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Fifth Time's The Charm : Everquest
After a turbulent first couple of days, worthy of any full MMO launch, it seemed that Daybreak Games finally have all their orc pawns in a row. Ragefire, the new Voting/Timelocked Progression server (catchy...) is up, stable and devoid of Level 50s, although scuttlebutt has it there was a six-boxer already pushing Level 35 last night. As of this morning they even have a system up and running for handling log in queues and kicking AFKers.
With a couple of hours to go before bed, after finishing up my dailies in GW2, I thought I'd give it a try and see if I could make a character. It was still mid-afternoon on the US West Coast so maybe there was a chance I'd get in. And get in I did. At first I got the expected Server Full message but going with the launch-time vibe I kept on clicking and to my considerable surprise it took just a couple of minutes until there I was at Character Select.
In the last round of Progression, on the Fippy Darkpaw server, I went with a gnome necromancer. In the end, this time, I chose to do the same. I did toy briefly with the idea of going Magician but, while my highest level EQ character is a Mage and the class is arguably the most powerful solo specialist at the top end, I've always found the low level gameplay a little disjointed and frustrating. I also rather fancied being a Dwarf for a change but one look at the Classic options for Dwarves (Cleric, Warrior, Rogue, Paladin) quickly put a stop to that plan.
So, Necromancer it is. That makes my fifth in sixteen years. All gnomes. It's a class I have played and enjoyed a lot and yet with which I've never really made much headway. Over the years I've played alongside some extremely skilled and versatile Necromancers, not least Mrs Bhagpuss, who used to main one for a while, insofar as either of us ever "main" anything. A well-played necro can pretty much fill in for every role in the game. They, not Bards, are the real all-rounders of Norrath.
The trouble is, knowing how good they can be is quite intimidating, especially since a lot of them...aren't. You really don't want to be That Necro. There's a lot to take in if you want to give full service to a group as a Necromancer and I can't see myself putting in the hours. It's never to late learn, as Jeromai rightly observes, but I fear it would end up being a project almost on the scale of his latest venture and I don't think I'm ready to commit to that.
Apart from my Heroic Level 90, who has never adventured further than Plane of Knowledge, the highest I've ever taken a necro is somewhere in the 40s. It's extremely unlikely that this latest addition to Bertoxxulous's Dark Army will get even that far. Indeed, odds are very good that he'll get no further than his Progression server predecessor, who topped out around Level 12.
At least I think he did. I can't check because, even now, if you want to play on the old prog server, Fippy Darkpaw, (which I'm guessing almost no-one does any more) you still have to have a paid-up All Access account. Which, of course, I do - only not the right one.
Five years back I made a fresh account to play on the then-new Freeport F2P server in EQ2, which is how I ended up playing my best-geared, most rounded, highest level character, by far, on a free to play Silver account instead of the one I was actually paying for. Last year, finally, I decided to fix that. I cancelled payment on my longstanding All Access account, which in turn booted my best-geared, most rounded, highest level character in Everquest, the aforementioned Magician, who happened also to be on that longstanding account (which itself is registered in Mrs Bhagpuss's name because we swapped accounts almost a decade and a half ago for reasons which would totally have made sense back then, I'm sure...) onto a F2P account...
And so it goes... After sixteen years of chopping and changing, from illegal account sharing, borrowing and taking over each other's discarded characters, to server merges and payment model rationalizations and being sold off like chattels - twice - our SOE/Daybreak accounts are a hideous tangled mess, almost as much so as that paragraph above. It's something that is not going to get any better. Ever. So I just live with it.
Anyway, remind me; why am I playing on Ragefire, again? It can't be to get a nostalgia fix. I never stopped playing EQ. It's still a current experience for me and you can't be nostalgic about something you never stopped doing, can you? And don't I have a whole raft of characters I'm - verrrrry slowwwly - working on, any of whom would be a better investment of the limited time I can find to spend in the elder game than a fifth necro?
And besides, the version of Norrath currently showing on Ragefire would surely make for a very poor nostalgia trip for anyone, wouldn't it? There's so much that just isn't even the tiniest bit like it was in The Good Old Golden Olden Days.
There are no real corpse runs because you keep all your gear on death. You can't even lose a level any more. Your pets zone with you and don't explode with a cry of anguish and despair when you thoughtlessly turn yourself invisible. Your spells scribe instantly. Come to that, the entire research system is different. When you arrive at a new city on a different continent there's no need to spam /ooc and /shout, increasingly desperately, "Looking for Bind at Gate", terrified that at any second someone could pull a train over your hiding place and send you back to your bind spot two hours travel away. Nowadays, in our Brave New Classic World, you just stroll up to the Soulbinder NPC and presto, safe.
There are a thousand ways the current version of "Classic" is nothing of the kind. I haven't played on the now officially sanctioned Project 1999 but I'm pretty sure that if you want anything that even begins to approximate the genuine Everquest experience that's where you have to go - and I bet even there it's a damn sight easier than it was in the one and only original 1999.
Thing is this: you can't turn back the MMORPG clock. Wish you could but you can't. Unlike static, offline games that genuinely never change, online games are living constructs. Their very essence is change. How can you hope to re-create the Classic Everquest experience when the game was patching in changes almost from the day it launched?
Have you ever read the patch notes for EQ from the first few years? Allakhazam has the full record archived for posterity. It's fascinating reading. The game changed, substantively, month by month, sometimes almost week by week and it never stopped changing. The EQ we were playing right before Kunark was already a very far cry indeed from the EQ that had launched just a year earlier and yet somehow we're supposed to lump it all together and call it "Classic".
Over in WoW, the game that snatched Everquest's ball, ran away with it and never gave it back, Blizzard will have no truck with Classic servers and programmed nostalgia. So they say. Yet they still seem to believe they can turn back time. To the dismay of many and the delight of, I would guess, very few, this week Blizzard announced that all flights over Draenor and any future New Lands have been cancelled - for good.
I say "Blizzard". All the recent controversial news from the world's biggest MMO seems to have come from interviews with Lead Designer Ion Hazzikostas. One assumes he has the backing of Management when he claims "Having looked at how flying has played out in the old world in the last couple of expansions, we realized that while we were doing it out of this ingrained habit after we introduced flying in The Burning Crusade, it actually detracted from gameplay in a whole lot of ways". Yes. It was almost certainly the detraction from gameplay caused by flying that cost the game three million accounts in the last quarter. Except, wait, didn't that happen just after the expansion that didn't have flying? I must be missing something...
Well, you can make a player a walker but you can't make him think it's for his own good. Grounding the mounts won't be taken as a joyful return to a golden age of exploration and mystery, just a bloody nuisance. As Pike's perfectly chosen quote from Leonardo da Vinci puts it "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
Meanwhile I'll be out there today with the rest of the would-be time-travelers, trotting across the Steamfont Mountains with my bony pet, hunting down decaying skeletons for bone chips and kobold runts for cloth pants. It took me an hour to hit Level 2 last night so some things haven't changed.
Oh, and as to why I'm playing on Ragefire? I've remembered. Forget the ruleset - it's got that New Server Smell. Can't ever get enough of that.
Labels: Everquest, flying, MMO, Necromancer, Progression Server, Ragefire, WoW
Aywren May 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM
I figure this would be a safe place to ask, but is there any way at all to solo with the Ragefire ruleset? I'd love to try it out and dabble in it just for the experience, but I don't think I'll have tons of time to invest searching for groups and things like that... From what I remember that I've played (very briefly) of the early days in EQ2, back when it did have corpse runs and such, soloing was a no-go.
It's totally okay if that's not a thing on Ragefire, cuz I respect the oldskool vibes. It might be that the server isn't geared towards a player who just wants to hop in and out on a time restriction. Just thought I'd ask if it's possible. And if so, what's the best race/class. XD
Bhagpuss May 24, 2015 at 5:04 PM
It's a very safe place to ask! Not least because I have always believed that EQ is and always was a very solo-friendly MMO and I like to take any chance I can get to make that point. The reason it has the opposite reputation is because some classes were once genuinely almost impossible to solo (Rogue particularly, Warrior almost as much) and many others weren't much fun when played on their own. The game was designed from the beginning to have some classes that excelled at soloing, though, and so long as you chose one of those then you could solo to the level cap reasonably painlessly even back in 1999.
People will argue about the order but the top solo classes in the current setting are probably Magician, Necromancer and Druid. Just about all the classes can be soloed in reasonable comfort these days, even on Ragefire, but you need a lot more skill and knowledge to solo an Enchanter or a Wizard and a lot more patience to solo a Ranger or a Cleric, for example.
Magician is probably the most straightforward - buy pet spell, cast pet, let pet tank, nuke, profit. Necro has a lot more flexibility but it starts slower and bone chips can be a pain to find whereas Mages just buy their malachite from a vendor. Corpse runs still exist as you need your corpse to get lost xp back, but you never lose gear on death any more and you don't start losing xp until, I think, 10th level.
Leveling is still slow by comparison to modern MMOs but once the hordes have moved on form the starting zones and there isn't freakish competition over mobs you'll be looking at a few hours per level not a few days like it once was. It's entirely viable to solo so long as you aren't in a hurry to get anywhere.
Jump in - its fun and at the moment at least everyone seems very friendly and helpful. With luck someone might even start a Blogger guild we can all join. Bagsy not me!
Wow! Thanks so much for all this great information! I really appreciate it! :D
I wish I had known that soloing was a possibility even in the early days. I would have stuck with the game, perhaps, longer than I did. I'm not sure what class I rolled back then, but I remember becoming painfully aware that grouping would be needed to kill even landscape mobs and progress. That's the major reason I set aside EQ at the time - I was used to UO, so corpse runs and losing gear wasn't a surprise to me.
I noticed you do need an all access account to play on the server, which I don't have yet. But since I do kick around Landmark, H1Z1, and sometimes EQ2, I'm not against considering it.
Looking forward to seeing more of your impressions on Ragefire, no matter what I decide to do! :)
Pike May 24, 2015 at 6:34 PM
Thank you for the shoutout to my blog! :)
Blizzard constantly says that there will never be a legacy/nostalgia WoW server, but I can't help but wonder how one would work out anyway.
As someone who didn't get around to playing WoW until it had been out for five years I would love them to do a nostalgia Vanilla server. Don't see it happening though.
Isey May 25, 2015 at 3:35 PM
I almost started this weekend! The weather was too nice and a lot of work to do outside. I am ready though, and excited to actually pay a sub fee again. It has been a year since I had to pay a sub for a MMO.
There are new class stats up from the beta that I will be posting tomorrow - not that it makes that much of a difference as I am not sure how long/far I will be dabbling on this server as well. I have the class selection down to three and the game updated and ready to go - I just need some time to do it =)
Craziness - just read Nagafen was already killed this weekend. Pretty much the same way it happened on live servers, right? =) Three groups of mostly mages, with some wizzies, clerics, enchanters and a warrior for tanks.
Yep. Didn't even need to get to 50 either - they were all in the mid-40s and I assume the mages were boxed. Won't matter in the long run. Let them get their "firsts" and move on - we have six months to go at our own pace.
You could try out any number of vanilla private servers and notice first hand the huge differences that wow has now. Especially a extremely popular new server (nostalrius) has 4k players active minimum. Wow was a very difficult game once and exceptional at so many levels that it was truly a masterpiece.
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Imperial War Museum project reveals face of forgotten champion
Left to right: Dick Burge, Ernest Barry and Pat O’Keefe.
I noticed on the BBC News website on Friday an interesting piece about a project that is being co-ordinated by the Imperial War Museum to commemorate those who fought in the Great War. It states:
“This Armistice Day, the Imperial War Museum is hoping to keep alive their memories - and those of millions more who fought in World War One - by publishing 100 portraits of people who served in the war. It will continue to publish additional portraits every weekday until August 2014, the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war. Nigel Steel, historian at the Imperial War Museum says the project - called Faces of the First World War - will help reconnect people with the 1914-18 generation.”
One of the first 100 faces the Imperial War Museum has uncovered is that of Pat O’Keefe, three times British middleweight and light-heavyweight champion. This BBC article has inspired me to write about the boxers who joined up, as part of Kitchener’s Army, right at the beginning of the war.
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Don Cockell: The Battersea Blacksmith
Posted by Derek O'Dell
A letter marked "Please Forward" and addressed to Don Cockell had been kicking around in Jack Solomons' gymnasium for weeks. Don owned a hairdressing business near my home so I volunteered to deliver it. He and I bumped into each other in the shop doorway and I mean "bumped" – he was going out as I was going in.
This was in 1951 when Don was on a run of impressive wins over men like Freddie Beshore, Nick Barone, Lloyd Marshall and Albert Finch. The contest with Finch replaced a world-title challenge against Joey Maxim. Jack Solomons had Joey signed to a firm contract but the Board of Control stepped in and ordered Don to defend his national crown against the Croydon man.
A few weeks earlier I'd watched Cockell box an exhibition with Jack Gardner. His superb physique had brought murmurs from an admiring crowd. He was a splendid figure oozing fitness and ambition and gliding around the ring with sparkling footwork. The contrast with the man now standing in front of me in the shop doorway was stark. Now he was sallow-skinned, fat, and had a nasty boil on his neck. This was the man tipped to beat Maxim yet he looked less imposing than the dossers lolling around the park along the road. I was so shaken at his appearance that I nearly forgot the reason for my mission.
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Mark Purdy
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Borland’s 49ers Retirement: It’s Eerie How At Least One Prominent Figure In The NFL Universe Kind Of Predicted It
Posted on March 16, 2015 by Mark Purdy
When I heard about Chris Borland’s retirement, I immediately flashed back to an interview I did with prominent player agent/attorney Leigh Steinberg about 14 months ago. In my column, Steinberg elaborated on and explained his statement that football’s future was at risk because of the concussion issue. He also predicted that more and more players would give up the game because of the risk — or that at younger levels, their parents would decide for them.
Steinberg specifically forecast that players from upper class and middle class homes will be more reluctant to play football in the future. Borland is from such a home in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
I tracked down that 2014 column and have pasted it below. Believe me, it’s worth reading again in light of this Borland news. I intend to try and track down Steinberg and get his reaction to this latest news, do some other reporting and most likely write a column about it all Tuesday. Meanwhile, here’s the column on the topic that I wrote just before last year’s Super Bowl:
Purdy: Leigh Steinberg sees NFL future
By Mark Purdy
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POSTED: 01/23/2014 05:18:32 PM
Now that 49ers fans — well, some of them — have moved past last week’s bitter NFC title game defeat in Seattle, we can all get excited about watching the Super Bowl.
In fact, my advice is that if you like football the way it’s played today, you should definitely enjoy the Super Bowl as much as possible. The game is going to change over the next decade or two — in ways we probably still don’t fathom. The issue over concussions and player safety is not going away.
My chief witness on this subject is Leigh Steinberg. You surely know his name. He’s the famed sports agent on whose career the film “Jerry Maguire” was based. Last year, Steinberg wrote a magazine piece for Forbes about how “the looming specter of concussion consequences puts the future of the sport at risk.”
Steinberg is not backing down from that notion, even as the NFL has shown itself again to be not just America’s most popular sport but also the nation’s most popular television show. Sunday night football ratings topped “American Idol” and all other prime-time programming. Playoff game viewership is through the roof.
So how’s the game at risk?
“What will happen is, football won’t die,” Steinberg said this week. “But the socio-economic demographics of the game will change, so that the same people who play will be those people who choose to box and pursue other such sports.”
The focus on football’s “concussion crisis” has centered on football at the NFL level. Steinberg, though, is peeling back the issue to the youth and high school levels. The frightening new information about the way football can damage the brains of young people is scaring the wits out of moms and dads from coast to coast.
The response, Steinberg says, will be that those parents in upper- and middle-class homes will steer their kids toward less injury-prone sports. Ultimately, the pool of football players will be less diverse and full of more desperation. That won’t be healthy for anyone, on several levels. And it could seriously harm the game’s public appeal.
Steinberg calls this “the existential threat to football.” And whether you agree with him or not, it’s refreshing to have his voice so solidly back in the game. After well-documented struggles with substance abuse and a successful path back to sobriety, Steinberg is once more fully engulfed in the sports representation world.
Funded by Texas investors, his new company is churning harder than ever, forging partnerships with athletes and media. Steinberg has a new book (“The Agent: My 40 Year Career Making Deals and Changing The Game”) and next week in New York will once more play host to one of the best Super Bowl parties.
But none of it makes any sense to him, Steinberg said, unless the athletes he represents emerge from their careers in better condition than many currently do. “It is one thing to know that years of football will make it harder for an athlete to bend down and pick up his child when the athlete is 40. What if he can’t recognize the child because of concussion-related dementia?”
Steinberg has some suggestions about how to make the game safer, outlined in the book. Generally, he believes that high-tech advances in equipment (particularly with helmets) will help, along with some rules changes (maybe no more three-point stances?) and far greater awareness in minimizing risks. But only if football people are open to the ideas.
They might want to listen. In Steinberg’s early years, he was always someone who could see around the corner at what was coming next. He merged his clients with the entertainment/online worlds long before anyone else, had them writing online diaries and forging partnerships with community causes. Today, all that is standard practice. And now, Steinberg is doing what more sports agents should be doing — engaging the subject of player safety with full frontal concern, recognizing that if a sport’s image suffers, so do the endorsement deals.
Football will never be as safe as hopscotch. But if Steinberg and others with his view have their way, it will be safer in 2025 than it is in 2014. What’s wrong with that?
Contact Mark Purdy at mpurdy@mercurynews.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/MercPurdy.
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Share this article Share The reality star, whose father was of Armenian origin, has used her celebrity since to bring awareness to the genocide. In a similar stunt set off panic in New York, when a skywriting display above a Turkish-American parade was mistaken for a warning of an imminent attack by Colonel Gaddafi’s Libya. Earlier this year supporters of Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio paid for skywriters to scrawl: Trump is disgusting’ above the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. Some Armenian-Americans responded angrily to the skywriting on Twitter. France, Russia, Canada, Argentina, Belgium and Italy have formally recognised the genocide but Britain, the US and Israel have resisted using the phrase genocide One of the slogans simply referred to Russia and Armenia, who are traditional allies. Truth’ were left above Manhattan by the skywriting plane.
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Aug 22, · The author claims that the “Armenian genocide was decided in and , by a Young Turk committee composed entirely of displaced Balkan Jews in the format of a Jewish-Muslim sect which included Talaat, Enver, Behaeddin Shakir, Jemal, and Nizam posting as Muslims. It met in the Rothschild-funded Grand Orient hotel of Salonika.”.
Apparently because all of these people were more or less racially Indo-European they were easily exploited by the Jews in their endless bloody schemes against the Arabs. Their cultures and racial makeup vary considerably due to ethnic admixture. The only similarities among them are religious and linguistic: In Turks numbered about 73 million. After Turkey, Germany hosts the largest Turkish population in the world. Bulgaria, France, Britain, the United States, Holland, and Austria also rank among the top ten countries with the largest Turkish populations.
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In his speech he accused the Kurds of taking advantage of the situation in the southeastern border towns of Sur and Silopi. They are opening a diplomatic mission in Moscow,” he said. Nurhan Becidyan, an Armenian-American who served in the Turkish army as a reserve officer in the s, told Al-Monitor about the meaning of the term “Armenian gangs. Thus they had to be deported and some unavoidable deaths occurred during the deportations.
Skywriters have written pro-Turkish slogans in the air above New York. They wrote ‘How happy Is the one who says, I am a Turk’ in Turkish and also slogans which denied the Armenian genocide.
After all, shepherds have been a part of the landscape for thousands of years. The breed native to Armenia has been registered as the Caucasian Ovcharka, which is a Russian term. Turkey has registered three breeds that originate in Armenia, the Kangal, Anatolian Shepherd and the Akhbash. Armenian canine clubs are scrambling to have the names registered with an Armenian nome de canine, suggestions being the Armenian Wolfhound Gamp’r and Aralez.
Armenian shepherd dogs originated 15, years ago, when ancestors on the Armenian plateau ioncluding anatolia first began domesticated cattle, sheep and goats. Legend ascribes mystical powers to one breed, beginning with the story of Ara Geghetsik and Semiramis. Semiramis is reputed to have conjured the powers of a god in the shape of a dog, called Aralez, to revive the fallen hero. Some thought this meant the origin of that breed was Assyria, but older Mesopotamian chronicles record the incorporation of a new god based on the Holly Dog from Armenia.
Aralez was a part of the old pantheon of Armenian gods, prescribed with the powers of reviving the dead. Very sturdy and friendly, Armenian Shepherds are found in all rural mountainous areas.
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'Assaults, fights, stabbings': More than 400 injured in France's yellow vest protests
The protest over rising fuel taxes is a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron.
Sixteen people suffered minor injuries in other accidents across the country, and a person run over by a vehicle in northern France was in a critical state, according to the interior ministry, which estimated some 50,000 demonstrators were participating in Saturday's protests.
French Interior Ministry officials estimated that about 244,000 protesters were involved in several thousand protests around the country, many of them spontaneous.
"They have sent a message", Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said.
A total of 124,000 people took part in 2,000 rallies across France, according to the Interior Ministry. She was later taken into custody, said to be in a state of shock.
An investigation is under way into the death of a protester who was hit by a driver who apparently accelerated in panic while caught in a demonstration in the eastern Savoie region, according to a regional official.
Tempers flared at times as some drivers confronted the protesters or tried to force their way through the barricades. Taxes on diesel fuel have risen 7 euro cents (nearly 8 USA cents) and are to keep climbing in the coming years, Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne has said.
In Paris, a group of some 50 protesters were yelling "Macron resign!" on the Champs Elysee, though police were stopping them from heading toward the nearby Elysee Palace, the president's residence.
Analysts say the movement now represents more widespread frustration over stagnant spending power under Macron, a former investment banker who promised economic revival and to restore people's trust in government.
SpaceX gets approval to launch 12,000 broadband satellites
Apart from this, SpaceX has also filed a revised plan adding more than 1500 satellites operating at an altitude of 550km. Created to provide worldwide internet access, which means one satellite is always above for anyone on Earth.
Apple's new iPad Pro has a hidden feature - it sticks to things!
Face ID brings support for Animoji and Memoji, and it works in both portrait and landscape mode, unlike the iPhone models. The iPad Pro 2018 models come with support for iPhone X-like gesture navigation, due to the departure of the home button.
China's Artificial Sun Creates 100 Million Degree Plasma Core
The high temperatures inside a fusion reactor tear electrons away from their atoms and form a charged plasma of hydrogen ions. Unlike nuclear power plants that split uranium atoms through fission , fusion reactors won't produce radioactive byproducts.
Many turned their anger on President Emmanuel Macron, who they accuse of being out-of-touch.
An Elabe poll last week found that 73 percent of respondents backed the movement.
The government last week announced a series of measures to try and quell the anger over fuel prices, including energy subsidies and higher bonuses towards cleaner vehicles.
Tax hikes on fuel and tobacco as well as an increase to a social welfare levy before other tax cuts came into force have left some voters feeling squeezed.
People block the traffic of Paris' landmark Avenue des Champs Elysees and place Charles de Gaulle-Etoile on November 17, 2018 in Paris.
Ecology minister Francois de Rugy confirmed the government's commitment to the policy Sunday, telling Le Parisien that France needed to get itself out of the "trap" of fossil fuel reliance.
"The goal isn't to create havoc but to get our rights back".
But the "yellow vest" movement has snowballed swiftly over the past month, catching Mr Macron and even opposition parties off guard.
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Pokemon Go: Meltan Research Quest And Let's Go Pikachu
There are 20 different GO Parks in the game, and each can hold up to 50 Pokemon - meaning you can transfer up to 1000 Pokemon . Let's go ahead and hear that Pokemon theme song while watching footage from Pokemon: Let's Go , Pikachu! and Eevee! .
Israel set for early elections after cabinet breaks up, source says
Government figures would agree on a date on Sunday, the source added. He said Netanyahu's Gaza policy is strengthening Hamas.
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, rules UN-backed court
Nuon Chea, 92, was brought by ambulance and Khieu Samphan by van to the courthouse from the nearby prison where they are held. Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, was also found guilty and sentenced to life.
Jimmy Graham of Green Bay Packers suffers broken thumb
A loss would have likely proved too much to overcome with games remaining against Carolina, Minnesota and Kansas City. The Packers fell to 0-5 on the road this season and questions about Mike McCarthy's job security grew louder.
Watch SpaceX Launch a Satellite and Land a Rocket Today!
SpaceX has developed the technology to return to earth the first stage, fitted with four fold-out landing legs for a soft landing. It will be refurbished and launched for a third time as part of SpaceX's plan to cut down launch costs.
Hailey Baldwin changes Instagram username to Hailey Bieber
The name change comes weeks after Entertainment Tonight reported the model filed to trademark her married name . It's insane to see what he does...
Best Photography Black Friday Deals 2018
That said, Amazon Canada recently annouced they will be officially launching Black Friday sale one day early across Canada.
Microsoft’s next Xbox One might drop physical media
Rumours suggest that the newest model of Microsoft's Xbox One will not have a disc drive and will strictly play digital content . With Microsoft starting to invest heavily in its Game Pass subscription service, this latest report holds some credence.
DeSantis: No reaction to race he declared 'over'
The race was one of the most closely watched in the country. "We said that we would fight until the last vote was counted". Florida produced some of the closest results in the USA mid-term elections, which were held on the 6th of November.
Roger Federer shocks fans with embarrassing blunder
The 32-year-old won the first 11 games against Nishikori before his relieved opponent finally got on the scoreboard with an angled victor .
This ground turkey has been recalled after link to deadly salmonella outbreak
The USDA and FSIS announced the recall Thursday for more than 91,000 lbs. of Jennie-O ground turkey, in four varieties. If so, the CDC says the products should be thrown away or returned tot he place of purchase.
What do Croatia need to win the UEFA Nations League?
We have a completely new team, a completely new mindset. "A lot of people said we wouldn't be able to take another extra-time but we played our best extra-time of the tournament".
China and United States clash on trade at heated APEC summit
China's President Xi Jinping arrives for the Apec CEO Summit 2018 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea , Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. The US has complained about China being classified as a developing country and argues it gives an unfair advantage.
Stacey Abrams May Force Court to Consider a New Vote
Earlier Friday, Abrams was considering filing a separate lawsuit contesting the results and demanding a new election. But she also recognized that a protracted legal fight would harm that cause and potentially her political future.
China says talks with U.S. on trade battle have resumed
And Mr Navarro said a deal with China agreed under pressure from Wall Street would bear a "stench". Earlier talks between the two countries failed to resolve the issues.
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Review of Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Rating: I'M OBSESSED
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Private detective/wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is suckered into tangling in the affairs of Faerie, where the fate of the entire world-and his soul-are at stake.
Of course I’m obsessed. I’m so invested in Harry Dresden’s character that I don’t think Butcher could do any wrong. Luckily for me, I’m in no danger of him trying to do so. I think I’m appreciating Butcher’s brilliance the more I read. It’s not just his writing that seems to come more alive with each book, it’s his knack for storytelling.
I have no doubt that this series is going to get darker. It has since the first book I read. And I love it. I love how Harry is constantly tested, how odds pile up around him, how beaten he is, how close he comes to giving up, but he pushes on.
In this book we get a few visitors from Harry’s past, and boy does one of them throw you. The other one gives a few insights into Harry’s past and View Spoiler »what happened after he killed his uncle « Hide Spoiler. Just tiny bits of information, but tasty ones all the same. We also get to meet the Council and it was enlightening and entertaining.
I’m not going to make this review long. If you’ve followed along this far, either you’ve decided to pick up the books or not. If you have, you’re in for a treat. I think instead I’ll just fangirl over Butcher. He truly has a knack for storytelling. He can unravel a plot slowly yet have you ensnared after the first book. He can maintain Harry’s humor when things look bleak without breaking down the intensity of the scene. He can spout descriptions that make you sure you’re feeling what Harry does. His prose might not be poetic, but it slips me into a reading trance to the point I lose track of time, meals, and showers. It’s comforting, like a blanket and hot chocolate on a cold day. I’m lost when in his world. I’ve come to trust him to deliver me a wonderfully entertaining story that I can’t put down, to make me laugh out loud in every book, and to make me tear up or ache in sympathy with his characters. He’s just a damn good writer.
So there you have it. I’m obsessed.
About Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher read his first fantasy novel when he was seven years old–
the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. By the time he turned eight,
he’d added the rest of the Narnia books, the Prydain Chronicles, every
book about Star Wars he could find, a great many Star Trek novels and
the Lord of the Rings to his count.
So he was pretty much doomed from the start.
Love of fantasy, his personal gateway drug, drew him toward a fairly
eclectic spread of interests: horseback riding (including trick riding,
stunt riding, drill riding, and competitive stunt racing), archery,
martial arts, costuming, music and theater. He played a lot of role-
playing games, a lot of fantasy-based tactical computer games, and
eventually got into live-action roleplay where players beat each other
up with boffer weapons.
So, really, he can fly his nerd flag with pretty much anyone, and
frequently does.
He took up writing to be able to produce fantasy novels with swords and
horses in them, and determinedly wrote terrible fantasy books until,
just to prove a point to his writing teacher, he decided to take every
piece of her advice; fill out outlines and worksheets, and design
stories and characters just the way she’d been telling him to do for
about three years. He was certain that once she saw what hideous art it
produced, she would be proven wrong and repent the error of her ways.
The result was the Dresden Files, which sure showed *her*.
She has not yet admitted her mistake and recanted her philosophy on
Jim has performed in dramas, musicals, and vocal groups in front of
live audiences of thousands and on TV. He has performed exhibition
riding in multiple arenas, and fallen from running horses a truly
ridiculous number of times. He was once cursed by an Amazon witch
doctor in rural Brazil, has apparently begun writing about himself in
the third person, and is hardly ever sick at sea.
He also writes books occasionally.
Jim stands accused of writing the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera.
He’s plead insanity, but the jury is still out on that one. He lives in
Missouri with his wife, romantic suspense and paranormal romance writer
Shannon K. Butcher (who is really pretty and way out of his league),
his son, and a ferocious guard dog.
By Jim Butcher
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The Bronte Sisters Photo
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A Bronte Mystery
There are no known photographs of the Bronte sisters but a photo with "The Bronte Sisters" written on the reverse in French was discovered in France in 2011.
The photo is a collodion so if these are the sisters then it could only be a copy of a daguerreotype. A photographer living in France, John Stewart of Pau, visited Haworth Parsonage in 1856 and 1857 to photograph the portrait of Charlotte Bronte.
If it is a copy then the original photo must have been taken before Emily Bronte died in December 1848.
the website is here https://brontesisters.co.uk/
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Latest Activity: May 26
An update.
An update - two pages:
From Jenny Lind to Jane Eyre
Hats & Cloaks
"The hat seen in the photo first appeared in the UK in 1847 and was known as a 'Jenny Lind' after the then Swedish singer who became famous in Britain just before the Bronte sisters' novels were published."
"Jenny Lind was in Yorkshire in 1847-48 and Charlotte Bronte was one of her many admirers."
Photograph of Charlotte Brontë on glass 4 Replies
Whilst researching a lady named Nancy Garrs, for Undercliffe Cemetery, I came across a newspaper article dated 1877 saying that Nancy had on her wall at home a photograph of Miss Brontë on glass. It goes on to compare this with the portrait in…Continue
Started by Steve Lightfoot. Last reply by Lynn Cunliffe May 26.
Early Carte de Visites of the Brontes 1 Reply
I came across an article in the Bradford Observer 19th November 1857 p8 which describes how two visitors to Haworth and to Patrick Bronte himself came across a frame of photographs outside a chemists shop in Haworth and bought a portrait of Patrick…Continue
Started by Steve Lightfoot. Last reply by Lynn Cunliffe Apr 4.
Portraits of Bronte Sisters 3 Replies
The solution that a copy had been made of a daguerreotype sounds plausible. But how could such a portrait have been found in France?John Stewart lived in France because of the poor health of his mother in law. With her he visited the Pau region.…Continue
Started by Izaak Boone. Last reply by Izaak Boone Oct 3, 2016.
New information on the Bronte portraits 2 Replies
There is new information on the website.http://brontesisters.co.uk/Updates.htmlThe profile portrait of Emily Bronte at the National Portrait Gallery in London is disputed since 1914 and may be of…Continue
Started by Nicolas. Last reply by Nicolas Apr 22.
Alleged Bronte sisters photo 2 Replies
I am always fascinated by these mysteries, but in my experience they usually get involved in so much minutiae that the central question becomes lost. I have no particular knowledge of the Brontes, but as a photo historian, this looks to me to be an…Continue
Started by Ken Jacobson. Last reply by Lynn Cunliffe Apr 4.
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Comment by Lynn Cunliffe on April 4, 2019 at 23:14
https://www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/news/9/is-this-a-photo-of-the-br...
Comment by Nicolas on November 25, 2018 at 2:08
Comment by james frederick gorin von grozny on August 30, 2018 at 10:32
Fascinating link of association Nicolas.. but implies either George Smith had the same pic- or another exposure was taken while the light was good- and so may survive and be found.. I think the one discussed found S,France was never seen because, much to Chrltt's horror and surprise, the heartless, probing lens betrayed her growing dependancy on laudanum,
Comment by Nicolas on August 29, 2018 at 20:13
This is a forwarded message:
"A connection to Charlotte Bronte's publisher George Smith may be made through Frederick Walker's watercolour 'Rochester & Jane Eyre', the earliest surviving artwork for the novel Jane Eyre.
Just a few years separate the photo c1857 and his watercolour of 1863. It is no coincidence that the setting is so similar, three figures in a garden with a brick wall in the background, or that the two masculine figures have a shadow over the eyes from a hat, even though Rochester is hatless.
Many of Frederick Walker's preliminary sketches survive so if his inspiration did come from the photograph these examples may exist as well."
Comment by james frederick gorin von grozny on July 30, 2018 at 12:53
Winter capes and summer hats- the girls corresponding with Emily & Chrltt. wear plush Brussels chenille, Anne's a locally available fabric- the hats are contemporary in cosmopolitan continental cities 1830's-'40's. Brought together out of season they are sentimentally related, and seem to come from the same place. The cloaks, and or hats may have been gifts from the Taylor sisters affluent in Brussels, and pure conjecture- if not intended for them, the image may have been gifted to them. It seems the cruel, probing, heartless lens of the first pic- that must have horrified Chrltt.- has been tamed in the second. The girls had opportunity visiting York after aunt 'Liz funeral Nov 1842 (each inherit £300 [£350] ), Chrltt returned to Brussels in Jan '43.
Comment by Nicolas on September 21, 2014 at 21:22
The website has been updated with new information.
The York Daguerreotype Studio is the possible location and there are photos of the building.
The Bronte Sisters stayed nearby when in York.
Comment by Nicolas on March 5, 2012 at 22:53
A new website has been created with more informations
Bronte Sisters Website
Comment by Claudia Feio on February 15, 2012 at 12:47
Amazing! I´m a Brontë fan since...well, forever!, and if this is really an authentic photography of the Brontë sisters it will be revolutionary for Brontë scholars. That´s one of those findings that are a dream come true for historians!
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The New Originalism in Constitutional Law
Start Date: 3/1/2013 Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Date: 3/1/2013 End Time: 5:00 PM
Fordham Law Review presents
Friday, March 1st (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) & Saturday, March 2nd (9 a.m.–2 p.m.)
Fordham Law School, McNally Amphitheatre
140 West 62nd Street, New York City
On-line registration is now closed. Space is available; please register at the door.
Originalism—the thesis that legitimate constitutional interpretation is bound by original meaning or intent—has emerged as an influential and controversial approach to how we interpret our Constitution. While some claim that constitutional interpretation and legitimacy require unearthing original meaning or intent, others assert that tethering current citizens and interpreters to the comprehension of long-dead people is the antithesis of good and proper democratic government.
The Fordham Law Review is proud to present a symposium gathering a remarkable group of legal scholars, historians, and philosophers to discuss if, how, and why Originalism should inform constitutional analysis.
Program Schedule:
9:00 – 9:45 Coffee and Registration in McNally Atrium, Fordham Law School
9:45 – 10:00 Welcoming Remarks in McNally Amphitheater, Fordham Law School
10 - 11:45 Panel 1: Overview: The Arc of Originalism
How did originalism come onto the legal and academic scene in constitutional law and how has it changed? Are “Original Intent,” “Original Understanding,” “Original Public Meaning,” and “Textualism” distinct from one another? Which issues – substantive, theoretical, and methodological – currently merit closest scrutiny? To what extent have academic debates influenced judicial decisionmaking in the methodology of constitutional interpretation?
Randy Barnett, Georgetown Law School
James Fleming, Boston University School of Law
Keith Whittington, Princeton University, Politics
Benjamin Zipursky, Fordham University School of Law
11:45 – 1:15 Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:45 Panel 2: The Meaning of Meaning in Constitutional Interpretation (Part I)
To what extent can constitutional meaning be detached from what constitutional ratifiers or framers intended to say; how can meaning be detached from what was meant? To what extent can semantic meaning play a central role in constitutional interpretation? Does semantic meaning need to be supplemented in the process of interpretation? Is the interpretation/construction distinction tenable and useful? To what extent can meaning be derived from dictionaries?
Larry Alexander, San Diego Law School
Mitch Berman, University of Texas Law School
Larry Solum, Georgetown Law School
3:15 - 5:00 Panel 3: The Meaning of Meaning in Constitutional Interpretation (Part II)
Andrei Marmor, University of Southern California, Philosophy & Law
Stephen Neale, City University of New York, Graduate Center, Philosophy
Tara Smith, University of Texas, Philosophy
Scott Soames, University of Southern California, Philosophy
5:00 - 6:00 Reception in McNally Atrium
Saturday, March 2 (Day 2 of Symposium)
9:00 - 9:30 Coffee and Bagels
9:30 – 10:55 Panel 4: The Role of History in Constitutional Interpretation
If one believes that understanding constitutional history is critical to interpreting the constitution, does that make one an originalist? Are there models of the relevance of constitutional history in constitutional interpretation that do not qualify as forms of originalism? When is history relevant to constitutional interpretation, and why? Do the framers, ratifiers, lawyers, scholars, laypeople, or some combination of the above provide appropriate objects of study?
Jack Balkin, Yale Law School
Saul Cornell, Fordham University, History
Andrew Kent, Fordham University School of Law
Thomas H. Lee, Fordham University School of Law
10:55 - 11:05 Break
11:05 – 12:30 Panel 5: Constitutional Theory With and Without Originalism
Why has so much of the terrain of constitutional theory been dominated by various forms of originalism in the past thirty years, given the variety of non-originalist approaches to constitutional interpretation? Can other theoretical models address legitimacy concerns as well as forms of originalism (or better)? Are the concerns driving originalism sufficient to narrow the domain of arguments in constitutional law? Should the past -- original intent or meaning, or precedent -- be even presumptively binding in constitutional interpretation? If so, why? If not, what is the appropriate ground for constitutional interpretation?
Abner Greene, Fordham University School of Law
Leslie Goldstein, University of Delaware, Political Science (Emerita)
Bernadette Meyler, Cornell Law School
William Michael Treanor, Georgetown Law School
12:30 Lunch and Farewell
Lincoln Center Campus - 140 West 62nd St (View Map)
140 West 62nd St
Room: James B.M. McNally Amphitheatre
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Break in service
IT'S A RUBBISH VIDEO BY LITTLE BOOTS
Muse return with unhinged sound collage
Madonna - mistress of message
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MPHO covers Kate Bush
Shakira - She-Wolf (English version)
Back once again with the renegade master*
Usually, when I disappear off on a sabattical**, nothing happens. Over the last week, however, there have been up to three (three!) big events on planet pop.
Here are they:
1. SHAKIRA BREAKS HER SPINE
During the filming of her new video, She-Wolf:
It's all incredibly sexy, in a "there is no way I would let this woman into my house" sort of way. I would embed the clip here but the UK exclusive has been given to MSN, who operate the world's most ugly video streaming site. Here is the link, Click on it if you dare.
2. MADONNA RELEASES MEDIOCRE SONG
Celebration is the title track of Madonna's latest Greatest Hits album, and is almost certain to be her last number one for Warner Bros (unless Tinchy Stryder has something out the same week). Produced by Paul Oakenfold, it's what old people would call a 'banging club tune' and the kids would call 'a bit dated'.
It brilliantly recalls the summery vibes of Everybody and Holiday - and there's a clever nod to Into The Groove in the lyrics - but the tune is a bit of an afterthought. In fact, when Jo Whiley played it on Radio One last week, a lot of texts came in saying it would sound better withough the vocals.
For those naysayers, here is the dub mix (which, it has to be said, is a vast improvement).
Madonna - Celebration (Paul Oakenfold Dub)
US readers can buy the track now on iTunes. Everyone else has to put up with a preview on Madonna.com until later this month.
3. SUGABABES DO A QUITE GOOD VIDEO
Like Monty Don, the Sugababes new single is a grower (yes, even though it is basically a club mix of Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy). When you watch the video, you will come to the realisation that, following a brief internal struggle, the group now belongs to Amelle Berrocca, or whatever her name is.
In the panoply of British girl band videos, it is a solid 7/10. But, because the song is so obviously a top-dollar US R&B production, you can't get away from the niggling suspicion that Rihanna would have done it better.
At the very least, she would have spent another fiver on the choreographer.
Sugababes - Get Sexy
* "random blogger"
** attempt to drown myself in alcohol
Labels: madonna, Music, Shakira, sugababes, video
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Yeast Cell Factories
Historically yeast has been used in the production of beer, bread, and wine. Advances in engineering technology have enabled scientists to modify yeast metabolism to produce medicines (e.g. insulin and opioids), chemicals (e.g. lactic acid), nutraceuticals (e.g. resveratrol) and biofuels. Current yeast cell factory strains are restricted to proof-of-principle levels because of limited precursor supply, poor product tolerance and lack of versatility. CHASSY will design and build robust, efficient, yeast cell factory or chassis strains for industrial production of high value compounds
Yeast Species
The CHASSY project will work with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the original cell factory yeast and two other strains that have specific industrial advantages. Kluyveromyces marxianus, a thermotolerant yeast with a very high specific growth rate and Yarrowia lipolytica which can grow on hydrophobic substrates and accumulate intracellular lipids.
Systems Biology examines all of the networks that exist inside a cell, an organ, or a whole organism. At the single cell level it provides a holistic view of what genes are being transcribed into proteins, how these proteins (enzymes) are driving reactions in the cell and how these reactions impact on each other. More...Biologists, engineers, and computer scientists collaborate closely to gather biological data, develop technology to analyse the data, and build models to understand and use the data. Using a systems biology approach, that models yeast on a whole-cell level, metabolic networks will be reconfigured for production of optimised levels of key biosynthetic precursors necessary for the production of high value compounds. To identify the relevant targets for metabolic engineering, data from genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics experiments will be used to build improved genome scale metabolic models for all 3 yeasts.
GEMs and Genome Engineering
Building a genome scale metabolic model of a yeast strain involves reconstruction of all the metabolic networks in the cell. The first yeast GEM of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was published in 2003. More...Advances in methodology such as integrating quantitative data on mRNA, protein and metabolite levels and applying flux balance analysis are improving the power and predictive qualities of GEMs. Improved GEMs provide the foundation for design of engineering strategies to optimise and reprogramme metabolism using synthetic biology.
For many centuries humans have been selecting desirable traits in one species and transferring them to another species, e.g. cross-breeding in plants. Now that scientists have a greater understanding of genetics they have developed tools to allow the transfer of genetic material and subsequently the traits associated with it, in a much more controlled way – genetic engineering. Synthetic biology is simply taking this process one step further by creating synthetic genetic material that doesn’t exist in nature and adding it to an organism’s genetic make-up. More...Chassis strains that are produced in this project will be optimised for synthesis of the key precursor molecules necessary for production of valuable lipid and aromatic compounds. Genes and alleles that confer enhanced industrial robustness on yeast strains will also be incorporated into chassis yeasts. Prototype production strains for these high-value metabolites will be developed and tested under industrial conditions. Overall the methodologies established in CHASSY will lead to the creation of more chassis strains for future innovative applications.
Watch CHASSY on EuroNews:
Watch our CHASSY video:
You'll find CHASSY members in the following places. Say Hi!
PYFF7: Milan, Italy, 24-27 June
8th Congress of European Microbiologists: Glasgow, Scotland, 7-11 July
Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology: Gothenburg, Sweden, 18-22 August
GIM 2019: Pisa, Italy, 8-11 September 2019
German Conference on Synthetic Biology: Aachen, Germany, 12-13 October
ISSY35: Antalya, Turkey, 21-25 October
ESIB: Graz, Austria, 18-25 November
CHASSY Brochure
CHASSY Brochure-06/17
Click here for guidelines and FAQs for CHASSY researchers
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Blue nylon airmail bag with six brass eyelets around its opening. An emblem that looks like a winged two-bladed propeller is printed on both sides of the bag at the centre of an oval, which has "Australia's First Airmail / 1914-1964 / 50th Anniversary Flight" printed around its edge.
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This collection consists of 87 items from the New South Wales historical section of Australia Post. The items range from furnishings that were used for the opening of the Sydney GPO in 1874 to telephones, signs, posters, and postal boxes. The material covers a period of over one hundred years of postal service in Australia.
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Bring me Stark!
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January 04, 2015: A visit to Widget's gym.
Hydra Labs
Widget's lab
The lab is almost precisely the same as the time before, set up in precise lines ready for Widget's work. She herself is sitting in the centre of it, her goggles balanced on her head as she places a welder to the side. It seems she is busily working on Zola's latest request, a part of which is sitting in front of her. Other parts that may be related surround her, but no plans, no map of what it is or how it works, apart from in the gadgeteer's head. The small frown between her eyes is concentration, and her head is bent over the part for the time being.
Agent Hauer looks into the lab, ah finally the gadgeteer is in.
She waits quietly for a break in the movement of her hands, heaven forbid she make Widget fry a small important component, she has a sense the loss of science would mean bad things.
Finally Hauer knocks, with precision timing. "Got a belated christmas present for you." chipper tones as always with the blond assassin.
A cover for her work is applied neatly to each part of the device before she turns towards the door, rising to greet the assassin. "I do not celebrate Christmas, as a point of fact." Precise data, in case that changes matters for the other, "It is unusual for people to give gifts to me."
Agent Hauer chuckles lightly "Yeah well color me surprised about that Widget, still all said I got you something you may find interesting." she steps into the lab looking around. "The Brookhaven mission wasn't a total wash."
Early December a small detachment of Hydra assets hit Brookhaven National Labs hard, aiming at a new prototype Graphite Reactor technology. Unfortunately SHIELD and several very competent metahumans showed up in time to scuttle the assault.
Hauer fishes around in a satchel "I tagged along with the field team because I'd heard a bit about a DoD facility hidden inside Brookhaven and found something interesting there." she pulls out a small smartphone sized device "Something pretty new really, they were working on a metahuman scanner.. which isn't totally new..but most of them are huge you know.. this one pocket sized and a couple block range. I was hoping we could break it down, maybe make more of them for field Ops" she pauses a beat "Which reminds me, the EMP grenades are really effective. Field tested the little buggers on the mission… brilliant work."
The phrases used seem to puzzle the gadgeteer, her forehead knotting. "Do you wish me to actually colour you? I do not believe surprised is a colour, but your use of language may process that as a …" She stops, shaking her head, "It is an irrelevant matter." That dealt with, she steps forward, reaching for the devices, her face lighting up with enthusiasm and interest. "Indeed, this could be distinctly useful. It was appropriate for you to bring this back to the lab." Almost praise from Widget, who instantly turns aside, placing them on another table and peering down at them, not touching them. "The EMP grenades worked with acceptable parameters then?"
Hauer leans against a table without anything on it, precise movements in this lab, not human but then everyone knows she is not a human agent. "Quite. They have been working right to specifications and have been very useful for field operations Widget." she looks around "Also had a chance to test the data spikes" small spikes that can be inserted, forcefully into a computer and just pillage the network and file storages quickly extracting all the data "They worked faster than specs against regular computer hardware, all in all very good."
Hauer finally looks back to Widget "I'm not sure which organization is behind that scanner in the American Government but if we figure it out I can hit some of their other facilities and see what other technology we may be able to liberate for our glorious cause."
"That is excellent news. It may be possible that they could be adapted to become part of the drone usage." The quiet reply comes as Widget peers at the equipment in front of her. Then she straightens, giving Hauer a direct look, "I require priorities, please. I can reverse engineer these items, or discover the scanner's origin, but not both at once. It would be logical to perform the simplest task first and so I recommend that reverse engineering be the first, followed by the scanner."
Hauer nods "Perfectly logical that, break it down and get them queued up for some of the engineers to actual make them seems like a good priority. Thinking of putting them in ariel drones to do fly overs to tag potential recruits?" she pauses a beat then adds "The government angle will wait, they are likely moving at government speeds so they will be there when we are ready to tip them over and shake the toys out… this should help though." she sets a memory stick down "it is encrypted but the spike pulled out the data on the scanner from the lab station where the researcher was working on it. Can have a crypto start working on it too, though my money is on you beating them reverse engineering it."
"It would be logical to do so, and have them return to the drones perhaps." The quiet reply is absently spoken as Widget applies her brain, studying the new item. "It would appear to be a sealed unit initially but there is a small … yes, there." And the device is opened already, Widget's brain a weapon in itself. "Fascinating. If it were possible to discover who designed this, and bring them here, I would be delighted to explore their thought process." The suggestion that Widget would dismantle the other to find out is not an unusual one. "It would appear to work by processing… " and Widget is off, in full flow, describing what she is seeing in the device. No technical term is explained or softened, her assumption that Hauer would understand obvious. "It is not a simple device but relatively easy to copy I believe."
Hauer hmms "The scientist working on it is in no shape to be brought anywhere, but we may be able to find out who designed it or who heads the project still. I can bring them in if I can nail them down sure." she tilts her head following the thread fairly well actually. "Hm interesting, would have never thought to detect that wavelenth of energy and do that. When we re-engineer it I'll have them twist me a wrist unit so I can get a heads up if one of the SHIELD metas is about to drop in on me." well if nothing else Hauer is pragmatic. "Told you it was a good Christmas present. By the way you should get me a list of things you want acquired for your birthday."
"It is unacceptable the way you field agents perpetually damage the people that would be of use to me." The comment is neutral, Widget's irritation revealed in that polite way. "I believe the wrist would be a logical adaption, yes." The quiet agreement comes as she gives Hauer a look that is thoughtful. "It is a… good present." Widget is awkward with this bit, adding hesitatingly, "Thank you." A rare sign of humanity.
Hauer nods "Your welcome Widget. I am serious though, if you get me a list of useful projects or scientists I can probably go shopping for you. I'll even try not to damage them to bad." she grins a little sadistically "Especially if it means I get to field test new gear and add to my arsenal."
"Any of the SHIELD scientists would be welcome additions to my knowledge base." The precision is quiet and firm, her forehead knotting in thought. "Additionally, …" She lists a range of SHIELD and other agency items that are rare and very specific.
Hauer listens and eventually she pulls out a smart device and starts to make a list. Sure she could probably do it from memory, Mystique certainly can, but this looks more like Hauer. "Okay. I may have to go poke SHIELD in the eye for some of that gear but it should be exciting." she looks around "Anything new to field test?"
"Do SHIELD keep their equipment in … that is another turn of phrase. I find them difficult to comprehend at times." Widget observes quietly, before she reaches for a small device that seems to have a number of straps attached. "This is ready for field test. It should provide sufficient power to lift someone up a ten story building, or down one, in each charge. We are working to power it up but it is initially ready."
Hauer reaches out to take it and check it out curious "Antigrav device?" she turns it over slowly "How many charges before it needs to be recharged at this configuration?" the import stuff and then curious "Is is a bit like the fantasticar?"
"At this stage, five, but that will improve as I replace the battery with another power source." The precise reply comes before a run off of all the stats, and she finally replies to the last part, "Related only in function."
Hauer seems to mostly absorb it, though she does jot down a couple of notes. "Excellent. It should help next time I have to leap out of a building or get to a target who thinks he is fortified.. much more low key than a jetpack too. Very clever." she looks up "How is the new power source, we to super stealth assassin Stark suits yet?" she knows it hasn't been enough time, but she looks like she always wanted to say it.
Widget looks up, giving Hauer a look, thoughtfully, "I believe it is achieveable within the foreseeable future." She has been learning from others, it seems, an inprecise answer provided, with an awkward turn of phrase. "He has an ability to engineer that is problematic for me."
Hauer remarks dryly "I'm pretty sure Tony Stark infurtiates just about everyone who comes into contact with him. If I didn't think it had high probability of getting myself captured or killed I would try to snag him. I certainly think bringing him here for ..anything would result in this whole base being compromised. Probably low on that front, though I probably could break into Stark Industries and.. liberate some R&D if it can make things accelerate."
"We would certainly require a separate segregated base to hold him." The planning for kidnapping and holding Tony Stark begins there, in her head, Widget's gaze on Heuer. "I may not be able to fully replicate his suit but it may be possible to prevent it operating within an environment we control, and then reverse engineer once we hold him." The proposal is logical, presented as a simple task.
Hauer considers "Well, I've been planning to loot Stark Industries.. let me see if I can get the R&D files… then we can move on a plan to build a facility we control and get him in it for analysis. Worst case we still get his files before he repulsors me into the next zip code…"
"If we can receive the files prior to your repulsoration, it would be acceptable." The precise words are spoken with a look at Heuer that may be a very dry humour, or just that she thought that was reasonable. "As an alternative to the subject himself." Clearly she wants Stark's body, possibly not in the way women usually do.
Hauer grins "Right.. from now on I will take extra care to bring in scientists entact…. hey do you need them alive or just their brains?" morbid.
"It would depend on the procedure planned. I may be able to extrapolate their methods but alive is tidier." Almost humour. Maybe. She settles in front of her computer, apparently working down her list of priorities.
Hauer chuckles "Noted." she looks around and tucks the antigrav away. She meanders to look at stuff on a work table. "Lets see what else before I get out of your hair.. oh the Dragon" advanced helicoptor "has a flaw in the rotor blades.. or well just needs a studier alloy.. damn meta blades cut the one on the mission down…." then she looks to you "What are the drones you are working on.. a small army of drones might be really useful… swarm tactics."
"You do not have security clearance for those tables." The absent comment is almost routine these days, and Widget looks up, speaking quietly, "Their meta blades are problematic. I will require upgrades of the equipment to compensate for this issue." And she reaches out, putting a cover over her work on the table, giving Heuer a look.
Hauer eye rolls "I have tons of clearance…" she says it good natured though and wanders back to the door. "I'll go see what we have on Stark and Co, start forming a plan of attack. Maybe I will get to use the antigrav unit." she pauses a beat "Do you need anything else from me?"
"Silence." The reply is quiet, Widget's head already bent over the computer, almost a humourous reply. It may be that she isn't joking however. It is not clear if she has got the hang of interactions yet.
Hauer will keep giving her regular doses of human interaction if it kills Widget, which well considering who and what Hauer really is, who knows right. In the meantime she grins "Sure thing, drop me a comm when the reverse engineering is done and wrist united .. I can't wait to take it for a spin. Happy New Years Widget" and she steps back in the hall with her newest toy.
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At least two thirds of every demographic (political, ideological, age, race, gender, geographic) support tobacco tax increases
78 percent of Republicans, 69 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of independents support increases
Those surveyed cited the health care costs of smoking, helping smokers quit and preventing tobacco use by kids are reasons for increasing taxes
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Poll: Do Minnesotans Like the Freedom to Breathe Act? - 2008
Statewide Public Opinion Survey
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Billionaire Jack Dorsey might want to renegotiate his compensation package. Dorsey brought home a measly $1.40 salary last year as Twitter’s CEO while the company generated revenue of $909 million in Q4 2018 alone.
His pay isn’t a coincidence, reflecting the former character ceiling on Twitter posts. Technically, Dorsey might want to bump his salary up to $2.80 in response to the expanded limit of 280 characters. Needless to say, working at Twitter probably isn’t what catapulted the tech entrepreneur to billionaire status.
Meanwhile, Dorsey might not want to admit it, but he’s in good company. Donald Trump is taking zero salary for his job as the President of the U.S. In Q3 2018, President Trump donated $100,000 his $400K salary to alcoholism research. Jack Dorsey’s gesture in an age of excessive executive compensation is similarly noble if slightly more self-serving considering it makes his company look good to investors.
The SEC filing reads:
“As a testament to his commitment to and belief in Twitter’s long-term value creation potential, our CEO, Jack Dorsey, declined all compensation and benefits for 2015, 2016, and 2017, and in 2018 he declined all compensation and benefits other than a salary of $1.40.
Incidentally, Dorsey has been accused of “shadow-banning” conservatives on Twitter. President Trump has similarly lashed out at social media platforms.
Trump’s Track Record
Trump hasn’t seen a penny of his $400,000 salary since being elected in 2016. He donates his salary on a quarterly basis to some of the following causes –
While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security. If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA! pic.twitter.com/xqIGUOwh4x
Jack Dorsey’s Salary vs. Bank CEOs’ Insane Pay
While Dorsey isn’t the only CEO to basically deny a base salary, it’s not the norm on Wall Street. There is no economic crisis and Twitter is generating profits hand-over-fist. His creativity to reflect the Twitter character limit is second-to-none. Leading CEOs earn hundreds of millions of dollars in annual pay. But some choose to tie their compensation more closely to equity positions they have in their companies. Other tech CEOs with a discreet pay badge of honor include –
Tesla’s Elon Musk ($45,936 salary, a minimum check required by California law which Musk won’t cash)
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg – ($1 yearly pay)
Snap’s Evan Spiegel ($1 yearly pay)
CEO pay in banking is less modest. Swiss Bank UBS is currently under scrutiny for excessive CEO pay. The bank’s board proposed a compensation package worth $14 million for UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti. He’d be taking a pay cut from last year, but it’s still above market rate, Bloomberg reports. Incidentally, bankers including JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon are testifying before Congress today. It’s their first official audience with Congress since the Great Recession and excessive compensation is one of the burning issues.
Twitter executives, meanwhile, received no such luck.
“We recognize that the base salaries of all of our Named Executive Officers remain below market compared to our compensation peers and therefore, we expect to adjust base salaries over time to remain competitive.”
Source: Twitter SEC filing
Commander in Twitter Chief
Despite their differences, Jack Dorsey and President Trump have more in common than either one of them might have suspected — salary. Whether or not that means one day the Twitter chief will run for commander in chief is a different story.
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Authenticity and Character
Rarely has radio been quite so authentic.
In previous generations, it was enough to have a ‘voice on a stick’ as one of my colleagues used to call it. That smiling deep disc jockey voice, broadcasting seemingly from a parallel mid-Atlantic world.
Now – you tune in and you hear real life. Presenters opening up about themselves, their hopes, dreams and personal problems. Never before has radio’s conversation with its audience been quite so honest.
Jolly radio stunts used to be enough – usually at the expense of listeners – or random presenter silliness which frequently attracted little audience recognition or recall. Now, it’s altogether more authentic.
When Greg James called off his ‘Pedal to the Peaks’ owing to unprecedented weather conditions his disappointment on air was palpable. One imagines, maybe unfairly, that had such a stunt been conducted through TV, a convenient conclusion might have been engineered. But this was radio.
“So. We can’t continue to Ben Nevis. So. Errr. I can’t even. I don’t know really. I don’t really know how to talk about it”, said a crestfallen Greg as Adele hugged him audibly. That might seem an odd quote to cite from a radio programme. But – his voice and the pauses said all they needed to. Listeners knew exactly how he felt – and it was real.
Your best mate tried something – and it went a bit wrong. You like your best mate all the more for having a go.
When Claire from Capital Drivetime in the East Midlands mounted her Triple Marathon for Global’s Make Some Noise, you couldn’t help but care. Someone you felt you’d grown to know on the radio was trying something hugely outside her comfort zone – 80 miles of running.
As she struggled through the final of the three finishing lines, the listeners eavesdropped on what she simply would have said to her best friend had she been in their arms rather than those of Tom, her supportive co-presenter. “Every day I thought I couldn’t do it’ she sobbed. More recently, Ben Sheppard at Capital North West has similarly been running his 150 miles in 5 days.
Authenticity doesn’t mean an absence of production values. They are all the more important if the listener is going to care a jot. Producing the challenge in such a way that the listeners witness all the stages of the real journey - with all its ups and downs – and they’re kept close enough to the action to care. Even the most casual of listeners needs to know who you are, what you are doing, what stage you are at - and the reason for YOU doing it. And your co-presenters need to know when to shut up and let the reality breathe.
Good social media plays its part too – and presenters of music-intensive shows can deepen the listener involvement – and enhance the noise - through savvy use of parallel media. Great radio station digital media features people - not pictures of mixing desks and playout systems.
Voices too are now more natural, more authentic. No longer are the blokes on radio trying too hard to sound oddly deep. I was fascinated to read the findings of one psychologist recently, who suggest that the voices of (male) world leaders have moved higher in range in recent generations (Blair/Clinton) making them sound more empathetic – rather than booming artificially.
At the end, the listener relationship is deepened. They know one more thing you cared about. And if it didn’t go according to plan – your vulnerability is exposed – and the listener’s trust in you grows.
An undeniable societal change has become evident. People are now beginning to open up more about how they feel. Whether it’s women who’ve just had enough of the way they are treated – or men opening up about their sexuality or an illness which was once never spoken of. Maybe it’s not surprising that radio, the most trusted and intimate medium of all, is playing its part too.
Stephanie Hirst chose radio to speak of gender dysphoria, and Iain Lee has famously used his own programme on TalkRADIO to explain how he really felt at a moment in time “It’s miserable and I feel weird after Australia. My head’s all over the place”.
James Whale spoke of his kidney cancer - and, more recently, his wife's illness: "I have to be honest', said James his voice, thinner and less rasping than usual, "I have been living with the fact that Melinda, my wife, has had stage 4 lung cancer".
The audio blogs from the Media Show's Steve Hewlett were so quietly powerful on Radio 4's PM as he sought to conquer his oesophageal cancer - and Jenni Murray announced at the end of a Woman’s Hour programme in 2006: “I shan’t be around in the new year - because I’ve just been diagnosed with breast cancer.”
As presenter contracts end, the goodbyes too are now heartfelt. It’s now commonplace for talent to announce their own imminent on-air demise - and then often go on to conduct their own ‘funeral’. The listeners are left in no doubt as to how they feel. “You have given us the most privileged job in the World”, croaked an emotional Louise as Andy & Louise announced theirdeparture from Signal 1. Wise programmers know that sometimes it can be better to allow the teary goodbyes these days.
And away from the problems – I still cherish the radio moment on the then Xfm Manchester, with Tim Cocker and Jim, when Jim told on the breakfast show of becoming a dad for the first time. The fact that he moved from laddy gags - to tears - in the course of two minutes was powerful to hear – because that’s what blokes do.
Radio interviews too now, in the best hands, can also be much more candid than before. Witness Martin Lewis's conversation on BBC5Live with Tony Livesey about the death of Martin's mother. "The great joy of having my own daughter - and wife has become mummy can mother's day finally become something that I can actually cope with.."
Pauses are fine. The reassurances from presenters. The cracking voice of the interviewee. Our medium is currently generating some of the most honest and emotional content it has ever done.
Can you go too far? The listeners will decide. Can it create powerful radio – yes.
Can it actually do some greater good too – certainly.
It’s another distinctive achievement for this wonderful old trusted thing called radio - when in the hands of the best communicators and their most gifted producers.
In this arguably more compassionate decade, on balance at least, we have moved away from taking the piss out of listeners to something much more powerful. As ‘radio’ forges its own future, as distinct from music streaming services, watch this space.
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Israel Team Not Able to Play at European Championship with Basic Composition for Financial Reasons
The European Team Championship will be held from November 7 to 18 in Warsaw, where the Israel will, apparently, be represented by younger players.
The Israel Chess Federation does not have the financial ability to send the team in the main composition. The familiar "core" of the team will have the possibility to go to the tournament only if a private sponsor will be found. This was stated by the newly elected of the federation Moshe Slav in his report at a meeting.
Let us recall that the Israeli team is headed by Boris Gelfand, who has recently won the Tal Memorial.
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Monash to see a new church launched
Regeneration Church is officially launching next Sunday! They're a new church plant seeking to be a gospel centred, trans-cultural community.
They'd love for you to come along and join for this important occassion, and hear about how Regeneration Church want to engage in God's mission in the City of Monash.
St Philip's Anglican Church,
80 Catherine Ave, Mount Waverley
Visit the Regeneration Church website or check out the Facebook event for more details.
Tagged: new churches, Regeneration Church, Monash, Clayton, Melbourne, gospel, community, launch
A Gospel centred, transcultural community for Monash
Stephen Tan, together with his wife Kallie, will be leading a new plant within the City to City Australia network, Renegeration Church. Being sent out by Mentone Baptist Church, Stephen shares with us about how he became a planter, and their hopes for reaching the ethnically diverse suburb of Clayton and the City of Monash.
How did you become a church planter?
I grew up as a pastor’s kid in Malaysia. While I had seen a lot of my dad in action I didn’t grow up wanting to be a pastor. What I was keen on was evangelism. When I came to Melbourne to study at Monash University (Peninsula) I got involved in a church plant and in uni student ministry. Over time I became convinced that church planting is the best way to accomplish the great commission. I joined Mentone Baptist Church to be trained by Murray Campbell to be a church planter. I went to Ridley College to do my Master of Divinity and then I contacted City to City to do a church planter assessment and intensive.
How did the church plant come about?
I sought God for direction regarding what kind of church to plant and where. I was challenged at a conference to plant a church to reach the many migrants that were coming to Australia. My pastor and trainer Murray was passionate about reaching the students of Monash University (Clayton). So, we decided to combine both visions and plant Regeneration Church for the city of Monash. As a migrant and former international student at Monash myself I feel particularly equipped for this task.
Give us a description of the character of the community you’re reaching out to. What are some of the challenges involved in reaching out to this community?
According to SBS, Clayton is the most diverse suburb in all of Australia with 112 nationalities represented. We want to be a transcultural community that welcomes migrants from every nation some of whom have never heard the gospel or met a Christian. We also want to welcome the students at Monash University. There is already a lot of good work being done there by parachurch organisations and we want to come alongside them to both evangelise students as well as integrate them into a healthy, gospel-preaching local church. The biggest challenges that we face are finding a suitable venue that is close enough to the university that students living on or near campus and who have no cars can walk to. Secondly, students and migrants are a very transient demographic. We will face challenges in establishing a core community that are in it for the long haul as well as a sufficient financial base to make Regeneration Church financially self-sufficient.
Who's involved in the church plant?
Our core team is made up primarily of people from our sending church, Mentone Baptist Church, some students from Monash University as well as some friends who I and my team members know through our personal networks.
Regeneration Church's Preview Service #1, 21 May 2017
What are your hopes for the future?
I like to say that I have a goal for everyone I meet. For every non-Christian, I want them to come to know Christ as Lord and Saviour. For every Christian that I meet I want them to grow in Christlikeness and to be a disciple who makes disciples. From a practical standpoint, we would like to be self-sustainable in five years’ time and in future be a church that plants churches too.
How can we be praying for you?
Please pray:
That God will provide us with a suitable venue that is walking distance from the university
That God will provide for our financial needs
For unity and wisdom for us as a core team
That God will work by his Spirit so that many will hear the gospel, repent, believe and be saved
Regeneration Church will be holding a second preview service on Sunday 25th June in the lead up to their official launch in July, and they'd love for you to join!
To find out more, visit the Regeneration Church website:
http://regeneration.org.au/
Tagged: Regeneration Church, Monash, Clayton, Melbourne, church planting, church plant, interview, gospel centred, missional communities, transcultural
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DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 75| Thursday 25/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Thursday 25/12/2014 Seventy Five (75) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Aleppo and Daraa. Also, DCHRS documented Two (2) victims who have fallen on a previous day.
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DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 43| Wednesday 24/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Wednesday 24/12/2014 Forty Three (43) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Damascus and its suburb and Daraa. Also, DCHRS documented One (1) victim who has fallen on a previous day.
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 76| Tuesday 23/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Tuesday 23/12/2014 Seventy Six (76) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Ar-Raqqa and Damascus and its suburb. Also, DCHRS documented One (1) victim who has fallen on a previous day.
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 32| Monday 22/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Monday 22/12/2014 Thirty Two (32) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Aleppo and Damascus and its suburb.
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 43| Sunday 21/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Sunday 21/12/2014 Forty Three (43) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Damascus and its suburb and Daraa. Also, DCHRS documented One (1) victim who has fallen on a previous day.
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 34| Saturday 20/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Saturday 20/12/2014 Thirty Four (34) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Damascus and its suburb and Ar-Raqqa.
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 23| Friday 19/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Friday 19/12/2014 Twenty Three (23) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Aleppo and Idlib.
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Thursday 18/12/2014 Forty Three (43) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Damascus and its suburb and Der Ezzor.
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Wednesday 17/12/2014 Ninety Three (93) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Aleppo and Homs.
DCHRS | Casualties Report | Total Deaths: 113| Tuesday 16/12/2014
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies documented on Tuesday 16/12/2014 One Hundred and Thirteen (11 3 ) victims who were killed in different cities across Syria, most of them fell in Idlib, Homs, and Daraa.
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Joshua Wilder Clockmaker working in the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Featuring a rocking ship dial.
This is an excellent example of a rocking ship tall clock made by Joshua Wilder of Hingham, Massachusetts.
This federal case features excellent proportions, richly grained mahogany and an older surface. This case is typically proportioned for this form and Wilder’s South Shore working location. This example stands on applied French feet. These are nicely splayed and form a fancy center drop apron in the lower section of the base. The base section is cross banded with a broad mahogany framing. The center panel is slightly inset and trimmed with a simple molding. The waist is narrow and centers a rectangular door is trimmed with applied molding or a cockbeaded edge. This waist door features an outstanding crotch veneer. The sides of the case are fitted with finely reeded quarter columns. These terminate in turned wooden quarter capitals. The hood or bonnet is fitted with a traditional New England style fret work pattern that is light and lacy. Three reeded finial plinths support the frets and three brass ball and spiked finials. Fully turned and nicely shaped bonnet columns flank the door. The bonnet or hood door is veneered in figured mahogany. This door is fitted with glass in order to protect the painted iron dial.
This iron dial was painted by the ornamental artist Spencer Nolen in Boston. It is signed by the Clockmaker in script, “Joshua Wilder.” The place location of “HINGHAM” is painted in block lettering. The time track features a closed minute ring and the hours are marked with large Roman hour numerals. The quarter hours are indicated in an Arabic format. A single gold band frames the perimeter of the time ring. Nicely shaped steel hands indicate the time. Each of the four spandrels areas are decorated with colorful conch shells. The automated feature of a rocking ship is located in the arch of this dial. The painted ship is depicted flying two large American flags. This ship actually moves or rocks gently from side to side with the motion of the pendulum. The painted scene behind the sailing ship includes a large meetinghouse which is built out on a peninsula to the right. This nautical theme is painted on a convex piece of metal which adds to the visual depth to the scene. This is nicely executed.
The movement is constructed in brass and is good quality. This is a time and strike design that is designed to run eight days on a full wind. It is key wound and is powered by weights. The strike train operates a rack and snail design that was the common set up for New England clocks of this period. The brass faced pendulum bob is supported by a steel rod that hangs from the back of the movement.
This clock stands approximately 94 inches tall to the top of the center finial and was made circa 1815.
About Joshua Wilder of Hingham, Massachusetts
Joshua Wilder was born on December 2nd, 1786 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was trained in the art of clockmaking by John Bailey Jr. of Hanover, MA. Wilder completed this apprenticeship some time around 1807. It appears he stayed in Hanover for a brief period of time before moving back to Hingham to established his home and business located on Main Street in the South Parish. Here, he was the first clockmaker to settle in this prosperous town and found a ready market for tall case clocks, dwarf clocks, wall timepieces, the Massachusetts shelf form and mirror clocks. Wider becomes one of America’s most prolific Makers of the dwarf clock form.
Wilder also becomes very active in the local religious Society of Friends and became known as the “Old Quaker Joshua Wilder.†He was also involved with the Temperance Society and Peace Society of Hingham. Wilder’s business eventually evolves into a retailer of common goods. Wilder is said to have trained several Clockmakers that includes his son Ezra Wilder, Reuben Tower, Allen Kelley and Phillip Bennet. About 1840, it is said that his son Eza joined him in business. Joshua dies on October 4, 1860 in the town of Scituate.
A fair number of clocks made by this maker have been found. Many of which are the dwarf form but also include in much smaller numbers tall case clocks, timepieces, shelf clocks and mirror clocks. Currently, the Hingham Library is displaying a tall case clock made by him.
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ICANN has recently stated that it will allow the public to register plural and singular gTLDs that are variants of words already registered as domain names. .Books will be able to join the currently allocated .book, and .pet will be able to join .pets. Of course, a pair like .blue and .blues, two words that look alike but have different meanings, isn't at issue here. The focus is just plurals and singulars. But that leaves plenty of room for trouble, and ICANN has to tackle some tough questions now, before the policy launch. (August 1, 2013)
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Trump boasts about victory in response to tax returns pressure
Author: Leroy Wright Apr 24, 2017,
Trump had not released his tax returns during the presidential campaign past year and had said that he would release them after they went through audit.
The march was not entirely peaceful as at least 21 people were arrested in California after Trump's supporters and opponents clashed at a march in Berkeley. "The election is over!"
The tax return issue probably polls reasonably well, in the sense that if you ask people whether President Trump should release his tax returns most probably answer, "Sure". Washington, D.C. and New York City demonstrations were bigger than other cities.
In the United States, 15 April is colloquially known as Tax Day, as it's usually the day on which individual tax returns are due.
From there, at 9:07 a.m., Trump dove into a subject near and dear to his heart: His electoral college win.
The IRS said a year ago that an audit does not prevent individuals from releasing their returns.
Appearing on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said: "The American people need to understand what kind of involvement Trump's business dealings have overseas and what kind of leverage those dealings may have on his policies as president of the United States". "They voted for him, and let me make this very clear: Most Americans are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while President Trump is in office, not what his look like".
"I'm thinking about maybe when we find out the true story on Hillary's emails", he said of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Thousands chanted and marched Saturday demanding the release of his returns so the public can examine his business ties and determine whether he has links to foreign powers.
But many demonstrators said they hoped Saturday's marches would convince Trump otherwise.
Trump has stated that only news outlets care about his tax returns. "We're here to say we care", said Singh.
"If he thinks he can get away with playing king, he's got another thought coming", Waters said.
Organized by Philadelphia Jobs With Justice, a local nonprofit in the area, the march wanted to show specifically with the tax returns and get answers to some questions that have been surrounding the Trump campaign and now presidency.
Republicans also have rebuffed Democrats' efforts to get the House Ways and Means Committee to act.
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Comey agrees to testify in front of Senate committee
Author: Leroy Wright May 26, 2017,
"That's taken off." Trump's Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak came one day after Comey was sacked.
USA president Donald Trump has denied he asked former FBI director James Comey to halt an investigation into former national security adviser Mike Flynn, as he dismissed the appointment of a Special Counsel to oversee the investigation as a "witch-hunt".
White House press secretary Sean Spicer "did not dispute the account" of the meeting, according to the Times, arguing that the investigation put pressure on the president's "ability to conduct diplomacy with Russian Federation".
Mr Trump also strongly defended his decision to fire Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey.
"Trump feels really, really, really bad about firing him, and he genuinely thinks if the investigation is over Flynn can come back", said a White House official, according to the Beast.
In a brief statement, Mueller said, "I accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability", CNN reported. It appears to be another incidence of Trump claiming he fired Comey because of the Russian investigation, contradicting the official reason given by the White House.
As the Post notes, Trump senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are among the current administration officials known to have communicated with Russian officials during the campaign. The meeting will be scheduled sometime after Memorial Day. "I don't think (Rosenstein) did a lot to bolster our confidence in him today".
Rosenstein denied media reports from last week that Comey had asked him for additional resources for his investigation before Trump fired him.
Comey had been leading the investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Tonight, President Donald Trump began his first foreign trip as the leader of the free world, stopping off at Jerusalem, Vatican City, Brussels and Sicily.
"I'm not under investigation", he said.
Senator Claire McCaskill told reporters Rosenstein was "very careful about not going into any details surrounding the removal of Comey because he wants to give Robert Mueller the opportunity to make an independent decision" about how to move forward on the case.
Earlier, Mr Trump had taken to twitter to vent his frustration at the appointment of former FBI director Robert Mueller to oversee an investigation into Russian Federation. Comey was standing in the room during the event and tried to camouflage himself, Wittes said, so that Mr. Trump wouldn't notice him. But he made clear it was not his intention for Trump or other White House officials to use the document to justify firing Comey, which is what they have done. "If there was any question as to why Comey was really fired, @realDonaldTrump just answered it".
If we didn't know any better, we'd nearly think this was planned. "Believe me, there's no collusion". The next day, Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
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Wonder Woman director knows where she wants a sequel to take place
Author: Salvatore Jensen Jun 05, 2017,
Jun 05, 2017, 0:41
Despite that, "Wonder Woman" proved that female-focused superhero movies have an audience and Jenkins, the first female director ever given the reigns of a superhero movie, can make this kind of movie as good (in many cases, better) as the boys. Now that they have, however, DC fans can feel free to breathe a sigh of relief, as Patty Jenkins' blockbuster has scored a mighty impressive $100.5 million opening on home turf - which should have WB execs smiling from ear to ear. The film has a deep connection with gods in Greek mythology, but how does Wonder Woman compare against someone from the Norse mythos? On an global scale, Wonder Woman has made more than both Guardians of the Galaxy movie openings, Man of Steel, and Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. $95 million of the total estimated almost $223 million worldwide came from 3D ticket sales and an estimated $36 million was collected from RealD equipped locations. With Wonder Woman breaking down box office records, it's only a matter of time until Warner Bros. okays a sequel.
Before she was Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Comparably, Marvel's Iron Man, Captain America: The Winter Solider, and Guardians of the Galaxy, which all had similar reviews and openings to Wonder Woman, fell 48.1 percent, 56.6 percent, and 55.3 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales lost over 60 percent of its gross from last weekend by Mojo's count on the above-linked chart. It's also the most critically acclaimed DC Extended Universe to date by a wide margin, with a "fresh" rating that nearly exceeds the combined "rotten" ratings of its three predecessors. And, now, the film's director is saying where the second film will inevitably take place.
That means that it's all in how much Wonder Woman loses from this weekend into next.
Amid tremendous anticipation, Wonder Woman's first weekend at the box office went over about as well as it possibly could have.
"Fortunes rise and fall very quickly within the very small summer movie eco-system and only five weekends into the season, a solid overall marketplace performance can have a profound impact on the bottom line", said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore.
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Accepting bids for Rec Path completion
Mt. Crested Butte received three bids for the completion of the rec path, which the town hopes to complete this summer: Lacy Construction Company for $1,660,569.75, United Construction Company for $2,307,837 and Spallone Construction for $2,307,837.
All three bids were significantly larger than the engineer’s estimate of $1.3 million. The good news, according to town manager Joe Fitzpatrick, is that the town has the funds for the added expense. Next up, a detailed review of the bids.
Building revenues on the up and up
Karl Trujillo, town finance director, told the council that building revenues are doing well in 2016, collecting $135,000 through avenues such as the use tax, building permits, and design review. “We have collected as much as we collected all of last year,” Trujillo said.
Supportive of Crested Butte’s roundabout idea
Crested Butte town planner Michael Yerman updated the council on Crested Butte’s plans to pursue funding for and construct a roundabout at the intersection of Red Lady Avenue and Highway 135. The hope is to start engineering in 2020 and construction in 2022.
He was not yet asking for a formal letter of support but did ask that councilmembers support the project at regional transportation planning meetings. They seemed supportive of the project.
Councilmember David O’Reilly urged Yerman to attend CDOT meetings in person. “You need to be at the table so people recognize who Michael Yerman is, you’re ready and so CDOT knows that you’re really interested in this project and it needs to happen. We’re there to support you.”
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UNICEF delivers urgently needed health supplies for 70,000 people in Gaza
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UNICEF and partners have delivered two truck-loads of urgently needed medical supplies to the Gaza Strip – enough to meet the needs of an estimated 70,000 people. The drugs and medical equipment include antibiotics, saline solution and syringes for the treatment of injuries.
Since 30 March, over 1,000 children were injured in violence in the Gaza Strip. Many of these injuries are severe and potentially life-altering, including amputations.
Recent violence has exacerbated the already weak health system in the Gaza Strip which is crumbling because of severe power cuts and shortages of fuel, medicine and equipment. Medical facilities are buckling under the strain of additional casualties wounded in the recent violence, many with complex and life-threatening injuries.
The intensifying violence has worsened the plight of children whose lives have already been unbearably difficult for many years.
Statement by UNICEF said “Children should be protected, not targeted, used in violence or put in risky situations.”
As tensions rise across the State of Palestine, UNICEF called on all actors to put in place specific measures to keep children out of harm’s way and avoid child casualties.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.
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Ariocarpus fissuratus – False Peyote
by Keith Cleversley | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants | 0 comments
FAMILY: Cactaceae
GENUS: Ariocarpus
SPECIES: Fissuratus
COMMON NAMES: Chaute, Dry Whiskey, False Peyote, Hikuli Sunami (Tarahumara, ‘false peyote’), Living Rock, Living Star, Pata De Venoda (Spanish, ‘deer paw’), Star Cactus, Star Rock, Tsuwiri (Huichol)
Ariocarpus fissuratus is a small cactus that grows only a few centimeters in height and about 4-6 inches in diameter. Its nodes end in pointed triangles, giving the cactus a star-like appearance. The flowers are pink-violet in color. Other similar species of Ariocarpus are also known as ‘false peyote’, and were possibly used as peyote substitutes. These little cacti are often mistaken for rocks in the stony desert in which they grow and are therefore difficult to find (Hofmann et al. 1992, 35).
A. fissuratus is found only in New Mexico, northern Mexico and southwest Texas. It may be grown from seed, and requires well-drained cactus soil and partial or full sun most of the day to thrive (Ratsch 1998, 67). Growth may be accelerated significantly by grafting to a base stock such as Trichocereus pachanoi.
TRADITIONAL USES: A. fissuratus is usually referred to as false or dangerous peyote, and has been known in the Americas since pre-Columbian times. This cactus was very possibly used as a peyote substitute when peyote was unavailable. The Huichol strongly warn against consuming A. fissuratus, and associate it with dark sorcery. They believe that those individuals who do not properly purify themselves at the start of the peyote hunt pilgrimage by admitting all of their sexual encounters outside of marriage may mistake A. fissuratus for real peyote, the consumption of which will result in a deliriant-hallucinogenic state. The Tarahumara, meanwhile, consider A. fissuratus to be even more powerful than peyote (Furst 1971).
TRADITIONAL PREPARATION: A. fisseratus is consumed fresh, macerated in water, or dried, until effects are noticed. Some Huichol shamans, who use the cactus as an ally, take two of the triangular projections at a time to produce psychotropic effects. The tips of the projections are smoked for recreational purposes among some indigenous groups. A. fisseratus is said to have been used by people along the Texas-Mexico border as an additive to chicha, or maize beer. This combination is said to make one “temporarily crazy and uncontrollable” (Harvard 1896 cited in Ratsch 1998, 67).
MEDICINAL USES: A. fisseratus, and the related A. retusus may have been used to treat malaria by some peoples in Mexico. The related A. kotschoubeyanus is used as an external medicine to treat wounds. Certain reports of the consumption of A. fisseratus also mention that it has strong narcotic pain-killing properties (Voogelbreinder 2009, 91).
TRADITIONAL EFFECTS: A. fissuratus has been found to contain several phenethylamines, along with several other alkaloids. The effects appear to be similar to those of consuming the anti-cholinergic tropane alkaloids found in Datura, and include disorientation, dissociation, confusion and possible intense hallucinations (Bruhn 1975).
A famed Huichol shaman by the name of Ramon Media Silva describes the effects of consuming A. fissuratus in comparison to peyote as follows: “When you eat it, you become crazy; you fall into the canyons, you see scorpions, snakes, dangerous animals, you are unable to walk, you fall, you often fall to your death by falling from the cliffs.” The Huichol say that the effects of eating this cactus are very dangerous, especially for those who are not strong and experienced. The Huichol even say that eating this cactus may cause permanent insanity (Furst 1971).
Bruhn, J.G. “Phenethylamines of Ariocarpus Scapharostus.” Phytochemistry 14 (1975): 2509–2510.
Engelmann. “Ariocarpus Fissuratus.” Ariocarpus – Living Rocks of Mexico. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.living-rocks.com/fissuratus.htm>.
Furst, P.T. “Ariocarpus Retusus, the ‘False Peyote’ of Huichol Tradition.” Economic Botany 25 (1971): 182–187.
Hofmann, A., Ratsch, C., Schultes, R., Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers. Rochester: Healing Arts Press, 1992.
Ratsch, Christian., The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and its Applications. Rochester: Park Street Press, 1998.
Voogelbreinder, Snu, Garden of Eden: The Shamanic Use of Psychoactive Flora and Fauna, and the Study of Consciousness. Snu Voogelbreinder, 2009.
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Cage The Elephant Take Some ‘Social Cues’ From New Album
Released today, ‘Social Cues’, the fifth studio album from London-based Kentucky band Cage The Elephant is a sobering and deeply personal glimpse into the marriage breakdown of lead singer Matt Schultz.
Speaking of the album’s subject matter, Schultz said,
“It can be a vehicle to act things out that are hard to confront. I let images just arise in my mind and wait for it to evoke an emotional response and then when it does, I know I’m onto something.”
Thirteen tracks long, ‘Social Cues’ takes its influences from a variety of sources, including 70s UK punk with first track, ‘Broken Boy’. Opening with a spacey intro which quickly descends into a hard rock drum rhythm. The track calls up memories of The Jam and The Clash with Schultz spitting out his staccato vocals, an urgency to the song in terms of tempo. We hit the ground running, left with no doubt as to the pain Schultz is feeling. Lyrics such as
I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
I was bit by the whisper of a soft liar
tell of the deep despair he’s feeling as his marriage breaks down irrevocably.
This borrowing from the greats of the past continues with second and title track, ‘Social Cues’, which feels like they’ve visited the Bowie songbook for inspiration, with the synthy opening reminiscent of ‘Ashes To Ashes’. The deeply personal nature of the album confronts us in this song, which sees Schultz finding difficulty in combining fame with his private life. He hints at the possibility of suicide:
Close your eyes, don’t be afraid
Take some of these, they’ll ease the pain
Live fast, die young, pay the price
The best die young, immortalised
I don’t have the strength to play nice
The response however is always the same,
People always say, “man, at least you’re on the radio”
as if that’s the solution to everything.
‘Black Madonna’ sees Schultz thinking everything can be saved, he’s still trying, but his wife isn’t interested. She takes
the last flight out of LAX
With your one-way ticket, New York-bound
He tries to reconcile, only to be lied to:
On the phone you sound shifty
You say that you’re at home, alone right now
But in the background there’s a muffled laugh
As you spin that wool and bullet down
The languid, ethereal vocals cloak the pain, there’s a feeling almost of resignation, like Schultz has given up the fight.
There’s a positive vibe in fourth track, ‘Night Running’, which is a refreshing amalgam of musical influences, including EDM, DnB, and even hip hop and calypso. It was this track which saw the band team up with Beck, and it adds a lighter touch to the album, in spite of lyrics which speak of
a world of secrets and demons and people hiding from the sun
There’s a reason for this lightness. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Matt and his brother Brad, the guitarist with the band, shared that the song was actually written some years before and
“Matt was leaving [the studio] early every day, and I got super-pissed and told him he wasn’t trying,” Brad Shultz said. They ended up sending the track to Beck, who sent it back with his verses within 24 hours.
It certainly didn’t destroy their relationship,
“We feel like we’ve pushed ourselves, and that’s all we can ask for,” says Brad. “We became better friends. It doesn’t mean that we got along the whole time, but in the end, adversity brings you closer.”
Track 5, ‘Skin And Bones’ sees Matt Schultz at his most desperate
I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes and fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home
Despite the turmoil and sadness of the subject matter, there’s a darkly poetic beauty in all the lyrics, with this track being a very good example. “Let the love light guide me home” is a very familiar phrasing, while other lines such as “All the shining sidewalks, they were lying” convey perfectly how everything can look fine on the outside, but in Schultz’s life it was anything but.
Song 6, ‘Ready To Let Go’ says it all in the title, and with the story of a trip to Pompeii sealed the deal on the end of the marriage. Infidelity on both sides rang the death knell, and Schultz takes inspiration from his surroundings with lyrics such as
As we slow danced, I became your statue, frozen
Times I wonder, are we just a puff of smoke?
Fire and smoke are used frequently in this track to illustrate the situation, such as “I’ma strike these matches”, “I’ma spread these ashes” and there’s an almost guilty feeling at taking pleasure from the gorgeousness of these lyrics when they’re so clearly full of despair and devoid of hope.
‘House Of Glass’ borrows once again from the greats, this time it’s a vibe reminiscent of The Ramones, and maybe some Iggy Pop and the Stooges. It’s hard rocking and guitar led and although it’s focusing on Schultz’s utter separation and disinterest in everything, you get the feeling that he’s found it a cathartic release. Some brilliant synths underneath the fuzzy guitar as he spits out his pain and anger.
‘Loves The Only Way’ is a nice – and quite surprising – juxtaposition to the previous track. Opening with strings, guitars, and a dusty vocal, there’s a Lennon vibe, with ethereal backing vocals. This continues with track 9, ‘The War Is Over’, which reminds me of the anthemic pop of Robbie Williams’ ‘By All Means Necessary’, maybe crossed with New Order. We can feel a resignation in more than just the title (although that pretty much says all that needs to be said).
You can build your walls, build ’em to the sky
One day you will find love was on both sides
The war is over
There’s so many different musical styles on this album, there’s something for everyone. ‘Dance Dance’, the tenth track, is nicely electro, again with the Bowie influence, and maybe a hint of Blur (we’re reminded of ‘Girls And Boys’). Moving into the 11th song, ‘What I’m Becoming’, again with ethereal vocals, it’s a smooth, slow, lounge style track, which gives it a Bryan Ferry feel; Schultz may well want us to think this, with the inclusion of lyrics such as
Never meant to hurt you, no
Never meant to make you cry
(I’m just a jealous guy)
Penultimate song ‘Tokyo Smoke’ draws from Kraut Rock, calling to mind Kraftwerk, even Falco, with a strong synthy dystopian sound a la Gary Numan. It’s upbeat sonically but lyrically it’s angry and desperate. Schultz spits out the lyrics – he’s had enough. He’s been leading a double life, but that’s it. It’s all over. And indeed, it is with final song, ‘Goodbye’, gut-wrenchingly sad. Sombre, dark piano drawing on the likes of Ben Folds, and Tom Odell, even Beck. It’s sad sad sad.
So many things I want to say to you
So many sleepless nights I prayed for you
My heart’s an ashtray and I lost my mind
You bring the smokes, I’ve got the time
‘Social Cues’ was produced by John Hill, and recorded at various locations including Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville, and The Village Recording Studio, in Los Angeles. Cage The Elephant are playing 3 UK dates in June before touring the North America in July and August in a co-headliner with Beck. Find out more about Cage The Elephant from their official website, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. ‘Social Cues’ is out today and further details of where you can stream and download it are available here.
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The Office for Health Sciences Education, Educator Development Core and
the Academy for Excellence in Teaching
Mary Ann Nichols
maryann.nichols@vanderbilt.edu
Tuesday September 9, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM CDT
407 A/B/C/D Light Hall
Health Sciences Education Grand Rounds/Special Interactive Workshop!
Fostering Reflective Capacity With Interactive Reflective Writing:
“Reflection Apprenticeship”- Learner and Teacher
Facilitated by
Hedy S. Wald, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School
Limited to 30 participants
Dr. Wald’s 2-hour workshop will include:
Using a combination of didactic and interactive learning to explore the concept of fostering reflection in health care professions education and practice.
Presenting formal analytic frameworks for enhancing the educational value of feedback to students’ reflective writing, applied to a student’s narrative, and discussed.
Exploring the development of a reflective, collaborative practitioner with guided reflection supporting the active constructive process of professional identity format.
12:00 Noon -2:00 p.m.
Light Hall 407 A/B/C/D
Registration Required!
A boxed lunch will be provided for the first 30 registrants
About Dr. Wald:
Hedy S. Wald, PhD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Warren Alpert
Medical School of Brown University. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva
University, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the Boston VA/Boston
University School of Medicine, and obtained narrative medicine facilitator training
(foundational and advanced levels) at Columbia UniversityCollege of Physicians & Surgeons.
She is a Fulbright Scholar (Medical Education) and a Gold Humanism Foundation Scholar. Dr.
Wald is the psychology consultant to Braintree and Kindred Rehabilitation Hospitals, Natick,
MA. and conducts neuropsychological evaluations for neurology outpatient practices. At Alpert
Medical School, she has served as a small group facilitator in the preclinical Doctoring course
for which she provides faculty development, currently conducts the interactive reflective
writing initiative in the Family Medicine Clerkship, and is an academic consultant for a HRSA
educational grant on care of underserved patients and promoting primary care. Frameworks for
assessing reflection and for guiding faculty in crafting quality written feedback to students’
reflective narratives which Dr. Wald helped develop are currently in use within health
professions education in the US, England, Israel, Canada, Spain, Ireland, Australia, Austria, and
Taiwan. She conducts interprofessional faculty development workshops internationally on the
use of interactive reflective writing in fostering reflective capacity in health professions
education and her research on this topic has appeared in academic journals such as Academic
Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Patient Education and Counseling, Medical
Education, and Medical Teacher. Her creative writing, reviews, and poetry have appeared in
Newsweek, The Lancet, Family Medicine, Literature and Medicine, Ars Medica, Chest, and JAMA
and excerpted in the NYTimes.
CME Credit:
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Office for Health Sciences Education, Educator Development Core and the Academy for Excellence in Teaching
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. It is the policy of the ACCME and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine to require disclosure of financial relationships from individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity; to identify and resolve conflicts of interest related to those relationships; and to make disclosure information available to the audience prior to the CME activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations.
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Band And Muso Bios
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Live Music Reviews
May 30, 2019 in Music News: David Spry Releases New Single And Vid ‘Free’
May 24, 2019 in Music News: Tasman Keith Feat. Stevie Jean In New Hip Hop Vid ‘Prey’
May 17, 2019 in Live Music Reviews: Emcee Clifton Takes Us Down The Rabbit Hole At The Happy Yess
May 9, 2019 in FEATURES: Take A Trip Down The Rabbit Hole With Emcee Clifton
May 8, 2019 in Live Music Reviews: Darwin City’s Bar 3 – A New Alternative For Live Music
The NEO
Amped And Aglow, Happy Yess Says Hello To 2019
The iconic Happy Yess is back for 2019 after the annual Wet Season break, all aglow and amped with excitement for the good times to come this year. Punters old and new gave [...]
David Spry Releases New Single And Vid ‘Free’
Tasman Keith Feat. Stevie Jean In New Hip Hop Vid ‘Prey’
Emcee Clifton Takes Us Down The Rabbit Hole At The Happy Yess
Take A Trip Down The Rabbit Hole With Emcee Clifton
Darwin City’s Bar 3 – A New Alternative For Live Music
Darwin Railway Club 17 Somervile Gardens Parap, Darwin, Northern Territory
20jul7:00 pmDaniel Champagne
ABOUT DANIEL CHAMPAGNE One reviewer recently wrote – ‘Daniel Champagne exudes a natural ease on stage, as he sings poignant lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies that invariably whisk the heart up [...]
ABOUT DANIEL CHAMPAGNE
One reviewer recently wrote – ‘Daniel Champagne exudes a natural ease on stage, as he sings poignant lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies that invariably whisk the heart up with grand romanticism. Coupled with an exhilarating guitar talent that transcends mere acoustic playing to replicate a whole band, Champagne is just magical’ (themusic.com.au)
The story goes that the young Australian singer, songwriter and one-of-a-kind guitar virtuoso first picked up his instrument of choice as a five-year-old following in the footsteps of a musical father. He began writing songs at 12, training classically throughout his teens and performing solo wherever he could, honing his craft and developing what would become the dynamite live show that he is renowned for today. At 18 he left school, turned professional and hit the road.
The next several years saw him traversing North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand and of course, his homeland Australia playing such festivals as California WorldFest, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Vancouver and Mariposa Folk (Canada), Belgium’s Labadoux Festival and Australia’s Woodford, Falls Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival and the legendary Byron Bay Bluesfest. He has toured and shared stages with Jake Shimabukuro, Jesse Cook, Roderigo Y Gabriela, Richard Shindell, The Ragbirds, The Waifs, Lucinda Williams, Judy Collins, INXS, John Butler, KT Tunstall and Ani DiFranco.
As one reviewer recently wrote, “still in his early twenties, the distances he has been would be more frequently associated with veterans of the Folk scene” (The Dwarf).
Daniel has accomplished all of this while writing, producing and independently releasing two Eps, Gypsy Moon Volumes 1 and 2, his first long player ‘Pint of Mystery’ (2011) ‘My Own Design’ (2009), ‘Wide Eyed and Open’ (2010), ‘Real Live’ (2012), and ‘The Heartland Hurricanes’ (2014), and ‘Fault Lines’ (2017). His latest release the ‘Satellite City EP’ (2018) is comprised of three singles, Satellite City (out Sept 14), Indigo (out Oct 12), and The Great Divide (out Nov 1).
A review of his two Gypsy Moon releases said the following: ‘Champagne has gone a step further this time, it’s like he’s realized his own potential, his confidence is sky-high and he’s truly ready to explore’ – Australia’s roots music bible Rhythms Magazine.
Now regarded as a leading light in acoustic music, with a firm reputation for making festivals buzz, holding crowds in his palm, dropping jaws and breaking guitars wherever he goes. Daniel Champagne has relocated to North America where he continues his exciting career as an international touring and recording artist.
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17 Somervile Gardens Parap, Darwin, Northern Territory
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Ohio Members Call on State Lawmakers to Pass Pro-Worker Bills
Over 100 members of UFCW Locals 75 and 1059 made their voices heard at the Ohio statehouse during the UFCW Ohio Lobby Day on June 19. In coordination with the International’s Legislative and Political Action Department, members lobbied on two key issues: earned paid sick leave and pregnancy accommodations for workers.
“Lobby Day is a great opportunity for our members to let lawmakers know what it’s like for working people, what our issues are, and how to make our state better,” said UFCW Local 1059 President Randy Quickel.
Gold shirts filled both the Ohio Senate and House office buildings as our members shared powerful stories about the impossible choices many workers face without paid leave or pregnancy accommodations. “Being able to participate in Lobby Day and join my union family in telling our story is very important,” said Latashia Thaxton, who is a member of UFCW Local 75. “If we don’t take the time to let our elected leaders know who we are, no one else will!”
Members also heard from key leaders in the Ohio General Assembly, including a visit from the Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes. Additionally, Representative Kristen Boggs spoke to members about her role as a champion for both earned paid sick leave and pregnancy accommodations for workers.
“Lobbying the Ohio General Assembly empowers our members and union to make our voices heard by those we elect to make decisions that affect our jobs, communities and families,” said UFCW Local 75 President Kevin Garvey. “With a large presence, by telling their stories and sharing their perspectives, UFCW members help educate policy makers on the issues and day-to-day realities of hard-working families. Through these efforts, we hope to build legislator accountability on protecting and advancing the labor movement.”
“Lobby Day is about speaking up and making politicians take notice,” said Bobby Hazlett, who is a member of UFCW Local 1059. We’re making noise because too many workers have to stay silent.”
If your local is interested in coordinating a lobby day with the Legislative and Political Action Department, contact your region’s political point person in the department or reach out to Political Director Karen Gasper at kgasper@ufcw.org.
Victory for Colorado Mission Foods Workers With Pay Raise, Better Benefits
Members of UFCW Local 7 who work at Mission Foods in Pueblo, Colo., recently ratified a new contract that raises wages and improves benefits. Mission Foods is a subsidiary of Gruma Corporation, and the workers make a full line of Mexican food products, including tortillas, wraps, and other goods used in restaurants and sold in supermarkets across the globe.
The three-year agreement includes across-the-board wage increases, compressed wage scales, retroactive pay, and shift differential pay and defined shifts. The contract also includes paid sick days, improvements to vacation time and funeral leave, the addition of Kaiser Permanente as a health insurance option, and stronger safety and union orientation language.
“I am so very proud of the unity and hard work of our Bargaining Team that fought for a safer and better place to work at Mission Foods!” said UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova.
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Latest NewsBurning IssuesGovernance and Democracy
“National Assembly Vehicles Were Acquired From Philanthropists” -Director of Press
By Kebba Jeffang
Director of Press and Public Relations
The Director of Press and Public Relations at the Presidency, Amie Bojang-Sissoho, has told journalists that the 57 vehicles that were handed over to members of the National Assembly last month, were acquired from some philanthropists who do not want to be named.
She informed journalists that the vehicles were from people who supported the President during his campaign.
“If you can remember two vehicles given to GRTS, were part of the same set of vehicles. What happened was, these vehicles came in by sets and when the president got the first support, he said he did not want to give it to some and leave some, (referring to MPs). So when everything was completed, that’s the time the handing over was done,” she said.
Mrs. Bojang-Sissoho further clarified that the philanthropist names are not made public because they demanded for anonymity.
Meanwhile, she explained the new documentation policy that will enable Gambians in the diaspora, access national identity card.
She said Gambians in the US can access their documents in Washington DC while those in Africa will have to go to Angola. The undocumented Gambians in Italy will go to Rome, those in Scandinavia will go to Stockholm and those in Spain will either go to Madrid or Barcelona. According to her, there will be extension as regards the provision of more destinations for Gambians to access their ID cards.
The SEMEX and Prestine Companies will be working with the Interior Ministry for the production of the Biometric ID cards, in consultation with the Ministry of Finance.
On the issue of the assets declaration by Cabinet Ministers, she informed that the Ministers have now declared their assets at the Ombudsman.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY Some Gambians have lost memory of the realities of The Gambia between September and December 2016. Consequently, they have even started...
What did Ebrima Dibba of the UDP have to say about the 3 years or five years mandate?
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What Is Responsible For The Frequent Deaths In The Country?
QUESTION OF THE DAY Funerals of the under seventies are increasing. Many people are wondering why people are not living up to ripe old age....
Detained Soldiers Clock 25 Days Without Charge
By Mustapha Jallow Six Gambian soldiers are in their 25th day in military detention without charge, and this is a violation of Section 19 of the 1997 Constitution of the Gambia. Effort were made to get the...
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By Mustapha Jallow A staff of Infinity New Energy Enterprise (INEE), on Monday July 8th 2019, alleged that the Chinese factory situated at Nyambai Forest buys...
What Does The Office Of The Chief Justice Say On The Koina 24 Case?
QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa decided to approach the Office of the Chief Justice for an explanation regarding the case of the Koina 24 as...
‘State Media Was Jammeh’s Kingdom’ DA Jawo Tells TRRC
By Momodou Jarju The former Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, testified before the Truth Commission (TRRC) on Wednesday July 10th that the state media...
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Baltic Dry Index near all time low
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/images/2012/Sept/baltic_dry_index-1985.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Dry_Index Most directly, the index measures the demand for shipping capacity versus the supply of dry bulk carriers. The demand for shipping varies with the amount of cargo that is being traded or moved in various markets (supply and demand).
The supply of cargo ships is generally both tight and inelastic—it takes two years to build a new ship, and ships are too expensive to take out of circulation the way airlines park unneeded jets in deserts. So, marginal increases in demand can push the index higher quickly, and marginal demand decreases can cause the index to fall rapidly. e.g. "if you have 100 ships competing for 99 cargoes, rates go down, whereas if you've 99 ships competing for 100 cargoes, rates go up. In other words, small fleet changes and logistical matters can crash rates..."[5] The index indirectly measures global supply and demand for the commodities shipped aboard dry bulk carriers, such as building materials, coal,metallic ores, and grains.
Because dry bulk primarily consists of materials that function as raw material inputs to the production of intermediate or finished goods, such as concrete, electricity, steel, and food, the index is also seen as an efficient economic indicator of future economic growth and production. The BDI is termed a leading economic indicator because it predicts future economic activity.[6]
The end of the euro’s Indian summer
THE sugar-rush brought on by the European Central Bank’s pledge to intervene in bond markets to help troubled euro-zone countries—some diplomats call it “Mario Draghi’s ice cream”—was bound to fade at some point. But nobody expected it to fade quite so suddenly this week.
http://www.economist.com/node/21563774/print
At some point, it will get the balance wrong. And then either Spain will be forced out of the euro. Or the Germans will walk. http://blogs.wsj.com/eurocrisis/2012/09/28/europes-never-ending-crisis/tab/print/
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Social unrest in Spain, fears of Catalonia secession
(Reuters) - Violent protests in Madrid and growing talk of secession in Catalonia are piling pressure on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he moves closer to asking Europe for rescue money.
In public, Rajoy has been resisting calls from bankers at home and the leaders of France and Italy to move quickly to request assistance, but behind the scenes he is putting together the pieces to meet the stringent conditions for aid.
With protesters stepping up anti-austerity demonstrations, Rajoy presents painful economic reforms and a tough 2013 budget on Thursday, aiming to persuade euro zone partners and investors that Spain is doing its deficit-cutting homework despite a recession and 25 percent unemployment.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/26/us-spain-rajoy-idUSBRE88P09F20120926
Study Reveals Germans Less Confident than they Seem
Despite the euro crisis, Germany has largely flourished in recent years. So why are its people always complaining? A recent study shows they're plagued by self-doubt and fears of losing their prosperity. There may be something to the stereotype of the tortured German soul after all.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/study-reveals-germans-less-confident-than-they-seem-a-857918.html
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German High-Frequency Bill to Affect Hedge Funds, Official Says
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet will vote on a bill tomorrow that limits high-frequency trading even for market participants outside Germany and requires automated orders to be marked as such, a government official said.
High-frequency traders will have to seek authorization and will be supervised under the legislation proposal, the official told reporters in Berlin today on condition of anonymity because the bill has not yet been published. High-frequency trade will be curbed and market abuse will be punished, he said in Berlin.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/german-high-frequency-bill-to-affect-hedge-funds-official-says.html
EES: Has the Euro Peaked
The EUR/USD has surprised many with its run up to 1.3172, but it had a lot of help from the Fed with the announcement of a new round of QE3.We've been waiting for the EUR/USD to stop going up for an opportunity to sell -- is this it?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/881041-has-the-euro-peaked
Bankers among the least trusted, says Which?
Mis-selling scandals and the financial crisis means bankers are now less trusted than estate agents, according to consumer group Which?.
But the group's survey suggested that bankers remained more trusted than journalists and politicians.
Which? said that recent banking scandals meant there was an urgent need for a "fundamental change" in banking culture and practice.
An industry body said that there was a commitment for change among banks.
Which? conducted a survey of 2,060 people, asking how much they trusted various professions. Nurses, doctors and teachers were the most trusted, with bankers, journalists and politicians in the bottom three.
The consumer group said that bankers should comply with a code of conduct or be struck off. They should also be punished for mis-selling, with bonuses clawed back.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19639795?print=true
System Expectations
I found myself outside today looking for an excuse to make a video. It's 80°F / 27°C, sunny skies and a soft breeze in Dallas. The last place anyone wants to be is in front of the computer when the weather is this nice.
No doubt that some active daytraders or people that hate their jobs are thinking the same thing. I suspect that the motivation for most people making automated expert advisors is the dream of making money without doing anything. Turn on the software and wait for the trading profits to roll in. That was certainly the case with the company Forex Made Sleazy... I mean, Forex Made Easy several years ago.
We do have a handful of customers that trade profitably, but even then, it takes a long time for an automated system to get to the point where it's largely hands off. The best conceived ideas, which I would define as plausibly worthy of my own investment funds, takes a bare minimum of several months to execute from start to finish. This also presumes the unlikely notion that the idea has genuine potential to start with.
Even the most simple, valid concepts encounter substantial setbacks before the system can truly run hands-free. It's usually not some kind of epic programming disaster where the client wants black and the programmer makes white. Don't get me wrong; communication is critical. The smoothest projects are always the ones where both parties understand one another readily.
Nonetheless, even the most well-oiled team experiences countless hiccups in the process of morphing from idea to reality. Simple ideas often fall the most vulnerable to real world problems. Trade execution stands out as the most common obstacle. If anything goes remotely unexpected, a potentially profitable scenario may lead to unexpected losses.
I worked with one client that came up with a simple idea that mathematically showed a heavy positive expectation. Yet when we launched the idea in the real world, the prices that the system absolutely required in order to function never came through. Slippage occurred precisely when it was the most damaging.
We had to go back to the drawing board looking for ways to re-engineer the expert advisor where the importance of execution declined. That setback alone took several months to overcome in any meaningful sense.
The take away here is that it's totally unreasonable to expect to hire a forex programmer and expect a dramatic shift in profits and life style. The best ideas take several months before they are worthy of running their full account balance. Unfortunately, most of the ideas out there are not good to begin with. That's why making an EA that is profitable over the long run is so incredibly difficult.
Posted by Shaun Overton at 3:22 PM
Deutche Bank: Gold is Money
Deutsche Bank analysts Daniel Brebner and Xiao Fu have just released a new report saying that gold is money (via Business Insider):
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-09-19/deutsche-bank-gold-money
Financial Times reported in 2010:
Intercontinental Exchange, the US futures exchange group, has followed rival CME Group by allowing its European clearing house to accept gold bullion as collateral for transactions.
JP Morgan accepts gold bullion as collateral.
So does Donald Trump.
China is paying for oil with gold. India is probably doing so as well.
And central banks are considering allowing banks to hold gold as a risk-free, tier 1 asset.
Caveats: Be careful with unallocated accounts, accounts held by big banks, paper forms of gold and tungsten (see this,this, this and this).
Finally, note that FDR was not the only leader to confiscate gold. Gary North alleges:
When World War I broke out in 1914. The banks suspended redemption of gold for paper money. This broke their contracts, but the governments all ratified this action. Then the governments had their central banks confiscate the gold that had been stored in the vaults of the commercial banks.
Hitler, Mao and Stalin also allegedly confiscated gold.
Coin mintage collapsed the Roman Empire. Is history repeating itself?
In the third century AD, the Roman Empire went through a hard period, know as the “military crisis”. This period is characterized by political problems, such as the violent death of the emperors and their family, caused by revolts, plots and military uprisings, military problems caused by the invasion of the empire by the barbarian populations such as the Goths and economic problems such as the lack of production, the decrease of the population, famine in some cases and inflation.
http://www.coins-auctioned.com/docs/coin-articles/coin-mintage-collapsed-the-roman-empire-is-history-repeating-itself
EES: QE3 to start new US Dollar Carry Trade
With the new QE3 announcement, and the Fed stating it will not raise interest rates before 2015, it's likely that the US Dollar will be the new carry trade. The idea is to borrow cheaply in US Dollars and invest anywhere outside of the USD. This will be most felt in emerging markets, which rallied after the Fed announcement.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/872541-qe3-to-start-new-u-s-dollar-carry-trade
EES: Competitive Devaluation of Currencies via QE3
The Fed's recent announcement of QE3 has undoubted effects on financial markets; but what does it mean for Forex?
The initial reaction would be that it's bad for the US Dollar (UUP) (UDN) which was reflected in Friday's move of EURUSD (FXE) to above 1.31 against the US Dollar. But just last week, traders were expecting a collapse of the EURUSD as the European financial crisis deepens.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/870971-competitive-devaluation-of-currencies-what-qe3-means-for-forex
Swiss banks seek new model as secrecy gone
With their long-cherished secrecy practices increasingly under attack, Swiss banks are scrambling for a new way to attract wealthy foreign clients.
"Banking secrecy is no longer there. That's gone. It is over," international wealth management consultant Osmond Plummer told a gathering of Swiss bankers in Geneva last week.
And once the secrecy ends, he stressed, Swiss financial institutions will have to come up with a new magnet if they want to remain attractive for large foreign placements.
"Something has to change in Switzerland," he told the seminar, focused on wealth management and banking secrecy.
http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/CNG---64c9d82eeec0f159687294d96a88241d---691
Japan Hints at Possible Yen Intervention
The yen tumbled as Japan looked increasingly likely to intervene to weaken its currency, which had soared to a seven-month high against the dollar earlier this week.
Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi strongly hinted Friday that market intervention to tackle the strong yen may be imminent and urged the Bank of Japan to act, as the currency's strength increasingly threatens to worsen the country's economic slowdown.
The dollar traded ¥78.36 Friday afternoon in New York, up from ¥77.49 late Thursday, its strongest close since Feb. 8, and the seven-month low of ¥77.13 earlier that day. Traders with Citigroup said the dollar began to rise and the yen to fall Thursday after the Bank of Japan inquired with market participants about trading activity in the yen, a move known in the market as a rate check and which can serve as a final warning before an intervention. Japan last intervened in the market in October, when the dollar traded as low as ¥75.31.
TOKYO—A Japanese ruling-party heavyweight said the government must intervene in the currency markets if the yen's rise accelerates sharply, adding to the level of jawboning aimed at controlling the currency's moves and its impact on the economy.
"It will be imperative for [the government] to take steps such as intervention," if the yen surges to threaten Japan's export-reliant economy, Hirohisa Fujii, a former finance minister and current tax policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, said in an interview Wednesday.
"I believe that the yen's current high levels are out of line with the real economy," he said
US cannot continue the endless sugar rush
America’s central bank is to launch a third round of “quantitative easing”, Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, announced, while extending the length of its pledge to keep interest rates at rock-bottom. On cue, global equities surged, as confidence grew that the world’s leading central banks have “finally taken decisive action” to buttress both the US and European economies.
Bernanke’s move, of course, followed news in early September that the European Central Bank is to engage in “unlimited” buying of the sovereign bonds of “peripheral” eurozone members. This encouraged the belief that monetary union is less likely to crumble, which cheered up global equity markets just before last weekend.
Many traders are celebrating this weekend too, following Bernanke’s words on Thursday, which caused the S&P 500 to extend a rise that has now pushed the index to its highest level since 2007. European shares also reached highs not seen for over a year.
Specifically, Bernanke said that rather than buying US Treasuries, this round of QE will focus on mortgage-backed securities (MBS) – financial instruments linked to bundles of loans previously extended to home-buyers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9545441/US-cannot-continue-the-endless-sugar-rush.html
US Credit rating cut to AA - as Fed increases QE
Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to "AA-" from "AA," citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the country's credit quality.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49037337
Perma-QE: Lessons from Bernanke's Latest Splurge
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article36525.html
The Fed’s launch of QE3 looks more than a tad desperate. If you believe the central premise of the Fed’s action, that propping up asset price gains would have enough effect on consumptions to lift the economy out of stall speed, it would seem logical to sit back a bit and let the recent stock market rally and the (supposed) housing market recovery do their trick. But the Fed has finally taken note of the worsening state of the job creation in an already lousy employment market and has decided it needed to Do Something More.
Read more at http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/09/the-feds-qe3-no-exit.html#Gv1iHbCxHdDBXjPh.99
Global stock markets have risen after the US Federal Reserve moved to kick-start recovery by pumping more money into the economy.
It followed the Fed's decision on Thursday to inject $40bn (£25bn) a month into the US economy.
Marc Faber: The Fed will destroy the world
Complex Systems Theorists predict global riots in one year
What's the number one reason we riot? The plausible, justifiable motivations of trampled-upon humanfolk to fight back are many - poverty, oppression, disenfranchisement, etc - but the big one is more primal than any of the above. It's hunger, plain and simple. If there's a single factor that reliably sparks social unrest, it's food becoming too scarce or too expensive. So argues a group of complex systems theorists in Cambridge, and it makes sense.
In a 2011 paper, researchers at the Complex Systems Institute unveiled a model that accurately explained why the waves of unrest that swept the world in 2008 and 2011 crashed when they did. The number one determinant was soaring food prices. Their model identified a precise threshold for global food prices that, if breached, would lead to worldwide unrest.
The MIT Technology Review explains how CSI's model works: "The evidence comes from two sources. The first is data gathered by the United Nations that plots the price of food against time, the so-called food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN. The second is the date of riots around the world, whatever their cause." Plot the data, and it looks like this:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/251073-We-Are-Now-One-Year-Away-From-Global-Riots-Complex-Systems-Theorists-Say
Germany Can Ratify ESM Fund With Conditions, Court Rules
Germany’s top constitutional court rejected efforts to block a permanent euro-area rescue fund, handing a victory to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who championed the 500 billion-euro ($645 billion) bailout.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-12/germany-can-ratify-esm-bailout-fund-with-conditions-court-rules.html
EES: Short-Term Euro To Breakout Higher, Then Its Time To Short
Based on the financial crisis in Europe, we wrote an article about a euro shorting opportunity, "Sell the euro on spikes." On Friday, the euro (FXE) reached recent highs above $1.28. This is clearly a spike. However, the euro may be in for a short-term rally, so traders should wait until the momentum subsides before shorting. It seems the spike is not over.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/854961-short-term-euro-to-breakout-higher-then-its-time-to-short
Jim Rogers on the EU, the U S election, and the next big investment opportunity
EUR/USD nears 1.28 on ECB bond buying program
FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - The Euro has accelerated in the last hour against the Dollar and following the US employment data the EUR/USD has jumped around 100 pips from 1.2685 to reach highest level since May 22nd at 1.2775.
http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?storyid=66e94ca2-c527-48a4-b1f0-65243a38740e
The euro has strengthened to a two-month high against the US dollar, as the European Central Bank's bond-buying plans continued to please the markets... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19516323
Since there have been tens of thousands of lawsuits filed internally in Germany with its constitutional court alleging the ESM is illegal, it was only a matter of time before the Germans decided to sue the ECB as well for its "unlimited" bond buying. The time has arrived. From Bloomberg:
TILLICH SUPPORTS LEGAL STEPS AGAINST ECB BOND BUYING: WELT
TILLICH SAYS ECB BOND BUYING SIGNALS EFSF, ESM NOT ENOUGH: WELT
TILLICH: ECB MANDATE SHOULD NOT INCL. UNLIMIT. BOND BUYING:WELT
Perhaps all those rumors of the Bundesbank's death were, as we expected, rather exaggerated.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/german-state-saxony-supports-legal-action-against-ecb
EUR/CHF breaks away from 1.20 peg
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - EUR/CHF is currently moving higher printing fresh 3-month highs at 1.2058, last at 1.2054, a +0.36% higher from previous Asia-Pacific open yesterday, on the back of mounting rumors of SNB rising the peg to 1.22 in the first place.
According to Commerzbank's strategist Peter Kinsella , as reported by Clare Connaghan for DowJones: "ECB bond purchasing basically removes tail risk of a euro-zone breakup," the analyst says, as reflection of previous Franc strength based on fears of a euro area breakup. Rising the peg could bring many positive effects for Switzerland, but according to Citi, it could also bring extra risks as the foreign currency reserves might reach as high as 100% of its GDP, making the country very vulnerable to Euro exposure in case can't be able to sustain the peg, reported Ira Iosebashvili for DowJones.
Immediate resistance to the upside for EUR/CHF comes at recent session and 3-month highs at 1.2058, followed by March 27 highs at 1.2069, and May 24 highs at 1.2075. For the downside, nearest term support shows at yesterday's highs 1.2046, followed by Feb 27 lows/June 29 highs at 1.2038, and Aug 02 highs at 1.2029.
http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?storyid=ebaa98d8-19b6-43dd-93dc-e6df7b16733f
http://seekingalpha.com/article/816681-is-the-snb-going-to-unpeg-the-eur-chf
EES: Europe's problems much deeper than Euro currency
While traders are bearish on the euro we need to remember the greater context of Europe and the origins of the euro currency. The euro as an economic union was built on a similar U.S. model, that of a Federal State comprised of individual "united" states. However, Europe is much different than the U.S. historically, demographically, and geopolitically.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/845531-europe-s-crisis-much-deeper-than-euro-currency
Moody’s Changes Euro Zone Rating Outlook to ‘Negative’
Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on the Aaa rating of the European Union to “negative,” warning it might downgrade the bloc if it decides to cut the ratings on the EU's four biggest budget backers: Germany, France, the U.K., and the Netherlands.
Spaniards Pull Out Their Cash and Get Out of Spain
After working six years as a senior executive for a multinational payroll-processing company in Barcelona, Spain, Mr. Vildosola is cutting his professional and financial ties with his troubled homeland. He has moved his family to a village near Cambridge, England, where he will take the reins at a small software company, and he has transferred his savings from Spanish banks to British banks.
“The macro situation in Spain is getting worse and worse,” Mr. Vildosola, 38, said last week just hours before boarding a plane to London with his wife and two small children. “There is just too much risk. Spain is going to be next after Greece, and I just don’t want to end up holding devalued pesetas.”
Eurozone manufacturing PMI falls again in August
Manufacturing output across the 17-country eurozone shrank again in August, according to a widely-watched survey.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed the region's manufacturing sector contracted despite factories cutting prices.
Markit's final PMI was 45.1, above July's three-year low of 44.0.
However, the figure was the 13th month in a row that it was below the 50 mark that indicates growth.
The latest figures from China showed its manufacturing activity fell, too, to a nine-month low in August, adding to fears that its economy is slowing faster than estimated.
China's PMI fell to 49.2, the lowest reading since November 2011.
Meanwhile, in the UK, the downturn in manufacturing unexpectedly eased last month as domestic orders boosted output, with its PMI rising to a four-month high of 49.5 in August from a downwardly revised 45.2 in July.
Brussels pushes for ECB supervision of eurozone banks
All banks in the eurozone would be supervised directly by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt under new EU proposals to be unveiled next month. The European Commission wants to create a single supervisory mechanism for the 6,000 banks, with the ECB at its heart. It would replace the current system of national regulators supervising banks. But it requires EU leaders' approval. In many cases the national authorities failed to foresee and deal with banks that got into funding difficulties. The banks then needed to be bailed out by national governments. This in turn increased the pressure on public finances. The Commission proposals form a crucial part of the plans being worked on to help stabilise the single currency, and to avoid a repetition of the current chronic debt problems damaging public finances across the region. Officials hope it could be in place by early next year. It is one step towards creating a genuine banking union for the euro. Policy makers say such a union is necessary to help convince markets that mechanisms are in place to safeguard the single currency's future.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19438439?print=true
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COP NAMED WHO SHOT LAVOY FINICUM IN THE BACK - MEDIA SCREAMS 'SAFETY CONCERNS'
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The Oregonian is doing nothing more than the Southern Poverty Law Center did when they mapped out those who speak out against the sodomite community and lovingly call them to repentance, while that very mapping encouraged and provided the information a gunman needed to go to a pro-life organization and seek to commit mass murder.
NEVER forget that name...
This man has killed 3 people...” in the line of duty”
Before someone goes and hangs this guy, think of this for a minute; The threat assessment reports that this guy read and the information and all the briefings that this guy was required to listen to were all lies from the FBI and Washington DC. This guy was told that the people at the refuge were the most dangerous people in American history. We know that they used the threat assessment in Nevada to brief the agents in Oregon. We know that the threat assessment in Nevada were lies and were doctored to justify military like action on the Bundy family. The reports were crafted by people like Dan Love and Rand Stover from the BLM. They needed the threat assessment to look terrible so they could justify the amount of force they used at the Bundy ranch.
These same lies were told to people like this man, Casey Codding. Casey may be a skilled murderer that will not think for him self. He may enjoy killing the American people for his own gain, but is he really the most culpable one? Don’t get me wrong this man is a killer. He has killed several people and has climbed the ranks because of it. I thought his job was to protect and serve not kill. It seems to me the only ones they protect and service are themselves. He is guilty of murder but let us not forget who amped him up, who lied to him, who manipulated him to believe that ranchers and family men are the greatest enemy to his country.
I pray for him and hope he can see what he is doing. He is a brainwashed man who has been fed lies his entire adult life about what it really is to defend freedom. He doesn’t even know what freedom looks like. I pray for those who enter the police forces today; they are in a very precarious situation and they do not even know it. Those that are destroying the freedoms of this people have gotten control of the police forces and are using them to further there power and influence. These wicked men and women who have plotted, conspired and acted to overthrow this great people could not do what they are doing with out men like Casey Codding; the man who killed Lavoy Finicum and who killed two others including a teenager.
However, let us not forget Greg Bretzing head of the FBI, Governor Brown, and many, many more that would not listen to the cries of the people but instead supplied their hired killers with ammunition and then lied to them about the great threat these same people where.
The name of the officer? Casey Codding.
Now, has anyone called for this officer to be targeted for "social justice"? Nope, not one person.
However, we know from BJ Soper:
He’s been promoted to captain for his “sacrifice”
He fired “justified” rounds into a moving vehicle.
He fired 2 rounds into the back of a man with his hands up.
He is the man that murdered Lavoy Finicum...
Casey Codding is officer 1.
To drive home the point, Ammon Bundy wrote:
You see, the media is actually working to protect the real criminals in all of this. They aren't concerned that an innocent man was shot in the back and killed by an officer that they wish was unnamed. No, they are more concerned that that innocent man be branded a criminal and the officer be branded a hero all to save face in the light of a tyrannical government that has engaged for decades in unconstitutional land grabs and violation of the rights of the people they are supposed to serve.
To prove the point, Shari Dovale writes:
However, the MSM, specifically the Oregonian, have also reported on this issue, though they seemed to have found another way to spin the story. They could have just reported on the slip up in court, but they chose to turn this against anyone that posted about the released name. This certainly gives them the chance for more headlines. The story says:
They also include:
They go on to suggest that these posts have caused security concerns within the courthouse:
Though they did not name the officer involved in the shooting, they were very clear in making sure that everyone knew how to find the name of the officer.
This all suggests that the MSM not only likes the controversy, and perpetuates the controversy, but might even be encouraging violence, just to get a headline. What other reason would they have to print a provocative article of over 1000 words like this one?
I would never want the man hurt. Yet, I also do not want the people who used his name hurt either. The actions of the Left are exactly as they are accusing others. They are suggesting that anyone naming this officer is threatening.
So, is their article, in which they will tell you how to find the name of Officer #1, as well as naming the people they feel are threatening him, considered threatening as well? Did they go too far just for a story? Or is this just another case of accepted Media Bias?
If something vicious should happen to any of the officers involved, or if something should happen to BJ Soper, Ammon Bundy, or anyone else that used the officer’s name, the blame will not automatically go to the Patriot community. It could very easily be placed at the feet of the Main Stream Media.
Ain't it the truth? Dovale is correct in her assessment. The Oregonian is doing nothing more than the Southern Poverty Law Center did when they mapped out those who speak out against the sodomite community and lovingly call them to repentance, while that very mapping encouraged and provided the information a gunman needed to go to a pro-life organization and seek to commit mass murder.
But the SPLC tried to wash its hands of any guilt, just like I'm sure the Oregonian will attempt to do.
Let it be known, the reason for naming the officer is for transparency. After all, once this trial is over, don't think for a minute he won't be held to account for his actions, possibly in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by Finicum's widow.
https://freedomoutpost.com/cop-named-who-shot-lavoy-finicum-in-the-back-media-screams-safety-concerns-for-officer/
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Free Rodney K. Stanberry
Sign the Petition to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles: http://www.change.org/petitions/the-alabama-board-of-pardons-and-paroles-grant-parole-to-rodney-k-stanberry July 2013
: http://www.change.org/petitions/mobile-district-attorney-ashley-rich-reopen-and-reinvestigate-rodney-k-stanberry-s-case#. NEW PETITION REGARDING RODNEY's Upcoming Parole Hearing: http://www.change.org/petitions/the-alabama-board-of-pardons-and-paroles-grant-parole-to-rodney-k-stanberry July 2013
A Gun Enthusiast Tries to Keep Guns Out of the Wrong Hands, the result? He is wrongfully convicted. Rodney begins his 17th year in prison on March 25th, 2013: http://freerodneystanberry.com/blog/2013/02/20/gun-control-what-happened-when-a-gun-enthusiast-tried-to-stop-the-sale-of-weapons-the-case-of-rodney-k-stanberry/
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March 24th 18 Yrs and Counting
March 25th- Year 19 Blog
What Can You Do-Road to Parole Hearing- August 28th, 2013/ Parole Denied Post Parole Call To Action
Sign the Petition/Letter to the Parole Board
Why He Is Innocent
Rodney's appeal (1996)- good overview of trial
Texas Bar Sues Prosecutor
Call to Action-
The Confession- Testimonial Immunity Agreement
Exculpatory Evidence
Rodney Stanberry- Year 14
Rodney's Time Card for March 2, 1992- the day the crimes took place
Free Rodney Petition to Mobile DA Ashley Rich
Radio Shows featuring Rodney K. Stanberry
Rodney on TV- WKRG Mobile, AL
Key Documents in Rodney's Case
Key Documents about Rodney's case
The Shooter- What they want to Wish Away
Rodney & Buzz Jordan interview, April 1992 and Judge Ferrill McRae's concerns about the interview
Full Trial Transcript w/ Table of Contents for (CC92-2313 thru 2315)
Valerie Finley- The Victim's Trial Testimony
Michael Finley- (The Victim's husband) Trial Testimony
Prichard Police Detectives Al Fletcher and Lebarron Smith
Prichard Police Captain Frank Dees and Sergeant Eddie Ragland
Sample Letters to Riley,Tyson, Alabama and Mobile Bar Associations
Moore in Court (More on can he testify and his "pleading the 5th"- pgs 664-687;Testimony by victim's sister (688-705)
Rodney Stanberry Trial Testimony & April 1992 interview with Prosecutor Buzz Jordan
Attorney General Eric Holder and More Letters
Valerie Finley
Please know that I have been very reluctant about posting the victim's trial testimony as my focus on the tactics of the Mobile District Attorney's Office, not with the victim's testimony, although I do address her testimony under the eyewitness misidentification tab. You will see spaces where names should be, that is because I've tried to cover the names of her children from the document for the sake of respecting their privacy. As mentioned, I do not blame them for seeking justice, I do blame the system for so easily allowing a wrongful conviction to occur and to be maintained.
The victim indicated 7 days after the crime that she didn’t know who shot her. (This is addressed in her testimony). The Detective placed photos in front of her and said who could have been at your house. The photos were supplied by Rodney in his efforts to assist police. Once she said (not verbally as she was still recovering in the hospital and had to point or squeeze someone's finger indicating recognition) Rodney could have been at her house, prosecutors set their sights on Rodney, even interviewing his girlfriend at work because at some point she said it was Rodney and his girlfriend. The theory from the prosecutors became a murder for hire. Rodney supplied photos because he invited two of his friends from New York to come to Mobile to experience Mardi Gras. When Rodney discovered that one of the individuals, along with the person who confessed, engaged in these crimes, HE went to the police to show them photos of the individuals, gave them the number of a detective in New York who can apprehend the individuals (as they had gotten on a bus and headed back to New York after the crimes took place. Rodney did not find out about this until he left work! In his effort to do all that he could to apprehend HIS friends from New York , he ended up getting arrested, convicted, and serving three 20 year sentences (running concurrently). His has now completed 13 full years and is on his 14th year as of March 25th.
Testimony of Rodney's supervisor, Henry Johnson, who testified on the stand that Rodney was at work when these crimes were committed. Listen to his comments.
Testimony by the victim's doctor- Dr. Eric Webber
Because of the number of pages of this testimony, it is divided into 2 sections.
Testimony (Part 1)
Copyright 2010 free Rodney K. Stanberry. All rights reserved.
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Avondale mayor takes over presidency of National Cities Group
Avondale Mayor Marie Lopez Rogers is the new President of the National League of Cities.She says in that role, she hopes to help avert the fiscal cliff, and work to improve transportation and immigration policies.
Hospital tax approved in Phoenix
Phoenix hospitals will pay a new tax, under an ordinance approved Tuesday by the Phoenix City Council in a 6-3 vote. Supporters say it will bring in $200 million in federal money to help hospitals care for people without insurance.
Phoenix schools stress security to parents
Schools in the Phoenix area are responding to last week's mass shooting in Connecticut. KJZZ's Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez reports districts are reaching out to parents to assure them of the security measures in place.
Sponsor of 1994 assault weapons ban says bipartisan support needed for new laws
Federal legislation aimed at limiting assault-style weapons is being discussed in Washington, after last week’s mass murders at an elementary school in Connecticut. Former Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini was one of the sponsors of a similar bill 18 years ago.
Real Estate issues and the 2013 legislative session
As the Valley’s housing market continues to climb out of the doldrums, a state realtors’ association wants the area to be better prepared whenever the next downturn happens.STEVE GOLDSTEIN: The latest numbers from the Standard and Poor’s/Case-Shiller Index showed Phoenix-area home prices up nearly twenty-two percent in the past twelve months.
The 'anonymous skyline' of Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix isn’t known for having signature high-rises, unlike many other big U.S. cities. But one development company is looking to change that. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Steve Goldstein reports.
Wells Fargo hosts Phoenix-area career fair
Wells Fargo Bank is targeting 900 people in the metro Phoenix area with a career fair on Wednesdays and Thursday.The fair will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center. Wells Fargo Executive Vice President Jacqueline Hill says those looking for work at the firm's new loan operations center in Tempe will be attractive as potential employees.
Major U.S. business lobby calls for immigration reform
The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has made immigration reform a top priority for his organization. The Chamber calls itself the world’s largest business organization, and says it represents more than 3 million businesses.
Report: AZ transportation safety laws lag
A new report says Arizona is lagging behind most states when it comes to vehicle-safety laws. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety give Arizona high ratings for child-safety and impaired-driving laws.
Governor Jan Brewer releases budget proposal
Governor Jan Brewer’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes new money for Child Protective Services, Medicaid expansion and implementing new education standards. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie reports.
Reactions to Governor Jan Brewer's proposed budget
Governor Jan Brewer's Budget Director John Arnold explains how the administration decided on its spending priorities in the $8.9 billion package. Ann-Eve Pedersen of the Arizona Education Parent Network gives details on why she thinks the budget doesn't provide nearly enough funding for K-12 education.
Arizona legislature expected to vote this week on CPS money
State lawmakers appear to be fast-tracking measures that would give money to Child Protective Services, and the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission. From Phoenix, KJZZ’s Mark Brodie has more.
Conservationists buy land to expand Petrified Forest National Park
Two conservation groups this week bought more than 4,000 acres of land, with plans to sell it to the National Park Service. Badland exposures of the Triassic Chinle Formation. (Photo by Andrew Kearns, courtesy of the National Park Service.
Education funding in Arizona
Performance funding for Arizona's K-12 schools is part of Governor Jan Brewer's proposed budget. Common Core standards are also on the verge of being implemented.Rebecca Gau, Director of the Governor's Office of Education Innovation, and Expect More Arizona President and CEO Pearl Chang Esau discuss the reforms and how much more funding Arizona's schools need.
The Cactus League and the business of spring
The sound of construction on the Chicago Cubs’ new baseball spring training facility at the former Riverview Park in Mesa is music to the ears of some of the most enthusiastic of Cactus League fans. Tab Baker, who is overseeing the project for Hunt Construction, gave me a tour of the site last week.
Reports say US Airways, American Airlines boards set to vote for merger
Tempe-based US Airways and bankrupt American Airlines appear ready to merge. Bloomberg News reports the companies’ boards are expected approve the merger Wednesday, after lengthy negotiations. “I think a lot of employees and a lot of people who are suffering from merger battle fatigue think, ‘Oh my God, it’s done!’" said Holly Hegeman, founder of the airline industry magazine PlaneBusiness.
Homebuilder survey shows nationwide confidence unchanged
Builder confidence in the national market for newly built, single-family homes was virtually unchanged in February. But as KJZZ’s Lynn Kelly reports, the Western region does seem to be making progress.
State high court rules Arias eligible for death penalty
Jodi Arias’s effort to get a potential death sentence in her murder case set aside was rejected by the state’s highest court today. Arias has been charged with the June 2008 stabbing and shooting death of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander, at his home in Mesa.
Discussion of sequester cuts continues between state leaders
Governor Jan Brewer was among several state leaders who met Monday with President Barack Obama to go over the pending sequester budget cuts, due to take effect Friday. She says the president urged the governors to pressure their congressional delegations to avoid the cuts, but the Republican governor says she's not likely to do that.
Valley Metro fare hike hits Friday
If you ride Valley Metro buses or the light rail, you better take some extra change starting March 1. One-way tickets will cost 25 cents more. Valley Metro says the price hike is necessary to keep up with operational costs.
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The Official Guild Wars 2 thread *** First non-NDA beta is live! Impressions inside
in PC Discussion on 22 February 2012
Doh, my new computer won't be here within those 48 hours! Oh well, just finished signing up. So beyond excited....
Rainbird said: Buzzi said: r505Matt said:Oh man, I just read some of the press stuff. Now I'm even more pumped for this game (if that's even possible!). I do hope they fix the frame rate thing soon, but it doesn't matter too much to me; I'm buying an awesome computer tomorrow actually (mostly for this game). AMD Phenom II X4 965 3,40 Ghz 8 GB ram Windows 7 64 bit...
Oh man, I just read some of the press stuff. Now I'm even more pumped for this game (if that's even possible!). I do hope they fix the frame rate thing soon, but it doesn't matter too much to me; I'm buying an awesome computer tomorrow actually (mostly for this game)....
Buzzi said:This is the first beta weekend for selected players...I can't wait for the real open beta, this is my most hyped game ever! lol Just press beta right? Can't wait to hear what they all have to say (no NDA!). World PvP sounds incredible! I won't have enough time to do all the PvE and PvP stuff that I want to do =(...
Rainbird said: http://www.arena.net/blog/dragon Welcome to the Year of the Dragon! Today is Lunar New Year’s Day, and according to the Asian zodiac system, the first day of the Year of the Dragon. It’s an auspicious omen for all of us at ArenaNet, as we get ready to make this our own Year of the Dragon. According to tradition, the dragon embodies passion,...
More details on Mass Effect 3's Kinect usage
in Microsoft Discussion on 08 June 2011
Rainbird said: r505Matt said: Rainbird said: r505Matt said:This could be cool, but I'm still not willing to get Kinect yet. This is a good first step though. I like the concept of adding to a game with Kinect and not trying to control the entire thing with Kinect alone. I'll tell you about when ME3 comes out, if I have voice commands by then. I'm getting Kinect...
Official Playstation Vita Thread! The Last Stand - Ys VIII, Mary Skelter, Yomawari Midnight Shadows, Persona 3&5 Dancing, Atelier Lidy & Soeur, DanganRonpa V3, Demon Gaze II & MORE!
in Sony Discussion on 08 June 2011
Nice to have everything in one place, good job! Even though I really hate the name, I can't wait to pick one up....
How much would you be willing to pay for 3G?
Zedex said:I can't remember where but I heard somewhere that you won't be able to play games online over 3g. :( It's only going to be used for text and voice chat so you can only play online games over wifi. If this is true, why even get the 3g? ...
Rainbird said: r505Matt said:This could be cool, but I'm still not willing to get Kinect yet. This is a good first step though. I like the concept of adding to a game with Kinect and not trying to control the entire thing with Kinect alone. I'll tell you about when ME3 comes out, if I have voice commands by then. I'm getting Kinect later this year, that I'm quite certain of....
This could be cool, but I'm still not willing to get Kinect yet. This is a good first step though. I like the concept of adding to a game with Kinect and not trying to control the entire thing with Kinect alone....
Dust 514 hype and speculation thread...
deskpro2k3 said: r505Matt said:Whoa, wait really? This is only on PS3? Pass, I don't play shooters with the PS3 controller. Heck, the 360 controller is barely tolerable. No PC version = no interest. The game looks like it could be fun too, so that's too bad. sure point and click is so easy in pc shooters, it takes no effort at all. c'mon get some skill dude Nice, very...
Whoa, wait really? This is only on PS3? Pass, I don't play shooters with the PS3 controller. Heck, the 360 controller is barely tolerable. No PC version = no interest. The game looks like it could be fun too, so that's too bad....
DARK SOULS E3 GAMEPLAY VIDEOS
in Gaming Discussion on 08 June 2011
AWESOME! Can't wait!...
Old article, but I'm interested too. Any game that may be even remotely like Planetside has my attention....
Free to play MMOs
in PC Discussion on 05 June 2011
I just started playing Eden Eternal, it's pretty new (CB started maybe 4-5 days ago). Very cool class changing system, but still pretty 'normal'. Most of the MMOs people have listed I've found to be kind of boring. Runes of Magic, Lotro, Ragnarok Online, DDO. Well, DDO could've been cool, but it's freemium. So once your done with the first 2 zones, you only have access to about 20% of the...
Anyone have an extra Pure Bladestone in Demons Souls?
Congrats, I still need to plat Demon's Souls myself. Every time I go to work on it I get distracted by other games. ...
Insurance for download-able games... what?
homer said: Sounds fair and reasonable. If we break a disc, no one will replace it unless we have insurance, so why should digital distribution be different? Because a DD replacement is just bandwidth costs (which are next to nothing). A disc replacement is the cost of the disk shipping loss of inventory (just one, but still). ...
Sony: "NGP dev budgets close to PSP"
RolStoppable said: That's a misleading title. He says "closer to PSP than PS3", not "close to PSP". Quick example with rough numbers: AAA development for the PSP: $5 million. For the PS3: $20 million. Now the actual development costs for AAA titles on the NGP could be between $10-12 million and the statement would still be true. However, this isn't close to PSP budgets as the number is at...
You know, you just need someone to lend you their fully upgraded bladestone weapon for the trophy. Unless they changed that? So you could try and go that route instead of asking for an actual stone....
Rumor: PS Vita Launch titles confirmed....again?
in Sony Discussion on 31 May 2011
PS Vita is an AWFUL name. Not saying it can't be successful based on that, but seriously, who comes up with these shitty names? I was so excited to get one until I heard about the name....
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Why Leaders Need to Know What Machines Can’t Do
Some jobs really must be automated; others need the human touch.
When stock markets plunged early this year, managers at USAA’s investments division noticed something odd. Customers who routinely conducted business online were suddenly lighting up the phones. USAA had nothing new to tell them—its fundamental advice hadn’t changed, and they could have found that guidance online. Yet clients deeply wanted to talk to a real human being, and never mind why. They just did.
That reality illustrates a high-stakes decision that confronts managers in every industry: choosing which employees must be replaced by technology and which must not be. Growing numbers of jobs at every level can be performed by machines—not just faster and more cheaply than humans can do them, but better. In many of those jobs, such as in factories, failing to replace people could doom a company through uncompetitive costs. Yet in other jobs that machines can do well, such as giving financial advice, replacing too many humans could be a fatal error. How to decide? Three situations in particular seem to justify the costs, and quirks, of people.
When customers value the human touch. Many decisions that in theory are calculable—where to invest, whether to sue, how to respond to a medical diagnosis—are in fact laden with emotion. Many people need to interact with a person before choosing a course of action. In finance, law, medicine, and other fields, workers who handle those interactions most adeptly will be the least susceptible to replacement.
When constituencies must be represented. All organizations are run ultimately by and for humans, and most are complex matrices of desires, incentives, budgets, and myriad other factors. If marketing can’t get along with sales, or management with labor, nothing good can happen. Technology could optimize the whole intricate machine, but it will seize up if humans can’t agree on how to make it go.
When someone must be accountable. So long as humans and not machines are in charge—let’s assume that’s a long time—societies will demand that people be made to answer for decisions, even if technology recommends those decisions. Government officials, military officers, judges, business managers, basketball coaches, and others in leadership roles will remain where the buck stops. Technology may reduce the number of people in such roles—it’s already taking over tasks of middle managers, for example—but responsibility will ultimately end up in human hands.
As machines grow more powerful, deciding who must go and who must stay becomes harder. A guiding principle: Just because technology can do a job brilliantly doesn’t mean that it should.
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The Italian American Book - Where My Body Ends and the World Begins
Fred Gardaphe(April 26, 2019)
Tony Romano’s second novel, one that is part family-secret saga, part detective story, and all psychological thriller.
"The Smile of Imperfect Women” by Elvira Frojo : Discussing Happiness and Well-Being Amongst Women
Roberta Cutillo(March 25, 2019)
Talking about women, with women, on the side of women at the presentation of Elvira Frojo’s book "The Smile of Imperfect Women: Journey into the Alphabet of Well-being", the first in a series of conversations lead dedicated by i-Italy to discussing various topics and themes from a female perspective.
La nevicata memorabile di Olivio Romanini
Mattia Ronsisvalle(December 04, 2018)
Olivio Romanini, giornalista e scrittore, ha presentato il suo nuovo libro dal titolo "Una nevicata memorabile" in contesto veramente speciale. Tra i tavolini del locale Piccolo Cafe dell'Upper West Side di Manhattan. Il libro, scritto in forma epistolare, racconta di un viaggio tra l'Italia e gli Stati Uniti, passando per una casetta innevata, il momento legato all'elezione, sorpresa per molti, del Presidente Donald Trump. A parlare con lui nel locale Francesca di Matteo e Michele Casadei Massari
Evelina's garden
BOOK. A Victorian Heroine in Venice
Valeria De Bresciani(September 07, 2017)
Evelina, A Victorian Herone in Venice, by Judith Harris, is published in the UK by Fonthill Media Ltd., including in a Kindle edition, and is available in print in the US in October.
Kayla Pantano(June 29, 2017)
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the maestro’s birth, music historian, Harvey Sachs, published “Toscanini: Musician of Conscience," his second biography on one of the greatest conductors of all time.
Piero Bassetti and Fred Plotkin at La Casa di i-Italy
What's an Italic and Are You One of Them?
Alex Catti(June 20, 2017)
There are over 250 million “Italics” in the world, and perhaps you’re one of them! On occasion of the recent English publication of Piero Bassetti’s book “Let’s Wake Up, italics! Manifesto for a Glocal Future,” i-Italy hosted a conversation between the author himself and Fred Plotkin, one of America’s foremost experts on opera and Italian culture. The conversation discussed what an “Italic” is and how Italics fit into the larger global society. The book “Let’s Wake Up, italics!” is published by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
The World's First Ever "Tiramisù Day"!
Alex Catti(March 16, 2017)
Almost everyone has a favorite Italian dessert. For many people, the traditional dessert of choice is tiramisù. What better excuse to have a bite of this delicious Italian "dolce" than a day dedicated to it? Thanks to Clara and Gigi Padovani, authors of the book "Tiramisù," March 21st will be the first ever “Tiramisù Day.”
Between Faith and Guilt
Maria Rita Latto(June 25, 2016)
The fourth of Antonio Monda’s ten-volume New York saga has just been published in Italy. Based on a recurring cast of characters, each volume is set in a different decade of the 20th century. This last is set in the 1970s and it examines the complicated relationship between faith and guilt.
Library: Articles & Reviews
Judith Harris(January 28, 2016)
Lavishly praised throughout the English-speaking world and somewhat more controversial at home, Neapolitan author Elena Ferrante is a literary phenomenon whose identity is an enigma. Her name is a pseudonym, and the author has chosen to keep his/her identity an enigma. For whatever reason, Ferrante is never photographed, never interviewed in person, but solely and occasionally by email.
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In "Isis vs Occidente", Italian sociologist Stefano De Santis focuses on various aspects of the universe of ISIS, from the origins to the key players, the foreign fighters and the role of mass media, the war on terrorism that the Western world is conducting and the risks of our civilization.
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An ICT-Based Network of Competence Centres for Developing Intellectual Capital in the Mediterranean Area
Author(s): Marco De Maggio (University of Salento, Italy), Pasquale Del Vecchio (University of Salento, Italy), Gianluca Elia (University of Salento, Italy) and Francesca Grippa (University of Salento, Italy)
Source title: Global Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Global Business
View An ICT-Based Network of Competence Centres for Developing Intellectual Capital in the Mediterranean Area on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.
The rising of the knowledge economy, enhanced by the fast diffusion of ICTs, drives a wider perspective on the divide among Countries, interpreting it more and more as the result of an asymmetry in the access to knowledge and in the readiness to apply it in order to renew the basics of their development dynamics. Looking at the Mediterranean Area, the positive correlation between the Networked Readiness Index and the Global Competitive Index developed at Global Economic Forum – INSEAD, shows that the opposite sides of the Mediterranean Sea are performing a development path at two different paces. In the effort to face the challenge of supporting the creation of Intellectual Capital able to apply, diffuse and benefit from e-business, in 2005 the e-Business Management Section (eBMS) of Scuola Superiore ISUFI – University of Salento launched the “Mediterranean School of e-Business Management”. The present work aims to offer a presentation of its genesis, its most distinctive features, operational model and action plan. The preliminary results of its activities show the role and the main challenges of the School in addressing the needs of the Mediterranean Countries towards a logic of partnership for the development of their Intellectual assets.
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Action Continues At 2015 ITA Men's All-American Championships
> ITA Tennis Homepage > About ITA > News > Action Continues At 2015 ITA Men's All-American Championships
TULSA, Okla. – Seeded singles players and doubles teams encountered a slippery slope trying to navigate their way through their respective main draws on Friday at the 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships.
Round of 32 main draw singles action saw the top two seeds dispatched, while in doubles, the No.’s 1 and 3 teams were eliminated on another full day of action that saw play start indoors at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center due to rain, but conclude outdoors thanks to a pleasant afternoon and evening of calm skies.
The 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships is the second national championship tournament of the 2015-16 men’s season.
This marks the 11th straight year that the University of Tulsa will serve as the official tournament host. Live video and scoring for each main draw match at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center can be viewed at www.tulsahurricane.com, while updated draws and main draw daily recaps can be found at the ITA Championship Central page http://www.itatennis.com/Events/ITANationalChampionships/MensAllAmerican.htm. You can also follow the conversation on Twitter by following @ITATennis and using the hashtag #TulsaITA.
Men’s singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 12-15, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
Round of 16 and quarterfinal singles matches and quarterfinal doubles take place on Saturday, in addition to consolation matches in each draw. Championship matches for both singles and doubles scheduled for Monday, Oct. 12.
In doubles, Ohio State’s Martin Joyce and Ralf Steinbach blitzed top-seeded Austin Smith and Ben Wagland of Georgia 6-1, 6-2 to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinal round, where they will take on Florida’s Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson. The Gators were 6-3, 6-4 winners over Alabama’s Korey Lovett and Becker O’Shaugnessey.
Friday was a good day to be a New Mexico Lobo, as the duo of Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen upset No. 3 seed Boris Arias and Jordan Daigle of LSU 6-2, 6-4. Sabatka and Van Leijsen, No. 29 in the 2015 Oracle/ITA Preseason Division I Men’s National Doubles Rankings, didn’t begin playing together as a team until midway through the 2014-15 spring season, but have certainly bonded quickly.
“I was with another guy and (Bart) was with another guy and coach (Bart Scott) decided to put us together and we’ve done really well since then,” said Sabatka.
The Lobos play a throwback style of doubles that stands out in appearance from today’s current trend of one player at the net and the other on the baseline. New Mexico typically rushes both players to the net, and so far in Tulsa, the results have been very successful.
“We try to have both us come in whenever we can,” said Leijsen. “You see a lot of guys standing on the baseline ripping shots and we try to stay aggressive and come in.”
Added Sabatka: “We try to make our presence felt at the net and not on the baseline.”
Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger topped Stanford’s Tom Fawcett and Maciek Romanowicz 6-3, 6-4 to earn a spot in Saturday’s quarterfinal round. The Cavaliers will take on Lobos in the quarterfinals.
Florida’s Maxx Lipman and Elliott Orkin bested Tulsa’s Matthew Kirby and Dylan McCloskey bested by a score of 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7). The Gators are set to face Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer and Chi Shan Jao. The Green Wave duo, who advanced out of the qualifying draw, topped Harvard’s Nicholas Hu and Brian Yeung 5-7, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (8).
North Carolina’s Brett Clark and Robert Kelly scored a 6-2, 6-4 victory over SMU’s Nate Lammons and Arkadijs Slobodkins. The Tar Heel duo will take on Ohio State’s Herkko Pollanen and Mikael Torpegaard (6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (12) winners over San Diego’s Jordan Angus and Filip Vittek) in the quarterfinals.
In singles play, Auburn’s Marko Krickovic and Florida State’s Benjamin Lock were on opposite ends of the spectrum Friday in their respective Round of 32 main draw singles action at the 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships, but the end result for both was ultimately the same.
With morning rain pushing action indoors at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the University of Tulsa campus, Krickovic saw four match points disappear in his match versus No. 1 seed Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame, while Lock saved match point three times against Oklahoma’s Alex Gilhea.
The Auburn senior responded from the missed opportunity by winning the next two games to take down Monaghan and earn a spot in the Round of 16 with a 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory. The win moves Krickovic, who advanced out of the qualifying draw, one match away from an automatic berth in the 2015 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.
“They were all on his serve and he made four first serves and kind of ran me around the court,” said Krickovic, ranked No. 27 in the 2015 Oracle/ITA Division I Preseason Men’s National Singles Rankings. “The next game, he actually played a really good game and then I kind of just went for it. I had an unbelievable point at five-all, no-ad; I hit my forehand and overhead as hard as I could.
“I’m really happy I won this match,” added Krickovic, who will take on Stanford’s Tom Fawcett (6-4, 6-2 winner over Georgia’s Walker Duncan) on Saturday. “I missed New York last year. I lost in the regional final by two points. This is my senior year and I want to have that experience, but really, I’m just trying to play good tennis and see how far it takes me.”
Lock faced a 5-4 third set deficit and the aforementioned three match points, but battled back to square the set at five-all. The 6-foot-7 senior from Harare, Zimbabwe, then held serve to take a 6-5 lead and closed out the match with a break of serve to earn the 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 win.
“I thought it was a really well-competed match, all three sets,” said Lock, who will face No. 4 seed Dominik Koepfer of Tulane (6-3, 6-3 against Minnesota’s Matic Spec). “I thought I played really good tennis in the first set and then (Gilhea) stepped it up and changed his game a lot in the second set. The third set, we broke each other so many times it was just a dogfight.
“When I was down match points, I just tried to stay in the moment. Last year at NCAA’s, I was down match points in the first round and managed to pull that one out in a similar fashion. I tried to do the right things and eventually it paid off.”
Monaghan wasn’t the only seeded player to fall on Friday, as Duke’s Nicolas Alvarez, the No. 2 seed, fell to Aron Hiltzik of Illinois 7-5, 7-5.
“All of my matches this year have been battles, so the number one thing I had to focus on was battling my butt off every single point,” said Hiltzik, the No. 46-ranked player in the country. “I know (Alvarez) is a great player, so I just stuck to my guns and I’ve had a couple of mental nerves in the past, but now I’m all good.”
The early season battles have helped round parts of Hiltzik’s game into form.
“I’m serving pretty well and when I’m serving well, it’s a good thing for me,” said Hiltzik. “I’m dictating what I want to do on the court. When I let someone push me around it’s not the best thing for me, so I have to stand my ground and I’m doing that well.”
South Florida’s Roberto Cid, the No. 6 seed in the draw, was dealt a 6-1, 6-2 defeat by Northwestern qualifier Konrad Zieba.
“I thought the move indoors was more of an advantage for me, considering he’s from Florida and I’m from Chicago,” said Zieba, who entered the Men’s All-American unranked. “I’m obviously used to playing indoors and I felt like it favored me greatly.”
San Diego’s Uros Petronijevic defeated No. 8 Wayne Montgomery of Georgia in three sets 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3.
In other Round of 32 singles action, North Carolina’s Ronnie Schneider, the No. 7 seed, topped San Diego qualifier Jordan Angus in straights 7-6 (3), 6-3. Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, seeded third, battled past Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech in three sets 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. USC’s Nick Crystal scored a 6-4, 6-2 decision versus Kentucky’s Beck Pennington, while Dartmouth’s Dovydas Sakinis claimed victory over Denver’s Henry Craig via walkover, as Craig was unable to compete due to injury. Cal’s Andre Goransson took down USC’s Max de Vroome in straight sets 7-5, 6-2.
Day Two Notes:
-Three players from the qualifying draw (Krickovic, Zieba and di Feo) are still alive in the main singles draw. Three qualifying draw doubles teams (New Mexico’s Sabatka/Van Leijsen, Ohio State’s Pollanen/Torpegaard and Tulane’s Koepfer/Jao) remain in the main draw.
-California (Goransson, Lakat) and Ohio State (di Feo, Diaz) each have two players remaining in the main singles draw.
-Ohio State and Florida each have two doubles teams alive in the main draw.
-Three Big Ten teams (Illinois, Northwestern and Ohio State), three Pac-12 teams (Cal, Stanford and USC) and three ACC teams (Florida State, North Carolina and Virginia) have at least one representative in the field.
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Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Women's National Rankings - April 25, 2017
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TEAM/SINGLES/DOUBLES
TEMPE, Ariz. – For the second time in a week, No. 2 Vanderbilt defeated No. 1 Florida, and while the victories didn’t propel the Commodores past the Gators in the national team rankings, the wins did narrow the margin and earned the team both the SEC regular-season and tournament championships.
No changes to the top of the national singles and doubles rankings, as Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo remains the top-ranked singles player, while North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Jessie Aney are the No. 1-ranked doubles tandem, as Oracle and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the latest Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Women’s National Rankings on Tuesday.
A reminder that the national team rankings feature the Top 50 teams. Coaches will have access to the unpublished national team rankings on the ITA website.
Top 25 Women’s Team Rankings By Conference
Top 10 Conference rankings in parenthesis
SEC (3) 11 – Florida (1); Vanderbilt (2); Georgia (3); Auburn (13); South Carolina (14); Kentucky (17); Mississippi State (18); Arkansas (19); Texas A&M (20); LSU (21); Tennessee (22)
Big 12 (2) 5 – Texas Tech (7); Oklahoma State (9); Baylor (15); Texas (24); TCU (25)
ACC (2) 3 – North Carolina (5); Georgia Tech (8); Duke (12)
Pac-12 (1) 3 – Stanford (6); California (16); UCLA (23)
Big Ten (2) 2 – Ohio State (4); Michigan (10)
West Coast Conference 1 – Pepperdine (11)
Top 25 Women’s Singles Rankings By Conference
SEC (4) 12 – Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt (4); Belinda Woolcock, Florida (6); Jasmine Lee, Mississippi State (8); Jade Lewis, LSU (10); Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt (11); Erin Routliffe, Alabama (14); Rachel Pierson, Texas A&M (18); Eleni Christofi, Georgia (19); Ellen Perez, Georgia (20); Josie Kuhlman, Florida (21); Aldila Sutjiadi, Kentucky (22); Alizee Michaud, Auburn (23)
Big 12 (3) 3 – Blair Shankle, Baylor (5); Viktoriya Lushkova, Oklahoma State (7); Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech (9)
ACC (1) 3 – Hayley Carter, North Carolina (2); Sara Daavettila, North Carolina (15); Sinead Lohan, Miami (16)
Big Ten (1) 3 – Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State (1); Brienne Minor, Michigan (24); Kate Fahey, Michigan (25)
Pac-12 (1) 2 – Ena Shibahara, UCLA (3); Karla Popovic, California (13)
West Coast Conference 2 – Luisa Stefani, Pepperdine (12); Ashley Lahey, Pepperdine (17)
Top 10 Women’s Doubles Rankings By Conference
SEC 6 – Astra Sharma/Emily Smith, Vanderbilt (2); Jasmine Lee/Lisa Marie Rioux, Mississippi State (3); Ellen Perez/Caroline Brinson, Georgia (4); Erin Routliffe/Maddie Pothoff, Alabama (5); Aldila Sutjiadi/Mami Adachi, Kentucky (6); Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson, Texas A&M (8)
ACC 1 – Hayley Carter/Jessie Aney, North Carolina (1)
West Coast Conference 1 – Christine Maddox/Mayar Sherif Ahmed, Pepperdine (7)
Big Ten 1 – Kate Fahey/Alex Najarian, Michigan (9)
Big 12 1 – Vladica Babic/Carla Tur Mari, Oklahoma State (10)
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Taiwan Black Movies at IFD & Filmark ( part 21): Survival Of A Dragon
Back to the early 80's it seems IFD catalog was an endless one if we compare the ammounts of movies they released around the world to the limited catalog they offer today. One of the most interesting facts is most of the movies that IFD has no longer on its catalog are the taiwanese ones. I can just imagine two ways for this matter: IFD have not longer the copyrights of those movies or they were just lost during the fire that destroyed IFD & Filmark offices in Garley Gallery in Yau Ma Tei back in 1996.
These days, my elder son is sick & I have to stay with him full time at home, so, I decided to put in orderm my movies storage room & check damaged or forgotten old VHS that I haven't transferred into DVD yet. Among them I found a forgotten gem from IFD that it still remains as a rare gem from Joseph Lai's company since, to my information and if I am not wrong, it is a very underrated film titled Survival of a Dragon.
Watch out, Survival of A Dragon. Don't get confused with another film starred by Larry Lee originally titled The Thunderkick directed by Teddy Yip, a regular face on Samo Hung's movies, that later was re-titled Survival of the Dragon that also included in the cast famous faces like Bolo Yeung, James Nam or Yukio Someno.
The movie released by IFD, Survival of a Dragon is a 1981 taiwanese production originally titled Hero From the Time Tunnel directed by Lam Ying who scripted, among other nice kung fu films, a favourite of mine titled The romantic double rings. Lam Ying was also the director of one of those taiwanese women in prison movies that were also a "nice" subgenre for rottenminded people like me. Among those movies there is one that I like specially titled Escape at Dawn
Survival of a dragon was starred by Alan Lau Tak-Hoi whom we have previously seen in some other movies distributed by IFD such as Pink Force Commando or as co-star with Elsa Yeung in Nude Body Case in Tokyo.
Alan Lau's co-stars in this movie were actress Lee Lit who also starred a crazy movie titled Lunatic Frog Women ( aka Virgin Commandos), Ngai Ping Ngo, the gaylish gangster in Bruce Lee's movies and Hung Chiu Hung, a guy who decided to be known internationally as Squall Hung (!!!!!!!) and whose movie career is quite short, probably a gangster who decided to try his luck in the movie industry.
Survival of A Dragon is a crazy movie about a reporter girl who is investigating about some gangsters and because of a electricity problem inside of an abandoned mine she is back on time to the middle age, then as it happened in Yuen Biao's The Iceman Cometh, the kung fu warriors will come to the present time & fight the gangsters!!!!!!
Till now, I Just knew the spanish VHS release of this movie, but I have been able to find some information that Survival of A Dragon was also released in some other countries and territories!
One day, I should compile a complete list of IFD catalog including the long time lost movies like this one. Oh, I mean lost from IFD catalog....
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02/05/2019 by Seth Honnor
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Seth Honnor, the artistic director of Kaleider (United Kingdom) followed his PIG around Europe. PIG is an original IN SITU Pilot project focusing on the concept of collective choice and responsability. Taste a bite of its 2018 tour and read its diary.
Norfolk & Norwich Festival (United Kingdom)
Norwich. Friday 11th May. We’ve sold Pig as a concept. IN SITU has invested in its production. We’ve designed it and fabricated it. It’s about 2.2m long and 1.7m high. The sun is shining and we’ve placed it in a public space for the first time. The LED bar inside scrolls:
“This is a community fund, you can contribute to it if you like, and when you’ve agreed how to spend it you can open me and spend it.”
We sit about 50m away and watch. It’s our first experience of “Pig watching”, which over the next months will become a very particular sport.
A group of 3 girls in front of us are looking at it. They’ve read the sign. “I’m going to be the first person to put money into it.” She runs over and drops a coin into its empty belly. One of us says “It works”. But as Nadia Aguir (général manager of IN SITU) will later observe: "Pig reveals itself and the city it is in as it goes."
So, yes, people will put money in it – I never doubted this – and to that extent it works, but what is it that we have made?
The BBC point a camera at me with the Pig behind me. I’m uncomfortable. It will be the last time I am filmed or photographed as the proud farmer standing beside his pig. It isn’t mine – it’s the public’s.
The first opening in Norwich brings a tangible relief to the Norfolk and Norwich Festival team members. It’s been opened by someone who has seen it on TV and she’s come down with some 7 year olds from her football team. The manager has run off and taken the money for their new kit with him. The paper photograph the entire team of 7 year olds in front of the pig. I like it, you couldn’t make it up, but I feel myself waiting for the next story as soon as I’m told this one. It will come, and then another, and another.
Security staff from the adjacent public building take it upon themselves to prevent “some Italian kids” from opening it because they’re “not from here”.
A man who the police later describe as “from the street community” attempts to open it. Someone calls the police. The police arrive and question the people watching and the man. As they question him he closes the Pig without taking any money. The police agree he has done nothing wrong. He leaves.
A self identifying elderly woman calls the Norfolk and Norwich Festival office to ask if she can open it for her group. They fold the responsibility back to her. She’s worried that they won’t look as good as the kids in the paper. The following day an elderly lady and two young children open Pig and take “half” the money to give to an elderly group and a pre-school. No one approaches them or challenges them.
Kids seem to love putting money in. Maybe they don’t yet care for its value. “Mummy, mummy can I put some money in?” To which the reply comes: “I’ll see if I can find some brown ones.”
Getting into my car late on a Friday. I’m tired. I check my emails on my phone. Mark Denbigh has written. It simply says: “We had another opening this morning. A Big Issue seller – wasn’t sure he would have sold enough Big Issue’s this morning and needed bus fare to visit his partner who was at the hospital. He took £12 to cover his bus fare and two coffees and left the rest. He was helped to open it by member of Forum security and then did all the bolts back up.”
A tear wells up in my eye. Pig “works”.
The PIG at Norfolk and Norwich Festival ©Kaleider
Oerol Festival (The Netherlands)
On Terschelling Island we decide to move it around every other day or so. The project becomes about the pilgrimage to find Pig. In that way Pig becomes somewhat of a celebrity. People tell me that they found it but “not that much happened”. I agree – “people walk up to it, read the sign, look quizzical and then either put money in or not”. The temporal nature of Pig isn’t like the other work they’re experiencing – it’s a slippery pig.
“Utterly fascinating reactions from passers by. More smart work from the creators of The Money and one which puts its trust in people and thinks the best not the worst of them.”Lyn Gardner, Writer for The Stage and Novelist
At our communal breakfast on the boat where I’m staying artists come and go. We talk about each other’s work, but the conversation dwells on Pig far longer than I’m comfortable. We propose a “swear jar”: €1 for saying “pig”… but what would we do with the money!?
Pig gets stolen. A group of eight lift it up to take it towards a pub where they think it will get more money. They only get 200m before Island Security find them and ask them to take it back.
Some staff at the festival are worried that it isn’t “working” because they can’t see it. In response we put it right into the middle of a busy festival site. It gets used as a beer mat. We never do this again. From now on we trust that it is doing its job even when we can’t see it doing its job.
It’s the last day. A man and a small boy walk up to the Pig as we’re installing it on the beach. “I told my friends I was coming to Oerol and they asked me if I would see the Pig”. News of Pig has made it to the mainland. Apparently you don’t need to be beside Pig for it to do its thing, you just need to hear about it.
On Terschelling it wasn’t the money that created a new community, but the Pig itself.
The PIG in Oerol ©Moon Saris
Østfold Kulturutvikling (Norway)
August, Moss, a small city in Norway. No festival, no announcement. Both the city and regional newspapers get interested and run articles. The story quickly becomes about where the mysterious Pig has arrived from. One paper does some impressive investigative journalism, and after seeing a British coin in a trotter traces Pig to Kaleider and then to the promoter James Moore. Both papers run two more large articles. I arrive in the last days of two weeks. I come down to breakfast to Pig filling the front page of the newspaper.
No one has opened Pig. The Norwegians are beside themselves with wanting someone to be a tall poppy and open it. But their welfare state is strong, things are ok. I’m told it is deeply engrained that no one should think that they are better than another and so maybe no one will open it. People tell us they have overheard two people on the bus arguing about the pig and what fellesskapet was and wasn’t, the word James chose to use in place of community as the Norwegian language has no direct translation. Another tells us it was being talked about at bingo. The Mayor comes to talk to us.
In the last hour of two weeks (we didn’t publicise the end date), late at night, a young man opens it. A friend on a bike circles a long way off. Some children come to watch. James films him and asks him what he’s going to use the money for: A community organic farm – he wants to save the world. He drops each bolt carelessly onto the ground, spinning the butterfly nuts off and letting them fall too. He leaves one bolt in, so that as he takes the top off it twists, but doesn’t break. He scoops up two weeks worth of donations. He is scooping for what seems like forever, placing it in his opened coat on the ground. He ties up his coat and holds his hoard aloft. He leaves the lid in its sorry state, hanging half off. The papers continue to run stories.
The PIG in Moss ©Fedrik Borgund
Freedom Festival (United Kingdom)
We pack up Pig and send it to Hull for Freedom Festival. It’s September. I arrive in central Hull early in the morning from a whistle-stop tour of another show in Taipei and Netherlands. The late summer sun is warm. Little did I know, particularly after Norway, that the following 3 days were to be some of the most emotionally expensive of my artistic career.
Pig arrives before breakfast on a telehandler into the historic heart of the city, Beverly Gate. We turn it on. It does its thing. People put money in. Some open it and take money out. And so on. The police arrive. The superintendent gets in touch and asks “if there’s a spike in deaths tonight due to increased drug taking how will you reconcile that?” A duality of “this is not the responsibility of this artwork”, and “I definitely don’t want anyone to die” rises up in me. We talk with the police, who calm down, they ask us to move Pig to a festival site, and I witness some impressive liberal policing with full understanding of the artwork and full cooperation with the festival to make it brilliant and keep people safe.
Over the next few days thousands of pounds is placed in Pig and taken out in at least 12 openings. It is busy. A world away from Moss. I can’t leave the site for long, pulled to observation by moral duty.
I’m told by a BBC reporter that 1 in 3 people in Hull grow up in poverty. 1 in 3, in the fifth richest country in the world. Add to this a street drug problem that is not in any way under control and this conversation, inevitably, rises right to the top of the agenda, in the press, amongst the festival going public, with the police, on social media. A perfect storm of hot summer sun, money, and sometimes as many as 200 people around Pig at any one time.
People putting money in on one side whilst others take it out the other. A cute transparent pig asking a city to face itself.
There are too many Hull stories to do any justice here. But like everywhere Pig has been, each story sheds new light on the stories that have gone before.
The PIG at the Freedom festival ©Tom Arran
Travellings (France)
After Hull, Marseille, with £400 in its belly from the people of Hull. When we said we were taking Pig to Marseille people drew breath in through their teeth as if to say “you’re insane”. But we weren’t, and Marseille was, in short, what we have come to expect from Pig: It attracts the curious and the rebellious, to engage in the humour, and the play. It asks a question about the commons and what makes up our communities, about how we will make decisions about our planet when we are 12 billion, about how we come to agreement and with who. And it attracts people in uniform.
The PIG in Marseille ©Didier Verdureau
Pigzine
One of the concerns from commissioners investing public money in this project was how we captured the stories. Of course, many, many stories are out of reach by the nature of the work, but we developed Pigzine to try and capture some of this European story. Throughout the tour Pig has been accompanied by Pigzine reporters: young reporters recruited locally to work alongside our own young Editor in Chief Natasha Batorijs. The reporters collect stories from the public about openings, ask passers-by probing and disarming questions about Pig and gather those stories together on pigzine for everyone to read. You can read them too, I will let Pigzine speak for itself: pigzine.com
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What is IN SITU in short?
IN SITU is the European platform for artistic creation in public space. Since 2003, it has supported more than 200 artists working outside conventional venues and contributing to the transformation of our territories. IN SITU is an ecosystem connecting a new generation of artists with audiences, programmers, and key-players involved in the economic, political and social realities around Europe. IN SITU develops an ecology of creation based on transnational artistic workshops and laboratories, European and international residencies and collective mentoring for pilot artistic projects. IN SITU also designs tailored consulting and expertise for European cities, online training modules (MOOC) and a Think Tank dedicated to artistic creation in public space.
IN SITU is led by Lieux publics - European and national center for artistic creation in public space (France), and brings together 20 partners from 12 countries: Artopolis Association / PLACCC Festival (Hungary), Atelier 231 / Festival Viva Cité (France), CIFAS (Belgium), Ctyri dny / 4+4 Days in Motion (Czech Republic), FAI-AR (France), Freedom Festival (United Kingdom), Kimmel Center (The United States of America), Metropolis (Denmark), La Paperie (France), La Strada Graz (Austria), Les Tombées de la Nuit (France), Lieux publics (France), Norfolk & Norwich Festival (United Kingdom), Teatri ODA (Kosovo), Theater op de Markt (Belgium), On the Move (Belgium), Østfold kulturutvikling (Norway), Oerol Festival (The Netherlands), Terni Festival (Italy), UZ Arts (United Kingdom).
IN SITU ACT 2016 - 2020 is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Since 2018, the IN SITU Cloud gathers new associated members around IN SITU.
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Who is IN SITU?
It all started around a table somewhere in Europe. Five festival managers and artistic centre directors had the same hunch that the future of artistic creation in the public space would play out on a European scale. In five languages, they laid down the foundations of IN SITU and art in the European public space.
The idea has won over support and IN SITU now boasts 20 partners in Angers, Budapest, Brussels, Copenhagen, Fredrikstad, Graz, Glasgow, Hull, Marseille, Neerpelt, Norwich, Philadelphia, Prague, Pristina, Rennes, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Terni, Terschelling and beyond. Since 2018, the IN SITU Cloud gathers new associated members around IN SITU.There are now even more people to identify artists and support them as they explore new territories, and even more colleagues with whom we can think about our continent’s issues. This is an artistic adventure, with a long history of friendship, empathy and trust.
IN SITU MEMBERS 2016 – 2020 (ACT)
Artopolis Association / PLACCC Festival
Budapest / Hungary
Atelier 231 / Festival Viva Cité (CNAREP, centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public)
Sotteville-lès-Rouen / France
Brussels / Belgium
Ctyri dny / 4 + 4 Days in Motion
Prague / Czech Republic
FAI-AR - formation supérieure d'art en espace public
Marseille / France
Hull / United Kingdom
Kimmel Center
Philadelphia / The United States of America
Metropolis / Københavns Internationale Teater
Copenhagen / Denmark
La Paperie (CNAREP, centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public)
Angers / France
La Strada Graz
Graz / Austria
Les Tombées de la Nuit
Rennes / France
Lieux publics - centre national & pôle européen de création en espace public (CNAREP, centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public)
Norwich / United Kingdom
Teatri ODA / HAPU FestivalPristina / Kosovo
Theater op de Markt / Provincial Domein Dommelhof
Neerpelt / Belgium
Scenekunst Østfold / Østfold kulturutviklingFredrikstad / Norway
Oerol Festival
Terschelling / The Netherlands
Terni Festival
Terni / Italy
UZ Arts
Glasgow / United Kingdom
IN SITU ASSOCIATED MEMBERS SINCE 2018
ANTI Festival
Kuopio / Finland
Biela Noc
Bratislava & Košice / Slovakia
Bildstörung Europäisches Straßentheater festival
Detmold / Germany
Santa Maria da Feira / Portugal
Eleusis 2021
Eleusis / Greece
FiraTàrrega / Theatre Al Carrer
Tàrrega / Spain
Matera / Italy
Sura Medura
Hikkaduwa / Sri Lanka
What are the IN SITU projects?
IN SITU ACT (2016 - 2020)
ACT is an ecosystem designed to structure the sector of artistic creation in public space and its artists, support their emergence and improve their visibility.
In a nutshell, IN SITU ACT is about:
- Transnational writing seminars;
- Collective mentoring for projects under development;
- 6 transnational pilot artistic projects supported by all the partners;
- European and international residencies;
- Printed and digital publications;
- Training modules for professionals in the form of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) and tailored consulting and expertise for European cities.
- A European Think tank made out of elected representatives, artists, as well as cultural and urban experts.
IN SITU PLATFORM (2014 - 2017)
Granted with a three year funding, the IN SITU Platform 2014 – 2017 aimed to highlight and promote emerging artists working outside conventional venues and contributing to the transformation of our territories. Over the course of three years, IN SITU Platform was developing a communication and brand narrative (storytelling), which was designed as a story to be shared with the general public, mixing technological creativity and high visibility at large popular events.
META (2011 - 2016)
META, the Manifest of Europe for Transformation through Art. The name of the project was a program in itself. Nine years after its creation, the IN SITU network intended to develop with META the idea of a societal function of art and artistic creation in public space while asserting its support in accompanying a humanistic project of contemporary European society. For this project, IN SITU has brought together 19 partners, covering 14 countries in the European Union and reaching out appreciably towards Central Europe.
2011-2016. It took nothing less than five years to implement the ambitious actions focussing on three main themes: transformation, walking and the art of living together.
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How can I join the network?
Each year each IN SITU partner introduces a new artist to the network. They all have their own selection criteria. To know more check out the list of our partners (Q2 - WHO IS IN SITU?) and contact them directly.
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We are currently not looking for new members. However, since 2018, we are welcoming new associated members.
You can find us at various international events and meetings, and during IN SITU members' festivals. We are always interested in meeting new people and creating new collaborations. To contact us : insitu@lieuxpublics.com
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Derek Jeter’s Diary: A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to 2
by Mark Lisanti
The baseball season is a long and lonely road. To preserve his sanity, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter keeps a diary. These are excerpts from The Captain’s private journal.
Friday, July 25: vs. Toronto Blue Jays
You have to be confident.
If there’s one thing a Captain can impart to his team, it’s confidence. The other players take their cues from you, so it’s your responsibility to project confidence at all times. Not swagger, because that’s confidence turned up one notch too far, and the Yankees are not an organization that does swagger. The Yankees do aura and mystique. The sense that things are going to work out because over the span of franchise history they almost always have, even if those winning outcomes sometimes require the intervention of supernatural forces. Things certainly have worked out for me.
Which makes it easier to step out onto that field with confidence every day.
When you do that, good results tend to follow. Like running off a 17-game winning streak at Yankee Stadium against Toronto. It’s hard to explain a run like that other than the triumph of confidence over insecurity. That the other team comes in here, sees an opponent on the diamond that fully expects a win, and is shaken by their certainty. But you can’t fake that. You have to really believe it. You have to have it reinforced by a leader who’s been to the top of Championship Mountain again and again and can tell you what it’s like up there. He can tell you what the flowers smell like. He can tell you how crisp the air feels. He can tell you if the food’s any good. For the record, everything smells, feels, and tastes like winning. Just like it should in paradise. You should try to visit it. But you have to go through this team and its confidence to get there.
Sometimes you wonder if you should put all this in a book one day, especially since you now run a soon-to-be incredibly successful publishing company. But maybe recording it for posterity in your diary is enough. There’s something powerful about writing down the wisdom you’ve accumulated for an audience of yourself.
Saturday, July 26: vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Here’s the thing about winning streaks: Eventually they end. All of them. No team goes 162-0, even if that’s the expectation you enter every season with. All you can do is hope that when your streak is finally broken, it’s in early April after you’ve already swept your way through the World Series in October. That takes the sting out of it somewhat. Not totally, but some. The end of every streak is still painful in its own way. Even those that end in late July because you were forced to start a pitcher who was traded for a brown lunch bag full of cash. A small lunch bag. You weren’t even sure that was a legal way to conduct a baseball transaction, but you learn new things about how front offices operate every day. You wonder whether someone will actually let Chris Capuano keep that bag. If they do, I’d be happy to sign it for him as a keepsake of his short time with us.
Sunday, July 27: vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Troy Tulowitzki is in town to get his hip examined, and he drops by the Stadium today to catch the game, saying he’s taking an opportunity to see me play one more time before my retirement. You’re always flattered by gestures like that. He’s a great young shortstop who plays the game the right way when he’s not hurt, which seems to be a lot of the time, and he wears my number. But immediately the media takes the visit to mean that he’s going to ask for a trade to the Yankees.
First of all, a player can’t really demand a trade anywhere. It’s not up to him. It’s up to whether or not his owner and his general manager would care enough about his happiness to make all his childhood dreams come true by sending him to New York. Second of all, you’d never risk tampering charges by speculating about possible moves in your diary, but you’d love to have him on the team for the stretch run. We just picked up Chase Headley to play third, but Tulo would fit in perfectly next to me at second base. Brian Roberts is a great guy and a true professional who would happily volunteer to go to Colorado to get his teammates such a huge upgrade. The Rockies would be crazy not to want a selfless veteran presence like that to help change their culture. It makes so much sense, you’re shocked it hasn’t happened already. Cashman must be working on it as we speak. Not that I have any inappropriate inside knowledge. I’ll find out about it at the same time as everybody else, when Brian Roberts nods at me in the clubhouse, acknowledging his sacrifice for the greater good of the Yankees.
Monday, July 28: at Texas Rangers
On the flight to Dallas/Fort Worth, I finally get a moment to have a nice phone conversation with Mr. Torre, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame today. We won four World Series together, and I couldn’t be happier for him. He was the manager who made me a starter, and I’ll be eternally grateful to him for that, for always believing in me, and for never listening to the people who incorrectly criticized my defense using unreliable statistics or their own untrained eyes. He knew what he saw out there, and he even made sure I stayed at shortstop when A-Rod came over from Texas. You couldn’t ask for a better manager. It’s been an impossible void for Joe Girardi to fill, as hard as he tries. You can’t replace a legend like Mr. Torre — you can only do your best to remember to look up from your binder once in a while and peek out from behind his shadow.
Mr. Torre tells me that everybody in Cooperstown was talking about how in five years I might be the first person to go into the Hall with 100 percent of the vote. He was probably just being polite, but that would be an incredible honor. You can’t even think about it, though, because it’s completely out of your hands and a lot of the writers do unpredictable things and use their votes to “send messages.” So the only 100 percent you can worry about is your own effort level. If you continue to go out there day after day giving everything you have, even after 19 seasons of sustained excellence, maybe the message the Hall sends is “Thank you for being the best baseball player you could possibly be. Welcome inside, Captain.”
Maybe it’ll even be Mr. Torre delivering the message. That would be yet another dream come true.
Tuesday, July 29: at Texas Rangers
I get back to the hotel totally spent from an exhausting win and decide to hit the sauna to relax a little. It’s late, so I expect it to be empty. But when I go to open the door, I see a pair of blue eyes staring back at me through a wiped-off patch in the tiny, fogged-up window.
The door opens and A-Rod waves me inside.
“Steam-drobe?”
“Steam-drobe, Jetes.”
“It’s a little crowded in here.”
“A schvitz should be cozy. I’ve always said that.”
“Cramming a regular-size person and a centaur in here is not very relaxing.”
“I hate it when you use that word. I am me, not a label.”
“I meant no offense.”
“A label undercuts the unique magnificence of my becoming.”
“I’m more me every day, in fact.”
“You are you, got it.”
“The average person is only 10 percent themselves. I’m up to anywhere between 15 and 18 percent now, Jetes.”
“That’s impressive.”
“I’m unlocking the secrets of myself. It’s an exciting time.”
“And I’m excited for you.”
“In my heightened state I can detect your slight dismissiveness of my progress.”
“I’m not dismissive.”
“That quiver in the corner of your left eye is a tell. I can also detect that you seem worried about something.”
“I’m not worried about anything but winning the game tomorrow.”
“Are you worried about Brett Gardner, Jetes?”
“Why would I be worried about Gardy?”
“All the home runs.”
“Three in two days. Nice hot streak for him.”
“It’s suspicious.”
“The ball flies out in Texas. You know that better than anyone.”
“He’s a tiny person, Jetes. Suspicious.”
“You’re making a big deal out of nothing.”
“If you got to the ballpark and saw a chipmunk swinging a log, would you be suspicious then?”
“I see that every day inside the wardrobe and think nothing of it. But it’s not normal in the outside-drobe.”
“I think I’ve had enough steam.”
“In my heightened state of awareness I feel it’s my responsibility to say something to you about it.”
“Noted. I’m leaving now.”
“I’d hate for him to be the victim of a witch hunt. Witches get drowned, Jetes.”
“Fine, I’ll keep an eye on him.”
“That’s all I can ask.”
“Goodnight, Alex.”
I open the sauna door and exit. I look back and see the two blue eyes glowing through the steam.
“Chipmunk with a log, Jetes.”
Wednesday, July 30: at Texas Rangers
The Rangers have Michael Young and Pudge present me with a pair of cowboy boots and a check for my foundation. I’m not exactly a cowboy boots guy, but they don’t ask for your footwear preferences when they pick out your retirement gifts.
They also don’t tell you they’re going to send a former president to greet you. They play a video of President Bush on the scoreboard, talking about how I told him he’d get booed if he bounced the first pitch he threw out in Game 3 of the 2001 Series. It was good advice; the fans in New York demand perfection in everything that happens on the field, even ceremonial pitches from leaders trying to put a terrified country at ease. You bounce one and they’ll never trust you to lead them out of the darkness.
The video ends and President Bush appears from the Texas dugout, jogging onto the field to hand me a framed photograph of our conversation from that night 13 years ago, out by the Yankee Stadium batting cage. He hands me the photo and leans in to whisper in my ear.
“Enjoy this while it lasts.”
“I will. But I’m not quite done yet, Mr. President.”
“A good friend of mine begs to differ, Hopalong Two-sidy.”
He turns the photo over to show me the inscription on the back.
Dear Captain —
You failed in Two Thousand and One.
So shall it be in Two Thousand and Fourteen.
A Nation turns its Lonely Eyes to 2
And sees only Weakness and Cowardice.
Allan H. Selig
Commissioner of the Base-Ball
President Bush watches with a smile as I read the words.
The ceremony ends and the game begins.
Gardner leads off with a homer, his fourth in three games.
As he tracks the ball as it flies toward the seats, all I can see is a chipmunk flipping a log onto the grass.
And the president watching me from the seats behind the dugout.
I go 0 for 4.
Filed Under: MLB, Derek Jeter, Derek Jeter's Diary, Baseball, New York Yankees, Repugnant Yankee Homerism, Toronto Blue Jays, Troy Tulowitzki, Alex Rodriguez, Captain's Log
Mark Lisanti is an editor at Grantland.
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The Cranberries Release New Single, New Album Out In February
The Cranberries have returned with a new single entitled "Tomorrow," and also have announced plans to release a new studio album, Roses, their first in over a decade, on February 13. Roses marks the band's sixth full-length release.
Roses was produced and recorded by longtime producer Stephen Street, and includes the lead single "Tomorrow."
"'Tomorrow' is reflecting on the fact that life goes by so quickly," frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan told Rolling Stone. "Sometimes we should follow our intuition, trust our instincts and go for it!"
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On the QT: Nothing like a dull news day.
If only politics were exciting…
What a day, a day which no one saw coming. No one. The entire media contingent in Parliament House missed it until 7pm when Chris Uhlman broke the story. Consider Denis Shanahan, who has been banging on and on for weeks about how Rudd was in danger of being challenged by Gillard. Here he was writing yesterday in The Oz:
PM's position is secure, party's is not
The battle, the tough time, the big challenges for Labor are all there but the school of thought that it would be suicide to engineer a leadership change has prevailed.
As well, Julia Gillard would not move against the Prime Minister.
Rudd seems safe to lead Labor through to the election, whether parliament resumes in August or not and whether the election is in September or October.
I write this not to have a go at Shanahan, because I wrote this on Monday:
I said a couple weeks back that “for Julia to seriously be considered, the ALP would need to be down around 44-45% in Newspoll”. They are a loooong way from that. The media really needs to settle down.
So what the hell happened? Well internal polling was bad… yeah well so what, that often happens, and you hold your nerve. I think this was more about personality than polls. Rudd wasn’t liked by enough people in the Parliamentary Labor Party. The voted for him because he could defeat Howard, but they never viewed him as one of them. And he did not do anything to help himself either. His office pissed off the media, and pissed off the caucus. (And it is never good to piss off both – one you can get away with, but not both).
What seems to be clear is that this was not Julia Gillard’s doing, it was Bill Shorten, David Feeney and Mark Arbib who made the move. They decided to push her to act, but it does not appear to have been under her instructions that moves would be made.
But once it was clear it was on, she took control and took ownership.
And she won.
Now there are a couple things to consider. Firstly was this a good move by the ALP?
I honestly believe no one has any idea. The ALP hard heads may think they knew that Kevin Rudd was on the nose, but there is not a lot of evidence suggesting the public has been counting down the days for Julia Gillard to take over. Sure there may be many ALP supporters who love Julia and think she’ll be great (and I’m one of them), but those ALP supporters were going to vote for the ALP anyway. The key is the 15% of the Greens supporters. If we go by the fairly reasonable assumption that the Greens will end up getting 8-10% of the vote, that means there is 5-7% of the vote up for grabs; 5-7% who have gone to the Greens in the last 8 weeks due to Kevin Rudd.
Would they have come back in preferences? I think very likely they would have. Will they come back now in primary votes? Ah that is a bigger question. The hard heads of the ALP are betting they will. And if they do, that puts the ALP on around 40-42%, and that will definitely win them Government – and maybe even pick up some seats (especially if 1-2% of those more conservative swinging voters who had given up on Rudd but don’t like the Greens will come back from the Liberal Party – that is a harder task).
So for mine, the ALP has chosen to take a huge risk at a time when they didn’t need to, purely because a) they didn’t like the way Kevin Rudd operated (professionally and personally), and b) they are worried there would be coming a time when they would need to take a huge risk, so why wait.
The reality is once the decision was taken yesterday to make a move, there was no alternative but to dump him. There is no argument in favour of voting for Rudd over Julia in a spill; the argument is whether or not they should have gone down that path in the first place.
The one good thing is the way to was done. If you’re going to do it, do it quickly and do it as decisively as possible. The is absolutely ruthless in its efficiency.
The second thing to consider is where will Julia do well electorally? Well here’s her fourth sentence of her acceptance speech:
I grew up in the great state of South Australia.
I think Julia will certainly raise the ALP’s stocks in SA. Yes they did very well there last time round, but South Australians are to Australia like Australian are to the rest of the world. They will claim anyone as their own no matter how tenuous the link to SA. South Australia have never had a PM. Yeah Hawke was born at Bordertown, but he didn’t grow up in SA. Julia did. And yes she now lives in Victoria, but SA understands that - its best footballers used to all head across the border to play. And ok, she supports the Bulldogs, but that doesn't matter – the key is she supports AFL. And she mentions with pride growing up in SA. That’s gold.
I think Adelaide voters will view her as their daughter and flood to her. The country areas? Not so much – like much of the rural areas, she’ll probably be seen as a communist (yes, I know). But in most of the electorates she’ll be the local girl done good – after all her parents still live in Adelaide, so that’s all that matters. She’s a Croweater. Chris Pyne, you should be worried. Boothby? Get someone in better than Nicole Cornes and it’s in serious play.
What about QLD? The problem there of course is the local boy has been deposed. The issue though is maybe the locals were getting embarrassed about the fact he was a local boy. Western Australia? Not sure. So long as she doesn’t demote Stephen Smith (which shouldn’t happen) it hard to say whether or not she is personally more or less preferred. And the way she is going about the RSPT talks is very, very smart. She forced the mining companies to dump their adverts – and they did straight away. A brilliant tactical move, and augers well for a compromise to be reached. I just hope the compromise remains good policy…
Victoria won’t see much change – the ALP was strongest there. Ditto Tasmania. NSW is interesting. Will the voters there see this coup as a bit too NSW Labor-like? There’s a big chance they will. The only thing in Julia’s favour is she has a very strong personal reputation and thus (regardless of the truth) she is seen as less a factional puppet as is Kristina Kenneally or was Nathan Rees.
The final thing to consider is Rudd versus Julia as PM. I, like many ALP supporters, have long thought she would be a much better PM. But does the way she has gained the leadership cruel her chances? Will she be ever able to assume legitimacy?
From her performance in parliament today I would say yes. She dealt with Abbott with ease, and she fairly well destroyed Julie Bishop. Bishop asked her about the RSPT referring to “today’s unprecedented political assassination of the former Prime Minister” and asked if it was an example of “a new face, but same old Labor, same old tax”. Julia stood and responded by thanking “the same old Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question and wish her well as she serves her third leader.'”
In debating the MPI against Abbott, she was supreme. After 2 years of Rudd’s “can I just say” and on the question of”, her speech was like a drink of cool water on a hot summer’s day.
The problem is most people don’t watch Parliament, and there are no more sitting days till mid-September, meaning she won’t get opportunities to get a 15 second grab on the 6 o’clock news showing her destroying the opposition.
And now to Rudd. I think he was a good PM, who ran a better Government than he was PM. I think it was great that he was a PM who loved policy and evidence, but it was bad that he was too interested in knowing all the policy and all the evidence (the good folk in the Department of PM and Cabinet will be cheering tonight, knowing that their brief will now be about 75% shorter in length).
He made an amazing speech when he apologised to the Stolen Generations. A great speech. One to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. But he also introduced us to “programmatic specificity”. And in the end that is what killed him. He could not explain his policy decisions to the public. It wasn't just not being able to explain things like the RSPT; he couldn’t explain clearly why he was shelving the ETS. He just couldn’t sell things. He couldn't sell the debt and deficit, and so that became an issue. He couldn’t sell the insulation scheme, and so that became bungled” (remember the facts people – reduced risks of injury, reduced incidence of fires). He went on the 7:30 Report and acknowledged the negative; but he never could sell the positives.
And thus the polls went down, and so too his support in the party.
With Julia Gillard we have a communicator who turns every negative into a positive. Just compare how she has handled the bullshit story upon bullshit story to do with the BER to how Rudd has handled criticism. She is a communicator. He is not.
Unfortunately you need to be in this day and age (actually you pretty much always have had to be).
And as is always the case with dumped leaders, he made his best speech in ages when conceding. Just have a look at the speech:
It’s heartfelt and passionate. But look at the lines:
I’m proud of the fact that we kept Australia out of the global economic recession. I’m proud of the fact that had we not done so we would have had a half a million Australians out there out of work, because that’s what happened around the rest of the world.
I’m proud of the fact that we got rid of Workchoices and restored decency to the workplace.
I’m proud of the fact that we started to build the nation’s infrastructure including a National Broadband Network which I fundamentally believe will transform this economy in ways which we have yet to conceive, fundamentally transform our businesses and the way in which Governments operate, health services are delivered and the way in which education is delivered in our classrooms. The missing piece of 21st century kit for our country.
That’s great stuff – and what about this wonderful bit:
I’m proud of the fact that we are building 20 regional cancer centres right across our country. You know if you go out there and people are suffering from cancer, it does alter your priorities. Many of those folk have never had decent cancers services before, never, and I was always stunned by the fact that people out there are three times more likely to die in the first years of their diagnosis through the lack of services. We’ve done something to change that, and it’s big. It’s the biggest investment in cancer services our nation has ever seen.
I’m proud of the fact, and some people have probably never heard of this one, that we have a National Organ Transplant Authority. As somebody who borrowed someone else’s aortic valve I feel a particular responsibility for that. There’s nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you, it focuses the mind and in my case also focuses the heart. What I’m really pleased about in the last two months is the organ donation rates for the first time have started to rise. People now are getting transplants because we chose to make a difference.
That’s the funny thing about health isn’t it, has an effect on you.
That’s Rudd at his best. But he really only did it once this year – the Health debate. He was brilliant during that – he talked to people, connected with them. And they loved him. But the problem is were the debate held now, no one would be listening. If anyone has ever seen him do his community cabinets you’d also have seen him in this mode – he loved chatting to people about things being done. He loved it. He loved holding the microphone and standing on the stage. And he could connect with people. But too often he also spewed out a load of verbal sludge that left people trying to work out which was the real Kevin – the community cabinet Kevin, or the programmatic specificity Kevin. After he dumped the ETS (and more importantly the way he dumped it) they decided it was the latter version. And they didn’t like it.
That he decided not to force a vote shows that he is perhaps more a party man than the party hard heads gave him credit. His staying on in Griffith also I think shows that he is perhaps not as ego driven as people think. That he turned up to Question Time today showed that he is not as cowardly as people believe.
It was sad to see him go the way he did, but that’s the cruel game of politics – I was more sad to see Beazley go the way he did.
I was even sadder to see Lindsay Tanner go today. In fact his announcement today that he would not stand at the next election ruined the day for me. He is leaving in order to spend more time with his family. That he did so ironically makes him exactly the type of person we need more of in Parliament.
He leaves a huge hole in the ALP ministry. He is incredibly intelligent on policy and politics. He is a brilliant speaker and media performer. And he is a tough political nut. His leaving pretty much ensures the Greens will win his seat. But this won’t matter anymore – the main reason the ALP truly did not want to lose Melbourne was because of Tanner. If it should ever come to it, the Greens will side with the ALP in the House, so that won’t affect the chances of the Government winning the election at all. Yes they’d like to win it, but if you’re not losing a Tanner, then there is no real loss.
Julia now has the problem of having to fill his position with someone who will not be better. She also has to fill her own positions as Minister for Education and Minister for Employment and Work Place Relations with two people who will not be better than she. This will seriously test the depth of the ALP. Bill Shorten will obviously get a promotion – and so he should. He is wasted where he is. Maxine McKew supported Kevin Rudd, but she too should be promoted.
It is an understatement to say this was an interesting time in politics. In some ways I think politics has become akin to the movie industry. 25 years ago, back in the 1980s films were still given time to build and audience, you could release small and then increase the number of screens as the word of mouth grew. Back then 15% of a films box office would come from the opening weekend. Now every film needs to open big; there’s no time to build an audience, and if you open small you’ll be pushed out by the next block-buster opening in the next weekend. Now the opening weekend accounts for 28-33% of the total box office gross of most films.
Twenty five years ago Rudd would not have been rolled. The party would have stood by him, stayed calmer and kept the faith that come the election the Government would survive. Now they dump him because of a 2 months dip in the polls, during which he remains the preferred PM! From 1983 to 1990 the Liberal Party changed leaders three times (Peacock to Howard to Peacock). Now the Liberal Party has three leaders in two years.
And so to those wondering what will happen next, and whether or not this will be good for the ALP or good for the Liberal Party, I say that we should steal the line from William Goldman when he wrote of what those in Hollywood knew about what it took to make a hit movie: “Nobody knows anything”.
Posted by Greg Jericho at 11:03 PM
Labels: Australian politics, Polls, Question Time
For all Kevin did a *lot* of good things, I think it would have been hard for him to get back into the game - the media by and large has turned on him, and the mining ads didn't help.
I'm in two minds about the way it was done - last night when the news broke, I assumed they wouldn't be stupid enough to do it. Once it was on, what's the expression? "then 'twere well it were done quickly".
I found the Coalition crocodile tears today over Rudd's ouster hilarious - they spent weeks undermining Turnbull before finally doing him in.
I agree that Tanner's departure is a big loss - he's been one of the better performers in the ALP, and he's clearly one of the smarter members.
Bill Shorten is an AWU hack who can't be trusted.
MassiveSpray said...
Grog, as a QLDer I thought Rudd did an awesome job as PM in one of the most hostile environments possible.
With the media rabidly attacking him personally on anything and everything and giving the opposition a free pass, he did as well as they allowed him to.
After all when was the last time you heard a positive news story about the Government or Rudd?
I'm also quiet disgusted about the faux-respect being paid to Rudd now that he's gone...it's stomach churning to say the least.
And finally to the softc*cks Arbib, Feeney and Shorten I say congratulations, you have just given the Opposition/media their next round of attack ads and memes (back stabbing b*tch, ALP run by unions/power brokers/people you don't vote for)...thanks for getting Tony Abbott elected you arse-clowns.
Firstly, I'd just like to make the observation that the probable reason that Kevin's speech yesterday was so good was that he dropped the spin and called it straight. If only he could have realised that that was what people were craving from him all along.
Secondly, to Massive Spray, who's the clown? It's your venom that will fuel the Coalition attack machine. They'll round up disaffected voters such as you like a Combine Harvester on speed.
Finally ,it's my hope that Julia gives Education to Kevin Rudd. It was also his passion as PM. Also Stephen Smith is doing just fine as Foreign Minister thank you very much.
HBS, the clowns are Arbib et al for making a move that didn't need to be made, based on 3 bad polls.
I personally will never vote for the Libs are they are a policy free zone with a 50s throwback as leader, but that doesn't mean that Labor will be getting my first preference. I'm sure there are a lot of people with a similar opinion at the moment after yesterday's events.
Said it before, will say it again, the bad polls were not the reason Rudd was dumped. It was payback, and the polls were the excuse.
However, while Arbib, Shorten et al stabbed Rudd in the back, the media gave them the knife. I've never seen such a sustained attack on any government, even a bad one gets good stories now and then, and this government was pretty effing far from being bad.
So it looks like big business (and/or mining execs) and media moguls really do decide who is in charge of our country. We as citizens have pretty limited say, despite living in a democracy, and the only influence we really have is our opinion. I find it both frightening and sad that public opinion can be so swayed as to topple a perfectly competent and capable PM.
I agree with Massive Spray completely. My state and my faction have been betrayed.
I enjoyed your tribute to Kevin. I feel very sad this happened to him and his family. I'm angry the ALP is so poll driven, too many panicked. Sad and sorry events.
leLaissezFaire said...
Once again very rich post. The one thing we could discuss is the questionable nature of the #spill: not so much the axing of the PM as an individual (the tough method, the political assassination, the feelings, etc belong to the biographic narrative), but the inherently un-democratic side of the Westminster system that allows somebody to become PM without being elected by the People. Quite mind blowing if you pause and think 5mins about it.
leLaissezfaire, I have to say my only real problem with such a thing occuring would be if it happened very soon after an election.
In this case the election will be held very soon - the people will get their say.
But at the end of the day in the Westminster system you are voting more for a party than a PM. It's just that our way of campaigning has morphed into a more Presidential style, so it feels like you are voting for a PM rather than the party.
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Effects of Split Position on the Performance of a Compact Broadband Printed Dipole Antenna with Split-Ring Resonators
Kam Eucharist Kedze, Heesu Wang, Ikmo Park
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
*Corresponding Author: Ikmo Park (e-mail: ipark@ajou.ac.kr)
Received 2018 September 18; Accepted 2018 December 22; Accepted 2019 January 11.
This paper presents the effects of the position of the split of a split-ring resonator (SRR) on the performance of a composite broadband printed dipole antenna. The antenna is made of two printed dipole arms enclosed by two rectangular and identically printed SRRs. One dipole arm and the SRR are printed on the top side of the substrate, while the other dipole arm and SRR are printed on the bottom side of the same substrate. By changing the position of the split on the SRR, different antenna characteristic values are obtained, namely, for impedance bandwidth and radiation patterns. The split position is thus a critical parameter in antenna design, because it influences the antenna’s major performance immensely. Different split positions and their consequences for antenna performance are demonstrated and discussed. The antenna generates linearly polarized radiations, and it is computationally characterized for broadband characteristics. The optimized compact antenna has overall dimensions of 9.6 mm × 74.4 mm × 0.508 mm (0.06λ × 0.469λ × 0.0032λ at 1.895 GHz) with a measured fractional bandwidth of 60.31% (1.32 to 2.46 GHz for |S 11| < −10 dB) and a radiation efficiency of >88%.
Keywords: Broadband; Compact Size; Composite Antenna; Dipole Antenna; Split Ring Resonator (SRR)
Split-ring resonators (SRRs) have been widely used to meet the design requirements of broadband capability, low profile, and compactness for electrically small antennas (ESAs) [1–6]. SRRs are generally made of two metallic concentric and coupled rings with slits on opposite ends. This specific configuration was proposed by Pendry et al. [7] to build up for the negative permeability medium. An SRR can be either a thin metallic ring or a square loop with a split on a dielectric substrate. SRRs are one of the first metamaterial-based microwave resonators, and their geometries are much smaller than the wavelength of the exciting electromagnetic wave [8]. Recently, SRRs have gained significance in the design of ESAs. Their ability and potential to produce strong electromagnetic resonances have made them an outstanding solution in antenna miniaturization [9]. SRRs are practicable in bandwidth enhancement, with their ability to couple strongly to other resonant elements. Antennas incorporated with SRRs for bandwidth improvements can exhibit diverse antenna performance characteristics depending on the configuration and position of the split in the SRRs [10–15].
In this paper, we present the effects of SRR position on the performance of a compact broadband antenna with omnidirectional radiation patterns that is composed of a printed dipole and two rectangular SRRs. The proposed antenna demonstrates a broad impedance-matching bandwidth by generating multiresonances. The number of resonances and, consequently, the bandwidth are adjustable, and they can be reallocated by altering the SRR split position. Therefore, the SRR introduces certain variations into the antenna performance as a function of the SRR split position. By moving the SRR split position along the lengths of the SRR, different antenna characteristics can be demonstrated. Then the performance characteristics of the composite antenna in different split positions are analyzed computationally with the aid of the ANSYS HFSS software.
II. Antenna Geometry and Performance
The proposed composite antenna configuration of the printed dipole with SRRs is shown in Fig. 1 [16]. The dipole is printed on the top and bottom sides of a thin Rogers RO5880 dielectric substrate (ɛ r = 2.2, tanδ = 0.0009, and h = 0.508 mm). On both sides of the same substrate, two SRRs are placed to encompass each arm of the dipoles. The SRR splits are located on opposite sides of the origin of each SRR. Excitation is done by a coaxial feed with the characteristic impedance of 50 Ω. The outer conductor of the coaxial line is connected to the bottom arm of the dipole, and the inner conductor of the coaxial line extends through the substrate and connects to the top arm of the dipole [17–19]. The optimized design parameters of the antenna for a wide impedance bandwidth and omnidirectional radiation patterns are as follows: e = 17.3 mm, W l = 9.6 mm, gap = 3 mm, L d = 34.7 mm, W d = 3.7 mm, h = 0.508 mm, W s = 2 mm, G p 1 = G p2 = 12.2 mm, L s = 74.4 mm, and L l = 54.5 mm.
Geometry of the printed dipole loaded with SRRs: (a) top view and (b) side view [16].
To achieve compact lightweight broadband antennas with good and non-deteriorating radiation patterns, two SRRs are coupled to a half-wavelength dipole to generate multiresonances [20]. The SRRs are designed to encircle each dipole arm in order to increase the area of interaction between the dipole and SRR, thereby ensuring strong coupling. However, the SRR split position is a crucial and sensitive design parameter that requires an optimum position for effective operation of the antenna. The SRR split position influences the performance of the antenna in a number of ways, such as (1) the coupling between the dipole and SRRs, (2) the number of generated resonant modes, (3) the impedance bandwidth, and (4) the radiation patterns.
When the SRR splits are not properly positioned on both SRRs, the SRRs do not couple to the dipole; therefore, the antenna does not resonate. For instance, as shown in Fig. 2, no resonance is noted or identified when the SRR split position becomes G p 1 = G p 2 = 34.2 mm. The SRRs do not couple to the dipole, causing the dipole not to resonate in this configuration. Fig. 2 also illustrates the result of the configuration when G p 1 = G p 2 = 24.2 mm. In this case, the dipole is excited and generates a single resonance. However, the SRRs are weakly coupled to the dipole, and so they produce an almost negligible resonance.
Reflection coefficient of the dipole antenna loaded with SRRs for different SRR split positions.
By altering G p 1 and G p 2 to 6.2 mm, the SRR couples to the dipole effectively and generates two resonances, as shown in Fig. 2. The first resonance in this configuration is generated by the full lengths of both SRRs, which are operating as arms of a dipole to resonate at a low frequency. The second resonance is generated by the dipole element. These two resonances interact to provide an appreciable impedance bandwidth for the antenna.
It is also worth mentioning that at a split position of less than 6.2 mm, the antenna responds in a similar fashion to its response at 6.2 mm by producing two resonant modes. Meanwhile, at a split position greater than 34.2 mm, the antenna remains unexcited, as in the case of a 34.2 mm split position.
When G p 1 = G p 2 = 9.2 mm, a third resonant mode appears at a high frequency. This resonance increases the bandwidth of the antenna significantly. The third resonance at a high frequency is generated from the overlapping area of the SRRs. The overlapping portion becomes excited at a high frequency and resonates at a half wavelength, consequently enhancing the antenna impedance bandwidth, as shown in Fig. 2. This demonstrates that retaining the same antenna structure but changing the SRR split position results in a significant bandwidth improvement of the antenna.
As another example of the effects of the SRR split position, Fig. 3 shows the antenna reflection coefficient when the SRR split positions are at G p 1 = 2.7 mm and G p 2 = 17.2 mm. In this particular configuration, the antenna produces the widest possible impedance bandwidth by generating four resonant modes.
Reflection coefficient of the dipole antenna loaded with SRRs for G p 1 = 2.7 mm and G p 2 = 17.2 mm.
The previous antenna configuration included the three resonant modes described above. However, a fourth resonance is introduced around the third resonance frequency; consequently, it pushes the third resonance slightly to the higher frequency for a further bandwidth improvement with a fractional bandwidth of about 55.47%.
This configuration produces a wide bandwidth but suffers from antenna radiation pattern distortions with high cross polarization at 2.24 GHz, as shown in Fig. 4. The radiation pattern is tilted slightly in one direction in both the xz- and xyplanes. The gain curve in this configuration experiences a dip, as shown in Fig. 5.
Radiation pattern of the dipole antenna loaded with SRRs for G p 1 = 2.7 mm and G p 2 = 17.2 mm at 2.24 GHz: (a) xzplane and (b) yz-plane.
Broadside gain of the dipole antenna loaded with SRRs for G p 1 = 2.7 mm and G p 2 = 17.2 mm.
Accordingly, to eliminate the dip in gain and the poor radiation performance in the radiation pattern of the previous antenna configuration, while nonetheless maintaining the broad impedance bandwidth of the antenna, the SRR split positions need to be located at a symmetrical position near the center of both SRRs. When G p 1 = G p 2 = 12.2 mm, the antenna generates good performance features.
The optimized antenna configuration generates broadband characteristics, with the bandwidth covering 1.38 to 2.41 GHz, which is the fractional bandwidth of 54.35%. The overall dimensions of the antenna are 9.6 mm × 74.4 mm × 0.508 mm (0.06λ × 0.469λ × 0.0032λ at 1.895 GHz). The antenna produces good radiation patterns and gain curves without any significant loss of impedance bandwidth, as compared to the configuration with four resonances.
As illustrated in Fig. 6, the antenna generates three resonances. The first resonance resulted from the full lengths of the SRRs oscillating in unison as a half-wavelength dipole. This resonance occurs at a low frequency of the antenna. The intermediate resonance is generated by the dipole, while the third resonance at a high frequency is a consequence of the SRR being excited partially in the overlapping area of the SRRs. In this mode, just the overlapping portion of the SRRs resonates at a half wavelength. Interactions between these resonances produce a wide impedance bandwidth for the antenna.
Reflection coefficient of the optimized dipole antenna loaded with SRRs.
The split position contributes immensely to antenna bandwidth improvement, but in contrast, the size of the split has little consequence on the impedance bandwidth, as shown in Fig. 7. The figure illustrates the effect of the SRR split size on the reflection coefficient of the antenna.
Reflection coefficient values of the dipole antenna loaded with SRRs for different SRR split sizes (gap).
As the split size increases, the effective length of the SRR decreases and causes a shift in the low-frequency resonance to the right of the reflection coefficient curve. On the other hand, when the split size decreases, the effective length of the SRR increases; this results in a shift to the left in the reflection coefficient profile. The split size affects only the low-frequency resonance, because the changes in the split size have no impact on the dipole and overlapping area of the SRRs, which are responsible for the other resonances. This further validates the view that the SRR split position is critical to antenna design, as compared to its size.
The optimized antenna produces a stable gain with insignificant fluctuations within its impedance bandwidth. Fig. 8 shows the gain variations of the antennas as frequency changes. The dip, which occurred in the gain curve of the antenna configuration with a fourth resonance, has now been eliminated. The antenna is linearly polarized with low levels of cross polarization within the impedance bandwidth.
Simulated and measured broadside gain of the optimized dipole antenna loaded with SRRs.
Fig. 9 shows the radiation patterns of the antenna at three frequency points. The radiation patterns are symmetric and dipole-like, with less variation and deterioration within the impedance bandwidth.
Measured and simulated radiation patterns of the optimized dipole antenna loaded with SRRs at 1.42 GHz (a), 1.8 GHz (b), and 2.33 GHz (c) [16].
III. Experimental Results
Fig. 10 shows the proposed antenna fabricated with a balun to eliminate common mode current and generate clean symmetric radiation patterns. With overall dimensions of 9.6 mm × 74.4 mm × 0.508 mm (0.06λ × 0.469λ × 0.0032λ at 1.895 GHz), the antenna demonstrated broad impedance bandwidth. The prototype’s reflection coefficient was measured using an Agilent N5230A network analyzer and a 3.5-mm coaxial calibration standard (GCS35M). The far-field measurements were made in a full anechoic chamber with the dimensions of 15.2 m (W) × 7.9 m (L) × 7.9 m (H) at the RFID/USN Center, Incheon, Korea. The anechoic chamber can take far-field measurements ranging from 0.4 GHz to 18 GHz. When measuring the radiation pattern, a BBHA 9120 LFA broadband horn antenna was used for transmitting, while the proposed antenna was used for receiving. The transmitter and the receiver were separated by a distance of 9.6 m, while the proposed antenna was 0.5 m away from the positioner. The horn antenna was fixed, while the proposed dipole antenna loaded with SRRs was rotated from −180° to 180° at a scan angle of 1° and a speed of 3° s−1.
Fabricated sample of the proposed antenna with a balun: (a) top view and (b) perspective view [16].
Fig. 11 shows the measured and simulated reflection coefficients of the fabricated antenna. Minute disparities were seen between the measurements and the HFSS simulation, which could be associated with the misalignment in the fabrication procedures. As shown in Fig. 11, the measured impedance bandwidth at a reflection coefficient of less than −10 dB is 1.32–2.46 GHz (60.31%), while the simulated bandwidth is 1.38–2.41 GHz (54.35%).
Simulated and measured reflection coefficient values of the optimized dipole antenna loaded with SRRs.
The broadside gain and radiation patterns of the fabricated prototype at different frequencies were measured, and they are shown in Figs. 8 and 9, respectively. The antenna generates good broadside dipole-like radiation patterns, with a symmetrical profile and small fluctuations in gain within the entire impedance bandwidth. The radiation patterns are nearly constant and show a low cross-polarization level and little or no deterioration with increasing frequency. The radiation patterns are fairly symmetrical in both the xz- and yz-planes. The measurement results indicate some ripples in the radiation patterns. These ripples are attributed to the effects of the foam rack and tapes employed in the pattern measurement setup. At 1.42 GHz, the measurements showed a half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of 64.26° in the yz-plane and a broadside gain of 1.9 dBi. At 1.8 GHz, the prototype yielded a measured HPBW of 66.38° in the yz-plane and a broadside gain of 1.85 dBi. Further, at 2.33 GHz, the measurements indicated a HPBW of 54.48° in the yz-plane and a broadside gain of 2.0 dBi.
Fig. 8 compares the simulated and measured broadside gains of the fabricated antenna. The measurements indicated a peak gain of 2.1 dBi and high radiation efficiency of >88% across the operational bandwidth.
A compact broadband composite dipole antenna with SRRs is presented. An analysis of the performance of the antennas with SRR splits at different locations is demonstrated. The antenna is capable of generating multi-resonances with a broad bandwidth. However, the bandwidth, number of generated resonances, and radiation pattern are influenced by the SRR split position. Therefore, the split position is a critical parameter in antenna design, because it has enormous effects on the antenna’s major performance characteristics. The antenna demonstrated a broad bandwidth with stable dipole-like omnidirectional radiation patterns when SRR splits are at the optimum position.
This work was supported in part by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2017-0-00959, University ICT Basic Research Lab), in part by the “Human Resources Program in Energy Technology” of the Korean Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (No. 2016-4030201380).
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Kam Eucharist Kedze received his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Telecommunication) degree from the University of Buea, Cameroon, in 2013. He is currently studying for his Ph.D. degree at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ajou University, Suwon, Korea. His research interest is the design of patch antennas, crossed-dipole antennas, miniaturized antennas, and metasurface antennas.
Ikmo Park received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, in 1996. He has authored and coauthored over 300 technical journal and conference papers. He also holds over 40 domestic and international patents. He has served as a Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ajou University, and he is a member of the Board of Directors at the Korea Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (KIEES). He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of KIEES, as an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, and as an Associate Editor for IET Electronics Letters. He has served as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science. He serves as chair, organizer, and member of program committees for various conferences, workshops, and short courses in electromagnetic-related topics. His current research interests include the design and analysis of microwave, millimeter-wave, terahertz wave, and nano-structured antennas with metamaterials and metasurfaces.
Heesu Wang received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, in 2018. He is currently studying for his M.S. degree at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ajou University, Suwon, Korea. His research interest is the design of patch antenna, printed antennas, small antennas, and metasurface antennas for various wireless applications.
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George Shaw
George Bernard Shaw.
Irish playwright. Best known for Pygmalion (1913). Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
The repository contains 22 quotes from George Bernard Shaw.
Showing quotes 1 through 20 from George Bernard Shaw. Page 1 2.
Advice • Love
Advice is like kissing: It costs nothing and it�s a pleasant thing to do.
Men and Women • Recreation
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
He knows nothing, and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
Opportunity • Time
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
Classics • Imagination
You see things as they are and say, �Why?� But I dream things that never were and say, �Why not?�
Assassination: The extreme form of censorship.
Freedom • Responsibility
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Optimism and Pessimism
Pessimist: a person who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Better never than late.
Life • Success and Failure
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
A critic is one who leaves no turn unstoned.
Honesty • Trust
The liar�s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.
When the master has come to do everything through the slave, the slave becomes his master, since he cannot live without him.
Anarchism is a game at which the police can beat you.
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Windy Clean Green Pollution
Looks like the halo is fading. Today-Tonight is a current affairs show in Australia. Today a few more Australians discovered that free energy is not just expensive but creates its own kind of pollution.
This hardly a surprise for anyone who can spell cost-benefit, but it’s healthy to see the prime-time media in Australia doing something other than singing the Clean-Green advertising jingle.
h/t Scott of the Pacific
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107 comments to Windy Clean Green Pollution
Pretty sad really.
I do think that the Green solution won’t be to stop building “sustainable” products though. They’ll just make them more expensive and thus require even more subsides.
Kind of reminds me of…..
C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue…What’s,uh…What’s wrong with it?
C: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad. ‘E’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it!
O: No, no, ‘e’s uh,…he’s resting.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now.
O: No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn’it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
Truthseeker
Nice of the Australian Media to finally catch up.
The Daily Mail UK was on to this over 6 years ago.
I’ll bet the outcome of the Finkel inquiry will be:
1) Compulsory batteries at households, companies and grid scale batteries. Follow the money trail to see who benefits from that.
2) Compulsory DRED technology where the power utility can shed load when the wind stops by remotely turning off your air cons or other heavy power use appliances plus shutting down industrial machinery.
Gee Aye
I bet it wont. How much would you be willing to bet? I bet neither of those resemble a recommendation.
Well it certainly won’t be nuclear or more fossil generators so there aren’t many other options. The best we can hope for is a second rate power system in what is now a second rate country.
I never said you’d agree with the findings just that your suggestions wont be there. Granted the components will be mentioned in some form- home and grid batteries, wind etc – but not in those recommendations. You might get close if new homes or multistory residentials are encouraged to take on some form of cooperative battery system.
BTW there is a public interum report that was released in December.
…..where the power utility can shed load when the wind stops by remotely turning off your air cons or other heavy power use appliances plus shutting down industrial machinery.
Note here that the first areas to be shed from the grid are residential areas.
They know full well that to shed any areas where there are CBD’s and other large Commercial consumers is a potential for disaster, and while some of you think disaster means personal injury, it’s not that at all. The government just CANNOT have people stuck inside tall buildings, and they just CANNOT have large consumers like Woolworths or Coles supermarkets in shopping malls being forced to throw out all cold storage and frozen goods, so the disaster here is a monetary one for Governments, now probably facing litigation from all those Commercial enterprises.
So, when it comes to load shedding, it’s those large Residential areas which will lose their power first, as shown so graphically during the recent load shedding occurrence which happened in South Australia. The fact that you may lose some frozen food is neither here nor there to them, but if Coles or Woolies drop even one degree from the mandated temperature setting, then, no matter what condition the food may still be in, it has to be tossed out, by law. And unlike the small amounts of food in your fridge’s freezer, which in most cases you, as the homeowner will gamble with, Coles and Woolies face litigation if they DON’T chuck it all out.
Imagine an inner city CBD with all the workers stuck inside the building, now unusable, and having to use the stairs to get out, because that is also what happens when the power goes off in those high rises. Everyone has to leave, because without power, their is no breathable air circulating throughout those buildings, and that is a safety matter, hence evacuation is also the case for them. So the residential sector is the FIRST to lose power.
I have a forthcoming article on DRED technology in the April 2017 Silicon Chip magazine if anyone is interested in this DREDful development where the power operator takes control of your appliances so they can shed load without turning your lights out.
Tom O
True, Tony, the residential areas will be hit first. As to whether or not they will “take a chance” with the food, well, that doesn’t really matter since if they don’t, the only other option is replacing it with more, and “isn’t that good for the economy, anyway?”
Bushkid
Of course, if you add up all the “small” amounts of frozen food lost by individual households when the power goes off for a whole suburb, it does add up to rather a lot. But that just belongs to “little” people, and the “little” people just don’t matter to the evangelical green barrow-pushers and carpetbaggers.
Here we have the unintended consequences of unexamined and unquestionable noble causes. By not identifying the consequences nor talking about them,they grow without limit. The sacrificed is only every living thing. What could go wrong?
Maybe, just maybe the use of fossil fuels is not nearly as destructive as the so called renewable energy sources. For example, the area I grew up in the Midwest was a major strip mining area for coal. By the time I was in high school, there were hundreds of lakes in the area filled with fish. There was abundant other wild life in the growing green areas around them. The mining did not kill the life, it simply increased the verity of life living in the area. It provided hunting, fishing, and interesting places for people to explore and even to swim in the summer.
However, about all we can expect is the green blob will continue to demand the stopping of the use of fossil fuels and expanding the use of their so called renewable energy sources. All with the attendant unmentionable and unmitigatable catastrophic damage in far away places. By their results, saving the planet is not their goal. They want to kill every living thing on it.
Hasbeen
Noble cause my fat aunt Matilda,
Perhaps noble intentions by the hoodwinked who buy a Prius, but far from noble by the perpetuators of the myth, & the crony capitalism that has made an industry of the fraud.
Mark Parnell, Green MP didn’t know. Believe that & either you or he are “bloody idiots”. If you believe it you are pretty thick, if it is true, he should be chucked out today. Any MP would have to sealed themselves in a dark soundproof room to not know.
Who are the most disgusting people on earth. No not the thugs that would rob you in the street, but the greenies who “don’t know” but will preach their religion everywhere, ignoring the damage it does to people & places.
The cost-benefit calculation has never stacked up. This is not just because of understating the costs, and overstating the benefits (that is reducing the estimated future costs of warming). It is also because the future benefits require that globally greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to near zero. That ain’t going to happen, as most of the world – the developing countries – are doing nothing to reduce their emissions. But no amount of evidence will convince the eco-crusaders that we (developed countries like the UK and Australia) ought to lead the world on reducing green emissions. In reality we spend billions on creating real environmental disasters.
Wha…?
There is no free lunch?
No holding hands in a global utopia singing “The Age of Aquarius” with ISIS?
No flying car.
No moon vacation.
doubtingdave
The question should be ” why now ” we have been banging on about this problem for years in places like Mongolia and its the same with corn based bio fuel , why is it that the compliant MSM are now taking an interest in these problems ? , I’m puzzled , what is their agenda or am I just an old cynic
The Daily Mail highlighted the lake of toxic waste at Baotou, China in 2011. In 2010 they also looked at the vast Bayon Obo open cast mine, about 150 km north of Baotou. It also mentioned not just the toxic lake, but the dangerous working conditions of those in the refineries.
It just makes no difference. These environmental issues, are not part of the green agenda to save the planet, so are ignored.
That’s right Kevin. There are horrible environmental disasters the greens will protest and riot to stop. There others, as horrible or worse that they take no interest in and seem to ignore. The subject article here about horrible toxic dumps in China to support our appetite for computers, cell phones, electric cars, wind farms, etc. are mostly invisible to the leftists greens. As is the bat and bird slaughter they always cause invisible to the wind energy proponents.
However, even as the slaughter of bald and golden eagles continues unabated by wind turbines and solar plants which use the reflected heat of the sun, a citizen of the US can receive significant fines and prison sentences for bothering or taking of these eagles.
It is not the wildlife/environmental damage done that concerns the leftists greens, it is the person or organization doing the damage. Big oil–a serious crime. Big wind turbines– a necessary loss for the greater good, or it never happened, or some other rationalization not only to gladly accept the wildlife destruction, but strident calls and demonstrations for more wind turbines. There are few hypocrites that can even hold an organic candle to the CO2-global warming hypocrites.
Bob Malloy
That article came immediately to mind when I first read Jo’s piece this morning, I intended to refer to it when I could get to a computer. You beat me to it at 5.1, just a shame no MSM current affairs program picked it up then, six years it’s been sitting there and widely referenced on this and similar sites. I wonder what got today tonight to finally pull their collective heads out of the sand!
There is also a 2015 article from NEWS. com. au on the toxic lake at Batou.
A major reason why this environmental scandal is not publicized is that self-proclaimed environmental groups are promoting phoney causes. In Britain Friends of the Earth were recently reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority when they used wild and unsupported claims of the harms of fracking to raise funds. This included phony claims about the health hazards of the chemicals used and contamination of water supplies. Yet the very real evidence of the toxic chemicals and water supply contamination in the production of the beloved wind turbines are ignored.
It could be that mission accomplished, now they may throw the greenies under the bus to make sure there are no loose ends…
Bulldust
I hear you DD. Being familiar with the mining industry I have also banged on about this issue for years. Not like Four Corners would ever connect these dots though… Someone else’s ABC is too busy vilifying mining in Australia where environmental regs are far, far stricter.
a happy little debunker
Meanwhile over at ‘their ABC’
Farmers combat the ‘climate warming’ greenhouse effects – by turning their paddocks into greenhouses!
The report on the ABC’s Landline programme was of some interest but it lacked any technical details such as maintenance costs. It said it was cheaper than glasshouses as it’s only $3mil/4ha. I can only guess at the maintenance cost of motorized cable operated shade cloth.
They couldn’t help themselves claiming this was mitigating climate change! They also mentioned one of the installations had public funding, which I found curious if the viability was so positive….strange.
Yonniestone
I can see one day as a very old man small children will point at a decaying wind turbine in a field innocently asking me ‘what are those things Poppy?’
to which I’ll reply ‘They are proof that even the most evolved and luckiest people can be fooled by fear and false hope, we now call them virtue signals’
Peter C
At least you will not need to go very far to show then the decaying wind power plant.
An ‘environmentalist’ who’s bought a Toyota Prius and never asked what’s in the batteries and how they’re made? Why am I not surprised?
If viewed in isolation, Kanck appears to have some reasonable views on euthanasia, that’s about as positive as I can be.
Had she not been a Democrat, she would have made an ideal Greens MP with her tenuous grasp on reality, and her steadfast ignorance of anything related to science or engineering.
(For some perspective, her seemingly reasonable views on euthanasia should always be considered alongside her very strong views on controlling population size and growth rate)
Greens believe in human depopulation. That’s why they support anything that kills, impoverishes or maims people such as opposition to DDT, Golden Rice, vaccinations or support for “renewables” and euthenasia to name just a few. See my comments below.
Toyota PIUS
toorightmate
Kevin Russ said all of us would be driving the Pius by 2014.
This was one of his least disastrous predictions/edicts.
What an A grad D*CKHEAD that man (?) is.
Well no-one at the dinner parties would ever ask such a ridiculous question. Everyone knows that Prius’s come from Toyota shops!
Geoffrey Williams
Just pull another xmas cracker! . .
GeoffW
Small minded people-pseudo intellectuals living in their own nice, safe bubble! Even now after being made aware of this environmental disaster, she (the woman with the Prius) cannot believe that she may be part of the problem . .
Interesting that a Green hadn’t heard of what was happening in China with rare earths? Greens forced the closure of all the rare earth mines outside China. One consequence was that the price of rare earths went up 300x, but as long as all the CO2, pollution and overpopulation is in China, Greens could not care less.
It is all about making sure South Australians does not bear any consequences of their own consumption. The ultimate NIMBYs using other people’s money like the WA’s GST to pay for a low Carbon Dioxide, no mining, no manufacturing, no smelting environment, their own Nirvana. Who cares what cost to the rest of the planet? Now if they could only stop farming, they would have the perfect life. Government jobs and no responsibilities. You can always buy power from Victoria, unless they go Green too.
Forget the prius with its 11kg, each windmill has 300Kg of Neodymium. 300,000 windmills so 3 millions tons of heavy metal. An environmental disaster waiting to happen. Renewables with a lifespan of 20 years should be called replaceables. They will be dead long before coal power stations which can be continuously maintained and updated. There is nothing free about wind power. It is an energy source of last resort and totally unsuitable for a modern society with constant energy needs.
Can the neo magnets in one of those windmills get recovered and recycled?
If it can, you’d have to be careful in dodgy neighbourhoods….whoops…where did the windmill go?
Rick Will
There are rare earth mines outside of China. Notably one of the richest is in WA:
https://www.lynascorp.com/Pages/Home.aspx
Lynas is now producing around 10% of world neodymium output.
The price for rare earths collapsed as Lynas started production. The story is that the Chinese producers flooded the market. Prices are now high enough for Lynas to be making cash. Their plants are state of the art with regard to safety and environmental controls but they have struggled against the dominance of the Chinese suppliers. Lynus is creating a market niche simple because it is an alternative to China.
Yes, the hole in the market is being exploited and the very high prices. Lynas appears to have started at Mt Weld around 2007. I note Ziggy Switkowski (Kodak, Optus, Telstra, NBN, RMIT chancellor) joined the board in 2010. I have read of other mines opening in South America. The super high prices were just too hard to resist. Now the Chinese have dumped into the market to depress competition, as the Saudis did with oil against fracking. That’s business but the impossible market was created by Green intransigence, effectively insisting that everything outside China closed. As Trump suggested, the ones who have done brilliantly out of Global Warming have been the Chinese, despite being the world’s highest emitters of CO2. The Greens are seemingly happy with that. They only attack democracies.
Incredibly the Chinese businesses even receive Carbon Credits for building hydro which they were building anyway. Global Warming. The gift which keeps giving.
Environment Skeptic
The rare earth elements and magnets are increasingly being used in Intercontinental ballistic missiles, military robotics, drones, and so on.
Use of rare earth magnets and rare earth elements will gradually be phased out for domestic civilian use.
Processing our rare earth sands is not done in Australia. I believe Lynas does most of their processing in what was once pristine areas of Malaysia.
There is talk of using the thorium by-product of rare earth element for thorium reactors, however, since thorium itself is also an extremely toxic processing process, we will all be well and truly pickled and the oceans will be well and truly at their tipping point if they are not already.
How can Parnell and Kanck say they were unaware of the environmental damage being caused by this technology? On top of their processing facilities, China has been mining REEs for years and years in Africa, with no real environmental controls there either – it’s no secret to anyone with internet access, and a functioning brain.
Either they are lying, or they are even more stupid and ignorant than I gave them credit for (which is a remarkable achievement).
I cant recall if the Greens had any opinion on the proposed rare earth processing plant in/near Port Pirie a few years ago, but I would suggest that if the project comes up again, and if they had any semblance of intelligence, they’d support it, as it is very likely to be “better for the environment” if such processing is done in Australia than in China.
Of course, as China has the monopoly on REEs then I doubt any other country will get a look-in any time soon…
When manufacturing is looked upon with disdain. When everyone wants to be rich at the expense of others. When caring about something means voting Green, even while Green is openly toxic. When jobs are destroyed by government in order to be popular. When science is about funding, not data or result. Then we have a rich country eating its own.
Our demise is now overt. No power, no water, no new cities. The stuff of wealth.
When leadership is swamped by the ignorant, simple tasks become impossible.
Geoff. And the willfully ignorant.
This story is about appalling environmental standards in China, not about damaging renewables per se. Rare earth metals are not intrinsically bad in them selves.
A lot worse things could be said about renewables, including the environmental damage caused by exporting such polluting industries to China, but this is at least a start.
Big Wind’s Dirty Little Secret: Toxic Lakes and Radioactive Waste
http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/analysis/big-winds-dirty-little-secret-rare-earth-minerals/
Pollution on a grand scale in China………
http://www.aircrap.org/2015/11/30/in-china-the-true-cost-of-britains-clean-green-wind-power-experiment-pollution-on-a-disastrous-scale/
I will never forgive or forget anyone who supports “green” energy even if they do realise its evils at this late stage.
It is simply inexcusable as a human being to remain so ignorant aboit anything for so long.
We must have Nutemberg-style trials to try and punish all those politicians, public serpents and industrialists that promoted and deliberately profited from the “renewable” energy sc am and other associated global warming nonsense.
People go to jail for many years for corporate fr auds involving much less money than taken from the taxpayer and consumer than has been taken in the name of “global warming”.
Greens kill. Look at the 50 million they killed by malaria due to them banning DDT based on false data that it thins egg shells of birds. Or the milllions that are going blind today because of their opposition to the introduction of vitamin A enhanced Golden Rice in third world countries. Or people dying today or being kept in poverty due to expensive and unreliable “renewables”. At some point these Cultural Marxist monsters must be held to account.
‘At some point these Cultural Marxist monsters must be held to account.’
The real Marxists in Beijing have little respect for humanity and everyone in the Western World should be aware that they have 80% of international trade, it would be unwise for the Trump Administration to start a trade war.
The pseudo Marxists are an ignorant lot, the pollution at rare earth mines in China has been well known for years and its highly unlikely that a young green zealot would forego the latest state of the art mobile just because of massive pollution in outer Mongolia.
That is, they have 80% of the trade in rare earth.
Dave:
the majority of green voters are gullible and don’t check the facts. The Greens tactic is to issue a claim of coming disaster, not bothering if it is true at all. The media love these stories ( Bad News Sells) and so they get free publicity. Their gullible followers and most of the public take the headlines as true, although lately trust in the media has dropped considerably.
Their great coup was to claim CO2 is a pollutant so in surveys who is going to say they are in favour of pollution? The other boost they get is talking about “Climate Change” enabling them to link any variation in the weather to coming disaster. This worries the gullible even more.
The politicians see the resulting polls and think they reflect the real wishes of voters and pander to those phantom beliefs. That the claims of big temperature rises made in the 1980′s (and 1990′s) haven’t occurred isn’t widely known.
Perhaps the answer is to sue those who made false claims on the grounds of disruption to your life e.g. the claim of rising sea level deterred you from buying a mansion on the waterfront of Sydney Harbour and missing out on making millions. Or sue because your nudist winter holiday resort in southern Tasmania folded for lack of global warming?
Think before posting. How about offering a reward for missing global warming?
Renewables push will up prices
Labor’s plan to produce 50 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2030 has been dealt a blow by the AEMO.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS THE AUSTRALIAN
[paywall]
Power policies “a terrible failure”
SARAH MARTIN, RICHARD GLUYAS
Two former premiers have joined the push for a major overhaul of the nation’s energy policies.
[powerwall]
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/renewables-push-will-hike-up-prices-lead-to-instability-says-aemo/news-story/09eed702fdef5c4e7ba247b25cd971b6
Test failed. Google cache has the story.
I’ve put in my 2 bob’s worth in the comments. Only one green making a last stand so far. I hope he has a good supply of bandaids because of the responses he’s getting.
What hope of fiscal responsibility is there when child care unionists demand an increase in wages (news Sunday night) and try to explain a raise would not be at the cost of the parents of children being cared for, the union rep explained the government would pay the extra.
In the video the reporter says “you’ve probably never heard of rare earths” and then goes onto say “they are elements high on the periodic table”.
Well, if they haven’t heard of rare earths I am willing to bet they have never heard of the periodic table…
This is all part of the deliberate dumbing down of the education system.
If you finished high school, there is no way you couldnt know of the periodic table…..
Depends what you mean by finished.
nicholas tesdorf
It is good to see the truth slowly leaking out even into the bastions of Political Correctness like the ABC. There is much more to this story, like the deaths of bats and birds and the thumping noises of the wind-turbines driving local residents mad. If enough of this information is investigated, the Greenies and Warmistas may come to their senses.
The greenies and warmistas are unlikely to ever come to their senses, but the voting public may do – due to the ever-increasing pain in the hip pocket nerve.
O/T
Email I sent to my state Liberal “representative” who is the shadow minister for energy, resources and renewables.
Hi Xxxx,
I know you don’t read emails from the Deplorables who voted for you or they are not passed onto you by your staff but I am just copying you on my submission to the Finkel inquiry. I would feel guilty if I didn’t. At least you won’t be able to say “you didn’t know” about the issues raised.
Here is my submission to the Energy Market Review.
Dr David Maddison
Not Dan van Holst Pellekaan in SA? He has been vocal recently, although when looking up the list of Shadow ministers in SA I was surprised by how few I had heard of (except Vicki Chapman who I hear far too much of).
KinkyKeith
Poisonous desolation, the other side of western blinkered reality.
Watch the clip.
I have nothing to do with this but there is a lecture in Melbourne tonight you may be interested in. You need to register but I believe it is free but I saw a comment elsewhere that it was $20. Whatever the case you don’t pay when you register.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/terry-mccrann-alan-moran-climate-change-in-the-trump-era-tickets-32110362960
Let me know if you are going so we can try to meet – would be nice to meet some fellow JoNovians.
Terry McCrann introduces climate change economist, commentator and writer Alan Moran to speak about his new book “Climate Change: Treaties and Policies in the Trump Era”.
How will the Trump presidency effect climate change responses?
Who sets the climate agenda now?
What are the costs to Australia in pursuing the current agenda?
With Trump demolishing the Paris Agreement, what is Australia’s exit strategy?
How can we return to reliable, low-cost energy supply and avoid the debilitating policies favouring renewables?
These questions and more discussed and answered on the day by two of Australia’s most recognised commentators on these important and topical issues.
Special thanks to Connor Court Publishing, cosponsors of this important event.
* FREE TICKET
* Cash bar/drinks
* Book signing available at end
NOTE: There is also a separate, same-day Luncheon event featuring Andrew Bolt and Alan Moran. Details here.
Oh rats! Too short notice for me and can’t make it. A pity it isn’t a week later when we will be coming down to Melbourne.
Turtle of WA
Who was it who said that totalitarian governments like China’s are better suited to solving the world’s environmental problems?
That would be the previous UN flunkie Ms. Christiana Figueres
http://unfccc.int/secretariat/executive_secretary/items/1200.php
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-13/top-global-emitter-china-best-on-climate-change-figueres-says
“China is also able to implement policies because its political system avoids some of the legislative hurdles seen in countries including the U.S., Figueres said.”
Yes….communism is like that,…
Wind Power is having a day that is (slightly) above average, The total power delivery from EVERY wind plant in Australia is currently 1300MW, which gives a Capacity Factor (CF) of 33%.
Meanwhile back in the real World, we have a real power plant, which is ancient and slated for closure soon, the FIFTY THREE YEAR OLD Hazelwood power plant.
All eight of its units are currently (10.16AM Monday 6th March 2017) in operation and this Pensioner plant on its death bed is currently delivering 1374MW of power. Blood out of a dying stone!
So here we have a 53 year old plant and all eight of its units are currently delivering more power than 2,400 generators on poles across the whole of Australia.
So, we can close down that OAP and maybe, just maybe, on an above average day, EVERY wind plant in Australia could just replace that lost power.
At the moment, it must be pretty windy in Victoria, because the Victorian wind plants are delivering 500MW of power, (also at a CF of 33%) you know, the power delivery almost equal to THREE of those ancient units at Hazelwood.
PostScript: I know some of you like to collect resources, so for verification of what I have above, there are another two resource links to add to your list. The first is the one at this link. It lists every power plant in Australia and gives their current output power. It’s updated every four to six minutes. Once at the link, scroll right to the bottom for the latest time link. Click on that link and a text box will open asking you to save the link, usually to the default of the Downloads folio. Once saved, then click on that file in your Downloads folio, and it will ask you to open the file in a spreadsheet format, and I have Excel. That file will then open up in the spreadsheet, and you can look at any power plant you wish.
Now, to decipher those power plants, as they are in a shortened title form, then you’ll need this second link, which is the list of registered power plants and their shortened title form list of names.
(Example: Hazelwood is listed as HWPS and shows all 8 units.)
I hope you can all see what is happening here with Hazelwood.
It’s scheduled for closure and the operators are running it into the ground. (That’s a bit axiomatic Tony, it is 53 years old)
You know, just run them all into the ground. No need to be careful about maintenance any more, just run ‘em till they stop, and just keep feeding in the coal. No concerns about it being a supposedly dirty filthy disgusting emitter of that foul rotten CO2 poison. Just run the damned things into the ground. No calls from the Victorian Government to stop all that foul emission. No calls from the Victorian Government to stop generating such exorbitant costing power, and hey, running all eight units, doesn’t that indicate it must be pretty cheap power.
And hey, note especially, that even at 53 years old every single one of those units is still running hard, still delivering nearly all the power they can from clapped out units designed in the 1960s, four levels of technology lower than what is currently in use for coal fired power, and soon to be five levels lower than best technology, Advanced USC.
Those units still keep humming along, while those generators on poles have stopped and started and stopped and started ad infinitum.
This must surely be an insight, not into wind power, but just what coal fired power is actually capable of, that a plant designed so long ago can still deliver from all its eight units, even 25 plus years after every wind power plant ceases to work.
My concern is that they won’t shut down the plant properly and mothball it but they will deliberately destroy it, possibly in a public ceremonial event like they did in SA when they blew up the chimneys, so it can never be restarted.
Go on, tell me the last time you saw an EH Holden on the road.
We were at war with the air, alongside the US. Now the war is ending we can highlight the costs. It’s not a backdown, of course, it’s a new narrative to carry us forward.
The important question for those who push renewable, clean and green, is how do you dispose of the waste products from manufacturing these magnets and a long list of other things? And I haven’t heard an answer.
It’s hardly worth hearing that we need to assure ourselves that these things are being procured from sources with high environmental standards when the person saying that can’t begin to say how we can dispose of the toxic waste they generate.
I can live with some CO2 in my air. I can even live with some degree of air polution if it also gets me things that make life worth putting up with some pollution. But the stuff China is dumping out will go into the ground water if it’s not there already and then what? I can’t live with toxic water. And that’s where we’ve been headed for a long time.
Roy makes a good point here.
Not so long back now, there was the problem with another thing associated with electrical power generation and distribution, the humble Transformer, at every substation, used to convert the high transmission voltages back to the 415/240 Volts we use everywhere.
PCB (Polychlorinated biphenyl) was used as a coolant fluid in those transformers. There was the usual green scare when it came up.
Scares about electrical power come and go, but when it threatens the ability of power to come out of the hole in the wall, people sort of give it just a passing nod.
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
Toney, do you by chance remember someone who at every opportunity he got, drank a glass of what he said was PCB? It was a long time ago now but right in the middle of the scare. I had forgotten all about that until you reminded me. I always thought one of two things had to be true: 1) he wasn’t drinking PB; or 2) it isn’t nearly as dangerous as was claimed. And I couldn’t tell you which, then or now. The stuff was scheduled to be phased out if I remember accurately. Not sure on that last point.
As I understand it the low power handling transformers hanging from polls behind every few homes in the area do not need special cooling arrangements and are potted with something more solid to prevent movement of the windings against each other so as to prolong the life of the transformer. It’s probably a good thing it’s not PCB too because several around the neighborhood have whatever they were filled with leaking out under the cap and dripping down the side, very dark black and easy to spot against the light gray case.
There are some comments on PCB toxicity, or lack thereof, here.
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HOpcT-KtkSwC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=is+pcb+poisonous&source=bl&ots=YsOkDGpAX8&sig=FpvrWbT6XQ6hMVcV2a9ZjQfSJEw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiepe_Z38DSAhUHXrwKHX2sDfc4ChDoAQgYMAQ
Well that confirms my suspicion. Not much real trouble can be laid at the feet of PCBs. But still, I would not drink the stuff in any concentration.
And the alarmist steamroller rolls on nevertheless. And with that I consigne the alarmists to their usual place, some deep hole in the ground where I wish they were all put so they could never sound another alarm. But when I open my eyes again they’re all still here.
And yet nature seems oblivious to the scare. This is beautiful 1920 X 1080 HD video and there’s a lot more there than this one flight around Colorado. It really needs a 1920 X 1080 monitor and adequate bandwidth but it’s still good stuff if you don’t have those requirements. It’s all taken from a Dji Phantom Quadcopter drone. Its specs are impressive.
nice video. Try as I may I could not find any videos of stressed environments, pollution or anything dead at all. It is all lies and everything is beautiful. Thanks to the dear leader for calling out the fraud.
Try as I may I could not find any videos of stressed environments…
I have seen some still photos of local polluted areas from time to time. That’s all they have to show.
Life is very persistent and tough.
I know… pollution is just a myth. Never see it myself and I always drink the local water and swim in whatever river I am near. I’m still alive aren’t I?
At your own risk… pity this does not list the references
https://www-s.nist.gov/srmors/msds/3090-MSDS.pdf
and you might think that this paper supports a low toxicity view
Lack of data drives uncertainty in PCB health risk assessments
By: Cogliano, Vincent James
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 2212-2219 Published: FEB 2016
but you’d be wrong as it is more about defining when and where things like the ones discussed in this paper kick in… (albeit I could have tried harder to find paper with “health” in its title)
Effect of highly bioaccumulated polychlorinated biphenyl congeners on estrogen and androgen receptor activity
By: Bonefeld-Jorgensen, EC; Andersen, HR; Rasmussen, TH; et al.
TOXICOLOGY Volume: 158 Issue: 3 Pages: 141-153 Published: FEB 14 2001
dozens of specific tox papers and, of course, hundred of ecological papers looking at the authors’ favourite creature/ecosystem
Don’t forget SF6.
Used as an insulator at indoor substations. Used to be cheaper than filtered and degasified oil, but the AGW scare has now seen the price skyrocket to the point it is being phased out (green taxes)
Why indoor substations? So the late sippers don’t have to look at the industrial ugliness required to provide the power running the capacino machine!
I am going to go to the Hazelwood cooling pond on Wednesday to have a first and last swim in these tropical heated 26C waters before they shut down the power station and the waters become frigid and all the warm water fish in the pond die and tourism to the pond is extinguished.
Come winter there will be a new environmental issue to deal with – tonnes of rotting fish lining the leeward shoreline.
I was once given the task of dosing a fresh water supply pond that had an algal bloom. A chemist, who sampled and tested the water, advised that 3ppm of added copper would not be enough to taste but would knock down the algae. I duly dosed the pond. Within a few days the algae was notably lower but over the course of the next week tonnes of fish started appearing on the shore. We quietly removed them before the stench became intolerable. We did not even realise there were such large fish in the pond, which was only a few acres in area and less the 6m deep.
Rick Will,
There are hundreds of thousands of fish farms in China.
The ponds are relatively small, but each contains stacks of fish.
This ulta high tech, innovative initiative has only been going for the past 900 years.
Don’t get yourself tangled in all the lines
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-07/hazelwood-pondage-short-lived-barramundi/8000988
http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/fisheries/recreational-fishing/target-one-million/towards-victorias-first-ever-barramundi-recreational-fishery
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Moderation might now be wind powered. You may have to wait a few days.
first, the video is attributed to Today Tonight Adelaide.
can’t see it listed online for any other state. did it show nationally?
second, as a radio presenter (Mike Williams, from memory) said last week, we should stop calling it “renewable energy” (or clean, green energy, for that matter) and call it by its proper name INTERMITTENT ENERGY.
doubt if the public would be as keen on wind and solar, if it was named for what it is.
third, ABC, BBC & the rest of the FakeNewsMSM need to stop telling the public China is a renewable giant:
4 Feb: Reuters: Ryan Woo: China’s solar power capacity more than doubles in 2016
Installed PV capacity rose to 77.42 gigawatts at the end of 2016, with the addition of 34.54 gigawatts over the course of the year, data from the energy agency showed…
China will add more than 110 gigawatts of capacity in the 2016-2020 period, according to the NEA’s solar power development plan.
Solar plants generated 66.2 billion kilowatt-hours of power last year, accounting for ***1 percent of China’s total power generation, the NEA said.
The country aims to boost the mix of non-fossil fuel generated power to 20 percent by 2030 from 11 percent today.
China plans to plough 2.5 trillion yuan ($364 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-solar-idUSKBN15J0G7?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=589663fb04d301059ff13d69&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
listen from 26mins in: Trump first mentioned; Self-interested solar millionaire, Huang Ming, who thinks every building in China can power itself; also features Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Alliance, Greenpeace;
BBC presenter asks audience at end if they think China can be the leader on climate change. 35 in audience. 8 raise hands to say “yes”. panellist ends program with: Trump is dropping out of all this globalisation stuff, so China gains this opportunity to take the chance, which it demonstrated at COP21 in Paris – so I think China is able and willing to grab this opportunity to develop the global leadership:
AUDIO: 53mins11secs: 5 Mar: BBC WorldHacks: How China is Cleaning its Air
Air pollution is a huge problem for China, but did you know it’s actually getting better?…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vd1xg
ABC likes the Solar King, Huang Ming, and
June 2016: ABC Science Show: China’s Solar Valley – ‘Solar everything’
It was set up ten years ago by Huang Ming, an entrepreneur and engineer, nicknamed ‘The Solar King’. Built as a model solar town in Dezhou, Shandong Province, 300km south of Beijing, it includes solar research labs, solar heater factories, a solar college, and a solar hotel and convention centre.
The concept coincides with a government policy turning China away from coal-fuelled energy towards renewable energy. China is now the biggest investor in renewable energy in the world (overtaking Germany in 2015), and in 2014 its coal consumption fell for the first time since its recent period of industrialization began.
The Australian government has often used China as an excuse for not taking strong action on climate change, but that argument is redundant now that China is taking up renewable energy faster than any other country. Peter Hadfield reports…
Peter Hadfield: To everyone in Solar Valley, Huang Ming is a god…
And his timing couldn’t be better. Faced with crippling levels of urban smog, the Chinese government has started an ambitious program to replace many of its coal-fired power stations with renewable energy. The transformation has been so recent and so rapid that China has suddenly become the world’s biggest investor in renewable energy, and the largest producer of solar power…
Peter Hadfield: China now plans to triple solar power production to nearly 150 gigawatts a year by the year 2020…
Fergus Green, Australian climate policy consultant at the Grantham Institute in London: What China is doing is more giving western countries a needed kick. Because for too long countries like my native Australia and the United States have relied on what you might call the ‘China excuse’ for not doing anything on greenhouse gases and climate change and renewable energy. They’ve said, well, China’s coal use is growing so fast that whatever we do won’t matter. The whole premise of that argument has been removed by the fact that China’s coal consumption is now declining, and they’re the world’s largest investors in renewable energy. So this should really be a spur to the developed countries to recognise the climate-related necessity and the economic opportunity associated with rapidly shifting towards renewable energy…
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/china%E2%80%99s-solar-valley-lives-the-motto:-%E2%80%98solar-everything%E2%80%99/7475158
given BBC/ABC excitement over Dezhou, funny there’s nothing about it online in the last couple of years of any note, apart from the above.
From: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/dec/05/nuclear-greenpolitics
To produce the 25 tonnes or so of uranium fuel needed to keep your average reactor going for a year entails the extraction of half a million tonnes of waste rock and over 100,000 tonnes of mill tailings. These are toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. The conversion plant will generate another 144 tonnes of solid waste and 1343 cubic metres of liquid waste.
Contamination of local water supplies around uranium mines and processing plants has been documented in Brazil, Colorado, Texas, Australia, Namibia and many other sites. To supply even a fraction of the power stations the industry expects to be online worldwide in 2020 would mean generating 50 million tonnes of toxic radioactive residues every single year.
These tailings contain uranium, thorium, radium, polonium, and emit radon-222. In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency sets limits of emissions from the dumps and monitors them. This does not happen in many less developed areas.
The long-term management cost of these dumps is left out of the current market prices for nuclear fuel and may be as high as the uranium cost itself. The situation for the depleted uranium waste arising during enrichment even may be worse, says the World Information Service on Energy.
From: http://www.wise-uranium.org/uwai.html
“URANIUM MILL TAILINGS DEPOSITS
Characteristics of uranium mill tailings
Uranium mill tailings are normally dumped as a sludge in special ponds or piles, where they are abandoned.. The largest such piles in the US and Canada contain up to 30 million tonnes of solid material. In Saxony, Germany the Helmsdorf pile near Zwickau contains 50 million tonnes, and in Thuringia the Culmitzsch pile near Seelingstädt 86 million tonnes of solids.”
“The amount of sludge produced is nearly the same as that of the ore milled. At a grade of 0.1% uranium, 99.9% of the material is left over.
Apart from the portion of the uranium removed, the sludge contains all the constituents of the ore. As long lived decay products such as thorium-230 and radium-226 are not removed, the sludge contains 85% of the initial radioactivity of the ore. Due to technical limitations, all of the uranium present in the ore can not be extracted. Therefore, the sludge also contains 5% to 10% of the uranium initially present in the ore.”
“In addition, the sludge contains heavy metals and other contaminants such as arsenic, as well as chemical reagents used during the milling process.
Mining and milling removes hazardous constituents in the ore from their relatively safe underground location and converts them to a fine sand, then sludge, whereby the hazardous materials become more susceptible to dispersion in the environment. Moreover, the constituents inside the tailings pile are in a geochemical disequilibrium that results in various reactions causing additional hazards to the environment. For example, in dry areas, salts containing contaminants can migrate to the surface of the pile, where they are subject to erosion. If the ore contains the mineral pyrite (FeS2), then sulfuric acid forms inside the deposit when accessed by precipitation and oxygen. This acid causes a continuous automatic leaching of contaminants.”
All energy sources need to be audited for the toxic emissions/by-products they produce. Focusing on one or the other will only polarize and result in lop sidedness.
“Out of sight, out of mind”.
Send all our environmentally “challenging” manufacturing to China (along with our jobs) and the Chinese will make cheaper, but in a much dirtier way. Anyone without a “green” brain knew this.
The fact that the greens are just noticing this shows what thick, blinkered ignoramuses they are.
Mark Brierley
So where do the metals come from for the generators in coal power stations? How much of these rare metals are going into wind turbines, and how much into your smartphones and computers that you are reading this on? Will stopping wind turbines suddenly stop this damage to the environment?
Of course, it would be great if China benefitted from better environmental legislation. And of course all kinds of mining can be damaging. But here’s the choice:
Wind farms: damage from making turbines
Coal-fired power: damage from making power stations PLUS damage from mining the coal that goes into them
theRealUniverse
China has strong environmental legislation but they are in the process of shutting down factories over production of steel etc. I also suspect even though the comments about ‘rare earths’ in wind turbines are correct, that the doc is a bit of exaggerated disinformation about China and pollution. All people near any area like that would have been relocated by the govt.
Windy Clean Green Pollution indeed.
Wind power in South Australia is currently delivering 100MW into the South Australian Grid
So, of around nine hundred or so wind towers in the whole State, barely 60 of them are actually turning.
Current wholesale cost of power in SthAus is around $300/MWH, or more than two and a half times the cost in Victoria, NSW and Queensland.
Total wind power delivery for the whole of Australia is around 800MW at a Capacity Factor of 20%, and that total is just a little more than half of what is currently being generated by Hazelwood.
[...] – Windy Clean Green Pollution [...]
gbees
Amazing that the Greens MP and the ‘environmentalist’ democrat with the Prius didn’t know about this. It’s been public knowledge for a very long time. Just goes to show that these people never do any worthwhile research. They are beholden to the green scam. It (sustainability, climate change etc.) really is a religion.
About time Jo. This scandal reported in Daily Mail and UK Guardian Jan 2017
Uncle Gus
“I didn’t know what was happening in China…”
How is this possible? *I* knew, and I’m not even in the greeny-politico racket!
Tim Ainsworth
How pathetic, Australian Greens were actively campaigning a short tome ago against Lynas P/L, an Australian company that has led the world in environmentally sustainable rare earth production.
Such a poorly researched report, recycling 6yo data, then totally failing to recognise the leading role played by an Australia company value adding Australian resource in a totally responsible fashion.
That report is badly out of date, because the Australian Lynas Corporation has for several years been mining the richest rare earth mine in the world at Mt Weld, north of Kalgoorlie – without any environmental problems. The product is then shipped to the Lynas chemical processing plant in Malaysia, the largest such facility in the world, where it is refined and shipped to specialised final processors. The Malaysian facility is so clean that its Government monitored recycled waste water ls discharged cleaner than it enters the facility
Lynas is now producing over 22,000 tonnes of rare earth products vital to all growing hi-tech consumer needs annually, all to full international environmental standards
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I was quoted extensively in a Fox News article about Maryland's decision to scrap its ballistic fingerprinting system. Ballistic fingerprinting was just another way of trying to register guns.
State authorities have conceded that the bullet ID program, enacted in 2000, cost $5 million, was plagued by technical problems and did not solve a single crime. Now, the 300,000 shell casings, one from every handgun sold in the state since the law took effect, will now be sold for scrap metal. . . .
“It was clear 10 years ago that this program was not going to work,” John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center told FoxNews.com. "Millions were spent on funding this program, money that could have been better used for actual police and law-enforcement resources.”
Lott even predicted that the program would fail over a decade ago in an op-ed piece in the National Review in February 2005. Even though the state spent approximately $60 per gun to catalog each firearm's unique ballistic signature, critics, including Lott, said legally purchased guns were typically not the ones wielded by criminals. They also said the program suffered from widespread erroneous entry of data and the inadequate software often resulted in hundreds of "matches" being found for each casing tested. . . .
The real problem with Maryland's system wasn't erroneous data entry or inadequate software, it was the science predicted that the system would fail.
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Though Buddhism is the major religion, other religions such as Hinduism, Christianity and Islam are also followed. Buddhism came to Sri Lanka from India during the reign of Ashoka in third century BC and played a significant role in the establishment of Sinhalese kingdoms since the early times, dating back to over two thousands years.
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Everyone puts on green for the day and drinks a bit too much Guinness. For a truly memorable religious procession, head for the flamboyant Esala Perahera festival at Kandy in Sri Lanka instead. Said to be a tooth from the mouth of the Buddha himself, it was rescued from his funeral pyre in north India and eventually brought to Sri Lanka in the 4th century AD. Soon after darkness falls, a deafening cannon shot announces its start.
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It is also the commercial and financial center of Sri Lanka. A bustling metropolis, the city is an attractive blend of old and new. It has the lazy charm of the bygone era combined with the verve and vivaciousness of a modern city. Colombo is an ideal location to start the Sri Lanka sojourn. City Travel Guide The Fort: Originally a fort during the Portuguese and Dutch periods but now a major commercial center of the country and housing major offices, big hotels, some of the better shops, airline offices, banks, main post office, immigration office, travel agents and restaurants.
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Each criss-crossed lane of Pettah leads to the main street and each has developed its own specialized characteristic. For example, household goods are found on Keyzer Street.
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Sri Lanka is a beautiful country with pristine beaches, cultural heritage, scenic landscapes and lots of elephants. Here are 78 random things about Sri Lanka. I don’t like history, tell me interesting things about Sri Lanka.. History. 1. The first established capital of ancient Sri Lanka was Anuradhapura and the era was known as Anuradhapura Kingdom.
It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Sinhala is spoken by about 16 million people in Sri Lanka, about 13 million of whom are native speakers. It is one of the constitutionally-recognised official languages of Sri Lanka, along with Tamil. Tamil is a classical language and the oldest of the Dravidian language family and spoken by the Tamil population of Sri Lanka.
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The city of Wilton Manors has decided they will not oppose my law firm’s sign being placed on a Wilton Drive Bus bench.
Society is safe, thank god.
If you missed the controversy last month, Wilton Manors had initially forbidden my bench ad because of the pot leaf in it (see below). If you are “busted,” you are encouraged to call the Criminal Defense Law Center of South Florida, which is the fancy name I have given my law firm.
My law office partner, Russell Cormican, and I, decided to advertise the firm’s new name and logo, and our move to a new office in the Legacy Bank Building. Often, we represent good people charged with criminal acts because of stupid laws, which long ago should have been discarded. None are more glaring than those arrested for the use of marijuana.
Take Elvy Mussika, a Hollywood woman who grew and smoked her own pot in order to counteract glaucoma, which was causing her to lose her eyesight. After 23 operations to remove cataracts, she discovered that the THC in marijuana reduced the intraocular pressure in her eye canals, enabling her to see without surgery.
Faced with a cultivation charge 25 years ago, in 1987, she challenged the State of Florida, saying she had a constitutional right to see, and argued her possession and use of marijuana was lawful, based on medical necessity. A jury agreed, 24 years ago today, and we won the case. Now, Mussika is one of many activists who will attend the Seattle Hempfest this weekend. In fact, far away in the northwest corner of the United States, over 150,000 pot warriors will gather at Myrtle Beach State Park in Elliott Bay to demand the legalization of marijuana.
One of the people that should be there with her is Boynton Beach resident Robert Platshorn, 69, the leader of The Silver Tour, fighting to educate senior citizens about the medicinal uses of marijuana — how it is an alternative to traditional therapies, with less residual consequences. In 1987, he was in jail.
Unfortunately, Platshorn served the longest sentence in America for marijuana — over 30 years — but he is still a victim of America’s drug war. Still under federal parole supervision, it seems that the government is now questioning his right to attend festivals promoting the decriminalization of marijuana. He is working for drug law reform. The federal government is insisting on drug war compliance.
Like Elvy Mussika, Platshorn will eventually prevail, because Truth cannot be suppressed or silenced by government agents acting foolishly. It blows up in their face and Justice eventually emerges. If you want to help fight for Platshorn’s cause, you can go on Facebook and help fund his remarkable video, “Should Grandma Smoke Pot?” You can write to the Parole Commission and tell them to let him travel. And you can read his book, The Black Tuna Diaries.
Unfortunately, the national media does not adequately cover the marijuana activist movement in America. If it did, you would know that over 18 states in America and the District of Columbia have decriminalized marijuana.
You would also know that in each and every place where a decriminalization bill gets on a ballot, it wins — almost everyone today 35 and older has smoked pot, and everyone 16 and older is willing to try it. And Platshorn is showing how marijuana is medicine for seniors.
In different decades, both Mussika and Platshorn have stood alone fighting battles against injustice and a legal system that has been far too harsh and cruel to marijuana smokers. Though 25 years apart in their dilemmas, they are inextricably woven together by a thread of injustice fostered and furthered even today by the Obama Administration.
In California, medical dispensaries for marijuana users have proliferated by virtue of local ordinances and state laws allowing for the same. Sadly, tragically, and I dare say moronically, the Obama Administration has engaged in an all out war on those dispensaries and lawfully licensed businesses.
Disregarding the people’s will, the U.S. and its Department of Justice have raided the establishments, seized the inventory of medicines that were going to be provided to patients, and even arrested numerous owners who had in good faith opened businesses according to local laws.
As an activist who has spent 40 years fighting for the decriminalization of marijuana laws, I have found the acts of the Obama Administration unconscionable, unjust and unacceptable. It is flat out the reason why I will not support his re-election, despite his noble and forward record on LGBT civil rights. Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, is most likely to get my vote even though he has not gotten the national media attention he deserves.
Nationally, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is carrying on a battle originally engaged 40 years ago when its founder, Keith Stroup, first called for an end to prohibition by 1980. Locally, a small group of activists is petitioning the city of Miami Beach to decriminalize pot, but it is a strong and vocal chapter you can also find on Facebook, led by a middle aged mom, Karen Goldstein, who saw her own roommate once unjustifiably arrested for using marijuana while fighting a disabling multiple sclerosis.
When it comes to marijuana, there is injustice on every corner. So that sign on Wilton Drive is where it needs to be, and no city is going to tell me I can’t have it there as long as their cops perpetuate the inequity of the drug war.
The only danger facing a pot smoker sitting on that bench is not from the weed but from a speeding drunk driver who hits him while he’s just sitting there.
Posted by Norm Kent at 8:39 PM No comments:
A massage parlor can’t advertise on park benches in Wilton Manors — and now neither can I.
Here I am, the vice chairman of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and the city is telling me I can’t place an ad on a bus bench because it’s got a big pot leaf behind the text.
Here I am, a guy who has spent 40 years in the trenches as a criminal defense lawyer representing pot smokers, helping pave the way for 18 states to decriminalize marijuana, and our own little city of Wilton Manors now tells me that my ad is “objectionable.”
Hey, I did not mean to become the center of a news item. But now, a little ad that would have caught a few eyes is taking up a page in my newspaper. I guess I should thank the city, not bury them. But first, let me tell the story and the facts.
The City of Wilton Manors entered into a contract with Martin Outdoor Media a few years ago, allowing them to place 48 bus benches with professionally designed, commercial advertising on them in and about the city. No problem.
The city, however, imposed a restrictive condition on their contract with Martin, stating that “advertising of tobacco, firearms, massage parlors, adult book stores, adult theaters, adult escort services and pornographic or obscene matters are prohibited. The determination of objectionable, obscene advertising shall be the right of the City, and their decisions shall be final.”
My gut reaction at looking at that statute is how dare they presume that licensed massage parlors are presumptively obscene or offensive? But wait, it gets better.
I submitted an ad to replace the SFGN ad at the epicenter of Wilton Manors, on the Drive in front of the Alibi. The ad I submitted is to promote my other career, my law practice, the Criminal Defense Law Center of South Florida.
As you can see, the ad features the word ‘Busted?’ superimposed on top of a pot leaf. As is the nature of the industry, I am a lawyer who represents people who get busted. Note, I am advertising my law firm, not marijuana.
Nevertheless, our city, after meeting with the City Manager, the Leisure Services Director, Patrick Cann, has rejected my ad. They told Martin Media not to place it. They deemed it “objectionable.” They courteously and politely asked (told) me to cooperate with their advertising program, and requested me to “consider revising it.”
Cann, a nice enough guy, even added: “I greatly appreciate your consideration and would like to thank you for your support with the advertisement program.”
As I was writing this, Cann emailed me again to say the city isn’t actually saying I can’t do it, but ‘requesting’ I don’t do it.
Unfortunately, that does not hold water — they already told Martin Media they preferred not running the ad, and without the city’s approval, Martin Media won’t run it. In fact, the city said it was the “depiction of an illegal drug” in the ad, i.e., weed, that’s inconsistent with their objectives.
Well, here is the problem: I don’t agree or support the program as worded, and not just because I am bucking for a free massage from a wealth of licensed and legitimate massage therapists, who are getting screwed here, too.
First of all, I find nothing ‘objectionable’ about pot leaves. In fact, I love pot leaves. I wish I could grow them in my home in South Florida like I do in my apartment in San Francisco, where, as a surviving cancer patient, I have a grow license and medical marijuana card.
Second, the bottom line is that my ad does not violate the city’s contract. I am not posting something that is inherently ‘objectionable.’ What are objectionable for 40 years are the outdated laws that make pot illegal still. Marijuana has been decriminalized in 18 states, dozens of cities, and about 200 million Americans agree with me, but not Wilton Manors.
If more pot smokers came out of the closet the way gay people did, there would be less laws in America restricting pot possession. Hell, I just got back from Chicago, where their city council voted 43-3 to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot. As a guy who stands up for his clients, I sure as hell am going to stand up for myself. Like the country song goes, if you don’t stand for something, you will for anything. I won’t fall for this.
And I think this rule is beyond dumb that it’s almost comical.
It’s freaking 2012. There is a cable TV show called ‘Weeds.’ Presidents and pontiffs smoke the damn herb, and I bet there are plenty of residents of Wilton Manors who do as well.
Objectionable?
Please, people are going to laugh about this while smoking a joint. Instead of focusing on building a parking lot in the center of the city, engineering economic development for its small businesses, and making its epicenter more pedestrian friendly, the city is worried about a sign with a pot leaf in it?
You have got to be kidding. I wonder if we drug tested every single one of our city employees, including commissioners and cops, for marijuana this week, how many would come up “objectionable.”
You make the call. Do you find the ad offensive? Should it be on a bus bench or not?
The back-and-forth with Wilton Manors is still on going as of press time. Check back next week and I’ll let you know how it all went down.
Posted by Norm Kent at 12:08 PM No comments:
A Legal Take on Ryan Braun
by Norm Kent
Vice President, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
After being exonerated by major league baseball yesterday from his potential suspension, Ryan Braun owes all fantasy baseball players an apology.
In his press release acknowledging the support he had from his family and friends, he forgot to thank all those early-drafting fantasy players who stood by him and selected him in the top 20 picks. After all, as the NL MVP he was one of baseball's best players in 2011.
But now let me speak as a constitutional rights lawyer. Neither a technicality nor a loophole today freed Ryan Braun from a 50 game suspension. What saved Braun today was the fact that we leave in a society which is supposed to preserve due process, insure fairness, and honor agreements protecting the rights of employees. Baseball is no different. Players are very well paid obviously, but as Curt Flood, challenging baseball's free agency system years ago once stated, 'A high paid slave is still a slave.'
Today, baseball players are hardly slaves. Free agency has given them vast negotiating rights, but that does not change the fact that drug testing procedures in America are inherently flawed. Every day, using a substantially compromised field test, cops arrest innocent people for purportedly carrying contraband that turns out not to be so. The list and litany of false positives could and do fill a book, and I cite a few examples in a link at the bottom of the page. Beware of Dr. Bronner's natural, herbal, liquid soaps. They could put you in jail.
Nevertheless, in this era of steroids and performance enhancing drugs, major league baseball players and its management negotiated drug-testing protocols to insure the integrity of the game and trust of its fan base. However, as lawyers for the players sat down to work out the drug testing initiatives, it was imperative that mechanisms and processes be implemented that would insure the integrity of drug testing and fairness for both sides.
Scientists and lawyers had seen for years a panoply of poorly administered procedures which compromised the accuracy of results. These included a variety of situations, from not properly storing drug specimens at specific temperatures, to failing to initiate a timely testing of the sample. The reason meticulous guidelines and standards were imposed for all drug testing was because the failure to do so would render the test inherently unreliable, and could very well lead to false positives wrongly accusing an otherwise innocent individual.
The issue today with Ryan Braun is apparently chain-of-custody, but the reason chain-of-custody is critical is because the failure to preserve it exactly could potentially compromise the integrity of the test. That is why the failure to safeguard chain of custody was negotiated as a material factor in relying upon a drug test in the first place- because there is a history of insanely false positives when chain-of-custody protocols are not exactingly followed, or the specimens are not tracked thoroughly.
As the Ryan Braun case unfolds, it appears those procedures, agreed upon in writing by major league baseball and the players’ association, were not followed. He was ‘acquitted’ of wrongdoing not by a technicality. He was ‘acquitted’ of wrongdoing because of the wrongdoing by major league baseball operatives not abiding by the agreement they entered into.
This is not about a player getting off. This is about a contract being honored; about both parties being faithful to the rules and regulations they mutually negotiated before a player’s career could be interrupted and his reputation irreparably stained.
It is not that drug testing lost today. Fairness won. It is not a technicality that saved Ryan Braun. It is that we as a society have preserved due process, and the same procedures that have been used to affirm a dozen previous rulings on steroids, have now been applied to exonerate one. That is the way it should be when one side does not abide by its agreements. This time, it was the owners that lost, but neither did baseball win.
What won was the right of a censured athlete to argue an appeal and mandate that the landlords of the game respect the rights of its tenants pursuant to the terms of a lease they mutually negotiated beforehand.
For more information on how drug testing procedures in America are flawed, visit this article I published at http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2011/08/18/field-drug-tests-fa.aspx It is hard to believe a bar of chocolate or some herbal incense can put you in jail, but in our Amerika, it still can.
As for Norm Kent, the fantasy baseball player, I should have known better. I should have had more faith in my own words, and drafted Ryan Braun in the freaking first round. My bad.
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LOP blasts police over Sewanyana detention
February 20, 2019National News, NewsComments: 0
By Moses Kyeyune.
The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Betty Aol has condemned what she calls illegal arrest and detention of Makindye West MP Allan Sewanyana, currently detained at Naggalama Police station in Mukono district.
The lawmaker was on Monday arrested while protesting the uncontrolled sewerage mess at Kiruddu hospital.
Aol, who has addressed the media in her boardroom at Parliament, shortly after visiting Sewanyana this morning, says that the detained MP was standing with the people to protest the unhygienic state of the health facility that was last year allocated over three billion shillings and nothing has been done about it.
She says efforts to secure Sewanyana’s release have failed to yield.
Sewanyana has been in jail since Monday, in contravention of the 48 hour rule for suspects to be presented in court for mention of offence.
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Wormhole Dynamics: Gravitational Waves confirmed!!
Imagine my surprise when I turn on the TV after a long day of cramming some good science into students' heads, to find that gravitational waves have been found!!
My Wormhole Dynamics model for the EVE universe just became a little more real!
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Wormhole Dyanmics: The EVE Gate
Jove, Sleepers and Talocan have all been known to be able to manipulate wormholes, even before the Seyllin Incident. So far the only explanation for this is that they are ancient races in possession of handwavium, allowing them to do so. But if you've agreed with me so far, you're ready for the big reveal.
For our current natural wormholes to appear, you need a source of gravitational wave. For capsuleers, this was provided to us by the Seyllin Incident, literally thumping reality hard enough to produce the waves.
The Drifters, Rogue Drones and Sansha have all demonstrated their capacity to at least control static wormholes with structures in space. I've assumed that these are, in fact, wave generators. However, we know that some Jove and Drifter ships are capable of producing wormholes on their own, perhaps using on board generators.
But what if you were an advanced civilisation, with the capacity to build structures such as the Jove Dyson cloud? Would you be satisfied with only being able to use natural gravitational waves to travel through space? Like sailors before steam engines, you'd be at the mercy of the winds. What if there were some way you could generate waves enough to supply a system? What if it were big enough to supply a whole cluster with a steady supply of gravitational waves to form standing wave bridges?
The EVE Gate.
It is a colossal gravitational wave generator, supplying New Eden with a reliable source of gravitational waves.
Think again back to the Seyllin Incident being a stone thrown into space-time, causing these ripples. Usually these oscillations would simply disappear over time, the energy lost by the moving wave. The reason we still have the effect of wormholes, and indeed the increase in wormhole activity, is that something is adding waves into the cluster.
Again, a practical examples would be this; go to a sink, and fill it with water. Put your hand on the surface, and push up and down gently. You'll soon start to see the water moving up and down like crazy, forming the peaks and troughs of standing waves. Your hand, in this case, represents the EVE Gate.
Now we know why it is impossible to approach. The storms raging around it is the quite literal upheaval of space-time. Ships that approach are likely to be shaken apart by the gravitational stress.
In the beginning, this was quite stable. But now, as time goes on, the technology is starting to fail, and the wave generator experiences some periods where it does not oscillate at its maximum strength. These are the periods which allow the Sisters of EVE, or just the curious, to go and look closer.
Some of you will now say that we know our ancestors passed through the EVE gate to enter the New Eden cluster. I don't dispute that. However, I can say that perhaps the wormhole they passed through was not the Gate itself, but probably a wormhole produced by resonating with it.
And now we can say why the EVE Gate is perpetually producing light. It is the energy given off by the frequent oscillation in space-time... an effect we see mirrored in other wormholes.
That's pretty much the end of what I have to say about my hypothesis. It's probably not the explanation for how things actually work in New Eden, but it was a very happy thought I had, that seemed to get everything to line up. In any case, I hope you had fun working through my mad ramblings. I also hope you picked up on some real world Physics, and maybe are a little inspired to go and find out more.
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Wormhole Dynamics: The Seyllin Incident
If you've followed me down my rabbit hole this far, you have both my thanks and admiration. Takes a good deal of patience to read through the ramblings of a mad man.
But now we've hit a real pay off in explaining one of the more major events in EVE, the Seyllin Event.
Recall that the Seyllin Incident was the detonation of vast quantities of Isogen-5, causing a vast chain reaction that destroyed several planets, and began the first appearances of natural wormholes in New Eden. Capsuleers were now able to enter Anoikis space, and scavenge amongst the civilisations resident there.
The intent behind this detonation aside, we can now say why it caused the appearance of wormholes using the gravitational wave model.
The detonation of Isogen-5 caused a massive fluctuation in space-time. Yes, that sounds like science fiction gone wild, but all it means is that 4-d space received a huge pulse. We basically moved the rubber sheet of reality up and down.
As an example, drop a rock in the middle of a pond. You generate a series of waves, propagating away from where you dropped the rock.
This pulse combined in several places, adding to other gravitational waves bouncing around the cluster. In some cases, the amplitude was of such magnitude as to dump huge amounts of energy onto planets, shattering them. These shattered planets are all in orbit of Ao-Blue class stars, and are all the first ones in their system. Now we can say why they were destroyed, perhaps without the need for Isogen-5 caches.
The pulse sent out by the detonation had a certain amplitude. These stars just happened to be at the right distance from the epicentre. They also may have had a similar effect on space-time around them. In essence, they all bend the rubber sheet of reality the same way. What may have happened as the pulse passed through the system is the same effect as a wave crashing on a beach.
The pulse simply lost it's energy as it passed through the contortion of space time caused by the Ao-Blue star. Just like when a water wave hits the shore, what was once a gentle oscillation turned into a great wall of energy crashing down onto mass... and of course, the rocky planets bore the brunt of this.
These planets were literally hit with a gravitational tsunami.
The resulting waves reflected from other massive objects, and any other sources of gravitational waves, then started to form the great rolling mess of gravitational waves needed for the first natural wormholes to appear.
That is what opened up Anoikis to capsuleers. We are now living in space-time which is fundamentally different from what was here before.
But you may be wondering how the Jove and other ancient civilisations were able to harness these waves before the event. I'll expose this idea to public opinion before getting to that... as it is getting even deeper into assumption and what ifs...
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A little help from your friends
December 21, 2015 LearnMusic.Guide
Do you play the drums? Could you do with a new kit? Imagine the feeling while playing the drums that once belonged to non other than the Beatles, Ringo Starr. The white Ludwig drum kit was used by Starr in hits such as Can’t Buy Me Love and I Want to Hold Your Hand! Think you could take on the challenge and fill those big shoes, well you might need a little help from your friends first.
Beatles memorabilia has been attracting large sums of money for decades, however the recent auctions of Ringo’s drum kit has surpassed all other sales, standing at a massive £1.4million.
Ringo Starr’s drum kit that he played on Beatles hits including Can’t Buy Me Love and I Want to Hold Your Hand has sold at auction for £1.4million ($2.1m)
The Guinness Book of Records stated that this was the most expensive drum kit ever to be sold. Apparently the kit was used in over 200 performances by the Beatles, so for a second hand well used kit, you might think it is priced a little too highly……
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Priced highly? That’s an understatement. If I were to buy a Ringo Starr drum set for that price, I wouldn’t play at all. I’d just keep it and showcase it to my friends. Just looking at it should motivate me to learn. Buying a new set would be easy considering I had paid $2.1 million. Somebody must really like music.
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With a desire to take things apart and put them back together Matt’s obsession with understanding how things work guided him into the field of computer science. After many years managing network infrastructure Matt decided to follow his true passion and began to focus all his energy on web development. With his history working with infrastructure and a love for creating web applications Matt has channeled his energy and experiences into constantly learning more and improving his web development skills.
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Scott is the latest addition to the Matek team. He has spent years in various technical fields such as semiconductor manufacturing control systems, industrial electric control systems and medical equipment sales. He joined Matek Media out of a desire to be part of a small team with big ideas that share his goals and ideals. Scott’s father’s motto of “figure it out” has been instrumental in his ability to learn many new things ranging from car repairs to home improvement projects to growing tomatoes in the desert. At Matek Media, Scott has put that motto to use in his quest to become a master of web design and development.
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Derbyshire MP praises stair supplier
Published: 18 November, 2016
Heather Wheeler, MP for South Derbyshire, has praised the entrepreneurial spirit of staircase manufacturer TwoTwenty during a visit to the company’s headquarters this week.
Mrs Wheeler MP toured TwoTwenty’s Derbyshire-based factory and congratulated members of staff on the firm’s recent award wins and continued business growth.
During her visit, Mrs Wheeler MP praised TwoTwenty for its ambitious growth and development plans despite the uncertain economic climate.
Ali Wright, TwoTwenty’s founder and director, said: “Despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, we’ve seen a significant increase in demand for our staircases in recent months. As a result, we’re investing in every part of the business to make sure we can meet that demand.”
Echoing comments made by Prime Minister Theresa May earlier this year, Mrs Wheeler reaffirmed the government’s commitment to helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) prosper in a post-Brexit Britain.
Mrs Wheeler said: “At her roundtable meeting in August this year, the Prime Minister made it clear that the growth of the UK economy is very much in the hands of our SMEs.
“I’m proud to represent a constituency where local small businesses are leading the way to a stronger, healthier economy. TwoTwenty is a shining example of a firm that has rolled up its sleeves and worked hard to deliver substantial growth.”
TwoTwenty’s success was recognised at national and local level this year. The company won the Process Efficiency award at the British Woodworking Federation while, at the Burton Mail Business Awards, TwoTwenty scooped the Overall Business of the Year award.
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Saudi Arabia Arrests Supporters of Women Activists on Trial
Saudi Arabia detained at least seven people, including two dual US-Saudi citizens, in yet another act of crackdown on supporters of women.
Publish date : 4/15/2019
Publish Time : 11:30:00
The 11 women on trial had campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system. Their case has intensified criticism of Riyadh's rights record, already in the spotlight after last year's murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The US nationals are journalist Salah al-Haidar, whose mother Aziza al-Yousef is among those on trial, and Bader al-Ibrahim, a doctor and author of a book about Shia Muslim politics, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said.
Those newly detained are not front-line activists but "writers and social media bloggers previously engaged in public discourse on reforms" the group said. They were detained late on Wednesday and Thursday, according to ALQST.
Five other people close to the women have also been placed under a travel ban since February, they added.
The Saudi government communications office and the US embassy in Riyadh did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A Riyadh court last week temporarily released three of the women on trial, including Yousef, raising hopes of more lenient handling after months of lobbying by Western governments.
But the new detentions could signal that the authorities will resist international pressure and pursue harsh sentences.
Khashoggi's murder tarnished the reputation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman(MBS), who courted Western support for his efforts to modernise Saudi Arabia. US and Turkish intelligence agencies believe Prince Mohammed ordered the killing, which Saudi officials deny.
Dozens of other activists, intellectuals and Muslim leaders have been arrested separately in the past two years in an apparent bid to stamp out the opposition.
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The women on trial were arrested last May and branded as traitors. At least one of them has been charged under the kingdom's cybercrime law and faces up to five years in prison.
Five men arrested at the same time are not on trial. Rights groups say two of them have been released, but the others' status is unclear.
Another US-Saudi national, Walid al-Fitaihi, has been imprisoned since 2017 under Riyadh's anti-corruption campaign. His son told US senators last month he had been tortured in detention, with the tactics including electric shocks and whipping.
Some of the women activists have also alleged torture and sexual assault, which the authorities deny.
The siblings of one woman, Loujain al-Hathloul, who have publicised her case in US media, say men describing themselves as "close to the state" had asked her parents to stop them from speaking out.
"We stayed silent for eight months. We thought that being silent would solve the issue," her brother Walid al-Hathloul told CNN on Thursday.
"We found out at the end of the day that this made the case even worse and that's why we're speaking out now. At the end of the day we didn't have any options but to speak out
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First Ham Satellite — OSCAR 1 — will Join AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at Dayton
A working prototype of OSCAR 1, Amateur Radio’s first satellite, will be on display at AMSAT’s Dayton Hamvention® booth. AMSAT’s exhibit will be in Building 1 (Maxim Hall) at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio. OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio) was launched into orbit in 1961, at the dawn of the Space Age. Built by a group of California-based radio amateurs for about $60, OSCAR 1 was the first nongovernmental satellite. It transmitted a simple “HI” in CW for nearly 20 days and was heard in 28 different countries. W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, recently had to troubleshoot a problem with ARRL’s OSCAR 1 in preparation for its Dayton appearance in a special “OSCAR Park” display commemorating AMSAT’s 50th anniversary. He said it was a “rather humbling” experience.
“Apparently, OSCAR 1 was not transmitting properly,” Carcia said. “So, I took it back into the shop, changed the power cable, and checked the transmitter. I had to tweak it just a bit.” Carcia said the satellite now functions.
Only three OSCAR 1 satellites were made. One was launched into orbit, of course, while the Smithsonian Institution houses the other. “Assuming it doesn’t get bounced around too much en route, it will be transmitting a chirpy ‘HI’ on 145.224 MHz,” Carcia said. “The load is a 50 W resistor, so you can copy it about 50 feet or so away from the source.”
AMSAT will present Amateur Radio satellite operation demonstrations outside the main entrance of Maxim Hall, 8 AM – 4:30 PM, on all three days of Hamvention. “AMSAT will be demonstrating actual contacts with the operational amateur satellites,” AMSAT said in its weekly AMSAT News Service newsletter. “We especially want to invite youth to make a contact via an amateur satellite. All are invited to observe, participate and ask questions.”
AMSAT will hold its forum in Room 2 on Saturday, May 18, starting at 12:10 PM EDT. AMSAT Vice President of User Services Robert Bankston KE4AL, will moderate the session.
Read the full article at http://www.arrl.org/news/view/first-ham-satellite-oscar-1-will-join-amsat-s-50th-anniversary-celebration-at-dayton. STRAY SIGNALS does not claim ownership of the article. The original author is responsible for the content of this post
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The Darkness That Zelda Deserves
This article deals with the way stories are told in the Zelda universe. We always have the hero, the villain and of course the hero wins at the end. But what if we had to decide who we should save first: Princess Zelda or the world?
This article brings one good thought: What if we had to lose in the end of the game? This would bring up the possibility for a direct sequel and a clearer timeline. But: Would it work??? I don‘t think so. First of all we love the Zelda series for the way each game is presented. Each game uses another gameplay element. For example the time jumps in Ocarina of Time, the two worlds in A Link to the Past and the wolf-form in Twilight Princess. A direct sequel would mean, we would lose this way. A direct sequel that also continues the story of the previous game can‘t bring a new gameplay element.
I just had to think of the Prince of Persia franchise. In one trilogy of the games you are able to manipulate time by using the Sand of Time. These games belong together. In the latest game of the series there was no Sand anymore because they started a new story line with new gameplay elements. This game even is a good example for hours and hours of playing, and in the end your love is laying there sleeping. To be continued in the next games… the missing episode only was released via DLC on PS3 and XBOX360 for about 10 €. PC gamers didn‘t even get the chance to play this small episode. OK, Zelda is Nintendo exclusive and Miyamoto doesn‘t believe in online distribution.
Back to Zelda: We are used to see a cheering crowd in the end of the Zelda-games. Of course it would motivate us to buy the next game if we still had a mission to accomplish. But just IMAGINE (it will never happen) the game sucks. Nobody would buy the sequel.
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Boys Don't Cry | 1999
Boys Don't Cry filming location: Brandon goes to pay a fine at the ‘Nebraska’ courthouse: Hunt County Courthouse, Greenville, Texas | Photograph: wikimedia / Larry D Moore
Kimberley Peirce
Hilary Swank,
Chloe Sevigny,
Peter Sarsgaard
The locations for Boys Don’t Cry can be found in Texas, though the events which inspired the story occurred in Falls City, Nebraska. Brandon Teena, a popular, handsome new boy in town, was brutally murdered and found to be Teena Brandon, a lesbian living as a boy.
The skating rink, where Brandon (Hilary Swank) meets up with a girl at the start of the movie, is Dad’s Broadway Skateland, 3022 Moon Drive, in Mesquite, east of Dallas.
Crandall, on US-175, about 20 miles southeast of Dallas, stands in for ‘Falls City’, though the town’s courthouse is Hunt County Courthouse, 2507 Lee Street, Greenville, 45 miles northeast of Dallas.
Brandon falls for Lana (Chloe Sevigny), visiting her at the McKinney Grain Company, 206 Main Street, Mckinney, on US-75 way to the north of Dallas, where she works.
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Visit: Mesquite
Visit: Dad’s Broadway Skateland, 3022 Moon Drive, Mesquite, Mesquite, TX 75150 (tel: 972.279.0421)
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The World's End | 2013
The World’s End location: ultimate destination, ‘The World’s End’ pub: Gardeners Arms, Wilbury Hills Road, Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire;
Buckinghamshire;
Simon Pegg,
Nick Frost,
Rosamund Pike,
Martin Freeman,
Eddie Marsan,
Paddy Considine,
David Bradley,
Bill Nighy,
Rafe Spall
The Cornetto Trilogy comes to a triumphantly apocalyptic conclusion with The World’s End, as Gary King (Simon Pegg) gathers together four of his pals to relive the pub crawl to end all pub crawls.
You won’t be able to recreate the legendary Golden Mile crawl. It’s not so much that there is no ‘Newton Haven’ (you can find most of the locations in two Hertfordshire towns north of London) but that not all the ‘pubs’ are pubs. One is a restaurant, one a vacant shop, one a cinema and one is even a railway station.
To make things worse, establishments have since changed names or closed down. Good luck.
By way of compensation, two unacknowledged pubs are sneaked in to provide interior scenes.
The World’s End location: the roundabout at ‘Newton Haven’: Sollershott Circus, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City
Ironically, for a film based around a pub crawl, the main location is Letchworth Garden City, north of Stevenage. The first ‘garden city’ created by the idealistic New Towns movement in 1909, the community was launched with a policy forbidding the sale of alcohol on public premises. Although a couple of pre-existing pubs were allowed to continue trading, it wasn’t until 1958 that licenses were granted to new businesses. To this day, the town centre has few more than half-a-dozen pubs. Which might explain why several of the film’s premises had to be faked.
Among a distinctly unenthusiastic crew, the least willing to revisit his laddish past is Andy Knightley (Nick Frost), who’s settled into a conventional office job for law firm ‘Beckingham Davies Knightley’ in the Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, Bankside, alongside Tate Modern, London SE1. In real life, the innovative tower is the HQ of magazine publishing empire, IPC Media.
There’s no arguing with Gary and Andy, along with Oliver (Martin Freeman), Peter (Eddie Marsan) and Steven (Paddy Considine) find themselves at High Wycombe Railway Station in Buckinghamshire patiently waiting for their predictably tardy organiser.
The World’s End location: yes, it’s true – this is the UK’s first roundabout: the Sollershott Circus, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City
Heading to ‘Newton Haven’ in ‘The Beast’, the roundabout they encounter on arrival (and on departure, too) claiming to be the first of its kind in the UK, is – surprisingly – the real deal. It’s Sollershott Circus, on Broadway, south of Letchworth Garden City at the six-road junction with Sollershott and Spring Road.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 1 – ‘The First Post’: The Peartree, Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City
Having established Letchworth Garden City as the fictitious ‘Newton Haven’, the first four stops on the ‘Mile’ can all be found in Welwyn Garden City, 12 miles to the south.
All of the pub names, invented for the film, are cryptic pointers to the plot, so it’s natural that the evening starts out at ‘The First Post’. This turns out to be The Pear Tree Inn, Hollybush Lane at Woodhall Lane, southeast of Welwyn Garden City. And that really is the pub’s interior, gamely allowing itself to be dissed as bland.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 2 – ‘The Old Familiar ’: The Doctor’s Tonic, Church Road, Welwyn Garden City
The gag is that it’s the same interior used for the second pub, ‘The Old Familiar’, the exterior of which is The Doctors Tonic, Church Road, between Parkway and Longcroft Lane, a lively bar (with live music) closer to the centre of Welwyn Garden City. This is where Oliver’s sister, and Steve’s secret crush, Sam (Rosamund Pike) turns up.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 3 ‘The Famous Cock’: The Two Willows (formerly The Cork), Welwyn Garden City
Staying in the centre of town, pub number three, ‘The Famous Cock’, haunt of Mad Basil (David Bradley), retailer of dark conspiracy theories, was The Cork, now The Two Willows, a former bank at 9 Howardsgate. Since the younger Gary had been barred for life, the stay at the ‘Cock’ isn’t too long.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 4 – ‘The Cross Hands’: The Parkway Bar, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City
It’s quickly off to pub number four, ‘The Cross Hands’. This is the Parkway Bar on Parkway, which is indeed just around the corner from The Two Willows. Although the Parkway’s real bar is used, you won’t be surprised to hear that the gents’ toilet, in which the evening starts to go disturbingly awry, was recreated in the studio.
Reasoning that to continue with Golden Mile is the best way not to attract attention, the five head off down ‘Newton Haven’s’ high street, becoming uncomfortably aware of the locals’ odd attitude. This is finally back to Letchworth Garden City, and Leys Avenue, the town’s main shopping street.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 5 – ‘The Good Companions’: 71 Leys Avenue, Letchworth Garden City
And also where the locations begin to get tricksy. Venue number five, ‘The Good Companions’, is a vacant shop at 71 Leys Avenue with pubby set dressing added to its frontage.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 5 – ‘The Good Companions’ – inside: Wenlock Arms, Islington, London
The interior had to be filmed elsewhere. In fact, the bar’s interior is the excellent real ale pub, Wenlock Arms, 26 Wenlock Road, in Islington, London N1.
The World’s End location: Pub no. 6 – ‘The Trusty Servant’: The Three Magnets, Leys Avenue, Letchworth Garden City
Although the exterior of number six, ‘The Trusty Servant’, is a real pub – The Three Magnets, 18-20 Leys Avenue, the bar interior where Gary susses out the Rev Green – his one-time dealer – is the Director’s Arms, at the junction of Ripon Way and Cranes Way, in Borehamwood. The town of Borehamwood itself is familiar from plenty of screen appearances, since it’s so close to Elstree Studios and the old Borehamwood Studios.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 7 – ‘The Two-Headed Dog’: The Colonnade, Letchworth Garden City
From The Three Magnets, it’s just across the roundabout to find stop number seven, ‘The Two Headed Dog’, where the initially sceptical Sam encounters creepy twins in the beer garden. This was The Colonnade, and is now The Platform, Station Road.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 8 – ‘The Mermaid’: Broadway Cinema, Letchworth Garden City
Number eight, ‘The Mermaid’, with its ‘School Disco’ theme is the Broadway Cinema, Eastcheap. Opened in 1936, it’s still very much an independent cinema, so this time the interior was filmed at Chalfont Campus, a former college in Newlands Park, just outside Chalfont St. Giles, in Buckinghamshire.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 9 – ‘The Beehive’: Thai Garden, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City
Conveniently, only a few doors away from the Broadway, pub number nine, ‘The Beehive’ is the now-closed Thai Garden, 10 Gernon Road, which in the real world was a restaurant. It’s here that their old school teacher, Mr Shepherd (Pierce Brosnan) coolly explains the situation in the most reasonable terms. The remaining ‘musketeers’ don’t find the explanation quite so unproblematic, and the spectacular ruckus that follows was filmed back in the studio.
The World’s End location: lying low in the ‘smoke house’: Howard Garden Social Centre, Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City
Fleeing ‘The Beehive’, they retire to lie low for a while in their old ‘smoke house’, the club house of the Howard Garden Social Centre Bowling Green, Norton Way South at the foot of Gernon Road. This is where the film briefly references John Carpenter’s The Thing, as each character in turn is obliged to establish authentic humanity.
The World’s End location: Pub No. 10 – ‘The King’s Head ’: The Arena Tavern, Arena Parade, Letchworth Garden City
The escape route now fortuitously leads them through pub number ten, the deserted ‘King’s Head’, where the indefatigable Gary maintains the ‘drink in every pub’ objective by serving himself a pint. Both inside and out, this is the Arena Tavern, 3 Arena Parade, another live music venue, in the heart of Letchworth.
The World’s End location: nearly there – Pub No. 11 – ‘The Hole In The Wall’: Letchworth Garden City Railway Station, Letchworth Garden City
Chased by glowy-eyed ‘blanks’, Gary legs it north up Broadway to pub number eleven, perhaps the most surprising location of all. ‘The Hole In The Wall’ is Letchworth Garden City Railway Station, Station Road. A false wall was built across the station entrance and, if you’ve seen the film, you’ll understand why the pub interior was built at Elstree Studios.
The World’s End location: ultimate destination – Pub No. 12 – ‘The World’s End’ : Gardener’s Arms, Wilbury Hills Road, Letchworth Garden City
The survivors triumphantly make it to their ultimate destination, ‘The World’s End’, which is The Gardener’s Arms, Wilbury Hills Road at Icknield Way. Unlike the other Letchworth locations, which are fairly close together in the town centre, the Gardener’s Arms is about a mile west of the town. Oh dear – it's currently closed for refurbishment and due to reopen as a 'pizza and carvery'. Nothing to do with alien beings. Nothing at all.
UK | Hertfordshire
Visit: Hertfordshire
Visit: Welwyn Garden City
Visit: The Pear Tree Inn, Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4JJ (tel: 01707.323282)
Visit: The Doctors Tonic, Church Road, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6PR (tel: 01707.338174)
Visit: The Two Willows, 9 Howardsgate, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6AW (tel: 01707.332401)
Visit: the Parkway Bar, 22 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HG (tel: 01707.329091)
Visit: Letchworth Garden City
Visit: The Three Magnets, 18-20 Leys Avenue, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3EW (tel: 01462.681093)
Visit: The Platform, Station Road, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3AN (tel: 01462.486807)
Visit: the Broadway Cinema, Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DD (tel: 01462.681088)
Visit: the Arena Tavern, 3 Arena Parade, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3BY (tel: 01462.686400)
Visit: The Gardener’s Arms, Wilbury Hills Road, Letchworth Garden City, Letchworth SG6 4LG (tel: 01462.678216)
Visit: Borehamwood
Visit: the Director’s Arms, Ripon Way, Borehamwood (tel: 020.8905.2303)
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Flights: Heathrow Airport; Gatwick Airport
Visit: London
Travelling: Transport For London
Visit: the Wenlock Arms, 26 Wenlock Road, London N1 7TA (tel: 020-7608-3406)
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Car Free Day at Carretera de Málaga
Car Free Day comes this Sunday 12 May to Chana district with an extensive programme of recreational activities.
Carretera de Málaga welcomes an extensive programme of recreational activities that will close traffic from 9:00 to 15:00 hours in the section between Puente Zarabanda and Circunvalación de la Encina.
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The Car Free Day organised by the City Council of Granada, comes this Sunday 12 May to Carretera de Málaga, in Chana district, where, from 10:00 hours, attendees can join a huge programme of recreational and leisure activities aimed to arise conciousness on citizenship of benefits of alternative means of transports.
With the slogan Park your car and enjoy Granada, this municipal initiative fulfil its purpose of celebrate this car free day in all districtis of the city. For the moment, it has been celebrated in Center, Realejo and Zaidín.
In this ocasion, chosen district has been Chana, so there will be traffic cut from 9:00 to 15:00 hours in Carretera de Málaga, in section between Puente Zarabanda and Circunvalación de la Encina.
In this edition, among all usual activities as the Barter Corner, a market place aimed to child audience to exchange toys, books and videogames or the Ecomarket and Handcraft bazaar, there will be an exhibition carried out by the team Granada Lions and another one carried out by Gimnasio We. Also, attedees can enjoy, among other activities, flamenco, zumba and recycling workshops.
A bicycle and roller skate track, a Local Police and Firemen exhibition and an electric vehicles exhibition compose the programme planned for this Sunday in the Car Free Day in Granada.
Timetable of activities in Carretera de Málaga will be between 10:00 and 14:00 hours.
Mobility and Citizen´s Protection councellor in the City Council of Granada, Raquel Ruz, encourage citizenship to join this Sunday Chana district and join this large programme of activities run by the City Council to arise conciousness about the necessity of use of alternative means of transport alternative to car that, as she said, will improve our environment and consequently, quality of life.
Afecctions to public transport
Due to traffic cut in Carretera de Málaga, between Circunvalación la Encina and Villarejo, bus lines 4 and N1 will be affected and will be diverted through: Circunvalación la Encina - Andalucía Avenue- Cruz del Sur, retaking its usual itinerary in Sur Avenue, towards Center. In Chana sense of direction, buses get through Andalucia Avenue, following through it in case of line 4 and turning to Circunvalacion de la Encina in case of N1.
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Hyundai Creta Overview
Hyundai Creta is one of the most popular offering in the Indian market that sits in the Rs 10 lakh – Rs 20 lakh category. The South Korean automaker has now launched the Creta facelift in the country market with significant updates at exterior and inside the cabin. Available at a starting price of Rs 9.44 lakh (ex-showroom), the facelifted version of the car certainly boosts its appeal further.
Hyundai Creta facelift employs range of safety features and it is available with the same set of engines as the pre-facelift variants. First unveiled in the Brazilian market, the Hyundai Creta facelift is likely to boost the sales performance of the auto manufacturer that happens to be the second largest car brand of India.
Hyundai Creta Exterior & Style
The most striking thing the car gets in the latest facelift is the new colour options. The fresh ‘passion orange’ and the ‘marina blue’ paints are simply to drag attention of the passer-by. And if you don’t believe this, then compare these new colours with other colours options in the brochure and you will definitely realize that Hyundai wants this car to get noticed.
Coming to the other visual updates, they are distinctive for sure, but one is unable to grasp that immediately. At the front, the most prominent and easier to spot change comes in the form of new bigger grille that makes SUV looks a bit wider than the earlier version. The grille is further accentuated with the chrome outlining all around boosting the ‘we are family’ philosophy the carmaker has been striving for.
Then the alterations come in the form of new headlamps which might appear the same due to identical shape, but the Korean automaker has fiddled a bit with the details. The headlamp cluster now no longer features the daytime running LEDs and instead, has been moved down to the bumper and adjacent to the fog lamps which have also toned down. It might look aftermarket a bit but it does gel well with the re-designed bumper.
Coming to the sides, here the carmaker hasn’t played around much as the only major change is the 17-inch 5-spoke machined cut alloy wheels wrapped in the same 215/60R17 tyres as earlier. The roof rails now sit flat with the roof. At the rear, the changes are subtle. The freshness quotient has been enhanced with the revised rear bumper which no longer goes up to the body in a straight line. The tail lamp design has also been revamped to make it look smarter. The car also gets bold front and rear skid plates for enhancing the aggressiveness. To know more details on Hyundai Creta check Orhdc
Hyundai Creta Interior & Space
It seems Hyundai has appointed a gentleman disguised as a commoner listening to everyone’s popular wish of features to have in a car as the Creta too, like other Hyundais, comes with a long list which includes many of first in the segment.
There is a lot on offer but that doesn’t make it a clustered messy place to be in, making the cabin feel more comfortable than its rivals. It indeed does remind you of the arrangement in the Elite i20 and that is to Creta’s advantage as it is one the most appreciated cabins. The one that we had during our first drive was the SX+ variant, lower than the top trim SX(O). While it is all about leathers and ebony coloured trims in the SX(O), lower variants have to make do with fabric two-tone seats, they aren’t as appealing but your senses won’t mind.
And that is because the seats are well comforted at the right areas. The headrest, lumbar support and the bottom cushioning is impressive, needs a bit more under thigh support but is manageable. The reach and positioning of buttons and knobs for front occupants is simply practical. Even though the dashboard has a wide winged design, it doesn’t make your knees sweat. There is plenty of room in the front with a dead pedal for the necessary relief on highways. The driver seat also gets height adjustment.
Coming to the rear zone, it gets separate AC vents which are a must for the ones seated behind especially under challenging weather conditions. The incline angle is decent and similar to the front seats, just has tad less of under thigh support. While the seats are comforting enough for long journeys, there is a slight problem and that is cause of the way it looks. From outside, the climbing shoulder line sure does look good but the same makes the rear window more compact with a taller glass line, thus making it feel cramped.
One more surprising bit is the absence of leather wrapping on the steering wheel; a given inside such a premium offering. Nonetheless, it offers sufficient levels of grip along with controls to operate the touchscreen navigation system sitting at the central of the dashboard. Only the base variant gets a 2DIN Audio unit with multiple connectivity options, rest six variants feature a touchscreen system with navigation as standard only on S+, SX+ and SX(O) variants. Also, Hyundai’s much claimed 1GB on-board memory for storing music and files is only seen on two variants – S and SX. The instrumental cluster layout is clean and lucid, shows essential info like trip and odo readings. Surprisingly, it does not feature mileage and distance to empty range.
There are smartly placed cup holders on the central console and the door pockets too have sufficient provision for storage of litre class containers in the front and 500ml on the rear. Under the front armrest, there is a sizeable utility recess. Rear occupants get a foldable armrest with twin cup holders. It gets a super generous luggage area which can be further expanded by folding the rear seats.
Hyundai Creta Engine & Gearbox
As Hyundai hasn’t touched the engine as there was little need for that, you will not notice much difference in terms of performance. Talking about the diesel engine, there are two options the 1.6L 4-cylinder CRDi motor that produces the same 128PS and 259Nm of torque, and the 1.4L 4-cylinder powertrain that produces 90PS and 220Nm of torque. Both the engines come mated with 6-speed manual transmission while the 1.6L can also be availed with 6-speed automatic.
In terms of performance, the diesel engines offer decent low speed torque and meaty mid-range offering good drivability. However, when it comes to top end torque, the performance start to suffer. But the mid-range just needs 2100rpm to traverse at 100kmph and overtaking at high speeds doesn’t need a downshift either. The 1.4L powered Creta can be primarily used in the city driving offering low speed and allowing you take upshift early. On the highways, this engine will run out of breath if you are cruising hard and going up to the 6th gear and revving hard would be exercise in futility. In terms of NVH levels, the Creta is a smooth car with excellent refinement levels so much so that you could get easily confuse as if it’s a petrol motor.
The petrol driven Creta on the other hand, features 1.6L dual VTVT engine produces 123PS and 151Nm of peak torque. Driving in the cities will plaster smile on your face especially when you are in the second or third gear as it gives enough power to effortlessly accelerate, if required. On the open stretches, you would definitely want the engine to spin around 2000rpm, a place of its highest ecstasy but there will be still enough power available for quick overtaking when there is a need. For more information on Hyundai Creta check AutoZhop.
The petrol engine returns 15.29 kmpl of mileage. The 1.4-litre CRDi engine generates 21.38 kmpl of mileage, while the 1.6-litre diesel engine returns 19.67 kmpl and 17.01 kmpl for the manual and automatic variants respectively.
Hyundai Creta Driving Dynamics
The conventional torque converter automatic unit is tuned for balanced highway cruising rather than a playful shift mode coz it will spend more time on highways than anywhere else. The box gets a manual mode when you need that extra power during overtaking or sudden manoeuvres. The shifts aren’t exactly precise and crisp. We preferred keeping it in the auto mode which too acted a bit confused if driven hard. Nonetheless, the lack of pizazz will go unnoticed by the usual owners who aren’t too keen to drive it with a spirited foot.
Still if it is made to travel at higher speeds, there is a constant need of steering input as the ride gets jittery. At higher speeds, the ride quality is decent except while entering corners at high speeds wherein the confidence level drops. However, the way Hyundai has put everything together in this compact SUV is really impressive as there is no redundant noise seeping inside the cabin even as the wheels battle undulations and rough surfaces. The NVH levels are segment rivalling; perhaps competition can learn a thing or two. The suspension setup is also inclined towards offering a softer ride and is optimized according to Indian conditions with the right damper settings.
Hyundai Creta Safety & Security
In terms of braking, there is ample stopping power on tap, however, the initial bite from the typical Hyundai’s perspective isn’t very sharp. The brakes in automatic Creta need to be stronger as their stopping capability isn’t confidence inspiring. Further, there are electronic aids such as ABS with EBD that further gives you command on the road.
In terms of safety, besides ABS and EBD, the new Creta comes equipped with dual airbags and day/night IRVM and lane change indicator as standard. Move up the variant ladder and you will get 6 airbags plus electronic stability control (ESC), vehicle stability management control (VSM), rear parking sensors with camera and adaptive steering with parking guidelines, child seat anchor (ISOFIX), lane change flash adjustment and speed sensing & impact sensing auto door lock.
Hyundai Creta Price in Pune
Hyundai Creta On-Road Price in Pune ranges from 11,30,492 to 18,46,759 for variants Creta 1.6 E Petrol and Creta 1.6 SX Diesel AT respectively. Hyundai Creta is available in 18 variants and 8 colours. Below are details of Hyundai Creta variants price in Pune. Check for Creta price in Pune at Tryaldrive.
Hyundai Creta Final Word
Almost 10,000 Indians buy the Creta every month. And with good reason. It’s a proven product with hardly any shortcomings that can be labeled as deal breakers. But, it’s not an emotional SUV. It doesn’t look dramatic and won’t put a smile on your face every time you drive it. But, that’s the price one must pay for peace of mind. At least, with the 2018 edition, Hyundai has added some excitement in the form of new features.
Hyundai Creta is available in 6 different variants such as E, E+, S, SX, SX Dual tone and SX (O). The price range for the Creta starts from Rs. 9.5 lakh and goes all the way up to Rs. 15.63 lakh. Its base variant E gets the price tag of Rs. 9.5 lakh while the diesel trim is available at the price tag of Rs. 10.0 lakh. Creta SX is tagged at Rs. 12.06 lakh and Rs. 13.41 lakh for petrol and diesel respectively. Its top of the line variant SX (O) is available at the price tag of Rs. 13.69 lakh for petrol and Rs. 15.18 lakh for diesel trim, all priced ex-showroom.
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Voice Artist & Animation
As a performer Megg has starred in four West End Musicals; BUDDY, BLOCKHEADS, I’M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD plus SPIKE MILLIGAN AND FRIENDS and supporting roles in others.
Megg Nicol meets Prince Edward at Buddy, Victoria Palace TheatreMegg was in the first cast of the show BUDDY that ran for twelve years in the West End, London and it a was a real energy busting roller coaster of a show. At the audition she was asked if she could play any musical instruments and she told them guitar and violin... however she hadn’t in fact played violin since she was at school. Then on the first day of rehearsals she was told to bring her ‘fiddle’ to discover she was being featured as a fabulous fiddle playing country artist with a country band.
Megg says: ‘A good fiddle player I am not so I was totally freaked to have a solo in the number and at my first attempt to play it the cast roared with laughter’ I had to practice a lot... and in the end I played on the cast album too.....which incidently happened to go Platinum...probably no thanks to me’
BLOCKHEADS was the story of Laural and Hardy and Megg played Stan Laurel’s mistress Mae Daelburg. Life was never easy with Mae.
Megg in Getting My Act Together Blockheads at The Mermaid TheatreMegg played Alice twice in I’M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD. Once in at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue with Ben Cross and Diane Langton and then at The Edinburgh Festival with Gretchen Cryer the writer and original Broadway star.
SPIKE MILLIGAN AND FRIENDS started as a tour of the country that ended up in the West End with Megg playing second on the bill to Spike.
Megg says: ‘ This experience is actually worthy of a chapter in itself I first met Spike doing a recording session for a musical he was writing with Ed Welsh...and we got on really well, thus leading to the show. I learned a lot from Spike about ‘how to improvise ‘ on stage. He used to announce me by saying ‘ Brought up by the Nuns and brought down by me.....’
And at the Royal Command performance we did of the show he called Prince Charles ..’Trainee King’
Before moving to London from Scotland Megg acted with PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE, ROYAL LYCEUM, PERTH REP , DUNDEE REP and she also did various Folk tours as a singer/songwriter working with Scottish Folk bands such as FINN MACUILL and hosting and singing on TV series like STOVIES with Alistair Mac Donald also SOUNDS OF SCOTLAND that featured acts like RUNRIG, THE MACALLMANS or BARBARA DICKSON.
Megg Nicol - Spike Milligan and Friends However she did not want to be totally defined in that genre and eventually she moved to London to try her hand at musicals.
Her first major break through on arriving in London was to land an understudy role in FIRE ANGEL which was a multi –million pound rock opera of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE choreographed by ARLENE PHILIPS and directed by BRAHAM MURRAY. This lasted for exactly six weeks in the West End but in that time Megg’s understudy role turned into a major part when the star dropped out. It was during one of these performances she was spotted and asked to audition for a show that went into rehearsals just after the closesure.
Ironically it was a gig singing in Gaelic as a solo performer at the LONDON PALLADIUM for an amazing Celtic ice ballet with JOHN CURRY ; so the Scottish Folk connection was perfect for that.
At the time she was also in a couple of bands 'FLICKS' and 'GIRL FRIDAY' which was Megg’s attempt at being a punk and as she says...
‘ We had a single out that John Peel loved ‘ TUNING IN’ but basically I looked too wholesome to pull it off ...’
However the wholesome image plus a great interest in pop music and songwriters led to her Presenting and singing on various network TV series of the time ..POP QUEST being one. This was a quiz program that was recorded at Yorkshire TV as live. Megg Presented it with MIKE READ.
After that came GET IT TOGETHER that she presented with ROY NORTH and OLLIE BEAK..one of her favorite owls.
Plus others BEST DISCO IN TOWN, STOVIES, GATHER ROUND, MUSICAL JOURNEY plus guest spots on several others, POP GOSPEL, SONGBOOK, POP THE QUESTION and a few TV specials such as GIRLS FOR GERSHWIN, GRETCHEN CRYER SPECIAL.
Megg says:
“Having the chance to ‘do’ animation voices is like most things in the business and depends on lots of luck and being in the right place at the right time plus also having the ability to actually do the job.
My chance to do ‘ Voices’ came while I was performing in the West End. A good friend from BUDDY had hooked up with a musician and producer who specialsied in voice–overs and just happened to need an actress who could play ‘crazy’ American kids and Moms in a cartoon series called BAMBOO BEARS.
I was given a ‘try-out’ gig but I was strangely qualified to do the job since I had been born in Canada and lived in the US as a child...so I had a good ear for the accent....”
Interestingly this was just at the start of the Canadian and US animation companies recording their voices in the UK because it was cheaper. ( UK companies often record their voices using American accents too for the world market )
Even the popular UK series 64 ZOO LANE was redubbed in US accents for FOX TV and Megg was one of the two actresses that revoiced it.
Cut to the present day and Megg has now voiced hundreds of animations.
As part of a team of four voice-artists KATE ROBBINS, BOB SAKER and DAN RUSSELL of CHARACTER DEVELOPMENTS... (all songwriters and musicians by the way) Megg voiced MEME’S GANG and the series MEME AND MR. BOBO playing her regular characters OLGA and BIG MIKE plus MEME’S MOM and others as necessary.
Since most cartoon series are done in huge batches the scripts are sight read and the characters are dished out on the spot depending on what’s needed...
“It’s brilliant fun but not for the faint hearted.... I’ve discovered silly things like my ‘dog’ barking skills are more suited to being a terrier rather than a labrodour for instance....and you must feel completely happy swapping from one voice to the other as you will certainly end up at some point ‘talking to yourself “
Her animation series include fifty–two episodes of TITEUF playing EDDY and other characters such as Titeufs Mum and some of the other kids.
NINI’S TREEHOUSE playing OOPAGOGO was a very tricky series to voice’.
The scripts did not sync with what was on screen so I used to have to watch the sequence through..... get the gist of the script and improvise the voices and reactions watching the screen.... No wonder OOPAGOGO was green. So was I by the end of 84 episodes.
It should also be mentioned that Megg did some voices on THE WILLOWS IN WINTER narrated by VANESSA REDGRAVE.
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Tags: Cibulkova, Dellacqua, Diyas, Halep, Jankovic, Keys, Kleybanova, Lepchenko, Li Na, Miami, Oprandi, Puig, Radwanska, Scheepers, Sony Open, Stephens, Svitolina, Tomljanovic, Venus, Vinci, Wozniacki, WTA
Li Na, Radwanska, Venus roll into next round at Sony Open
Sony Open No. 2 seed Li Namade it to the third round without striking a ball on Friday when her opponent Alisa Kleybanova pulled out of the tournament due to a viral illness. Kleybanova, is making a comeback from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Kleybanova wasn’t the only withdrawal on the day for the women. No. 6 Simona Halep pulled out before her match due to a right toe injury.
2012 champion Agnieszka Radwanska stopped Romina Oprandi 6-0, 6-4.
“First of all, I started very well,” the No. 3 seed said. “She started to play much better in the second set and we had a lot of breaks and long games – it was tricky, and I was getting a bit nervous.
“But I was happy I could finish this match in two sets today.”
Other seeded winners on the day included (10) Dominika Cibulkova over Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-2, (11) Caroline Wozniacki had to fight her opponent and the crowd when she topped Monica Puig 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, (15) Carla Suarez Navarro beat Chanelle Scheepers 6-4, 6-1 and (17) Sloane Stephens (17) won over Zarina Diyas 7-5, 6-3.
American Varvara Lepchenko pulled off the upset of the day on the ladies side of the draw by ousting No. 7 Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2). Other surprises included Barbora Zahlavova Strycova who topped 13 seed Roberta Vinci 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, Elina Svitolina stunned 21st seed Eugenie Bouchard 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, Ajla Tomljanovic defeated (30) Garbine Muguruza and young American Madison Keys stopped (31) Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-2.
“I’m really happy about it,” Keys said. “I mean, I think I served well. I think that really helped me today.
The next challenge for Keys will be No. 2 seed Li Na.
“I mean, she’s a great player. She’s obviously done a lot in her career, so really happy to get through that one.”
“It’s such a good experience,” Keys commenting on the match-up in the third round.
“She’s a great player. She just won the Australian Open so she’s obviously doing well.
“Yeah, just a good experience and excited to go play.”
Former No. 1 and 29th seed Venus Williams moved on by beating Anna Schmiedlova 6-3, 6-3 in the night session.
For the 33-year-old who is playing her 15th Sony Open it’s her first match since winning the Dubai title last month.
“I have been working hard since then, and I feel really confident, you know, in every situation I’m in on the court.
“So I think that, you know, it was a big help for me in Dubai.”
“She’s competitive, a new player,” Williams said about playing Schmiedlova. “You never know what their game is really going to be like. I’d never even seen her play.
“But it’s obviously great to be in the next round.” She’ll play in the third round against Casey Dellacqua.
Karen Pestaina is a contributor in Miami. She writes for various tennis and news outlets and is the Editor-in-Chief of Tennis Panorama News. Follow her on Twittter @TennisNewsTPN.
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Tags: Azarenka, Federation Cup, Flipkens, Govortsova, Huber, Jovanovski, Krunic, Kustova, Kuznetsova, Kvitova, McHale, Pennetta, Serena, Sharapova, Venus, Vinci, Williams, WTA, Yakimova
The U.S. One Step Closer to Regaining World Group Status
In today’s third rubber, Serena Williams validated the adage that “it’s not how you start, but how you finish that counts”. Williams overcame Belarus’ Anastasia Yakimova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to clinch a spot for the United States in the World Group II play-offs.
On Saturday, Australian Open reigning champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew from World Group II competition due to a back injury. With the Worchester Massachusetts fans cheering them on, the Americans led by Serena and Christina McHale banked both ties in straight sets to take a 2-0 edge.
Tags: Agnieszka Radwanska, Andy Murray, Bacsinszky, Baghdatis, Bartoli, Berdych, Black, Cilic, Federer, Fish, Gonzalez, Grandin, Hantuchova, Hercog, Huber, Ivanovic, Kuznetsova, Lapentti, Lopez, Melzer, Monaca, Montanes, Petrova, Simon, Soderling, Sony Ericsson Open, Spears, Szavay, Tipsarevic, Venus, Verdasco, Vinci, Wawrinka, Wickmayer, Youzhny
Fish Trips Up Murray, Federer Still Standing
For the second straight day at the Sony Ericsson Open, a highly ranked male seed went out in the second round. World number three and defending champion, Andy Murray, was beaten by Mardy Fish 6-3,6-4 . Although Roger Federer, the number one seed, was pushed by Nicolas Lapentti. Federer still won comfortably 6-3, 6-3.
In the opening set, in a game in which Fish double faulted, Murray captured the break for 3-1. However, the next game, Murray threw in a double fault on break point permitting Fish to get back on serve. With Murray serving in the ninth game, Fish attained triple break point. Despite Murray reaching deuce and game point, Fish would not be denied. Mardy manufactured two more break point chances and converted. Then, on the third asking, Fish closed out the first set.
Poor serving and a tentative return game were what Murray brought to the table; thus, Fish took full advantage. The initial game of the second set, Murray double faulted handing Fish his second break point opportunity, the American converted. After consolidating and widening his lead to 3-1, Fish cruised on serve. However, in the eighth game, Fish faced a 15-40 deficit. Once again, the serve was his ally. By raining a few bombs, Fish extricated himself out of this jam and maintained a 5-3 lead. After Murray held, serving out the match, Fish once more was down break point. Still, Fish snuffed Murray’s advantage with his serve. Subsequently, with a couple of aces and unreturnables, Fish sealed the win.
Murray spends a lot of time training in South Florida, so MiamiTennisNews wondered:
Q. You know this court almost more than anyone else. You practice here all the time. What made the difference in today’s match?
MURRAY: Well, Mardy served well when he needed to. You know, especially the second set when he was down break points he served well. But I just wasn’t very good today, and I’m going to need to get a lot better.
After Murray’s debacle, a love-30 start to Federer’s opening game and a break point the subsequent one by Lapentti were preoccupying. Still, with a few good serves, Federer held to stay on serve. For his part, Lapentti had no difficulty holding with back to back love games for 2 all. After multiple errant forehands, with Lapentti serving at 4-5, Federer connected on a forehand up the winner for deuce. Later, Federer provoked a backhand error by Lapentti resulting in break point. Then, the world number one produced a stellar backhand down the line pass to go ahead 5-3. Following, with an easy game, Federer slammed the door on the first set.
Lapentti revealed no signs of disappointment, starting the second set strongly in part aided by Federer having trouble finding his mark with the forehand. Similarly, Federer continued to have routine service games. The good thing for Federer was that when it mattered, his forehand showed up. With Lapentti serving at 3 all, Federer obtained break point with a forehand up the line winner. When Lapentti’s forehand sailed long, Federer had the crucial break. After getting out of love-30 mess to consolidate, with a backhand crosscourt winner, Federer broke Lapentti to finish the match.
As anticipated, Robin Soderling, Marin Cilic, Fernando Gonzalez and Fernando Verdasco advanced, all in straight sets. Seeds Mikhail Youzhny, Tomas Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, Juan Monaco, Jurgen Melzer, Marcos Baghdatis and Feliciano Lopez also moved on without difficulty. On the other hand, Alberto Montanes, the 26th seed, Gilles Simon, seeded 20th, and Janko Tipsarevic, the 31st seed, were ousted.
For the women, it was business as usual. Svetlana Kuznetsova, the top seed, with a 6-2,6-3 win, sent Agnes Szavay home . Venus Williams said arrivederci to Roberta Vinci with a 6-1,6-4 victory. Agnieszka Radwanska took care of Ana Ivanovic 7-5,7-5. Both Yanina Wickmayer and Marion Bartoli only needed two sets to pass to the round of 16. The night match between Daniela Hantuchova and Nadia Petrova was less stimulating than expected. Hantuchova prevailed over Petrova 6-2,6-4. Timea Bacsinszky had an easy time with Polona Hercog 6-2,6-2. Her next round will be more challenging as she faces Wickmayer.
The shocker for the women came from the doubles field as the top seed Cara Black and Liezel Huber were defeated in the first round by Natalie Grandin and Abigail Spears.
Tags: Agnieszka Radwaska, Andy Murray, Baghdatis, Bob Bryan, Cilic, Federer, Fish, Gonzalez, Hantuchova, Ivanovic, Kuznetsova, Lapentti, Luczak, Mike Bryan, Nadal, Petrova, Salva-Vidal, Sela, Simon, Soderling, Sony Ericsson Open, Stephane Robert, Szavay, Venus, Verdasco, Vinci, Youzhny
Federer, Venus & Murray Saturday’s Marquee Matches at 2010 SEO
Second round play for the ATP concludes today at the Sony Ericsson Open with Roger Federer and Andy Murray from the top half of the draw the feature attraction. On the women’s side, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Venus Williams play for a spot in the round of 16.
Fernando Verdasco, the 10th seed, begins the proceedings on stadium court by taking on Dudi Sela. That’s followed by Williams and Roberta Vinci, their first tour meeting. Then, Murray, the 3rd seed and defending champion, starts his title defense by facing American Mardy Fish. Murray holds a 3-1 record versus Fish and has prevailed in their last three meetings. The afternoon session finishes with Kuznetsova battling Agnes Szavay. In 2007, Szavay reached her first WTA final in New Haven and the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. Both times, then 18 years old, Szavay’s dream run came to an end at the hands of Kuznetsova. These two have not played since. Therefore, this should be an intriguing battle.
On the outside courts, Ana Ivanovic attempts to knock out 6th seed Agnieszka Radwanska. The latter defeated the former for the first time in Rome on clay last year. With Ivanovic struggling with her game, Radwanska may run away with this one. Marin Cilic, the male 7th seed, faces Stephane Robert. This is the initial encounter for these two. With Cilic at the highest ranking of his career, it should be an uncomplicated match. Also, Robin Soderling, seeded 5th, squares off against Peter Luczak. Soderling won their only previous skirmish in 2005 in straight sets.
In the evening, Federer takes on Nicolas Lapentti. With a 3-0 record against Lapentti, this should be no head-scratcher for the world number one. The ladies’ night match-up is Nadia Petrova and Daniela Hantuchova. Petrova leads their head to head 4-1.
It’s men’s day at the grandstand where the must see players include Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando Gonzalez, Marcos Baghdatis and Gilles Simon. In addition, Rafael Nadal and fellow Majorcan Bartolome Salva-Vidal clash with doubles second seed Mike and Bob Bryan.
Here is the complete schedule :
STADIUM start 11:00 am
[10] F Verdasco (ESP) vs D Sela (ISR) – ATP
Not Before 1:00 PM
[3] V Williams (USA) vs R Vinci (ITA) – WTA
[3] A Murray (GBR) vs M Fish (USA) – ATP
[1] S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [27] A Szavay (HUN) – WTA
Starting at 8:00 PM
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs [LL] N Lapentti (ECU) – ATP
[19] D Hantuchova (SVK) vs [16] N Petrova (RUS) – WTA
GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
[Q] S Giraldo (COL) vs [13] M Youzhny (RUS) – ATP
[25] M Baghdatis (CYP) vs J Chela (ARG) – ATP
[WC] R Nadal (ESP) / B Salva-Vidal (ESP) vs [2] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) – ATP
[9] F Gonzalez (CHI) vs [Q] Y Lu (TPE) – ATP
[20] G Simon (FRA) vs H Zeballos (ARG) – ATP
COURT 1 start 10:00 am
A Petkovic (GER) vs Y Shvedova (KAZ) – WTA
A Falla (COL) vs [23] J Melzer (AUT) – ATP
P Hercog (SLO) vs T Bacsinszky (SUI) – WTA
G Dulko (ARG) vs [13] M Bartoli (FRA) – WTA
[6] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / Z Yan (CHN) vs M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) – WTA
[12] Y Wickmayer (BEL) vs [WC] P Martic (CRO) – WTA
P Luczak (AUS) vs [5] R Soderling (SWE) – ATP
[25] A Ivanovic (SRB) vs [6] A Radwanska (POL) – WTA
S Robert (FRA) vs [7] M Cilic (CRO) – ATP
T de Bakker (NED) vs [16] T Berdych (CZE) – ATP
[31] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs P Petzschner (GER) – ATP
[19] S Wawrinka (SUI) vs [Q] K Anderson (RSA) – ATP
A Medina Garrigues (ESP) / C Wozniacki (DEN) vs [4] L Raymond (USA) / R Stubbs (AUS) – WTA
[Q] M Ilhan (TUR) vs [22] J Monaco (ARG) – ATP
[8] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs J Knowle (AUT) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) – ATP
M Berrer (GER) vs [29] F Lopez (ESP) – ATP
[5] A Kleybanova (RUS) / F Schiavone (ITA) vs M Niculescu (ROU) / E Vesnina (RUS) – WTA
J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) vs J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) – ATP
A Clement (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) – ATP
T Garbin (ITA) / V Ruano Pascual (ESP) vs K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) – WTA
F Serra (FRA) vs [26] A Montanes (ESP) – ATP
N Almagro (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) vs M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) – ATP
B Becker (GER) / M Kohlmann (GER) vs [5] L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT) – ATP
[1] C Black (ZIM) / L Huber (USA) vs N Grandin (RSA) / A Spears (USA) – WTA
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) – ATP
T Bellucci (BRA) / M Lopez (ESP) vs C Kas (GER) / D Norman (BEL) – ATP
I Senoglu (TUR) / Y Shvedova (KAZ) vs [8] E Makarova (RUS) / S Peng (CHN) – WTA
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Kuznetsova Bends But Doesn’t Break, Venus Moves On in Miami
In the second round at the Sony Ericsson Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova was pushed to three sets by China’s Shuai Peng. But, Kuznetsova, the top seed, averted an upset with a 6-2,3-6,6-4 win.
After dominating in the opening set, Kuznetsova was broken early in the second. Despite numerous chances to get back on serve, Kuznetsova’s failed to capitalize because of an inconsistent forehand. In the decisive third set, Kuznetsova obtained the early edge for a 3-1 lead. However, with a strong forehand stroke causing the error by Kuznetsova then a superb return, Peng erased the break deficit. Later on in the set, Kuznetsova captured the crucial break allowing her to seal the victory.
Subsequent to the match, MiamiTennisNews asked:
Q. Seems like your forehand has been off lately. What’s going on there?
Kuznetsova: Actually, it’s good. But just getting a little bit–I’m frustrated because I’m not making, but I feel it good.
Q. Do you fell more pressure after winning the French. Are you putting more pressure on yourself?
Kuznetsova: I don’t put pressure. I just get disappointed when I’m not playing good enough. That’s it.
Peng’s compatriot, Li Na, 2010 Australian semifinalist and 8th seed, was equally unlucky as Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky after multiple opportunities to win in straight sets, prevailed in a third set tiebreaker 6-4,4-6,7-6. In other matches, Marion Bartoli, the 11th seed, had no problem with Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2,6-4 . After losing the first set, Sabine Lisicki retired due to injury against Yaroslava Shvedova.
Andrea Petkovic bested 10th seed Flavia Pennetta 6-3,3-6,6-0 . Although her serve is still problematic, Ana Ivanovic came through in her match against Pauline Parmentier 6-4,6-3. After a tricky initial set, 6th seed Agnieszka Radwanska cruised in the second set for a 7-5,6-0 victory over Ekaterina Makarova. Surprisingly, Agnes Szavay squashed Alicia Molik 6-0, 6-0.
Once more this year, Gisela Dulko ousted a seeded player, this time she victimized Alona Bondarenko 7-5,6-2. Up and coming Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai had her tournament cut short as the 18th seed went down to 19 year old wildcard Petra Martic. 30th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues and 31st seed Aleksandra Wozniak fell to Roberta Vinci and Polona Hercog respectively. Yanina Wickmayer, Nadia Petrova, Daniela Hantuchova, and Roberta Vinci are through to the third round.
In the night session, meeting for the first time, Venus Williams battled Sorana Cirstea. Down love-40, Venus double faulted at 2 all to give Cirstea the break. Serving at 4-3, Cirstea netted a backhand hand digging herself a triple break point hole. Venus converted when Cirstea committed another backhand mistake. Then, Williams broke a second time at love to carry the first set.
Again in the second set, Cirstea drew first blood. With a blazing return, Cirstea set up triple break point and capitalized by forcing Venus to push her forehand long. However, the next game, Venus leveled the set at 2 a piece. Later, after erasing break point, Williams obtained a third break point with a backhand miscue by Cirstea. Venus secured the break for 5-3 when Sorana dumped a forehand into the net. With an easy hold, Venus closed out the match 6-4, 6-3.
Yesterday, the ATP first round matches were also completed with lucky loser Nicolas Lapentti reaching the second round joined by Juan Ignacio Chela, Dudi Sela, Thiemo De Bakker, Michael Berrer, Philipp Petzschner and Kevin Anderson. Mardy Fish was the only male American to advance yesterday as Ryan Sweeting, Rajeev Ram were both eliminated.
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Egypt's Mubarak 'close to death'
Reports from Cairo say former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is critically ill and may be close to death. Some media reports say he is clinically dead, with Nile TV saying attempts are continuing to revive him. The 84-year-old is said to have had a stroke, and was moved from prison to life support in an army hospital. Mubarak was removed in last years uprising, and jailed for life earlier this month for his role in the death of protesters before his removal. There have been frequent reports since then that his health has deteriorated, many of which have proved wrong. The news comes as tens of thousands of people protest in Cairos Tahrir Square against a move by the ruling military council to assume new powers. The BBCs Lyse Doucet, who is in the square, says the crowds are following the news reports closely. The rally was called by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is also claiming victory for its candidate Mohammed Mursi in last weekends presidential elections. His rival Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister under Mubarak, has also said he has won. Results are expected to be announced on Thursday. The Muslim Brotherhood has also vowed to retry Mubarak once in power, and insists that he should face the death penalty. As Egyptians voted, the generals dissolved parliament and claimed all legislative power for themselves. Activists have described the moves as a " military coup" . On Tuesday, Mubarak - who ruled Egypt for 30 years - was transferred by helicopter to intensive care at the Maadi armed forces hospital after suffering a stroke, state media said. There is now heavy security outside the Maadi Hospital and little more official news emerging about the fate of Hosni Mubarak who has been moved there and is in intensive care. Since the 84-year-old was taken to Tora Prison Hospital after his conviction at the start of this month, there has been an increase in alerts about his health. The official Mena news agency said that during Mubaraks latest crisis, which appears to be the most serious yet, his heart stopped beating until he was revived by defibrillation and he suffered a " brain stroke" . It then quoted medical sources saying he was " clinically dead" after he was moved to the military hospital. What has caused some confusion is that security sources told journalists they disputed the term. While it is too early for obituaries, state TV Channel One has been airing archival footage and pictures of Mubarak as a young military pilot, war hero and during his early days in office when he was popular. There is no doubt that this is how he would ultimately like to be remembered. Correspondents say the hospital is better equipped to deal with such conditions than the prison hospital where he was being treated. The former leader is now said to be unconscious and on life support. Doctors are said to have used a defibrillator on him several times. The device delivers an electric shock to the heart to try to re-establish a normal heartbeat. There are lots of police officers currently deployed outside the hospital, the BBCs Kevin Connolly reports. There are also small groups of people - both Mubaraks supporters and protesters against him - who have gathered outside the building, our correspondent says. One woman, a supporter, was almost shaking with emotion and saying " I love him." Another supporter, a man, stood holding a poster of Mubarak. " He is my father. I love him more than my father. The Muslim Brotherhood are criminals. They have destroyed our country. Mubarak kept us in peace for 30 years," he said. A group of anti-Mubarak young men responded by shouting: " We are poor, and he did nothing for us. His family ate meat and we were starving" . " Im ready to hammer his grave with my shoe," another protester added. Egyptians will be very sceptical about any reports about the former presidents health, the BBCs Jon Leyne in Cairo says. Before Mubaraks trial began, his lawyer said he was in a coma, only for the former president to appear - alive and conscious, if not particularly well - in court, our correspondent says. Now there will be fears that the state of Mubaraks health could be used as a distraction, as Egypt waits for the result of the hotly disputed presidential election. However, our correspondent adds, the latest reports are better sourced than any before. Are you in Egypt? How do you feel about this news? Get in touch using the form below
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COVER STORY: Is the Murray River really dying?
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Kings Cross injecting room's $2.4m road to nowhere
by Michael D. Robinson
News Weekly, October 4, 2003
This month Drug Free Australia Ltd (DFA) published its formal response to the Kings Cross Injecting Facility (KCIF) July 2003 Report. The DFA report was a critical analysis of the injecting facility's own July 2003 report.
In paring away the marketing hype, the political and pro-harm minimisation rhetoric, the DFA report highlighted the facility's failures using its own data and statements, demonstrating that the injecting room had failed to perform positively on more than 16 of their own indicators.
Of serious concern is that the KCIF is unable to demonstrate any achievements or plan for a future role in moving illicit drug users into treatment with a drug free outcome. Data indicates it is more likely to be playing a role in actually increasing drug use among clients.
Despite growing opposition to any plans of commercialisation or facilities that mind addicts while they use, the operators of the KCIF have continued to paint a rosy picture of its activities.
They divert criticisms that their commercial gains are directly related to the provision of a facility for the illegal use of a prohibited substance with responses about getting addicts off the streets
In 1999 a desperate and yet compassionate public - tired of suffering the crime and human misery associated with illicit drugs - tolerated the idea of an injecting room that would assist in rehabilitating drug addicts.
On receiving the go-ahead to establish and operate the room, Reverend Harry Herbert is reported to have said in 2000, "We are now in business." It seems that no matter how much they fail their clients their business increases along with their government funding. The more they failed their own indicators, the more money the government gave them.
The adoption of the medical terminology "Safe Injecting Facility" was intended to cultivate its health care image. It was a misleading message given to users and the public about medical supervision. The clinical reality was that overdose management was often not "medically supervised", with a medical director on site for less than half of the facility's opening hours.
Despite the ever-increasing budget now blowing out to $2.4 million per year, nothing has improved. In some aspects the injecting room has made things worse.
Overdoses in the injecting room were up to 36 times higher than overdoses in the surrounding streets and suburbs.
This extraordinary overdose figure in part is due to the way data was collected, but not independently audited or corroborated. It may also be attributed to the phenomenon of addicts using the room for two out of every hundred injections, perhaps visiting the facility in order to test their own increased tolerance to higher drug use in somewhat safer circumstances.
Business owners who once thought the issue was one of finding an appropriate location now see the injecting room as a total failure, not living up to its own standards or public expectations.
They blame it for incubating crime and substance-affected persons, and developing a culture of hovering drug dealers like bees around a honey pot at a time when crime has fallen in a similar Sydney drug hot spot, Cabramatta, by 56%.
Most telling regarding this failure is that, in the KCIF operators own words, "There was no evidence that the operation of the MSIC affected the number of heroin overdose deaths in the Kings Cross area." The report goes on to admit that community overdoses and ambulance call outs (to the Kings Cross area) have not varied.
Bob Carr's "Mr Fix It", John Della Bosca MLC, clearly knows that in four years time he will have other responsibilities - he'll make sure of it. In his own words the four year funding extension will put the decision off until after the next NSW state election and it will be someone else's problem then.
Michael D. Robinson
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And whereas they value greater than your common cellular sport, the $5 to $10 price ticket isn't dangerous — particularly for the most substantive Cheap VR Headsets experiences at present for sale. The Gear VR was the primary major virtual reality headset to see shopper release, and after a interval of being offered out nearly in every single place, it is simple to find. In the imply time, Samsung is seeking to double down on Gear VR, its cellular VR headset that makes use of the company's smart telephones for show and computing. The Homido virtual actuality headset aims to convey Virtual Reality to your smartphone whereas providing one thing somewhat extra premium than Google's Cardboard VR headset.
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All posts by Kieran Nolan
December 10, 2013 UncategorizedKieran Nolan
This paper is a background research piece into the development of an interactive installation that prototypes a possible future trajectory for arcade videogame emulation. The project aims to explore how the experience of interfacing with complete arcade videogame cabinets can be recreated in virtual reality space. As an interactive experience it is intended to not just authentically recreate the audio visual aesthetics of the videogame input and feedback mechanisms, but also the full physical design of the cabinet, including the appearance of the enclosed game circuitry. This virtual arcade cabinet exists in a digital construct that emulates the ambience of a videogame arcade, filtering the the situated experience of coin-op gaming to the user complete with its original surrounding environment.
Emulation as Platform Augmentation:
An emulator is a software or hardware system that recreates the system architecture of a computer system on another platform. Through the virtual machine of an emulator it is possible to experience a computer system transplanted as a subroutine of a more advanced platform, whether it be hardware of software based. They are computers within computers.
Emulation is a legal grey area, and is tolerated to an extent by the owners of the emulated system. Upon boot up the MAME emulator presents a splash screen reminding the user that they must legitimately own a copy of the game rom they are about to load. In practice however, most users don’t actually own the rare and costly game PCBs that physically contain the game code. Instead they simply use an online search engine to obtain the required rom files illicitly.
Emulators replicate the functionality of a past platform while also leveraging the additional affordances offered by the emulation host. For example, MAME features a memory editor and dissembler that allows users to edit a games code as it runs, viewing changes of the end user experience immediately. In this case the emulator takes a system that was designed purely for the ‘play only’ consumer space and augments it with a developer level interface. With the additional use of an assembler package and an eprom burner, it is possible to transfer this new code creation to an eprom chip, and in turn to an arcade PCB, thus allowing the hacked game to be played through the original arcade hardware platform.
When a game originally designed for playback on a cathode ray tube display is presented through the clear viewfield of an LCD or LED display, its gains pixel sharp clarity, but also loses part of the original monitor colouration that was taken into consideration by game designers. The CRT filter built into the Atari 2600 emulator Stella addresses this issue, allowing for image ghosting and colour mixing that helps to partially mask the systems high level of sprite flickering. Similarly, the SLG-1000 hardware device by Arcade Forge recreates the scanlines of bulky CRT tubes on flat panel HD displays, improving aesthetic authenticity when playing classic games by embracing an outdated display limitation into an essential feature.
The Physiology of an
Arcade Cabinet:
In comparison to their home computers and videogame consoles, the underlying technology powering arcade videogame platforms is lesser known. Each arcade PCB is a standalone computer. These devices range from bespoke PCBs for single games such as Pong, to standards based upon home console technologies like the Sega Naomi which is closely related to the Sega Dreamcast console, to adapted PC compatible machines.
One main unifying standard between the disperate hardware types is the JAMMA standard. It is not the only standard of its kind, but it is the most prolific. Up until 1985 arcade game manufacturers used a variety of different wiring systems in the design of their cabinets. This lack of hardware interchangeability led to increased costs for arcade owners, who had to replace entire cabinets each time they bought a new game. The JAMMA standard agreed by the Japanese Arcade Amusement Manufacturers Association introduced a 56 pin connection for connecting game PCBs to cabinets, allowing the exchange of JAMMA PCBs between compatible machines in a manner similar to the process of swapping a game cartridge on a home console system. These pins allow the connection of a power source, speakers, monitor, coin-slot switch, and the action buttons and joysticks or other controller peripherals.
Structurally arcade cabinets are unglamorous, built from the same materials as their kitchenware namesakes. Indeed, Atari’s Irish operation in the 1970s bought a local furniture manufacturer to produce arcade cabinets for the European market (McCormack). Wear and tear on these wooden frames in the arcade environment has led to high collectors prices for well preserved originals. This battle damage adds character, but is also a problem for their preservation. Rust, chipped fiberboard, and split veneers all add up to heavy restoration projects worthy of a Discovery Channel show.
An arcade cabinet is a host shell for the game logic contained on the arcade board, and in many cases the design of this enclosure adds an additional level of atmosphere and immersion to the game that is difficult to recreate outside of it’s natural environment. At the most basic level, these enhancement typically amount to cabinet artwork and an illuminated title marquee that seek to sell the game narrative to prospective punters. At the high end of the market arcade games move close to simulator territory, adding enhancements such as hydraulics and force feedback. Many of the arcade cabinet designs by Yu Suzuki for Sega meet this level.
Recreating the Arcade Cabinet as a Digital Artifact:
While working at Sega Japan, Yu Suzuki was responsible for the design of several of Sega’s arcade hits, including Hang On (1985), Afterburner (1987), ThunderBlade (1987), and Out Run (1986). Each of the cabinets featured simple stand-up (SD) and also sit-down deluxe (DX) models. The deluxe models of all these videogames all brought a high level of technical and aesthetic polish to their cabinet design. For instance, the deluxe model of Hang On takes the shape of a 500lbs reproduction of a Ducati motorcyle, which the playermust lean left and right upon to steer. It is a game that demands the player to move their whole body weight to control it.
Suzuki’s emphasis on the physical design of the arcade game recognises that the physical design of the cabinet is the most immediate part of a games ‘attract mode’: “with arcade games, the cabinet is the most important thing. When you see a cabinet, that’s usually when you decide whether you want to play a game or not… The form is the most important thing when you buy a car, right?” Yu Suziki, Sega (ブライアン・アッシュクラフト and Snow 131–132).
In the pioneering 3d sandbox games Shenmue (1991) and Shemue II (2001) on the Sega Dreamcast console, Yu Suzuki recreated a number of his coin operated arcade videogames in the virtual space1. The interactive 3d renderings of his deluxe arcade cabinets including the aformentioned Hang On and Out Run, in addition to Space Harrier (1985), which is widely credited to be the first sit down arcade cabinet. Each game is a full emulation of the original system, and the player can walk around the virtual space and inspect the design and artwork of the the arcade cabinets from different angles, all while sampling the ambiance of a 1980s Japanese arcade amusement centre.
Upon starting each virtual arcade game, the player viewpoint switches from a 3rd person perspective to completey replacing the playfield with the arcade monitor view. The design decision to momentarily switch out of the surrounding environment and allow the diagetic onscreen space of the emulated system to take over the host games screen space is understandable, since these sub games are not critical to the overall narrative. Also the 1998 Dreamcast hardware was already pushed to its maximum when emulating the aforementioned arcade games, so adding any image filtering or other graphical embelishments would have been beyond its capabilities.
This perspective on the monitor is developed a step further in the arcade games included as part of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas2. When a player steps up to a coin-op to play either Let’s Get Ready to Bumble, Go Go Space Monkey, or Duality, the screen is taken over by the coin-op, except that unlike Shenmue the view takes a step backwards. GTA:SA acknowledges the medium of the CRT screen, showing the tubes curvature as well as the surrounding plastic bezel.
GTA:SA modder ThePaddster has modified the arcade machine textures from San Andreas, replacing them with the artwork for Bally Midway’s Mortal Kombat (1992)3. Unfortunately the modification does not change the subgames, but the effect of changing the cabinet graphics is interesting and a tangible step towards a customisable, virtual arcade, where game roms manifest as digital game cabinets in a 3d space instead of 2d images in a folder.
In a visual and touchscreen interface style common to mobile and tablet conversions of arcade and console titles, Capcom’s Mega Man II on iPhone4 uses an onscreen representation of the arcade cabinet facade to frame it’s emulated Nintendo Entertainment System game. This style of virtual arcade machine takes a further step back from the monitor than GTA:SA, incorporating a joystick control panel as well as the game logo embedded into a representation of an arcade cabinet marquee. The additional graphics also form a necessary visual filler between the games original display ratio and the widescreen aspect of the iPhone.
The next logical step in improving experiential and aesthetic experience of the virtual arcade machine is to take an additional step back in perspective to encompass both the onscreen space and the peripheral vision of the player. While this expanded view adds distractions to the subgame experience, it can be argued that blocking out the imediate ambiance environmental ambience causes existing virtual coin-op gaming experiences to lose a level of reality and authenticity.
Post-Digital Emulation: Reproduction, Ritual, and the Third State:
A post digital emulator is as much about preserving human ritual as it is concerned with the reproduction of interaction aesthetics and game logic. By expanding beyond the glass space of the screen interface to include the situated play environment of the arcade coin-op as part of the interface, VRAME enables extra performative layers of interaction unique to the arcade game centre environment.
The VRAME prototype allows the user to start and continue games by inserting virtual coin tokens to start and continue games. Games are changed by exchanging JAMMA pcb boards through the engages with the machine by inserting virtual coin tokens to start and continue games, while adjusting their viewing angle to a comfortable vantage point, and plays while surrounded by the ambience of the arcade gaming space. This style merges the arcade environment of Shenmue with it’s separate arcade screen view.
Emulation by nature is a fuzzy approximation because of the noise that separates its etherial digital component in terms of fidelity from its real world source analog. Even in the case of an emulation platform that perfectly reproduces the sonic and visual properties of the legacy system to the end user, the underlying computational technology imitates rather than replicates.
The Fixed Gate Programmable Array chip is a chameleon component that can be reshaped by code to mirror the schematics of classic platforms. The FPGA based MIST console emulates the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST home computers while adding the affordance of using flash memory storage. However the miniature form factor reduces the physical appearance of the machine to becomes a nondescript box without any of the outward design character of the original 16 bit computers. The user of an emulator receives ease of use and new nondiegtic operator acts such as a pause function (Galloway) while sacrificing constraints that defined the nature of the original system.
The Third State refers to the experience of using an emulator for someone who has never experienced the original artefact. For the ‘experienced’ user, their memory fills in the gaps of imperfection in the user experience, it is colourised by their sense of context. Similarly, a lack of linkage to the source experience creates a new situation. The gaps in comparison between the analog and digital versions of the given experience are less obvious, leading to the flaws in resolution becoming features. We can see this in the use of pixel sharp imagery from the 8bit era. The sharp right angles of pixel art in its post digital context contradict the blurry phosphor tinged images viewed by gamers during the early years of videogaming, yet are accepted as authentic by the 8bit revival audience.
Considerations in Prototyping a VR Arcade Machine Emulator:
A prototype aims to provide the experience of using a technology, whilst not necessarily using the same technology as the envisioned end product. It is intended as a demo of an arcade emulation style that goes beyond displaying the arcade artwork in a 2d form, instead actually wrapping it around a 3d model of the particular coin-op machine, while allowing the player to view the inside of the arcade machine.
At the time of writing, the powerful and affordable Oculus Rift development kit has made virtual reality a viable option over two decades since the first commercial attempts at immersive VR. By using a virtual reality headset the user can experience the playfield from a real-world perspective.
If used as part of the digital arcade prototype this would allow momentary glances at the digital arcade cabinets control panel and frame during gameplay. The player could also opt to move away from the screen and inspect the cabinet internally, viewing the PCB from the perspective of the arcade operator while accessing information on its hardware specifications.
The ComputerSpeilMuseum in Berlin has a Pong cabinet with plexiglass fitted to the back so that visitors can view the circuitry of the machine. This is an important consideration as the electronics of this artifact are as noteworthy a part of the interface as the controllers and audiovisual feedback. A complete VR arcade cabinet simulator should include an option to view the internal structure of the cabinet itself.
This internal view of the digital arcade cabinet serves three purposes. Firstly it provides an operator level interface for the user beyond the game calibration screen that allow operators to change in-game variables such as the default number of lives and difficulty levels. Secondly it demystifies the internal structure of the arcade machine, presenting the internal aesthetics of the wiring and circuitry as a visible and essential part of the overall cabinet build. The third advantage is that it provides an historical and educational document of the machine hardware that is impervious to wear and tear.
A real consideration for if this concept prototype were to become an actual emulation system is the workload involved in sourcing and producing 3d models. Emulation software relies on community effort for the continued updating of the source code, as well as the procurement of the less legal items such a rom files, game artwork, instruction manuals. For a 3d arcade cabinet emulator to succeed, it would need an open format that allows the community to create their own 3d cabinets, complete with exterior artwork and interior game wiring and PCBs.
The VRAME environment is a virtual shell through which MAME or a similar emulator is experienced while embedded into a 3d representation of an arcade cabinet. It uses the open source 3d engine and game creation tool Blender, along with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Blender allows the use of VNC sessions as textures. VNC stands for Virtual Network Client, and is a system that allows a user to view a computer desktop remotely through another system. In VRAME the texture that represents the arcade screen connects to a system running the MAME emulator. All input commands sent to the interaction built in blender are rerouted to the MAME system, which broadcast all audio visual feedback back to the user through the virtual screen running VNC session texture.
In an exhibition setting, the VRAME installation consists of a minimal pedestal containing a harness for the VR headset along with a control panel using physical game controls. Visually appears as an arcade cabinet that has been significantly minimalised. A square outline on the ground is used to reflect the immaterial object now built in virtual space. When the user steps up to the pedestal, they don the VR headset, and find themselves standing in front a full arcade cabinet.
The second option is to remove the controls, instead using a wireless gesture capturing system to match the players hand movements to a 3d representation of their hands in 3d space, registering collisions with the digital renderings of the control panel. Both options have their pros and cons. The gesture based version keeps the physicality of the emulated control system purely digital, in a maleable, etherial digital state. On the other hand, the tangible controller adds a grounded, solid, yet distant link between the playing human and the cyber arcade cabinet.
Galloway, Alexander R. Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture. Minneapolis [u.a.: University of Minnesota Press, 2007. Print.
McCormack, Jamie. “Atari and Ireland.” Game Developers Ireland. N. p., 13 Nov. 2008. Web. 1 Dec. 2013.
ブライアン・アッシュクラフト, and Jean Snow. Arcade Mania! = ゲーセン・マニア: The Turbo-charged World of Japan’s Game Centers. Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International : Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, 2008. Print.
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4http://youtu.be/dpRkHiARlso
Prototyping the Future of Arcade Cabinet Emulation (draft)
October 3, 2013 UncategorizedKieran Nolan
This paper is a background research piece into the development of an interactive installation that prototypes a possible future trajectory for arcade videogame emulation. The project aims to explore how the experience of interfacing with complete arcade videogame cabinets can be recreated in virtual reality space. As an interactive experience it is intended to not just authentically recreate the aesthetics of the videogame input and feedback mechanisms, but also the full physical design of the cabinet, including the appearance of the enclosed game circuitry.
Emulation is a legal grey area, and is tolerated to an extent by the owners of the emulated system. Upon boot up the MAME emulator presents a splash screen upon reminding the user that they must legitimately own a copy of the game rom they are about to load. However in practice, most users don’t actually own the rare and costly game PCBs that physical contain the game code. Instead they simply use an online search engine to obtain the required rom files illicitly.
The Physiology of an
Arcade Cabinet:
Structurally arcade cabinets are unglamorous, built from the same materials as their kitchenware namesakes. Indeed, Atari’s Irish operation in the 1970s bought a local furniture manufacturer to produce arcade cabinets for the European market [ link ]. Wear and tear on these wooden frames in the arcade environment has led to high collectors prices for well preserved originals. This battle damage adds character, but is also a problem for their preservation. Rust, chipped fiberboard, and split veneers all add up to heavy restoration projects worthy of a Discovery Channel show.
Suzuki’s emphasis on the physical design of the arcade game recognises that the physical design of the cabinet is the most immediate part of a games ‘attract mode’: “with arcade games, the cabinet is the most important thing. When you see a cabinet, that’s usually when you decide whether you want to play a game or not… The form is the most important thing when you buy a car, right?” Yu Suziki, Sega (Ashcroft, p.131-132).
In the pioneering 3d sandbox games Shenmue (1991) and Shemue II (2001) on the Sega Dreamcast console, Yu Suzuki recreated a number of his coin operated arcade videogames in the virtual space. The interactive 3d renderings of his deluxe arcade cabinets including the aformentioned Hang On and Out Run, in addition to Space Harrier (1985), which is widely credited to be the first sit down arcade cabinet. Each game is a full emulation of the original system, and the player can walk around the virtual space and inspect the design and artwork of the the arcade cabinets from different angles, all while sampling the ambiance of a 1980s Japanese arcade amusement centre.
This perspective on the monitor is developed a step further in the arcade games included as part of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. When a player steps up to a coin-op to play either Let’s Get Ready to Bumble, Go Go Space Monkey, or Duality, the screen is taken over by the coin-op, except that unlike Shenmue the view takes a step backwards. GTA:SA acknowledges the medium of the CRT screen, showing the tubes curvature as well as the surrounding plastic bezel.
GTA:SA modder ThePaddster has modified the arcade machine textures from San Andreas, replacing them with the artwork for Bally Midway’s Mortal Kombat (1992). Unfortunately the modification does not change the subgames, but the effect of changing the cabinet graphics is interesting and a tangible step towards a customisable, virtual arcade, where game roms manifest as digital game cabinets in a 3d space instead of 2d images in a folder.
In a visual and touchscreen interface style common to mobile and tablet conversions of arcade and console titles, Capcom’s Mega Man II on iPhone uses an onscreen representation of the arcade cabinet facade to frame it’s emulated Nintendo Entertainment System game. This style of virtual arcade machine takes a further step back from the monitor than GTA:SA, incorporating a joystick control panel as well as the game logo embedded into a representation of an arcade cabinet marquee. The additional graphics also form a necessary visual filler between the games original display ratio and the widescreen aspect of the iPhone.
The next logical step in improving experiential and aesthetic experience of the virtual arcade machine is to take an additional step back in perspective to encompass both the onscreen space and the peripheral vision of the player. While this expanded view adds distractions to the subgame experience, it can be argued that to block out the ambiance of the immediate environment causes existing virtual coin-op gaming experiences to lose a level of reality and authenticity.
Prototyping a Virtual Reality Arcade Machine Emulator:
In an exhibition setting, the VRAME installation could take the form of a minimal pedestal containing a harness for the VR headset along with a control panel using physical game controls. A square outline on the ground could signify the object now built in virtual space. The second option is to remove the controls, instead using a wireless gesture capturing system to match the players hand movements to a 3d representation of their hands in 3d space, registering collisions with the digital renderings of the control panel. Both options have their pros and cons. The gesture based version keeps the physicality of the emulated control system purely digital, allows for it change and adapt dynamically. On the other hand, the tangible controller adds a grounded, solid, yet distant link between the playing human and the cyber arcade cabinet.
(draft version 1.1, Oct 4th)
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A Soldier's thoughts.
Sometimes when I am surfing through the Milblogs I come across something written by one of our soldiers in Iraq that is so sweet and honest I just have to share it. This is from Blog Machine City talking about missing his new wife:
"She's been extraordinarily considerate and understanding - almost unbelievably so, considering that she said to me that she didn't want to become an Army wife and I made her one anyway. (Muahahaha!) But when I dream at night, I don't dream of her - I dream of nothing but B Company, in every conceivable situation. At parties, in combat, just sitting around - it's a red-letter night if at least one member of this damn unit isn't visiting me in my sleep. As Agent Smith said in The Matrix:
I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place...this...zoo, this...prison, this...reality...whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it any longer.
It's great that I can chat with her every day from the comfort of my room, but we both often wonder if there's really a person on the other end, or if it isn't just some Turing machine, issuing programmed responses. How would either of us know?
Having my head down for so long, staring at my feet, watching one foot land in front of the other, one day at a time - one day I'm going to look up and Melobi will be there, and the World, and Iraq will be behind me. Or...so I assume, but there's no way of knowing until I get there."
It makes my heart ache. It really does.
I know you probably already saw this on Drudge, but I had to copy it. Too awesome. It shows us the kind of men our soldiers are. But we knew that, didn't we?
Soldier survives attack; captures, medically treats sniper
Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer is a native of Mendon, N.Y.
During a routine patrol in Baghdad June 2, Army Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer, a medic, was shot in the chest by an enemy sniper, hiding in a van just 75 yards away. The incident was filmed by the insurgents.
Tschiderer, with E Troop, 101st Saber Cavalry Division, attached to 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, was knocked to the ground from the impact, but he popped right back up, took cover and located the enemy's position.
After tracking down the now-wounded sniper with a team from B Company, 4th Battalion, 1st Iraqi Army Brigade, Tschiderer secured the terrorist with a pair of handcuffs and gave medical aid to the terrorist who'd tried to kill him just minutes before.
See the video on Army Times.
Ok, this is funny. You heard of the website from the Brits regarding the London bombings called We're Not Afraid.com? Well someone is lampooning it with i am f*cking terrified.com . I know this shouldn't be funny. I know I shouldn't be laughing. But just check out the pictures on the second link. OMG!!! Hilarious. via my buddy dave at malungtvnews.
I know the comment section on all my posts say 0, but the comments are still there. I don't know why. Haloscan sucks.
A Different War.
Ah, the culture wars. You just have to love it.
Logo is a new gay TV channel on Viacom basic cable that began on June 30th with sponsorship by companies like Miller Lite, Motorola, and Orbitz. Slate's article on it has the new network's president, Brian Graden, assuring us that the channel will "steer clear of highly sexualized content." In fact the article's author found only one slightly dirty moment when a travel show gave the name of an Amsterdam hotel designed specifically for gay men interested in bondage, then asked naughtily, "How do you say 'ouch' in Dutch?"
I mean come on....when your 8 yr old comes across this flipping channels he won't even know what bondage is. Why worry????
I also love how the article calls Concerned Women For America (a conservative women's organization) who is opposing the channel, "a group." I believe that CWA has 3 or 4 times the membership of NOW. I bet you haven't heard of them though, huh? Such is the media's notion that NOW is the only women's group in the country. I wonder if Slate would call NOW "a group?"
And speaking of women's groups. Did you hear about NARAL's party in Seattle, Washington yesterday? It was called "Screw Abstinence." Isn't that a such a cute lil play on words there???
The NARAL flier reads, “Come laugh, learn, socialize and buck the system.” Partygoers will be treated to "tips on “Sexy Safer Sex” by “purveyors of adult toys,” see a theatre troupe perform a sex-ed class for adults, and sip on “Screw Driver” alcoholic beverages."
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If this is a war, we are losing my friends. Republicans in power or not.
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Below is the petition that MoveOn.org is asking people to sign and send to their Senators....
FULL TEXT OF THE PETITION
TO: (Your senators)
FROM: (Your Name and Email)
SUBJECT: Protect our rights
Dear senator,
(Your personal note)
The Senate must stand up to President Bush and demand a Supreme Court nominee who will protect the rights and freedoms of the American people.
I don't know about you but I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!! How dare they demand someone who will protect the rights and freedoms of the American people!! If Bush doesn't nominate someone who will create a police state and take away my free speech rights, gun ownership rights, private property rights...then I WILL PROTEST!!!! (unless I lose that right with the new Supreme Court Judge that is) I hope the Senators pay NO attention to this outrageous demand!!!!! It is just over the top. I mean really.
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I'm bored.
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Warning!!
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is demanding warning labels on the sides of soda cans. CSPI wants the FDA to warn us that drinking soda causes obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, and osteoperosis.
Other demands are:
Warning labels embedded in Oreos to warn us that the little chocolate devils cause fat and mouth watering pleasure.
Warning labels on beds to warn us that sleeping too much can cause laziness AND that laying down on one with your loved one may cause babies.
Warning labels on bathtubs to warn us that taking hot baths may cause us to miss phone calls.
Warning labels on phones to warn us that in talking too much on one may cause us to gossip.
Warning labels on movie stars such as Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt to warn us that watching their movies may cause us to lust.
Warning labels on computers to warn us that blogging may cause one to neglect the laundry.
This must be captioned as well!
It is way past time for a caption. Let's try Harry Reid, shall we?
If you see a bunch of people who look like darker and retarded versions of Inspector Gadget around the White House around 2:30pm today, now you will know why.
Report It My Way Or The Highway!
Oh, this is really good. What happens when Mark Yost, an editor at Knight Ridder is critical of media coverage of the Iraq war (Trust me when I say he is not a conservative) and is blasted by Steve Lovelady, the managing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review Daily and then Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine e-mails them to see if there can be a discussion about the media coverage? Well, you get a honest look at the "objective" journalism coming out of Columbia, of course. I guess Steve didn't figure Jeff was going to post his e-mails. As Jeff Jarvis points out, you would think the EDITOR of Columbia Journalism Review Daily might enjoy a spirited debate. But....nooooooooo. The liberal fangs come out showing us that there really is no such thing as objective journalism these days.
What made Lovelady so angry? Well, Mark Yost betrayed the media! He had been in lockstep before!! He actually wondered why the media was not covering the good news stories of Iraq.
Steve Lovelady is so angry that he can't seem to stop e-mailing Jeff Jarvis about it! Just read the link. It tells you all you need to know about journalism these days.
Greyhawk reminds us--They kill their own children.
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We here in Texas are use to the insane rantings of Molly Ivins. At least she apologized this time.
If It Quacks Like A Terrorist.....
The Guardian has this in one of it's stories on the terrorist bombings in London:
"Early reports of the blasts on the BBC's website mentioned possible terrorist involvement but the stories were later changed to describe the perpetrators as "bombers" rather than "terrorists".
Although a spokesman said the word "terrorist" was not banned from the BBC, its language guidelines state that "careless use of words which carry emotional or value judgments" should be avoided and that "the word 'terrorist' itself can be a barrier rather than an aid to understanding" and should be "avoided"."
Is this just an insane example of political correctness or a deliberate effort to avoid adding support to the war on terror? And who the hell thinks we should try "an aid to understanding?" Oh, we understand alright. We understand that these are fanatics determined to kill innocents. They use terror as their main weapon. That is why we call them TERRORISTS!!! Yeah, this is a value judgment. Call them what they ARE.
The idiots at the BBC should even understand that.
I'm Back!!
It is sooo good to be home. I am just now catching up on the news. It is interesting to hear from family members who don't have the interest in politics that I do. They see these stories like Rove and Durbin and Gitmo as boring and blown out of proportion for political reasons.
My heart goes out to the people of London who lost loved ones in the terrorist bombings. I am amazed that something similar hasn't happened here. I am also convinced that the reason it hasn't happened is because of the Patriot Act and rounding up those who would do us harm and putting them in Gitmo. I have heard that European news focus on America's supposed mistakes. I am curious to see if the bombings will force the media to focus on the real enemy here, the terrorists.
I want to emphasis something that BigDog had in the previous post that I don't think should be missed. The interview between Ron Reagan and Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens is a liberal that truly gets it when it comes to terror.
The argument should be read. But here are some key points that Hitchen's made:
"...these movements had taken over Afghanistan, had very nearly taken over Algeria, in a extremely bloody war which actually was eventually won by Algerian society. They had sent death squads to try and kill my friend Salman Rushdie, for the offense of writing a novel in England. They had sent death squads to Austria and Germany, the Iranians had, for example, to try and kill Kurdish Muslim leaders there. If you make the mistake that I thought I heard you making just before we came on the air, of attributing rationality or a motive to this, and to say that it's about anything but itself, you make a great mistake, and you end up where you ended up, saying that the cause of terrorism is fighting against it, the root cause, I mean. Now, you even said, extraordinarily to me, that there was no terrorist problem in Iraq before 2003. Do you know nothing about the subject at all? Do you wonder how Mr. Zarqawi got there under the rule of Saddam Hussein? Have you ever heard of Abu Nidal?"
"Have you ever heard of Abu Nidal, the most wanted man in the world, who was sheltered in Baghdad? The man who pushed Leon Klinghoffer off the boat, was sheltered by Saddam Hussein. The man who blew up the World Trade Center in 1993 was sheltered by Saddam Hussein, and you have the nerve to say that terrorism is caused by resisting it? And by deposing governments that endorse it?"
"When I went to interview Abu Nidal, then the most wanted terrorist in the world, in Baghdad, he was operating out of an Iraqi government office. He was an arm of the Iraqi State, while being the most wanted man in the world. The same is true of the shelter and safe house offered by the Iraqi government, to the murderers of Leon Klinghoffer, and to Mr. Yassin, who mixed the chemicals for the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. How can you know so little about this, and be occupying a chair at the time that you do?"
How can America know so little as well? Because they are constantly thrown stories that don't matter (like the Michael Jackson case) and are not given the important information because it isn't "exciting."
Thanks to BigDog for helping me out here!
Just when you thought it was safe.....
Rightwingsparkle Not Blogging, Day 11
Been away. Lets round up some news
Leaked No 10 dossier reveals Al-Qaeda’s British recruits
"AL-QAEDA is secretly recruiting affluent, middle-class Muslims in British universities and colleges to carry out terrorist attacks in this country, leaked Whitehall documents reveal. "
Some folks blather about the "root causes" of terrorism, a few are sincerely trying to figure out the enemy and therefore how best to defeat them. Mostly, imo, the "Root Causes Caucas" are rationalizing their own chickenshit need to appease terrorists in hopes they will go away.
One of the sillier "root causes" notions is that poverty creates terror. Nonsense. Poor people are too busy feeding their families and putting clothes on the backs of their children. No, terrorism germinates among the affluent, people with the leisure to join causes to give some kind of meaning to their lives.
Terrorists operate in impoverished places. Waltz in with cash and armed men - who is going to stop you? Poor people are merely the first victims of terrorist schemes. They set up camps, buy.... er, "marry" some local chief's daughter to insure his compliance... er, loyalty, and use the locals for cover and cannon fodder.
Jihad Is Knocking
"Already the standard narrative is being trotted out: evildoers created by what the New York Times predictably called the “root causes of terrorism”: autocracy, or economic stagnation, or Palestinian suffering, or globalization's dislocations, or Western historical sins, or the war in Iraq (the cause will depend on the political prejudices of the pundit) have “hijacked” Islam and distorted its peaceful message. And now they are using Islam to justify murder in order to further their own ambitions or dysfunctional psychic needs. Given this explanation, so the story goes, we must be careful not to demonize all Muslims and assure them that we respect their religion and culture. The tale is then wrapped up with fierce threats against the terrorists and protestations of admiration for Islam."
"Believing this delusion requires that one ignores fourteen centuries of Islamic jihad against the West, a war of conquest and colonization ratified by centuries of Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Indeed, what we call Islamic radicals are in fact Islamic traditionalists; it is the so-called “moderates” — those wanting to compromise Islam so it can coexist with Western ideas such as secular government, separation of church and state, and human rights — who are the radicals and innovators. The terrorists are simply fulfilling the traditional and orthodox command of their religion to battle the infidels who resist the revelation of Mohammed and the global socio-political order mandated by Islam."
How to Lose a War
"Autocratic regimes, statist economies, gender apartheid, corruption, the absence of a free press — all that and more retard economic growth from the Gulf to Morocco. In response, theocratic regimes like the Taliban and the Iranian mullocracy blame the West for their own self-inflicted misery and inadequacies. But more often, clever dictators such as a Baathist Saddam, the Saudi Royal family, an Egyptian kleptocracy, or the Pakistani military regime allow Islamicists some rein, if not covert support, to deflect blame from their own failures onto the United States and the "Jews."
"A shamed Islamic street — ill-housed, ill-fed, and ill-informed — is nourished on the mythology that a purer creed and a return to the 8th century alone can reclaim past glories of the caliphate, and stop the decadent intrusion of Western consumerism and popular culture"
The wrong thing to do in the face of terror:
Please Appease Me
Retrieving bodies is nightmare for London rescuers
"Retrieval teams working deep underground to recover bodies after the London bomb attacks are battling ghastly conditions that one expert compared to a "foetid drain."
Uncommon devotion to duty is heroism.
Sauerkraut Wrestling Proposed For Lawmakers
"If New Ulm's mayor gets his way, the governor and legislative leaders will duke out their differences in a wrestling ring filled with sauerkraut."
I believe Arizona settles election ties by cutting cards. More disputes should be settled by some unconventional competition instead of letting it fester. Entertaining too.
Debunking 8 Anti-War Myths About The Conflict In Iraq
The Left doesn't support the troops and should admit it
"In order to understand this, we need to first have a working definition of the term "support the troops." Presumably it means that one supports what the troops are doing and rooting for them to succeed. What else could "support the troops" mean? If you say, for example, that you support the Yankees or the Dodgers, we assume it means you want them to win."
" But most of the Left does not want the troops to win in Iraq. The Left's message is this: "You troops may think you are winning; you may think you are doing good and moral things in Iraq; you may believe you are fighting the worst human beings of our age and protecting us against the scourge of Islamic terror. But we on the Left believe none of that. We believe this war is being fought for oil and for Halliburton and other corporations; we believe you are waging a war that is both illegal and immoral; we believe you have invaded a country for no good reason and have killed a hundred thousand Iraqis [the Left's generally mentioned number] for no good reason; but, hey, we sure do support you."
"Honest people on the Left need to understand that the two positions are not reconcilable"
A leftist who does actually support the troops:
"The Iraqi civilians were very nice to us again, even though Samarra had a lot of insurgents for much of my time there. And the kids love us, especially the little girls, who seem to feel all this democratic change will be good for them in particular. The whole ‘mission’ is starting to feel like Peace Corps work, albeit you still have to be well armed. I am a political left-winger on most things, but on the Middle East business I think we are doing the right thing, mainly because that’s what all these Iraqi civilians kept telling me. Not sure why you don’t hear that kind of stuff on the media, except that most civilians there would consider it suicide to say good things about Americans on-camera.”
Homeowner thwarts break-in with handgun - Good man. Give him a medal.
Trotsy's Pick - Dispute over the weapon used to kill Trotsky. Weird
The Right Hates Freedom & America - Ooooo! Ouch.
44-car train abandondoned - Unions.....
Ron Reagan gets spanked
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Audience Participation: Con GM Problems
December 21, 2010 Role-Playing Games convention GMing
Hey! So, in a new segment I’m calling “Audience Participation,” I will ask you guys for some input! Here goes.
Let’s assume, hypothetically, that I’m working on a book with some really cool people about being a convention GM. Yes, hypothetically. And we’ll assume that you’re the target audience for this book. With all that in mind:
Please give me one or two problems you’ve encountered as a convention GM that you wish someone would have given you advice about beforehand. It doesn’t matter whose fault the problem was — yours, someone at the table, someone totally unrelated to the game, or no ones at all. And it doesn’t matter if you know now how to deal with the problem or if it still plagues you. (I’m looking a lot for the latter, but problems you’ve solved are problems that other people still have, so that works.)
Include as much detail as you’re comfortable with. If you’d rather email me than comment here, you can to so at: AudienceParticipation@RyanMacklin.com, with the subject line “Audience Participation: Con GM Problems”
Role-Playing Games convention GMing
25 Responses to Audience Participation: Con GM Problems
A Terrible Idea says:
That Guy.
When he sits down at the table, everyone there knows who he is, except you. And the table mood drops significantly. He’s loud, hard to control, and won’t leave the table without a fight, even if you kill his character. He’ll raise holy hell with con staff if you kick him out, because he paid his money and got “cheated out of a game.”
He takes most of the spotlight by bullying the table into silence, sometimes by literally just talking over people until they stop. You realize who he is an hour into the game, but by then you’re committed, and you have to make a choice : try to control him, or make a scene.
You’ll know who he is next time, and you’ll be more prepared for his quirks. But if he’s in your game officially, your hands are a little tied.
There’s one or more at every convention, and especially when you’re GMing in a new town, discovering these people the hard way sucks. But it’s a good clue when a player pulls you aside before the game starts and says “I’m giving up my slot. I won’t play with that guy because he’s a dick.”
Rob Donoghue says:
Only one or two people show up for a fully booked game.
Carl Klutzke says:
Or two or three extra people show up for a fully booked game.
Jack Graham says:
Yeah. Having only a few people show up is utterly ego-destroying. You just have to go into every slot expecting to only have two people and be happy when there’re more. Or throw in the towel — which is not an option if you’re serious. One can run an awesome game with only two players, provided you don’t let it demoralize you.
Or, if they’re cool, ditch whatever you’re actually supposed to be running and whip out Car Wars.
Dixon Trimline says:
Well now, I came with one of my own, but that one from A Terrible Idea above is pretty bloody good. Anyway…
My biggest problem is time management. I come with what feels like a nice, tight, 4-hour game, and it turns into a sprawling 13-hour grind, and all the players realize the only way to escape the game is to kill me and hide my body in a dumpster.
My biggest fear has always been, “What if my game ends too quickly?” And yet, that has never actually happened. However, the game dragging out much too long? Yeah, that has happened several times.
Grim says:
Ironically, the audience. Tables in general rooms will often attract sightseers, or people who’ve played the same game in a previous session and will comment, or say ‘Ooh, this is a really good bit’. It’s a bit interfering and disruptive. More so even than the loud group on the next table over.
Daniel M. Perez says:
Not everyone at the table is in synch about the type of game we’ll be playing. Yes, we all know which game, but games can have multiple modes of playing them, and that’s where the problem starts. I’ll never forget a 1:00 AM game of InSpectres that Rich ran for us at Gen Con. Though the game has a humorous vibe, we (sleep-drunk fools) took it and ran with it way past the line of slapstick. We had fun, but Rich didn’t. Things like that.
When the description in the Con Book was wrong.
@Rob – That “one or two people” showing up is a killer, and a confidence drain. Even being a GM and knowing that it happens to Better GMs will go a long way.
Here’s another : Finding out you’ve been scheduled to run your super-tense horror chiller, sharing a medium sized room with a Paranoia laser-fest and a Champions slug-em-out.
1. How do I collect tickets? How do I turn tickets in? What are the darned tickets for, anyway: can’t I just run a game?
2. Somebody is already running a game at your designated table. And at all the other tables nearby.
3. Your event is so far away from the main part of the con and in such a non-standard location that your players can’t be expected to find it without a map, a compass, and a native guide.
4. The program book, the online catalog, and the tickets don’t all show the same location for your event.
5. Your event time was listed as AM instead of PM. (Yes, it really happened.)
6. You can’t hear your players over the talking from the other five events in the same small room.
Sorry, I guess I went way past your request for “one or two”.
The games where everyone who turns up have either not read the blurb and / or have turned up without pencils, erasers, and / or DICE!
Ryan Macklin says:
While I’m not going to respond to most of these right now, as they’re more questions for gathering interviews and the like, I will address this one real quick:
It’s nice when people bring dice. But if you aren’t bringing enough dice in case they aren’t, that’s the sign of early failure as a GM. In fact, if a GM doesn’t bring enough dice for everyone, I’m of the opinion that they’re a super inexperienced GM. (Though, that might not be fair — maybe they just had a bad morning and had to rush or whatever.) But trusting a random group of strangers who have shown up to your table for their own reasons to be prepared is, at times, asking for disappointment. And having a kit ready to alleviate that is Con GM 101.
Having note read the blurb is a problem that I’ll be getting in to.
Dice + Food + Lodging says:
Just imagine… you’ve run through your great intro scene, the PCs are on their way, and then through no fault of their own, they’re lost and bored. Somehow that great plan for the plot that you had either A. didn’t take nearly as much time as you expected, or B. isn’t anywhere near as intriguing as you thought it was. Now you’re fresh out of things for them to do, only two hours in to a 4 hour timeslot…
Lon Sarver says:
Biggest problem I’ve had is tailoring the amount of material I’ve prepped to fit the needs of the game on the fly. When I don’t have enough material to fill the slot, or when I have so much we can’t play through it all in 4 or 6 hours, it’s hard to improvise/edit to bring the game to a satisfying end on time.
Wes Otis says:
Making characters and having players complain that they to weak or not min/maxed enough. These are the same people who are rules lawyers. They are more interested in bending the game to their will then involving themselves in the stories.
I feel my games need more then one answer to what ever problem is put forward. Even in horror games need to have a way out. It’s never easy mind you but you can make it out alive.
I always make female PC because when I started running con games few women played and I wanted to make them feel welcomed to my games. Not a big deal now but then I felt it was important.
Neko_indi says:
As a female gamer, I always despised the “token female character”, often because she was usually a magic user with no physical stats (I disliked playing mages), and was written to lean on one of the male characters – so stereotypical! To top it off, I was usually stuck with playing her because “you’re the girl”. Everyone else got a choice – why not me?
In retaliation, I once wrote a Shadowrun module that had an entriely female cast of characters – and no, you couldn’t change your gender… oddly, they turned out to be one of the most popular sets of pre-gens I ever ran, and I ended up using them for subsequent modules.
I never build female characters different from the male ones in so far as making them back up healers or mages. They are always interesting characters with flaws and bonuses. I try to avoid stereotypes as much as possible. I run a lot of GURPS and Cthulhu. I also give players a choice of gender they would like to play. I know players who don’t want to play cross gender and players who don’t care.
Jason Morningstar says:
You’ve got a rockin’ table full of engaged, creative, super hot players, and also one guy who is sucking the fun out of the room for whatever reason. Maybe it is his fault, maybe not, but if he’d get up and leave everyone – including him – would be having a better time.
The Cheater.
And i’m not talking about the Rules Lawyer, who’s incredibly obvious to everyone at the table within five minutes of the session. I’m referring to that devious charlatan who, every time he or she makes a roll, it’s a success- and, more than half the time, declares it to be a crit. Worse is that The Cheater sits off in a corner or some location away from everyone else by a few feet, so you can’t actually see their dice after they roll.
Tim White says:
I have a whole series of blog posts about specifically how to be a good convention GM over here: http://timlwhite.com/2007/12/21/tabletop-rpgs-5-principles-preparation/
The principles I wrote were based on both what I saw the best convention GMs doing, and what we heard the worst complaints about from bad GMs.
A capsule summary:
*Be prepared: if you run on the fly, you’d still should have everything else prepared: character sheets, dice, pencils, and a pretty good set of ideas to forge into a fun experience. If you are running a prepared scenario, you should know ot inside and out.
* Positive Energy: the best GMs get you hyped to play, push energy around the table, and make you feel hyped that you played. They worst ones say, “this game sucks”, or, “I’m really hung over.”
Fun: the best GMs remember that everyone is there to have fun, and quickly squash antifun. Lesser GMs let antifun (rules arguments, player disputes, continual interruptions, player dickishness) take over the table. Bad GMs contribute to antifun.
Fairness: the best GMs at a con actively try to make sure everyone at the table is treated fairly, from spotlight time to rules calls to not treating pretty girls differently from sweaty chubby guys in-game. The worst GMs play with their friends at the table and ignore everyone else, or give spotlight time only to people who demand it.
Focus: The best GMs stay focused on the game, and corral the fun and energy and preparation into an experience. Lesser GMs get sucked into out of game conversations, and let bystanders distract from the game, and let the game wander into places that only one player or only the GM wants to go.
So, there you go, those are my categories that I see make the best and worst con GMs.
One quick personal story that covers all those: I was at a con put on by a friend, and he really wanted to have a Cthulhu game for me to play in, since I’d run so many for him. Sadly, he had no GMs, and stongarmed a friend to do it. The friend didn’t prepare, was pissed to have to do it, and was grumpy as heck. So we make the most of it. 30 minutes in, the GM forces the party to split, and informs all but two players to leave the room. So we all go watch the auction for a bit, figuring we’d be pulled back in soon. 2.5 hours later (after numerous attempts to sit down again), we got pulled back in for the last 40 minutes of the game, and he no joke tried to split the group again! When the proctor came around announcing the end of the slot the GM was bewildered, wondering why it was suddenly over. He had no idea there was a time limit. And in the end, I have no idea what the game was even about.
No prep, total lack of fairness, no fun for anyone, enough negative energy for three reality shows, and complete lack of focus.
So there you go!!!
Focus: the best GM
Noise. It’s my biggest thing. You sit down to play and there’s lots of noise around the table, from other tables. They’re having fun and shouting. I can’t concentrate. What do you do?
Admitting a game isn’t working. You’re two hours into a game and it’s just not coming together. Do you politely end it? Or pull a brilliant ending out of the bag? There’s no right answer.
(I am deeply suspicious of any problems, above, which involve One Guy Who Is An Asshole. It’s rarely actually about one guy.)
The massive amount of noise compounded by how closely the tables are placed in the room. Players and GMs have to try to be louder than the people around them to be heard. Plus if you’re running something like a horror game, it can make it harder for the tone to hit when people are constantly shoving past the chairs because there isn’t enough room to move around the tables.
“You don’t have to stick to the module.” Part two of that being: “The players don’t have to stick to the module – and probably won’t.”
Some of the most fun I’ve had both as a GM and as a player has been when the GM has been willing to toss the module-as-written to the wind – these have been the GM’s who know the module well enough to p[lay a little loose with it, and guide players back towards it when the opportunity arises. The worst times? When I’ve not been given a module far enough ahead of time to read it thoroughly, or when I’ve had a GM who insists on sticking to the letter of the text – all of it, no matter what the characters say or do.
Lugh says:
This one is probably super-basic, but it caught me off-guard at my first couple of cons. The investment in the game is very different at a con. First, it’s pretty much guaranteed to be a one-shot, mostly with people you are unlikely to ever see again. Second, there are a dozen other awesome things going on at the con, and if the energy flags it is easy for the players (or even the GM) to start thinking about them. But, on the other hand, you have not only scheduled this time slot, but have likely paid money to be in this game.
These factors end up creating a scenario in which you have to pull out a different bag of tricks to get the players engaged. Basically, you have to understand that you are running under a whole other kind of social contract, and can’t rely on the slack that your friends are willing to cut you at your regular Friday night game.
Chris Czerniak says:
The best way to get players to join your game. Some people have problems with only having one or two players show up to play. I have problems with having 0 players show up to a game. I realize that sometimes this is going to happen but it would be great to find a way to make my game more appealing than another game.
Dealing with too many players as both a player and a GM. As a player I will not sign up for a game that allows more than 6 players and it pisses me off when the GM allows an extra player. Of course if I get an extra player I usually put it up to the other players but really what player is going to say no, when I should have said no.
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John Eric, Michael Yurchak and Erik Scott Kimerer are voicing the Amazon Trio in Sailor Moon SuperS
Posted on August 16, 2017 by Adam
The cast of voice actors playing the Amazon Trio has been announced! This past weekend was Otakon, an anime convention in Baltimore Maryland. At the convention there was a Moon Panel held by Viz in which they have announced the voice actors who will be playing the Amazon Trio. This includes John Eric as Tiger’s Eye, Michael Yurchak as Hawk’s Eye and Erik Scott Kimerer as Fish Eye. The Amazon Trio are basically pick up artists who target men and women in order to peak at their mirror of dreams once they’ve succeeded, or failed, at seducing them. Tiger’s Eye targets young women, Hawk’s Eye targets older women and Fish Eye targets men of all ages.
Having Erik Scott Kimerer play Fish Eye is a change as this character was previously voiced by Deborah Drakeford and portrayed as a woman in the original English dub of Sailor Moon. Fish Eye is a man in the Japanese version of the series but he looks quite feminine and often dresses like a woman which makes it easy for viewers to mistake his gender. He was likely made female to avoid having a gay character in the English dubbed version of the show as was done with Zoisite. Similarly Haruka and Michiru, Amara and Michelle in the dub, were made cousins to distract from their lesbian relationship. It is certainly good to see a gay character portrayed as it was originally intended. Seeing gay characters as villains is potentially concerning but in Sailor Moon when good and evil characters with varying sexuality are seen, this is not really a problem.
If there had been a woman provide the voice of Fish Eye would not necessarily have meant he wouldn’t be a man. Many male characters, usually children, have women providing their voices and it wouldn’t be out of character for Fish Eye to have a feminine voice. The character has been portrayed by women in numerous versions of the Sailor Moon musicals. Still it continues to be good that Viz’s new dub of Sailor Moon is more faithful to the original version with less changes to anger fans.
As with the announcement of Chris Niosi as Pegasus from a few weeks ago this applies to the Sailor Moon SuperS dub of the original Sailor Moon anime but, should the Dream arc of Sailor Moon Crystal ever be released in Japan and then dubbed by Viz, this will likely be the cast to voice these characters in that series as well. The last news out of Japan on that series is that the Dream arc will be released as two theatrical films.
Source: @Sailor_Moon_NA on Twitter
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Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum > Current Events and Musings > News of the Day > Topic: 2 explosions at Boston Marathon
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Re: 2 explosions at Boston Marathon
April 15, 2014 Tweets
https://twitter.com/davidfmeyers
David Meyers @davidfmeyers 6m
Now a 3rd controlled explosion has been conducted on Boylston near the #Boston Marathon finish line by the Boston PD.
David Meyers @davidfmeyers 47m
An 2nd controlled explosion has been conducted on Boylston near the #Boston Marathon finish line and the explosion was very loud!
David Meyers @davidfmeyers 1h
An explosion has been heard on Boylston near the #Boston Marathon finish line as the bomb squad has completed a detonation per protocol.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" just yelled on Boylston by the Boston PD.
The BPD bomb technician is headed back towards the suspicious backs near the finish line as pedestrians are cleared. pic.twitter.com/ugBY6Z7LbZ
https://twitter.com/bostonpolice
Boston Police Dept. @bostonpolice 23m
#BPDMediaAdvisory: The BPD Bomb Squad is still on scene. Live video of the area is prohibited & discouraged until the scene is cleared.
Boston Police Dept. @bostonpolice 1h
#BPDSafetyPublicAlert: To ease fears & concerns relating to backpacks - #BPD again discouraging their use at this year's #BostonMarathon.
#BPDPublicSafetyAlert: #BPD confirming a male suspect in custody in connection to the unattended backpacks found at the Finish Line.
#BPDMediaAdvisory: For officer safety - media outlets are discouraged from showing any live video of backpacks found near Finish Line.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/04/15/boylston-street-evacuated-after-backpack-left-near-finish-line/
Bomb Squad Detonates Bags Left Near Boston Marathon Finish Line
WBZ-TV photographers on scene say they saw a person with the backpack screaming “Boston Strong” before police cleared everyone from the area.
Witnesses say the person was barefoot, wearing a long black veil and was acting strange. Boston Police say one man has been taken into custody.
The Bomb Squad inspected the bag left behind the photo bridge and detonated it just before 9:00 p.m. The second bag was detonated about 40 minutes later.
It's interesting this person called attention to himself and the backpacks.
Boston Police Dept. @bostonpolice 1m
#BPDPublicSafetyAlert: BPD confirming that the unattended bags at the Finish Line have been disrupted for precautionary reasons.
An ALL CLEAR has been given by the authorities on Boylston St. after two suspicious backpacks were detonated by the bomb squad.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2014/04/person_in_custody_after_suspicious_bags_found_at
Person in custody after suspicious bags found at marathon finish line
A person is in custody tonight after police report suspicious bags were found at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street.
An eye-witness told the Herald tonight a man dressed all in black and wearing a black veil walked down the middle of Boylston Street, with a backpack on his back, chanting "Boston strong, Boston strong."
"He was weird looking," said Matthew VanWinkle. "He was wearing a black veil, a black hat, and no shoes."
The bomb squad is now on the scene and police have pushed everyone back. A bomb squad member yelled "fire in the hole" as they did a detonation. There is no word yet if the backpack had explosives or not, but the backpacks have been "neutralized."
That section of Boylston near Dartmouth Street is closed down. A robot was used to examine one of the bags.
The Boston Fire Department has also sent an engine and ladder company to the scene as a precaution. The MBTA also tweeted out that Green Line trains are bypassing the Copley stop.
Sadly, the alert hit around the same time as the Norden brothers, J.P. and Paul, were completing their team's Hopkinton-to-Boston relay to raise funds for prosthetics. Both brothers lost a leg in last year's attacks at the finish line. Now the double-decker bus they rode in is parked near the area.
One bag can be seen just under the photo bridge about 30 feet after the historic finish line of the Boston Marathon. The stands are already set up in preparation for Monday's 118th running of the race
the guy, that dropped the packs name is Kayvon Edson, says/calls his self an artist
JMO in this case art should not scare the victims, or anyone else
some of his sites.............
http://www.youtube.com/user/naturalselecti0n
http://naturalselection.net/index.php/sexybomber/
goodmorn,goodnite, got to go, as always its been wonderful, talking with you, and most of all have a great day, and dont forget to smile
i meant to post this b4 last post..
Two backpacks detonated by police at Boston Marathon finish line after masked man yelling ‘Boston Strong’ dumps bag
BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 7:31 PM Updated: Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 12:24 AM
The man was quickly taken into custody and identified as Kayvon Edson, sources told WBZ-TV. He's charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and possession of a hoax device, according to the news station.
A second unattended bag was also detonated but may have been left by somebody else
The rice cooker was filled with confetti, a source told the CBS affiliate, while the second bag had photography equipment inside.
more imgs vids
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boston-marathon-finish-line-evacuated-masked-man-dumps-backpack-reports-article-1.1757577
Quote from: cw618 on April 16, 2014, 12:15:51 AM
He should spend a long stretch in prison to enable him to contemplate his art, and should pay for the cost of the bomb squad and other expenses incurred for his art show. JMHO
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/boston-bombing-anniversary/tsarnaev-can-view-victim-autopsy-photos-judge-n81996
Tsarnaev Can View Victim Autopsy Photos: Judge
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the bomb attack on the Boston Marathon, will be allowed to see autopsy photos of the victims.
The judge, George O’Toole of U.S. District Court in Boston, rejected a claim by the government that Tsarnaev should not see the photos because it would disturb the families of the victims.
The ruling came a year and a day after two bomb blasts killed three people and injured 264 near the marathon finish line. A police officer was killed in the ensuing manhunt.
Under court rules, lawyers for Tsarnaev are allowed to see the photos as they prepare a defense. The goverment sought a special restriction — that Tsarnaev himself not be allowed to see them unless the government offered them as evidence at trial.
The government argued in court papers that allowing Tsarnaev to see all the photos would subject marathon victims to “needless harm and suffering.”
The defense lawyers said they had never heard of such a restriction, and that decisions about what Tsarnaev can and can’t see are best left to his lawyers.
Tsarnaev was not in court for the hearing.
The judge also rejected a defense request to dismiss some of the criminal counts against Tsarnaev because they were duplicative and might prejudice the jury against him.
Tsarnaev, 20, goes on trial in November and could face the death penalty if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty to 30 criminal counts.
The next hearing for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is June 18.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140416-710132.html
Judge Weighs Looser Restrictions on Alleged Boston Bomber
BOSTON--A federal judge indicated Wednesday he may loosen oversight of prison meetings between accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older sisters, which the defense said are key to understanding family dynamics.
Prosecutors allege Mr. Tsarnaev, now 20, planted two bombs at the marathon finish line a year ago with his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died days later in a firefight with police. The surviving brother, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held in a federal prison hospital outside Boston under tight restrictions, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent present when he has met with his two sisters.
"If the government's indictment is true, this is about family," said David Bruck, one of Mr. Tsarnaev's attorneys, speaking during a federal court hearing. "It is our job to plumb that," with a defense investigator on hand to observe visits, he added.
The defense, which has sought to loosen restrictions on Mr. Tsarnaev's confinement, has suggested he was influenced by his domineering, older brother.
Mr. Bruck argued that monitoring by an FBI agent connected to the prosecution could raise "ammunition" for a potential penalty phase in the case. Mr. Tsarnaev could face the death penalty if convicted.
Prosecutors have disagreed with loosening the restrictions on the family visits, for security reasons, while claiming the defense is responding to an occasion in which the suspect made a statement to his own detriment--which they haven't spelled out--overheard by an FBI agent. Mr. Bruck denied his client made such a statement.
Judge George A. O'Toole didn't rule on the matter Wednesday, but said "I don't think the safety, security issue looms very large." He suggested potentially lifting the monitoring or having federal agents on hand who aren't part of the prosecution team. He gave prosecutors more time to weigh in before he issues a final order on the matter.
A still-tense atmosphere was on display Tuesday night, when Boston police performed a controlled detonation on two unattended bags at the already set-up finish line for this year's marathon, which will take place Monday. One bag was allegedly dropped there by a local man who was arrested on site and arraigned Wednesday, while the other was left by a television news crew when the area was evacuated.
The local man, Kevin Edson, was arrested on several charges, including possession of a hoax device and making a false bomb threat, according to the local district attorney's office. He is being held on $100,000 cash bail and was sent to a state hospital for a mental-health evaluation, the office said. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/image-shows-dzhokhar-tsarnaevs-message-arrest/story?id=23335984
Image Shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Last Message Before Arrest
A new image shows the bullet-riddled anti-American rant allegedly scrawled by suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the inside wall of a boat as he hid from a police manhunt last year.
“The U.S. government is killing our innocent civilians, but most of you already know that… I can’t stand to see such [bullet hole] go unpunished,” says the handwriting captured in the image obtained by ABC News from a law enforcement official in Massachusetts. “We Muslims are one body. You kill one of us, you hurt [bullet hole] us all.”
Two state and two federal law enforcement officials confirmed the authenticity of the image.
Along with bullet holes that interrupt Tsarnaev’s message, the image shows drips of red liquid on the wall, which could be paint or, officials said, blood. Dzhokhar had been injured in a firefight with police hours before – the same firefight that took the life of his older brother and alleged co-conspirator Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
ABC News has previously reported Tsarnaev wrote an anti-American message on the boat, called the Slip Away II, in which he hid during the massive manhunt last April. Law enforcement sources previously said that the message also included the phrase “F*** America”. That portion of the message was not included in the image obtained by ABC News. This week law enforcement sources said Dzhokhar also lamented elsewhere in the note that his brother was able to meet Allah first.
http://www.iwanttobuyused.com/AF2/vdp/38609629.html
Memorial held for policeman slain after Boston Marathon bombing
Reuters) - More than 1,600 people gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday for a memorial service for a popular campus police officer shot to death a year ago in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.
MIT police officer Sean Collier, 27, was shot multiple times in his car in an apparent confrontation with the bombing suspects days after the blast, which left three people dead and more than 260 injured when two homemade bombs exploded near the race's finish line. Collier was killed in an unsuccessful attempt to steal his gun, authorities said.
Police officers, government officials, students and faculty joined members of Collier's family at the outdoor service under a tent a short distance from where Collier was killed, a place marked by a temporary memorial planted with flowers.
Ruiz unveiled plans for a permanent memorial modeled after an open hand, with five radial walls, expected to be completed next year. Cambridge Mayor David Maher said during the service that a nearby street corner would be named "Sean Collier Square."
http://www.statesman.com/news/ap/marathon-suspect-statements-should-be-thrown-out/nfrTq/
Marathon suspect: Statements should be thrown out
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-friends-separate-trials-20140513-story.html
Judge: Three friends of Boston bombing suspect to be tried separately
Three friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be tried separately, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, while rejecting a defense bid to move the proceedings out of Massachusetts.
U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock in Boston ruled on a variety of motions filed on behalf of Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev, and Robel Phillipos.
Tazhayakaov, Kadyrbayev and Phillipos will be tried on June 30, Sept. 8, and Sept. 29, respectively, Christina Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Atty. Carmen Ortiz in Boston, told the Los Angeles Times.
Woodlock rejected arguments by the defense that the none of the trio could receive a fair trial in Massachusetts because of the heightened emotions caused by last year's Boston Marathon bombings. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured in the two blasts near the race's finish line. An MIT police officer was killed in the manhunt for suspects that followed the attack.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is being held in near-total lockdown, faces federal charges that could lead to the death penalty if he is convicted of his alleged role in the attack. His brother, Tamerlan, died during the manhunt.
http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Friend-of-marathon-suspect-expected-to-testify-5476329.php
FBI: Pals of marathon suspect had to be questioned
OSTON (AP) — An FBI agent says that two friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) would have been arrested if they did not come to a police station voluntarily.
Special Agent John Walker testified in federal court on Wednesday that Dias Kadyrbayev (DY'-us kah-dur-BY'-ehv) and Azamat Tazhayakov (AZ'-maht tuh-ZAY'-uh-kahv) were brought in for questioning willingly four days after the attack. Both were held in handcuffs.
Walker said that the two men had to be questioned because they might know the whereabouts of a dangerous fugitive. He also added that they were Kazakhstan nationals in the U.S. illegally.
Kadyrbayev's attorney says his client was not interrogated willingly. He wants Kadyrbayev's testimony kept out of his upcoming trial.
Kadyrbayev is charged with tampering with evidence for removing Tsarnaev's laptop and a backpack from his dorm room.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-sent-joking-texts-friend-n106866
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Sent Joking Texts to Friend
Text messages show Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev joking with a friend not to text him hours after the FBI released Tsarnaev's photo as a suspect in the deadly attack.
Dias Kadyrbayev texted Tsarnaev shortly after the FBI publicly released photos of Tsarnaev and his brother as suspects in the deadly 2013 attack.
Tsarnaev responded that he had seen the news, then texted, "Better not text me my friend," then "Lol."
In another text, Tsarnaev told Kadyrbayev he could go to his room and "take what's there" followed by a smiley face.
Some of the messages had been released previously, but a complete transcript of Kadyrbayev's text messages in the days after the bombing was released by prosecutors Thursday.
Kadyrbayev and another friend, Azamat Tazhayakov, are accused of removing a backpack containing fireworks and a laptop from Tsarnaev's dorm room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth several days after the bombings. A third friend, Robel Phillipos, is accused of lying to investigators.
None of the men are accused of participating in the bombing or knowing about it ahead of time.
Tazhayakov and Phillipos declined to testify this week during a hearing over statements they made under questioning by federal agents. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock said Thursday he would not throw out their statements.
Kadyrbayev had been expected to testify Friday, but Woodlock said that will be postponed until after testimony from an expert witness.
The judge did not rule on Kadyrbayev's request to suppress statements he made to investigators; his suppression hearing is expected to resume in two weeks.
Prosecutors and the men's attorneys are arguing over whether the statements were voluntary and can be used as evidence in the upcoming trials. Prosecutors have said the men willingly spoke to federal agents after being told of their right to remain silent and to contact a lawyer. Kadyrbayev's lawyer, Robert Stahl, has argued that his client, who is from Kazakhstan, did not have a complete command of the English language and did not fully understand the waiver forms he signed.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/22/boston-marathon-bombings-suspects-used-fuses-made-from-christmas-lights-feds/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true
Boston Marathon bombings suspects used fuses made from Christmas lights, feds say
The Boston Marathon bombing suspects used "relatively sophisticated" bombs with fuses made from Christmas lights and remote-control detonators made from model car parts, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday.
Prosecutors also said that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev used fine black powder from firecrackers as fuel for the bombs and, since none was found in searches of their homes and cars, investigators worried they had help.
The prosecutors were arguing against a defense motion to throw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's statements to FBI agents because he was questioned without a lawyer.
"In light of the history of coordinated terrorist attacks (and planned attacks) such as the ones in Mumbai, India, Times Square, the New York subway system, and on September 11, the FBI had a duty to be investigate whether any additional attacks were imminent," the filing said. "Interviewing Tsarnaev as soon as possible was therefore essential to protect the public from possible harm."
Prosecutors say the bombs, comments Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, made to a carjacking victim that they might explode more bombs in New York and a note Tsarnaev wrote in a boat where he was captured made it imperative to know if there was a continuing terror threat before informing him of his rights, an allowed exception.
They say Tsarnaev said he and his brother acted alone and there were no more bombs.
I wonder if the bombs were assembled elsewhere?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-usa-explosions-boston-idUSBRE98C0B920130913
Two friends of Boston bomber plead not guilty to cover-up charges
(Reuters) - Two college friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that they helped cover his tracks when the FBI was trying to find the people responsible for the April 15 attack.
The appearance in federal court in Boston of a third man charged in the same case was postponed until later on Friday. All three are charged with going to Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the bombing, where they removed a laptop and a backpack containing empty fireworks shells after receiving a text message from him telling them to "go to my room and take what's there," according to court papers.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-13/boston-bomb-suspect-s-friends-plead-not-guilty-in-case.html
Boston Bomb Suspect’s Friends Plead Not Guilty in Case
Aughust 13, 2013
Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov, citizens of Kazakhstan who attended the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth with Dzhokhar, saw the images online and recognized their friend, prosecutors said. They went to Tsarnaev’s dormitory, removed his laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks and a jar of Vaseline and brought the items to their apartment in New Bedford, Massachusetts, according to the indictment.
The backpack was placed in a garbage bag and put in a trash bin, according to the prosecutors. The Federal Bureau of Investigation recovered it from a landfill about a week later.
One of the suspects told the other that Tsarnaev had used the Vaseline to make bombs, according to the indictment. Also, the suspects saw that the fireworks had been opened and emptied of powder, according to court records.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mounting-evidence-boston-bombers-involved-2011-triple-murder/story?id=19151271#.UY0d_UoyB8H
'Mounting Evidence' Boston Bombers Involved in 2011 Triple Murder
Then, Gerry's Italian Kitchen became a focal point again on April 24, nine days after the Marathon bombing, after investigators removed two Planet Aid charity donation bins from a parking lot it shares with a neighboring grocer. A driver had discovered discarded fireworks inside and law enforcement sources told ABC News the gunpowder had been removed from the cartridges.
It is unclear how the Tsarnaev brothers were associated with Gerry's Italian Kitchen, if at all, but looking back, multiple residents of Waltham and Watertown remember Tamerlan Tsarnaev delivering food to their homes and Tsarnaev family members have told reporters the brothers worked as pizza deliverymen. The eatery's management, however, steadfastly denied that either Tsarnaev brother worked there.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boston-bomber-tsarnaevs-boat-note-we-muslims-are-one-body-n111751
Boston Bomber Tsarnaev's Boat Note: 'We Muslims Are One Body'
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note declaring “we Muslims are one body” as he emerged from the boat where he had hidden from investigators, according to a report based on court documents.
The accused bomber wrote about his dead brother, Tamerlan, NBC News affiliate in Boston WHDH reported.
"I do not mourn because his soul is very much alive. God has a plan for each person. Mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions,” Tsarnaev wrote in the note, according to WHDH.
The court documents cited by WHDH were filed Wednesday by prosecutors opposing a motion from the Tsarnaev’s lawyers to suppress statements he made at the time of his arrest, claiming he had made them under duress.
During those interviews, court documents allege, Tsarnaev "readily admitted involvement" in the bombings and remained "responsive, coherent, and clearheaded" throughout the questioning.
The documents confirm an exclusive report last year by NBC News that federal prosecutors believe Tsarnaev and Tamerlan closely followed a bombmaking process detailed in the digital al Qaeda magazine “Inspire.”
They also reveal the bombers used powder from crushed fireworks, fuses made from Christmas lights and detonators assembled from model car parts to construct their bombs, prosecutors allege in new court documents.
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It's Funny, But 'Onsite Slump Tests' Is the Name of My Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Tribute Band. But I Digress
Are we ever going to fix this pipe? Or is this like the FREE BEER TOMORROW sign painted on the wall behind the bar at a crummy tavern? How droll. I always liked the signs that read, "Cool Inside," in great big letters with drifts of snow on top of them, too. Then below, in tiny letters, it said, "In The Winter." I used to hang around the classiest places, huh?
Anyway, the geyser of excrement is under control because we've stopped using the bathroom for a day. Not really stopped, exactly. Throttled back. Tweaked the governor. Put a lid on it. No laundry and no Number Two, thank you. If you're reading this, (I know you're not) my wife would like to apologize to the McDonald's restaurant out on Route 2 for using their bathrooms like our own personal porta-pottie. We did buy an order of fries there, once, about five years ago, so I hope it's OK.
I gave myself one day to figure out what was going on, steal some money, and get ready to fix the blasted problem once and for all. After our little experiment with the water, it was time to get serious. Concrete would have to be busted. There's no way of telling if the concrete floor in the basement below the basement was original equipment. It might have been a dirt floor originally. It looks like a quilt. Concrete had to be mixed by hand back in the day, so they did it piecework fashion. They'd mix some up and place it by hand, or use a mixer a normal person would use to make a little mortar. The floors in my other basement still have the screed guides showing between the sections of concrete. If everything you know is learned from the Intertunnel, perhaps I should clue you in that a screed is not your trenchant political comments delivered in all caps on your Weebly blog. A screed is a tool -- a straight edge you drag back and forth in a sawtooth motion across wet concrete to push the aggregate (rocks) down into the mix, and to bring up the fines (sand) so that you can trowel it smooth.
Civilians don't understand concrete very well. They call it "cement." Portland cement is an ingredient in concrete, but it's just powdery stuff. You have to mix it with water and crushed rocks and sand to get what you want. The proportions of the mix affect the type of concrete you end up with.
The average person sees concrete being "poured" as a kind of porridge in the movies, after which it dries and is hard. But concrete doesn't "dry." Concrete becomes solid by a chemical reaction. It's exothermic -- it produces heat while it's curing. Concrete isn't "poured" really, either. Most concrete mixes are pretty stiff. The proper term for concrete work like slabs is "placing." Because so few people understand concrete, workers do whatever gets them sitting under the FREE BEER TOMORROW sign as early as possible. When the concrete mixer shows up, they tell the driver to put a bunch of water in the mix. This weakens the finished product quite a bit, but makes it run down the chute and fill up the forms all by itself. If you've ever filled up the forms for a full-height concrete wall with concrete that's not diluted to a fare-thee-well with water, you'd know how much shoving the stuff takes to get it to move anywhere.
Concrete is so much stronger than it needs to be for residential construction that adulterating it with too much water doesn't matter much. Even if it did matter, there's no one around to make sure it's as strong as you're paying for. On jobs where it matters, like commercial buildings and so forth, the architect's office hires an engineer who hires a consultant who engages a subcontractor who has an underling who sends a toady to test the concrete as it's being placed. He takes a battered metal megaphone, fills it with chowder (the concrete), puts it on the ground with the bell side down, and then lifts the cone. He measures how tall the resulting pile is compared to the cone it came out of. This is named, aptly, the slump test. Too much water and the concrete slumps too much. It's a barbarous but effective way to keep track of concrete adulteration. It works. I'm a big fan of barbarous but effective methods for just about everything, now that I consider it.
Slump tests are great because you can't lie to them. They're also great because if the concrete mix is unsuitable, you tell the driver to take it back to the yard. This produces a great deal of yelling which I've always enjoyed. Concrete truck drivers are a rough lot, especially in big cities where gangsters run everything. It was always fun to have them storm out of their cab, stand a quarter-inch from my nose, and threaten me with bodily harm if I didn't look the other way and let the concrete pass. I liked the quarter-inch distance, because no one could hear me say, very quietly, "Look, I know I'm not clinically obese and covered with yesterday's dirt like you are, and you think I'm the construction version of Mr. Rogers, but if you f*ck with me, I'll kill you." Then you smile. Worked every time.
Anyway, the bad jobs, the gummint jobs, the fancy-pants jobs, they required more than slump tests. They'd take cylinders of the concrete and bring them back to their evil lab-or-a-tories, where they'd let them cure and then break them with sophisticated machines that measure the Moment of Inertia and the Point of No Return and other calculations that sound like Yes album covers. Can you see the flaw in this method? If the concrete fails the test, you have to go back and hammer it all out, even if it has a building on top of it now. That's why I like on-site slump tests. Nip it in the bud, I say.
So my son is a regular person. He doesn't know concrete from couscous. He thinks concrete is this magic stuff that doesn't break. He knows his father is a bit daffy, and prone to taking on Herculean tasks without Hercules present. So he gave me a bit of a look when I said, "The concrete floor has to be broken up. Go out to the shed and get a sledgehammer."
[to be continued]
Labels: Bits of my life pulled out and flung on the Internet floor, Maine Family Robinson, plumbing
We do have some experience with the removal of concrete. There is some satisfaction in the destruction. And, the carting off part builds character in the kids.
Funny how that quiet voice thing works. My husband has been known to put the terror into people on occasion, just by speaking calmly.
I like the slump test; sounds like it should be a no-brainer. Kind of like tasting the soup before serving, or nibbling a little dough before you bake the cookies. Maybe that's why the brains don't like it so much.
Get the lad a Kango hours of fun,rsi too!
Robert Toy said...
I've been enjoying your little updates so far, and learning a bit as well. Last summer I decided to fill in the gap our builders had left between the back door and the carport slab. Had never worked with concrete before so I did my measurements and calculations and figured 35 of the 80 pound bags would be needed.
Took 3 trips in the SUV. Wife asked why not just one trip and I said that I'd like to keep the suspension in working order.
Did the work over several near 100 degree days. As I am cheap, used a mixing tray and a hoe. Let me tell you, by bag #10 I was really really tempted to add a LOT more water than what the directions called for.
I ended up with one bag left over and a pretty good result. Coulda been smoother on top, but I'm happy.
You actually told The Heir thar be HARD WORK, physical labor, ahead? You baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
TmjUtah said...
I hope you don't find the demo area to be the only quality existing construction in your castle.
I hope you tap twice and shovel gravel.
DebFL said...
I am torn between wanting to get to the end of the story and really enjoying the cover band names that show up every day.
Casey Klahn said...
I'd like to be pouring concrete sometime this summer, but I lost taste for the job the last time we tried it here. My wife insisted we could pour the cat's headstone offsite, and I said, no, we need a form and pour it in place.
You know what happened.
Eager to read what happens next. Sledgehammers always get my attention.
jon spencer said...
Here is a link to what happens when you don't do slump tests.
http://gcaptain.com/a-concrete-sample-was-pulled-from-the-new-panama-canal-locks-and-it-does-not-look-good/
Cond0011 said...
Mr. Sippican
Just in case you are not aware this tool, I present it to you now:
Drain Sewer Flush Bladder.
http://www.advocatemasterplumbing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sewer-bladder.jpg
Hook it up with your garden hose, attach it to your sink faucet (there are fittings at the hardware store along with the sewer bladders), and put it in the sewer hole. In your case, the blockage appears to be between the house and where it connects to the sewer main in the street. Turn on the water. The bladder will expand to the circumference of the sewer pipe, thus forming a tight seal AND inccreasing the water pressure.
Continue with this action until you are certain the blockage has reached the street. Once the blockage is removed, check to see in you need to repair/replace a cracked sewer (tree roots). I had a cracked sewer pipe and the plumber said don't worry about it yet -so don;t replace unless it is serious.
As far as I know, it comes in two sizes (regualar sink drain size adn House Sewer size) and uses water pressure to force the water in the proper direction.
I've used mine 3 times (two with the small, 1 with the large)
On my uncle's farm there's a wall 18 inches deep by 150 ft built with failed slump tests. AT&T put in an underground something during the cold war a mile down the way. The farmer at the time put up forms and got any failed loads.
'The Devil's In The Cows' by Gregory Sullivan
This 150 page (more or less) book contains 37 quirky short stories, written by Gregory Sullivan, proprietor of the Sippican Cottage blog. The stories range from humorous, to ironic, to depressing, to startling - each one packs a literary wallop. Words are carefully chosen, clever phrases are woven in at just the right spots. Each story stands on its own and is less than 1,000 words. I'm told that such short stories are now referred to as 'flash fiction'.
I would say that this book was an easy read except that many of the stories made me stop and think a bit - a good thing. Recommended. (posted 2/29/16, http://www.joesherlock.com/Book-Reviews8.html#Sippican_Cottage)
Joe's a bit late getting this up, but he does link to you, Mr. Sippi. Thought you's like to know.
You gonn’a add some calcium, it’s gott’a be still pretty frosty there? And what about the ground, it can’t be frozen or you’re asking for trouble. And you got a blanket?
Or are you just gonn’a wing it and hope for the best since its “only” a basement.
Oh the questions…
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Roleplay Refugees
A refuge for roleplayers that have been displaced by their usual forums shutting down.
The Adventures of Jin and Monique (rudra & Mocking)
Roleplay Refugees :: Roleplaying :: One on One Roleplay
by rudra on Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:57 pm
The Adventures of
~ a The New Benders spinoff ~
lovely cast
Monique- rudra
[ From my rotting body,
flowers shall grow and
I am in them
and that is eternity. ]
∞ Monique Rathburn Ikeda ∞
(many people often say her name wrong and this bothers her)
Age: About to be 19. Not like she even knows though, because she doesn't exactly remember her birthday.
Race: Flower bender - Has made an alliance with the New Benders and plans to stick with them - bending is strange in the way it works. Her bending is usually used for more self-defense than anything, it's very rare she's able to use it as a deadly force. If you make her mad though, it's surprising what flowers could do. She can make flowers grow again, even if they've died years before. She has no real genetic alter in her body that makes her able to have flowers grow or come from her body.
Appearance: Monique has a strange build to her. She's of average tallish height, standing around 5'9" and weighing around only 115 pounds. This build makes her look rather lanky, but her body is very voluptuous, or in other words, she's got full breasts and large hips with a skinny waste, know as an hourglass figure. Her skin color is that of ivory, and her face is completely unblemished, minus the few freckles that are dotted across the bridge of her nose and over her cheekbones.
Her eyes are that of the bluest sky you'll ever see. They're dazzling, almost so blue they could often be mistaken for white. Her right eye is darker in color than her left and both of her eyes are framed in thick, black and full eyelashes. When she smiles, you see nothing but a row of white teeth. Her smile is accompanied by two, deep dimples. Monique has an average pretty, sharp face, but it's nothing men would fawn over, which she likes. If she was drop dead gorgeous, she'd be wanted for her looks only. Her back is all scratched up from past experiences, and she now contains a few scars on her shoulder and a few burns to go along with it.
Monique has very long, platinum blonde hair that makes her blue eyes stand out like no tomorrow. Her hair reaches a little above her hips, and most of the time, her hair is pulled back into a tight ponytail that most people would think would hurt her. She hates hair in her face, and she doesn't remember the last time she's ever had it down. Her clothing consists of mostly a white t-shirt with black pants, a trench-coat that never stops billowing in the wind, and combat boots. She often keeps knives in her boots or in the side pockets of her trench-coat.
Personality: Monique is a very adventurous girl and loves trying new things; danger speaks to her. Quite frankly, she's wild and reckless. She'll often make jokes just to get the mood up, but not personally insult anyone. She's very blunt when she wishes to be and will smack down tell somebody something, directly to their face. She isn't afraid of anyone else and definitely can pack a punch if someone has it coming to them, always needing to put her opinions in on a subject and make sure people know what she thinks. Her temper could be described as ferocious if she becomes angered and she's not afraid to let things slip off her tongue if she believes you deserve them. Monique always tries her hardest to be calm, and to try and take things in all possible ways. She never likes to jump to solutions or ways to do things, but instead thinks things through. She's a person who likes to take time with things, but, she can be quick-minded and come up with an idea fast if it's needed. Her mind can easily come up with something right off the back. She's a girl full of ideas with an imaginative mind and a way to express it. She's usually very hyper, always ready to start the day, no matter the circumstances. Her philosophy if you wake up alive every single day, what's there to be sad about? Her mood can change depending on who she's talking to. She can be a jokester, your best friend, or your worst enemy. It depends on how you approach her. Her heart has always been in the right place. She's always been a playful person, but at first go, she's a very shy person and she can never find something to say. You know she's comfortable around you when she can joke around with you and be playful with you.
Monique can be a real sweetheart though too. She might not show it all that much, but she cares for her friends like they were family. She's the type of person who'd jump in front of a bullet to save someone she didn't even know. She does have problems with trusting people though. It often comes from her past experiences and she doesn't think people will stay with her through the thick and thin. Monique is a friend until the end though.
She's not a type of person you should underestimate though. She's full of surprises and she's never been one to hold back on something. Her jokes could be the dirtiest jokes out there or the most vulgar ones, she's not afraid to say what she thinks or what pops into her mind at first.
Love?: Maybe Jin considering how things are going, but we'll see what happens.
Jin- Mockingstar
rise from the DEAD you say ?
S E C R E T S don't sleep 'til they're took to the grave
Jin Noxx
A female Chinese name meaning “metal” or “gold”.
Age: 20, which he thinks now gives him the right to treat everyone else like a kid
Bladebender || metal x blood || New Bender
Jin’s abilities are the result of a mutated Metalbending gene. His skeleton is comprised of a strange steel/marrow mixture that makes him hard-hitting, difficult to break, and capable of taking serious abuse before going down. He can bring the metal through the surface of his skin to form anything serrated and fight with it. This kind of Bending is painful and results in bleeding from its point of origin, though it makes him virtually untouchable in hand-to-hand combat.
Bladebending is heavily influenced by impulse and emotion, and Jin isn’t too stable in either of those areas.
Appearance: A tall-ish individual at 6’3’’, physique somewhat broudshouldered and toned from a lifetime of constant travel and working in a blacksmith forge. His skin is absolutely lacerated with scars (each has a tale to go with it), though the most prominent is a single horizontal slash far up the bridge of his nose. It skims lightly across both eyelids, which conceal two dark green optics most commonly seen aglow with the intense daring/stupidity of youth. They combine with the wildly uncontrollable entity on his head known as “hair” to make the rest of him look paler than he actually is.
A few pieces of onyx metal adorn either ear. He has absolutely no recollection of how they came to be.
In terms of clothing, Jin’s uniform is pretty standard: a long, black trenchcoat, usually worn open and always ragged. He tends to push the sleeves up to his elbows in case he needs to Bend, and his arms are typically wrapped with bandages from doing just that. He wears combat boots and substitutes his metal toe bones for steel-toe footwear.
adventurous | loud | confident | spirited | independent
First impressions: wow, this guy’s a jerk. Jin likes to tease people and has a dark sense of humor. He struggles to speak seriously about any issue and has a sarcastic comment for every situation, which usually gets him into even more trouble. Anger issues are most definitely prevalent; and while he loves his tricks, when it comes down to it he’s more comfortable settling matters with blades than he is words.
Fearless to the point of idiocy, Jin leaps before he looks and always speaks his mind. When he steps on toes, he breaks them, and if you throw a punch he'll throw one back. He can be arrogant and stubborn, likes fighting and arguing, and is an altogether impatient and sometimes an uncomfortable person to be around, always grinning and barking wolfish laughter.
All that being said, Jin is the first person to defend others, be it physically or verbally. You might not always like him, but you can depend on him. He's extremely protective of those he calls friends, since he doesn't often find people who will tolerate him.
Jin hides all forms of pain and hates being fussed over or worried about.
Long and unnecessary
Jin grew up in a tiny Earth Kingdom town called Ashyn. Ashyn was in the middle of goddamn nowhere. He doubted it was even on the maps. It was an industrious town of intensive farming and what he suspected was probably illegal wheat trafficking. It was also full of racist Earthbenders who thought those without elemental abilities were wastes of space. Jin was included in this description.
His mother gradually turned into an alcoholic when her boyfriend left her. As such, Jin’s home life was nil. It’s a miracle he was born without defect, let alone survived several years in the hellhole he called a house. Jin was quite adept at dodging the gin bottles- his namesake –that were whipped at his head on a frequent basis. He became self-reliant, aggressive, and thick-skinned in order to survive in a town where everybody seemed to hate him for existing. He hated them right back. As far as he was concerned, it was him versus the world.
Jin one night resigned himself to sleeping outside in the rain to avoid going home when the “forge demon”- a woman named Naveen, who served as the forgemaster of the only blacksmith shop in Ashyn and was generally feared by the town –came across him. She seemed to take pity on the “stray” and told him that he could sleep in her forge at night if he worked by day.
That was the beginning of a rather violent companionship. It’s really not much of a mystery were Jin got his temper from. He was already dispositioned to be that way, and Naveen just fed the flames. The two constantly fought. Naveen threw forge hammers, Jin would duck, a rack of unfinished swords would get knocked over, and they’d both start swearing and yelling at each other. It was a strange relationship- in many ways, Naveen was Jin’s only parent figure. She got exasperated when he came back from school covered in cuts and bruises…which was pretty much every day. He couldn’t seem to stay out of fights and generally sucked at the academic aspect of school.
But infuriating as he was, the boy picked up forge skills fast, and so Naveen let him stick around
Naveen later adopted another apprentice off the streets- an elementless girl named Sterling. Jin hated her passionately at first. She was a complete stranger coming in and usurping his seniority within the blacksmith shop. She was also mute; a grotesque scar marred her vocal cords and throat. Her old home had apparently been besieged for “harbouring New Benders”, and she communicated through way of hand gestures (a trick that Jin at first refused to 'lower himself' to learning). She was adept at swordplay for reasons unspoken of- something she taught to Jin in their spare time. The two were soon thick as thieves despite their chasm of differences. They were like Ying and Yang. Sterling was calm. She wouldn’t hurt a fly unless it hurt her first and just brushed off the other kids’ insults. Jin, on the other hand, was a typical “problem child”; about as relaxed as a feral animal and eager to break the noses of whoever looked at him funny. Sterling’s tolerance drove him insane.
Jin mellowed out some as he got older, though not by much. He was still a ball of fury waiting to explode. That day eventually came while Sterling and he were leaving school one evening.
Long story short, a gaggle of kids from their class cornered them, pinned Jin to the ground, and started taking potshots at Sterling, laughing and jeering about how the two ought to leave Ashyn or die because people who weren’t Benders didn’t belong anywhere in the world.
Jin had pretty loose standards on who was okay to punch. But seeing his only worldly friend- whom he felt personally responsible for the safety of –getting smacked around just pushed him over the edge.
Jin, as it turned out, was a Bladebender.
He didn’t even realize what was happening until he thrashed free of the people holding him town and haymaker-punched one across the face. The thought that there might be metal spikes coming out of his knuckles didn’t even occur to him in his rage. Everything hurt. It felt like there were knives stabbing into his body and he didn’t know why. Partially out of wrath and partially out of fear, Jin just continued striking out wildly and accidentally slaughtered the seven boys who had attacked.
Sterling, free of harassment, tried desperately to calm her friend down and restrain him when a blade burst from Jin’s chest and impaled her. That seemed sufficient to snap him out of a trance. He pulled the girl off and tried to keep her in the land of the living, but to no avail.
The commotion had drawn a crowd. A lot of accusations of murderer- because that’s what he was. Jin managed to stagger to his feet and flee town before the rioting mob of farmers with sickles and pitchforks got him, through a few Earthbent rocks nearly knocked him out in the process. He blundered through the wilderness, went through a phase of extreme low, then learned to become completely self-sufficient.
Since then, Jin has always traveled alone, rarely walking with anybody for more than three days or letting himself get too close to them. He moves across the Nations with no destination in particular, simply enjoying the freedom and adventure. He isn't above thievery if it comes to that.
Encountered the New Bender group, met a long-lost half brother, made a couple of friends and got separated again.
Love?: Possibly Monique, though he’s going to fight it.
Other: Quote is from Shadow Moses by Bring Me The Horizon.
I found three contending pictures for Jin, but none of them really fit.
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mostly the hair, please ignore the rapist glasses and the writing that says "Rapist Glasses"
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lower half of face yes I am victorious
"Plot"
Monique and Jin have been separated from the main group during one of their usual escape-the-Chasers routines and now find themselves...lost?
Shenanigans will arise.
I'll format this better later please forgive me ; - ; so tired
also sorry for the weird first post
This is a one x one roleplay for only (rudra) and (Mocking) only!
"Contains"
lots of blood & intense detail
plot-twists
adult language at times
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Re: The Adventures of Jin and Monique (rudra & Mocking)
The Plot (so far...)
The plot so far is that Jin and Monique have been accompanied by two identical brothers named Xi and Kai who are Firebenders plotting against Jin. The group were in the home of a middle man who, under Monique & Jin's noses, was apart of the two devilish twins plot. The plan is to obtain Monique, and have Jin follow after a small cub9that Monique adopted) to see where his "precious" friend, Monique, is at. Little does he know the two twins have something up their sleeves.
It was well past dawn before Jin's body even contemplated waking him. Although the Bladebender would have loved to just lie around and sleep all day, especially given his current condition, something preventing him from doing so. Green eyes slit themselves open against an intrusive beam of sunlight that seeped through the window covering. His head still hurt. Groaning quietly, Jin pushed himself into a sitting position, a mess of disheveled hair and bloody bandages.
He glanced across the room and noticed that the other bed was empty.
"Monique?" he squinted through a healthy swirl of cabin dust. She must've gotten up for some reason...maybe because he'd slept in 'til noon again. Begrudgingly, Jin swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up, shuffling through the door and into the cabin's main living area.
Silence. The fire was dead. Jin's eyes slowly swept the room.
"...Hello?" he tried again. There was a sudden bleating noise as the bear cub appeared from behind a piece of furniture, reaching its paws up the Bladebender's leg as if trying to get his attention. He was too distracted for that. Something was wrong.
The dawn morning was filled with the small squawks of birds outside. The house was utterly quiet except for the occasional crackling of the fire.
Kai awoke and stepped out of bed and towards the door. He reached the living room and spotted Jin--obviously looking for Monique. The small cub was at his feet now, ravaging the end of his long coat with its tiny teeth. It was obviously trying to redirect Jin and give him a head start, but she just looked like a nuisance.
"Have you seen that man or Xi? Neither one of them were in their rooms," Kai told him.
His amber eyes flicked around the room curiously, pretending as if he had no idea that the middle man had taken off with Monique last night while they were helplessly sleeping. Kai now owned a head of disheveled hair and a tongue made steel with treachery. You'd never expect someone, who looked so innocent, to be so good at not telling the truth.
Kai shoved his hands into his pockets and tapped his foot on the floor as if he was nervous.
"You don't think that middle man would be capable of doing something bad like taking them, do you?" Kai questioned with a tilt of his head.
The bear was now bleating more loudly than ever and it scampered behind the couch from where it had came. It returned with rope in its mouth. Later that night when they had been binding Monique, the small bear had managed to nip a piece off before Xi had grabbed its scruff. Kai told Xi to leave it as it would help cue Jin in onto what was going on.
The small cub pawed once more at Jin's legs, dropping the rope at his feet and bleating before running off towards the door.
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Pope Francis’ American Chess Game
Pope Francis has the heart of a Franciscan, the head of a Jesuit, and the body of a Little Brother of Jesus. American Catholics have been wondering when the Francis Effect would begin to impact the American chess board – specifically the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. That happened over the weekend.
In “the most shocking major move the American hierarchy has seen since the turn of the millennium,” Francis appointed the moderate to progressive archbishop of Spokane, Blase Cupich, to the third most powerful diocese in the U.S.: Chicago.
At the same time, Francis ecclesiastically exiled the infamous “I won’t serve communion to John Kerry” Cardinal Raymond Burke by not promoting him and giving him a commission in outer darkness (otherwise known as the ceremonial head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta).
“[Pope Francis’]simple lifestyle coupled with his compassionate outreach to people is contrasted to his stern admonitions to priests and bishops chastising their sense of privilege and calling these shepherds to “smell like sheep”, indicating his desire for the hierarchy to engage closely with the people. His pastoral style appears contradictory because it is full of demonstrable compassion with almost militaristic acts of cleaning out the Vatican Bank and stabilizing the dysfunctional Curia, removing prelates who disagree with him. Of particular note is the news release of his actions on Cardinal Burke and the appointment of Abp. Blase Cupich to the Chicago See.” –from American Catholic Council newsletter (Sept. 22, 2014)
Read more about Cardinal Raymond Burke here.
Read more about Archbishop Blase Cupich here.
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on September 22, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags Blase Cupich, Catholic, Chicago, franciscan, Jesuit, Little Brothers of Jesus, Pope Francis, Raymond Burke, SpokaneLeave a comment on Pope Francis’ American Chess Game
Franklin Fong: Scribed in the Heart
“I finished these calligraphy items in time to share with you all for Lent. Hopefully this will help you in your prayers and reflections in the coming 40 days of Lent.” — Franklin Fong, OFM
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on March 8, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags art, calligraphy, franciscan, Franklin Fong, Institute for Nonviolent Action for Church Reform, peace prayer1 Comment on Franklin Fong: Scribed in the Heart
Lynn White Jr.: On Primitive Franciscans
This quote is from the famous 1967 Lynn White essay “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis.” Today I came across a version of that essay that includes a section on St. Francis and Franciscan theology that is often edited out of reprints.
“Since the roots of our [ecological] trouble are so largely religious, the remedy must also be essentially religious, whether we call it that or not. We must rethink and refeel our nature and destiny. The profoundly religious, but heretical, sense of the primitive Franciscans for the spiritual autonomy of all parts of nature may point a direction.”–Lynn White, Jr.
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on January 10, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags ecological crisis, Francis of Assisi, franciscan, Lynn White Jr.Leave a comment on Lynn White Jr.: On Primitive Franciscans
President of LCWR Addresses Global Gathering of Catholic Sisters
In Rome on May 4, the president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Sr. Florence Deacon, addressed 800 leaders of women religious throughout the world.
“Serious misunderstandings” exist between Vatican officials and Catholic sisters, said the head of the U.S. sisters’ group that was ordered to place itself under the review of bishops.
Deacon’s 20-minute address was LCWR’s most public statement to date of their relations with the Vatican. Women religious around the world are watching closely how the process between the Vatican and LCWR moves forward.
“It’s had a huge impact in Australia,” Mercy Sr. Catherine Ryan from Australia told the National Catholic Reporter. “We watch it very carefully because the LCWR … has huge significance for our lives,” said Ryan. “I don’t see that the religious women in Australia are any different than the religious women in America.”
Here’s an excerpt from Sr. Deacon’s address:
“What this assessment shows is that there is serious misunderstanding between officials of the Vatican and women religious, and the need for prayer, discernment, and deep listening.
We determined that we would do this negotiation outside of the glare of the media and we turned down thousands of requests. We could have been on every news program on every major channel in every part of the world if we would have said yes. Continue reading “President of LCWR Addresses Global Gathering of Catholic Sisters”
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on May 6, 2013 Categories UncategorizedTags Catholic, Florence Deacon, franciscan, investigation, LCWR, nuns, Pope Francis, Rome, Sisters, VaticanLeave a comment on President of LCWR Addresses Global Gathering of Catholic Sisters
Honoring Santo Toribio, the “Holy Coyote”
by Robert Lentz
At Mass this morning at St. Camillus, Friar Erick Lopez preached a wonderful homily about St. Toribio Romo, known as the “Holy Coyote” or Santo Pollero for how he helps migrants cross the border between Mexico and the U.S. (He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000.) We were even more blessed at Mass to have a new icon in the church. It’s a stunning painting by Brother Robert Lentz of none other than St. Toribio Romo. (Take note of the army surplus store canteen for bringing water to those crossing the desert and the saint also has muddy shoes.) I trust the U.S. Catholic bishops are praying mightily to St. Toribio for help passing comprehensive immigration reform and a seven-year path to citizenship. Here’s the gist of the popular stories still told about Santo Toribio:
Located about two hours from Guadalajara and near the town of Jalostotitlan, the village (of Santa Ana) consists of a few houses, fertile land for planting, and the temple where the martyr is venerated.Saturday is the most popular visiting day of the faithfulIn the makeshift parking lot (by the temple) one sees autos with United States licenses, but with Mexican owners. In one of them Otilio (Othello) has traveled here, a brown-skinned young man wearing cowboy boots and a Texan hat. He comes from Nevada in order to see the saint, who just little more than a year ago, helped him cross the border. “A friend and I left Jalostotitlan with the intention of working in the United States, but when we were close to the border, we were assaulted and beaten up. They (the robbers) took all our money, and we were disheartened. We didn’t have any money left to pay the “pollero;” not even enough to pay for our passage back home. Suddenly, an auto stopped beside us, and a priest invited us to get in. We told him about what had happened to us, and he told us not to worry. He would help us cross the border. And he did. As we were getting out of his car, he gave us some money and told us to look for work in a nearby factory. We would get hired there.” Continue reading “Honoring Santo Toribio, the “Holy Coyote””
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on March 5, 2013 January 13, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags art, border, Erick Lopez, franciscan, icon, immigration reform, migrant, Robert Lentz, spirituality, Toribio RomoLeave a comment on Honoring Santo Toribio, the “Holy Coyote”
Franciscans on Moral Discernment in an Election Season
In the middle of this crazy election season, I’ve appreciated the thoughtful leadership of the Franciscans in how to approach difficult decisions.
The Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Directorate is presenting short pieces to help introduce particularly Franciscan and Catholic approaches to the decision-making process. Here’s an excerpt from their first installment. I urge you to read the whole article:
In the election sphere today, there is often an attempt to link our Catholic faith squarely with one political party. Although most religious leaders assert that our faith is not adequately represented or served by the platform of any particular political group, some, overtly or tacitly, strain to demonstrate how one party is the only morally acceptable choice. Such effort is wasted. The world is a morally complex and ambiguous place, especially when it comes to political decisions.
Taking a wider view as Catholics inspired by the Franciscan path of following Jesus, how can we approach the elections? Is there a political party or candidate for whom it would be morally unacceptable to vote? Does our faith compel us to pull a particular lever in the ballot box? If not, is it all just relativism?
The problem is not the clarity of our moral foundations; these are clear. The challenge comes from the complexity of our globalized world, the pluralistic society that is our nation, and the limitations of our fallen, yet still blessed, human condition. While our faith tradition offers us principles by which to live in a complex world, they don’t translate into a litmus test for choosing between candidates. Rather, our faith invites us to engage in moral reasoning—weighing the pressing issues of our day in the light of our tradition. While this is a process that often yields no categorical answers, it does provide us a method of discernment to guide us through troubling ambiguity as we make our decisions.
Our Franciscan tradition offers us a framework of five interconnected parameters that can guide our discernment: care for creation, consistent ethic of life, preferential option for the poor, peacemaking and the common good. …
Read the rest of “Franciscans are not ‘party animals'” (Part 1).
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on October 21, 2012 Categories UncategorizedTags Assisi, Catholic, common good, consistent ethic, creation care, election, Francis, franciscan, Jesus, life, moral reasoning, Obama, option for the poor, Romney2 Comments on Franciscans on Moral Discernment in an Election Season
Richard Rohr: ‘Imagining the Second Half of Life’
“The task of the first half of life is to create a proper container for one’s life and to answer the first essential questions: “What makes me significant?”, “How can I support myself?”, and “Who will go with me?” As Mary Oliver puts it, “. . . what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” (“The Summer Day”). The container is not an end in itself, but exists for the sake of your deeper and fullest life, which you largely do not know about yourself! Far too many people just keep doing repair work on the container itself and never “throw their nets into the deep” (John 21:6) to bring in the huge catch that awaits them.
Problematically, the first task invests so much of our blood, sweat, eggs and sperm, tears and years that we often cannot imagine there is a second task, or that anything more could be expected of us. “The old wineskins are good enough” (Luke 5:39), we say, even though according to Jesus they often cannot hold the new wine. According to Jesus, if we do not get some new wineskins, “the wine and the wineskins will both be lost” (Luke 5:37).”–Richard Rohr, ofm
Adapted from Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (pp. 1-2)
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on August 13, 2012 Categories UncategorizedTags CAC, Christian, franciscan, John 21, Luke 5, Richard RohrLeave a comment on Richard Rohr: ‘Imagining the Second Half of Life’
Richard Rohr: ‘Letting Go’
We had an excellent sermon preached at Sojourners last month by Sarabeth Goodwin from the Episcopal Church St. Stephen and the Incarnation. She framed her reflections with stories of sorting through boxes and boxes of paper in her study, trying to decide what to keep and what to let go. It made me realize what a contest with the personal ego this process is! On the flip side, for me, when I’m anguishing about holding on to notes I took at a lecture in 1981, then it is a clear signal of an opportunity to embrace change and release the private ego. Here’s Richard Rohr on a similar topic:
“Once Jesus’ great and good news became a reward-punishment system that only checked into place in the next world instead of a transformational system in this world, Christianity in effect moved away from a religion of letting go and became a religion of holding on. Religion’s very purpose for many people was to protect the status quo of empire, power, war, money, and the private ego. So in many ways, we have not been a force for liberation, peacemaking, or change in the world. One thing for sure is that healthy religion is always telling us to change instead of giving us ammunition to try to change others. Authentic Christianity is a religion of constantly letting go of the false self so the True Self in God can stand revealed—now.”–Richard Rohr, OFM
Adapted from The Art of Letting Go
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on August 1, 2012 July 31, 2012 Categories UncategorizedTags D.C., franciscan, Richard Rohr, Sarabeth Goodwin, Sojourners, St. Stephen and the IncarnationLeave a comment on Richard Rohr: ‘Letting Go’
Richard Rohr: ‘It All Comes Down to Confidence and Gratitude’
Richard Rohr reminds me that no matter how hard I fight with my brothers and sisters (of late, it’s been the U.S. Catholic bishops) that it should never be in such a way that I wouldn’t sit down to dinner with them when Jesus issues the invitation.
“When we start making the Eucharistic meal something to define membership instead of to proclaim grace and gift, we always get in trouble; that’s been the temptation of every denomination that has the Eucharist. Too often we use Eucharist to separate who’s in from who’s out, who’s worthy from who’s unworthy, instead of to declare that all of us are radically unworthy, and that worthiness is not even the issue. If worthiness is the issue, who can stand before God? Are those who receive actually saying they are “worthy”? I hope not. It is an ego statement to begin with.
The issue is not worthiness; the issue is trust and surrender or, as Thérèse of Lisieux said, “It all comes down to confidence and gratitude.” I think that explains the joyous character with which we so often celebrate the Eucharist. We are pulled into immense gratitude and joy for such constant and unearned grace. It doesn’t get any better than this! All we can do at Eucharist is kneel in gratitude and then stand in confidence. (Actually, St. Augustine said that the proper Christian posture for prayer was standing, because we no longer had to grovel before such a God or fear any God that is like Jesus.)”–Richard Rohr, ofm
Adapted from Eucharist as Touchstone
Author Rose Marie BergerPosted on June 14, 2012 Categories UncategorizedTags Augustine, Center for Action and Contemplation, communion, confidence, eucharist, franciscan, grace, Richard Rohr, Therese of LisieuxLeave a comment on Richard Rohr: ‘It All Comes Down to Confidence and Gratitude’
Feast of St. Benedict the African
Benedict the Moro, also known as Benedict the Black or Benedict the African, was born near Messina, Italy in 1526. He was the son of Christopher and Diana Manasseri, Africans who were taken to Italy as slaves and later became Christians. Benedict worked as a field hand until he reached the age of 18, when he was given his freedom. For the next 10 years, he earned his living as a day laborer, sharing his meager wages with the poor and devoting much of his leisure time to the care of the sick.
Although his race and his parents’ servitude made Benedict the object of frequent ridicule, he bore each humiliation with great dignity. One day, the gentleness of Benedict’s replies to his tormentors attracted the attention of Jerome Lanzi, a young man who had withdrawn from the world to imitate the life of St. Francis of Assisi. “You make fun of him now,” Jerome Lanzi said of those who were jeering at Benedict, “but I can tell you that ere long you will hear great things about him”.
Shortly after that incident, Benedict disposed of his few possessions and joined Jerome’s small group of hermits. The solitaires, who originally lived in the hills near Messina, later moved to a new location outside Palermo. After Jerome died, Benedict reluctantly became the group’s superior, and the community prospered under his leadership. When Pope Pius IV directed all independent groups of hermits to become affiliated with established religious orders, Benedict entered the Order of the Friars Minor of the Observance. As a Franciscan lay brother, he worked for a number of years as a cook at the Friary of St. Mary of Jesus in Palermo, and it is said that food multiplied miraculously in his hands. Domestic duties, which gave Benedict many opportunities to perform small acts of charity, were well suited to his quiet personality. In 1578, however, he was appointed guardian of the Palermo Friary. The illiterate lay brother did not welcome this recognition, but he was obliged, under obedience, to accept his new responsibilities and soon proved to be an ideal superior.
His reputation for sanctity spread throughout the country, and wherever he went, large groups of lay people and members of the clergy met him, kissed his hand, and obtained pieces of his habit. To avoid such attention, Benedict traveled at night whenever he could. When daytime journeys were unavoidable, he covered his face with his hood(ie). Benedict later became vicar of the convent and master of novices. His ability to expound Sacred Scriptures impressed both priests and novices, and his intuitive understanding of complex theological questions astonished religious scholars. Benedict was said to have the power to read the mind of others, and because of his extraordinary compassion, people from every part of Italy sought his counsel. Benedict never abandoned the austere practices acquired during the days as a hermit. Although he ate sparingly, he often said that it was proper, as a gesture of gratitude, to partake of foods given as alms. Toward the end of his life Benedict asked to be relieved of all his offices and was permitted to return to his work in the kitchen. He resumed his duties as cook, but his days were punctuated by audiences with poor men and women seeking alms, distinguished people seeking advice and prayers, and the sick who sought cures for their illness. At the age of 63, Benedict contracted a severe illness. He died at Palermo, at the very hour he had predicted, on April 4, 1589.–Adapted from information at St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church
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Sydney unemployment rate continues to drop (but elsewhere...)
Sydney leads the way
The annual average number of unemployed persons in Australia is falling, albeit very, very slowly.
The time it takes to find a job is also improving, very, very slowly.
Of the major capital cities only Sydney is really making serious headway in this regard, with its annual unemployment rate now down to just 4½ per cent, having added more than 72,500 jobs over the year to February 2018 on a net basis.
Sydney is also losing some residents upstate and interstate, which is contributing a little to a tightening of its labour market.
A decade ago Sydney's annual average unemployment rate hit just 4.2 per cent, which was the lowest result we've seen on this series.
Most of the other major capital cities have unemployment rates hovering around 6 per cent, however.
So although some employers are finding it a bit difficult to source the desired staff, overall there remains plenty of slack in the labour force outside Sydney.
In saying that, it's good to see Queensland employment now getting some traction.
The theme is one of improvement, but at a rather glacial pace.
Not too shabby a day in Sydney.
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Australian job vacancies go into orbit
Record openings
Another big result for jobs vacancies in the February quarter, with now just shy of ¼ million vacancies for a huge +19.4 per cent increase and the highest figure on record in Australia.
Of course the labour force is also bigger than it used to be at well above 13 million these days, but even accounting for this it's potentially as good a time as we've seen in recent years for finding a job, with the latest trends implying that the unemployment rate should decline in due course.
That the unemployment rate has yet to fall below around 5½ cent reflects a rising participation rate, skill mismatches, and a lack of labour force mobility.
Sydney and Melbourne have created jobs at fast pace in recent years, but this release showed that vacancies are higher than a year earlier across all states and territories, including the resources states which are now into recovery mode.
That bodes well for broad-based hiring.
Meanwhile, potentially positive news for the budget as the number of unemployed persons for job vacancy hit its lowest level since May 2011, which hopefully in turn should see the unemployment rate fall.
There was a reasonable spread of job vacancies across the industries, from professional & scientific roles (24,600) and healthcare & social assistance (23,900), to admin & support (39,500) and retail trade (22,100).
The recent spurt of job gains was driven by healthcare and social assistance positions, accounting for well over half of the net gains in the February 2018 quarter.
Engineering construction turning a corner
Turn it up
There have been some incredible spikes and troughs in engineering construction in recent quarters.
These related to the import of LNG platforms in Western Australia, leading to wild spikes and reversals.
Looking through the noise at the trend figures it seems that the large pipeline of public infrastructure works in New South Wales and Victoria has finally arrested the downturn in engineering construction initiated by the resources construction cliff way back at the end of 2012.
It's been a long half decade for Western Australia since the peak of the boom, but there were further positive signs for the state in these numbers with the trend now at long last rising again.
The figures for work commenced are always much lumpier - as is the nature of these things - but these show that Queensland has got some chunky private sector projects underway now.
One such example is the huge redevelopment underway at Brisbane Airport, but there are plenty of others.
Having already invested $1.6 billion in upgrades since 2012, Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) is now:
"...investing a further $2.2 billion building Brisbane’s New Runway, expanding the International Terminal, redeveloping the Domestic Terminal, constructing new aircraft aprons, building a new multi-storey car park...and developing a new Industrial Park and ground breaking BNE Auto Mall."
There's a fair amount of other works underway across Brisbane and Gold Coast too.
Darling Harbour Mk2
I lived at Darling Harbour for many years, including through its 21st anniversary in 2009.
As it aged, further massive urban redevelopment got underway, and I moved elsewhere, at least for the time being.
Here's a little look at what's been going down.
Starting at the Haymarket end of the site, new apartments at Darling Square courtesy of Lend Lease, and Commonwealth Bank offices.
ICC Sydney Theatre, also new.
The old exhibition centre was unsentimentally met with the wrecking ball to be replaced with the new International Convention Centre.
Commercial office redevelopment alongside Tumbalong Park, which itself is now a popular destination for families, with its playground and cafes.
New Sofitel hotel, behind the ICC.
Retail and entertainment space under the ICC.
The 3 monolithic towers at Barangaroo to the left of shot below, another Lend Lease brainchild, and a $6+ billion development covering 22 hectares.
About 16,000 people are employed in the three towers to date.
The entire precinct at East Darling Harbour, once known as the Hungry Mile, and now known as the new suburb of Barangaroo, will be finished by around 2024, with much more to come here, including the Crown Sydney casino and six-star luxury hotel resort, now under construction.
A new metro station will open in 2024, signifying the final piece of the project.
The Harbourside shopping centre adjacent to the Sofitel and ICC will be developed in time by Mirvac, with the developer submitting contentious preliminary plans to build a truly vast office tower at the foot of Pyrmont Bridge.
Not well captured here the vibe - the harbourside is absolutely pumping with activity.
Student visas up...? Not 'alf
Student boom
The Department of Home Affairs released its latest pivot tables on temporary visas holders in Australia (with thanks to Henry Sherrell for highlighting).
While the December quarter numbers tend to swing sharply higher due to fireworks on the harbour and all that jazz - to well above 2.2 million last year - the September figures make for interesting reading.
The stock data shows that temporary visa holders in Australia rose to 2.07 million by September 2017, well up from 1.96 million a year earlier and some 23 per cent higher than as at September 2012.
That represents an extra 382,000 temporary visa holders in Australia from 5 years ago.
There's no doubting the source of the boom, being the 50 per cent boost in student visas over the past half decade to well over ½ million.
Also of interest to note: the number of bridging visas is now rising fast, implying a surge in the demand for permanent residency (PR) visa places from temporary visa holders.
These trends help to explain why the population of the largest capital cities has effectively been growing much more quickly than implied by the issuance of PR visas alone.
Last plane out of Sydney
Car parks make me jumpy...
There's been lots of talk about a Sydney exodus, so I thought I'd take a look at a few stats.
Departures interstate are now at last increasing strongly from relatively subdued levels, but were still no higher than historical norms as at September 2017, at least according to the latest ABS estimates.
Job security and higher stamp duty levies than in previous cycles are two factors to take into account here.
In saying that, more Sydneysiders are taking their equity out to the regional centres up and down the NSW coast, and inland too.
In Western Australia, on the other hand, interstate departures have been tracking high as they have ever been on this series, with annual estimates hitting a peak of above 40,000 in the first quarter of calendar year 2017.
Melbourne has lately been a key destination of choice for many interstate migrants, bucking historical trends.
On a net basis, however, most departees from New South Wales and elsewhere are now heading to Queensland.
And the last plane out of Sydney clearly hasn't gone yet.
What you see isn't all there is
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Building boom!
Construction bonanza
Melbourne undertook more dwelling starts than ever before through last year.
But at the state level there are few signs of a structural oversupply, with the population growing by somewhere close to 150,000 per annum according to the latest estimates.
The New South Wales building boom has been something else, with more than 70,000 dwellings kicked off over the year to September 2017. Wow!
Supply is failing to keep pace in a sense in Sydney, with land prices doubling over the past half decade.
But as more and more residents head north to Queensland as well as to the state's regional centres there will clearly be a glut of apartments in some of Sydney's construction hotspots.
See here, here, here, and here for some pictures of what I mean by that.
Expect there will be some price discounting on new apartments...
Normal service to be resumed forthwith
Building bonanza
I've written a lot here about Queensland's record apartment construction boom, which is now rebalancing.
See here and here, for example.
The number of attached dwellings constructed through this cycle will exceed even the post-recession boom of the early 1990s.
The number of detached house starts is now rising steadily, but for attached dwellings new commencements are falling fast, especially for the higher-density projects.
And the official numbers are 6 to 9 months old.
A quick drive around central Brisbane reveals that many projects have been stalled or mothballed, and staged releases pushed out.
Developers simply can't shift many of them, with unusually 'flexible' terms being offered to prospective buyers in some cases.
Below annual dwelling starts for the state are mapped against the estimated change in the resident population.
I deliberately haven't messed around with the axes on the chart as some are inclined to do.
After all, this cycle has been characterised by record volumes of high-rise apartments, which might reasonably be expected house fewer persons per unit on average previously.
There is also arguably the issue of Chinese investors and apartments deliberately left vacant to account for, although the Census didn't appear to find Brisbane to have an abnormally high percentage of uninhabited dwellings.
The numbers show total dwelling starts falling fast in 2017, as they needed to.
Queensland's net overseas immigration and therefore population growth pulled back hard after the peak of resources construction, leading to a dwelling stock overhang, in a similar vein to Western Australia.
Fortunately for local developers, Queensland has become the state with the greatest internal population flows in the country, which is helping to stabilise the ship.
Many apartment developers will be looking to offload their final units quick-sharp and put the shutters up for the remainder of this cycle.
As ever, significant variations become apparent when drilling down to the regional and suburb level.
Just not cricket?
It's often said that Australian cricket captain is the second most important job in the country after Prime Minister, and some have even quipped that it's the most important.
It certainly feels that way with the extreme levels of furore over alleged ball tampering (actually the Aussie captain quickly admitted the team's offence, so it's not even alleged).
Cricket really is a uniquely weird sport, with more idiosyncrasies than perhaps any other.
Whether people admit or not cheating has always been a part of the game.
It's just that some cheating is considered deeply unacceptable and some is deemed worthy only of a slap on the wrist.
Schoolboy errors
Thinking back to school cricket in England, as 1st XI captain of cricket I was expected to uphold the highest standards on behalf of the school, which by and large I did - at least on the cricket field 😇 - enough to win a school sporting prize of some sort or other.
But then at weekends I'd go to play senior League Cricket where gamesmanship or mild personal abuse (known informally as 'sledging') was generally considered to be acceptable, even by the League officials supposedly charged with governing onfield behaviour.
I recall one tribunal where among a litany of complaints an opposition player complained of receiving abuse about his weight combined with strong language. The juror, a solid fellow himself, dismissed that particular point out of hand - as a former player, he considered it a routine insult.
One chap was banned for life for cursing at an umpire having been no-balled, while another player received a 3-match ban for attacking a bowler with his bat. He was certainly provoked, but there wasn't necessarily a whole lot of consistency in punishments.
Racism was considered off limits, of course, though even that was a bit of grey area.
Quite rightly you couldn't abuse someone for being Indian, Pakistani, or West Indian, but it soon became apparent that insulting a player for being Australian or South African was normally taken to be fair game, even with a few expletives and adjectives thrown in for good measure.
If the recipient was an Aussie the umpires often chuckled, presumably because they'd heard enough pleasantries flying back in the other direction.
Then there was the thorny issue of batsmen not willingly leaving the field when they knew they were out by snicking or edging the ball for a catch to the wicket keeper or slips.
In League cricket this was absolutely the norm, at least in the top divisions where not 'walking' was rarely frowned upon after the initial onfield uproar had died down.
But then I'd go back to play a revered annual school match versus the Marylebone Cricket Club where you could be vilified for doing exactly the same thing.
Nobody even dreamed of not walking in those games, let alone sledging or personal abuse - the MCC members would've had heart attacks!
Confusing protocols and ethics? You can say that again!
Universally challenged
By the time I got to University 1st XI cricket nobody really seemed to know what was going on.
Some teams such as mine (Sheffield, below) and those of other redbrick Unis (Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham) were self-managed and essentially adopted an 'anything goes' policy to everything from batsmen walking, sledging, and general onfield behaviour, to drinking caseloads of Newkie Brown on the team minibus.
For us it all came down to personal decisions and choices, which perhaps is what going to University in Britain is all about.
Other teams we played against (Durham, Loughborough) had professional coaches, with some of their players aspiring to professional contracts and too fearful of stepping out of line, or saying almost anything untoward on the field at all - to the point that we were able to turn them over in two different formats of the game, which should never have been the case given their far superior talent pool.
To walk or not to walk?
When I first came to Sydney to play grade cricket, as a batsman you could cop a bollocking if you did walk, especially if it was detrimental to the team's chances. I never walked for anything in grade cricket, and most players don't.
At the professional level, today it is considered standard for players to wait for the umpire's decision even if they know they are out, so not walking is now in vogue, though this wasn't always the case.
One legendary Aussie cricketer famously grappled with this moral issue during his career, but found that his teammates were bemused by his walking off during a critical World Cup match in 2003 when, it transpired, the umpire wasn't inclined to send him packing...
Australian fans and even some players seemed enraged for years about an Englishman not walking during an Ashes match, the sin in his case being that the edge was too obvious (though for some reason not obvious enough for the umpire to pick it up!)...
Yet Aussie cricket fans seemed to have conveniently forgotten that one of their very own had tried on exactly the same ruse in 2008, albeit to no avail in his case!
Thus, not walking is widely accepted in professional matches, though it might be more contentious for some players in big games, while back in the 1980s some batsmen seemed far more inclined to walk when they had scored, say, 37 runs or 68 runs, but not when they were on 0 or 99, which only confused matters further.
Mild cheats prosper
Some mild forms of 'cheating' are considered normal and fine - essentially not cheating at all - such as batsmen initiating part of a run before the ball is delivered by the bowler, a bit like trying to steal a base in baseball.
However, if the bowler runs the batsman out for doing so - nicknamed a 'Mankad' after a player that undertook this unsporting act - this is within the laws of cricket but deemed to be against the spirit of the game (whatever that means!) and ungentlemanly conduct, unless the batsman has been cautioned at least once.
That said, perhaps this form of dismissal is now becoming more common? I don't watch enough short form or T20 cricket to know either way.
Batsmen showing dissent towards an umpire's decision was once considered to be sacrilege and worthy of a fine or a ban, but this issue too has become somewhat muddled since at certain times and in some forms of the game the batsman is allowed to question the umpire's decision by calling for a television review.
Perversely, fielders claiming a clean catch when the ball had bounced was once seen to be one of the dirtiest tricks in the game, though attitudes to this scourge have softened too with fielders now more likely to profess that they are unsure and deferring the television cameras for judgement.
The pictures almost invariably come back with inconclusive evidence, and this has led to some furious exchanges between Test players.
Should the fielder's word be trusted, even where they also appeal speculatively for dismissals when they know full well they aren't out?
At the international level all too often there seems to be bad blood between teams and spectators.
This is unsavoury, of course, but perhaps inevitable, for what we might deem to be acceptable gameship or 'mental disintegration' in Australia or England might be considered highly offensive to another culture.
Domestic state cricket in Australia can be seriously intense with the blurred lines of decency being crossed all the time, but players generally seem to know the bounds of what's considered totally off limits, and the world generally moves on.
International match flare-ups and disputes on the other hand can lead to an entire series being halted.
Ball tampering in various guises has gone on for decades, of course, from the use of bottle tops to scratch the ball (total sacrilege!) to the less seriously regarded application of sweat and ambre solaire, or saliva infused with sugar from sweets/lollies to the ball to hopefully make it swing about more.
Players picking away at the ball's seam with fingernails has often come to light, while a former England captain was once caught by a television camera apparently rubbing dirt on to the ball.
He claimed afterwards that he was drying his fingers by applying dirt to them, which was a peculiar explanation so say the least, but helped him to dodge the lynch mob and a few media bullets.
One former Test player told me that everyone was at it back in his day - on both sides of a series he played in - the trick was simply not to get caught.
All of which brings us to today, with an Australian player caught out by television cameras using less than noble means of doctoring the ball.
What's unusual about this incident is that it seems some of the players and possibly even the leadership group knew about the plan, and confessed as much almost immediately.
Heads may roll, and maybe they need to given the exceptional circumstances.
Personally I just hope the Aussie captain can continue doing what he does better than anyone...actually playing the game of cricket.
In the words of Sir Henry Newbolt: "Play up! Play up! And play the game!".
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Population growth up again
Figures out yesterday showed Australian employment growth tracking at all-time record levels, with a stunning +420,700 year-on-year increase in employment, including an eye-watering +166,200 increase in New South Wales.
I took a look through those numbers in a bit more detail, including at the state level, here.
Population growth tends to be pro-cyclical, and over the year to September 2017 the annual growth in Australia's estimated resident population picked up to +395,600, for the quickest annual increase since 2013 in absolute terms, if not in percentage terms.
The estimated rate of population increase through net overseas migration is a bit faster than might be implied by the issuance of permanent residency visas, with the growth international students accounting for some of the difference.
I'll take a look below through where and why that's happened in 4 short parts.
Part 1: By natural causes...
As the population grows and ages the number of deaths each year tends to climb steadily, now up to +161,100 over the year to September 2017.
The trends for births are a bit more complicated, and often vary quite significantly around the regions of Australia and by culture.
Generally speaking, we're still having babies, but on average we opt to do it later in life than was the case over the preceding decades.
I'm not a bad case study myself for Australia's population trends, being a capital city immigrant to Sydney that worked in professional services, then mining, then real estate...before relocating to Brisbane, and leaving having children about as late as nature would allow.
I've yet to get divorced.
You might say I'm following the herd, but in fact my plan has been to be ahead of the crowd on all fronts, and indeed with the benefit of hindsight I probably got out of the mining industry a few years too soon (bubbles can have a second wind and run for much longer than you think they will...but you live and learn with these things!).
Anyway, back to the demographic statistics, there was previously a bit of a blip in the births figures - the error was administrative and related to slow record-keeping rather than the number of babies actually popping out - but the backlog now seems to be fixed and total births have stabilised at around +306,500.
Thus, the natural increase in Australia's population over the year to September was +145,500, a bit lower than the +151,500 a year earlier as the number of deaths continued to increase.
It's hard to predict what will happen here.
Certainly the number of deaths will continue to rise (that's one prediction you can hold me to) and as the Baby Boomer population ages for the past decade I've consistently recommended some exposure to the healthcare sector for that very reason, while there will be a chronic shortage of aged care facilities and, in some locations, retirement living options.
Future births I can't reliably predict - nobody can - but by dicing up the population pyramid I do like to construct the argument that the growth in births will be much stronger than many expect, due to immigration being focused on younger arrivals, and the corresponding explosion in the 25-34 year old cohort.
The births boom will just come a bit later down the track than previous trends might imply, that's all.
Unfortunately more divorces and separations will also ultimately result in an unprecedented spike in demand for inner-suburban apartments and townhomes, but that's all a while away yet.
Part 2: Immigration nation
Australia's permanent migrant intake is capped at around 200,000 per annum, but the overall pace of net overseas migration was faster than this, partly accounted for by international students.
Furthermore, earlier studies by the ABS have found that many Australians migrating overseas 'permanently' or purportedly for the long term end up returning to these shores within a remarkably short space of time, suggesting that for many the grass is not greener elsewhere.
Incidentally, I wrote in 2015 how these 'boomerang departures' would be one factor leading to a population growth rebound, inadvertently dragging me into a quagmire of social media ridicule (in the end I was right, though).
Looking at the net figures, then, we can see that net overseas migration increased by +15.4 per cent over the year to +250,100.
The next slide tells its own story: immigrants still love Sydney and Melbourne, and now in record numbers.
Concerningly for the regional centres of Australia, the Characteristics of Recent Migrants survey showed that not only do migrants uniformly head to the capital cities, they also now overwhelmingly remain there.
I know a bit about this, because I'm one of the said migrants, although like many I've made a couple of internal capital city moves since my first arrival in Australia in the 1990s.
During the mining boom years through until 2012 immigrants also flocked to the resources states.
I recall Simon Reeve's BBC documentaries revealing to stunned Britons that expat truck drivers in Western Australia were earning salaries that most working class Poms could only dream of, and to rub further salt into their wounds the truckies were living in houses with swimming pools you could actually swim in!
Although Queensland has experienced something of a rebound, the drawcard for the resources states is not nearly as strong as it used to be, and South Australia has at least half a foot in that camp too.
Going forward Sydney, Melbourne and south-east Queensland are projected to capture the bulk of population growth.
Perth will now have direct flights to Europe in its favour, but my analysis here previously has shown that in the future almost all of the net growth in the overseas born population will be driven by migrants of Asian origin.
European-born Baby Boomers are set to drop off the perch and more Asian migrants and international students from China and India are dominating the intake (with many expected to become permanent residents later).
This in turn has a strong impact on future demographic pull-factors, including for family visas and future international students.
Part 3: Upping sticks
One of the main trends to watch for me at the moment is internal movements as the two most populous capital cities adjust to the latest influx.
Sydney in particular can be wearisome at times with the delivery of the CBD & South East Light Rail project still seemingly an age away, although testing on the Randwick section is at least now underway.
This is scant consolation, I expect, for the commuting residents of Randwick and Coogee currently experiencing near-unfathomable gridlock on their short 6 to 8km journey to the city, only to discover that when then arrive in the city the key CBD thoroughfares are being dug up there too.
For this reason and others, Queensland has now usurped Victoria as the typical interstate migrant's destination of choice with net inflows hitting a decade high of above +19,000.
About 12,000 of those came from New South Wales on a net basis, with the ratio of Sydney's house prices to those in Brisbane tracking at the highest level we've ever seen at above 2.2. One way or another that ratio will likely close back below 2.
Although not included here because it would simply be a long, flat, green line on this Y-axis scale, Tasmania is now attracting more than a smattering of interstate migrants at +1,000 net over the year to September.
Net interstate migration away from struggling South Australia is not a new thing, and indeed the ABS figures record that well over 100,000 South Australians have relocated elsewhere on a net basis since the early 1980s.
South Australia now has the slowest population growth of all the states in percentage terms at +0.6 per cent, but it's the composition of demographic change rather than the absolute headcount that should be of most concern.
The present speed of the outflow is somewhat alarming, especially because interstate migration can have an irritating tendency to sap a capital city of its potential best and brightest.
Since the peak of the mining boom in late 2012, South Australia has lost more than -23,000 residents interstate, with many skipping in a south-easterly direction to the brighter lights of Melbourne.
I don't know how that trend gets arrested, but someone needs to have a deep think about it.
Part 4: Totting it up
Totting it all up, then, strength in net interstate migration takes Queensland's population growth all the way back up to +81,300, from a cyclical nadir of below +60,000 in 2015.
Brisbane typically accounts for 60 to 65 per cent of that growth with Queensland being the one Australian state with diverse and thriving regional centres including Gold Coast (which is set to benefit imminently from the 2018 Commonwealth Games) and Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast.
I looked in a bit more detail here at where the main population flows are headed in the Sunshine State.
But even this rate of state population growth growth pales into insignificance next to Victoria (+147,400) and New South Wales (+123,100).
A significant intercensal difference emerged in the 2016 Census and found that the nadir in population growth in Western Australia was considerably lower than previously believed, partly accounting for the dwelling stock overhang, though population growth is now picking up again and the housing market is rebalancing.
Western Australia's annual population growth was up to +22,000 or +0.9 per cent.
Finally, the Northern Territory experienced a small population decline in the September 2017 quarter, which is fairly unusual, though not unheard of.
I've even lived in Darwin myself, which says something about what a cyclical type of place it can be.
Through recent episodes of disruption there have been strong correcting factors such a once-in-150 year resources boom or the Cyclone Tracy rebuild to drive the Territory forward.
I'm not sure what comes next for the NT through the Ichthys/INPEX construction phase wash-up, but then again I haven't been to Darwin for a couple of years and it's the sort of place that likes to deliver surprises.
Overall, then, estimated growth in the resident population at +395,600 was comfortably stronger than a year earlier, when it was +370,400.
Australia's estimated resident population will accordingly pass 25 million within just a few months from today, with Queensland's population projected to surpass 5 million in May.
After accounting for the concentration of migrants into the capitals Greater Melbourne is growing at about the fastest pace ever.
Sydney is losing some residents internally to the NSW regions, to the south, north, and west, as Baby Boomers take their new-found housing equity elsewhere for a lifestyle change.
South-east Queensland population growth will pick up as the magnetic north does its thing, and in fact it already is as anyone living in inner Brisbane will testify.
Next I'll get around to posting my mapping population growth versus dwelling completions, which will reveal an interesting outcome or two, especially for Melbourne and Brisbane.
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The late rapper as well as the singer had dated prior to his death.
In a three-page handwritten note Shakur sent via prison in 1995, when he was 24 as well as she was then in her 30s, he wrote about their relationship as well as expressed regret to Madonna.
“I must apologize to you. Because like you said I haven’t been the kind of friend I know I am capable of being. Not because I am evil or because you weren’t worthy yet at the risk of sounding over dramatic, the effects of racism make that will difficult for a young black man to properly show affection for an older white woman,” Tupac wrote.
Shakur died the following year.
The letter is usually part of a block of personal items via Madonna being auctioned by Gotta Have Rock as well as Roll. The company obtained the items via Darlene Lutz, a former friend as well as consultant to the singer.
In 2017, bidding on the letter had reached $100,000, yet Madonna had filed an emergency court order over the auction as well as won a temporary block on the sale. She told a brand-new York City court her stardom “does not obviate my right to maintain my privacy, including with regard to highly personal items.”
The Manhattan Supreme Court later ruled the items were today property of the auction company, which opened the path for their sale.
The auction will open on July 17.
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1 the Natural Greenhouse Effect
Section 3 Radiative Balance and the Natural Greenhouse Effect
2 Learning Targets: I can explain factors that cause the dynamic balance in the atmosphere to change. I can model and explain the relationships and energy flow existing in various Earth systems (atmosphere)
3 30. Earth exchanges energy with its environment primarily through transfers of electromagnetic radiation.
4 31. At anytime our planet is simultaneously absorbing energy from the sun and radiating energy back into space.
5 Why does the temperature remains stable over long periods of time on Earth?
The temperature remains stable because the planet radiates energy back to space at a rate that closely balances the energy input it receives from the sun.
6 List 3 types of radiation the Sun emits.
Radiation from the Sun with varying wavelengths along the electromagnetic spectrum is known as solar radiation. List 3 types of radiation the Sun emits. visible light, ultraviolet and infrared radiation
7 35. When visible solar radiation reaches Earth, it may be absorbed by clouds, the atmosphere, or the planet's surface.
8 What raises Earth's surface temperature
What raises Earth's surface temperature? Solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth’s surface and is transformed into heat energy. Some outgoing infrared energy emitted from the Earth is trapped in the atmosphere and prevented from escaping to space, through a natural process called the greenhouse effect.
9 The most abundant gases in the
Ar Ar Ar The most abundant gases in the atmosphere—nitrogen, oxygen, and argon—neither absorb nor emit terrestrial or solar radiation. Ar Ar
10 What in the atmosphere can absorb long-wave radiation? –
clouds, water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide
11 Due to the natural greenhouse effect,
Why is the amount of heat received by the surface actually much larger (3x) than the amount the surface receives in solar radiation? Due to the natural greenhouse effect, the result is a surface temperature on average around 15°C (60°F), as compared to temperatures colder than –18°C (0°F) if there were no greenhouse effect.
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Lecture 3: The greenhouse effect. Other concepts from Lecture 2 Temperature Scales Forms of Heat Transfer Electromagnetic Spectrum Stefan-Boltzmann Law.
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GREENHOUSE EFFECT Climate Change. Greenhouse Effect Is a natural process that permits the Earth to retain some of the heat from the sun. Gases in the.
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Understanding the Greenhouse Effect The Impact of the Greenhouse gases on the Earth.
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Wall creating an unfair split
by Susan | May 12, 2017 | Express-News Columns
Originally published in the San Antonio Express-News, May 17 2003
by Susan Ives
Build high, build wide your prison walls,
That there be room enough for all
Who hold you in contempt.
Build wide, that all the bad be locked inside.
The Israelis call it a security fence. To the Palestinians it is the wall. And a wall it is, in parts more than 6 feet thick and 25 feet high, raw concrete slabs looming twice as high as the Berlin Wall. Ultimately, about 500 miles of wall and electrified fencing will separate Israelis and Palestinians, six times as long as the ill-fated wall in Berlin.
They started building it last June. Phase one of the new section, about 90 miles, is scheduled for completion in July.
John Reese, a Seattle hydrologist and peace activist who recently spent seven months working with the Palestinian Hydrology Group, spoke in San Antonio last week about the environmental damage caused by the occupation. He calls his talk “Palestine: It’s Hell.”
This is no cozy picket fence. In places it will include moats studded with metal obstacles to hinder vehicles and observation towers manned by soldiers armed with shoot-to-kill orders. Caterpillar D-9 bulldozers-the same monstrous machines that raped the mountaintops of Appalachia-are shaving the delicate ecosystem to create high-tech security zones the length of football fields.
The birds who still insist on song,
The sunlit streams still running strong,
The flowers still blazing red and blue,
All, all are in contempt of you.
Israelis say the fence is needed to block Palestinian infiltrators. Backers point to the Gaza Strip, also surrounded by a security fence, which has not been the source of any successful attacks in almost three years.
Palestinians call it the prison wall, the apartheid wall, the starvation fence. Although the wall roughly follows the “green line” that is the demarcation between Israel and the Palestinian territories on the West Bank, the land seized for the wall strategically meanders into Palestinian turf.
The new wall affects some 210,000 Palestinians living in sixty-seven villages, towns, and cities, Reese said. Thirteen communities will become virtual prisons, sandwiched between the barrier and the green line.
The parents dreaming still of peace,
The playful children, the wild geese,
Who still must fly, the mountains, too,
The area between Qalqilya and Tulkarem is the best agricultural area in Palestine, Reese said. The fence itself will ultimately occupy 10 percent of the West Bank, denying farmers access to their land and cutting off water supplies.
Reese watched as thousands of olive trees, the bedrock of the fragile Palestinian economy, were uprooted. Olive trees, he said, can live for 2,000 years. Cut them down to a stump, replant them, and within six years they will again bear fruit. The trees ripped from the Palestinian soil were replanted on Israeli land, Reese said.
The village of Zeita is on the Palestinian side of the fence, the lands and greenhouses over the wall in Israeli territory. About 72,000 Palestinians will be separated from their farmland west of the barrier.
The Israeli government claims, according to an article in The Jerusalem Post, that “the fence, like other obstacles, is a security measure and its construction is not an expression of a political or any other kind of border.” Yet in places it flaunts the established political borders. In Bethlehem the wall snakes through the city isolating Rachel’s Tomb, part of Palestine, on the Israeli side of the fence.
Maybe the Israelis need that wall to feel safe. Maybe not. But surely they could have bulldozed their own homes and fields instead of heaping yet more hardships and indignities on the struggling Palestinians. Good fences do not always make good neighbors.
When you have seized both moon and sun,
And jailed the poems, one by one,
And trapped each trouble-making breeze,
Then you can throw away your keys.
The song “In Contempt,” by Aaron Kramer and Betty Sanders, was first published in “Sing Out!” magazine in October, 1950.
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Sampson, Joshua N., et al. (författare)
Analysis of Heritability and Shared Heritability Based on Genome-Wide Association Studies for 13 Cancer Types
Ingår i: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. - 0027-8874 .- 1460-2105. ; 107:12
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Background: Studies of related individuals have consistently demonstrated notable familial aggregation of cancer. We aim to estimate the heritability and genetic correlation attributable to the additive effects of common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for cancer at 13 anatomical sites. Methods: Between 2007 and 2014, the US National Cancer Institute has generated data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for 49 492 cancer case patients and 34 131 control patients. We apply novel mixed model methodology (GCTA) to this GWAS data to estimate the heritability of individual cancers, as well as the proportion of heritability attributable to cigarette smoking in smoking-related cancers, and the genetic correlation between pairs of cancers. Results: GWAS heritability was statistically significant at nearly all sites, with the estimates of array-based heritability, h(l)(2), on the liability threshold (LT) scale ranging from 0.05 to 0.38. Estimating the combined heritability of multiple smoking characteristics, we calculate that at least 24% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 14% to 37%) and 7% (95% CI = 4% to 11%) of the heritability for lung and bladder cancer, respectively, can be attributed to genetic determinants of smoking. Most pairs of cancers studied did not show evidence of strong genetic correlation. We found only four pairs of cancers with marginally statistically significant correlations, specifically kidney and testes (rho = 0.73, SE = 0.28), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and pediatric osteosarcoma (rho = 0.53, SE = 0.21), DLBCL and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) (rho = 0.51, SE = 0.18), and bladder and lung (rho = 0.35, SE = 0.14). Correlation analysis also indicates that the genetic architecture of lung cancer differs between a smoking population of European ancestry and a nonsmoking Asian population, allowing for the possibility that the genetic etiology for the same disease can vary by population and environmental exposures. Conclusion: Our results provide important insights into the genetic architecture of cancers and suggest new avenues for investigation.
Berndt, Sonja I., et al. (författare)
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies discovers multiple loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Ingår i: Nature Communications. - 2041-1723 .- 2041-1723. ; 7
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a common lymphoid malignancy with strong heritability. To further understand the genetic susceptibility for CLL and identify common loci associated with risk, we conducted a meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies (GWAS) composed of 3,100 cases and 7,667 controls with follow-up replication in 1,958 cases and 5,530 controls. Here we report three new loci at 3p24.1 (rs9880772, EOMES, P = 2.55 x 10(-11)), 6p25.2 (rs73718779, SERPINB6, P = 1.97 x 10(-8)) and 3q28 (rs9815073, LPP, P = 3.62 x 10(-8)), as well as a new independent SNP at the known 2q13 locus (rs9308731, BCL2L11, P = 1.00 x 10(-11)) in the combined analysis. We find suggestive evidence (P<5 x 10(-7)) for two additional new loci at 4q24 (rs10028805, BANK1, P = 7.19 x 10(-8)) and 3p22.2 (rs1274963, CSRNP1, P = 2.12 x 10(-7)). Pathway analyses of new and known CLL loci consistently show a strong role for apoptosis, providing further evidence for the importance of this biological pathway in CLL susceptibility.
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Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Ingår i: Nature Genetics. - 1061-4036 .- 1546-1718. ; 45:8, s. 868-U202
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have previously identified 13 loci associated with risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL). To identify additional CLL susceptibility loci, we conducted the largest meta-analysis for CLL thus far, including four GWAS with a total of 3,100 individuals with CLL (cases) and 7,667 controls. In the meta-analysis, we identified ten independent associated SNPs in nine new loci at 10q23.31 (ACTA2 or FAS (ACTA2/FAS), P = 1.22 x 10(-14)), 18q21.33 (BCL2, P = 7.76 x 10(-11)), 11p15.5 (C11orf21, P = 2.15 x 10(-10)), 4q25 (LEF1, P = 4.24 x 10(-10)), 2q33.1 (CASP10 or CASP8 (CASP10/CASP8), P = 2.50 x 10(-9)), 9p21.3 (CDKN2B-AS1, P = 1.27 x 10(-8)), 18q21.32 (PMAIP1, P = 2.51 x 10(-8)), 15q15.1 (BMF, P = 2.71 x 10(-10)) and 2p22.2 (QPCT, P = 1.68 x 10(-8)), as well as an independent signal at an established locus (2q13, ACOXL, P = 2.08 x 10(-18)). We also found evidence for two additional promising loci below genome-wide significance at 8q22.3 (ODF1, P = 5.40 x 10(-8)) and 5p15.33 (TERT, P = 1.92 x 10(-7)). Although further studies are required, the proximity of several of these loci to genes involved in apoptosis suggests a plausible underlying biological mechanism.
McMaster, Mary L., et al. (författare)
Two high-risk susceptibility loci at 6p25.3 and 14q32.13 for Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Ingår i: Nature Communications. - NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. - 2041-1723 .- 2041-1723. ; 9
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM)/lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) is a rare, chronic B-cell lymphoma with high heritability. We conduct a two-stage genome-wide association study of WM/LPL in 530 unrelated cases and 4362 controls of European ancestry and identify two high-risk loci associated with WM/LPL at 6p25.3 (rs116446171, near EXOC2 and IRF4; OR = 21.14, 95% CI: 14.40-31.03, P=1.36 x 10(-)(54)) and 14q32.13 (rs117410836, near TCL1; OR = 4.90, 95% CI: 3.45-6.96, P = 8.75 x 10(-)(19)) . Both risk alleles are observed at a low frequency among controls (similar to 2-3%) and occur in excess in affected cases within families. In silico data suggest that rs116446171 may have functional importance, and in functional studies, we demonstrate increased reporter transcription and proliferation in cells transduced with the 6p25.3 risk allele. Although further studies are needed to fully elucidate underlying biological mechanisms, together these loci explain 4% of the familial risk and provide insights into genetic susceptibility to this malignancy.
Vijai, Joseph, et al. (författare)
A genome-wide association study of marginal zone lymphoma shows association to the HLA region
Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) is the third most common subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Here we perform a two-stage GWAS of 1,281 MZL cases and 7,127 controls of European ancestry and identify two independent loci near BTNL2 (rs9461741, P - 3.95 x 10(-15)) and HLA-B (rs2922994, P - 2.43 x 10(-9)) in the HLA region significantly associated with MZL risk. This is the first evidence that genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex influences MZL susceptibility.
Bernatsky, Sasha, et al. (författare)
Lupus-related single nucleotide polymorphisms and risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Ingår i: Lupus Science and Medicine. - 2053-8790 .- 1625-9823. ; 4:1
Objective: Determinants of the increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in SLE are unclear. Using data from a recent lymphoma genome-wide association study (GWAS), we assessed whether certain lupus-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were also associated with DLBCL. Methods: GWAS data on European Caucasians from the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph) provided a total of 3857 DLBCL cases and 7666 general-population controls. Data were pooled in a random-effects meta-analysis. Results: Among the 28 SLE-related SNPs investigated, the two most convincingly associated with risk of DLBCL included the CD40 SLE risk allele rs4810485 on chromosome 20q13 (OR per risk allele=1.09, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.16, p=0.0134), and the HLA SLE risk allele rs1270942 on chromosome 6p21.33 (OR per risk allele=1.17, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.36, p=0.0362). Of additional possible interest were rs2205960 and rs12537284. The rs2205960 SNP, related to a cytokine of the tumour necrosis factor superfamily TNFSF4, was associated with an OR per risk allele of 1.07, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.16, p=0.0549. The OR for the rs12537284 (chromosome 7q32, IRF5 gene) risk allele was 1.08, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.18, p=0.0765. Conclusions: These data suggest several plausible genetic links between DLBCL and SLE.
Cerhan, James R., et al. (författare)
Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Ingår i: Nature Genetics. - 1061-4036 .- 1546-1718. ; 46:11, s. 1233-1238
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common lymphoma subtype and is clinically aggressive. To identify genetic susceptibility loci for DLBCL, we conducted a meta-analysis of 3 new genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and 1 previous scan, totaling 3,857 cases and 7,666 controls of European ancestry, with additional genotyping of 9 promising SNPs in 1,359 cases and 4,557 controls. In our multi-stage analysis, five independent SNPs in four loci achieved genome-wide significance marked by rs116446171 at 6p25.3 (EXOC2; P = 2.33 x 10(-21)), rs2523607 at 6p21.33 (HLA-B; P = 2.40 x 10(-10)), rs79480871 at 2p23.3 (NCOA1; P = 4.23 x 10(-8)) and two independent SNPs, rs13255292 and rs4733601, at 8q24.21 (PVT1; P = 9.98 x 10(-13) and 3.63 x 10(-11), respectively). These data provide substantial new evidence for genetic susceptibility to this B cell malignancy and point to pathways involved in immune recognition and immune function in the pathogenesis of DLBCL.
Law, Phillip J., et al. (författare)
Genome-wide association analysis implicates dysregulation of immunity genes in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Several chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) susceptibility loci have been reported; however, much of the heritable risk remains unidentified. Here we perform a meta-analysis of six genome-wide association studies, imputed using a merged reference panel of 1,000 Genomes and UK10K data, totalling 6,200 cases and 17,598 controls after replication. We identify nine risk loci at 1p36.11 (rs34676223, P = 5.04 X 10 (-) (13)), 1q42.13 (rs41271473, P = 1.06 X 10 (-) (10)), 4q24 (rs71597109, P = 1.37 X 10 (-) (10)), 4q35.1 (rs57214277, P = 3.69 X 10 (-) (8)), 6p21.31 (rs3800461, P = 1.97 X 10 (-) (8)), 11q23.2 (rs61904987, P = 2.64 X 10 (-) (11)), 18q21.1 (rs1036935, P = 3.27 X 10 (-) (8)), 19p13.3 (rs7254272, P = 4.67 X 10 (-) (8)) and 22q13.33 (rs140522, P = 2.70 X 10 (-) (9)). These new and established risk loci map to areas of active chromatin and show an over-representation of transcription factor binding for the key determinants of B-cell development and immune response.
Machiela, Mitchell J., et al. (författare)
Genetically predicted longer telomere length is associated with increased risk of B-cell lymphoma subtypes
Ingår i: Human Molecular Genetics. - 0964-6906 .- 1460-2083. ; 25:8, s. 1663-1676
Evidence from a small number of studies suggests that longer telomere length measured in peripheral leukocytes is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). However, these studies may be biased by reverse causation, confounded by unmeasured environmental exposures and might miss time points for which prospective telomere measurement would best reveal a relationship between telomere length and NHL risk. We performed an analysis of genetically inferred telomere length and NHL risk in a study of 10 102 NHL cases of the four most common B-cell histologic types and 9562 controls using a genetic risk score (GRS) comprising nine telomere length-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms. This approach uses existing genotype data and estimates telomere length by weighing the number of telomere length-associated variant alleles an individual carries with the published change in kb of telomere length. The analysis of the telomere length GRS resulted in an association between longer telomere length and increased NHL risk [four B-cell histologic types combined; odds ratio (OR) = 1.49, 95% CI 1.22-1.82, P-value = 8.5 x 10(-5)]. Subtype-specific analyses indicated that chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) was the principal NHL subtype contributing to this association (OR = 2.60, 95% CI 1.93-3.51, P-value = 4.0 x 10(-10)). Significant interactions were observed across strata of sex for CLL/SLL and marginal zone lymphoma subtypes as well as age for the follicular lymphoma subtype. Our results indicate that a genetic background that favors longer telomere length may increase NHL risk, particularly risk of CLL/SLL, and are consistent with earlier studies relating longer telomere length with increased NHL risk.
Skibola, Christine F., et al. (författare)
Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Five Susceptibility Loci for Follicular Lymphoma outside the HLA Region.
Ingår i: American Journal of Human Genetics. - Cell Press. - 0002-9297. ; 95:4, s. 462-471
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of follicular lymphoma (FL) have previously identified human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene variants. To identify additional FL susceptibility loci, we conducted a large-scale two-stage GWAS in 4,523 case subjects and 13,344 control subjects of European ancestry. Five non-HLA loci were associated with FL risk: 11q23.3 (rs4938573, p = 5.79 × 10(-20)) near CXCR5; 11q24.3 (rs4937362, p = 6.76 × 10(-11)) near ETS1; 3q28 (rs6444305, p = 1.10 × 10(-10)) in LPP; 18q21.33 (rs17749561, p = 8.28 × 10(-10)) near BCL2; and 8q24.21 (rs13254990, p = 1.06 × 10(-8)) near PVT1. In an analysis of the HLA region, we identified four linked HLA-DRβ1 multiallelic amino acids at positions 11, 13, 28, and 30 that were associated with FL risk (pomnibus = 4.20 × 10(-67) to 2.67 × 10(-70)). Additional independent signals included rs17203612 in HLA class II (odds ratio [ORper-allele] = 1.44; p = 4.59 × 10(-16)) and rs3130437 in HLA class I (ORper-allele = 1.23; p = 8.23 × 10(-9)). Our findings further expand the number of loci associated with FL and provide evidence that multiple common variants outside the HLA region make a significant contribution to FL risk.
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Sydney Medical School resolutions and the handbook are the official statement of faculty policy.
The resolutions contained in the handbook are accurate as at the time of publication. If a conflict is perceived between the content of the handbook and information available elsewhere, Sydney Medical School resolutions and the information available in the handbook shall always take precedence.
See the Policy Register sydney.edu.au/policy, for copies of University policies.
Graduate Certificate in Pain Management
Graduate Diploma in Pain Management
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These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2014 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Coursework Policy 2014, the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended), the Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015 and the Academic Honesty Procedures 2016. Up to date versions of all such documents are available from the Policy Register: http://sydney.edu.au/policies.
Course resolutions
1 Course codes
Course and stream title
GCPAIMGT-02 Graduate Certificate in Pain Management
GNPAIMGT-01 Graduate Diploma in Pain Management
MAMEPAMA-02 Master of Medicine (Pain Management)
MASMPAMA-02 Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management)
2 Attendance pattern
The attendance pattern for this course is full time or part time according to candidate choice.
3 Master's type
The master's degree in these resolutions is a professional master's course, as defined by the Coursework Policy.
4 Embedded courses in this sequence
The embedded courses in this sequence are:
the Graduate Certificate in Pain Management
the Graduate Diploma in Pain Management
the Master of Medicine (Pain Management) or Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management).
Providing candidates satisfy the admission requirements for each stage, a candidate may progress to the award of any of the courses in this sequence. Only the longest award completed will be conferred.
A candidate for the Master of Medicine (Pain Management) or Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) may elect to discontinue study and graduate with a shorter award (Graduate Certificate in Pain Management or Graduate Diploma in Pain Management) from the embedded sequence, provided the requirements for the shorter award have been met. Only the highest award completed will be conferred.
5 Admission to candidature
Available places will be offered to qualified applicants according to the following admissions criteria. In exceptional circumstances the Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications who, in the opinion of the school, have qualifications and evidence of experience and achievement sufficient to successfully undertake the award.
Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Pain Management requires:
a medical degree from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification;
a bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification;
a minimum of 5 years professional work experience in a health-related field or pass a preliminary examination(s) as prescribed by the School.
Admission to the Graduate Diploma in Pain Management requires:
completion of the requirements of the embedded graduate certificate, or equivalent qualification;
a bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification.
Admission to the Master of Medicine (Pain Management) requires:
Admission to the Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) requires:
completion of the requirements of the embedded graduate certificate or graduate diploma, or equivalent qualification;
a bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline with first or second class honours from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification;
a bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline without first or second class honours from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification. Applicants must have completed work equivalent to a first or second class honours bachelor's degree or pass a preliminary examination(s) as prescribed by the School.
6 Requirements for award
The units of study that may be taken for the course are set out in the Table of Units of Study: Pain Management.
To qualify for the award of the Graduate Certificate in Pain Management a candidate must successfully complete 24 credit points of core units of study.
To qualify for the award of the Graduate Diploma in Pain Management a candidate must successfully complete 36 credit points, including:
24 credit points of core units of study; and
12 credit points of elective units of study.
To qualify for the award of the Master of Medicine (Pain Management) or Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) a candidate must successfully complete 48 credit points, including:
7 Majors
Completion of a major is not a requirement of the course.
Candidates have the option of completing one major.
Core units of study that are common to the requirements of a major may count to that major, however, any unit of study may only count toward one major.
A major requires the completion of 48 credit points from the units of study listed in the table for that major.
The available major is:
orofacial pain
8 Course transfer
A candidate for the master’s degree or graduate diploma may elect to discontinue study and graduate with a shorter award from this embedded sequence, with the approval of the Dean, and provided the requirements of the shorter award have been met.
9 Credit for previous study
Credit transfer is subject to the provisions of the Coursework Policy and the Resolutions of the Sydney Medical School.
10 Transitional provisions
These resolutions apply to persons who commenced their candidature after 1 January, 2018 and persons who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January, 2018 who formally elect to proceed under these resolutions.
Candidates who commenced prior to 1 January, 2018 will complete the requirements for their candidature in accordance with the resolutions and course rules in force at the time of their commencement, provided that those requirements are completed by 1 January 2020. The School may specify a later date for completion or specify alternative requirements for completion of candidatures that extend beyond this time.
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Obama Visits Italian PM After Papadopoulis Links Them to SpyGate
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Two weeks after I exposed Italy’s role in spygate, Obama is heading to Italy today to meet with the former Italian prime minister who weaponized his intel assets against us. Keep focused, America. The real headlines are now coming out. ??????
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) June 16, 2019
Earlier this month Italian Prime Minister Conte asked for the resignations of four top intelligence officials after his call with President Donald Trump.
And now another Internet Sleuth has uncovered some shocking news related to the recent removal of these top Italian intelligence ministers from their positions as top spies in the government.
The story begins in January 2017 when Computer World wrote about alleged crimes committed by Italian Giulio Occhionero:
The Tuesday arrest of Giulio Occhionero and his sister, Francesca Maria, has brought to light what appears to be the biggest, and highest-profile, hacking of institutional and corporate accounts ever reported in Italy.
The siblings have been planting the Pyramid Eye remote access Trojan on computers using a spear-phishing technique over several years, according to the arrest order.
They attacked at least 18,000 high-profile targets, including former Prime Ministers Matteo Renzi and Mario Monti, President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi, as well as employees and heads of various ministries including Internal Affairs, Treasury, Finance and Education.
But Giulio Occhionero claimed that he and his sister, Francesca Maria, were set up. A piece reported by Frederico Punzi, writing in The Atlantico, notes their denials and more:
Occhionero complained to the Prosecutor of the Republic of Perugia and wrote to the U.S. Congress and the FBI. In fact, there are a number of contradictions and suspicious circumstances in the case.
Occhionero claims and it was reported that:
Members of Italian intelligence were approached by Hillary Clinton, the Obama Administration, and the Deep State in order to frame Trump by PLANTING EVIDENCE on American servers to force Trump to step down from office.
In other words, members of Italian intelligence found a target in Occhionero, a Republican-sympathizer who had two servers for his company, Westland Securities, located in America. One was in Washington State, and the other in West Virginia.
The plan was for Italian Intelligence to hack into these servers, plant classified emails from Hillary’s servers inside these servers on American soil, and then alert the FBI.
The FBI would then raid these locations, “discover” these e-mails, investigate, link these servers to Trump…
And then force Trump to resign.
Occhionero believes that Obama and the former leader of Italy, Matteo Renzi, worked together on this plan and he provides reports of their meetings in Italy before the 2016 election and in early 2017.
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Occhionero’s twitter account has numerous tweets related to this subject, including the fact that Robert Mueller from the Mueller report awarded one of the top spies in Italy the FBI Medal of Honor.
Tags: George Papodoupolis, Italy Sygate connection, Obama visits Italy
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