartphone Maker, OnePlus is bringing two new editions to its Smartphone lineup with OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro. The official launch date of these devices are just a few days away, and we have been receiving regular leaks and updates of the phones.
Today, the OnePlus 7 Smartphone leaks in a stunning Almond Color variant. A few days ago, the same device was spotted in a Nebula Blue and Mirror Grey Color options.
As per reports, the OnePlus 7 Smartphones will come with a number of color variants from which, three color variants have been leaked on the Internet. The new leak of the device showcases the stunning OnePlus 7 smartphone from all angles in an Almond Color. The device can be checked from here from different angles. This is the third color variants of the device.
The company has renamed the Gold Color variant of the device as Almond. So yes, this is the same Gold color variant that you might be expecting from the manufacturer. Almost all the smartphones now come in Gold color option, and this is the same case with OnePlus’ upcoming premium smartphone, OnePlus 7.
The leaked image of the Almond Color variant is of OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone. Until now, we have gathered more number of leaks of the OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone than the original OnePlus 7 smartphone. It seems like the company is focusing more on the bigger sibling i.e. OnePlus 7 Pro, than the OnePlus 7 Smartphone.
Recently, OnePlus has released an official teaser of OnePlus 7’s water-resistant feature. Apparently, the devices will not be rated with IP Certification. So they are not officially water-resistant. However, the company is claiming that these devices would be fully water-resistant without the certification or ratings.
Apart from this, the new OnePlus 7 smartphone will come with HDR10+ Certified Display with 4,000 Nits Brightness. It will also feature UFS 3.0 Storage which was revealed by the CEO himself from his official Twitter handle.
OnePlus has been providing premium-range smartphones for its fanboys across the globe. The company is all set to bring two new flagship phones on May 14. We will get to see what’s actually inside these two new flagship phones from the Chinese Manufacturer in the coming days.
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Cancer: The Meaning of Kristen Wiig’s Wigs
Posted on January 7, 2015 by synchromiss
Actress Kristen WIIG always seems to be associated with symbols that tie in with the zodiac sign of CANCER, the CRAB. In one of my previous posts, I wrote about the sign of CANCER. In this particular post, I also mention Kristen WIIG. Let’s explore this further.
Check out Cancer ♋ Codes for more on the zodiac sign, as well as additional codes relating to Kristen WIIG.
In the DeSPicaBULL Me film series that premiered under the sign of CANCER, Kristen WIIG stars in both but as different characters (Miss Hattie, and agent Lucy Wilde). As mentioned in one of my previous posts entitled “DMD: (3.14) Despicable Me Decoded,” this movie centers around the lead character’s efforts to steal the MOON. CANCER, the zodiac sign, is ruled by the MOON. Here, we have Kristen WIIG featured in a film centered around the MOON.
Gru and Lucy (WIIG) sit on the porch steps of the HOUSE in front of the WANING<–(**Save this for later!!**) MOON.
Gru in the WIG shop has WIIG (Lucy) in his (TAURUS) ear. This scene depicts the mythology of ZEUS (the eagle in the mirror), and HERA (HAIR-ah), which we’ll get into MOMentarily.
One thing I neglected to write in that post was that Gru was the FATHER, or head of the HOUSEhold NURTURING his CHILDREN in Despicable Me. In Despicable Me 2, Lucy (whose name means “LIGHT“) takes Gru under the SEA to encounter his next mission. She also MARRIES Gru, and they become PARENTS to Agnes, Edith, and Margo. I predict that in the next film (Despicable Me 3), Lucy and Gru will have a BABY. We will get more into what HOUSE CANCER rules in the zodiac MOMentarily.
In DesPicaBULL Me 2, we see the MiNions associated with baNANAs. The baNANA forms the shape of the CRESCENT MooN, which is also the shape that forms the BULL‘s horns. NANNA was the god of the MooN in Mesopotamian mythology. MN=13.14/π/Pi.
WIIG played characters “NAN” Washingtom (“Weekend Update”), and “CINderella” (“The Real Housewives of Disney”). Another name for the Mesopotamian moon god NANna was SIN.
A staple food for a MO[O]Nkey is the baNAN[N]A, and WIIG mentions both baNAN[N]As and MO[O]Nkeys often. The BUTT ties together in with the MOON, because when someone pulls their PANts down to “MOON” someone, they are revealing their backside. WIIG often mentions the “BUTT.” See photos below.
Kristen WIIG in “New Hampshire Exit Poll” on SNL.
Embedded in Kristen’s last name, is the word or symbol “WIG.” A WIG is a HAIRpiece worn by many, but especially by those who are enduring the cheMOTHERApy<–(**This word contains the words “MOTHER,” “HERA,” and “HER“ in it!!!**) process due to the disease, CANCER. Kristen WIIG dons many WIGs in numerous skits. She was born on the last day of Leo, the Lion, who has a magnificent MANE of HAIR. CANCER also precedes Leo in the zodiac.
WIGS are used for those going through the cheMOTHERapy process due to CANCER.
In “Funkytown DeBATe” on SNL, Kristen WIIG plays alongside Will Ferrell. His character is running for MAYor of Funkytown. He calls HER character, who is part of his future cabinet, to come out onto the stage. Then, he mentions a WIG.
Will Ferrell’s character announces WIG‘s character onto the debate stage. He says he’ll appoint HER to head of commissions on FISH sandwiches. FISH are the CRAB‘s neighbors in the SEA.
We will cover APHROdite (AFRO/WIG) here shortly. Source
The zodiac sign of CANCER is in effect during the month of JUNE. Below are screenshots from the SNL sketch entitled, “Bookstore,” starring Kristen WIIG and [N]ANNA Faris. We shall learn in a MOMent of CANCER‘s affiliation with the BOOBS. The month of JUNE is also mentioned.
Anna FARis is checking out a FERRari calendar.
As we learned from one of my previous posts, CANCER rules the 4th HOUSE, which is the HOME, family, HERedity, the MOTHER, and FATHER. The 4th HOUSE is commonly referred to as the “HOUSE of HOME.” It is also known as the “HOUSE of the MOTHER, the parent, of the nurturer.” The MOON is a FEMININE-type energy. [N]ANNA Faris was born in BALTIMORE, MARYLAND—HOME of the famous Under Armour and MARYLAND CRABS.
Speaking of MARYLAND CRABS, WIIG played a character named “Aunt Linda” who was a guest on “Weekend Update with Seth Meyers” on SNL. In this bit, she mentions traveling to MARYLAND in search of CRABS, but they have too many SHELLS<–(**Save this for later!!**)
WIIG in “Disco BOOTY<–(BUTT) Junction” on SNL.
WIIG stars in “Girl Most Likely,” a film that resonates the sign of CANCER. To recap, this film was released in theaters and added to Netflix under the sign of CANCER. See my previous post here. WIIG was in a sketch on SNL about the drug Chantix, which helps one quit SMOKING. SMOKING is an activity that may lead to CANCER. In this sketch, they are poking fun of Chantix’s side effects. One of the side effects they poke fun of in this sketch is killing the one you LOVE most, or your “HUSBAND.”<–(**Hang onto the HUSBAND and EX–HUSBAND!!**) This is where they are making a comparison to the mythology of ZEUS and HERA, which we will get into very soon. There’s a famous saying that goes, “getting my WIG SMOKED,” which means to change one’s HAIRstyle. In WIIG‘s Chantix spoof, the baNANA is mentioned. Smoking affects the LUNGS, ruled by GEMINI, which we will be covering very shortly.
The mythology of HERA and ZEUS. Stay tuned!…
WIIG SMOKING while wearing another WIG. SMOKING may cause CANCER.
Comparing APPLES to ORANGES. . .ORANGE leads us back to the ORANG[E]utan, a type of MOONkey that eats baNANAs. Source
WIIG did a spoof of LANA (a scRAM-BULLed LUNA/ANAL/BUTT) (**Save LANA for later!!**) Del Rey on SNL’s “Weekend Update.” LUNA = MOON in both sPANish and Italian.
(The real) LUNA Del Rey was born on JUNE 21, 1985–on the cusp of GEMINI entering the sign of CANCER.
She also, in several movies and sketches, represents the zodiac signs of TAURUS and GEMINI–the months of MAY, JUNE, and JULY. We will get into those examples MOMentarily.
WIIG STARred in “An SNL Digital Short” entitled “AFROS” in which she donned a big head of HAIR, or an AFRO she shared with Andy Samberg. This MUsical short was about a “save the date” for a WEDDING<–(**Save this for later!!**) invite. Towards the end, comedian Kenan Thompson comes out blowing a CONCH<–(cANKH) SHELL. We find the CONCH SHELL alongside the CANCER CRAB at the SEA. In this piece, WIIG represents the goddess APHROdite (AFROdite), the Greek goddess of LOVE, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. HER Roman counterpart is VENUS. These goddesses represent the month of MAY. During the month of MAY, the zodiac signs of TAURUS and GEMINI are in effect. Some of APHROdite’s symBULLS are the SHELL, the DOLPHIN, and the APPLE. The SHELL and the DOLPHIN are symBULLS we see associated with the different characters played by WIIG. The PENTagram is represented by VENUS, because the APPLE is associated with the goddess. The APPLE contains the FIVE-pointed (PENT means FIVE) ST☆R within its core. MAY is also the FIFTH MO[O]Nth. In MAY, we celebrate our MOTHERS on MOTHER‘s Day. APHROdite/VENUS are MOTHERly goddesses.
The ANKH, symBULL of life, THORacic vertBRA of a BULL. The THORax or CHEST is a part of the anatomy that is located in the THORacic cavity. The THORacic cavity is associated with the heart, LUNGS, and THYMUS GLAND. Some of the body parts GEMINI rules are the upper RIBS, LUNGS, bronchial tracts, trachea, and THYMUS GLAND. Source
The Birth of VENUS is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. APHROdite is the Greek goddess of LOVE, beauty, pleasure, and PROCREATION. Take note of how she is standing in a SHELL covering HER BREASTS.
In a sketch entitled, “HOUSE Sitting,” WIIG hires a HOUSE sitter to watch HER HOME while she plans on vacationing to a TOPLESS FOREST.<–(**Keep this in mind for later!!**) CANCER rules the BREASTS. As she is describing HER needs to the sitter (Lindsay Lohan), HER HOME phone keeps ringing with nobody on the other end. It turns out that HER character is “BUTT dialing” HER HOME phone via HER cell phone, which causes a lot of confusion to the sitter. In an effort to make it up to the sitter, HER character invites HER along to the TOPLESS FOREST. In an SNL sketch entitled, “Gilly in SEX Ed,” WIIG plays a mischievous schoolgirl named Gilly who causes a ruckus in SEX Ed class. In this sketch, the teacher is explaining CHILDBIRTH. Disruptive Gilly throws a cherry Pie at the teacher, Sofia Vergara. The cherry Pie symBULLizes the feminine MENSES/cycle (MOONses). Gilly also wraps HER classmate up in MAXI PADS. Frustrated, Vergara’s character says to Gilly, “Sometimes I don’t know whether to shake you to death, or to hold you close to my BOSOM (BREAST/S).” Sofia Vergara is known for having large BREASTS. In SEX education, we learn about CHILDBIRTH, the woman’s WOMB, and the MOON cycle, a.k.a. the PERIOD<–(**Save this for later!!**). One of the parts of the body CANCER rules is the WOMB.
Notice how “GILLy” dons the color Pink. We will return to the color Pink shortly. FISH, the CRAB‘s neighbors, have GILLs.
On SNL sketch, “ESPN Classic: 1994 Ladies’ Long Drive Championship,” WIIG plays a professional golfer whose TOuRnament sponsors MAXI PADS. A customer wants to buy MAXI PADS from the “TARGET Lady” on SNL. On “Suze Orman Show: Former Roommate,” WIIG‘s character (Suze Orman) mentions the “TAMPAX PEARL,” a brand of TAMPON or FEMININE hygiene product.
SUZE is a scRAM-BULLed SUEZ, as in the SUEZ (bEARTH) CANAL.<–(**Save this for later!!**)
On “Weekend Update with Seth Meyers” on SNL, WIIG did a parody of Paula Deen. In the photo below, notice how she grabs HER BREASTS. As we just learned, CANCER rules the BREASTS. We’ll come back to WIIG/WIG and the BREASTS very shortly. Paula Deen (WIIG) mentions she has DIABETES. DIABETES is a disease that affects the PANCREAS. CANCER rules the PANCREAS. Some people with PANCREATIC CANCER develop DIABETES as the CANCER impairs the PANCREAS‘ ability to produce insulin. The real Paula Deen is a celebrity chef, who cooks meals meant to please people’s STOMACHs. CANCER also rules the STOMACH. CANCER also rules the lower RIBS. . . Paula Deen (WIIG) mentions she LOVEs TWINKIES. If you read my post, “DMD: (3.14) Despicable Me Decoded,” I mentioned how MINIONS resemble TWINKIES. The Mi(OO)NIONS are in a film that was released under the sign of CANCER, and tied to the MOON. In this same sketch, Seth asks WIIG (as Paula Deen) about the allegations of when she was accused of using the “N word.” In this piece, I believe the “N” = NANNA, the god of the MOON in Mesopotamian mythology, and/or NUT, the goddess of the SKY in Egyptian mythology. Take note of how Deen is not only holding a stick of BUTTer<–(**Save this for later!!**), but she also mentions it too.
She’s also holding a CHICKEN<–(**Save this for later!!**) leg.
According to medical astrology, the sign of CANCER rules NUTRITION. We find the goddess NUT‘s name in NUTRITION. We just learned about the N-word, NANNA, a.k.a. SIN. SIN had a BEARD<–(**Save this for later!!**) made of LApIS (swap the “S” for a “Z” in the word “LApIS“; same sound phonetically) LAZuLI and rode on a winged BULL, as it is one of his symBULLS, through his FATHER, ENLIL, “BULL of HEAVEN,” along with the CRESCENT and the tripod, which may be a LAMPstand. WIIG played “Liza MiNnelli” (MOONnelli/MN=Pi) on SNL in a sketch entitled “Liza Minnelli Tries to Turn Off a LAMP“. Also, if we take the last five letters of MiN–NELLI, and scRAM-BULL them (NELLI), we get ENLIL! The first three letters are MiN=MOON and MN = 13.14, or Pi. If we subtract the letter “P“<–(Pi) in LApIS, and swap a “Z” in place of the “S,” we get LIZA. Also, we find the name “LIZA” in LAZuLI.
WIIG (as Minnelli) mentions Debbie Reynolds in this sketch. Debbie Reynolds’ first MARRIAGE was to popular SINGer Eddie FISHer. She also had a hit song entitled, “ABA DaBA HoneyMOON.”
Take note of how Liza Minnelli (WIIG) is dressed in a RUBY RED sparkly blouse, leading us back to the RUBY RED slippers worn by HER motHER (Judy Garland/Dorothy) in the Wizard of OZ.
JULY is when the sign of CANCER is in effect.
Definitely unSYNCaBULL!
Check out the MOONkeys!
Additionally, HER BROADWAY-star character (Minnelli) mentions SHRIMP. Like the CRAB, SHRIMP is another type of SHELLFISH that derives from the SEA.
The “secret word” is SHRIMP.
Now we know why WIIG was chosen to dance alongside Maddie Ziegler and Sia at the 2015 Grammys in “CHANDELIER.” Not only did WIIG don a WIG, but the song is about a CHANDELIER, which is a type of LAMP!
WIIG performing to “CHANDELIER” at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
The background dancers are holding up their PALMs (LAMPs).
The LAMP is an anagram for PALM, or the FIVE-fingers we find on it, which represent the PENTagram. We shall cover the number FIVE, and the PENTagram here very soon!
Speaking of BROADWAY stars, WIIG played “Kara MO[O]Ndelo Lebex” on SNL sketch, “BROADWAY Sizzle.” She and HER EX–HUSBAND (Darius MO[O]Ndelo, played by Bill Hader) are BROADWAY veterans who host a K-BULL access show. When introducing show tunes they wrote for BROADWAY, WIIG‘s character (MO[O]Ndelo) mentions “MOON children,” a song they wrote for LIZA Wang, not Mi(OO)Nelli (NELLI=ENLIL). Take note how they are in a resTAURant. Add a “B” in front of resTAURant to get BREASTaurant.
WIIG played NEWT Gingrich’s WIFE, “CALLISTA,” who’s the “MOON president” on SNL. CALLISTO is the fourth MOON of JUPiTER, a.k.a. ZEUS. According to Greek mythology, ZEUS cheated on HERA with CALLISTO. In this sketch, WIIG‘s character (CALLISTA) mentions something about staying MARRIED, but having AFFAIRS with other WOMEN. NEWT is a representation of NUT, or NEW[E]T, the Egyptian goddess of the SKY. (Hang onto NUT; we will come back to HER very shortly.) Bobby (BOOBY/BREAST) MO[O]yNihan plays the dual role of NEW[E]T/NUT and ZEUS.
In this sketch, NEWT (BOOBY) says, “May DIVORCE be with you.” This is because NEWT Gingrich has been MARRIED a few times, with the first two MARRIAGES ending in AFFAIRS and DIVORCE. WIIG represents the archetype of HERA/JUNO, among others, which we will get into shortly. In Greek mythology, it is uncertain as to whether or not HERA asked ZEUS (NEWT Gingrich resemBULLS ZEUS) for a DIVORCE. HERA/JUNO is the goddess of MARRIAGE. We shall cover more of JUNO here very soon!
Sir Isaac NEWTon is famous for his experiment with the APPLE. His experiment was all about GRAVITY. There is no GRAVITY on the MOON.
Take note how NEWT is right on top of MOON. Also, the “N” is right on top of the “M“–>NM=14.13/3.14/Pi.
CALLISTO (a.k.a. JUPiTER IV) is the third-largest MOON in the Solar System.
She works as a JUN[E]itor. CANCER takes place during the MO[O]Nth of JUNE. CANCER is ruled by the MOON.
Now it’s clear as to why WIIG (playing Paula Deen) mentions that she LOVEs TWINKIES, because they are the TWIN KEYS, or the TWO KEYS that lock and unlock the two SOLstitial GATEs of the winter and summer SOLstices. It also makes sense that (the real) Paula Deen is a CAPRICORN. We’ll come back to the TWO GATEs, as well as the sign of CAPRICORN very shortly. Kenan Thompson’s character (HERman Cain) goes to snatch off Jason Sudeikis’ WIG. Sudeikis is playing the role of MITT ROM[E]ney. We will be referring to ROMAN mythology here shortly, as JUNO is HERA‘s ROMAN mythology counterpart. WIIG STARred in the film, “The Secret Life of WALTER<–(**Save this for later!!**) MITTy.
ZEUS/JUPiTER was known for having extraMARITAL AFFAIRS. He cheated on HERA with CALLISTO.
Just add a white BEARD to Newt’s chin, and he would be a spitting image of ZEUS!
JUNO is the ancient Roman goddess of MARRIAGE and CHILDBIRTH.
NEWTon’s Universal Law of GRAVITATION.
She played “HERA” (HAIR-ah) next to Jason Sudeikis as “ZEUS” on SNL. According to Greek mythology, HERA commanded a CRAB to distract and attack HERAcles while he was battling the multi-headed HYDRA.<–(**Hang onto HYDRA!!**) HERAcles quickly dispatched the CRAB by kicking it with such force that it was propelled into the SKY. Other accounts claim that Karkinos (the CRAB HERA sent) grabbed onto HERAcles’s toe with its claws, but he crushed it under his foot. HERA, grateful for the CRAB‘s effort, gave it a place in the night SKY, which has become better known today as the constellation CANCER. She mentions the DOLPHIN, a symbol associated with HER[A], as well as the SEA, where we find the CANCER CRAB. WIIG was a voice in the movie HER.
Kristen WIIG plays the role of “HERA” (HAIR-ah) on SNL with Jason Sudeikis as ZEUS. Notice how ZEUS says, “CRAP,” which is the word “CRAb” if you flip the “P” to a “b.”
WIIG provided the voice of “SEXy Kitten in the film HER.
In the same ePisode (Season 37: Ep. 5), WIIG plays the MO(O)vie direcTOR on the set of “Because of One DOLPHIN.” SINce vowels are interchangeable in code-cracking (we can delete them and/or swap them with another vowel), the “BAIT” we see on the door above where WIIG is standing, can become “BET,” as in the Hebrew letter BET. BET, the name of the letter, is pronounced as “BAYT/BAIT” (rhymes with “mate”). BET means “HOUSE,” and again, CANCER rules the HOME. HOUSES here means, in a wider context, “BUILDINGS.”<–(**Keep this in mind for later!!**) Backing up a bit, we find the word/letter “BET” in the middle of the word “diaBETes.” Again, diaBETes is caused due to the PANCREAS not being aBULL to produce enough insulin, and CANCER rules the PANCREAS.
The Hebrew letter “BET” means “HOUSE.” CANCER rules the HOME. BET is ONLY BET when the PERIOD (called a dagesh) is in the center of the letter. If there is no PERIOD, the letter then become VET and is a “V” sound.
The next line in the script and scene that WIIG‘s character is directing is “It’s your HOME,” in which they are trying to coax the DOLPHIN to go back HOME.
WIIG played “Denise Fineman” on SNL, a botoxed NEWS<–(**Save this for later!!**) reporter reporting live from the jungle of Costa Rica. In this bit, HER face is attacked by a SPiDER and BEETLES. Also, a snake bites HER BREASTS. We find the word “CRAB” in sCaRAB.” Like the CRAB, the sCaRAB BEETLE<–(**Save this for later!!**) is a bottom feeder. The CRAB, the sCaRAB, and the SPiDER are from the same phylum, ARTHROPODA<–(**Save this for later!!**).
Kristen WIIG played “Jolene” in the SNL sketch “CRAB Blast 2012″ alongside ZOoey Deschanel (“Wendy”). In this sketch, Jolene and Wendy invite guests over to their HOME for a CRAB feast, yet they fail to serve any CRAB.
Jolene (WIIG) and Wendy (Deschanel) invite guests over to their HOME for CRAB dinner. CANCER rules the HOME, and is represented by the CRAB.
At the end, they bring out a SILVER tray of nothing! SILVER is CANCER‘s lucky color, as well as metal. Colloidal SILVER helps treat the disease CANCER. Most modern fiction describes WEREWOLVES<–(**Save this for later!!**) to be vulnerable to SILVER, as well as to transform from human into “WOLF” under the full MOON. WEREWOLVES howl at the MOON.
Colloidal SILVER kills CANCER cells!
WEREWOLVES can only be killed by SILVER, or by SILVER BULL+ET’s.
WEREWOLVES transform from human into WOLF under the full MOON, and are vulnerable to SILVER.
The Sign of CANCER and CHILDBIRTH:
As mentioned prior, the sign of CANCER also rules the WOMB, thus the reason why we find WIIG playing roles having to do with PREGNANCY and CHILDBIRTH.
WIIG played Drew BArrymore on SNL in a sketch entitled, “Bein’ Quirky with ZOoey Deschanel.” In this sketch, Abby Elliott (ZOoey) asks Drew if she has a “BUN IN THE OVEN,” to which she replies with “Come on, ZOoey. You know I’m not one to conceive and tell. But just in case, I do have some great ideas for BABY names.” Speaking of ZOOs (ZOOey), WIIG will be co-starring in the upcoming ZOOlander 2 sequel (come 2016). The only thing that’s been released is HER character’s name, and that HER character is in cahoots with ZOOlander villain MUgatu.<–(**Save the MU/MOO for later!!**)
WIIG plays “Alexanya Atoz” in the upcoming ZOOlander 2.
Will Ferrell plays the villainous MUgatu in the ZOOlander films.
WIIG stars as “MiNdy (MOONdy) Elise Grayson,” who’s the “password spoiler” on the game show/SNL sketch entitled, “Secret Word.” She plays the role of a WASHED UP BROADWAY actress. CRABS WASH UP on the shore. Just before WIIG‘s character is introduced, Bill Hader’s character (“Lyle Round”), mentions he disposed of his WIFE‘s BIRTH CONTROL PiLLS. I have yet to mention why the creators associate BROADWAY with Kristen WIIG. This is because it represents the FEMININE or the GA[Y]TeWAY<–(**Save this for later!!**) to the VAGINA, the BROAD–WAY, or the BIRTHing center. A BROAD is also a slang term for a FEMALE. The BREASTS, ruled by CANCER, are protected by the BRAs WOM(MOM)en wear<–BRA-d-way. This is why the “secret word” is CANAL, as in BIRTH CANAL. MiNdy Elise Grayson mistakes the word “CANAL” for “ANAL.” In another episode of “Secret Word,” Lyle Round (Hader/Hades) mentions his WIFE was at a BRA burning. He says, “When he gets HOME, he better not smell BRA SMOKE.” The other “Secret Word” celebrity playing alongside MOONdy Elise Grayson is named TITsy. The “secret word” looks like CRAB, but it is GRAB. While describing the word, Taran Killam’s character mentions the words “climbing,” (CRABS climb rocks) “swim,” (like FISH do), and “HAIR.” When Lyle Round (Hader) is about to cut to a commercial, he promotes a BABY GATE. This time the “secret word”really is CRAB! A DRAPE is a HOME furnishing. We recently learned about KARkinos, the CRAB HERA sent to bite the foot of HERAcles. CARCINoMA (CAR–SIN-o-MA<–MOTHER) is a type of CANCER. CARCINoMA comes from the Greek word for “CRAB,” which is “KARkinos.”
WIIG played “Judy Grimes” on “Weekend Update with Seth Meyers” on SNL. In this piece, WIIG‘s character represents HATHOR, the Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of L♥VE and MOTHERhood. She is the Greek equivalent of APHROdite, and the Roman equivalent of VENUS. HATHOR is commonly depicted as a COW goddess, as well as a SKY goddess with HORNS. HER son, Horus, was considered to be “HOUSEd” in HER. The reason she represents HATHOR in this bit is because she continues to say “JUST KIDDING,” as in “HAHA, JUST KIDDING.” HER character mentions DAIRY, CHEESE, and COWs often. There’s a myth that the MOON is made of CHEESE, and that the COW jumped over the MOON.
HERA, too, was associated with CATTLE, as she was also known as a type of COW-goddess. HER familiar Homeric epithet BOÔPis, is translated “COW-eyed.” HERA bears some resemblance to the Ancient Egyptian deity, HATHOR, a MATERNAL goddess associated with CATTLE.
In this sketch, WIIG‘s character, Judy Grimes BLINKS<–(**Keep the BLINKING in mind for later!!**) her eyes often, almost resembling the animated cartoon character BETTY<–(**Save BETTY for later!!**) BOOP. Take note how the word/letter “BET” is in BOOP‘s name. Flip the “P” in BOOP to a “b,” and we get BOOb, part of the BREASTS.
WIIG as “Judy Grimes,” as guest on “Weekend Update with Seth Meyers.” HAlf and HAlf.
Then WIIG‘s character does HER best Macaulay Culkin impression from “HOME Alone.” In the film HOME Alone, Kevin is left all by himself via his PARENTS.
WIIG‘s character, Judy Grimes blinks HER eyes often.
Speaking of CHEESE and HA–THOR, “The LAUGHING COW” CHEESE brand comes to mind.
I LOVE how the COW is wearing CHEESE EARrings. TAURUS rules the ears.
HAthor, goddess of the SKY, LOVE, beauty, joy, MOTHERhood, foreign lands, mining, MUsic and FERTILITY.
The COW jumped over the MOOn made of CHEESE.
BETTY BOOb/p!
In a sketch entitled “Double Date” on SNL, WIIG and Cecily Strong play flirty, older WOMEN on a double date in a resTAURant with a couple of sixth-graders. WIIG and Strong’s characters order the SEA BASS–a type of FISH. WIIG‘s character tells their dates that they are lucky because they have all their HAIR (HER–A), more than she can say for HER EX–HUSBAND. Strong’s character admits she never liked WIIG‘s character’s EX–HUSBAND–a man who got drunk and beat up WIIG‘s character’s BOSs. If you have read my post entitled, “Who’s the BOSs?: Even MO[O]re Taurus codes!,” I mention that “BOS,” or “BOS TAURUS” is the genus of wild and domestic CATTLE. WIIG is on a date with BO[O]BbY MO[O]yNihan. He admits his bEARTHday, which WIIG‘s character figures out to be the zodiac sign of TAURUS–an EARTH sign. After this is admitted by MO[O]yNihan’s character, the waiter asks the taBULL if they can keep the noise down, but then precedes to say he is “JUST KIDDING,” followed by a few “HA HA HA‘s.” WIIG‘s character jokes around with Strong’s character by calling HER a “FEMALE Urkel” from the 90’s TV sitcom “Family MATTERs.” “MATER” is another word for MOTHER. This sketch was aired especially for MOTHER‘s Day, which takes place under the sign of TAURUS–the BULL. The color Pink represents the BREASTS and BREAST CANCER. WIIG often sports the color Pink, just like HER character in the movie “BRIDEsmaids.” HERA/JUNO were the goddesses of MARRIAGE. HERA was most known for being the MATRON goddess, but she presided over WEDDINGS as well. JUNE is the most popular month for WEDDINGS.
WIIG (third from the right) stars in “BRIDEsmaids.” She plays the role of [N]ANN[A]ie Walker, the MAID/(MATRON) of honor. The film also stars MAYa Rudolph, and was released in MAY, another popular WEDDING MO[O]nth.
WIIG (center/the BRIDE) in “Bachelorette Party” on SNL.
NUT is the goddess of the SKY, the STARS, the SUN, the MOON, and all HEAVENly bodies in the Ennead of Ancient Egyptian religion. She was seen as a ST☆R-covered nude woman arching over the EARTH, as a COW, or as a giant FEMALE PIG, suckling many PIGlets (representing the STARS). HER headdress was the hieroglyphic of part of HER name, a pot, which may also symbolize the UTERUS, a.k.a. “the WOMB.” NUT is very similar to the deity HATHOR.
NUT carries the sacred ANKH.
WIIG hosted an ePisode of SNL back in May of 2013. One of the sketches she STARred in was entitled, “Aw NUTs! MOM‘s a GHOST!,” which was a faux commercial for an upcoming tween sitcom set to come out in JUNE on the Disney Channel. The show is about a MOM who became a Korean WATER GHOST, like the one from the movie “The Ring.”
JUNE Is when the sign of CANCER is in effect.
WIIG (the MOM) flies high in the SKY!
Is that Goro Adachi?!! Hehe! 😛
We also find CRABS in the RIVER.
Mul gwishin are Korean WATER GHOSTS<–(**Save this for later!!**) who can be found in many places, but are said to haunt abandoned BUILDINGS, HOUSEs, cemeteries, and FORESTs, etc. NUT was seen as a COW in ancient Egyptian mythology. MOO/MU is the sound a COW makes.
Check out the MOONkey on the bed, and the inflataBULL ORANGE in the background.
Check out the STARS just above where we see “NUTs” in this shot!
MOM and HOME are two symbols associated with the sign of CANCER.
Just before WIIG‘s character comes out of the television, we see a PIG on the screen.
MOO/MU-v night!
In the scene below, take note of how BO[O]BbY MO[O]yNihan’s character is holding a MOONkey. Also above the bed, lie the HEAVENS, the MOON, STARS, SKY, etc…There’s a small COW in a red box next to the bed on the right, and a BULL (Piñata), as well as a HAMBURGER (comes from COWs) to the left of the bed. There is also a plush LION (underneath the window). The LION is a symBULL associated with HERA. According to Platonist and Chaldean philosophy, CANCER was known as the “GATE of Men” through which SOULS (GHOSTS) descended from HEAVEN into human bodies, or into creation. We will return to the “GATE of Men” shortly.
GUI as in Mul GUI–shin. Please note the number 28! Source
WIIG dressed as a GHOST in “Sh[N]ANNA‘s Halloween Party” on SNL.
WIIG is set to star in the upcoming film, GHOSTbusters III. The MOO/MU-v is set to be released on the last day of CANCER (JULY 22, 2016)<–7/22 or 22/7, depending on where one lives on the globe. 22/7=3.14. 2016 will be the year of the MO[O]Nkey WIIG plays the “TARGET Lady,” on SNL, and she mentions GHOSTS. WIIG played the role of a S[T]URGEON<–(a type of FISH!) in the film “GHOST Town.” This film centers around a man who dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived minutes later, and wakes up with the ability to see GHOSTS.
WIIG in “GHOST Town.”
WIIG voiced “RuffNUT Thorston” in the How to Train Your DRAGON<–(**Save this for later!!**) film series 1 and 2. She and her brother TUFFNUT ride a DRAGON similar to the many-headed HYDRA that HERAcles BATtled. The DRAGON HER character trains and rides in HTTYD has two-heads, reminiscent of the GEMINI aspect. In these films, she has a fraternal TWIN (GEMINI) brother named TUFFNUT.
RuffNUT Thorston, voiced by WIIG, is a teenage member part of the HAIRy Hooligan Tribe. She has a fraternal TWIN brother named TUFFNUT.
TEFNUT is the Egyptian goddess of moisture, moist air, dew, and rain. She is the mother of NUT. The character TUFFNUT from the HTTYD series is voiced by none-other-than T.J.(TJ=π/3.14) Miller, who is a GEMINI born on JUNE, 4th 1981.
T.J. Miller with “TUFFNUT THORston,” the TWIN brother of WIIG‘s RUFFNUT THORston.
The many-headed HYDRA that HERAcles battled is on the left. “Barf” and “Belch” is the male Hideous Zippleback (a large, two-headed DRAGON) owned and trained by TWINS, RUFFNUT and TUFFNUT on the right.
WIIG stars in “The SKELETON<–(**Hang onto this!!**) TWINS,” a film resonating the sign of the GEMINI TWINS. This film wasn’t released under the sign of the GEMINI TWINS, but it was released under the sign of CAPRICORN, who rules the SKELETON and BONES. CAPRICORN is also CANCER‘s polar opposite<–(TWINS) in the zodiac. WIIG plays “Maggie,” the TWIN sister to “Milo” (played by Bill Hader). In this film, HER character takes BIRTH CONTROL PiLLS to avoid getting PREGNANT with HER HUSBAND. HER character has an AFFAIR with HER SCUBA<–(in the SEA where we find the CRAB) instructor–>PREGNANT+SEA.
WIIG playing a GEMINI TWIN in “Bvlgari” on SNL.
WIIG is often associated with the symBULL of the BAT. BAT was another type of COW goddess in Egyptian mythology. By the time of the Middle Kingdom, HER attributes and identity were subsumed within the goddess HATHOR. The Egyptians personified the MILKy Way as a HORNed COW goddess named BAT. The name BAT derives from “BA,” translated as ‘SOUL‘–>(SOL/SUN). Adding the letter “T” feminizes the word “BA.” This is why a WOMAN has a BAT Mitzvah at the age 13. It takes the MOON 28<–(**Save the 28 for later**) days to orbit the EARTH; it makes this orbit 13 times each year. The JEWISH calendar is rooted in the cycles of the MOON. This is why the sabBATh for orthodOX Jews starts on a FRIDAY, the day ruled by VENUS, at SUNdown.
The auTHOR at HER BAT Mitzvah back in MAY of 1991<–(the year of the goat). This photo was taken during the FRIDAY (VENUS) night service.
In “Horse Play Soundtrack” on SNL, WIIG‘s character mentions BAlls and BATs.
Syncing in with the NOW, BA is the sound a sheep makes, and it is currently the year of the sheep/goat/ram. Remember the “GATE of Men” I mentioned prior in this post? Well, the “GATE of Men” was otherwise known as the “SILVER GATE.” The SILVER GATE is located between the HORNS of TAURUS, the BULL, who is ruled by VENUS. It is the ecliptic crossing at the GEMINI–TAURUS nexus, hence the reason we see WIIG playing the archetypal roles of GEMINI and TAURUS, as well. Removing the “A” from the word “BAT,” and replacing it with an “E,” gives us the word/Hebrew letter “BET.”
As I’ve mentioned many times before, the HORNS of the BULL/COW form the shape of the MOON in its CRESCENT form. We get MILK from the UDDERS (or BREASTS) of the sacred COW (TAURUS) which relates back to the MOON, ruled by CANCER. Bruce WAYNE (WANE), a.k.a. “BATman,” is named for the action of the MOON–to WANE. WANING is the PERIOD of the decrease of the MOON‘s illuminated visible surface in size and strength.
WIIG (left) next to BATman (Andy Samberg) in “Commisioner Gordon.” Samberg is JEWISH.
From the FULL MOON, that displays the BATman insignia, to the [N]ew [M]OON (NM=Pi) is called WANING.
The creators of BATman use the MOON to form the silhouette of the BATman insignia. Notice how in the white areas of the logo it looks like a person’s hands are grabbing a WOMAN‘s BREASTS. There will be more BAT symBULLism throughout this post, so stay tuned.
The hands grabbing are underneath the black wings. The BREASTS are right next to the BAT‘s head and HORNS.
WIIG, along with Will Ferrell, presented the 2013 Golden Globe Award for “Best Performance by an actress in a Motion Picture or MUsical.” Jennifer Lawrence won for “SILVER Linings Playbook.” WIIG played “BARBIE” on SNL’s Weekend Update. BARBIE is a scRAM-BULLed RABBI. In JUDAISM, the RABBI is the teacher of the Torah. When JEWISH men turn 13, they become BAR Mitzvahed by reading from the Torah.
WIIG as “BARBIE” on Weekend Update on SNL
WIIG played MiNnesota<–(**Keep this in mind for later!!**) congresswoman Michele (MiSHELL) BAchmann (almost sounds like BATman) on SNL’s Weekend Update. She mentions that she is looking forward to BLINKING HER eyes for the first time since HER campaign started. Take note how WIIG is wearing a PEARL necklace, a stone associated with the sign of CANCER. The PEARL was also a sacred stone to the goddess APHROdite.
WIIG, as BAchmann, BLINKING HER eyes for the “first time ever” since HER campaign ended.
On another episode of Weekend Update with Seth Meyers, WIIG starred as flight attendant “SHELLy Elaine,” who mentions peaNUTs. WIIG co-STARred alongside JASON (JULY, August, September, October, November) BATEman in the movie “Extract.” In this film, WIIG plays a HOUSEWIFE who has an AFFAIR with a guy named “BRAD,”<–(**Save this for later!!**) (BRAD is VERY close to the word CRAB if we delete the “D” and add a “C“) the POOL (WATER) boy. HER HUSBAND, (BATEman), works at and owns a factory, where one of the employees loses one of his testicles (NUTs) due to an accident. BATEman’s character gets conned by a woman named CIN(SIN)dy.
Take note of how the movie was released during LABOR Day, the day WOMEN give BIRTH.
The Mythology of HERA, HATHOR, NUT, the MILK, and the BREASTS:
WIIG in “Sue LOVEs Surprises” on SNL showing off HER BRA.
Steve Buscemi’s next line to WIIG‘s character is, “God Sue, you’ve got some KNOCKERS.”
WIIG‘s character has HER[A] (right) BREAST squeezed in “Kissing Family” on SNL.
The Mythology of FLORA:
In “WXPD NEWS New York” on SNL, Bill Hader’s character, “HERB,” is a reporter who is supposed to be reporting a falling ice accident from a BUILDING. He attempts to find out whether or not WIIG‘s character is a WOMAN or a man by taking his microphone and TOUCHing it on HER CHEST to locate HER BREASTS. He does the same thing with his microphone to HER GENITAL area. I believe”JAY“(J) here represents JUPITER. Closed-captioning makes it look like JAY, but JAY is supposed to be JACK. This character is played by Jason Sudeikis, an actor who plays other JACK/JUPITER/ZUES/JESUS resonaTORs.
Bill Hader as “HERB” on SNL’s “WXPD NEWS New York.” HERB represents the magical HERB that FLORA gave JUNO, which made HER PREGNANT.
Take note of the FLOWERS in the background behind WIIG.
“Garth” (Fred Armisen) and “Kat” (WIIG) on SNL’s Weekend Update represent FLORA and the season of rebEARTH—SPRING.
WIIG STARred in “1-800-FLOWERS,” a faux commercial for a FLOWER delivery service in honor of MOTHER‘s Day on SNL. WIIG plays the role of the daughter, and HER MOTHER in this sketch (played by Kate McKinnon) asks the waiter at the resTAURant if there are any NUTs in HER EGGS Benedict. NUTs obviously refer to the Egyptian deity, NUT. EGGS refer to the FEMALE OVARIES, which are connected to the WOMB. In the same ePisode, WIIG played “Dooneese,” the odd sister in the recurring “Lawrence Welk Show” sketches. In the beginning of this sketch, we catch Jason Sudeikis’ character tanning his BREASTS at the BEACH. Then, a CRAB gets stuck onto WIIG‘s character’s bathing suit on her GENITAL area. Then, Dooneese (WIIG) shows us HER sand SQUIRREL<–(**Save this for later!!**) and his NUTs. She is standing right under the PALM (LAMP) tree. In the same ePisode, WIIG and Fred Armisen (Garth and Kat) wear “MOM” vests on “Weekend Update, ” in honor of MOTHER‘s Day.
On Weekend Update, Garth and Kat SING a song dedicated to MOTHER‘s Day.
The “TARGET Lady” mentions she needs an ALMOND in order to gain extra energy to do a void. Although most people consider ALMONDS to be NUTs, they’re not; they’re actually called drupes. Inside the SHELL is the ediBULL seed, commonly called a NUT. We get MILK from NUTs. MILK derives from the (TAURUS) COW. The CHARIOT card in the tarot deck is associated with the astrological sign of CANCER.
WIIG drives a golf cart, or CHARIOT, with MAYa Rudolph in “Super Showcase” on SNL. They are both wearing Pink!
One of the prizes the contestant can win on “Super Showcase” is a lifetime supply of frozen CHICKEN<–(**Save this for later!!**). I believe the CHICKEN here represents another bird, or birds–the PEACOCK that pulled HERA‘s CHARIOT, or the DOVES that pulled APHROdite’s chariot. WIIG is often associated with the sacred BULL/COW, as I had mentioned prior in this post. She plays the role of the “TARGET Lady” (TAURget) on SNL. On the dartboard, we have the cenTAUR or BULLSeye. The BULLSeye is the special logo that the store TARGET uses. In the cosmos, the BULLSeye (or TARGET) is known as Aldebaran, the giant ORANGE star located in the constellation of TAURUS, the BULL. The logo represents the BABY in the WOMB. The TAURget headquarters is located in MiNneapolis, MN (MiNoTAUR)!! The TAURget lady has a MiNnesota (MN) accent. In the photo below, notice how the “TARGET Lady” mentions how she LOVEs WEDDINGS. WIIG played Michael (sounds close to MiSHELL) Jordan on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” She not only dons a BULLS JERSEY, but she also wears a special WIG/CAP that makes HER appear BAld. In this interview, she and Jimmy together mention the “BUILDING” four times. Also, he brings up and asks HER (as MJ) about HER former career in BAseBAll. BAseBAll is played with a BAT. She mentions she has played with NBA superstar KOBE (steak/beef/TAURUS) Bryant on the court. W=23, the first letter of WIIG‘s last name. WIIG STARred in “Sh[N]ANNA‘s HAlloween Party” (HA-lloween=HA-thor) on SNL. There are a HAndful of symBULLS in this sketch associated with WIIG‘s archetype. Just like the CRAB and the sCaRAB, the SPiDER comes from the same phylum–ARTHROPODA. There are BATs located in the BAckground. Notice how WIIG is wearing a revealing shirt that shows off HER BREASTS. The Greek goddesses HERA and APHROdite were associated with the sacred APPLE, hence the reason WIIG‘s character Sh[N]ANNA mentions them.
When she sees the SPiDER, she gasps and then grabs HER BREASTS. Take note of how all three symBULLS are on the taBULL–the APPLES, the SPiDER, and the BATs. The SKELETON or BONES that are placed next to the taBULL represent the sign of CAPRICORN—CANCER‘s polar opposite in the zodiac. As we learned from one of my previous posts, CAPRICORN rules the BONES. Something else that’s sync-worthy of noting is that CAPRICORN rules the HAIR, hence HERA (HAIR-ah), and the many WIGS Kristen WIIG dons.
The sign of CAPRICORN takes place during the month of JANuary. The sign of CANCER is in effect during the month of JUNe. There is a reason these two signs are polar opposites of one another. They both have the same couple consonants that start the word (JAN/JUN). CANCER and CAPRICORN are called SOLstice signs. Source
WIIG‘s character, Shanna, mentions she has a hard time DIGESTING peaNUTs. As we just learned, CANCER rules the STOMACH. It also rules the alimentary CANAL, which is also known as the DIGESTIVE tract. CANCERs tend to have delicate STOMACHs and DIGESTIVE problems. Throughout this sketch, and with this particular character’s schtick in other sketches, she mentions having difficulties with DIGESTION, as well as often grabbing or touching HER BREASTS.
Please note that in the beginning of this sketch, she dons BUNNY, or RABBIt ears.
WIIG played “Karina” on “The Californians” on SNL. HER character is from Santa MO(O)Nica. In one of the ePisodes, Fred Armisen‘s character (“Stewart”/Karina’s HUSBAND) is told he has CANCER, and this is as WIIG‘s character leaves the scene MOMentarily. On another ePisode of “The Californians,” Mick Jagger makes a guest appearance. He reveals he is Stewart’s FATHER, and he has just MARRIED his ex-girlfriend who is PREGNANT. After this is revealed, the camera moves to Kristen WIIG‘s face. On another ePisode of “The Californians,” Karina fakes HER death, and hides HER identity. She identifies HERself as “BRAD,” the male gardener. Then, she mentions the ROSE, a symBULL sacred to the Greek goddess APHROdite, twice. APHROdite was said to have cut HER feet on the ROSE‘s thorns rushing to the aide of Adonis. This is why WIIG‘s character is dressing up and playing the role of the male gardener. Also, this ePisode aired in MAY (TAURUS), the season that APHROdite/VENUS symBULLizes. VENUS is the planet that rules TAURUS.
On SNL’s 40th Anniversary Special, we learn that Karina is not only having an AFFAIR with “Devin” (played by Bill Hader), but the POOL boy (played by BRADley Cooper) as well. Devin thinks Karina is PREGNANT due to him, but it is the POOL boy who has IMPREGNATED HER. Remember when I mentioned the POOL boy’s name from the film “Extract’s” name was “BRAD” earlier in this post? We meet Karina’s OBGYN, who reveals the FATHER of HER unborn BABY.
BRADley Cooper as “the POOL boy.”
BETTY White makes an appearance, entering the Radford HOUSE. BETTY White played the role of “ROSE” on “Golden Girls.” It turns out that her character LANA (a scRAM-BULLed ANAL/LUNA) is also having an AFFAIR with the POOL boy, “Craig,” played by BRADley Cooper.
BETTY White makes an appearance at the Radford HOME.
WIIG co-starred in the movie “Adventureland,” as an aMUsement PArk manager named PAulette (Flip the “P” to a “B” to get “BA“) MARRIED to “BO[O]BbY” (Bill Hader). In the beginning of the film, BO[O]BbY mentions the Kentucky Derby as he is standing next to WIIG‘s character. The Kentucky Derby takes place annually, on the first Saturday in MAY. This event coincides with FLORALIA<–(which we will cover again shortly), and MOTHER‘s Day–two events which bring to mind the symBULL of SPRING and FLOWERS. “Em,” (played by Kristen Stewart), one of the main characters in the film’s MOTHER passed away due to CANCER. She is replaced by HER stepMOTHER, who wears a WIG. Em’s MOTHER lost HER HAIR due to cheMOTHERapy In one scene, WIIG‘s character tosses a BAT to HER HUSBAND BO[O]BbY. The character “James” (played by Jesse Eisenberg) mentions the BREAST. We see WIIG‘s character pasting googly eyes onto a plush BA–NAN[N]A. Just before James approaches PAulette (WIIG) and BO[O]BbY, he passes by the games called “MERMAID‘s<–(comes from the SEA) DREAM“<–(**Save this for later!!**), and “MILK Toss.” WIIG‘s character then mentions she needs to turn off all the LIGHTS (LAMPS).
The MERMAID‘s DREAM booth dons a FISH on its side
WIIG co-stars in the film ANKHorman 2: The Legend Continues. This film highlights the MOTHER/CANCER archetype. WIIG plays “CHANI,” an eccentric GNN office worker who falls in LOVE with BRICK Tamland (played by Steve Carell). In the Despicable Me films, Steve Carell lends his voice to the character “Gru,” WIIG‘s (“Lucy’s) LOVE interest. We find the name CHANI in the drug name CHANtIx, the sketch WIIG played in on SNL. CHANI is also an anagram for CHINA.
This film is a sequel to the first Anchorman (ANKH-orman) movie. Ron Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) is a NEWS reporter. NEWS = North, East, South, West.
WIIG/HERA/NUT/CHANI standing on top of BUILDINGS. The HELIcopter represents the ancient Egyptian city of HELIopolis, and where NUT‘s creation story began. NUT was originally the goddess of the nighttime SKY, but was eventually referred to as simply the SKY goddess. This is why CHANI is looking up into the SKY.
In the beginning, the setting is the “Big APPLE” (NYC). We meet rapper “DRAKE,” who plays a character who makes a reference about Christina APPLEGATE‘s character’s BUTT. DRAKE means “DRAGON,” and the Loch Ness Monster is a type of WATER DRAGON. A “CHAMP” is a similar animal. In this film, one of the main characters (played by David Koechner) is named CHAMP Kind.
Then, Ron Burgundy states something about an exposed BREAST just as we see a shot of a WOMAN‘s BREASTS.
David Koechner’s name flashes in an opening scene of the MOO-v, just as Ron Burgundy mentions the BREAST. Koechner’s character, CHAMP Kind, is the owner of a CHICKEN resTAURant that sells BATs disguised as fried CHICKEN to cut down on costs. As we learned previously, the Egyptian COW goddess BAT was remarkably similar to HATHOR (or NUT), a parallel goddess from Lower Egypt who was associated with the MILKy Way. COWs produce MILK from their UDDERS, or BREASTS. Then, Ron Burgundy randomly mentions the BAT Mitzvah. When Burgundy gets canned, he takes a job at SEAWorld, a place that features performing DOLPHINS.
“Mammal” derives from the Latin word, “mamma,” meaning “BREAST,” or “MOTHER.” Mammals produce MILK from their mammary glands, or BREASTS.
Ron Burgundy then gets canned from his job at SEAWorld, so he decides to hang himself from a LAMP. They eat at a diner called “SILVER Skillet.” Ron Burgundy makes a visit to CHAMP Kind’s fried CHICKEN resTAURant. When a customer complains about finding a used BAnd-Aid in his food, CHAMP Kind takes a BAseBAll BAT, and threatens to hit him with it. The resTAURant is also BAseBAll-themed.
Then, we meet Brian Fantana (played by Paul Rudd), a famous cat photographer. In the scene below, Fantana shows off a photo of a cat in a FISH bowl with a caption that reads, “I hate MO[O]Ndays!” While explaining how he felt while shooting the cat in the photo below, he mentions CHILDBIRTH. Earlier in this post, I mentioned something about the ORANGE being referred as the GOLDEN APPLE. Ron Burgundy mentions how one time they threw BRICK off the GOLDEN GATE Bridge during EASTER. BRICK then mentions a DREAM he had about an ORANGE tree that had BABIES on it instead of ORANGES. BRICK also mentions how he ruptured his PANCREAS.
The holiday EASTER was named for the Akkadian, Assyrian, and BABYlonian goddess of FERTILITY, LOVE, war, and SEX—ISHTAR<–(English pronunciation /ˈɪʃtɑːr/Transliteration: IŠTAR). In the BABYlonian pantheon, she “was the divine personification of the planet VENUS.” She is the counterpart of the Sumerian goddess INANNA. She’s called the COW of SIN (a MOON god). This is the reason the holiday EASTER is mentioned a couple of times in this film. HER Roman analogue is VENUS, HER Greek counterpart is APHROdite, and HER Egyptian counterpart is HATHOR. CANCER is the sign of DREAMS.
Steve Carell’s character (BRICK Tamland) mentions something about the time he was born and coming out of the VAGINA (WOMB). This is not only a reference to the sign of ScorPio, (because it rules the SEX organs), but it’s also reminiscent of the sign of CANCER. The scorPion is from the same phylum (ARTHROPODA) as the CRAB, the sCaRAB, and SPiDER. As the crew is traveling back to NYC (the “Big APPLE“), a billboard with Christina APPLEGATE‘s character is on it. Just before BRICK meets CHANI (WIIG) for the first time, he says, “I ain’t afraid of no GHOST.” He tells HER[A] he likes HER HAIR.
BRICK and CHANI meeting for the first time.
Shortly after they meet, CHANI gets into it with HER BOSs, and tells HER she is PREGNANT, when in fact she is not. According to the myth, HERA is known to have given bEARTH without having intercourse. Ron Burgundy takes an APPLE from the APPLE tree, just before entering the HOME of Christina APPLEGATE (Veronica Corningstone). He then enters the ISHTAR GATE–a GATE made of LAPIS LAZULI BRICKs. One of the main characters in this film is named BRICK. The 551 on the steps = 11, when added together. 11 is the number that represents the GATE, passing through the 1’s.
**Save the LIGHTHOUSE (underlined below in the pic) for later!!**
The theme song to the hit sitcom of “MARRIED with CHILDREN” (starring Christina APPLEGATE) starts off with “LOVE and MARRIAGE.” In ancient Greece, the APPLE tree was associated with LOVE and MARRIAGE.
ISHTAR had many LOVERS.
Take note of how Christina APPLEGATE is wearing a BLUE dress. LAPIS LAZULI is a hue of BLUE. BLUE is the color that represents TAURUS.
That’s the GA[Y]TeWAY…the FEMININE opening. EASTER/ISHTAR/INANNA is mentioned again. APPLEGATE hosted SNL a few years ago, about five months after WIIG left the show for good. She starred in an ePisode of “The Californians: WEDDING” subbing in WIIG‘s place, and played the role of APRHOdite/VENUS/ISHTAR. Not only does she have a SHOPPING addiction, but HER character is planning on get MARRIED to Stewart. SHOPPING = TAURUS energy, because the BULL rules the second HOUSE of possessions and MO[O]Ney, and likes material things, and CHARGING ¢redit ¢ard$. The two women (APPLEGATE and WIIG) play alongside each other, as well as similar archetypes in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
APPLEGATE (left) plays the role of “BRIE” on “The Californians.” BRIE is a type of CHEESE that comes from the TAURUS COW.
When meeting CHANI for the second time, BRICK tells CHANI (WIIG/HERA) that he never needs a HAIRcut. A BEARD made of LAPIS LAZULI?!?! Either that, or this scene is a representation of the full GROWn BEARDed god HERAcles at HERA‘s BREAST, because the next scene has WIIG exposing her (right BREAST). After CHANI gets into it with HER BOSs again, she is seen with a torn dress, revealing HER BRA, and (right) BREAST. Brian fANtANa (a scRAM-BULLed NAN[N]A; character played by Paul Rudd) reports a series he created about the VAGINA from the original version of the film. From the Super-Sized version, Fantana mentions BREAST implants. The head of LETTUCE BRICK eats in the following scene has to do with the myth of HERA being IMPREGNATED by a head of LETTUCE. HERA resided on Mount OLYMPUS, hence the reason BRICK mentions the OLYMPICS. LETTUCE is also a plant associated with the MOON, according to medical astrology. LETTUCE sounds like LOTUS, a flower that blooms in WATER, and represents FERTILITY. The LOTUS flower is connected to the Lily, which is also connected to the goddesses JUNO/VENUS/APHROdite.
Fantana admits he gave Sheena Easton CRABS. BRICK tells his friends he has a date with CHANI, so they present to him some condoms. One of the brands they present to him is called, “CLAM Dam.” The reason CLAMS, OYSTERS, and SCALLOPS are said to be APHROdisiacs is because they are symBULLS of the goddess APHROdite. The bEARTH of VENUS was one of Botticelli’s most famous works, depicting the Greek Goddess APHROdite rising from the foam of the SEA on a SCALLOP SHELL.
In the original version of the film, BRICK is shown another type of condom called “The Rigid GHOST.” In the Super-Sized version, when BRICK cannot see himself on the green screen, he announces that he is a GHOST. These two scenes coincide with one another, so both versions mention the GHOST around the same time.
Jack LIME
Ron Burgundy mentions The BEATLES/(BEETLES) BUILDING. BRICK (CHANI/WIIG‘s) LOVE interest likes BUTTer! BUTTer derives from the COW. As BRICK and CHANI SING a LOVE song to one another, he mentions symBULLS associated with WIIG‘s archetype like the BUNNY, the RABBIT, and the SQUIRREL<–(that produces NUTs). These symBULLS are associated with SPRING and rebEARTH. The BUNNY and RABBIT come from the same family as the HARE<–(HAIR-ah/HERA)–a symBULL associated with the goddess APHROdite, as well. Then, CHANI does HER impersonation of a BUNNY. As CHANI and BRICK kiss, she MOONS the camera. When Ron Burgundy takes his son out for a walk, his son (“WALTER“) asks his FATHER if he likes SPiDER-Man. WALTER thinks there’s a GHOST hiding in his closet, but Ron Burgundy assures his son that there’s no such thing as GHOSTS. He also assures his son that there are no TREE WEREWOLVES. A LYCAN is similar to a WEREWOLF. LICHEN (pronounced, and almost spelled the same way) is a type of fungus that grows on TREEs.
In the next scene, the narraTOR alludes that it’s the year 1980–the Chinese year of the MOONkey. As Ron Burgundy is reporting the NEWS, a caption on the bottom of the screen reads, “WOMAN gives BIRTH…”. Then, another caption comes across the screen mentioning a MOON landing. Burgundy MO[O]ves to the LIGHTHOUSE with APHROdite/VENUS/ISHTAR/APPLEGATE I had mentioned earlier to “save for later.” This just in … As I’m writing this post, the NEWS article below has just surfaced.
And now we know why this NEWS (article below) story surfaced under the sign of TAURUS (MAY 8, 2015). TAURUS/VENUS/APHROdite/ISHTAR…
We see Burgundy rolling his hand around on an ORANGE, right in front of a bowl of APPLES. APHROdite/VENUS/ISHTAR/APPLEGATE shows off HER CLAMS. When Burgundy gets upset with APPLEGATE, he smashes a LAMP on the floor of their HOME. Take note of the SHELLS in the background in the photo below, the ones sacred to APHROdite. CHANI welcomes back Burgundy by announcing that she and BRICK are going to have a BAby. Please take note of the Welcome BAck sign in the BAckground. It only exposes the ‘BA‘ in the word BAck. APHROdite/VENUS is associated with SWEET things, like SUGAR.
WIIG‘s character (SIN/CYNthia MO[O]reHOUSE) reaching for something SWEET in “The Spoils of BABYl[i]on.” Take note of the APPLE and ORANGE in the photo!
APPLEGATE mentions NANA. A Piece of Pi:
The 14th letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet is Nun (נ), which has a numerical value of 50. The 13th letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet is Mem (מ), which has a value of 40. MN=13.14/Pi. In the photo below, take note how the temperatures read 50° and 40°. In the bottom left-hand corner of the photo below, we see 90°. When we add 40+50=90. The Hebrew letter Tsade (צ) has a numerical value of 90. Nun means FISH, Mem means WATER, and Tsade means FISH hook. In the next scene, we see Burgundy running through the streets of the Big APPLE on his way to his son’s Piano recital, passing taxi number 227. Not only is 22/7=3.14/Pi, but it is also the very last day of CANCER. BRICK mentions MO[O]re SPiDERs. BRICK (CHANI/WIIG‘s LOVE interest) tells Jack LIME that his MOM is going to pick him up and take him HOME. Harrison Ford’s<–(4D) character shows up at the end of the film, eventually morphing into a WEREWOLF after he mentions the MOON. In real life, Harrison Ford is MARRIED to CAL[L]ISTA FlockH[E]ART, hence why the creators have him mention the MOON and turn into a WEREWOLF.
Harrison Ford and CAL[L]ISTA FlockH[E]ART.
Kanye West (a.k.a Yeezus/a JC resonaTOR) makes an appearance pointing his JUPiTER finger. He is not only wearing a shirt that features a WOLF and a FULL MOON on it, but after seeing Mack Tannen (4D) morph into a WEREWOLF, he also mentions Michael Jackson–the JUPiTER MOONwalker. Towards the end, Burgundy meets the GHOST of Stonewall Jackson. Guess he believes in GHOSTS now? The GHOST of Stonewall Jackson is played by another JESUS Christ resonaTOR John C. Reilly. When Burgundy asks him if he dwells in HEAVEN, his character explains the esoteric symBULLism of the GATE of Men, and the GATE of god/HEAVEN. Now we know why they call it the PEARLy GATEs of HEAVEN. It’s because CANCER is associated not only with the GATE of HEAVEN, but the PEARL is one of CANCER‘s symBULLS as well. John C. Reilly resemBULLS the SUN, and the GATEs of both–GATE of Men and the GATE of HEAVEN.
This is why the GHOST (JC Reilly) attempts to consume Burgundy’s SOUL. The scene where WIIG‘s character consumes her son’s science teacher’s SOUL in the SNL sketch, “Aw NUTs! MOM‘s a GHOST,” is a parallel to the above Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues scene. The narraTOR says, “It was the NUT flush,” just as we see Burgundy holding his son up towards the HEAVENS. This scene is a depiction of NUT, the Egyptian goddess of the SKY. Take note how NUT is held up (by Shu and the ram-headed Heh deities) by HER WOMB region and BREASTS.
This scene is also a depiction of the goddess APHROdite. Notice how it’s transposed over the BEACH. If you remember, APHROdite was a goddess associated with the SEA, as well as the HEAVENS.
At the end of the film, CHANI and BRICK get MARRIED on the BEACH. There are MANY more codes from Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues that I left out because I was trying to stay relevant. However, I MAY follow up with a future blog post that contains the info I omitted.
TURTLES and the sign of CANCER:
Glycolic acid = SUGAR!
WIIG played HARRY (HAIRY) Styles as a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” In a recent episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” WIIG dressed up as “Khaleesi” from”Game of Thrones.” In this interview, she not only appeared with a DRAGON resting on HER shoulder, but she also mentioned HER BREASTS, and touches them. She also mentions she lives in a FOREST. WIIG appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in an interview entitled, “Kristen WIIG‘s Awkward First Date.” In this piece and interview, she double-books a date that coincides with HER interview with JK. HER date mentions his MOM lives with him. HER date ends up being escorted out towards the end of the interview. He then sends HER a text of his BUTTHOLE<–(ANAL). WIIG was a guest on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” During this interview, Meyers presents a picture based on a t-shirt the SNL crew designed featuring all of HER character’s WIGs from that show. A wire, which resemBULLS a BRA strap, slips out from HER dress. HERA resided high above the CLOUDS on Mount OLYMPUS. WIIG stars in the MOO-v “Welcome to Me” (in theaTAURs now!), a comedy-drama about a mentally ill LOTTERY winner who, with HER winnings, BUYS HER own television TALK show. This film was released under the sign of TAURUS (on MAY Day/MAY 1st), and contains symBULLS associated with the sign and a percentage of WIIG‘s archetype. LOTTERY/BUYing stuff=MO[O]Ney, or TAURUS energy. TALKing is done with our THROATs–the part of the body TAURUS rules.
In the MOO-v poster below, WIIG is featured with a SWAN, a sacred symBULL associated with APHROdite. In the film, HER characTAUR requests to ride in on a SWAN on HER own TALK show. In one scene she is seen searching for ALMONDS on the floor, and then she eats a BA–NAN[N]A. In “The Spoils of BABYl[i]on,” WIIG‘s character CYN(SIN)thia MO[O]reHOUSE is seen with a Pink SWAN in the background. Speaking of NUTs (again), WIIG starred as “Dooneese” on the SNL sketch “The Lawrence Welk Show,” and she mentions she likes to crack NUTs. Just before she mentions this, she grabs James Franco’s character’s BREASTS, then the snowman’s (imaginary) BREASTS. Staying on the subject of NUTs, and going back to the SQUIRREL, WIIG played “Dooneese” in a MOTHER‘s Day special entitled “Lawrence Welk Cold Opening: MOTHER‘s Day” on SNL. Playing HER MOTHER is BETTY White. BETTY is seen at the doorstep of a HOUSE, with TULIP and other FLORAL wallpaper in the BAckground. Dooneese is then seen grabbing a SQUIRREL and licking it. I’ve previously written about how TAURUS rules the neck, throat, ears, SINGing, and of course MU(MOO)sic. Something I’ve neglected to write in the past until my recent discovery is that CANCER rules the DIAPHRAGM. When we SING we use our DIAPHRAGMs. A DIAPHRAGM is also a device one uses to prevent PREGNANCY. This is another way in which the two signs connect (CANCER and TAURUS), as we’ve seen WIIG playing both archetypes. WIIG returned to SNL to do a spoof of “The Sound of MUsic. In this bit, Dooneese grabs, or touches Kate McKinnon’s character’s BREASTS. She also mentions CHICKEN, a symBULL WIIG has mentioned previously in HER work. The CHICKEN represents SPRING (SPRING CHICKEN) and rebEARTH. She also mentions the FISH.
The CHICKEN (named “Pollito”) from “Despicable Me 2.”
WIIG and LIPSTICK:
The LIPSTICK represents TULIPS, or the 2 LIPS signifying the festival FLORALIA. 2 LIPS also represent the FEMININE anatomy, or labia. WIIG is seen in different instances with a tube of LIPSTICK–once in “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” when she was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and then there’s the LIPSTICK taser scene from “Despicable Me 2.”
APHROdite/VENUS was associated with SWEET things.
BRICK mentions JELLY BEANS, a type of CANDY that represents EASTER, EASTER EGGS, rebEARTH, and SPRING. PALM Sunday is celebrated a week before EASTER. In Romanian, PALM Sunday is called Duminica Floriilor–a name derived from FLORALIA.
FLORALIA was a festival held in honor of the GODDESS FLORA–the Roman FERTILITY goddess of FLOWERS, and the season of SPRING–a symBULL for nature and FLOWERS (especially the MAY–FLOWER). It took place from April 28th-MAY 3rd (under the sign of TAURUS). FLORALIA coincides with MAY Day (MAY 1st), and MOTHER‘s Day, (which falls shortly afterward)–another day that is symBULLized by FLOWERS. During the celebration of FLORALIA, NUDE dancing and the ceremonial release of HAREs was said to have taken place. This is why in the recently released film “Welcome to Me,” there’s a scene where WIIG‘s characTAUR walks through a casino NUDE.
WIIG played “Penelope,” a serial one-upper on SNL. In a sketch entitled “Penelope: ThANKHsgiving,” Anne Hathaway’s character admits she had relatives come over on the MAYFLOWER. Penelope attempts to one-up HER and say she had relatives come over on the APRIL FLOWER. FLORALIA takes place at the end of APRIL going into the MO[O]nth of MAY. Penelope also mentions HER BRA.
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Clifford Longley Funds New Bus Campaign to Roll Out in Autumn
Yesterday, I managed to obtain a 'complimentary special supplement' of the Papal Visit to the UK produced by The Tablet, written prior to His Holiness's arrival.
Catherine Pepinster gives her 'message from the editor' at the beginning, telling us that the articles in the 'complimentary special' (that's 'free'), give you a 'flavour' of the magazine itself. 'If you like what you read', she begs, 'you may want to consider taking out a subscription. A form can be found on page 31.'
Oh dear! Sales still going through the floor then after all these years! Looks like they can't give it away! Inside is a collection of writing, nova et vetera, by such Catholic heavyweights as Edward Stourton of the BBC, John L. 'Flippin' Taliban Catholics!' Allen Jr, Mgr Roderick Strange, Michael Glover and John Cornwell. Gosh, what a dazzling array of talent!
Anyway, J.L Allen Jr's article, from September 2004, on Benedict XVI, is, for a publication designed to 'celebrate the historic visit to Britain of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI', rather less than celebratory, giving us an analysis of Cardinal Ratzinger's career and laying it out as something akin to a list of crimes, ending the piece by suggesting that, '...The idea that there exists a single entity out there called "the Vatican", with one mind and one will and hence only one view on any issue, has always been essentially a myth.'
What he didn't write, of course, is 'Oh, but if only they did! How long, O Lord?! How long?!' The insinuation is that as a Cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger never put up or shut up on moral issues of the day and never stayed away from 'controversy', making various public pronouncements defending the Magisterium, while these 'views' were not shared by vast swathes of the rest of the Vatican. This may be so because it is likely that even now the Pope is encircled by liberal scallywag Cardinals, possibly with funny handshakes, but then that is why The Tablet's editoral team suffered multiple heart attacks when the leader of the Catholic Mujahadeen and staunch defender of Doctrine, Jospeh Ratzinger, stepped out as Pope Benedict XVI on that glorious sunny day of 19th April 2005.
So far, so 'celebratory', but here comes the amusing piece which was published in 2006 by Clifford Longley on Mozart, presumbaly because, er, he was a German too. It was while reading this that it struck me that Clifford seems to be unable to write even a paragraph without dissenting from the Magisterium, which goes to show that heresy really is a condition or perhaps disease, rather than an unfortunate error or series of errors that we, as sinners, are prone to make. This paragraph sums up all you really need to know about The Tablet, its editorial staff, loyal if long in the tooth supporters and subscribers...
'But there is another dimension of Mozart's music that appeals to the Catholic soul: its freedom and simplicity inside a framework of order. That is what Catholicism is. It is an ideal antidote to the common Catholic anxiety about doctrinal deviance. What modern Catholics most lack is the permission to think outside the box. We are too afraid of getting it wrong, which leads to a whole host of other mistakes that one might term neurotic super-orthodoxy. One consequence is that those who have thoughts outside the box think that they are stepping outside the Church by having them. Thus has institutional religion corrupted the "freedom of the sons of God".'
The man who wouldn't recognise dissent for what it is if it walked into a bar, introduced itself as Mr Dissent and asked if he'd like a pint of dissent, continues...
"This anxiety is largely self-imposed and internalised. One of the causes, however, is external: the belief that all Catholic minds must think alike and that there is one true answer to every question and all the others are false, wrong, heretical and dangerous. That is, in a nutshell, unMozartian."
Since when was Mozart the defender of the Infallible Teaching of the Church? Last I heard, he was a very talented composer who liked a good party and dived into freemasonry only to find himself out of his depth. Clifford ends his column by telling the Pope to make the bonkers genius a Saint.
"And if we need to hear this message - rather more than we need to hear the message of some elevated to the altar by John Paul II (What? You didn't like St Josemaria Escriva?) - what stands in the way of Mozart's canonization? He was a moral man in his private life, recklessly generous, humble, loving and he died poor. Do we need more evidence of a popular "cult", in the canonisation sense of the word, than we already overwhelmingly have? Or of daily miracles? And who better to preside at such an event than the Mozart man in the Vatican?"
Uh-huh. There. What a compliment! Pope Benedict XVI - The 'Mozart man in the Vatican'. Only The Tablet could offer a free, complimentary magazine supplement to 'celebrate' the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI in the UK, put His Holiness on the front cover and pretend that they are loyal and obedient servants, only to reproduce a load of columns which paint him in a broadly negative light and attack the very Body of Church Teaching that he guards daily as being 'inflexible'. Whatever anyone tells you...Don't buy, subscribe to, touch and certainly don't take The Tablet! It is impossible to subscribe to The Tablet and the Teachings of the Church simultaenously for you will either hate the one and love the other, or sustain the one and despise the other.
As readers of this blog will know one such subscriber to the magazine is Austen Ivereigh, who is clearly so rattled by the criticism of certain Catholic bloggers that he's now launched a propaganda offensive on the Catholic Voices blog against the Director of 'the hardline lobby', SPUC, John Smeaton. What an insult to unborn children! I suppose that the SPUC (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children) is a 'hardline lobby' to Austen, what with the organisation suffering absolutely no confusion whatsoever with regard to the issue of abortion and all...How long, O Lord...How Long? I've read the Catholic Voices blogpost and it looks very much like Austen has either taken to dictating his 'media rebuttal' to Jack Valero, or he has begun describing himself in the third person while updating his blog...
catholics against uber-traditionalists said…
Last June the bishop who chairs the US bishops' conference's communications committee gave a talk on what it means to be a faithful Catholic media organisation. During his talk Bishop Gabino Zavala noted:
As I talked with brother bishops in preparation for this presentation, there was consistent agreement that one aspect that is most alarming to us about media is when it becomes unchristian and hurtful to individuals. For example, we are particularly concerned about blogs that engage in attacks and hurtful, judgmental language. We are very troubled by blogs and other elements of media that assume the role of Magisterium and judge others in the Church. Such actions shatter the communion of the Church that we hold so precious.
Smeaton has long considered himself a guardian of the limits of Catholic orthodoxy, scouring the statements of bishops in search of "heterodoxy", frequently misquoting them or distorting their words in ways that undermine the authority of the Church's pastors. He has consistently criticised the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, in ways that in the view of Catholic Voices is quite inconsistent with the Catholic commitment to communion.
pattif said…
Even John Allen had the grace to reissue his 2005 biography of Cardinal Ratzinger and acknowledge that he had misjudged him. It seems a trifle disingenuous to trot out a critical quote from 2004in a "Welcome to Britain, Pope Benedict" piece in 2010.
catholics against ubertraditionalists -
Last February the bishop who chairs the universal Church gave a talk to the bishops of England and Wales at the conclusion of their ad limina visit. During his talk the Bishop of Rome noted:
In a social milieu that encourages the expression of a variety of opinions on every question that arises, it is important to recognize dissent for what it is, and not to mistake it for a mature contribution to a balanced and wide-ranging debate.
To mix gaming metaphors, I think my bishop trumps your bishop.
catholic reporter said…
Maybe Benedict had in mind people like Smeaton in his reference to dissent? After all Smeaton is deliberately and systematically 'bashing the bishops' who are in communion with Peter.
Laurence England said…
He bashes them precisely for making statements which reveal that they are very often not.
So no, somehow I don't think the HF had Smeaton in mind.
Catholic theologian said…
If Benedict or the CDF weren't happy with our bishop's position on sex education etc other issues which Smeaton campaigns on then I think we would have heard about it. Since we haven't, we can confidently assume that our bishops and Rome share a state of harmonious communion.
Cough...bullshit...cough
catholic reporter - you might have a point if you could cite any example of John Smeaton dissenting from Catholic teaching on any issue of faith or morals.
Catholic theologian - The Second Vatican Council, in Gravissimum Educationis taught that parents were the "primary educators" of their children and that the role of the Church and Catholic education was to support them in that task. Documents issued since the Council by the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education ( Educational Guidance in Human Love , 1983) and the Pontifical Council for the Family (Truth and Meaning in Human Sexuality 1995)insist on the necessity of teaching sex education in an age-appropriate manner and asserting parental primacy in determining this. Moreover, the latter document, referring to the period of a child's life before puberty, declares, "This period of tranquility and serenity must never be disturbed by unnecessary information about sex."
I am unaware of any teaching from either the Holy Father or the CDF that supercedes any of these teachings. It therefore seems clear that, in the CES's negotiations with the last government, which accepted compulsory sex education from the age of five, and negotiated away parental right of withdrawal of children from the age of 16, the CES acted above its pay grade by a considerable margin. I do not this one is necessarily setting oneself up as an alternative Magisterium if one notes the bishops' apparent failure to distance themselves from the action of their own agency.
In his address to our bishops at Oscott, the Holy Father said, "As you proclaim the coming of the Kingdom, with its promise of hope for the poor and the needy, the sick and the elderly, the unborn and the neglected, be sure to present in its fulness the life-giving message of the Gospel, including those elements which call into question the widespread assumptions of today’s culture" (emphasis added). Since the sexualisation of children and the promotion of contraception and abortion feature prominently in the "widespread assumptions of today's culture", I think it is reasonable to assume that the Holy Father is calling for unambiguous witness to the Church's alternative view of these questions, amongst others.
While it is true that we are all called to make our views known to our bishops in charity, it is also nevertheless true that we all have a canonical right, indeed a duty, to make our views known in cases where the faith appears not to be being proclaimed fully.
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Obama is making George W. Bush look like a foreign policy zen master. No more words can describe the latest ISIS/Iraq/Syria debacle.
The HuffPost reports:
As the United States begins to deepen ties with moderate Syrian rebels to combat the extremist group ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, a key component of its coalition appears to have struck a non-aggression pact with the group.
According to Agence France-Presse, ISIS and a number of moderate and hard-line rebel groups have agreed not to fight each other so that they can focus on taking down the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Other sources say the signatories include a major U.S. ally linked to the Free Syrian Army. Moreover, the leader of the Free Syrian Army said Saturday that the group would not take part in U.S. plans for destroying the Islamic State until it got assurances on toppling Assad.
The deal between ISIS and the moderate Syrian groups casts doubt over President Barack Obama’s freshly announced strategy to arm and train the groups against ISIS.
One thing seems certain…Obama is trying super hard to get that pesky Qatari gas pipeline to Europe, painfully hard! Syria’s Assad continues to stand in the way of this pipeline dream.
Now that ISIS and the “moderate” Syrian rebels (that Obama just last week said he would fund with $500 million USD) have decided to work together, Washington is in realty about to directly fund ISIS…again!
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Does it really matter? Not really, because the whole bombing campaign has absolutely nothing to do with ISIS or the war on terror, and everything to do with simply removing the one man that said no to the construction of an energy pipeline from Qatar and KSA direct to Europe.
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School “Choice” Part III: The Democrats Sorry Role in the Growth of Vouchers in Florida
March 8, 2013 · by Kartik Krishnaiyer · in School Vouchers · 11 Comments
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
Since the publishing of Part II of this series last week, I have been asked what happened on the school voucher issue to create a dynamic where the number of legislative Democrats who supported corporate tax credit vouchers grew from 1 to 24 between 2001 and 2011. Did the Democrats shift ideologically to the middle in mass during that period, despite continuing to lose the vast majority of legislative elections in the state? Why has the pro-voucher group All Children Matter, founded by Betsy and Rich DeVos (the largest family contributors to the National GOP during the 1980s and 1990s) and heavily funded by the estate of Walmart founder Sam Walton, spent over half its money in the state of Florida since 2004? I have also been asked why Florida’s Democrats seem to have accepted school vouchers while their counterparts in other states, some more conservative than Florida, continue to fight tooth and nail against them.
The simple answers are campaign cash, lack of personal convictions by many Democratic officeholders and a state party with no moral compass. Also the unwillingness of Democrats to stand strong on principle and desperation for campaign cash plays into this growing acceptance of school “choice” legislation. Many Democrats in the era of term limits and an absentee state party structure have chosen to sell out to the highest bidder possible. They also do not have the strength or courage in their personal convictions about education issues to stand tall on these matters. Just yesterday, former Democratic Senate Leader Al Lawson testified on behalf of the “Parent Trigger Bill” in front of a House Committee. Lawson can be excused somewhat as he has not flipped his position on any of these issues. He started out fairly conservative and has stayed there. But many ostensibly liberal Democrats (or at least those who claim they are liberal when back home in front of partisan audiences) have “evolved” on the issue contrary to public opinion at home and the Democratic Party’s views in the other 49 states.
The number of legislative Democrats who supported corporate tax credit vouchers grew from one to twenty-four between 2001 and 2011. This is especially interesting when you consider the Democratic caucuses was arguably more conservative on other issues in 2001 than in 2011. But this is contrasted by the large numbers of Democrats in Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin that thought vouchers might work as a solution to the education issues in their states but over the last several years have flipped back towards a pro public school position.
When Jeb Bush was elected in 1998, backed by the Republican takeover of the Legislature two years earlier, school vouchers became one of the two biggest priorities for the new Governor. The other major priority of tort reform went along with the national GOP agenda of “de-funding the left,” which meant mitigating the amount of influence the trial lawyers and teachers unions could have on political campaigns. Vouchers were a way of breaking the teachers union while echoing common Republican themes about the private sector and capitalism.
Many longtime Republican legislators were dubious about vouchers. These legislators, such as the late Senator Jim King and Representatives Dennis Jones and Evelyn Lynn, went along with the 1999 “A plus Plan” but voiced concerns about some of the plans’ facets. In time, all three of the aforementioned legislators would become thorns in the side of the school “choice” movement in Florida. Meanwhile, several other Republicans voted against the school choice plan and a few rural Conservative Democratic legislators who had stopped voting with their party on every other issue cast questions over school choice. But as time went on the conversion of Democrats from more liberal areas more than offset the defections of a few wise Republicans on the voucher issue.
The DeVos family who own the Orlando Magic were prominent financial backers of the late Rev. D. James Kennedy a Fort Lauderdale pastor whose Sunday services were beamed via satellite to a national audience. Kennedy’s weekly sermons often contained messages denouncing the separation of church as a myth and state and included frequent gay-baiting. They have also been the single largest contributor to the various groups, advocating school choice legislation in Florida, most notably the group they founded “All Children Matter.”
John Kirtley, who runs the Florida chapter of All Children Matter has been a frequent direct contributor to the campaigns of many Democrats including current House Minority Leader Ron Saunders.
According to Right Wing Watch:
In 2004, All Children Matter-Florida run by John Kirtley paid for brochures in support of President Bush’ in Florida. The brochure falsely claimed that Senator John Kerry “opposed equal opportunity in education” and stated that President Bush supported increased education funding. Campaign finance laws require political groups to clearly identify themselves on their ads. Though the phrase “no matter what, All Children Matter” appears at the bottom of the flier the group did not place a disclaimer that they had paid for it. The Florida group then spent that money to support pro-voucher candidates in the state, without having to disclose the individuals who donated it. Relevant disclosure forms for the Florida groups will show only that money came in from All Children Matter-Virginia, with no disclosure of a connection to the Walton family. All Children Matter-Virginia appears to be the centerpiece of this scheme. ACM-VA is seeing an unprecedented cash flow even though it can only spend money in Virginia on state races and there are none in 2006. ACM-VA acts a conduit to stealthfully distribute money to other states.
According a report in the Florida Times Union the following legislative Democrats received money from pro voucher interests between 2006 and 2010
– Rep. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington: $5,000
– Rep. Mack Bernard, D-West Palm Beach: $17,000
– Rep. Debbie Boyd, D-Newberry: $5,450
– Sen. Oscar Braynon, D-Miami Gardens: $17,500
– Former Rep. Ronald Brise, D-North Miami; current member of the Public Service Commission: $13,500
– Rep. Charles Chestnut, D-Gainesville: $7,000
– Rep. Gwyn Clarke-Reed, D-Pompano Beach: $9,850
– Former Rep. Terry Fields, D-Jacksonville; running for state Senate: $26,500*; $41,000 to Florida Fresh Start, a political action committee he heads
– Rep. Luis Garcia, D-Miami: $5,450
– Former Rep. Bill Heller, D-St. Petersburg: $12,451
– Pat Felder-Lockett, Jacksonville Democrat; ran for the Florida House in 2008: $8,750
– Rep. Janet Long, D-Seminole: $16,000
– Rep. Betty Reed, D-Tampa: $11,450
– Rep. Hazel Rogers, D-Lauderhill: $10,000
– Rep. Darryl Rousson, D-St. Petersburg: $8,000
– Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray: $5,750
– Rep. Ron Saunders, D-Key West: $13,750
– Former Rep. Michael Scionti, D-Tampa: $6,500
– Sean Shaw, Tallahassee Democrat; ran for the Florida House in 2010: $6,000
– Rep. Dwayne Taylor, D-Daytona Beach: $20,750
– Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek: $8,000
Read more about this issue at Jacksonville.com
* Terry Fields lost his Special Election in 2011.
It is worth noting that this does not include Independent Expenditures which have been done by the group on behalf of many of the above listed Democrats. I am evaluating those expenditures and hopes to have a breakdown in the near future.
As we are now into the 2013 Legislative Session, I will continue to highlight the failures of Florida’s Democrats to hold the line on important issues for progressives. Florida’s schools continue to fail, but the solutions proposed by Republicans and many Democrats disincentive and ostracize public education. Florida has to do better. The failure of Republican legislators to attract a sufficient amount of private sector business and employment to the state is directly correlated to the shambles that is education in Florida. Yet Florida Democrats instead of offering solutions or alternatives to stimulate growth in this state which are what a truly Democratic system of Government depends on, often practice “me too conservatism,” or “me too Republicanism.” Whether or not you are a liberal or a conservative, pro school “choice” or pro public schools, it is important that politicians compete with one another in the marketplace of ideas. The Democrats in Florida have failed Democracy with the unwillingness they have to stand tall on critical issues and offer strong alternatives.
Derek Kilborn · March 8, 2013 - 6:54 am · Reply→
Kartik Krishnaiyer:
The only reason an article like this matters is if you can first show that vouchers have done irreparable damage to the public education system, whether its reading and math comprehensive, high school graduation rates, college preparedness, on-campus violence, etc.? If vouchers are a having positive impact on the results, then perhaps these Democrats should be recognized as courageous heroes for our children? To date, you have ignored this important first step. Consequently, I’ll refer you to my comments from Part II.
Finally, on the subject of vouchers, I’ll restate my question. Do you support Federal Pell Grants? If yes, how do you distinguish your support for Federal Pell Grants from your opposition to vouchers? As you must know, the Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post baccalaureate students. These Federal Pell Grants do not have to be repaid and may be used at over 5,400 participating post-secondary institutions, including religious institutions.
Kartik Krishnaiyer · March 8, 2013 - 7:39 am · Reply→
The Pell Grant program is fundamentally different as no college or university is free of cost for enrollment (like local public schools) and a fundamental tenant of the public school system is to have neighborhood schools in neighborhoods where children grow up and their parents (if they are luckier than me as I have to drive ridiculous distances to the office) work.
Vouchers itself have been rejected in many other places. I don’t fault the GOP for pushing them, although obviously I oppose the policy but I am not a Republican for many reasons. Ultimately the party’s ideology is tied to a notion of everything being “for-profit” and “private sector” while using the Government and its ability to leverage funding for any number of things to pick winners and losers. That is why the Republicans are so reluctant to cut corporate welfare programs and the military industrial complex which was again on display in the attempted sandbagging of Chuck Hagel’s DOD nomination. This is a core facet of the Republicans thinking across the nation so vouchers fits in nicely with that line of reasoning.
The problem is that Democrats in Florida have abandoned the thinking among the party leadership in the rest of the country, giving convenient cover to these schemes. That’s the reason this series was written.
Patty · March 8, 2013 - 9:01 am · Reply→
You can’t compare Pell Grants to vouchers at all. The Democratic lawyers/liars are making money hand over fist from the vouchers. You have Lawson testifying for the vouchers yesterday while his buddy Crist has supported it for years with Jeb and many Democrats.
Dan D · March 8, 2013 - 9:05 am · Reply→
I find it nuts, sad and stupid how the Democratic party is pushing awake the state while their own lawmakers are sleeping at the wheel. They are screaming and shouting about all these issues while their own lawmakers that come to speak at these protest voted against the people in the rally. This just proves the point. I am sure they will have Crist at the next rally fighting against prayer in school, chain gangs, cutting of healthcare programs, women’s health, education,etc…yes the very things he has cut, voted for and pushed for twenty years.
The party is a joke specifically in this state. Follow the paper/trail money trail that Crist & company created with the Democrats..and other Republicans …you will see who they are interested in …its not you Democrats. POCKETS…their own
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Jeb Bush and his various foundations (which I believe he is using to finance his constant travel all over the country to preach the gospel of privatizing our public schools!) along with the Republican Party have as their scheme the destruction of our public school system in FL and every other state! They aim to enrich their cronies in the charter school business, for-profit, by starving the public schools of state public funds by siphoning more and more millions of those dollars to fund vouchers and charters. The FL Constitution guarantees every child in the state a free, quality public education. The theft of these funds whether in converting corporate tax payments to fund vouchers or in direct allocation of those education funds to religious and private for-profit school businesses, is a violation of the clear prohibition of this practice in that Constitution! It is an outrage, and the fact is not one test result from one charter or private/religious school in Florida to date has produced a higher score as compared to those of our public school students. In short, the euphemism of “school choice” or “parental choice” has been discredited in Florida and other states as well! It is a scheme to create huge profits for these entrepeneurs and make them rich, while providing a haven for well-to-do white children from having to observe the Brown v. Board of Education federal order of decades ago, i.e., to attend schools fully integrated with black, white, red, yellow and all other colors and cultures to ensure equality of opportunity in education. Shame on these corrupt Republicans in the Legislature for colluding in this bold scoff at our Constitution and federal school integration orders!
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Research ArticleAlzheimer’s Disease
The amyloid-β oligomer Aβ*56 induces specific alterations in neuronal signaling that lead to tau phosphorylation and aggregation
Fatou Amar1,2,3,*,
Mathew A. Sherman1,2,3,
Travis Rush4,†,
Megan Larson1,2,3,‡,
Gabriel Boyle1,2,3,
Liu Chang5,
Jürgen Götz6,
Alain Buisson4, and
Sylvain E. Lesné1,2,3,§
1Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.
2N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.
3Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.
4INSERM, U1216, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, BP 170, Grenoble Cedex 9, F-38042, France.
5Sydney Medical School, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia.
6Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
↵§Corresponding author. Email: lesne002{at}umn.edu
↵* Present address: Taub Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
↵† Present address: Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
↵‡ Present address: Bio-Techne, 614 McKinley Place Northeast, Minneapolis, MN 55413, USA.
Science Signaling 09 May 2017:
Vol. 10, Issue 478, eaal2021
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aal2021
Fatou Amar
Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.
ORCID record for Fatou Amar
Mathew A. Sherman
Travis Rush
INSERM, U1216, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, BP 170, Grenoble Cedex 9, F-38042, France.
ORCID record for Travis Rush
Megan Larson
ORCID record for Megan Larson
Gabriel Boyle
ORCID record for Gabriel Boyle
Sydney Medical School, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia.
ORCID record for Liu Chang
Jürgen Götz
Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Alain Buisson
Sylvain E. Lesné
ORCID record for Sylvain E. Lesné
For correspondence: lesne002@umn.edu
A more pathological amyloid-β oligomer
Amyloid-β (Aβ) is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and various types of Aβ oligomers emerge at different stages of AD. Aβ promotes the modification and aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau, which is associated with neuronal toxicity and impaired cognition in various neurodegenerative disorders. Using several transgenic mouse models of AD and cultured cortical neurons, Amar et al. found that the 56-kDa oligomer Aβ*56, but not Aβ dimers or trimers, stimulated an influx in intracellular Ca2+ that triggered phosphorylation of tau at a site that promoted its aggregation. The findings link a specific amyloid form to tau pathology and suggest that dissecting the molecular and stage-specific roles of Aβ oligomers may lead to improved therapies.
Oligomeric forms of amyloid-forming proteins are believed to be the principal initiating bioactive species in many neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers are implicated in AD-associated phosphorylation and aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau. To investigate the specific molecular pathways activated by different assemblies, we isolated various forms of Aβ from Tg2576 mice, which are a model for AD. We found that Aβ*56, a 56-kDa oligomer that is detected before patients develop overt signs of AD, induced specific changes in neuronal signaling. In primary cortical neurons, Aβ*56 interacted with N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), increased NMDAR-dependent Ca2+ influx, and consequently increased intracellular calcium concentrations and the activation of Ca2+-dependent calmodulin kinase IIα (CaMKIIα). In cultured neurons and in the brains of Tg2576 mice, activated CaMKIIα was associated with increased site-specific phosphorylation and missorting of tau, both of which are associated with AD pathology. In contrast, exposure of cultured primary cortical neurons to other oligomeric Aβ forms (dimers and trimers) did not trigger these effects. Our results indicate that distinct Aβ assemblies activate neuronal signaling pathways in a selective manner and that dissecting the molecular events caused by each oligomer may inform more effective therapeutic strategies.
According to our current understanding, pathological changes in the microtubule-associated protein tau in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be elicited by soluble oligomeric forms of amyloid-β (Aβ) (1–4), which in turn leads to the dysfunction and degeneration of the elements subserving cognition, including neuronal cells and their synapses in the brain (5). In the past decade, several groups have documented the effects of various putative endogenous soluble forms of Aβ oligomers, most notably dimers, trimers, and Aβ*56, on memory (6–8) and on its presumed physiological substrate long-term potentiation (9–11).
The Aβ assembly, called Aβ*56, was originally identified in brain tissue of young amnestic Tg2576 mice overexpressing a mutant form of the human amyloid precursor protein (APP) used as a model of AD (8). Similar observations from several independent groups validated the existence of this Aβ species in other cognitively impaired APP transgenic mouse models (12–15). In addition, brain infusion of Aβ*56 purified from APP mouse brain tissue caused transient memory deficits in young healthy rodents, demonstrating the memory impairing capability of this Aβ oligomer (8). Recent studies further confirmed the presence of Aβ*56 in postmortem human brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid (16). In these cross-sectional studies, an abnormal increase in abundance of this Aβ oligomer in the brain was seen in samples from subjects in their fifth decade of life, preceding increases in Aβ dimers and trimers by two decades and coinciding with the age at which subtle cognitive deficits first appear (17). Notably, this increase in brain Aβ*56 was associated with aberrantly increased phosphorylation and missorting of tau typically seen in the early stages of the symptomatic phase of AD (16). Overall, these findings indicate that the Aβ oligomer Aβ*56 might alter memory and neuronal function during the presymptomatic phase of AD despite recent independent reports of a potential link between a putative Aβ dodecamer and AD vulnerability in the temporal cortex (18). To further understand the role of Aβ*56 in AD and to develop potential strategies aiming at countering its deleterious effects on cognition, we sought to identify the molecular mechanism by which Aβ*56 disrupts tau biology and neuronal physiology.
Aβ*56 interacts with N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in an age-dependent manner
We previously reported that Aβ*56 can be detected in brain lysates (enriched in extracellular proteins) from Tg2576 mice starting at 6 months of age (8). This oligomeric Aβ assembly can also be found in membrane-associated lysates containing postsynaptic density (PSD) proteins, including PSD-95 (2, 13, 19). The presence of Aβ*56 in this compartment implies a possible binding of this Aβ molecule to a putative receptor, thereby transducing a deleterious intracellular biological signal. Because Aβ*56 causes memory impairment, we sought to determine whether Aβ*56 could interact with glutamatergic receptors, because they are critically involved in the molecular substrate of memory at a cellular level. We therefore performed coimmunoprecipitation experiments on membrane extracts using various antibodies against receptors previously described as interacting with synthetic Aβ oligomers as well as distinct subunits of the glutamatergic receptors. These included the following: N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) subunits GluN1, GluN2A, and GluN2B; α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) subunits GluA1 and GluA2; α7-acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7); metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5); the receptor tyrosine kinase Ephrin B2; cellular prion protein (PrPC); and the receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) (Fig. 1A). We observed that only antibodies against GluN1, GluN2A, and GluN2B pulled down a 6E10-immunoreactive species consistent with Aβ*56 (Fig. 1A). The relative amount of Aβ*56 detected varied across immunoprecipitations with different GluN antibodies and appeared to reflect the abundance of the respective receptor subunits. In addition, no other Aβ species were immunoprecipitated as detected by 6E10. Notably, under our experimental conditions, antibodies targeting other glutamatergic receptors were unable to capture soluble Aβ species (Fig. 1A). By contrast, dimeric Aβ was pulled down using PrPC antibodies, as previously reported by our group (2), whereas monomeric Aβ coimmunoprecipitated with RAGE. Using either membrane-associated or extracellular-enriched protein fractions known to contain Aβ*56 but different amounts of the NMDAR subunit GluN1, we confirmed that Aβ*56 coimmunoprecipitated with GluN1 in membrane-associated extracts of 15-month-old Tg2576 mice (fig. S1A). Reverse coimmunoprecipitations with two Aβ antibodies, 6E10 or 4G8, further supported our initial results (fig. S1, B and C). Similar findings were observed using the A11 antibody raised against nonfibrillar amyloid oligomers (Fig. 1B), confirming the oligomeric nature of the Aβ assembly pulled down by GluN1. In addition, the relative abundance of putative Aβ*56-GluN1 complexes in membrane-associated lysates of Tg2576 forebrain tissue increased with aging, comparing transgenic mice from 2 to 24 months of age (Fig. 1C and fig. S1D). To demonstrate that these observations are not restricted to the Tg2576 line, we performed immunoprecipitations of GluN1 complexes in a different APP transgenic mouse line with lower APP expression [J20 line; (20)]. We selected animals at 3 and 6 months of age because they were previously described to display cognitive deficits and to express Aβ*56 in their brain tissue (13, 21). As predicted, we detected Aβ*56-GluN1 complexes in membrane-associated lysates from young J20 animals (fig. S1E). To validate these observations and assess their specificity, we measured the relative abundance of APP and/or Aβ, A11-positive type I Aβ oligomers, and OC (amyloid fibril antibody)–positive type II oligomers in membrane-associated lysates by nondenaturing dot blotting (22). We found that A11-immunoreactive species rose with age starting at 7 months. This profile contrasted with that observed for both APP/Aβ and type II oligomers (fig. S2). Together, these biochemical analyses of Tg2576 and J20 mice suggested the existence of an Aβ*56-NMDAR complex.
Fig. 1 Coimmunoprecipitation and colocalization of Aβ*56 with the NMDAR subunit GluN1.
(A) Coimmunoprecipitation of Aβ*56 with NMDAR subunits (GluN1, GluN2A, and GluN2B), AMPAR subunits (GluA1 and GluA2), α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7), mGluR5 (R5), or Ephrin B2 (B2) in membrane extracts from the forebrain of Tg2576 mice. Aβ was detected with 6E10. Blot is representative of three experiments (n = 6 mice per group). IP, immunoprecipitation; WB, Western blot; IgG, immunoglobulin G. (B and C) Western blots (B) and quantitation (C) of coimmunoprecipitation of Aβ*56 with GluN1 in membrane extracts from Tg2576 mice and a wild-type (WT) control. Antibody A11 was used to detect oligomeric Aβ. Data are means ± SD from n = 5 mice per group. ★P < 0.05 versus 5-month-old WT mice, ☆P < 0.05 versus 7-month-old Tg2576 mice, by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) (F4,30 = 86.9203, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test. Tg, transgenic; m, month. (D) Representative confocal images of Aβ*56 (green) binding to GluN1 (red) on WT or Prnp-null (Prnp−/−) primary cortical neurons. Neurons were also labeled for the dendritic neuronal marker microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) (blue). n = 6 dishes per group. Veh., vehicle. (E) Software-assisted colocalization analysis of Aβ*56 and GluN1 on WT and Prnp-null neurons [six regions of interest (ROIs) per dish; n = 6 dishes per group]. (F) Western blots comparing GluN1 protein amounts in primary neurons and in HEK293 cells expressing GluN1. (G) Representative confocal images of Aβ*56 (A11; magenta) binding to HEK293 cells transfected with GluN1 (red) and/or GluN2B–enhanced green fluorescent protein (green). Arrowheads indicate colocalization between Aβ*56 and GluN1. n = 6 to 8 dishes per condition. Scale bars, 15 μm.
To demonstrate that Aβ*56 might directly interact with NMDAR subunits, we first isolated NMDARs from brain tissue of middle-aged 15-month-old Tg2576 mice by immunoaffinity capture and segregated putative NMDAR complexes by size exclusion chromatography (SEC; fig. S1, F to H). We observed that Aβ*56 coeluted with GluN1 in SEC fractions at molecular weights consistent with those of heteromeric NMDARs. Furthermore, nondenaturing dot blot analysis showed reactivity for A11 and GluN1 in the same fraction, proving the interaction between a type I Aβ oligomer (22) and NMDAR. Next, we applied Aβ*56 purified from APP transgenic mouse brains onto primary cortical neurons and human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells transfected with GluN1 and/or GluN2B. Vehicle Aβ and monomeric Aβ were used as negative controls. Preparations of isolated Aβ species including monomers and Aβ*56 derived from APP transgenic animals were obtained using a modified protocol previously described for purifying endogenous Aβ oligomers from human brain tissue (fig. S3) (2). Purified Aβ*56 was applied to cells for 60 min, as previously reported (2). Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis of GluN mRNAs and dendritic spine imaging using various fluorescent reporters validated the maturity of cultured cortical neurons (fig. S4), consistent with earlier reports (23–26). We observed that Aβ*56 readily colocalized with GluN1 on the surface of primary cortical neurons (Fig. 1D). Because some Aβ species bind to PrPC (2, 27–29), we also analyzed Aβ*56 binding to GluN1 in Prnp-null neurons and found that binding occurs in a PrPC-independent manner (Fig. 1, D and E). Finally, we found that Aβ*56 bound to HEK293 cells transfected with GluN subunits, in which GluN expression was comparable to that detected in primary neurons (Fig. 1F). To assess which subunit might be responsible for the interaction, we subsequently transfected cells with individual GluN subunits. After the application of Aβ, Aβ*56 readily colocalized with GluN1 but not with GluN2B, indicating that Aβ*56 is binding to the NMDAR through a direct interaction with GluN1 (Fig. 1G). These results suggest that GluN1 and Aβ*56 might interact directly in brain tissue.
Aβ*56 enhances synaptic NMDAR-dependent calcium influx
Next, we sought to examine the effect of Aβ*56 on synaptic NMDAR-dependent calcium influx. Calcium transients were visualized in mouse cortical neurons transfected with the genetically engineered calcium sensor GCaMP6f (30), and bicuculline/4-aminopyridine (Bic4AP) was applied onto cells for 15 s to stimulate the NMDAR, because this paradigm was previously shown to selectively activate synaptic NMDARs in primary cultured neurons (26, 31). In the absence of Aβ*56, the Bic4AP pulse induced a lasting elevation of GCaMP6f fluorescence (Fig. 2, A and B). In the presence of 2.5 pM Aβ*56 (a 30-min pretreatment followed by a 5-min recording period), application of Bic4AP resulted in an enhanced and sustained influx of calcium mediated by synaptic NMDARs (Fig. 2, A and B). Upon calculating the peak amplitude and the global magnitude of the recorded responses (Fig. 2, C and D), Aβ*56 was found to potentiate synaptic NMDAR-induced Ca2+ influx by ~4.5-fold compared to cells exposed only to vehicle (a respective 4.99 ± 0.16– and 3.94 ± 0.16–fold increase compared to control cells).
Fig. 2 Aβ*56 enhances synaptic NMDAR-dependent calcium transients in primary cultured neurons.
(A) Representative confocal images for GCaMP6f-transfected neurons in the presence or absence of Aβ*56 at rest or after stimulation of synaptic NMDARs with Bic4AP. Scale bars, 20 μm. (B) Fluorescence responses of GCaMP6f-transfected neurons after synaptic NMDAR activation in the presence (red) or absence (black) of Aβ*56. Bold solid lines correspond to the average response; the flanking upper and lower gray shaded areas indicate SD. The black bar indicates the exposure of Bic4AP. A.U., arbitrary units. (C and D) Quantitation of the peak maximum GCaMP6f fluorescence (C) and area under the curve (D) in neurons exposed to Aβ*56 after simulation of synaptic NMDARs. F1,13 = 21.122 and F1,13 = 22.306, respectively. ★P < 0.05, Student’s t test; n = 6 to 9 cells per group. CTL, control. (E) Longitudinal fluorescence changes within GCaMP6f-transfected neurons in the absence of Aβ*56 (bars 1 to 3) or after a 15-min application of Aβ*56 (bars 5 to 9). Each bar corresponds to sequential bath stimulations. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F8,51 = 9.4731, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus Bic4AP (stimulation #2), ☆P < 0.05 versus Bic4AP post-Aβ*56 (stimulation #5); n = 8 cells per group. (F) Mean Ca2+ responses in cortical neurons consecutively exposed to Bic4AP, Bic4AP post-Aβ*56 application, and Bic4AP + MK801. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F2,40 = 14.7673, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus Bic4AP, ☆P < 0.05 versus Bic4AP post-Aβ*56; n = 16 responses per group.
To demonstrate that Aβ*56 specifically enhances Ca2+ currents mediated by NMDARs, we exposed the cells to a series of sequential bath stimulations with Bic4AP before or after a 15-min exposure to 2.5 pM Aβ*56; then, we subjected the cells to Bic4AP/MK801 stimulations to block opened synaptic NMDARs. Finally, the same cells were exposed to another Bic4AP bath stimulation to ensure that synaptic NMDARs were blocked (Fig. 2E). Adding the NMDAR antagonist MK801 led to an 82% reduction in NMDAR-mediated Ca2+ influx in cells exposed to Aβ*56 (Fig. 2, E and F). The lack of potentiated Ca2+ influx triggered by the subsequent Bic4AP stimulation indicated that extrasynaptic NMDARs were unlikely to be involved in the potentiation induced by Aβ*56 (Fig. 2, E and F). Counterintuitively, these findings are consistent with a selective activation of synaptic NMDARs by Aβ*56.
Aβ*56-NMDAR complexes selectively activate Ca2+-dependent calmodulin kinase IIα
NMDAR-mediated neuronal responses depend on the composition and subcellular localization of the receptors at the plasma membrane (synaptic or extrasynaptic) and involve distinct, opposing, or overlapping signaling pathways (32). Briefly, the activation of extracellular signal–regulated kinases (ERKs), adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cAMP) response element–binding protein (CREB), and Ca2+-dependent calmodulin kinases (CaMKs) has been traditionally linked to mediating the effect of synaptic NMDARs. By contrast, activation of p38 kinase and Forkhead box protein O (FOXO) as well as inhibition of ERK and CREB are believed to be the downstream effectors of extrasynaptic NMDAR (32). In addition, we included analyses of the Src kinase Fyn, considering its proposed involvement in mediating Aβ-induced toxicity (2, 27, 28, 33–36). We therefore assessed key components of these major pathways in Tg2576 mice at an age when Aβ*56 is present (7 months) or absent (4 months). There was no change of phosphorylation in the cell survival–promoting kinases ERKs and CREB at Ser133 or in the cell death–inducing kinases p38 at Thr180/Tyr182 and Fyn at Tyr416 (fig. S5). Because gene expression activity of the FOXO member FOXO-1 relies on nuclear translocation, we examined its relative abundance in extracts enriched in intracellular proteins and in those containing nuclear and membrane-bound proteins (8, 19). Similar to other intracellular messengers, we did not observe any overt changes in the biochemical segregation of FOXO-1 across ages and genotypes (fig. S5E).
One of the major consequences of the activation of NMDARs is the influx of extracellular calcium ions (Ca2+), thereby triggering Ca2+-dependent signaling molecules, including the calmodulin-CaMK axis (32). The finding that the CaMKIIα isoform has previously been linked to neuronal toxicity in neurodegenerative disorders (37, 38), together with our results showing no changes in CREB phosphorylation mediated by CaMKIV in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice, led us to assess CaMKIIα activity by measuring its activating phosphorylation state at Thr286. This phosphorylation (hereafter denoted as pCaMKIIα) increased ~2.5-fold in intracellular-enriched lysates of 7-month-old Tg2576 mice compared to younger 4-month-old Tg2576 mice or age-matched wild-type controls (Fig. 3, A and B). Because Tg5469 animals overexpress human wild-type APP to an extent similar to that of mutant APP in Tg2576 mice (39), we also included Tg5469 mice to our comparative analyses to evaluate potential effects of transgene-derived APP on CaMKIIα. Contrary to that in Tg2576 animals, the relative phosphorylation of CaMKIIα at Thr286 in Tg5469 mice was indistinguishable from that of nontransgenic mice, indicating that overexpression of soluble APP-α was not responsible for increasing the observed pCaMKIIα abundance (Fig. 3, A and B). Aβ*56 abundance correlated with that of pCaMKIIα in 6- to 9-month-old transgenic animals, with no changes observed for total CaMKIIα abundance (fig. S6). Using confocal imaging, pCaMKIIα immunoreactivity was markedly enhanced in the synaptic fields of Tg2576 prefrontal cortex and CA1 pyramidal neurons at 7 months of age (Fig. 3C). In both brain regions, the observed subcellular distribution of pCaMKIIα was consistent with the translocation of CaMKII from the soma to the synapse once phosphorylated (40). On the basis of this observation, we biochemically assessed whether pCaMKIIα was accumulating in PSD-containing lysates (membrane-associated fraction) of Tg2576 mice over time. We found that pCaMKIIα accumulated in an age-dependent manner in this fraction (Fig. 3, D and E), further validating the confocal imaging analyses. Overall, these results suggest a supraphysiological activation of CaMKIIα at synapses associated with the onset of Aβ*56 detection in Tg2576 mice.
Fig. 3 CaMKIIα is abnormally phosphorylated at Thr286 in the brain tissue of 7-month-old Tg2576 mice and in cortical neurons treated with Aβ*56.
(A and B) Representative Western blots (A) and densitometry analysis (B) for pThr286-CaMKIIα and CaMKIIα in intracellular (IC) protein extracts of 4- and 7-month-old Tg2576 or age-matched WT and Tg5469 mice. Data are means ± SD; two-way ANOVA (F7,28 = 38.7825, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus 4-month-old WT mice; n = 6 to 9 mice per group. (C) Confocal imaging analysis of pThr286-CaMKIIα abundance and subcellular localization in prefrontal cortex (PFC) and CA1 pyramidal neurons of 7-month-old WT and Tg2576 mice (n = 5 mice per group). Scale bars, 20 μm. (D and E) Representative Western blots (D) and quantitation (E) for pT286-CaMKIIα and CaMKIIα in membrane-bound (MB) protein extracts of 4-, 7-, 12-, and 16-month-old Tg2576 mice. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F3,24 = 30.4023, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus 4-month-old WT mice, ☆P < 0.05 versus 7-month-old Tg2576 mice; n = 6 per group. (F and G) Western blots (F) and densitometry analysis (G) for pT286-CaMKIIα and total CaMKIIα in 12- to 14-DIV (day in vitro) primary mouse cortical neurons treated with vehicle or increasing concentrations of brain-derived Aβ*56 for 60 min. Histograms show means ± SD; ANOVA (F4,30 = 14.6822, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle, ☆P < 0.05 versus 1 pM condition; n = 6 to 8 per group. (H and I) Western blot images (H) and quantitation (I) for pT286-CaMKIIα and total CaMKIIα in 12- to 14-DIV primary mouse cortical neurons treated with 2.5 pM brain-derived Aβ*56 for 1, 6, 8, 12, or 24 hours. Histograms show means ± SD; ANOVA (F4,34 = 17.4461, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle, ☆P < 0.05 versus 1-hour condition; n = 6 per group. (J and K) Representative Imaris surface images (J) and quantitation (K) of the colocalization of pCaMKIIα with PSD-95 (yellow) with respect to MAP2 (blue) in neurons treated with vehicle or 2.5 pM Aβ*56 for 60 min. Histograms show means ± SD; Student’s t test, F1,14 = 37.339, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle; n = 8 ROIs per group. Scale bars, 3 μm.
To demonstrate that Aβ*56 directly caused a selective exacerbation of CaMKIIα activity, we applied soluble Aβ oligomers purified from APP transgenic mouse brains at pathophysiologically relevant concentrations (picomolar to nanomolar range) to primary cultured cortical neurons. Preparations of apparent Aβ monomers, dimers, trimers, and Aβ*56 derived from transgenic animals were obtained using a protocol previously described for purifying endogenous Aβ oligomers from human brain tissue (fig. S3) (2). Because of the low abundance of Aβ*56 in brain tissue (8, 22), Aβ*56 was applied to cells in a dose-dependent manner, ranging from 1 to 25 pM. By contrast, low–molecular weight soluble Aβ species were applied at concentrations of 1 to 5 nM, previously found to be biologically active in our in vitro system (2). To attempt inducing a sustained effect on CaMKIIα that might recapitulate the exposure of neurons to Aβ*56 in vivo, primary cortical neurons were exposed to each purified Aβ preparation for 60 min, as previously described (Fig. 3F and fig. S7) (2). Whereas baseline levels of pCaMKIIα were readily detected in vehicle-treated neurons, application of increasing concentrations of Aβ*56 induced a dose-dependent potentiation of CaMKIIα phosphorylation, which plateaued at 5 pM to an average of 2.89-fold of the baseline (Fig. 3, F and G). On the basis of these data, we chose to use Aβ*56 at a concentration of 2.5 pM for all subsequent experiments. Time course experiments using 2.5 pM Aβ*56 indicated that CaMKIIα activity peaked after 1 hour of treatment and declined to baseline within 8 hours (Fig. 3, H and I). Consistent with the increase in CaMKIIα phosphorylation observed by Western blotting, confocal immunofluorescence analyses revealed both an increase in pCaMKIIa immunoreactivity (fig. S8A) and a translocation of pCaMKIIα to PSDs in neurons treated with Aβ*56 for 60 min (fig. S8, A to C). Z-stack reconstruction analyses confirmed a 2.53-fold increase in pCaMKIIα colocalization with PSD-95 in neurons exposed to Aβ*56 (Fig. 3, J and K). Furthermore, assessment of neuronal cell death using lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays indicated that Aβ*56 was not cytotoxic at the concentrations used in our experimental conditions (fig. S9, A to C). Different from Aβ*56, applications of 1 nM Aβ monomers, dimers, or trimers onto cortical neurons did not alter CaMKIIα phosphorylation compared to vehicle-exposed cells (fig. S9, D and E). Finally, in vitro applications of Aβ*56 did not trigger the activation of ERK, CREB, p38, or Fyn kinases (fig. S7), similar to what was observed in 7-month-old Tg2576 animals. These findings indicate that Aβ*56 specifically activates CaMKIIα in vitro.
Aβ*56-induced CaMKII activation leads to tau hyperphosphorylation and missorting
One substrate of CaMKII is the tau protein. CaMKII phosphorylates tau at various serine residues including Ser262, Ser409, and Ser416, the phosphorylation of which is increased in AD brain tissue (41, 42). Of particular interest, phosphorylation at Ser416 has been proposed to induce a conformational change in the tau protein (41). We therefore examined Tg2576 mice for CaMKII-related changes in tau along with other changes commonly associated with AD (Fig. 4A; n = 6 to 9 animals per age per genotype). Across transgene and age groups, no obvious changes in phosphorylation were detected at Tyr18, Ser262, Ser396/Ser404, and Ser409 (Fig. 4, A and B). However, we detected a ~2.7-fold increase in phosphorylation at Ser202 and Ser416 in 7-month-old Tg2576 forebrains compared to nontransgenic littermates (Fig. 4, A and B). In addition, we observed a delayed electrophoretic migration of pSer416-tau molecules, resulting in the detection of two additional bands of ~55 and 60 kDa, as previously documented (Fig. 4A) (41), which tau epitope and dephosphorylation assays confirmed to be putative hyperphosphorylated 0N4R tau conformers (fig. S10) (43).
Fig. 4 Hyperphosphorylation and missorting profile of soluble tau species in young Tg2576 mice.
(A and B) Representative Western blots (A) and quantitation (B) of soluble tau species detected in intracellular (IC)–enriched fractions from 4- and 7-month-old WT and Tg2576 mice. Histograms show means ± SD; two-way ANOVA (F2,21 = 67.6019, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus age-matched WT mice, ☆P < 0.05 versus 4-month-old Tg2576 mice; n = 6 to 9 mice per group. (C and D) Western blots (C) and densitometry analysis (D) of total soluble tau, PSD-95, and actin in membrane-bound (MB) protein extracts of Tg2576 mice at 4, 7, and 12 months of age. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F2,18 = 19.7636, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus 4-month-old Tg2576 mice, ☆P < 0.05 versus 7-month-old Tg2576 mice; n = 6 to 9 mice per group. (E and F) Western blots (E) and quantitation (F) of total soluble tau in intracellular-enriched (I) or membrane extracts (M) of 4- and 7-month-old Tg2576 mice. Histograms show means ± SD; two-way ANOVA (F3,30 = 47.2095, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus 4-month-old Tg2576 mice; n = 6 to 9 mice per group. (G) Representative confocal images of CA1 hippocampal neurons immunostained for MAP2 (blue), pSer202-tau (CP13; green), and pSer416-tau (red) revealed an aberrant accumulation and differential missorting of soluble tau species in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice. (H) Z-stack reconstruction from confocal images illustrating the colocalization for pSer202-tau and pSer416-tau (yellow), shown with the three-dimensional rendering of MAP2. n = 6 sections per animal; n = 3 to 6 animals per group. Scale bars, 20 μm (top and middle) or 10 μm (bottom) in (G) and 3 μm in (H).
We next evaluated whether similar changes in CaMKIIα and tau phosphorylation occurred in a second APP transgenic mouse model of AD, the J20 line (fig. S11) (20). Because J20 mice were previously shown to generate Aβ*56 at 3 to 6 months of age when spatial cognitive deficits are first detected (13), we analyzed the CaMKIIα-tau axis in these mice at 3 months of age. After confirming the presence of Aβ*56 in the forebrain tissue of APP transgenic animals, we observed that the phosphorylation of Thr286-CaMKIIα, Ser202-tau, and Ser416-tau was selectively increased in a similar fashion as that of Tg2576 mice. These findings therefore support the notion that the specific alteration of the CaMKIIα-tau axis by Aβ*56 may be a general feature of APP transgenic mouse models of AD.
Consistent with this apparent specificity in the observed pattern of tau hyperphosphorylation, we observed that neither Cdk5 (cyclin-dependent kinase 5) nor GSK3β (glycogen synthase kinase 3β), two major tau kinases, was abnormally activated in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice or in primary cortical neurons exposed to Aβ*56 (fig. S12). Accordingly, none of the additional tau sites linked to the aforementioned kinases (Ser396, Ser409, and Ser404) were hyperphosphorylated in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice (Fig. 4, A and B), arguing against their potential involvement in mediating the initial signaling response induced by Aβ*56.
Because tau missorting to the PSD alters synaptic function (23, 44, 45), we measured total tau levels in membrane-associated extracts obtained from forebrains of Tg2576 mice at 4, 7, and 12 months of age containing PSD-95, as described elsewhere (2). First, we observed that both total tau and pSer416-tau accumulated with age in membrane-associated lysates from Tg2576 mice. Second, we found that PSD-95 protein levels were decreasing with aging in Tg2576, paralleling the elevation of tau in this compartment (Fig. 4, C and D). To assess whether tau abnormally cosegregated with PSD-95, we measured the membrane-associated/intracellular extract ratio of total tau species at 4 and 7 months, which revealed a nearly fivefold rise of tau in the membrane-bound protein fraction of 7-month-old Tg2576 animals (Fig. 4, E and F). To support these biochemical changes, we performed immunofluorescent labeling followed by confocal imaging analyses (Fig. 4G). In CA1 pyramidal neurons of 7-month-old Tg2576 mice, there was a marked increase of pSer202-tau in the soma and dendrites of the stratum radiatum (Fig. 4G). By contrast, pSer416-tau was nearly exclusively detected in dendrites (Fig. 4G), matching the distribution of pCaMKIIα (Fig. 3C). Because pSer202-tau and pSer416-tau were both present in the synaptic fields of CA1 neurons (Fig. 4G), we wondered whether both tau modifications were colocalized or spatially cosegregated. Using software-based analysis of z stacks, a colocalization channel between pSer202-tau and pSer416-tau was created. Under these settings, it was apparent that pSer202-tau and pSer416-tau colocalized within dendritic spines in transgenic mice (Fig. 4G). These results indicate that the ~2-fold elevation in CaMKIIα activity observed in Tg2576 at ages when Aβ*56 starts forming is associated with ~2.5-fold increase in tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser202/Ser416 and missorting of distinct tau species into spines.
To demonstrate that Aβ*56 is triggering these pathological changes in tau, we exposed primary cortical neurons to increasing concentrations of Aβ*56 previously shown to activate CaMKIIα and examined the phosphorylation and missorting status of tau (Fig. 5). Mirroring the data observed in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice, tau phosphorylation was unaltered at Tyr18, Ser262, Ser396/Ser404, and Ser409 in the presence of Aβ*56 (Fig. 5, A and B). In contrast, neuronal levels of soluble pSer202-tau and pSer416-tau rose sharply in a dose-dependent manner in the presence of increasing amounts of Aβ*56 (Fig. 5, A and B). It is worth noting that although purified Aβ dimers and trimers can trigger a Fyn-mediated phosphorylation of tau at Tyr18 (2), neither species induced hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser202 and Ser416 (fig. S13). Furthermore, we recently reported that Aβ trimers could trigger the formation of Alz50-tau conformers in cultured mouse primary cortical neurons in a selective fashion (46). We therefore measured Alz50-tau abundance in the absence or presence of increasing concentrations of Aβ*56 (0 to 25 pM), and we failed to observe any changes in Alz50-positive tau conformers. In parallel, an Aβ*56-mediated ~2- to 2.5-fold accumulation of tau was observed in membrane-associated lysates containing PSD-95 (Fig. 5, C and D). Last, we assessed whether these tau changes induced by Aβ*56 could also apply to human tau by using Htau primary neurons overexpressing human tau isoforms in the absence of mouse tau. Htau neurons were exposed to Aβ*56 for 60 min, and biochemical analysis of tau species present in the intracellular protein–enriched extracts revealed a ~3.5-fold elevation of pSer416-tau (Fig. 5, E and F). These in vitro findings demonstrate that, unlike Aβ dimers or Aβ trimers, Aβ*56 causes highly selective pathological changes in the tau protein at Ser202 and Ser416 residues.
Fig. 5 Selective tau hyperphosphorylation in primary neurons exposed to Aβ*56.
(A and B) Western blots (A) and quantitation (B) of soluble tau species detected in mouse cortical neurons exposed to increasing concentrations of Aβ*56 for 60 min. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F2,21 = 67.6019, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle-treated neurons, ☆P < 0.05 versus 1 pM Aβ*56 condition; n = 6 to 8 dishes per treatment. (C and D) Western blots (C) and densitometry analysis (D) for total soluble tau detected with the antibody tau5, PSD-95, and actin in membrane-associated extracts from vehicle or Aβ*56-treated neurons. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F2,21 = 67.6019, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle-treated neurons, ☆P < 0.05 versus 1 pM Aβ*56 condition; n = 6 to 8 per group. (E and F) Western blots (E) and quantitation (F) for pS416-tau, total soluble tau detected with the antibody tau5, and actin in intracellular-enriched lysates of vehicle- or Aβ*56 (2.5 pM)–treated neurons. Histograms show means ± SD, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle-treated neurons by t test; n = 6 dishes per group.
Aβ*56-induced tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser416 is dependent on CaMKIIα activity
To demonstrate that NMDAR activity is required to mediate the effects of Aβ*56, primary neurons were pretreated with the NMDAR-PSD uncoupling peptide tatNR2B9c (47, 48) in the presence or absence of Aβ*56. We found that disrupting the interaction between NMDAR and PSD-95 prevented the downstream phosphorylation of CaMKIIα (Fig. 6, A and B, n = 4 to 6 dishes per group, and fig. S14) and inhibited the hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser202 and Ser416 induced by Aβ*56 (Fig. 6, C and E), reminiscent of the protection conferred by the peptide from Aβ-induced toxicity (49).
Fig. 6 Inhibiting CaMKII prevents Aβ*56-induced tau hyperphosphorylation at S416.
(A and B) Western blots (A) and quantitation (B) for pCaMKIIα and total CaMKIIα in primary cortical neurons pretreated with the NMDAR uncoupling peptide tatNR2B9c for 15 min in the presence or absence of 2.5 pM Aβ*56. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F3,14 = 252.0481, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle, ☆P < 0.05 versus Aβ*56-treated neurons; n = 4 to 6 dishes per group. (C to E) Western blots (C) and densitometry analysis (D and E) for pSer202-tau, pSer416-tau, total tau, and actin in primary cortical neurons pretreated with the NMDAR uncoupling peptide tatNR2B9c for 15 min in the presence or absence of 2.5 pM Aβ*56. Total tau was detected with the antibody tau5. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F3,14 = 22.6029, P < 0.0001, and F3,12 = 16.1364, P = 0.0009, respectively) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle, ☆P < 0.05 versus Aβ*56-treated neurons; n = 4 to 6 dishes per group. (F and G) Western blots (F) and quantitation (G) for pThr286-CaMKIIα and total CaMKII in primary cortical neurons pretreated with the CaMKII inhibitor tatCN21 in presence or absence of 2.5 pM Aβ*56. Histograms show means ± SD; two-way ANOVA (F3,35 = 25.0063, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle-treated neurons, ☆P < 0.05 versus Aβ*56-treated neurons; n = 6 to 9 dishes per group. ANOVA results: Aβ*56 (F = 26.7966, P < 0.0001), tatCN21 (F = 16.2025, P = 0.0003), and Aβ*56 × tatCN21 interaction (F = 27.4058, P < 0.0001). (H to J) Western blots (H) and quantitation (I and J) for soluble pSer416-tau and total tau (as measured with the tau5 antibody) in mouse primary neurons pretreated with the CaMKII inhibitor tatCN21 in the presence or absence of 2.5 pM Aβ*56. Histograms show means ± SD; two-way ANOVA (F3,35 = 28.4569, P < 0.0001, and F3,35 = 24.8972, P < 0.0001, respectively) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle-treated neurons, ☆P < 0.05 versus Aβ*56-treated neurons; n = 6 to 9 dishes per group.
To further demonstrate that the downstream signaling cascade induced by Aβ*56 is dependent on CaMKIIα, we applied Aβ*56 to primary cultured neurons pretreated with tatCN21, a selective inhibitor of CaMKII (50), for 15 min (Fig. 6). On the basis of toxicity and target engagement assays, we chose to use this potent inhibitor at 1 μM, a concentration 2- to 10-fold lower than previous reports (51, 52). As previously described in independent experiments (Fig. 3 ), a 60-min exposure to Aβ*56 triggered a ~2.5-fold increase in CaMKIIα phosphorylation at Thr286 compared to vehicle-treated cells (Fig. 6, F and G). Pretreatment with 1 μM tatCN21 prevented the elevation in pThr286-CaMKIIα induced by Aβ*56 and, notably, restored CaMKIIα activity to that measured at baseline. As predicted, tatCN21 lowered the baseline levels of active CaMKIIα in the primary neurons.
Once the efficacy and the extent of the inhibition of CaMKIIα were established in the presence of Aβ*56, we evaluated a potential rescue of the tau phenotype (Fig. 6, H to J). In the presence of Aβ*56 alone, pS416-tau amounts increased by ~2-fold (2.03 ± 9.79) compared to the vehicle control, as shown in Fig. 5. In addition, a putative tau conformer was readily observed (Fig. 6H), reminiscent of those observed in vivo (Fig. 4). Inhibiting CaMKIIα with tatCN21 blocked the aberrant hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser416 and prevented the observed electrophoretic shift of tau proteins (Fig. 6, H and I). Similar observations were obtained for tau phosphorylation at Ser202 (Fig. 6J).
We also addressed whether inhibiting CaMKIIα could block the apparent missorting of tau triggered by Aβ*56. Pretreating cortical neurons with tatCN21 completely abolished the Aβ*56-induced translocation of tau to dendrites and into dendritic spines (Fig. 7, A to C). Moreover, the biochemical segregation of tau into membrane-enriched compartments (2) further supports these findings (Fig. 7, D and E), indicating that tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser416 might be necessary to redistribute tau.
Fig. 7 CN21 pretreatment prevents the missorting of tau in cortical primary neurons exposed to Aβ*56.
(A) Representative confocal images of primary mouse cortical neurons immunostained for MAP2 (blue), pThr286-CaMKIIα (green), and pSer416-tau (magenta) after treatment with 2.5 pM Aβ*56 for 60 min. n = 6 dishes per group. Scale bars, 30 μm. (B) Surface rendering of dendrites labeled with MAP2, pSer416-tau, and PSD-95, illustrating the cellular distribution of the pS416-tau/PSD-95 colocalization channel (yellow) with respect to MAP2 (blue) in neurons treated with vehicle, 2.5 pM Aβ*56, or tatCN21 pretreatment (15 min), followed by 2.5 pM Aβ*56 for 60 min. Scale bars, 3 μm. (C) Quantitation of the colocalization of pS416-tau with PSD-95 in mouse primary neurons exposed to vehicle, 2.5 pM Aβ*56, or tatCN21 pretreatment, followed by 2.5 pM Aβ*56. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F2,20 = 67.7832, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test, ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle, ☆P < 0.05 versus Aβ*56-treated neurons; n = 8 ROIs per group. (D and E) Western blots (D) and quantitation (E) for soluble tau in membrane-associated lysates from neurons exposed to vehicle, Aβ*56, CN21, or Aβ*56 + CN21 using the pan tau-specific antibody tau5. Actin was used as internal standard. Histograms show means ± SD; one-way ANOVA (F3,12 = 197.3191, P < 0.0001) followed by Student’s t test; ★P < 0.05 versus vehicle, ☆P < 0.05 versus Aβ*56-treated neurons; n = 4 dishes per group.
Here, we found that Aβ*56, but not Aβ monomers, dimers, or trimers, coimmunoprecipitates with the NMDAR subunits GluN1, GluN2A, and GluN2B in Tg2576 mouse brain tissue in an age-dependent manner. Furthermore, we demonstrated that Aβ*56 directly bound to GluN1 and accentuated synaptic NMDAR-mediated Ca2+ influx, providing a potential mechanism by which the Aβ*56-NMDAR complex is functionally relevant. The detection of this Aβ*56-NMDAR complex was associated with abnormally increased activation of CaMKIIα kinase in young Tg2576 mice and in cultured neurons exposed to Aβ*56. It is interesting to note that the elevation in CaMKIIα activity measured in vitro (ranging from 1.74- to 3.01-fold increase) was consistent with the 3.4-fold increase in pT286-CaMKIIα detected in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice. Consistent with our current knowledge of CaMKII physiology, the activated kinase translocated to postsynaptic sites in both experimental systems (37). We also showed that CaMKIIα coupled Aβ*56 to the selective phosphorylation and missorting of tau, both in vivo and in vitro, and that this process could be blocked by inhibiting CaMKIIα directly or by uncoupling NMDAR from PSD-95.
Four important concepts emerge from this work. First, the memory-impairing effects of Aβ*56 do not appear to require cell death. We previously highlighted the role of Aβ*56 in causing memory deficits in rodents where neurodegeneration is absent (8). Here, we were able to recapitulate in vitro the phenotypic changes in CaMKIIα and tau observed in vivo, suggesting that the concentrations of Aβ*56 applied to cells were comparable to those likely to exist in brain tissue. We have not observed evidence of Aβ*56 inducing cell death in vitro or in vivo. This conclusion is supported by the absence of (i) an elevation of LDH release in neurons exposed to Aβ*56; (ii) modulations in intracellular messengers classically linked to neuronal cell death, such as the activation of p38 or reductions in ERK/CREB activity (32); and (iii) caspase-3 activation. Together, these findings are consistent with the accumulation of Aβ*56 in brain tissue of individuals in their 40s (16), in which subtle age-related memory decline begins in mid-to-late 30s (17).
Second, not all Aβ oligomers purified from brain tissue alter the same neuronal signaling pathways. We reported that the detection onset of Aβ*56 in the AD mouse model Tg2576 mice at 6 to 7 months of age is associated with a selective activation of CaMKIIα and not other kinases, as well as specific alterations in tau phosphorylation. Furthermore, we went on to demonstrate that exposure to picomolar concentrations of Aβ*56 was sufficient to mimic these changes in vitro without modulating intracellular messengers, such as the Src kinase Fyn, ERK, p38, Cdk5, GSK3β, FOXO-1, and CREB. By comparison, purified Aβ monomers, dimers, and trimers failed to activate CaMKIIα within the confines of our experimental settings. By contrast, we previously reported that both Aβ dimers and trimers purified from AD brain tissue activated Fyn in vitro, whereas Aβ*56 did not activate this Src kinase (2). On the other hand, synthetic mixtures of Aβ oligomers activate a combination of several of these kinases (28, 53, 54). Future studies are needed to determine how CaMKIIα is regulated in the presence of Aβ*56 and whether the Aβ*56-GluN1 complex is stabilized at the neuronal plasma membrane.
These observations also extend to tau phosphorylation. We previously showed that tau was hyperphosphorylated at Tyr18 in neurons treated with these low-n Aβ oligomers, whereas pY18-tau abundance was unchanged in the presence of Aβ*56 (2). More recently, we reported that Aβ trimers selectively induced a pathological conformation change of tau detected by the Alz50 antibody in vitro (46). Here, we found that Aβ dimers and trimers were not affecting tau phosphorylation at Ser416, whereas Aβ*56 triggered a nearly two- to threefold elevation in pS416-tau amounts. Similarly, Aβ*56 induced a dose-dependent hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser202, whereas neither Aβ dimers nor trimers triggered this change. These results support the view that distinct oligomeric Aβ species exert different effects on neuronal signaling and tau biology. Recent work (3) suggested the involvement of CaMK kinase 2 (CaMKK2) in mediating the toxicity induced by synthetic oligomeric Aβ of unknown molecular size, culminating in the hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser262. We did not observe a change of tau phosphorylation at Ser262 either in Tg2576 and J20 mice or in primary neurons exposed to endogenous oligomeric Aβ. Our results are inexplicably inconsistent with the aforementioned published data (3). However, our results are consistent with the current knowledge that CaMKK2 preferentially regulates the activity of CaMKI and CaMKIV, but not CaMKII (55), and with recent studies assessing the posttranslational modification of tau (56). In the latter report, the authors compared 32 different tau modifications in two independent experiments using wild-type and J20 APP transgenic mice. None differed significantly and consistently between young J20 and wild-type mice (including at S262) apart from tau phosphorylation at Ser416 in the PSD (56). There, pS416-tau was detected at higher frequency (more than twofold). Instead, we consistently found that Aβ*56 was inducing the selective hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser202 and Ser416. The observed hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser202 might appear as counterintuitive because it is not a specific substrate of CaMKIIα. In combination with other tau residues, Ser202 has classically been considered to be a substrate for many kinases including GSK3β, protein kinase A (PKA), Cdk5, and DYRKs (42). However, we demonstrated in cortical neurons that the hyperphosphorylation of tau at Ser202 required active CaMKIIα, indicating a hierarchical phosphorylation of tau induced by CaMKIIα, as previously reported for PKA (57). Functionally, the consequence of tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser202 by the Aβ*56/GluN/CaMKIIα axis leads to a well-established disruption of microtubule dynamics (58). Despite the recognition of the apparent specificity of tau posttranslational changes induced by Aβ*56 in tau, we also acknowledge that tau is abnormally phosphorylated at many other sites, which may be just as relevant to AD (42).
Third, the abnormal subcellular distribution of soluble tau species appears to depend on the presence of a distinct hyperphosphorylated epitope. Our dual in vivo labeling approach demonstrated that pS202-tau differed markedly in its cellular distribution from pS416-tau. In particular, the latter did not seem to accumulate in the soma where pS202-tau was abundant. Further studies are needed to determine why some hyperphosphorylated forms of tau are present in the soma and dendrites when other forms are mainly detected in dendrites in vivo.
Fourth, we previously reported that the abundance of Aβ*56 in human brain tissue declines with disease progression in a cross-sectional study (16). Accordingly, previous studies have indicated that CaMKIIα immunoreactivity or pCaMKIIα levels are drastically reduced in AD compared to age-matched controls (59, 60) and that pCaMKIIα is redistributed from the dendrites to the soma in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD hippocampi (61). Although an exhaustive analysis of CaMKIIα activity in AD is needed to better understand the role of this kinase in pathogenesis, our studies are consistent with the notion that CaMKIIα may be overactive when Aβ*56 increases in preclinical AD and suppressed when Aβ*56 is lowered in MCI and AD.
Together, our in vivo and in vitro results indicate that different endogenous Aβ oligomers alter tau biology in a highly selective manner. It will be interesting in future studies to determine whether homeostatic and pathophysiological processes regulating CaMKIIα in the presence of Aβ*56 may contribute to the cellular phase before reaching end-stage AD.
Despite intensive efforts to isolate distinct soluble Aβ species and reporting differential effects of Aβ oligomers purified from human AD brains on neuronal signaling and tau (2, 46), it is also fair to indicate intrinsic limitations of our studies: (i) We cannot exclude the possibility that the relative abundance of these species might be altered ex vivo compared to their endogenous state in vivo because of the absence of Aβ assembly–specific reagents. (ii) For the same reason, we can also not rule out the possibility that the conformational state of the purified Aβ species applied onto neurons will be preserved for the duration of the exposure. (iii) We cannot assume that the concentrations of Aβ species used in vitro exactly match those found in vivo; related to this point, it is still unclear whether the current enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay–based approaches can adequately inform on this issue, because qualitative differences in Aβ species might be more critical for AD pathophysiology than quantitative differences in total Aβ oligomers (62, 63). (iv) The longitudinal profile of distinct Aβ oligomers in aging and in AD is unknown; consequently, the pathophysiological relevance of each separate Aβ assembly, including Aβ*56, in AD requires further confirmation despite independent reports of a potential link between a putative Aβ dodecamer and AD vulnerability in the temporal cortex (18). (v) We cannot exclude the possibility that other forms of Aβ oligomers, not captured by our approach, could affect the Aβ*56-activated NMDAR-CaMKIIα-tau pathway (64). Further work is needed to fill these technical and knowledge gaps, but these studies also provide unprecedented insights into differential molecular mechanisms between Aβ oligomers purified from brain tissue.
To conclude, not only are these findings reminiscent of a role of CaMKIIα dysfunction in brain disorders, such as Angelman syndrome (65), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (66), and cerebral ischemia (37), but also they resonate with the emerging concept that CaMKIIα is altering neuronal physiology and cognition more generally when aberrantly overactivated in the brain. In combination with earlier studies (2, 46), these results establish that distinct endogenous Aβ oligomers activate specific neuronal signaling pathways and that mapping the specific tau changes induced by each of these Aβ toxins might provide a general template for monitoring AD progression. In this context, the recent failures of immunotherapies targeting Aβ in AD might be due to the fact that these antibodies do not bind the correct type of Aβ oligomers or bind specific Aβ oligomers with sufficiently high affinities (67).
Beyond the scope of AD research, we would like to argue that our proof-of-principle approach, that is, identifying the functional and mechanistic properties attributable to a distinct entity of amyloid oligomers, is also relevant for other neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementias, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, where oligomeric forms of amyloid proteins have been proposed to cause both synaptic and cellular toxicity. We should therefore strive to not consider all amyloid oligomers equally toxic but, instead, rigorously assess the role of each molecular assembly separately.
Transgenic animals
Mice from the APP line Tg2576, which expresses the human APP with the Swedish mutation (APPKM670/671NL), directed by the hamster prion promoter (68), were purchased from Taconic Farms Inc. and bred to obtain wild-type and hemizygous animals. Mice from the J20, MAPT-null, and Htau lines (20, 69) were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory. J20 animals bred following the guidelines provided by the Mucke Laboratory. Both male and female mice were used in all experiments. All mice were group-housed by gender (aggressive animals were singly housed), given food and water ad libitum, and maintained on a 12-hour light/dark cycle (7:00 a.m./7:00 p.m.). None of the animals analyzed were excluded. All animal procedures and studies were reviewed and approved by the University of Minnesota Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Institutional Review Board.
Primary cell cultures
Mouse cortical cultures of neurons were prepared from 14- to 15-day-old embryos, as described previously (2, 70, 71), using 5 × 105 cells per dish. After 3 DIV, neurons were treated with 10 μM arabinosylcytosine to inhibit proliferation of nonneuronal cells. All experiments were performed on near-pure neuronal cultures [>98% of MAP2-immunoreactive cells] after 12 to 14 DIV. Three to nine 35-mm dishes per culture per condition were used across three independent experiments.
The concentration and duration of the pretreatments with tatCN21 or with tatNR2B9c were determined by dose response (1, 5, and 10 μM) and time course (15, 30, and 60 min) experiments using CaMKII and neuronal cell death estimated by LDH assay. Accordingly, pretreatments were set to 15 min at 1 μM for both peptides because longer durations and higher concentrations prove toxic to cells.
After treatment(s), cells were harvested in an ice-cold lysis solution containing 50 mM tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 0.1% Triton X-100 (Sigma) with 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), 2 mM 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate (1,10-PTH), 1% (v/v) mammalian protease inhibitor cocktail (Sigma), and 0.1% (v/v) phosphatase inhibitor cocktails A [Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. (SCBT)] and 2 (Sigma-Aldrich). Cell lysates were centrifuged for 10 min at 13,000g, supernatants were isolated, and corresponding pellets were resuspended with the protease/phosphatase inhibitor–containing lysis buffer to extract membrane-bound proteins. Plasma membranes were solubilized in radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) lysis buffer [50 mM tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 0.5% Triton X-100, 1 mM EGTA, 3% SDS, 1% deoxycholate, 1 mM PMSF, 2 mM 1,10-PTH, 1% (v/v) mammalian protease inhibitor cocktail (Sigma), and 0.1% (v/v) phosphatase inhibitor cocktails A (SCBT) and 2 (Sigma-Aldrich)]. Membrane lysates were then subjected to centrifugation for 10 min at 16,000g, and the soluble fraction was removed and stored for analysis.
Neuron transfection
Primary cortical neurons cultures (13 DIV) were transfected with GCaMP6f (gift from L. Looger; Addgene #40755), actin-mCherry (#632589, Clontech Laboratories Inc.), and PSD-95 tagged with yellow fluorescent protein (PSD95-TS:YFP was a gift from R. Tsien; Addgene plasmid #42225) plasmids using the phosphate calcium technique. Cells were exposed to DNA (25 μg/ml) for 30 min. Cells were washed and returned to preconditioning medium supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum, 5% horse serum, and 1% glutamine. Experiments were performed on 14-DIV cultures. Protrusions with a head localized at less than 5 μm from the dendritic shaft were considered as spines. Our cortical cell cultures display an average of six spines per 10-μm dendrites.
Experiments were performed as described earlier (26), except that the genetically engineered calcium indicator GCaMP6f (gift from L. Looger, Addgene) replaced Fura2/acetoxymethyl.
Protein extractions
To analyze Aβ species, we harvested one dissected hemi-forebrain per animal and used two extraction protocols described elsewhere (8, 9, 21). Extracellular-enriched protein extracts refer to protein lysates obtained after the first step of a serial extraction with a lysis buffer composed of 50 mM tris-HCl (pH 7.6), 150 mM NaCl, 0.01% NP-40, 2 mM EDTA, and 0.1% SDS. Samples were then centrifuged at 800g for 10 min at 4°C to separate extracellular lysates from the remaining protein pools [see (21) for details]. In addition, membrane-enriched protein extracts refer to protein lysates obtained after the third step of a serial extraction with a lysis RIPA buffer composed of 50 mM tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 0.5% Triton X-100, 1 mM EDTA, 3% SDS, and 1% deoxycholate. Samples were then centrifuged at 16,100g for 90 min. Supernatants were collected, and pellets were further extracted with formic acid to analyze fibrillar/deposited proteins. It is possible that the use of the RIPA lysis buffer might strip loosely bound Aβ from plaques.
Protein amounts were determined by the Bradford protein assay (BCA Protein Assay, Pierce). All supernatants were ultracentrifuged for 60 min at 100,000g. Finally, before analysis, endogenous Igs were removed from the protein fractions by sequentially incubating extracts for 1 hour at room temperature with 50 μl of Protein A Sepharose Fast Flow followed by 50 μl of Protein G Sepharose Fast Flow (GE Healthcare Life Sciences).
Tau dephosphorylation
Tau (50 μg of intracellular lysate per reaction) was dephosphorylated by treatment with calf-intestinal alkaline phosphatase (New England BioLabs Inc.) at 20 U/ml for 3 hours at 37°C. The reaction was stopped by adding SDS–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) loading buffer and heat denaturation at 95°C.
Affinity purification of human Aβ oligomers
Total brain proteins (1 to 2 mg) from Tg2576 or J20 APP transgenic mice were incubated for 3 hours at 4°C with protein G–coupled magnetic beads (MagG beads, GE Life Sciences) previously cross-linked with 200 μg of purified 6E10 antibody (Covance), with 200 μg of Mab13.1.1 and Mab2.1.3 (100 μg of each), or with 200 μg of GluN1 antibody (Millipore). Immunocaptured proteins were eluted from the immune complexes using 1% n-octyl β-d-thioglucopyranoside (Sigma-Aldrich) in 100 mM glycine (pH 2.8) for 1 min (three to five rounds).
Relative amounts of purified oligomeric Aβ were calculated on the basis of synthetic Aβ1–42 standards (0.001, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, and 2.5 ng) ran alongside the samples used for experiments. Because there are no reagents selective to each Aβ oligomer to date, we opted to determine the relative abundance of purified Aβ oligomers compared to eight Aβ standards. The mass of a given Aβ oligomer was estimated on the basis of these standards, and molar concentration was calculated on the basis of the empirical molecular weight of each given Aβ oligomer (9, 14, and 56 kDa for putative Aβ dimers, trimers, and Aβ*56, respectively).
Considering that the relative abundance of a given Aβ oligomer varies with aging, amyloid deposition, and protein segregation (8, 72, 73), protein lysates of 15- to 18-month-old APP Tg mice were screened by Western blotting to measure the abundance of apparent Aβ dimers, trimers, and Aβ*56 before they were subjected to the purification steps consisting of sequential immunoaffinity captures and SEC. Similar segregations were obtained regardless of the line used, although the relative yields for a given oligomeric Aβ differed between lines.
Consistent with our previous findings (2, 8, 16, 72, 73), Aβ dimers are far more abundant in membrane-enriched protein lysates compared to extracellular-enriched lysates, whereas this pattern is reversed for putative Aβ trimers. Similar biochemical segregation was also observed using postmortem human brain tissue (16). The example provided in fig. S3 using extracellular lysates reflects this segregation following our four-step extraction protocol.
Immunoaffinity-purified protein extracts were loaded on Tricorn Superdex 75 or 200 Increase columns (GE Healthcare Life Sciences) and run at a flow rate of ~0.3 ml/min. Fractions of 250 μl of eluate in 50 mM tris-HCl, 150 mM NaCl, and 0.01% Triton X-100 (pH 7.4) were collected using BioLogic DuoFlow QuadTec 40 System (Bio-Rad) coupled to a microplate-format fraction collector. A280 (absorbance at 280 nm) was determined live during the experiments and confirmed after each run on a DTX800 Multimode microplate reader (Beckman Coulter).
Western blotting and quantification
SDS-PAGE was done on precast 10 to 20% SDS-polyacrylamide tris-tricine gels and 10.5 to 14% and 4 to 10.5% tris-HCl gels (Bio-Rad). Protein levels were normalized to 2 to 100 μg of protein per sample (depending on targeted protein) and resuspended with 4× loading buffer. Thereafter, proteins were transferred onto 0.2-μm nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad) in 5 to 10% methanol-containing transfer buffer for 2 to 3 hours at 4°C. To then detect Aβ molecules, nitrocellulose membranes were boiled in 50 ml of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) by microwaving for 25 and 15 s with a 3-min rest interval in between. Membranes were blocked in tris-buffered saline (TBS)–0.1%Tween 20 (TTBS) containing 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA) (Sigma) for 1 to 2 hours at room temperature and probed with appropriate antisera/antibodies diluted in 5% BSA-TTBS overnight at 4°C. Primary antibodies were probed with either anti–IgGs conjugated with biotin or infrared dyes (LI-COR Biosciences). When biotin-conjugated secondary antibodies were used, infrared-conjugated NeutrAvidin (Thermo Scientific) was added to amplify the signal. Blots were revealed on an Odyssey platform (LI-COR Biosciences). For the detection of A11-reactive Aβ species, all blotting steps were performed in total absence of detergent in the buffers used. When required, membranes were stripped using Restore PLUS Stripping buffer (Pierce) for 30 to 180 min at room temperature depending on antibody affinity. Densitometry was performed using either OptiQuant software (Packard BioScience) or Odyssey software (LI-COR). Each protein of interest was probed in three individual experiments under the same conditions and quantified by software analysis, after determination of experimental conditions ascertaining linearity in the detection of the signal. The method used allows for a dynamic range of ~100-fold above background. Respective averages were then determined across the triplicate Western blots. Normalization was performed against the actin or the total form of the studied protein in the case of phosphorylated proteins. Because of the large number of samples analyzed, specimens were processed in two separate ways to compare possible effects induced by aging and by the transgene across groups.
Dot blotting
Two micrograms of membrane-bound protein extracts was mixed with sterile-filtered, deionized water in a total volume of 2.5 μl. Each sample was adsorbed onto a nitrocellulose membrane until dry for 30 min. After a brief activation in 10% methanol-containing TBS, membranes were boiled in PBS to enhance antigen detection (8). All steps were performed without detergent to enhance A11 and OC binding of oligomeric species (8).
Aliquots (100 to 250 μg) of protein extracts were diluted to 1 ml with dilution buffer [50 mM tris-HCl (pH 7.4) and 150 mM NaCl] and incubated with appropriate antibodies (5 μg) overnight at 4°C, and 50 μl of Protein G Sepharose Fast Flow (GE Life Sciences) or protein G–coupled magnetic beads (MagG beads, GE Life Sciences) at 1:1 (v/v) slurry solution with dilution buffer [50 mM tris-HCl (pH 7.4) and 150 mM NaCl (pH 7.4)] was added for 2 to 16 hours. The beads were washed twice in 1 ml of dilution buffer, and proteins were eluted in 25 μl of loading SDS-PAGE buffer by boiling.
The following primary antibodies were used in this study: 6E10 (1:2500), 4G8 (1:2500), biotinylated 6E10 (1:2500) (Covance), 40/42-end–specific Mab2.1.3 and Mab13.1.1 (1:1000) (gift from P. Das, Mayo Clinic), A11 (1:1000) (gift from R. Kayed, University of Texas Medical Branch), tau5 (1:2000) (Covance), pS262-tau (1:2000) (catalog no. AB9656, EMD Millipore), anti–pY18-tau (1:2500) (gift from G. Lee, University of Iowa), anti–pS416-tau (1:2000) (catalog no. ab119391, Abcam), anti–pS409-tau (1:2000) (catalog no. OPA1-03150, Thermo Scientific), pS202-tau (CP13) (1:500), PG5 (1:500), PHF1 (1:500), Alz50 (1:500) (gifts from P. Davis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University), 0N4R-tau (1:2000) (42), anti-GluN1 (1:1000) (catalog nos. sc-1467 and sc-9058, SCBT), anti–GluN1-CT and anti-GluN2B (1:1000) (catalog nos. 05-432, AB1557, and 06-600, EMD Millipore, and catalog nos. sc-1469 and sc-9057, SCBT), anti-GluN2A (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-9056, SCBT, and catalog no. 2720, Tocris Bioscience), anti-mGluR5 (1:1000) (catalog no. RA16100, Neuromics, and catalog no. G9915, Sigma-Aldrich), anti-GluN2C (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-1470, SCBT), anti-GluN2D (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-10727, SCBT), anti-AChRα7 (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-1447, SCBT), anti-GluA1 (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-7609, SCBT), anti-GluA2 (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-7610, SCBT), anti-GluA3 (1:500) (catalog no. sc-7613, SCBT), anti-GluA4 (1:500) (catalog no. sc-7614, SCBT), anti-GluK1 (1:500) (catalog no. sc-26475, SCBT), anti-GluK2 (1:500) (catalog no. sc-7618, SCBT), anti-GluK2/3 (1:500) (catalog no. 04-921, EMD Millipore), anti-GluK3 (1:500) (catalog no. sc-7620, SCBT), anti-mGluR1a (1:100) (catalog no. G9665, Sigma-Aldrich, and catalog no. 07-617, Upstate), anti-mGluR2/3 (1:100) (catalog no. G9790, Sigma-Aldrich, and catalog no. 06-676, Upstate), anti–Ephrin B2 (1:2000) (512012, R&D Systems Inc., and catalog no. sc-28980, SCBT), anti-PrPC (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-7693, SCBT), anti-RAGE (1:1000) (catalog no. 250462, Abbiotec Inc., and catalog no. sc-28980, SCBT), anti-actin (1:10,000) (C4, EMD Millipore, and catalog no. A2066, Sigma-Aldrich), anti-CaMKIIα (1:1000) (catalog no. NBP1-20008, Novus Biological; catalog no. PA1-14077, Thermo Scientific; and catalog no. sc-5306, SCBT), pT286-CaMKIIα (1:1000) [catalog no. MA1-047, Thermo Scientific, and catalog no. 3361, Cell Signaling Technology (CST)], anti-MAP2 (1:500) (catalog no. NB300-213, Novus Biologicals), anti-PSD95 (1:200) (catalog no. sc-8575, SCBT, and catalog no. ab18258, Abcam), anti-CREB (1:1000) (catalog no. MAB5432, EMD Millipore), anti–pS133-CREB (1:1000) (catalog no. 06-519, EMD Millipore), anti-p38 (1:1000) (catalog no. 9212, CST), pT180/Y182-p38 (1:2000) (catalog no. 9216, CST), anti-ERK (1:1000) (catalog no. 06-182, EMD Millipore), anti-pERK (1:1000) (12D4, EMD Millipore), anti-GSK3α/β (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-56913, SCBT), pS21/S9-GSK3α/β (1:1000) (catalog no. 9327, CST), pS9-GSK3β (1:2000) (catalog no. 9336, CST), anti-p35 (1:1000) (catalog no. sc-820, SCBT), anti–FOXO-1 (1:1000) (2H8.2, EMD Millipore), anti–calcineurin A (1:1000) (catalog no. 2614, CST), anti-PP1α (catalog no. 2582, CST), anti-PP2AC (1D6, EMD Millipore), and anti–cleaved caspase-3 (catalog no. 9664, CST). Validation of the antibodies was performed comparing the specificity and segregation pattern of the target protein using extracellular-, intracellular-, and membrane-bound–enriched protein extracts as described in the “Protein extractions” section.
Quantitative real-time RT-PCR
Total RNAs were extracted with a NucleoSpin RNA II kit (Macherey Nagel) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. For each sample, 1 μg of total RNAs was reverse-transcribed using Reverse Transcription System (Promega) and Eppendorf Mastercycler Personal (Bioblock), and RT was first performed at 70°C for 5 min, followed by a second step consisting of RT at 37°C over 1 hour. PCR amplification was performed on 5 μl of RT products in a total volume of 25 μl. Forward and reverse primers were designed with Beacon Designer software (Bio-Rad) and used after validation. Assays were made in triplicate using the iCycler iQ real-time PCR detection system (Bio-Rad). The amplification profile was as follows: 95°C for 30 s (twice), 95°C for 15 min (once), and 40 cycles in 15 s at 95°C, 1 min at 60°C, and 30 s at 95°C. PCR was run using the ABsolute QPCR SYBR Green Fluorescein Mix (ABgene) and its associated protocol. The amount of target was given by the following formula: 2 − [(Ct gene of interest − Ct housekeeping gene)T – (Ct gene of interest − Ct housekeeping gene)C], where Ct is the threshold cycle value, T is the treated condition, and C is the control condition. Results are expressed relative to the housekeeping genes cyclophilin and actin.
Confocal imaging
Triple- or quadruple-label immunofluorescence was performed as previously described (2, 19) using Alexa Fluor 488–, Alexa Fluor 555–, and Alexa Fluor 635–conjugated secondary antibodies (Molecular Probes, Invitrogen). Mouse brain sections were treated for autofluorescence with 1% Sudan Black solution and coverslipped with ProLong mounting medium (Molecular Probes). Digital images were obtained using an Olympus IX81 FluoView 1000 microscope with laser intensities ranging from 7 to 11%. Raw image z stacks (0.1- to 0.5-μm intervals) were analyzed using Bitplane’s Imaris 7.x software suite. Frame size was maintained at 1024 × 800, and optical zoom of 1.00 was used to allow for maximum distribution of pixel size to tissue dimensions without oversampling. Six ROIs per brain section (six sections per brain) per animal (four to six animals per group) were used in a randomized fashion. For in vitro analyses, eight ROIs per dish per group were used. Z stacks were reconstructed using the Surpass or Easy3D modules of the Imaris software package (version 7.x, Bitplane Inc.). Experimenters performing image acquisition and analyses were blind to the genotype or treatment conditions.
Statistical analyses
When variables were non-normally distributed, nonparametric statistics were used (Spearman rho correlation coefficients and Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric analysis of variance followed by Bonferroni-corrected two-group post hoc Mann-Whitney U tests). When variables were normally distributed, parametric statistics were used (one- or two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni-corrected two-group post hoc Student’s t tests). Sample size was determined by power analysis to be able to detect statistically significant changes within a 20% variation of measured responses. Analyses were performed using JMP 11 (SAS Institute).
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Fig. S1. Reverse coimmunoprecipitation of Aβ*56 with NMDAR subunits in Tg2576 and in human brain tissue.
Fig. S2. Age-dependent accumulation of Aβ oligomers in Tg2576 mice.
Fig. S3. Biochemical characterization of soluble Aβ species present in APP transgenic brain tissues.
Fig. S4. Molecular and morphological characterization of primary cortical neurons.
Fig. S5. The major pathways regulated by extrasynaptic NMDARs are not altered in 7-month-old Tg2576 mice.
Fig. S6. Relationship between CaMKIIα activity and Aβ*56 expression in brain tissue from young Tg2576 mice.
Fig. S7. The major pathways regulated by extrasynaptic NMDARs are not altered by endogenous Aβ oligomers in mouse cortical primary neurons after a 60-min exposure.
Fig. S8. Aβ*56-induced translocation of pCaMKIIα to postsynaptic sites in primary cortical neurons.
Fig. S9. CaMKIIα activation is not induced by low-n Aβ oligomers purified from APP transgenic mice.
Fig. S10. Epitope and dephosphorylation tau assays confirm the presence of hyperphosphorylated tau conformers.
Fig. S11. Aberrant phosphorylation of CaMKIIα and tau in young J20 mice expressing Aβ*56.
Fig. S12. Temporal expression profiles of CDK5 adaptor proteins and GSK3 in young wild-type and Tg2576 mice.
Fig. S13. Brain-derived Aβ dimers and trimers do not induce tau phosphorylation at Ser202.
Fig. S14. Dose-dependent uncoupling of PSD95 and NMDAR GluN1 subunit induced by tatNR2B9c in primary neurons.
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Wonders of Persia (12 D)
The “Wonders of Persia” tour is for those travelers who are interested in the finer details of our historical cities and prefer to take their time. We begin in Tehran, visiting the extensive museums (some of the best in world) and move to the romantic city of Shiraz, where you have the chance to spend a night with the nomads! We then visit the desert city of Yazd, home to the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism, and Isfahan, the city of beautiful handicrafts and the perfect place to find Persian Carpets. “Wonders of Persia” is the tour that we suggest particularly to the travelers who are interested in the magnificent desert architecture.
Visited Cities: Tehran, Shiraz, Yazd, Meybod, Nain, Isfahan, Abyaneh, Kashan
After a short rest in the hotel our full-day tour of Tehran begins with a visit to the Golestan Palace with a magnificent interior space created of all mirror work. Next we visit a number of fabulous museums: National Museum of Iran; Glass & Ceramics Museum (with its curved stairway, mirrored walls and ceilings displaying a collection of glassware from difference ages and places); and possibly Treasury of National Jewelry Museum (a stunning collection of jewels— with the sense of history they convey— including diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, emeralds, etc.).
The second full-day city tour is also dedicated to the sights of Tehran beginning with a visit to the Sa’dabad Complex (where you enjoy strolling in a green surrounding, moving amongst palaces and palace museums that recount a story in their scattered way). Next, we take a look at the complex of Niavaran (the monuments of which belong to the Qajar and the Pahlavi periods). At the end of today’s tour, we are going to visit the Carpet Museum (an astonishing collection of ancient, remarkably intricate carpets in a building which is itself an impeccable example of modern architectural design).
Today starts with a morning flight to Yasuj where we are going to have a full-day Tour in Zagros Range including Margon Waterfall (flowing through rocks in Margoon valley from a height of 70 meters in a region of 100-meter width). The natural condition of Margoon— Wild trees which have grown on the steep slopes of the valley, the high mountains and massive rocks — multiply the magnificence and beauty of the area around the waterfall. (We have a traditional lunch with nomads in spring and summer and spend a few hours with them). We then drive to Shiraz arriving at night.
In the morning we start our full-day excursion aiming at visiting three astonishing sites: Persepolis which still clearly expressing the eminence of the Persian Empire as it was nearly 2,500 years ago; Naqsh-e Rustam that is a standout amongst the most marvelous and dazzling old locales of the Achaemenid Empire (including the enormous tombs of Persian kings going back to the first millennium B.C.), and Pasargadae, the home to the Tomb of Cyrus the Great and the heart of ancient Iran without which there could never be anything named Persian Empire.
Today is dedicated to the beauty of Shiraz City. We are going to walk through Zandieh Complex (the citadel, Pars Museum, the marvelous Vakil Mosque, Vakil Bazaar and Saray-e-Moshir) and the Nasir Almolk Mosque (with the beautiful patterns made by sunlight streaming in the morning through the stained glass windows on the blue tiles). In the afternoon, we’ll see an eye-catching example of Persian Garden— Eram Garden—, and the Tomb of one of the most famous Iranian poets— Hafez. We end our tour by visiting Ali Ibn Hamzeh Shrine and Quran Gate.
Overnight Kerman
Moving from Shiraz to Kerman (580km), we’ll have a plan to visit the Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan located 90 km southeast of Shiraz (we may have also time to visit the Salt Lake on the way). The Sarvestan Palace with several domes, terraces, rooms, and corridors is one of the best samples of Sasanian architecture made up of plaster and stone and dominates a massive, empty plain. The entire complex covers a 25-hecatre plot of an area in the midst of a plain 9 kilometers south of Sarvestan town. We’ll arrive in Kerman in the evening.
Today we’ll have a half-day tour of Kerman visiting The Ganjali Khan Complex (square, Bathhouse, bazaar, Caravanserai, and Mosque) before going on an excursion to visit Mahan, Rayen, and Shahdad. We will visit Shazdeh Garden in Mahan (35 Km) located as an oasis in the desert. Next, we see Rayen Castle (104 km), one of the world’s largest brick structures dating back to the Sassanid era. We then continue to reach Shahdad Kalout (desert) with eye-catching formations built by the disintegration of compacted sand.
We are going to drive to Yazd— early in the morning— visiting Zein-o-Din Caravanserai on the way. Located just off the main road to Yazd, it resembles an old fort sitting in the middle of nowhere. Once inside, however, it makes you feel like you have walked into another time, with traditional designs and materials combined with modern facilities. We’ll start our half day tour of Yazd in the afternoon visiting the Zoroastrian Towers of Silence (built for the purpose of burial ritual in the past). We then visit Zoroastrian Fire Temple and its Sacred Eternal Flame.
While driving to Esfahan – 250 km away – we’ll make a few stops to visit Chak Chak (the well-known Zoroastrian’s Pantheon), the old Caravanserai, Ice House (built close to natural sources of winter ice and used to store ice during the year) and Pigeon Tower (utilized for genuine organic farming) in Meybod. Next we take a look at Jame Mosque, a decent sample of Islamic Persian Architecture in Nain, reaching our destination in the afternoon. Soaking up the atmosphere during the evening, we’ll stroll by the river to see the historical bridges.
In the morning we are going to see the UNESCO World Heritage site Naqsh-e Jahan Square, the starting point for a number of stunning sights— stylish Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Imam Mosque (a splendid example of tile work, stone carving, and architecture), and Ali Qapu Palace. After lunch, we'll explore the UNESCO World Heritage site, Chehel Sotoun Palace (an architectural masterpiece standing inside a large royal park). Next, we’ll visit the Persian Bazaar to be introduced to Iranian handicrafts and workshops.
Today is planned to include visiting the UNESCO World Heritage site, Jaame Mosque (a spectacular representation of the progress of mosque architecture over centuries referenced in later eras and regions of the Islamic world as a prototype for mosque design and dome construction) and the architecturally magnificent Vank Cathedral (the interior of which is covered with eye-catching paintings and gilded carvings and incorporates a wainscot of rich tile work. The delicately blue and gold painted central dome portrays the Biblical story of the creation of the world and the Fall of Man from Eden).
Today, we drive to Tehran via Abyaneh, Kashan, and Qom (505 km). Set on the slope of the mountain, Abyaneh is like a living architectural museum. It affords an impressive example of the adaptation of man with his surroundings. Next, we make a few stops in Kashan to visit some elegant houses (for example, Borujerdis House, Ameri House, and Abbasi House) with impeccable detailing (that makes them classic samples of Iranian residential architecture) and the historical Mosque of Agha Bozorg. We then visit Fin Garden (a truly green oasis in desert landscape).
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P-P Women’s Lacrosse Prepares for SCIAC Semifinals
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Saturday versus the Whittier College Poets (7-11, 1-9 SCIAC). The Sagehens squashed the Poets on their home field 15-6 on Saturday, Apr. 23.
From the very beginning, the Sagehens came out strong on defense. Nothing could stop the Sagehens as they pushed past the competition, earning goal after goal. With powerful swings, P-P earned eight consecutive goals in the first half. Four of these goals were earned by Sarah Markowitz PZ ’16, granting her her ninth hat trick of the season.
The Poets, trying to scrape their way back into the game, did their best to get past the Sagehen defense. P-P’s line, however, proved to be an impenetrable force.
Lauren English PO ’19 recalls how the team has “been working out some new offensive plays and defensive positioning that worked well in the game, and it defiantly helps that we are a fast team and can move the ball up the field faster than our opponents”. Whether on offense or defense, the Sagehens refused to be subdued by the clutches of the Poets.
The Poets were able to force the first goal in the second half, but the Sagehens quickly found another three-goal streak, earning a 12-4 lead.
“For the Whittier game, I think our team did well on our fast breaks and stayed patient on our defense,” said Lilly Thomey PO ’19. As the stronger and more aggressive team on the field, the Sagehens dominated the tide of the game, never flinching in the face of adversity.
The Sagehens ended the match with an unassisted goal earned by senior Katie Savino PO ’16, finishing the game with a score of 15-6.
Amelia Miller PO ’19 recounts how “It was a really great game for us, everyone worked so well together on the field. It gives us a lot of confidence going into the playoffs, and we're all excited for our next game”. This win contributed to an amazing overall 13-3 record for the Sagehens. Hopes are high for the team as they host Occidental College (8-10, 2-9 SCIAC) in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament Semifinal on Saturday, Apr. 30.
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EPBM for Thimble Shoals parallel tunnel 10 Aug 2017
Peter Kenyon, TunnelTalk
Herrenknecht is selected by the Chesapeake Tunnel JV (CTJV) of Dragados and Schiavone to supply the 12.8m diameter EPBM that will excavate the 1,740m long Thimble Shoals parallel two-lane highway tunnel under Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, USA.
Roger Escoda, Project Manager for CTJV, told TunnelTalk: “The Technical Requirements were open to use either an EPB or a slurry machine. The choice was made by the contractor and based on our experience in the geological conditions depicted by the geotechnical baseline report at the time of the bid process.” The parallel drive under the central section of the 37km long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is expected to encounter geological conditions comprising sand and soft and stiff clay layers.
Alignment of Parallel Thimble Shoals Tunnel
Concept design of TBM excavation
Operating pressures of between 0.5 and 4.5 bar are expected as the EPBM completes its scheduled 12-month drive under the 20m deep shipping channel between two man-made islands. The existing pair of immersed tube tunnels, constructed between 1960 and 1964, provide single lane traffic in each direction and are a regular choke point as the two-lane traffic on the trellis bridge roadway filter into single lanes through the tunnel.
The EPB machine will be manufactured at the Herrenknecht factory in Germany and transported to the jobsite in October 2018 for a launch scheduled in Winter 2019.
“One of the greatest challenges of this project is logistics,” said Escoda. “The TBM will have to be assembled and disassembled on the small size of both the islands.
The launch island must also accommodate all the ancillary equipment for completing the tunnel. The team is highly focused on the logistical process on both islands in order to optimize production rates and reduce stoppage times.”
Three maintenance stops are scheduled as the TBM progresses, all of which will be performed under hyperbaric conditions. The machine will be fitted with two pressurized man locks each capable of accommodating six technicians and each capable of withstanding 5.5 bar pressure. With design of the machine ongoing, it is not yet decided which company will supply the manlocks.
Also in final design is the configuration of the cutting tools, which will include disc cutters, scrapers and rippers welded at different heights for different penetration rates, according to Escoda.
“The combination between the different kinds of cutting tools, along with the selected soil conditioning systems, will cope with expected geological conditions,” said Escoda. “Foam and bentonite will be used for soil conditioning to improve the distribution of pressures in the mixing chamber and through the 22m long screw conveyor and reduce wear.” There is no stone crusher and 24 openings on the cutterhead will provide an opening ratio of 45%.
A continuous conveyor mucking system will carry muck from the TBM to a muck bin at the working site for onward disposal, explained Escoda.
A contract to supply the concrete lining segments is awarded to CSI, which will establish a casting yard in Chesapeake for transport to the jobsite by truck. Moulds supplied by Cleco will cast the 460mm thick x 3.8m–3.9m long x 1.2m wide (18in x 12ft 6in- 12ft 11in x 6ft 6in) segments.
Final breakthrough is scheduled for winter 2020.
Revised bids for Thimble Shoals Tunnel 20 July 2016
Revised technical proposals are in for the Parallel Thimble Shoals Tunnel in Virginia, USA, after those that were originally submitted by the three joint venture teams came in approximately US$290 million more than the Engineer’s Estimate.
Table 1. Initial and revised de-scoped bids
Bidder JV Partners May bid Revised bid
BTM JV Buoygues TP
Traylor
Manson 1,016,046,800 848,452,987
AWVC Archer Western
Vinci 1,071,683,000 785,883,000
Dragados Team Dragados USA
Schiavone 1,092,000,000 755,987,318
After receiving the original bids in May, all of which came at US$1 billion plus, the owner, Chesapeake Bay Bridge District (CBBD) “re-scoped” the project. In a statement released earlier this week CBBT said: “The District determined that the best interests of the Project would be served by re-engaging with all of these shortlisted teams to re-scope the Project after all of the original price proposals exceeded the cost estimate.”
The statement goes on: “The re-scoping of the Project was focused solely on the reduction of costs by reducing or eliminating unnecessary elements of the Project without compromising the quality or performance specified in the Technical Requirements of the RFP documents. Specifically, (1) scope changes that would increase the long-term cost of operating and maintaining the tunnel were not considered; (2) re-allocation of construction risks between the CBBT and the Design-Build Teams were not considered; and (3) changes to the Comprehensive Agreement, or contract, were not considered.”
CBBT will not at this stage identify exactly how the project has been scaled back, pending a special board meeting on July 27. This meeting is expected to evaluate the proposals and select one of the JV teams.
The re-scoped bids have turned the bidding table upside down – from being the highest bidder the Dragados Team is now the lowest bidder (having reduced its price by US$346 million), and from being the lowest bidder the BTM JV comprising Archer Western and Vinci is now the highest bidder (having reduced its price by approximately US$168 million).
All three bidders have proposed a bored tunnel solution, although the owner had indicated that an immersed tube solution would be considered.
Thimble Shoals contract award imminent 27 Apr 2016
Award of the design-build contract to construct the US$850 million Parallel Thimble Shoals Tunnel in Virginia, USA, is expected next month (May) following submission by the four shortlisted joint venture contractors of their final technical and price proposals.
The project involves construction by a choice of either immersed tube tunnel (ITT) or TBM of a 1,760m parallel two-lane traffic tube to increase capacity at one of the two tunnelled sections along the iconic 38km Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel connection between Virginia’s eastern shore and the Norfolk and South Hampton Roads region.
The four prequalified consortia bidding for the job – which were shortlisted from an original list that also included the Salini-Impregilo/Healy/GLF JV, are:
AWVC TunnelBuilders (Archer Western/Vinci Construction), who are successfully prequalified to present either an immersed tube (ITT) or bored tunnel technical and pricing proposal
BTM JV (Bouygues/Traylor/Manson), ITT and bored tunnel
Dragados/Schiavione JV, bored tunnel only
SKW Tunnel Builders (Skanska/Kiewit/Weeks Marine), ITT tunnel only
The project is being financed 34% through bonds raised by the private owner – the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District (CBBTD) – against future toll income; plus additional TIFIA loans (33%), a US$50 million loan from the Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (5%), and existing CBBTD capital receipts. Owner design is by Jacobs, Cowi and HNTB. Conceptual design of the TBM alternative specifies a machine of 13.9m diameter and a concrete segmental lining of 450mm thickness.
All the shortlisted companies have substantial experience of constructing similar infrastructure, with the SKW Tunnel Builders team (Skanska/Kiewit/Weeks Marine) currently nearing completion of the immersed tube Midtown Tunnel crossing of the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, also in Virginia.
Once the winning bidder is selected a period of design-build final design will be entered into, with Notice to Proceed expected to be granted in July (2016). The project already has the necessary regulatory approvals, having been issued in July 2015 with a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by the Federal Highways Administration.
Closing in on a Midtown connection – TunnelTalk, October 2015
RFQs for USA Bay Bridge Tunnel expansion 23 Apr 2015
RFQs will be issued in less than two weeks time for construction of the USA’s latest mega-project – the mile-long billion-dollar Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
37km Bridge Bay Tunnel features two tunnels
The new 5,710ft (1,740m) tunnel, which is already on a list of 45 major transportation projects that can expect to receive at least partial Federal funding, will double capacity at one of two tunnel choke points along the 37km-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel connecting Virginia’s eastern shore and the Norfolk and South Hampton Roads region.
Additional funding is to come from the issuing of corporate bonds by the owner, Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District (CBBT), which will be levied against future toll income. Currently 10,000 vehicles a day pay approximately $15 a time to use the crossing, a usage level that is expected to increase significantly in the coming years.
Procurement by CBBT for construction of the design-build project will allow successfully prequalified contractors/joint ventures to present either bored or immersed tunnel solutions. CBBT has already issued a Notice of Intent to Issue a Request for Qualifiers on 12 May. The deadline for submissions is 6 July. Up to four contractors or joint venture contractors will be shortlisted on 11 August 2015 to present full proposals and move to the final bidding stage. Contract award is expected in mid-2016.
Thimble Shoal Tunnel southern (Hampton) approach
Project scope will include:
5,710 ft (1,740m) of two-lane tunnel with a channel depth of 67ft (20m) plus 3ft (1m) of over-dredge and 10ft (3m) of cover over the tunnel
widening of Portal Islands Nos. 1 and 2 to accommodate the new tunnel and associated ventilation buildings
trestle extension spans from the existing wye-areas to the expanded portal islands with approximately 1,800 ft (549m) of 2-lane spans and approximately 400ft (122m) of 3-lane spans
1,300 ft (396m) of two 12-ft lanes of at-grade and depressed southbound roadway on both Portal Island Nos. 1 and 2 providing connection between the trestle extension spans and the tunnel portals
tunnel finish, ventilation, lighting, emergency egress, approach lighting, electric primary and secondary power distribution system, emergency generators, tunnel drainage system, fire alarm and detection system, fire protection system, lightning protection, communication systems, intrusion detection and alarm system, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA), Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), traffic monitoring and control devices, and island maintenance roadways.
Jacobs Engineering is appointed in a lead role as the owner’s Design Manager, with preliminary tunnel design being undertaken as part of the same contract by COWI and HNTB. Since these companies are all contracted to the owner team, they will not be allowed to play a part in any of the construction bids.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel was originally built between 1960-64 as a two-lane highway, mostly on raised trellises in the shallower stretches of the Bay, but featuring four bridges and a pair of mile-long immersed tube tunnels anchored between four man-made islands at the Bay’s two deep channel locations – to facilitate the passage of heavy shipping.
Original steel elements, manufactured in Texas, feature a 24ft wide two-lane road deck with 13ft 6in clearance
The trellis sections of the structure were dualled at a cost of $200 million between 1995-99, enabling repairs to the original road deck and the ability to divert traffic to the other deck in the event of accidents. However, the 51-year-old tunnels continue to act as a choke point where traffic must move from two lanes in each direction down to just a single lane, in bidirectional flow, a situation that has prompted CBBT to fast-track the installation of a parallel tunnel under the (southern) Thimble Shoal channel.
In addition, regular maintenance work results in 1,400 hours of tunnel lane closures every year, and no alternative route exists in the event of an accident inside the tunnel.
One of the likely bidders is the Parallel Crossing Consortium (PCC) of Skanska USA/Kiewit/Weeks Marine/Parsons Brinckerhoff, which last year (2014) submitted an unsolicited proposal to CBBT, valued at $800 million, for an immersed tube solution.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel cross section
The same consortium is currently midway through construction of the nearby Midtown immersed tunnel linking Portsmouth and Norfolk under the Elizabeth River. In its proposal PCC stated: “No other team of companies and individuals can match PC2’s recent and proven experience in designing and constructing immersed tunnels, and can be prepared to immediately begin production of tunnel segments in 2016.” The 11 tunnel segments for the Elizabeth River Crossing project were manufactured in dry dock in Baltimore, from where they were barged to the jobsite along a route that passed over the Thimble Shoal tunnel.
CBBT examined the proposal, and opened a 90-day window for other joint ventures to submit rival bids, but after none were forthcoming a resolution was passed in April 2014 by the Board to terminate further consideration of PCC’s proposal.
The resolution was taken after both the CBBT’s financial adviser and its strategic adviser (infrastructure and engineering firm Moffat and Nichol) identified the project as “an ideal candidate for a design-build project delivery method,” rather than the equity financing arrangement as offered by PCC. CBBT was also concerned that the financial proposal as offered would have meant passing responsibility for maintenance for the new tunnel to the joint venture, rather than keeping the whole of the Bay Bridge Tunnel as a single entity. It was also felt that a competitive design-build procurement would ensure financial competition and the potential for finding extra value through innovative solutions.
The slightly shorter Chesapeake Channel Tunnel, to the north of Thimble Shoal, is considered to be of lesser priority because the shipping lane above it is not as frequently used and therefore it is less at risk of being damaged. In the medium term, however, there are plans to build a parallel tunnel at this location also.
Sinking the concrete elements at Midtown – TunnelTalk, Dec 2013
Hong Kong awards major undersea highway – TunnelTalk, Sep 2013
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July 26, 2018 / 10:12 PM / a year ago
China's Citic Dicastal to produce aluminum car wheels in Morocco
Ahmed Eljechtimi
RABAT (Reuters) - China’s Citic Dicastal will invest 350 million euros in building two aluminum car wheel factories in northern Morocco, Morocco’s industry, trade and investments ministry said, joining a string of foreign car component-makers setting up in the country.
The first factory will be built in the Atlantic Free Zone in Kenitra and operate from 2019, while the second will be established later in Tangier Tech city, the two parties agreed.
Citic Dicastal aims to produce 6 million units annually, most of which will be exported, the ministry said.
Investment incentives in industrial free zones and proximity to Europe as well as African markets are luring car component makers to invest in Morocco. French car makers Renault (RENA.PA) and Peugeot PSA (PEUP.PA) set up factories in Tangier and Kenitra respectively.
The government plans to bring the local sourcing rate of cars made in Morocco to 80 percent by 2020.
“Through this project, Dicastal expands its international investments and contributes to Morocco’s industrial development and Moroccan-Chinese trade,” Chairman of Citic Dicastal Xu Zuo said at the signing ceremony.
Last April, South Korea’s Hands Corp (143210.KS) began building an aluminum wheel plant in Tangier at a total cost of 4.33 billion dirhams ($472 million), with an annual production capacity of 8 million units.
The automotive sector was the country’s largest industrial exporting sector last year, with exports worth 70 billion dirhams. Up to June of this year, the sector led Morocco’s exports with a rise of 19.1 percent to 35.973 billion dirhams compared to the same period a year earlier.
Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi; Editing by Alexandra Hudson
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Huawei Mate X Smartphone
It's a shame to hide your flagship feature away — so instead of placing its folding OLED screen on the inside, the Huawei Mate X keeps it on the exterior. The result is a logical design that lets both 6.6-inch "sides" of the screen function when folded, yet serve as an 8-inch tablet when unfurled. It also promises high-speed 5G wireless connectivity, excellent image chops thanks to the Leica-engineered camera, and plenty of battery life thanks to a purpose-designed 4500 mAh cell.
Buy from Huawei / $2,600
Nokia 9 PureView Smartphone
Borrowing technology from Light and its L16 Camera, the Nokia 9 PureView Smartphone takes mobile photography seriously. It uses an array of five 12-megapixel, f/1.8 Zeiss-developed cameras — two color, three monochrome — to shoot different exposures at once, merging the results for added detail, more accurate color, and post-processing depth control. Nokia has also partnered with Adobe, so those edits will be made in Lightroom and not some no-name photo app. The phone is otherwise a solid yet unremarkable affair, with a 5.99-inch 2K OLED screen, a Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and Gorilla Glass on both the front and back.
Buy from Nokia / $699
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Home Health Drug side effects can be a potential treatment for baldness
Drug side effects can be a potential treatment for baldness
Rick Nesser
It is normal in every human when about 100 hairs are lost from the scalp. The main problem arises when there occurs excessive hair loss, and this sign should be taken as a distress call by everyone. Research shows that a drug which is being developed to treat osteoporosis will be helping in reversing the baldness.
Research in human baldness is published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, in which it said a drug which is originally developed to treat osteoporosis might help the individuals who want to reverse their baldness. The way to treat the baldness started with an immunosuppressive drug, cyclosporine A which has been in the market since the 1980s. These drugs help in treating the patients who have gone transplant surgery or struggling with a disease like autoimmune.
When any patient took cyclosporine A, it shows some severe side effects like convulsions and diarrhea. Despite this, patients who have taken this drug saw some unwanted hair growth. This unusual growth of hair was seen as a possible answer for baldness. The researchers from the University of Machester’s Centre for Dermatology Research has investigated this by analyzing the drug’s impact on gene expression. Their investigation shows that the cyclosporine A has contained some sort of protein which is known as SFRP1 which help in growing the hair.
The researchers again investigate a second compound with the same process and found out that WAY-316606 was present which help in developing to treat osteoporosis. When they apply WAY-316606 to hair follicles in their lab, they found that the growth of hair is fast in this case than that of cyclosporine A.
This experiment shows that WAY-316606 is a best new pharmacological promoter for the human hair growth. The author of the study says that this drug has less toxic side effects than that of cyclosporine A.
According to Dr Doris Day, who is a dermatologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC said, this research helps in developing a new medication for baldness, and it helps in bringing us closer to find a permanent solution to the baldness.
Another drug known as JAK inhibitors have help in growing the hair in the patients. As per Day, “Hair loss is not just an aesthetic thing. It does affect someone’s self-esteem and their sense of well-being,” she said, adding that 30% of her practice deals with hair loss. “People come in devastated, near-suicidal over hair.”
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An internship with Northwestern Mutual offers a challenging, real-world opportunity to experience a career in financial services. https://www.northwesternmutual.com/careers/about-our-financial-representative-internship Visit Northwestern Mutual: https://www.northwesternmutual.com/
Helloooooooo! My internship at Visa this Summer in Austin is winding down and I wanted to document what a typical day has been like in my life during the last 2 months! I've had a blast working on interesting projects, meeting the most amazing people, and exploring a new city. Obviously, my video isn't able to capture all of that, and it's been a hot sec since I last made a vloggy type video. That being said, I hope you guys enjoy, nonetheless! -Cynthia INSTA: @cynthiechen
Chelsea and Lauren share some of the egregious job application mistakes people have made when applying for an internship. The Financial Diet blog: http://www.thefinancialdiet.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefinancialdiet Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFDiet Tumblr: http://thefinancialdiet.tumblr.com/
Tony is an intern for a financial analyst who helps manage client accounts and portfolios. Math is used every day on the job.
Hear from Lauren King, a Financial Analyst, Justin Guzman, Finance and Accounting Senior Analyst, and Bobby Zheng, an Investment and Strategy Analyst about why they chose to intern with Wells Fargo. Learn about the unique experiences interns have as they work their way through our programs, and, hear how the connections they make while they’re here help to start, and grow, a career.
Chuck Saia, CEO of Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory, talks with some of our interns about their experience.
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Looking back on the summer, our former interns share key learnings and their favorite memories. SUBSCRIBE: http://jpm.com/x/i/NFPWfK0 About J.P. Morgan: J.P. Morgan is a leader in financial services, offering solutions to clients in more than 100 countries with one of the most comprehensive global product platforms available. We have been helping our clients to do business and manage their wealth for more than 200 years. Our business has been built upon our core principle of putting our clients' interests first. Connect with J.P. Morgan Online: Visit the J.P. Morgan Website: https://www.jpmorgan.com/ Follow @jpmorgan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jpmorgan Visit our J.P. Morgan Facebook page: http://facebook.com/jpmorgan Follow J.P. Morgan on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/j-p-morgan/ Follow @jpmorgan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jpmorgan/ #jpmorgan #Interns #jpmorganinternship Career Experiences from Around the World | Intern Stories | J.P. Morgan
In this video I go through the questions from the practice finance interview and give you guidance, and hints and tips on how best to answer them.
I always get questions about landing an internship as an international student. If you want to intern internationally hope this video helps and if you have more questions leave me a comment down below. :) Hope you enjoyed this video! Let's keep in touch! You can find internships and read my blog at http://Internqueen.com For advice on post grad life and if you're in your first, second, or third job visit: http://LaurenBergerInc.com Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1kmYQgu Twitter: http://bit.ly/1MBZ3TC Instagram: http://bit.ly/1MPzxz3 Snapchat: InternQueen My books :) All Work No Pay: http://amzn.to/1Xi1wdF Welcome to the Real World: http://amzn.to/1MSuXja Email me (I do my very best to personally respond to each email): YouTube@InternQueen.com Thanks for all your support! -Lauren Berger Intern Queen Song by Dion Roy. You can purchase it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/intern-queen-song-feat.-lauren/id1051949230
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Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my channel! With graduation around the corner for many of you ( I know some of you have recently graduated as well) I wanted to dedicate this special video to all my class of 2016 graduates! Graduation is a very exciting time but can also be very overwhelming! Hope this video inspires you and makes you feel a little bit more calm. Check out my Refinery 29 article here: http://www.refinery29.com/2016/05/110755/college-grad-advice-2016 Hope you enjoyed this video! Let's keep in touch! You can find internships and read my blog at http://Internqueen.com For advice on post grad life and if you're in your first, second, or third job visit: http://LaurenBergerInc.com Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1kmYQgu Twitter: http://bit.ly/1MBZ3TC Instagram: http://bit.ly/1MPzxz3 Snapchat: InternQueen My books :) All Work No Pay: http://amzn.to/1Xi1wdF Welcome to the Real World: http://amzn.to/1MSuXja Email me (I do my very best to personally respond to each email): YouTube@InternQueen.com Thanks for all your support! -Lauren Berger Intern Queen Song by Dion Roy. You can purchase it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/intern-queen-song-feat.-lauren/id1051949230
Finance is a field that deals with the study of investments. It includes the dynamics of assets and liabilities over time under conditions of different degrees of uncertainty and risk. Finance can also be defined as the science of money management. A key point in finance is the time value of money, which states that purchasing power of one unit of currency can vary over time. Finance aims to price assets based on their risk level and their expected rate of return. Finance can be broken into three different sub-categories: public finance, corporate finance and personal finance.
Areas of finance
Wall Street, the center of American finance.
London Stock Exchange, global center of finance.
Questions in personal finance revolve around:
Protection against unforeseen personal events, as well as events in the wider economies
Transference of family across generations (bequests and inheritance)
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The FINANCIAL is a daily newspaper published by Intelligence Group llc in Georgia. The newspaper runs a global website in English and in Georgian.
The FINANCIAL has a weekly official circulation of 10,000 printed newspapers. They have a daily page viewing of 100,000.
In addition the company publishes the monthly magazine WEALTH, which is exclusively delivered to all premium hotel rooms of Georgia.
The FINANCIAL together with Global Idea llc is the official organizer of the annual award ceremony Golden Brand.
The FINANCIAL publishes the following annual editions: Best Georgian Banks, Green Business - Oil & Environment, Travel Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, and US Business in Georgia.
The FINANCIAL is the general media partner for all major international business events in Tbilisi. In 2010 and 2011 it was the general media sponsor of international banking conferences in Baku and Batumi.
In 2010 The FINANCIAL was named country media sponsor for the HSBC-sponsored European Business Awards.
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John Pierpont "J.P." Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892, Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. He was instrumental in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation.
At the height of Morgan's career during the early 1900s, he and his partners had financial investments in many large corporations and had significant influence over the nation's high finance and United States Congress members. He directed the banking coalition that stopped the Panic of 1907. He was the leading financier of the Progressive Era, and his dedication to efficiency and modernization helped transform American business.
Morgan died in Rome, Italy, in his sleep in 1913 at the age of 75, leaving his fortune and business to his son, John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.
Morgan was born into the influential Morgan family to Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890) and Juliet Pierpont (1816–1884) in Hartford, Connecticut, and was raised there. Pierpont, as he preferred to be known, had a varied education due in part to the plans of his father. In the fall of 1848, Pierpont transferred to the Hartford Public School and then to the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut (now called Cheshire Academy), boarding with the principal. In September 1851, Morgan passed the entrance exam for The English High School of Boston, a school specializing in mathematics to prepare young men for careers in commerce. In the spring of 1852, an illness struck which was to become more common as his life progressed. Rheumatic fever left him in so much pain that he could not walk, and Junius sent him to the Azores to recover.
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J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) was an American banking tycoon.
J. P. Morgan may also refer to:
J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867–1943), son of J. P. Morgan and American philanthropist
Jaye P. Morgan (born 1931), American singer and actress
JPMorgan Chase, large financial services company formed through the merger of J.P. Morgan & Co. and Chase Manhattan Bank in 2000
J.P. Morgan & Co., former banking house also known as the House of Morgan
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An intern is one who works in a temporary position with an emphasis on on-the-job training rather than merely employment.
Intern or internship may also refer to:
Internship (medicine), training for a physician who has completed medical school
Intern (computer science), an immutable copy of a string
Internships.com, American web venture
The Interns (film), a 1962 drama film
The New Interns, the 1964 sequel film
The Interns (TV series), a 1970 American drama series, spin-off of the 1960s films
The Internship, 2013 film
Interny (sitcom), a Russian medical sitcom
Scrubs: Interns, a webisode series
The Interns (band), a British rock group
The Viceroys, Jamaican vocal group also known as The Interns
Internment
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The Intern is a 2015 American comedy film directed, produced and written by Nancy Meyers. The film stars Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in the two leading roles, with supporting performances from Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, Christina Scherer, and Zack Pearlman. The film was released on September 25, 2015 by Warner Bros.
Seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro), a retired executive from a phone directory company, applies to a senior citizen intern program after retirement has gotten too boring for him. The company in Brooklyn he applies to is About the Fit, a fast-growing e-commerce fashion startup, whose founder and CEO Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) had previously agreed to a community outreach program where seniors would intern at the firm. Ben impresses everyone and is one of four hired.
Ben is assigned to work with Jules, who is somewhat skeptical at first. Initially frozen out by her, Ben slowly wins over co-workers with his likability and gets into Jules's good graces. One day, Ben notices Jules's chauffeur drinking, convinces the driver to leave and drives Jules home himself, a role he retains in days to come.
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The Intern is a 2000 comedy satire film directed by Michael Lange about the shallow world of fashion magazines. It stars Dominique Swain, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lipton and Kathy Griffin. The film features multiple cameo appearances including Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Diane von Fürstenberg, Kevyn Aucoin, André Leon Talley, Paulina Porizkova, Samia Shoaib, and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The plot centers around Jocelyn Bennett (Swain), an intern at the fictional New York City magazine, Skirt. Horribly mistreated, overworked, and underpaid, Jocelyn lives for Skirt. When a spy begins to hand over Skirt's spreads and story ideas to its rival glossy, Vogue, Skirt magazine finds itself in a bind. Desperate to apprehend the spy and save the name of Skirt, Jocelyn makes it her mission. Along the way, she meets Paul Rochester (Ben Pullen), the British art director at Skirt, with whom she has much in common. When she finds herself falling in love, one thing stands in her way: Paul's supermodel girlfriend, Resin (Leilani Bishop). Resin then dumps Paul for another model, and Paul and Jocelyn get engaged.
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Hands-On With Sparc, A Tron-Like VR Sport From The Creators Of EVE
Joseph Bradford
As they strapped me into the headset for my demo in Iceland at EVE FanFest this week, a small wave of excitement washed over me. Sparc, the virtual sport being developed by EVE-creator CCP Games, pits you against another player in a game of skill, fast reflexes and reactions, and a whole lot of practice. However, it’s one of those virtual reality experiences that feels so immediately natural it hearkens back to the early days of Wii Sports.
Presented as a full-body competitive sport, Sparc is fast paced and definitely keeps you on your toes. The game pits two players against each other as they throw projectiles back and forth. You either defend against them by dodging the projectile or blocking it with a shield, or deflecting it with your fists – thanks to some in-game knuckle guards the dev team gave us. You score if you hit your opponent. You can also score if the opponent’s ball hits them after being deflected. That’s about it, but it’s so much more visceral and complex than it sounds.
Recently shown at GDC earlier this year, Sparc has gone under a pretty dramatic change from its original Project Arena incarnation. The Tron-esque disc you and your opponent would throw at each other has been replaced by a ball, opening up more avenues on how you attack your opponent. There really are only one or maybe two real ways to lob a disc, but with the ball, however, things feel infinitely more natural. Overhand throws, underhand, lobs, curveballs — all of these techniques are opened up to you now. The ball reacts as it would in real life not only to your intimate, minute motions such as a subtle twist of the wrist as you release the ball, but also when you deflect it with your shield. There were many times my opponent curved the ball towards me at an unexpected angle all thanks to how they lined up their deflection.
“Instead of making a real world sport into a VR version, we decided to make a sport for VR,” explained Morgan Godat, Sparc’s executive producer during an interview with UploadVR at GDC 2017. “This is your equipment and suddenly it melds together with the rest of the experience to make something more than just a game.”
Sparc is coming to HTC Vive, Oculus with Touch Controller support, as well as PSVR. During my demo I was able to try the Oculus version and was blown away by how well the in-game tracking worked. Thanks to the sensors in the Touch controller, the game knew when I had my fingers on the controllers or when I was moving them. As such, my avatar replicated this in game, which completely added to the realism and immersive nature Sparc is trying to convey. Plus, the ability to wave “Hello” to your opponent in a game like this cannot be overstated.
Each match begins with the two competitors looking down into the area. This is sort of a staging area where you can hang out and and watch matches in person thanks to Sparc’s Courtside, the developers are calling it a “freeform social area.” When you want to join a match you simply pick the ball up in front of you, drop it in the “Play” marker and immediately you’re shrunken down and thrown into the arena. Once there you can wait for your opponent to show up and anyone in Courtside can see your avatar in real time down on the court below them. Once both members of the game are ready, we “touch gloves” and the game begins.
Strategically, Sparc has some depth to it that can only be expanded on. The balls are the catalyst of everything you do. You use it to attack your opponent, but it also serves a defensive purpose. Without the ball in your hand, you cannot throw up your shield to block or deflect incoming attacks. When you do have an active shield though, you can deflect the ball back at your opponent, but each shield is on a one-use charge. You have to throw the ball to “recharge” your shield for the next time you have your ball.
“What we’re trying to do is create a lot of consistency,” said Godat. “Any projectile in the space is going to be dangerous. You can’t catch the opponent’s projectiles but you can dodge your own or catch your own since it will respawn eventually in front of you. You don’t need to turn around and get tangled up — we keep you focused on the action.”
As the first match commenced, it opened up as a waiting game: Who would throw that first ball? The person who throws first is essentially defenseless since there’s no shield without the ball and no way to retaliate quickly if the opponent attacks. My opponent seemingly realized this faster than I did because he baited me into opening each round we played. For the record, I lost all three). One of the developers mentioned while talking afterwards that the team is actively looking at ways to incentivize players to throw, especially at the beginning, so hopefully in the end you don’t have players turtling until the last possible moment they can. This is why, at the moment, each shield only has one charge and to recharge it you have to throw the ball. However, that doesn’t help much at the onset of each match.
As I got the hang of the flow of the game, which sometimes can be slow depending on how you’re throwing the ball while other times it’s pretty fast and furious, Sparc gets your blood flowing and your body moving. The game mode we played was a one-versus-one game of dodgeball. I was ducking, moving, attempting to deflect my opponent’s ball with my knuckle guards to mixed success, and generally having a good time. Quickly it became clear how incredibly intuitive and natural the mechanics felt.
Like throwing a ball in real life, your release point is key in Sparc. And while the in-game tracking is absolutely superb, I did find myself having trouble with the initial throws because I could not quite see my in-game hand as I threw. As a result, many of the balls I initially threw in the tutorial and game proper hit the ground in front of me until that virtual launch point was felt out. And that’s an interesting thing to keep in mind here as well – Sparc may feel intuitive and natural, but that does not mean you’re going to be superb at the game out of the gate. It will take feeling some things out, such as the best ways to throw a ball accurately, when to dodge or when to deflect, and more.
“We tried to come up with a plasma-like look for the characters, because they’re these glowing, solid things in the space,” said Godat. “We’re trying to avoid the uncanny valley and not attempt to make human skin or anything like that, no corpses standing around in VR. Instead of tricking your brain into thinking you’ve teleported into a new world we just want to turn your living room into a Sparc court.”
There’s a lot to like about Sparc, and it seems CCP’s first foray out of the EVE universe is on the right track. It’s a good idea at its core that is being implemented extremely well so far. The tracking in Sparc is superb and really immersed me in the world itself. I forgot for a moment I was standing in a music hall on the shores of Reykjavik, Iceland; instead, I felt as if I was a player in a sport in the future, under-hand lobbing balls for them to dodge in the hopes of scoring enough hits to win the day.
Sparc is expected to launch on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR later this year.
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Smack 'em up
Smack 'em Up is a hard-hitting documentary that looks at the violent underbelly of professional wrestling. The film features an unassuming Irish man, Fergal Devitt, who, against the odds, made himself a major celebrity in Japan. Smack Em Up follows him on his final tour, wrestling in underground nightclubs in Glasgow and at elaborate sponsor parties in Tokyo before joining the American WWE where he is tipped for international stardom. The film is a raw and uncompromising portrait of a bizarre, sporting subculture: a must see for fans worldwide.
Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017.
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Alternative Title: Smack them up
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INTERVIEW: Mobley
RJ Frometa August 8, 2016 Artist Interviews Leave a comment 94 Views
Hi Mobley, welcome to VENTS! How have you been?
I’m doing pretty well. Thanks for having me.
Can you talk to us more about your latest single “Solo”?
I’m always hesitant to talk too much about my intentions because I think the meaning that people find and make for themselves is often so much more interesting. I’ll just say that there were two ideas central to my understanding of the concept. First, that there are innumerable forces acting on us in modern life that can make us feel isolated. Whether we respond with defiance or resignation, it seems that more people are experiencing some degree of loneliness most of the time. Second, that no one ever really does anything alone. Anything we ever accomplish is built from pieces left for us by other people, often at considerable cost.
Did any event in particular inspire you to write this song?
At the time of writing, various events converged to make me feel a profound aloneness, including transitioning from operating within a band to a becoming a solo artist (my new EP, Some Other Country, is my first solo release). With the song, I wanted to point to the very real feelings of isolation and loneliness that too many of us live with, but I also wanted to push past that to the point of caricature to acknowledge that virtually no one really does anything “solo”.
Who come up with the cool concept?
I came up with both the song and video concepts and, along with my co-director Katherine Wilkinson, choreographed everything except the background dancers.
How was the film experience? Was it stressful as shown in the video?
It actually came together quite well. I think it was probably even more stressful than it looks, but I had a great team around to help me execute my vision. Honestly, I’m amazed that we were able to pull it off. They deserve a ton of credit.
The single comes off your new EP Some Other Country – what’s the story behind the title?
The title references the theme of most songs on the record: most use a romantic relationship as a metaphor through which to explore social issues like race-making, policing, citizenship, and belonging.
How was the recording and writing process?
Intense and lonely, but very rewarding in the end. I’ve been getting great responses and I’m really pleased with how it came together.
Having travelled and lived pretty much around the world – how has this influenced your music?
I think that having access to different frameworks and perspectives as you move through the world really changes you. Seeing the ways that people in different places interact with and think about things makes you more aware of the aspects of your worldview that you take as fixed or granted (even if they aren’t). My hope would be that all of that moving about has made me more open and nuanced in the way I see the world and, consequently, a better artist.
Where did you find the inspiration for the songs and lyrics?
Everywhere. I take a pretty holistic view of influences and inspiration, so I’d say I drew inspiration from everywhere.
How has the road been treating you so far?
The road is always tough, but it’s a thrill to be introducing songs to new audiences and seeing how people respond, and watching things that have existed only in my mind leap into the real world.
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The Sherlocks release new video today
RJ Frometa August 2, 2017 News Leave a comment 46 Views
The Sherlocks have today released a new video for their single titled ‘Live For The Moment’ ahead of their debut album of the same name,due for release August 18th. Pre-order the album here: https://thesherlocks.lnk.to/LftMPR
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE; https://TheSherlocks.lnk.to/LFTMVidPR
‘Live For The Moment’ is an energetic song that bristles with confidence and triumph. Filled with big bold drums, a galloping bassline, an infectious guitar riff and a vocal that’s delivered with heartfelt honesty that inspires the listener to LIVE FOR THE MOMENT.
The video was shot in Botany Bay, Kent and directed by Alex Nicholson. It’s a cinematic video that tells the narrative of a man walking somewhat purposefully along the deserted beach and encountering a broken woman, whilst The Sherlocks play live on the beach in the background with their usual swagger & intent. It’s a beautifully shot video with a mysterious narrative that leaves the viewer asking questions, with reference to the legend Cthulhu.
Sheffield four-piece The Sherlocks have been relentlessly touring the UK ahead of the release of their debut album and dates have includedjoining both Kings Of Leon & Richard Ashcroft as main support on their arena tours as well as numerous festival dates. The band, consisting of two sets of brothers, have been steadily building a solid live following and were the first unsigned band since Arctic Monkeys to sell out their local venue the Sheffield Leadmill. With support from the likes of Steve Lamacq, Annie Mac, Mistajam & Huw Stephens, this is a young band following in the great tradition of guitar groups from their area. The Sherlocks have drawn obvious comparisons from their influencers (The Jam, The Clash, Arctic Monkeys) but this is a band with unquenchable ambition intending to create their own unique sound and already captivating new audiences. The Sherlocks have been earning excellent live reviews up & down the country after selling out multiple venues (including Sheffield’s Foundry & Manchester’s Albert Hall) and their fan base is going from strength to strength with their singles ‘Will You Be There’ &‘Was It Really Worth It?’ both reaching No.1 in the Vinyl single charts, a new generation discovering the adrenalizing rush of rock’n’roll.
The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and produced by Gavin Monaghan. Full track listing is below. When asked what to expect from this anticipated debut from the young band, The Sherlocks promise;
“The time has finally come…what started as a hobby has incredibly turned into a career. But this is all down to our fans for investing their time into our band. The amount of people calling for this album is truly overwhelming and we know this is the right time to share it. We’ve genuinely worked so hard for this and put everything into this album, down to the very last detail. Everything about this album feels incredibly special…4 lads from the middle of nowhere. This is what makes our story so special, that the people have decided to back a real band and we will be forever grateful to them for that. Our lives have completely changed over the last few years, we started this band around 7 years ago as friends jamming a few songs out together in my dad’s garage. Over 1200 gigs later, we’re now here announcing something we will be eternally proud of. We can’t wait for you to hear it in its entirety. This one’s for you.
This journey has only just begun… LIVE FOR THE MOMENT x “
THE SHERLOCKS UK TOUR DATES 2017
4th August – Inverness, Belladrum Tartan Festival
19th August – Durham, Hardwick Live Festival
25th August – Leeds Festival
27th August – Reading Festival
1st September – Wilkestock Festival
14th September –Newcastle, Newcastle Uni
15th September – Manchester, Manchester Academy
16th September – Nottingham, Rock City
19th September – Glasgow, O2 ABC
20th September –Bristol, SWX
21st September – Southampton, 1865
22nd September – London, Heaven
23rd September – Sheffield, O2 Academy
LIVE FOR THE MOMENT ALBUM TRACKLISTING
1. Will You Be There
2. Live For The Moment
3. Escapade
4. Chasing Shadows
5. Blue
6. Nobody Knows
7. Was It Really Worth It
8. Turn The Clock
9. Last Night
10. Heart Of Gold
11. Motions
12. Candlelight
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Home / News / DJ HOLLYWOOD releases new single ‘cHaNgE uP!’ Featuring Fatman Scoop as a Free Download
DJ HOLLYWOOD releases new single ‘cHaNgE uP!’ Featuring Fatman Scoop as a Free Download
RJ Frometa May 7, 2018 News Leave a comment 97 Views
Las Vegas-based DJ/producer/songwriter/radio host DJ HOLLYWOOD today (May 7) releases his latest single, “cHaNgE uP!” featuring Fatman Scoop. The EDM banger–available as a free download via DJ HOLLYWOOD’s SoundCloud page–is sure to get the energy hyped at house parties and nightclubs this summer, especially when Scoop declares, “I just want you to dance.”
Download/stream “cHaNgE uP!” now via SoundCloud (here).
“I’m super excited to be releasing my sophomore track ‘cHaNgE uP!’ featuring the two-time Grammy Award winner Fatman Scoop!,” shares DJ HOLLYWOOD (aka Leandro Vlastaris). With this new single, DJ HOLLYWOOD is looking to catch lightning in a bottle again; his debut single Love Me (October 2016) peaked at #9 on the Billboard Dance Club Chart.
“‘cHaNgE uP!’ is a high energy EDM/trap hybrid anthem made for big rooms around the world,” he adds. “My goal is to make this one of the most talked about dance records of the summer! I’m so excited about this record as my present to you, I’m giving it away for free!”
DJ HOLLYWOOD–known for holding residencies at the most popular clubs and pool parties around the world from Las Vegas to Miami for the past two decades and bringing celebrity hosts along–will be making various appearances across the country throughout May and the summer. First up, he’ll be spinning at AURA in Tempe, Arizona this Friday, May 11 and then at Hyde Nightclub in his Vegas hometown on Saturday, May 19 as part of his residency at the famed club. Following his appearances this past weekend at The Pool After Dark at Harrah’s Atlantic City, which featured appearances by Tinashe and Naturi Naughton from Starz’s hit show “Power,” DJ HOLLYWOOD returns to the New Jersey hot spot to turn up the party Memorial Day Weekend: Friday, May 25 (hosted by Joseph Sikora from “Power”) and Saturday, May 26 (hosted by Mario Lopez). He’ll also be behind the turntables at The Pool After Dark this summer on Friday, June 1 (hosted by Johnny Bananasand Cara Maria from MTV’s ‘The Challenge’) and Saturday, June 2 (hosted by Scott Disick) along with July 20 and 21 and August 3 and 4, with the guest hosts for those nights to be announced.
Additionally, through his talent agency BeatClan, DJ HOLLYWOOD books celebrities and performers to venues across the country, for companies such as Caesars Entertainment, Penn Gaming and Hard Rock. Upcoming appearances he has booked for The Pool After Dark include a DJ set from Paris Hilton on June 23, live performance from Nico & Vinz June 29 and an appearance by Machine Gun KellyJune 30. Other upcoming bookings at the Harrah’s nightclub include T-Pain, J. Holiday, Mario Lopez, Natalia Eva Marie, Wyclef Jean, Ja Rule and Ashanti, Anthony Anderson and Jesse McCartney.
Spinning everything from hip-hop to EDM and one of the originators of the Party Rock set, DJ HOLLYWOOD rose to international prominence as the marquee DJ face of the Las Vegas mega club scene in the ’90s and continues to make waves now. In addition to producing music, spinning at nightclubs, and managing his company BeatClan, the SKAM Artist-repped DJ has also graced the Las Vegas airwaves for over a decade with his award-winning radio show, “Hollywood Boulevard” on 98.5 KLUC. Named “Readers Choice Las Vegas DJ of the Year” by Las Vegas Weeklyfive times, one of the biggest honors DJ HOLLYWOOD has received in his career came in 2010 when former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman proclaimed December 23rd “DJ Hollywood Day” for his humanitarian work and promoting the Las Vegas nightlife brand internationally for two decades. Read a recent interview with Las Vegas Weekly HERE.
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Today, Marvel Studios and Sony announced the end of their search for a new Spider-Man for the character’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debut. Earlier this year, a deal was struck between Marvel and Sony to bring the web-head into the well established MCU as well as create a brand new series of solo adventures for Spidey. This deal will allow Sony to utilize characters and actors from the MCU in their own set of new Spider-Man solo films, the first of which has a release date scheduled for 2017 after the new Spider-Man makes his debut in Captain America: Civil War (2016).
Replacing Andrew Garfield from the Amazing Spider-Man series is 19 year old Tom Holland whose most famous movie listed on IMDB as of today is Untitled Spider-Man Reboot. Sony and Marvel were reported to have been interested heavily in Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield, but he had dropped out of the running officially last week.
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Today’s announcement of Holland taking over as the web-slinger ends several months of speculation as to who would fill the spandex of Marvel’s most popular and lucrative hero. The announcement also puts to rest any potential of Marvel Studios taking the opportunity to bring Miles Morales to the big screen rather than cast a third actor to play Peter Parker in less than a decade. While choosing Peter Parker as the MCU’s Spider-Man over Miles Morales may be disappointing to some fans (myself included), it will no doubt allow Spidey the smoothest transition into the MCU versus what we can only assume would be the more jarring appearance of the unfamiliar Morales to the casual movie goer. After two different failures to capitalize on the character’s potential on screen resulting in what will be a 2nd reboot of the character, it’s no wonder Marvel and Sony want to minimize risk with the next effort.
The announcement of Holland’s casting as Peter Parker does seem to overshadow Marvel’s announcement from yesterday. Marvel revealed that Miles Morales would, indeed, be the new Spider-Man in their upcoming universe reboot replacing the Peter Parker character permanently. Morales has gained quite a bit of popularity since his debut in the Ultimate Spider-Man (2011) comics after the death of that universe’s Peter Parker. The new version of Morales as Spider-Man will NOT be an alternate reality or continuity but rather the new status quo for the series going forward marking a new milestone of progress in comics.
With actors and actresses not having the longevity of their comic book counterparts, the future of Miles Morales being Spider-Man on the big screen is not as grim as it may seem. The Morales character (whose original introduction in the comics was after the death of Peter Parker) actually gives Marvel Studios and Sony a pretty convenient contingency plan in the event that Holland decides to leave the franchise as he can easily be written off and another young actor can replace him as Morales. While this is highly speculative, it seems a fairly plausible route for Sony/Marvel to take in the event those circumstances arise.
Look for Holland to make his debut in Captain America: Civil War in 2016.
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Kobe Bryant, John Turturro, Bobby Canavale, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Sheridan, Imelda Staunton, and Salma Hayek are among the talent involved in the short films tapped for the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
The roster of 57 shorts, divided into 10 sections, are all in competition for the festival’s short film awards. Among the contenders are “Dear Basketball,” Disney animator Glen Keane’s movie that features Bryant; Turturro and Canavale’s “Hair,” directed by Turturro and centering on an unscripted conversation about men’s hair; and Sheridan’s 9/11 tale, “11th Hour,” which stars Hayek. Moss appears in Richard Shepard’s drama “Tokyo Project,” while Staunton has a role in London wartime story “Little Bird.”
The 16th annual Tribeca Film Festival runs April 19-30. The full list of the festival’s short films follows.
Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G
Curpigeon, directed and written by Dmitry Milkin. (USA)
Summer Camp Island, directed and written by Julia Pott. (USA)
Odd is an Egg (Odd er et egg), directed by Kristin Ulseth, written by Maria Avramova, Kristin Ulseth. (Norway)
Angel (Mon Ange), directed and written by Gregory Casares. (Switzerland)
The Talk: True Stories About The Birds & The Bees, directed and written by Alain Delannoy. (Canada)
Second to None, directed and written by Vincent Gallagher. (Ireland)
Escape, directed by Limbert Fabian, Brandon Oldenburg, written by Limbert Fabian, Brandon Oldenburg, Angus McGilpin. (USA)
Dear Basketball, directed by Glen Keane, written by Kobe Bryant. (USA)
Shorts: Disconnected
Wave, directed by Benjamin Cleary, TJ O’Grady-Peyton, written by Benjamin Cleary. (Ireland)
Big City, directed by Jordan Bond, Lachlan Ryan, written by Jordan Bond. (Australia)
Big Sister (Ahotcha), directed and written by Michal Gassner. (Israel)
Life Boat, directed and written by Lorraine Nicholson. (USA)
The Navigator (Kartleseren), directed and written by Mikal Hovland. (Norway)
The Suitcase, directed and written by Abi Damaris Corbin. (USA)
Shorts: Human Condition
Shooting War, directed by Aeyliya Husain. (Canada)
Skull + Bone, directed by Victoria Rivera. (USA)
Revolving Doors, directed and written by James Burns. (USA)
White Riot: London, directed by Rubika Shah, written by Ed Gibbs, Rubika Shah. (U.K.)
Water Warriors, directed by Michael Premo. (Canada, USA)
Shorts: Last Exit
Oh Damn, directed and written by Pat Bishop and Matt Ingebretson. (USA)
Don’t Mess With Julie Whitfield, directed and written by Amy Barham. (USA)
Cul-De-Sac, directed by Damon Russell, written by Shawn Christensen. (USA)
Retouch, directed and written by Kaveh Mazaheri. (Iran)
Buckets, directed and written by Julia Jones. (USA)
Baraka, directed by Néstor Ruiz Medina, written by Néstor Ruiz Medina, Juan Luis Cordero. (Spain)
Shorts: New York – Group Therapy
Hair, directed by John Turturro, written by Bobby Cannavale and John Turturro. A Rag & Bone Films production. (USA)
Lemon, directed and written by Timothy Michael Cooper. (USA)
Approaching a Breakthrough, directed and written by Noah Pritzker. (USA)
Joy Joy Nails, directed and written by Joey Ally. (USA)
The Beehive, directed and written by Jacobie Gray. (Australia)
Where There’s Smoke, directed by Evan Ari Kelman, written by Evan Ari Kelman, Parker Hill. (USA)
11th Hour, directed by Jim Sheridan, written by Jim Sheridan, Oskar Slingerland. (Ireland, Mexico)
Shorts: Postcards
Viola, Franca, directed by Marta Savina, written by Marta Savina, Andrea Brusa. (Italy)
Fry Day, directed by Laura Moss, written by Laura Moss, Brendan O’Brien. (USA)
Dive (Salta), directed by Marianne Amelinckx. (Venezuela)
Tokyo Project, directed and written by Richard Shepard. (USA)
Little Bird, directed by Georgia Oakley, written by Emily Taaffe. (U.K.)
Shorts: S.O.S.
Mother’s Day, directed by Elizabeth Lo, co-directed by R.J. Lozada. (USA)
The Good Fight, directed and written by Ben Holman, written by Ben Holman. (Brazil, U.K., USA)
Silo: Edge of the Real World, directed by Marshall Burnette. (USA)
The Rugby Boys of Memphis, directed by David Darg. (USA)
For Flint, directed by Brian Schulz, written by Brian Schulz, Sharika Ajaikumar, Katharina Stroh. (USA)
Blues Planet: Triptych, directed and written by Wyland. (USA)
Shorts: Surf’s Up!
Resurface, directed by Josh Izenberg, Wynn Padula. (USA)
Under an Arctic Sky, directed by Chris Burkard, written by Ben Weiland, Chris Burkard. (USA)
Shorts: Viewfinder
Hilda, directed and written by Kiira Benzing. (USA)
The Spring, directed by Delaney Buffett, written by Chloe Corner, Delaney Buffett, Katie Corwin. (USA)
The Godfather of Fitness, directed by Rade Popović, written by Zoran Amar, Rade Popović. (USA, Serbia)
Love the Sinner, directed by Jessica Devaney, Geeta Gandbhir, written by Jessica Devaney. (USA)
Watched, directed by Katie Mitchell. (USA)
Woody’s Order!, directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger, written by Daniel A. Miller, Ann Talman. (USA)
Shorts: Your Heart’s Desire (Narrative)
Alive, directed and written by Sung Hwan Kim. (South Korea)
Again, directed by Alexis Jacknow, written by Bekah Brunstetter. (USA)
The World In Your Window, directed and written by Zoe McIntosh. (New Zealand)
Iron Hands (铁手), directed and written by Johnson Cheng. (USA, China)
The Escape, directed and written by Paul Franklin. (U.K.)
The Foster Portfolio, directed and written by Danielle Katvan, written by Danielle Katvan. (USA)
Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival: Sports Shorts, Sponsored by Mohegan Sun
The Amazing Adventures of Wally and the Worm, directed by Colin Hanks. (USA)
Bump & Spike, directed by Michael Jacobs. (USA)
The Counterfeiter, directed by Brian Biegel. (USA)
Revolution in the Ring, directed by Jason Sklaver. (USA)
Run Mama Run, directed by Daniele Anastasion. (USA)
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Darksiders I & II Getting Xbox One X Updates, Both Games to Run in Native 4K at 60fps
Are you considering picking up Darksiders III, but worried you won’t know what’s going on because you haven’t played the first two games? Well, publisher THQ Nordic has you covered – Darksiders III: Blades & Whip Edition includes Darksiders Warmastered Edition and Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition for $90. Not a bad deal for three fairly-meaty action-adventure games!
And now, THQ Nordic has revealed Xbox One X owners who pick up the Blades & Whip Edition are in for a bit of a bonus. Darksiders Warmastered Edition and Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition are getting Xbox One X enhancements – Wccftech reached out to THQ Nordic and can confirm both games will run in native 4K at 60fps on Microsoft’s souped-up console. Meanwhile, the PS4 Pro versions of the game runs at 1620p (2880×1660). The Xbox One X enhanced version of Darksiders Warmastered Edition is available today, while the enhanced version of Darksiders II will be available later this month.
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Haven’t been keeping up with Darksiders III? Here’s what the game’s all about:
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of Fury in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most unpredictable and enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, Fury must succeed where many have failed – to bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth. Darksiders III is the long-anticipated, third chapter in the critically-acclaimed Darksiders franchise.
Play as Fury – A mage who must rely on her whip and magic to restore the balance between good and evil here on Earth!
Harness Fury’s magic to unleash her various forms – Each granting her access to new weapons, moves and traversal abilities.
Explore an open-ended, living, game world – Fury moves back and forth between environments to uncover secrets while advancing the story.
Defeat the Seven Deadly Sins – Take down these bosses and their servants who range from mystical creatures to degenerated beings.
Darksiders III unleashes its Fury on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on November 27.
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Darksiders 3 New Mod Allows FOV Adjusting
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Words on music by Richard Rees Jones
Dredd Foole: Daze on the Mounts
Posted on November 17, 2008 by viennesewaltz
Dredd Foole is a kind of godfather to the free folk scene. Born Dan Ireton, the 57-year-old American has been an itinerant musical presence in the north-eastern USA for over 20 years. Having released two albums in the 1980s under the name Dredd Foole and the Din, and played with Boston art-punks Mission of Burma, Ireton disappeared from view in the 90s but was re-energised by the emergence of the free folk weirdos in the early 2000s.
He performed at the event that kick-started the whole shebang, the 2003 Brattleboro Free Folk Festival, and first issued Daze on the Mounts in 2004 as a limited edition CD-R. Family Vineyard have now given the record a wider release, which is admirable; much of its attraction, however, lies not with Foole but with his co-performers Matt Valentine and Erika Elder, whose instrumental contributions are significant throughout.
Under the undeniably appropriate MV & EE banner, Valentine and Elder have made a name for themselves with their lysergic, folk-tinged psychedelia. On this record, they provide inspired instrumental backing that revitalises Foole’s occasionally humdrum songs. Foole’s approach to singing is somewhat reminiscent of Tim Buckley in its yearning for visionary clarity, yet Foole lacks Buckley’s mystical intensity and too often sounds merely confused. “Signed DC” is a case in point. Valentine’s guitar work on this version of an Arthur Lee tune is deliriously inspired, yet the song remains resolutely earthbound thanks to Foole’s crude and approximate vocals. Likewise, Foole delivers the lyric to “The Lion of Green” aimlessly and with a distinct lack of conviction – understandably so, since the lyric itself is fragmentary and elliptical: “Sounds of a summer afternoon/MV channels Verlaine/on a lithium smorgasbord/pick and moan/and applies the glue.”
Foole himself plays bluesy acoustic guitar throughout the album, adding a homely and pastoral vibe that sits uneasily alongside Valentine and Elder’s more wigged out excursions. “Feed the King” and the tiresomely punning “When (The) Foole Comes Out” represent the album at its most out there, with MV and EE adding flute, trumpet, bells and various percussion instruments; yet Foole cannot resist the temptation to overemote vocally, and both tracks are somewhat tame when compared with the loopy urgency of contemporaries like Sunburned Hand of the Man. It’s a pity that, on the evidence of Daze on the Mounts, this senior figure in an important movement does not share the dynamism and charisma regularly exhibited by his younger confrères.
(Originally published in The Sound Projector 16, 2008)
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What Admins Need to Know About Azure
If you haven't looked at or used Microsoft Azure lately, you're missing out. See what it offers, and find out if it will benefit your business.
By Paul Schnackenburg
Microsoft's Azure cloud service is growing quickly; so fast, in fact, that if you haven't been keeping up with it on a regular basis, you'll be far behind after just a few months. That's why I'm here: I'll catch you up on the latest, to help you understand what Azure offers now, as well as provide business and IT context for why you might consider using particular services.
Note that this article will only cover what's new in Azure, and not the basics of what it offers. If you're not familiar with that, you'll need to get up to speed to make the most of this discussion.
Compute Services for Web Sites
If you're not in the business of running Web servers, but need a Web site, Azure Web site hosting is a great option. It's not just for .NET Framework sites, either; the service supports Java as well as MySQL backend databases. A key selling point for Azure over the other multitude of hosting providers out there is the global scale (permitting multiple copies of your site closer to your customers), the rich development environment (it supports almost all modern languages) and the breadth of the service as a true Web application platform.
There is a new tier to give you plenty of options for how you scale your sites; and you can now connect your Web sites to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) virtual machines (VMs) you have running in your virtual network. Background services in the form of scripts can now manage your site using Web jobs, and security can be enhanced using the Modsecurity Web Application Firewall with both free and commercial rule sets.
Azure Search as a Service is a very interesting addition, essentially enabling search on a site (or through a mobile app) with very little coding required. It includes geospatial awareness, auto-complete and scoring profiles to control results. Protecting your Web site content is now easier with Backup and Restore, but the most exciting addition is probably Hybrid Connections.
Hybrid Connections isn't limited to Web sites, and can be used with other Azure services. This essentially makes it possible to host part of your application (the Web front end, for example) in Azure while keeping the back end database on-premises, for regulatory or compliance reasons. It's a secure point-to-point connection requiring no change to the name resolution, and it can transport any HTTP/HTTPS and TCP traffic. I can't emphasize enough how important this simple service could prove to be; it could be the killer app for helping enterprises move to a hybrid cloud model.
Compute Services: Virtual Machines
As expected, running your own VMs in Azure is one of the biggest areas of interest for many businesses. In late September, the new "D" series of VMs were added, which offer up to 800 GB of local SSD storage. Note that this is only for temporary storage on the D: drive, and not persistent data (but that's likely coming soon). There are also two new big VM sizes -- A8 and A9 -- with faster processors, larger amounts of memory and 40 Gb/s RDMA NICs. There's also a new Basic tier of VMs, suitable for dev and test. It's not meant for much more than that, as it doesn't support load balancing and auto scaling.
Business that have adopted System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) can now have instances of DPM running on Azure VMs, for backing up other VMs in your virtual network. Be aware that there are some limitations, since you don't have access to the underlying fabric. You'll also want to offload long-term archiving of backups to Azure storage instead of housing it on the DPM server(s); it's similar to using Azure storage as a backup destination for your on-premises backups from DPM or Windows Server Backup.
Perhaps the most interesting addition is the Microsoft Migration Accelerator (MA), through the acquisition of InMage in July. This enables easy migration of VMware, Hyper-V and Amazon Web Services (AWS) VMs to Azure. Most importantly, downtime is minimal, as data is written both to the running source VM as well as the new, offline VM until they're in sync and you're ready to swap over. Alternatively, if you're running System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) you can use the rebranded Azure Site Recovery as a mechanism to migrate VMs to Azure.
The VM extensions were announced in April, but they've been expanded greatly since then. You can use them to monitor your VMs in Azure as well as protect them from malware (Symantec, Trend Micro and Microsoft solutions are currently available).
Those with an MSDN subscription can now spin up Windows client VMs in Azure for dev and test; but note that this isn't supported for Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) scenarios for end users.
Microsoft doesn't offer full desktops running in a cloud as a service, but does offer RemoteApp, which lets you access applications remotely running in a client VM in the cloud (see Figure 1). Most interesting is the ability for IT to prepare its own images with line-of-business (LOB) applications and host these in Azure, providing remote access to the apps on any device.
[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1. RemoteApp is an interesting option for cloud deployment of LOB (or in this case, Microsoft Office) applications that can be available on any device, anywhere.
Desired State Configuration (DSC) is the ability to use PowerShell to define a specific configuration for a system and then push that to one or more systems; recently this was expanded to include Azure.
When it comes to public cloud, security is of course critical. Microsoft understands that, and provides at least two (Cloudlink and Trend Micro) services that can encrypt your Azure VMs with the keys stored outside of Azure.
Azure for Disaster Recovery
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) was mentioned earlier as a mechanism for migrating on-premises VMs to the cloud. But it's much more than that: in previous incarnations, the Azure service was just a management point for the replication of your VMs from one private datacenter to another. The new service lets Azure function as your DR site. This is very powerful technology, although it comes with one major caveat: SCVMM is still required, so you can't simply replicate a VM with Hyper-V Replica. Hopefully this ability will be added in the near future.
Virtual Networks
IaaS VMs depend on network connectivity, and there have been some major updates in this area of Azure. Originally, you could only have a single VPN connection from on-premises to a Virtual Network (VNet) in Azure; now you can have several for redundancy. In the past, each VNet was isolated, so if you had different setups of VMs in different regions (say in the United States and Europe), the VMs could only communicate through the on-premises networks. It's now possible to link VNets together between regions. Previously, VNets, shown in Figure 2, were also limited to a single Affinity group within a datacenter; now they're scoped to an entire region.
Another virtual networking upgrades allows you to reserve your external IP address for VMs and cloud services, which should make DNS and configuration of your on-premises firewall a bit easier. Another interesting recent feature is the Internal Load Balancer (ILB), which provides enhanced security by allowing you to host LOB applications on VMs in Azure in a highly-available manner without exposing them directly.
[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 2. Just as you wouldn't set up a branch office without making sure the wiring and switches were in place, you should set up your virtual networks before creating VMs.
ExpressRoute, the ability to setup a direct (WAN) connection from your on-premises datacenter to Azure, has now expanded to different regions through partnership with more providers; here's a good overview comparing Site-to-Site VPN with ExpressRoute.
Traffic Manager is an Azure service that can direct traffic to different IaaS VMs or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Cloud Services or Web sites, depending on load or geographical distance. It can now manage endpoints external to Azure; for on-premises servers or endpoints in other public clouds, you can assign weights to different entries for more fine-grained control. If you want to be able to trace traffic from your PaaS or IaaS VMs, you can add reverse DNS records.
Azure storage is used by many different services; building complex applications on top of these services can make it hard to pinpoint issues, especially since public cloud, by its very nature, hides a lot of the underlying fabric from you. Storage performance can be especially tricky, so you might want to check out this Microsoft guide, with step-by-step instructions for monitoring, diagnosing and troubleshooting. It's worth noting that the size of single BLOB storage has been increased from 200 to 500 TB.
A useful addition to storage is the introduction of Azure files; it's essentially a file share hosted by Azure that you can access from VMs and cloud services. Related to that, Azure backup retention ranges have been significantly increased.
Redis Cache
Redis cache is an open source cache and data store. Microsoft maintains an open source port for Windows Server, and has made it available in Azure, calling it Azure Redis Cache. Microsoft states in its documentation that "Redis Cache helps your application become more responsive even as user load increases and leverages the low latency, high-throughput capabilities of the Redis engine. This separate cache layer allows your data tier to scale independently for more efficient use of compute resources in your application layer."
The true value of using public cloud becomes apparent when you can automate tasks using scripts and runbooks, as well as global assets. That automation now makes authentication easier if you're using Azure Active Directory, because you can call Service Management Automation (SMA) from Windows PowerShell.
Related to this are Azure Resource Groups and the Azure Resource Manager, which act as containers for several different parts of an Azure service. They can include Web sites, VMs and cloud services that can be deployed and managed as a single unit. An example is a highly available SharePoint 2013 farm with Active Directory and the SQL back-end that can be deployed with a few clicks in a wizard in the new portal (more on this in a bit). There's also new support in Visual Studio for creating these deployment templates.
SQL in Azure
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 introduced Always On for highly available database services; it was further enhanced in SQL Server 2014. Templates for Azure were recently released that let you easily build an Always On SQL setup in Azure IaaS. Another popular approach is having your active database on-premises with an Availability Group copy running in Azure for disaster recovery.
If you just want database as a service, it became more attractive with the addition of easy auditing of database activity. For an example of the advantages offered by Azure, note that the Premium tier of database services now offers up to four geo-distributed secondary copies of your databases, along with Geo restore and automatic point-in-time backups of your databases (consider the on-premises infrastructure required for similar functionality).
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), seen in Figure 3, is another crucial (and free) service for IT pros to explore and use. Identity management in today's world of devices and cloud services is possibly the most important skill you can invest in.
You can use directory synchronization or its more capable replacement, Azure Active Directory Synchronization Services (Azure AD Sync), in combination with Active Directory Federation Services, to replicate your on-premises user accounts to Azure. Once there, they can be used to grant access to your in-house Web-based application and other Microsoft SaaS applications such as Office 365, Intune and others. More important, it can be used to enable single sign-on (SSO) to third-party cloud applications such as Salesforce, Box, DropBox and so on. Back in May the list of enabled applications was about 1,200; by late fall, the list had grown to more than 2,400 applications.
[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 3. Built-in reports alone are worth the admission price of Azure Active Directory.
But how do you know which SaaS applications your users are actually using? Numerous sources confirm that IT departments regularly underestimate "shadow IT" cloud usage. A free service from Microsoft called Cloud App Discovery comes with a small agent to install on each PC in your network; as it gathers data, you can run reports to target extensively used applications and bring them under management.
Using this Azure AD function lets you not only provide SSO to many cloud services, but also provision and deprovision accounts automatically. So when Jane leaves the company, you only need to disable her account in Active Directory on-premises (as you do today -- right?); that change is replicated to Azure AD and her access is revoked to all cloud apps for which she'd been authorized. It can also provide access to corporate Twitter and other social media accounts without the users knowing the password.
The premium version of Azure AD offers group management; self-service password reset and self-service group management; multifactor authentication; Forefront Identity Manager licenses and more. There's also a new Basic Azure AD tier that includes features like group-based access management; self-service password reset for cloud applications; a customizable environment for launching enterprise and consumer cloud applications, and an enterprise-level SLA of 99.9 percent uptime.
Just when IT pros thought they'd gotten server virtualization down pat, another new technology crops up. Containers, the most famous of which is Docker, encapsulates applications so they can be deployed on any available server, virtualizing the application rather than the application and OS. Microsoft has announced its own forthcoming container technology, but for now Azure fully supports using Docker on Linux VMs.
This platform service for encoding, storing and streaming video from the cloud got its trial by fire during the Sochi Olympics, where video footage was encoded and served to millions of viewers (in the United States) in real time. Encryption for content protection is now built-in, live streaming is in preview, and Dynamic Streaming over HTTP (DASH) -- an emerging standard for video streaming with virtually every major video provider behind it -- is also in preview. The service used to charge for input and output of media; now only output data is charged for.
Building the back-end application and services for mobile apps (Android, iOS, Windows Phone and others) is now easier in Azure with offline support for Android, as well as SSO in the .NET Framework back-end.
HDInsight: Hadoop on Azure
If your business has any kind of large datasets you want to analyze, using Hadoop for managing that data is the answer. And unless you happen to have a lot of spare servers, enlisting the public cloud to help you is the best way to go. In June, the HDInsight service transitioned to Hadoop 2.4, which can provide up to 100 times the performance improvements over the earlier version for query response times. Apache HBase, a NoSQL distributed database, is now also fully implemented as part of the service.
The New Azure Management Portal
The alternative Web-based GUI for Azure was more primitive, and only a few services were available. This has improved considerably, as you can see in Figure 4, with many more services now visible. But the best thing about the new Azure Management Portal is the customization: You can adjust it so that it shows exactly the information you care about most.
[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 4. Customizable, dynamic and adaptive, the improved Azure Management Portal is a great way to explore new features.
The new portal also addresses possibly the single biggest missing feature of Azure when it comes to enterprise adoption: Role Based Access Control. No more, though, as it's now available.
Get Ahead of the Curve
There's no doubt that Microsoft is taking advantage of its entrenchment in enterprise datacenters to offer a unique roadmap where businesses can pick and choose what services to start moving to the cloud on their own terms. This is something that VMware Inc., AWS Inc. and Google Inc. can't offer. But you can't take advantage if you haven't joined the club. Get a trial account to Azure if you haven't already, or make sure to use your MSDN credits and discounts if you have a subscription. Learn what it can do -- and start using it. Azure is getting better all the time, and will undoubtedly continue to progress. You don't want to fall any further behind the curve.
Paul Schnackenburg, MCSE, MCT, MCTS and MCITP, started in IT in the days of DOS and 286 computers. He runs IT consultancy Expert IT Solutions, which is focused on Windows, Hyper-V and Exchange Server solutions.
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Chico State preview: track & field poised to continue dominating
Noah Andrews
Chico State's track and field program has demonstrated an unparalleled level of success throughout the last few years. Last season, the men's team won their third straight California Collegiate Athletic Association championship. It was their 14th conference title in the last 15 seasons. The women's team fi...
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Chico State men’s track and field claims CCAA Championship
Andrew Baumgartner
With nine first place finishes, the men's track and field team dominated the competition to win the California Collegiate Athletic Association championship.Chico State scored 252.5 points, which was 89.5 more points than runner-up UC San Diego.The first victory for the Wildcats came in the decathlon...
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Chico State track and field finds success at home in Twilight Invitational
In the final home track meet of the year, Chico State's track and field teams saw plenty of first place finishes at The Chico Distance Carnival and Twilight Invitational.One of those first-place finishers was Hasani Barrett in the 4x400 meter relay.Barrett is one Wildcat who likes to compete at home....
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Wildcat of the Week – Michelle Holt
Michelle Holt is a sprinter for Chico State's track and field team. Holt is in her sophomore year as a kinesiology major and has had early success as a Wildcat so far this season. She placed first in the 100 and 200-meter dash at the Wildcat Invitational March 10. She is also a part of the 4x400 relay...
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Here Come The Warm Jets / Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy / Another Green World / Before And After Science Ian Wade , August 2nd, 2017 11:32
Four albums of peak Eno, restored and re-released on delicious vinyl.
Finally back out on vinyl, and restored lovingly via the means of half-speed mastering and all that, these four albums represent the essence of Brian Eno. A brace of releases that helped push rock music into new forms, introduced new influences and refreshed the ideas of how you go about making it.
Surrounding himself with a crack team of collaborators on Here Come The Warm Jets - Robert Fripp, Simon King of Hawkwind, Chris Spedding and all of the Roxys bar Ferry - Eno pitted them against one another in order to capture 'catchy accidents', seeing how a new dialogue can be formed by competing musicians. He would also act out movements or instructions to the musicians, and with production - the 'studio as instrument' - managed to bend things out of shape to a point where they bore no resemblance to what had been played.
Opener 'Needle In The Camel's Eye' strafes into being like a metallic assault foreshadowing My Bloody Valentine by a good decade or so, with Eno's multi-tracked voice - credited to Nick Kool & the Koolaids - as a chiming invasion. It manages to sound like the past and the future. The title track's actual warm jets - not named after any fruity watersports - refer to the fuzzy warm flow of treated guitars. 'The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch' singlehandedly invents Talking Heads. The grandiose outer-space wall of sound created by voice and treated piano of 'On Some Faraway Beach' still illuminates new melodies and dimension each time it's played, 40-odd years after release.
With Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy, released 11 months after Warm Jets, Eno had taken to using the Oblique Strategies cards he'd created with artist and sleeve designer Peter Schmidt during the recording process, this time with a core band featuring Phil Manzanera and Robert Wyatt and a smaller list of guests including Phil Collins, Andy McKay and the Portsmouth Sinfonia. The sound had refined into conventionality as Eno tickled song structure into a more instantly accessible whole with less attack than before. 'Mother Whale Eyeless', 'Put A Straw Under Baby' and the astonishing pre-punk 'Third Uncle' as particular highlights.
By contrast, 1975's Another Green World is much calmer, with the avant smoothed into a new pastoral ambient pop and Eno singing on only five of its 14 tracks. Inspired by the likes of Fluxus, Eno decided to have no ideas beforehand (itself a plan of sorts). The making-it-up-as-he-went-along paid off. And while there was no shortage of guest musicians, such as Robert Fripp, Phil Collins and John Cale, on seven of the tracks Eno played every instrument. If you want to see where all strands of Eno cross over, this is the album. It's a proper masterpiece.
By the time of 1977's Before And After Science, Eno had begun making his forays into - or even inventing - ambient music with Music For Films and Discreet Music, as well as collaborating with Cluster on the Cluster & Eno album. Rather than book a studio and knock out an album in a fortnight as he'd done previously, Eno took his time putting Before And After Science together, adding Can's Jaki Liebezeit, Henry Cow's Fred Frith, Fairport Convention's Dave Mattacks and his Cluster chums Möbi Moebius and Achim Roedelius into the mix. The songs capture a mixture of gentle nihilism and joy, sensing an ending but offering escape at the same time. A euphoric melancholy. It's no wonder LCD Soundsystem have based their career on 'No One Receiving'.
These albums spark off new musical roads and forms of transport, harnessed through new methods and forms of thinking, but there's a melodic sensibility embedded throughout. They effectively provided a whole new approach. The five-year span of productivity is unrivalled with at least seven albums and his various production credits - he certainly wasn't fucking about. He'd experimented with the modern pop form and created several new paths for countless others to follow, and now Eno's work, at least as a pop performer himself, was done.
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Captain America: The First Avenger Directed by: Joe Johnston Cast: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones, Sebastian Stan Running Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: July 22, 2011
PLOT: During World War II, the army recruits skinny Steve Rodgers (Evans) and turns him into Captain America, a super soldier. Red Skull (Weaving) has plans of world domination beyond Hitler’s.
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Two-time Emmy nominee Jake Hamilton began his film critic career at the age of 14 when he was brought on to write film reviews for the Houston Chronicle. Pegged as a brutally honest and genuinely real critic for the people, Hamilton spent the next four years writing hundreds of reviews, features, and controversial Top Ten lists. He was even the subject for the highly publicized “Win a Date with Jake Hamilton” contest. Upon graduation from high school in 2006, Hamilton joined the PBS late night talk show “The After Party” with Ernie Manouse, translating his talent across mediums to the realm of TV. Now acting as a member of both the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Houston Film Critics Society, Hamilton is currently the film critic for KRIV FOX Television in Houston where he talks about the latest cinematic offerings, chats with Hollywood’s biggest stars, and continues to be a voice for all things movies.
Captain America: The First Avenger, Chris Evans, Interviews, Jake's Takes
Jul 21 Flicks on 6: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,' 'A Better Life' and 'Winnie the Pooh'
Jul 21 TSR Buzz: Timberlake and Fallon with the History of Rap, the Rose City Rollers and 'Brutal Beauty,' and selling the Elder wand from Harry Potter
Dec 16 Jake's Takes: 'The Warrior's Way' interview with Kate Bosworth
Feb 1 Jake's Takes: 'The Rite' interview with Anthony Hopkins
Jul 21 Flicks on 6: 'Captain America: The First Avenger' interview with Chris Evans
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Quentin Miller was sworn in as Buncombe County’s first African American Sheriff. Photo: Urban News
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2018: The Year in Review
By Staff Reports / December 14, 2018
A year to remember—and one we’d rather forget.
While Washington spent the entire second year of a presidency in turmoil, Asheville endured its own mini-me 2018—though with somewhat better results.
The year began with the January leak of a police video showing APD officer Christopher Hickman beating and tasing civilian Johnnie Jermaine Rush the previous August as he walked home at midnight after a long day at work. Hickman, who is white, accused Rush, who is black, of jaywalking and then of trespassing as he crossed an empty street and an empty parking lot; then, with his rookie trainee watching, he took Rush down, tased, choked, and handcuffed him, and arrested him.
Tammy Hooper
Fallout was fast and intense. The community’s perception was that if Police Chief Tammy Hooper had shared the full bodycam video with the District Attorney in a timely fashion, asked the SBI to investigate (standard procedure for any police beating), and fired Hickman before he could resign, outcomes may have been different. However, at that point, the damage was done:
Hickman was allowed (under law) to resign before being fired—so he can likely land another law enforcement job in the future;
DA Todd Williams dropped all charges against Rush, and brought charges against Hickman, who was indicted in July on charges of misdemeanor communicating threats, misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury, and felony assault by strangulation;
Rush sued the city, which in August 2018 agreed to pay him damages;
City Council fired City Manager Gary Jackson, to whom Hooper reported;
Hooper handed in her resignation in November, effective Dec. 31—though with sweetener for “consulting” after she’s out of office.
Unending Turmoil
There were also developments in Buncombe County’s management scandal. Former interim County Manager Mandy Stone and former Assistant Manager Jon Creighton were both indicted for taking kickbacks from a longtime private contractor in exchange for county business. Former longtime County Manager Wanda Green, who already faced indictment on several charges, was re-indicted on additional charges as well. Her son Michael accepted a deal that included pleading guilty to one conspiracy charge and agreeing to pay an $11,000 dollar fine.
Debra D. Campbell, Asheville City Manager
New leadership, new leaders
A full year after the beating of Johnnie Rush, and three months after Jackson’s dismissal, Asheville appointed a new City manager in August. Debra Campbell, Assistant City Manager of Charlotte, took the reins Dec. 3 as the city’s first African American in the job; among her first challenges will be to choose a replacement for Hooper.
Buncombe County, meanwhile, made history—along with Durham, Cumberland, Forsyth, Guilford, and Pitt counties—in electing black sheriffs for the first time. After emerging as the winner of a five-man Democratic primary, former Asheville Police Department Sergeant Quentin Miller handily defeated two opponents, a Republican and a Libertarian, winning 61% of the county-wide vote in November.
Miller’s platform included a strong focus on community engagement, de-escalation training, working with the District Attorney on alternative punishment and diversion programs, and a widely progressive program of sensible gun control measures, treatment rather than incarceration in the opioid epidemic, and the approval of medical marijuana for pain treatment.
Along with the other five counties electing their first African American sheriffs (and in Pitt County, the new sheriff is an African American woman), Mecklenburg (Charlotte) and Wake (Raleigh) counties also elected black sheriffs, though they were not the first in those roles. So now the head of law enforcement in the seven largest NC counties is an African American sheriff—offering a stark contrast, and a reason for optimism, in the face of the resurgence of racism and Jim Crow tactics across the country … and in the state legislature.
There were few election surprises in Asheville-Buncombe County; Miller was a strong favorite for sheriff, and Amanda Edwards successfully held the Buncombe County Commission seat of retiring Commissioner Ellen Frost, 55-44, keeping a majority of four Democrats on the seven-member commission. There she will join Al Whitesides, who ran unopposed for a full term from the first district, and Robert Pressley, who defeated Democrat Donna Ensley to win a second term from District 3.
Dr. Nancy Cable
Changes here, there and everywhere
Not only did Asheville replace its City Manager and anticipate choosing a new Chief of Police, and Buncombe County get a new sheriff, but other institutions bade farewell to longtime leaders and welcomed new ones.
UNC Asheville named a new chancellor, Dr. Nancy Cable, who began her duties in July, after a year of interim service by Dr. Joseph Urgo (who remains provost) after the unexpected resignation of former Chancellor Mary Grant in 2017.
Also this year, four legendary professors—Dr. Deborah (Dee) Grier-James (English), Dr. Charles James (chemistry), Dr. Dwight Mullen, and Dr. Dolly Jenkins-Mullen (both Political Science)—retired from UNC Asheville in May after more than three decades of teaching, challenging, and inspiring students. In October, to honor them, the Humanities Lecture Hall was renamed the James & Mullen Humanities Hall.
In September, the Rev. Dr. Charles Mosley also retired, after 43 years as pastor of Nazareth First Baptist Church—and more than 50 years since he first preached there while still a student.
Up the road in Madison County, Mars Hill University honored departing President Dan Lunsford in May after 16 years, and welcomed his successor, Dr. Tony Floyd, in September.
Western Carolina University in Cullowhee mourned the passing of former Chancellor David Belcher, 60, who had retired after only six years when he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
And one of Asheville’s legendary political leaders, Marie Colton, died in early September at age 95. Colton was the first woman ever to serve a President Pro-Tem of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and had been a fighter for equal rights and education throughout her career.
Big Business, Big News
In perhaps the biggest business news of 2018, the nonprofit Mission Hospital agreed to be sold to HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital chain that owns more than 175 hospitals and stand-alone surgery centers in the U.S. and United Kingdom. Under state law, the sale requires that all net revenues from such a sale be turned into an independent trust dedicated to healthcare—and completely separate from the purchasing organization.
Complaints and questions immediately arose about the sale. Why HCA, which is the largest for-profit healthcare provider in the country? What guarantees would there be that those hospitals would continue to serve their communities? How separate would the new Dogwood Trust be, given that its founding nine-member board included seven former chairs of the Mission board and limited geographic, racial, or ethnic diversity? [See related story about two new board members]
The state Attorney General, Josh Stein, is reviewing the sale to ensure that all laws governing transfers of nonprofit institutions to for-profit status will be met. But in the meantime, a storm of controversy has erupted over the sale, with local stakeholders, who feel they built the hospital system, questioning whether HCA will put profits ahead of the community’s needs.
The Year of the Woman?
At least 118 women will serve in the 116th Congress, with 96 in the House and 22 in the Senate. Women won state legislative seats around the country, as well. But it was also the Year of Disparaging Women.
Rep. Frederica Wilson
Stacy Abrams
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
After Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) spoke with the widow of a U.S. soldier slain in Africa, Donald Trump and his Chief of Staff John Kelly lied about her involvement in the naming of a new FBI field office building, and Kelly and Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the black Congresswoman an “empty barrel”; later, when video proved they were wrong, both adamantly refused to apologize to her.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, discussed the corruption of the Trump regime—and was immediately the subject of repeated, ongoing attacks as a “low-IQ” person, along with other disparaging remarks, most made by the president himself.
Georgia House Minority Leader Stacy Abrams, a Yale Law School-educated attorney who founded the New Georgia Project to register 18-25-year-olds to vote, won the Democratic nomination for governor and came within 1–2 percentage points of defeating the Republican in this deep red southern state. Donald Trump, campaigning for her white opponent, who personally oversaw the disenfranchisement of over 55,000 mostly black voters, called her “completely unqualified” for public office.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez successfully primaried a 10-term congressman from Brooklyn on a “Democratic Socialist” platform, and quickly demonstrated the depth and breadth of her vision, drive, honesty, strength, and intelligence. You can guess what happened.
What do all these powerful, outspoken, influential women have in common, besides being women? Well, they’re all black or brown, and they’re all under constant attack by powerful white men.
Nor are they alone: white women in power—Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi come to mind—have faced the same disdain and contempt as their African American and Hispanic sisters. So watching the number of newly elected, newly empowered women taking office across the country will give a good start to 2019.
State legislative follies
The NC General Assembly continued its seven-year assault on representative democracy, continually creating legislation in secretive, closed meetings that denied even fellow Republicans the opportunity to amend bills before voting on them.
Judicial redistricting appeared and quickly disappeared, as legislation was passed to cancel primaries, was overturned by the courts, turned up again as a ballot initiative, and was slammed to the ground by the voters in November. The budget was brought out by a “conference committee” that permitted only legislative leaders and a few committee chairs to participate, and then was brought to the floor and voted on, vetoed by the governor, and passed over his veto by an almost party-line vote.
Courts also reversed legislation that took away the power of the governor to control a majority interest over certain executive agencies, and threw out redistricting in which racial and partisan gerrymandering were challenged.
As our legislative reporter Nelda Holder wrote at the time, we should “reflect on the fact that … North Carolina has operated for almost a decade under what court rulings [have found] to be illegal legislative districts. Individuals … make decisions on behalf of this state and its people, who—sans gerrymandering—might never have been in office.
In another case, the NC Supreme Court found 4-3 that provisions of another law changing the State Board of Elections violated the state constitution’s separation of powers clause.
But in late July, the legislature did an end run around the courts that have continued to overturn its legislation, voting to place six constitutional amendments on the ballot that, if passed by the voters, the courts could not overturn. Four of those passed:
“Maximum Income Tax Rate of 7.0%” (SB 85)
“Protect Right to Hunt and Fish” (SB 677)
“Strengthening Victims’ Rights” (HB 551)
“Require Photo ID to Vote” (HB 1092)
The other two were opposed not just by Democrats in the Assembly and across the state, but also by all five living former governors, Republicans and Democrats alike. And both—the “Judicial Vacancy Sunshine Amend-ment” and the “Bipartisan Ethics and Elections Enforcement” amendment—were handily defeated.
The ultimate vote, however, came in November, when the Democrats won enough seats to end the Republicans’ veto-proof grip on power in the Legislature. Now, if Governor Roy Cooper vetoes a bill, the GOP will have to find Democrats to override him—or, heaven forfend, actually compromise with the party that represents a solid majority of the state’s voters.
What a year! We can’t wait until January!
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Trump wants to prosecute his political opponents. These members of Congress want to help him.
“We understand the Russians tried to influence the election, but the Obama administration tried to influence the election, right?”
Aaron Rupar Twitter Jul 26, 2017, 3:27 pm
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While publicly humiliating his attorney general during a string of tweets posted Tuesday, President Trump called for new, arbitrary prosecutions of his political opponents.
Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump campaign – "quietly working to boost Clinton." So where is the investigation A.G. @seanhannity
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!
A group of Republican congressman are trying to make Trump’s wish a reality. Reps. Jim Jordan (OH), Andy Briggs (AZ), Matt Gartz (FL), and Mike Johnson (LA) have filed an amendment that “would stymie one Democratic effort to investigate the firing of FBI Director James B. Comey by transforming it into an effort to probe Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal,” as the Washington Post put it.
The amendment would change the language of a House bill seeking information from the Justice Department about Comey’s firing — which Trump admitted was motivated by his frustrations about the Russia investigation— so that it would instead end up seeking information about “leaks by James B. Comey,” “the propriety and consequence of immunity deals given to possible Hillary Clinton co-conspirators,” and Comey’s handling of the Clinton email case, among other matters.
On Wednesday, Jordan discussed his effort to gin up new scandals involving the previous administration during an interview on Fox & Friends. He urged viewers to “never forget what [Comey] did,” before talking about about Comey’s effort to handle the Clinton investigation independently of then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
“We’re calling for a special counsel to look into this issue,” he said.
“We understand the Russians tried to influence the election, but the Obama administration tried to influence the election, right?” Jordan said. “You want to talk about collusion. Think about this, think about what James Comey did after he was fired. He leaks a memo through a friend to the New York Times for the stated objective — he said this under oath — for the stated objective of creating momentum for a special counsel.”
Jordan’s allegations overlook Comey’s testimony that he went out of his way to stay free of political influence while overseeing the Clinton investigation. He’s also overlooking that there isn’t a shred of evidence Comey did anything wrong by authorizing his friend to leak memos about his conversations with Trump to the press. Comey testified the he wrote the memos so that they didn’t contain classified information, and recounting conversations with the president is not a crime.
How Trump took a misleading story on James Comey and turned it into a total fabrication
Trump’s fake attack against James Comey, explained.
Nevertheless, during a segment later on Wednesday’s edition of Fox & Friends, Eric Trump applauded the efforts of Jordan and others to appoint a new special counsel.
Eric Trump — who pledged to run the business his dad still owns and profits from without meddling in politics, but has recently emerged as one of his father’s key media surrogates— mentioned a number of different allegations that have gotten play in right-wing circles and asked, “When are people going to start going after that?”
“It seems like this is a one-way pile-on and I think that is probably my father’s frustration,” he added. “When there are legitimate crimes over there that everybody has proof about — you don’t have any proof on Russia, there is nothing there — but you do have proof that Loretta Lynch was on an airplane with Bill Clinton while they were investigating his wife.”
As the Russia scandal has unfolded, Trump and his backers in Congress has repeatedly tried to shift blame and create distractions by invoking Obama. In early March, as the investigation intensified, Trump accused the Obama administration of wiretapping him before the election. Despite the best efforts of conservative media outlets and Republican members of Congress to validate his claim, no evidence of usual surveillance ever emerged.
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia
“That means go back all the way to the 650,000 emails of Anthony Weiner.”
Republicans have gone to extreme lengths to help Trump. Acting on a request from the White House in February, the chairs of the House and Senate intelligence committees — Devin Nunes (CA) and Richard Burr (NC) — “made calls to news organizations… in attempts to challenge stories about alleged contacts between members of President Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives,” the Washington Post reported.
Nunes and Burr’s actions look worse in light of Donald Trump Jr. release of incriminating campaign emails earlier this month. The emails indicate the Trump campaign was at the very least willing to collude with Russian officials and aware of the Putin regime’s interest in meddling in the election on behalf of Trump.
Last week, Burr announced he’ll stay away from the White House while Trump’s campaign Russia ties are under investigation, including in the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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in which I ramble about silent films I've seen
The Ring (Crystal, 1914)
Posted by The Crane Operator
Directed by Phillips Smalley
Starring Pearl White and Chester Barnett
It’s time to close out my little series of Crystal reviews with the film I’ve saved for last. If The Hallroom Girls (1913) was the best comedy, The Ring (1914) was surely the best drama. But whereas Hallroom really only stood out in comparison to its very weak competitors, I thought Ring was a decent short drama taken on its own merits.
The opening scene cuts back and forth between Mrs. Gray (Pearl White) throwing a lavish party, being attended by liveried servants, and wearing a dress dripping with pearls; and her husband, Arnold Gray (Chester Barnett), who sits in his office looking worried, eagerly awaiting but simultaneously dreading the arrival of some important business correspondence. At last it arrives, and the news isn’t good: the Grays are bankrupt.
“After the catastrophe”, we find Pearl and Arnie at breakfast in a simple, cheaply furnished room, where Pearl has to clear away the dishes herself. Before Arnie leaves to go to his new clerical job, he kisses his wife, but she seems cold and distant.
Arnie’s boss is Alfred Norman, a snide-faced man who wears a top hat and white gloves and a mustache that I kept waiting for him to twirl. Alf doesn’t stay at the office long, though. He leaves to attend a party at Mrs. Allen’s.
Mrs. Allen is one of Pearl’s friends from the old days, and distressed conditions or no, Pearl is still welcome at her functions. In fact, she’s already at the party when Alf arrives. They meet and he’s taken by her at once, and she’s not a little taken by him as well. Back at home with Arnie at the end of the day, Pearl seems even more aloof.
Some time later, Alf sends a gift to Pearl — a diamond ring.
A note about the cinematography: The intercutting of the first scene is nicely handled, but after that, the filmmaking technique settles into an adequate but unremarkable style. Except this scene. Here, we intercut between Arnie toiling at his desk and Alf in his private office with the ring — a sort of reverse cut, suggesting that they sit on either side of a frosted glass wall. But it’s very, very obvious that it’s the exact same backdrop and they’ve just swapped the furniture around. We cut from Arnie to Alf several times and it’s never not distracting.
Anyway, the diamond ring. Pearl tries it on and instantly adores it, but when she reads the notes and sees the name of the sender, she knows she can’t accept the gift. She’s still wearing it when Arnie returns home. Startled, she says the first thing that comes to mind: “I found this ring”. You’re not fooling anyone, Pearl.
The next day, while Arnie is at work, Pearl takes the ring to Mrs. Allen, who she hopes will act as an intercessor between herself and Alf — Pearl determined not to see him again. Coincidentally, I suppose, Alf leaves the office to call on Mrs. Allen as well. Arnie, suspicious, trails him.
Pearl flees into the back room as Alf enters. Arnie appears moments later, sees Pearl’s hat on the sofa, and becomes enraged. He pulls out a gun, a struggle ensues, the gun goes off, Pearl — standing just on the other side of the door — is hit.
Mrs. Allen breaks up the fight. Alf runs off. Arnie goes to Pearl, but it’s clear enough that he’s assumed the worst and is through with her. As he’s about to leave, Mrs. Allen shows him the note Pearl had asked her to give Alf. “I am a married woman”, it reads. “I cannot … accept your gift.” Arnie, realizing the mistake he made, returns to Pearl, who accepts him back.
I really liked this film. It plays at just the right pace and doesn’t show anything more or less than it needs to. It gets a little bit silly with Arnie clinging to the back of Alf’s car and the clichéd gun-going-off-in-a-struggle, but the story on the whole was well done. It successfully gets the audience to side with the husband at the start, and since we identify with him, we’re taken along the same mistaken journey he is — but it does so without having to reduce Pearl to an outright villain, which would have made the reversal at the end much less believable and would have sapped away the impact of Arnie’s almost leaving her.
Moving Picture World’s review praised White’s performance, and I would concur both with that and with their implicitly saying the other performances weren’t particularly praiseworthy. Barnett is acceptable, but he plays it broad. The Alfred Norman character, as I’ve already suggested, is one mustache-twirl away from being a full-on parody of a lecherous fat cat. The other characters are so minor, it hardly matters how they act.
But still, questionable acting and one poorly constructed scene aside, I really enjoyed this film.
My rating: I like it.
Posted in Like it, Reviews
Tags: 1914, Chester Barnett, Crystal, Pearl White, Phillips Smalley
The Hallroom Girls (Crystal, 1913)
Pearl (Pearl White) and Katie (Vivian Prescott?) share a cheap studio apartment. Between them, they have one decent dress. Likewise, roommates Chester (Chester Barnett) and Shorty Smith (Baldy Belmont) have but a single good suit. A ball is being held, to which Chester invites Pearl and Shorty invites Katie… and I think by now you know exactly what happens next. It ends with fights breaking out between both parties that leave the clothes ruined.
As hoary a plot as it is in sitcoms today, so it was in 1913 as well. That said, even if no one would accuse it of bringing anything new to the table, The Hallroom Girls isn’t badly put together. At least the arc makes logical sense, it isn’t needlessly padded out, and the ending follows from the beginning — which puts it above most of the other Crystal shorts I watched.
Calling it the best of the bunch isn’t exactly a recommendation, though. Comedy lives or dies by being funny, and as predictable as this film is, there’s not much to laugh at.
My rating: Meh.
Posted in Meh, Reviews
Lost in the Night (Crystal, 1913)
On the way to deliver a diamond and sapphire necklace to rich Mrs. H.B. Collingwood, Dick Halstead stops over at his friend Tom Barry’s (Chester Barnett) house to meet his new wife Pearl (Pearl White). Tom deposits the necklace in his bedroom safe and the three go downstairs to dinner. It comes out in conversation that the necklace is worth $6,200. While Tom and Dick are smoking, Pearl slips back upstairs to try it on.
She’s interrupted when she hears Tom on the steps and quickly puts it back. That night, however, with her “sub-conscious mind” focused on the necklace, she sleepwalks to the safe, withdraws the necklace, takes it into the backyard, and slips it in the hollow of a tree.
In the morning, the necklace is found missing. A detective is called, the maid is strongly suspected, but in the end — no necklace. Tom pledges to pay for it, which means mortgaging the house. A year later, we find Tom writing to John Baring, begging for a loan to stave off eminent foreclosure. (Who is John Baring? No idea). That night, Pearl sleepwalks again. She returns to the tree and finds the necklace where she dropped it. Tom discovers her with it and startles her awake. She’s evidently unaware of how she came to have it, and Tom seems very angry.
There’s the germ of a story here, but it needed more working out. It makes sense that, if Pearl were interrupted while trying on the necklace, she might later try it on again in her sleep, but nothing prompts her then hiding it in a tree. I believe they were trying to foreshadow something in an earlier scene when Pearl and the maid were making room in the safe by moving some silverware into a hutch, but if there is some connection intended, it’s way too vague to work. And I could see it taking another crisis for Pearl’s subconscious to return to the necklace, but again, there’s no adequate parallel established in the waking-world that would explain Pearl’s dream actions.
Dick is a non-entity whose only purpose is to introduce the necklace and disappear directly afterward, which I don’t suppose is too much of a problem since the time constraints of a single reel mean details must be limited, but at the same time, the film isn’t shy of wasting time on other details of no consequence — like the entire detective subplot or the bank scene.
I suppose it might be a bit hypocritical of me right after saying that A Night in Town (1913) would have benefited from a more open ending, but I think Lost in the Night (1913) is a bit too open. What happens next? Is the foreclosure averted? (Recovering the necklace doesn’t necessarily mean recovering its value, especially since a year’s passed and the original buyer has been compensated.) Do Tom and Pearl reconcile? (From the last scene, I wouldn’t bet on it.) For that matter, is Pearl accused of stealing the necklace?
There is something here, I won’t deny that, but it’s too half-baked to recommend.
A Night in Town (Crystal, 1913)
Tom makes a visit to his nephew Dick to meet his new wife, but the newlyweds aren’t there — they left on a short trip of their own, leaving the house entrusted to their maid (Pearl White) and butler (Chester Barnett). When the cat’s away, the mice will play: the servants invite several friends over and are in the midst of a raucous party when Tom arrives.
The maid, who has helped herself to her mistress’s clothes, is mistaken for Dick’s wife. Tom leads her away to a private alcove to get to know her better, which incurs the butler’s jealousy. A fight breaks out that leads to Tom getting thrown from the window. He lands on a cop, who arrests him for assaulting an officer.
In the morning, the newlyweds return from their trip and Tom is released from jail. He makes a second visit to the house and discovers the true identities of the woman he flirted with and the man who attacked him, but nothing really comes of it. I watched several Crystal films the same night I screened A Night in Town (I’ll probably write something about two or three of them), and while all of them suffered a bit from this problem, it’s clear that the writer started with idea for a premise that he had no idea at all how to end. Really, after Tom mistakes the maid for his nephew’s wife, the story is over and the rest of the film is just killing time. Personally, I’d have padded out the set up a bit more and ended it with the arrest — leave it to the audience’s imagination what happens next, rather than disappoint them with the… it’s not even half-hearted, “quarter-hearted” next-day scene.
My rating: I don’t like it.
Posted in Don't like it, Reviews
The Paper Doll (Crystal, 1913)
Alice (Pearl White) has two suitors: George Clements (Chester Barnett) and Eugene Raynor (Joseph Belmont). Alice obviously prefers George and this is not lost on Eugene, so at the next garden party, Eugene has his sister attempt to seduce George. Alice becomes jealous and so starts to favor Eugene. A brief fight breaks out between the two rivals, putting an end to the party.
Alice coldly sends George away. He returns a few moments later only to find her and Eugene apparently in an intimate conference. He doesn’t stay long enough to see that she is actually in the process of dismissing him as well.
Eugene goes home, depressed at losing Alice – suicidally depressed, in fact. He’s just signed his suicide letter when a friend interrupts him. They speak for a few minutes until Eugene finds a way to get rid of him. As he’s walking away, the friend sees George enter Eugene’s house behind him.
George confronts Eugene. The gun comes out and a struggle ensues, ending in George being disarmed and sent away. Finally alone, Eugene can prepare for his suicide, but his plans are destined for failure, as when he drops the gun on the floor, it accidentally goes off and shoots him through the heart. Adding insult to injury, a gust of wind carries the letter out the window.
The police arrive and George is arrested for murdering Eugene. It looks bad at the trial – a known motive, witnessed at the crime scene, his recently fired gun found on the floor.
Meanwhile, Alice had been teaching her younger sister how to make paper dolls. Alice has been, naturally, affected by the recent events, and so to cheer her up, Sister shows her some of the dolls she’s made from scraps of found paper. Alice discovers that one has writing on it. After realizing what it is, she rushes to the court just in time to give the suicide letter to the judge, thus clearing George of the murder charge.
The film stumbles at bit at the start, jumping into the action without defining the characters sufficiently to tell them apart. Baldy Belmont is more comfortable in comedy – “Joseph Belmont” here struggles with being believably dramatic. Other than that, I rather liked it. It was nicely shot and competently edited. The paper dolls are setup well in advance of the pay off, so it doesn’t feel as contrived as it otherwise might. On the whole, the story hangs together and plays out naturally enough.
A Pair of Birds (Crystal, 1914)
Starring Charles De Forrest and Vivian Prescott
Mr. Bird (Charles De Forrest) has to go away on a business trip for a few days. As it’s the maid’s vacation, Mrs. Bird (Vivian Prescott) decides to visit her mother rather than stay in the house alone. Mr. Bird’s trip is cut short and he returns a day earlier than expected. Mrs. Bird also comes home early, not minutes after her husband let himself in. Mrs. Bird hears someone moving around in the kitchen, and as the house is supposed to be empty, she assumes it’s a burglar and runs upstairs to get her gun. Mr. Bird hears someone rifling through the bedroom drawers, and since he knows his wife is out, he concludes it must be a burglar. He arms himself with a butcher knife and slowly climbs the stairs.
It’s a well-worn plot and A Pair of Birds (1914) doesn’t do much new with it. De Forrest didn’t impress me. His acting is nothing more than alternately looking surprised and then mugging for the camera. I did like the character of Mrs. Bird. She’s always on the offensive and her trigger-happy antics were worth a chuckle. All in all, it wasn’t a bad film, but there’s nothing memorable about it and little to recommend it.
I bought this film, little more than a week ago, for two reasons: The first and foremost reason was that it’s nitrate and I buy all the nitrate offered me that I can fool myself into thinking I can afford. The second reason was that it’s from Crystal Films and looked to be from around 1914, which meant it had to star one of two comedy duos: Pearl White and Chester Barnett, or Charles De Forrest and Vivian Prescott. I was hoping it was White and Barnett, because that would take me one step closer to completing my collection of all of White’s surviving films, but I’m not disappointed that it turned out to be De Forrest and Prescott. I like the lesser knowns, and compared to Pearl White, Charlie and Vivian are entirely forgotten.
Tags: 1914, Charles De Forrest, Crystal, Phillips Smalley, Vivian Prescott
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Filmmaker Isaac Cherem: “The world is diverse and films have to be diverse as well in order for the audiences to see all the possible different takes on stories and characters”
The world is diverse and films have to be diverse as well in order for the audiences to see all the possible different takes on stories and characters. Diversity will only give us a better offer and a wider variety of films. I had the pleasure to interview filmmaker Isaac Cherem. Isaac was born in 1992 […]
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The world is diverse and films have to be diverse as well in order for the audiences to see all the possible different takes on stories and characters. Diversity will only give us a better offer and a wider variety of films.
I had the pleasure to interview filmmaker Isaac Cherem. Isaac was born in 1992 in Mexico City and graduated from The Los Angeles Film School in 2011. He started working as a production assistant on film sets at the age of fifteen and in 2015 he founded Fosforescente, a production company solely focused on Mexican cinema. In 2018 he shot his directorial debut called Leona, which is showing at the Hola Mexico Film Festival the first week of June.
Thank you so much for doing this with us! Can you tell us the story of how you grew up?
I was born in Mexico City, within the tight Syrian Jewish community. I went to a Jewish school until I was 18, I only had Jewish friends who lived in the same neighborhood as me, I had a Jewish girlfriend and had a big family with 15 cousins who I was very close to.
Can you share a story with us about what brought you to this specific career path?
After the theater teacher convinced me to do casting for a school play at 15 I discovered the greatest feeling ever. Being in front of an audience, acting. I wanted to be a stage actor but I thought I would never make enough money to live so I switched to film, Hollywood sounded creative and wealthy. I didn’t know much about film but I started devouring film after film and found my way in to begin working on sets at 16. I fell in love with the process. Then at 18 I earned a degree in film from LA Film School and went back to Mexico to keep working. I became an assistant director, then a producer and finally directed my feature.
Can you tell us the most interesting story that happened to you since you began your career?
The first time I arrived on a film set they were shooting a scene with an alien vagina, it had 10 fingers and was dripping green liquid. That had a big impact in my approach to film for quite some time.
Can you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?
I wouldn’t call it a mistake but I thought I was going be a horror director (I did three horror short films) until, luckily I found my real honest voice.
What are some of the most interesting or exciting projects you are working on now?
I’m happy to be writing a comedy with my closest friend from school, also, producing a netflix original film to be shot early next year.
I’m very interested in diversity in the entertainment industry. Can you share three reasons with our readers about why you think it’s important to have diversity represented in film and television? How can that potentially affect our culture?
From your personal experience, can you recommend three things the community/society/the industry can do help address some of the diversity issues in the entertainment business?
I think it’s the beginning of it. It’s starting to happen, it’s a long way but I’m optimistic.
What are your “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” and why. Please share a story or example for each.
Be Honest — people can only relate if it’s honest.
Be Bold — Take risks.
Be Nice to people — people will work better for your project.
Be consistent — it’s hard to go all the way and make a film, talent is not enough.
Have Discipline — routines have worked well for me, specially while writing.
You are a person of enormous influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger. 🙂
I try to spread the word about being brave and focusing on personal happiness and joy instead of trying to accomplish somebody else´s expectations. I also like talking about being ok with uncertainty which is related.
None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?
My mom supported me without understanding me. I will never be grateful enough for that because she even convinced my dad to support me, so both my parents are the main reason why I was able to do this.
Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life?
Disappoint your parents.
I disappointed my parents at first because I wanted to do things that they didn’t understand and that were afraid of. Ultimately, I did what I wanted and they respected that. I was not going to live under the expectations of somebody else.
Is there a person in the world, or in the US whom you would love to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this, especially if we tag them. 🙂
@Miranda_July was of great influence to me.
How can our readers follow you on social media?
@nocomofrutas
Authority Magazine,
Yitzi Weiner is a journalist, author, and the founder Authority Magazine.
He is also the CEO of Authority Magazine's Thought Leader Incubator, which guides leaders to become prolific content creators. Yitzi is also the author of five books.
In 2017, he created the popular, “5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me” series that highlights the empowering lessons learned from the experiences of high-profile entrepreneurs and public figures.
This series has inspired a mini-movement among writers, with scores of writers worldwide profiling inspiring people to share their positive, empowering, and actionable stories.
A trained Rabbi, Yitzi is also a dynamic educator, teacher and orator. He currently lives in Maryland with his wife and children.
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Harley-Davidson factory flat track team ready for dirt-and-pavement Daytona TT course
March 12, 2019 ShadowCompetition, Harley-Davidson, Latest News
Factory Team Riders Halbert and Vanderkooi Return for 2019 AFT Twins Series
MILWAUKEE, WIS., MAR. 11—The Harley-Davidson Factory Flat Track Racing Team is preparing to open the 2019 American Flat Track (AFT) Twins season on March 14 at the Daytona TT at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Factory Team riders Sammy Halbert and Jarod Vanderkooi will contest the 18-race AFT series aboard Harley-Davidson XG750R competition motorcycles prepared by Factory Team partner Vance & Hines Motorsports.
“It’s great to have Sammy and Jared back on the Harley Factory Team this season,” said Terry Vance, owner of Vance & Hines Motorsports. “Sammy brings veteran experience and Jared is one of the fastest young riders in the series. We’ve been working hard on our program in the off-season and we expect to bring fast Harley-Davidson motorcycles to Daytona.”
The team will field an all-new XG750R flat tracker for 2019, according to Vance, with a new chassis and a revised liquid-cooled, fuel-injected and race-tuned 750cc Harley-Davidson Revolution X V-Twin based on the production engine originally designed for the Harley-Davidson Street 750 motorcycle.
“We’ve applied lessons we learned last season and made some changes to take advantage of new series rules,” said Vance. “We’ve done a lot of pre-season testing and dyno work on the engines and indications are positive.”
The Daytona TT will provide an interesting test for the Harley Factory Team and other AFT competitors. A new 0.6-mile course will for the first time utilize the paved front straight of the historic Daytona International Speedway tri-oval, requiring racers to transition from dirt to pavement to dirt on each lap while negotiating left- and right-hand turns and a jump on the dirt section laid out on the infield of the speedway.
Flat track is the most-historic form of American motorcycle racing and Harley-Davidson has been part of the sport since the heyday of the Harley “Wrecking Crew” teams of the 1920s. In 2019 the Harley-Davidson Factory Flat Track Racing Team will compete on a diverse 18-event AFT Twins schedule that includes six miles, five half-miles, three short tracks and four TT courses. After a one-year hiatus So-Cal Half Mile at Perris Auto Speedway in Perris, Calif., (May 11) returns to the schedule. There are two new events on the schedule: Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park TT, in Chandler, Ariz. (April 27), and Laconia Short Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. (June 15).
For the complete 2019 AFT Twins event schedule and NBCSN broadcast schedule go to American Flat Track.
Sammy Halbert (National #69)
Always a tenacious competitor, Sammy Halbert has won 13 times in AMA Grand National competition. Halbert was named AMA Ricky Graham Rookie of the Year in 2006 and won his first Grand National race at the 2007 Castle Rock TT. Halbert earned a gold medal for his win at the Harley-Davidson Flat Track event at the 2017 ESPN X Games. In 2018 Halbert put the Harley-Davidson Factory XG750R in every AFT Twins main, scored a podium finish at the Buffalo Chip TT, and finished 10th in season points. Halbert is 31 years old and lives in Graham, Wash.
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The 2014 AMA Pro GNC2 Twins champion, Jarod Vanderkooi (VAN-der-koy) won his first pro event on the Springfield Mile. He moved up to the top GNC1 class in 2015 and was named Rookie of the Year after scoring four top-10 finishes. In 2018 Vanderkooi raced his Harley-Davidson Factory XG750R to a podium finish at the Atlanta Short Track event, was fast qualifier at the Buffalo Chip TT, and finished 13th in season points. Vanderkooi is 21 years old and lives in Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
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This story is about the launch of Harry’s, a new men’s grooming brand.
Specifically, it will explain how they gathered nearly 100,000 email addresses in one week (!). This post includes all the email templates, open-source code, and insider tricks that you can use to replicate their success. It’s similar in depth to my previous how-to post, Hacking Kickstarter: How to Raise $100,000 in 10 Days.
This post is of great personal interest to me, as I’ll be doing a ton of fun stuff with email soon. For a sneak peek, click here. Now, on to Harry’s…
Harry’s started small and grew quickly. They now have 40 domestic employees, an online store, a barbershop in New York, and a thriving online magazine called Five O’Clock. Harry’s also recently raised 100+ million dollars to buy the 94-year-old German factory that makes it blades. By doing so, they added 427 people to their team. Today, you can find Harry’s products on harrys.com, in select J Crew stores, and at more than 65 men’s boutiques and hotels across the country.
This is piece was written by Jeff Raider, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Harry’s, with input from key members of the Harry’s team.
Prior to Harry’s, Jeff co-founded Warby Parker, a brand offering designer-like eyewear at lower prices, which also helped pioneer the “buy one, give one” model.
Enter Jeff
We can’t launch to crickets
We opened the digital doors of our shaving brand, Harry’s, in March of 2013. In the weeks leading up to the launch, there was one persistent worry: Were we going to launch to crickets? Would anyone notice?
My co-founder, Andy, and I had spent the better part of two years researching the global men’s shaving market. We’d found the nearly century-old German manufacturer who would make our razor blades, we’d worked with talented industrial designers to create an ergonomic handle inspired by fine pens and knives, and we’d laid the groundwork for the direct-to-consumer online brand that would become Harry’s. We were excited to offer our customers a quality shaving experience at an affordable price.
Fortunately, Andy and I had a team of 10 who believed in our not-yet-existent brand as much as we did. We needed people to find out about us and come to our website to find our products. After all, a direct-to-consumer brand isn’t anything without the consumer. We couldn’t launch to crickets. We had to figure out a way to make sure that didn’t happen.
That also meant a lot of pressure.
Thanks to what you’ll learn in this post, our first week at Harry’s was a huge success. We were inundated by tweets, emails, and—our favorite—customer phone calls. It was an incredibly exciting time.
Much of the success of week one was due to what we did beforehand. One week before our e-commerce site went live, we had gathered emails from nearly 100,000 people who were eager to learn more about Harry’s.
We had collected those email addresses thanks to a one-week long prelaunch campaign, the focus of this post.
Since launching the campaign, we’ve shared it with friends and other entrepreneurs. Now, together with Tim, we’re excited share the details of the campaign —the thinking, the code, our strategy, and the results—with all of you. One of our company values is transparency. We believe in open source, not only for code but also for ideas. And we hope this might help you or your business reach and engage with more people in a fun and constructive way.
Just one large disclaimer: we can only share what we did. We’re sure we made lots of mistakes (we make them a lot) and have no doubt you’ll be able to improve on our template.
Now, without further ado, here we go…
The Most Credible Source
The idea for our campaign was built around our belief that the most powerful and effective way to be introduced to our new company was through a credible referral. Thus, we focused on building a campaign that helped people to spread the word to their friends.
Ahead of our launch, Andy and I spent a couple of months meeting friends, entrepreneurs and virtually anyone else who would listen to us talk about Harry’s. Whether or not they were interested in razors, we tried to interest them in our story. That list of people was probably a couple hundred long by our launch, and we created the campaign to help that group of people publicly share in the excitement of our launch.
We also took inspiration from other startups that we looked up to. Michael Preysman at Everlane is a friend and has built an amazing company. Early on they’d had success with referral mechanics. We also admired Fab’s launch and the manner in which they had success in promoting sharing.
So, inspired by those closest to us and some other amazing startups, we created a referral campaign.
The General Campaign Design
The user interface of the campaign was relatively simple—a two-page microsite.
First, users entered their email addresses on a splash page. This first step was essential since we wanted to capture emails both for our list and so that we could use it as an identifier for tracking referrals.
The second page was where the referral mechanisms lived. It contained a shareable link to the splash page coded specifically to the user. Below the link were buttons to share the link through email, Facebook and Twitter with the click of a mouse. By sharing the link with friends, users had the opportunity to earn free product. The more friends who signed up using your unique referral link, the bigger the prize you earned.
Here is all the code for the campaign. If you have trouble with that link, you can also download the files here.
[Note from Tim: Modifying and deploying this app requires some technical knowledge, BUT if you’re non-technical (like me), you can find people to help you. If you aren’t familiar with editing HTML and CSS code, or have never deployed a Ruby on Rails app, I recommend finding a partner with design and Ruby skills in either the Heroku Partners Directory (if you want a team), or ODesk (if a single freelancer will do). ODesk will have more options.]
The mechanics are simple. It automatically generates a unique code for every unique email address entered, and it appends that code onto the given URL. In our case, the link looked something like this:
https://prelaunch.harrys.com/uniquereferralcode
When a referral—say, a friend of that first user—comes to the site using a unique link, we save it as a cookie we can use to find the email address responsible for the referral. For the engineers out there, you can see our engineering team’s explanation of the code here. As for the code itself, check it out here.
The code is, of course, important to creating a campaign. In addition to sharing the code, we wanted to provide a few insights into how we thought about using it to drive growth.
Step 1: Make Special People Feel Special.
We saw prelaunch as a way to make people feel special.
And the first people in the world to find out about our brand were really special to us. We wanted our first customers to feel like they were getting insider access.
Splash Page Messaging
The copy on the splash page said, “Respecting the face, and wallet since like right now.” These words were intended to be playful and introduce people to the purpose of our brand but also leave an air mystery as to what we were all about. We paired the line with photo of one of our razors, but we included no more information about our company or product.
For the call to action on the button, we chose the words STEP INSIDE. Above the field was a small drawing of a key. We wanted to reinforce for our early customers that they were getting insider access.
Referral Page Messaging
Our referral page had more enigmatic design and copy. A picture of a wooly mammoth was coupled with the words: “Shaving is evolving. Don’t leave your friends behind.” Again, we wanted people to feel that something big was happening to which they had front row seat and the opportunity to invite friends to join them. Our first customers were insiders and we wanted to make them feel like insiders.
Step 2: Choose Tangible Rewards And Make Them Achievable.
The fundamental mechanic of our campaign was a game: complete the challenge of referring friends and earn prizes. It seems pretty straightforward—and it is—but we think that what those prizes are, and how they are doled out, is critical to getting people excited play. Not all reward structures are created equal. Here are a few things what worked for us.
First, we tried to make our rewards tangible: free Harry’s product. On the page, we very clearly emphasized, “Invite Friends and Earn Product.” It was the one message on the page where we did away with mystery and left nothing up to interpretation. We didn’t want there to be any doubt about what people might receive.
Second, we paced out the rewards so that they were attainable, appropriate for actions taken, and increasingly exciting. The first award was easily attainable and each subsequent tier wasn’t discouragingly difficult to achieve. To earn the first tier prize—a free shave cream—you had to make only five successful referrals. The next tier was only five further referrals. If you signed up ten friends, you earned a free razor. The jump between tier two and tier three was more significant but still not overwhelming: 25 referrals and you’d receive a shave set with our more premium handle, The Winston. Finally, even the grand prize was within reach: a year of free shaving for those who referred 50 friends. Indeed, over 200 people achieved our highest referral tier. At one point we had considered offering a lifetime of free product for 1,000 referrals. We ultimately decided to scrap that tier, worrying that it would discourage people from participating at all, and — though we can’t prove that that decision bolstered the strength of the reward structure — I strongly believe it did.
Step 3: Make Sharing As Fun As Humanly Possible.
We wanted the entire experience to feel like a fun game. To amplify the experience, the campaign page included a tracker, pictured above, where users could see how many friends they had referred and what prize they had achieved—or not yet achieved. This dynamic progress tracker served the dual purpose of (1) giving users faith throughout the one-week campaign that we were good for our word and (2) keeping track of their referrals while also incentivizing users who were close to the subsequent tier to keep sharing.
It also amplified the fun people might have with the interface and campaign as they compared their progress to their friends and strived to reach the next tier. We heard from some friends that they took the referral campaign like a personal challenge.
Step 4: Make Sharing As Easy As Humanly Possible.
Through the campaign, we wanted to encourage friends to tell friends, and those friends to tell their friends, and so on and so forth. Any barrier to sharing would hinder the campaign, so we did a few things.
First, we included social sharing buttons. You can’t rely on the user cut and paste the link (though do make it available for the user who prefers that method).
Right below the custom link field on the page, we included icons for Twitter and Facebook. We had learned that using the standard Twitter and Facebook icons for sharing yields higher engagement than if you design your own. People are used to them and recognize them immediately.
Clicking the icons pulled up a dialogue box with a pre-populated message.
This seemingly small measure was really important. It removed a barrier-to-sharing for the user and allowed you to push forward a message.
Ours was really, really simple: “Excited for @harrys to launch. I’m going to be #shaving for free” with a shortlink back the campaign site.
Here are a few quick ideas that were helpful to us:
Include an @ mention of your company or initiative
Include a link to your prelaunch site
Resist the urge to be salesy. We tried to let the mystery of the message drive traffic through the link.
Step 5: Start by Telling Your Friends–Use E-mail, Social, Etc.
This post isn’t one where you learn brilliant tactics for generating and closing media leads (for that, check out “Hacking Kickstarter: How to Raise $100,000 in 10 Days”).
In fact, by our count, there was one article about the campaign while it was live. We didn’t have anything to do with the piece, and, while it wasn’t fully accurate, we liked it because it added to the fun around our launch and helped to amplify the social sharing that was already underway.
While we love the press (and they have been generous to us at Harry’s), for this campaign we deliberately decided that we would focus on our friends and let the groundswell build organically. We thought that having the referral come from a publication would be counter to the campaign’s ethos.
We started there, with our own friends. We had our team of 12 employees seed the campaign to their friends. Here’s a breakdown of how we suggest approaching those two mediums.
A few days before the campaign, we walked the whole team through the process of creating groups of contacts in Gmail. Everyone on the team added all of their contacts to two groups—a group that was familiar with Harry’s vs. a group that hadn’t heard of Harry’s. We wrote a sample email (see template below), though we really emphasized making the messages personalized. We wanted people on our team to share the news of our company and brand in the most comfortable way possible for them. We did all of this a day or two in advance because we wanted to be able to simply hit send on the day prelaunch went live.
Here are some tips for these emails:
Make it personal. These people are closest to you and, thus, to your product or company. They’re friends—so write to them like they are!
This is for friends, not press. If you send your prelaunch campaign to friends who are part of the press, make sure they know it’s not the time to “break news” about your company. If you can’t trust them not to do so, don’t keep them on the list. You want press when your company is actually live.
Encourage your recipients to spread the word. Make that ask explicitly—don’t be shy!
As a rule of thumb, assume the email will be forwarded, and craft your message accordingly (i.e., don’t disparage the competition etc., etc.,).
Set up email signatures—with links back to the prelaunch site and social channels—before emailing the world.
Consider appending a visual asset. We included a simple product shot of our razor with the phrase “Harry’s is coming,” hoping to pique interest.
Title: “Harry’s is Coming!”
Friends and Family,
After months of closely examining the weight of razor handles, natural ingredient mixtures in shaving cream and angles of razor blades, we are really excited to only be days away from launching Harry’s.
You’re important to me and I wanted you to be the first to know about our plans for launch. We have just put up our pre-launch site, you can check it out at www.harrys.com.
Our full site will be up in about a week and I’ll be sure let you know when it’s live!
In the meantime, I’d love your help in spreading the word! Here’s how:
1) Go to our website www.harrys.com
2) On the first page of the site, enter your email to join our mailing list
3) On the second page, refer friends using your own custom link back to Harry’s – and as a bonus you can earn free Harry’s products!
Thank you so much for all of your help and support. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate it. Look forward to continuing to shareHarry’s with you and appreciate you telling the world!
[Your name]
We also reached out to a number of people individually.
We wanted to tell them ourselves in a personal way. For example, some of our friends could reach entire companies. We’d ask people individually share Harry’s with their teams. For an example of what this email could look like, see below for an actual email (in looking back maybe I got a little carried away in the excitement of the moment).
Hey [CEO],
Hope you’re great and everything is going really well at [Company].
I wanted to drop you a quick note and let you know that we just put up prelaunch site for Harry’s – check it out and sign up at www.harrys.com. We plan to launch in about a week. Super excited. Would love for you to pass the prelaunch site on to the [company] team and anyone else who you think might appreciate it.
Thanks for your help. You’re the best. Hope to see you soon.
We launched our Facebook page and Twitter handle the day that prelaunch went live in an effort to capture social followers from the prelaunch buzz. As part of our seeding, our small team made a concerted effort to interact with our new social pages and handles. Our whole team did the following:
Like your company’s page on Facebook
Follow your company’s Twitter handle
Tweet about the campaign with an @mention of your company
Update your Twitter and Facebook profiles to say you work at your company
Track @mentions of your company and respond with a thank you—from your personal handle—if you see anyone you know tweeting about the campaign
Post a personal Facebook post about the campaign. We encouraged people to frame the launch of the campaign as a personal life event, i.e. I just started working at Harry’s and after a lot of hard work our pre-launch site is finally up! Check it out: www.harrys.com”
Step 6: Protecting Yourself Against Fraud
When you’re giving away free stuff, you’re opening yourself up to the risk of being scammed and the liability of people gaming your system. We took a few simple precautions to protect ourselves against fraud.
First and foremost, we set up IP blocking. This means our code looked at the IP address of every sign-up, and if a single IP address had signed up two email addresses to the campaign, we blocked the ability to create any more sign-ups from that IP address.
Second of all, we used SendGrid to send a simple transactional email to every email address entered. If that transactional email bounced back—a data point that SendGrid provides—the email address was interpreted as illegitimate. Unsurprisingly, we saw the most fraudulent activity in the highest tier.
Step 7: Cross Your Fingers. You Never Know What’ll Happen.
Before the prelaunch, our small team set wagers on how many emails we would collect.
We wrote the figures on a whiteboard: Three thousand. Five. Seventy-five hundred. One bold person thought we could get 15k. (I think that might have been me!) We broke that high bar in the first day. When all was said and done, we had collected by our estimation over 85K valid email addresses (and over 100K emails in total) in the span of seven days.
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The referral mechanics were amazing. As the first graph above shows, 77% of the emails were collected via referral, meaning about 20K people referred about 65K friends. This means referrers, on average, referred more than 3 friends.
Yet there were a lot of people who referred well above that average: More than 200 participants referred more than 50 of their friends, achieving the highest tier reward. These were largely people who were close to us with large followings or access to companies that sent out blasts on our behalf. Even in the lower tiers it was pretty amazing how many people participated. In total we gave away product to about 3,000 people and believe that those folks are still some of our most ardent supporters.
The heavy lifting really started after our prelaunch: we had to get product to customers.
We sent out coupon codes to customers for the rewards they won. In this way, we redirected our customers to our full, live site where they could read the backstory of the mystery company whose prelaunch they had just participated in and browse our full suite of products.
We handled reward fulfillment through the distribution partner we continue to work with today. We selected a distribution partner based on these four key principles:
Scalability – Can they grow with us?
Flexibility – Are they willing and able to play around with process to work toward our vision?
Price – Are they in-line with the market across all their services (not just pick/pack but also receiving, inventory, etc.)
Partnership – Do they require minimums and do they mark-up any pass through costs like outbound carrier costs?
In addition to a reliable distribution partner, a second critical element to our prelaunch campaign was customer support. We used—and continue to use—a platform called Zendesk to manage tickets from customers. We had fully a functioning customer support operation where customers could contact us via e-mail, phone, Twitter, Facebook, and even text message. On our first day in business, we had literally everyone on our small team manning Zendesk and replying to inbound tickets.
Thanks Where Thanks Is Due
It was truly amazing to see the impact that our friends and their friends (and their friends) could have on our brand.
We’ve thanked them numerous times, but if you’re reading this, and you participated in our campaign, then thank you again. It was instrumental to us building Harry’s.
While it’s very difficult to attribute its success to one specific variable — the code, the tactics, the idea — we thought we’d share our story in the hopes it might help you with your future endeavors. We have no doubt that you can tweak and improve this early experiment, and we look forward to learning from your future successes.
Jeff, Andy, and The Harry’s Team
Afterword from Tim: For an advance look at what I’ll be doing with e-mail, click here. I am also creating my own micro-site (a la Harry’s) and will be sharing all of my tweaks and findings with you.
Look forward to your thoughts and questions in the comments!
Posted on: July 21, 2014.
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199 comments on “How to Gather 100,000 Emails in One Week (Includes Successful Templates, Code, Everything You Need)”
Tim + Jeff: this looks like a beast of an article. Lots of gems just from skimming. Look forward to reading in depth this evening.
Could you give more tips on making people feel special? How does it tie into the concept of exclusitivity?
Great post. Love the specifics on making referrals a natural process.
Amy Jo Beaver —
Wow, this is awesome. Thank you for sharing Tim, Jeff & Andy!
Draven Grey —
This is definitely something I’ll be sharing with the bands that I coach and manage. Thank you!
Mike Baker —
Looks great – thanks you guys! Hope to put some of this to use in building my band’s audience – job #1 for any independent musician. Any tips on how creative types might specificially adapt some of what you did?
I’ve been coaching bands for many years, and can confidently say that for this to translate to your band, several things need to be in place: (1) Know your Ideal Fan extremely well. Methods such as Michael Port’s Red Velvet Rope Policy work well for this. (2) Interview your ideal fans. Methods such as the Lean Canvas and interviewing for it, like laid out in The Lean Startup or The $100 Startup, work extremely well for this. (3) Brand yourself very well in everything you do, based upon your core message and what you know both conveys that message to and attracts your Ideal Fan.
At that point, you’ll know precisely what to offer potential fans, including where and how to offer it to them.
Great post! The links to the engineering teams explanation of the code do not work however. Would love to see that!
Tom Rauen —
Great article….a LIST is worth GOLD!
All of my team has printouts. Homework before our 8:30 meeting
Great post full of a simple plan. I always enjoy getting the chance to peek inside of companies strategies. Thanks for sharing. It reminds me a lot of the MailBox App when it first launched, or when Dropbox launched…I still haven’t paid for the service.
Greg Findley —
Kudos for the transparency, great to read the reasoning behind your decisions, even down to the details in the copywriting. Just lost about 15 minutes browsing your site, ‘Five O’ Clock’ magazine, and social media profiles.. the branding is fantastic, there’s a consistent polish to everything.
Now just wish I was American so I could apply for your designer vacancy in NY!
Peter Martinek —
So getting people to sign up and having to give away free stuff is interesting, but whats the conversion rate?
would love to know this as well
Viktor Ba —
If you’re giving out free stuff, expect the conversion rate to be very high as opposed to an ordinary e-mail signup request.
Amazing Tim/Jeff. You guys are killing it!
Casey —
This blog is the best. You are a good man.
Thanks for the GREAT article! Very informative. I will definitely put these strategies and tactics to use on my future projects.
Susan Jones —
This is amazing and very timely for me. Thanks Tim and the guys from Harry’s.
It looks like there is a couple of links missing here: “For the engineers out there, you can see our engineering team’s explanation of the code here. As for the code itself, check it out here.”
Joshua U —
Yes, the links are missing. Jeff or Tim?
firdaus —
Yes, i realized that too
Jimmy Moncrief —
GENIUS!!!!!!
Thanks for posting all of this!
Tal Gur —
Great post! Jeff – If I may ask, who is your distribution partner?
happydamians —
Great Stuff, Some ideas are new.
Tim, I’m curious. What was the sales rate, if any, from the launch, from the 100k in email collected. Is that info available.
Ivaylo —
Every e-mail costed them around $2.
Interesting to know is what was the conversion rate from those 100,000 e-mails to see if it was worth it, considering the short margins.
Anyways, very helpful article. Thanks
Okay, wrong math.
Every e-mail costed them 0,5$ as they spend around $50,000 on products (purchase value). I suppose it was money well spent then 🙂
Hashim Warren —
Is there a wordpress plugin that can do the same?
rosskingsland —
Awesome post, thanks for sharing. Loved how you have used the viral “referral” principles from Jonah Berger’s Contagious with a successful real world example.
Reminds me of how Zappos started with their twitter strategy.
Good luck to you in the future – not that you need luck!
Tim, I do hope this is about hacking your bio-chemistry. 4HB was a blast and you have the gift (as well as the pleasure) and the connections to advance in this field. The talk with Rhonda Patrick was amazing. keep it up bro!
Phillip Dews —
This is just what I needed! thank you guys! I recently moved and relaunched my blog from one domain to a brand spanking new .uk one which am really happy about!
At the moment I am writing an eBook on blogging and the technical aspects of it and was thinking of selling it for say $15 or so! I had thought about giving away the first few chapters for free for a signup.
I had just set up mandrill and mailpoet together and just set up a simple subscribe form in my sidebar with an image of my new upcoming book that would take the user to my download page for the first three chapters.
However the more I think of It the more I think I should set it up like this with a subdomain spashpage! And offer my complete book to people who refer 5 signups!
Many thanks for the inspiration! I will be sure to let you know how it went!
– Phillip Dews
We released a WordPress plugin based off a very similar method a couple of weeks ago and have had similar results.. one user collected over 300,000 from a single prize launched with only one email blast and one tweet – the webpage wasn’t even configured with any images or design.
As this article mentions in the last paragraph it’s hard to attribute success to a specific variable and replicating it is very much a guessing game. It’s clear these guys put in a lot of work to ensure a successful campaign which likely attributed to the success.
From my own personal observations of a number of similar campaigns recently the key is getting enough momentum to create a tsunami – it’s like a small wave in the ocean that gathers more and more momentum until it’s being shared every 30 seconds for 7-10 days straight.. but like a wave if it dies off before it becomes a tsunami then results may not turn into a life changing event.. but it’s still one of the fastest ways to grow a list!
Tarik —
Could you please share the WP plugin you reference?
If you click my name on the post above it will take you to our website. I did not mention the actual name in my post as this is primarily about Tim’s blog and Harrys code but since a few of you are asking..
Ditto Tarik’s comment, can you let us know which plugin this is? Cheers!
aarontaylor613 —
Hi, Did you find this out? I’m looking for a WP solution as well.
How do you plan your giveaway if you don’t know how much is you conversion rate from the emails ? I understand if you make a lottery of something. But if you give it away like they gave away the blades, you might loose a lot of money.
cliff Obi —
Hey mate, yea the ruby code to implement this campaign is way outdated, does your plugin come with templates etc? Email me on cliff@canva.com
Gigi Rodgers —
This came in the nick of time. Cheers!
Does anyone know of a WordPress app that can run the same type of referral contest?
cliffobi —
Did you find any. If so can you email me @ cliff@canva.com
Awesome. Lots of great ideas!
Phil Janecic —
Thanks for sharing your story! It’s rare that somebody would include templates and code for reference, which is a huge help. I love the way you formed your strategy and I’ve learned a lot from this post. I’ll be looking forward to future content. Good luck!
Anna Rehermann —
Fantastic insights, thank you so much for being so transparent and sharing everything!
Jeremy Jer-El Darko —
Thanks for the article, Tim. Is there any way to duplicate this process via WordPress that you know of? I am using an affiliate Plug-in & I am not sure if it’s the same as far as getting people to sign up & measuring their rate of sharing. Any help would be much obliged. Thanks!
Ian Pollard —
As someone who has worked in email marketing for a decade I can tell you with absolute certainty that Harry’s problems are just beginning and I’d urge any business to research much more widely before embarking on a viral campaign like this with email.
Rapid list growth like this becomes a nightmare for on-going engagement once the initial “FREE STUFF!” campaign ends. Expectations are now sky-high. The churn rate on the subscriber list could burn your sender reputation unless engagement is sustained, relevant, and meaningful. This could mean that email delivery becomes much slower (higher deferrals), inbox placement suffers (we live in the age of the priority inbox and smart sweeping), and you burn through your SendGrid IPs and get your account closed. Future marketing via an email channel is going to suffer.
This campaign also teeters on the very edge of what is legal. In the EU, for example, this kind of viral campaign is incredibly close to looking like a dodge of the prior consent rule. In the eyes of the UK’s ICO, the “instigator” of the message is not the 3rd party — it’s Harry’s. Therefore Harry’s are responsible for any malicious act resulting from this campaign and any distress it caused people who did not welcome receiving the viral email.
I also hope that Harry’s were very clear in the management of the data. The email addresses of the forwarded contacts are not owned by them and they do not have consent for further marketing activities without an explicit opt-in. Or double opt-in as they’re US-based.
double opt-in is not a requirement in the US, it’s a courtesy, and preventative. That’s why a lot of ecommerce companies are opt out only.. You’ve discredited everything you’ve said with one sentence.
patarcher —
Awesome sauce, thanks guys. Launched a couple of products recently and went down the PR route with mixed success, this feels much more organic and natural. Time to learn, apply and iterate for the next launches!
Tim and Jeff – wondering what your thoughts are about ‘off the shelf’ product launch/ splash/ recruitment platforms like launchrock and unbounce?
Eric Watson —
Awesome and ultra-actionable article! Any suggestions/ideas on referral rewards for a pre-launch free, social, community-driven app?
Great story and love the transparency!
I’m sorry, I am so sick of articles like these. “hey would put up a splash page, a cute slogan and social networking icons and we got 100,000 sign ups!”. BULL. Why didn’t you mention the amazing (and expensive) press you used? 99.9% of people don’t have the money to invest in something like that. But titles like these really get people to read these generic blogs right?! 🙂
hisownboss —
Do you have proof of that? Would be pretty eye opening to see that their success was mainly due to the expensive press
dave3z —
Awesome info! Step 6 is a great way to deal with scammers. However, it seems a few links were left out of the following sentence under General Campaign Design:
“For the engineers out there, you can see our engineering team’s explanation of the code here. As for the code itself, check it out here.”
Dave Ledoux —
Are you kidding me? I have bought $97 ebooks and sat through $5000 internet marketing boot camps that had more fat and less meat than that juicy article!
My BIG takeaway? Both Harry’s and FHWW grew the exact same way…word of mouth. When you create something epic, with some social sizzle something magical happens.
Saying thank you for this article isn’t enough…must…share…with…friends!
I really love the actionable steps here! Very commendable to take the “open source” process to your whole vision. I’m curious, how would you go about this scenario if you were offering an app or a service that may not have as much opportunity for someone to earn free product? Early beta codes? Free swag?
Thanks so much, guys!
Hey Tim, why don’t you create a 4-hour solution for male patterned baldness. It looks like you could use that solution.
I’ll follow this to the “T” for our launch of [Moderator: link removed] . It would be so great to have it take off like a rocket and apparently, we have more control over that than I thought !
Ryan K Biddulph —
Absolutely love this idea. The thing that pops up for me was being human, authentic, real, to make the email list grow quickly.
I dig their creative approaching to boosting subscriber counts but feel more than anything, being personable is the way to go. Making special people feel special is the key to business success. It’s all about the feeling, the listening, and serving, and paying strict attention to detail.
I launched a new blog 2 weeks ago. My #1 intent was to make each reader and social sharer and commentor feel really special, by doing all I could to respond to every comment and social interaction possible. I’ve been up late at nights, but it’s so worth it as my blog took off quickly.
Listen, Engage. Connect. Ask. Answer. These simple acts preclude tremendous accomplishments, just like yours…..and the woolly mammoth doesn’t hurt either.
I also note the strict attention to detail, including the research done to find the best, most comfortable but effective razor blade. Savvy marketing rocks but the product provides some serious juice too, and when you’ve made folks happy, they will spread the word for you, making your job a little bit easier.
Thanks so much for sharing Tim. You rock.
I’ll be tweeting in a little bit to get this one out bright and early, EST time.
Signing off from Savusavu, Fiji.
Enjoy your day!
triciarushrichner —
Get the f*ck out of here. No way this actually works. Sheesh.
Artem Efremov —
You are certainly wrong. Over the course of previous year I worked as a freelance developer on dozens of projects based on Harry’s prelaunchr, and most of them managed to gather more than few thousands of real emails without spending much money on marketing.
Cory Boatright —
This was killer Tim! Thanks for sharing it bro.
qpint —
Again, it’s a case of who you know.
While, it’s nice to share your methods, many sites have launched with referrals and most don’t do well, because they simply don’t have a team of people with friends and family that give a crap about what they do.
What about the micropreneur, who’s family/friends don’t have a clue what they do? Think throwing up a referral site will do anything – Nope, again, they don’t know the right people in the beginning.
These sites all work on the same simple principle – it’s all who you know.
kensavage —
If friends and family won’t promote it for you there’s always a thing called social media and paid ads. 😉
I’m a micropreneur, and I am launching a coffee product design company. I launched a campaign similar to this and just had to increase the value offered until it exploded today and went viral. I got over 1,000 email sign ups today and its increasing exponentially. It’s not about who you know, its about offering value.
Bravo on your execution! We’ve been experimenting with email marketing in the legal space and have had some recent successes. I’m always interested in learning about successful marketing campaigns. Thanks Tim.
Hey Tim, Jeff and Andy, I really enjoyed your article. Great stuff. Thank you.
SoSoDynamo —
Brilliant. Bookmarked. I plan on reading this over and over… (like many of posts from this blog)
Anyone plan on deploying this soon?
Awesome! It seems to be a running theme lately with startups. The more you give and truly appreciate your customers, the more you receive. Would love to hear an update in 6 months or so to see how their initial launch continues to pay off for them.
marcamillion —
Love this write-up. One thing I noticed in the copy that two links are missing.
In this paragraph you have the following text:
>>When a referral—say, a friend of that first user—comes to the site using a unique link, we save it as a cookie we can use to find the email address responsible for the referral. For the engineers out there, you can see our engineering team’s explanation of the code here. As for the code itself, check it out here.
Yet both of the links that say “here” and “here” are not linked. Would love to see those links. I know that the code itself was linked above by Tim in the sidenote, the Github link…but the explanation by the engineering team was not – unless it is further down in the article, which I haven’t finished reading yet. So if it is, I apologize in advance 🙂
Jeremy Webb —
No need to code up your landing page. Launchrock allow you to set up the same sharing mechanism with excellent referer data that you can slice and dice afterwards. Used it on many launches including the eBook launch of The Obree Way to great effect.
Marius —
See some advertising 🙂 professional question, did you scan web for keywords, or you find article first?
chhai —
Would have been good to see this article before we launched our product. But still very helpful. Thanks
I suppose you could still apply most of these tactics for a new product launch (or a re- iteration, relaunch or whatever). You could actually do a specific microsite as well I suppose and then later integrate to your main site with a redirect (as Nikon and many others do with new products, for example)…
Also: I think the main message here is probably just to leverage your networks by tapping the extended network of’em and so on, which you can do anytime. I think these days people are so accustomed to regular marketing that “personal” messages are way more effective, and some form of reward system obviously helps as well…
Just saying. You can make this work.
prateekb3 —
Well one good read. Learnt a lot.
venkat nagarajan —
I have been following the four hour body diet for over 2 years. While I am reducing fat and getting thinner, I find that my semen volume has gone down a lot, presumably due to lack of carbohydrates. Is there something I can do to solve this while continuing to be on diet ? I am really trying to see how I can get some advice here and would be grateful for suitable advice that comes.
Preshwan Mernez —
?? My advice would be to post your question elsewhere and delete it from here. Your question HAS NOTHING to do with this article. NOBODY here cares about your diet, let alone your semen volume. TMI.
Stefano —
Hands up, great article!
Can’t wait to read Tim’s tweaks…
Peter Tucker —
Implemented the strategy in my App site in less than a night. Awesome! Thanks Tim!
First of all, thank you for contributing this article (and to Tim Ferriss for posting it). I found it very helpful.
Because I am always curious as to the other factors involved, would you be willing to elaborate on any other advertising you used during the pre-launch phase? You mentioned no PR push (which is interested and runs counter to a lot of advice you see coming out of YC and other startup advisors, although understandably also counter to you “ground-up” referral campaign). Still, really no Google AdWords, no social ads, no AdRoll or similar?
Thanks again for writing this article.
~Elizabeth Chabe
CEO, High Touch Courses
Kara —
Awesome thank you! I look forward to implementing these ideas. Ill let you know how it goes!!!
Extremely valuable information once again. Really insightful and actionable. Already downloaded the code and started looking into it.
Thanks for Sharing, Harry’s!
Lilia Tovbin —
Excellent write-up, thanks for sharing!
Darius —
Awesome content! I will use this for building my list.
Luís Salvador —
Well done and great article! 😉
Glenn —
Great detailed info. Now trying to brainstorm a great product idea that could be marketed just as well as this one has! Just goes to show though that it can be as simple (or actually complex) as a shaver!
ONtrepreneur Academy —
Awesome article! We are doing our launch on Labor Day and decided to implement this to build up our email list beforehand. After a couple of technical glitches and some mid-campaign sweat, we’re finally up and running. Thanks Tim and the team at Harry’s for sharing!
sanchit1234 —
Brilliant Insights. M going to use couple of insights while launching my product!!
jheldt —
I will have to check this out and see how well it goes 😛
hilary —
Love the open source sentiment of this article. Do you think that this rewards tactic can work on luxury products as well? Luxury products wouldn’t be able to give away products, but could offer a discount? As this is less tangible, it feels less rewarding to me. What do you think?
The Sake Guide —
Please, please put the missing links in (For the engineers out there, you can see our engineering team’s explanation of the code here. As for the code itself, check it out here).
Marcin Kowalik —
Great case study! It would be even more interesting to see the numbers and the values of the orders. But I could understand that this data is not to go public.
How many days before the launch did they start the prelaunch campaign? Did not they use ads at all to drive traffic to the microsite?
Pablo Domingo Montesinos —
Wow! Fantastic article.
Thanks for sharing so much great information.
Dr. Joshua Eldridge —
Just got my site up….tweaking it some, but I really appreciate your work (and sharing it) and Jim Deville, my coder friend for all the help!!! prelaunch.gymnastcare.com
Thanks Tim for bringing these guys on!!!
Dr. Joshua,
Your app looks great! Did you deploy it yourself or did you outsource it? Also if you don’t mind me asking how to the back-end mechanics work? Where do the emails you gather go? How are discount codes generated?
douglas r —
Thank you Tim and the people at Harry’s for sharing this. Can I use mailchimp’s sign up form within your code? Because I use Mailchimp for my list.
Jay North —
Nice stuff, with the help of simple strategy a brand can be created easily. Mediums of internet are really helpful in reaching to millions of people.
Rachel ten Brink —
Curious if you considered making it “invite only”? We are launching a new concept and discussing the pros/cons of creating exclusivity
Bryan Veloso —
so niceee.. a very useful rails app
Monica Fay —
I did this exactly to the T. sent it out to a list of 700 people who signed up to find out more info, shared it on our business page that has almost 3,000 likes, had my team blast it on their own facebooks, twitters, their own email lists, posted it in different groups. we are barely reaching 500 signups on this and its been over a week and ours is for free womens activewear which is one of the most popular trends out there for women right now. so… 100,000 in one week from just this? hmm must be some other secret in there.
Ustme —
It’s who you know!
John Jackovin —
Love the depth and transparency!
Santhosh —
The Harry’s team: This is a classic business story I have ever heard!!I have been enjoying each and every line you wrote there.. Very much informative and useful to the aspiring entrepreneurs. Many people fail to successfully launch a campaign despite having great products and people.. this is an eyeopener for all businesses in the digital world..
@Tim, We wonder how and where you get the success stories of businesses.. Truly amazing.. No wonder why people visit your website/blog repeatedly.
Thanks a ton!!
darleen —
Loved this post!!! such a great idea. Will try to implement it to my launch!!!
Arkady Apelchuk —
Awesome post. Very eye-opening for someone who isn’t too savvy with coding and garnishing thousands of emails.
skz —
Thanks to you and the Harry’s team for sharing. Does anyone have a cache of the page at https://prelaunch.harrys.com/uniquereferralcode ? Thank you in advance.
vitaliyverbenko —
Every campaign deserves a well-thought out approach that covers all the holes and ensures everything runs smoothly. Great insight regarding scalability and growth of consumer products. I imagine there is a different technique to engage other industries such as B2B
Josh Ledgard —
This is an amazing case study. A couple of things I wanted to point out.
1. The virality achieved was amazing, but still wasn’t the “hockey stick” style that people seem to expect… no matter how unrealistic the expectation is. Having 77% of the leads come from sharing though… is great. It’s probably because:
2. The lowest level goals felt achievable. Getting 5 people to do something for a reward feels very plausible for most people. Having the stepped goals gave everyone something they could look forward to, but still provided fuel for:
3. The influencers at the high end feeling like their efforts were worthwhile. It provided something for them to look forward to.
Because they weren’t getting > 1 people signed up for every single signup they still had to do a LOT of work to market their idea and get the word out.
They were willing to give away a lot. Some people don’t make the awards worthwhile. Giving away product to 3,000 people is not cheap… but probably cheaper than if they’d had to replace all the referrals with purchased traffic.
Josh Ledgard
Sodiko Flower —
how about with floral ideas? how can i grow my subcribers?
Balint Farago —
This is exactly how a referral campaign should look like. This is proof why ebooks and giveaways are not working. People want physical products in exchange for a share and the product must be something that’s worth sharing. I once offered a Samsung Galaxy tablet for those who get the most people sign up for my mobile app and no one shared the website. I am not sure if the tablet was the only reason for people not sharing it, but it definitely played a part. Maybe it scared people off that only one person could have won it. Next time I will offer cheaper products for the first 10 persons and see how it goes.
thanks for this great article. I use a similar technique collecting mailing adresses. The hints to avoid fraud are champion.
Tim, the link in your afterword doesn’t work anymore. Plus: Have you written that post about your own micro-site yet? I don’t remember having seen any such post in my inbox. If so, could you share the link, please?
Raoul —
Many thanks Tim and Jeff from Harry’s for the great story and launch. It would be interesting to see how such a thing could be pulled off in Europe with multiple languages, sales taxes etc.
Tim, would be great to hear some international stories as well from time to time.
Nice! I really just got hooked into Email marketing a few month ago and wished I had got into it earlier. Small question: I’m starting a blog and would like to know if it is allowed to repost part of this post… By the way, reading 4 hours works really changed my perception on life. I used to only think about money and lived a pretty boring life. After introducing your techniques and the concept of lifestyle design into my life: I now have a steady income from my investments, I’ve travel the world, lived in 4 different countries, became fluent in 4 different languages and I am now building a massive business (while I keep travelling). Thanks for all the inspiration. Still got a lot of work to do to get where you are but I am on my way.
Like the insights here – who wouldn’t want to get more customers, especially in the early stages. They are worth their weight in gold!
Vitaliy —
Why wouldn’t want customers, especially early on when they’re worth their weight in gold! Great post!
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Ultan —
Wow guys! This is amazing! We’re just about to launch our new product (a sneaker discovery platform) and are using this to a build up our email database beforehand. By any chance would you be able to share with us the open and click through rate from the email list you generated? Also, if it’s not too personal the cost of the prizes that you gave away?
We’re trying to work out how we can make this as cost effective for us as possible.
Kathleen Kunster —
YO! In the paragraph following” the html for the uniquereferral code, there are some a couple of inactive referrals to some code: the words “here”:
“. . . you can see our engineering team’s explanation of the code here”
“as for the code itself, check it out here.”
Dr. Kunster
Ray —
Tim this was a great article showing the kinds of success that can be had with some forethought. I loved it,
Thanks Ray
Robin Follette —
Thank you! This is very helpful. I’m working out a plan for a new website and have been looking all over the web for information. You have more on this one page than others have had on their entire sight. I got hung up on something to give away because others have made it seem so difficult. I appreciate the help very much.
Roman —
great post. i read it a while ago and now i’m actually about to execute something similar. i wonder how do you guarantee the quality of the email addresses provided?
In order to identify and block fake email addresses you can use one of the approaches which I used on various prelaunch websites:
1. Limit the number of signups from the same IP address. If you don’t do it, then you can be sure that more than 50-70% of all submitted emails will be unreal 😦
2. Ask users to confirm their email addresses by sending them confirmation links.
3. For each winner you can calculate these metrics:
– Average number of referrals of winner’s referrals. Let’s say if some bad guy submitted 10 fake emails, then his “main” email will have 10 referrals, but all his fake emails will have ~ 0 referrals. So, average number will be close to 0.
– Average time difference between winner’s signup and signups of his referrals. I suppose that this number will be really small for fraudulent accounts, because nobody will want to wait a couple of hours in order to submit a lot of fake emails.
– Percentage of winner’s referrals whose IP addresses belong to the same country as IP address of the winner.
Of course, to get better results you need to somehow combine all above-mentioned approaches.
Great results with 100k emails in 7 days but
it’s not the quantity but quality of emails that really matters. 10k quality emails could convert to more sales than 100k emails of mostly people who aren’t interested in the product.
1) Were these quality emails or people that mostly just wanted free stuff?
2) How much did the campaign earn?
“For example, some of our friends could reach entire companies. We’d ask people individually share Harry’s with their teams.” Most people don’t have access to CEOs. So I’m curious
3) How many companies were reached?
4) How Big were they?
.” These were largely people who were close to us with large followings or access to companies that sent out blasts on our behalf.
5) How large were the followings? 50k 100k or more?
6) How large were the company blasts?
Tim, please tell us the answers.
I would like to think the average person could get similar results by following this strategy but until we have the answers to these questions we won’t know if the average person would be lucky to get 100 emails or less in a week following this same plan..Until we have these answers (although it looks like a detailed plan of action to get approximately 100k emails in a week) it’s really just another general article that offers us potentially false hope.
The title to this article makes it sound like you just plug in to the strategy and WALLA you have the magic recipe on
I really hope it is a real recipe for the average person with less resources and connections to get similar results. Please show us.
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Clinton Crime Family, Clinton Restoration, Hillary Clinton
Felons for Hillary Dealt Huge Blow by Virginia Supreme Court
Date: July 23, 2016Author: captaindonn 2 Comments
In what could be a staggering blow to Queen Hillary’s electoral hopes in Virginia, the state Supreme Court smacked down Governor Terry McAuliffe’s executive order restoring voting rights to over 200,000 felons. The ethically challenged McAuliffe – a longtime Clinton crime family crony – had sought to influence the election by attempting to add the new voters who would reward the Dems at the polls come November. It was such a blatant maneuver that state Republicans sued and were delivered a victory when McAuliffe’s chicanery was derailed.
According to CNN “Virginia Supreme Court strikes down McAuliffe order on felons’ voting rights”:
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday ruled against Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order seeking to reinstate the right to vote to approximately 206,000 Virginians who had been convicted of a felony but had completed their sentences.
Writing for a 4-3 court, Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons held that the “assertion that a Virginia governor has the power to grant blanket, group pardons” is “irreconcilable” with the Constitution of Virginia.
The ruling is a political setback to Democrats and was issued in the critical state about an hour before Hillary Clinton announced she would choose former Virginia governor and current Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate. The court’s opinion actually mentions Kaine, noting that when he was governor he contemplated a similar executive order but in the end was advised that he couldn’t issue such a sweeping action.
“Never before,” Lemons wrote, “have any of the prior 71 Virginia governors” issued such a clemency order of any kind, “whether to restore civil rights or grant a pardon, to an entire class of unnamed felons without regard for the nature of the crimes or any other individual circumstances relevant to the request.
Ever the sanctimonious scumbucket, McAuliffe released an official statement blasting the ruling:
“Once again, the Virginia Supreme Court has placed Virginia as an outlier in the struggle for civil and human rights. It is a disgrace that the Republican leadership of Virginia would file a lawsuit to deny more than 200,000 of their own citizens the right to vote. And I cannot accept that this overtly political action could succeed in suppressing the voices of many thousands of men and women who had rejoiced with their families earlier this year when their rights were restored.
“Forty states give citizens who have made mistakes and paid their debt to society a straightforward process for restoring voting rights. I remain committed to moving past our Commonwealth’s history of injustice to embrace an honest process for restoring the rights of our citizens, and I believe history and the vast majority of Virginians are on our side.
“Despite the Court’s ruling, we have the support of the state’s four leading constitutional experts, including A.E. Dick Howard, who drafted the current Virginia Constitution. They are convinced that our action is within the constitutional authority granted to the Office of the Governor.
“The men and women whose voting rights were restored by my executive action should not be alarmed. I will expeditiously sign nearly 13,000 individual orders to restore the fundamental rights of the citizens who have had their rights restored and registered to vote. And I will continue to sign orders until I have completed restoration for all 200,000 Virginians. My faith remains strong in all of our citizens to choose their leaders, and I am prepared to back up that faith with my executive pen. The struggle for civil rights has always been a long and difficult one, but the fight goes on.”
The ruling throws a monkey wrench into the gears of the Clinton machine’s pandering to blacks which if you go by statistics comprise the bulk of those McAuliffe sought to make eligible to vote. It also nullifies some of the impact that Hillary’s choice of Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate which indicates just how much importance that the campaign is placing on Virginia – a crucial swing state that the Clintons must steal win all costs.
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bydesign001 says:
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First illegal immigration co-opts the Civil Rights movement, the LGBT…Q are allowed to co-opt the Civil Rights movement. Okay, we know that Black bureaucrats and so-called leaders of the Black community have sold their souls and that of Black America down the road to hell but why are Blacks still asleep at the wheel?
Progressives pushing legislation of any kind to give felons the right to vote is self-serving and NOT a Civil Rights issue.
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A rapidily disuniting kingdom
Oct22 by weegingerdug
Welcome to second class citizenship, Scottish people. You now live in a country whose elected representatives no longer have the same rights as representatives from other parts of the UK. You now live in a country which has no say over the determination of its overall budget. You now live in a country where representatives from another member country of the UK can vote on your laws, but your representatives cannot vote on theirs because some nations are more equal than others. Welcome to the rapidly disuniting Kingdom.
During the independence referendum, Westminster vowed to Scotland that if we voted No we’d be voting for safer and faster constitutional change. And that’s exactly what’s happened. There’s safer and faster constitutional change for England. There’s safer and faster constitutional change for the Tories to screw you over. There’s safer and faster constitutional change that means Scotland is legally a second class part of the Union. That’s the only way in which the vow has been fulfilled. And there goes the Union, fulfilled safer and faster down the toilet.
The American Revolution was fought on the basis that the greatest tyranny is taxation without representation. This is a bit hyperbolic. A greater tyranny is taxation without representation and a crappy BBC weather map. The American revolutionaries didn’t have to put up with a weather map that showed the USA smaller than Belize, but even so they were so annoyed that they flung all the tea into Boston Harbour. Although to be fair that was probably because they’re Americans who think tea can be made by dunking a teabag briefly into lukewarm water. We’ve got the taxation without representation, the weather map, and on top of it all we’re governed by a man whose sexual role play is literally and not figuratively hammy.
So what happened on Thursday was that the Tory government in a fit of pettit lippedness said that it was terribly unfair that 59 Scottish MPs can gang up on 533 English MPs and pass an opinion on English legislation. Scottish MPs can’t actually impose any laws on England, all they can potentially achieve is to swing a vote for one side when the opinion of English MPs is fairly evenly divided. This is a fundilimundellly law of arithmetic which has seemingly escaped the attention of the Tory government and the massed ranks of the right wing press. What Scottish MPs can’t do to England is what English MPs can and do do to Scotland.
This is the same Tory government which has got just one MP from Scotland, which has packed the Scottish affairs committee with English MPs and which voted down every amendment to the Scotland Bill proposed by Scotland’s MPs. Scottish MPs from opposition parties having a minority influence on English laws is unfair, but English Tory MPs having a majority say over Scottish laws is the British way.
Ian Murray, the Honourable Member for Red Morningside, is really pissed off about it. He’s so angry that he didn’t even abstain this time. There was him last year, all dressed up in a Union fleg suit, campaigning for the right of the Tories to rule Scotland, and the Tories go and reward him by making him a second class MP and giving Michele Mone more rights to vote on legislation than he’s got. Ruth Davidson wasn’t so displeased, although it’s hard to say as she spent Thursday putting out tweets about Justin Bieber.
The changes mean that no Scottish MP can ever become Prime Minister, or hold one of the major offices of state. Scottish MPs will not be able to vote with their government on crucial issues which are deemed England only and you can’t have a Prime Minister who is unable to vote for his or her own government. If a Prime Minister isn’t legally allowed to vote on government policies, then that Prime Minister can have no right to determine those policies in the first place. Scotland is now a country whose elected representatives have no right to become senior members of the government that sets Scotland’s budget, that decides whether Scotland goes to war, that determines our taxes, that negotiates with foreign powers on our behalf. At a stroke Cameron and the Tories have removed the basis of the Treaty of Union. There is no Union anymore, there is only the Scotland catch’d by England and clasped tight in an asphyxiating embrace.
Even though this is the most important constitutional change since the introduction of devolution, BBC Scotland doesn’t really want to talk about it except to point out that the SNP is really bad. It was covered on the main 6 O’Clock news, where Eton school mate of Davie Cameron James Lansdale described it as an SNP grievance. It was quickly glossed over on Reporting Scotland as they already had an SNPBad story so it was squeezed between their NHS SNPBad story and something about fitba. There may have been an item about a cute little animal, but these days most of those run away and go into hiding whenever a Tory appears.
Several years ago I told a friend that Scotland will not become independent because it’s the settled will of the Scottish people. Scotland will become independent because the Westminster parties are incapable of dealing with the UK constitution in any way other than what’s in their short term party interests. The EVEL proposals have little to do with Scotland in reality, and a whole lot to do with the Tories ensuring that the Labour party will not be able to form a UK government. They’re quite prepared to ride roughshod over their precious Union in order to achieve that. All those UK media pundits moaning about a one party state were moaning about the wrong party and the wrong state.
Despite the constitutional earthquake of EVEL, this is still not the material change of circumstances we need for an indyref2. There’s only one material change of circumstances we need for that, and that’s the certainty that we’re going to win a second referendum. EVEL brings that a whole lot closer because another swathe of Scottish opinion will see that there is nothing in the Union for Scotland. The Tories will be the agents of their own constitutional misfortune. They want to solve the West Lothian Question? Scotland will solve it for them with independence.
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53 comments on “A rapidily disuniting kingdom”
Paul Braterman says:
Does Cameron, who is no fool, actually want Scotland to split off, giving the Tories hegemony in the largest fragment of the FUK (Former United Kingdom)?
Not too sure about the PM being no fool – I am very sure that our WGD is spot on in his assessment.
Hope the ” man flu” is better Paul .
Cameron is 1st Class Honours graduate in Politics, Philosophy, Economics, from Oxford. You don’t get Oxford Firsts without being smart (I was there). His special subject was UK political history in the 1920s, and his destruction of the LibDems shows how well he learnt the lessons. The Tories’ use of language (“reform” for destruction; “charter” for straitjacket, “Bill of Rights” for abolishing Human Rights Act) shows skill of a high order.
It is a big mistake to underestimate your enemies.
Ian Rae says:
Coming out of the EU Human Rights fiasco and implementing a UK one is hardly abolishing it?
Or do you think spending millions of pounds trying to expel a racist preacher wanted or terrorist charges is a good idea, it was the EU that stopped us doing that?
benmadigan says:
i suggested that as an option at the end of this post
https://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/evel-is-as-evel-does/
It’s certainly one view. The other is – it’s just the cheapest way to try and resolve the West Lothian Question (no need for an extra layer of government etc) – .
But it doesn’t solve the Question which has been going on since the Irish wanted Home Rule in the 19th century.
The UK has always fudged it because solving it would mean taking on board issues they will not consider and which cannot be resolved within the current framework – or even a federal set-up – without widespread changes that the UK govt is not prepared to – and indeed dare not – contemplate or implement
https://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/squaring-the-circle-what-no-means/
Crabbit Geezer (@crabbitgit) says:
Why is it that when we say “UK” these days it really means “England”? Just a thought………..
Anna Potrykus says:
for all the reasons the wee ginger dug gives…scotland has not got a full budget neither has scotland got the right to vote on english issues..which keeps it in a subordinate position
Melvin Penman says:
This is to be expected in an oligarchy that the UK has become.Democracy was never the intention in Westmonster only domination of the working class by “rich Elites” This situation is a gift to the Independence movement. I can see the polls move to 60% before the end of 2015. Dust down the yes banners cause the British star is now the English state. P.s I guess the Secretary of State for Scotland now welcomes his second class ,ministerial status. He gets the ministerial Reliant robini instead of the Jag.
Phil McCavity says:
Don’t be too hard on Fluffy, this hasn’t done his chances of becoming Prime Minister any good at all.
hektorsmum says:
Well thank goodness for that, the thought of Fluffy being anything is absolutely terrifying.
Fillofficer says:
Fan bloody tastic. Mon the revolution. Power !!
The Scottish Play says:
Be not a niggard of thy speech! … Brilliant summation of the state of the Union.
Yes, this is clearly a minor news item for the MSM, nothing in the reviews of the papers either.. a bit of a shame after 308 years…..maybe the National has something on it tomorrow.
scotsgeoff says:
With the Unionists controlling the media I can’t see how people will even find out about this or its seriousness; much in the same way that the UK Government legal opinion that Scotland was ‘extinguished’ by the Act of Union ‘by merger either into an enlarged and renamed England or into an entirely new state’ – 11/02/14 was kept quiet.
If the legal opinion about a country being ‘extinguished’ had happened anywhere else on the planet the respective media would be in absolute uproar followed by that nation’s public (same with EVEL really).
But this is Scotland and our media is foreign owned and will not report news in a factual, unbiased way.
This anomoly really makes me doubt where a 60% majority will come from so I really can’t ‘celebrate’ this new development in any way.
Neil Gr says:
very much my own sentiments. There are plenty of events that would fill a bumper edition of the Reporting Scotland and outrage a majority of Scots, but we know that’s not going to happen. Yes made headway because of street and community activism: door chapping, leafleting, meetings in community halls.
Brian B Ritchie says:
Eventually the news will get out mate. We’ve got so far despite the state broadcaster and we’ll go the extra mile. It will take a little longer, granted, and it’s frustrating I know, but we’ll get there. The truth cannot be hidden forever.
Thanks Brian – I hope you are right.
The media drives many to despair.
Should read 11/02/13 (shaking with rage/fear)
Its a mystery why yes did not use the ruling
For clearly a No vote could not be patriotic for it validated Westminsters legal opinion ” that Scotland ceased to exist on signature of the Union, there is no doubt”
And then goes on to state “there is no doubt like Wales,Scotland was absorbed by its greater neighbour England”
Sheila McIntosh Rae says:
What next? The annexing of Orkney & Shetland to Londonshire? Folk are getting angrier by the day oer the arrogance of these Tory despots. How much more are the Scottish people’s going to take? Saor Alba Gu Brath
Derick Tulloch says:
They have already set up a front group to attempt to do that very thing. Google “wir Shetland”. These people will have less than 10% support from the people. But the unionist media will promote them all they can.
maxstafford60093 says:
I need to sell my hoose in Carlisle and get back pronto! Anybody in Dumfries got a job to spare me? 😉
James Patterson says:
I hear Tom Morton,a well known Carlisle (born-and-bred) man may be the chap you’re looking for…….. oh,wait a minute….apparently he’s a “not uncritical Labour party member” who spends his time living in the “Zetlandic Archipeligo” where his wife chairs the local Red Tory Party and he spends his time writing pro-union,anti-Independence ditties which he uploads to youtube for his multitudinous worshippers’ delight. As a formerly decent broadcaster,it’s very dissappointing to see,or hear,how his foolish political hatred & prejudice against his adopted nation poisons his reputation. Still,he doesn’t have any financial concerns; he’ll still have plenty of cash to afford the goose-fat roasted potatoes and all the upper middle class trimmings to go with his Great British Bake Off turkey (or maybe guinea fowl,he wouldn’t want to be too common now, would he ?) etc. with not a moment’s concern for the thousands of lower orders who may be lucky to afford the ingredients of a cheese sandwich. As long as the man can afford his pretentiously named,stupidly expensive,now sadly unusable,touring bicycles – lets hope he can be happy and live a long and satisfying,rewarding life.
garles says:
Well get to Gretna, Building jobs will be at a premium building guard towers
MBC says:
We need every Scot in the Borders that we can get. Come home!
know how you feel max – have a sister in Stirling – and envy her with what’s going on. Heady times indeed!
Marconatrix says:
So is EVEL what it says on the tin or actually ‘Englandandwales V for Englandandwales L ?
I ask because I was just reading how the draft of the Welsh Bill to give more powers to their Assembly has just been published, and First Minster Jones is not at all amused. Seems in exchange for being a good ‘Labour’ doggie and wagging his tail in Scotland for BT he/they were promised all kinds of goodies, but when the pie was opened … well he’s saying that there are more stings attached to the ‘powers’ than are found on a Welsh triple harp.
You’d think by now the Welsh would have observed events here in Scotland and realised what a dead weight ‘Labour’ was, but they still vote for them, and the Tories too. It really does make you wonder.
My fear is than once Scotland finally breaks free, the full force of BritNat frustration will be unleashed on a Wales too weak to resist, by which time, Scotland as a ‘foreign’ country will have no right or inclination to interfere in the internal affairs of England-and-the-other-bit-to-the-west.
macart763 says:
That needed saying Paul.
This is what better together feels like – second class. Be interesting to see the headlines in today’s titles up here in Seconclassland. For one thing it’ll let folks know, without a shadow of any doubt, just who they can and cannot trust to act in the electorate’s best interests. Now in any ‘working’ democracy, an independent Scottish press should be up in arms kicking up hell on the front pages. They’d be informing the people of their new status within our better together union. They’d be explaining the import and the impact yesterday’s vote will have on their lives, their votes, their democratic rights. They would be right in the faces of Conservative and Labour politicians demanding answers on behalf of their readerships…
… in a working democracy.
More importantly, such an independent Scottish media would get behind its readerships and attempt to redress the situation in their name.
Ah’ll mibbies not hold my breath. Its going to come down to people, just ordinary folk, to make this right.
Steve Asaneilean says:
Actually I am not complaining too much as I think this nonsense will back fire and bring us closer to our goal.
I have no doubt that the first time a piece of legislation is deemed “English only” when it has clear implications for the rest of the UK then there will be a legal challenge and it will become unworkable.
The SNP need to be on their collective toes and highlight and challenge every discrepancy as soon as it becomes apparent.
In a broader sense when are we going to see the SNP biting back against the current media onslaught?
Seanair says:
I agree with your last sentence. I remember in the Blair days John Reid was on the BBC practically every day defending any attacks from oppositions or Tory newspapers. That’s what we need right now, but the ones who might “do a Reid” (eg Alex Neil)are tied up with their existing jobs.
Have you seen the links to the BBC Labour has (particularly in Scotland)?
Of course Reid was on ‘every day’…
Getting an SNP/Solidarity/SSP politician on Question Time is rare enough, they won’t be ‘allowed’ airtime on the News. (Not having a go at you btw Seanair)
Well scotsgeoff I imagined SG INSISTING on a rebuttal on radio/TV. How could the BBC/STV turn it down? Papers would be harder I know.
From what I hear they can’t get a word in. John Reid was Labour, and had a lot of Labour buddies the press willing to give him a hearing. Not so the SNP. The same Labour buddies are intent on keeping the SNP out of the airwaves.
macart763M says:
As suspected Steve, the only front page carrying the story? The National.
There was a small box on the front page of the Scotsman, but nowhere near any real prominence given.
As for the rest of the ‘Scottish’ titles? Well we know where we stand on who to trust with public welfare and our democratic rights don’t we?
The SNP have given a pretty fair layman’s explanation on their own site, but since the meeja won’t give them the time of day its going to be up to our new media and the voting public to spread the word. Not for the first time ‘our’ media have failed their readerships/viewers.
Jim Morris says:
Hong Kong enjoyed Westminster rule for 105 years without every needing to vote for anything, local or international. What if we re-negotiate the Act of Union?
gerry parker says:
That seems a reasonable request. After all, Cameron is re negotiating the EU membership agreement. Might be an idea for a petition to the Scottish Parliament.
Patience is a Virtue says:
I agree it is a reasonable request. Whilst it may seem like a ‘reasonable’ request, the Act of Union is ‘Indissoluble’ and all the more credit due to those who made the Referendum vote happen in the first place. Having a mechanism for periodic review e.g. every 10 years in the Mother of Parliaments (but that has turned out to be a bit EVEL) and voting on it in/out e.g. every 50 years was a proposal I submitted (it seems so long ago now) to the Smith Commission, but to no avail.
Indeed it has transpired, as we all know, but many will not admit (or do not see!) that Nothing, not even the permanence of the Devolved Scottish Parliament -as warned by Smith himself, has been delivered by the ‘listening to Scotland ‘ Westminster, now ‘English only’ 10:1 majority EVEL Parliament.
Also lost (and overlooked by the MSM), just as the EVEL was absent this morning in today’s papers (the most important news in 308 years! for all in these Islands) was the various Bills put before Parliament in recent month/Scotland Bill etc was one to have a ‘Constitutional Covention’ (voted down, steamrollered also). I reckon this was the last chance to save [and address the failings of] the Union.
The ‘Union could possibly have been saved at this point -as to continue with iniquity of a 10:1 bias, as evident by almost the entirity of Scotland being represented now by SNP MP’s yet no real power, as always voted down by this inquitoius majority ….and of course the abstaining /absent/and currently talentless and ineffective Labour MPs – but they are yesterday’s news now… the future is now logically with Scotland.
The Act of Union it is an ancient and completely out of date document for the modern world – [Scotland’s contribution to the Union has of course been enormous ] it could/might have been possible with broad thinking reopresentatives in Parliament to genuinely address the various issues we have endured and we face today- but the evidence to date is that (the Conservative Party) have achieved all they set out to do in their grand plan, and more, at the onset of the Independence Referendum. … including the destruction of the Labour Party (in Scotland and England), an overall majority in Parliament and now an ‘EVEL one’ where it s even easier for their caring policies to be enacted on our hapless inhabitants (in England) as well as all those other second class places as well.. not forgetting the attempted subjugation of Hope.
The absence of the ‘EVEL news’ on this Realm on this morning’s newstands (except of course the National) is a damning indictment on the state of the Union and what is purported to be a Democracy (and as for the state of journalism in the those papers not carrying the most important news in 308 years) is .. well ….I let all you ‘No voters’ …. who may take a sneaky peak here… and who probably did not think you were voting for this [or maybe you did want to be formally made second class citizens? via EVEL) to ponder on… assuming of course this news reaches you!
I have a clear conscience… as I voted Yes ..and will at every opportunity, no Fear.
gus1940 says:
With next week’s QT coming from Edinburgh it will be interesting to see who will be on the panel and just how much if any time Dimbleby and his masters allow for discussion of EVEL.
How can Labour avoid having FiFi on the panel – what excuse can they possibly come up with to avoid her inevitable self destruction if she appears.
Having read some of the statements she has made over the weekend, as reported by Wings over Scotland, I think she would be well advised to decline any invitation to appear before she makes herself look even more ridiculous. Her tirades in the press and MSM this weekend, have shown her to be not only unacquainted with truth and delusional as to her own power within Labour Party, but also as completely patronising to her Dad and the thousands of us who researched thoroughly before reaching the decision to support independence as the only sensible outcome for Scotland. Having said that if she does take part, Dimbelby will quickly cut off anyone who slips through the net and challenges her
gn2 says:
The english votes for english laws idea would be perfectly reasonable – in a devolved english parliament.
Labour are a joke, the SNP are deemed second class and the tories are completely out of control.
We need to leave, so there’s a lot of work for us all to do, convincing no voters to change into yes voters.
Lollysmum says:
If ever a piece of your writing needed to be on the front of the National-this is it.
No-one is going to even hear let alone understand what EVEL means to them unless they can see it for themselves.
It makes me so angry & ashamed to be English. Roll on 2017 when I can remove myself from England to Scotland where I should be.
Don’t be ashamed Lollysmum, this isn’t down to English folk. They’ve been had big time and unfortunately that’s only going to be brought fully home as and when we finally bury the now utterly devalued political union.
No they’ve been brainwashed by our chums in media at the behest of the establishment. For the most part they only know what their media tells them about us. We’re somewhere very far away y’know. 🙂
Don’t be ashamed of being English. You’re good people who were sold a pup by your leaders. That makes you their victims too. Take me with you when you jump the fence! 🙂
As Macart and Maxstafford say don’t be ashamed.
Despite attempts by Better Together and their backers to portray Yes supporters as racist,fascist death eaters the Yes campaign was never about being anti English.
Whilst there may have been some anti-English supporters of Yes (and it would be naive to assume there weren’t) this does not reflect the Yes movement at all and I never came across it.
Yes was always only about the desire of an ancient nation to govern itself completely. And it was always about welcoming anyone who shared that goal – regardless of race, nationality, or ethnicity.
So do please come and live in Scotland – you don’t have to wait for independence to be welcomed.
Pam McMahon says:
Nobody seems to be grasping the fact that the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been disenfranchised by EVEL. Our votes are worth less than the voters of England, because our MPs are not able to vote on the same bills and standing orders as English MPs.
EVEL is a good dose of Bromide, to render us impotent in Scottish politics. We seem to be sucking it up without protest.
Sue de Nymme says:
People laughed when Nicola Sturgeon said that any vote on the UK leaving Europe must be ratified by all four nations. I said at the time that it seemed a very shrewd move to gain the support of the three nations which have just been disenfranchised. Let us hope that the groundwork laid then will get support to Scottish independence from the other three.
some of us do realise what’s going on
This is a gift……….
we get to be part of the final vote
we get to see the battle plan before we fight the fight
we get to know who and more importantly why (to convert undecided)
we get to decide which battles to fight, and which battles to distance ourselves from
we get to sock it to those who thought they had won out of this, but have only opened up their people to more disappointment
because we have the ability to vote down what they approve, they only have the ability to vote down what is raised in their own country
we have the ability to scream if they try to do anything that would affect us without representation, they only have the ability to try to defend that action
we are already winning with the point about Scots being unable to hold positions of power
tell me when England wishes to leave the union, will they be allowed to keep the pound 😉
or when they wish to eject us…….will not our position be stronger…….not my fault you want rid of us, but if you do I want want want
AS is tonight smiling to himself
Malcolm Henry says:
“The changes mean that no Scottish MP can ever become Prime Minister, or hold one of the major offices of state. Scottish MPs will not be able to vote with their government on crucial issues which are deemed England only and you can’t have a Prime Minister who is unable to vote for his or her own government.”
Every bit of this is wrong. EVEL does not stop Scottish MPs from voting on anything that goes through the commons. All it does is introduce an extra committee stage for issues deemed by the Speaker to be “English only”. If the bill makes it to the final reading everyone in the Commons, including Scottish, Welsh and NI MPs get to vote on it.
A PM or minister with a Scottish seat will not be able to sit on the English only committee but they’ll certainly have an English MP on to do their bidding, and then be able to vote with everyone else at the final stage of the process.
I’m no fan of Westminster or EVEL but the lies that are being bandied about by the pro-indy camp are truly shocking. If you want to learn the truth about EVEL try reading this, from an intelligent, informed and honest SNP supporter: http://lallandspeatworrier.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/what-does-evel-actually-do.html
Katie Izat says:
Just a test reply to see if I can stop the wee ginger dug emails going to my Junk mail in future!!
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If you go into your junk mail folder & right click on the WGD message, it should offer you the option Not Junk. If you select it then it should ask you if you want to trust mail from WGD. Select OK & they won’t go into junk mail again
The EVEL That Men Do | A Wilderness of Peace says:
[…] Ginger Dug is lucid as ever in pointing out certain media’s seeming disinterest in this constitutional earthquake. Iain […]
Lennox: The night has been unruly; where we lay,
Our chimneys were blown down, and as they say,
Lamentings heard i’th’air, strange screams of death,
And prophesying with accents terrible
Of dire combustion and confused events
New hatched to th’ woeful time. The obscure bird
Clamoured the livelong night: some say the earth
Was feverous and did shake.
Macbeth: ‘Twas a rough night.
Lennox: My young rememerance cannot parallel
A fellow to it, ..some say an hour of daylight will be lost from this very day, and that in the catalogue of evels that have recently befallen this land, that snow has even fallen in October in the high hills and …’tis undoubtedly all the fault of the baaad SNP.
Liz S says:
The Tories laid the foundation of their evil EVEL on 19th September 2014 confident in the knowledge that it would .be perceived by the English people as addressing the imbalance of justice they felt.and also ensuring that the backlash be visited upon the Labour party, their partners in BT, with the Scots.
The Tories were shrewd indeed to suppress their EVEL intentions, to be implemented in unison with the supposed extra powers ( Ha! ) to the Scottish parliament, throughout the referendum BT campaign.
They also outplayed Labour pre General election by pandering to the English people’s fears with their posters showing Ed M in the pocket of Alec Salmond, a strategy targeted at the English voter ( Not the pocket of Sturgeon, who some English people liked, and who was the the actual SNP leader, but Salmond , as the perception was that he was disliked and distrusted by the English people ) only.
One could be forgiven for thinking that subsequent announcements post referendum and post General election that it is England who has benefited more via BT what with the Northern powerhouse and HS2 announcements and also the use of the UK parliament as the devolved parliament of the English.
And as for Ian Murray’s jokingly tweeting two pictures of the front page of the national , one showing the real National front page with all of the SNP MP’s and words 2nd class and the other picture by him showing same front page ( Jokingly , not funny !!! ) a multitude of pictures of him with the wording 1st Class . Now that to me represents everything about the ineffectual and disrespectful style of politics Labour represents to scots voters. It is contemptuous and totally inappropriate but very much par for the course with the response we get from Labour to the Tories unending injustices .
Perhaps Labour should abstain from politics altogether as their ineptitude is staggering and I for one would not trust a party who so desperately seeks power more than presenting a united front against the Tories . They have displayed both an ineffective and demotivated opposition against the Tories.They are to blame for EVEL as much as the Tories as they helped pave the way.
Corbyn’s Labour same as old new Labour same as Tory party.
Better Together , Nah , much much Better Apart .
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One of the best parts about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the the variety of different types of Spider men and women we see. Each character has it’s own backstory that may have a few similarities but they’re all unique. When creating the characters for the movie they worked with what they got from the comic books and created concept art for their on screen appearance.
Much like his character, Spider-Man Noir’s concept art is dark, brooding and similar to old spy novels. Sony has released some of these and a great Bonus feature ahead of the movie’s release. Check it out below and get your copy of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to enjoy at home now!
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The Academy Award® Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, swings onto Digital February 26 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD on March 19 from Sony Pictures HomeEntertainment and Sony Pictures Animation. From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the uniquely creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, the film offers a fresh vision of the Spider-Man universe with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind.
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, a film that has grossed over $350 million in theaters worldwide to date, introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the iconic mask. “One of the most rewarding experiences in recent months has been to hear that children are telling their parents that they see themselves in Miles, or that they want to grow up to be like Spider-Gwen, anyone can be a hero. Thats why we made this film, and we hope that feeling of empowerment is something that both audiences young and old can take away,” say Directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman.
The out-of-this-world voice cast includes Shameik Moore as Miles Morales alongside Jake Johnson (“New Girl”) as Peter B. Parker, Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee) as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen, Mahershala Ali (Green Book) as Miles’ Uncle Aaron, Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”) as Jefferson Davis, Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”) as Aunt May, Luna Lauren Velez (“How To Get Away with Murder”) as Rio Morales, Zoë Kravitz (“Big Little Lies”) as Mary Jane, John Mulaney (“Big Mouth”) as Spider-Ham, with Nicholas Cage (The Croods) as Spider-Man Noir, Kathryn Hahn (Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation) as Doc Ock and Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan”) as the villain Kingpin.
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE arrives filled with engaging bonus materials that are fun for the whole family and give fans even more of the unique comic book style action that they loved in theaters with over 90 minutes of bonus content. In his very own original short, Spider-Ham: Caught In a Ham, fan favorite Spider-Ham defeats his greatest foe, delivers sidesplitting puns, and get sucked into another dimension! It actually can get weirder! Don’t miss the thrilling Alternate Universe Mode where fans can view the film in an entirely new way to discover alternate scenes, plotlines, characters, and more with the filmmakers as their guide. Also included is The Spider-Verse Super-Fan Easter Egg Challenge, where fans are challenged to find every single Easter Egg hidden within the Spider-Verse (and there are a lot of them!). Explore the character design in the visually stunning film including specific looks at the now-iconic Spider-Ham character as well as the classic villains who inhabit the Spider-Verse. Additional special features include a celebration of the diversity in the film and the idea that anyone can wear the maskin a feature called We Are Spider-Man, a featurette called Spider-Verse: A New Dimension, where fans can hear from the artists and filmmakers who pushed the boundaries of the comic book artform to create a visual experience unlike anything done in animation before, a showcase of all the amazing fan favorite characters featured in the Spider-Verse and the actors who bring them to life, and a touching tribute to comic legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, who originally created the Spider-Man character. Other bonus materials include two lyric videos featuring “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee and “Familia” by Nicki Minaj and Anuel AA (feat. Bantu).
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is directed by Bob Persichetti (The Little Prince), Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians) and Rodney Rothman (22 Jump Street), and screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman from a story by Lord. The film is produced by Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chistopher Miller, and Chrstina Steinberg. The executive producers are the late Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, and Will Allegra.
Bonus Materials Include:
We Are Spider-Man: Exploring and celebrating one of the key themes of the film, We Are Spider-Man takes a deep dive into the diversity of the characters and aspirational core that any person from any gender or cultural background can wear the mask.
Spider-Verse: A New Dimension: With a stunning visual style and state of the art animation designed to take the viewer into the pages of a comic,Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is not only a love letter to comic books but a groundbreaking take on the super hero genre. Hear from the artists and filmmakers who pushed the boundaries of the artform as they discuss their journey.
The Ultimate Comics Cast: Enjoy this showcase of all of the fan favorite characters featured in the Spider-Verse and the spectacular cast who were chosen to bring them to life.
A Tribute to Stan Lee & Steve Ditko: Celebrate the amazing legacy and powerful spirit of the creators of Spider-Man.
The Spider-Verse Super-Fan Easter Egg Challenge: The Spider-Verse is loaded with Easter Eggs, from cameos to comics references. Fans are challenged to find them all!
Designing Cinematic Comics Characters: A breakdown of all aspects of the character design including costume, movement in animation, and distinct powers for each character.
Heroes & Hams: Meet the amazing Spider-people of the Spider-Verse.
Scorpions and Scoundrels: Explore the classic villains whowreak havoc on the Spider-Verse.
Alternate Universe Mode: In this all-new viewing experience, discover alternate scenes, plotlines, characters, and more with the filmmakers as your guide.
2 Lyric Videos
“Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee
“Familia” by Nicki Minaj & Anuel AA (feat. Bantu)
All-New Original Short “Spider-Ham: Caught In a Ham” It’s another normal day for Peter Porker, a.k.a. the Spectacular Spider-Ham, fighting bad guys and loving hot dogs, until a mysterious portal starts messing with the very fabric of his cartoon reality.
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I was a teacher for 26 years followed by working for 12 years as a senior officer managing SEN services for the LA prior to my retirement in 2012. I have therefore had a good deal of experience in all areas of school life including the quality of teaching, the evaluation of data leading to school improvement and the delegation of school funding. I have been Chair of Governors at the school for three years and I am chair of the strategic committee. The latest Ofsted report (July 2013) states that: The highly skilled and knowledgeable governing body spends money well to benefit all pupils.
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Michelle Wilman - Headteacher
I was born in Leeds. From 16, I did my work experience and community service at John Jamieson school in Leeds. I was a volunteer at the PHAB (Physically Handicapped Able Bodied) youth club and undertook many residentials, with them. I have been a teacher all my working life. I began my career as a Food Technology teacher in secondary schools. I always wanted to work in a special school but wanted to be a good teacher first. I moved to Victoria Park (as was) in 1995 to undertake my Food Technology to students with special educational needs. I was the first teacher to introduce Entry level certificate courses and was responsible for ICT and assessment across the school. I became an Assistant Headteacher in 2001. In 2007 I became the principal of the SILC and consequently joined the Governing Body. I am a single parent with two school aged children. I particularly enjoy gardening, when I have the time!
Kevin Boocock - Co-opted
I have worked in numerous private businesses in a management role accountable for delivering a wide range of business goals. I have responsibility for the financial performance of my department on a weekly basis, take care of performance management, health and safety and participate in investigative work where necessary.
This has given me the opportunity to develop a number of competences such as;-
Financial awareness
I believe these will be useful assets in my role as a governor.
Kate Robinson - Co-opted
Kate is a Barrister based in Chambers in Leeds who specialises in criminal and coronial law. She was called to the bar in July 2009 and worked exclusive in the law across different fields before settling into her present specialisms. She hopes her experience in a variety of legal specialisms will be beneficial to West Silc (though hopefully not in a criminal law capacity!). Outside of work Kate is a proud stepmother and mother, a keen dancer (usually very badly) and baker of novelty cupcakes.
Elaine Cooper - Co-opted
I have been a governor at the West SILC for over eight years. I originally served as a parent governor, and am now a local authority governor. I decided to become involved with the governing body so that I could help to make a difference to the children, their parents and carers, and the staff, by making the West SILC an outstanding school to be a part of.
I have more than 20 years experience of working with children with special needs. I am a parent of a young adult with complex learning and communication difficulties. I have worked in mainstream and specialist settings as a nursery nurse, LSA and HLTA. I have worked with children with MLD, autism, and PMLD, as well as children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. I am currently involved in setting up new provision for young adults with complex needs.
My extensive and varied experience of special needs has enabled me to gain valuable skills and knowledge of local and central government policies and procedures that directly impact on the quality of provision we can provide both in mainstream schools and the SILCs.
Helen Scarth - Co-opted
I have been working in education for over 20 years as classroom teacher, maths lead and am currently in a senior leadership role in a mainstream Bradford primary school. I believe in developing children and young people to achieve their potential so that they become happy and valued members of the community in which they live.
On a personal level I’ve always had a love of maths and enjoy encouraging children and adults of all abilities to recognise it can be fun and anyone can do it! I like cooking and although my two daughters have moved out I still seem to bake cakes on a regular basis, the more chocolate the better. I have followed Derby County, my home team, for many years and find it a great way to relax. Especially when they win!
I am looking forward to serving on the governing body and am looking forward to getting to know more about the provision and the people who are obviously so committed to it.
Amanda Howard - Co-opted
I am working at Leeds City Council as a Graduate Local Government Officer where I have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects across multiple departments. I have previously worked at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council where I co-ordinated the start-up of a Supported Internships programme to benefit young people with SEND and local businesses in the borough. The success of this programme sparked my interest in continuing to work with people with SEND to build their aspirations and help them to achieve, as well as promoting the benefits of employing people with SEND to businesses. I’m really excited to be part of the governing body at West SILC and I hope I can play a part in shaping its continued achievements.
Shelley Robson - Parent
I have been a Governor at West SILC since May 2012. Prior to this I was a Parent Governor Pudsey Greenside Primary school for 12 years. During my time as a Governor I have been involved in recruiting staff at all levels, worked on the Resources, Teaching and Learning, Strategic and Performance Management committees. I have held special Governor responsibility for Literacy, Special Educational Needs, Inclusion and Head Teacher Performance Management. I have also contributed to numerous working parties and initiatives to drive school improvements.
In my professional life I am a motivated, adaptable and accomplished Senior Manager. My key skills include but are not limited to: Leadership Skills, Business Development, Communication Skills, Change Management. Learning and Development and Presentation Skills.
My most recent positions have been at Leeds Community Healthcare Trust as a Business Consultant and member of the Children’s Services senior management team. Before this I worked for Cool2Care, a social enterprise that provided care-workers for disabled people and disability awareness training throughout the UK. I also have my Learning and Development Consultancy and have designed and delivered various training and development courses for organisations throughout the UK.
David Pearson - Parent
I am a parent of three children, one of whom attended West SILC for seven years. During his attendance I have been a Parent Governor and active member of the sub committees for over 6 years which has seen many changes including a school move. Overall there have been many improvements to the school and this is reflected in a continuous improvement in Ofsted inspections. My occupation is a Commercial Insurance Broker dealing with both National and International Companies across a broad range of industries. This has included line management with responsibilities for performance management and recruitment.
In addition I am a qualified junior football coach and have worked with children through from 7 to 16 years old. This position entails having to undertake safeguarding children training on a three yearly cycle.
Jacque Simpson - Co-opted
Following my training to become a Registered General Nurse, I worked as a staff nurse in hospital settings and then the private sector. My experiences lasted for more than a decade and have proved invaluable.
Following a change in circumstances, I swapped nursing for childcare, starting with pre 5s and working my way up the ages to teenagers! I have worked in nurseries, children’s centre, main steam school and residential settings prior to my role at West SILC.
I have now worked as a HLTA at West SILC for almost 6 years. I have had the privilege of working in 3 sites across the SILC with dedicated staff teams. Currently I work with students accessing the semi-formal curriculum and our CCA (Complex Communication and Autism) students. I have a good working relationship, knowledge and insight of the students with whom I work, as well as many of our staff team. I feel therefore, that I can contribute positively as a Governor.
I live in Bradford with my husband. We have 5 children (3 boys and 2 adopted girls) 2 dogs and a guinea pig who moved in after his retirement from West SILC!
Julie Heselwood - Co-opted
Julie is a Councillor within Leeds City Council and joined us in June 2016. Julie brings a wealth of experience to the governor role and was excited about West SILC from her first visit to the school.
Sam Schwab - Co-opted
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Sam is passionate about the provision of highly performing and efficient public services that put the person at the heart of their delivery, and hopes to support West SILC in their journey of ongoing improvement.
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Daily Current Affairs 10 February 2019: Your guide for daily General Knowledge Preparation
This post contains important current affairs of 10 February 2019. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 10 February 2019. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 10 February 2019 Current affairs test.
1. Himalayan Cloud Observatory
A Himalayan Cloud Observatory has been set up in Tehri district of Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, is known for its Hindu pilgrimage sites. Rishikesh, a major centre for yoga study, was made famous by the Beatles’ 1968 visit. The city hosts the evening Ganga Aarti, a spiritual gathering on the sacred Ganges River. The state’s forested Jim Corbett National Park shelters Bengal tigers and other native wildlife.
2. Zero Fatality Corridor
‘Zero Fatality Corridor’ (ZFC) means to assess the cause for crashes on the outer ring road stretch between Burari and Bhalaswa Chowk.
Delhi :- Lt. Governor: Anil Baijal
3. Mobile App ‘DigiCop’
Chennai Police has launched Mobile App ‘Digicop’.
Mobile App ‘DigiCop’ can help people to track the status of stolen two-wheelers and cell phones.
4. DD ‘Arun Prabha’ Channel
PM Modi has launched the DD ‘Arun Prabha’ Channel in Itanagar.
It is a 24×7 satellite television channel and is second channel from Doordarshan for the north-eastern region, after DD North East.
1. Asia’s oldest elephant in captivity
Elephant ‘Gaja Muthassi’ Dakshayani is the oldest elephant in captivity in Asia.
It has recently passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
2. India Heritage Walk Festival
Sahapedia with UNESCO has organised the 2nd edition of India Heritage Walk Festival (IHWF) 2019.The inaugural day had parallel heritage walks in other cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi, Guwahati, Pune, Udaipur, Kolkata, Puducherry and Chennai.
Sahapedia is an open online multimedia knowledge resource on the arts, cultures and histories of India based on both curated and crowd-sourced content. ‘Saha’ is Sanskrit for ‘together with’. On the Sahapedia portal, users can read articles, watch videos, listen to interviews, and browse image galleries.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Paris.
3. Lifetime Achievement Award by Canadian Academy
Deepa Mehta will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire, Earth, and Water
4. World Pulses Day
World Pulses Day is observed on 10th February.
It is the 1st of its kind, designated United Nations global event to celebrate pulses worldwide.
1. New CEO of Fortis Healthcare
Ashutosh Raghuvanshi has been appointed as the CEO of Fortis Healthcare.
Fortis Healthcare Limited is a chain of hospitals, headquartered in India. Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare Bhd has become the controlling shareholder of Fortis Healthcare Ltd by acquiring a 31.1% stake in the company.
2. Rs 1 crore fine on SBI
RBI has slapped Rs 1 crore penalty on SBI.
RBI under Section 47 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 has levied the penalty on DBI for not monitoring the end use of funds in respect of one of its borrowers.
3. Anti-tank missile “Helina”
India has test-fired Helina, a helicopter-launched version of the Nag anti-tank guided missile at Balasore District of Odisha.
It is developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
1. Hero Gold Cup (Football)
Hero Gold Cup is a Football tournament by All India Football Federation.
a four-nation competition (India, Iran, Myanmar and Nepal) has started in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
2. Ban on Russian Para Athletes lifted
International Paralympics Committee has lifted the ban on Russian Para athletes.
The ban was active since August 2016.
3. Australian Cricket team’s assistant coach
‘Cricket Australia’ (CA) has appointed Ricky Ponting as assistant coach for Australia’s cricket team for WC-2019.
Head coach for Australian Cricket team :- Justin Langer
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Write Yer Ane Zine
Words about DIY punk; records, shows, interviews, whatever.
Ten Years of Cowpunk; My Top Ten – Jonny Domino
by writeyeranezine
As has been well-documented, 2016 marks Ten Years of Cowpunk. As such, rather than just me banging on about all the stuff that I remember and the cool shit that has come to pass over the last decade, I thought it’d be fun (and more interesting) to ask the troops and close associates of the MTAT family to recall some of their favourite songs/moments in our shared history. It’s always very interesting for me to hear the perspectives of others, as I’m usually so (self?) absorbed with everything that’s going on that oftentimes I forget to take a step back and see the bigger picture.
We start with the picks of Jonny Domino. It feels as though Jonny and I have known each other forever, certainly since we both started getting more deeply involved in the local music scene at the turn of the century. Jonny is also a total workhorse; he did all the driving on the Uniforms tours, has driven heaps of bands around the UK, does loads of the cooking for visiting bands, has regularly had bands and total strangers kipping on his floor and his wife Michelle even baked the Burst Cow Birthday Cake for the show last Saturday. He’s a good dude with an at-times questionable taste in music and dress, but he’s got a heart of gold and this list is full of some absolute zingers and fond memories.
Joey Terrifying – “Getaway Driver”
The first MTAT release that I personally appeared on, I was part of a bunch of MTAT all-stars that included Kev from Broken Stories that shouted “no school I don’t know!” in the bridge of this in the basement of Seagate Studios.
Billy Liar – “Piss Artist”
Billy Liar is basically my Kaddish when it comes to Book Yer Ane Fest, his streak is getting almost as good as theirs and for some reason every Sunday even though everyone is strung out from 2 days of Festing, there always seems to be a bit more energy getting dug out for Billy’s set.
The Riot Before – “Uncharted Lands”
The Riot Before show in The Balcony stands in my mind as one of the undiscovered gems in MTAT history, just a great night with some genuinely nice dudes and also the first night I met Christian Tollner, who played a much bigger part in the development of MTAT’s touring bands than he probably realises.
Question The Mark – “Bottoms Up!”
By far my favourite thing that I’ve got from 10 years of Make That A Take is some amazing friendships with great people. The chance to see all these people is what makes Book Yer Ane Fest my favourite weekend of the year and the fact that I can go all over the country or in fact the world and never be too far from some of my best friends is not an opportunity that a lot of people will get in a lifetime – QTM are the perfect example of that, I love all these dudes.
Loaded 45 – “Making Enemies Not Memories”
Loaded 45 are genuinely some of the weirdest, most amazing people I’ve ever met in my life. We spent a combined 6 weeks living 8 of us in one van in places that I’d only ever dream of visiting otherwise (and also Rhyl) and we all have a bastardised MTAT HxC cross with the letters MENM after this song tattooed on our stupid bodies to commemorate it, couldn’t leave it off this list!
Franz Nicolay – “Home Is Where They Take You In”
To say I’m proud of what MTAT has achieved in the last 10 years would be a massive understatement and everything about this song is a testament to that. Franz has played in some of my absolute favourite bands of all time so to have this released on our label absolutely blows my mind. The subject matter also speaks to one of the things that I’m most proud of about the MTAT crew, which is the fact that over the past decade we’ve tried extremely hard to be as accommodating as possible to people who have come from all over the world to play for us, and I hope built a solid reputation for that in the process.
The Walking Targets – “Circling The Drain”
Including The Walking Targets on this list is something of a bittersweet experience for me – one of my most vivid BYAF memories was watching these guys play Saturday afternoon, the first time most if not all of us had ever heard of them, with Derrick, Bunky from Question The Mark and Fraser Murderburger and just being blown away. I remember Max winning a bottle of Jager which the QTM guys made him polish off through the course of the day before he vomited all over my house and I remember thinking they were something special. Later that night I still remember the chat being “holy shit did you see that band The Walking Targets?!” and there’s no doubt they got really great, really quick. They’re still my “what could’ve been” moment.
Bangers – “Church Street In Ruins”
Bangers are without doubt my favourite British band, they’re really lovely guys to spend time with – smart, funny and really patient (I know Andrew was one of Derrick’s go-tos for advice in the early days of MTAT as a functioning label and I don’t think I’ve ever said thanks) and they’re a great advert for DIY punk who I’m thankful for a few opportunities to work with. That being said, Uniforms did a few all ages shows with the DIY Rock Shop in Perth and the one time we invited Bangers I remember Roo saying “if I could give you one piece of advice it would be – always say yes to free drugs if someone offers you them, that’s what being a rockstar’s all about”.
Get It Together – “Hole In The Head”
If I was pushed (which I’m not being, but I’m gonna tell you anyway) I’d say this is the best song MTAT has ever released. Get It Together just nail the posi hardcore vibe and their energy and enthusiasm is pretty hard to match. Some of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet they’ve been nothing but a pleasure to be around and this song is pretty much guaranteed to get any room going.
Dear Landlord – “I Live In Hell”
From my favourite song to my favourite show, it’ll be a long time before we pull off anything that compares to hosting Dear Landlord in the basement of Drouthies and it will probably always be my favourite MTAT moment. These guys put on one of the most full on live shows you’ll see and there was sweat (and Guinness) dripping from the ceiling of Drouthies before they finished. Occasionally to this day I still wonder how they ended up there and not in some much bigger venues but I’m also really, really glad they did.
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G500 jet receives double certification
By Ben Sampson on 25th July 2018 Flight Testing, Industry News
Gulfstream’s G500 business jet has received its type certification and production certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.
These first completed G500 deliveries are planned for later this year.
Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream said, “Receiving the type certification and production certificate on the same day speaks to the rigor inherent in the G500 program and the commitment to excellence of the entire Gulfstream team.
“The tens of thousands of lab hours, combined with more than 5,000 hours we’ve flown the five G500 flight-test aircraft will help ensure we deliver a high-performing, reliable, mature aircraft to customers.”
The G500 is the first clean-sheet Gulfstream aircraft to receive its type and production certificates on the same day.
During the G500 certification program, test aircraft demonstrated a take off distance of just 5,200ft (1,585m), 200ft (61m) less than was originally predicted the design would require.
The G500 offers active control sidesticks, 10 touchscreens in the flight deck and a third-generation Enhanced Vision System to increase pilot awareness in low visibility. The Symmetry Flight Deck also includes Synthetic Vision-Primary Flight Display and Head-Up Display II.
The G500 is the first aircraft certified to use enhanced vision to land and the first business aircraft certified to Stage 5 noise standards.
The certified G500 can fly 5,200nm (9,630 km). At its high-speed cruise of Mach 0.90, the G500 will fly 4,400nm (8,149km).
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Somali journalist dies from injuries after al Shabaab suicide bomb attack
Ismail Akwei
Somali journalist Abdullahi Osman Moalim died on Wednesday from injuries he sustained after an al Shabaab suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in central Somalia town of Beletwein on Sunday.
The 24-year-old broadcast journalist working with Jubbaland TV and Radio Codka Hiiraan was waiting for a press conference together with other journalists when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, local media report.
Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack that claimed four lives and left fifteen people including two other journalists injured.
Abdullahi Osman Moalim died at a hospital in the capital Mogadishu and was buried hours after.
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) commiserated with the family of the journalist and wished the other injured members a speedy recovery.
The United States Mission to Somalia expressed its condolences to the family of Moalim and encouraged Somali journalists “to continue their work despite the daily struggles and risks, in defense of the inalienable right of freedom of expression on behalf of the Somali people”.
United States Extends Condolences for Death of Journalist Abdullahi Osman | US2SOMALIA https://t.co/TMRg0RfD5A #Somalia
— U.S. Mission-Somalia (US2SOMALIA) September 13, 2017
Al Shabaab has been able to carry out deadly bombings despite losing most of its territory to African Union peacekeepers supporting the Somali government.
The group’s insurgency aims to drive out the peacekeepers, topple Somalia’s western-backed government and impose its strict version of Islam on the Horn of Africa state.
Journalists have also been a target of the insurgent group.
Last year, Somali radio journalist Abdiaziz Ali Haji was shot dead in Mogadishu by unidentified gunmen.
A young Somali female journalist, Sagal Salad Osman, who worked for state-run media SNTV, was also killed months earlier.
She was the second journalist to be killed in six months after Hinda Haji Mohamed who also worked for the state media was killed in a car bomb in Mogadishu in December 2015.
In August this year, a prominent Somali referee Osman Jama Dirah was gunned down by unknown assailants outside his home in Mogadishu.
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People & Planes Finalist
© Adomas Leonavicius. All rights reserved.
Young mother with her children watches acrobatic plane performance at air show.
This photograph was taken at an airshow commemorating the 80th anniversary of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas' attempted non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania in 1933. (The pilots perished in their attempt.) "In the middle of an acrobatic show by an Su-26," says Leonavicius, "I noticed a young mother with her children enjoying the show. I was trying to express movement and freedom for both the airplane and the figures."
TAGS: Air Show, Lithuania
Adomas Leonavicius
© Adomas Leonavicius.
Filed Under: People & Planes
Date Uploaded: Sept. 3, 2013, 9:22 a.m.
Camera Model: PENTAX K-5
PHOTO LOCATION Lithuania
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Cokeburg
Drug Rehab and Treatment Centers Information Cokeburg, Pennsylvania
Looking for Drug Rehab and treatment centers in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania?
There are numerous drug treatment centers options available to the people residing in the Cokeburg area. You will need to recognize all the varieties of rehabilitation options available in Cokeburg, AB., in order to find the appropriate rehab option for yourself or a family member. Choosing the right drug rehab facility in Cokeburg is an essential element in the treatment of substance abuse, addiction and alcoholism. The following data will help you recognize your numerous rehab possibilities so that you have the best potential for a successful final result.
Let's check out the different alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania possibilities that correlate with the condition of the person seeking rehab.
Inpatient alcohol and drug treatment in Cokeburg, AB. is really a rehabilitation possibility ideal for many who require medical intervention during treatment or clients with substantial drug use histories. Women and men can develop both mental and physical dependence to drugs even after a brief amount of time, so inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Cokeburg is considered the most effective rehab option in the majority of cases. As a result of dependence and addiction, people will usually struggle to make a full recovery with the minimal solutions provided by outpatient rehabilitation programs in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania where drugs and alcohol remain easily obtainable when they depart the outpatient center. Likewise, people in rehabilitation who receive outpatient treatment rather than inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Cokeburg remain vulnerable to detrimental influences and circumstances that might cut across their process of recovery. If an individual lives with an abusive partner or maintains associations which involve drug abuse, any treatment activities in outpatient rehab are done in vain. This is why in-patient drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Cokeburg, AB. will most certainly produce more tangible outcomes that can prove lasting unlike an outpatient alcohol and drug rehab center where benefits are often very limited and acute.
In Cokeburg there's both short-term and long-term inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Short-term is often a 30-day program, while long-term inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania is a lot more in depth and rehabilitation lasts 90-120 days generally speaking. It is really an ideal setting for clients because it is a completely drug-free environment where they're able to recover both mentally and physically without interruptions. Ideally, men and women proceed in the long-term in-patient drug and alcohol rehab facility in Cokeburg for the optimum period of time allowed, in order to deal with anything which can jeopardize their sobriety after they leave treatment. Because of the fact that detoxing and becoming physically stabilized can require two to three weeks alone, the 3-6 months in long-term in-patient drug rehabilitation in Cokeburg will be time spent well and much more efficient than short-term centers.
The most crucial component of all if you or someone you love is struggling with a substance abuse or addiction issue is to get it resolved right away, make calls and talk to experienced addiction professionals and get an assessment and rehab options to guarantee the best opportunity for a recovery.
There are no local drug rehab listings for Cokeburg, Pennsylvania so we have provided the 6 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Cokeburg:
Centerville Clinic Inc
(Fredericktown is 5.5 from Cokeburg)
1070 Old National Pike Road
Fredericktown, PA. 15333
Contact Centerville Clinic Inc, by calling 724-632-6801.
Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Drug Treatment for Dual Diagnosis Clients, Drug Rehab Programs For HIV and AIDS Clients, Drug Rehabs For Gays and Lesbians, Drug Rehabs For Senior Citizens, Drug Rehab Programs For Criminal Justice Clients, Drug Rehab Programs For Hearing Impaired Clients
Self Pay Drug Rehab Programs, Drug Rehabs That Accept Medicaid, Drug Treatment Programs That Accept Medicare, State Financed Insurance, Drug Rehabs That Accept Private Health Insurance, Drug Rehabs With Sliding Scale Fees, Drug Treatment Centers With Payment Assistance Programs
Centerville Clinics Inc
(Vestaburg is 6.9 from Cokeburg)
303 Hill Street
Vestaburg, PA. 15368
Contact Centerville Clinics Inc, by calling 724-377-2818.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Day Treatment, Drug Treatment for Dual Diagnosis Clients, Drug Rehabs For Senior Citizens
Self Pay Drug Rehab Programs, Drug Rehabs That Accept Medicaid, Drug Treatment Programs That Accept Medicare
SPHS CARE Center
(Washington is 10.4 from Cokeburg)
75 East Maiden Street
Washington, PA. 15301
Contact SPHS CARE Center, by calling 724-228-2200.
Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Drug Treatment for Dual Diagnosis Clients
Care Center Inc
75 East Maiden
Contact Care Center Inc, by calling 724-228-2200.
Drug and Alcohol Rehab, Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Drug Treatment for Dual Diagnosis Clients, Drug Rehabs For Women, Drug Treatment Centers For Men, Drug Treatment For DUI and DWI Offenders, Drug Rehab Programs For Criminal Justice Clients, Drug Rehab Centers For Spanish Speaking Clients
Wesley Spectrum
Contact Wesley Spectrum, by calling 724-222-7500.
Drug and Alcohol Rehab, Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, Drug Rehab Centers For Teens and Adolescents, Drug Treatment for Dual Diagnosis Clients, Drug Rehab Programs For HIV and AIDS Clients, Drug Rehabs For Gays and Lesbians, Drug Rehabs For Senior Citizens, Drug Rehab Centers For Pregnant Women, Drug Rehabs For Women, Drug Treatment Centers For Men, Drug Rehab Programs For Criminal Justice Clients, Drug Rehab Programs For Hearing Impaired Clients
Self Pay Drug Rehab Programs, Drug Rehabs That Accept Medicaid, Drug Treatment Programs That Accept Medicare, State Financed Insurance, Drug Rehabs That Accept Private Health Insurance, Drug Rehabs With Sliding Scale Fees
Abstinent Living at the Turning Point
Contact Abstinent Living at the Turning Point, by calling 724-228-2203.
Drug and Alcohol Rehab, Halfway Houses, Long Term Drug Rehab Programs, Drug Rehabs For Women
Self Pay Drug Rehab Programs, Drug Rehabs That Accept Medicaid
Characteristics of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Offering Acupuncture Acupuncture is one of the oldest healing practices in the world, and it has been used to treat a wide spectrum of medical conditions and diseases including substance abuse. According to the 2007 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) most facilities that offer acupuncture also offer other services to support the needs of clients, such as substance abuse education, discharge planning, case management, and aftercare. Facilities that offer acupuncture were twice as likely as all substance abuse treatment facilities to offer special programs or groups for adolescents (64 vs. 31 percent) and persons with HIV/AIDS (20 vs. 10 percent).
In 2007, an estimated 2.5 million people were injured or killed in motor vehicle accidents. Using data from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), this report describes both the characteristics of facilities that offer specialized DUI/DWI treatment programs and the admissions who access these services.
The specific illicit drugs that had the highest levels of past year dependence or abuse in 2009 were marijuana (4.3 million), pain relievers (1.9 million), and cocaine (1.1 million). The number of persons with marijuana dependence or abuse has not changed since 2002, but the number with pain reliever dependence or abuse has increased (from 1.5 million to 1.9 million) and the number with cocaine dependence or abuse has declined (from 1.5 million to 1.1 million).
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A combined digital and TV world would give you a single foundation that includes first-, second-, and third-party, online and offline data. It will allow you to see how customers interact with your brand across their entire journey. From learning about your product with a primetime TV spot to seeing ads while browsing their Facebook feed to using a favorite search engine as they compare your product with the competition.
It’s this sort of integration that uses both branding and performance intelligence to build awareness, increase conversions, and drive greater efficiencies. An integrated platform lets you see all your outcomes in one place, instead of in silos. You control the exact media inventory you’re buying, ensure you’re appearing in brand safe and quality contexts, and gain confidence that you’re maximizing reach of the right audience.
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"LEGO City: Report for Duty" with Yonkers PD
Jun. 4th - Jul. 7th
Calling all heroes, it's time to report for duty! On Tuesday, June 4th, the Yonkers Police Department will be on-site at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester (the ultimate indoor playground) from 11am - 2pm as part of the "LEGO City: Report for Duty" Campaign, which runs through July 7.
Zumbini with Colie Summer Session
Jun. 17th - Jul. 29th
Created by Zumba & BabyFirst for children ages 0-4, and their caregivers, Zumbini combines music and movement to create the ultimate bonding experience! Sing, dance, and play together while developing your little one's social, cognitive, emotional, and motor skills. Please RSVP for one of my free demo classes at www.zumbini.com as spots are limited.
Barker Park: Andy the Music Man
Jul. 18th
The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Corporation announces free summer fun for children with the Barker Park Kids' Summer Series! Last summer we celebrated our Super Heroes theme with events featuring the Troy Fire Department and Troy Police Department. This year we are launching into space to explore everything from music to crafts! Every Thursday at 11 AM, starting July 11 through August 29, a new performer or activity will be presented in Barker Park, located on the corner of 3rd and State Streets in downtown Troy.
"Our Barker Park Kids' Series is a favorite among our youngest patrons," said Jon Elbaum, Executive Director of the Music Hall. "This year our theme is Space!, so we hope to see lots of kids who are ready for an out of this world adventure."
The Hall is also partnering with a local charity group, Troy Street Soldiers. Every Thursday night in Barker Park, they share a free meal for anyone in need, and distribute food, household goods, and clothing. The Hall will be requesting and collecting donations of children's books, clothing, and food to help assist their program.
The complete schedule:
July 11 - Space Carnival!
Join us for an out-of-this world Space Carnival! Make a UFO at our craft station, dance to our space themed playlist, and snap a picture in our photo booth, complete with planet and star props. Face painting, games, books, and so much more - join us for this exciting kick-off to the series!
July 18 - Andy the Music Man
Andy "The Music Man" Morse is a popular children's musician renowned for the special way he connects with his audiences. A talented guitarist, mandolin player and songwriter, Andy mingles traditional and original songs and novelty, delighting and involving kids through sing-a-longs, dancing, play-acting and storytelling.
July 25 - Watch Reggie Run
Formed in 2017 by Dave Graham and his son Luke who has autism, WATCH REGGIE RUN, is named after how they spend most of their time when not making music (watching Luke's sister Rory, whose nickname is Reggie, run in Track and XC meets). The father/son duo shares a love of music and has found it to be a great way of connecting despite Luke's limited communication skills. Music can be a very powerful way of breaking down any barriers. They released their 2nd album 'To The Bakery' in April 2019 which is chock-full of anthemic, kids themed earworms and put on an energetic, interactive show that will leave you with a smile on your face!
August 1 - Heard
Heard is Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius, keys/vocals, Jonathan Green, woodwinds, Bobby Kendall, bass, Brian Melick, drums, and Zorkie Nelson on drums/vocal. Featuring influences from West Africa, Brazil and beyond, Heard's energizing world music will put a smile on your face and get you up and dancing! For this special family show, Heard presents an all-ages interactive performance with percussion instruments for kids to check out and learn some rhythms!
August 8 - Troy Public Library
The Troy Public Library will host a Story Hour with a space theme! Appropriate for children ages 4 to 10 years of age, and the wearing of all space gear is encouraged!
August 15 - Movement Story Hour with the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company
Appropriate for children, toddler to age eight, the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company's workshops are designed to nurture the creative potential of each child. The stories are drawn from the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company's extensive collection of children's books and are led by its Artistic Director, Ellen Sinopoli. An array of fun filled visual and verbal tools are given to assist children in finding innovative shapes and imaginative ways to move.
August 22 - Seth & the Moodmelix
Borrowing from a wonderfully diverse mix of musical styles, this toe-tapping trio plays lyrically rich music for kids that parents can appreciate, too. With guitar (Seth Warden), fiddle (Doug Moody) and percussion (Brian Melick), along with sweet harmony vocals, their songs impart good values and educational tidbits in a fresh upbeat organic style.
August 29 - Jordan Taylor Hill
Jordan Taylor Hill is an Afrobeat percussionist. Dance along to his unique beats as another Barker Park Series comes to a close!
All performances are rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved across the street into Saint Paul's Guild House. This family friendly series is sponsored by Albany Medical Center. For more information about this series, please contact the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall at 518-273-0038 or visit us online at www.troymusichall.org.
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Developer Blog: Lost City of Omu Campaign
Von Julia (nitocris83) | Fr 09 Feb 2018 07:00:00 PST
Having managed to survive the Soshenstar River Basin, it is time for our adventurers to continue their quest to find the source of the death curse cast upon the citizens of Port Nyanzaru. The research conducted by Celeste and the other heroes of Neverwinter leads to:
The Jungles of Chult campaign has been extended to bring players into The Lost City of Omu. A once prosperous and powerful society now a mere memory amongst the ruins. The nine Trickster Gods were worshipped heavily in this region and their shrines, hidden within the undercity, may still hold a bit of the power the gods once bestowed upon their worshippers. Dinosaurs will be a familiar sight from the time exploring the Soshenstar River Basin, along with Lizardfolk, Thayans, and powerful Gorillas. Another primal adventure awaits!
A Familiar Feel
Sending the players deeper into Chult meant it was time to expand the Jungles of Chult campaign to cover all of the exciting adventures awaiting in the Lost City of Omu.
Repeatable Tasks – Like the Soshenstar area for the Jungles of Chult, players will be free to choose when to complete their tasks for the week. The Lost City of Omu has its own weekly haul and its own set of adventures to advance the campaign. But before you can dive into the ancient ruins of Omu, you must finish up the main path on the Jungles of Chult campaign for Soshenstar.
Boons – The Lost City of Omu brings forth new boon points for the Jungles of Chult campaign. That means 3 additional points for the first tier of boons and 1 additional point for the second tier of boons, all of which can now have 2 points spent per boon.
Rewards – To fill out the campaign rewards in Jungles of Chult release, players can now work towards Artifact Gear for their main and off hands as well as a new set of Pants and Shirt which have a body paint appearance.
Exploring the ruins of the Lost City of Omu to discover the source of the death curse plaguing the lands will allow you entry into the Cradle of the Death God, a brand new trial which will require solid teamwork and daring adventurers to succeed.
We look forward to welcoming all of you to the wonders of the Lost City of Omu, and can’t wait for you to discover the awe inspiring conclusion to this chapter of Neverwinter!
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Uber Air Inches Closer to Reality With Five Skyport Design Proposals
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Hyperloop, a Tube That Could Transport People at 750 m.p.h.
If the concept becomes a reality, you could commute from Philadelphia to New York in just 10 minutes
A rendering of a Hyperloop pod in dock where passengers can board.
For Hyperloop, a newly formed company staffed with proven brainpower from Silicon Valley and political superstars from Washington, D.C., the ultimate goal is as simple as it is mind-bending: to safely shuttle people and cargo all over the world in a vacuum-tube-like system at rates of 750 m.p.h., or velocities nearing the speed of sound. If this type of technology gets you excited for the future, you’re not the only one.
Hyperloop has been able to harness the power of electric propulsion, enabling transportation pods to rapidly operate within near frictionless vacuum tubes, that can move pods with leaving a minimal carbon footprint. This is why Musk often calls Hyperloop “the fifth mode” of transportation (after trains, cars, planes, and boats).
Hyperloop recently announced that it is constructing their Propulsion Open Air Test in Nevada, to assess the propulsion architecture. Which is one step closer to bringing the full system to reality. Construction on the track—the first full-scale hyperloop, not a test track, says the firm—is set to begin later this year, and Hyperloop could potentially be open to the public by 2020.
Architectural Digest talked to the Cam Close, design engineer at Hyperloop, about the company’s groundbreaking project.
Architectural Digest: Hyperloop has been touted as costing much less than proposed railway projects. What makes the system more affordable?
Cam Close: Unlike conventional high-speed rail systems, Hyperloop does not require active propulsion for the entire length of its route. Electromagnetic propulsion is the largest driver of cost in similar proposed railway systems. Since the pods travel through a near-vacuum, there is very little drag, or resistance, acting against them. The absence of drag enables Hyperloop to stage its propulsion in separate “boost stations,” drastically reducing the costs associated with electromagnetics.
The Hyperloop pod in motion, accelerating at speeds of up to 740 m.p.h.
AD: Does solar power energize the entire grid? What will happen in areas of the globe with weak direct sunlight during certain seasons?
CC: Hyperloop routes will be powered by the most efficient and practical means available in each location, which means it is not only limited to solar power.
AD: When do you plan on having your first passengers onboard?
CC: Construction has already begun at our non-passenger test location in north Las Vegas. This site will consist of a two-mile-long tube and will produce the world’s first full-speed Hyperloop system by the end of 2016. At our current pace, we could be seeing our first passenger-ready Hyperloop system by 2020.
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One United Nations Park’s Model Units Feature a Murderer’s Row of Designers
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A Minimalist 1930s Apartment with Iconic Views of New York City
Architect David Davis and his hotelier husband give an old apartment a new, refreshingly modern life
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When architect David Davis, managing principal of New York’s Rottet Studio, visited the estate sale of a two-bedroom apartment in a 1930s building in midtown Manhattan, he knew he’d found his next design project. Davis and his husband, Brad Wilson, president of the Ace Hotel Group, had recently moved out of a one-bedroom in Chelsea and were looking to upsize to accommodate frequently visiting nieces and nephews. To the untrained eye, the apartment had little appeal. The floor plan was dark and cluttered, and the charm of its Art Deco beginnings was lost as necessary updates and restorations were skipped over by the home’s previous, longtime owner. Davis certainly saw these flaws, but he also saw multiple terraces—albeit crumbling—expansive windows, a particularly spectacular view of the Empire State Building, and the prewar unit’s potential to be the airy, well-appointed home into which it’s been transformed.
“We literally took all the walls down in the apartment,” says Davis, who along with Wilson, wanted to keep the plan wide open to let natural light flood through. A gut renovation also gave the couple the opportunity to design a roomy kitchen with a large, open work surface for regular entertaining. “Brad cooks quite often,” Davis says. “The idea was to open up the kitchen and create a long countertop that engages the whole space.” Another of the architect’s challenges was to integrate adequate storage into the home’s limiting 1930s framework. His solution was to line the walls of the kitchen and part of the living area with cabinetry, concealing everything from pantry items to the pair’s television behind discreet white-lacquered doors.
One might expect the president of Ace Hotels to live in a moody, more decorated interior, but that is not the case in Wilson and Davis’s bright, minimalistic home. “I made a conscious decision that our apartment would be an extreme contrast to the building itself,” says Davis, who describes their quintessential New York City lobby as dark and traditional. He settled on a neutral color palette with crisp white walls and light stone surfaces, to best absorb and reflect the sunlight from the city outside. The home’s numerous custom furniture pieces and impressive art selection echo the elevated sensibilities of its decidedly design-aware inhabitants. And while there are occasional hints at the apartment’s past life—such as the original steel windows—the end result carries undeniable present-day appeal.
“I like the surprise you feel when you enter a building of this age and discover an apartment that is not what you expected,” says architect David Davis of Rottet Studio. “It’s a breath of fresh air.” In the sunny New York apartment he shares with husband Brad Wilson, president of Ace Hotel Group, the homeowners’ penchant for pairing classical furniture forms with more contemporary pieces is perhaps best seen in the dining area. Here, Knoll’s Bertoia side chairs cozy up to the brand’s Saarinen dining table, while a custom lamp by Brooklyn’s Workstead illuminates the assemblage and recalls the apartment’s industrial bones. Mixed-media artwork from Regina Giménez completes the scene.
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DEGW
Maurizio Varratta Architetto
Workspaces with no hierarchies in harmony with the architecture’s transparency
A unique workplace, a vast extroverted space, whose architectural features open up to the outside through transparency and luminosity. A project that respects the complex’s industrial past while focusing on contemporary design through the concepts of sustainability and smart working. The project is designed by the Maurizio Varratta Architetto firm and DEGW, a brand of belonging to the Lombardini22 Group.
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The new headquarters
A sustainable and ambitious conversion
This huge structure consists of four main buildings separated by two bioclimatic glasshouses: triple-height glazed spaces featuring plenty of landscaped areas, interaction places and horizontal/vertical linking systems connecting the various buildings serving as offices.
The building’s original design dates back to 2001 and was aimed at holding onto its industrial past by maintaining and modernising the building shell, using the same building technology to recreate some new parts that were lacking and renovating the old structures by giving them a brand-new skin.
In 2001, the Prysmian Group, one of the world’s leading companies in the manufacture of cables for the energy, telecommunications, and optic fibres industries, decided to present an extremely ambitious conversion project for the area, which involved reusing and renovating it to accommodate offices and laboratories. This meant the building complex would hold onto its manufacturing vocation, but it would inevitably have to be altered to adapt to new needs in terms of energy and environmental requirements. The entire complex’s image, main structures and initial layout were to be maintained while adapting them to changing practical needs and new environmental sustainability requirements, now of such fundamental importance. Maurizio Varratta’s project involved dividing up the surface to be built on in a different way, freeing and hollowing out the building’s bays: this cleaning-up process and the incorporating of glass roofs allowed more effective use of sunlight. The new building does not take up any extra ground, conforms to the principles of “building on buildings”, uses part of the old foundations, and has no underground sections, so no new excavation work needed to be carried out. The materials it was built out of are partly recycled and all recyclable.
The glasshouses
Space helps raise work standards
The most distinctive feature of the Prysmian Group’s headquarters in Milan are the triple-height glasshouses connecting together the office blocks. These fully-functional green ‘havens’ offer notable advantages in terms of natural lighting, controlling the microclimate, and overall energy efficiency. The glasshouses really help raise the standard of teamwork, introducing flexible and informal work dynamics that improve business relations through dialogue, cooperation and environmental well-being. The roof over the glasshouses is made of a sloping pitched structure, complete with aluminium fixtures holding wide glass windows; the roof pitches facing north allow natural light to flow into the office blocks facing onto them without bringing in any extra heat and are fitted with shutters (that open and close), so that the offices can be cooled naturally in summer. The roof pitches facing south have adjustable mechanically-controlled shutters to provide natural lighting and, at the same time, keep out some of the direct sunlight and any extra inflow of heat. On the intrados, the glazed surfaces of both pitches are fitted with mechanically-controlled roller blinds designed to shield against and control bright light and dazzling/glinting.
View across the complex
An efficient layout projected into the future and looking back into the past
The three buildings connected by the glasshouses are constructed over three levels. They contain open-space offices, meeting rooms, relaxation areas and archives located in the under-roof sections; the third block, where there is also a partially raised level, holds the executive management offices. The fourth block, smaller than the others, set over on the north-east side and separated from the main complex by a glass link that also extends up the first three levels of the old abandoned spinning tower, accommodates activities connected with conferences, communication and training and is furnished with meeting rooms and ancillary spaces. The old spinning tower, where optic fibres used to be designed and tested, is the most distinctive trait of the area’s industrial past, a landmark that now symbolises Prysmian’s new headquarters and proudly displays the company’s graphic logo.
A revolution underway
DEGW’s consultancy on interior design, space planning and choice of furniture interacts smoothly with the simple, minimal high-tech architecture designed by the Varratta firm, starting with the choice of materials: glass, anodised aluminium, stainless steel and methacrylate. The deliberately austere style of furniture is injected with plenty of colour in the informal areas and glasshouses, where natural light really brings out the colour schemes.
The building provided the chance to innovate the basic work procedures. The vast space – 12,000 m² of offices and 1,200 m² of glasshouses (complete with ancillary areas) – were designed along the lines of smart working for the approximately 600 staff. Most of the surface area is open space (69%), even for executive management. The rest of the space is used for ancillary purposes: meeting rooms (12%) and hubs (19%) or, in other words, the full-height glasshouses linking together the three blocks and providing winter gardens for hosting informal meetings.
Prysmian’s work procedures have truly been revolutionised: previously only 6% of the corporate headquarters were designed as open spaces; most of the company’s operations were carried out in enclosed settings. Before carrying out the space planning and interior design project, DEGW implemented workplace change management procedures in partnership with Methodos. Every change is a process based around interaction that actively involves the people who will live in the new spaces. DEGW gets people involved in the changes and guides them around their new work environment, providing guidelines for optimum use of the new spaces. DEGW considers workplace change management to be a vital process in helping people deal with change. It provides the means of developing a project based around people’s real needs that affects every level of the company and of managing the impact of change on people. The new combination of shared and individual workspaces at the Prysmian Group headquarters is a perfectly calibrated mix of targets and results, activities and requirements – most notably, interaction and concentration – aimed at raising work standards.
DEGW is continuing its business partnership with Prysmian. Now that work has been completed on the Milan headquarters, the company has commissioned DEGW to develop guidelines for interior design and space planning for its headquarters in China, Mexico, Romania, Brazil and Slovakia.
Physical branding
Focus on functions, people and business
FUD Brand Making Factory, a branch of the Lombardini22 Group focusing on Physical Branding and Communication Design, worked with Interbrand on developing an integrated communications system for the interiors.
FUD has brought the Interbrand concept in line with both Maurizio Varratta’s architectural design and DEGW’s interior design through carefully gauged and clear physical branding and wayfinding that respects the architecture and complies with the company’s everyday needs.
The branding of the spaces is clearly visible starting from the reception, where a sign showing the Prysmian logo has been placed on the main desk. The sign is made of brushed aluminium with different textures and is set at an angle of 45°. The space and company tell us their story through tag-lines and eye-catching phrases placed in strategic positions, as well as striking informational graphics and even showcases – holding company products – designed by FUD. Corporate values – most notably ‘linking the future’ – are physically embodied in glass film showing infographics (about the company’s worldwide operations) in the form of words written in thick white plexiglass. Interbrand has created an alphanumerical code and system of pictograms that identify the spaces, cleverly turning architectural constraints into opportunities.
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Texas shooting has S.D. officials monitoring biker gang activity
Attorney General said state is keeping in contact with Texas authorities
Texas shooting has S.D. officials monitoring biker gang activity Attorney General said state is keeping in contact with Texas authorities Check out this story on argusleader.com: http://argusne.ws/1Sa5l2Q
Mark Walker, mwalker@argusleader.com Published 9:52 p.m. CT May 19, 2015 | Updated 6:37 a.m. CT May 20, 2015
Authorities investigate a shooting Sunday in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas. Authorities say that the shootout victims were members of rival biker gangs that had gathered for a meeting.(Photo: Jerry Larson / AP)
Federal and state authorities in South Dakota are on alert ahead of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this summer after a biker gang shootout left nine people dead Sunday in Waco, Texas.
Almost 200 people were arrested and charged Monday following the shootout that also left 18 wounded.
Sturgis organizers were already expecting the 75th anniversary to be among the largest in history, and Sunday's shooting in Waco has elevated security concerns.
Law enforcement officials declined to go into detail, but indicted they will be keeping close tabs on biker gangs in the coming months.
Sturgis hasn't been immune to biker gang activity. In 2006, a spat between two rival gangs resulted in six members and associates of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club being injured in a gunfight with two Hells Angels.
"In preparation for the motorcycle rally we have been in contact with Texas authorities, so we will be aware of the latest circumstances," Attorney General Marty Jackley said.
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Jackley said the state Division of Criminal Investigation will keep its command center open four more days and add an additional shift.
Daniel Ainslie, Sturgis city manager, works with other officials to put the rally on each year. He said the 75th anniversary could bring in a record-breaking amount of people.
"We are being very vigilant to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors," Ainslie said.
He said the Texas shooting won't affect the Sturgis Rally, because additional law enforcement officers were already slated to be in place due to the large crowd the event is expected to draw.
The city plans to hire officers from at least 10 different states as security, as well, Ainslie said.
Dean Kinney, president of The Home Slice Group which owns the Loud American Roadhouse in Sturgis, said the shooting in Waco was "shocking" and "awful," but he doubts a similar incident will occur in the western South Dakota city.
He said the shooting in Texas shouldn't define motorcycle enthusiasts who he said are among the most friendliest and generous crowds he knows.
"Nothing is more important than the safety of our guests," he said. "We always want to learn what we can from around the country, but I would submit that, because of better communication and just a positive overall culture and vibe, a similar incident is highly unlikely to occur at Sturgis."
The FBI will provide oversight at the Sturgis Rally.
Kyle Loven, FBI spokesman, said they will work with state agencies from security and intelligence standpoint. Loven declined to get into detail about the agency is doing to prepare for the event, but doesn't expect any serious issues to come up.
"Typically, that rally sees little to no violence," Loven said. "It's an event where motorcycle enthusiasts come to town to show off bikes to meet other folks, so historically speaking law enforcement hasn't seen any serious issues in connection with the event."
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A Special Valentines Day Treat from Novel
Novel is one of the most exciting fresh new soulful voices to keep your eye and ear on.
The multi-talented singer.songwriter has been working behind the scenes for years, writing and producing songs for acts such as India Arie, Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Leona Lewis, Kelis, Stacie Orrico, Beyonce, Monica, JC Chavez, Raphael Saadiq, Rob Thicke, Joss Stone and many others.
Now the time has come for Novel to step into the limelight and share his chops as a solo vocalist. Signed to Dallas Austin's Rowdy Records in Atlanta, the singer released his EP "I Am" on iTunes late last year as prelude to his full-length debut "The Autobiography" next month. Make sure to listen to the melodic title track of that EP that features Ben Folds, Talib Kweli and Spree Wilson.
A special Valentines Day track surfaced on OnSmash this week that was originally recorded for a mixtape by Novel during his days with Interscope. Check out "Good Luv" that showcases Novel's incredible talent. He riffs, jams and tears it up. Effortlessly and flawlessly. (Photo by Brad Walsh)
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Carmakers give a firm 'no' to multi-branding and a code of conduct for manufacturer-dealer relations
30/09/2015 in Market Insight
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Car manufacturers have no intention to back down and allow franchised dealers the right in law to operate multi-brand dealerships.
And they have rejected attempts to create a Europe-wide code of practice governing the relations between them and their dealers, choosing instead to consider points raised on a menu basis.
Multi-branding was a right which Europe’s franchised dealers lost with the expiry of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation in 2013. Although manufacturers already required multi-branded showrooms to use walls and tiles to divide the brands, since its expiry more manufacturers have demanded solus closed-off showrooms with an individual entrance for their brand.
It is a subject which CECRA, the European Council for Motor Trades and Repairers, has been lobbying the EU and Europe’s carmakers to restore, under a manufacturer’s code of practice.
At CECRA’s European Car Dealers Day in Brussels delegates were told it’s a request which carmakers have rejected and believe the matter is closed.
Erik Jonnaert, secretary general at the European vehicle manufacturers’ association ACEA, said its members had voted against a code of practice.
He added ACEA wants to avoid the discussions of multi-branding going on forever with CECRA.
Jonnaert was told how the investment demands placed on dealers had increased.
He said he did not dismiss the challenges in the market however dealer contracts and profitability are not talked about within ACEA, because this would be in violation of competition and anti-trust rules.
It is, however, something which any individual manufacturer could manage within its own dealer network, he said.
“The context in which we continue the dialogue with CECRA is we want a public policy environment and regulatory environment in Europe which enables us to do business and has focus on policy and legislation, not commercial relations,” Jonnaert said.
Manufacturers have their own challenges
ACEA’s 15 vehicle manufacturer members have their own profitability challenges, he said, with more regulatory and investment demands.
The automotive industry in European was the world’s most profitable in 2007-08 with 15 billion euros profit on average, but is now the least profitable in the world with aggregated losses of 1 billion euros in 2012.
Bernard Lycke, director general of CECRA, said the relationships between manufacturers and dealers “have always been unbalanced” and since the expiry of the Block Exemption Regulation this has worsened sharply.
CECRA has lobbied the European Commision to extend the EU's ‘1986 agent directive’ to franchised dealers, and has talked to the European Commission about unfair trading practices, giving evidence in surveys about unfair practices of manufacturers.
The EU's Cars 2020 report set a deadline of the end of 2014 for an agreement between ACEA and CECRA, otherwise the European Commission would reserve the right to legislate for the relationships between carmakers and dealers.
Commission says end of discussions is "unfortunate"
Joanna Szychowska, head of the European Commission’s automotive unit, said at the CECRA European Car Dealers Day it was “unfortunate” that discussions on a code of conduct were over. She gave no indication that legislation was being considered currently.
“I’m not at all sure whether, in the current circumstances, going in for legislation or regulating is exactly what is expected. I’m not saying it’s not, and this is certainly one of the tools that remain available.
“But the discussion turns around the same problems and the emphasis is still on the most thorny problems while the circumstances also change. Maybe we can take a different look at this discussion and steer it in a different way," Szychowska added.
She said that considered item by item, maybe CECRA and ACEA could come to the table again with more active participation from the European Commission to consider what steps can be taken for the final points on the menu.
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Scheinman Family History
Scheinman Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): elaborated form of Schein 2.
Similar surnames: Scheiman, Scheiner, Steinman, Schenkman, Schreibman, Scheideman
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There are 770 immigration records available for the last name Scheinman. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.
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Between 1962 and 2004, in the United States, Scheinman life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1971, and highest in 1993. The average life expectancy for Scheinman in 1962 was 58, and 73 in 2004.
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The Comasia trade show websites also use Google Analytics for device-independent analysis of visitor flows. This is carried out on the basis of a user ID. You can disable the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My data", "Personal data".
Comasia Limited uses the marketing and remarketing services ("Google Marketing Services") of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"), on the basis of its legitimate interest, i.e. interest in analysis, optimisation and economic operation of its websites as defined in Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f GDPR.
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus guarantees compliance with European data protection law https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.
The Google marketing services allow Comasia Limited to display advertisements for and on its websites in a more targeted manner in order to present users only with advertisements that potentially correspond to their interests. In cases in which users are shown e.g. ads for products they have shown an interest in on other websites, this is referred to as "remarketing". Google executes a Google code for this when users call up websites on which Google marketing services are active, and remarketing tags (invisible graphics or codes) are integrated into the website. With their help, an individual cookie is stored on the user's device or comparable technologies are used. Cookies can be set by various domains, including google.com, doubleclick.net, invitemedia.com, admeld.com, googlesyndication.com or googleadservices.com. This file records which websites the user has visited, which content s/he is interested in and which offerings s/he has clicked on. Furthermore, technical information is collected about the browser and operating system, linking websites, time of visit as well as further information about the use of the website. The users’ IP addresses are also recorded: Comasia Limited, within the framework of Google Analytics, indicates that the IP address must be truncated within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and only in exceptional cases transferred in full to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP address is not combined with the user's data within other Google services. Google may also link the above information to similar information from other sources. If the user then visits other websites, ads can be displayed which are tailored to his/her interests.
Users' data is processed in pseudonymised form within Google marketing services. This means that Google does not store and process e.g. the names or e-mail addresses of users, but processes the relevant data in relation to the cookies within pseudonymised user profiles. This means that, from Google's point of view, the ads are not managed and displayed for a specific person, but for the cookie holder, regardless of who this cookie holder is. This does not apply if a user has expressly permitted Google to process the data in non-pseudonymised form. The information collected by Google marketing services about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google's servers in the USA.
One of the Google marketing services used by Comasia Limited is the online advertising program "Google AdWords". Each AdWords customer receives his or her own "conversion cookie". This prevents cookies from being traced via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected by the cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. AdWords customers see the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they will not receive any information that personally identifies users.
Comasia Limited can integrate third-party advertisements on the basis of the Google marketing service "AdSense". AdSense uses cookies to enable Google and its partner websites to place ads based on users' visits to these or other websites on the Internet.
Furthermore, Comasia Limited can use the "Google Tag Manager" to integrate and manage Google analysis and marketing services into the website.
Further information on Google's use of data for marketing purposes can be found on the overview page: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads, Google's data protection declaration can be accessed at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy
If you wish to object to interest-based advertising by Google marketing services, you can use the setting and opt-out options provided by Google: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences.
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On the basis of legitimate interest in, and for the purposes of, the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of the websites, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, if you are based in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), is used within the websites of Comasia Limited.
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With the help of the Facebook Pixel, Facebook is able to determine the visitors of the website as a target group for the presentation of ads (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, Comasia Limited uses the Facebook Pixel to display the Facebook ads only to Facebook users who have also shown an interest in the website or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interest in certain topics or products as determined on the basis of the websites visited) that Comasia Limited transmits to Facebook (so-called "custom audiences"). The Facebook Pixel also ensures that the Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and are not a source of annoyance. Comasia Limited can also use the Facebook Pixel to monitor the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users have been redirected to a website after clicking on a Facebook advertisement (so-called "conversion").
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Comasia Limited uses the following social media plug-ins: [Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Xing, T3N, LinkedIn, Flattr]. Comasia Limited uses the two-click solution. This means that when you visit the Comasia trade show websites, no personal data is initially passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. The provider of the plug-in is recognisable from the marking on the box above its initial letter or from the logo. Comasia Limited allows you to communicate directly with the provider of the plug-in via the button. Only if you click on the marked field to enable it will the plug-in provider be informed that you have accessed the corresponding Comasia trade show website. The data specified in this declaration is also transmitted. In the case of Facebook and Xing, the IP address is anonymised immediately after collection, according to the respective providers in Germany. By activating the plug-in, you transfer your personal data to the respective plug-in provider, where it is stored (in the USA for US providers). Since the plug-in provider collects data mainly via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies in your browser's security settings before clicking on the greyed-out box.
Comasia Limited has no influence over the data collected and the data processing processes, nor is Comasia Limited aware of the full extent of data collection, the purposes of the processing or the storage periods. Comasia Limited also has no information regarding the deletion of the data collected by the plug-in provider.
The plug-in provider stores the data collected about you in the form of user profiles and uses these for advertising and market research purposes and/or for tailoring the design of its website. Such evaluations are conducted above all for the presentation of tailored advertising (including for users who are not logged in) and in order to inform other social network users about your activities on the websites. You have a right to withdraw consent for the creation of such user profiles; to do so you must contact the respective plug-in provider. Through the plug-ins Comasia Limited allows you to interact with social networks and other users; this enables us to improve the service Comasia Limited provides and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for use of the plug-ins is Article 6 para sentence 1 Satz1. f GDPR.
The data is forwarded regardless of whether or not you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the plug-in provider, the data Comasia Limited collects from you is assigned directly to your account with the plug-in provider. If you click the activated button and, e.g., link to the page, the plug-in provider also stores this information in your user account and shares it publicly with your contacts. Comasia Limited recommends that you log out regularly after using a social network, especially before activating the button, as you can then avoid being assigned to your profile with the plug-in provider.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the data protection declarations of the following providers below. They will also provide you with further information about your rights and the privacy protection setting options.
Addresses of the respective plug-in providers and URLs of their data protection policies:
Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
Further information on data collection
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http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo
Facebook is regulated by the EU-US Privacy Shield
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Montainview, California 94043, USA
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/?hl=de
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Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA
https://www.twitter.com/privacy
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T3N, yeebase media GmbH, Kriegerstr. 40, 30161 Hannover, Germany
https://t3n.de/store/page/datenschutz
LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, California 94043, USA
http://www.lindedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
LinkedIn is regulated by the EU-US Privacy Shield
Flattr Network Ltd. mit Sitz in 2nd Floor, White bear yard 114A, Clerkenwell Road, London, Middlesex, England, EC1R 5DF, UK
https://flattr.com/privacy
Integration of Google Maps
Comasia Limited uses Google Maps on its websites. This enables Comasia Limited to display interactive maps directly on the website and gives you the convenience of using the map function.
When you visit the website, Google is informed that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of the Comasia trade show websites. The data specified in this declaration is also transmitted. This is independent of whether or not you have a Google user account which you are logged in to. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not wish to be assigned to your Google profile, you should log out before activating the button. Google stores your data in the form of user profiles and uses these for advertising and market research purposes and/or for tailoring the design of its website. Such evaluations (even for users who are not logged in) are conducted in particular for the delivery of tailored advertising and in order to inform other social network users about your activities on the Comasia trade show websites. You have a right to withdraw consent for the creation of these user profiles; contact Google directly to do so.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the data protection declaration of the provider. This also contains further information about your rights and the privacy protection setting options: http://www.google.de/intol/de/policies/privacy.
Google also processes your personal data in the USA and is regulated by the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
Comasia Limited integrates "Google Fonts" from the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Comasia Limited integrates the bot recognition function, e.g. for online form entries, of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
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Your personally identifiable information may come from information provided to us by third parties such as an event, exhibition or conference management company. Your personal data will only be used in connection with the event from which the data originates. In most cases, your profile information will be generated from the answers you provided when registering for an event, or from the information you posted in the exhibition catalogue / on the showcase website.
Matchmaking contains a 'Manage your profile' page in your user account. Here you can update all information we store about you. If you have problems accessing the system, please contact us at cs@comasia.com.hk.
Matchmaking will ONLY share your information with the organisers of the event. Any changes in your personal or demographic information may be forwarded to the organisers and their registration systems to maintain data consistency and accuracy.
Confirmed contacts will receive your contact details shortly before the show in order to be able to contact you during the event.
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© 2019 Comasia Limited. All rights reserved. © 2019 Comasia Limited. 保留所有版權 © 2019 Comasia Limited. All rights reserved. © 2019 Comasia Limited. Все права защищены.
We, COMASIA LIMITED (“COMASIA”), are the manager of this trade show and we take individual privacy seriously. This Statement outlines the information COMASIA collects and how we may use that information.
We respect your privacy and we will use our reasonable endeavour:
to implement computer, physical and procedural safeguards to reasonably protect the security and confidentiality of the personal data we collect;
to limit the personal data collected to the minimum required to provide better service;
to permit only properly trained, authorized employees to access personal data;
not to disclose your personal data to external parties unless: a) you have agreed b) we are required by law or any lawful request of any enforcement agencies or c) we have previously informed you.
1. Information collection In order to provide better service to you and to fulfill the purposes set out in this Statement, we may collect certain information when you register with us, use our service, attend our trade shows and functions, or communicate with us. In the process, we may also collect personal information of individual contact persons of companies or their employees. As stated in the registration form, some of the requested information is mandatory and some you may provide voluntarily. If specific mandatory information is requested but not supplied, we may be unable to provide the requested service. We only retain personal data for as long as it is necessary for fulfilling the purposes set out in this Statement.
2. Use of information The purposes for which information may be used by us include:
processing applications for exhibiting at or visiting our trade exhibitions
facilitating and enhancing our operations by incorporating the personal data into our database and conducting analysis, research and auditing based on the personal data
promoting and notifying you of our events or trade exhibitions in Hong Kong and around the world, and events or trade exhibitions organised by our affiliates or joint venture partners
distributing publications and research materials of COMASIA or our affiliates or joint venture partners
marketing our services or products or services or products of our affiliates or joint venture partners
if necessary, facilitating legal proceedings, including collecting overdue amounts
Direct marketing We may use your personal data, including your name, telephone number, fax number, email address and physical address to conduct direct marketing in relation to the promotion of and invitation to our events or trade exhibitions in Hong Kong and around the world, and events or trade fairs organised by our affiliates and joint venture partners, as well as the promotion of our services or products or services or products of our affiliates or joint venture partners via fax, email, direct mail, telephone and other means of communication, or send e-newsletters to you. If you are from European Union (“EU”) or European Economic Area (“EAA”), we will not so use your personal data unless we have received your consent to the said intended use. You may choose not to receive our direct marketing mailers or promotional materials by simply telling us through the below contact details, and we will cease to do so, without charge.
3. Disclosure / Transfer of Data We will keep the personal data we hold confidential but may provide or transfer the personal data to:
our agents, advisers, auditors, contractors, and service providers in connection with our operations or services for facilitating and enhancing our operations and conducting analysis, research and auditing based on the personal data
our overseas offices, affiliates, joint venture partners, which are also exhibition organisers, for the purpose of conducting direct marketing in relation to the promotion of and invitation to our trade fairs in Hong Kong and around the world; or our business associates which are in the facilitation of e-sourcing business, for use in direct marketing in relation to the promotion of their e-sourcing platform or products or services
persons to whom we are required to make disclosure under applicable laws in or outside Hong Kong
Provision of data for direct marketing Please note that we intend to provide the personal data we collected, including your name, telephone number, fax number, email address and physical address to our overseas offices, affiliates, joint venture partners, business associates which are also exhibition organisers, for use in direct marketing in relation to the promotion of and invitation to their trade fairs or events in Hong Kong and around the world; or to our business associates which are in the facilitation of e-sourcing business, for use in direct marketing in relation to the promotion of their e-sourcing platform or products or services. If you are from European Union (“EU”) or European Economic Area (“EAA”), we will not so provide your personal data for the said purposes unless we have got your written consent to the aforesaid intended provision.
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Jan 15, 2006 Issue
JOYCE C. HOLLANDER-RODRIGUEZ, M.D., and JAMES F. CALVERT, JR., M.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Am Fam Physician. 2006 Jan 15;73(2):283-290.
Normal Potassium Physiology
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Article Sections
Hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening metabolic problem caused by inability of the kidneys to excrete potassium, impairment of the mechanisms that move potassium from the circulation into the cells, or a combination of these factors. Acute episodes of hyperkalemia commonly are triggered by the introduction of a medication affecting potassium homeostasis; illness or dehydration also can be triggers. In patients with diabetic nephropathy, hyperkalemia may be caused by the syndrome of hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism. The presence of typical electrocardiographic changes or a rapid rise in serum potassium indicates that hyperkalemia is potentially life threatening. Urine potassium, creatinine, and osmolarity should be obtained as a first step in determining the cause of hyperkalemia, which directs long-term treatment. Intravenous calcium is effective in reversing electrocardiographic changes and reducing the risk of arrhythmias but does not lower serum potassium. Serum potassium levels can be lowered acutely by using intravenous insulin and glucose, nebulized beta2 agonists, or both. Sodium polystyrene therapy, sometimes with intravenous furosemide and saline, is then initiated to lower total body potassium levels.
The prevalence of hyperkalemia in hospitalized patients is between 1 and 10 percent.1 Although the exact prevalence of hyperkalemia in community-based medical practice is unknown, potassium elevation is a common, potentially life-threatening problem most often occuring in patients with chronic renal failure or other illnesses that reduce renal potassium excretion (Table 12,3). In these patients, acute hyperkalemia often is precipitated by stressors such as illness, dehydration, or initiation of medicines that alter potassium homeostasis (Table 24–10).4–7
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SORT: KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE
Clinical recommendation
Evidence rating
Patients with hyperkalemia who have electrocardiographic (ECG) changes, a rapid rate of rise of serum potassium, decreased renal function, or significant acidosis should be urgently treated.
Patients with hyperkalemia and characteristic ECG changes should be given intravenous calcium gluconate.
Acutely lower potassium by giving intravenous insulin with glucose, a beta2 agonist by nebulizer, or both.
Total body potassium should usually be lowered with sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate).
A = consistent, good-quality patient-oriented evidence; B = inconsistent or limited-quality patient-oriented evidence; C = consensus, disease-oriented evidence, usual practice, expert opinion, or case series. For information about the SORT evidence rating system, see page 196 orhttps://www.aafp.org/afpsort.xml.
Disorders Causing Hyperkalemia
Disorders leading to hyperkalemia caused by impaired renal excretion of potassium
Disorders leading to hyperkalemia caused by shift of potassium into the extracellular space
Acquired hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism
Addison’s disease
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (recesssive or autosomal dominant)
Mineralocorticoid deficiency
Primary hypoaldosteronism or hyporeninemia
Pseudohypoaldosteronism
Renal insufficiency or failure
Type IV renal tubular acidosis
Damage to tissue from rhabdomyolysis, burns, or trauma
Familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
Hyperosmolar states, (e.g., uncontrolled diabetes, glucose infusions)
Insulin deficiency or resistance
Tumor lysis syndrome
Information from references 2 and 3.
Agents That May Cause Hyperkalemia
Mechanism and comments
Amiloride (Midamor) and triamterene (Dyrenium)
Diminishes potassium secretion by reducing the electrical gradient between the intracellular space and the renal tubule, causing potassium to leave the cells
Amino acids*
Lysine, arginine, or epsilon-aminocaproic acid enters cells in exchange for potassium, causing hyperkalemia
ARBs and ACE inhibitors
Decreases aldosterone synthesis; hyperkalemia often can be reduced by concomitant diuretic use; ARBs less likely to cause hyperkalemia than ACE inhibitors
Azole antifungals
Inhibits adrenal steroid synthesis, which can lead to aldosterone deficiency
Decreases sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity; beta2 agonists decrease potassium levels
Cyclosporine (Sandimmune)
Suppresses renin release, leading to decreased aldosterone synthesis, decreased potassium secretion in collecting duct
Digoxin at toxic levels
Decreases sodium-potassium ATPase activity
Fluoride toxicity
Decreases aldosterone synthesis; most common in patients on dialysis who drink water with high fluoride levels
Glucose infusions or insulin deficiency
Hypertonicity caused by hyperglycemia from glucose infusions can drive potassium out of the intracellular space, leading to hyperkalemia. Hyperkalemia may occur with continuous infusions or with boluses of hypertonic glucose. May be present with hypertonicity caused by other agents such as mannitol (Osmitrol) as well.
Heparins
Can cause hyperkalemia in patients with decreased renal function; inhibits adrenal aldosterone synthesis
Herbal remedies with digitalis-like effect
Specific agents include milkweed, lily of the valley, Siberian ginseng, Hawthorn berries, or preparations from dried toad skin (Bufo, Chan’su, Senso). All these agents act by decreasing sodium-potassium ATPase activity, leading to elevated extracellular potassium.
Decreased prostaglandin production leads to decreased afferent arteriolar flow, suppressing renin and aldosterone secretion. Typical of NSAIDs as well as cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor drugs.
Nutritional and herbal supplements
Herbs containing high potassium levels (e.g., Noni juice, alfalfa, dandelion, horsetail, nettle)
Packed red blood cells
Stored cells can partially hemolyze and release potassium when infused.
Penicillin G potassium
Can cause hyperkalemia in patients with impaired renal function caused by increased potassium load; can be administered orally or intravenously
Potassium supplements or salt substitutes
Ingestion of potassium can lead to hyperkalemia, particularly if renal function is impaired; dietary sources include bananas, melon, and orange juice.
Spironolactone (Aldactone)
Inhibits binding of aldosterone to receptors in the renal tubule
Succinylcholine (Anectine)
Increases nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in damaged skeletal muscle (e.g., trauma or burn patients)
Tacrolimus (Prograf)
Suppresses renin release, leading to decreased aldosterone synthesis and decreased potassium secretion in collecting duct
Trimethoprim (Proloprim) and pentamidine (Pentam 300)
Diminishes potassium secretion by reducing the electrical gradient between the intracellular space and the renal tubule, causing potassium to leave the cells.
ARB = angiotensin receptor blockers; ACE = angiotensin-converting enzymes; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
*—Hyperkalemia can occur in the setting of amino acids administered intravenously as part of total parenteral nutrition. It is unknown whether oral dietary amino acid supplements cause hyperkalemia.
Information from references 4 through 10.
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Two mechanisms normally regulate potassium levels in response to variation of potassium intake. First, ingested potassium rapidly enters the portal circulation, stimulating the pancreas to release insulin. Elevated insulin levels induce rapid transport of potassium from the extracellular space into cells via cellular sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase. Second, increased potassium in the circulation causes the renal juxtaglomerular cells to release renin. This stimulates hepatic activation of angiotensin I that is then converted in the lungs to angiotensin II. Angiotensin II stimulates the adrenal zona glomerulosa to secrete aldosterone. Elevated serum aldosterone causes the renal cortical collecting ducts to excrete potassium and retain sodium, further lowering serum potassium.2
The first step in the evaluation of a patient with elevated serum potassium is to exclude spurious potassium elevation (Table 32,3). If the elevation is shown to be real, the next step is to consider: (1) the effects of medications, including increased potassium intake (Table 24–10); (2) the impaired distribution of potassium between the intracellular and extracellular space; or (3) the impaired renal excretion of potassium. All three factors often are present (e.g., the stress of illness induces hyperkalemia in a patient rendered susceptible by impaired homeostatic mechanisms and the presence of a medication that impairs normal potassium regulation).
Causes of Actual Potassium Values That Are Lower Than Laboratory Values
Drawing blood samples from a vein or line into which potassium is being infused
Laboratory error
Pseudohyperkalemia
Hemolysis
Leukocytosis
Thrombocytosis
Repeated clenching of the fist during phlebotomy
Traumatic venipuncture
Uncommon genetic syndromes
Familial pseudohyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia occurs when laboratory reports of potassium do not reflect actual values. The most common cause is lysis of red cells in a phlebotomy specimen. Other causes are listed in Table 32,3. Potassium released from platelets can lead to spuriously high levels of potassium in a blood sample allowed to clot to collect serum. Pseudohyperkalemia can be excluded by repeating the sample collection as atraumatically as possible and obtaining serum and plasma potassium levels. In patients with pseudohyperkalemia, the plasma potassium will be normal in the face of an elevated serum potassium.
HYPERKALEMIA CAUSED BY DECREASED EXCRETION OF POTASSIUM
Effective excretion of potassium is dependent on aldosterone and sufficient distal delivery of sodium and water within the nephron. Hyperkalemia may occur when one of these mechanisms is impaired because of renal failure, renal hypoperfusion (e.g., volume depletion, congestive heart failure), or hypoaldosteronism. Hypoaldosteronism may be the cause of hyperkalemia in patients who do not have advanced renal failure or hypoperfusion.11
Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism, a syndrome associated with type IV renal tubular acidosis, may be part of the mechanism behind hyperkalemia in patients with mild renal failure, particularly diabetic nephropathy. Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism can cause patients who have diabetic nephropathy to develop acute elevations of potassium because of medications or stress (e.g., dehydration, acute illness).12
MEDICATION-INDUCED HYPERKALEMIA
The factors that decrease potassium excretion also increase the risk of medication-induced hyperkalemia. Because of the relative decline in renal function with age, family physicians should use caution when prescribing medications that alter potassium metabolism in older patients. Judicious monitoring of potassium levels is important in at-risk patients receiving these medicines.
Neurohumoral inhibition with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers benefits patients with chronic heart failure; adding spironolactone (Aldactone) reduces morbidity and mortality in patients with severe heart failure.13 ACE inhibition also decreases cardiovascular mortality in high-risk patients, particularly in those with diabetes.14,15 However, patients who take a combination of ACE inhibitors and spironolactone are prone to hyperkalemia8; hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism may contribute as well. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) decrease renin secretion, leading to decreased potassium secretion. The addition of NSAIDs in these patients can impair renal function to the degree of inducing life-threatening hyperkalemia. Thus, NSAIDs should be taken with caution in patients with diabetes or renal failure.10,16
ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
The possibility of adrenal insufficiency should be considered in all patients with hyperkalemia. Clinical suspicion is increased by the presence of hyponatremia and muscular weakness.17 Primary adrenal insufficiency is best screened for with a standard cosyntropin-stimulation test,18 in which 0.25 mg of synthetic cosyntropin is given as an intravenous bolus. Plasma cortisol is measured 45 to 60 minutes later, and values less than 20 mcg per dL (550 nmol per L) suggest adrenal insufficiency.19
CONGENITAL CAUSES OF HYPERKALEMIA
Congenital abnormalities of aldosterone synthesis also can lead to potassium elevation and excessive sodium loss. Severe forms of these disorders lead to electrolyte imbalances in neonates that can be fatal if not corrected promptly. If these patients survive infancy, the disorder tends to be less severe as they get older.20 Pseudohypoaldosteronism refers to congenital resistance to the actions of aldosterone on the kidney; the autosomal recessive form is more severe and can lead to death in the neonate if not treated aggressively. Patients suspected to have one of these unusual genetic abnormalities should be referred to a pediatric endocrinologist to establish appropriate initial treatment; patients may then be managed by their family physician with occasional consultation.
The initial diagnostic approach begins with the clinical history, review of medications, and physical examination. Symptoms and signs include muscular weakness or flaccid paralysis, ileus, and characteristic electrocardiograph (ECG) changes (Figure 121). Laboratory tests should be directed towards causes suggested by the history and physical examination, with attention to serum electrolytes, creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen. A spot urine test for potassium, creatinine, and osmoles should be obtained to calculate the fractional excretion of potassium and the transtubular potassium gradient (Table 422,23). The transtubular potassium gradient is an assessment of renal potassium handling, with a normal value of eight to nine, rising at times to 11 after an increase in potassium intake. Values lower than five in the face of hyperkalemia suggest an inappropriate renal response to high potassium22; a very low value suggests hypoaldosteronism.
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Typical electrocardiograph changes seen in patients with hyperkalemia
Reprinted with permission from Slovis C, Jenkins R. ABC of clinical electrocardiography: conditions not primarily affecting the heart. BMJ 2002;324:1320.
Diagnostic Equations for Hyperkalemia
Formula †
Interpretation in hyperkalemia
Fractional excretion of potassium (FEK)
FEK less than 10 percent indicates renal etiology FEK greater than 10 percent indicates extrarenal cause
Values can be increased in chronic renal failure.
Transtubular potassium gradient
Gradient less than 6 to 8 indicates renal cause Gradient greater than 6 to 8 indicates extrarenal cause.
UK = urine potassium; SK = serum potassium; UCr = urine creatinine; SCr = serum creatinine; Uosm = urine osmolality; Sosm = serum osmolality.
*—For the most accurate representation of the kidney’s response to hyperkalemia, these measurements should be drawn before the serum potassium is corrected.
†—Plasma values for potassium and osmolality are recommended for this equation, but serum values are listed because these are more commonly available.
Information from references 22 and 23.
Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism should be considered in patients with diabetes and hyperkalemia, who generally have a low serum aldosterone. A trial of oral fludrocortisone (Florinef) is generally the most practical way to empirically establish this diagnosis; if the patient has hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism, potassium levels will return to normal in a day or two after initiation of fludrocortisone.24
Factors necessitating emergent treatment of hyperkalemia include changes on ECG, a rapid rise of serum potassium, decreased renal function, and the presence of significant acidosis23(Figure 2). Urgent treatment should not be delayed while a work-up for the etiology is undertaken, although urine potassium, creatinine, and osmolarity studies should be obtained before serum potassium levels are significantly altered. Although controlled trials have not been conducted, it is thought that potassium levels greater than 6.0 mEq per L (6.0 mmol per L) are clinically significant. ECG changes in a patient with hyperkalemia are an ominous portent of potentially fatal arrhythmias. However, hyperkalemia can be life threatening even if the ECG is normal,25,26 and about one half of patients with potassium levels exceeding 6.0 mEq per L have a normal ECG.1
Management of Hyperkalemia
Algorithm for the management of hyperkalemia.
There are no clear guidelines regarding the appropriate setting for the treatment of hyperkalemia. The decision for hospital admission for continuous ECG monitoring is a matter of clinical judgment in each case.2,27 Patients believed to have a rapid rise in potassium commonly need inpatient care, whereas patients whose hyperkalemia has developed over a period of weeks can often be managed in an outpatient setting with close follow-up.
ACUTE TREATMENT
Urgent treatment of hyperkalemia includes stabilizing the myocardium to protect against arrhythmias and shifting potassium from the vascular space into the cells. After the serum potassium level is reduced to safe levels, treatment focuses on lowering total body potassium. In patients who do not require urgent treatment, lowering total body potassium may be the only step necessary.
Intravenous calcium is administered to stabilize the myocardium; it lowers the threshold potential, thus counteracting the toxic effect of high potassium. Calcium does not have any effect on the serum potassium level. Improvement in the ECG changes should be visible within two to three minutes of administration of calcium (Table 52,3). Repeated doses can be given while other measures are initiated.28
Medications Used in Acute Treatment of Hyperkalemia
Medication*
Length of effect
10 to 20 mL of 10 percent solution IV over two to three minutes
Protects myocardium from toxic effects of calcium; no effect on serum potassium level
Can worsen digoxin toxicity
Regular insulin 10 units IV with 50 mL of 50 percent glucose
15 to 30 minutes
Two to six hours
Shifts potassium out of the vascular space and into the cells; no effect on total body potassium
Consider 5 percent dextrose solution infusion at 100 mL per hour to prevent hypoglycemia with repeated doses. Glucose unnecessary if blood sugar elevated above 250 mg per dL (13.9 mmol per L)
Albuterol (Ventolin)
10 to 20 mg by nebulizer over 10 minutes (use concentrated form, 5 mg per mL)
Two to three hours
Shifts potassium into the cells, additive to the effect of insulin; no effect on total body potassium
May cause a brief initial rise in serum potassium
Furosemide (Lasix)
20 to 40 mg IV, give with saline if volume depletion is a concern
15 minutes to one hour
Increases renal excretion of potassium
Only effective if adequate renal response to loop diuretic
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate)
Oral: 50 g in 30 mL of sorbitol solution Rectal: 50 g in a retention enema
One to two hours (rectal route is faster)
Four to six hours
Removes potassium from the gut in exchange for sodium
Sorbitol may be associated with bowel necrosis. May lead to sodium retention
IV = intravenously.
*—Medications listed in order of use from most to least urgent.
Caution should be used in patients who take digoxin because calcium has been reported to worsen the myocardial effects of digoxin toxicity.2,3 Some experts suggest using a slower calcium infusion for 20 to 30 minutes in patients with hyperkalemia who are on digitalis therapy.28–30 An alternative is to consider using magnesium instead of calcium to stabilize the myocardium.29
Shifting potassium intracellularly is done using insulin or a beta2 agonist (Table 52,3). Insulin typically is given as 10 units intravenously with 50 mL of 50 percent glucose to counteract hypoglycemia. Repeated doses can be given if the potassium level remains elevated.
Inhaled beta2 agonists have a rapid onset of action. The effect of beta2 agonists is additive to that of insulin administration, and they can be taken together.31 Nebulized albuterol (Ventolin) is taken in a dose of 10 to 20 mg. Intravenous beta2 agonists have been used in Europe, but they are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.3
Sodium bicarbonate is no longer recommended to lower potassium, although it may be appropriate in patients with severe metabolic acidosis.32
LOWERING TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM
Treatments that shift potassium into the cells have no effect on total body potassium. Potassium can be eliminated by renal excretion, gastrointestinal elimination, or dialysis. The agents taken to lower total body potassium can interfere with tests to determine the cause of hyperkalemia. Thus, spot urine potassium, creatinine, and osmolality levels should be obtained before the agents are initiated; however, treatment should not be delayed while awaiting results.
Gastrointestinal excretion is accomplished using sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate), which binds potassium in the colon in exchange for sodium; it can be given orally or as a retention enema. The enema form is faster; the oral route can take four to six hours because it requires the resin to get to the colon before it takes effect. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate often is given with sorbitol to decrease constipation. However, sorbitol can have intestinal complications, with reports of bowel necrosis and perforation in immunocompromised patients.33 Using furosemide (Lasix) with polystyrene reduces the risk of volume overload because of the sodium that is exchanged for potassium by the resin (Table 52,3).33
Excretion of renal potassium can be increased with the use of diuretics, particularly loop diuretics (e.g., furosemide). Patients with decreased kidney function may be relatively resistant to the effects of diuretics. If the patient is volume depleted, saline can be given with the diuretic. Hemodialysis or continuous renal replacement therapy are the treatments of last resort, with the exception of patients already receiving these therapies.
LONG-TERM TREATMENT
Long-term treatment should be tailored to correcting the underlying cause of hyperkalemia. Low-potassium diets should be discussed with patients, and medications that precipitated hyperkalemia should be discontinued if possible. The use of loop diuretics or fludrocortisone will be needed for patients with hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism whose hyperkalemia recurs or is chronic. The usual dosage of f ludrocortisone is 0.1 mg daily, although more will be needed in some patients. In some patients, hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism is transitory and resolves after acute management; in others, long-term management with f ludrocortisone is required. Many patients tolerate long-term use of f ludrocortisone with no problems. The principal side effects are hypertension and f luid retention, which may respond to an added diuretic. Although the question of appropriate treatment duration with f ludrocortisone has never been studied, one approach to management would be to slowly taper f ludrocortisone on an outpatient basis, and reinstate f ludrocortisone if potassium rises.
Hyperkalemia caused by the use of ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers in patients with chronic renal failure and metabolic acidosis may respond to sodium bicarbonate supplementation. The dosage is 25 to 50 mEq daily (two tablets twice a day at 8 mEq each,) or baking soda (1/2 to 1 tsp daily). Concomitant diuretic use limits the risk of volume overload.12
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JOYCE C. HOLLANDER-RODRIGUEZ, M.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore, and is a faculty member in the Cascades East Family Practice Residency Program in Klamath Falls, Ore. She received her medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University and completed a family practice residency at Cascades East....
JAMES F. CALVERT, JR., M.D., is associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, and a faculty member in the Cascades East Family Practice Residency Program. Dr. Calvert received his medical degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and completed a family practice residency at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Address correspondence to James F. Calvert, Jr., M.D., Merle West Center for Medical Research, 1453 Esplanade Ave., Klamath Falls, OR 97601–5904 (e-mail:calvertj@ohsu.edu). Reprints are not available from the authors.
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Rock climbers survive gunfire
by: Marcos Ortiz
Posted: Aug 29, 2017 / 08:42 PM UTC / Updated: Aug 30, 2017 / 12:12 AM UTC
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Utah) – It wasn’t the kind of afternoon two rock climbers were expecting.
Brandon Wilde and Nate Lamb of Draper were climbing the granite rock in the Pentapitch area of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The area is just east of what’s known as the LDS Granite Vault.
As they were climbing the thought they heard fireworks. But then it got closer.
“You hear the shots firing by you, you know shoosh, shoosh, shoosh,” said Nate Lamb. “And it’s just hitting the rock and it’s shattering the granite you know.”
That’s when he and Wilde looked for cover.
“I could hear bullets probably ricocheting 15-to 20 feet above me close to where Nate was climbing,” Wilde said.
It was about 6:30 p.m. when they ducked for cover.
“Just trying to hang on,” Lamb said. “I was in a bad spot.”
Lamb said he was exposed on the rock as bullets came in his direction.
“I was waiting to get hit,” he said. “There was about 7 or 8 of them (bullets). I was just chilling there and waiting. I thought I was going to get hit. There were bullets to my left, below me, above me.”
But he didn’t get hit. After about 14-shots, it turned quiet. They looked below where the gunfire came from.
“I just saw two or three people hop into a green sedan and speed off and they were already facing the road,” Wilde said. “So they were just ready to bail.”
Unified Police scanned the parking lot where the suspects were spotted and found several gun casings but little else.
As for Wilde and Lamb, both said this won’t stop their passion for climbing.
“When you’re climbing there’s risks involved but being shot is never on your mind,” Wilde said.
Unified Police said the parking area where the bullet casings were found is at 5267 E. Little Cottonwood Rd. It is almost directly across the canyon from where one group was climbing, according to a police statement.
The Unified Police Department is asking for the public’s help in reporting any suspicious activity that may have been seen or heard in Little Cottonwood Canyon on the night of August 28. Anyone with information is asked to call 801-743-7000. As always, callers may remain anonymous.
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The all inclusive hotel options in Tambor Beach, in the Gulf of Nicoya, are among the most appealing for those looking for a little of everything (sea, rain forest, mountains and rivers). On the other hand, the all inclusive resorts in Tamarindo, in the northwest of the country, are geared more towards those wishing to enjoy idyllic beaches perfect to relax and disconnect during their all inclusive holiday.
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Budget 2013: Fuel duty rise cancelled by chancellor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21858399
Media captionGeorge Osborne receives a cheer for "taking a penny off the pint" and freezing petrol duty
A rise in fuel duty scheduled for introduction in September has been cancelled, Chancellor George Osborne said in his Budget speech.
Petrol would now be 13 pence per litre cheaper than it would have been had the duty not been frozen over the last two years, he said.
"For a Vauxhall Astra or a Ford Focus, that's £7 less every time you fill up," he said.
The level of the now-scrapped increase had not been announced.
Fuel duty has not gone up since January 2011, when it was raised by 0.76p per litre.
It was then cut by 1p in March 2011 and, ever since, planned increases have been postponed repeatedly.
"We've now frozen fuel duty for two years," Mr Osborne said. "This has not been easy. The government has foregone £6bn in revenues to date."
The Chancellor also announced that he would extend a 100% first year tax allowance for buyers of ultra-low emission vehicles, as well as introduce new company car tax rates for the lowest emitting cars.
"From April 2015, two new company car tax bands will be introduced at 0-50g/km CO2 and 51-75g/km CO2," Mr Osborne said.
Lower takings
Fuel duty has risen from 45.82p per litre in March 2001 to the current 57.95p per litre.
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Hence, about 42% of the pump price ends up in the government coffers as duty. This rises to 59% once value added tax (VAT) has been added, according to the RAC Foundation.
As such, petrol and diesel are amongst the main drivers of overall transport costs, according to the Office for National Statistics.
In the 2011-12 financial year, the Treasury received £26.8bn from fuel duty, a near trebling of the £9.63bn fuel duty received in 1990-91.
The fuel duty takings were lower, however, than they were during the previous year, when they peaked at £27.26bn.
This was because 527 million fewer litres of petrol and diesel were sold, as individuals and companies chose to drive less, according to Edmund King, president of the Automobile Association (AA).
'No brainer'
Consumer groups and industry bodies have welcomed the freeze. Both say higher fuel prices have curbed many people's driving and hurt the economy.
Fuel duty per litre, from:
7 March 2001 - 45.82p
1 October 2003 - 47.10p
7 December 2006 - 48.35p
1 April 2009 - 54.19p
1 September 2009 - 56.19p
1 January 2011 - 58.95p
23 March 2011 - 57.95p
Source: RAC Foundation
"This news provides breathing space for families being smothered by the soaring costs of motoring, especially the 800,000 households spending more than a quarter of their income on operating a vehicle," said Prof Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation. The AA's Mr King said "76% of AA members are cutting back on journeys, household expenditure or both, due to the high cost of fuel".
However, FairFuelUK spokesman Quentin Wilson said more should be done. "Cancelling a rise that really shouldn't happen is not enough. The government needs to cut duty substantially to get the economic growth we all need."
John Lewis, chief executive of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, said: "This is almost becoming a no-brainer. With the economy flirting with recession and household incomes still falling in relation to inflation, the government just cannot afford to price businesses and households off the road."
Environmentalists were critical of Mr Osborne's approach.
"The driving force behind rising petrol prices is the soaring cost of oil," said Friends of the Earth economics campaigner David Powell.
"The sensible long-term plan is to protect motorists from rising fuel prices by weaning our transport system off its oil dependency."
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Race Wins, USAT Grant, New Club Tent, 501(c)(3) Status, and 200 Members on the Horizon!
What a summer it's been at Austin Triathlon Club! We just wanted to take a minute to share a few of the exciting landmarks --
Rookies No More (May): We kicked off May with 54 club members racing the Rookie Tri, including 18 racing as Rookies. We couldn't be more proud of our triathletes, new and old, for supporting one another across the finish line. It was a wonderful way to start the local race season!
First Place at Cap Tex (May): This past Memorial Day, Austin Triathlon Club took home 1st place in the co-ed Olympic Team division and 2nd place in the co-ed Sprint Team division at the Cap Tex Triathlon. It was a truly a team effort as 20 club members raced as Austin Tri Club and helped us take home bling, prize money, and beer! Just as important, club members were everywhere on the race course. We were volunteering, we were cheering, and we were celebrating at the finish!
USAT Grant Award (June): Austin Triathlon Club is proud to announce that we have been awarded a $1,000 grant from USA Triathlon to expand programming for new triathletes here in Austin. With this money, the club will be able to reinvest these funds directly in the Austin community, so that more members of the Austin community can complete their first triathlon. In upcoming weeks, we will be announcing details of our new triathlete programming and how you can get involved!
Volunteers and Community Service (June): Austin Tri Club showed up big time at the Lake Pflugerville Triathlon. Our team of volunteers manned water stations, handled packet pickup, coordinated race setup and breakdown, and more. We had over 10 club members volunteer at the race -- thank you for being amazing stewards of the Austin community!
Club Happy Hour Expansion (June): It was only a matter of time before we doubled up our club happy hours! June saw our first "north" happy hour at the Brass Tap at the Domain. We had a wonderful time hanging out and making new friends. We can't wait for the next happy hour on Thursday, August 2nd!
Hot! Wind! Hot! (June): A small band of tough-as-iron club members made the journey to Lubbock for Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake. We are proud to say every club member who started the race finished race, battling 105 degree heat and 30 MPH winds. We came home 3rd in our club division, earning Austin Triathlon Club our first podium at an Ironman event in this, our first year of the club.
New Club Tent: Earlier this month, we were honored to premier our brand new club tent at the Marble Falls Triathlon. Scraping together our prize earnings at Cap Tex and a portion from member dues, we were able to purchase the first ever Austin Triathlon Club tent, ensuring that no one will have a hard time finding our Austin Tri Club green tent.
501(c)(3) Non Status: Earlier this month, we learned that the club had officially been awarded 501(c)(3) charitable status. Already a Texas nonprofit, the club spent hours preparing our application for 501(c)(3) status -- it is by no means any easy process. 501(c)(3) status guarantees that the club will fulfill its commitment to the Austin community for years to come.
200 Members on the Horizon: As we approach the turn of the calendars from July to August, the club is approaching 200 members. We cannot be more proud, enthusiastic, and honored that so many local triathletes have come together to help build this community triathlon club!
Thank you to everyone for making this such a great summer!
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Battery maker shrugs off Tesla competition
David Sedgwick
Prabhakar Patil, CEO of LG Chem Power Inc.
Korean battery maker LG Chem expects to grab 25 percent of global electric-vehicle battery sales by 2017 as battery prices fall and EV range rises.
LG Chem appeared poised to dominate the U.S. EV battery market until Tesla Motors Inc. announced plans for its gigafactory in Nevada.
No matter. After years of disappointment, the EV market is ready to grow, predicts Prabhakar Patil, CEO of LG Chem Power Inc., the company's North American arm. Patil, 64, offered a glimpse of the EV's future during a Sept. 23 interview with Staff Correspondent David Sedgwick.
Q: Consultant IHS Automotive predicts global sales of EVs, plug-ins, hybrids and microhybrids will top 5 million vehicles in 2017. What will be LG Chem's market share?
A: We expect to have a 25 percent share. We know that we will be producing batteries for several automakers that we're talking with.
LG Chem's Holland, Mich., plant makes batteries for the Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR. At what percent of capacity is the plant operating?
It's at 25 to 30 percent of capacity.
What is the plant's break-even point?
I can't tell you about our plant, so my answer has to be generic. Generally, plants have to operate at 80 percent of capacity.
EV sales are slow in North America. Will Tesla and its partner, Panasonic Corp., cause a battery glut with the gigafactory in Nevada?
I really wish them success. Tesla has shaken up the image of EVs and made it a product that people want to have. But their sales goal of 500,000 EVs -- that remains a question mark.
Are Tesla and Panasonic overly optimistic?
[Their sales goal] is a question mark. But I hope they are successful because it would benefit everybody. One thing Tesla has done very successfully is to change the image of the EV.
Does the North American battery industry suffer from chronic overcapacity?
Yes. Unfortunately, the hype about the growth of electric vehicles created unrealistic expectations, which make EVs look like a failure. But it's actually the other way around.
Several U.S. battery makers went bankrupt in recent years. Can LG Chem be patient?
That's what our strategy is. That's why this is not a business for companies that depend on government funds or venture capital. In both cases, you have to meet [production] milestones that you can't control.
To maintain decent production rates, some plants make batteries for consumer electronics. Has LG Chem done that?
We don't do that in Michigan because there is enough capacity to do it in Korea. [In the Korean plant], a lot of the production line stays the same regardless of the size of the battery cell.
So LG Chem's Korean plant has the flexibility to make batteries for consumer electronics and EVs?
How long will lithium ion remain the battery of choice? Is there any technology -- say, lithium air batteries -- that will replace it?
We'll have lithium ion for at least the next 10 to 15 years. Before you put anything on the road, you need five years to validate your technology. So if you want to have a proven technology by 2020, you need to solve all issues in the lab by 2015. I don't see anything in anybody's closet that is ready for that.
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GVA has been appointed by the University of Birmingham to find a development and funding partner for the £300 million Birmingham Life Sciences Park.
Situated on a remediated 9.9 acre site in Selly Oak, outline planning consent is already in place with the potential to accommodate in excess of 54 000 sq m (580 000 sq ft) of state-of-the-art facilities.
GVA will advise the University throughout the process and will assess prospective partners or consortia on their relevant experience and capability within the medical and life sciences sectors to bring forward the development.
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The Life Sciences Park will align with the broader sector expertise already present in the region, with some 22,000 people employed at 600 companies across the West Midlands.
The uniquely co-located site will utilise the unrivalled healthcare infrastructure of Birmingham Health Partners, the Institute of Translational Medicine and BioHub Birmingham, alongside other centres of research and practice excellence located in close proximity to the site.
Dr Steve Taylor, Director of Strategy and Operations at Birmingham Life Sciences Park said: “The Park provides a fantastic opportunity for businesses to co-locate at the heart of our vibrant Birmingham Health Partners campus and work in partnership with our academic, clinical and patient community in order to accelerate new innovation into the clinic. The innovation space on the Park will bring together expertise in healthcare informatics, diagnostics, medical technologies and clinical trials to support the development and deployment of new precision therapies and diagnostics to deliver next-generation healthcare to our population and revolutionise approaches to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.”
Following selection of a development partner, the Life Sciences Campus will undergo a phased delivery with a target for commencement of works in January 2020.
For further information, contact Carl Potter at GVA on 0121 609 8388 or carl.potter@gva.co.uk.
Birmingham Life Sciences Park will offer our partners direct access to academic, scientific and clinical facilities and expertise through the Birmingham Health Partners network (partners are the University of Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s, which are all in close proximity to the park).
Our case studies page provides several compelling examples that demonstrate how our unique infrastructure, co-located expertise and embedded partnership working has allowed the rapid development of scientific and medical innovation into improved patient care.
If you’d like to become part of this pioneering development, work with us, or find out more about how Birmingham Life Sciences Park could benefit you, please contact us at blsp@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
Find out more on our case studies page.
Will there be space on the Birmingham Life Sciences Park for companies to locate?
Yes. The park will be comprised of research and development and service facilities including office spaces, laboratories and co-creation/co-development spaces. Please contact us for more information.
What are the timelines for the development?
It is anticipated that phased construction will start on site in early 2020. Other opportunities are available in the meantime; we are currently developing partnerships and activities in areas such as the design and delivery of clinical trials and genomics sciences. Please contact us if you would like to find out more about these activities and partnering with us.
Can I be an investor in BLSP?
There are still opportunities for partners wishing to invest in the development of the park and we are happy to discuss these with interested parties. Please contact us for more information.
What are the main benefits of locating on BLSP?
The location of BLSP at the confluence of the University of Birmingham campus, University Hospitals Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trusts will facilitate unrivalled access to the infrastructure of BHP.
This will be a pioneering site that brings together outstanding researchers, clinicians, policy makers and industry to rapidly translate scientific and clinical insights into patient benefit and economic growth. It will reinforce Birmingham’s ability to support innovative new partnerships and leverage strong existing collaborations. All these factors make BLSP an exciting proposition as part of the evolution of life sciences in not only Birmingham but the wider region and UK.
Life Sciences in Six
If you would like to contact us with any queries regarding the park, please fill in the form below. Alternatively, please email the BLSP Project Office via the email provided.
BLSP Project Office
Room CG27, Medical School
Vincent Drive
B15 2SQ
Email: BLSP@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Dr Steve Taylor
Director of Strategy & Operations
Email: s.b.taylor@bham.ac.uk
Policy Experts Guide
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The Happiness Paradox
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, Gretchen Rubin
A number of things make me happy though not all of them are good for me. Unlimited access to hot fudge sundaes would be one of these. So would lying on a sunny beach for hours, giving no thought to skin cancer.
The one drawback of these delights is that they pertain only to me. But the odd truth about happiness is, that like laughter, it’s best when shared. According to essayist, Gretchen Rubin, we are framed to be “do-gooders.”
…to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; research shows that people who aid the causes they value tend to be happier and in better health, and that they show fewer signs of physical and mental aging. (“The Happiness Boomerang,” by Gretchen Rubin, Good Housekeeping, 10/12, pg. 117)
That selfish impulses can lead to altruism seems a miraculous paradox. Rubin is not the first to have discovered this, however. Sydney Carton gives us his version in Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. His love for Lucie Manette allows him to sacrifice his life for her happiness. “It is a far, far better thing that I do now, than I have ever done.” Bending one’s head to the guillotine may be an extreme example, of course. Me, I’d rather split a hot fudge sundae.
(Courtesy of sydneycarton.wordpress.com)
Tilly Gaillard October 8, 2012 at 7:21 am Reply
I, "condemned" to living in Paris, work very hard on human rights, and right now on the Obama campaign. Makes me feel "happier, healthier, less prone to aging". You described my life and situation brilliantly, but complete bliss would require the sundae to be made with coffee ice cream. Tilly
Caroline Miller October 8, 2012 at 4:47 pm Reply
I assure you, coffee ice cream is negotiable.
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Schedule a Free Initial Consultation 912-232-0081
Jonathan B. Phillips
Partner & Lead Criminal Trial Attorney
A Savannah native, Boone is a second generation lawyer, joining the firm as a partner after 4 years in the office of the Chatham County District Attorney. Boone graduated from Benedictine Military School and then attended and graduated from the University of Alabama. A graduate of the Mississippi College of Law (JD), Boone interned with the Honorable James Bass, Judge Superior Court of Chatham County in 2012. He joined the District Attorney's Office in 2013, where he quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the County's youngest ever felony prosecutors.
After four successful years as a Prosecutor, Boone joined Phillips Carson & Phillips as partner and lead criminal trial attorney. His experience in DUI cases is unparalleled due to his training and vast experience.
In 2013 Boone received GBI training in Security and Integrity and excelled in training with The Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia from which he received special recognition. In 2014 he was recognized for his skills in prosecuting the drugged driver and for successful completion of the DUI Prosecution advanced course. In 2015 Boone was recognized for his successful completion of the “DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing”, an intense training conducted by lead investigators at the Savannah Chatham Metro Police Department. While in the DA's office Boone never lost a DUI jury trial. He now becomes Savannah's best trained DUI Defense Lawyer and a recognized “Top Gun” at the Criminal Defense Bar.
In addition to DUI trials and other major criminal trials Boone will be handling personal injury cases, including automobile and truck accident cases
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Birmingham Public Library - Virtual Library - Subject Resources - Jewish Heritage
YouTube/Webinars
This is a guide to library materials and websites focusing on Jewish heritage and genealogy.
Americans of Jewish descent
Finding our fathers : a guidebook to Jewish genealogy
First American Jewish families : 600 genealogies, 1654-1988
From generation to generation : how to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history
Genealogical resources in the New York metropolitan area
A guide to Jewish genealogical research in Israel
Jewish genealogy : a sourcebook of family histories and genealogies
Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C. (1775-1906)
The Jewish presence in early British records, 1650-1850
My Jewish roots : a practical guide to tracing and recording your genealogy and family history
National index of parish registers
Tracing your Jewish roots
1844-1944, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Mobile, Alabama
Birmingham's rabbi : Morris Newfield and Alabama, 1895-1940
A century of Jewish life in Dixie: the Birmingham experience
Early Jewish families and Temple Emanu-El, Jasper, Alabama, 5683-1922
The gates of heaven : Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim, the first 150 years, Mobile, Alabama, 1844-1994
Hallowed ground : a history of the Knesseth Israel/Beth-El Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
The hand of Esau : Montgomery's Jewish community and the 1955-56 bus boycott
History of the Jews of Birmingham
In the shadow of Hitler : Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the holocaust
The Jewish older population of Birmingham : A survey of their needs
The Jews of Mobile, Alabama, 1763-1841
Kahl Montgomery diamond jubilee, 1852-1927 : Montgomery, Alabama, April 8-9-10-11, 1927
Knesseth-Israel-Bethel-El Cemetery, 320 11th Court North, Birmingham, Alabama and Bethel-El Cemetery, Bessemer, Alabama
Paying "civic rent" : the Jews of Emanu-El and the Birmingham community
Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
Julie Keefer - Live on May 3, 2018, Susan Warsinger - Live on May 9, 2018, Albert Garih - Live on May 10, 2018
The Eddie Cantor Story: A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics
"Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) was one of the most important entertainers of the 20th century, starring in theater, film, radio, and television. His immense popularity, his pride in his Jewish heritage, and his engagement with political issues distinguished him from other headliners of his era. Historian David Weinstein documents his significance as a performer, philanthropist, and activist."
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Vi Hart’s Playful Mathematics: Flatland on a Möbius Strip
Truth, Beauty, Math and Crocheting
Soviet Artist and Mathematician Anatolii Fomenko’s Mathematical Impressions
String Portraits: Vintage Photographs of Young People Learning Mathematics via One Visionary Educator’s Playful Hands-on Method
String theory for the rest of us, or what vintage photography has to do with gaming for good.
In the early 1980s, James R. Murphy began teaching mathematics using string figures in an effort to engage students who didn’t “like” math. Kids found the activity enormously fun and, almost without realizing it, learned to the kind of focus and dedication necessary for solving a problem by completing a series of complex steps — a fundamental skill in math and science. Essentially, it was an early successful experiment in using gaming for education — something on the minds of many in our age of social innovation.
One day, Murphy asked Robin Moore, a student of his and a budding photographer, to take some pictures of the string figures, initially intended purely as a visual record. But Moore produced a series of remarkable black-and-white portraits of these kids and their strings.
Taken in La Guardia, often against the backdrop of bathroom walls and decaying hallways, these portraits exude the palpable pride the kids take in their string creations, at once delighted with and enthralled by these logic-driven tangles.
More about the project, including papers about Murphy’s original methodology for teaching via string figures, can be found in Murphy’s String Figures: Teaching Math With String Figures.
via Coudal
https://www.brainpickings.org/2010/08/06/james-murphy-string-math-portraits-robin-moore/
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You are at:Home»News»Aircraft»Heron Aviation adds two Cessna Citations to its fleet
Heron Aviation adds two Cessna Citations to its fleet
By Helen Norman on 26th March 2018 Aircraft
Heron Aviation has added two Cessna Citations to its management fleet, thereby expanding its business jet management services for a multi-brand fleet from Dassault, Bombardier and Cessna.
The company welcomed a Citation Jet and Citation CJ2+ to its fleet of long-range and mid-size jets at the beginning of March.
The aircraft, based in Southern Europe, will give Heron the opportunity to offer an economical solution for shorter legs for up to five and six passengers who can enjoy the comforts and flexibility of a super-light jet.
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Helen Norman
Helen has worked for UKi Media & Events for nearly a decade. She joined the company as assistant editor on Passenger Terminal World and since progressed to become editor of five publications, covering everything from aviation, logistics and e-commerce to meteorology. She has a love for travel and property and has redeveloped three houses in three years. When she’s not editing magazines, she’s running around after her two boys and their partner in crime, Pete the pug.
European regulations introduces air taxi rules as number of development projects increases
Luxaviation UK adds Istanbul-based Legacy to fleet
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By JAMES KARIUKI
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority in a notice on Friday said the section at GSU headquarters will remain shut from April 22 to July 18.
The Thika superhighway is one of Kenya’s busiest roads, handling about 200,000 vehicles daily, linking Nairobi to key agricultural counties in central Kenya, and to eastern and northeastern regions.
Traffic delays expected as part of Thika road shut for 3 months
Friday, April 19, 2019 17:19
Nairobi City County traffic marshals direct personal cars on Thika Road on December 3, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Motorists on Thika highway should brace for major traffic congestion and delays at Allsopps where the main road will be closed for the next three months.
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority in a notice on Friday said the section will remain shut from April 22 to July 18 to allow the expansion of the overpass at GSU headquarters that gives vehicles access to and from Outer Ring Road.
“Due to the ongoing construction works to improve the junction between Thika superhighway and Outer Ring Road, the public is notified that the contractor shall close the overpass at GSU Headquarters,” it said.
On Wednesday, motorists were caught up in a major snarl-up when the road was temporarily closed.
Service lanes
Motorists will be able to use service lanes on both sides of the superhighway.
Those seeking to access or exit Outer Ring road are expected to use the Survey underpass and the Mountain Mall overpass to their destination.
The rebuilding of the overpass was mooted after it emerged the Thika superhighway-Outer Ring road interchange was not well thought out.
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Apple TV Is 'Imminent' Says Jefferies
Photo: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger
Apple’s entry into the TV market is “imminent,” says Jefferies analyst James Kisner.Kisner talks about Apple TV in a note about Arris, a cable tech company.
“Our discussions with industry contacts suggest that at least one major N. American MSO is working to estimate how much additional capacity may be needed for a new Apple device on their broadband data network. We believe this potentially suggests an imminent launch of the Apple TV,” says Kisner.
What’s interesting about this wording is that it suggests Apple is going to be doing something over broadband, as opposed to normal cable.
Treat this report with some caution. In August, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said an Apple television was already in production. For what it’s worth, Misek covers Apple, Kisner covers a bunch of other stuff, like cable tech and telecos. So, he’s approaching the Apple TV from a different angle.
We’ve been hearing about an Apple television for a long time now. The big problem for Apple seems to be figuring out how to get cable companies and content companies on board. This isn’t like launching the iPad, where Apple just makes a tablet and then developers build apps.
Content makers have restrictions in their deals with cable companies on their content, which could limit what Apple would like to do. Apple has to negotiate with both groups simultaneously to crack the TV market.
And, even when Apple figures that out, the TV market is not like the smartphone market. People aren’t going to buy a new TV every year, or every other year. So, anyone looking at Apple attacking a huge new market, should temper expectations.
Here’s what he had to say:
…our discussions with industry contacts suggest that at least one major N. American MSO is working to estimate how much additional capacity may be needed for a new Apple device on their broadband data network. We believe this potentially suggests an imminent launch of the Apple TV, a positive development for ARRIS, who is directly exposed to data traffic growth from incremental IP video streams on cable networks.
In Chart 10 below we examine the potential impact of an Apple TV launch at Arris’ biggest customer, Comcast (CMCSA, $35.40, Hold) (Here we’re talking about an unannounced product, not the Apple TV product that is currently available). It’s important to understand that network capacity is largely engineered to peak traffic levels – thus we’ve based our analysis on what peak data consumption might be based on 50% of Apple TV users watching an HD video stream all at once (this might realistically happen on a Friday or Saturday night). We then translate the incremental data usage to incremental port requirements (each port maps to roughly 40mbps of capacity). Our conversations with industry contacts have suggested in the past that Arris has over 50% of Comcast’s CMTS footprint – thus we assume 55% of the port shipments go to ARRIS. Finally, we assume that these port shipments come at 45% contribution margin; given the relatively high gross margins and software content on the CMTS business, we believe this is realistic. Depending on the unit assumptions, we arrive at an EPS impact of $0.07 – $0.40 for Arris from an Apple TV launch at Comcast. We note that Jefferies analyst Peter Misek is forecasting Apple TV unit sales of 4.9 million units in CY13 and 11.6 million units in CY14. These estimates assume an actual Television product (not a “puck” like the current Apple TV).
Don’t Miss: All The Apple TV rumours You Need To Know About >
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The Vicious Asian Tiger Mosquito Is Attacking New York City In Unprecedented Numbers
Dina Spector
The hardy Asian tiger mosquito, known for its vicious biting habits and preference for large cities, is back — and this time it’s carrying a fever-inducing virus. Amy Kraft of The New Scientist reports that the black-and-white striped pest carries chikungunya, a virus that causes joint pain as well as fever and rash, but is rarely life-threatening.
Typically, cold winters control the mosquito population. But unseasonably warm weather has brought the disease-carrying insects out in increasing numbers.
As these urban mosquitoes readily spread, entomologists fear that the virus could become endemic to New York within a few years:
[Cornell’s Laura Harrington] estimates there is one Asian tiger mosquito for every five New Yorkers. Once that ratio flips to five insects per person, her model suggests that someone arriving in New York carrying the virus would have a 38 per cent chance of passing it on to another person through mosquito bites. The disease could become entrenched in the city at that level of infection
The Asian tiger was introduced to the United States from Southeast Asia in 1985. It is believed to have arrived accidentally in tires imported from Japan, according to the centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
SEE ALSO: 10 Species That Have Been Wiped Out By Man >
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6 Factors That Decide The Makings Of The Perfect Bond Girl
Darrick Thomas
While the James Bond franchise has given the world one of its most iconic characters, it’s also delivered a slew of beautiful femme fatales and sexy super spies that add up to a pop culture institution we call the Bond Girl.But after 23 films filled with lovely ladies, what makes the ideal Bond Girl?
Zimbio ran the numbers, sampling more than 40 Bond Girls (at least one from every film), and this is what they found.
Ideal Hair colour: Brown
Blonde, brown, red, black -- James Bond may not discriminate when it comes to the hair colour of the women in his life, but he certainly has a type. Nearly half of all Bond Girls are brunette. Daniel Craig must be especially fond of the brown-haired bombshells -- four of the five major Bond Girls during Craig's stint as 007 are brunettes -- and since he's attached to the next two Bond films, expect the trend to continue.
Candidates Who Fit the Bill: Natalie Portman, Kate Beckinsale, Olivia Wilde, Marion Cotillard, Rachel Weisz
In the history of the Bond franchise, no Bond Girl has ever been taller than her 007 counterpart. Even Daniel Craig, the shortest Bond of the bunch at 5'10'', is taller than all of his female co-stars (although, it was close with Olga Kurylenko who is only an inch shorter than Craig). If we call the average Bond Girl height the ideal, it's 5-feet, 7-inches. Skyfall's ladies juuuust missed it.
Candidates Who Fit the Bill: Keira Knightley, Katie Cassidy, Zoe Saldana, Victoria Justice, Troian Bellisario
Ideal Nationality: American
As an international man of mystery, James Bond meets ladies from all over the world, and the history of Bond Girls reflects that. Poland, China, Russia, Jamaica, Sweden, Italy, the Philippines, and, of course, 007's homeland, England, are all represented. But by a narrow margin, the most common country of origin for the Bond Girls is the USA. The next most common countries of origin are France and England, which means as a region, Western Europe is more popular than the States.
Candidates Who Fit the Bill: Any hot American actress
Ideal Name: Silly
Beyond beauty, mystery, sex appeal, and toughness, Bond Girls are known for their names. The early Bond films were famous for giving their characters overtly sexual (sometimes mildly racist) names, like Plenty O'Toole (Diamonds are Forever), Holly Goodhead (Moonraker), Kissy Suzuki (You Only Live Twice), and Pussy Galore of Goldfinger.
In the later years, the Bond franchise shied away from such obvious puns and sexual innuendo, but kept with silly names like Christmas Jones (The World Is Not Enough), Strawberry Fields (Quantum of Solace), May Day (View to a Kill), and the absurdly long Peaceful Fountains of Desire (Die Another Day). In all, nearly a third of the Bond Girls had what you'd consider a silly name. While 32 per cent isn't a majority, it does mean one in every three Bond Girls gets tagged with something tongue-in-cheek. Since neither of Skyfall's leading ladies has a ridiculous moniker, that means we can expect one in the next Bond film.
Ideal Age: 29
Given the exploitative nature of the early Bond films and the inherent sexism of referring to grown women as 'girls,' the common assumption might be that Bond Girls are all in their early twenties. Actually, the average age of a Bond Girl is 29. The last Bond Girl hit that average on the nose was Quantum of Solace's Olga Kurylenko.
Bond Girls by age:
Oldest: 39 honour Blackman Goldfinger
Average: 29 -- Olga Kurylenko Quantum of Solace
Youngest: 21 -- Daniela Bianchi From Russia with Love
Candidates Who Fit the Bill: Mila Kunis, Emily Blunt, Kate Bosworth, Melanie Laurent
Ideal Level of Fame: Euro Famousish
When Berenice Marhloe and Naomi Harris were announced as the new Bond Girls for Skyfall, the average response was, 'Who?' Marhloe and Harris aren't household names by any stretch of the imagination, especially in the States, but that's the trend for the Bond franchise. From models to bit players from foreign films, the Bond franchise has a reputation for plucking its actresses from relative obscurity. Only 30 per cent of Bond Girls were famous before appearing in a 007 film. Based on history, the Bond franchise is more interested in breaking news actresses more than it is in resting on big names.
Candidates Who Fit the Bill: Felicity Jones, Yuliya Snigir, Viva Bianca, Miranda Kerr
The Next Bond Girl
Narrowing down the data from 50 years worth of Bond Girls, the ideal actress is:
Not a household name
American-born
Not averse to playing a character with a silly name
So given the criteria and all the names we've mentioned as potential candidates for the next Bond Girl, who's the best pick? We're going with Olivia Wilde. Admittedly, at this point in her career, she's pretty famous (not like Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie famous, but definitely more famous than Berenice Marhloe). But she's 5'7'', turns 29 in March, is a brunette, and was born in the States. Plus, as a special bonus, her real name is Olivia Cockburn, so clearly she's prepared for the funny, pun-y name. She's our pick, but who's yours?
Need more Bond?
12 things you don't know about James Bond >
Take a tour of the deserted island from 'Skyfall' >
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JCPenney Has Secured Some Extra Financial Cushioning
Kim Bhasin
JCPenney has expanded its borrowing capacity by $100 million, upping its total to $1.85 billion, Evan Clark at Women’s Wear Daily reported.It’s a nice little extra financial cushion as the department store chain attempts its transformative turnaround attempt under CEO Ron Johnson.
JCPenney hasn’t dipped into the facility yet.
“As we enter the second year of our transformation, today’s announcement reflects the confidence of our banking group in our long-term strategy and further strengthens our liquidity position as we continue to execute our plan,” CFO Ken Hannah told WWD.
Johnson addressed the issue in an interview on CNBC last week.
“We’ll do it with the cash we have on hand,” said Johnson. “We’ve yet to tap into the revolver.”
“Doesn’t mean we wouldn’t at some point, but we haven’t done it in the first year,” he continued. “We said we’d end the year with about a billion dollars in cash. In a couple weeks we tell people exactly where we ended up. Our teams did a great job managing our cash during this transformation.”
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5 Hedge Funds Getting Creamed On JCPenney
Julia La Roche
Shares of JC Penney tanked in after-hours trading Wednesday after the retailer announced that it missed earnings estimates, lowered its outlook, and will incur a restructuring charge.
The stock was last down more than 13% in after-hours trading.
Here’s a rundown of five hedge funds with the biggest stake in the retailer, according to data compiled by Bloomberg citing 13F regulatory filings.
Of course, several hedge funds are reporting their most recent quarterly holdings today, so we will update them as they cross on the SEC’s website.
Pershing Square: ~39.07 million shares (17.9% stake as of 12/31/2011)
Adage Capital: ~2.31 million shares (12/31/2011)
Renaissance Technologies: ~2.3 million shares (3/31/2012)
Maverick Capital: ~1.9 million shares (12/31/2011)
Water Street Capital: ~1.45 million shares (3/31/2012)
Back in February we asked hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, about his stake in JCPenney.
He told us that he was excited about his JCPenney investment since the retailer hired Ron Johnson as its CEO back in November 2011 from Apple. The reason, he explained, is because the retail guru “completely gets customer service.”
Prior to joining JCPenney, Johnson worked at Apple as the senior vice president of retail for 11 years where he was in charge of the technology giant’s retail strategy. In this role, he led Apple, which had zero stores, to opening up over 300 Apple stores globally. Before that, he spent 15 years at Target as a merchandising executive.
These high hopes for Johnson might take some time.
SEE ALSO: ACKMAN: In The Future, Going Into A JCPenney Will Be Like Going Into An Apple Store >
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general offer
FSL Trust gets cash offer of S$0.0585 per unit from sponsor
THE sponsor of First Ship Lease (FSL) Trust has made a mandatory general offer for the shipping trust, after taking up new units in FSL Trust via the recent preferential offering.
25 Jan 5:50 AM
MAS revises takeover rules for dual-class shares
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has revised Singapore's Code on Take-overs and Mergers to clarify that independent shareholders of dual-class companies will not be required to make...
Parent's stake in Wheelock Properties clocks 88.17% ahead of close for general offer
HONG Kong-listed Wheelock and Company's stake in Wheelock Properties (Singapore) has risen to 88.17 per cent, lifted by 10.10 per cent in valid acceptances for its general offer of S$2.10 per...
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